"Speaking of which—" Chu Moyin pressed the red and swollen wound: "Are you concerned about me?"
“…”
Although he wanted to deny it, his words and actions showed that he really cared about her.
"Probably... yes..."
"perhaps?"
"Yes, I care about you." Chu Shangli curled the corners of his mouth.
"Haha, thank you so much. You're such a saint in a place like this. You can hold a grudge against someone but still care about their feelings. It's really a bit unbelievable..."
"Not a saint—" Chu Shangli retorted.
"What? Are you the type who thinks 'Madonna' is a derogatory term—"
"The term 'virgin' is a derogatory term—"
"The religionists would cry when they heard what you said."
"Religious people have nothing to do with me. It's just that blindly forgiving without any moral integrity, disregarding one's own feelings solely for the sake of others, might be considered quite remarkable—I initially thought so, too. However, such behavior doesn't necessarily mean you're human from the start—you're clearly human, yet you want to save others... Could it be that you're a believer in the saying, 'Humanity can't become God not because of sin, but because of divinity.'"
"Consider yourself as a human being—I see. This kind of thinking is actually very necessary." Chu Moyin nodded: "So, because of this idea, you are unwilling to give up even a guy like me? Because no matter what, I am also a human being..."
"I shouldn't say I don't want you to die at the hands of others." Chu Shangli lifted her hair and said, "Perhaps you can't imagine that in my previous life, I didn't attack you when you were seriously injured. Instead, I chose to save you——"
"Even though you were seriously injured, you couldn't defeat me either. You chose to come to my aid because you were afraid you'd get hurt too and wanted me to let my guard down, right?"
Chu Shangli was a little embarrassed when Chu Moyin exposed his true situation, but after thinking for a moment he chose to nod.
"That's right. If you want to take such a risk, you might as well increase your favorability and lower your guard... After all, your guard is really too terrifying-"
"After all, it has come to the point where they killed all the Chu family members and locked you up, so your mind must have been twisted to a certain extent - I can almost imagine it without seeing it with my own eyes - so your vigilance must have been much stronger than I am now. But this would have made you more vulnerable due to loneliness, so it is normal that they were effective for me at that time, but this also means that these methods may not be useful to me now..." Chu Moyin paused and smiled: "But thank you anyway, whether you are sincere or not..."
"Of course I'm sincere. Even if it's just a strong desire to kill you, it's also sincere. And there are still many things I want to figure out. I can't bear to see you get hurt. Even if it's limited to the harm caused to you by others and yourself..."
"You won't take the damage you caused me into account...?"
"After all, this was my ultimate goal at a certain stage... Of course, this doesn't count, because success means I've cleared the level... However, I've noticed that the requirements for leveling up and clearing the level seem to have changed, so I've placed the character originally intended as the final boss in the position of an NPC I can negotiate with..."
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