"System reminder: today is an important day. Please pay attention and be vigilant."
The system seemed to be particularly diligent and responsible today. Li Yuebai received a reminder early in the morning.
"Xiao Ye!" Li Yuebai called out hurriedly: "Listen!"
"Listening." Ye Qing was brushing his teeth in the bathroom and waved his hands calmly.
They only knew a general idea of the original owner's experiences in the previous life. As for the specific details, they were given by the system depending on its mood.
For example, how the original owner, Ye Qing, was possessed by a dormant body and turned into a vampire, this process has never been revealed by the system before.
Soon, the whole process appeared in their minds like an unrolling scroll.
Around this time in the previous life, a distant cousin of the original owner Ye Qing passed away.
The original owner, Ye Qing, was born different from other children. He had a particularly cold personality, was not interested in many things, did not like to play or make noises, and was born in such a wealthy family. His parents had their own little tricks and schemed against each other. They were not as harmonious and friendly as ordinary well-off families. The family was also tense because of the competition for property. Therefore, it can be said that the original owner, Ye Qing, had no concept of the word family warmth. Only this cousin was different.
This old lady is different from the others in the family, and is often mocked by them as a "country bumpkin" and a "foolish woman without any knowledge". She is optimistic by nature, does not like to calculate, fight, or care about money, and lives a happy life. She also likes children and treats all the children in the family equally. She has never treated the original owner Ye Qing coldly because of his character.
When the original owner Ye Qing was about 7 years old, something happened at home. His mother suspected that his father had an affair with the nanny, so she simply drove all the nannies out of the house, and then personally screened and looked for new nannies. During these months, Ye Qing was left unattended, so the old lady took Ye Qing to her home to stay temporarily.
Although Ye Qing was still quiet and didn't show much affection towards the old lady, he knew that the feeling was completely different. The time he stayed at his cousin's house made him feel at ease and warm, which was much more natural than being with his parents.
Later, for a long time, whenever the original owner Ye Qing recalled his childhood, the first thing that came to his mind was the balcony of his cousin's great-aunt's house. The afternoon sunlight shone through the embroidered window curtains onto the wooden floor. His cousin's great-aunt had her gray hair tied into a bun, humming an old-fashioned opera tune, sitting in a rattan chair embroidering, and from time to time she chattered to Ye Qing about random things... and never forced Ye Qing to do anything he was unwilling to do.
The original owner, Ye Qing, also celebrated his 7th birthday at his cousin's house. In fact, although he was only 7 years old at that time, he was already tired of birthday cakes, candles, party balloons, streamers, etc., so he told the old lady in advance: I don't want to celebrate this birthday, I just want to be alone and quiet without being disturbed.
As a result, on his birthday, the old lady took out a set of classic gun models from the box and gave it to him.
Ye Qing has liked cold things like guns since he was a child, but his parents always thought these were too dangerous and did not allow him to touch them. He had no choice but to hide this hobby and never revealed a word to the old lady. As a result, the old lady unexpectedly figured out his hobby.
Ye Qing's parents have always organized birthday parties according to their own preferences and forced him to obey. Only his aunt really hopes that he can have a happy birthday.
So over the years, the original owner Ye Qing has always had a special feeling for the old lady.
Now, the old lady has passed away. It can be considered a happy death for someone in her eighties, but it was a heavy blow to the original owner, Ye Qing.
At this time, the relationship between the original owner Ye Qing and the original owner Gu Xisha as master and apprentice was also very special, but due to the huge differences in their personalities and life experiences, the conflicts became unprecedentedly intense.
The original owner, Ye Qing, already had a world-pessimistic complex and a disease similar to depression. The old lady's death was a great blow to him, and his world-pessimism became worse - in fact, outsiders could not see it at all, including his colleagues who saw him every day, who only felt that he talked less than before.
But Gu Xisha could see it. Gu Xisha's observation ability was not weak to begin with, not to mention that he was facing the disciple he cared about, so of course he could feel Ye Qing's emotional changes.
Moreover, Ye Qing pretended to be fine in front of others, but when he was alone with Gu Xisha, he could not help but relax his tense nerves and reveal his vulnerable side a little.
If there were an outsider who knew everything, they would be able to see clearly that they both had special feelings for each other, but they themselves were not aware of it.
As fate would have it, their feelings for each other led to a series of tragedies that followed.
Gu Xisha noticed Ye Qing's abnormality and immediately became nervous.
He was worried that Ye Qing would commit suicide.
In fact, most people in this world are unaware of the dangers of depression. Most people mistakenly believe that "depression is just a bad mood and weakness, and you just have to get through it." However, due to his profession, Gu Xisha has personally witnessed many cases of depression patients committing suicide, and he knows very well that this physiological disease cannot be cured by psychological adjustment alone.
