Manipulate My Heart [操纵我心] [GL]

Chapter 8

Zhuo Shixue couldn't fall asleep — and it wasn't just because she was upset about Xia Tong. She pulled herself up, grabbed her phone, and swiped through it. She couldn't figure out why the picture she had taken last night had ended up in the flash drive. When had her phone started to be monitored?

For some reason, she was panicked and terrified. It was hard to breathe. She felt like someone was strangling her. The cold that ran through her body made her feel like a living corpse. She couldn't accept the fact that she was being watched again.

Zhuo Shixue turned her phone completely off. She knew that electronics didn't work if they weren't turned on. It'd be hard for her phone to continue being monitored.

She stared at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep. When the morning came, she was still restless and awake.

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Zhuo Shixue figured she should get a new phone after what had happened last night. But when she went on Taobao, she found herself discouraged by the price. She wanted to scrape together some money and buy a passable Android, but even that cost a thousand dollars. She was only making three to four thousand a month. She had almost nothing left after paying the rent, but at least the company was kind enough to pay for three meals a day. How could she afford a new phone?

She was scared witless on her way to work now that she knew her phone was being monitored. She kept turning around, glancing left and right, terrified that that psycho would appear out of nowhere and drag her back.

She finally reached the office. She ran into Xia Tong on the elevator— they just so happened to be taking the same elevator. But after she'd seen the contents of the flash drive, Zhuo Shixue got the feeling that there was a chasm separating her and Xia Tong now. Their relationship would never be the same.

Xia Tong lifted her long hair and stood by Zhuo Shixue's side, holding a couple of folders.

"Good morning, Shixue."

"Morning."

Xia Tong was watching her expression. Zhuo Shixue noticed, but she remained indifferent.

"You've been acting strange these past few days," Xia Tong said softly, looking hurt. "Have I done something wrong?"

You've done so many things wrong! Zhuo Shixue's brain screamed. How dare you? How dare you?! You slept with other men while in a relationship with me! Why? You told me you only liked girls when we first started dating, but you can still be intimate with men? Don't you hate men? You told me that men make you feel nauseous, and you still sleep with them?!

"I'm fine. I'm always like this."

Ding. The elevator had reached its destination.

Xia Tong and Zhuo Shixue's offices were in opposite directions. Zhuo Shixue walked towards her office without looking back once. She didn't care how Xia Tong felt. All she wanted to do was break up with her.

However, there was one thing that Zhuo Shixue was worried about...

She didn't know how to break up with someone. Her last girlfriend was a psycho. It'd taken her everything to escape from that relationship. Her other two ex-girlfriends had broken up with her. She didn't know how she was supposed to break up with someone.

She always felt as if breaking up was hurting the other person. She was scared of broaching the subject, always waiting for the other person to break up with her. Then she would apologise and grovel. After doing all the most pathetic things one could do in this scenario, her humiliation and suffering would reach their peak and she'd finally fall out of love with the other person. She would then be able to move on from the relationship.