Zongman: I have really retired!

"I'm really sorry about that... Miaoyin hasn't woken up yet, so she may not be able to meet her now. I'm really sorry that your trip was in vain..."

The middle-aged woman bowed her head and apologized to Xia Youjie in embarrassment. Her black dress was cut close to her body. She was obviously dressed like an elite white-collar worker or scholar, but the panic and cowardice she exuded only made people feel weird. She even had her head turned upside down. He didn't dare to raise his head and look at Xia Youjie.

"I'm really sorry that we didn't tell you. We must have been rude."

Xia Youjie hurriedly returned the favor. How could a classmate not greet him in advance when visiting the doctor, but instead made the classmate's parents apologize?

The woman hesitated for a long time, and finally raised her head and gave Xia Youjie an awkward smile.

It was obvious that the woman was not in the mood to entertain them, so Xia Youjie and Lin Fei could only go in and take a look at Mu Miaoyin, put down the bouquets and gifts and leave. The flowers were sunflowers, and Xia Youjie inexplicably felt that Mu Miaoyin would like them.

The woman stood at the door for a long time. She opened the door timidly and finally plucked up the courage to speak.

"Xiaoyin, do you have to do this...Stop now and I can do it for you..."

"Shut up!! If you really wanted to die, why didn't you die with Xiaonuan in the first place!!"

Mu Miaoyin, who was supposed to be lying in bed with a high fever, was now very conscious and standing beside the hospital bed. She was hysterically yelling at the person who was supposed to be her dearest.

"Stop looking at me with pitiful expressions! Take back your worthless pity!! What I want is your care and support when I need you, not the so-called worthless pity afterwards!!"

Mu Miaoyin suddenly reached out and picked up the bunch of sunflowers that Xia Youjie brought to visit her beside the bed and threw it at the woman. A flash of decisive anger flashed in her eyes, which was the flame called hatred.

The woman's lips trembled and she ducked away. She was silent amidst Mu Miaoyin's heavy breathing. After a long time, she muttered the words "I'm sorry".

I'm sorry for bringing you into this terrible world, I'm sorry for letting you grow up around that kind of person, I'm sorry for taking away your last ray of sunshine.

The woman looked at the tears in Mu Miaoyin's eyes and felt heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do. The setting sun fell on her well-maintained face, and there were white hairs on her head that could not be concealed. The years had finally worn away her.

Mu Miaoyin left with a cold voice, leaving the woman alone in the ward covering her face and crying.

Lin Fei shouted after Xia Youjie who was walking away quickly.

"Brother! That woman——"

"I know."

Xia Youjie responded in a low voice, with his usual indifferent expression in his eyes.

Li Anran... that woman... was the last person to see his parents. That woman must know something, otherwise she wouldn't even dare to raise her head after seeing his face.

It was a pity that that person quit his job as a support staff afterwards, otherwise Xia Youjie would have grabbed that person by the collar and asked, even if she was a woman.

"No! I want to say that Mu Miaoyin should be Cheng Nuanmeng's best friend who is a few years younger!!"

Lin Fei took up the words breathlessly.

"What!? How did you know!!"

Xia Youjie turned his head away in shock.

"Emotion!! It's emotion!! Have you forgotten the other magician who died in the death of uncle and aunt? His magic is to temporarily control emotions.

I remember it was written in the information that Li Anran was his wife, so Mu Miaoyin was his daughter. She might have inherited similar spells! "

Xia Youjie paused and hesitated slightly. Of course he had checked all the personnel files of the accident, but due to the confidentiality system, he really didn't expect that such a gloomy and paranoid person could raise a person as lively as the sun. Cute girl.

"So...are you trying to say that Mu-kun knows about the Curse Master and may even be involved in it?"

Xia Youjie's voice is a little hoarse, Mu Miaoyin...she is obviously a very lively and cheerful child, a good and kind child like Haiyuan.

For some reason, he believed from the bottom of his heart that Mu Miaoyin was a good child. Xia Youjie still remembered the way the girl held an umbrella for the sanitation workers on a rainy day, and she was very popular in the class. Almost everyone liked her, such as How could the sun-like Mu Miaoyin be the child of that kind of person?

"Brother...we won't be affected by her spells, right..."

Lin Fei spoke cautiously as if he was afraid of offending Xia Youjie.

