Chapter 112 I don’t like the world, I only like you
Zhen Jinli scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
“I’m not entirely sure about this.”
"Let's wait until we have collected enough clues before deciding whether to use this method."
After all, this is the last resort, and she is not sure whether she can do it or whether it will be useful.
Si Yao looked at Zhen Jinli's conflicted and embarrassed expression, sighed silently, and raised his hand to touch her head.
"I know you said this on purpose to reassure me and Xiao Zhen."
He looked at her with a soothing look and said, "It's okay, I'm here for this round."
"I will protect you until you leave the game safely."
Zhen Jinli looked at Si Yao in a daze.
For some reason, the tea-smelling Si Yao disappeared.
Instead, he was an extremely sincere man who cared about her.
Zhen Jinli suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with Si Yao now, and looked away with a slightly red face.
"Actually, when you're not world-weary, you're pretty cute."
Si Yao smiled bitterly and said, "Unfortunately, I don't like this world."
"I only like you."
Zhen Jinli looked up at Si Yao in confusion.
"Everything you have in the entertainment industry, including income, popularity, fame, and resources, is obviously thanks to your fans. Why don't you like them?"
Si Yao shook his head and chuckled.
"That's not the way it works."
"What they like is me being packaged and sold as a commodity."
"In the game, players can hurt others at all costs just to survive. This is what humans generally do."
Zhen Jinli's long eyelashes drooped, hiding the sadness and helplessness in her eyes.
"That's because of the rules of the game. They are ordinary people and they only do this because they have no other choice."
Si Yao couldn't help but laugh.
"Yeah, they have no other choice but to do this."
"Then why do you expect me, the victim, to forgive them so generously?"
"I can't forgive them, so I hate other players."
"Even in the real world, employees are willing to make things difficult for their competitors in order to climb the corporate ladder."
"Rapists can harm innocent girls just to satisfy their own desires."
"A mistress can harm a man's original wife in order to snatch his powerful man away."
Having said that, Si Yao paused and looked at Zhen Jinli steadily.
"Can you persuade that competitor who was framed, that innocent girl who was hurt, or that wife whose marriage was interfered with, to magnanimously forgive the person who hurt them?"
Although Li Zhen was not very worldly-wise, for some reason, when listening to Si Yao's words, he felt that the real world he lived in was even more terrifying than the world in the game.
Players kill each other in survival games and can comfort themselves that it is because of the rules. If they do not follow the rules and hurt each other, they will not be able to leave the game alive.
But what about in the real world?
Those people are not facing any threat to their survival. They hurt others only to satisfy their own desires.
For a moment, Li Zhen couldn't tell which was worse, the real world or the world in the game.
Is this the legendary tanking?
When Zhen Jinli heard what Si Yao said, she felt very upset.
She glanced at Li Zhen who was thinking seriously beside her, and felt even more panicked.
Oh no, Xiao Zhen’s values are still in the process of being formed, and we can’t let him be led astray by Si Yao’s values.
She pursed her lips and retorted.
"That's not the case, Si Yao, don't think so extreme."
"Remember what I said? Don't give up on saving the entire forest just because of a few leaves eaten by insects."
"You can't generalize like that. You're just changing the subject."
Zhen Jinli glanced at Li Zhen and saw that he was still looking at Si Yao. She couldn't help but cover his ears with her hands and shook his head.
"Xiao Zhen, don't let Si Yao brainwash you. Forget what Si Yao just said."
Li Zhen, who was caught off guard by the shaking of his head, said: ".?"
"Ahhhhh, auntie, stop shaking, stop shaking."
Si Yao looked at their funny interaction and couldn't help but sneer.
"It's time for Xiao Zhen to have his own judgment. Sometimes blindly believing that the world will be better is too idealistic."
Zhen Jinli glared at Si Yao angrily and said, "Don't you have someone you like?"
"I tell you, there are many people like me in this world.
Can't you try to like the world again because of this?"
Si Yao didn't expect Zhen Jinli to bring up such remarks. He stared at Zhen Jinli, his handsome face getting closer and closer.
Zhen Jinli stepped back and swallowed awkwardly.
"No, what are you doing?"
Si Yao pulled back and said seriously, "They are not as good-looking as you."
Zhen Jinli: “.” Is this the point? !
Si Yao stopped teasing Zhen Jinli and told Zhen Jinli seriously.
"Actually, I'm also confused. Is it because you saved me and you happen to be good-looking that I like you?"
"Later I discovered that there was more to it than that."
"You've experienced so many times of being questioned and even cyberbullied by netizens, but you still love this world with your original intention and have been working hard to save it."
"I can't do that, so I really envy you."
"Maybe it's because you have something that I don't have, that's why I like you so much."
Zhen Jinli stared at Si Yao in a daze, thinking.
Could she understand that Si Yao actually wanted to love this world, but he just couldn't do it?
"Si Yao."
Zhen Jinli raised her hand to touch Si Yao's hand, but was held back by Li Zhen's hand.
"Ahhh, aunt, you guys are actually stuffing dog food into me. I'm just a child."
Zhen Jinli: “.”
Li Zhen angrily pulled Zhen Jinli away from Si Yao.
"I don't care. You are not allowed to show off your affection in front of me. If you want to show off, you have to wait until I leave."
Si Yao: "."
***
At nine o'clock the next morning, it was still cloudy.
The dome was gray, looking like it was both before sunrise and at the beginning of night.
Even the most obtuse player should have realized by now that this is a netherworld without sunny days, sunshine, or rising sun.
Zhang Hui and his girlfriend Ye Wen stayed in the same room in the hotel. When he woke up the next day, he was horrified to find a blue panel appeared in front of him.
"According to your information, you have been convicted as a demon."
"Please hide your identity. If discovered by the Inquisitor or the Demon Hunter, you will be taken to Hell."
What? !
(End of this chapter)
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