World 1: Creepy Retired Military Third Gen × Ex-Female Lead’s Coworker, Poor Little Thing 17

Fu Yu voluntarily stepped into Huo Hanting’s cage.

Overnight, the genius algorithm engineer vanished.

No one could find even a trace of Fu Yu.

Even the information about her on the Huo Corporation’s official website was taken down.

Except for her published papers, it was as if Fu Yu had never existed.

“What on earth happened?”

Academic circles, both domestic and international, were abuzz with speculation.

Some guessed Fu Yu had been abducted by a mysterious organization.

Some believed she had joined a top-secret national project.

Others feared she had discovered something she shouldn’t have and had been silenced.

Rumors flew in every direction.

Meanwhile, at the eye of the storm, Fu Yu was lounging comfortably in a recliner, leisurely reading The Little Prince while enjoying Huo Hanting’s massage.

“Reading The Little Prince again?”

He leaned down and nibbled her earlobe. “I especially like one quote from it: ‘The rose’s thorns will prick hands—it’s better to keep her in a greenhouse.’”

Just like how he felt now.

His long fingers traced slow, rhythmic circles on her calves—sometimes gentle, sometimes rough.

“I know the thought of imprisoning you is dirty, but Ah-Yu, I can’t stand you being even half a step away from me.
I’m truly insane.
My father was a promiscuous lunatic, and I… I’m a possessive one.”

Huo Hanting never felt secure.

Even though Fu Yu no longer saw anyone, he still feared—deep in his heart—that she would one day hate him, despise him, or want to leave him.

In this so-called imprisonment, it wasn’t really Fu Yu who was trapped—it was Huo Hanting himself.

Fu Yu sighed.

In the previous life, Chen Manzi had hated Huo Hanting’s possessiveness and control, calling him a complete monster.

She couldn’t stand how he managed every aspect of her life, monitored her every move, and even installed a tracker on her.

Eventually, she was forced to flee from him in the most extreme way.

Chen Manzi believed everything Huo Hanting did was simply to possess her.

But shortly after the Huo family had helped the Chen family through a financial crisis, more issues were discovered, and the Chens were investigated by the prosecutors. The Chen corporation plummeted.

Only then did Chen Manzi realize that Huo Hanting’s love was suffocating—total control and possession.

His love was disgusting, yet inescapable.

Desperate, she had to beg Huo Hanting once more to help her father.

And Huo Hanting only said three words:

“Stay with me.”

In their past life, his indulgence of Chen Manzi had no bottom line. As long as she was willing, he’d pluck stars from the sky for her.

And all he ever wanted was simple: companionship.

For instance, the day she begged him happened to be his birthday.

No one had ever spent a birthday with him before. He just wanted Chen Manzi to stay by his side.

But to her, that seemed even harder than death.

Eventually, upon seeing Fu Yu and Gu Huai shopping for wedding rings, Chen Manzi left Huo Hanting once again.

After being abandoned repeatedly, Huo Hanting completely snapped.

Fu Yu opened her eyes, ending the storyline recall.

She hugged Huo Hanting, and just that simple act lowered his darkness value significantly.

[Darkness Value -5%, Current: 995%]

Fu Yu’s pupils contracted. She recalled a vision from the recall—

In the previous life, after losing control, Huo Hanting locked Chen Manzi in a dark room and knelt at the edge of the villa’s rooftop.

His love hurt others even more than himself.

“Don’t hurt yourself because of me, okay?”
Fu Yu said softly, “No matter what the reason, don’t ever hurt yourself.”

Huo Hanting froze all over.

He had thought about it—if Fu Yu no longer wanted to stay, or started to despise him, he’d just end his life quietly so as not to burden her.

He’d rather go to hell alone…

“Why?”
Huo Hanting asked instinctively.

“Because… I wouldn’t be able to bear it.”
Fu Yu kissed his cheek.

“You’re the most important person to me in this world. I won’t allow you to leave me. Got it?”

[Darkness Value -3%, Current: 992%]

Fu Yu suddenly smiled.

She raised her leg and brushed it across his waist. When she felt his body tense instantly, she hooked her arm around his neck, noses touching.

“You’re really afraid of hurting me, aren’t you?”

She guided his head down to her neck.

“Bite me.”

Huo Hanting’s eyes darkened.

But he didn’t bite Fu Yu—he wouldn’t harm her in the slightest.

“See? You can’t even hurt me,” Fu Yu said as she tugged his collar, forcing him to look at her.
“You’re not someone who would harm me. You just have some… indecent thoughts you don’t dare say out loud, right?”

“So… why don’t we play a game?”

“From now on, every time you have a bad thought about me—I’ll punish you once.”

“What kind of… punishment?” Huo Hanting’s voice was hoarse.

“For example…” Fu Yu suddenly bit his Adam’s apple.
“You’re not allowed to kiss me~.”

[Darkness Value -15%, Current: 977%]

Fu Yu had realized something—when dealing with someone like Huo Hanting, simply being obedient wouldn’t reduce their darkness value.

You had to emotionally dominate them to control the relationship.

“I’ll be Fu Yu’s obedient little puppy.”

Huo Hanting promised softly, hugging her tighter and tighter, as if he wanted to absorb her into his very bones.

That way, they could never be separated again.

The system, witnessing all this, scratched its nonexistent hair.

No wonder the department head insisted Fu Yu be the one to fix the yandere worlds…

Most emotional fixers just tried to meet the target’s emotional needs—but only a tough case like Fu Yu could really handle these psychos.

The best way to deal with a psycho… is to be even more psycho than them.

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The next morning, Fu Yu toyed with Huo Hanting’s tie clip.

Today was an international business conference.

When Fu Yu’s face appeared on the large screen in the conference room, the Huo Corporation’s executives were stunned—

Their notoriously cold-faced CEO was smiling the whole time?

Even errors in the report and verbal slips by the procurement manager didn’t trigger one of his infamous death stares?

Was this really the Huo Hanting they knew?

Had someone taken over his body?

Then again… if they could be with Fu Yu, they’d happily lose a few IQ points too!

After all, Fu Yu was a genius among geniuses. The ultimate woman.

The moment the camera cut off, Fu Yu ran the tie clip down Huo Hanting’s chest and lifted his chin.

When the prey willingly steps into the trap and smiles as they lock the chains around themselves…

The most unbreakable prison in this world…

Is the one you willingly build yourself.