"You...what are you doing!" Xiaomei took a step back in fright.
"Xiao Mei, I lost this family in gambling yesterday, and I still have thousands of cokes in debt..." The man's words were like a bolt from the blue.
Xiaomei was trembling all over - this was what she feared the most! Her only safe place was gone.
Why would a man do this? Why would he have to gamble away their last bit of tenderness?
“Xiao Mei, help your father for the last time. From now on, your father will never force you again…” The man walked forward like a mangy dog, tears streaming down his face.
"..." Her lips trembled: "What can I help you with?"
This man - this man who always treated him with his fists, now humbled himself to the ground, lowered his head, and kissed the back of her feet while crying.
No matter if it was this shitty family relationship or her deep-rooted cowardice and kindness, she just couldn't kick him away.
"The prince of the investor of Dream Maker said that he can help us. He doesn't mind you. As long as you follow him and serve him well..."
At this moment, Xiaomei felt like she was falling into an ice kiln.
She had thought that the first half of her life was the most unfortunate, but she had never expected that the man could prepare an even worse ending for her.
"You want me to--" Xiaomei could hardly hear her own voice:
"—to become a man's mistress?"
When the last words came out of her mouth, her eyes went dark and she could hardly see anything.
"Your father has no way out, so just treat this as helping him for the last time... Are you going to watch your father die? No one wants you anyway, so since someone doesn't despise you, why don't you..."
Xiaomei couldn't listen any longer.
She rushed out of the house and ran as fast as she could. The cold night wind blew on her tears, which were hotter than ever before.
She coughed, her body becoming weaker and weaker, and the tears left by the man on her instep were colder than snow.
She wanted desperately to roar out what was in her throat, to roar out freely along with the pain of her shattered first half of life, but she coughed, her throat choked, and she sobbed, and in the end she could not say anything.
…It’s so painful.
...Why did she have to suffer this?
...She also wants to have a healthy body, a normal personality, grow up in a warm room, or go to school...but why, things always get worse?
Finally, she stopped and stood on the mountain of metal garbage, staring blankly at the night lights of the city, her red cloak fluttering behind her like blood.
She seemed to be able to see through the cold moonlight, the person who said he wanted to take her away, who was three whole areas away.
Where is he now? What is he doing?
"Cat, you are very strong and you can protect me, but, in this situation...what should I do?" She leaned against the warm body of the white cat:
"I can't just abandon my father. He will be beaten to death by the debt collectors. What should I do?"
"No matter what... he is still my father. He raised me. I, I can't abandon him..."
This city-state, this city... to her, it was prosperous and dilapidated, warm and cold.
"Meow~"
The white cat called lazily and turned over. The fat ball pressed down on Xiaomei's thin arms, and she almost couldn't hold it.
Her eyes were confused.
"Dear... dear, don't be afraid in the dark..."
"Join me in appreciating the dawn of a new life..."
She seemed to have stepped on something.
This garbage mountain contains countless discarded machines and bionic people. Most of them have stopped working. But one bionic person whose voice-generating device is still working is singing.
She slowly squatted down.
This is a bionic man wearing an apron, lying among broken mechanical parts, with only intermittent singing left.
"We enjoy the wind of freedom..."
It sings loudly, its voice unrestrained and free, like the flapping wings of a bird.
Her tears fell to the ground.
…
After a day of teaching, Su Mingan pushed his emotion value to the maximum value of 2000 points. He can now use both the judgment skill and the lamb barrier at will.
Every time he was in class, he could hear a lot of favorability tips, and many people's favorability directly soared to over 80 points. The combination of missionary aura and SS-level charm was obvious.
He looked at himself in the mirror in the teachers' dormitory.
Obvious dark circles under the eyes, pale face, lips almost purple.
...his complexion seemed to be getting worse.
There is only one day left before Kaiusta opens. Tomorrow he will learn the biochemical technology of this university and push [Biochemistry] to level 10.
He turned on the faucet and water of perfect temperature splashed on his hands, with Xi Ke floating next to him.
"Xi Ke, I always have a feeling that something is going to happen," he said.
“……” Xi Ke was silent.
He took out the bronze pocket watch with a gold chain. The pointer on it was broken, and a line of small words was clearly visible.
…
[Time will tell you, don't be afraid in the dark, I love you. ]
…
Every time he saw it, he always felt sad.
Akto's body has always been magical, and he seems to have a strong ability of empathy. When he saw the tragic scene of the City of Measurement, he couldn't help but feel sad for the city-state. When he saw the pocket watch, he also felt sad.
"【The depth of life is more worth pursuing than its length." Xi Ke said suddenly.
"What?" Su Mingan looked at it.
"Doctor, the difference between your words and actions is as high as 78%. I have a question for you," it said.
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