Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me
Chapter 622: Seeing Through

Chapter 622: Chapter 622: Seeing Through

Ye Tian looked at Xu Niannian with a deep and profound gaze, suddenly gaining focus.

Xu Niannian pursed her lips, remaining silent instead of rebutting immediately, lowering her head. After a while, she murmured intentionally, "No, he will come."

Her words indeed caused Ye Tian’s expression to change.

Ye Tian stood not far from her, so Xu Niannian could clearly see the emotions flickering at the bottom of his eyes.

Bewilderment, unwillingness, anger.

"You really don’t want to leave with me?" he asked hoarsely, "If you don’t leave with me, Nuo Heng will kill you. Will you still not change your mind then?"

"I..."

Xu Niannian deliberately hesitated as she looked at him, swallowing her saliva nervously and said, "I, I’ll think about it."

At her words, a cold glint flickered in the eyes of Nuo Heng, who was lurking in a corner. Women are truly the least reliable.

A woman who can be easily swayed at the brink of life and death, how good can she really be?

She’s truly not worth Ye Tian’s special regard.

With a sneer in his heart, Nuo Heng shifted his gaze away.

However, what he didn’t know was that Xu Niannian was aware of his disdain towards her and had intentionally spoken in such a way just to exacerbate his contempt, to the point where he found even glancing at her annoying.

Perfectly so, Ye Tian became absent-minded due to her indecision.

The hands Xu Niannian kept behind her back were subtly and quickly fiddling with the zipper and cords.

*

Meanwhile, Jin Yu, despite his injuries, hastened over, with Jin Ruiyang and Ye Shaoting following by his side.

Halfway through the journey, Jin Yu, fearing Ye Xiangtian’s men might be watching from above, had Ye Shaoting and Jin Ruiyang get out of the car in advance.

Lest the maniac, dissatisfied, suddenly assaulted Xu Niannian.

Jin Yu was very clear that even at his utmost, he couldn’t possibly rescue Xu Niannian from Ye Xiangtian.

The only option was to keep Ye Xiangtian stable.

Attract his attention, allowing Ye Shaoting and Jin Ruiyang to launch a surprise attack from behind.

*

Due to the cords being tied too tightly, when they finally snapped, they made an extremely faint sound.

That noise, barely noticeable to the average person, echoed clearly on the quiet rooftop, and since both Ye Tian and Nuo Heng’s hearing were exceptionally keen,

they almost instantly heard it.

Both men abruptly turned to look at Xu Niannian, a murderous intent slowly creeping into Nuo Heng’s eyes, causing Xu Niannian to shudder.

She had only been focused on cutting the ropes and hadn’t expected the breakage to produce a sound.

Seeing Nuo Heng advancing towards her with murder in his eyes, Xu Niannian tensed, suddenly saying, "Could I, could I get another chair, please?"

Feigning a hint of trepidation, Xu Niannian’s voice quivered, "The, the chair seems broken, I’m afraid I’ll fall off."

She instinctively turned to glance behind her, her voice trembling even more, "Could you help me get another chair? You, you’re looking for Jin Yu, right? He hasn’t arrived yet!"

What she implied was that if she fell before he arrived, their plan would be ruined.

She perfectly embodied an image of one who clung to life and feared death.

Nuo Heng, initially meaning to see what trick she was playing, seeing her timid as a mouse, became even more disdainful.

Therefore, he didn’t bother to check and simply returned to the corner he had been previously occupying, leaning against the wall, "Cowardly idiot," he muttered.

Ye Tian’s eyes, however, remained deeply fixed on her, shimmering with a light that flickered on and off, not clear whether it was because he was right in front of the sun and the sunlight was streaming into his eyes, or for some other reason.

Xu Niannian felt his gaze unsettling, as if he possessed an insight that saw through everything.

Yet instead of the expected sharpness, he quietly looked at her with a serene expression.

In that moment, Xu Niannian had the surreal impression that he knew she had untied the ropes.

She kept her hopeful eyes on him, committed to playing out her act to the fullest.

"Please, can someone... get me another chair!"

"No chairs!"

He indifferently shifted his gaze away, and in that instant, Xu Niannian heard the sound of her heartbeat approaching stability.

Hearing him say there were none, rather than coming over to check, the heavy stone hanging over Xu Niannian’s heart finally settled back into her stomach.

She let out a huge sigh of relief; thank goodness, he hadn’t discovered it.

Just as Xu Niannian had relaxed, Ye Tian suddenly asked her, "Do you believe that if you yearn for the light, you can become the light? Is that true?"

Xu Niannian looked up at him, his gaze distant and vacant, unfocused.

It seemed as though he was speaking to her, yet at the same time, not.

Xu Niannian pursed her lips.

She had said those words to him, thinking he was in some kind of trouble.

She hadn’t expected the darkness he spoke of to be this type of darkness.

But even so, those words were still suitable for him.

If you yearn for the light, you can become the light.

As long as he wanted to.

As for his past mistakes, he could only bear the punishment he deserved himself.

"I don’t know what you’ve been through, but this sentence applies to anyone," she said.

"What if I’m covered in sins?" he suddenly turned back, his vacant eyes darkening, his gaze intense as he looked at her.

"Then you’ll need to atone for a lifetime."

"A lifetime?" Ye Tian murmured the word, looking up at the sky with a laugh that seemed to bubble up from his chest, muffled, restrained.

"I can’t go back."

He moved towards her deliberately, his step as elegant as a noble from a dark castle, yet filled with an oppressive malice.

Xu Niannian didn’t understand why his eyes had suddenly become so cold, and she felt wary inside.

He approached her, gazing down, and slowly leaned over: "Do you need me to get you a new rope?"

That remark astonished Xu Niannian, she looked at him incredulously—he actually knew.

Even Nuo Heng had been deceived by her, but he hadn’t been moved in the slightest.

Indeed, her earlier feeling was correct, he had seen through everything.

Xu Niannian pursed her lips, her expression turning very serious.

"Ye Tian, don’t think of using me to threaten Jin Yu."

She suddenly stood up, took a step backward, her heels right on the edge of the rooftop.

"What are you doing?" Ye Tian’s eyes grew colder.

Xu Niannian gave him a brilliant smile, "I won’t let Jin Yu put himself in danger for me. If you want to use me to threaten Jin Yu, then I might as well jump before he gets here."

That way, even if Jin Yu arrived, he wouldn’t be constrained because of her.

"Are you threatening me?" Ye Tian looked into her bright eyes, his narrow pupils slightly narrowing.

Xu Niannian did not deny it; she indeed was threatening Ye Tian.

She wanted to live, of course, she didn’t want to die, but she wanted even less for Jin Yu to get into trouble.

She was gambling, gambling that the faint possibility of Ye Tian’s feelings for her could give her an opportunity.

Exploiting his feelings was shameful, but at the moment, if she didn’t exploit them, she would be at others’ mercy.

Moreover, considering that she was exploiting a man who had kidnapped her, Xu Niannian indeed felt not a twinge of guilt.

Nuo Heng, noticing the commotion here, was about to emerge from the corner when hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor.

Xu Niannian’s eyes widened in panic; Jin Yu had come.

At this time, there was no second suspect as to who would come running here but Jin Yu.

Xu Niannian, as if by reflex, suddenly snatched the wooden gun from Ye Tian’s hand.