"Forget it, if I can’t go back tonight, then I won’t. There are many people in the villa anyway, and Kangkang is there; she doesn’t have to worry about her reputation."
"I’m not hungry, you go eat, I can wait for you."
"Are you really not going to eat? You haven’t eaten much today, try to eat a little."
"I won’t eat, just go eat yourself." An Ruo urged him, slightly impatient.
Tang Yuchen had no choice but to go to the kitchen himself to prepare something, He fussed around for a while and then sat down across from her with a bowl of steaming noodles to eat.
An Ruo sipped her water slowly; her mind was full of the words he had spoken.
She recalled everything that had happened since his return and indeed noticed many oddities.
"I remember not long after you came back, Tang Yushen came to me. He wanted me to join him against you, but I refused.
He was acting weird that day, he insisted on talking to me just to get me to collaborate with him, and when I refused, he left without much persuasion.
At that moment, I did feel that it was all quite bizarre. What do you think his purpose was?" she couldn’t help voicing a bit of her doubts.
Tang Yuchen stopped eating, and looked at her gravely, asking, "Do you still remember all the details from back then? Did he say anything besides wanting you to join him, and how did you feel?"
She only remembered that Tang Yushen had said some things to agitate her, making her feel uncomfortable.
He also asked her what Tang Yuchen had told her; she hadn’t revealed anything to him, but she was thinking hard about what had happened that morning in the hotel.
Later, she was so upset that she cried, showing her vulnerable side in front of Tang Yushen.
An Ruo shared all these details, and Tang Yuchen’s brow furrowed deeply after listening.
"Back then, Tang Yushen was hypnotizing you! When a person’s nerves are fragile or their conscious defences are down, they’re very susceptible to hypnotism. We were always worried that Xingtian would find a chance to hypnotize you, but we didn’t expect Tang Yushen would do it too... Xingtian must have taught him how to do it! Damn it, they hypnotized you twice!"
An Ruo’s heart skipped, "Is there a problem with being hypnotized twice?"
Tang Yuchen couldn’t continue eating, he got up, walked to the bar, poured himself a drink, and downed it fiercely. His back facing her, looking very stiff.
His silence only made her feel more uneasy. "Tang Yuchen, just tell me everything, I can handle it."
The man turned around, slowly walked over to sit beside her, took her arms in his hands, and looked into her eyes deeply.
An Ruo’s eyelashes fluttered, it had been a long time since he called her that, she felt somewhat at a loss.
"Initially, I didn’t tell you anything. Firstly, to better deal with them, and secondly, to protect you, to keep you from getting involved in this mess. Despite that, I almost harmed you.
I thought they might hypnotize you once at most, but they did it twice...
Xingtian’s hypnotism is too sinister. If they hypnotized you one more time, your memory could have become very confused. I’m sorry, I came close to putting you in grave danger."
"So that’s what it is, you gave me a fright, but aren’t I fine now? Besides, you said your plan succeeded, isn’t Xingtian eliminated? If he’s gone, then no one can hypnotize me anymore, and even if he’s still alive, he wouldn’t bother hypnotizing me again, right?"