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With Xu Shiyue's words, Aunt Sun asked the servants to bring in Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun who were outside.

The mother and daughter both wore expensive silk scarves around their necks, but it was not like decoration, but to cover up their identities.

——This was originally worn on their heads, and used with sunglasses to cover their particularly eye-catching faces. The beauty is full of abjection.

In the past, the more I wanted people to remember them and recognize them.

Now they really don't want people to recognize her.

Although it was a strange environment that she had never been to before, Aunt Xu was not too nervous.

Her hand was holding the handle of her handbag, and she was also carrying something heavy, a large black box.

Lu Shizhen was a little curious about what it was. After all, it was not difficult to guess why they came to Xu Shiyue today.

Could it be the other jewelry that Xu Shiyue's mother had stolen away by the mother and daughter?

But can this act of returning the property to its original owner sway Xu Shiyue's desire for revenge?

Compared to the disdain and arrogance that Lu Shizhen saw in front of the banquet porch, the face of Aunt Xu who was invited in was full of smiles.

Even when she noticed that Lu Shizhen was looking at her, she happened to look at each other and smiled.

This smile was extremely flattering, and there was humility in the abjection, which made Lu Shizhen not know how to respond to her, so she simply looked away silently.

The financial news had finished broadcasting the incident about Xu Shouxian's land and started broadcasting something that Lu Shizhen couldn't understand.

She just watched the protagonist of the last news walk into the conference room of her home, and crossed the question in her mind just now.

impossible.

Whether they are humble or flattering, unless what they bring today is a panacea that can resurrect Xu Shiyue's parents, no one can let go of the hatred of killing his father and his mother.

Thinking like this, Lu Shizhen noticed that Xu Shiyue was still sitting opposite and hadn't moved, and couldn't help but be a little confused: "You're not going?"

Xu Shiyue slowly ate the breakfast on the plate and said, "I'll finish breakfast with you."

Lu Shizhen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said faster than his head: "It seems that I am ahead of them."

"Yes." Xu Shiyue answered smoothly, nodding almost the second after Lu Shizhen said these words.

The early morning sunlight fell into the restaurant through the window, and a kind of calmness was reflected in Xu Shiyue's raised eyes.

The light was refracted too brightly, as if it could illuminate everything hidden in the shadows and not be faced by others, making people have to lower their heads.

Of course Lu Shizhen knew that compared with the two Aunt Xu, her status in Xu Shiyue's heart was indeed higher than theirs, but she didn't know why Xu Shiyue's words seemed to change.

I know it in my heart, and being recognized by others seems to be two different things.

Words are always so interesting.

Just speaking it from the heart, ambiguity was born clinging to the bones of the words.

It was just a joke at first, but now it turned into something different with such a calm reply.

Lu Shizhen didn't know how hard her heart was beating, it was just pounding on her heart.

I have nothing to say, and I don’t know what to say next.

Lu Shizhen just lowered her head, took a bite of the sandwich, and filled the mouth of the source of all evil.

Xu Shiyue raised her eyes and glanced at the person opposite, but paused at the person's ears hidden under her long hair.

The sunlight passed through the intertwined hair, making shadows, and the entire tip of the ear was glowing with obvious red.

It was obviously her who said those words first, but she was the one who was embarrassed in the end.

Xu Shiyue lowered her eyes and took a sip of coffee, then rolled her eyes without any trace.

The second half of breakfast was somewhat silent. Xu Shiyue really finished breakfast with Lu Shizhen before getting up from the dining table and going to the living room.

Lu Shizhen had the experience from the last time Lu Shize came to talk to Xu Shiyue, and moved accurately from the dining table to the single sofa on the side of the living room.

At this time, it had been fifteen minutes since Aunt Xu arrived in the reception room, but Xu Shiyue's pace was still calm and unhurried. Lu Shizhen looked at it from the sofa and couldn't help but worry, "Qiuqiu, what did you say about Xu?" Nothing will happen to Shiyue, right? Her second aunt won't make things difficult for her, right?"

Qiuqiu said otherwise: "How could it be possible for the host? They are asking for help now. If they offend Xu Shiyue again, would they even think about it? Didn't Li also follow? His force value is TP." "

And according to the plot, this incident is enough for Xu Shiyue to overthrow Xu Shouxian, and there won't be any problems."

Qiu said so Qiu then flew to Lu Shizhen's head with a piece of crispy toasted bread in his arms, and started to enjoy it happily.

And Lu Shizhen seemed to remember some things in the original text when it was pressed like this, and murmured: "So Xu Shiyue really used this one thing to bring down Xu Shouxian..." Lu

Shizhen The voice in Zhen's heart was not very loud, and her sighing tone was a bit more sad.

She was busy with final exams these days, and she didn't have much interaction with Xu Shiyue. She was not involved in such a landmark event in the book.

An indescribable feeling of regret and desolation, as if something was missing.

Regarding what happened around Xu Shiyue, Lu Shizhen didn't seem to be very willing to be absent.

But.

In the original story line, her character was the one who was to be excluded and deliberately concealed.

Because after this, she will...

Lu Shizhen's eyes dimmed when he thought of this, and he called out in his mind: "Qiuqiu."

Qiuqiu was still nibbling on the crispy bread he was holding, talking vaguely. responded: "Host, what's wrong?"

"In this case, is the plot about to reach my...my ending?" Lu Shizhen asked, his voice soft.

Qiuqiu didn't notice Lu Shizhen's emotions and nodded: "Yes, host. If nothing else happens, we really should pack up and prepare to leave if something unexpected happens."

"I have another good news here!" Qiuqiu said excitedly, her voice rising.

In this way, it called up its calculation data these days and analyzed it for Lu Shizhen: "The host does not have to worry about the points bug not being recovered. I built a mathematical model a few days ago to follow our calculations before the data was lost. The points deduction situation simulated the points deduction situation of the original owner, and the result is: Even in the extreme point deduction situation, the points that the host has steadily increased in recent days can be enough to offset it, and there will even be a balance!" "At that time, there will be a balance

! The host can also exchange it with the main system for a pair of healthy and beautiful long legs!"

Qiuqiu excitedly shared the result with Lu Shizhen, her tail hooked on Lu Shizhen's finger and dangled.

But Lu Shizhen's reaction was not as violent as Qiuqiu's.

She just listened to Qiuqiu's words and looked towards the reception room where Xu Shiyue was.

The joy of getting what you want, the success of getting what you want.

All the indicators indicated that her mission was about to end perfectly, but she didn't seem to be as excited as she was when she fantasized about the outcome of the mission at the beginning.

The early morning sunlight moved upward slightly, making the entire small hall much brighter.

The two glasses of water on the table were slowly steaming under the winter sunshine. Aunt Xu was sitting on the sofa holding the box she had brought. Xu Shiyue didn't come for a while.

Xu Minjun had never endured such neglect, and had never had much patience. She gradually became impatient: "Oh, she can't come yet! How can it be like this..." Seeing

Xu Minjun's words getting more and more exaggerated, Aunt Xu was very angry. He glanced at her with an unhappy frown and asked in a low voice, "Then what do you want? You don't want your dad, right?" "Now only if she raises her hand can your dad get over this hurdle

. Why did those people come to the house this morning and you couldn't see them? Your father hid out, didn't you know? Didn't I tell you that bowing your head for a moment doesn't mean anything, and you still don't understand?" Xu Minjun listened to what Aunt Xu

said , everything that happened at home this morning came to mind again.

The men's unkind voices frightened her like never before, and the sight of her father being pushed to the ground made her feel humiliated.

Xu Minjun knew that if his family couldn't survive this time, he would be pushed to the ground.

She had laughed at her friends countless times before Xu Shiyue, who was self-proclaimed and aloof, was pushed into the dust. She absolutely could not suffer this.

She is nobler than Xu Shiyue, and she will not go through what Xu Shiyue went through.

Aunt Xu Er watched Xu Minjun calm down and reminded: "Xu Shiyue will come later. Do you hear a few more nice words from you? You guys played quite well when you were kids. How could she..." Xu

Er Auntie was talking, but before she finished, the door of the small hall was pushed open from the outside.

Li was holding the door, his straight black body was particularly oppressive.

Second Aunt Xu immediately closed her mouth, watching Xu Shiyue walk in unhurriedly, and said to herself: "Second Aunt, I've been waiting for a long time." Xu Shiyue's

voice was calm. Not only was there no apology, but it was full of distance. , it’s just a matter of giving each other a decent appearance.

Second Aunt Xu could also see it and replied with a smile: "How could it be possible? It's just an unlucky time for us to come. We didn't know that Shiyue and Miss Lu were having breakfast at this time." Xu Shiyue looked at her second aunt and said to

her His long-lost smile and his lowered eyes bent.

She just smiled and walked around the mahogany table in the room, sat down and said, "Second aunt, what's the matter with coming to see me today?" "

This is not the last time at the banquet. I just found out that the servants at home brought your mother to the house." Your second uncle has been thinking about this matter. Just two days ago, I packed up the other jewelry that your mother left with me. Today I will collect these things. Return it to you."

As Aunt Xu said, she put the treasure box on her lap on the table in front of Xu Shiyue.

The black box was opened from the back, and the sunlight peeked into the box, and the whole box suddenly shone brightly.

Xu Shiyue watched with peace of mind as Second Aunt Xu showed these things to her. Her calm eyes passed over the familiar gems, and she smiled to hide her emotions: "Second Aunt is so polite, like last time Can't we just put it in a simple brown paper bag like the banquet? Why did we use such a good box this time?"

Aunt Xu couldn't hold back the smile on her face when she heard Xu Shiyue say this, and she reluctantly explained. "It didn't happen suddenly last time. We can't slack off this time."

Xu Shiyue was not interested in this explanation and reached out and took out the innermost bracelet that her mother often wore.

The transparent jade reflects the clean glass feeling under the sunlight. In addition to its expensive value, what is more important is the memory it carries.

Xu Shiyue was happy and disgusted.

This is not considered lost and found, this is the return of an object that showed weakness to its original owner by begging for mercy.

Aunt Xu was particularly discerning. She stood up and took the bracelet from Xu Shiyue's hand and said, "You are similar in stature to your mother. This bracelet is just right. You need someone to help you.

" The bracelet is crystal clear and will not cover up any impurities.

Xu Shiyue just looked at Aunt Xu's groveling figure, and heard this person's long-planned emotional card in her ears: "Such a good glass is really rare. It would be a pity if it cracked because of the scorching. Thanks to your second uncle who sent a lot of people that day, most of the things were kept intact..." The

jade bracelet seemed unwilling to listen to this man's words, and successfully snagged Xu Shi with just one touch. Yue's slender wrist.

The light fell impartially on this area, and Xu Shiyue raised her hand to look at the light and looked at the bracelet Xu Erbo's mother put on herself, and said with emotion: "So the second uncle is still here." I have tried so hard to save it."

"Yes." Second Aunt Xu thought that Xu Shiyue was moved by her humility and emotional cards, and immediately nodded her head, "It has not been easy for your second uncle these years, and you also know that the old man left His things are not the best, nor are they the ones with the most development prospects. But he will do his best when it comes to family matters." With that said, Aunt Xu gestured with her eyes to Xu Minjun, who was sitting next to her, to follow her

. .

Xu Minjun reacted quickly for the first time, and hurriedly echoed: "Shiyue, do you still remember? When we were children, we watched the characters in cartoons playing on swings, and we were very envious. Later, my father found out and built one for us behind the yard. You like the swing frame the best. Every time you come, I push you to play for a long time." "

Remember, how could I not remember." Xu Shiyue gently turned the bracelet on her wrist and raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "Second uncle I remember everything I did clearly."

Xu Shiyue was still smiling, but the curves at the corners of her mouth and the ends of her eyes were not very gentle, but had a cold feeling.

Second Aunt Xu stood next to Xu Shiyue, looking at her smiling eyes, and held her fingers abruptly, her palms feeling cold.

Second Aunt Xu knew that she couldn't win against Xu Shiyue with this card, so she forced herself to throw out another card calmly: "Shiyue, there is something that Second Auntie doesn't know if I should remind you." "Second aunt.

" Auntie can just weigh it herself." Xu Shiyue's voice was calm, not shaken by how important her words sounded.

"There was an accidental fire in the Lu family many years ago. This incident also caused Lu Shize to treasure his sister extremely." Second Aunt Xu looked at Xu Shiyue as she spoke, and expressed in a subtle way, "People like Miss Lu There is only one in the world, and if you want to get something, it is better to take it first."

The jade bracelet hanging on the girl's wrist paused, and a turquoise green light fell on the table.

When Xu Shiyue heard Aunt Xu's words, her eyelashes were raised like fans.

She just raised her hand to prop up the side of her face and said, "Continue."

The bright sunlight fell equally on everyone's face in the room, and Aunt Xu's happy and surprised mood was written all over her face.

In fact, she was not very sure about her speculation at first. After all, her niece was not a love interest like Xu Minjun said, but she didn't expect that as soon as she said this, Xu Shiyue gave herself the trouble she had just arrived. The most obvious reaction now.

Aunt Xu's second aunt immediately became energetic after hearing this, and gave Xu Shiyue an extra "considerate" idea: "Since Shiyue you and Miss Lu are so close to each other, why don't you make a good meal of it?" "I heard Minjun

say , Wasn’t Miss Lu also interested in you, Shiyue, when we were at school?"

Second Aunt Xu came up with this idea very seriously, so she leaned next to Xu Shiyue and talked to her, her voice that was deliberately lowered seemed to be really serious. What kind of consensus had been reached with her? It seemed like they were plotting something behind the back of the people outside.

"Actually, there is no need to clarify many things. This way, it will be done half-heartedly. Even if Lu Shize doesn't agree, he will have to agree." Second Aunt Xu whispered, finally ending

this shameful conspiracy.

She just raised her head and looked at Xu Shiyue with a bit of cunning and sophistry in her eyes, as if asking for credit, but she saw that Xu Shiyue lowered his eyes slightly and did not give her a look.

Suddenly, Second Aunt Xu felt a chill in her heart. She asked cautiously, "Shiyue, are you listening?" "

Of course." Xu Shiyue replied.

She just raised her eyelashes a little and looked at Xu Minjun who was sitting on the sofa nearby, and said meaningfully: "I was just thinking that if someone used such a trick on my second aunt, your daughter, what would happen to you?" What's the reaction?"

She really overestimated these people's bottom line and thought this person could give her some good ideas.

Only these people can think of something so dirty and borderline legal.

It's really too late to give them another chance.

When Aunt Xu heard what Xu Shiyue said, her expression suddenly changed, and she immediately changed her words and said, "I'm just giving you an opinion... I was about to give you some advice later." "That's right."

Xu Shiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, her face tilted up as if she was smiling.

"Yes, yes." Second Aunt Xu nodded immediately and frantically made excuses. "Although this method is very effective, it is not a top-notch method and will pay a certain price. Shiyue, you still have to think more about it."

Xu When Shiyue heard the words, she lowered her eyes and thought thoughtfully: "I remember my second uncle said something to me in the ward. There is no way to get what you want without paying some price." "So

... Return the things that originally belonged to me, and in the name of doing good for me, she gave me this idea. The second aunt felt that whatever she did today could be compared with the "price" that the second uncle paid back then, and it would be enough to make me happy. Should I change my mind?"

The sunlight fell warmly on Xu Shiyue's face, and the raised pupils were calm but turbulent.

Xu Shiyue's every word was calm, but every word was filled with hatred. The questions that were as calm as smoke poured into Aunt Xu's throat. The erratic white mist expanded and spread, choking her hard.

This kid remembers everything.

Including the perfectly disguised fire accident.

The air that was colder than the outdoor air in winter poured into Aunt Xu's fingertips. A sense of terror made her subconsciously want to lower her head and beg for mercy: "Shiyue, we, we are a family connected by blood. From now on, we will As long as everyone returns to their respective places and performs their duties, the future of the Xu family will be even better than now, don’t you think so, Shiyue?”

Aunt Xu’s voice became trembling: “Your second uncle already knows what he did before. No, these are all the things he asked me to return to you, and he wants to return more than these to you. Your second uncle regrets it very much now..." The sun is clearly rising, but the shadow on the wall is setting

. Half an inch.

Aunt Xu's already humble figure was even more bent than before, but before she could finish her plea for mercy, she was interrupted by Xu Shiyue: "Are you regretting that you should not have cared about family ties and drove me out to death, or do you regret that you didn't drive me out to death?" , fell into my trap instead?"

Xu Shiyue's words lost the subtlety at the beginning, and her questions were a bit aggressive.

She didn't hide what she had done at all, and her questioning voice seemed a little callous.

Second Aunt Xu looked like a snake that was hung down to seven inches. She suddenly became speechless even though she had been talking endlessly just now.

Xu Minjun, who had been watching from the side, couldn't bear it any longer. He stood up and asked, "Xu Shiyue, why did you tell the truth so clearly? My mother is your elder after all. Isn't it okay for me to be so groveling like this?"

Xu Listening to this arrogant voice, Shiyue's eyes curled up even more.

She just rubbed the jade bracelet on her wrist, and her words were even cooler than before: "This is your mother's freedom, I have no right to interfere with her." Xu Minjun immediately asked: "You said that

... Are you unwilling to let go of our family? Xu Shiyue, are you such a ruthless and ruthless lunatic who wants to kill even the last relatives you have left in this world?!" The sun was bright, and

Xu Minjun held himself up slightly as the sun shone brightly. Invisible confidence.

Her heart was beating very fast, and she tried her best to say this provocative method.

She thought Xu Shiyue would deny it immediately.

Or perhaps he was stimulated by his own words and began to worry about family ties.

Yes, she is only nineteen years old, so she must be naive and care about the family's reputation.

What's more, wasn't this how her uncle was controlled by her father?

But Xu Shiyue didn't.

Xu Minjun just watched Xu Shiyue get up from the table and walk to her step by step.

The expression on this person's face did not change at all, and there was even a kind of silent relief: "Sister has become a lot smarter recently." The raised hand

blocked the sunlight falling on the side of Xu Minjun's face, and the fingers with clear bones were like this. The long hair hanging down the side of her face.

Xu Minjun heard the slight sound of hair being rubbed between his fingers, and Xu Shiyue's voice: "It seems that it is still necessary to trim your hair frequently."

In an instant, Xu Minjun's heart felt as if he had fallen from an eighteen-story building.

With a thud, it fell to pieces.

There was a cold wind blowing in the living room, and all the sunlight turned to the living room as if it had nowhere to stay.

