Zeng Shengxi (GL) · Chat

Rong City, Yuanlongli Community. When tears fall, I'm used to spreading my hand to catch them, watching the water touch my palm, extend along the lines of my hand, and finally slide to my wrist, absorbed by the textures of my skin. You watch her quietly as she catches her tears with her hand. A few minutes ago, you were still arguing incessantly over a small matter. You always felt she never treated you as a lover, but merely as a therapeutic tool belonging to her. Even when you scolded her in anger, she didn't talk back, just waited quietly by your side for you to vent. You felt like you were punching cotton, so you simply went about your business and ignored her. Seeing you remain silent, she gave you a meaningful look and left the bedroom. You didn't know where she was going, nor how to ask, so you put down what you were doing and picked up your phone to scroll through your chat history repeatedly. Nearly an hour passed. The lights in your room flickered and then shut off. You frowned and looked out the window; the lights of other residents were still on. Why did only your circuit breaker trip? You realized there was an unknown, uncontrollable danger outside. At this moment, fear surged out like a tide. You gripped your phone, leaned against the window, and stared intently at the closed bedroom door. In that dark environment, you took out your phone to message her. ［Where are you? Come back quickly, the power tripped at home.］［Shengxi, I'm so scared.］ !［Shengxi... call the police!］ The last one couldn't be sent; the signal was blocked. You took a deep breath, forcing yourself to stay calm, instinctively wanting to save yourself. You opened the bedroom door and felt your way out along the wall. Just as you wanted to use the landline on the hanging table to make a call, a gust of warm air quickly approached you in the darkness. You were encircled by someone. You instinctively wanted to scream, but her hand quickly covered your mouth. Her hair fell, brushing against the side of your face, bringing a slight itch. "...It's me. Don't make a sound. I'm here." It was Zeng Shengxi. She hadn't left the house at all. You felt somewhat relieved that she was still there. Leaning your head against her chest, listening to the sound of her heartbeat, you relaxed as if hearing a lullaby, letting yourself be held in her arms. But her hand over your lips showed no intention of letting go. You couldn't help but feel suspicious and reached out to pull it away. As if she had anticipated this, she didn't let you actually pull it down, her warm breath exhaling in your ear. "I tripped the breaker... Sweetheart, do you really want to leave me? Why would you say the word 'breakup'...? When you provoked me, you were planning to leave me all along, weren't you?" "Is it not enough to be entwined with me? Must you force me to use other means on you? If that's what it takes to keep you, I am willing." You frowned, anxious to defend yourself, but she didn't give you the chance. A conical object glowing with a white luminescence swayed back and forth before your eyes. Your vision gradually overturned, and you lost consciousness. She put the pendulum away, looking greedily at your sleeping form. She knew that when you woke up tomorrow, you would forget tonight's events, yet she still couldn't help but reach out to trace the contours of your face. It was as light as a feather, but her love was as heavy as vines, causing you to be hypnotized into falling in love with her again under this suffocation. "Sleep now. I will always be with you." 「Essay」 My love for her is like vines, rising from the ground, trapping her bit by bit, entangling her body, leaving only her eyes to observe the outside world. Her mouth and nose are tightly bound by the vines, her voice for help stuck in her throat, gradually sinking into a suffocating yet hallucinatory happiness.