Chapter 79 Flying Donkey
"Where is this place?" Ning Mingmei asked the system.
But Qi Miancheng actually spoke first: "It used to be the confinement room."
His fingertips fell on the rough wall, not like he was communicating with anyone, but like he was talking to himself: "Close this door, it will be pitch black inside. When the moonlight is not bright enough at night, the child is tied up in here, and when he looks around, he can't even see a little light."
"Look at this mark, it's left by fingernails scratching the wall." He pointed to the mottled pits on the wall and said, "Here, where your head is lying on the wall, there was a white spot a long time ago. There was once a child who was tied up lying flat here. He hit his head against the wall again and again."
At this moment, Qi Miancheng really has a very strange ability. He had an indifferent expression, standing there facing a completely unfamiliar place, speaking a few words, and then he could follow the clues of the dust and construct a complete world.
As Qi Miancheng told the story, Ning Mingmei seemed to see a room full of "disobedient" children. They stood or sat, screaming and climbing on these walls.
"It's a strange feeling again... let's try it." He heard Qi Miancheng's faint voice.
Try what?
The young leader put his hands on the wall, but seemed to be completely immersed in his own world. The bright glow gathered into a ball in his hand and he pressed it into the wall.
At this moment, the environment around me changed. The small dark room went from new to dilapidated, and strange children came in and out through the small door, being pushed and thrown in by different people, like a disobedient sack being punished.
The figures of these children changed and flashed, and finally gathered into the figure of one child.
A thin and pale child.
He was different from the others. He didn't cry or scratch the wall. He sat quietly in the dark, leaning against the wall. He was so thin that his spine protruded, but he was as silent as a tree.
The child looked like he hadn't eaten for several days, his lips were white and cracked, like some kind of skinny, dying scene. His eyes were wide open, looking at the sky, and his lips were slowly sucking his fingers.
"Lian Chengyue?"
Ning Mingmei looked at the child in front of him and frowned. But he soon realized that Lian Chengyue could not detect his presence.
There was no extra expression on Lian Chengyue's face, no anger, hatred, fear, or uneasiness. Ning Mingmei heard a faint curse coming from outside the small dark room. The voice was so distant that those people probably didn't expect Lian Chengyue to hear it.
"This time, he was locked up for five days without food or water. Is that really okay?"
"It's his fault that he ruined our business. He looks so delicate and tender, and we thought he could be sold at a good price. He won't accept the toast, and the other kids don't like him anyway. He didn't behave himself this time, and he doesn't know how to act good. From now on, let him live in here."
"…But was that man's death really a coincidence? And what happened in the yard recently? I don't know why, but I feel creepy when I see that monster. You don't know, he has so much strength…"
"But the Lian family said that they are still interested in this child. It will take some time for the Lian family to come over... You can give this medicine to him."
"Me? Give it to him?" This was the voice of a female bystander.
"Well, doesn't he trust you the most? He even helped you drive away those troublemakers."
Ning Mingmei finally understood what Lian Chengyue was sucking.
He bit his fingers out of hunger and sucked his own blood.
Even though I know it's useless.
Lian Chengyue sucked his own blood with an expressionless face, as if he didn't hear the conversation outside at all.
Finally someone came in, an old lady who looked very kind. It looks like he is cooking for the Salesian Village.
Lian Chengyue listened to her without blinking, and finally, he said, "Give it to me."
Hoarse voice.
The old woman said, "Okay, okay. Well, can't you be a better person next time? If you behave better, you won't be locked up again."
Seeing Lian Chengyue swallow the pill, the kind mask on the old woman's face collapsed and she walked away in horror.
Ning Mingmei watched her leaving from afar, then turned back to look at Lian Chengyue.
The child was still leaning in the corner, with no trace of loss or anger at being betrayed on his face.
But Ning Mingmei saw his fists clenching tighter and tighter, which exposed Lian Chengyue's inner thoughts.
"Tsk, I still have this." He heard him mutter to himself.
A flame rose in Lian Chengyue's palm, flickering, but able to illuminate all his desires. He stared at it, because it was the only thing he was proud of and that would definitely change his destiny.
This is enough for me.
Ning Mingmei was standing on the other side of the flame, in the direction he was staring.
"This is the memory of this building." The system reminded Ning Mingmei in his mind, "Qi Miancheng used a spell that allows people to see what happened here. It's a bit like the profiling simulation you have."
Ning Mingmei said: "When was the time when I traveled through time?"
The system asks: "What and when?"
Ning Mingmei asked: "Is it this moment?"
Lian Chengyue was trapped in Ciyu Village and was abused by the owners of the village who were in the business of trafficking young children because of her "wild nature".
