Chapter 255 The Dust Settles
Luka watched her shaking her head, tears falling from her eyes as she shook, making her look even more pitiful.
"Kill the leader because he has always killed the rebels and Bi in different timelines. Kill Li because Sang Yan found out that he was a traitor in the first timeline and kept informing on him. He was also the indirect cause of the death of Bi and his father."
As she spoke, she lowered her head slightly, not daring to look them in the eye. She lowered her eyes and whispered, "I killed the man. I accept your disappointment in me, but I don't regret it."
"Why would I be disappointed in you?" Liberi stepped forward, took her hand, and lifted her chin to help her look up: "Sui Sui, you made the best decision. It's because of your decision that we are where we are today, isn't it?"
Luka stroked her hair and smiled gently at her, his eyes filled with guilt. "I'm just disappointed in myself for letting you go through this alone."
Zong Fang had been suppressing his surging emotions since a while ago. When he spoke, his voice was hoarse and tired. His expression was full of the heartache and anger he had concealed from her, but the words he said were filled with helplessness: "If there is anyone who is disappointed, you should be disappointed in me first. I should have thought of it in advance. At least I should have handled the matter of Zong Yan."
Anubis stood beside her, his head bowed, his hands clenched into fists at his sides. "I should have thought of that earlier. Why didn't I see it?" He and his father even shared a long period of sadness after Dr. Li's death. "Sui Sui, I'm useless."
Seeing them comforting her, Qiao Suisui's tear-soaked eyelashes trembled. Then she asked calmly, "Do you really have no other thoughts about this? For example, I'm not the simple and weak person you remember from the beginning. I'm not exactly the same person I was when you lived with me for over a decade."
Although both of them are indeed her, why are their conditions exactly the same?
The Qiao Suisui in this timeline has never experienced separation and death, and has always been well protected. She is confident and cared for. Compared with her who fought repeatedly with her bare hands and constantly experienced loss, her attitude and way of dealing with things are also different.
She has integrated the memories very well, and now she doesn't worry about which of them loves her more, but some things must be made clear.
"I am no longer the person you initially thought needed protection. I can protect myself and the people I love. If you feel that my actions or behaviors no longer please you, then...
Zong Fang sealed her next words with his lips. He used his tongue to pry open her teeth and pushed the tip of her tongue. The kiss ended and he deliberately bit her lower lip when they were about to separate.
"Don't even think about leaving me with this excuse." Zongfang said with a light breath.
Qiao Suisui's lips were bright red, and she was stunned by his sudden kiss. "That's not what I meant."
"What do you mean by that?" Karl leaned against the wall, his expression slightly irritated, and glared at her unhappily: "Have you grown wings and look down on us?"
Qiao Suisui held her forehead and said, "No."
A deep laugh emanated from the man's chest. Qiao Sui Sui turned to look at the smiling Luka and heard him say, "Sui Sui, don't say such things anymore." His fingers gently touched her cheek, then brushed her eyelashes, wiping away the tear. "I know very well who I love and what kind of person he is. I just hope you can grow up more slowly and not experience that pain."
Qiao Susu looked at Luka, a smile slowly spreading across her face, and she couldn't help but hug his neck. Luka also took the opportunity to hug her into his arms.
After that, under the "interrogation" of several men, Qiao Susu basically confessed everything.
Including what happened in each of her timelines, what happened after she fell asleep in the first timeline, everything she witnessed when she came back, and even the fact that this was a game world.
However, each man has a different focus. Luka is more concerned about why she died because of Anubis's death. He thinks it is just a big hidden danger, so he insists on asking clearly; after understanding everything, Carl keeps asking what happened in those 30 minutes and how she did it. Then he heard that this was not her first time killing someone. Before this, she had killed Wei Shou in another timeline, and that she used an M40. He immediately perked up and said that he told a good bedtime story.
Anubis was the quietest among the group. The most he said during the whole process were: "Is that all right?", "Don't ask anymore", "Let her rest for a while", "She has already said a lot", etc. He kept trying to use his eyes to tell Zongfang: She is still pregnant, please stop them.
Libery's main theme is "They care about how high you fly, only I care about whether you are tired from flying". Every time after other men ask, she will interject: "Baby must have been very sad at that time", "Were you scared?", "Look, I am the only one who makes you the least worried". However, when he heard that he had attacked other countries like a madman after she fell asleep, his face turned black and blue, especially when he learned that Zongfang had killed him directly in other timelines, his expression was unusually "wonderful".
But Qiao Susu could barely deal with these, the most terrifying one was Zong Fang.
"So you also met Lan Ze?"
"And then, knowing that Sang Yan has been guarding you for so long, are you touched?"
"What happened after you left this world?"
“Oh, you have a younger brother.”
"Besides that, are there no other men in your world?"
Qiao Suisui was so exhausted by his questioning that her forehead was sweating. She pulled Anubis and pretended to be tired, saying, "I don't know if it's because I'm pregnant, but I always want to sleep."
Anubis was very nervous when he heard this and refused to let Munakata ask any more questions. Finally, Luka spoke up and everyone else, including Munakata, stopped talking.
After they all left, Qiao Susu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She began to carefully survey her current chamber. It had changed somewhat from her time in the Imperial Court, but her preferences remained the same. She aimlessly familiarized herself with everything in the room, and as she passed a vintage carved wooden cabinet, something struck her.
Based on her memory, she opened the third-to-last drawer, took out a thick picture album, and opened it with care.
As the pages of paper were blown by the wind, the people on the paper seemed to move.
She stroked the picture in the painting, and suddenly, with a "click", a letter fell from the album to the ground.
Qiao Sui Sui picked it up and saw the words written on the envelope:
To my future self.
(End of this chapter)
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