Restricted Fantasy I Chapter 394: The Final Hypnosis

"Crack."

"Crack-crack-crack-crack!!"

In the heavy rain of the North Sea District in Linn, a spatial rift suddenly shattered open, revealing the sight of Ye International on the other side of the island.

Below, the small island that Sakuramiya Hitomi had once rented for the High Table Dinner was incredibly quiet. There wasn't a single person around, so naturally, no one noticed the spatial rift appearing above.

"Thud."

"Splash."

Amidst the relentless crashing of the waves, human-shaped depressions were outlined on the beach.

In front of those depressions, a line of footprints and drag marks appeared.

"Click."

Inside the empty hotel, nurous white ribbons were draped about, and colorful flowers covered the floor, clustering around a fairy-tale-like stage.

It seed this place had previously been used as a wedding venue.

"Phew..."

Inside the hotel, Yan Huan helped Ye Shiyu sit down slowly, but he didn't take a seat himself. He simply stood in front of her.

In this massive and silent space, it was just the two of them.

Once she was seated, Ye Shiyu's consciousness seed to clear up a bit.

She stared blankly, lifting her gaze to the Yan Huan before her, and heard him say,

"How are you feeling?"

"..."

Hearing this, Ye Shiyu vacantly looked away and shook her head.

"I'm fine..."

"That's good..."

Yan Huan helplessly clutched his forehead, feeling utterly speechless as he recalled what had just happened.

"We had originally landed safely, but Aruiya bumped into us and sent us flying all the way here...

"It's probably Sister Tong, that master of bright ideas, doing her thing...

"Thankfully we weren't knocked into the sea or so random ditch, otherwise we'd be done for."

Ye Shiyu's eyes flickered slightly, but she remained silent.

Yan Huan rely looked at the curtain of rain outside and smiled faintly.

"But I suppose it's for the best. After all, to outsiders, I'm already dead.

"Now that the modifier has been resolved, people will definitely return to Ye International. If they saw , they'd probably think they'd seen a ghost..."

At these words, Ye Shiyu opened her mouth as if she wanted to say sothing.

But when Yan Huan looked at her, she lowered her eyes, and her words simplified to a quiet,

"I'm sorry, Xiao Huan..."

"..."

Feeling the atmosphere plumt after her simple apology, Yan Huan also fell silent for a mont.

He didn't act like he used to, lifting the mood with a fabricated smile born from his Mask of Perfect Poise...

He simply remained silent.

"Because of , you died... Your life, your future, all ruined because of ...

"If I hadn't abused the modifier, Xiao Huan wouldn't have died at all, nor would you have needed to risk your life jumping into a wormhole to save ..."

Ye Shiyu kept her head down, not daring to et his eyes, and rely continued,

"I don't know... how to repay you, but... I will do everything in my power to make ands...

"From now on, I won't disturb your life anymore. As for your identity and everything else, I will take full responsibility for resolving it...

"If Xiao Huan is still worried, I'll take the initiative to tell my mother I'm returning to the country... If that's not enough, I can turn myself in to the police station...

"And before that... no, right now, I can... give up the modifier."

Looking at Ye Shiyu, who was avoiding his gaze while speaking such words, Yan Huan lowered his eyes in thought.

Then, he simply gave a faint smile and shook his head.

"...Everything is already over, Sister Shiyu."

"..."

Ye Shiyu's eyes fluttered slightly as she looked up at the young man beside her.

"As for the modifiers, all of you need to give them up together. We can't do it right now. So, wait for my word. When everything is ready, I'll let you know."

"..."

Gazing at Yan Huan, Ye Shiyu opened her mouth.

It seed as though she was preparing to say sothing else.

But in the end...

She rely offered a simple,

"Okay."

"..."

The atmosphere settled heavily, speaking volus of the speechlessness between them.

After a long silence, Yan Huan let out a relaxed breath.

He glanced at the mobile phone Ye Shiyu was still clutching and asked,

"Does your mobile phone still have battery?"

"N-no, it's dead..."

Ye Shiyu pressed a button, finding that no matter how much she tried, the device wouldn't turn on. The screen remained pitch black.

Seeing this, Yan Huan wasn't disappointed. He just turned to look outside the hotel, toward the harbor veiled in rain.

He had been here before during the High Table Dinner, so he knew there would be a landline for ergency contact in that area.

"I'm going to go over there and call Sakuramiya and the others to co pick us up. What about you? Want to co along?"

Yan Huan looked back with a faint smile, his words unconsciously carrying a hint of distance.

