Late at night, Huai Shi pushed open the door of the stone marrow restaurant expressionlessly.
In the living room, Fang Shu turned around. "Young Master, do you want to have some supper?"
"No, Fang Shu, you should rest. You've worked hard these past two days."
Huai Shi took off his coat and hung it on the hanger. He suddenly turned around and asked, "Where is Tongi?"
"In the lounge."
The old man replied, "She seems to have been waiting for you for a long time. It looks like you have something to say. I'll get a pot of mint tea for you two."
He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want some cookies?"
"Yes, thank you."
Huai Shi nodded and walked straight to the lounge. He pushed open the door in front of him roughly. He saw the figure slumped on the sofa, surrounded by fries, shrimp chips, and a lot of snacks.
She was still holding a pot of fried chicken and watching TV attentively.
When she noticed Huai Shi coming in, she picked up the remote control and turned off the TV. Huai Shi only had time to hear a familiar voice on the TV saying, "… Why can't it be me?"
He frowned and looked at the dark screen. "What are you watching?"
"The TV."
Tongi wiped the potato chip residue from the corner of her mouth and introduced excitedly, "It's the popular evening drama '24 Hours of the Scumbag'!
The plot is full of ups and downs. There are knives and sugar. The structure is tight. Although the protagonist is a scumbag, people can't help but be immersed in it. They both hope that he can be chopped, and they also hope that he can get away with it. Well, although both sides seem to have a lot of support, I'm in the middle. "
With that, she invited, "How about it? Do you want to join in the viewing? "
"Be an actress?"
Huai Shi sneered and sat opposite her. He asked directly, "Who's the director? Are you? "
"Ah, this …"
Tongi blinked innocently and seemed embarrassed. "I can't deny that I have a little effect, but you can't blame me for it, right?"
Bang!
The table suddenly shook.
Huai Shi no longer hid his anger and unhappiness. "That's too much, Tongi!"
"Hmm?"
Tongi was puzzled and asked, "How is it too much? Did I eat your fries? I'll make another one for you later. Don't be angry. "
"You know what I'm talking about, Tongi. You know why I'm angry."
Huai Shi asked coldly, "I know you like to tease me and see me in a sorry state. But even if you want to see me make a fool of myself, there's no need to involve them, right?"
"A joke?"
Tongi shook her head nonchalantly. "That's not right, Huai Shi. This is something you'll have to face sooner or later. Oh, I'm just helping you to … erm, bring them forward? "
"Tongi —"
Huai Shi interrupted her coldly.
"Alright, alright."
Tongi raised her hand and interrupted him before he really got angry. She got up from the sofa and leaned forward with a smile. "Huai Shi, let's talk about something serious."
She raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
The crisp sound spread out, dispelling the cicadas outside the window, the insects in the night, the electric current in the electronic equipment, and even all the insignificant noise.
Everything returned to silence.
Only the sound of Huai Shi's breathing could be heard.
And Tongi, holding her chin, asked as if she was joking, "Can you recall — how long has it been since you talked to me like this?"
"Hmm?" Huai Shi frowned. "What do you mean?"
"It's the literal meaning, Huai Shi."
Tongi asked with a faint smile, "How long has it been since you expressed your joy and anger directly? How long has it been since you looked back on yourself? And how long has it been since you acted like a normal person like this?
"Am I not normal?" Huai Shi asked back, "Or do you think I'm sick and need treatment?"
"It's not necessarily that you're sick, but it's not completely normal, right?"
Tongi looked at him and sighed with pity. "A normal person won't live like a hero in a story book. Huai Shi, selfless, generous, and passionate, shining in the light … It's true that everything is magnificent and desirable, but even a prince has to go to the toilet, Huai Shi.
Except for a mule that has eaten too much dye, no one can poop out pink balls — "
She spread out her hands and asked helplessly, "Can you recall how long you've been in this state?"
"I …"
Huai Shi was at a loss.
He wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.
He didn't know when it started, but he seemed to have gradually entered the role, the role that everyone imagined.
Justice, mercy, strength, selflessness, and invulnerability. He was like a hero of steel who had descended to the mortal world, bringing salvation and relief.
In front of his students, he was a generous teacher. In the Celestial genealogy, he was a perfect example. In everyone's eyes, he was the successor of the Republic.
He represented everything that was about to rise and the glory and glory of his return.
"But … isn't this good?"
"Of course it's good, Huai Shi. There's nothing wrong with this, is there?"
Tongi smiled. On her slender fingers, the teacup was lifted and rotated under a subtle balance. The white porcelain and gold rim glowed with a gentle light.
"But in the end, where did this change come from?"
She asked doubtfully, "Is what you're pursuing, your own compassion, or the compassion bestowed by the heavens? Are you controlling your own desires or the rules of divinity?
