Chapter 254: Chain of Beads
"...What did you say?" Chen Xiao'er's eyes widened in disbelief.
Ling couldn't see her expression, so he whispered in her ear, "Someone's targeting you, and the school isn't safe anymore. Why don't you leave Chen Xiaotong here and I'll take you to a safe place."
A chilling feeling permeated her heart, making her feel nauseous.
The excuses for Zero just now gradually turned into malicious speculation: Was Zero's shooting at the hot air balloon intentional? Of course it was intentional.
But this kind of intentionality is probably not the kind of intentionality I originally thought.
A raging rage was about to erupt, but was temporarily suppressed by a fleeting thought.
This thought is not love, but reason.
Even though she secretly vowed not to bring up the past, Chen Xiao'er still remembered the day when she fell down the stairs and the handrails that were twisted and distorted by the collision.
Zero takes all the blame on himself, but could it all be a lie?
A shuddering feeling stimulated her skin, and Chen Xiao'er suddenly realized that if the murderer was moved from Zero to an unknown bad guy, or a killer sent by the Chen family, the matter could be explained.
After I was admitted to Taoli University, I encountered danger several times. This frequency was very abnormal. There must be someone behind it.
My admission to Taoli University can only harm the interests of the Chen family.
Her brain was working at high speed, connecting clues with dangers.
The first time I encountered danger was on the train to school. I was very unlucky that time and I actually encountered terrorists bombing the train.
Could they be coming for me?
I have no evidence and no suspicion... No, there is.
The face of the poisonous spider appeared in her mind.
Think about this person's movements! Trains, schools, the waterworks. She followed me every time, and I was in danger every time I saw her.
She must be a killer hired by the Chen family, but she is just unlucky. Every action she takes fails due to accidents or other people's obstruction.
The killer hired by the Chen family was indeed very professional, but no matter how professional a person was, he could only erase all traces of the incident and could not change the people who participated in it.
Chen Xiao'er trembled with excitement, and she thought of another suspicious person: Xinnaya!
The timing of that rich kid's appearance was fortuitous. Perhaps this coincidence was artificial; she was already waiting on the route to United City! It was only because Zheng Lu and Lin Lang were with me at the time that she hesitated, unsure of a one-on-three fight, that she temporarily gave up.
Otherwise, why would she forcefully ask for my contact information and repeatedly try to kill me?
That's right, the time interval between when she got my phone number and when she first made a move on me was extremely short. It's impossible for an ordinary person to do that.
Chen Xiao'er's thoughts suddenly became clear. This made perfect sense. Xinnaya was no empty-headed fool. She was actually a killer who was good at disguise!
She deliberately created the image of a perverted rich second-generation to deceive me. How clever of her! Who would delve into the reasons why a pervert would do perverted things?
It took her so many secret attacks on me before I figured out such a simple thing. I'm so lame.
However, her subsequent behavior was a bit strange. Was it because it took too long and she was kicked out of the assassination mission by her sponsor, or did she really not want to continue?
Chen Xiao'e thought of Xinnaya's raging rant that morning. Her ostentatious confession before everyone could be understood as: I know many people want to kill you, but I just want to save you now. Come with me and run away.
Is she really ready to turn over a new leaf? No, maybe she just wants to avoid being snatched away by other assassins and take all the credit for killing me.
rustle.
Zero shook her shoulders gently and whispered, "Time is running out, let's go quickly."
Her shaking shook Chen Xiao'er from her perfectly rational thinking, and that somewhat nauseating feeling of anger returned. Yes, if my previous conjecture is correct, then Zero's motive is obvious.
She really wanted Xiaotong to die "accidentally".
Chen Xiao'er raised her face, raised her hand and slowly stroked Ling's face.
You are so beautiful. No matter from which angle I look at you, you are so beautiful.
Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes: silver hair, ice-blue eyes, facial features more delicate than a doll, and... those eyes that loved me deeply.
"Zero, do you love me?"
