"Sister Shiyin".

Before Guan Nianshan could finish speaking, Changning looked up, her eyes lit up, and she skipped forward, rushing straight into Shi Yin's arms.

"Changning, be good." Shiyin patted Changning's back, and Changning nestled on Shiyin's shoulder, sniffing happily.

"It sounds like you've made some progress on your matter?" Shi Yin came up to Guan Nianshan: "Congratulations, your power has been recognized."

"Haha, although this should be a good thing, I can't really be happy." Perhaps he hid it too well, there was no sadness in Guan Nianshan's eyes: "You once told me that superpowers are human desires."

"That's true in some ways." Shi Yin nodded. "Do you envy him?"

"Right? I'm so envious of him. He has parents who love him and people who like him. He doesn't have to do any weird things to have the right to criticize me so confidently." Guan Nianshan smiled bitterly: "Thunder and lightning, something violent, righteous and bright, really suit him quite well."

"If there's a misunderstanding, just talk it out. It's not like you don't have a mouth." Shi Yin said, puzzled.

"Sister Yin, I really envy your ability to remain oblivious. There are some things you just can't say out loud, right?" Guan Nianshan scratched his head, a little helpless: "What should I say? That my father made a panicked decision and sacrificed himself because he came to see me rashly? That my mother was arrested because she was trying to find a way out for him and fight for the family fortune by meeting with those gangsters? Or that I, whom he has always been hostile to, am the so-called righteous one?"

"As long as I don't say anything, Dad is a great man and Mom is gentle. With me being the villain, his world is a beautiful place. How wonderful is that?"

Guan Nianshan took out a lighter from his pocket and lit a cigarette with a "snap," looking both casual and amusing.

“You say my superpower is wrong because you brought forward my awakening. I’m not jealous enough to want to become Song Yunshan yet,” Guan Nianshan said. “Right now, I’m just lying to everyone, including myself.”

"Do you regret it?" Shi Yin asked.

“How could that be? If lying can make everyone’s perception of the world more positive, that’s fine too, isn’t it?” Guan Nianshan dusted himself off and stood up. “As long as I believe that my parents love me, that Song Yunshan cares about me, and that you care about me too, right?”

"Why should my dad give me all the family property if he doesn't love me? Why didn't my mom strangle me when she gave birth to me if she didn't love me? Why did Song Yunshan push me away if he doesn't care about me? Why did you come to see me if you don't care about me?"

As he spoke, Guan Nianshan smiled and said, "I've been sitting on this broken tombstone all day and no one has come, but you have."

There was something Guan Nianshan didn't say. He was already planning to leave. He knew that Changning belonged to Shiyin. Changning was indifferent to Shiyin, so he was just a child's locker. And Guan Shuqing, his sister, naturally rejected him.

But there's nothing he can do; his sister is his only family now, even though he can't get within five meters of her.

Although his younger brother was not around and even had a grudge against him before, Guan Nianshan at least knew that Song Yunshan was still around. Therefore, Guan Nianshan now felt that he would truly be alone in the future.

But then Shi Yin arrived; her figure was illuminated by the campfire, and she came before him.

Perhaps it's not that bad yet, and he might still be needed for a while.

"It seems you've already figured out the purpose of the lie." Shi Yin said thoughtfully, "This is the first time you've gained this kind of superpower."

"Yes, that's definitely a good change. I've always been very lucky." Guan Nianshan stretched out his hand, looked at Shi Yin and smiled: "I won't hold it against you this time. Please take care of me in the future, Sister Yin."

Shi Yin calmly met Guan Nianshan's gaze: "Don't you hate me?"

“If you don’t tell me, then it wasn’t intentional, right? You have your reasons.” Guan Nianshan put a finger to his lips, making a shushing gesture: “As long as you don’t tell me, I won’t know what you did, right?”

"...What is your wish?" Shi Yin asked again.

"I don't know, let's just keep going." Guan Nianshan shrugged. "Anyway, I don't want to die, and wishes are such private things... I'm not telling you."

