Lazily Yours.

"Lyca… come let's leave this place."

"Please Xu Ke…" Lyca snorted. "Can you please stop acting? It is irritating me."

"Lyca… what are you talking about?"

She snorted and took another step back, letting the gas hide her from Xu Ke's gaze. "Lyca… listen. This place is going to collapse soon. I asked my people to have the emergency system blow this place up. We need to leave."

"You wanted me to believe that you would blow this place up because of some gasses? Xu Ke… please tell me you didn't think I would believe that?"

"Lyca, what are you saying? This— "

"Are you still as clueless? Or, you finally realized that tonight, everything is going on end?"

"Lyca— "

"The explosion was deliberate. I wanted to kill your people and you. My only mistake is not being able to kill you."

"You— You think you can kill me with a mere gas?" Finally, his facade fell. He chuckled. "You know you can't beat me in hand-to-hand combat. I am stronger than you, bigger and faster."

"Who told you that I am trying to fight you?" Lyca smiled. "Why would I hurt myself in fighting you when I can just… destroy what you like the most and run away?"

"You won't be able to run away. This place is strong, the security is— " Xu Ke's face darkened when she realized something. This place is indeed very secured. Not even a missile would be able to destroy this place. This was mostly because most part of the place is actually underground. Xu Ke actually killed the President because he wanted to use the funds of the country for this project.

This facility was not only designed to fight off missiles. It was also impenetrable from the inside. All of its walls were bulletproof, even the glass is bulletproof. It has defenses from both inside and outside attacks.

But it didn't have any defense against gaseous attacks. Especially if it's done from the inside. "You— You knew about the defense system of this facility?" he hissed.

"Nope. I am not that smart." Lyca continued smiling. This irritated Xu Ke even more.

"But did you think this was enough to ruin the facility?"

"Nope. But it was enough to ruin your specimen and everything with blood in it. I am happy with that."

Xu Ke squinted. "Did you think… I wouldn't be able to kill you again?" he asked, his expression slowly morphing into an ugly scowl. A sinister glint flashed in his eyes. "Did you think— "

"Nope. You are very capable of killing me and that's fine. You can kill me anytime you want. But… you have to make sure that you will survive the gas. I mean… can you feel that tingling now? Was it in your eyes? Or throat? Can you feel the acidic aftertaste as if you were eating something?"

"You— "

"Xu Ke… you are underestimating me." Lyca was already beaming at him as if Xu Ke had no signs of winning. And that was when reality hit him.

"Xu Jihan… you were purposely trying to make him suspicious to you?"

She scoffed. "How could I make people suspicious of me? Did you think I had some magic power to do that? It was his nature to be suspicious. And it was your nature to kill the people that would doubt you and your ideas. At the end of the day, both of your actions were fueled by human nature." She didn't hide the mockery that laced her tone.

One was super suspicious and the other loves to kill.

Xu Ke and Xu Jihan are not exactly the best people in the world. But playing them, making them fight is such a fun thing to do.

"And you agreed with the marriage, pretending that you asked for Tang Ruyi's help so I would watch out for any attacks from the outside should be a part of your plan too."

Lyca only smiled in response. Was it her fault that Xu Ke wanted to show her he was the one in charge? Xu Ke had been acting like a fool. But how could she miss the signs? Xu Ke knew her just as much as she knows him. Both of them were like two toddlers, playing pretend with each other.

"You wanted me to trust you enough to bring you out then make me suspicious by purposely talking to Tang Ruyi for a bit. Still… I am missing something here. What if Tang Ruyi acted just like your grandfather and didn't join the party? Who are you going to talk to?" Xu Ke fell into deep thought. He knew that he was missing a big chunk of information.

"You planned this from the start?" Xu Ke asked her. "You plan to fool me from the start?"

"It seems that you are still as smart as you were in the previous world," Lyca noted. "And that was a compliment."

"Then this means… Shen Qui…." Could be alive too! This devil!

All this time, he thought that he already had Lyca in his clutches. That he could make her dance in his palms like a puppet! All this time, he thought that Lyca was too depressed because of Shen Qui's death! He thought that controlling her should be easier.

He knew that she was always emotional and losing her husband must have made her vulnerable.

Then she stayed inside without any signs of leaving. She lived a life of routine, sleeping, eating, working. Letting him believe that she had lost her hope and just wanted to resurrect her husband.

All this time, he was thinking that he was ten steps ahead of her when she was actually the puppeteer and he was just her damn puppet! "How… how did you create that explosion."

"Not telling," Lyca said. "Ah, I will miss this life. I love sleeping and eating food. I love that it didn't have the usual drama in the outside world. I love that I get to just experiment all day." She laughed. Her deal with Shen Qui was two months. At least two months.

She will stay here for two months just as he was talking to the members of the Ye Family for a collaboration.

"I will always remember everything. When I am old, I would probably tell my grandchildren about being kidnapped and liking it."