AWB Chapter 113 Li Ye: I didn't kill anyone, much less... him
Chapter 113 Li Ye: I didn't kill anyone, much less... him
Tangxi never expected that Lin Sui would say he missed her.
Even after knowing that she would eventually become a real serial killer.
But she doesn't deserve to be missed.
They don't deserve to be missed by such wonderful people year after year.
The reason Lin Sui is still willing to pay attention to her is probably only because it is an uncertain future.
If she knew, she really was an ominous monster...
"Child, what are you worried about?" An old woman's voice rang out in the darkness.
Tangxi's eyes were blurry with tears: "I'm afraid, Grandma, I'm afraid... she'll hate me too."
Lin Sui's eyes are beautiful, like starlight twinkling in the night sky, capable of encompassing everything.
What should she do if those eyes also show her disgust?
“Child, if she were really as good as you say, then Grandma believes she wouldn’t be.”
Tangxi still shook her head.
She didn't dare to gamble.
Suddenly, my phone chimed again.
Tangxi eagerly clicked on it, but it was no longer Lin Sui, but a short video sent from an unknown number.
She lowered her eyes in disappointment, and just as she was about to turn it off, she accidentally pressed play.
Immediately, that familiar, clear voice flowed into my heart like water.
"Is it a waste of time? I don't think so... So, you all need to cooperate with me."
Tangxi stared wide-eyed at the line of text accompanying the video.
Every year we must do our best to change our future. Do you want to hold us back?
Tangxi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the tears in her eyes could no longer be contained, streaming down her face.
……
In a secluded little flowerbed overgrown with wisteria next to the main building, Lin Sui met the person who had silently invited her.
Yu Tianlang.
"Master Lin is indeed remarkable; he can understand my meaning even with such a simple task." Yu Tianlang remained unsmiling, his gaze upon Lin Sui filled with scrutiny.
Lin Sui calmly allowed him to look her over: "Speak your mind."
“Then I’ll be blunt.” Yu Tianlang’s eyes were sharp. “Master Lin, it’s not worth it. They’re just a bunch of perverts who like violence and bloodshed.”
"No matter how much you give to them, you will never get anything in return."
Lin Sui found it amusing.
Si Xingran and the others said she didn't need to waste her time, which she understood, but... "Who do you think you are?"
What right does an uncle who is prejudiced against his own nephew have to judge them so arbitrarily?
The impolite question ignited a surge of anger in Yu Tianlang's eyes.
He suppressed his displeasure and asked in a deep voice, "Do you really understand them? Even if you can read faces, so what? Aren't you still being deceived by them?"
Lin Sui, who had been standing ramrod straight, suddenly became relaxed.
She leaned against a pillar and said, "Then why don't you ask Mr. Yu to tell me how they deceived me?"
"Si Xingran, he secretly researched countless kinds of extremely powerful bombs, each of which could level a building."
“Lu Xiang, she has ulterior motives no matter who she gets close to. Your kindness will only make her think you are stupid.”
“Li Ye, he used to be a mercenary. He survived on such harsh battlefields abroad. Do you think it was because of his ability? No, it was because he was cold-blooded. Human life was worthless in his eyes. There are even rumors that he killed his father with his own hands.”
"And Tangxi, I think you think what her mother said was just a lie, right? No, she was telling the truth. Tangxi has indeed killed someone."
"As for Yu Cinian, he doesn't even have the most basic emotions or empathy of a normal person. He's so dark that he enjoys watching people cry and beg for mercy. He even almost killed Si Xingran when he was just a teenager!"
Yu Tianlang clearly knew each of them very well.
He knew exactly what Tang's mother had said.
"I see." Lin Sui nodded meaningfully. "Then may I ask, Mr. Yu, what is your purpose in condescending to tell a junior like me these things?"
"I have no ulterior motive. I'm just trying to be helpful. Believe it or not, it's up to you." Yu Tianlang said with a stern face, then turned and left.
But then Lin Suiyu said calmly from behind, "Then, out of kindness, I must remind Mr. Yu that you have been tainted by the aura of an evil god, and you will pay the price accordingly."
Yu Tianlang shuddered, his spine stiffening.
After a long pause, he said coldly without turning his head, "I don't understand what you're talking about."
Seeing that he was still pretending to be stupid, Lin Sui didn't bother to say anything more.
This person has long been consumed and controlled by his own desires. The reason he did this was simply because he was afraid that she would help Yu Cinian take everything away.
In fact, not only now, but many years ago, this person had already committed a heinous act out of jealousy and desire...
She really thinks she can't see through his true intentions and is willing to use other people as a cover.