The huge floor-to-ceiling windows let in all the rare warm winter sunlight outside, spreading warmth on the carpet.

"It's okay to simply copy a pirated version of Xu Shiyue's health monitoring system, but it will take some time to study." "

But host, I don't understand. We are leaving soon, even if we install a monitoring system for Mariko. , But something happened to Yuanzi, and we can't come back in time."

Qiuqiu was landing on top of Lu Shizhen's head, looking at Yuanzi lying in her arms, thinking about the task given to her by Lu Shizhen.

Lu Shizhen sat cross-legged on the carpet in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding Yuanzi and looking at the genetic sequencing and physical examination reports sent by the pet hospital last time, and said: "Our Yuanzi is not in good health. We are not afraid of 10,000 yuan, just in case. When the time comes, Just try your best to come back."

Lu Shizhen's tone was very relaxed, but her slightly drooped eyes betrayed her.

She didn't want to make early plans, but she had to start planning for many things.

While everyone was discussing this, they saw Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun walking out of the living room under Li's gaze.

The mother and daughter became more frustrated than the other, and they didn't even have the strength to maintain the flattering look they had when they first entered the door.

Lu Shizhen watched from a distance, feeling disgusted but also enjoying the pleasure of seeing the villain being defeated.

Her eyes were following Li towards the entrance, when she felt someone standing behind her.

The shadow fell from her head. Lu Shizhen turned around and saw Xu Shiyue standing behind her at some point.

She seemed to be looking at herself, but her dark eyes were a little unfocused.

Lu Shizhen was startled and blurted out: "What's wrong?"

Xu Shiyue focused her gaze without any trace, and calmly replied: "Tinnitus."

Lu Shizhen immediately became nervous after hearing this: "Tinnitus? How come there is tinnitus? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Are you too tired these days..."

Xu Shiyue listened to the series of questions blurted out by this person, and she was still cold just now. Ran's eyebrows curved again and again, and her voice became gentle: "No, I just wore the headphones for too long."

Lu Shizhen remembered that the last time Xu Shiyue mentioned tinnitus to her in the car, she put it in her ear took off the headphones.

The long hair hanging down by the ears is filled with warmth, and the memory is like a ignition core that swipes the fingers remaining on it and ignites it with warmth.

Lu Shizhen's eyes paused for a moment, then she hugged Yuanzi in her arms, and said, "Then, I'd better take it less in the future."

Xu Shiyue nodded and said nothing more.

The warm sunlight filled the entire large and empty living room.

One person and one dog get together, which is a rare warmth in the cold winter.

Mariko's light golden short hair has a satin-like luster, and her ears don't get angry no matter how much they are rubbed.

It just lay on Lu Shizhen's lap, listening to her silly and hearty laughter. In addition to its tail that kept wagging, its two black grape-like eyes were also shining.

Yuanzi likes to be with Lu Shizhen very much.

But who doesn’t like it?

Compared to the dark venting of hatred in the living room and the intrigues in the shopping mall, Xu Shiyue preferred the restrained leisure in the living room at the moment.

Only Lu Shizhen could bring her such leisure.

Looking at it like this, Xu Shiyue reached out and rubbed Yuanzi's head, taking in the leisurely feeling. At the same time, she picked up something lying on Lu Shizhen's lap: "What are you looking at?" "Yuanzi's physical examination

" Single." Lu Shizhen replied, then as if he remembered something, he raised his head and said to Xu Shiyue: "By the way, I have a few things to tell you."

Xu Shiyue was confused: "What?"

Lu Shizhen picked up the physical examination report in his hand and talked about what he had just discovered: "Look here, I just found that Yuanzi's index is not very high. It will be easy to get some chronic diseases in the future. You will have to take it with you in the future." Go for regular physical examinations."

"There are also bones on both sides of its hind legs. Problems with dog breeds like theirs may evolve into dysplasia as they age. You have to touch it from time to time to correct it. Sitting posture."

Xu Shizhen frowned slightly after listening to Lu Shizhen's explanation: "Why did you suddenly tell me such things?"

Lu Shizhen was stopped by Xu Shizhen's question, and she immediately felt guilty. .

She knew her fate, but she had no way to tell others about it, especially Xu Shiyue.

The girl rubbed the paper in her hand with her fingers and said with some confidence: "Because you are the owner of Yuanzi! Don't think that you can ignore Yuanzi after inheriting your Xu family's property." "Since you have been tamed

, If you have a dog, you have to be responsible for your dog, you know?"

Lu Shizhen said seriously, Xu Shiyue didn't notice the man's hidden purpose at all.

She just looked at the girl with her chin raised in her sight, and the tail wagging behind her, with gentle and determined eyes: "I know." "I will never abandon my

dog."

s There was another heavy snowfall in the city, and the whole world was covered with white snow.

A few plump sparrows rolled in the snow, startled by the bright car lights in the distance.

The sound of the car door rang and then fell, and Lu Shizhen finally ended the first and last final exam of her high school career.

She just dragged her tired brain back home, thinking in her mind that she should be able to get into the top 50 of her grade.

It should be...

it's ok...

I'm not sure.

Lu Shizhen had no experience in the unified examination, so she opened the door of the villa more worried than usual.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the door, she was greeted by countless colorful ribbons thrown in.

"Zhenzhen, happy birthday!"

"Sister, happy birthday!"

"Miss, happy birthday!"

...

Various names for herself rushed into Lu Shizhen's ears like ribbons, and all her worries about the exam were gone. Squeezed out.

Colorful ribbons and balloons were tangled together, covering the originally monotonous living room.

Warm colors filled Lu Shizhen's sight. She was more sensitive to color than anyone else, and she felt the heat more than anyone else.

She seemed to realize what she was doing, but she didn't seem to realize what was happening, and her head froze.

At this moment, she saw Xu Shiyue walking towards her.

Time seemed to be deliberately slowed down, and the plain white skirt swayed in Lu Shizhen's sight like blooming petals.

She just watched Xu Shiyue stand next to her and congratulate her in her ear: "Lu Shizhen, happy birthday." "Do you

like this surprise?"

"Pah."

Lu Shizhen couldn't tell that it was her. The sound of a heart skipping a beat is also the sound of the points system flashing lights.

She just stared blankly as her points system, which had been flashing red lights, turned green. Xu Shiyue gave her a bonus point that was enough to change the points result.

"Host! Our mission is completed!"

Qiuqiu looked at the points system prompts, excitedly flashing in front of Lu Shizhen's eyes.

The flashing light around the ball turned into a line of light under the rapid movement, full of excitement.

But Lu Shizhen was not as excited as Qiuqiu about this matter.

Or maybe there is no space to get excited about it at the moment.

The colorful balloons piled up in the room looked a little childish, but they were particularly in line with Lu Shizhen's preferences.

The number balloon held by a rope shook "18", celebrating the adult of the host of this birthday party.

Cheng Meiyan put too much pressure on herself before, and Lu Shizhen's mind was so full of final exams that she even forgot about her birthday.

And unlike other protagonists who wear books, Lu Shizhen seems to have no similarities with the original owner except for the same name. Their appearance, preferences, and specialties are all completely opposite.

Even the birthdays are dozens of days apart.

——Lu Shizhen’s birthday is also in winter, but it’s not the beginning of January, but the end of the month.

But even in the original world, Lu Shizhen had never been able to leave the hospital to spend a real birthday with her friends and family.

Lu Shizhen still remembers her birthday when she was actually eighteen years old.

At that time, she almost didn't survive her first day of adulthood. The mechanical sound of the bedside monitoring equipment was a happy birthday song to her, and the few balloons tied at the end of the bed were celebrating her birthday.

She seems to be always alone.

Not just in this strange world.

But Lu Shizhen really didn't expect that she would have such a birthday party in this strange world in her lifetime.

It looked like something she'd seen in a comic book, the kind of party she'd fantasized about since she was a child.

There weren't many people, and there were no flattery or exaggerations. Those present were her closest relatives and friends.

Even bodyguards like Aunt Sun and Li, who usually take care of him, also participated.

The light of the setting sun filled the floor-to-ceiling windows on one side, and the orange light made the winter snow gentle.

The slightly slanted light in the living room cast Xu Shiyue's shadow on Lu Shizhen's shoulders. In the light and shadow, Lu Shizhen saw some vague expectation in the man's calm eyes.

She just asked herself if she liked it.

Therefore, this birthday party was for her...

Lu Shizhen looked at this birthday party, which was completely contrary to the behavior of the Lu family, and was a little surprised that Xu Shiyue hit the mark.

The faint fragrance pushed aside the remaining cold wind outside and fell on her shoulders. In a daze, Lu Shizhen always felt that some heat was about to pour out of her eyes: "Thank you, I really like this surprise gift you gave me."

Xu Shiyue rolled her eyes.

Lu Shizhen's words satisfied her more than all the pleasure she had experienced these days.

At this time, Cheng Meiyan, who had been watching from the sidelines, put her hand around Lu Shizhen's shoulders and said, "Oh, just like it if you like it. Why are your eyes red?" Lu Shizhen didn't expect that she would be exposed

. It was so obvious that I suddenly felt embarrassed.

But before she could explain, Lu Shien said in dissatisfaction: "Sister, you are too easily satisfied. How come you are so touched by such a simple birthday gift?" The little girl's tone was not that great

. Unfriendly, eyes filled with awkwardness.

But Cheng Meiyan was not like that. Before Lu Shizhen could say anything, she said: "Xiao En, you are wrong. As long as your heart is there, expensive and gorgeous things are all accompaniment. Shiyue is so busy with your brother these days, why don't you forget to give Zhen It's already rare for Zhen to prepare a birthday party. This kind of thought is more important than any gift."

Of course Lu Shi'en also knows this truth, but he is very unconvinced by Xu Shiyue. He is not convinced that the birthday gift she prepared can move Lu Shizhen. My eyes are red.

Maybe he was unconvinced, and seemed to be trying to win favor. Lu Shien looked at it and ran to the gift table to take the gift he had prepared: "In that case, sister, please come and see if you like the gift I prepared for you." Like it!"

The light passed through the fluttering balloon and fell on Lu Shien's face, making her eyes sparkle.

The little girl's enthusiasm caught Lu Shizhen off guard, and she couldn't refuse, so she opened the gift under the eyes of this extraordinarily expectant look.

The ribbon tied with the bow was pulled away, and as the wrapping paper fell, a box of beautiful high-end oil paints appeared in front of Lu Shizhen.

Lu Shi'en clasped his hands and glanced sideways at Xu Shiyue who was standing aside. Without waiting for Lu Shizhen to speak, he couldn't wait to ask loudly: "How are you, sister, do you like it!" Lu Shizhen really didn't expect that she would still be able to do this in her life

. Having the opportunity to receive such high-end and expensive paints, the poverty in her original world made her eyes light up: "Well, I like it very much." It was

like a ray of light suddenly fell on Lu Shien's world, making her face full of anticipation. The expectations bloomed like flowers.

But before she could turn around to show off to Xu Shiyue, Cheng Meiyan showed a troubled expression: "Oh, Xiao En, you just bumped into your mother like this." "Ah..." Lu Shien couldn't help but froze for a moment,

she She only wanted to please Lu Shizhen, but she never thought that she would choose the same gift as her mother by coincidence.

Although Cheng Miyan's tone was relaxed, the atmosphere in the living room was still a little awkward.

Except Lu Shizhen, the main character who should mind this matter the most.

She just looked at the gift in Cheng Meiyan's hand and reached out to hug it. She looked like a miser obsessed with money. She smiled and said, "Oh, what's there? The more of these things, the better. I won't let anyone come." No, I like them all!"

Cheng Meiyan originally thought that Lu Shizhen would lose her temper with her because of this incident, and would wantonly compensate her for something.

She was even prepared to agree to whatever she said in order to appease her emotions as usual, but she didn't want the child to hold the repeated gifts in his arms one by one and accept them happily.

The gentle smile on Cheng Meiyan's face suddenly made her more at ease: "We Zhenzhen are really adults, it's great." As

Cheng Meiyan said this, she raised her hand and touched Lu Shizhen's head. The palms of my hands are filled with the warmth of my family.

Lu Shizhen was still a little uncomfortable, but she accepted the warmth that was not hers faster than before.

Not sure if he was unhappy that the Detachment of Women gathered around him and he was left out, Lu Shize also walked over from the side at this time, handed an exquisite rectangular gift box to Lu Shizhen, and said: "This is my gift, Zhen Zhen."

Lu Shizhen often comes into contact with Lu Shize these days, and her sense of strangeness and distance towards him is much less.

She just watched this man come over with an expressionless expression, and immediately understood that he, a girly girl, was not to be outdone, and happily accepted his gift after accepting other people's gifts.

I don’t know whether the three people discussed it or not. After Cheng Meiyan and Lu Shien gave Lu Shizhen a set of paints respectively, Lu Shize’s gift was a set of extraordinarily exquisite sterling silver paintbrushes, with soft brown-black bristles. Power, you can tell it's worth a lot once you touch it.

"It's so beautiful." Lu Shizhen couldn't help but sigh as she lightly touched the dark patterns carved on the pen barrel.

Lu Shize looked on and said, "Then use this brush to draw a picture for me."

Lu Shizhen held the brush and looked up at Lu Shize after hearing this.

The man's face was still expressionless, but in his calm voice he was asking for the paintings of Cheng Meiyan and Lu Shien in a subtle way.

This is not the first time Lu Shizhen has seen the contrast between this person's image.

And she thought this was probably what family meant.

No matter how cold and aloof you are outside, as untouchable as the flower of the high mountain, when you come home, you can continue to be the flower of the high mountain, or you can be a little temperamental sister who controls your brother, sister controls your sister, or even There is the old mother who is always crooked.

The silver penholder reflected the light into different brightnesses, and Lu Shizhen's eyes suddenly dropped a bit.

She just looked at Cheng Meiyan, Lu Shize and Lu Shien who were surrounding her. She was surrounded by short-lived family affection, but these family members who loved her wholeheartedly didn't know that the original Lu Shizhen was no longer there.

She is not their sister, sister, or daughter, she is just a host living in this body.

But even so, they will lose this body soon.

The green light to complete the mission did not make Lu Shizhen very excited. Instead, it seemed like drawing a sword would pop up from time to time to remind her of the future.

The most difficult thing to control in the world is feelings. Even though Lu Shizhen reminded herself many times that this world was just a temporary place for her to stay healthy for the future, she became increasingly unable to be free and carefree.

It's all Qiuqiu's fault.

The delicate paintbrush just turned around in Lu Shizhen's hand, and then she pretended to have nothing to do and hid these thoughts in her heart.

The bright black eyes raised a beautiful arc in front of everyone, and Lanxess promised: "Okay, when the time comes, my brother, mother, and Xiao En will give it to you." It doesn't matter if she wants to leave, she will give it to them no matter what

. Leave some thoughts behind.

Also included, Xu Shiyue.

The sunset faded the last trace of color, and the world also fell into darkness.

The light shines from the floor-to-ceiling windows to the outside of the house, making the scenery of the pine trees covered with snow in the backyard particularly beautiful.

After cutting the cake and finishing dinner, Cheng Meiyan organized everyone to play party games.

Lu Shize didn't want to play at first, but he was forced to go over by Cheng Meiyan, who was the referee. He was also forced to team up with Lu Shien and wear a pink birthday hat.

Lu Shizhen looked at the lively pink color on Lu Shize's head that was completely inconsistent with his cold and sinister temperament. He smiled very happily, crossed his legs and swayed on the mat.

At this moment, a pair of hands reached over Lu Shizhen's head.

A slightly slanted shadow enveloped her, and slightly cool fingers touched her hair, hooking up the elastic cord that fixed the hat.

The familiar touch seemed to rub against the auricle covered with nerve endings, and Lu Shizhen immediately recognized it as Xu Shiyue's hand.

This man's movements were slow and leisurely, while Lu Shizhen's body, which had been shaking unsteadily, suddenly sat upright as if someone had tapped her acupuncture points.

The slight coolness slowly turned into warmth. I can't tell how long it took, nor how ambiguous it was. Xu Shiyue adjusted Lu Shizhen's hat in front of everyone, with a kind of sparseness and ordinaryness in her calmness: "It was crooked. It's fine now."

"Okay." Lu Shizhen once again didn't know how to react and nodded slowly.

It's not that she is not used to Xu Shiyue's behavior, she is actually used to this kind of interaction with Xu Shiyue.

It's just that I'm not used to being like this with Xu Shiyue in front of my brother, mother and sister.

I don’t know if it’s because of the different lighting today, but there’s an indescribable ambiguity in the openness.

It seems that they are afraid that they will misunderstand something.

"Okay, okay, the game has begun." Cheng Meiyan was the first to react and greeted the members of the two teams to start her game.

Lu Shizhen didn't know if the original owner was proficient in this kind of game, but she really didn't know anything about this party game like Monopoly.

Xu Shiyue, her teammate, seemed to be in the same situation. When she threw the dice, she needed Cheng Meiyan to remind her before she knew what to do.

The worst thing is that Lu Shizhen doesn't know where Lu Shize and Lu Shien come from to have such a strong competitive spirit and they have to win every game.

It was okay when she faced Lu Shize. He restrained himself and did not let her lose to the point of drinking. Even Xu Shiyue...

Lu Shien guessed all the dice she rolled, but none of her guesses were right. It was a big risk. After going back and forth with the fine wine for several rounds, a faint blush gradually appeared on his cold white face.

Lu Shizhen really didn't expect Xu Shiyue to have such a shortcoming, and couldn't help but think of some opportunistic ways for her: "It's better to take a big risk if you lose again. Stop drinking, your stomach can't stand it. I'll go Bribe my mother to let you draw better cards."

The girl's voice sounded weak and cautious in Xu Shiyue's ears, which mixed with the smell of alcohol in the wine glass was a bit annoying.

Lu Shien saw the conversation between Lu Shizhen and Xu Shiyue from the opposite side and shook the cup in his hand: "Hey, stop whispering and get ready to start. This is the last round of our duel." .”

The ambiguous smell of alcohol was suddenly knocked away by the sound of the dice shaking, and Xu Shiyue frowned slightly in displeasure.

She just looked at Lu Shien across from her, shook the cup in her hand, and said in a very calm voice mixed with alcohol: "Okay."

Lu Shien glanced at his dice, and said with a restrained expression: "I don't bully. You, you guess first."

Xu Shiyue glanced at the little girl in front of her who was not very good at hiding her expressions, and without hesitation: "Three to one."

