"Because, they were fired."
When Speechless said those words, he had suppressed his voice as though he could not say it out loud. It was nearly inaudible, but in the silent night, Shi Xiaobai could still hear it clearly.
Shi Xiaobai was stunned for half a second before he understood the meaning behind those words. He could not help but draw a gasp.
Speechless gave a self-deprecating laugh and said, "The kind granny, the mighty brother, the omnipotent teacher, and even the innocent and cute girl were all fake. They were actors hired by the boy's family, creating a happy family. They acted out a touching drama in which the boy was kept in the dark, but all they did was get paid to recite lines that had been written long ago. The granny did not hesitate to freeze her hands just to get a bigger bonus. The brother thanked the heavens because he was thankful that the boy was fine, allowing him to keep his job. The teacher is omniscient because he has a complete team behind him. All the lessons are the culmination of a group of people. The teacher is just acting more realistically. The girl is even more laughable. She has really immersed herself in the role and truly wants to marry the boy. However, it has nothing to do with feelings. She only fancied the boy's family background and yearned to marry into a wealthy family to lead a carefree life. Everything is fake. The boy's happiness is all fake! "
The more Speechless spoke, the more agitated he became. Finally, he gave a self-deprecating laugh and suddenly fell silent.
Shi Xiaobai's eyes turned solemn. After a long period of silence, he said softly, "You are that boy?"
Speechless nodded and sighed. He said, "Like a fool, I was immersed in a fictitious happiness. I lived in a lie and was deceived for eight years. That was my childhood. Those four people were hired by Tyrant Tiger Li. On my eighth birthday, Tyrant Tiger Li fired them. It was not because of any accident. It was all part of Tyrant Tiger Li's plan. Tyrant Tiger Li only believed in himself and no one else. Therefore, he spent eight years to give me a lesson and at the end of the lesson, he gave me 'homework'. Guess what the bastard said. Guess what this b * stard said. He actually said, 'The actors I fired this time aren't all, and they won't be the last. You'll be living a life of lies. You'll have to find out who's a liar and who's an actor I hired with money. That's the test you'll have to face for the rest of your life. Also, I'm your biological father. Is this true? Is it also a lie? You have to find the answer yourself. You can't trust anyone except yourself. "
Speechless suddenly laughed out loud. His laughter sounded a little sorrowful.
"That b * stard made an eight-year-old boy deeply understand the meaning of deception, betrayal, and the meaning of not trusting anyone easily. He even planted a seed of doubt in the boy's heart, making the boy unable to trust anyone ever again."
Speechless clenched his teeth and said, "But I did not want him to succeed. Hence, I treated him sincerely and attempted to make true friends. However, Tyrant Tiger Li was a man of his word. He had arranged countless actors in my life. Friends, classmates, teachers, passersby, grandpas that I helped during my daily good deeds. Be it by accident or on purpose, they would always give themselves away, allowing me to discover them. In the next five years, I found a total of more than three hundred actors! "
Shi Xiaobai felt his scalp tingle. He felt that Tyrant Tiger Li was completely deranged. He had underestimated Tyrant Tiger Li's level of madness.
Speechless sighed and said, "As Tyrant Tiger Li wished, I became unable to trust anyone. I resisted and made attempts, but every time I poured my sincerity, I would be betrayed. It happened again and again until I could not help but suspect the goodwill of others. Finally, I became accustomed to using the gaze of 'searching for actors' to look at others. I would attempt to guess if every word spoken was a lie. I could only use the words' no longer trust anyone 'to protect myself. I was constantly injured, becoming weaker and weaker. I could no longer tolerate being betrayed by my friends, nor did I dare to trust anyone with my sincerity. The only person I could trust was Little Aunt because she was a Psionic King that Tyrant Tiger Li could not control. She was an actor that Tyrant Tiger Li could not afford to hire. But if there came a day when she told me that she was actually an actor, I would not be surprised. I was already prepared to lose everything, even if there was only one person I could trust. "
Shi Xiaobai whispered, "There's only one … So the 'anyone' you mentioned was not only This King, Pulp Farmer and company, it also included your sister and mother?"
Speechless said with a wry smile, "That's right, including the two of them. Even Grandma and Elder Brother are actors, so the possibility of Mother and Sister cannot be eliminated. Although my mother has already divorced Tyrant Tiger Li, and Lengxi definitely does not look like an actor, I have no way of believing it. I'm afraid that these are two moves that Tyrant Tiger Li has buried deep. Once I believe it, Tyrant Tiger Li will make his move, making me deeply experience the pain of being deceived and betrayed. Everything is possible. The more real it is, the more likely it is a lie. This is Tyrant Tiger Li's favorite trick. Despite knowing that it's a trap, there's nothing I can do about it. Shi Xiaobai, this is the real Speechless. He's not some genius youth. He's just a pathetic coward who does not even dare believe his sister and mother. "
Shi Xiaobai shook his head and said, "That's not your fault. Besides, didn't you attempt to defeat it? You faked your death so that you could see everything clearly and discern the truth, right? "
Speechless first nodded before he shook his head and said, "Not entirely. To a person who lives in a lie, as long as he does not entrust his heart to anyone, he will never be hurt by a fake act. As for being deceived and betrayed, I am already accustomed to it. Instead, I won't be easily hurt. I originally did not plan on forcefully changing all of this, but something happened in the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower. It made me have the thought of defeating this mental demon. "
Shi Xiaobai asked, "What happened?"
Speechless said, "While you were trapped in the God Slaughtering Formation, the seven of us were simultaneously restrained by Shadow Wraith's' Shadow Shackles' and were in deep danger. I saw through that 'Shadow Shackles' was actually a two-layered illusion, but I could only break through the first layer. I was unable to break through the second layer because the second layer was a mental demon illusion. I was unable to defeat this mental demon that I could not trust. If not for Sunless, the seven of us would not have escaped the calamity. I did not wish for such a thing to happen again. I did not wish to encounter the same dangerous situation again and be helpless because of this darn mental demon. I had enough of that feeling of helplessness. I wanted to protect all of you. Even if there were one or two actors, or maybe all of them were actors, I wanted to do my best to protect all of you. I wanted to protect the tiny bit of truth that existed in the fake world. I did not want to be unable to even hold on to that one thing. "
"Therefore, I chose to fake my death. I wanted to defeat the mental demon that prevented me from trusting anyone! "
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