Chapter 78: Deadly! The Psychotic Male Lead Only Wants Forced Love [34]

Chapter 78: God Damn! The Unhinged Male Lead Only Wants Forced Love [34]

Bai Yan barely had time to think before he heard the door open behind him.

He instinctively turned around to look. Lin Zhibai was still holding a lunchbox in his hand. When he saw Bai Yan looking at him, he just gave his usual gentle smile.

"Lin Zhibai, are you planning to keep me locked up here forever?"

Bai Yan's tone was flat. He leaned against the window, arms crossed, tilting his head to look at Lin Zhibai and what he was carrying.

Lin Zhibai's footsteps faltered. Even knowing this would mean his relationship with Bai Yan could never go back to how it was, meeting Bai Yan's gaze now still made his heart sting a little. They shouldn't have ended up like this.

Lin Zhibai pulled himself together, his eyes dark, heavy as ink.

He set the things down and sighed softly, looking a little helpless.

"A Yan, come here. It's dangerous over there."

As he spoke, Lin Zhibai hooked the thin chain and slowly closed in on Bai Yan.

Finally, he stopped right in front of Bai Yan, close enough to feel his warm breath, the chain that bound him clutched in his hand...

"A Yan..."

Lin Zhibai called out softly again, his voice dripping with lingering tenderness, his eyes full of deep affection and love.

Bai Yan pursed his lips. He'd thought Lin Zhibai was doing this to get back at him or to threaten Gu Yu.

After all, even though Lin Zhibai hadn't shown his face during this time, he'd still heard a thing or two about what was going on with the Lin family.

Gu Yu had made a move on the Lin family, even if he'd been very discreet about it.

And now Lin Zhibai had kidnapped him—it was hard not to put two and two together.

But now, it didn't seem to be the case.

Bai Yan thought back to the ring Lin Zhibai had given him earlier, then looked at the man in front of him, who was practically radiating madness.

"Why's A Yan staring at me like that?"

Lin Zhibai traced Bai Yan's face with his fingertips, then moved to his lips, pressing them lightly.

He dropped his gaze and murmured, "So soft... How many times has he kissed you here, A Yan?"

Before Bai Yan could answer, he kept going on his own:

"It's fine. What he can do, I can do too. A Yan... what he's had, I want it too."

A hint of madness flickered in Lin Zhibai's eyes. He nearly gritted his teeth, forcing out each word with stubborn determination.

As he spoke, he yanked hard on the chain in his hand.

Bai Yan, who was already standing close, was yanked straight into his arms.

Bai Yan finally understood what 717 had meant before going offline—that Lin Zhibai wasn't in his right mind right now.

"A Yan... A Yan, you're mine... I'm the one who grew up with you for over twenty years, so why did you choose that Gu Yu?!"

"I'm the one who knows you best, and I'm the one who should be with you!"

The madness in Lin Zhibai's eyes couldn't be held back anymore. He scooped Bai Yan up in his arms and headed for the bed, every word dripping with resentment and rage.

Bai Yan dropped his gaze. He knew resisting now would be pointless and would only piss Lin Zhibai off more.

That drug Lin Zhibai had given him was no joke. He wasn't completely drained anymore, but he wasn't much better off—there was no way he could fight back.

He could only try to calm Lin Zhibai down first...

Luckily, this guy was acting this crazy because he liked him.

Calming him down shouldn't be too hard.

Bai Yan pulled himself together and reached up to touch Lin Zhibai's face, meeting his eyes as he spoke softly:

"Zhibai, this is what I owe him."

He felt Lin Zhibai pause—he'd been about to toss him onto the bed, but now he just held him, his gaze dark and unreadable.

Bai Yan leaned into him, resting his head on his shoulder. As if remembering something, he let out a helpless, bitter laugh and continued:

"At the end of the day, what you like is just the Bai family's young master, Bai Yan, the one who grew up with you—right?"

"If it weren't for me, if it weren't for that accident back then, he would've been the Bai family's young master, and he would've been the one who grew up with you."

"Maybe we never would've crossed paths at all, and you never would've fallen for me."

"So... Zhibai, this is all what I owe him. Even your feelings for me are part of that debt..."

As Bai Yan spoke, he had already closed his eyes, his lashes trembling slightly, looking genuinely fragile.

Lin Zhibai panicked for a moment and quickly said:

"No, A Yan, that's not it. You don't owe anyone anything. You're innocent too... Even if he had grown up with me since childhood, I wouldn't have fallen for him."

"A Yan, I like you. It will only ever be you. It has nothing to do with your identity or name."

Lin Zhibai held the person in his arms even tighter, his voice trembling slightly yet so resolute.

"If it weren't for this accident, I wouldn't have liked him. I would only have fallen for you the moment I saw you."

"A Yan, I like you. I was certain of it the first time I laid eyes on you."

It was just that they were both too young back then, and he didn't yet know what "like" meant.

He only knew that he wanted to stay by Bai Yan's side, wanted to take care of him, protect him... and then, be with him forever.

Other than Bai Yan, he would never love anyone else.

Besides, there was no "if."

Bai Yan was momentarily stunned by his words.

Such straightforward and passionate affection was what he found hardest to withstand—just like Gu Yu, who he had initially only thought of as a little madman.

But soon, he adjusted his emotions and continued:

"But you can't deny that it's because of me that he suffered so much out there—right?"

Lin Zhibai wanted to argue back, but Bai Yan's voice dropped,

"Zhibai, I promised you I'd think about your feelings... but I owe him, and I need to make it up to him."

As he spoke, Bai Yan tugged at Lin Zhibai's clothes and turned his head away. Out of Lin Zhibai's sight, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and the faint glimmer in his eyes grew a little brighter.

Though this kind of fondness was indeed somewhat rare for him, it wasn't worth much compared to his own safety.

It was all just an act, and that wasn't hard for him.

As for Lin Zhibai...

What a pity. If he were the male lead and liked Bai Yan this way, perhaps he'd cut him some slack because of the protagonist's aura.

After all, that was his ultimate goal.

Unfortunately, he wasn't. Even if his aura wasn't too shabby, what he wanted was only the protagonist's aura—otherwise, he couldn't absorb and make it his own.

"Zhibai, I don't blame you for imprisoning me, but don't make me do things I don't want to do, okay..."

Bai Yan deliberately softened his voice and wrapped his arms around Lin Zhibai's neck, with a subtle, coaxing playfulness.

How could Lin Zhibai resist Bai Yan like this? His heart softened instantly,

"Okay."

— [Yu Yu Q&A Corner] —

Question!

Given: There are many surveillance cameras in the room, and everything A Yan says and does is being recorded.

Question: After Xiao Yu finds A Yan and sees all this, what will he...