So he began to guard against Ye Qing intentionally or unintentionally.
Gu Xisha had a strong personality to begin with, and he was even more strict when it came to matters of life and death. Ye Qing was not used to such excessive interference.
Ye Qing has always been indifferent to his own life and death. He hopes that Gu Xisha can respect his choice. To put it simply, when I really want to die, I hope you won't stop me without permission and let me die freely.
Of course, Gu Xisha decisively rejected such a proposal.
As a result, the two fell into a strange state of opposition, torturing each other mentally every day.
At this juncture, a new case occurred.
This time, it was a criminal case that shocked the whole city - the Yongfeng Company robbery. A dozen robbers broke into the headquarters of the Yongfeng Company with guns and held all the employees hostage. The Yongfeng Company was engaged in the antique business, and the robbers took risks for money. It was a simple but serious case.
The situation was urgent, so Ye Qing was of course sent to the scene as a backbone.
Gu Xisha dictatorially ordered him: Don't go.
People with depression should not engage in this kind of profession. Moreover, the situation on the scene is too dangerous and they may lose control and do something unimaginable.
However, Ye Qing concluded based on his understanding of himself that even if he lost control, at most he would only hurt himself and it would not affect the mission.
Seeing that he could not control him, Gu Xisha simply made a suggestion: I can go in your place, or I can go with you.
Ye Qing just smiled tiredly and said: Don't be like this, I'm not your son.
Ye Qing knew very well that this mission was indeed dangerous and Gu Xisha could not be allowed to go.
Gu Xisha is the exact opposite of me. He will grab any chance to save lives regardless of the consequences. He values life itself, whether it is someone else's or his own. This kind of person always regards protecting others as a matter of righteousness, but do I have the nerve to accept it with a clear conscience? Why should I let him take risks again because of me? As for me, who doesn't even care about my own life, I am the one who should face the danger the most.
As for what happened afterwards, it might be that the original owner, Ye Qing, used some extraordinary means to lock Gu Xisha at home and went to carry out the mission alone.
Then, the original owner Ye Qing was accidentally bewitched by a dormant vampire hidden in an antique warehouse during a mission to rob the Yongfeng Company. He committed suicide and was then possessed by the dormant vampire.
"So, don't go!" Li Yuebai jumped up from the bed, ran to the washbasin in the bathroom with great grief, grabbed Ye Qing's shoulders and shook him vigorously: "Have you learned your lesson? Have you learned your lesson?"
Ye Qing felt a little dizzy from being shaken by him, and couldn't even hold the toothbrush handle tightly.
"I finally figured it out. It turns out that it's all your fault!" The more Li Yuebai thought about it, the more he felt that he had grasped the key point: "Listen, Xiaoye, the reason why the character Gu Xisha is so miserable is all because of you!"
"It's not me, it's the original owner." Ye Qing calmly said he was innocent: "Moreover, the original owner's behavior was not excessive. He was just carrying out his own work mission. He encountered an accident during the mission and was possessed by the dormant body. This... no matter how you look at it, the original owner is innocent."
"So far, the original owner Ye Qing has only become a vampire." Li Yuebai said, "But he is the male protagonist in this world, and all the conflicts are concentrated on him. As long as he becomes a vampire, the character Gu Xisha, as his closest person, will inevitably be torn apart by the conflicts that follow like raging waves... Don't ask me how I know, it's like this in all works, the protagonist encounters an accident first, and then triggers a series of chain reactions, and the closest person must die or suffer a fate worse than death..."
"So, as long as I'm not possessed by a dormant body in this life, that's all that's going to be fine?" Ye Qing put the toothbrush and water cup back on the shelf.
"That seems to be the case at the moment." Li Yuebai frowned, "In short, you must not become a vampire."
"The robbery at Yongfeng Company happened this afternoon." Ye Qing checked the notification in the system and said, "I can apply for leave in advance and notify the Municipal Bureau and the National Security Department to prepare for the response."
"Well, our disadvantage in the last life was that we didn't know there was a dormant body hidden in the antique warehouse of Yongfeng Company." Li Yuebai said: "Now that we know, it won't be difficult to deal with it."
After a pause, Li Yuebai asked again, "Xiaoye, do you still have the suicidal tendencies?"
"It's not as serious as the original owner." Ye Qing smiled: "Don't worry."
"The old lady... passed away?" Li Yuebai reminisced and remembered that he seemed to have seen Ye Qing answering the phone at home these few days.
"Yeah." Ye Qing nodded.
"You'll still feel a little sad, right? After all, you have the memories of the original owner, Ye Qing..." Li Yuebai sighed, "How should I put it? Just by listening to the system's description, I feel that this is a very charming lady... When we successfully solve all the problems in this life, let's go to her grave to pay a visit."
"Um."
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