Chapter 234 Future
On a spring afternoon, Chi Ling sat in a rocking chair in the back garden of her villa, holding a financial report in her hand.
The dense numbers on the financial report made her drowsy. She raised her eyes lazily and looked over the courtyard wall. In the distance, the round golden sunset on the blue sky was slowly sinking.
This reminded her of the many golden sunsets she had experienced in her childhood.
However, those distant memories have long become blurred, like faded and yellowed old photos, gradually shattered by the erosion of darkness.
It was not until I returned to my hometown that it was dug out from the corner of my memory and regained some vivid colors.
When Chi Qing first saw this original world in the main god system, she suddenly realized that her world was just a novel, and she herself was a cannon fodder villain despised by everyone.
In the eyes of outsiders, she deserves the name of a monster. She even dared to kill her father, Qiao Zhizhang, a business genius. She is simply cold-blooded, heartless and ungrateful.
After she was arrested and imprisoned, Qiao Yanzhi took advantage of the situation to spread rumors, slandering her for her extravagant lifestyle and chaotic private life, and even fabricating that she loved to sleep with married men. In the end, because she failed to get the gold coins from the old man, she became angry and killed someone in a fit of rage.
These rumors specifically poke at the sensitive nerves of netizens, causing public outrage for a while.
In this way, the 20-year-old Chi Lu was sentenced to death with the stigma of being dissolute, shameless and inhumane.
But she was unwilling to die like this.
Therefore, when Song Yu came to her house before her execution and asked to contract her to be a cleaner, after carefully reading the terms of the contract, Chi Lan signed the contract without hesitation.
After becoming a cleaner, the first thing she did was to kill Qiao Yanzhi.
Whether she works for others or helps bury bodies, as long as she is still alive, there will be a chance to turn things around.
By sticking to this idea, Chi Qi, who had nothing at the beginning, eventually became the master behind the scenes today.
However, she hadn't decided to enter this world from the beginning, and she was more hesitant and uncertain. Her only family had passed away, and she had killed all her hated enemies. There was nothing left here worth her lingering.
Even if I choose to go back, I can't return to the world in my memory. After all, one can never step into the same river twice.
But in the end, Chi Qi was moved by the idea of "going back to take a look at her past self" and chose to enter.
I even thought in advance about what she should say when she, at the age of 30, stood in front of my 18-year-old self.
You're not a monster, or... none of this is your fault?
However, the development of things is not always what she expected. She clearly did not want to disturb the other party, but in the end her past self still sacrificed herself to save Shi Nian'an, and she was hit by a car while saving a child.
Especially when she saw Seventeen covered in blood but smiling at her nonchalantly, the guilt and heartache in her heart instantly reached its peak.
Doesn't she feel any pain? How can she still smile?
Chi Li knew the answer to the question without asking.
It hurt, it really hurt, but who would care about the pain of a monster? Deep in my memory, I once cried and was seen by someone from the Qiao family, but all I got was ridicule.
"Isn't he said to be an emotionless monster? Why is he crying? He must be faking it. He's really scheming."
"Your pretense is truly disgusting."
"This kind of murderous lunatic shouldn't be brought back."
"She won't kill us, will she?"
"She doesn't have the guts yet, she's just a biting dog, hahaha..."
Chi Qi looked at Qiao Yanzhi, who was laughing loudly, with a gloomy face, and tried her best to resist the urge to rush over and punch him.
Before she finds a way to kill Qiao Yanzhi without harming her own interests, she must learn to endure.
Fortunately, Chi Qi's advantage is that she is rational and patient enough.
The Qiao family's Floating Cloud Palace is very large and luxurious, and has everything. During this time, she read a lot of books, met many people, learned a lot, and her killing skills became more and more perfect.
All politicians who opposed Huangtian were assassinated by her, but no one could find any evidence against her.
Qiao Zhizhang, who had originally planned to use her as a pawn and discard her after use, changed his indifferent attitude and praised her profusely. In order to win her over, he not only gave her a lot of money and jewelry, but also called her "good daughter" in front of outsiders, and his attitude was particularly warm.
If it were someone else, they might have been won over by Qiao Zhizhang's sweet words and become completely devoted to him.
Unfortunately, Chi Qi didn't fall for his tricks. She immediately saw through his sinister intention of wanting to destroy the bridge after crossing it.
After all, she knew too many of his secrets, and only the dead would not reveal secrets.
Chi began planning to flee the country and start a new life elsewhere. She learned several foreign languages and secretly registered offshore companies abroad to transfer her money.
But before the plan could be implemented, she learned the truth about her grandmother's death from Qiao Yanzhi.