From the conversation, Ning Mingmei could tell that Lian Chengyue must have been locked in this room more than once. Before coming to Ciyu Village, Lian Chengyue was definitely not as good at imitating and pretending to be well-behaved as she is now. He was wild and unruly in the Salesian Village, playing with his companions until he was severely beaten by the owners of the village.
From then on, he changed.
The system said: "Yes. According to the time point I originally set for you, you will appear here at this moment-"
Ning Mingmei: "Then he lifted the roof with a sword and descended in front of him?"
Physics falls from the sky.
…
System: "You don't actually need to lift the roof with one sword."
After giving the answer, the system realized what a strange question Ning Mingmei had asked. The system opened its eyes wide: "Wait, if I heard correctly, are you asking about Lian Chengyue's childhood?"
As the saying goes, understanding each other is the beginning of a good relationship.
The system was originally annoyed that Ning Mingmei did not do his tasks, ran around here and there every day, and even followed Qi Miancheng. I didn’t expect to have such an unexpected gain here!
"Before, he was a blurry silhouette in my eyes. I just treated him in a way that I was familiar with. But now, I finally fully understand why he showed that look when he first saw me." Ning Mingmei said, "He clenched his fists so tightly and was so confident in his abilities. His determination to climb up and make the world pay attention to him must be extraordinary, right?"
The system ignored the phrase "familiar way" and realized an extremely wonderful possibility. It was ecstatic: "Are you starting to feel sorry for him?"
It’s a good thing to start feeling distressed!
As we all know, all the emotional dramas of redeeming villain CPs come from this feeling called "heartache". Soon, starting with heartache, Ning Mingmei will develop deeper feelings for Lian Chengyue.
He hated his current personality and behavior, and was troubled by his bad nature that could not be changed, but he was also touched by his innocence and enthusiasm, and felt sorry for the past that made him what he is today. A complex psychological interweaving...
Ning Mingmei: "I will reform him."
So, he tried his best to soothe his wounded heart and took him to see the mountains and rivers in all directions. But good and evil coexist, Lian Chengyue will eventually face his fate of becoming a fragment of the devil. When that time comes, Ning Mingmei will have to swing his sword despite the pain in his heart...
Ning Mingmei: "I will squeeze out all his usefulness."
Severing love with a sword, a bloody misunderstanding, so it can earn some emotional points again... Wait?
Squeeze out the value? ?
System: “And then?”
Ning Mingmei: "Lian Chengyue has been away for half his life, and all he has is a house with an unpaid mortgage and a temporary job that will never get him a tenured position. Don't despise a young man who is poor. When he is 350 years old, Lian Chengyue will definitely leave in anger and send himself to the demon world. Therefore, I have Lian Chengyue's most productive youth, and I can cancel his five social insurances and one housing fund, pension security and medical insurance because of his defection, so as to enrich myself. At the same time, Lian Chengyue violated the non-compete agreement and jumped to a rival company without authorization. We have the right to sue him and carry out a Ponzi scheme in his organization."
System: "You must be kidding."
Ning Mingmei: “Hmm.”
System: "How come you don't have any emotions at all? You know, in addition to changing the world line, one of the most important KPIs of our system is to squeeze the host's emotional value..."
Ning Mingmei: "Hmm?"
System: “Nothing.”
The system quickly changed the subject, but this time it seemed a little hurried and a little guilty.
For some reason, the system, which has always been good at disguise and watertight, always reveals its flaws in front of Ning Mingmei.
Fortunately, Ning Mingmei didn't seem to take it to heart.
"Now I am 90% sure that I can make full use of him. Now, I have arranged the topics for him after he joins the group in advance, and I am just waiting for 20 years." Ning Mingmei squatted down, "Do you feel that the relationship between him and me has made a breakthrough?"
System: “You…”
It wanted to complain, but saw Ning Mingmei squatting in front of Lian Chengyue's phantom.
So I held my breath.
Young Lian Chengyue was still sitting in the cold corner of the small dark room, drowsy from the medicine he had taken. He half-closed his eyes and looked at the flame in the palm of his hand, which flickered and then went out.
The long and lonely life gave him glory, ambition, arrogance, and the lonely courage to firmly believe that he would be able to get out of such hardship.
All of Lian Chengyue's bad qualities, and all of his "good" qualities in the popular sense, are intertwined by this power.
So he looked at it, and kept looking at it. Sometimes, throwing everything at a stake can be a sign of weakness.
Lian Chengyue himself would never know that in the small dark room that he regarded as a turning point in his life, another heartless person would suddenly bend down and look at his past that was regarded as a shame.
It was another person's spur of the moment and a feeling in his heart that he would never express out loud, but it was the coincidence, ingenuity and luck in the years that he would never have thought of and that he would have.
"For the sake of you tipping me off and having your neck crushed." Ning Mingmei said, "Let me wait and see, Lian Chengyue."