"go back."

Xia Youjie turned around, even though his brain told him that Mu Miaoyin was the most suspicious person, and told him all kinds of doubts, including the figure in front of the dessert shop, the man's murmuring apology, the sudden sick leave, Cheng Nuanmeng's suicide, and Li Anran...

But... Xia Youjie still didn't want to believe that the sunshine-like girl was the curse master who killed dozens of people in a row.

A familiar buzzing sound sounded in Xia Youjie's ears. The dark night sky, the flashing neon lights on the roadside, and the reflections of the tall buildings on both sides were like cicadas chirping their last breath of life on a summer night, gradually melting, breaking, and condensing.

He stopped, and in the end he just sighed and walked towards the roadside assistant's car.

"Let's go..."

Lin Fei almost bumped into Xia Youjie who stopped suddenly. He touched the tip of his nose awkwardly: "Where are you going? Aren't you looking for Mu Miaoyin?"

"She won't stay there... go to Cheng Nuanmeng's house, her parents are in trouble."

Lin Fei was confused, but still believed Xia Youjie and followed him.

Unfortunately, they were still late. On the way, they received a call from the auxiliary staff and the Rat King appeared.

When Xia Youjie and Lin Fei arrived, the support staff from last time was waiting anxiously downstairs, holding an eighty-nine-year-old boy by the hand.

The boy looked in the direction of home with a dull expression on his face, his eyes full of ignorance and innocence, as if he didn't quite understand why the uncle next to him was pulling him and not letting him go home.

The surrounding crowd was evacuated, but there were still some people who had just come down from upstairs and were discussing like a crowd.

"What are you doing standing here! Leave quickly!! Do you know that gas leaks can kill people!!"

Lin Fei took the lead to rush forward to evacuate the crowd and helped the support staff who had to watch the children to get out of the situation.

Xia Youjie's light golden eyes had a chilling sharpness in the hazy light. Some people who subconsciously looked over were nervous in their hearts, and they all looked away. The whispers that rang out again couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and then Forced to leave the scene.

Xia Youjie closed his eyes lightly. He was really... extremely bored. Would he be so happy watching other people's tragedies?

Xia Youjie was in a complicated mood at this time. He gathered up his thin coat, and half of his face was shrouded in the shadow cast by the street lamp above his head. It was obviously a hot night in midsummer, but at this time, he felt a bit cold for no reason.

Somehow, he thought of the monkeys in the zoo for no reason, they looked so similar...

What a ridiculous existence. They were obviously part of the tragedy, so how could they laugh at it with a clear conscience...

Xia Youjie slowly exhaled a breath and slowly stepped into the shadowed unit building.

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His brother was in a bad mood. Lin Fei was clearly aware of this and wanted to ask him how he knew.

Because this floor was almost demolished by Xia Youjie. Apart from the precarious load-bearing walls, only broken wall furniture and some freshly cooked meals were left to prove that this building had been occupied a few hours ago.

Xia Youjie frowned as he looked at the small white mouse in his hand, which even resisted as if it was coquettish. Is this the Rat King? How does it look different from a lab rat?

The little white mouse gradually stopped moving, as if it was tired and controlled by something. It could only stare at Xia Youjie with its red eyes in confusion.

Xia Youjie:......

With no expression on his face, Xia Youjie turned it into a ball and swallowed it. Why are you pretending to be so weird? Why do you pretend to be pitiful? It should be the ordinary people who died under its hands.

Although he thought so, Xia Youjie actually didn't feel any sadness in his heart. He still believed in Mu Miaoyin in his heart. Xia Youjie finally discovered that everyone Mu Miaoyin killed was related to Cheng Nuanmeng.

Those who died all came from ordinary families. The only thing they had in common was that they all had a child who looked like a delinquent.

They were probably the people who bullied Cheng Nuanmeng before, but for some reason there seemed to be one left. Such scum should die as soon as possible.

Xia Youjie thought as he casually passed by the two mangled corpses.

The phone vibrated with a text message. Xia Youjie opened the text message and saw that it was Mu Miaoyin.

【Does it look good? 】

The picture is of the rooftop of the school, where Cheng Nuanmeng committed suicide by jumping off the building.

Xia Youjie's fingers trembled, "?" 'Sent it.