Just then, my phone vibrated; it was a message from Mao Yang.
He sent a voice message saying, "I wanted to tell you about the idol before, but because you haven't contacted me, I haven't been able to reach you."
Lin Sui: "..." Why do I feel inexplicably wronged?
Mao Yang: "When the Taoist Association first accidentally discovered that someone was raising ghosts, we found this strange statue in that place."
"Later, the statues appeared simultaneously in several places where ghosts were raised, so we suspected that they were the evil gods worshipped by the people behind the ghost raising."
"But we consulted many relevant books and searched through records of evil gods throughout five thousand years of history, but found nothing."
"This evil god seems to have been created out of thin air by the person who raises ghosts behind the scenes, yet it truly possesses a special power."
"It is this force that prevents the haunting incidents in those ghost-raising places from spreading, and also keeps the ghost-raisers hidden deep within, leaving us with no clues about them. Therefore, we have no choice but to reveal to the world that ghosts and gods do indeed exist in this world."
"Considering that both of these variety show adventure locations featured ghost-gathering formations, we have another theory..."
This was the last voice message; it ended abruptly halfway through.
Lin Sui frowned and asked, "What guess?"
"Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence? There are so many haunted places in the world, why do we always run into ghost-raising and yin-gathering formations?" Mao Yang asked rhetorically.
Upon hearing this, Lin Sui also began to ponder.
It is indeed a coincidence.
At first, she thought that since this variety show was about the female lead's path to godhood, it was reasonable for there to be murders in every place.
However, she got cause and effect backwards.
The murders didn't happen because of the female lead; rather, someone wanted to cover up the existence of ghosts, which led the female lead to steer everything towards the murders.
So here's the question: why would the other party need the female lead to help him cover it up?
Lin Sui couldn't help but suspect...
She didn't think any further, but instead took out her medicine and swallowed one before letting her thoughts wander.
...Perhaps there is another force that deliberately exposed the ghost-raising site of the person behind the scenes, thus forcing them to bring in a so-called female lead.
Thinking of this, Lin Sui waited quietly, and sure enough, her head felt like it had been hit hard by someone, making her vision go black.
Fortunately, I took the medicine in advance, and my heart only ached slightly.
At the same time, she received Mao Yang's speculation: "...that is to say, there may be two forces at play."
Lin Sui couldn't help but wonder: if she hadn't participated in this variety show and allowed the female lead to successfully guide everyone towards science, would the Taoist Association still have discovered this?
And what does all of this have to do with Tangxi and the others?
Why should they be made the final villains and suffer such a tragic and miserable end?
That's fucking ridiculous!
Lin Sui thought to herself expressionlessly.
"By the way, Miss Lin, I wonder if you've ever heard of the Spirit Dream Shrine?" Mao Yang sent another voice message.
Lin Sui was completely bewildered: "What is this? Anime? Or is it a new sect within your Taoist Association?"
Mao Yang: "Cough, no, someone asked me about it. I've never heard of it either, so I was just wondering if you knew."
Lin Sui didn't think much of it.
Although they didn't get any information about the statue, they didn't come away empty-handed.
She thanked him and then ended the chat.
Mao Yang, however, was not giving up: "Miss Lin, you see, it's more convenient to have a sect as a backer, isn't it? That's why you're thinking of joining our Maoshan sect..."
Lin Sui: "No idea, not joining any gangs, goodbye."
Mao Yang: "..."
When Lin Sui returned to the suite, the lights were on in several rooms surrounding the small living room.
Lin Sui didn't disturb them and quietly returned to her room.
She fell ill again and was so exhausted that she went to bed in the dark without even turning on the light.
The air conditioner was set a bit too low. She reached out for the blanket, but instead of finding it, she touched a warm body.
Lin Sui was instantly jolted awake: "Who?"
As she asked her the question, she instinctively rolled off the bed, but was pulled back by a pair of slender yet strong arms and pulled into a hug.
Feeling the softness pressed against his back, Lin Sui said helplessly, "Lu Xiang, what are you doing in my bed?"
"I should be asking you, where did you go?" Lu Xiang hugged her from behind, pinching her face precisely. "Tell me, did you see another woman behind my back?"
Lin Sui: “…”
"Oh, so you have another little vixen now, and you won't even talk to me anymore." Lu Xiang cried sweetly in her ear, "Waaah, how miserable am I? I stay home and do your laundry, cook for you, nurse and raise the baby, and this is how you treat me? I can't live anymore..."
Seeing that she was getting more and more outrageous, Lin Sui decisively said, "Fine, you can sleep here."
"That's more like it." Lu Xiang snorted and immediately wrapped her legs around her.