"I love you." Ling didn't hesitate for a second. From the moment she touched the first golden teardrop, no, from the moment she touched Xiao'e, the girl's figure was clearly reflected in the depths of her soul.
As long as I meet you, as long as I get a little close to you, I will never sit idly by and watch you die miserably.
Chen Xiao'er wordlessly moved her fingers, slowly stroking the corners of Ling's eyes.
She could confirm the authenticity of this love, and even professional actors couldn't act more realistically, as if she could see the fire deep in her lover's heart through his eyes.
She should have been set ablaze by this fire, just like every time before.
But whenever she thought about the cold judgment this passionate love had made on her sister, her heart also turned cold.
"Don't lie to me, let me ask you this." Chen Xiao'er asked word by word, "You've never thought about protecting Xiaotong, right?"
Click. Zero seemed to hear his own heart wailing.
At this moment, she hoped desperately that she could still connect with other apostles, or get a 100% correct answer from Bishop Milo.
But no, she must not tell anyone that she wanted to escape.
And even if that were just an escape, Bishop Milo might force me to lie, and I would feel relieved by the order.
But now... I don't want to deceive you anymore.
Zero's long eyelashes trembled, and then he nodded cautiously. "Yes."
She really wanted to explain it clearly, but considering the cognitive filter that came with zeroing, she just pursed her lips.
Her intuition told her that trying to bring up the Newborn Snake would only make things more complicated.
I seem to have made the right choice, but why does my heart hurt so much when I see Xiao'er's cold eyes?
【Wrong answer】
She seemed to hear Professor Miroku's regretful sigh.
Chen Xiao'er felt a sharp pain in her heart and she thought she would faint from the pain, but when she thought of Xiaotong still in the room, her legs stood straight.
That's enough. Zero has admitted it. All the clues and facts are connected together to form a closed loop.
The killers' motive was simple: the vast fortune left by their adoptive mother. For the time being, let's assume the people behind them are the Chen family. Even if they aren't, they're probably not far off.
To achieve this goal, they need to kill Xiaotong and me. And between us, Xiaotong is obviously the more important link.
Not only because Xiaotong is my mother's biological daughter, but also because I know almost nothing about my mother's inheritance.
The cash, jewelry and burned villas alone are definitely not worth these killers' repeated attacks.
So it is very likely that the mother left something very special for Xiaotong, and as her adopted daughter, I don’t know about it.
Of course the killer wants to kill us all, but in the situation of choosing between the two, as long as I disappear completely, or they get what they want from Xiaotong, then the only person who will die is Xiaotong.
Now that I think about it, the school didn't invest any extra security resources for Xiaotong, even arranging a single dormitory for such a young child. What's the point of a single dormitory? If anyone has to die, she'll be the only one to die.
All the attention in school was on me.
Professor Milo told me that I could bring Xiaotong to class. I think this was her last act of kindness. This was all she could get for Xiaotong, so she looked at me with guilt.
She thought of Lan again.
Sister Lan must have obtained the relevant information from somewhere, so she told me bluntly to abandon Xiaotong and get rid of this hot potato.
Chen Xiao'er clenched her fists. She suddenly realized that apart from Xiaotong, the two people she loved the most, the two people who loved her the most - when it came to Xiaotong and her safety, they made the same decision without hesitation.
"As long as Chen Xiao'er survives, Chen Xiaotong is just a burden." They all thought so.
"Ha, haha. Do you think I will be happy?!" Chen Xiao'er let go of her hand and pushed Ling away violently.
You guys? Zero had a hunch that something was wrong. She quickly grabbed Chen Xiao'er's wrist and, despite a foreboding premonition, tried to explain, "We can't protect both Chen Xiaotong and you. The situation is getting increasingly tense, and the school is considering giving up on you."
"You and the Newborn Serpent cannot be saved at the same time. Now that the end is approaching, the Church must seize more power."
Her heart was pounding as she explained, and she was always on guard against being picked up by the monitoring center.
However, although this sentence was blocked from surveillance by the golden thread, it could not be correctly transmitted to the lover's ears.