Lu Shien heard this and immediately opened his cup with a smile: "Sorry, I only have one."

Lu Shizhen held her forehead, thinking that Xu Shiyue was so calm.

Could it be that all her luck was spent in the mall?

After all, no matter what happens, people's luck cannot always be good...

Without time to worry and think about it, Lu Shizhen saw that the situation was not good, and immediately took advantage of Lu Shien's guessing at the number in Xu Shiyue's hand to get together with Cheng Meiyan Next to her: "Mom, I am the birthday girl. If Xu Shiyue loses later, can we do a little bit appropriately..." With that said, Lu Shizhen rubbed her hands

at Cheng Meiyan suggestively.

Cheng Meiyan also showed an understanding expression, smiled and patted Lu Shizhen on the shoulder, shuffling the adventure cards in front of her.

While the two people were discussing, Lu Shien clapped his hands proudly.

As if to avenge the first confrontation, she proudly said to Xu Shiyue sitting opposite: "So, I know better about probability." "Really?"

Xu Shiyue asked softly, unable to explain. Whether questioning or disdainful, she turned to look at the adventure card that Cheng Meiyan handed over.

The girl's fingers calmly wandered over the cards spread out in a fan shape, and Cheng Meiyan's eyes flickered as her fingers moved.

Finally, she watched Xu Shiyue draw the cards she had prepared as she wished. After taking the cards drawn by Xu Shiyue, she finally couldn't help showing an expression of satisfaction on her face: "Then please Shiyue. Kiss your teammates for no less than twenty seconds! The kissing range must be above the neck!"

Lu Shizhen sat aside slowly and drank some water as if in a fugue, and nodded in agreement to Cheng Meiyan's words.

Fortunately, it was a kiss, not something too risky...

wait, kiss...

kiss? !

Lu Shizhen was stunned when she finally realized what was going to happen later.

Didn't you agree to release the water?

How could Xu Shiyue draw such a card...

Lu Shizhen turned around in disbelief to look at Cheng Meiyan, only to see Cheng Meiyan looking at her and Xu Shiyue with a smile on her face.

When Lu Shien heard this, his reaction was even greater than Lu Shizhen's, and he immediately stood up and protested: "How could mom have such a big adventure! Isn't it too much! How could this be possible! I don't think it's better..." But Cheng Meiyan

said The deputy looked very fair and stretched out her hand to interrupt Lu Shien's protest: "Minors cannot participate in the following adventures, so they have no right to speak!" Then

she shook the card in her hand and looked at it, pulling out this card. Xu Shiyue: "Shiyue, you must be willing to admit defeat~"

I don't know if she is really serious enough to abide by the rules of the game, or for some other reason, when Xu Shiyue heard Cheng Meiyan's words After speaking, he calmly nodded to her: "Yes."

His body turned and made a slight friction sound in the quiet living room. Lu Shizhen saw Xu Shiyue turning towards her silently.

She knew what was going to happen next, but her throat seemed to be blocked, and her hands hanging on the carpet slowly tightened.

The shadows on the wall were only slightly apart, and the fragrance of wine touched Lu Shizhen's lips.

I don't know whether Xu Shiyue was drunk or she was drunk, but the ridiculous idea from the New Year came to Lu Shizhen's head again, as if she was dizzy, hoping that the lips that had touched each other underwater would really come true. Can fall again.

Lu Shizhen spent most of his life in the ward and did not have much experience in interacting with others.

She didn't know if people got along with each other, but whenever they were too close, they would have this feeling. It was absurd and unbalanced. It was like the whole person had executed a wrong program and had many bad ideas.

Lu Shizhen really didn't know what was happening to her.

Why do these things happen for no reason, and why do such ridiculous ideas pop up.

The light fell on Lu Shizhen's sight from top to bottom, but was bit by bit eroded by Xu Shiyue's approaching figure.

The default was like a stuck program, or like she made a subconscious choice about Xu Shiyue's behavior, and didn't choose to stop it at any second.

At night, the snow outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was covered with rich black, and the whole world became quiet.

The last time Lu Shizhen looked at Xu Shiyue and had such thoughts, it was because he was afraid of running into her arms by mistake, but this time it was this person who took the initiative to lean towards her because of a punishment.

Light and shadow were imprinted on Lu Shizhen's eyes frame by frame. Xu Shiyue's eyes reflected in her eyes were still cold and calm.

It's just different from the usual confusion she brought to Lu Shizhen. The purpose of her actions at this moment was clear to Lu Shizhen.

The low-alcohol alcohol slowly evaporated, and the smell of Xu Shiyue's body became the most cunning intruder.

Lu Shizhen knew what this man was going to do and what he was facing, so getting close to him became particularly irritating.

Lu Shizhen felt that her body was really not up to par, and she got drunk just by smelling the alcohol.

Her heart was beating wildly in her heart, and many petals called expectation surged in the vast grassland, dazzling her brain.

Xu Shiyue's breath slowly and increasingly intensely covered and poured in. Under Lu Shizhen's gaze, the warm breath from her lips circled the peaks of Lu Shizhen's lips and the tip of her nose... and finally, in full view of everyone

, Next, it was printed on Lu Shizhen's forehead.

This is a kiss.

But it's not a kiss.

The card limited the scope of the kiss, but perhaps Shiyue's lips were still cunning enough to take advantage of the rules.

Lu Shizhen's expectations were disappointed, but in an instant, more flowers exploded in her heart.

Xu Shiyue's lips were cool and soft, and the moment they touched Lu Shizhen's forehead, her heart beat completely out of rhythm.

The place where Xu Shiyue kissed seemed to be on fire, boiling all the way, and blood as hot as lava surged into her brain, burning the tips of her ears and neck red.

Lu Shizhen had never felt that the temperature in winter could be so hot.

The lip print on his forehead was worse than the moist softness that fell on his lips.

She suddenly remembered a sentence she had read a long time ago.

Camus' words.

——In the middle of winter, I finally knew that there was an invincible summer in me.

Xu Shiyue seemed to be her summer.

"Click, click -"

Lu Shizhen's body was undergoing a grand change, and the sound of a camera taking pictures could be heard in her ears.

She suddenly turned her head and saw that Cheng Meiyan had conjured a camera out of nowhere and was sitting nearby watching the excitement and took a photo without taking it too seriously.

Cheng Meiyan was very satisfied with the picture she just captured. She held her face with one hand and admired her masterpiece intoxicated: "Oh, it's really a beautiful photo." The hot temperature on the tip of Lu Shizhen's ears spread

instantly When it reached his face, he shouted: "Mom..."

"What's wrong? It's really beautiful~" Cheng Meiyan was still admiring it, but Lu Shize interrupted her: "Mom, you are drunk."

Cheng Meiyan still said Not noticing the change on Lu Shize's face, he held up his camera and said, "How could I? I'm sober!"

But Lu Shize didn't listen to her explanation. He calmly greeted the bodyguard beside him: "Wu, help Madam get in the car." Go home."

"Okay sir." Wu nodded slightly and walked to Cheng Meiyan.

Cheng Meiyan protested: "Why, I won't leave! I haven't finished playing the game yet! I haven't taken pictures of Zhenzhen and Shiyue..." Hearing the names of the two

people appear side by side from Cheng Meiyan's mouth, Lu Shize's His brows wrinkled again.

He put down the cards in his hand and stood up straight away, with a gentle but unarguable tone: "Mom, it's late. You have to go abroad to participate in a clothing exchange meeting tomorrow, and Xiao En also has to prepare for the final exam on Friday. You'd better be early." Let's go home and rest."

"Brother, why do you think I..."

Lu Shi'en was innocently implicated. He was about to protest, but was silenced by Lu Shize's glare.

Compared with the uncertain Lu Shizhen, what she was more afraid of was her elder brother who was like a father.

Lu Shi'en was more perceptive than Cheng Meiyan, and she knew that Xu Shiyue's kiss on Lu Shizhen's forehead had deeply poked Lu Shize's heart.

Although Lu Shien had to admit that at that moment, she did truly realize Xu Shiyue's elegance and beauty.

The temptation that fell from her lowered eyelashes made her forget to breathe, and the word "good match" seemed a bit monotonous.

Lu Shien admitted that he did not live up to expectations and once again compromised for this picture.

But her brother is not as easy to compromise as she is.

After Lu Shize gave these instructions, he turned his attention to Xu Shiyue: "The company's matters have not been settled yet. I hope to see you on time at the company tomorrow." His voice was not serious, but because of the warmth of home

, The sense of oppression and warning in his voice was particularly obvious.

But Xu Shiyue was still not suppressed by his voice.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lu."

The eyes that were still dazed by the alcohol just now were clear and calm, and his voice was extremely calm.

Like a fox deliberately challenging authority.

Lu Shize didn't want Xu Shiyue to have the same intimate relationship with Lu Shizhen again, so he personally sent Cheng Meiyan away, who wanted to hang on to her.

Lu Shizhen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as she watched the two cars leave the villa. The winter breeze was cool, so she didn't stay at the door for long, so she went back to the villa with Xu Shiyue, preparing to go back to each room.

The shadows of the two people side by side were reflected on the wall, and the corridor where no one spoke was a little quiet.

Lu Shizhen didn't know what to say, but she didn't want to separate from Xu Shiyue too soon.

The cold wind outside the room lingered on her forehead, and the interrupted kiss was faintly warm on it.

Lu Shizhen was not uncomfortable with this matter, but rather confused.

She wanted to wait until she figured out what was wrong with her.

Walking in silence, the two of them arrived at their respective doors.

Just as Lu Shizhen was about to open the door and enter the room, Xu Shiyue called her from behind: "Lu Shizhen."

Almost subconsciously, Lu Shizhen stopped her movements immediately.

The light flickered, and as soon as Lu Shizhen fixed her gaze on Xu Shiyue, she saw a beautifully packaged orange cube box handed to her below her sight.

"Happy birthday." Xu Shiyue said softly.

Lu Shizhen was slightly startled, somewhat unexpected.

Xu Shiyue seemed to notice her surprise and said, "You don't think that the birthday party I prepared for you is a gift from me, do you?" Lu Shizhen really thought so, and felt

that It was the best birthday gift she had ever received in her life.

But I don’t want to hide another better one behind this best one.

Lu Shizhen was very pleasantly surprised. She took the gift from Xu Shiyue and said habitually: "Thank you."

Xu Shiyue was a little dissatisfied: "Why are you just thanking me, but not Lu Shien and the others? You seem to be showing us It's very different."

Lu Shizhen didn't expect Xu Shiyue to say that, but when she said it like this, it seemed that there was a real distance between them.

But that's not what she thought.

Her relationship with Xu Shiyue is far closer than that of Lu Shien and others...

Not sure whether he was worried that Xu Shiyue's misunderstanding was more serious, or that he was worried that the task he had just completed would be deducted points and lead to a more serious failure. Lu Shizhen quickly added: "No, I didn't, I just don't know what to say. ..."

"Then say good night." Xu Shiyue interrupted.

Her voice was not as cold as before, but still gentle in its calmness, and she repeated: "Good night, Xu Shiyue."

Lu Shizhen was startled for a moment.

The light above the corridor suddenly fell on Xu Shiyue's eyes, and her face was reflected in the dark bright spots.

It was hard to tell, but the atmosphere seemed suddenly ambiguous.

Xu Shiyue seemed to be teaching herself how to please her.

Lu Shizhen blinked and accepted Xu Shiyue's teachings by accident.

Like a well-behaved student, she imitated Xu Shiyue and said, "Good night, Xu Shiyue."

Xu Shiyue slightly bent her eyes, seeming to be very satisfied with Lu Shizhen's reaction.

But just when she was about to say good night to Lu Shizhen, her student went out of her way and added another sentence after the sentence she taught her: "Sweet dreams." Plop

.

It's the sound of a heart skipping a beat.

Xu Shiyue's slightly curved eyes paused for a moment, and her voice was half gentler than before: "Good night, Lu Shizhen." "

You also have a good dream."

The two "good night" blended together under the heavy night, and the darkness became The best time to hide ambiguity.

Lu Shizhen returned to the room holding the gift Xu Shiyue gave her, and unzipped the bow tied above the gift with unprecedented care.

She rarely looked so dignified.

I was even afraid that any action would cause something wrong with the gift, and I even held my breath.

The tightly packed package was opened, and a cluster of warm yellow and bright light gently appeared in Lu Shizhen's eyes.

The round glass decomposes and reassembles the light, illuminating the small world contained in the crystal ball.

The ground is covered with bright red roses, bright and full of life.

Lu Shizhen saw the little prince smiling at her, and the fox accompanying him was sitting next to him.

There are some things that only the two of them know, but they know each other's secrets.

This feeling made Lu Shizhen's heart skip a beat. The wilderness in winter seemed to be planted with roses, and the red color of the sky made her feel like she could smell roses.

The girl's eyes were curved like two crescent moons. This joy made her eager to show off to others, so she pulled out Qiuqiu who should be resting: "Qiuqiu, do you think it's good?" "What

? ——Wow, is this a crystal ball? It’s so beautiful, so beautiful... but it’s the host.” Qiuqiu suddenly paused in admiration, and her round body pressed against the crystal ball as she spoke, “Why is this A fox doesn't look like a fox...but it looks a bit like a dog?"

"Huh?"

Lu Shizhen didn't notice it, but after being reminded by Qiuqiu, he couldn't help but notice it.

Originally, the fox's mouth should be pointed and rounded, and its hanging eyes are like two beautiful apricots.

"Huh? I don't know, it's so strange..." Lu Shizhen was a little confused about what Xu Shiyue meant. After all, in her opinion, Xu Shiyue was not such a careless person.

"What's going on... Oops."

Lu Shizhen was wondering when he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his teeth.

But before she could recover from the toothache, a systematic voice came to her ears.

"-10"

It had been a long time since Lu Shizhen heard the announcement of points deduction, and she suddenly panicked: "Qiuqiu!"

Hearing this voice, Qiuqiu immediately opened the system interface and said steadily: "Host, don't panic! Our mission is It's still completed."

Lu Shizhen covered her face, not knowing whether the toothache or the heartache was worse: "Then what's going on?"

"Host, do you still remember what I told you at the beginning? The points are composed of Xu Shiyue's favorability index for the host and the host's safety index in the world." Qiuqiu explained, "Although now Xu Shiyue will no longer Points are deducted for the host, but according to the development of the story, your future safety index will become lower and lower, and eventually lead to the predetermined death ending." "The closer you get to the end, the more

unstable your world's safety index will be. If you don't stop the loss in time, Your points will be deducted as mission failure, and you will really die in this world."

Lu Shizhen's whole body sank when he heard Qiuqiu's words.

The darkness outside the window slipped through the crack of the window and gradually enveloped her. It was no longer just cold enough to describe it.

Qiuqiu was still looking at the data, and analyzed a very bad news: "And host, your current toothache is not because you ate too many sweets, but because your temporary body began to gradually break away after the mission was completed. The control of the main system excludes you, the soul that resides in it."

Lu Shizhen's heart skipped a beat, and her thinking seemed to stop: "Then what should I do?"

"Leave." Qiuqiu replied.

As if he had realized something, and as if he didn't want to face this matter, Lu Shizhen's thoughts seemed to have stagnated, and he asked repeatedly: "What do you mean?" "It means that we should leave." Qiuqiu said

, "Host."

Regarding leaving, Lu Shizhen knew it from the moment she came to this world.

But as time went by, she slowly forgot about it.

Lu Shizhen once felt that leaving was both close and far away for her. After all, in the original text, Xu Shiyue spent a lot of time before leaving the original owner.

But she forgot that without her being a stumbling block, Xu Shiyue's return to the Xu family and leaving her would speed up.

And her death was linked to Xu Shiyue's return to the Xu family.

Destinies always interlock with each other in strange places. Lu Shizhen's joy when she read the original text has now turned into a kind of sadness.

She just looked at the crystal ball with rose petals floating silently in front of her, and warmth slowly appeared on her forehead covered by broken hair.

That was the kiss Xu Shiyue placed on her forehead.

On her birthday.

Couldn't she just leave so quickly?

Then wait until the end of the month, until her real birthday.

She didn't want to borrow the identity of the original owner, she wanted to use her own identity to be with Xu Shiyue...

to eat cake together.

Lu Shizhen was thinking silently in her heart, and Qiuqiu interrupted her thoughts: "Host, recent data shows that your mood has changed dramatically. I have to remind you that you should not be nostalgic for anyone here. , have any feelings."

Lu Shizhen looked up immediately as if someone had spied on her thoughts: "What did you say?" "

Recently, I have been monitoring, especially when Xu Shiyue is around, your heartbeat frequency will be higher than normal. , the mood swings will also exceed the normal range." Qiuqiu called up its statistical chart for Lu Shizhen, and the wavy lines of different colors rose and fell in the statistical chart, like intertwined roller coaster tracks.

"I have tried my best to stop this emotional change for you, but I don't know if the main system will see my barrier program over time, detect your real changes, and impose punishment."

Qiuqiu's voice was more serious than ever before, reminding Lu Shizhen word by word.

Lu Shizhen just looked at the statistical chart in front of her, her eyes rising and falling along the blue curve marked with Xu Shiyue's name.

She never thought that her heartbeat would turn into data, which would be so violent and intuitive.

She also didn't expect that Xu Shiyue would be much higher than others on this statistical chart that recorded her emotions.

It was as if, without her knowing it, Xu Shiyue had gradually become the only person who could affect her mood swings.

And for her, this person seemed to have changed from a person she simply liked at the beginning to an existence with another meaning.

But what kind of existence can make her care about a kiss on the forehead, a word, or a tiny touch?

Lu Shizhen frowned slightly, unable to figure out this problem.

Or, don't dare to face it.

At this moment, Qiuqiu's voice came in again: "And the toothache that the host just had is just the beginning. The longer the host stays in this world, the more powerful the body will reject you. When the time comes, the Lu family will know The host is not the original owner, and the host should know what the consequences will be." "

We are just completing a mission in this world, and the end of the mission is the real life. We have reached the end now, as long as we leave smoothly, you can have a Get a healthy body and start a life that belongs entirely to you."

"As the protagonist of this world, Xu Shiyue does not belong to the host's life."

The unanswered question just now was washed away by Qiuqiu's words.

Since it doesn't belong, there is no point in pursuing an answer.

Lu Shizhen understood what Qiuqiu said.

Xu Shiyue has her future and her beautiful love, she knew it from the beginning.

She had already memorized the plot of the entire book by heart. Every word she secretly read while hiding under the covers to avoid the ward round nurse, and every tear she shed was because of the love between Xu Shiyue and her.

