Chapter 72 Choice

Lin Xi had no idea how the meeting ended. She just sat at the dining table in the apartment for a while after Shen Sangning's parents left. When it was dark, she heard a knock on the door again. Lin Xi could guess who was knocking on the door, so she just said "Come in".

Cai Hua pushed open the door, walked in from outside, and then sat opposite Lin Xi.

There were still two cups on the dining table. The tea leaves in them had sunk to the bottom. They were full of water but no one had drunk a single drop. They were no longer steaming. They had become supporting roles that no one cared about, just like Lin Xi who was sitting here with his head down.

After Cai Hua sat down, Lin Xi suddenly spoke: "Sometimes I really don't understand you. You asked He Sitong to come to see me in order to awaken my kindness towards the world, but by asking Ningning's parents to come to see me, this kindness was extinguished."

Cai Hua knew no one was drinking from the cup in front of her, so she reached out and picked up the cup in front of her, brought it over to herself, and took a sip. The cold tea wasn't tasty, but it still had some flavor.

The bitter tea flowed down her lips, clearing Caihua's mind. She smiled. "Actually, I'm not that hard to understand. I just gave you the choice."

"So, what do you think of Shen Sangning's parents?"

Cai Hua's question made Lin Xi stunned for a moment, and then he fell into deep thought.

Silence. She didn't know what to say, but Cai Hua chose to help her speak: "Chen Sangning's parents are not such annoying parents. On the contrary, you can see that they love Chen Sangning very much. Because of Shen Sangning's death, her mother's hair turned white and her father's back became hunched. There was decadence, death in their eyes, and regret for Shen Sangning's death. They loved their daughter so much that they simply didn't accept that the 'Chen Sangning' in the live broadcast room was their daughter."

Lin Xi pursed her lips because what Cai Hua said was true.

Cai Hua did not stop, but continued: "But at the same time, they are also parents who will be resented by their children. What they like is not 'Chen Sang Ning' as a person, but 'Chen Sang Ning' as their own child, and who they are proud of. They probably don't know that in the most important period of high school, their daughter, who is the best in the grade, would secretly go online and even fall in love with you online. They can't believe that their well-behaved daughter would do something rebellious and develop a relationship with another woman. They reject such a daughter, so they don't trust 'Chen Sang Ning' even more."

What Cai Hua said was completely consistent with Lin Xi's own analysis, and she was absolutely right.

"In fact, I have done a psychological profile of Shen Sangning's image. I personally think that the early stage of her acquaintance with you was a very painful period for Shen Sangning. You must also know that she has been very outstanding since she was a child and is the 'child of other people's families'. In this situation, the pressure on Shen Sangning is also huge. Her parents didn't do anything, but they would scold her if she didn't get the first place in the grade; if she did something that was inconsistent with being an excellent daughter, they would correct her... To be honest, there are many 'excellent students' who suffer from mental illness because of this situation."

"That's why Shen Sangning plays online games, looking for other outlets to relieve stress."

Lin Xi didn't know what Cai Hua meant by saying this to him, but Cai Hua had one advantage, which was that he was not a riddle teller.

She quickly explained why she said this: "I told you this because I hope you can judge for yourself whether you want to keep your kindness to this world for the sake of Shen Sangning's parents. I asked you to consider Shen Sangning's foothold before, her parents, relatives and friends, but if you knew her parents' true character in the future, you might hate me and her parents. I told you now in advance because I want you to know that her parents are such people."

"They are not lovable, and in some ways they are hateful. They even brought great pressure to Shen Sangning, and now they don't acknowledge her at all. Even if you work hard for Shen Sangning and her parents, they won't be grateful. But then again, how does Shen Sangning view her parents?"

Lin Xi knew the answer without Cai Hua telling him.

Even with such parents, Shen Sangning still loves her parents. After Lin Xi, she only thinks of her parents' names. She loves her parents, but in her heart, they are not as important as Lin Xi. She is like her parents, on the one hand, she loves each other deeply, but on the other hand, she hates each other. Shen Sangning's parents resent Shen Sangning for not being able to maintain the last dignity, that is not their good daughter at all, and Shen Sangning also resents the huge pressure and coldness that her parents bring to her.

This may be the inevitable love and hate between parents and children.

Lin Xi sighed deeply: "I understand what you mean."

She stood up, picked up the disposable paper cup in front of her that had not been touched by Shen Sangning's parents, and drank the tea in it: "Cai Hua, you are a good person."

