645 · Haining Cat Island (55)
Li Ge's mother acted a little too calm. She was very tight-lipped from beginning to end. Even when they brought out Huai Jiamu's tentacles, Li Ge's mother didn't give in. She acted as if no matter what they said or did, the secret would never be leaked out.
If we continue to take tough measures under such circumstances, the end result will likely be a lose-lose situation for both sides.
In a flash, Bai Jinshu's thoughts quickly formed and the plan took a turn.
As the saying goes, if soft means don’t work, try hard means, and if hard means don’t work, try soft means.
If reasoning doesn't work, then the only thing you can do is appeal to their emotions.
As for where the affection comes from, if you ask Du Zhongsheng when a person can quickly develop trust and dependence on a stranger, he will answer quickly -
Suspension bridge effect.
If I asked him something else, he might not have answered so quickly, but this question...
In the crisis-ridden Redemption Society, I wonder how many people have fallen into it step by step starting from the four words "suspension bridge effect". In short, no matter how the suspension bridge in the suspension bridge effect came from, whether it was made by the person at the other end of the suspension bridge, whether it will rain outside the umbrella after leaving the Redemption Society, etc., the Redemption Society often uses a combination of soft and hard tactics and shows both kindness and severity. It is also a way to quickly gain trust from a stranger, or even a wary person who is wary of you.
It’s much easier to create a crisis and then resolve it like a god than to slowly build trust and connection step by step.
And when this method was used on Li Ge's mother, what could be more touching than a person who was full of murderous intent on you just now, suddenly couldn't bear it and turned the blade towards himself at the moment when he was about to attack you?
Her adrenaline would surge when she faced death, and then suddenly drop when the blade deflected. The lingering fear of having just narrowly escaped death, the confusion that the attacker would turn on her, the panic fear of suddenly seeing someone seriously injured in a peaceful society... These emotions mixed together were enough to initially break down her defenses.
The lingering fear will make her subconsciously relax her vigilance; confusion will make her explore the perpetrator; and panic will interfere with her normal judgment, making a rational person more inclined to be dominated by emotions.
At this point, getting the answer from her was much easier than it should have been.
The plan was indeed proceeding as Bai Jin had imagined, but the problem was that when it came to the step of taking action against himself, suddenly, someone interrupted everything.
Just before the tetanus blade was about to touch his skin, a blood-red tentacle flew out from nowhere and swept him away along with the blade. At this moment, he suddenly realized—
Perhaps Huai Jiamu understands him better than many people.
The moment he suddenly turned his attention to reversing the blade, everyone in the audience realized that the blade was not only reversed for themselves and Li Ge and Li Ge's mother who were only a few feet away from it, but also for Huai Jiamu who had been in the blind spot of the vision.
Huai Jiamu knew him too well. He knew that he would not harm Li Ge's mother. He knew that he would definitely do what was best for the current situation. He knew that he would definitely place himself as a part of this suspension bridge.
In the moment of sudden weightlessness, his limbs were in the air and he couldn't find a foothold. He subconsciously wanted to swing the blade in the direction of the attack, but when he realized who had rolled him up, he hurriedly dropped the kitchen knife. He was caught off guard by this emergency.
The next moment, he saw himself in his field of vision.
He saw himself in Huai Jiamu's eyes.
The conflict between the static vision and the rapidly moving body's sense of balance made Bai Jinshu feel a little dizzy. In the dizziness, he suddenly realized that Huai Jiamu had been looking at him like this for many moments.
Most of the time, Huai Jiamu did not have a strong sense of presence. Even in some extreme cases, the exploration team members would not take him with them. This made Bai Jinshu focus more on clues in the dungeon, the exploration of unknown spaces, and other team members.
If Huai Jiamu had not entered this space, he might not have realized that a long time ago, in many moments that he was unaware of, this sight had been following him, watching him approach or leave.
When in this unknown space, most of the time he lay on his head or shoulders like a real cat, dutifully serving as a guide for sharing vision.
Perhaps it was because his sense of presence was really not strong, he sometimes even ignored the weight on his shoulders or head, and had the illusion that the vision in front of him really came from himself, thus forgetting that they shared the same vision. Huai Jiamu's vision was most of the time not a reflection of his personal will.
He was using the vision from another person, but most of the time, he did not feel any inconvenience from the vision from others, which could only mean one thing.
The owner of the vision is too familiar with me, so familiar that when they share the vision, he can guess where I want to direct my gaze, notice what clues I want to explore, what direction I want to investigate, what scenery I want to look at, and what world I want to observe.
The owner of the vision knew him too well. He could guess what choice he was going to make without even looking at him. He could accurately wrap up his body with his tentacles the moment the blade was about to touch his skin.
Bai Jinshu suddenly had an urge to ask, when did he know him so well, was it in many similar moments?
And what was more impulsive was that he suddenly wanted to look at Huai Jiamu.
Use your own vision to truly meet the impulse of the other person's gaze.
Only then did I realize belatedly that I felt a little guilty.
It was hard to tell whether this guilty conscience was caused by one of his few emotions or by Du Zhongsheng. Anyway, no matter who it was, it was definitely not his fault when he made the decision to commit suicide. It was Du Zhongsheng's gambling nature that took over, like a beating pulse that pushed him and encouraged him to make this decision.
