Beyond Forgiveness

You go crazy, I go crazy | play the pig to eat the tiger | black eats black | true feelings and false pretenses | both are each other's first and only | Please read the warnings

A sweet-faced, cold-hearted, ghostly woman × an unruly, fatherly man

Shen Luoning × Wei Yanggong (Mr. Zhang)

One day, a stranger suddenly barges into Shen Luoning's home. Covered in blood, he looks at her with round eyes like a black bear. After a fight, he knocks her unconscious. When she wakes, she sees a man with smooth, delicate skin and can't help asking:

“What are you going to do?”

The man looks her up and down, making Shen Luoning frown.

Seeing her wary expression, he seems to find it amusing. A cut at the corner of his mouth makes it hard for him to smile properly, but his eyes still curve as he looks at her.

“I want to rent your place.”

Shen Luoning refuses outright. The man tries to talk her around a few more times, but she still won't agree.

She thinks he'll leave now, but then a sharp pain twists through her abdomen.

The man sighs helplessly, as if watching a mouse struggle on a glue trap.

“I wasn't asking for your consent. I...”

His gaze suddenly turns sharp.

“I made you swallow an explosive chip, something shaped like a phone memory card. Once swallowed, it can implant itself anywhere in your body. As long as you're alive, it emits a faint blue glow. It's still in development, though, so there are some side effects.”

The man smiles.

“The side effect is that the colder your body gets, the more active it becomes. I have the remote. I can make you die or live whenever I want.”

With that, Shen Luoning has no choice but to obey him. Whatever he wants, she gives him.

After some time, Shen Luoning still knows nothing about him.

They are like tenants in the same house, who ought to leave each other alone. But he seems not to know the meaning of boundaries, moving closer to her one step at a time.

Their relationship grows closer.

Shen Luoning smiles as she looks into the two-way mirror, taking in the man's smooth, delicate skin.

She can give him what he wants.

And in turn,

he must give her what she wants.

She is a pawn abandoned by others, left here because she failed her mission. To return to the organization, she is willing to do whatever it takes.

From the moment she first saw him, she had her eye on his skin. If she offered that skin to her mother, she could return safely.

He controls her; she plots against him.

When the time comes, they'll gradually step into each other's traps, like pieces on a chessboard.

Warnings:

1. The characters' values do not represent the author's. Please read rationally.

2. This book contains some incorrect statements, behaviors, eating habits, and so on. They are included only for the story and plot. Do not imitate them in real life! I, the author, have provided corrections in the author's notes. If there's an example you think I should correct but haven't, please leave on your own. I may have missed something I meant to correct because I read too quickly. To avoid any misunderstanding with the latter half of this warning, learn nothing from this book!

3. If you feel physically or mentally uncomfortable while reading, or simply don't like it, don't force yourself to continue. You can leave.

4. If you question certain scenes or lines, please provide reasonable, detailed, and convincing evidence.

5. All characters in this book are heterosexual.

6. This book is entirely fictional. All countries, locations, and so on are made up! Do not take them as real!

7. Most of the main characters have ordinary names. Any resemblance is coincidental. If you think I've copied someone, please see item four.

8. I wrote this book myself!!! I strictly prohibit AI writing!!! Do not submit my work to AI!!! If anything is unclear, please see item four.

9. I do not accept writing advice.

10. The main characters' actions are limited to the setting of this book. Do not form unnecessary misconceptions about their professions. I love my country, my party, and my people.

11. This is just an ordinary web novel. Do not read any grand values into it.

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