"Wait, Shi Yin!" Guan Nianshan grabbed Shi Yin's wrist, inexplicably panicked.
However, when Shi Yin turned around, Guan Nianshan subconsciously loosened his grip on her hand, suddenly feeling timid. Perhaps Shi Yin was right; he was indeed not firm enough.
"Sister~ I found you~" With a sweet voice, a small head peeked out, and a girl skipped in and took Shi Yin's arm.
"How did you find us?" Shi Yin followed Freya outside.
"Guess." Freya tugged at Shi Yin's arm and secretly made a face at Guan Nianshan: "Sister, let's go see Chang Ning directly, okay? I know which hospital she's in."
"Did you place a location on me?" Shi Yin pondered. "Your abilities seem to be much stronger than the system's."
That's quite rare and strange. Theoretically speaking, the system is one of the top-tier superpowers, and above that are conceptual superpowers like theirs.
What exactly is Freya?
The two girls walked further and further away, and as the small door closed, all sounds were shut out.
Guan Nianshan took a deep breath, and suddenly, as if all his strength had been drained, he stumbled backward and fell onto the sofa. He grabbed the teapot, poured himself a cup, and without caring about the taste or whether it was cold, he brought it to his lips and drank it all in one gulp.
No one will definitely choose him, right?
Guan Nianshan took off the Buddhist prayer beads from his left wrist and held them in his palm, gently rubbing them. As if he was upset, he twirled the beads faster and faster, and finally took something out of his pocket and held it in his palm.
He gripped it tightly, and Guan Nianshan could feel the hard object digging painfully into his palm. He only opened his hand after calming down a bit.
It was a fragment of gold mixed with a few purple crystal cores, and it looked like gold that had been remelted but had not yet taken shape. It shone brightly under the light.
His father, who risked his entire family to infiltrate the enemy camp, had the mentality of "nothing ventured, nothing gained." He used the foundation laid by his grandfather to become a hungry tiger himself, seducing a drug lord's daughter into marriage and infiltrating the ranks.
Guan Nianshan was born on a small island. High walls divided the beautiful island in two. Living in the world within the high walls, Guan Nianshan did not know what the outside world was like until he was 8 years old.
Beyond the mountains, there are endless mountains; beyond the rivers, there are endless rivers. That day, the police came and wiped out this nest of "castles," leaving only my parents and my elderly grandfather. To protect my mother and grandfather, my father lost his left arm. They fled back to my grandfather's house, trying to make a comeback.
Perhaps because he was in this evil "castle", Guan Nianshan learned to read people's expressions at a young age. Even when his father was seriously injured while protecting his family, Guan Nianshan still did not express his opinion.
Guan Nianshan could tell that his father seemed to be faking it; there was no love in his eyes when he looked at his mother.
However, Guan Nianshan's reaction was also noticed by his father.
After that, it was simple: a showdown, the son inheriting his father's business, and continuing to work for the country.
Guan Nianshan silently accepted everything.
Guan Nianshan was even better than his father. He would bribe his men in the fortress and buy many followers with money. When Guan Nianshan arrived at his grandfather's house, some of them actually managed to escape and come to join him.
Guan Nianshan learned business from his grandfather and acting and deception from his father. He bribed more and more people. He could push some people out as credit at any time, or lie and say that it was inconvenient to hand over some people to protect others.
Grandpa suspected him of being a traitor, and the grandfather and grandson distrusted each other.
His father disliked him, hating his smirking and glib manner. His father felt that Guan Nianshan had evil blood and genes, and was from that side.
The poor woman felt that her son was unable to keep her husband, which made him increasingly indifferent to her.
It doesn't matter; only interests will not betray.
...
wrong.
No!
"Bang!"
Guan Nianshan angrily smashed the teacup.
He hated Shi Yin's way of always having everything under her control. Why could she always predict everything so accurately? Yes, he was jealous of Song Yunshan. That guy was clearly the most loved, and everyone was sacrificing for him. Why couldn't he be jealous of him?!
Shi Yin looked at him with pity.
How pathetic. He had all sorts of negative emotions: jealousy, desire, guilt, anger. But he always stopped short of each one, withdrawing them before they reached their full potential.
He dared not be a gambler, not even a little bit.
He didn't even dare to feel a deep, unbridled jealousy towards anyone.
"Did you deliberately drag me out like this?" Shi Yin stopped walking only after she had followed Freya into the distance.
"Yes, I've been listening at the door for ages." Freya stuck out her tongue. "My sister is so stupid. She has no idea how to persuade others. It'll just backfire."
“I wasn’t trying to persuade him.” Shi Yin blinked. “Nothing is irreplaceable. If he has no value, we can just find someone else.”
"Hey, sister, the way you talk will hurt the people around you." Freya said, both amused and exasperated. "You still need to give the people around you some emotional support, right? Otherwise, if one of your subordinates overthinks things, they might leave you."
No, that's not the reason. Rather, the more heartbroken you are, the better. Don't have any hope for me.
Shi Yin remained silent for a moment.
"You wouldn't believe it, would you? Your special ability was given to you because of me." Shi Yin was quite frank: "People in my line of work are very averse to developing feelings."
"Has my sister already guessed what my special ability is?" Freya's eyes lit up.
"I wouldn't say I guessed, just made a guess." Shi Yin shook her head slightly and pushed open the door: "However, I also had a problem this time, I overlooked the growth potential of humans."
"Human strength mostly comes from growth, not necessarily from outward maturity. Take Guan Nianshan, for example." Shi Yin turned around and glanced at the hidden door. "The process is the same, but the time is different, and the results are very different."
“Hmm…” Freya touched her chin. She didn’t know what had happened between these people, but she agreed with Tokine’s statement.
"So what exactly is going on between them?" Freya asked curiously. "They blame each other for harming their parents, yet they also say that their parents loved each other the most. It's really strange."
Shi Yin: "...You've been eavesdropping quite a bit."
So weren't they already here?
"Oops." Realizing she had been too relaxed and had accidentally let something slip, Freya immediately coughed twice and fell silent.
The streets were quiet; if this were before the apocalypse, they would have been bustling with traffic.
Now, all sorts of cars are abandoned on the roadside, covered with a thick layer of snow, and occasionally zombies can be seen wandering aimlessly in the streets.
However, their numbers were extremely small. It was unclear whether they had been starving for too long, or whether the low-level zombies were simply not very intelligent, or whether the snow made them too slow. They were half-buried in the snow, struggling to move around. Even snails could probably outrun them.
Every now and then, ordinary people would come out of residential buildings or shops, report to the soldiers, and carefully walk along the corners of the walls, clutching their weapons.
People didn't kill the zombies they encountered that were frozen stiff. After the apocalypse, everyone was very cautious, afraid that a splatter of blood or a commotion might cause some uncontrollable chaos.
Suddenly, the earth trembled slightly. The movement was very subtle, as if it were just the aftershocks of something, but it startled both Shion and Freya.
An earthquake?
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