Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 600 - 445, Love Till it Hurts (1 more update)

In the darkness, Shi Nian carefully uses his hearing to discern George’s emotions.

"So, you must still love Li Le Wen a lot."

With George’s temperament, when he says these words, Shi Nian is already very worried that his motives towards Li Le Wen are not pure.

George is a man selfish to his bones; for his own sake, he hasn’t shown a trace of pain for his own brother’s past experiences over the years, so it’s even less likely he truly loves Li Le Wen.

In the end, it’s nothing more than a form of exploitation.

But given the current circumstances, only by trying to make George believe he genuinely loves Li Le Wen can he agree to the deal with Isee.

Upon hearing this, George sneers, "Love him? How could I love a bastard sent to spy on me?!"

"But you underwent surgery for him!" Shi Nian strikes at his psychological defenses with an encrypted, urgent tone.

"I told him that, but it wasn’t really for him at all!" George blurts out.

Time ticks away, and knowing what’s ahead for Li Le Wen, George is in a state of high tension, in need of an outlet for release. Regarding his feelings for Li Le Wen, he instinctively wants to confide in someone.

Perhaps it’s to give himself an answer, or maybe to explain to others.

Shi Nian doesn’t give him a moment to breathe, immediately pressing with urgency, "If not for him, then who was it for?!"

George stares intently at Shi Nian, breathing like a trapped beast, "Of course, it’s for myself! I want to become the image of the bastard, to expose everything he’s ever done! He thinks he’s been so discreet, not even the police have caught wind, but he can’t hide from me. I insist on revealing everything!"

Shi Nian feels a silent stirring within, "What have you done? With such an almost identical face, what have you pretended to be the gentleman to do?"

At this point, Shi Nian feels her hair standing on end.

She recalls Tang Yanqing and Tang Yan Yi saying that the police had carefully investigated when George began his surgeries. They had consulted plastic surgery experts, estimating from the procedural steps, it was about three to four years at the time, and now it’s been roughly six years.

And six years ago, coincidentally, was the time of her nightmare...

Everything feels too coincidental.

In her panic, Shi Nian’s tone unintentionally reveals her true emotions, and George catches it. He calms down instead, watching Shi Nian’s expression, and laughs slowly.

His laugh is hoarse, like an owl swooping through the night sky.

"You’re thinking too much, I’m not going to tell you anything. Just like that bastard, you’re best at pretending to be helpless, while actually seeking to spy on others’ hearts!"

Shi Nian takes a deep breath, "Forget it, let’s not talk about your past, let’s return to the present. George, time is really running out. Can you really watch Li Le Wen be burned alive? Although I know you’re both not afraid of death, but the method of dying should matter." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"If it’s by gunshot, a quick death isn’t that painful, so death becomes less frightening. But being burned alive! George, can you not imagine that kind of pain?"

George takes a deep breath, "Stop talking!"

Shi Nian decisively continues to press, "Look, you can’t even bear to hear me say it, so why not think about the kind of pain Li Le Wen is about to endure? His downfall today is because of you. If not for accepting your feelings, he wouldn’t have betrayed the gentleman, and he wouldn’t be in this predicament now."

"He did so much for you, George, betraying his benefactor, betraying the beliefs he held for years... And what about you? Even the words that moved his heart back then turned out to be lies. Think of those beautiful moments you shared together, don’t you feel guilty towards him?"

George suddenly kicks the iron bars with a loud "clang," startling Shi Nian to quickly step back.

Yet she continues to maintain mental pressure, "I can see it, your reaction also confirms what I said. George, you’re guilty about Li Le Wen, you’re not as cold as you think you are. In fact, you’re craving emotion yourself. You just never admitted it to yourself."

"As an observer, I can see it clearly. Although after learning Li Le Wen’s identity, you deliberately used emotion to exploit him and disintegrate him, but in those many shared moments, you quietly fell in love with him."

Shi Nian takes a breath and softens her tone, "Why not recall those years when he was by your side. You saw no one else, be it man or woman, because whenever you turned around, he was the first person your sight fell on. Because with him there, no one else around seemed to exist."

George breathes intensely like a trapped beast.

Shi Nian approaches again, speaking softly, "To defeat Huangfu Hua Zhang, perhaps there might be other opportunities in the future. You’ve endured so many years, one more moment doesn’t matter. But life is only once; if you lose Li Le Wen this time, seeing him burned alive, he won’t come back. And the future years, so long and lonely, even if you succeed in revenge, who will share the joy of that victory with you? Do you really plan to walk alone in such a long future?"

"Enough!" George suddenly looks up, staring hard at Shi Nian, "I told you to stop talking! Eastern witch, I always knew that Eastern women are all witches! Your ability to entice hearts is truly astounding."

"Back then, my father was bewitched by Huangfu Xi’an, sacrificing our mother’s and my happiness for that woman; even my brother, James, now seems bewitched by an Eastern woman. Not to mention you. See how the clever bastard becomes in front of you?"

"Even I can see you’re always deceiving him, yet he’s willing to be deceived, as long as you stay by his side... Now, you’re trying to enchant me as well."

George feels a chill rising in his heart, "I must admit, there were moments just now when I was almost convinced by you. But it’s good that I prepared myself mentally from the start: I know I can’t believe a word you say."

Shi Nian’s heart sinks suddenly.

There’s no foolproof psychological tactic; for instance, hypnosis fails if the subject has a strong subjective consciousness, hard to influence. Similarly, she was using psychological pressure on George, but if he had set up a mental barrier of "believe in nothing" before everything began, then she would be in vain.

George laughs coldly, "Thank you. I hadn’t figured out how to handle the situation with Li Le Wen, I was struggling. But now I know what to do — it’s simple, just do the opposite of what you all want. Since you all want me to make this deal, I won’t."

"Can you really just watch Li Le Wen be burned to death?" Shi Nian asks in shock.

"Yes, why not." George laughs coldly, "Since you can, why can’t I? It was the bastard who handed Li Le Wen over to Isee, he was originally his person after all, and he probably knows Li Le Wen’s heart... If he can do it, so can I."

George’s smile widens.

All these years, he has been using others’ methods to deal with others; consciously or unconsciously, he has been imitating Huangfu Hua Zhang. Thus, if Huangfu Hua Zhang’s attitude towards this matter is such, then he naturally adopts the same attitude.

Thinking this way, he feels even more relaxed.

"Shall we make a bet? Once the fire starts, whom do you think Li Le Wen will hate? Me, or the bastard?"

Shi Nian closes her eyes too.

George laughs more smugly, "You know it too, the one he hates must be the bastard. Even in his final moments, he might not think of me. If that’s the case, why should I care if he lives or dies?"

He sighs deeply, "Alright, time’s up. Thank you for staying with me till the end, and for helping me untangle my heart."

Shi Nian shakes her head in dismay, "George, you two had at least been in love once..."

"Yes, we had been in love." George turns and walks down the corridor, "But it was nothing but an illusion. Just as the bastard loved you once and suffered so much for it, but when the police come to arrest him, would you hide him, would you lie to the police for him?"

George’s figure grows distant, and so does his voice.

"Love in this world may not matter at all. It’s just a diversion when life is dull, but once sides are drawn, love becomes a worthless trinket."