"I'll call the hotel later and have them pick

up... After all, if we're together..."

"Alright. Live a good life from now on, and don't use hypnosis anymore."

"..."

It was as if everything that had happened between them over the past entire sester had vanished like smoke and clouds with the complete resolution of the modifier today.

Yan Huan no longer needed to don his Mask of Perfect Poise and pretend to comply out of fear of her hypnosis.

And Ye Shiyu, having learned Yan Huan's true thoughts and burdened by the guilt of her past mistakes, no longer dared to approach him.

It was as if they had returned to the very first ti they t, when Ye Lan brought Yan Huan back to introduce him to her.

After sharing a single al and a brief eting, Yan Huan would politely decline Ye Lan's request to adopt him, just like that day, and leave her side.

Perhaps they would run into each other again in the future, but they would be nothing more than re acquaintances.

"Goodbye, Sister Shiyu."

"Step, step."

The sound of Yan Huan's retreating footsteps slowly echoed. Ye Shiyu sat in place, listening to the rain and his departure.

"Pitter... patter..."

Ye Shiyu pursed her lips and lowered her head.

Just like that day when Yan Huan left, she was left with an uneasy mind.

Above, the transparent ceiling speckled with rain transford into a mirror, reflecting both that day and the present.

'I originally wanted to drive him away. Now that he's left on his own, isn't this a happy ending for everyone?'

'I've caused Xiao Huan so much trouble. Now that I'm staying away from him, isn't this a happy ending for everyone?'

'But...'

'Mother seed so devastated. After all, she had been hoping for him for so long...'

'Why does my heart ache so much right now?'

'Forget it...'

'Even if it hurts, it doesn't matter. I have hypnosis anyway...'

'Even if... I chase after him and can't accomplish anything... it doesn't matter. Regardless, I just want to tell Xiao Huan my true thoughts...'

"..."

Reflected in the mirror's isolation, the motionless Ye Shiyu's pupils suddenly shrank.

She lifted her head and, just like that night, looked toward the entrance.

Imdiately, she scrambled to her feet and broke into a run.

"Pitter... patter..."

Outside the hotel, Yan Huan had reached the telephone booth. Relying on his mory, he dialed a number.

He didn't rember many phone numbers, but Sakuramiya Hitomi's was the exception.

However...

Considering how severe the situation had been, transitioning from the funeral ho to Ye International, it was a toss-up whether Sakuramiya Hitomi even had her phone on her.

Whatever, he'd try calling first...

"Ring..."

Yan Huan punched in the digits and quietly gazed out at the sea.

"Rustle... rustle..."

Yet, before the call even connected, the sound of footsteps crunching against the sandy beach reached his ears first.

"?"

Yan Huan paused, turning his head to look.

Beside him, he saw Ye Shiyu standing in the now-dwindling rain, right outside the harbor's shelter, staring straight at him.

Her black hair was a ss, and her clothes were clinging to her with dampness...

The rims of her eyes were slightly red, carrying a dewy moisture that conveyed her emotions through her gaze.

"Sister... Shiyu?"

Seeing her, Yan Huan slightly lowered the receiver and spoke in confusion.

"..."

At his words, Ye Shiyu's eyes wavered, as if she were trying to say sothing.

"Do you want to leave together?"

"..."

She tightly squeezed her mobile phone, her lips moving in a quiet murmur, but the faint sound was instantly swallowed by the sea breeze and the rain, vanishing without a trace.

Yan Huan could only hang up the phone and walk toward her.

"Sister Shiyu?"

But as soon as he approached, she was so startled that she took a step back and plopped right down onto the beach.

"Thud!"

"Whimper..."

"..."

Yan Huan froze in his tracks, his gaze just about to fall on her face...

However, right before their eyes could et, Ye Shiyu suddenly raised her mobile phone with both hands, gripping it tightly to shield her face.

The phone was pressed close to her cheeks, entirely obscuring her features, just like the countless tis she had activated her hypnosis in the past.

Only this ti, the phone was completely dead, the screen pitch black.

With her face hidden behind the device, completely out of Yan Huan's sight, it seed as though she finally gained the ability to breathe and the courage to speak...

A trembling voice suddenly erged from behind the phone,

"Why..."

"Sister Shiyu?"

Behind the screen, her voice ford a murmur-like question,

"Why... can't I say anything... why..."

"..." "...The first ti at the station, it was just like this. Even though Xiao Huan had already said those things to

back then... even though I also had things I wanted to say to you in my heart..."