What could she be reluctant to give up?

She should be happy.

Xu Shiyue did not change her life because of herself, and her future days would be even more brilliant.

With loved ones by your side, children and grandchildren surround your knees.

Lu Shizhen thought like this, silently looking at the fox in the crystal ball that didn't look like a fox, and burst out laughing.

It's just that the bright glass cover reflected the girl's downturned face, and what was printed on it was a pair of red eyes.

It was obviously a beautiful eight words, but she felt like something scratched her heart.

It hurts, it hurts.

As if to relieve the sudden pain in his heart, Lu Shizhen paused for a while before asking: "Are we going to leave based on the development of the plot?" Qiuqiu nodded, then shook his head: "Actually

, Leaving according to the development of the plot is a bad idea. If the host leaves voluntarily, he will get a lot of points." When

Lu Shizhen heard that there were tasks besides the tasks, she gave up a little: "But I have completed the task, what do I need from these points? How to use it?"

"The points will affect the physical quality of the host's redemption, unlocking different worlds for the host to choose." Qiuqiu explained, "And after the host completes the task, it will unlock the system mall, which can be redeemed according to daily refresh Any props. Points are the currency for the future host to live in the system." "

And the host's current task points are in a bug state. You really need such a large amount of points that are not included in the task points."

This task sounds like An additional question, but just like the exam, although the additional question does not count towards the score, it is related to the ranking.

You always say you won’t do it, but you have to do it for various reasons.

Lu Shizhen had been looking forward to having a healthy body for more than 20 years. She really wanted a pair of legs that could move freely.

There is no pain or suffering, there is no need to have an indwelling needle buried in the wrist for a long time, and the smell of sunlight is much better than the smell of disinfectant.

It's the last minute, should we give up?

"Qiuqiu." Lu Shizhen's voice was a little weak, as low as a falling stone thrown into the deep sea, "I hate your system so much." The world seemed to be always cruel to

Lu Shizhen.

She still remembered that she had many friends when she was a child, but she forgot when and why she stopped making friends in the real world.

But now, she remembered.

Once again she decided never to make friends again.

Since separation is always going to be lost, it’s better not to have it in the first place.

Anyway, she was alone in the last world.

The moonlight outside the window reflected the girl's figure on the wall. The weak and thin shadow was pressed by the dark night and huddled together.

Lu Shizhen felt as if there was a barb on her body. The fishing master chose to close the rod at the predetermined point. The hook embedded in the flesh hooked her. She didn't know whether it was her mouth or her heart, but there was pain everywhere.

Logically speaking, an artificial intelligence like Qiuqiu cannot feel human emotions, but when it saw Lu Shizhen putting his bare feet on the chair and curling up, its emotional factor was also off the cliff. fell.

It didn't know what it should do to make Lu Shizhen feel better, so it flapped its wings and landed on its host's head.

The coiled tail was buried in her hair, as if to comfort her.

Not sure whether it was because she could finally relax after the final exam, or for some other reason, Lu Shizhen slept for a long time. When she woke up, the sun was already high in the sky, and it was almost noon.

Lu Shizhen didn't know when she went to bed yesterday, and she felt a little dizzy when she woke up.

She went downstairs with her slippers on, and saw Aunt Sun cutting fruit. Seeing herself coming down, she immediately said: "Miss, breakfast has just been heated, please wait a moment."

Lu Shizhen did not wait, picked up the I took a bite of the sandwich on the table.

She was hungry, so she finished the sandwich in a few mouthfuls. She looked at the fruits that Aunt Sun was still putting on the plate and asked, "Why do you have more blueberries in this one and more strawberries in this one?"

"Miss Xu has been using her eyes a lot lately, so I put some more blueberries for her. And doesn't Miss Xu like strawberries?" Aunt Sun said as she prepared two fruit plates.

"Oh." This was the first time Lu Shizhen noticed Aunt Sun's carefulness. Her eyes dimmed, and she picked up two fruit plates by mistake, "I'll go, I'll go back to the room right away, and I'll put the fruit away I've given it to Xu Shiyue, so you won't make this trip."

I don't know if it was because the lady was rarely considerate, or for some other reason. Aunt Sun's eyes curled up with a smile, and she nodded immediately: "Okay. Miss."

Because of the heavy snowfall two days ago, the whole world was made particularly bright.

Lu Shizhen held the fruit plate and knocked twice on the door of the study room on the second floor, and opened the door without waiting for Xu Shiyue's response.

The window facing the door let in all the sunlight into the house, and the snow in the backyard covered the glass divided into pieces by the window lattice.

Xu Shiyue was sitting at the desk, looking at documents, with her long hair scattered, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her straight nose.

This person's skin color is white and cold, and the warm gold frame in front of her face mixes the coldness with a bit of gentleness, and also magnifies the sense of distance.

Snow light surrounded her from behind, and the transparent buttons on her white shirt reflected little bits of light, all the way to her neck and chin. She was meticulous and had a bit of a refined scum tone.

Lu Shizhen paused for a moment, not wanting Xu Shiyue to notice her strangeness, and then walked in: "Busy?" Xu

Shiyue nodded, "Looking at the renovation design drawings of Maode Building."

She looked at it Lu Shizhen, who was about to walk towards her, took the initiative to invite: "Come and take a look?"

Lu Shizhen was interested in anything drawing, and since Xu Shiyue invited her, she also came over.

The black and white drawings carefully marked the structure of the building. Lu Shizhen looked at it and couldn't help but said: "This place should be quite valuable, right? Every inch of land is expensive, so it's not easy to modify it." "Yes." Xu Shiyue nodded

. , seeming to be a little distressed, "But the whole building is already a bit out of date."

"But actually, you see that the frame of the entire building is still very strong. Why not just remodel the walls of the building." Lu Shizhen looked at it, with some ideas popping up in his head.

Just talking about it was not enough, so she stretched out her finger to point to Xu Shiyue, "Look, this place can actually be extended to make a ring shape. It looks better than the simple circle now." , what do you think..."

Lu Shizhen said very immersedly, turning around to seek Xu Shiyue's opinion.

But before she could finish her sentence, she paused when she turned her head.

The sunlight casts the shadows of the girls on the wall, and their blurred outlines are superimposed.

Lu Shizhen's devotion inadvertently shortened the distance between her and Xu Shiyue just now. As soon as she turned her head, the distance between the tips of their noses was so invisible that they almost touched each other.

Lu Shizhen's warm breath carried the familiar fragrance, and under the clean lenses were a pair of calm black eyes.

In winter, the study room is filled with the heat of floor heating, and the gentle gathering in one place gradually creates ambiguity.

The study was a little quiet for a while, and Lu Shizhen felt that her face was burning again and her heartbeat was speeding up.

Lu Shizhen looked at Xu Shiyue with dull eyes, and then she seemed to realize something, suddenly cut off this emotion, and put her hands back together with her tilted body, like a man who had thrown away his armor. of deserters.

"I'm not a professional, I'm just talking nonsense." Lu Shizhen said, his voice a little reserved.

Xu Shiyue thought Lu Shizhen was embarrassed, so she nodded her head and said, "In that case, how about I come back from Xu's house tomorrow and you accompany me to go there for an on-site inspection? See what can be improved." Lu

Shiyue When Zhen heard Xu Shiyue's words, there was some surprise in her eyes.

She just bent her eyes and paused inadvertently.

The drawings of the building unfolded in her peripheral vision. Xu Shiyue's words reminded her of something, and her excited voice became a little deeper: "Okay."

Xu Shiyue had many ideas, but she didn't realize that Lu Shizhen This subtle change.

She just saw the surprise and joy in Lu Shizhen's eyes, and couldn't help but smile along with her.

"Then get busy, I won't disturb you anymore." Lu Shizhen said and put the fruit bowl in Xu Shiyue's hand, "Aunt Sun asked me to bring this. No matter how busy you are, you must remember to eat it." ."

"Okay." Xu Shiyue nodded and watched Lu Shizhen's back until the door was closed again.

But the wooden door was heavy and solid. Even if she watched Lu Shizhen leave, she couldn't see Lu Shizhen staggering when he went out.

The girl's legs suddenly became uncontrollable, her long hair was messy due to the sudden change, and she almost fell to her knees on the ground.

Qiuqiu detected that Lu Shizhen's body was out of control, and immediately emerged, with his slender tail reluctantly hooking her arm, and reminded her with difficulty: "Host, you can't delay any longer. You were deducted 100 points just now, and it was refreshed again." It's a record high, and I've also detected dozens of accident time points set by the main system."

Lu Shizhen's shoulders were shaking slightly, and his tense arms were crossed with raised veins.

She just reluctantly supported her suddenly out-of-control leg with one hand, her eyes dim: "Qiuqiu, I think I should have found a suitable place." Obviously the weather forecast the day before said there would be snow today, and the weather in the

morning But it was unexpectedly sunny and sunny.

Yuanzi ran happily in the snow that had not yet melted, and startled a sparrow that was picking up grass seeds.

No one saw a small ball flying in front of its sight with a swaying tail.

No one knew that this was the last time it would play with this little ball.

The door of the Lu family villa opened early in the morning, and Xu Shiyue walked out of the villa wearing a short black woolen cloak.

Today is a big day for her. She has joined forces with the public security agencies and the court to prepare to return to Xu's house to give Xu Shouxian the final blow.

Lu Shizhen, who rarely slept in, changed into brightly colored clothes and followed Xu Shiyue out the door.

Xu Shiyue was a little surprised, but it was more joy than surprise.

——She wanted to get back what belonged to her, and Lu Shizhen took the initiative to give it to her.

Xu Shiyue thought that Lu Shizhen was looking forward to going to the building to inspect the building in the afternoon so she got up so early, so before getting in the car, she took the initiative and said to her: "I can handle the things over there soon, and I won't keep you waiting for a long time. Lu

Shizhen nodded, looked at Xu Shizhen who was neatly dressed and said, "Go quickly, don't let the people from the procuratorate wait."

Xu Shizhen gave Lu Shizhen a deep look when he heard this.

Looking at this girl in a red skirt, her dark eyes were full of tenderness that no one else had seen before, "Okay, you go back quickly. It's cold, so wear more clothes when you go to the building later." Hearing

many When Shiyue said this, Lu Shizhen realized that she was indeed wearing a little less.

The cold wind outside blew through the hem of her thin knitted skirt, and the sparse knitted material was filled with wind.

As if Xu Shiyue's words were some kind of magic spell, Lu Shizhen felt a chill afterward.

But she still didn't turn around and went back, and said with a smile as if she was joking: "I have to watch you leave, otherwise I won't be out in the cold for nothing?"

Xu Shiyue smiled.

As if she wanted Lu Shizhen to go back quickly, she got into the car without saying anything more.

But just at this moment, Lu Shizhen called her again: "Xu Shiyue."

Xu Shiyue moved as she got into the car: "What's wrong?"

"Take care of yourself."

The winter wind blew the scattered things. The snow fell on the treetops, like another light snowfall in the yard.

Lu Shizhen said as she looked at Xu Shiyue after the snow.

Xu Shiyue suddenly felt that the world around her had become much quieter, and only Lu Shizhen's eyes staring at her were left in her sight.

Fine pieces of snow fell on top of her head with the blowing wind. She shook the snow off unintentionally, but it fell and melted in the warm wind in the car because of her nodding.

"Don't worry, I'll meet you at the building soon." Xu Shiyue agreed, raising her hand to signal Li Guanmen to set off.

The car started slowly, the hot air from the exhaust pipe leaving a trail on the melting road surface.

For once, Lu Shizhen didn't listen to Xu Shiyue's words. She just stood at the door of the villa and watched Xu Shiyue's car leave until it turned a corner and disappeared into the vast snow.

The vast white snow reflects the newly rising sunlight, making the entire winter appear with a layer of unreal brightness.

Lu Shizhen suddenly remembered that a long, long time ago, in fact, it was not that long ago. Xu Shiyue was also like this. He secretly left her while he was going to school.

That time she used all her points to find Xu Shiyue back.

So will Xu Shiyue also get her back?

However, she has no points...

she doesn't even know the system exists.

Lu Shizhen was thinking this, and Qiuqiu's breathless voice interrupted her: "Host, just as we planned, the system has detected that Xu Shouxian's people are ready to repeat the same tricks." "Ah

... ..." After hearing this, Lu Shizhen looked up and looked at the sky today. The sun was bright and could not penetrate the dim eyes. "The weather is really good today." "So what happened here was that the weather was not even good

. The omen is false."

Lu Shizhen said with emotion, his voice full of lazy rebellion.

Then she smiled and stared straight at the sun with her eyes: "It's also possible that I'm not the protagonist at all."

Compared with the orderly Lu family who had been busy preparing early in the morning, the Xu family's old house was full of panic.

Black cars parked in front of the old house one by one. Xu Shiyue got out of the car. In addition to Li, Luo Ji, who stood next to her with a metal prosthetic leg, was standing next to her.

The people at home suddenly panicked when they saw the people in suits and ties coming in, and Aunt Xu came to the main hall quickly.

But he saw Xu Shouxian sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the main hall, drinking tea calmly, and a large group of people were walking in the courtyard opposite.

Second Aunt Xu looked at the leader, Xu Shiyue, and said angrily: "Shiyue, what are you doing? Why did you come without saying anything? And you brought so many people with you?"

Xu Shiyue didn't need to answer, Luo Ji said for her: "Madam, I think the Public Security Bureau does not need to notify in advance when arresting a murderer?"

Xu Minjun, who came with Xu's second aunt, looked ridiculous and asked loudly Said: "Xu Shiyue, what are your people talking nonsense?"

"I don't think it's nonsense." Xu Shiyue smiled and looked straight at Xu Shouxian, "What do you think, second uncle?"

Xu Shouxian said There was no answer, but she held the tea cup and sighed: "You are so fast, Shiyue."

Xu Shiyue nodded slightly and said, "I learned these from my second uncle."

"It seems that I am a pretty good teacher. Already?" Xu Shouxian sneered and put the teacup in his hand on the table.

"Yes." Xu Shiyue also smiled and agreed, "If it weren't for the second uncle, I, a junior, would not have been the master of the Xu family so early." The second aunt suddenly felt stupid after listening to the back and forth between the two people

. With a stunned look, she knew something was going to happen at home recently, but she didn't expect it to happen so completely. She couldn't help but collapse: "Xu Shiyue! We have already returned your things to you, why do you want to kill them all! Xu Shiyue! You I'm so unconscionable!"

"Really? Am I so unconscionable?" Xu Shiyue's eyes, which had been polite just now, suddenly turned cold, "Was the death of my parents a natural disaster or a riot? I'm so unconscionable. , or tit for tat?" The

wind had pushed many thick clouds into the sky that had been clear just now, and most of the sunlight was obscured.

The entire old house was instantly shrouded in shadow, and a cold wind blew in the corridors and courtyards that extended in all directions.

Xu Shiyue's questioning had just ended, and there was no need for Xu Minjun or anyone else to defend Xu Shouxian. The police walked into the yard and said to Xu Shouxian: "Xu Shouxian, you are suspected of rape, intentional homicide, and fabricating evidence." Come with us."

Then the procuratorate issued a document to Xu Shouxian: "Xu Shouxian, this is an accusation against you for tax evasion and overseas money laundering. We will liquidate several of your residences next. This is the notice, please read it carefully."

The sudden change took only a few seconds, and Aunt Xu, who was still feeling lucky a second ago, fell straight to the ground, and Xu Minjun didn't even have time to help her.

Xu Shiyue just watched Xu Shouxian's wrists being cuffed with silver handcuffs, and her voice was several times colder than the cold winter wind blowing at the moment: "Second uncle, you are using other people's blood money to make money, that's all. That's it."

Xu Shouxian still had a faint smile on his face, and stopped the moment he passed by Xu Shiyue: "Shiyue, uncle has one last thing to teach you."

Xu Shiyue He looked at this man coldly and said nothing.

And Xu Shouxian didn't stop talking because of Xu Shiyue's reaction. He said directly: "You are crueler than me, but your hands are cleaner than mine, so you will lose a lot more than me." This didn't make sense

. Like a threatening curse.

Xu Shiyue's eyes were still cold, and she looked at him like this and said, "Thank you, second uncle, for reminding me." "

But I think there are many things that a loser can't see through."

"Really?" Xu Shouxian asked softly. He said something, as if he was questioning Xu Shiyue's words, but also as if he was sighing casually.

And the sound didn't stay between him and Xu Shiyue for long, and then was drowned out by the sound of handcuffs clashing.

The siren sounded louder and more enjoyable than before.

Xu Shouxian was escorted to the car under Xu Shiyue's watch, and the whole old house echoed with the sound of Second Aunt Xu crying loudly.

Xu Shiyue's heart was not moved at all. She had been waiting for today, and was waiting to see this man sent away with her own eyes.

She had also cried helplessly like Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun, but all she got in exchange was a look of pity.

Even this is still fake.

She did not hesitate to give this false mercy to Xu Shouxian's wife and daughter. She generously "forgave" the two people for their endless curses, and ordered people to take Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun away to "be well" placed.

As the two idlers in the main hall left, the disturbed winter tranquility was restored again.

Xu Shiyue's eyes followed the two people who were taken away, looking endlessly at the long corridor.

This old house is a property owned by the ancestors of the Xu family. When he was a child, his grandfather often stayed here with Xu Shiyue and his family of three.

The winter wind blew through Xu Shiyue's broken hair, and the long voice seemed to be mixed with the old man's slow and kind laughter, and the cane clicked on the floor tiles.

Xu Shiyue seemed to see herself running out of the corridor as a child. Her mother supported her grandfather and chased her behind her, while her father cheered for her in a particularly "unfilial" manner.

The surrounding temperature was too low, and a little bit of heat would make it milder. Xu Shiyue's eyes gradually turned red with tears welling up in her eyes.

She finally did it, she finally got all her parents' things back.

And the house that grandpa originally left to their family.

When grandpa passed away, this old house was originally left to Xu Shiyue's father, but because of the boss's interference, Xu Shouxian turned against him, and the house became the boss's possession.

Not long ago when Xu Shouxian was in danger, the eldest aunt came to see Xu Shiyue, hoping that after she could bring Xu Shouxian to justice, she would return the things that originally belonged to their family to them.

Xu Shiyue just wanted to laugh.

Why should she return it?

When his family and Xu Shouxian planned to divide it, why didn't they want to give back what they divided up?

Watch the fire from the other side and reap the benefits of being a fisherman.

