Your name
In the next few days, in order to prepare for the big gift, Du Mingxing briefly said goodbye to Tian Yu, dragged Shen Chumo outside the base, and started working secretly, setting up barriers to prevent being disturbed.
Although Shen Chumo was not in a good mood during the period, he worked efficiently and was very useful.
The day before the wedding ceremony, Du Mingxing clapped his hands as he looked at the constructed venue, then put his hands on his waist, admiring his masterpiece. He imagined the scene of Fang Xiaozheng seeing it and couldn't wait.
Without noticing, Shen Chumo’s frown deepened.
When she realized it, she had already been sucked into the sea of consciousness and returned to that day.
It was a day that neither he nor she could bear to look back on.
Du Mingxing stood where she was. Everything around her seemed to have been broken and patched up, like a battlefield in disarray with corpses strewn across the ground. There were spikes and black liquid flowing through cracks everywhere. What shocked her the most was the back of the young man, Shen Chumo.
It reminded her of the scene in movies or comics where countless arrows were shot at the protagonist, and in the end the protagonist's body was full of arrows.
His back was covered with tiny knives, transparent yet clearly real. They twisted and deformed in space, gnawing at his flesh and causing countless wounds.
Countless times of rumination make this scene ever fresh.
Du Mingxing saw that he was still mechanically repeating the words from that day, like a player that could not press the pause button.
"Whenever I can't tell which is true, I just need to see you and I'll feel relieved, knowing that the world with you is the right one."
"So, I will definitely protect you with all my strength."
Du Mingxing pursed her lips, thinking back to the various ways she had tried to make amends and apologize since she traveled through time again, and was stunned for a moment.
She thought... She also thought...
It turns out that the trauma suffered in childhood will leave a scar as big as a bowl on the heart.
Du Mingxing was thinking about not letting the tragedy happen again, when she suddenly realized that this time was different from the last time she was drawn into the sea of consciousness. She could not control Shen Huaixin's actions in the scene, but was watching the drama from an outsider's perspective.
Next, the scene reappeared, Shen Huaixin was holding a knife with murderous intent.
The situation is critical.
Du Mingxing's choice was exactly the same as before - he rushed forward, using his transparent body to block Shen Chumo, trying to block the knife that was breaking through the air.
This time, she also felt the blood splashing behind her, which came from Shen Chumo.
"...I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
At this moment, the entire scene shattered into spider-web-like fragments, which disappeared one after another after falling. There was nothingness around, and only Shen Chumo stood in front of her, like a sculpture.
It’s who he is today, having been through it all.
Reliving the scene, his expression was calm, but the fingers of her clenched fist turned white and trembled slightly.
Du Mingxing felt a long-lost anxiety, almost questioning, "Why? Why were you dragged in here?"
After blurting it out, she realized her tone was too hasty, and quickly restrained her expression, stepped forward to shake his hand. Suddenly drawn into memories, she was afraid that she had accidentally missed something and caused trouble.
She wanted to figure out what the inducement was that made Shen Chumo recall that day on such a peaceful day.
She lowered her head and explained, "I just feel that everything must have a reason. If you are still upset about my betrayal..."
Shen Chumo suddenly said: "Xingxing, you owe me a reward."
"What do you want? Just tell me." She listened attentively.
"Answer my question."
Du Mingxing put her hand on her forehead. The system's warnings were overwhelming, making her head buzz. She was afraid of being asked questions that she couldn't answer, so she could only hint at them.
"Chu Mo, just pick a simple question and I'll answer it without hesitation."
Shen Chumo's eyes darkened.
"Even on the last day, you still..."
"That's right, I'm not worthy. Then tell me quietly," Shen Chumo bent down and put his thin lips to her ear, "--what's your real name?"
a bolt from the blue.
Her heartbeat preceded her consciousness, pounding wildly in Du Mingxing's chest. Her expression was blank, and her neck seemed frozen. When she twisted it slightly, there was a sense of disharmony, as if the joints were rusted.
“I don’t understand what you are saying… I, I am Shen Huaixin, are you confused?”
"Xingxing, do you know what I saw in Mirror Lake?"
Du Mingxing's eyes were completely dull, his mind was so fuzzy that he couldn't function, and he stared at him blankly.
Soon, Shen Chumo revealed the answer to her, exactly the same as that night.
——"It's you."
An adult woman whose eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Shen Huaixin.
However, when he wanted to know more, the illusion had already dissipated, leaving only the beautiful figure in his mind.
“…”
Not to mention Du Mingxing, the system in her brain also fell silent, the alarms stopped ringing, the prompts stopped popping up, it was as quiet as a chicken.
Shen Chumo ignored her shock and said to himself: "Xingxing, does your name contain the word 'Xing'? Well, it suits you."
"You grew up in the countryside, with a younger brother and biased parents."
“You and Shen Huaixin are very compatible. It may be brain waves, souls, or some kind of mysterious fate, so you can possess him.”
Du Mingxing was horrified.
Du Mingxing: Really?
[System: Almost. Transmigration requires a high degree of compatibility between the host and the carrier, so your resemblance to the original host is no coincidence. Not everyone can transmigrate, and not everyone can transmigrate into anyone.]
