Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Only then did it hit me: the chair I was sitting on was a lie detector.

All that nonsense from Xiao Chengyu about blindfolds and surprises was bullshit. He had never trusted me from the very beginning.

The only thing he trusted, perhaps, was that technology he was so proud of.

Terrified, I tried to get up from the chair, but in the next instant, mechanisms in the chair locked around my wrists, ankles, and neck, trapping me in place.

“Xiao Chengyu, what are you doing?!” I glared at him and shouted.

Xiao Chengyu reached out, lightly dragging his fingernail across my face.

“Do you have any idea how much I like you? After you rejected me in college, I swore to myself that I would have you. I had to have you. I had to have your heart.”

“So that’s why you drove a wedge between me and Xu Yihe?”

“Hmph. If I’m not mistaken, you’ve already killed him, haven’t you?

“See? That’s how well I understand you. I knew you couldn’t accept betrayal, so all I had to do was give you a little push, and you’d do something no one could ever expect.”

As much as I didn’t want to admit it, it was true that I was extremely possessive. With my mental state, there was no way I could accept Xu Yihe betraying me.

So Xiao Chengyu had exploited that weakness. He used a fake cheating video to mislead me, then guided me with a few carefully chosen words until I killed Xu Yihe.

This man was vicious beyond belief.

“Let me tell you something. Even without Xu Yihe, I would never like a sick freak like you! You can forget about ever having my heart!”

I completely lost control, struggling with all my strength as I screamed at Xiao Chengyu.

Xiao Chengyu smiled calmly. “Maybe that wouldn’t have been possible before. But now things are different. Haven’t you heard the saying-”

“Technology changes lives!”

With that, Xiao Chengyu clapped his hands, and something resembling a glass helmet suddenly lowered around my head.

Inside the glass helmet, red, green, and blue currents seemed to flicker and flow.

“What is this thing?” A terrible premonition crept over me.

“This is the real surprise I prepared especially for you. All that spring, summer, autumn, and winter nonsense from earlier was bullshit!”

“Let me go, Xiao Chengyu. Please, let me go!” Struggling was useless, so I could only play the pity card. If Xiao Chengyu really liked me, then surely he would let me go.

“You brought this on yourself. If you had sincerely agreed to be with me just now, we wouldn’t have needed these later steps.

“I gave you a chance. You were the one who didn’t cherish it. You can’t blame me.

“But don’t worry. This Brainwave Collector won’t hurt you. Once it gathers enough data, the system will automatically release a special gas and let you pass on peacefully. It won’t hurt at all.”

I listened to Xiao Chengyu’s words, but for a moment, I couldn’t process them.

“Oh, did you not understand? Then let me explain it properly one more time. Listen carefully.

“You’ve heard of virtual girlfriends, right? Mine is far more advanced than that.

“I’ll use the brainwaves I collect from you, then apply some technology I invented myself to convert those brainwaves into code and write it into a phone’s AI voice assistant.

“Then I’ll configure that AI according to your personality and preferences, and make sure she only likes me.

“In other words, it’ll be like locking your soul inside a phone. But you’ll only love me. Tell me, doesn’t that mean I’ve finally gotten your heart?”

After Xiao Chengyu finished speaking, he burst into a maniacal laugh.

As for me, a chill ran through my entire body.

“Xiao Chengyu, you lunatic! Let me go! Let me go!”

I screamed and struggled with everything I had.

The more I did, the happier Xiao Chengyu became.

“Yes, that’s it. This is the you I love most. Just like that!”