At that moment, she just felt it was ridiculous and couldn't help laughing.
Chi Lan couldn't understand why she was laughing. At this moment, the Qiao family's sarcastic voices echoed in her ears.
"You are the failed product of the experiment, a complete monster. Monsters can never learn to love... Even your tears are fake..."
Yes, she is a person who is born without emotions. She laughs because she is happy and cries because she is sad. All her emotions are just poor imitations of humans.
Her pain was fake, her tears were fake.
Chi Qi never shed tears again from then on. They were all fake anyway. Compared to crying, laughing was of course easier to disguise and easier to hide the weirdness in her heart.
But when she stood in front of her younger self again and saw her smiling at her covered in blood, the pain that she had deliberately ignored in the past suddenly came roaring back.
Seventeen knew nothing and was still grinning triumphantly, "Look! I did it!"
Chi Lan never thought that the tears that had long been forgotten would suddenly well up in her eyes again. She couldn't help but choke up, "Well, Seventeen is really amazing, really, really amazing."
But no matter how powerful it is, we are still human and will feel pain.
"Have a good rest." Chi Li let her fall asleep.
Shiqi passed the test, but Chi Lan began to hesitate. Would it really be right to push her onto the path she had chosen in the past?
If she stayed in this world, perhaps she could live a different life from herself and have a more ordinary happiness.
But Chi Li knew herself too well. If there was an opportunity to control the rules of the world, she would never be willing to choose mediocrity.
Let’s give the right of choice to Seventeen.
At this time, Liu Shen'ai should have signed a contract with Seventeen.
"Oh..." Thousands of complicated thoughts finally turned into a sigh.
The light evening breeze blew across the newly sprouted leaves on the treetops, and the corner of the financial report on Chi Li's knees fluttered slightly.
She withdrew her gaze from the distant sunset and raised her hand to press down the paper. At this moment, a slender shadow pressed down silently.
An angry voice rang out, "Great! You've tricked me again!"
Chi Li looked up, only to see Liu Shen Ai's light grey eyes filled with questions. She smiled faintly, "Was the contract successful?"
"Why didn't you tell me that Seventeen is you, you are Seventeen!"
"Huh? So you didn't know? I thought we've been friends for so many years, you must know me as well as I know you, but it turns out that's not the case, right?" Chi Qi looked at her with a hurt expression.
Liu Shen'ai, who wanted to call for an explanation, froze instantly, looking guilty. "Of course I know! But..."
"But, but me knowing it is one thing, and you not telling me is another!" She gained the upper hand again and became righteous.
Seeing her puffed cheeks, Chi Qi knew that she was not really angry. She was about to say a few more soft words to comfort her when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
"Mr. Zhou——" The voice was a little hesitant.
After Chi Qigang spoke a few words with Liu Shen'ai, she put aside her sad thoughts. When she turned around, a gentle smile appeared on the corner of her lips, without revealing any emotion.
"Xiao Liu just told me how I hypnotized Qiao Zhizhang. You should know about it, right?"
Seventeen nodded, thanked her, and then frowned.
Chi Li: "What's wrong?"
Seventeen spoke with some concern, "Mr. Zhou, you know I have a strange personality and am not good at dealing with humans. I can kill people, but when it comes to me completing the Lord God's mission, I really don't have the confidence...
Chi Qi raised her eyebrows. She was not the type to show weakness to others. They had only met twice, so how could he trust her so much?
"Well, I know you're a bit emotionally indifferent. This might be a problem for humans, but for people like us, it's a gift."
Seventeen was puzzled, "Talent?"
"From now on, you will embark on a path completely different from that of ordinary people. You will meet many people, some who love you, some who hate you. You will experience countless farewells, and even witness the aging and death of close friends. At that time, you may feel lonely, painful, and empty - no one can enter your heart, no one can listen to your troubles, only this unique gift will accompany you and make you stronger."
"So, believe in yourself, you are the most suitable person."
Seventeen was stunned, then she smiled brilliantly.
This was the first time she heard someone praise her for her talent instead of calling her a freak.
She knew her intuition was right, they were the same kind.
"Sister Fanyi, thank you." The usually cold voice was tinged with the warmth of the setting sun, hot and sincere. "Can we meet again in the future?"
Just as he finished speaking, there was a loud bang behind him.
The three people in the garden turned around and saw Shi Nian'an standing at the entrance with a folder at his feet and a dazed expression on his face.
God knows how shocked she was to hear that.
Who was this person who called her mother "sister"? Was this still the same cold-blooded killer Seventeen she knew? And she smiled so sweetly. Was she possessed by a ghost?
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