The words 'The other party is typing' pop up in the top space.

【Do you dare to come? one person. 】

The picture shows Mu Miaoyin raising her provocative middle finger.

The corner of Xia Youjie's mouth twitched. He felt that this scene was somewhat similar. It seemed that he had seen it somewhere.

【wait for me. 】

Xia Youjie put his cell phone back in his pocket, handed over the cleaning task to Lin Fei, and left alone.

"Ah, have you finished it?"

The support staff downstairs saw Xia Youjie coming down and hurried forward to ask.

"It's almost time. Lin Fei is finishing the work. The damage caused will be converted back and sent to me, and I will compensate."

Xia Youjie knew that he had gone too far this time. The habit he had developed since childhood made him the first to admit his mistake and decided to take responsibility for it.

"Ah, it doesn't matter. It was an accident after all..."

The auxiliary staff smiled sarcastically.

Xia Youjie lowered his eyes. Anyway, Meng Shuxu will definitely hold him accountable when he comes back. Does it make any difference if he does it earlier or later?

"Brother... Is it because I am disobedient that my parents don't want me... Am I a child without a family..."

The little child looked at Xia Youjie with a trembling voice, his two big watery eyes filled with tears.

Xia Youjie put his hands in his pockets and began to feel uncomfortable. What was he going to tell this child? It wasn't that he wasn't obedient enough, or that his parents didn't want him, it was just an accident... that's all, it was just an accident.

"Wait a moment……"

Xia Youjie sighed softly and turned around again to return to the dilapidated house. He looked around and finally picked up a family photo from the ground that was taken when the boy was just born.

The family photo was taken when they first moved into their new home. Everyone in the photo had happy smiles on their faces. I think this was probably the most harmonious and happy time for their family.

Xia Youjie went downstairs and put the photo into the boy's hand, summoned a strange figure and left directly while the assistant staff was hesitating to speak.

The rooftop of Zhucheng High School is not high. The rooftop on the sixth floor was locked due to a previous accident, and the key was left unknown. However, Mu Miaoyin still came to the rooftop, which was the final place she chose for herself.

Under the moonlight, the leaves rustled by the breeze, and paired with the flashing neon lights outside the school, it looked like a beautiful ink painting, hazy and mysterious.

The girl stood on the outer eaves of the rooftop and looked down at the small garden downstairs. The chirping of cicadas gradually weakened in the summer night, one after another, which was disturbing. The paths in the woods were winding, leading to unknown and unknown depths. Mu Miaoyin He raised his head and suddenly said:

"I can't be a sunflower dancing in the sun, I can only be a mold living in the dark."

"what?"

Xia Youjie hesitantly turned his head to look at the girl. A trace of sadness flashed in his deep eyes, but he soon became calm again.

Xia Youjie knew that Mu Miaoyin should have been mentally prepared for some reason, but for some reason, he felt a strong sense of malice in his heart. Judging from the girl's target, it must have been the monkeys who were wrong...

monkey?

Xia Youjie frowned, but soon he calmed down and restored his calm face.

Strictly speaking, they are just people who create garbage, people who only cause trouble...

"You know what? I once wanted to kill you."

Xia Youjie's fingers froze when he was crossing his chest, but Mu Miaoyin paid no attention to him and just continued talking.

"Please, you know, this world is so cruel, there are day and night, and people are the same, but some don't have regular sunrises and sunsets like the sun.

Some people live under the sunshine all their lives, while some people have to live in the darkness of the night.

You should have guessed that I have the same magic skills as you and am a magician. But I was much unlucky. I met parents like that and inherited this disgusting power. My life was really dark. The future that I could see all the way to the end made me sick to my stomach.

The goals I have set are blind, the knowledge I have learned is in vain, even my dreams are empty, and even the pitiful bit of love is just a lie. Thinking about it this way, I am really an ugly thing, worse than mold. The food is disgusting, after all, I think so myself. "

She took a deep breath, lowered her head and thought for a long time, and finally said with some relief:

"Forget it, I shouldn't complain about myself. After all, even if I'm so bad, someone still loves me. If I try my best to debase myself, then what's the point of her loving me.

As expected, I still really want to kill all the magicians. "

The girl said this, with a smile as bright and warm as a summer sunflower on her face.