Restricted Fantasy Invasion

Chapter 11
Back in the house, a laptop was on Ye Shiyu's desk, displaying the search page for the DaoGu engine.

In the search bar, it was written brightly:

"Hypnosis"

Ye Shiyu sat down at her computer desk with a cup of hot milk, gently tapped the Enter key, and the explanation for the term popped up.

"Hypnosis: a special, trance-like psychological state induced by suggestion, similar to sleep but not actual sleep."

Ever since she had successfully hypnotized Yan Huan yesterday, Ye Shiyu had become intensely curious about the effect in her phone.

She hadn't really understood the concept of hypnosis before, only glimpsed a bit of how it worked from the "absolute obedience" description in the APP.

But after looking it up, Ye Shiyu discovered that the hypnosis mentioned here seemed completely different from the effect in her APP.

Or rather, maybe there simply isn't any technique in this world capable of doing that?

Ye Shiyu looked at her phone and opened that mysterious APP. As the purple vortex spun, illusory information appeared:

[Remaining uses this week: 1 time]

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So, just what have you come for?

As she thought this, Ye Shiyu gently scrolled the mouse wheel down, browsing past the information above.

"Debunking Hypnosis: Science on Distorted Hypnosis"

"Hypnosis Psychology Appointment"

"Hypnosis: A Mythologized Term"

The rest were all sorts of bizarre, sleazy resources, but just looking at the titles left Ye Shiyu completely uninterested.

As she kept scrolling-one page, two pages-Ye Shiyu's eyes were suddenly caught by a certain headline.

"Women's Section: After Hypnosis, My Annoying Stepbrother Became Mine."

The keyword "hypnosis" was highlighted in red.

Ye Shiyu's hand paused slightly on the mouse wheel. She blinked and leaned a little closer to the screen, her dark eyes sparkling with curiosity.

She dragged the mouse toward the headline. Because of the low sensitivity, the on-screen cursor seemed especially clumsy.

Ye Shiyu was a complete computer novice, but right now, she was moving the mouse with unusual determination.

"Knock knock."

She clicked the headline, the page turned white, and then a dense, dazzling barrage of colorful ads popped up.

"Bookmark this site: www.XXX.com"

"Royal Casino, Quality Guaranteed, Get 888 Chips Just for Logging In"

"Beautiful Dealer, Live Dealing Online"

Ye Shiyu opened her mouth, her brows furrowing slightly as she struggled to close each of these scam ads with the mouse.

A player started spinning, apparently loading resources, with "Line 1" written underneath.

But as she waited, suddenly a red browser warning icon popped up again,

"Sensitive page detected. Continuing may result in information leaks, trojans, and other risks."

"To protect your information security, please close this page immediately!"

Below were two options,

"Close immediately"

"Ignore risks, continue browsing"

Trojans... viruses?!

Ye Shiyu was startled. She was about to click "Close immediately" below, but just then, the player behind her, after a brief load, had already started playing.

First came a monologue-a low female voice sounded,

"My mother remarried, and her new husband brought along a stepbrother a little younger than me."

"Unlike me, a gloomy shut-in, that guy was great at studying, super handsome, and had a wonderful personality."

"As soon as he came home, I could feel that all of Mom's and Stepfather's attention was stolen by him."

"Hey, learn from your brother. You're the big sister, don't give your brother attitude. If you won't go out, I'll take your brother out to play."

"Ah, I know, it's normal for kids like him to be liked by adults."

"But... why do I hate him so much?"

"With that in mind, I used that thing on him-on that annoying brother."

"I'm going to turn him into..."

Ye Shiyu's hand, about to click close, paused slightly. Her eyes flickered as she couldn't help recalling the scene at the mall earlier.

When she came down the stairs, she saw Ye Lan, exhausted from helping her look for things, being cheered up by Yan Huan with just a couple of sentences.

Their mother patted his head. Though her words were full of mock scolding, the smile on her face just wouldn't go away.

Compared to that, her own personality must seem really weird, right?

Even though Mom had said it was fine for her to stay this way, when she saw such a normal Yan Huan, did she still sometimes think that way?

And then, would she turn all her attention to him...

Just like...

He was taking her mother away from her.

Ye Shiyu's breathing grew a little rapid. Her hand on the mouse drifted right, finally landing on the other option.

"Ignore risks, continue browsing!"

The warning disappeared, the page reloaded, but all around, little ads still hung like flags, following the page as it moved.

And the video seemed to keep buffering, endlessly spinning because of the slow internet.

Could it be that loading all these ads was making the internet slow?

