31: save4 Wavering Back and Forth
"Hey, Lili, open your mouth, ah~"
Lu Lele's tone wasn't harsh, but it was filled with an indisputable quality.
Looking at the white pills in Lu Lele's hand, an ominous premonition welled up in Liu Lili. She asked fearfully:
"Wh-what are these...??"
Lu Lele had no intention of hiding it from Liu Lili, answering truthfully:
"They're sleeping pills."
"No..."
Liu Lili suddenly understood what Lu Lele wanted to do. Her eyes filled with terror:
"Don't, Lele, I don't want to take these... please, I'll be obedient, I'll go with you to Black Rose City, I promise I'll be good on the way, don't..."
"Don't want to take them? That's fine too. Lili, you have two choices now."
Lu Lele smiled, then brought over the other item she had bought, an oversized suitcase large enough to fit Liu Lili.
"Lili, do you want to lie inside and sleep..."
As she spoke, Lu Lele opened the suitcase, savoring the expression on Liu Lili's face changing from fear to terror to despair:
"...or would Lili like to consciously experience what it feels like to be back in your mother's womb?"
"Lele, please, I'll be obedient, I'll be obedient, please don't do this to me..."
Liu Lili's legs suddenly gave way. She knelt directly before Lu Lele, tears streaming down her face as she pleaded bitterly:
"Lele, you... didn't you say you love me? I don't want to go to that dangerous, unfamiliar place, not at all. I'm willing to stay here, I'm willing to stay here as Lele's obedient pet for life, until I die, please... wuwu...."
"..."
Seeing this, the smile vanished from Lu Lele's face.
She pressed her lips together, silent for a short while, then said:
"Don't say these things. They're useless."
"Lili, do you think I would easily change a decision I've already made? That's really naive."
For some reason, Lu Lele suddenly became very angry. She quite forcefully shoved the pills directly into Liu Lili's mouth:
"If you don't take them, I'm going to think Lili is deliberately disobeying me, you know?"
Liu Lili had no choice. Crying, she swallowed the pills.
Not long after, under the influence of the drug, Liu Lili fell into a deep sleep.
Lu Lele placed the slumbering Liu Lili on her lap. She didn't act immediately, but instead began to think.
She gently stroked Liu Lili's cheek, feeling the texture of her childhood friend's skin, her gaze full of tenderness.
Lu Lele truly wouldn't easily change a decision she had spent a lot of effort making. One could even say that Lu Lele chose to restart from this save point precisely because she wanted to try a new option, the elopement ending.
However, when Lu Lele saw Liu Lili kneeling before her, heard her childhood friend tearfully begging her, she ultimately couldn't turn a blind eye or close her ears. A significant wave of emotion surged within her.
This made Lu Lele feel very angry, because she had originally thought everything would proceed smoothly according to plan, that nothing could interfere with her and Liu Lili's journey.
Yet, upon seeing Liu Lili make such a move, the first reaction in Lu Lele's mind was actually to agree to Liu Lili's plea, and she almost did exactly that. This, upon reflection, shocked and angered Lu Lele, who felt it was a great humiliation that she could be influenced by Liu Lili's words.
You must understand, at this point Lu Lele already knew that few words coming from Liu Lili's mouth could be trusted. This girl was clever; she would absolutely say whatever was advantageous to her at the moment.
But even so, unless one didn't love the other person at all, how could one's heart remain completely unmoved?
Although yanderes are crazy, it doesn't mean they are indifferent to their beloved's words and requests.
On the contrary, possessive type yanderes behave so pathologically precisely because they love the other person too much. Wanting to turn the other into their possession doesn't mean they don't see them as human at all. Even if not as human, at least as a pet, and fulfilling a pet's wishes is also one of the master's responsibilities.
Since Liu Lili was so unwilling to go, then why not just stay?
Once such a thought arose in Lu Lele's mind, it lingered for a long time, unable to disperse.
Lu Lele struggled internally for a very, very long time.
She thought of many things to convince herself to put Liu Lili in the suitcase and leave with her, including the long preparation she had undertaken, and the determination she had formed after her previous attempt failed.
But when the scene of Liu Lili kneeling and begging her appeared again in her mind, everything shattered in an extremely short time.
Lu Lele's heart softened.
The plan she had spent so long deciding upon ultimately couldn't withstand a single plea from Liu Lili.
Perhaps this was precisely the fatal weakness of a yandere. Love could become a sharp blade pointed at the beloved, but it could also become a cage restraining the yandere's actions.
There was no reason to strictly follow the plan step by step. Only Liu Lili was the sun at the center of Lu Lele's life. Everything Lu Lele did revolved around Liu Lili. No matter what choice she made, it was all for the two of them to be together forever.
Since Liu Lili so disliked the journey, even kneeling to beg, then she simply wouldn't do it.
Not because Lu Lele considered the risks of the elopement plan or felt it was unfeasible. Those wouldn't become reasons for Lu Lele to change her mind.
It was simply because her beloved made a request to Lu Lele, and Lu Lele agreed. That was all.
The doting of a yandere could sometimes be so strange and capricious.
Of course, Lu Lele also had other confidence supporting her change of mind, such as the other plans she had previously prepared for staying in the house, and the not too distant save point.
This gave Lu Lele the capital to be capricious. If she failed, she could just try again. She had done this sort of thing plenty of times anyway.
After brief consideration, Lu Lele decided to adopt the third plan she had thought of earlier, which was hiding Liu Lili in the basement.
As for the elopement route, Lu Lele planned to try it later. This time, she'd let it go.
When Liu Lili woke up again, she found herself in a strange room, lying on a not very spacious single bed.
The room was filled with furry human... animal... to be precise, half human, half beast life sized dolls, looking particularly eerie under the dim yellow light.
Noticing Liu Lili was awake, Lu Lele, who was nearby, smiled and said:
"Good evening, Lili."
"Don't look so scared. I changed my mind. Lili is still at my house."
Lu Lele's voice was very gentle:
"Since Lili said she didn't want to go to that kind of place, then we won't go. This is a reward for Lili's obedient behavior earlier."
"Thank you... thank you, Lele..."
Liu Lili visibly relaxed, then cautiously asked:
"Then... then where is this? I don't think I've ever seen this room in your house before."
Lu Lele replied:
"You don't need to worry about that. In any case, from now on, this will be where Lili lives."