The Male Lead Who Disdains Food (56)

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Something was wrong with Si Jiu’s mood. She did not say another word all the way home.

“Charles” kept glancing at her from time to time, a trace of unease surfacing in his eyes.

His princess was right beside him, yet he felt as though she were impossibly far away.

Her gaze was not fixed on him, and neither was her mind.

She was thinking about someone else.

And his instincts told him that someone was a man.

Unease stirred within Charles, gradually hardening into intense possessiveness and jealousy.

But he could not give in.

It would make her unhappy.

So he restrained himself, accompanying Si Jiu home, eating with her, feeding Mantou together, and taking the dog for a walk.

Yet her attention never returned to him.

Charles pressed Si Jiu against the door.

“Why?” His eyes held suppressed pain and overwhelming love as he stared straight at her. “Why are you thinking about someone else? Isn’t having me by your side enough?”

Si Jiu: “…”

He lifted her chin and slowly leaned toward her.

With a clang, the clock on the wall struck nine that evening.

At the very moment their lips touched, a fierce struggle flashed through his eyes. The next second, he shut them tightly. When he opened them again, they were filled with nothing but fury.

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“Wanwan!”

Si Jiu opened her eyes and looked into his. Suddenly, she smiled. “A-Yu.”

The instant Xie Yu heard her call his name, he kissed her fiercely—more roughly than ever before.

When he came back to himself, he realized that he had nearly kissed the breath out of her.

“I’m sorry.” He hurriedly released her and watched as she drew a long breath, then glared at him furiously.

“I was too rough.” He brushed his fingers over the corner of her lips. “But he kissed you. I was jealous.”

He was you, wasn’t he? What was there to be jealous about?

But she could not say that.

The man was clearly unable to withstand any further provocation right now.

“What kind of kiss was that? He only just touched my lips before he was forced out!”

System: [My heart aches for Charles.]

Xie Yu was not comforted in the slightest.

“He promised he wouldn’t bully you.” Xie Yu looked aggrieved. “He went back on his word.”

Was he really badmouthing himself behind his own back?

Si Jiu tapped him on the forehead. “Now can you tell me what actually happened?”

The matter was quite simple.

After being hypnotized, Xie Yu entered the “room” where the personalities resided. Whether by accident—or because Charles had deliberately arranged it—he discovered that there was actually a third personality within him.

This personality called himself Charles and wanted to discuss a cooperation with Xie Yu.

According to Charles, Xie Yu’s second personality was extremely violent and utterly reckless, and it was growing stronger by the day.

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He had always been suppressed by the second personality and had never once managed to leave the room.

It was not until the day the second personality lost control, when its defenses were at their weakest, that he finally emerged for a brief instant.

Although the second personality quickly reclaimed control of the body, that fleeting moment had completely “awakened” Charles.

He sought Xie Yu’s cooperation and proposed a plan for them to take turns controlling the body.

“As long as you follow my plan, whenever one personality remains in this room, the other will be unable to awaken in his own room and come out. You and I can take turns controlling the body. As long as one personality stays here, Xiu will never be able to wake up.”

That was what he had said at the time.

When Xie Yu heard the way he referred to the second personality, his expression shifted slightly. “You call him Xiu?”

He then agreed to Charles’s proposal, and the two of them established a time limit as well.

Xie Yu had been somewhat worried. Charles looked every inch the gentleman, but men like that were often even more insidious. What if he refused to honor their agreement and would not return when the time came?

Fortunately, although he had struggled unwillingly just now, he had ultimately yielded.

Perhaps he was afraid that Xie Yu would throw caution to the wind and cause some unforeseen complication in the end.

Xie Yu could tell that Charles was deeply wary of Xiu—the sort of wariness possessed by two beings who seemed born to be mortal enemies.

“But I never expected him to be so despicable, violating his promise just to take advantage of you.”

Even after saying this, Xie Yu still looked far from appeased, as though he wanted nothing more than to beat himself up.

Si Jiu was amused by him.