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[… Is this how you use the sincerity-for-sincerity exchange? ]

"How about I tell him directly that I know you saved me for other reasons, and I'm willing to repay you with my own life?"

The system is silent.

It watched as its host coaxed the 10-year-old boy with a soft and obedient voice, and soon the child felt so guilty that his eyes turned red.

After taking this opportunity to gain some goodwill, Yu Tong began to try to inquire about the centipede monster.

This was Chen Xi's first time seeing a centipede, and he didn't know much about this monster. As for the other monsters in the orphanage, he had never seen any of them.

Yu Tong had already expected this answer.

The children who saw the monster probably all died.

He also asked Chen Xi if there were any strange rules in this orphanage.

A trace of confusion flashed across the villain's face, "What is that?"

"Someone will give a lot of rules. If you do something that is forbidden by the rules or fail to complete what is required, your life will be in danger."

"Sounds like it's pretty much the same here."

"Then do you know what the rules of the orphanage are?"

Chen Xi shook his head. "I don't know. The rules change every day. And every once in a while, new rules are suddenly added."

"For example, before, stealing eggs would at most result in a scolding, but starting from yesterday, stealing eggs will result in a heavy fine?"

"It didn't start yesterday, but yesterday alone. Every night the nuns would tell us the schedule for the next morning, and we had to follow it and arrive at the designated location within the specified time."

Yu Tong was stunned when he heard this. "Don't you have fixed times for getting up and eating every day?"

"No, not even during bedtime. When we eat in the cafeteria, the nuns will tell us what we can and cannot do that day. Where we can and cannot go."

Chen Xi paused, a hint of worry appearing on his young face. "I left the cafeteria right after the roll call. I can only learn the rules today from others. My brother is too young, and I'm worried he might get it wrong."

Yu Tong heard his subtext.

After what happened this morning, although the villain still had hope for Little Mushroom, he had already vaguely realized that Little Mushroom might not want him as a brother anymore.

That's why I didn't wake him up in the morning and let him fend for himself.

Chen Xi didn't have many friends, and he was afraid that Little Mushroom would deliberately say less and violate today's rules.

The system hadn't anticipated this, and folded its arms in agreement, "Yes, children have limited comprehension and repetition abilities, so it's easy for them to misrepresent the nun's rules. That little villain is quite thoughtful."

Yu Tong sighed, ignored the naive Myna, and began to hint to Chen Xi that he could try to contact Lily.

Speaking of Lily, Chen Xi frowned in disgust. "No one likes her. She ended up in the orphanage because she killed her own adoptive parents. Her biological mother is a witch, a madwoman who likes to use living people to study evil magic."

"Lily had mental problems and often talked to herself. From time to time, she would point at a child and say that there was a demon hidden in that person. Then, a few days later, the child would die tragically. Everyone in the orphanage, including the nuns, regarded Lily as an ominous person."

Yu Tong asked suspiciously, "Why were you sent to an orphanage?"

Chen Xi said nothing.

Yu Tong changed the subject again, "Do you also think Lily is ominous?"

"No, I hate her for other reasons."

"What?"

"I had a chance to leave the orphanage in the past, but she informed the nuns and brought me back. She said that the little bear warrior told her that I would die outside. She didn't let me run away to protect me."

The boy pulled down his raised collar, revealing his slender neck.

A hint of mockery flashed across his still young face. "If I stay in the orphanage, won't I die anyway? I might as well escape. At least I can see the outside world."

Looking at the clear fingerprints on the boy's neck, Yu Tong suddenly became very annoyed.

The injury was new. This morning, after Chen Xi went to the cafeteria, he was strangled by a nun.

Yu Tong didn't want to see Brother Chen being bullied like this, but there was no way to change his situation overnight.

Feeling the despair and helplessness conveyed by the telepathic props, Yu Tong took a deep breath and cheered himself up again.

He snuggled into the boy's palm and comforted him softly, "Chenxi, don't be afraid. We will definitely find a chance to leave this orphanage. Don't worry, you won't die here."

A slightly dull child's voice came from above, "Why?"

Yu Tong raised her little chicken claw and made a pinky promise with him, "Because I will protect you, and you will protect me. I'm small and can fly. You're strong and can open the dormitory door. We complement each other, and we will definitely be able to get through this together."

Listening to the energetic man's voice, Chen Xi felt that Xiaoji was probably a very cheerful and lively person, completely different from him.

One is a human and the other is a chicken. One is positive and optimistic, the other has dark thoughts.

Chen Xi felt that they were not suitable.

Sooner or later, Chick will forget what he just said, and there is no possibility for the two of them to become friends.

Including this morning, the chicken has helped him three times.

He had just helped the chicken once, and now he had repaid the favor twice... and now he and the chicken were even. He could sell the chicken for gold without any burden.

Just as Chen Xi was thinking about this, the little chicken suddenly added hesitantly: "Oh, by the way, there is also the little mushroom. The little mushroom is also our friend. The three of us can help each other."

Chen Xi pursed his lips and said, "There are no mushrooms."

"Why?"

The boy stopped talking again and walked forward with a stern face.

The system asked stupidly: [What are you talking about? ]

Yu Tong no longer pretended to be the energetic little sun. His soul entered the space and he smoked facing the small ball of light.

"I'm trying to drive a wedge between Chen Xi and Xiao Mushroom, to arouse the villain's possessiveness and make him treat me as his only prostitute."