Are you the young man who once yearned for happiness, or the hero in everyone's dreams? Do you achieve all this from the bottom of your heart, or are you a 'moral specimen' as Ai Qing said? "
Tongi looked up and asked solemnly.
"Are you Huai Shi or Yun Zhongjun?"
"Aren't I both?"
Huai Shi retorted without hesitation, "Aren't all these things created by me, Tongi? As long as there is growth, it must be different from the past. Or do I have to be like how I was in the past? "
"This is also falling into another extreme, Huai Shi."
Tongi chuckled. "Nothing is constant. It's just that sometimes the change may not be as you expect, and it may not be the result of your love.
The abundance of divinity will make you love everyone, but among the many virtues, only love must be different. In the end, it will be inconvenient for you to love anyone.
Perhaps everyone will love you, but in the end, everyone will fall in love with the 'hero,' and no one will love 'Huai Shi.'
Admittedly, you are doing very well now, but you must distinguish the duties and image given to you by the outside world from your true desires and love.
You must understand where you are. "
She paused for a moment, and there was disappointment and helplessness in her eyes. "If you let it go, you will be immersed in the glory and solemnity of divinity, day after day, until one day, you will completely forget your former side as an ordinary person, and eventually become a ruthless and correct machine, or a tool dominated by fate. I have seen such things too many times."
"…"
In a short silence, Huai Shi was stunned. However, his years of experience of being arranged and fooled reminded him that this seemed to be the truth, but there seemed to be something wrong.
Immediately, he slammed the table angrily. "But what does this have to do with you torturing me?"
"Oh? Don't you understand? "
Tongi laughed. "I just want some people to remind you who you are."
"Is that so?" Huai Shi glanced at her coldly.
"Yes, yes!" Tongi nodded seriously with an innocent face, as if she was full of bitterness and helplessness that could not be understood, and she was full of sadness and melancholy.
"Hehe."
Huai Shi quietly watched her performance, unmoved. "Why do I feel that you are just looking for fun?"
"Oh …"
Tongi's smile became shy. She raised her thumb and index finger and gestured. "Of course, I can't deny that a small part of it is because of this.
But other than them, who can knock you out of that glorious and magnificent shell and restore the original appearance of that fool, Huai Shi? "
"Your past, your present, and your future —"
Tongi said, "Before you became an Ascended One, and after you became an Ascended One, they have all witnessed everything of you. Huai Shi, you have to face them, just like you have to face your former self. "
She paused for a moment, and her expression became subtle. "So far, your life will be a life spent with them, won't it?"
"…"
Huai Shi's expression twitched, and twitched again.
He began to have a headache.
But he was speechless, unable to refute, and did not know how to deal with it.
It was precisely because of this that he felt angry, towards Tongi, no, it should be … towards himself.
"What if it causes irreparable consequences, Tongi?" Huai Shi sighed helplessly. "If they are hurt because of this, what should I do?"
"Will there really be irreparable consequences?"
Tong Ji asked in surprise, "Don't tell me you think that they'll be jealous of each other like in the harem novels? They'll be jealous of each other and fight so hard that they'll act out a house fight in front of you?
Come on, Huai Shi.
What era is it now? What kind of people are they? "
Tong Ji counted with her fingers in front of him. "She started off as an inspector and slowly made her way to the core of the Directorate of Command, becoming a key figure in the Elevated Floor, and even closer to becoming a creature of power with a secret mission. She was loved by humans and the Abyss, a princess who had both the seed of solidification and sublimation. A real person born out of nothingness, the future king of the Dark Net, the controller and creator of events and records. There was also a silent person who was loved by this world and the Silver Ocean …
Even if you really have a harem and Big Quinn, you can't accommodate any one of them. The so-called love may be important, but it can't restrain their footsteps, and can't make them your caged birds.
Even if there really comes a day when they find that the conflict between them can't be resolved, they won't use the so-called mutual harm to solve the problem. And they won't be so stupid as to expect your pity and favor.
This is no longer something you can interfere in. If you ask me, a guy like you who is overcautious won't be of much use at all. Don't overestimate yourself.
At most, you'll be like a pot of flowers, placed in a garden and moved around.
At most, well, you'll just be a trophy. "
Tongi thought for a moment and noticed Huai Shi's gradually paling face. She comforted him and said, "Think on the bright side — maybe everyone can reach an agreement and divide you into four equal parts, right? When the time comes, one piece will be here, one piece will be there, one piece will be here, one piece will be there, one piece will be there … Problem solved! "
"How can this be solved!" Huai Shi was furious. "They're all dead!"
"This is the problem you have to face, Huai Shi."
Tongi spread her hands sympathetically. "This is your own choice. If you had just flirted a little less, you wouldn't have ended up in such a tragic state.
Since you enjoy more than four times the love, you must pay four times the price. Dividing into four equal parts is already very simple …
However, that's many years in the future. You haven't even reached the legal age for marriage, so why worry so much? "
"Yes."
