Love and Kill Each Other

Even though he had long understood Shen Ziqing's selfishness and coldness, Shen Qi still felt a chill run down his spine.

He knew that cooperating with Shen Ziqing was no different from seeking a tiger's skin... But though it was a risky move, if it succeeded, he would be willing to pay any price.

He had thought that escaping the Shen family manor would mean the sky was vast enough for birds to fly free, yet in countless midnight dreams, Shen Ranxin's smiling, crescent-eyed expression tangled around his heart until he could barely breathe.

He had not realized it then, thinking it was merely the discomfort of a sudden separation. By the time he understood, what had trapped him had never been the towering iron gates of the Shen family manor that he could never escape as a child, but the warmth he had once curled against as they slept in their youth.

Yet he could no longer keep the person in his arms.

"Don't worry." Shen Ziqing's voice slowly sounded from the communicator. "I said I would return a Shen Ranxin who satisfied you, and I will certainly do it... There are hundreds, thousands of 'Shen Ranxins' in my laboratory. As long as his memories are extracted, he will have countless chances to 'come back to life,' just like me, isn't that right?"

Shen Qi's breathing grew heavy.

"Be a good boy and do as I say, all right?" As in years past, Shen Ziqing used the gentlest tone to speak the cruelest words. "Other than obeying me, you have no chance of taking Little Ranxin back from Lu Zhi..."

*

Shen Ranxin sat on the balcony, listening as Lu Zhi spoke of those four years.

"Once, you ate so much candy that you ruined your teeth. You hid