Ye Shiyu kept her head lowered as her voice gradually grew louder,

"I wanted to tell you back then how guilty I felt... I wanted to tell you that I wanted you to stay...

"But why...

"Without relying on hypnosis... without the modifier, I can't say a single thing to you..."

Listening to her confession, Yan Huan's eyes widened slowly, clearly overco with astonishnt.

Yet Ye Shiyu continued speaking,

"I was just jealous. I wanted to be close to you, wanted to go on a date with you, wanted to hold your hand and kiss you...

"But why couldn't I just say it? Why did I have to use hypnosis to order you to do those things?!

"I was just afraid. Afraid that I would repeat my mother's mistakes, afraid that Xiao Huan would have a change of heart, so I didn't want you getting close to other girls...

"But why couldn't I just tell you directly? Why did I have to use hypnosis to try and drive everyone else away?"

In front of her face, the phone's screen reflected Yan Huan's expression.

And below his reflection, crystal-clear drops began to gather.

They were not Yan Huan's tears.

"..."

Seeing this, Yan Huan hesitated for a mont.

Then, he took a deep breath and slowly walked toward her.

"Rustle... rustle..."

Step by step, he stepped out of the harbor shelter and into the rain.

Then, he crouched down in front of Ye Shiyu, who was kneeling on the ground.

He slowly reached out and grasped the mobile phone in her hands.

"Swoosh."

Yan Huan gripped the phone and pulled it away from her face.

A sliver of faint light spilled past the phone, revealing her cowering face beneath it, her eyes red and streaming with tears.

It was as if, behind the phone of countless hypnotic commands, beneath her usual expressionless facade...

Lay her true self.

"Sob..."

At that mont, feeling the phone leave her face, Ye Shiyu subconsciously lowered her head, feeling so deeply ashad that she wanted to hide from everything.

Like a lost, injured small animal, she could only curl up her body, vigilantly watching the human approaching her.

Whether it was Yan Huan's gaze or the faint light outside...

Without the phone in front of her, she once again couldn't say a single word, leaving only whimpers.

But then, Yan Huan's voice suddenly broke through,

"If you can't speak, then hypnotize ."

"!!"

Hearing this, Ye Shiyu's eyes inevitably contracted.

Brimming with tears, she raised her gaze to the young man before her.

"Think of it as the last ti... Use your hypnosis, and tell

your true thoughts, everything you want to say... Tell

absolutely everything."

Looking at the tear-stained girl in front of him, Yan Huan spoke softly.

Then, he gently let go of the wrists grasping the phone.

He guided it back in front of her face, aiming the screen at himself.

"Drip... drop..."

Before him, clutching the phone, Ye Shiyu wept.

She kept her head down, remaining silent for a long ti.

Eventually, trembling all over, she agonizingly pushed the phone away from her face, bit by bit.

The phone, once again, parted slightly from her features...

But she was simply too timid, too terrified. So, even using all her strength, she only managed to push the phone far enough to reveal half of her face.

And so, the girl before him...

One half of her face was red-eyed and tear-streaked, showing a timid yet brave, utterly sincere expression.

The other half was replaced by the reflection on the phone screen—the equally sincere face of the young man.

"Sob..."

Under the direct gaze of the once-terrifying mobile phone, the boy didn't shy away in the slightest, listening attentively to the girl's final hypnosis.

Facing the sea breeze and the clearing sky, he heard Ye Shiyu tremblingly command him in the tone of her hypnosis,

"Please, Xiao Huan... also... please give

happiness."

These few words were briefer than any hypnotic command from the past.

But they also seed...

To carry the exact sa aning as every single one of those past commands.

Naturally, the phone was completely dead; it was impossible for it to light up and trigger the hypnosis.

Yet at this mont, it was as if the boy was still ensnared by its effects.

Gritting his teeth, unable to hold back any longer, he lowered his head and captured the lips of the girl in front of him in a deep kiss.

"Smack!"

Behind them, the telephone had still not been hung up.

The ringing of an outgoing call echoed from the receiver.

[You and I in the crowd, trying to hold on tightly to your hand]

[Please don't shake

off, I won't let you go]

[Maybe the lingering warmth lasted too long, failing to move you, when I answered you]

Feeling the young man draw near, Ye Shiyu's body trembled slightly.

Soon, her teary eyes gradually turned dreamy.

Her hand, clutching the phone, drooped bit by bit until the device fell weakly onto the ground.

Taking its place, she tightly intertwined her fingers with Yan Huan's.

