The Trap

A bad feeling rose in Lin Che's heart.

He could imagine the scene.

In an empty, silent classroom, a grown man had no choice but to bow his head before a twin-tailed girl.

The girl gave him a wicked smile and grabbed him by the collar.

She leaned close to his ear and said in a threatening voice:

"Young man, you wouldn't want everyone to find out about you and Teacher Su, would you..."

A chill ran down Lin Che's back. Luo Xue was a textbook bratty bully. If she got pushed too far, she was capable of anything!

The fact that she had something to hold over him really irritated Lin Che.

With a nervous heart, he finally waited for study hall to begin!

Lin Che looked around. His classmates were all studying diligently.

Luo Xue's seat was empty; she had clearly already left the classroom!

Lin Che clenched his fists, his face full of reluctance.

But when no one was paying attention, he still slipped out through the back door!

"You came~"

When he opened the door to the empty classroom, Luo Xue was already waiting inside.

Her cute, youthful face wore a smug smile, as if she were a cat toying with a mouse.

"Lock the door. Unlike certain people, I don't spend all my time thinking about naughty things. And when I'm making out in the teachers' office, I at least know to lock the door!"

Luo Xue twirled one of her twin tails as she taunted him.

Her arrogant manner made Lin Che grit his teeth in anger!

Though he was seething, Luo Xue had leverage over him, so Lin Che could only do as he was told and lock the classroom door.

Now the empty classroom was completely sealed off.

No one would interrupt whatever they did inside!

Lin Che found a chair and sat down.

After he sat, Luo Xue walked over with the air of a hunter. With a light hop, she plopped down on the desk in front of Lin Che.

At just over one and a half meters tall, Luo Xue now looked down at Lin Che.

A confident smile, as if she had everything under control, appeared on the girl's delicate, adorable face.

She folded her arms across her chest.

Her school uniform did little to hide her slight build, though she made a point of puffing herself up.

Luo Xue crossed her legs, her slender legs swinging beneath her loose uniform shorts. White socks and shiny loafers completed the look.

"Luo Xue, tell me. What exactly do you want?"

"Heh, it's simple!" Luo Xue narrowed her pretty eyes, a mischievous glint in them.

"From now on, you're my boyfriend. Whatever I say, you have to obey..."

"And..."

Luo Xue raised one leg and planted her loafer against Lin Che's chest, pressing down slightly.

"From now on, you're not allowed to be around any woman but me. Even if you're in the same place, I have to be there too!"

"If I catch you, I'll crush you!"

As she spoke, Luo Xue slowly moved her foot downward.

Lin Che shuddered.

That was terrifying!

Luo Xue's possessiveness was downright abnormal!

"Impossible! I won't agree!"

Lin Che refused outright. If he agreed, he'd be trapped in a miserable life from then on!

His answer clearly took Luo Xue by surprise.

She paused, then said viciously:

"Aren't you afraid I'll tell people about you and Teacher Su?"

"Go ahead! We can both go down together. You saw me making out with Teacher Su, and you're still trying to force me to be your boyfriend. That makes you the other woman who knowingly got involved!"

Compared to the secret getting out, Luo Xue was more frightening. Lin Che gave up and decided to stop caring what happened!

"Damn it..."

Luo Xue furrowed her delicate brows and pressed her foot harder against Lin Che's chest.

A hint of embarrassed frustration crossed her cute, youthful face.

She had thought that using this secret to threaten Lin Che would be a sure thing!

Luo Xue's ultimate goal was to turn Lin Che into a boyfriend who doted on her.

But she hadn't expected him to give up so easily!

If she ruined Lin Che's reputation, that wouldn't do her any good either!

Luo Xue bit her thumb.

Since things had come to this, it looked like she had no choice but to use that trick!

She had learned about something called hypnosis from Gu Yilan!

Although Luo Xue didn't believe in something with no scientific basis,

Gu Yilan had sworn up and down that hypnosis was real. She'd even said she had successfully tested it herself!

Well... might as well give it a try!

"Hmph, Lin Che, since you won't give in, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Luo Xue declared.

"Lin Che, I'm warning you, this is my first time using this. I read online that if it goes wrong, it might turn someone into an idiot!"

"You'd better agree now. Don't make me use that trick!"

Luo Xue gave him her final warning!

Lin Che had no idea what this brat was talking about. He glared right back at her, looking completely unafraid of what was coming!

"Looks like... you're not going to give in!"

Luo Xue was furious!

She took her phone out of her uniform pocket.

From her photo gallery, she opened the animated image Gu Yilan had sent her.

"You forced me to do this! If you really turn into an idiot, it's not my fault!"

Luo Xue sounded more confident than she felt!

She pressed her lips together. After hesitating for a moment, she still turned the phone screen toward Lin Che's eyes.

Ah... what?!

When Lin Che saw the image on the screen, he was completely dumbfounded!

A black-and-white spiral spun around and around, making him feel dizzy.

He recognized the image all too well.

Wasn't this Gu Yilan's "hypnosis technique"?

Lin Che glanced at Luo Xue's face. The brat looked so smug, as if she were saying, "You're scared now, aren't you?"

"Luo Xue... are you... trying to hypnotize me...?"

"Heh heh. That's what you get for refusing to take the easy way! But don't worry. Once the hypnosis works, you'll become the most obedient boyfriend in the world!"

Luo Xue looked thoughtful, as if trying to figure out what to say next.

Then she parted her lips and spoke a series of words Lin Che knew all too well.

"Focus on the image in front of you..."

"Imagine yourself floating in the ocean. The water surrounds you, and it feels very comfortable... You slowly sink beneath the surface, and your consciousness sinks with you..."

"Now you're in a daze... Whatever you hear, you'll... you'll instinctively obey..."

Sigh...

Lin Che sighed inwardly.

Those hypnosis lines were exactly the same as Gu Yilan's!

Now Lin Che knew who had taught Luo Xue the "hypnosis technique."

One person was bold enough to teach it.

And the other was foolish enough to believe it!

Chapter 35: The Trap

Luo Xue had no idea what Lin Che was thinking.

When she saw his dumbfounded expression, she assumed he was already in a daze. Her smug, bratty face turned astonished.

But the surprise soon gave way to delight. Luo Xue's lips curled up, and she laughed triumphantly!

"Hypnosis really works! I'd barely finished speaking, and Lin Che's consciousness was already gone!"

"Looks like Yilan didn't lie to me! Hypnosis really is real!"

Luo Xue could barely contain her excitement!

Lin Che, on the other hand, was troubled.

But if he didn't pretend to be hypnotized...

Luo Xue would immediately realize that the so-called hypnosis was just a trick for gullible kids!

She might even tell her!

But if he played along with Luo Xue...

Then his whole life would be ruined!

Luo Xue's unhealthy possessiveness had frightened Lin Che.

If he let her hypnotize him, he could imagine how miserable his life would be afterward.

He'd be shackled without end.

He'd become a boyfriend who had to come running whenever she called!

And if he made Luo Xue unhappy, she might even put her foot on him like she was doing now!

She might even call him **!

At the thought, Lin Che couldn't help looking down.

The shoe against his chest was small, its shape neat beneath the spotless loafer.

Luo Xue's feet probably smelled sweet and felt soft...

But!

He couldn't just give in to Luo Xue's hypnosis!

He had to come up with a plan!

He couldn't let Gu Yilan find out that hypnosis was fake, and he couldn't let Luo Xue get her way either!

Lin Che's mind was racing!