"I……"
Upon hearing Xu Shi's question, Pan Ling was momentarily speechless, remaining frozen in place for a long time.
It wasn't that she didn't know the answer, but rather that she didn't know how to answer, or perhaps she didn't want to answer.
Out of curiosity, she did try to sense Luo Yu's thoughts, but the result was completely different from what she had expected.
Both her father and Uncle Xu had ulterior motives beneath their outward appearances, which made her somewhat uncomfortable. She had originally thought that Brother Luo Yu would be different from them, but it turned out that he was the same in his heart... The wisps of darkness hidden beneath the light even made Xiao Ling shudder.
Why is Brother Luo Yu also...? But even so, she deliberately skipped over him just now, trying to avoid anything related to him.
This is the girl's own selfish desire. After all, Luo Yu is a very important person to her, and she sincerely hopes that he is different from others. Maybe this is just an isolated case?
“Tell me the answer.”
Xu Shi didn't give her that chance. He stared into her eyes and asked her in a low, serious voice.
"Brother Luo Yu, he, he, he..."
Pan Ling couldn't stand his tone and told him everything tremblingly.
Her tone was almost mechanical, "He deliberately made things difficult for you, and, and stood by and did nothing, he didn't care about those servants either, he, he seems to have always had it, he already had it..."
"What is it?"
"...there was the idea of eliminating them..."
Xiao Ling quietly finished her sentence.
After listening to her finish recounting everything in fits and starts, Xu Shi nodded meaningfully.
Just as he had estimated... He still needed to confirm it, and after discovering that Pan Ling had this ability, he began to have designs on her.
This is not difficult for him either—with the blessing of "Yujing", his use of "entropy of evil thoughts" has become more flexible than before. He can use it in a wide range of ways, and he can also force others to reveal their true feelings, just like now.
It's hard to say how it will work against high-level "Ascensions," but it's definitely effective against beginners like this.
This approach won't leave any seeds, and Xu Shi doesn't want to either. The little girl is a friend's daughter; to actually do this to her would be too inhumane.
...It's talking about the seed of evil.
But it was clear that even so, Pan Ling was still unable to withstand such a mental shock. Although her eyes were gradually regaining their clarity, she collapsed onto the stone as if all her strength had been drained, panting heavily, seemingly having difficulty breathing.
It took her a while to calm down completely.
"Waaaaah..."
But after she returned to normal, she couldn't help but burst into tears, "No, it shouldn't be like this, everyone... Waaah, I don't want this..."
She hadn't completely lost consciousness; she still knew what she had just done. Speaking out about the dark side of the person she admired was a cruel thing for her.
The more Xiaoling cried, the more heartbroken she became.
Xu Shi simply watched all of this quietly, and only returned to her side when she had cried until she had no strength left.
"You're very sad, aren't you?"
He helped Pan Ling up and asked her bluntly.
"Um……"
Pan Ling nodded weakly, her tone tinged with a hint of reproach, "It's all, it's all your fault..."
If you hadn't deliberately reopened my wounds, I wouldn't have become like this.
Actually, she was feeling conflicted. She was exhausted and wanted to lean on Xu Shi and rest for a while.
But when she thought about what Uncle Xu had just done to her, she felt an instinctive resistance and aversion.
"But you knew all along, didn't you?"
Xu Shi didn't care about her attitude and just continued reciting calmly.
"What...what do you mean..."
His tone made Pan Ling feel inexplicably guilty, and she stammered out a question.
"You know what your brother Luo Yu thinks of me, right?"
Xu Shi explained, "Coincidentally, I also know... So since I know he intends to harm me, do you still think there's anything wrong with what I did?"
"..."
Xiao Ling remained silent.
She couldn't refute Xu Shi's words, even though her father had taught her from a young age that she should fight back if she was wronged. From that perspective, was there anything wrong with his actions? No, there wasn't!
But she still mustered her courage and said, "Even so, is it possible to not...?"
"Does it have to be so cruel?"
Xu Shi smiled and said, "Sit down and have a nice, friendly chat, and then you can resolve all the conflicts and hold hands and eat fruit together?"
"It's not that simple... Isn't this what we've been doing before? Did it work?"
"..."
Pan Ling didn't use vulgar language, but she could tell that Xu Shi was indirectly saying that her ideas were too naive.
She herself felt it too, but why couldn't she...?
Just as she was struggling with her decision, Xu Shi suddenly reached out and pinched her face hard twice.
"pain!"
Little Ling instinctively cried out, "What are you doing, Uncle Xu?!"
These two blows were no joke; Xu Shi really used his strength, and you could see that her cheeks were even a little swollen.
"I just wanted to tease you a little, is there a problem with that?"
Xu Shi looked indifferent. "Or... are you angry?"
Pan Ling really wanted to say, "Of course I'm angry! You're not angry if I pinch you twice for no reason?"
But after realizing what kind of person Xu Shi was, she didn't dare say that anymore. She just rubbed her cheeks, feeling wronged, and gently shook her head, "No, not really..."
"Really not?"
Xu Shi joked, "Then let me pinch it a couple more times? It'll look better if it's more symmetrical."
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