Cai Hua, who had been given the nice guy card, shook his head, stood up, and held out his hand to Lin Xi: "Thank you, I promise I won't hide anything from you in the future, and I will wholeheartedly help you pass the level."

“Same here.”

Lin Xi left the apartment with a few words and prepared to go back to the base. When she walked out of the apartment, she saw Li Lana. Li Lana nodded to Lin Xi and waited until Lin Xi left before entering the room. When she saw Cai Hua, the first thing she said was, "Teacher, why didn't you tell her what you did?"

For example, she had deliberately avoided filling the SC with useless information, hoping that Lin Xi would notice it herself. She had also long known the personalities of Shen Sangning's parents and had previously prevented them from meeting her, not wanting to create a rift between her and Shen Sangning's parents. Besides that, she also did many other small things.

Cai Hua said, "There's no need. Lin Xi also said that she would trust me."

Li Lana was confused, she didn't know where Lin Xi said this. But Lin Xi didn't completely turn away from the real world, which was good news for them. The time was limited, so Caihua's team conducted a physical examination and psychological test on Lin Xi, and also asked whether the objects that Lin Xi brought in before the start of "Survival is Work" were successful.

The base wasn't sitting idle. In fact, the room Lin Xi entered was specially designed with a 360-degree panoramic camera. Even so, they couldn't capture the moment before Lin Xi disappeared. It was as if that frame of footage had suddenly vanished at exactly 12 o'clock, as if everything before and after had been suddenly deleted.

When Lin Xi entered the room, she also brought other things with her, such as a life-saving glove box, a miniature camera, a recording device, etc. The moment she disappeared, these things also disappeared, but Lin Xi did not use them in the live broadcast room. They couldn't figure out whether it was because there was no need to use them or because she didn't bring them with her.

Now, sitting down to talk, they learned from Lin Xi, "I didn't bring anything with me. I have nothing on me except the clothes on my back." They checked the equipment placed on Lin Xi, and the result was: it recorded nothing. The staff sighed. The mystery of that world, and even the method of crossing over, remained.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with Lin Xi's body, the staff had a new idea: to let Lin Xi carry these devices on his body. Since it was impossible to carry them inside his clothes, he could put them inside his body.

"No! I don't want it! I refuse! Absolutely not!"

Don't even think about these guys having any improper thoughts about her anus! Absolutely not! Just imagining that thing stuffed in her ass makes Lin Xi want to jump up!

But after some discussion, the staff said, "You can actually put it in your mouth. It's really not that big, just a small positioning device."

"We're worlds apart, what's the use of your little positioning device?!"

"That's not the case. What if there is no separate world? For example, the world of ghost stories may be underground. Maybe there is really an underground opposite world. After all, although people can explore the sky, they haven't explored the underground much, so this possibility cannot be ruled out."

“…”

"Please, just put it in your mouth and hold it in your mouth. It will only take a moment, and you can spit it out when you get to the world of Kwaidan."

The staff pestered Lin Xi for two days, and she finally agreed. If I just put it in my mouth...it doesn't seem impossible. Just like sucking on candy beans.

At the same time, staff from other departments were interviewing Lin Xi. They were planning to compile "Anticipation and Countermeasures for World of Ghost Stories," and therefore needed Lin Xi's explanation. This "Countermeasures" hypothesized many scenarios, such as schools and hospitals, as well as possible ghost stories and possible countermeasures.

It is quite useful.

"It's not just paper content. In order to make it easier for people to remember, we have also made short situational videos and even book recommendation videos." The staff member took out his mobile phone and let Lin Xi watch it. The opening sentence was "I was reborn. On the first day of appearing in the Rules Ghost Talk Live Room. This time I will..." The rest was all survival knowledge.

Damn it, knowledge entered my head in a despicable way.

Because it was a good thing that would benefit the people, Lin Xi racked his brains to help. On the seventh day, all the staff members who were bothering Lin Xi disappeared. Although the base guessed that the anchor would be rotated this time, they still let Lin Xi enter the room and wait in case it was Lin Xi's turn again.

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After Lin Xi entered the room, she looked at the electronic clock above. At 11:59:50 PM, she placed the small positioning device in her mouth. It wasn't much, just a chip, and to make sure Lin Xi was willing to put it in, it was wrapped in a plastic bag. But when the clock hit 00:00:01 AM, Lin Xi was still in the room. At that moment, Lin Xi knew she had been left out again.

She opened her mouth and spit out the small positioning device. The chip landed on the stainless steel plate with a crisp sound. She pressed the button and walked out of the room.