The coming and going of this family relationship is too cheap.

The wind blew over and shook off the snow from the eaves.

Snow fell on Xu Shiyue's hair, and her joy was like a flame that was suddenly extinguished. A cold air ran up Xu Shiyue's spine, making her feel suddenly uneasy for no reason.

Xu Shiyue's eyes still stopped on the long corridor, and in a trance, the corridor she walked through in her dream overlapped.

The little girl in the wheelchair was sitting opposite her, holding an apple. She didn't know why her face was full of tears.

Xu Shiyue didn't know what the little girl had gone through, but when she looked at the tears on her little face, her heart ached.

It seemed as if something was being dug out of her body. The vague pain was not tangible, but it made her frown.

Luo Jing, who was dispatching personnel to cooperate with the court search, was about to say something to Xu Shiyue, but suddenly noticed the change in her at this moment, and immediately became nervous: "Miss, what's wrong?" Because of this question, he

suddenly Xu Shiyue was freed from this unreal pain.

Xu Shiyue felt that nothing had happened in her heart and she shook her head: "It's okay." "

I seem a little tired." Xu Shiyue thought that maybe she was too tired these days and had an illusion, so she simply The matter here was left to Luo Ji, "You stay and cooperate with the court's search, I will go back first." "

Okay." Luo Ji nodded. After the last accident, she calmed down a lot, and warned, "Ms. Go back and have a good rest."

"Yes." Xu Shiyue nodded and took Li back to the car.

For Xu Shiyue, there are many types of rest.

Sleeping is one, meeting the person you like is another, and it is much more effective than the former.

As the car was driving on the way to the building, Xu Shiyue couldn't wait to meet Lu Shizhen.

From today on, she has everything, stability and power are in her hands, and she can protect Lu Shizhen enough.

So telling Lu Shizhen that he likes her can be put on the agenda.

The time agreed with Lu Shizhen was at eleven o'clock, but now it's only ten o'clock.

Xu Shiyue did not choose to urge Lu Shizhen to go out early. She just looked at the dialog between her and Lu Shizhen, and silently clicked on the person's profile picture for a long time.

She seemed to understand the sense of expectation that people often talk about.

Unlike the long hibernation when she teamed up with Mr. Wang and waited for Xu Shouxian to fall in, she had a full hour of joyful anticipation while waiting for Lu Shizhen to come and meet her.

The bustling buildings flashed across the car window beside Xu Shiyue. It was past the morning rush hour and there was a quiet prosperity on the road.

Xu Shiyue, immersed in anticipation, admired the silence, and somehow felt that this journey was slightly uneasy.

Xu Shiyue felt that she might not be in a good state today and was always uneasy.

Thinking that she would see Lu Shizhen later, she simply closed her eyes and prepared to take a nap.

In the rearview mirror, there was a bodyguard car parked relatively still with the owner's car. Xu Shiyue had lowered her eyes and could not see Li's suddenly pale face in the passenger seat.

The sound of the fire truck rushed into Xu Shiyue's dream, and the warm air rushed towards her face.

She heard the noisy voices coming from far away, and the familiar nightmare flooded her mind again.

Xu Shiyue was extremely disgusted with this dream of separation, and struggled to wake up from the dream.

But when she woke up, she realized something.

The sky was full of black smoke and firelight soaked in the snow, like a nightmare breaking out of a dream, filling her sight without warning.

The voice in the dream just now was not a dream, but something that really happened.

A gas leak occurred in the dessert shop downstairs of the building, and the explosion spread into a fire.

The red flames hit the fragile glass, and the sound of the explosion shattered to the ground.

Xu Shiyue looked at the scene of the car gradually approaching, as if something shattered in her head, and her whole body was blurred.

The tongue of fire licked her blank brain as if it was going to devour her. By the time she reluctantly regained her composure, the number of calls on the phone at hand was already on the air.

The number of these was terrifying, but also pale and terrifying. All that came to her ears was the unanswered beeping sound of the other party.

That was Xu Shiyue's subconscious call to Lu Shizhen.

But Lu Shizhen didn't answer any of them, and the calm mechanical broadcast was as cruel as a knife.

wrong.

wrong.

She would not come so early. It was not yet the time they agreed on. She must be on the way or changing clothes.

Yes, change clothes.

I don't hold my phone when I'm changing clothes, so it's normal that I don't receive a call.

Xu Shiyue tried her best to give herself a reasonable explanation, but the sound of someone knocking on the car door still shattered all her illusions.

Li appeared in front of her with a difficult expression, and called through the window: "Miss Xu."

Xu Shiyue looked at Li's pale and ugly expression with indifferent eyes, and lowered the window with force.

In an instant, various sounds amplified and flooded into the car. Xu Shiyue watched Li's mouth open and close in front of her eyes. Her brain buzzed, and she felt like she was being pushed into the water.

The whole world fell silent, and the voices calling for rescue faded away like waves, sealing Xu Shiyue's world like sea water. Only Li's last confirmed message remained in her ears.

"Ms. Xu, the driver at home called fifteen minutes ago. Miss... is inside and hasn't come out."

Xu Shiyue opened her mouth slightly. She seemed to want to say something to Li, but her throat seemed to be blocked. The water accumulated around her seemed to be sealed, and she couldn't pronounce a single syllable.

The cold wind blew against Xu Shiyue's ears and face, and the warm air from the air conditioner in the car surrounded her, but she felt suffocated.

Xu Shiyue didn't know what she was going to do, so she subconsciously opened the door and walked out.

The tongues of fire had been extinguished by the cold winter water, and there was no heat rushing towards my face. There was only the broken shards of ice on the ice with the heels of my shoes.

As she walked, the sound of breaking ice rang in her ears.

The choking smell stirred her memory, pulling her into the accident scene that could collapse at any time.

Xu Shiyue wanted to walk closer, but was pulled back by a force.

She turned around blankly and saw Lu Shizhen standing in her line of sight wearing her red skirt, looking at her anxiously.

"Miss Xu, you can't go in! Although it looks like the fire has been extinguished outside, this is a gas leak, and the possibility of a secondary explosion cannot be ruled out!" The joy in

Xu Shiyue's eyes suddenly stopped.

She just watched Lu Shizhen's mouth open and close in her sight, but the sounds he made were completely wrong.

No, no.

This is not Lu Shizhen.

Xu Shiyue stared intently at the face of Lu Shizhen in his sight, and this face changed into Li's amidst the chaos around him.

Her thoughts seemed to be frozen, and her deep voice was extremely depressed as she asked the person in front of her: "Where is Lu Shizhen?" When

Li heard Xu Shiyue's words, he held Xu Shiyue's wrist tighter.

He knew what Lu Shizhen meant to Xu Shiyue, and his voice was difficult: "The lady hasn't come out yet."

Suddenly Xu Shiyue's ever-calm eyes were filled with confusion.

She just looked down at her wrist in disbelief. The hand holding her in front of her was much thicker than Lu Shizhen's in her memory.

As if being hit by something, Xu Shiyue's eyes trembled suddenly.

The person who grabbed her was not Lu Shizhen in the first place.

Lu Shizhen didn't come out, she was inside from the beginning.

Wait for yourself inside.

right.

She is waiting for herself inside.

She had to go get her back.

Yes, take her home.

Go home...

Xu Shiyue kept echoing in her heart, and took steps forward again where she stopped.

No one knew where such a thin body could get such strength. Li held Xu Shiyue's wrist tightly, and even felt that he could hardly hold her.

Li has been following Xu Shiyue these days, seeing her coldness and calmness, and her decisiveness in killing.

He has seen too many people lose their minds because of losing power, but he never thought that people like Xu Shiyue would lose their minds.

But he was wrong.

He forgot Lu Shizhen's existence.

It was never reason that influenced Xu Shiyue, but her Lu Shizhen.

Li kept persuading Xu Shiyue, but Xu Shiyue turned a deaf ear and insisted on going to the dark and collapsed ruins without any pause.

Seeing that he was about to lose control of Xu Shiyue, Li shouted urgently: "Miss Xu! You can't go in! If you are injured,

As she walked, the sound of breaking ice rang in her ears.

The choking smell stirred her memory, pulling her into the accident scene that could collapse at any time.

Xu Shiyue wanted to walk closer, but was pulled back by a force.

She turned around blankly and saw Lu Shizhen standing in her line of sight wearing her red skirt, looking at her anxiously.

"Miss Xu, you can't go in! Although it looks like the fire has been extinguished outside, this is a gas leak, and the possibility of a secondary explosion cannot be ruled out!" The joy in

Xu Shiyue's eyes suddenly stopped.

She just watched Lu Shizhen's mouth open and close in her sight, but the sounds he made were completely wrong.

No, no.

This is not Lu Shizhen.

Xu Shiyue stared intently at the face of Lu Shizhen in his sight, and this face changed into Li's amidst the chaos around him.

Her thoughts seemed to be frozen, and her deep voice was extremely depressed as she asked the person in front of her: "Where is Lu Shizhen?" When

Li heard Xu Shiyue's words, he held Xu Shiyue's wrist tighter.

He knew what Lu Shizhen meant to Xu Shiyue, and his voice was difficult: "The lady hasn't come out yet."

Suddenly Xu Shiyue's ever-calm eyes were filled with confusion.

She just looked down at her wrist in disbelief. The hand holding her in front of her was much thicker than Lu Shizhen's in her memory.

As if being hit by something, Xu Shiyue's eyes trembled suddenly.

The person who grabbed her was not Lu Shizhen in the first place.

Lu Shizhen didn't come out, she was inside from the beginning.

Wait for yourself inside.

right.

She is waiting for herself inside.

She had to go get her back.

Yes, take her home.

Go home...

Xu Shiyue kept echoing in her heart, and took steps forward again where she stopped.

No one knew where such a thin body could get such strength. Li held Xu Shiyue's wrist tightly, and even felt that he could hardly hold her.

Li has been following Xu Shiyue these days, seeing her coldness and calmness, and her decisiveness in killing.

He has seen too many people lose their minds because of losing power, but he never thought that people like Xu Shiyue would lose their minds.

But he was wrong.

He forgot Lu Shizhen's existence.

It was never reason that influenced Xu Shiyue, but her Lu Shizhen.

Li kept persuading Xu Shiyue, but Xu Shiyue turned a deaf ear and insisted on going to the dark and collapsed ruins without any pause.

Seeing that he was about to lose control of Xu Shiyue, Li shouted urgently: "Miss Xu! You can't go in! If you are injured,

The lady will be angry and sad if she finds out! "

The words about Lu Shizhen rang out loudly, like an arrow suddenly shattering the glass-covered house Xu Shiyue had built for herself. The

broken glass suddenly fell, and Xu Shiyue was like a machine with the pause button pressed. Wuzi stood there stunned.

"Lu Shizhen will be angry..."

Xu Shiyue muttered in a low voice, as if the weak voice could be blown away by a random gust of wind.

Li saw that his words started Seeing the effect, he hurriedly agreed: "Yes, if Miss Lu knew that you went in to find her, how could she not be angry. And the temperature inside is so high, how sad it would be to burn the lady.

" You know my lady's temper better than I do. " Let's go back to the car and wait for news. The scene is so chaotic, and the lady may have been found..."

Li said, and two firefighters carried a stretcher and walked out of the calmed down accident scene. A

white cloth covered This man's body was covered from head to toe. Normal people would not be treated like this unless it was a corpse. Li's persuasion rang in Xu Shiyue's ears, but her eyes

followed the stretcher inexplicably. Let’s go.

The road to the scene is not that easy to walk. Under the bumps, a blackened wrist hangs from the white cloth wrapped in it. It’s not clear whether it

is fresh snow or snow blown from the trees by the wind. Snowflakes were flying in the sky.

Thick clouds covered the sun, and the falling silver light flashed across Xu Shiyue's line of sight.

It was a bracelet that was so simple that it had no design, like a professional bracelet. A tool used to mark the location.

During the period when Xu Shiyue couldn't see it, every time she put her hand on Lu Shizhen's wrist, she would touch this bracelet first.

Xu Shiyue's dark and deep eyes suddenly became empty. For a moment, her breathing seemed to stop.

Snow fell from the girl's slumped shoulders, and the words Xu Shouxian said to her suddenly rang in Xu Shiyue's ears.

"You are crueler than me, but your hands are cleaner than mine, so you will lose a lot more than me."

Thick clouds covered the entire sky, and large tracts of snow fell from the sky.

The sun was covered by clouds and lost its movement rules. I don’t know how long it took, but the whole world was wrapped in the snow. Only the ruins under the building were dark, as if a hole had been torn into the world.

It was already afternoon when the entire accident scene was dealt with. The water accumulated on the ground turned into ice and hung on the eaves of the burned-out door.

The tracks of the wheels ran through the snow and were covered with new snow. Bright yellow cordons blocked off the area, preventing anyone from entering.

And those who stayed here have yet to leave.

Just now, Xu Shiyue rushed over like crazy and stopped Lu Shizhen's body from being transported away.

There was frost and snow all over the sky, and she just sat motionless in the snow, hugging Lu Shizhen tightly, as if she wanted to embed her into her body.

No one knew how long Xu Shiyue had maintained this posture, but there was already a small layer of snow on her shoulders and hair.

It was obviously just a small layer of snow, but it seemed to have a very heavy weight, which made Xu Shiyue's straight shoulders collapse as if they were being split.

Not far away, Li Zheng was standing with an umbrella, his lips pursed tightly and he didn't dare to go forward and say anything.

More than one person had just tried to persuade Xu Shiyue, but without exception, they were all stared back by her.

The explosion did not treat everyone equally, and Lu Shizhen was the one who was seriously injured.

Her whole body was licked by the tongue of fire, with almost no intact skin on her body, her hair was stuck to the charred top of her head, and her blood was like lava flowing at the foot of a volcano.

Li Zeng felt that nothing was more terrifying than this unrecognizable corpse.

Perhaps the look in Shiyue's eyes just now was thousands of times more frightening than Lu Shizhen's corpse. It was sinister and dark, full of rage under the sharp cold light, and the bright red eyes were as scary as an evil ghost.

Like a lion's roar lodged in his throat, Xu Shiyue said in a deep voice one word to everyone who came to persuade him: "Get out."

The more she persuaded, the tighter Xu Shiyue hugged Lu Shizhen.

But no matter how close she got to Lu Shizhen, she could no longer smell the rose fragrance on him.

The burnt smell was numb, and Xu Shiyue's eyes were empty.

She just touched the stiff joints of the person in her arms, and the heavy snow was about to cover the legs that were hanging beside her.

"Xu Shiyue, are my legs beautiful? Do you like them?"

The girl's drunken voice rang out from Xu Shiyue's ears, and her long legs raised in the moonlight were draped wildly in her sight.

Xu Shiyue hugged Lu Shizhen's hands and squeezed them tightly. She still remembered Lu Shizhen telling her that she liked these legs very much.

But now, the appearance of these legs has completely changed. The melted fiber cloth is stuck to them, and the symmetry has changed.

Is it cold?

It's freezing and snowy. Why are you so disobedient and don't even wear thicker clothes when you go out? What should I do if I catch a cold?

Xu Shiyue thought in confusion, and murmured as she moved Lu Shizhen's body into her arms again.

It was as if as long as she warmed this person up again, she would be able to open her eyes and jump up with a smile.

As the daylight recedes, more and more snow falls in the sky.

The temperature went against Xu Shiyue's tune and kept falling.

The person in his arms gradually became stiff, and Xu Shiyue became at a loss. She was panicked and confused, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, Xu Shiyue suddenly felt a deep warmth falling on her back, sandwiching human body temperature.

The fluffy snow was squeezed downward by people's footsteps, and the woman's gentle body fragrance fell heavily on Xu Shiyue's head: "I'm sorry, auntie is late." The voice contained these suppressed tremors, and Xu Shiyue was confused

. He raised his head.

Snow fell into her eyes, and Cheng Meiyan, who was supposed to be meeting out of town, appeared in front of her.

In a daze, Xu Shiyue seemed to be pulled out of her soul by this familiar person, and her empty eyes gained some focus.

She saw that Cheng Meiyan's face was as bright and gentle as ever, but she didn't know why but there was a lot more sadness.

The snow that had been foretold for a long time kept getting bigger and bigger without limit, and the wind also blew directionlessly as night fell.

Cheng Meiyan felt particularly uncomfortable when she looked at Xu Shiyue sitting in the snow and the stunned Lu Shizhen in her arms.

She heard about what just happened on the way here. She squatted down next to Xu Shiyue with her legs propped up and persuaded: "Good boy, it's okay. Come and give me Zhen Zhen." After saying that, Cheng Meiyan stretched out her hand

. Xu Shiyue was asked to give Lu Shizhen to her.

Perhaps Shiyue remained motionless.

The remaining sense told her that this was Lu Shizhen's mother, and she could not do anything excessive to her.

So she just lowered her head and hugged Lu Shizhen tightly, motionless and silent.

Cheng Meiyan felt as if her heart was being pinched, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She knew Xu Shiyue's affection for Lu Shizhen, and she also intended to match her up, but now she didn't know whether her matchmaking was right or wrong.

Slowly and slowly, Cheng Meiyan put her hand in front of Xu Shiyue: "Shiyue, you are tired after holding Zhenzhen for so long. Listen to auntie, come and give Zhenzhen to me." But Xu Shiyue is still the same

. Stay still and don't respond.

A pair of hands clamped down on Shi Zhen's body, and even if Cheng Meiyan practiced, she couldn't pry it away at all.

She seemed to know that as long as Lu Shizhen was taken away by these people, she would never see him again.

But she didn't seem to know that even if Lu Shizhen was not taken away, she would never see her again.

Cheng Meiyan's heart was filled with pain, and her breath was trembling when she sighed.

She just looked at Xu Shiyue, who seemed to be trapped in her own world, and said cruelly: "My child, Auntie knows that you are sad, but people cannot be resurrected after death, and the dead are the most important, so you should let Zhen Zhen go. "

Shiyue..."

Cheng Meiyan was persuading her, but her voice suddenly stopped.

Staggered and messy footsteps destroyed the smooth snow. Lu Shize rushed back from abroad in a dusty state. The first move he made when he came here was to slap Xu Shiyue.

Cheng Meiyan reacted in time and stood up to block Lu Shize, who had already raised his hand: "Aze! Aze, what do you want to do?!" "What do I want to do? I would like to ask

Miss Xu what she wants to do!" Lu Shize glared angrily. Her eyes were wide open, and her eyes were strangely red, "The ambulance from the hospital was not allowed to get in, and the people from the funeral home were not allowed to take her away when they came. Just let Zhen Zhen lie there in the ice and snow, what on earth did she want to do!" "

Lu Shize's voice was louder than ever before, and his rage startled a group of sparrows sitting on the branches of the tree.