But after being stopped by Huai Jiamu's tentacles, the 0% synchronization rate instantly brought him back to his senses. Through a thin layer of shirt, he sensed through several circles of tentacles without any instruction - Huai Jiamu seemed angry.
Angry at his self-assertion... or at his example?
Or was Huai Jiamu angry about a choice that he had already predicted Bai Jinshu would make?
Dealing with such an overly complex emotion was beyond Bai Jinshu's ability. He wanted to try to get away with it again by using some simple intimate contact as before, but the tentacles dodged several times and finally wrapped around his waist, silently announcing the failure of the negotiation.
It's over.
Bai Jinshu silently lit a candle for himself in his heart.
The leopard cat can't speak now. Huai Jiamu is going to settle the score after leaving this unknown space.
He now began to pray that Li Ge's mother would not tell the truth so quickly, so that he could at least take advantage of the other party's muteness in this space. It would be best if he could resolve this anger without bloodshed... without any words.
*
Unfortunately, things went against one's wishes. Under the catalysis of Du Zhongsheng's appearance and acting skills, Li Ge's mother's inner emotions were changing rapidly. Within a few minutes, her expression when she looked at Bai Jinshu had changed.
But now, except for the mute leopard cat and the two people at the center of the incident, no one else knows what happened.
"Ah?" Li Ge's confused voice broke her doubts, "What's going on? Is my mother okay?!"
He ran over and looked at the scene in front of him in shock, then looked at the tentacles in the air and Doctor Du on the ground in shock.
The chaos in the room could not be summarized in a few words, but it was obvious that no one could answer this question for him, and other people were even more confused than he was.
From the perspective of others, what happened just now was that Du Zhongsheng suddenly rushed towards Li Ge's mother with a knife, and then was stopped by the tentacles spit out by the leopard cat.
[Um, I just watched halfway through and went out to get a takeaway and came back and realized I couldn't understand it anymore. I felt like I missed ten episodes and jumped directly to the finale. What happened just now? Why did it suddenly jump to the bundled play? ]
[What is bundled play? Where can I find bundled play? ]
【Keywords: forced tentacles to bind people】
[Friends in front, please be more restrained, your browsing history is about to overflow. ]
[So what happened? Why is the Cat Saint now tied up by the leader? ]
[Just now, everyone used the leader's tentacles, but Li Ge's mother still pretended to be stupid and refused to say anything, and then Yan Er said in the group that she wanted to hold Li Ge down. ]
【Then Du Zhongsheng suddenly rushed forward and demanded a knife to kill his mother.】
【Then he was stopped by the leader.】
[Correct the previous part. I saw clearly that when Du Zhongsheng was about to rush forward to stab Li Ge's mother, he suddenly turned the blade around and prepared to stab himself. Then, when he was about to stab himself, he was suddenly stopped by the tentacles.]
[I can understand each of these four sentences, and it feels like I missed ten episodes in between each sentence.]
【I feel relieved to see that everyone is as confused as I am. 】
There is a rare and consistent confusion both inside and outside the screen.
"Uh..." Guan Hongyan pondered for two seconds, looked at the teammates beside her who had "stupidity" written on their faces, gave up trying to get an answer to what happened, and chose to answer Li Ge's question first, "Your mother should be fine."
Although she didn't react when Du Zhongsheng first attacked, they really didn't intend to attack Li Ge's mother at the beginning. After all, they were all serious exploration team members... not maniacs who used force and torture to extract confessions every time they arrived in a world.
Besides, Li Ge’s mother can talk to cats, and it’s unpredictable what she will do if she is really pushed into a corner.
But the charm of a magical teammate lies in the fact that he can make other teammates constantly lower their bottom line for him. In less than a second, Guan Hongyan's inner thoughts have changed from "Why is Du Zhongsheng so proactive?" to "Is this the strength of the saint of the evil cult? It's so terrifying" and finally to "That's not impossible. Anyway, we'll run away after we finish this job."
Unexpectedly, just as she accepted the setting that "Du Zhongsheng is actually a cult saint who kills people without blinking an eye", the next second the cult god who should have been in cahoots with the cult saint turned against her and pulled him back with his tentacles.
Weird teammates happen all the time, but weird internal conflicts are uncommon. Guan Hongyan tried her best to control herself from laughing out loud.
I don’t know why Du Zhongsheng was humiliated, but let’s just laugh it off first.
"Mom, what's going on?" Brother Li finally ran to his mother's side, checked her up and down, and after confirming that she was fine, he asked on behalf of everyone present, "Doctor Du wants to chop you? Why? You two have no grudges against each other?"
Dr. Du is a doctor from outside and he didn’t even know his mother before. It can’t be that he really hates this stranger he has never met because his company was bombed, right?
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Li Ge's mother was helped up by Li Ge. She looked up and down at Du Zhongsheng, who was still entangled by the tentacles, with a very complicated look, and said with a complicated expression: "He is not going to chop me, he is..."
"Just now when the knife was about to get close to me," she paused, as if she was thinking about how to address Bai Jinshu, and finally chose to address him as Li Ge, "Doctor Du suddenly turned the knife over and pointed the blade at himself."
"ah?"
This time, there were five questions raised one after another.
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