Chapter 40 So Heartless

Cyrus forgave her just like that? So easily? Ling Qiu hadn't forgotten the murderous aura Cyrus exuded the night she said goodbye; he must have really wanted to kill her then.

She thought that she would have to pay some price for coming to Him this time, no matter what that price was.

However, no, she simply hugged Cyrus and apologized, and He forgave her.

“Cesius.” Ling Qiu looked at him earnestly, even though she couldn’t even see his face. “You’ve fallen in love with me?”

"No, I didn't." He denied it quickly, even his voice carrying a hint of coldness.

But Ling Qiu couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile.

Actually, Cyrus has always been very cute.

"Then why were you crying just now? You were crying, weren't you?" she said.

“For no reason,” He denied again, “I just think some people are really heartless.”

“It’s awful.” He emphasized the word.

"Then will you come home with me? Please come home with me?" Ling Qiu didn't believe his insincere words.

Cyrus shoved her away: "What? What role do you want me to play this time? Which celebrity or model have you taken a liking to that you came to me for?"

“Of course not!” Ling Qiu said. “If you like it, I have no objection to you staying this way.”

Cyrus looked down at her face, which clearly showed she was a liar, and she wasn't telling the truth at all. He could clearly see the unease in her eyes.

He took a deep breath and said, "I can no longer change my appearance at will, Lingqiu."

He only said this one sentence without explaining why, as if he was waiting for her reaction to see if she would not take him back because of it.

"Why?" Ling Qiu had a vague guess in her heart. She asked, "Is it because taking me back in time affected you? You were injured, weren't you? You can no longer use your abilities."

Cyrus wanted to say that apart from feeling very unwell that day, there was nothing else wrong; it was just that his power was sealed. But when he saw her caring expression, those eyes actually looked at him so pitifully.

“Yes, I’m injured.” Cyrus admitted it, wanting to see that expression on her face a little longer.

Ling Qiu was speechless. Cyrus had actually been injured because of sending her back to the past, but why didn't He say so at the time?

Ling Qiu lowered her eyes. She felt fortunate that He hadn't said anything at the time. If He had, how could she have asked Him for this matter again?

Yes, she is such a bad person.

But right now, she felt a little sad. Cyrus was so pitiful. He had helped her, but she kicked him out, and she even argued with such a pitiful Cyrus.

"I shouldn't have treated you like that," she added guiltily. "Let's go home then, I'll take good care of you."

Just as Ling Qiu was pondering how to bring such a large creature home unnoticed, Cyrus in front of him changed again. He reverted to his previous appearance, that of the strangely handsome man with pale skin and disproportionate limbs.

She touched her chin. "Didn't you say there was no way to change it?"

“Nothing else will do, but I made this myself,” He said.

"You made it yourself? Huh?" Ling Qiu was very curious. "So there's no blood inside? That's strange."

“Hmm…we all have a chance to mold our own bodies once,” He said. “This is what I sculpted, completely fused with my true form, not a human skin.”

Ling Qiu laughed out loud, looking at him and said, "Looks like you're not very good at art, Bobo."

“However…” she looked at his face, “his aesthetic sense is not bad.”

When she got home, Ling Qiu was thinking about when and what reason she should give to tell Cyrus that she wanted to use the dark web again. She wasn't sure if Cyrus still had the ability, so she didn't mention anything.

Unexpectedly, it was Cyrus who spoke first: "Speak, what do you need me to do?"

Ling Qiu looked at him with a surprised expression.

Cyrus: "What? Did you think you could hide what you've been doing these past two days from me?"

A strange feeling rose in Ling Qiu's heart. Look, Cyrus actually knew.

He even knew what her purpose was in wanting to bow down and submit, but even so, He still came back with her and forgave her with ease.

Ling Qiu pursed her lips. Okay, she would be willing to sacrifice herself for Cyrus in the future, or whatever else.

"Do you know what? When I was hacking into Noah's internal network, I seemed to encounter a monster... I always felt it was something like you. Do you... know about it?"

Cyrus was silent for a moment, then asked in return, "Do you remember that Noah once issued an important warning notice?"

Ling Qiu paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered, wasn't it that day? The day she went to the city center for her date with Ron, she saw that important warning on the big electronic screen: they were looking for Cyrus, looking for this monster.

Lululan told her that Noah's secrets had been lost and that he was ordering all employees to help find them.

"Could it be..." Ling Qiu thought to herself, and suddenly remembered that when they first met, Cyrus kept touching his stomach, which she mistook for being hungry.

"Could it be that you ate Noah's so-called top secret?"

Cyrus chuckled softly and said, "What do you think their top secret would be?"

Ling Qiu choked up. She had always thought that so-called top secrets were something like important documents, instruments, or technical means—something like that, right?

But what if none of those are true? What if that so-called top secret is actually a living thing?

"A monster?" Ling Qiu exclaimed. "Is it a monster? Is it something like you? Is it parasitizing Noah?"

Instead of answering her directly, Cyrus asked, "Why do you think my arrival coincided with the appearance of the temple?"

Because of this overlap in time, Ling Qiu easily misunderstood that there was some kind of connection between Cyrus and the Temple, but now it seems that it's not that simple.

"Is it because you ate it that it needs a new offering?"

"More or less." Cyrus showed a satisfied expression. He had thought his bride was very clever. "That guy is indeed one of my kind. According to the rules, we are not allowed to kill each other, so I did not kill him, but only severely injured him."

Ling Qiu now fully understood that Noah's monster was in a very weak state and urgently needed a new batch of sacrifices, which was why the cult had reappeared.

"Cesius, do you know why Noah supported it? What is the purpose of them paying such a high price to support an evil god?"

“I don’t know anything about it. Only they know the agreement they reached, but it must be related to Noah’s development, not the company itself, but the Mant family behind it.”

So… Ling Qiu actually wanted to ask, if Noah’s monsters needed sacrifices, did Cyrus need them too?

But gazing at Cyrus, she ultimately didn't ask the question. Instead, she curiously pressed on, "Then why did you severely injure your own kind?"

"Because He is in my way."

"What road?" Ling Qiu asked.

They are blocking my path to my bride.

Cyrus thought to himself, it wasn't really an obstacle; that guy just dismissively mocked him, saying he had become as pedantic and vulgar as the successor of Cthulhu.

So He ate most of its body.

"How long are you going to keep asking me questions like this?" Cyrus didn't want to talk to her about these things. He was currently sealed and in a very weak state. If Ling Qiu had any wicked thoughts at this time and insisted on fighting that guy, he would be helpless.

Noah, that thing's name is Noah.

In his prime, Yeshus could certainly have manipulated him at will, but now that he has lost his power, he is no longer Noah's match.

After all, that thing was fed with the lives of tens of thousands of people.

"Okay, I won't ask anymore." Ling Qiu quickly covered her lips, then hugged Cyrus's left arm. "I want to eat what you make, Cyrus."

Just as Cyrus was about to say something, she quickly added, "But before that, I want to taste you first."

As she spoke, she climbed into his arms and began to slowly kiss his lips.