But Xu Shiyue was still sitting in the snow and didn't give him a reaction.

Lu Shize was so angry that even though Cheng Meiyan blocked her, he still rushed in front of her: "Xu Shiyue! Did you hear what I said!" After two words in a row, the

person in his sight did not give him a reaction.

Only snowflakes drifted in his sight, trying to bury his sister's body.

"Zhen Zhen is like this, what else do you want? Do you want her to be restless in this wilderness!"

Lu Shize was furious. As he spoke, he ignored Cheng Meiyan's obstruction and took away Lu Shizhen's body. Walk.

Feeling her hand being forced open by a force, Xu Shiyue turned around and twisted away the man's hand.

The girl's thin figure bent down low, and her melancholy voice seemed to come from under the ground: "Let go."

Lu Shize ignored Xu Shiyue's warning and still wanted to open her hand and pull him away. Take away my sister.

Xu Shiyue couldn't accept it, so why couldn't he.

Neither of them wanted to let go, and the whole scene was like a farce.

Lu Shizhen was still protected in Xu Shiyue's arms, until Lu Shize made a mistake and almost broke Lu Shizhen's arm wearing the bracelet.

As if she noticed something, Xu Shiyue's figure suddenly stopped.

Dazed and helpless, she fixed Lu Shizhen's arm back into her arms, and yelled at Lu Shize like crazy: "Lu Shize! You will hurt her if you do this! Can't you see!" Lu Shize smiled

: "So you still care about Zhen Zhen?"

His anger was still burning, and he asked the person in front of him: "Does it have anything to do with you whether she is in pain or not?! Xu Shiyue, if you still care about Zhen Zhen, If you want to leave her the last bit of dignity, give her to me. Don't let her lie in the snow like this!" "

What if I don't?" Xu Shiyue looked at Lu Shize, her eyes full of paranoia, "I Why should I give her to you!"

These words completely turned the two of them against each other, and the atmosphere in the snow suddenly became tense.

Upon hearing this, Lu Shize's people immediately got out of the car and surrounded Xu Shiyue. At this time, Li also raised his hand to call out the bodyguards waiting in the dark.

These days, Li never thought that they would have a confrontation with Lu Shize's people and completely break up with each other.

And he didn't expect that the only order Xu Shiyue gave him after being sober for a while was so accurate.

These two people are both human beings and lunatics.

Lu Shize looked at Xu Shiyue's people around him and asked with a sneer in his eyes full of disdain: "Xu Shiyue, you have such means, why don't you use it to protect Zhen Zhen?!" "This is what you promised me to protect you back then

. Is Zhen Zhen thorough? Is this the guarantee you swore to me later?"

Lu Shize's rhetorical question was like a sharp and huge thorn, piercing into Xu Shiyue's body.

Cheng Meiyan saw Xu Shiyue's shoulders trembling slightly, shaking as if the whole skeleton would fall down. Before Lu Shize could speak again, she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Aze, stop talking. Shiyue feels bad too, please stop embarrassing her!"

Lu Shize paused when he heard Cheng Meiyan's words, looked at Xu Shiyue coldly and nodded: "Okay, I won't embarrass her. I only want her to answer one question from me. , if she can answer, I will let her take Zhenzhen away today."

Cheng Meiyan looked at the anger that had not dissipated in her son's eyes, and had an ominous premonition in her heart.

Then she heard Lu Shize's attack on Xu Shiyue: "Let me ask you, why did Zhen Zhen come here today? If you didn't ask her out, would she have come!" Lu Shize's words were clear to the bones

. It was sent into Xu Shiyue's ears, and exploded in Xu Shiyue's mind.

Before she had time to react, she saw Lu Shize in her sight raising his hand, pointing his skeletal fingers directly at her: "Xu Shiyue, it was you who exposed the importance of Zhen Zhen! It was you who gave those people the opportunity to Take advantage of this opportunity! You are the one who should have died here!"

"You are a murderer, what qualifications do you have to take Zhen Zhen away!"

Lu Shize lost his composure, his angry voice full of hatred.

What Xu Shiyue was least willing to face was now exposed by Lu Shize.

His heavy breathing was stagnated in the winter wind, and something seemed to be burning inside the scorched corpse.

The voice sounded slowly in Xu Shiyue's ears, scarlet red dragging her in and swallowing her up.

This was not the first person to die in a fire because of her.

Her parents, her lover...

She was obviously still in the old house this morning planning her future with Lu Shizhen, but Lu Shizhen died in the sea of ​​fire because of herself.

She got everything back, but nothing was left.

The temperature in the winter night froze everyone's body to the point of numbness, but Xu Shiyue felt a pinching pain in her heart, as if her whole heart was about to be ripped out.

She looked fiercely at Lu Shize who had revealed all this to her. Just as she was about to speak, a sharp painful warmth suddenly surged up her throat.

Scarlet blood splashed onto the pale snow, like roses that Lu Shizhen had carefully cultivated in the flowerbed.

Xu Shiyue heard a burst of confusion in her ears, and the world turned upside down, burying the snow on her.

The black smoke filled the sky exuding a choking smell, and there was a crackling sound of wood being burned until it exploded.

The scorching red color was shaken out of shape by the winter wind, and it spread its teeth and claws to devour everything around it, deliberately exuding terror.

But its ferocity didn't seem to have any effect, and the girl standing in the center remained calm.

The small heel just pressed over the broken glass on the ground, taking another step towards the explosion point.

Thick fire ashes were deposited in the sealed space, and rolled down like barbs from Xu Shiyue's throat.

Whether it was a threat or really dangerous, Xu Shiyue's pace never stopped.

She knew that Lu Shizhen was here, somewhere here.

She wanted to take her out, intact.

Black smoke was billowing around the bright flames. Xu Shiyue didn't know how long she had walked before she finally found Lu Shizhen's figure in the sky full of fire.

The bright and clean window glass reflected the girl's crimson skirt, and her half-twisted long hair was tied with an exaggerated and beautiful bow. Xu

Shiyue did not see any panic on Lu Shizhen's face. The sunlight was shining from behind her. The glass spilled down, making the surrounding firelight look out of place.

The light was messy and illusory, hitting her face from all directions, and her always raised eyebrows were filled with tenderness.

This kind of gentle calm seems to be waiting for you.

Meet yourself for the last time.

Xu Shiyue seemed to realize something, her pupils trembled slightly.

She couldn't accept the thoughts this picture brought to her, so she stopped halfway and struggled to walk in the direction of Lu Shizhen.

But the hot tongue of fire was unwilling to cooperate with her and kept approaching her body.

The sound of wood exploding was like a sharp and ferocious laugh, clamoring to drag this ignorant man into this desperate disaster.

"Zi——"

Just when Xu Shiyue was about to be dragged into the blazing fire, the sound of electric current suddenly sounded in her ears.

The sharp sound penetrated her left eardrum and penetrated straight out of her right eardrum without mercy, forcing her to open her eyes.

The mechanical instrument sounded emotionlessly, and the girl's suddenly opened eyes were filled with emptiness and confusion.

Xu Shiyue just stared at the ceiling. The smell of alcohol disinfectant overwhelmed the choking smell of fire.

Although both smells disgusted her.

A clean and tidy environment seems to sweep away all the mess, but in fact it just sweeps it into a corner where people can't see it.

Xu Shiyue just lay on the hospital bed, looking at the ceiling motionless, her eyes darkened by the darkness, not knowing what she was thinking.

It seemed like a long time passed, or maybe the second hand just turned around.

The dry lips intertwined with each other as if they were about to be sealed, and then they were torn apart mercilessly by their owner: "Luo Ji." Luo

Ji, who was guarding the bed and had just accidentally fallen asleep, heard the voice and raised his head immediately. He raised his head, eyes full of surprise: "Miss, you're awake..."

"I have something I want you to do." Xu Shiyue said softly.

Hearing this, Luo Ji disagreed very much: "Miss, the doctor said you need to rest now. What's the matter..."

Xu Shiyue didn't want to talk nonsense, and before Luo Ji finished speaking, she began to make arrangements for her: "What we found out before You continue to dig deeper for me, and I will find a recipient for every money in Xu Shouxian's account."

"Miss, don't rush these things..."

Luo Ji still persuaded, and Xu Shiyue still didn't stop. He said: "As for his daughter's academic status and honorary award patent, you should check it for me. Even if there is no flaw, you have to create it for me."

Xu Shiyue's voice was too calm, as if this had not happened. Just as calm as before.

Luo Ji felt some unspeakable fear in her heart. She didn't know what Xu Shiyue was thinking, and there was no way to stop Xu Shiyue from stopping. She just shut up and listened to Xu Shiyue's instructions.

Xu Shiyue ordered Luo Ji one by one in an orderly manner, and finally said: "Call Li in." "

Yes." Luo Ji nodded, opened the door to the ward, and motioned for Li, who was a bodyguard, to come in.

"Miss." Li walked in steadily and came in quickly.

In fact, speaking in detail, Li Hei has been with Xu Shiyue longer than Luo Ji, and his style of doing things is more in line with Xu Shiyue's.

He knew that Xu Shiyue called him in because he had some orders, so he simply ignored the identity of Xu Shiyue's patient and dutifully reported: "The accident report in the building just now has come out. The fire started in the back kitchen. The flaw is easy to find, and the murderer is also We have been caught, but this person has always refused to identify the person who brought it, and only said that it was a conflict with the store." "

Then stop him from being tough and let him meet his family, and he will tell." Xu Shiyue said.

She said these words very softly and calmly, like a benevolent king who wanted to save all sentient beings and wanted to sway her traitors with emotion.

But she is Xu Shiyue.

She is not a kind king, she is a violent madman.

Li understood Xu Shiyue's words quickly and nodded: "I understand."

Xu Shiyue was reassured about Li's ability to do things, raised her hand and said: "There is one more thing you have to do for me... "

The heavy snow that fell yesterday enveloped the whole world. The snow settled on the dead branches outside the window and filled the treetops.

The sun shone slantly from one side, and the dead branches shook off the accumulated snow as if they were overwhelmed.

Li and Luo Ji left the ward one after another, and the already quiet ward was unusually deserted.

The pure white snow made the world framed by the windows extremely bright, but when the light hit Xu Shiyue's face, it only left a pale look.

She leaned on the bed that was rolled up and looked at the snowy scene outside the window. Her crow-feathered eyelashes covered most of her eyes, and there was no sign of the killing and decisive look she had shown when she was giving orders to others just now.

She seemed to have been drained of all her soul, and she just sat motionless.

The blue and white striped hospital gown was worn on her body. The unfitting cut was wide and angular, like a doll whose role had been assigned by her owner.

No one knows if there is any clockwork behind such a boring doll.

Nor does he know how to get a wind-up key to make her move.

At this time, the sound of heels hitting the tile floor came from far and near, and finally stopped at the door of Xu Shiyue's ward.

The window glass reflected the scene of the door being pushed open from the outside, and Lu Shize walked in from the outside.

He spoke in a bad tone, "Xu Shiyue, what's the matter with you calling me here? If you want to argue with me that you are not the murderer who indirectly killed Zhen Zhen, I'm sorry, I have to go and prepare for Zhen Zhen's death." It's a funeral, I don't have time to listen to you telling stories here."

Xu Shiyue turned her head calmly after hearing this, and her eyes that were empty and confused just now were filled with the smiles that gathered: "Mr. Lu said that I was a murderer, is it possible? Aren't you yourself?"

Lu Shize immediately frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about?" "

Since you don't trust me, why did you hand over Lu Shizhen to me? Since you think I am not a kind person, why don't you also send someone Protect Lu Shizhen's integrity." Xu Shiyue asked back, raising her lowered eyelashes little by little towards Lu Shize.

Lu Shize hated her and even hated her. He had kept a distance from her since he just walked in the door.

Perhaps Shiyue sat up from the bed and leaned over to look towards Lu Shize.

There was a sick and sinister look under the girl's smiling eyes, and she said without any scruples to the man in front of her: "Lu Shize, admit it, you have linked me with Lu Shizhen a long time ago. You You have already acquiesced in my relationship with Lu Shizhen."

"If you think that I am the murderer of Lu Shizhen, then you also have a share of her blood."

The smile in Xu Shiyue's eyes ended here He had completely disappeared, and his dark eyes were filled with a dark and morbid look.

Her words were calm and strange, like a curse, causing the hearts of those who listened to it to tighten.

Lu Shize's face was lifted, and he suddenly became furious: "Xu Shiyue, you really think I can't do anything to you, do you?"

"If you want Lu Shizhen to feel uneasy, you can kill me now." Xu Shiyue looked at Lu Shize, her raised chin full of force and intimidation, so straightforward that she had no scruples.

And Lu Shize was indeed coerced. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Xu Shiyue, what do you want to do?" "

Atonement." Xu Shiyue tilted his head, and his calm and jumping voice was a bit like Lu Shizhen's. " I want to atone for my sins, can you safely avoid it?"

Her physical condition was still not very good, and she was a little tired from confronting Lu Shize. Her always upright body collapsed without any care from the owner, just like this. He knelt down and sat on the bed.

Sunlight hit her face from Lu Shize's sight, and the smile on her raised face was bright, like a bouquet of bright red and poisonous poppy flowers: "I want Mr. Lu to give me some of your connections, it's best You can do this for me today."

The sound of the iron door being opened came from afar, and the corridor was filled with the sound of heels tapping on the floor.

And just in the room at the end of these doors sits Xu Shouxian. He is still wearing the suit he was taken away yesterday, with a neat tie buttoned on his shirt. Although his hair is a bit unruly, he is still wearing the same suit. A decent look.

The man's eyes were calm and even a little happy, and he looked at Xu Shiyue walking in: "I didn't expect us to meet so soon, Shiyue." Xu Shiyue stood still in front of the table and said

: "Yes, it's all thanks to my second uncle."

"You're welcome." Xu Shouxian said, his eyes bent with a few wrinkles.

When Xu Shiyue heard this, a ray of rage rose in his eyes, and then turned into a curl of the corners of his mouth, saying: "Since the second uncle taught me such an important lesson before leaving, I also have a gift here. For you."

With that, Xu Shiyue spread out the documents in his hand and pushed them in front of Xu Shouxian.

Xu Shouxian didn't think it would be anything fatal, so he looked through it calmly.

However, slowly and slowly, the man's indifferent expression just now collapsed.

The hand holding the document became tighter and tighter, and eventually it turned into panic on his face: "These, where did you get these things!"

Xu Shiyue did not answer, but just turned the ring on her finger, as if It was a sermon about reminiscing about the past: "Second uncle, do you still remember what grandpa would say every winter, that human bones are brittle in winter and will break if you break them." Xu Shouxian immediately realized something: "Xu

Shiyue , you..."

"Why, second uncle, do you think your money will be clean after being washed so many times?" Xu Shiyue said, raising her hand to hold up the side of her face, tapping her slender fingers regularly. On his face, "I wonder how my sister would react if she heard that her second uncle has been using her account to do these things?" After

saying this, Xu Shiyue did not give Xu Shouxian any reaction. Opportunity, he added: "But maybe my sister doesn't care about this anymore." "

It seems that her independent enrollment patent was not made by her during the college entrance examination, right? Has her work been ghostwritten in recent years? This year she was specially recruited as an artificial intelligence talent Plan, how many people did the second uncle bribe in the plan? Are these amounts enough to justify accepting bribes and dereliction of duty?" There was

a hint of innocence in the girl's original cold voice, naked|naked|naked she said "I don't understand. "All the things were listed in front of Xu Shouxian, and they were simply torn into pieces in front of him: "Maybe these are nothing to the second uncle, if you are still the same person as before." Xu Shouxian gritted his teeth:

" Xu Shiyue."

Xu Shiyue completely ignored the man's reaction and continued to talk to himself: "I don't think our field will accept a person who was investigated for plagiarism or entered the police station for money laundering. "

With that said, she looked up at Xu Shouxian, and finally put a question in front of him: "Second uncle, how tolerant do you think this society will be towards such a person?" Xu Shouxian did not expect Xu Shi

. Yue Hui moved to the top of Xu Minjun's head, and he suddenly became furious and slapped the table and stood up: "Xu Shiyue! Don't go too far!" However,

this man's eyes were split in anger, but Xu Shiyue still smiled calmly at Xu Shouxian with his face raised. He asked, "Why are you angry here, second uncle?"

A cloud drifted through the narrow window on the high wall, making the already dark room even darker.

The handcuffs and chains jingled in panic, and a figure suddenly covered the shadow on the wall.

Xu Shiyue stood up suddenly, raised her hand and pinched Xu Shouxian's neck.

The man's face was pressed on the table mercilessly by her. She looked sternly and said condescendingly: "You should look at me like this." The

politeness and smile disappeared from Xu Shiyue's face in an instant, and she Looking at Xu Shouxian like this, the hatred in his eyes could not be dispelled: "Don't be anxious, I will send your daughter in soon." "I

also know that the second uncle is very worried about what happened to your family. I have asked Mr. Lu has applied for a special case for you. Before your sister comes in to accompany you, you can see the daily life of your sister and your second aunt every night. Just like this, it will be carefully shot and edited and then played to you." With that, Xu Shiyue said

alone He put his mobile phone in front of Xu Shouxian.

In the picture, Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun moved into the only dilapidated old house left under Xu Shouxian's name. This house had been forgotten for a long time, but it was Xu Shiyue's "pity" that allowed Li to take them to live in it. Got in.

The cockroach, which had long been the master of this place, was very dissatisfied with the sudden intruder and scurried around the two men waving its long beard.

Xu Shouxian watched helplessly, and within a moment he heard the sound of Aunt Xu and Xu Minjun hugging each other, breaking down and crying, coming from the screen.

And all he could do was watch.

Xu Shouxian felt powerless as never before.

He originally thought of using Xu Minjun's account to save part of his money. When he came out and made a comeback, he could also defeat this little girl who didn't know the heights of the world.

But now he finally understands.

He couldn't do it. Not only could he not do it, he also offended this man's reverse scale.

This person will not let them go, she will drive them all away, and they will not be able to survive or die.

He was the culprit who made Xu Shiyue become like this.

Realizing what a terrifying demon he had created, Xu Shouxian's body gradually began to tremble.

The collapse in the video shattered his composure bit by bit, and all his plans were shattered.