Huai Shi was stunned for a long time, and then he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, he realized that he had been tricked by this black-hearted woman again.
He was furious.
"Are you still fooling me?"
"No." Tongi was puzzled. "Didn't I explain everything clearly?"
"But if —"
Huai Shi was silent for a moment. Although he knew that it was impossible, he couldn't help but ask, "What if I'm terminally ill? What if they can't make me return to normal? "
"Look at what you're saying."
Tongi held her chin and laughed. "Don't you still have me?"
Her confidence and confidence made Huai Shi even angrier.
"Huh? What will you use? "He snorted." I'm not so easy to deal with, Tongi. People grow!
Use money? Use beauty? Money is like dirt to me, and women are like floating clouds to me! You don't think your so-called benefits will work, do you? "
"No, no, no, there's no need to go through so much trouble."
Tongi raised her hand and pulled out a solemn book from the void. "Of course, I'll use this, Huai Shi —"
She paused for a moment and revealed an expectant smile. "The book of fate that's filled with your dark history …"
At that moment, Huai Shi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
His eyes widened in a daze.
He reached out to stop her … but it was too late!
"Maybe you can't understand it just by describing it, so let's try it first."
Tongi picked it up, flipped through two pages, and nodded. "Let's start with the background of the fantasy novel you wrote when you were nine! By the way, in the Heaven Drive Continent, music is king. The poor young man Zhou Shi and his sister rely on each other. Oh, did you have a sister complex at that time? Ah, it doesn't matter … Look at this setting, look at this plot. Aiya, it's really full of ups and downs. It's amazing. How about we spend money to make a comic? In the future, maybe the animation will become a hit … "
"Enough, enough, don't say anymore!"
Huai Shi covered his head with both hands. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it. His whole body was trembling, and tears were streaming down his face. "Are you a human?!"
"Of course not."
Tong Ji had a smug expression on her face that said, 'I have no conscience'. "Don't worry, I've already prepared more than a dozen copies for you in advance, including all the stupid things you've done since you were young, as well as the unspeakable desires and fantasies you had for the ladies in your heart back then, as well as those sweet dreams that made people blush … Once you begin to deviate from human nature to divinity, I'll use your money to hire your people to help you change everything and create a big IP.
I'll guarantee that every one of your fans, and every animation, novel, and movie enthusiast in the present realm will have a copy. "
"Great Sage, quickly withdraw your divine power. I was wrong, I was wrong, okay?"
Huai Shi collapsed on the chair. Just imagining such a future made his tears uncontrollably rush out.
Compared to such an outcome, he would rather be divided into four classes!
At least he would die with a clear conscience …
"Don't worry, I know you're very touched. You don't have to thank me, this is what I should do."
Tong Ji stroked his hair with relief and said gently, "After all, from the day you signed the contract, I have to be responsible for you for the rest of your life, don't you think so?
According to the terms of the contract, you and I will share glory, power, crown, and authority. This includes, and is not limited to … life, soul, and even everything. "
She paused for a moment, and her tone became meaningful. "In other words …"
"In other words?"
Huai Shi looked up in confusion.
Then, he saw her face right in front of him, and his own reflection in her eyes that were faintly glowing.
A pair of slightly cold and slender hands cupped his cheeks.
When he was least prepared for it.
He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
A soft touch covered his lips. It was so warm and gentle, like a fog full of joy. It broke into his consciousness, shook his reason, shook his soul, and even made him forget everything.
Even if it was only for a short moment.
A touch and they separated.
"In other words —"
"You are my private property, Huai Shi."
Tongi whispered in his ear softly, "Only on this point, you have no other choice."
After that, she slowly raised her head, tucked the stray hair in front of her forehead behind her ear, and happily looked down at Huai Shi's stiff and dull face, and told him.
"Don't ever forget."
In this way, she waved goodbye, hummed a song, and briskly walked away with small and fragmented dance steps.
Only Huai Shi was left in the same place, petrified.
He forgot his soul.
After a long, long time, when he finally reacted, he subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth, and couldn't help but tremble with anger.
His pure body, his innocence, his integrity for so many years, was taken away by that black-hearted woman in such a despicable way when he was least prepared!
Thinking of this, his tears finally flowed down.
My first kiss, my first kiss …
And just outside the door behind him, Tongi, who had returned, poked her head out and kindly reminded him, "Oh, by the way, don't feel too bad about your first kiss. After all, you haven't had that kind of thing for a long time."
As she spoke, she blinked and raised her finger to draw the outline of a bird's beak, reminding Huai Shi of her unbearable past, as well as her dark past of being toyed with by this woman.
And the cruel future where he would be played for many years …
"Good night ~"
She winked at Huai Shi and disappeared behind the door.
Only Huai Shi was left sitting alone in the quiet lounge.
His mind was empty.
He didn't sleep all night.
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