[You finally said it out loud, that my paranoia is a bit heavy]

[Maybe because of my personality, I don't understand love, I don't understand the concept of love]

[I won't let you wait too long, won't let you suffer, please allow

to take you away]

Ye Shiyu's kisses were intensely possessive.

In the past, Yan Huan had always felt a sense of suffocation from them.

But today, he finally realized...

Ye Shiyu's kisses seed to stem purely from a fear of him leaving.

Once Yan Huan held her tightly and took the initiative, she would feel at ease, and even her breathing would steady.

"Mmh..."

At this mont, thousands of past scenes flowed through Ye Shiyu's mind simultaneously.

Among them, for a fleeting instant, were the words Yan Huan had spoken to her that night in the basent.

Just the thought of it seed to frighten her so much that her tongue trembled slightly.

[You finally said it out loud, your feelings for

are also deep]

[They won't change just because my personality is weird]

[This ti you cannot leave, I will not let go]

That slightly trembling body seed to transmit her mories to Yan Huan as well.

He appeared to sense her emotions and couldn't help but gently pat her back.

anwhile, behind them, the dangling telephone was finally answered, and Sakuramiya Hitomi's voice drifted out,

"Hello? Who is this?"

But Yan Huan and Ye Shiyu were too far from the phone to hear Sakuramiya Hitomi's tiny voice.

On the other end, downstairs at Ye International, An Le was completely overheated, currently settling the score with Tong Yingying, the mastermind behind the bright ideas.

Sakuramiya Hitomi was already annoyed from being unable to find Yan Huan. Now, having puzzlingly picked up a silent harassnt call, her face flushed even redder in anger.

Only Aruiya, standing in place with her arms crossed, blinked her eyes as the blonde hair atop her head gradually lost its luster.

"Why does sothing feel off, aww..."

[How long will it take to make you fall in love with ?]

[I have already fallen in love with you, I can no longer walk away]

[I want to hold your hand, I want to kiss your forehead, I have been silent for too long]

At this mont, inside the Ye's International Tower, everything had returned to normal.

Ye Lan lay prone on the ground, her body twitching slightly.

Soon, she slowly lifted her head, looked around, and murmured,

"Shiyu... Shiyu?"

But as she looked up, aside from the total ss of the server room, her daughter was nowhere to be seen.

Thus, Ye Lan struggled to stand up and made her way toward Ye Shiyu's office.

"Click."

The door slowly swung open, revealing an equally quiet room.

On Ye Shiyu's desk, the computer screen she worked on was lit up.

Displayed prominently on it was the photo taken when they all went to the aquarium together during Yan Huan's very first visit to Ye Lan's ho.

Beneath it was Ye Shiyu's handwritten signature, along with a single word:

"Happiness."

[This phrase 'I love you', spoken out loud]

[I will spend this lifeti, waiting for you]

[If I can't move your heart, please don't break up with ]

[Let's write all our moving monts into a story and walk together]

At this mont on the beach, after a long kiss, their lips finally parted.

Following that, Ye Shiyu's body inevitably softened, and she panted as she leaned against Yan Huan's shoulder.

Seeing her reaction, Yan Huan found it impossible to restrain himself any longer. Reaching out, he effortlessly pushed Ye Shiyu straight down onto the sandy beach.

"Ah..."

Against the still-damp sand, her black hair fanned out wildly, resembling a blooming black rose.

But right now, Ye Shiyu's face was slightly flushed. Her eyes were wide open, and even her lips were trembling slightly, looking as pitiful as a frightened little beast.

Watching Yan Huan, whose aura was growing progressively more dangerous, Ye Shiyu seed to realize sothing and frantically shook her head.

As she shook her head and tried to shrink back, her body trembled, entirely focused on begging for rcy,

"Xiao Huan... Wait... Wait... I... I'm scared..."

"..."

Hearing this, Yan Huan's expression darkened even further.

After all, he had shared intimate monts with several of the girls. Putting aside An Le and Tong Yingying, even Sakuramiya Hitomi had never shown such a terrified, cowering expression.

Yet...

Ye Shiyu was...

This didn't deter Yan Huan in the slightest. On the contrary, it made his aura turn even more dangerous.

And so, in the next second, his gaze involuntarily darkened.

With his veins bulging all over, he simply scooped Ye Shiyu up from the beach, turned around, and walked toward the massive hotel behind them.

"Whimper..."

Then, Yan Huan whispered softly into the ear of the trembling with fear Ye Shiyu,

"Be good, Sister Shiyu. Don't be afraid."

"Whimper..."