He won't make a comeback.

His family members will also fall into hell with him because of his indulgence and cruelty.

The crying in the video got louder and louder, and Xu Shouxian became more and more panicked as he was pinned down on the table by the person Xu Shiyue left behind.

Seeing that Xu Shiyue was about to leave, he shouted in panic: "Xu Shiyue! What do you want to do! Do you know that you will be punished if you lose your conscience!" "

Xu Shiyue, stop! What do you want? I'll give it all to you, just stop!"

His voice changed from being condescending at the beginning to pleading, and finally turned into an undignified plea: "Xu Shiyue... Shiyue, I beg you to let it go. Your aunt and sister! I really didn’t intend to let Lu Shizhen die! It was because of the conflict between that person and the owner of the dessert shop that he did the cruel thing! That explosion, that explosion would never have caused such a big fire. Ah! I really, really know I was wrong!"

"Shiyue! Shiyue! Have you forgotten that when you were sick when you were a child, it was your second uncle who took you to the hospital! Shiyue, please, please ..."

Xu Shouxian begged and played the emotional card again, but no matter how good the past was, Xu Shiyue couldn't stop.

Lu Shize had been listening to all this outside and raised his hand to hand her a handkerchief. Xu Shiyue refused without even looking at it.

She had nothing to mourn.

If people who are only related by blood can be regarded as relatives, then family love will come too easily.

She just regretted it, regretted it like never before.

She should have been so ruthless a long time ago. She should have cut off all Xu Shouxian's wings before, and she should have sent someone to monitor all his actions.

Like this...

like this...

The quiet corridor of the detention center was cool and cold, and Xu Shiyue's fingertips were trembling slightly.

She thought about the last words for a long time, but countless words couldn't be organized into one sentence in her throat.

The whole world was covered in silver because of last night's snow, and the red colors that were hung heralded the coming of the new year.

Xu Shiyue raised her eyes and looked at it, as if she had lost the ability to perceive time, and no matter how brilliant the colors were, they could not affect her at all.

She became that boring doll again.

The way back was long, yet seemed short. When Xu Shiyue came to her senses, she had arrived at her and Lu Shizhen's villa.

Aunt Sun greeted her at the door as always, and as soon as she opened the door, the familiar voice hit her: "General! Are you surprised to see me~" For a moment,

Xu Shiyue's eyes swayed. Violent ripples.

She just stood at the entrance and searched the entire room, but finally found that the sound came from the TV screen in the living room.

Lu Shizhen was sitting in the studio on the third floor, with an orange-red sunset oil painting beside her.

She was dressed a little festively, with a bright and bright smile: "Happy New Year, Xiao En. I didn't expect your sister to be able to program something! Have you received the New Year's gift from your sister? Do you like it? Wish us a new year, Xiao En. A year of academic success and a few more trophies."

This is the New Year's surprise recorded by Lu Shizhen for his family.

But this surprise didn't make anyone happy.

Lu Shien's eyes were red and tears fell from his eyes: "I will get another trophy soon. Sister, how can I see it if you don't come back?" But the

people on the TV wouldn't react, and what they said was just recorded. The video paused for half a second, and then the screen switched to another video.

In this picture, Lu Shizhen changed into festive clothes again, and the paintings around her also changed. She just clasped her hands and said: "Congratulations on getting rich, bring me the red envelope! I wish Ms. Cheng Meiyan a new year like this." Like the morning sun, brighter and full of hope!"

This is Lu Shizhen's New Year's greetings to Cheng Meiyan.

Cheng Meiyan, who was sitting opposite her, was already filled with tears, and there was nothing bright about her.

The wind blew through the cracks in the door and into the entrance hall, and the coolness wrapped around everyone's arms, swallowing the warmth.

As expected, Lu Shizhen's video was changed to the next one, which was given to Lu Shize who had just walked in.

"Happy New Year, brother, I've painted the painting you asked for! Is my speed okay? But since you are such a stinker, I painted a pink sunset for you!" Lu

Shi As she spoke, Zhen uncovered the cloth she had specially covered on the painting, and made a wish like a warning: "I hope my brother will not always have a straight face in the new year, but smile more, especially in the face of our eleventh month." At that time, you, the teacher, are not allowed to bully your students."

Lu Shize stood in the entrance hall like this, a tear fell from his eyelids, crossing half of his face, as if his heart was Also split.

The video paused temporarily and the room became extremely quiet, and Xu Shiyue heard her own breathing.

Looking forward to it, but afraid.

I don't know why Xu Shiyue felt a lot of desire to escape in her heart, but before she even lifted her feet, Lu Shizhen's voice rang out, more lively than any video just now: "Surprise! Xu Shiyue . Hehe, you didn’t expect me to appear suddenly! Are you surprised? I still have some programming talent. Look here, look here, in addition to the USB flash drive in this box, I also had my paintings framed Look! Look, it’s not faded. Isn’t it super pretty?”

Just as he said this, Lu Shizhen enlarged the entire painting into the video.

The stars in the night jumped one by one in Xu Shiyue's eyes, and the girl's swaying skirt was even more beautiful than Lu Shizhen had originally described.

The cool wind wrapped around Xu Shiyue's body, as if it was pushing her whole body into an ice cellar.

But the skin under her left eye seemed to have a flickering flame, burning unsteadily.

That was the place Lu Shizhen had touched before.

She said that she was lucky that she didn't have a mole of tears, so she didn't have to suffer from love or be trapped by love.

Xu Shiyue felt that this person was a liar.

Nothing said is true.

Even if you say it, you can't do it.

Xu Shiyue thought and raised her feet to leave.

And then the liar's voice came to her ears again.

"Xu Shiyue, Happy New Year, you must always be happy!"

The voice coming from the TV was a little distorted, but it still had that person's trademark jumping and excitement.

Although the living room and the entrance were diagonally opposite, Xu Shiyue felt that Lu Shizhen's eyes were looking at her.

The bow tied on her head to cater to the Spring Festival atmosphere was slightly swaying, and her half-combed hair revealed her clean face.

She just said New Year's greetings to herself word by word, but her warm voice seemed to overlap with the scene in her dream just now.

The crackling sound of wood exploding kept exploding in Xu Shiyue's ears, and the blazing fire light separated people's vision into countless shadows.

And Lu Shizhen just sat in the firelight, waiting with that kind of deliberateness as if she wanted to tell herself to be happy all the time.

This person is like this, always reckless and naive.

What she says is always so low-level, so monotonous and straightforward... She shows you her whole heart, letting you see that she is really caring for you. I never worry about whether my heart will be abused by others if I show it to others.

Why do you do this?

Why should you live your life with such hope?

Why do you need to prepare so many things...

Xu Shiyue just looked at the face smiling at her on the other side of the screen. She had never thought that a person's expression could give people such an opposite feeling. The brighter the smile became. , the more it makes people feel dazzling.

She felt something surging and rushing in her brain and even her body, as if it was about to come out.

But there is no way out, so they are suppressed by an uncontrollable force, and they gather together with nowhere to go. The more they gather, the more they gather... "I say that the

technology is very good, but in fact it is not good at all. They found out after a quick check, and it belongs to everyone!"

Lu Shi'en looked at Lu Shizhen's face that was finally frozen on the TV, and pointed it out to the people on the TV with a tearful voice.

These videos were found after she discovered that her computer had been hacked this morning, and it didn't take much time at all.

"It sucks. My sister's skills suck!"

Lu Shien loudly and willfully criticized Lu Shizhen's behavior of trying to do everything in his own way. As he spoke, he threw himself into Cheng Meiyan's arms.

The little girl could no longer suppress the sadness in her heart, so she clutched Cheng Meiyan's clothes tightly and cried loudly.

She simply couldn't accept that her sister, whom she had arranged to meet a few days ago, suddenly left her.

But who in this family can accept Lu Shizhen's sudden departure?

Cheng Meiyan raised her hand to caress the trembling and crying child in her arms, and the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing down.

Lu Shize stood at the entrance, the dim light shining on his face, his always stern face already covered with tears.

The sound of putting down the bowls and chopsticks was masked by the cries. Aunt Sun, who had been busy in the kitchen, brought the last dish to the dining table. Her voice was choked with sobs and she said to the people at the entrance to the living room: "Madam, Miss Sir, dinner is ready. Let’s all eat some.”

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the family did not end. Everyone was still watching the “unexpected surprise” on TV, motionless.

Aunt Sun held back the tears in her eyes, walked to the living room, and helped Cheng Meiyan up: "Madam, you have to set an example for the children. You have to take care of your body. If the young lady sees everyone like this, she will definitely I'll feel uneasy."

"Yes, yes." Cheng Meiyan murmured and nodded, holding Aunt Sun's hand and stood up from the sofa. The bright and charming person in the past was now only pale. "Xiao En, go get something to eat with mom. You have a game the day after tomorrow. Have you forgotten what Zhen Zhen told you?" Lu Shi'en raised his head

to Cheng Meiyan after hearing this, his round eyes filled with tears. , Wang Yangyan pretended to be sad and enlightened.

Of course she still remembered Lu Shizhen's blessing to her on the other side of the TV. She seemed to be propped up by something, so she stood up with Cheng Meiyan.

Then Lu Shize also raised his feet and walked towards the restaurant.

It's just that Xu Shiyue went against everyone else's pace: "Sorry, I still have some things to do, so I'll go upstairs to deal with them first."

With that said, she raised her hand and took away the gift Lu Shizhen gave her, as well as the USB disk containing the video just now, nodded slightly, and politely and calmly exited in front of everyone.

The bones that had been shaken off by the fire seemed to have grown back overnight, and even the once slumped back had straightened up again.

The light in the room shone on Xu Shiyue's body, and the shadow that fell on the ground was just a straight and slanted line, without even a slight tremor. No matter from which direction and angle, her calmness was perfect and impeccable.

But as Aunt Sun looked at this figure, she vaguely felt that something was wrong: "Madam, why do I feel that something is wrong with Miss Xu?" "I

heard from people around Shiyue that she found out about Zhen Zhen in one day. I haven't cried until now, and maybe I haven't eaten either." Cheng Meiyan's voice was a little hoarse, not because she was calm, but because she couldn't muster the strength.

Worry suddenly appeared on Aunt Sun's face, and her brows were furrowed: "This is not a good sign."

Lu Shien just listened to the words of the two people and looked up thoughtfully. Xu Shiyue went upstairs.

The nameless clockwork key was full of strings behind her back at some point, and the rotating gears pushed her forward.

Taking care of Xu Shouxian was only the first step. She still had a lot of things to do, but she had to find out everything that had anything to do with yesterday's incident and deal with it one by one.

Xu Shiyue's eyes were a little hollow, and the pure darkness could not penetrate the light, and it was impossible to see the emotions flowing in them.

She felt that something was controlling her brain to do this, and she was willing to be pushed by this force to act. The tongue of fire was entrenched in her heart, and it had already turned into murderous intent.

She didn't have any ideas, she just wanted to get rid of anyone who killed Lu Shizhen.

Even herself.

Suddenly, Xu Shiyue had walked to the study door.

Just when she was about to open the door and enter the study, a breathless call came from behind her: "Xu Shiyue."

It was Lu Shien.

Xu Shiyue didn't expect that this person would come to find her, but her eyes remained calm: "Is something wrong?"

Lu Shien nodded.

She seemed to have made a big decision and said to Xu Shiyue: "I know you are very powerful. You are even more powerful than my brother. You easily defeated those people and became the Xu family member in less than half a year." The owner found out about my sister in one go."

After saying that, the little girl hurriedly took out a box from the bag she was carrying, held it in both hands and raised it in front of Xu Shiyue: "This is me I’ll give you all the prize money I’ve saved from competitions over the years. I’ll give it to you. Don’t let go of those who killed my sister, okay?”

Lu Shien’s voice still contained some uncontrollable trembling crying, but just looking at it Xu Shiyue's eyes were firm and sincere.

She made great determination to collect all her treasures and gave them all to Xu Shiyue without leaving any behind.

She knew her behavior might seem ridiculous.

But she didn't want to do nothing and just wait for others to bring her a result.

That's her sister, the sister who is getting better and better for her...

She doesn't like this.

It made her feel like crap.

But Xu Shiyue didn't seem to be interested in these things of hers. After she finished speaking, she said, "Take these things back."

Lu Shien panicked.

She just looked at Xu Shiyue who was about to leave, leaned over to stop her, stopped the person who was currently most promising to help her sister get revenge, and said all her words: "I know this is far from enough. , I have others. Some of my trophies are pure gold, which can be sold for a lot of money, so I can give them to you. And this one, my sister gave it to me last year, and I give it to you too." Maybe I feel that

I Money was not enough to impress the person in front of him. Lu Shien sniffed lightly and lowered his arrogant and unruly head to Xu Shiyue for the first time: "I know that I was not good to you in the past, and I always confronted you. I said some very bad words, I'm sorry, I will never do it again, it's all my fault, it's me who is unruly and willful, it's me who is unreasonable, I shouldn't have said that you are a loser."

"You don't have to accept my apology, you can also ignore me. But, Xu Shiyue. My sister, my sister was also very good to you in the past. She was really very good to you. I have never seen her She has never been so good to someone. So, you, don't let go of those who killed my sister, please, I beg you..."

Lu Shien's voice was choked with sobs, and he couldn't connect into a complete sentence.

Whether she apologized or begged for mercy, the Miss Lu family who used to look at people with her nose was now as humble as dust towards Xu Shiyue.

Xu Shiyue stared intently at the little girl in front of her for a long time, her tightly pursed lips flapped slightly, and then pursed into a straight line. She repeated this several times before finally speaking, but she still said rejection: "These You take everything back, I won't ask for it."

Lu Shien's heart sank.

She has never felt like this, even when she found that the program could not pass no matter how she debugged it during the competition, it had never been like this.

The little girl's hand holding the jewelry box was curled up again and again. Just when she was thinking crazily about how she could persuade Xu Shiyue, she heard Xu Shiyue's voice coming from above her head: "But I I can assure you that I will not make it easy for anyone involved in what happened yesterday."

In an instant, Lu Shien's tearful eyes widened.

She just pulled out a large round pearl from the box in her hand, clumsily but carefully placed it on Xu Shiyue, and said one word at a time: "Then, then you accept this, these are what I brought today. Among the things, they are the most valuable."

Xu Shiyue disdained these things. She had no interest in accepting such expensive but worthless things. She knew in her heart that she would do so even if Lu Shien did not come to her today.

But just when Xu Shiyue was about to refuse, out of the corner of her eye, she met Lu Shien's eyes looking at her.

Not to mention why they grew up as sisters, it just makes you feel that they are somewhat similar at a certain point.

The not-so-bright light in the corridor shone in Xu Shiyue's eyes, and Lu Shizhen's eyes appeared in her dazed sight.

This person has also seen himself like this, his sincere eyes can never hide his expectations, he is cautious, but full of flaws.

In silence, Lu Shien stuffed the huge pearl into Xu Shiyue's palm.

"Then we've made an agreement. You can't go back on your word, you have to make those people pay the price!" Lu Shien said seriously.

Xu Shiyue did not refuse and said "hmm", which was regarded as accepting Lu Shien's childish "bribery".

She had nothing to talk about with this little girl in the past. He didn't look at her after the appointment. She turned around and was about to open the door and walk into the study.

And this time her push to open the door was interrupted by someone from behind.

Lu Shien held her box and said again: "Xu Shiyue."

Xu Shiyue stopped moving again, and her voice was still calm: "Is there anything else?" "If you want to

cry, just cry, no one will I'm kidding you." Lu Shien said seriously.

Under the fluorescent lamp, Xu Shiyue seemed to see Lu Shizhen looking at her through a pair of eyes that were somewhat similar to hers, and said to her: "Although I hope you will always be happy, the New Year has not come yet."

Xu Shiyue felt as if a hole had been opened in her heart, and the cold wind poured into her body, scratching her heart coldly.

Lu Shizhen appeared in front of him through his imagination, looking at him with bright black eyes, as if she had never left and had been watching him.

Xu Shiyue's hand that held the thing Lu Shien gave her tightened and tightened, making it difficult to breathe.

Is it her own imagination, or is she really knowing that she will become unhappy after she leaves, so she brings this sentence to herself in such an ethereal and illusory way.

The fire in the building was still burning inside Xu Shiyue's body, and the hot temperature seemed to have dried all her tears.

What's more, she just "met" Lu Shizhen and talked to her, so how could she say that she would never come back?

Xu Shiyue thought blankly and looked at Lu Shien standing in front of her. He raised his hand and rubbed her head casually like Lu Shizhen did in the past. He reminded her in a calm voice: "Go down and eat. Don't worry." Let your mother worry."

After saying that, Xu Shiyue opened the door and walked into the study.

Just ignore Lu Shien's comforting reminder just now.

The night is like a large, finely woven net that traps the world in it, and no one can escape.

The death of a daughter in the Lu family was not spread, but the death of Xu Shouxian was like a head hanging on the wall, which spread throughout the entire circle.

The way Xu Shiyue cut off blood ties with her own hands gave everyone an unexpected shock.

Such ruthless and almost crazy cruelty made those who despised her young age and were ready to join forces to share the fat meat of the Xu family shrink back.

But these people's retreat and immobility did not bring them the peace they imagined.

They don't know that their current peace is not in their hands, but in Xu Shiyue's hands.

The word "killing and decisive" can be applied to Xu Shiyue. She doesn't care how turbulent the market will become. She originally planned to calm down the situation slowly, but she didn't expect the storm to come so quickly. Today is still going on. In the dream, I opened my eyes at night and saw the dazzling car roof lights flashing outside the window; I was still exercising my rights as a director in the morning, and in the afternoon I saw the collective defection of the directors... This winter is more severe than the cold wind

. The storm swept across City S, and the interlocking circles were turbulent at the same time, as if the ashes accumulated on it were quickly falling away.

After all, New Year’s Eve is all about cleaning up the dirt.

Xu Shiyue regarded Xu Shouxian as a clue vine. Anyone who had any collusion with him and provided support for the fire in the building was dealt with by her.

Although this kind of "treatment" is not a physical treatment, cutting weeds requires eradicating the roots, so that weeds can no longer hinder the growth of any plants.

The collapse of the building and the desolation of living in the gutter with no hope of recovery are simply more difficult to accept than death for these people who were once sought after and surrounded by adulation.

Financial newspapers, which had been languishing for a long time, took advantage of the trend, and their sales were particularly good in the days approaching the New Year.