He blew gently, extinguishing the small fire in his hand before Lian Chengyue closed his eyes.
The mirage and the mirrored moon disappeared at this moment. The system looked around and discovered another person before Ning Mingmei, who was harboring bad intentions.
Qi Miancheng standing on the other side.
He stood by the wall, looking at the phantoms of Ning Mingmei and Lian Chengyue in front of him. The flames reflected in his dark eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.
But the system discovered that Qi Miancheng, who always had a gentle smile on his lips, was not smiling at this moment.
…
"So, Senior Brother, you used the secret technique in the small dark room just now to find evidence that the Ciyou Village was abusing orphans?"
"Yes. I have informed the relevant people about this matter, and someone will come to handle it." Qi Miancheng said.
The two were sitting in a carriage, but it was not a horse pulling the carriage.
Two donkeys.
There were two people driving the donkeys, one was a Fu Xiu from Yinbing Pavilion, and the other was also a Fu Xiu from Yinbing Pavilion. The two of them held the pen tips against their heads, not knowing what they were writing.
"It's really unlucky that I can't buy a horse in this town. I can only buy two donkeys."
"This donkey runs too slowly! I remember there was a charm that can speed up vehicles. I'll draw it and apply it to it right away."
"This talisman is for horses. Can it be used on donkeys?"
"They all have four legs, and they are all inherited from the same class. It should be similar if they are migrated over... Oh, there is also a Pegasus function here? Add it."
"Pegasus??"
"It's to let the horse stir up the air through the movement of its four hooves, and then fly up and walk, which is faster..."
Outside, the talisman practitioner was busy drawing talismans. Ning Mingmei leaned against the car. He said: "I didn't expect that my senior brother is so kind."
Qi Miancheng said: "Since we passed by, there is no reason to sit back and do nothing."
"Oh?" Ning Mingmei said, "Brother, as the head of Qingji Sect, you did this good deed. If the world knew about it, they would definitely support your reputation even more."
"There's no need for fame. Those people are so arrogant and bullying, it's disgusting." Qi Miancheng said calmly.
There was a rare hint of disgust in his eyes, which were usually gentle and calm.
Ning Mingmei rarely refrained from mocking him this time: "Brother is right."
A donkey cart is not as good as the fairy cart, it stumbles all the way. Ning Mingmei felt a little carsick. He stared at Qi Miancheng opposite him and thought he was a little weird.
The handsome and steady head leaned against the window, looking out with his always gentle eyes. Now he no longer says strange things, and his eyes are as calm as a pool of water.
Deep and deep.
Ning Mingmei looked at him for a while and then became too lazy to look at him anymore. He leaned back, planning to take the opportunity to catch up on some sleep.
"That little house, that place, gives me a strange feeling. As if I have been there before." Qi Miancheng said softly, "Very strange..."
Ning Mingmei said: "Brother, aren't you the eldest son of the Qi family? How could you have been to such a place?"
Qi Miancheng smiled faintly: "Yes."
He didn't mention it anymore, but his brows were still furrowed.
He looked like--
Rather than saying that it was this Ciyu Village that gave Qi Miancheng such a feeling, it would be more like Qi Miancheng had already had some suspicions. It was only Ciyou Village that verified his suspicion.
At the same time, he looked at Ning Mingmei.
Even the hardest-hearted get tired sometimes. What's more, Ning Mingmei is dizzy. Ning Mingmei was dozing off when he suddenly heard Qi Miancheng say, "Junior brother, do you like children very much?"
"Huh?" Ning Mingmei didn't react.
Qi Miancheng said: "In the illusion, I saw my junior brother squatting down and blowing out the flame in the hand of one of the children... The flame was strange. This kind of magic is the first time I have seen it."
Moreover, the child in the illusion also gave Qi Miancheng a rather strange feeling.
Ning Mingmei did not answer the first question. He said, "The magic he has is indeed rare..."
Wait a moment.
In other words, the butterfly effect brought about by his visit to Yedi caused the leader of Qingji Sect, Qi Miancheng, to discover Lian Chengyue's talent in advance?
Wait a minute, what was Qi Miancheng's purpose in coming to Liuyue Lake?
Qi Miancheng shouldn't have the hobby of... picking up disciples anywhere, right?
There was a sudden change in the plan and Ning Mingmei woke up. He pushed his glasses and said, "I don't know, Senior Brother..."
There was an unusual noise coming from outside the donkey cart.
“It’s done!”
"Want to check? Did you remember to change 'horse' to 'donkey'?"
"They are almost the same. There shouldn't be any problem. I'll stick it on now and let it take off."
After a while, Ning Mingmei suddenly felt a earth-shattering noise beneath him.
Then there were screams outside.
"Fuck, fuck, this donkey! This donkey is flying with its neck spinning!!"
“It’s flying so fast!!”
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