Chu Linyuan's fingertips slowly moved up her spine, kneading each tense muscle with just the right amount of pressure. Liu Ruyan sighed with comfort—if this technique had been used on her in her previous life, she might have had a chance to find a boyfriend!

With his movements, she couldn't help but marvel at the original owner's skin: like smoke and water, so delicate it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it. No wonder she's called "Ruyan"; the touch feels like holding a wisp of light mist.

She suddenly remembered the joke she used to make with her colleagues—"It's a pity not to do cupping on such a beautiful back." But when this perfect skin was on her own body, she felt conflicted, unwilling to leave even the slightest mark.

The warmth of the medicinal bath had not yet dissipated, and with Chu Linyuan's massage, the fatigue in her whole body was being stripped away little by little like silk being drawn. She squinted her eyes and thought: Later, I'll take a hot shower, then sleep soundly, and today will be over...

Wait——

Her thoughts suddenly drifted away. She's been Liu Ruyan for so long, how are her parents doing? She has been here for so long, and she doesn't know if they have come out of their grief.

Chu Linyuan's palm suddenly pressed against the back of her neck, interrupting her thoughts: "What are you thinking about?"

"N-nothing..." She hurriedly came back to her senses, but secretly noted in her heart: I have to find a chance to go back and see them.

——Of course, she has to get rid of this 24-hour monitoring pervert first!

"Rest well today, and I'll take you to try on the wedding dress tomorrow."

Liu Ruyan's body suddenly stiffened, Chu Linyuan's fingers were pressing on her spine, clearly feeling the muscles that had instantly tensed up. Wedding dress? These two words were like an ice pick piercing into the back of her heart, making her completely wake up from her comfortable dizziness, even her breathing stagnated for half a beat——

——Is it finally coming?

What a standard overbearing CEO script. Confinement, forced marriage, captivity, is the next scene going to be running away pregnant? It's a pity that she is neither the original owner Liu Ruyan, nor his beloved pure first love. The soul under this skin is just a homebody who hasn't even gotten used to her period yet.

In this cage without cell phones or calendars, time seems to have been paused. She can't even tell what day it is, but she knows clearly: judgment day is close at hand.

Beg him to let her go?

That's just her wishful thinking.

With this face exactly the same as Ji Ruxue's, how could Chu Linyuan let go? In his eyes, she is just a tailor-made substitute doll, and the kind with a lifetime warranty.

Liu Ruyan clenched the silk sheet covering her back.

——Escape!

The wedding... might really be the only chance. If she could get rid of that damn electronic ankle monitor, even if she rolled down the church steps, she would tear off the veil in front of everyone.

......If there are enough guests......If she can create enough chaos......

Imagining Chu Linyuan's livid face in front of the guests, she actually felt a twisted sense of pleasure—at least to let everyone know that this marriage is a blatant kidnapping!

She lightly touched her lower abdomen, her gaze gradually firming. She absolutely must not carry this paranoid man's bloodline...

As a former male, even now inhabiting a beautiful body, she mentally still could not accept the humiliation of being pinned down by another man.

"What is it?" Chu Linyuan suddenly leaned close, his warm breath brushing past her ear, "My bride... what interesting thing are you plotting?"

"N-nothing..." Liu Ruyan snapped back to awareness, inwardly annoyed that she had spaced out in front of this devil. This man's perceptiveness far exceeded her imagination.

"I was just thinking..." she quickly improvised, "When can you give me a mobile phone? I don't even know what today's date is."

"A mobile phone?" Chu Linyuan chuckled lowly, his long fingers lifting her chin, "You want to contact outside help to assist your escape, don't you?"

"H-how could that be, Master." She forced a docile smile, "I just want to play some small games to relieve the boredom."

"If Xue'er is obedient..." His thumb stroked her lips, "It's not impossible to buy you one after the wedding."

The wedding? Liu Ruyan sneered inwardly. Hopefully, you can still be this composed by then. This time, she was betting everything; success or failure hinged on this single attempt.

This time she wagered everything—either escape to freedom, or...

She unconsciously touched her lower abdomen. She feared that next time, she wouldn't be the only one subjected to confinement.