Middle-aged men holding tea and reading newspapers would always shake their heads in a pretentious manner, and would remain silent when asked why.

The little girl who half a year ago was regarded as a pitiful and pitiful talking point has suddenly become a taboo that makes people talk about her.

Everyone knows that the new owner of the Xu Group is very young, not even twenty, but he has a scheming attitude that is different from his peers.

None of the contacts accumulated by the Xu family over the years were lost under such changes, and they spread like a trap in Xu Shiyue's hands.

She is clever and scheming, sees things with a sharp eye, talks nonsense to others, and hides a knife in her smile.

This world seems to have a huge and irreparable bug in her body. She is murderous and heart-wrenching. It is so terrifying. She is simply a crazy person who kills without blood.

The bloodbath-like subversion has begun in just five days, and the crest of turbulent changes continues to rise exponentially.

The sky was as dark as splashed ink, and stars were scattered on the night sky. It was already very late when Xu Shiyue finished handling the matters at hand. As a partner, Shen Yanxing left the company with her.

"It's finally over. I haven't seen the moon for a long time. Today is the fifteenth." Shen Yanxing looked up at the disc that was still bright through the dark clouds and said.

Xu Shiyue was very calm and didn't even raise his head: "Sixteen."

Shen Yanxing was startled when he heard Xu Shiyue's words.

Xu Shiyue's behavior these days has completely subverted the framework of S City's shopping mall. Under the strong wind, everyone is so busy that they forget the date, but as the busiest person, Xu Shiyue is still so sensitive to dates.

Shen Yanxing lowered his eyes as if he thought of something, and then said: "So it's sixteen? No wonder my grandma always said that the moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen round." Xu Shiyue pursed her lower lip lightly and said nothing more

. .

The cool night breeze blew past the two of them, and the atmosphere once again became as strange and boring as the distance they maintained.

The dial of the clock tower building in the distance moved silently, and with a heavy click, the sound of the hour sounded far away.

Shen Yanxing subconsciously lowered her head and looked at the time on her watch. It was already eleven o'clock. She thought the day would end early and the time would be earlier.

There is a big distance between the Shen family and the Xu Group. Shen Yanxing thought that it was getting late and he would just find a hotel to stay. But when the words came to his lips, they somehow had another meaning: "It's so late again. I thought it would be early today. Why don't we go to the hotel across the street and stay? Tomorrow we have a video conference with country F. It starts at eight o'clock. Don't go home and go back and forth. It's a waste of time and effort. You can also rest. Not good."

Today there is more snow in S City than in previous years, and just this morning there was another heavy snowfall that was not in the weather forecast.

The snow on both sides of the road has not yet melted, and it is piled up into a vast white patch in the night. It does take longer than usual to get home.

The green light at the intersection in the distance slowly flickered twice in Xu Shiyue's eyes, as if it was a sign that something was about to happen.

Xu Shiyue's hands were still in the pockets of her cotton-padded jacket. The words of rejection were in her throat, but when she wanted to speak, she felt restrained.

Because the next behavioral language was different from the direction that that force hoped to develop, that force took measures.

The dim yellow street lamp barely illuminated the road in the dark night, and the eyes that could not penetrate the light changed slightly.

These days, Xu Shiyue has been coexisting peacefully with the constraints that push her to move, almost showing an empty compliance, like a soulless puppet being manipulated.

Maybe Shiyue is not a doll, nor is she a frog boiled in warm water.

This power can only be used by her, not by manipulating and binding her against her will.

She wants to go home.

There are people waiting for her at home.

She didn't want to go home and there was no one at home.

"No need."

Xu Shiyue's thin lips opened and closed slightly, and the cool wind poured into her throat to stop her, but it was already too late.

The threads that controlled the puppet's joints burst apart, and the buried ropes were pulled out one after another, connecting her nerves and flesh and blood. Unreal pain cracked and burst out under her skin.

As soon as the words fell, Xu Shiyue's world suddenly became quiet.

The sound of electric current collapsing penetrated her eardrums, like a computer program that had a problem, stuck and issued a harsh warning.

Xu Shiyue's expression was as calm as ever, but her hands buried in her pockets were already tightly clenched.

The dark night gave everything an opportunity to hide, and no one could see the stretched veins on Xu Shiyue's wrist where the cuffs were exposed.

Xu Shiyue's eyes showed a bit of dead stubbornness. If there was any program in her body, it was to go home.

No one can stop her from going home, to the place that smells like Lu Shizhen.

Xu Shiyue ignored it and continued to talk to Shen Yanxing: "I still want to go home and rest."

Shen Yanxing pursed her lower lip lightly: "You have been like this these past few days, no matter how late it is, you have to go home."

She was silent She counted the days in her mind and said cryptically: "Today is the seventh day."

Xu Shiyue knew what day Shen Yanxing was talking about, so she hummed slightly to indicate that she was right, and then said nothing.

The word death always makes people afraid to mention it directly. The closer the relationship is, the harder it is to face it.

Xu Shiyue's behavior these days is more normal and normal, but there is something strange about collapse everywhere. Shen Yanxing can clearly see this almost pathological paranoia.

That's why she felt that what she just said was inconsistent with her own logic.

Shen Yanxing frowned slightly, somewhat confused as to what he was doing.

She didn't know why she still wanted to invite Xu Shiyue to the hotel. After a while, she said cryptically: "Then we really can't let you go to the hotel. It would be too deserted to let Yuanzi wait at home." "Yes

. ." Xu Shiyue nodded, agreeing with her.

There was still some untreated snow on the cleared road, and the shoes made a slight sound when stepping on it, as if something had been run over and broken.

After the simple conversation ended, the two people walking together had no topic to talk about anymore, but the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before.

The street lamp cast the shadows of the two people side by side on the pure white snow, dim and hazy, as if aware of the gentleness of the moment, the restless wind also calmed down.

The green light at the intersection had turned red, and Xu Shiyue's car slowly drove over and stopped on the side of the road under the still night scene.

Shen Yanxing has always been a polite and considerate person. She has decided to stay at the hotel opposite and is not in a hurry to send Xu Shiyue there.

The two of them walked forward in silence, like a monotonous and boring painting.

I don't know whether Xu Shiyue didn't notice it or for some other reason, but a piece of loose and melted snow appeared under her feet. The unstable high heels could not cope with this situation, and she was about to twist and fall. .

"Be careful." Shen Yanxing said, and conveniently stretched out his hand to support Xu Shiyue.

It's not that the two people are so close to each other at the moment, it's just that the winter cotton clothes are fluffy, and they can touch each other as soon as they get a little closer.

The dim light was not clear, and it dimly illuminated the figures of the two people stretched out by their coats, as if they were very close to each other.

The winter wind lowered the temperature at night by another degree, as if it wanted people walking together to get closer.

The wind scraped through the walls of the building like a knife blade, blowing the hood of the girl hiding behind in the blind corner where the street lights could not reach.

The night was heavy and dark, and the blurry streetlights cast the shadows of people standing side by side on the ground.

The snow accumulated on one side melted the borders of the shadows, stacking them diagonally.

The winter wind became even harsher in the deserted corner, and suddenly blew off the hood of the man standing by the wall, causing the girl's chin-length hair to sway in the wind.

Lu Shizhen's eyes were silently immersed in the dark night. Just looking at the backs of Xu Shiyue and Shen Yanxing together from a distance, she had never realized that the dark night could be so dazzling.

The emotions in my heart are like waves rolling in the dark night, and no one can see clearly what it is like.

Lu Shizhen knew from the beginning that the story should be like this. This was the best solution to Xu Shiyue's fate. She should be happy for Xu Shiyue, but for some reason she couldn't be happy.

Qiuqiu swung her little tail and floated next to Lu Shizhen, looking like a crowd eating melons. She commented on the scene of Xu Shiyue and Shen Yanxing: "It seems that the relationship between Xu Shiyue and Shen Yanxing is also progressing very well." It went well."

"Yes." Lu Shizhen responded in a low voice.

Some words were difficult to say, but she still said: "After all, they are a match made in heaven."

It was like retelling the ending of the story.

It's like admonishing myself.

Qiuqiu turned her head and glanced at Lu Shizhen, then floated and sat on her head: "Host, you don't seem so happy. We are finally free people. Aren't you happy?" Lu Shizhen listened to

this The voice floated down from the top of his head, and his slightly lowered eyes curved.

She just casually raised her hand to touch Qiuqiu's belly, and artificially raised the corners of her lips: "Of course I am happy. I finally have this healthy body, how could I not be happy." But Qiuqiu

said He leaned down slightly and glanced at Lu Shizhen below.

It didn't feel that its host was in a good mood as she said.

Another wind blew into this blind spot, and the biting cold wind poured into the girl's loose sweater collar.

The sweater that was blowing slightly changed its position on the shoulders, revealing the thick gauze underneath.

——That was the day she left. She didn't want innocent people to be involved in this disaster that was destined to end with no body. She was hit by a falling beam when she pushed the dessert shop owner out.

The flame was like a ferocious and crazy beast. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he reached out his claws and hooked the delicate shoulder.

Under the carbonized clothing was a mixture of burnt black and blood, which was simply too horrible to look at.

In an instant, Lu Shizhen felt that she had stepped on nothing. The pain was tearing at her body. The choking smell of fire filled her nasal cavity. The surrounding was a crumbling chaos. She fell down and fell into Qiuqiu. The system space opened behind.

The flow rate of the world is different between each world, and the flow rate of time between the system and the world is even different.

It was seven days after Lu Shizhen woke up, that is, this morning. The wound on his shoulder was bandaged by Qiuqiu in an extremely ugly way. It was like a hill, which you could admire while lying down.

"Qiuqiu, there is no way to survive in the human world with your method." Lu Shizhen unwrapped her shoulder that was wrapped into a big bag in disgust, and re-bandaged it as if teaching it.

"Why don't the host tell you how much you weigh? It would be great if I could give you medicine and bandage, okay!" Qiuqiu said and flapped her wings several times in dissatisfaction.

Although the area on Lu Shizhen's shoulder that was licked by the flames was not small, the medicine provided by the system was still very effective, and the wound had already begun to scar.

According to Lu Shizhen's experience as a doctor after a long illness, she may leave scars, but the area should not be large, not to mention that the shoulder blades are not exposed.

The Lord God has strict restrictions on the host as a tasker, one of which is that the host is not allowed to stay in the system space for a long time.

When Lu Shizhen woke up, more than half of the twelve-hour countdown had passed. She was just thankful that the mission was completed, and began to hurriedly exchange for her new body, and the world she would eventually settle down in.

For some reason, Lu Shizhen's mission points have not been updated. The five thousand extra points are said to be a reward, but in fact they are a guarantee for each host. A full score is only enough to exchange for the most basic body and world.

——The appearance of the host’s original world and the world where the mission is located.

Lu Shizhen was not as carefully cared for as her original owner in the original world, and her long-term illness made her look weaker than normal.

Even though she had eyes that were almost identical to the original owner, her heroic spirit was suppressed by the pale and sick air.

Qiuqiu disliked Lu Shizhen's state very much, but he also knew that this was the best solution at present.

When checking out, it spared no effort to get close to the mall system. The mall system was so happy that it sold the product for 200 yuan and only received 4,800 points from Lu Shizhen.

The two shining gold coins collided with each other and made a crisp sound, then fell into Lu Shizhen's hands one after another.

She just looked at the gold coins in her hand, and suddenly realized that they were exactly the same as the gold coins in the rain of points that Xu Shiyue had dropped for her in her dream.

The day before that dream, she experienced the first punishment from the main system.

Xu Shiyue held her arm the moment she fell down the stairs.

That solid and reliable feeling attached to her wrist, and sparks that were not extinguished burned on it bit by bit.

The gold coin representing the achievement of this mission was stuck to her palm, obviously a virtual thing but with a slight coolness.

Lu Shizhen lowered her eyelashes slightly, her dark eyes filled with regret.

It's just that her regret doesn't seem to be that she can't see how many points she has accumulated, or that she has missed out on a lot of money.

But he couldn't see how much trust and favor Xu Shiyue had given him.

Xu Shiyue...

Why did she think of Xu Shiyue again.

"Qiuqiu, were your previous hosts also so poor?" Lu Shizhen put her head in the black sweatshirt that was randomly given by the system and lowered her eyes, as if to change the subject, but also as if she was following him for fun. The little ball beside him asked.

"Of course not. My past hosts were all very powerful, and I couldn't spend all the points!" Qiuqiu said very proudly, flying and sitting on Lu Shizhen's shoulders, "So I believe After the host points can be settled, he will be as powerful as them."

The weightless body of the ball emitted a faint light in the dark night, like a weak light on a dark road.

Lu Shizhen raised the corners of her lips slightly when she heard these words, and chuckled lightly in the wind blowing in her face.

It was already dark when she returned from the system to the world where Xu Shiyue was, and Lu Shizhen just wanted to find a hotel to stay in temporarily.

But the main system seemed to have deliberately set the point where she came into this world next to the Xu Group's building. The cold wind blew by, and the rustling snow shook off the branches and fell on the girl's shoulders.

"Ouch."

Suddenly a pile of condensed snow fell on Lu Shizhen's hair, causing Qiuqiu to roll down.

The wind was so strong that night that Qiuqiu's flapping wings caused her body to lose control. The entire ball floated out in the wind uncontrollably.

"Host!" Qiuqiu called Lu Shizhen helplessly, her long tail dangling in the air, looking particularly helpless.

Seeing this, Lu Shizhen hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull Qiuqiu. His heavy boots stepped on the heavy snow randomly, making a clicking sound in the empty world.

"Be careful, the road is too slippery..." Shen Yanxing was still helping Xu Shiyue to stand still, but he noticed Xu Shiyue suddenly stopped.

She looked at the person beside her who seemed to be frozen at a loss. Along her line of sight, she could only see the passing vehicles and passers-by walking in the snow.

"What's wrong?" Shen Yanxing was confused, and then he heard Xu Shiyue murmuring: "Lu Shizhen..." When

Shen Yanxing heard the name, he was completely confused: "What?"

But Xu Shiyue still stubbornly repeated to Shen Yanxing: "Lu Shizhen."

As if she didn't want to waste time, Xu Shiyue shook off Shen Yanxing's hand that was supporting her.

The sound of high heels hitting the ground was messy and hurried, and she walked in the direction she was looking at just now without stopping.

Feng was not so cooperative, and Lu Shizhen spent a lot of effort to catch Qiuqiu back.

Just when she wanted to complain about how Qiuqiu could still be blown away by the wind, Qiuqiu's tail suddenly stood up: "Host, run!" "

Huh?" Lu Shizhen was startled for a moment, and subconsciously followed Qiuqiu. Qiu Qiu ordered and walked quickly in her current direction, "What's wrong?"

"Xu Shiyue is here!" Qiu Qiu said nervously.

Lu Shizhen couldn't believe her ears: "Wha, what? Why did she come here?" "

I don't know. Logically speaking, the host's figure is much thinner than before, so it shouldn't be noticeable... ..." Qiuqiu was also confused and troubled, "But when I analyze her route, it seems that she is coming for us."

Lu Shizhen listened to Qiuqiu's analysis, and the more she listened, the more nervous she became.

Just as she walked, her pace slowed down, and she asked hesitantly: "But, can't I meet her now? I am no longer the past..." Before

Lu Shizhen could finish her words, she was interrupted by Qiuqiu. Interrupted: "What are you thinking about, host."

The situation was urgent, Qiuqiu did not bother to modify his words, and only asked: "What's the use even if you meet Xu Shiyue? What do you use What identity do you want to meet her? Who are you?"

Lu Shizhen couldn't answer three questions in a row.

It was just an idea that suddenly popped up in her head, just like the gratuitous joy that flashed through her mind when she had just chosen to return to this mission world in the system.

Lu Shizhen walked with Qiuqiu like this, but her steps were still not very fast.

Among the questions she couldn't answer, she struggled a little unwillingly.

She seemed to hear Xu Shiyue's footsteps following closely, as if she anticipated their meeting later.

So even if she doesn't have the identity to reunite with Xu Shiyue, doesn't she have the qualifications to even pass her by and admit that they were wrong?

As if aware of what was going on in Lu Shizhen's heart, Qiuqiu added: "Host, you have to think clearly, if Xu Shiyue discovers what we have done and the world collapses, and we can escape by then, Xu Shiyue Where is the moon? She belongs to this world, she can't escape."

The winter wind at night was sharper than the bright fire, and as Lu Shizhen's breath was poured into her throat, it was as cold as a knife.

Before she had time to understand why she wanted to see Xu Shiyue again, this shapeless fantasy was shattered.

Lu Shizhen's heart sank completely in the wind of the night.

Her short, jaw-length hair covered most of her profile in the wind. Under the shadow, her eyes were filled with obscurity.

Lu Shizhen's heart has always been a vast and uncultivated wilderness. Before she could figure out what this indescribable feeling was in her heart, she was violently split open by this feeling, and the whole earth seemed to be filled with tears. Then he started to tremble, and his whole heart collapsed.

Pain accompanies breathing, and every breath he takes out feels like torture.

there is none left.

The farewell that morning was the last time the two of them saw each other.

Never again.

The pure white snow was pressed under her feet by black boots, and Lu Shizhen walked quickly according to the route instructions planned by Qiuqiu.

The footsteps that were so close to his ears gradually moved away, and then were covered by the sound of the lively crowd in the square not far away.

She had never thought that an escape could not be thrilling.

But this time it is difficult to move even an inch.

There are always many activities in New Year Square, and the bright lights weave into a beautiful picture, attracting many people.

Xu Shiyue walked through the crowd like this, her calm pace was undisturbed from beginning to end, and the floating luminous ball held by a rope like a lamp was firmly embedded in her eyes, like a person on the verge of death. The only straw a person holds on to.

The breath exhaled from the girl's mouth became heavier and heavier, and the heavy white mist was eaten away by the cold wind before it could stop.

The running around these days has already exhausted her body. Under her messy hair, she is not only tired but also indescribable embarrassment.

It's just that Xu Shiyue no longer cares about this, she just wants to find this person.

She only wants this person.

But that person's back seemed to always be at an untouchable distance from her, whether she was walking or running, it was always so out of reach... Finally,

as if God had mercy on her, the red light on the sidewalk He detained the figure from behind.

Xu Shiyue didn't care about anything, pushed aside the crowd and put her hand directly on the man's shoulder.

The winter night is vast and snowy, and hate and love are all intertwined in Xu Shiyue's breathless voice: "Lu Shizhen, where else do you want to go?"