“Okay.” Shi Yin reached out and grasped Guan Nianshan’s outstretched hand. “I hope you can remain this steadfast in the future.”

"Of course, life is about being happy, so I don't want to think about all that." Guan Nianshan smiled and picked up Changning from the ground: "Sister Yin, would you like to have dinner with me?"

Shi Yin: "..."

The recovery was quite fast.

"No." Shi Yin refused outright.

“The nationwide static event will be in a few days, so I won’t be able to treat you.” Guan Nianshan pretended to think seriously. “Any kind of fancy meal is fine. Since Sister Yin knows I get a lot of kickbacks but hasn’t deducted any from my profits, you can eat whatever you want.”

Shi Yin: "..."

Is it something to be proud of to receive a lot of kickbacks?

"No," Shi Yin refused again.

"Sister." Changning tugged at Shiyin's sleeve, looking pitiful: "You picked me up and haven't spent any time with me since."

“Yeah, spend time with the kids.” Guan Nianshan chimed in, winking at Shi Yin, “Changning even had a stomachache when we went back this time.”

Shi Yin: "...Okay."

That's true, the power here is too strong; it's really difficult for Changning to eat so much...

We won.

Guan Nianshan and Chang Ning exchanged a glance and revealed victorious smiles.

Shi Yin: "..."

What's so great about having a meal?

Could they have poisoned him?

To fabricate a life with lies, to dream of a world full of hope and beauty, is nothing more than a conscious act of self-deception and deceiving others.

That's right.

The best approach is to turn a lie into a fact before it's exposed.

"Sister, shall we eat barbecue?" Changning jumped down from Guan Nianshan's arms, grabbed Shiyin's hand, and rubbed her little face against it affectionately: "Changning wants to eat meat."

“Okay.” Shi Yin didn’t break free and let Chang Ning pull her forward.

Guan Nianshan took Changning's other hand, and the three of them gradually disappeared into the darkness.

The crimson moon rose gradually, becoming increasingly eerie in the darkness.

In the days that followed, people had less and less time to move around. Several torrential rains fell in succession, washing the pure white pavement into a muddy black, which intensified everyone's fear.

Although the government has installed professional water purifiers in every household, many people still express unease.

During this period, Guan Nianshan made a fortune.

The exiled people did not have reinforced houses. After witnessing the bizarre sight of all the houses in the designated safe zone being covered with a layer of steel overnight, these exiled people were filled with remorse.

Unable to enter, they could only try to improve their survival ability by buying stimulants and treatments from Guan Nianshan.

“Look, not only are there people from Yanlong Kingdom, but there are also foreigners?” Guan Nianshan sat in Shi Yin’s office, counting the crystal cores: “There are only six green crystal cores. They are the frozen berserkers and lurkers that they found by chance.”

The ice and snow have provided humanity with a great opportunity to breathe. Those ferocious zombies, which would be difficult to fight under normal circumstances, can now be scavenged everywhere.

"There are 600 cyan, 6,000 blue, and 12,000 purple." Guan Nianshan put several bags on the table: "I only took a 40% kickback this time."

Shi Yin: "..."

Forty percent, is that a small percentage?

"Do you know what your biggest problem is right now?" Shi Yin leaned back in her chair and asked lazily, "All the residential buildings only have low-level protection, including your clubhouse. Even with the fireplace on, the temperature can only reach 0°C at most."

Guan Nianshan: "Huh? Maximum 0c?"

“During the final cold wave, you can live in the Doomsday Beacon.” Shi Yin raised an eyebrow: “On the condition that you can only take 10% this time.”

Guan Nianshan: "..."

What? You're such a shrew! You think I'm so shameless, just because you say so? It makes me seem like I have no principles.

"Is this okay?" Shi Yin tapped the table.

Guan Nianshan: "Okay."

Well, my bottom line isn't good against the cold, so I'll just settle in first and figure things out later...