Chapter 59: I Will Not Allow It
Distant mountains were hidden by the moonless night. A charcoal pot burned in the room, its subtle sounds pulled Ji Yunhe out of her trip down memory lane. The past disappeared behind her dark eyes.
She sat at a wooden, rectangular table with a couple of hot dishes and a small bowl of rice inside her hand. On the other side of the table was a black robed man with silver hair and an unkind face.
He sat there with his arms crossed and his expression sullen. His blue eyes remained on her, like… surveillance.
"Finish your food," seeing her chopsticks had not moved in a while, Changyi ordered.
"I can't eat anymore," Ji Yunhe said helplessly and somewhat like a plea.
"No appetite. Just turn a blind eye and pretend I ate it all?"
"Don't bargain with me." It had been six years since they first met. Ji Yunhe felt this fish now, compared to before, had become a bully.
But...
How could she blame him...
With a sigh, she reluctantly shoved a couple of grains of rice into her mouth. She began to eat, and Changyi fell silent again. He did not care how quickly or how slowly she ate, he just wanted her to eat, and he closely watched her every meal.
Three meals a day with fruits, vegetables and tea, nothing less. Others woke at sunrise and rested at sunset, Ji Yunhe got up and ate only after the sun went down.
The maids usually brought her meals then locked the door and left. Therefore, no one knew that the jiaoren who had conquered the entire Northlands would come and watch Ji Yunhe, sometimes forcing her to eat her meal. If not for the new maid who had made a mistake and was thrown out the window by him, people would still not have any clue.
Ji Yunhe picked at the rice grain by grain. After the half bowl of rice was finally finished, Changyi pushed a dish of vegetables to her with a face that was still mean and unfriendly. "Vegetables." No nonsense, only orders.
Ji Yunhe really did not want to eat. Ever since she had been brought to the Northlands by Changyi and locked up in this Cloud Garden, she could feel her body growing weaker every day. She did not have an appetite, and even the act of chewing felt tedious. But Changyi did not allow it. She was not allowed to go hungry, and not allowed to pick and choose what she ate...
There were many other things she was not allowed, all rules set in place by Changyi. Changyi did not allow any visitors, even though she knew both Luo Jinsang and Qu Xiaoxing were here at the Demon Terrace in the Northlands.
Changyi also did not allow her to leave. He kept her inside the third floor penthouse, sealed it with a magic boundary, and used locks after locks on her door.
The security was even tighter than the Grand Master's prison. He did not allow her to see the sun. Her windows could not be opened during the day. Only at dawn and dusk was Ji Yunhe able to see some sunrise and sunset.
Changyi was like a dictator, dominating over her clothing, food, housing, and transportation. He wanted to control every aspect of her life. If he were able to, he would probably control her inhales and exhales as well. The most excessive was...
He did not allow her to die. If God were a person and wanted to mess with Ji Yunhe's timeline, Changyi would cut off his fingers one by one.
He told her, "Ji Yunhe, you have to stay alive as long as I want to punish you."
Ji Yunhe recalled these punishments from him and smiled. This fish was still too naive. Making her stare at his beautiful face every day while she ate, what kind of a punishment was this? This was clearly the greatest generosity.