reminiscing
Du Mingxing was silent.
It's not that she doesn't want to see this kind of scene, on the contrary, this is exactly what she longs for day and night. However, wouldn't this make Shen Chumo misunderstand that she and the Spark Organization had colluded long ago and used the wedding ceremony as an excuse to harm him?
Although he thought so.
Standing tall in the center was Su Zihan, humanity's saint and hope for the future. Clad in military uniform, a holster at her waist, her gaze resolute, her commanding presence invisibly bolstering those present.
Su Zihan raised an eyebrow: "I blocked the tracker, and I thought you had escaped."
"?" Du Mingxing blinked. "What tracker?"
"The amulet you brought back has energy fluctuations on it. It should be some kind of supernatural power used to record the location of objects." Shen Chumo paused, "You don't know?"
"...No, I don't know." Even if she knew, she would cooperate.
Su Zihan looked at Shen Chumo with a smile, took off the holster and threw it aside. Amid the commotion of the crowd, she spread her hands and signaled everyone to calm down.
She walked closer step by step: "Would you mind catching up with me for a while, old classmate?"
Shen Chumo glanced at the tense atmosphere of the people around him and shook his head: "This place is not the atmosphere for reminiscing about the past."
Su Zihan lowered her head and smiled, whispering to Lin Muxiu. Lin Muxiu frowned, looked at her worriedly, nodded, dismissed everyone, and took them to wait outside.
When Qi Yi was asked to join them, he refused: "I am a schoolmate of theirs, so I'll stay and catch up."
Lin Muxiu said nothing. Seeing Su Zihan nod, he followed his wishes.
Fu Lingxuan felt that there was nothing old to talk about, so he just crossed his arms and looked Shen Chumo up and down, and finally followed everyone out and stood guard at the door.
There were only four people left in the room.
Du Mingxing noticed Qi Yi as soon as he entered the room. Unlike the original plot, it seemed that some butterfly effect had also changed the trajectory of his life.
Tianyu said that Su Zihan’s harem only includes Lin Muxiu and Fu Lingxuan.
As the male protagonist with the most important role in the original book, Qi Yi has been well maintained. After shedding his youthfulness, he still retains the bookish air of a top student. He looks elegant and his appearance should not be a problem.
After awakening his superpowers, his strength was also strong enough. So what was it that made Su Zihan look down on him alone?
Du Mingxing's eyes were filled with sympathy. He had clearly arrived first, but in the end, the other two had taken the spoils.
The other person's eyes also fell on her, and he looked at her without any hesitation.
"...Exactly the same." Qi Yi's voice was so low that it was indistinguishable.
Su Zihan glanced at Qi Yi and said, "Talk to her alone."
Du Mingxing was slightly stunned and pointed at himself, feeling unbelievable.
Qi Yi looked at her and nodded.
Outside the door.
Fu Lingxuan kept looking at the crack in the door, and finally remembered something. He nudged the middle-aged man next to him with his elbow.
"Look with your X-ray eyes."
The middle-aged man coughed, his expression embarrassed: “I just tried it secretly, but the entire space was blocked by Shen Chumo, so I couldn’t peek.”
"It was so scary," the woman with a metal prosthetic left hand patted her chest, still feeling terrified. "I thought I was going to be killed."
Lin Muxiu frowned, recalling Shen Chumo's aura just now, and calculated his chances of winning.
Although he didn't know what medicine Shen Chumo was selling, the ambergris he helped to pick was genuine and potent enough. Furthermore, the prepared pills were already stuck to the inside of Lin Muxiu's teeth, ready to be taken at any time.
The entire wedding venue was also surrounded by their people, and all the elite forces that could be assembled were mobilized, so that even if Shen Chumo had great abilities, he would not be able to escape.
But... as the monster that is the source of all outbreaks, can the evil god Cthulhu, who exists in the deepest part of human fear, really be defeated?
There were some rumors about Shen Chumo circulating within Xinghuo, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to use the word legend.
Wherever Shen Chumo passed, no grass grew. If you looked into his eyes, you would be deprived of your life. When his hand rested on the shoulder of the mutant, all the energy in the mutant's body was instantly drained, turning him into a dried corpse.
If he wanted to, he could raze a city to the ground in an instant.
A quiet discussion came from the crowd: "That man doesn't look very evil, does he? He's just a little cold."
"Don't you understand that appearance is not the best?"
Lin Muxiu listened, his thoughts drifting away. In his view, Shen Chumo was more like a byproduct, a subconscious manifestation of excessive pollution. Without self-awareness, wouldn't the pollution outbreak continue?
It's just the inevitable result of what humans do.
However, there is no need to elaborate on this speculation, which is not conducive to unity.
People just need to know that it is the source of pollution. If they purify it, no pollutants will appear. This is the essence.
"Can the Saint Lady win?"
A murmur from the crowd made everyone hold their breath and look at Su Zihan's right-hand men, trying to find the answer from their expressions.
“…”
Lin Muxiu couldn't say for sure.
In the tense and stalemate atmosphere, Fu Lingxuan grinned: "If you can't win, then why don't you just do it?"
Inside the wedding venue.
Du Mingxing and Qi Yi got along very well, and even took the time to send a timed text message. Qi Yi did not ask too much about Shen Chumo, but just focused on her existence itself.
"So, you are his inner demon?" Qi Yi pinched his chin, "No wonder you are so similar to her."