Lin Sui was thus wrapped up like a cocoon, with no room to struggle.
Sleepiness washed over her again, so she gave up struggling and peacefully nestled her head on Lu Xiang's arm, drifting off to sleep.
Seeing this, Lu Xiang closed her eyes contentedly.
No one knew that she hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time.
Until she participated in a variety show.
Until she met Lin Sui.
If someone were to sow discord and cause Lin Sui to fear her and distance herself from her, she couldn't guarantee what she might do.
……
Lin Sui thought he would only see Tang Xi when the new episode was being filmed.
Unexpectedly, when she woke up the next day, Lu Xiang, who was sleeping next to her, was gone. Instead, there was a runaway princess lying next to her bed.
"Tangtang?" Lin Sui's eyes lit up.
As soon as she sat up in bed, Tang Xi threw herself into her arms, as if afraid she would run away, her arms tightly wrapped around her waist.
"I...miss...you too!" Tang Xi buried her face in Lin Sui's stomach and gently rubbed against him, speaking slowly and earnestly, each word distinct.
Knowing that she was replying to the WeChat message from last night, Lin Sui's heart softened, and she gently stroked her head: "Welcome back, Tangtang."
Tangxi trembled and hugged her even tighter.
I do not know how long it has been.
"Knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door, and Lin Sui heard Lu Xiang mutter in a low voice, trying her best to control herself: "Can you stop dawdling? The rice is getting cold."
Before Lin Sui could react, she saw Tang Xi, who had let go of her, rush to hug Lu Xiang again.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Lu Xiang was startled and quickly tried to pry her arms off.
Tang Xi only hugged him briefly before withdrawing her arms, tilting her tense little face upwards: "I...know...thank...you!"
"What did she say?" Lu Xiang asked Lin Sui, rubbing her arms awkwardly.
“I know it’s you, thank you.” After translating, Lin Sui asked curiously, “What do you mean?”
Lu Xiang's expression froze, and she turned and walked away, taking unusually large strides as if fleeing in panic: "Stop talking nonsense and get up to eat!"
Lin Sui: "..." She became even more curious.
She asked Tangxi, but Tangxi just opened her innocent almond-shaped eyes and silently shook her head.
Lin Sui suddenly realized that her daughter was growing up and would soon be gone, and that he was keeping secrets from her. Sigh.
Lin Sui didn't see Yu Cinian at the breakfast table, so he assumed that Yu had gone to accompany the old man.
But she still felt something was off.
When she inadvertently looked up and met Li Ye's cold, staring eyes, Lin Sui's hand trembled, and the shrimp dumpling fell back onto the plate.
"What, what's wrong?"
Li Ye rarely stared at people like that, like a fierce wolf king eyeing its prey, making one's scalp tingle.
He pressed his thin lips together, and after a long while, he lowered his eyes and said in a voice so low it could barely be: "I didn't kill anyone, and I certainly didn't kill... him."
Lin Sui was taken aback.
She looked around and saw that Si Xingran was live-streaming his morning exercise on the balcony. Lu Xiang said she wanted to lose weight, so she only ate an egg and a banana before going to the sofa to try on her new nail polish.
Tangxi sat close to her, constantly putting food onto her plate.
It seemed that no one heard Li Ye's words, or if they did, they didn't care.
Lin Sui smiled slightly: "I know."
The hand gripping the chopsticks suddenly loosened. Li Ye looked at Lin Sui, who continued to eat with her head down after finishing speaking, and her cold, hard face unconsciously softened.
The new season of the variety show is about to air. After breakfast, the group went to the main building to say goodbye to the old man.
But as soon as I got to the door, I heard a commotion inside, with someone shouting for a doctor.
Once things finally quieted down, the old man asked wearily and sternly, "A-Nian, what's the reason this time?"
“I’m sorry, Grandpa, I didn’t mean to either,” Yu Cinian said with a gentle smile. “But he spoke ill of me in front of the squad leader, so I had no choice but to make him swallow a needle as punishment.”
The old man remained silent for a long time.
……
The third installment of "Seven Ghost Stories" takes place on an abandoned private island.
To avoid the hottest part of the day, the production team organized the guests to take a yacht to the island at dawn.
Fearing that Lin Sui wouldn't be able to withstand the high temperatures on the island, Director Wu specially prepared more than a dozen boxes of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water (a traditional Chinese medicine).
Lu Xiang and the others hadn't looked good since they set off.
Lin Sui, however, was not thinking about her own body at all.
The closer she got to the island, the more serious her expression became.
The supposedly haunted place was surprisingly devoid of any yin energy.