Chapter 96. I’m Your Hostage, Do You Understand?

The room was sunny, with a window facing a coconut grove of sandy beaches, and a vibrant green as far as the eye could see. Blue waves blow from the clear sea, cascading warmly onto the fine white sand, and when you close your eyes, you can smell the faint scent of sea salt. The seasons here are like spring. It was warm all year round, and the sea taunts the tides like a person’s breath; it never stops.

Chen Du counted and sorted his documents and cash into his money clip, removed his SIM card, and put his mobile phone and money clip together on his bed.

They fled suddenly and hurriedly, so all along, their clothes had not changed. He took off the heavy autumn clothes. The fibres of the clothes were wet with sweat and water heavy. He threw the clothes into the automatic washing machine on the balcony and walked over to hug Chen Jiashu, who was lying on the railing far away and lost in thought. His chin rested on the top of her head. He lowered his head and kissed her warmly, and rolled up the hem of her shirt to help her take off the sweatshirt, “Will you take a shower? “

The sweater was taken off from the bottom and her head was eased out of the it, revealing the her slender and undulating body lines. Her fair back was drenched in sweat as Chen Du’s strong body was pressed against it, and his hands went under her armpits to pick her up like a baby, turning in the opposite direction and heading for the bathroom.

One by one, her clothes fell to the floor and by the time they reached the bathroom, they were both undressed, skin to skin, their bodies nestled together without a gap. Chen Du pressed the warm water switch on the bathtub and sat with her in his arms on the marble countertop next to him, leaning down to rub his face against her cheek, “Still not feeling well? Should I call a doctor?”

“I’m fine.” Chen Jiashu shook her head, her eyes drifting a little. Her gaze fell on a point in the void.

Yesterday they had gone to school in their school uniforms and backpacks like ordinary high school students, but today they were both sitting naked and resting on a beach on an oceanic island. When the door is opened, there would be strangers with different skin colours and the similarly unfamiliar language. WHen they closed the door, there were two mobile phones that had lost their connections, and they were carrying thick piles of American money in their skinny school bags.

His deep voice mingled with the rustling chug of leaves outside the window, as gentle as a filter, “Then get some sleep first, then get up and go shopping for some clothes. There are lots of shops here and lots of fun. We can go seaplaneing, and at night there are dance shows on the beach ……”

“How long do you plan to stay here?” Chen Jiashu suddenly spoke, raising her eyes to him.

“How long do you want to stay?” Chen Du took two bath balls from the wooden box and threw them into the bathtub, taking her in and letting her lie on her stomach in front of him, “We can stay as long as you want. If you get bored, we can go somewhere else, Chiang Mai, Sanya, Europe, whatever.”

She knew that Chen Du was rich and could make enough money to go to the ends of the earth to support a good life anywhere, but that didn’t change the fact that they had fled. Deserters had no identity and no future.

“What do we count like this?”

Chen Du rubbed her back and thought for a moment. “We’re together.”

Chen Jiashu laughed absurdly, “Oh, together? You don’t want to go to school? I don’t want to go to school either?”

“Of course I do. But, do you want to go back now?”

Chen Du asked what was on her mind, and both of them fell silent at the same time. The only sounds left in the spacious and luxurious bathroom were the sound of running water and the rustling of the leaves outside the window.

How could they go back? They both knew what was waiting for them when they returned. Wen Yun was in the midst of her rage and would not let Chen Jiashu get away with it. Chen Du’s promise of a good time last night was just a delaying tactic, and all she had were her bare hands and fists. Going back now would be like hitting the gun and dying.

“Chen Jiashu.” Chen Du called her name, “I am your hostage, do you understand?”

Chen Jiashu was stunned, finally understanding what Chen Du meant.

As long as they were together, Wen Yun wouldn’t dare touch her. Because Chen Du had tied himself to her, she thus had the greatest leverage.

It was Chen Du who brought her to the Maldives, but it was also she who took Wen Yun’s son away. She doesn’t go to school, Chen Du skips classes, so if Wen Yun dares to do anything to her school records, then perhaps their phones will be out of touch indefinitely.

Chen Du was gambling for her fate with his own future.

“You’re crazy.” Chen Jiashu propped herself up on the edge of the bathtub and stood up, splashing tiny splashes of water on Chen Du’s body and face. “You’re crazy.”

Chen Du stood up after her, his large body encircling her entire body. He put his arm around her shoulders, “I don’t know. I just know that no matter what, my choice must be you.”

“You ……” Chen Jiashu’s lips opened and closed several times. Her face muscles tensed in a subtle twitch, forcing out a smile that was worse than crying, gritting her teeth, “What an idiot.”