Imprisoning the Black Moonlight

"Aren't you getting up? Weren't you supposed to be pretty brave? What's wrong? Are you scared stiff?"

It wasn't until Wu Meng's rough voice rang out from above and he flicked her forehead that Yao Gongyue finally came to her senses. But her legs went weak, and she simply sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

"Brother Meng... Waaah... Brother Meng, how did you become so handsome?"

"Flattery won't work. Even if I'm handsome, I'm already taken. You're not my type." Wu Meng squatted down in front of her, a half-smile on his face.

"Brother Meng, is it possible that you're a little too confident?" She sniffed, glared at the man, and reached out her hand, "Give me a hand!"

“Ah Jin was right after all. You little thing, you have no conscience at all!” Wu Meng bent down and pulled the man up.

Yao Gongyue took two steps back and looked around warily.

"Stop looking, A-Jin isn't here. You broke his heart, and he said he'll never care about you again!" Wu Meng, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, strode over and opened the SUV door. "Get in, I'll take you home."

Yao Gongyue pursed her lips guiltily, took her bag, and got into Wu Meng's car with the flowers and cake in her arms.

"Brother Meng, is that guy dead?"

"No, if I kill him, do you think the Chinese police will let me go? I'm not that stupid!"

Yao Gongyue finally came to her senses and tentatively asked, "Are you here to see Zhenzhen?"

"Ok!"

She's sick!

"Ok!"

Are you going to take her back to Myanmar?

"Ok!"

"She doesn't want to go back with you, what will you do? Will you force her? Will you hit her?"

"She's my wife, I cherish her so much, how could I possibly hit her? Has A-Jin ever hit you? What are you Chinese women thinking?"

"You're lying! I overheard your phone call with Hong Jin that day. You two were plotting to deal with the Ouyang family! If you dare to touch the Ouyang family, Zhenzhen will be devastated. She really can't handle any more stress. If you love her, then love her properly. Why do you have to hurt her?"

"How much more love do I need? I treat you like a precious gem, like a goddess, and I'm on your lap all the time. How much more love do you need? Tell me! You heartless little thing, A-Jin spoiled you rotten, and then you turned around and ran away, and now you're here lecturing me?"

"I'm going to run away!" Yao Gongyue rolled her eyes at the man. "You only see when he pampers me, but what about when he punishes me? He's so ruthless. Besides, I told him I wanted to go back to China. My mother and aunt are still at home, but he locked me up. He doesn't consider my feelings at all!"

"If you have a grudge, you can stab him twice, that's fine, why run? Things aren't as simple as you think. Ah Jin's identity is what it is, he wouldn't risk you unless he was absolutely sure. He's not letting you contact your family to protect you. If his enemies catch even a whiff of information about you, you and your family could become bullets aimed at his heart at any moment! People like us, once we have a weakness, it's like putting our heads on the enemy's gun barrel!"

With a cigarette dangling from his mouth, Wu Meng spoke as he drove, his words, each one uttered, seeping into the young girl's heart on the bumpy mountain road.

"Ugh, stop smoking! It's suffocating me!" Yao Gongyue complained irritably, glared at him, and rolled down the car window.

"He doesn't want to sit down; it's a bad habit he's developed!"

"I told Zhenzhen that you bullied me!"

"Damn it, damn it!" Wu Meng choked on his words, unable to get them out.

"Fine, I won't smoke then!" The man angrily threw away the cigarette butt, rolled down the car window, and let the cold wind quench the fire burning in his head.

"You're always so fierce, like a firecracker. Zhenzhen is so gentle, you scared her so much she had a heart attack. Can't you be a little gentler?" Although the two didn't get along, Yao Gongyue knew in her heart that Wu Meng wasn't a bad person, and she could also see that he truly loved Zhenzhen. Between them was Zhenzhen's unresolved issues. After thinking about it, she finally decided to say something, as a way of repaying him for his righteous act today.

"Zhenzhen hates you. It's no use chasing after her. She won't go with you because she hasn't resolved her inner conflict!"

"A knot in her heart? What knot in her heart? Does she resent me for raping her, or for almost killing her brother?"

"You know?" Yao Gongyue's beautiful eyes widened. She thought Wu Meng was just a rough soldier who didn't understand Zhenzhen's thoughts at all. She didn't expect that he actually knew everything.

"Hmph!" the man sneered. "There's no use complaining. Even if it happened again, she wouldn't have a better outcome than being with me. Let her complain!"

"Why are you so stubborn?" Yao Gongyue rolled her eyes at him, exasperated. "She's in a bad mood every day, how can she be healthy? Since you know everything, why don't you just go along with her and coax her? Why do you have to force her? Do that kind of thing to her? You men are really disgusting!"

"Ah Jin went along with you and coaxed you, but you still ran away. What good did it do? Besides, how do you know I wasn't coaxing her? I only know a few sweet nothings, and I've said them over and over again. She ignores me, what can I do? It's more practical to just get intimate on the bed!"

"You brute, bully, hooligan, bastard!" Yao Gongyue clenched her small fists and pounded on the bag in her hand.

"You two are truly friends, even your insults are the same!" The roguish man didn't care at all, a wicked smile creeping onto his lips.

"Anyway, if you continue to act as stubbornly as before, I guarantee that you will not only fail to win Zhenzhen's heart, but you will also kill her. She was already introverted, and now that she has depression, she is even more withdrawn. You big brute, you will kill her!"

Wu Meng glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, remained silent for a few seconds, and then spoke, "Then tell me, how can I appease her and get her to come back with me?"

"I don't know!" Yao Gongyue shook her head in defeat, then continued, "Although I don't have any successful experiences to pass on to you, I do have lessons from failures for you to learn from. Do you want to hear them?"

Wu Meng raised an eyebrow, not expecting the little thing to say anything earth-shattering. He just wanted to hear it to amuse himself on the way. Then he raised his chin and said, "Tell me!"

Yao Gongyue became interested, took out a water bottle from her bag, took a sip of water, and then spoke, "Take myself as an example. I dated Hong Jin for a year. Back then, he was a scoundrel and always groping me. But at least I understood him and was psychologically comfortable with him. Even so, I can't forgive him for forcing himself on me. Besides, when you first met Zhenzhen, it was when she was under great psychological stress. You still treated her like that. How could she not hate you? She probably wanted to kill you."

After she finished speaking, the man driving the car didn't react. He sighed and continued, "Even if you treat her very well and pamper her later, the damage you caused her has already been done. It's like a wound; even if it heals, that place will always be a scar."

Besides, you kept her locked up, wouldn't let her see her family, and almost killed her brother. Tell me, if your sister was treated like that, wouldn't you be angry?

All love, if it is not based on respect for the other person, is not equal love. Since it is unequal, who would willingly be the weaker party? Who would willingly be bullied?

What kind of love is so precious? Is it worth sacrificing our national dignity to compromise? No girl can accept being hurt in the name of love—not Zhenzhen, and not me!