The unscrupulous system forced me to frantically test the small black room

Lang Bushin was stunned when he heard this.

"I have never done anything to let you down. Why do you treat me like this? Aren't we friends? Haven't we been good friends for all these years?" Lang Bushin cried.

Tao Zhi laughed out loud.

"Yes, we have always been friends. Even now, I still cherish you as a good friend."

"If the person you like changes to someone else, no matter who it is, I will bless you and be happy for you. But why did it have to be Gu Dongnan? Why did it have to be him?"

"Lang Bushin, isn't it good to be a cannon fodder for passers-by? Why are you so greedy that you covet something that doesn't belong to you?"

Lang Bushin grabbed Tao Zhi's collar and pulled his head off the ground, and his half-wet hair fell loosely behind his head.

"Dong Nan and I love each other, why do you say that you covet me?"

"How does my being with him bother you?"

"Cannon fodder? Can't cannon fodder fight for what they want? Who is willing to be defined as cannon fodder? And who is qualified to define someone as cannon fodder? You?" Lang Bushin roared.

"Fight for it?"

"You fought for it now, but what's the result? Didn't I step on you so hard that you didn't even have a chance to struggle?"

"Is fighting useful? Is resisting useful? What's the point of mustering up the courage to try to change? Everything will return to its proper track."

"Lang Buxin, the fact is that you can't do anything."

"Your struggle and crying are just a joke in my eyes."

"I told you on Gu Dongnan's birthday, right? The protagonist can only be with the protagonist."

"Why don't you listen to me? Why do you have to be so greedy to get him?"

"People like Gu Dongnan who are destined to be dazzling should have someone equally dazzling standing beside them."

"What about you? Who do you think you are?"

"Who do you think you are? You are nothing!"

"You are good for nothing, you are worthless!"

"Why would someone like you want to get involved with Gu Dongnan? What qualifications do you have to be his lover?"

"Standing next to him, you are like an eyesore, yet you are still smug about having his favor, asking him for things you don't deserve."

"The current situation is all your own fault."

"It was you who gave up your parents' lifelong efforts and the platform under Gu Dongnan's feet for your ridiculous love." Tao Zhi said with a smile.

Lang Bushin's veins bulged when he heard this and he punched Tao Zhi on the cheek. Blood immediately oozed from the corner of his mouth, but Tao Zhi's smile became even wider.

Lang Bushin looked at Tao Zhi's smile and found it so dazzling that he could not bear it. He hysterically punched Tao Zhi's face one after another and roared in anger.

"Why do you speak so self-righteously of me? Who do you think you are?"

"Are you talking about me or yourself?"

"Are you worthy of Gong Cheng?"

"You have a bad reputation. You have done so many disgusting things. How many people have you hurt? But you let your brother solve the problems for you time and time again. Everything you have belongs to your family."

"You are nothing but a giant baby who lives under the protection of your family. Without your family's support, you are nothing!"

"Besides the name Tao Zhi, what else does it really belong to you?"

"A rotten person like you is a stain. You are not qualified to stand beside the excellent Gong Cheng! You are the one who has no right to criticize others." Lang Bushin cried.

Tao Zhi's eyelashes trembled, a red glow gradually appeared in his eyes, and the smile at the corners of his mouth was forced.

"Yeah, how can a rotten person like me be worthy of him?"

I should just rot obediently in the quagmire where I belong, just like before, without any ridiculous hope of touching the sunlight outside, and then quietly grow twisted in the dark, damp and cold culvert, rotting and stinking, with no one paying attention.

"It's the same with you, Lang Bushin."

"You are no different from me?"

"People like us who are insignificant and insignificant deserve to look up to and envy the happiness of the protagonists. We should have the self-awareness to realize that they are out of our reach."

"But you chose to make the wrong choice. You relied on your intelligence to get Gu Dongnan into your hands. You even wanted to resist without knowing your place, hoping to spend your whole life with Gu Dongnan."

"Lang Bushin, you shouldn't be so willful."

"Wouldn't it be good if you just agreed to break up when you were kidnapped by Mr. Gu? Why did you have to make things like this?"

"I don't want to hurt you, but you are too willful. You have become a hindrance in my eyes."

"There will be a price to pay for a child's wilful dirtying of the delicate toys for sale behind the cupboard."

"You should be thankful that it's me who's asking you for compensation, and not someone else."

Unlike me, if I act willfully, I won't even be entitled to compensation.

"Gu Dongnan has already agreed to break up with you, why are you insisting on doing this?"

"So, be a good boy, okay? You just need to go home and stop causing any trouble. In two days, your parents will be able to return home safely."

"If you continue to be willful, I can't guarantee that the price of compensation you pay is something you can afford," Tao Zhi said.

"Tao Zhi, you are a lunatic." Lang Bushin choked.

Lang Bushin left after all. His face was pale and he staggered like a walking corpse.

The housekeeper came over from the corner with a handkerchief, helped Tao Zhi to sit up, gently wiped the blood from the corner of Tao Zhi's mouth with the handkerchief, and then rubbed the back of Tao Zhi's head that had hit the ground with his palm.

Mr. Gu, who was sitting on the sofa and watching the whole process, spoke.

"Why were you so obedient to let him beat you up? Before that kid from the Lang family came in, you specifically told Ah Sheng not to come up to help."

"He beat you up, and you just let him go back? Seeing your vengeful temper, you should have let someone beat him up first." Mr. Gu asked doubtfully.

Without Lang Bushin in front of him, Tao Zhi could no longer maintain the smile on his face. His eyes were bloodshot and slightly moist.

"I bullied him, so I have to give him a chance to vent his anger," said Tao Zhi.

"I am becoming less and less able to understand you young people. It seems there is indeed a generation gap."

"By the way, will you really leave the child in the small town like you said?" Mr. Gu asked.

Tao Zhi was silent for a few breaths.

"Yes, I will." Tao Zhi replied.

Mr. Gu frowned slightly when he heard this.

"Xiaocheng really likes you. He told me that night..." said Mr. Gu.

"I know." Tao Zhi interrupted in a gentle voice.

I know better than anyone how much he loves me.

He also knows better than anyone the consequences of mission failure.

"So what if I like them? I like the stars in the sky, but does that mean they belong to me?"

"The idiom of self-knowledge is applicable not only to Lang Bushin, but also to me."

The housekeeper helped Tao Zhi upstairs, and Tao Zhi suddenly turned around and looked at Mr. Gu.

"Mr. Gu, Gu Dongnan will return to the United States in two days, and the suppression of Gu and Lang companies can end."

"If it is convenient, please provide appropriate support to help their company get back on track," said Tao Zhi.

"So much nonsense." Mr. Gu muttered.