novelraw Chapter 374: I’m Just a Puppet That Only You Need
Chapter 374: I’m Just a Puppet That Only You Need
Lynn didn't speak again, nor did he look away, meeting her gaze seriously.
Time slowly passed.
After a long while,
Hei Xianyue slowly shifted her quiet gaze away, turned her head back, closed her eyes, and gently hugged the removed lapels of her clothing against her chest.
"What you said just now... I actually already knew."
Lynn was taken aback.
Hei Xianyue, with her eyes closed, said:
"I'm still very surprised you would tell me these things directly, because as my master, you actually don't need to explain anything to me."
"Mother gave you the highest authority. While the contract is valid, I am an object belonging solely to you. You can control me as you wish, according to your own will and desires, completely without regard for my thoughts."
"So if you truly wish to use my body, please also pay no mind to my will. I will obey...""Your use."
Her voice was very low, her hands resting gently on her legs. Under the refraction of the faint light, her snow-white back emitted an alluring shimmer.
And those words were also telling him that she would not resist the suppression of a command.
She would comply.
If Lynn was willing, he could do anything he wanted right now.
Because a doll on stage is, after all, a puppet living under control. Without the strings to guide it, even the most magnificent doll is just a piece of scrap metal without direction.
In the silent halo of light, she closed her eyes and waited quietly. Amidst the floral-patterned gothic dress, from her cheeks to her neck, from her shoulders to her waist, she dreamily emanated a captivating, cool-toned glow.
It truly was a perfect body impossible to resist, for any man, like a poison potent enough to drive one mad.
Time slowly passed.
But Lynn did not violate her as she had imagined he might, like before.
Only a *riiiip* sound was heard.
It seemed like the tearing of some kind of paper.
And almost instantly, a cold, synthesized voice sounded in her mind.
[Your employer, Mr. Lynn, has terminated the employment contract between you and him. Employment Agreement No. 951 is now invalid. Your protection task has been unilaterally terminated.]
In an instant, Hei Xianyue's dark eyes snapped open. She abruptly turned her head, looking at Lynn behind her.
Lynn was smiling, holding the torn contract from the case. He adjusted his monocle and said:
"Haven't I already said? Miss Puppet, you should become a person with your own will and heart, not merely a wooden doll that follows orders. If it were like that, what meaning would there be in living?"
Hei Xianyue stared at him, stunned.
For a moment, she couldn't utter a single word.
"But I still wish to employ you."
Lynn smiled, extending a hand towards Hei Xianyue on the bed, like an equal invitation.
"However, I don't want it to be under the previous kind of compulsory contract, but in a more equal manner. So now, I sincerely extend an invitation to you."
"Miss Hei Xianyue, would you be willing to accept my employment for a period of one month?"
Lynn took off his top hat, bowing like a gentleman, one hand behind his back, the other extended towards the beautiful lady on the bed in a sincere invitation.
Lynn blinked, smiling:
"The terms are very favorable, you know."
...
Meanwhile.
In the Doll Manor, the Doll Mistress, sitting in her chair and constantly monitoring Hei Xianyue's status through instruments in her suitcase, suddenly jolted. She quickly set down the red wine in her hand, staring at the curves on the display, a look of astonishment appearing in her eyes.
Because the curve representing her daughter's emotional development had, in that very moment, sharply increased by several percentage points.
"This... how..."
She stared in amazement at the transmitted data.
And she almost simultaneously received the notification that the contract had been terminated. That is to say, the contract she had specifically drafted for Lynn and her daughter had been unilaterally torn up.
But unexpectedly, her daughter's emotional development had also significantly increased as a result.
Clearly.
At this very moment, something must have happened on Lynn's end that caused her daughter's emotions to fluctuate dramatically.
Yet the transmitted data didn't seem to indicate the signs of intimate union.
She was bewildered.
Because this was almost the complete opposite of her plan.
But it also didn't seem like a bad thing, because she hadn't expected that after only one day away from the Doll Manor, her mechanical-like daughter's emotional development would see such a significant boost.
"Lynn, you guy, what terrifying method did you use?"
She murmured to herself.
This fellow... he seems to be quite skilled, huh.
...
Nightfall City, hotel room.
[Ding! Hei Xianyue's Emotional Development has increased to 15.5%.]
[Ding! Hei Xianyue's Emotional Development has increased to 17.1%.]
[Ding! Hei Xianyue's Emotional Development has increased to 18%.]
Amidst the continuous system prompts ringing in his ears, Lynn still maintained his sincere expression on his face, his hand extended towards the stunned Miss Puppet on the bed, who seemed like a frozen machine.
"Do you accept my invitation, Miss Puppet?"
He repeated with a smile once more, his eyes full of sincerity and earnestness.
Because he had already realized from earlier that the reason for Miss Puppet's low emotional development might not be due to any fundamental difference between her and her sisters.
What she lacked was perhaps simply respect from others.
Not treating her as a mechanical doll, not treating her as a sharp blade, not treating her as a weapon to be used, but treating her as an equal person, an individual with a personal will.
What she needed.
Was equal treatment.
And it was precisely because he saw this that he took the initiative to tear up the contract.
And he also didn't truly want Miss Puppet to become a tool for his own desires. Although he certainly could do that, what he hoped for more was to gain a friend who shared a deep, mutual understanding.
"So, are you willing?"