Du Mingxing: Why didn't you tell me earlier? No wonder you always look for me!
[System: You didn’t ask.]
"What else do you know? Tell me everything." Du Mingxing trembled with fear.
"Not much," Shen Chumo replied, "In fact, I have thought about many problems for a long time, but I still can't figure them out."
"You lack common sense about this world and must be from another world, yet you can predict the future. You were able to do so before and you still can."
"You didn't show any signs of panic after traveling through time, which means it wasn't an accident and you were fully aware of it."
"But I can't figure it out. You clearly left back then, so what was your purpose in returning ten years later? No, I should say, what was the purpose of your two journeys?"
His gaze fixed on her, penetrating everything: "It can't be... maintaining world order?"
Du Mingxing couldn't hold it anymore.
...Is this what you call "not knowing enough"? All the secrets have been exposed!
[Du Mingxing: The sky is falling! Will this affect our plans?]
【System: I don’t know. Let’s wait and see.】
Du Mingxing squatted on the ground with his head covered, completely giving up thinking. He felt that he was stripped nakeder than between the sheets, and he could see everything at a glance.
"You have a wild imagination and are making blind guesses. I can't help you!" She simply lay down, rolling around in her sea of consciousness, repeating herself shamelessly, refusing to admit it. "Anyway, I am Shen Huaixin! Shen Huaixin is me!"
"Star."
A pair of arms supported the ground on both sides of her cheeks, holding her in his arms. The two of them were breathing very close, their disordered breaths entangled with each other. The man's voice was soft and humble.
"I know what you want."
"I'll give you what you want in exchange for two words of truth, okay?"
Du Mingxing was stunned. After he figured it out, he tried to restrain himself by pursing his lips, but he couldn't help crying because his nose felt sore.
She cried so loudly, so loudly that even her sea of consciousness was affected. A thick, salty mist filled the air, the smell of tears.
It turned out that from his point of view, no one was more cold-blooded and ruthless than her, which was why he was haunted by that memory again.
She was the trigger.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Do you know what I want..."
"My life, isn't it?" Shen Chumo wiped her tears and said lightly, "Of course I know."
She had him collect ambergris, and then lured him into a trap... all so Su Zihan could purify him, just like in his previous life. She could predict the future and what she wanted to do, and it was clear to him, but he never wanted to think about it, nor did he want to believe it.
His life could be remembered by anyone, taken by anyone except her... But he finally compromised.
Fallen into the web she wove with falsehood, intoxicated by the kiss of death she branded on the neck, and the poison that was sweeter than any candy.
He gave up resistance, accepted it with relish, and followed her wishes, moving step by step towards the end.
After a long time, Du Mingxing calmed down from sobbing.
"Chu Mo, what do you want to know?"
"Your name."
"Du Mingxing," Du Mingxing paused and added softly, "but I prefer you to call me 'Xingxing'."
Shen Chumo smiled: "Okay, Xingxing."
"One more question, one last one." He suppressed the smile in his eyes, rubbed her head, and said softly, "Did your dream come true?"
“…”
Du Mingxing's tears welled up again. She wanted to ask him why he didn't ask something else and why he cared about these trivial things. However, she was so sore that she couldn't even utter this short question.
He could have asked a lot of questions, the truth she had concealed all this time, her purpose, even her system. With her defenses broken, he couldn't resist asking any questions. But he chose to ask the most insignificant one.
He asked about dreams.
He still remembered the dream she had buried deep in the pollution source ten years ago.
Du Mingxing nodded vigorously and hugged Shen Chumo with all his strength: "It's you who gave me courage."
The speed of time flow in the sea of consciousness is often contrary to physical perception. Du Mingxing came out of the sea of consciousness and looked at his mobile phone. At first glance, he thought only one hour had passed, but there were still a full 23 hours until Fang Xiaozheng's wedding.
Shen Chumo pointed to the date on the communicator and asked her to look carefully.
Du Mingxing rubbed his eyes, then everything went dark and he lost his voice for a moment.
"We're already... an hour late?!"
Shen Chumo nodded. Without waiting for Du Mingxing's instructions, he took her to the temporary wedding venue as quickly as possible.
Du Mingxing didn't have time to change into her dress. She hurriedly pushed open the door and rushed into the wedding. There were dozens of missed calls, so she must have been waiting anxiously.
“…”
Wrong place?
Du Mingxing subconsciously took a step back and happened to lean against Shen Chumo.
The other person's hand rested on her shoulder, and she shuddered, hairs standing up from the back of her neck to the top of her head. It wasn't because of Shen Chumo, but because of the heavily armed people in the venue.
Standing in the center was Su Zihan, with Lin Muxiu and Fu Lingxuan standing on his left and right respectively. A little further in front was Qi Yi.
The protagonist of the wedding, Fang Xiaozheng, and her bridesmaid, Tianyu, were nowhere to be seen.
It turns out that the turtle was caught in the jar.
Thinking of Fang Xiaozheng's unusual behavior during their reunion, Du Mingxing already had a suspicion. She didn't blame her. Sacrificing a fake old friend for a bright future was a choice anyone would make, not to mention the need to think about their children.
Inside the wedding venue, there were crowds of people, and their faces showed not blessings, but hatred and vigilance.
It's like a black comedy.
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