"I've decided I want to be with you forever."
Alain's voice was still so steady, like the demonic song of a siren, bewitching her.
Sometimes, Wanhua would wonder, how did his organs end up so perfect? She really wanted to… take them apart and see. But she couldn't bring herself to do it, because she couldn't imagine a world without Alain by her side. And she couldn't imagine… him saying such a thing.
"Hehe, what new trick are you trying to pull?" She feigned a smile, taking a sip of the warm water on the table. "You think I'll easily believe the you of right now? Forget it, Alain."
"I'm serious." His words were as hard as stubborn stone.
And to her horror, the Professor saw that after their brief exchange, her hand reached for something under the table.
"Ten thousand times…" The girl murmured the words, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz. To be honest, not to be moved—was impossible.
"Stop lying to me, Alain. Are you going to say sorry to me ten thousand times?"
She instantly realized that, in this situation, given Alain's personality, he must want something to be acting so compliant. But his next words sent circles and circles of pink arcing through the girl's heart.
"What if I add ten thousand 'I love yous'?"
"I… love you?" She gently covered her mouth, forcing herself not to make a sound.
An old woman, after checking on her student's project progress, also noticed her strange behavior.
"Wanhua, what's wrong?"
"Be quiet."
The girl's eyes revealed a murderous intent as tangible as a solid object, which came rushing forth like a cold wind.
"Okay, okay… as you wish, as you wish…" The professor gave a dry laugh and hurriedly went to check on another student's progress.
Wanhua pulled her hand away from the small knife, her two eyes wide like a fish's, as she chewed her thumb in conflict.
Click-clack… click-clack…
Crack!
She bit her thumb until it bled, but she didn't notice at all. Until a faint, sweet, metallic taste spread across the tip of her tongue, and the last shred of rationality urged her—
"No, Alain." She thought she was saying it with a smile. But her expression was a look of pity uglier than crying.
"I won't believe you. If I go see you now, who knows what you'll do."
Wanhua's rationality warned her that before she had enjoyed the entirety of Alain's love for the rest of his life—she absolutely could not die.
"You're lying to me, right?"
"…"
The voice on the other end of the call stopped, and even the sound of breathing could no longer be heard.
He must have given up, right? Wanhua could imagine Alain's expression as she shattered his last hope. So pitiful, and so… delicious. She really wanted to witness it.
She glanced around; everyone else was tactful enough not to disturb her.
Wanhua took out a USB drive, opened a certain software, and entered a twelve-digit password.
A small pop-up window appeared in the bottom right corner of the screen.
The pop-up clearly displayed Alain's current situation in the room.
"Hmm?" Unexpectedly, Alain didn't show the slightest hint of hysteria, just stood there quietly.
She didn't know what he was thinking. Even Wanhua couldn't guess his thoughts at this moment.
What does he want to do—
"I love you."
Smash!
In the quiet laboratory, a shattering sound suddenly rang out. The young and old faces simultaneously turned their gazes toward the source of the sound.
It was that strange girl.
"Professor, excuse me, junior Wanhua, she—" A male student wanted to curry some favor but was cut off by the professor's sharp words, "Be quiet and focus on your project!"
The glass she had crushed, its fragments pierced her palm.
The clear water mixed with blood and glass shards, dripping onto the floor, drop by drop.
Drip, drip, drip…
Becoming blooming stars of blood.
"Right now, immediately, right this instant, come back to me," he said over the phone.
"Don't restrain me, and don't do anything. There's only one thing you need to do—come home."
He seemed to take a deep breath.
"I will say 'I love you' to you ten thousand times."
Wanhua stopped thinking.
"Why is it? It's clearly a commanding tone, yet…"
So happy!
Her bright eyes lit up. In the light reflected from the screen, they became dazzling.
"Okay, I'll be right back!"
She pressed the power button on the host computer, choosing to force a shutdown. In her eyes, those unsaved projects were far less important than Alain's many 'I love yous'.
"Well then, everyone—I'm heading back for today!" She flashed a smile, not even bothering to grab her USB drive, and said goodbye to her colleagues in the lab.
For once, this group of puppets was a little easier on the eyes.
"See, junior Wanhua smiled at me. She must like me!"
"No, no, no… senior, you're too naive. She was actually smiling at me."
The students started arguing. The professor stood to the side, worried, watching the door she had left through.
After a long moment of contemplation, she turned her head and scolded, "Alright, are all your projects done? Get back to work!"
"La, la, la~"
Wanhua stood by the roadside, hailed a taxi, and chatted happily with the driver.
"Uncle, did you know? The person I love most is going to say—I love you to me!"
"Haha, congratulations, little sister! Treat me to some wedding candy someday."
"Oh, you're so annoying, there's no need for that~"
Vroom!!!
Amidst the sound of the engine, the taxi sped away.
Wanhua looked at the dark forest, the shadows baring their fangs and brandishing their claws under the reflection of the streetlights.
…
It was as if cute fairies were hiding everywhere.
They sang the ballads of the dense forest, the leaves dancing in the night wind—They were blessing her:
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
The girl hummed a little song, letting the tangled branches whip against her jeans.
"I love you."
She could almost see herself in ten minutes, lying in Alain's arms, listening to his soft whispers of "I love you." And then, a knife he pulls from somewhere, stabbing into her abdomen, one blow after another. Blood, splattering all over his face.
"I love you, I love you… I love you. Heehee~"
She stood before the door, reaching into her small bag and taking out a heavy keychain with a "jingle-jangle."
Ten minutes, dozens of passwords entered, countless mechanical locks opened…
Click!
The door opened, and a long, narrow sliver of light leaked out, falling on her face. He was already waiting in the room.
In Wanhua's mind, she could still imagine those drops of her own blood, splashing onto Alain's face.
But… so what?
Being killed, or not being killed~ None of that matters.
"I love you" is enough.
This is her—Yang Wanhua.
Alain, her most beloved Alain, embraced her.
She hugged him back.
Then, he wrapped his hands around her throat.
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