Chen Xiao'er shook her hair vigorously with tears in her eyes. "You are not wrong, none of you are wrong. I was wrong. I was unreasonable and insisted on saving Xiaotong. You are all too tired!"
Fine raindrops continued to fall along with her tears.
Zero looked up at the sky vigilantly, these raindrops contained influences beyond Zero.
They are not just raindrops that fall suddenly. The condensation nuclei of the water droplets are some kind of special power, and the water vapor is Chen Xiao'er's sadness.
Through her tearful eyes, Chen Xiao'er saw Ling raise his head and look up at the sky.
She suddenly felt very tired: Yes, what else can Zero do? I have forced her to defile herself and admit that she has violent tendencies.
But she had no violent tendencies. She attacked Sinaya because she was a killer. When she pushed me, she was probably fighting the killer who attacked me.
Maybe Ling originally thought he could protect Xiaotong, but now that he's seen the situation clearly, he feels that's impossible. Maybe even the school has given up on it.
Chen Xiao'er raised her face and cried, raindrops and tears mixed together: Ling, I still love you very much, but - this love is too hopeless.
"I'm sorry, but I won't run away."
Zero didn't give up trying to persuade her, and held out his hand to her: "But staying in school is also dangerous!" ["But the church might be against you now!"]
Chen Xiao'er twitched her lips, revealing a smile that was uglier than crying: "Don't worry, I'm in danger too."
She wiped the rain off her face, a blood stain on her face from the corner of her bitten lip. "If necessary, I can do it myself."
What does it mean to do it yourself? Zero's foreboding feeling grew stronger.
The girl's long black hair flowed like a little snake in the rain, and her sweet face, which was originally full of vitality, became extremely cold at this moment.
Chen Xiao'er licked the blood from her lips and sobbed, "I will personally kill everyone who wants to hurt Xiaotong, leaving no one alive."
Click.
Zero couldn't help but take a step back. She retracted her hand and even the soul that was reaching out to the golden teardrop retracted.
"No..." I don't want anything to happen to you, but if Xiao'ai will kill other people, whose side should I stand on?
"Be rational, Ling. I, we have no other options!" Chen Xiao'er cried and trembled continuously, her arms wrapped around her chest, as if she was hugging her shivering self.
The scales were swinging violently at this moment, with Xiao'er on one side and 999 companions and even more people invisibly on the other.
At this moment, Chen Xiao'er's wish changed, and her human nature slowly peeled away from Zero's body.
Another reset began, and zero responded to her wish - you hope that Zero can be rational enough, then she will be rational enough.
I could run away with Xiao'ai and convince myself that this was also an attempt to save the world.
So what now? What should I do now? Should I tell everyone that she's out of control...?
"In that case, you won't leave the venue, right?" Zero's voice and eyes turned cold at the same time.
Chen Xiao'er was stung by her gaze, but when she thought about what she had just said, which was no different from breaking up, she nodded with a nasal tone. "Well, I won't leave here."
Zero nodded slightly, even the amplitude of his nod returning to its original state, with an elegant reserve. "Okay, then please enter the clock tower when the Student Council calls. If you're not there by then, I will come to find you personally."
She left right after she finished speaking, just like Lin Yi, even the stride was exactly the same.
"Hoooo..." Chen Xiao'er sobbed softly, laughing at herself in her heart: Really, didn't I really want to break up with Ling peacefully? But seeing her so calm, I'm actually in pain. She really wants too much, hahahaha.
Click.
The arm she was wiping her tears from shook.
The first-floor window facing her opened, and a thinly gloved hand stretched out, its fingertips slightly raised towards her.
Chen Xiao'er knew that it was the window of the temporary infirmary, so she quickly wiped away her tears and went over to ask, "Hello, how is Xiaotong?"
She froze mid-sentence.
Because the one who raised his finger at her wasn't a doctor or a nurse, but——
Professor Milo turned his palm over and held her right hand which was clinging to the windowsill.
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