Chapter 20
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I woke up, feeling relatively clear-headed, but my body was numb and my brain's commands took a long time to be received by my limbs. I moved my arm, flexed my leg, and could weakly feel something tugging at my hands and legs. When I looked towards the source of the force, I discovered that my hands and feet were tightly bound with strips of cloth. The cloth was tied into several knots, as if to prevent me from escaping. How did I end up in this state? I remember...

"Jerry, you're awake?" A slightly intoxicated smile appeared in front of me.

"Zhiye...?" It was an expression I had never seen before, making me feel uncomfortable.

"So, you really lied to me, didn't you?" Zhiye's tone sounded cheerful, as if she didn't care at all whether she had been deceived.

"No..." I still resisted.

Zhiye's cold fingers brushed across my cheek, like an extremely sharp ice blade. The places she touched slowly started to burn with pain.

"Why did you lie? Why did you hide things from me? Why did you look for another girl behind my back? I thought I was the only one for Jerry. How bad of you, Jerry. You're so disobedient," Zhiye said to herself, almost like she was talking to herself. After a few seconds of silence, she took out a cell phone from her pocket. It was my phone.

She opened the phone and started flipping through something. I regretted not setting a password for my phone. When she stopped at a certain point, she showed me the screen. I looked and was suddenly shocked. It was my chat record with Su Yuqian.

"So, this is the foxy woman who tried to seduce my Jerry, how immoral," Zhiye said.

"Well..." I wanted to explain something, but realized there was nothing I could say, so I fell silent again.

"Is she the girl you confessed to?" Zhiye suddenly said something that made my heart skip a beat. How did she know?

"Jerry, is she prettier than me? Does she have a better personality? Do you get along better with her? Am I inferior to her? Why do you still want to be with this foxy woman, when you already have me? Oh... she must have seduced you. I've said that any girl who wants to get close to you must leave this world. Hahaha... I will definitely make her leave this world," Zhiye suddenly burst into a crazed laughter and stood up.

"Zhiye... I really like her sincerely. I hope you can understand and also hope that you can let go..." I said with determination, my heart pounding.

My breathing became uneven.

"Jerry, is she deceiving you?" Zhiye turned around and stared at me with wide eyes.

"I really like her... Although I feel guilty towards you, if I really have to hurt someone... I'm sorry," I could only vaguely express my thoughts.

"Never, never! Jerry will stay with me even in death because Jerry is mine," Zhiye said with a strange smile, but this smile looked a bit twisted.

"I'll kill her, so Jerry will be with me forever," Zhiye seemed to have gone abnormal. While looking at her phone, she mumbled to herself, "Find a place to invite her out and then get rid of her."

Seeing this, I quickly said, "Zhiye, I was wrong."

"Huh?" Zhiye looked at me with confusion.

"I shouldn't have divided my attention. I should have wholeheartedly loved only you," I said sincerely.

"Jerry..." Zhiye seemed to return to normal a bit.

"Give me the phone, I'll delete that person and won't have any contact with her anymore, okay?"

"Really?" Zhiye's face showed a moved expression. She slowly walked to my side and handed me the phone.

"Can you loosen my bindings?" I pointed to my hand holding the phone.

Zhiye nodded and untied me. As soon as she did, I glanced at the phone screen for a second, then quickly slammed the phone onto the ground. In an instant, the phone turned into debris.

"Jerry, you..." Zhiye was taken aback.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't change my feelings, but I won't allow you to hurt her. That's why I had to resort to this," I said.

"Jerry, you're still deceiving me," Zhiye became angry. I took this opportunity to try to untie my other bound hand.However, before I could find a resolution, I was once again stunned by the electric baton wielded by Zhiye. Through my dazed state, I faintly heard her say, "I will do whatever it takes to make you stay with me."