Ye... the computer newbie... Shiyu thought so.

She hurriedly dragged the clumsy mouse toward the little ads.

The "X" on those ads always came in two-one was a real close button, the other was a "trap" that lured you into another link.

Thankfully, Ye Shiyu wasn't dumb. She leaned in close to the screen and, with precise mouse control, managed to hit the tiny close button.

One... two, three, four-

Repeating this tedious process four times, after closing all the little ads in the corners of the page, she eagerly looked back at the player.

But it was still spinning. "Video stuck? Try switching lines to watch."

Lines?

Ye Shiyu stared blankly at "Line 1" and "Line 2" below.

Click-Line 2.

Then, the page seemed to refresh.

And those four annoying little ads also refreshed along with it.

Watching those ads she'd spent minutes closing pop up and bounce around the page again, Ye Shiyu's pink lips unconsciously began to pout.

"My mother remarried, and her new husband brought along a stepbrother a little younger than me-"

But thankfully, after switching lines, the video finally played smoothly in the player.

Clicking full screen mode, Ye Shiyu widened her eyes and started watching the story unfold.

The story on the screen unfolded smoothly, with buildup and intense scenes one after another, flowing through Ye Shiyu's eyes-

As if a door to a new world was opening before her.

As soon as the screen entered a passionate scene, her face flushed slightly red.

She quickly glanced at the tightly closed door behind her, then grabbed the headphone cable next to her and plugged it into the computer.

The story continued, and Ye Shiyu unconsciously became engrossed in watching.

Until she didn't know how much time had passed, the screen gradually faded to black, and the female narrator's voice sounded in her headphones again:

"In the end, I used hypnosis to turn him into a useless person who only knows how to call me 'Sister'. That adorable boy is now mine."

"Maybe it's just an excuse, but I kept lying to myself with it, over and over."

"Hypnosis was created just to satisfy my dirty wishes, wasn't it?"

"I know it's despicable and filthy, but right now, I'm very happy."

"That's enough."

"The End."

Ye Shiyu's eyes widened, unable to calm down for a long time.

This was just too despicable and obscene.

All she ever wanted was to drive him away, nothing more.

But the sister in this movie did all sorts of things to her brother?!

Although, indeed, watching that usually sunny and handsome brother become so pitiful and make those sounds-

No, no, that's just a fictional story in the film.

Ye Shiyu, you just need to drive him away-

You just need to drive him away.

Ye Shiyu leaned lightly against the back of the chair, breathing softly, a strange flush on her pale face.

She felt a little thirsty.

She stood up, turned, and prepared to go downstairs to get a drink.

After a whole movie's time, the lights in the house had long since gone out. Everyone must be asleep by now.

Ye Shiyu filled her cup with water from the purifier on the first floor, drank several glasses, and finally felt the heat inside her body subside quite a bit.

She let out a sigh of relief, turned around, and filled another cup to take upstairs.

As she walked to the second floor, her gaze inevitably fell toward Yan Huan's room.

The phone in her hand lit up by itself again, emitting a sinister purple glow.

Unconsciously, ever since she started using that APP, she had never let her phone out of her hand.

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She hesitated for a moment on the stairs, but in the end, she gently shifted her steps and headed toward Yan Huan's room.

Staring at the tightly closed door, she slowly raised her hand, preparing to knock.

But then it occurred to her that he was probably already asleep.

So, her hand moved back to his doorknob.

Strange thoughts drove her to do strange things.

In the past, no matter where she was going, she would always knock before entering-a habit she'd long cultivated.

But now, she actually wanted to go in without knocking.

"Click"

The doorknob turned all the way down with a faint sound.

Inside the room, Yan Huan was already fast asleep, but the Meow-chan he was holding suddenly opened its eyes; in the darkness, its emerald green eyes looked especially bright.

"Meow~"

It let out a soft cry, but Yan Huan beside it didn't move at all.

However, because Yan Huan had locked the door, when the doorknob was pushed all the way down, no matter how hard the person outside pushed, there was no response.

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Holding the cup of water, Ye Shiyu's body stiffened slightly; only then did she realize she was a bit too excited.

She actually

did something like this?

She pressed her lips together, finished the cold water in her cup in one gulp, took a deep breath, and let go of the doorknob.

Then, she slowly turned around and left, returning to her own room.

"Meow?"

Meow-chan blinked, looked at the doorknob that had returned to its original position, and slowly nestled back into Yan Huan's arms.

It didn't close its eyes, just kept watching the direction of the door.

(End of this chapter)