After Being Reborn, My Ex-Girlfriend Became Obsessed - Chapter 47

The warmth radiating from Anyu’s body was exceptionally comforting. Lin Duxi craved more, burying her head in Anyu’s hair and inhaling her fragrance, her mind and eyes filled entirely with her.

Anyu froze in her movements, seemingly unable to fully process Lin Duxi’s words just now. Lin Duxi had overheard their conversation and responded, leaving Anyu’s heart caught between embarrassment and shock, tinged with a hint of shame, and she found herself frozen in place.

The person in her arms became bolder. Lin Duxi wrapped her arms around Anyu’s waist; her pale, slender fingers brushed over her back, intentionally or not, and thoughts both appropriate and forbidden flickered through her mind.

She and Anyu could no longer be apart. She was a vine clinging to Anyu’s growth—she had been, she still was. The six years away from Anyu had been a dark prison.

Everyone craves light, and Lin Duxi even more so. Anyu, like a deity, had pulled her out of the abyss, cleansed the stains off her, and held her hand, teaching her how to love. Lin Duxi would never let go. She wanted the deity to love her forever, to love only her.

Lin Duxi thought to herself, I am despicable.

But she could not control herself. The mere thought of Anyu leaving her made her unbearably distressed, and dark thoughts that could hurt Anyu, thoughts that could bring tears to her eyes, swirled in her mind. At this moment, she was restraining herself as much as she could.

Anyu snapped back to reality, lowering her gaze toward Lin Duxi curled in her arms, her expression complicated. Then she reached out and gently separated Lin Duxi from herself.

“Someone’s here,” she said simply, without asking what Lin Duxi meant by her words just now.

Lin Duxi lowered her head and softly responded, hiding the tumultuous emotions inside.

After the filming crew finished bandaging, they hurried over. Netizens had already seen Lin Duxi appear on the scene alongside Anyu, and anyone could tell the atmosphere between the two had been unusual.

“What did Anyu and Lin Duxi talk about during this time? I really want to know.”
“What are you two doing! Don’t bother us.”
“Why does it feel like something’s off between them? Did they argue?”
“Impossible. Arguments are normal for couples in love, and they don’t seem like the type to quarrel recklessly. Maybe they just ran into some problem. Let’s wait patiently.”

Pei Lu had disappeared for a long time and only appeared at the bonfire during dinner, wearing a hat and a mask, standing in the shadows and glaring fiercely at Anyu.

Anyu paid no attention to him. Her heart was unusually unsettled, a thought growing and twisting inside her, gripping her heart like it wanted to crush it.

The system-assigned task she had… was probably impossible to complete now.

Anyu sat by the barbecue grill, hands clasped, her eyes reflecting the flames, burning her heart.

At their embrace on the grass, she wondered why she hadn’t asked Lin Duxi a question. She still didn’t understand why; the moment she saw Lin Duxi, the question she had wanted to ask vanished, like a vine twisting in darkness, only daring to grow in hidden corners of her heart.

A soft hand appeared in her vision. Anyu looked up; Lin Duxi was holding a bottle of beer, smiling against the wind. She stood with the fire behind her, so Anyu could only see the curve of her smile, not the expression in her eyes.

“Thanks,” Anyu said, reaching for it. Their hands almost touched, but Anyu suddenly withdrew. She opened the bottle and took a sip, then faced Lin Duxi, unsure of what to say.

Lin Duxi smiled at her again, then turned back to continue what she had been doing. Anyu lowered her head and took another sip of her drink, letting out a quiet sigh for no reason.

Xie An’an approached and started chatting. Anyu distractedly responded, replying to each question.

Xie An’an casually talked about things they had seen before. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Lin Duxi watching them from not far away, her eyes dark and unreadable.

Xie An’an stiffened for a moment, quickly ended the conversation with Anyu, and used sleepiness as an excuse to leave.

Anyu looked around, seeing nothing unusual. She then couldn’t help but glance at Lin Duxi, who was now sitting in a chair scrolling through her phone. The light from the screen reflected in her pupils; in the dim night, she was the only source of light.

This kind of person should be the protagonist, and the innocent years she had—perhaps those were stolen moments Anyu had quietly taken.

Anyu finished her drink, turned, and returned to the tent.

The tent was originally meant for two, so sleeping alone felt spacious. She didn’t completely zip it up, for reasons she didn’t understand, leaving it slightly open.

The night wind slipped through the gap, brushing against her. Anyu’s previously muddled mind suddenly cleared a little. She abruptly remembered something.

Pei Lu had once mocked her, mentioning her being Lin Duxi’s deskmate in high school and her family’s bankruptcy. She hadn’t told anyone about these things—how did Pei Lu know?

Anyu quickly pulled out her phone and called Shiyu.

“What’s wrong, Anyu?” It was still early; Shiyu hadn’t gone to bed yet and answered promptly.

“In high school, was there someone named Pei Lu?”

“Pei Lu? You mean the one in the same show as you? Let me think… I don’t remember. If Pei Lu hadn’t moved his face around, he might have been a bit well-known in high school, but I never heard of him.”

Anyu thanked her and hung up, her expression darkening.

Pei Lu hadn’t attended Jiangcheng No. 2 High School, so there was only one possibility: he had investigated her.

Anyu frowned. It didn’t matter that Pei Lu investigated her—anyone could learn about her family background if they wanted. But if he investigated her, it was certainly not just to mock or threaten her into staying away from Lin Duxi. While investigating her, he must have also investigated Lin Duxi.

A wave of inexplicable irritation surged through Anyu. She zipped open the tent and went outside, sitting by the lake to let the wind blow. She cursed Pei Lu fiercely in her heart.

Who did Pei Lu think he was? Just from what Anyu knew, he had changed girlfriends multiple times in a month. He was unattractive, greasy, and now secretly investigating others. She didn’t understand how the system had chosen him as the male lead.

Thinking of this, she started cursing the system too—stupid system, always shocking her, always warning her, only concerned with what she should do, never considering Lin Duxi’s feelings. Neither of them was a good entity.

As she vented, the irritation in her heart gradually faded. She looked up at the starry sky, feeling a subtle bitterness.

In her previous life, she had achieved nothing. Her parents had committed suicide; she had been pushed off a building without even understanding why. Now, she was trapped again by the system, unable to move freely.

Why did they have to let her know she was only a character in a novel? Anyu thought of many things, but in the end, her mind returned to a slender figure from her memories.

Everything she knew about Lin Duxi came directly from Lin Duxi herself. Even after high school, she only knew the name of the orphanage Lin Duxi lived in. Lin Duxi had never revealed her background, and Anyu had never asked.

At that time, Anyu thought they had plenty of time ahead, and there was no need to exchange all their secrets immediately. In her room, bathed in moonlight, they had whispered the most sincere words of youth.

She had already sensed something unusual at home—things she had always possessed were disappearing faster than she could imagine. Anyu was afraid. What she feared losing most was the one thing she valued above all.

“Will you always stay with me?” Eighteen-year-old Anyu held her most treasured possession, naïve enough that she needed to hear the affirmative answer.

“I will. I won’t lie to you, Anyu.”

Anyu felt joyful and happily hugged her treasure, falling asleep.

But Lin Duxi had lied.

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