"Do you have her memory?" he asked again.
Du Mingxing nodded: "Yes, all of them."
"Then I want to ask you a question when you were 17."
Du Mingxing couldn't help laughing and almost blurted out the classic "I loved you before", but how could Qi Yi ask such a question? What was her character at that time? Didn't she know how to act?
Qi Yi's eyes were gentle, and the stubbornness and reserve of his middle school days were gone. Instead, he was calm and composed. He spoke without hesitation, as if he had rehearsed it many times in his mind.
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
“…”
Du Mingxing suspected that he hadn't heard clearly. He blinked, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Qi Yi for confirmation before reluctantly confirming.
She glanced at Chen Chumo with a guilty conscience, and seeing him negotiating with Su Zihan, she felt relieved. She didn't answer directly, mainly because she was confused.
"Why do you ask this question?"
Qi Yi thought for a moment and said, "I'm asking this for the 17-year-old Qi Yi."
"If it was the 17-year-old 'Chen Huaixin'," Du Mingxing looked at him and said seriously, "I think she would be happy."
Du Mingxing felt caught off guard, having been fed a huge piece of melon. It seemed like a one-sided relationship, but was it actually a mutual affection? Or was it that Qi Yi liked...
Before he had time to investigate, Du Mingxing felt the air pressure in the entire room drop, as if a storm was about to come. Qi Yi had already secretly entered a state of alert.
She didn't dare look in a certain direction, and quickly made up for it: "If it were me now, this wouldn't be the answer."
The atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed. Qi Yi shook his head and sighed: "He still hasn't changed."
"What?"
"Nothing," he smiled, his eyes relaxed. "If I were in your shoes now, I wouldn't ask this question either."
As he spoke, his expression became somewhat teasing, not as serious as he was in high school, and his posture became more relaxed. He slowly asked an additional question,
“I would like to ask, how are you doing?”
"Okay." She said without hesitation.
Looking back, Du Mingxing experienced setbacks, challenges, and even moments of sadness, but ultimately, everything worked out for the best. Even the prospect of a husband-chasing funeral procession was quickly resolved.
She had previously thought that change was too difficult, but when she actually waded through the river, she found that the water was only above her knees.
And all this was Shen Chumo's contribution, even though he himself was unaware of it.
She lowered her eyes and smiled. Qi Yi took in her expression and couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, sharing her joy.
“He helped me a lot.”
Du Mingxing didn't specify anyone, but Qi Yi knew who she was talking about. He glanced at Shen Chumo from the corner of his eye. The man seemed nonchalant, but his body was slightly tilted to one side. He must have been paying attention to their movements, not to mention the previous death threat.
Indeed…she is Shen Chumo’s Eve.
Just like Adam's rib, it was infused with the other party's pent-up energy, obsession and memories, becoming his eternal inner demon.
Ever since he witnessed Shen Chumo risking his life to enter the pollution source just to find her illusory existence, Qi Yi understood that the bond between them was difficult to explain with common sense.
He wanted to say something when suddenly, Su Zihan called him.
Qi Yi subconsciously bowed slightly, putting his hands on his waist. He saw Su Zihan waving her hands repeatedly, and her usually calm face now looked a little clear.
It was like the shock of having your original plan unexpectedly interrupted, or like winning the lottery unexpectedly, but feeling confused and empty because you had never actually bought a lottery ticket.
At this time, the saint needs a clear mind to help her make judgments.
"What I said should not be difficult to understand," Shen Chumo said calmly, facing Qi Yi who was rushing over. "I told her that I will cooperate with you."
Even after Qi Yi had prepared himself mentally, he was still shocked by his words and couldn't breathe.
After selling everything they had to prepare for a fierce battle, knowing that the time was not yet ripe, but still going into battle with insufficient confidence... the powerful enemy didn't even put up a fight and surrendered directly?
He had only seen this scene of victory without fighting in the Glorious Revolution in history textbooks.
"……Why?"
Qi Yi was worried that there was something fishy going on, so he used his arms to protect Su Zihan and stood in front of her, not daring to let his guard down.
Shen Chumo was silent for a while, his expression neither sad nor happy.
“This was supposed to be my ending.”
Du Mingxing was stunned, her teeth pressing against her lips, but she refused to argue. She now understood clearly, and no longer doubted, that all of Shen Chumo's concessions were not for Su Zihan.
She walked over and took his hand, firmly but gently. His fingers slipped between hers, the cool touch making her eyes slightly moist.
Shen Chumo didn't ask any more questions, but tightened Du Mingxing's hand and sent a message to her: "Take good care of yourself when you go back."
His tone was so light, as if he was just asking her to be careful on her way home.
Qi Yi hesitated for a moment and looked at Su Zihan. Her expression had calmed down and she nodded slightly.
Su Zihan bowed solemnly to Shen Chumo: “Mr. Shen, mankind will remember your sacrifice.”
"Everything is my fault, don't you blame me?"
"This pollution is nothing but the result of human suffering. No one else can be blamed," Su Zihan shook her head. "Mu Xiu once said privately that you were just an accidental byproduct."
Du Mingxing watched them reenacting the dialogue from the original book, feeling a surge of emotion as he quietly called up the system in his mind.
Du Mingxing: System, thank you for your continued efforts in maintaining this small world. Also, remember your promise.
[System: Received, thank you. You are also an excellent host, and it is a pleasure to work with you.]
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