Neverland

Xu Muzhou slept until the sun was up.

When he opened his eyes, the sky was bright outside, and he didn't know what time it was.

Song Yan was holding a heavy English novel, sitting on the window sill opposite the bed, as if she was accompanying the bed.

Xu Muzhou sank between the soft beds and was tightly wrapped by the quilt. Only half of the palm of his right hand was exposed outside the quilt, and he still maintained a slightly bent posture, as if he was holding something before.

Xu Muzhou moved his fingertips slightly, feeling that he still had the feeling of being held firmly in his hand.

"Are you awake?" Song Yan caught sight of his movement from the corner of her eye, and closed the book with a snap: "It's not a coincidence, Yan Cen just went out just now, and he only walked for about 5 minutes."

"What time is it?" Xu Muzhou asked hoarsely.

"You should ask what's the date." Song Yan said.

"...?" Xu Muzhou blinked and looked at her suspiciously, not understanding what she meant.

"You've been sleeping for more than a day." Song Yan smiled: "Did you sleep soundly?"

Xu Muzhou was stunned.

He only felt that he had slept deeply and soundly this time, and he didn't even realize that he had slept for a day and a night.

Song Yan jumped down from the window sill with the book in her arms, turned around and sat by the bed, leaned over and touched Xu Muzhou's forehead.

"Fortunately, I'm not stupid." Song Yan said: "Tomorrow night is Robert's wedding banquet...Xu Muzhou, this mission world is coming to an end."

"It's over?" Xu Muzhou asked in surprise.He only felt that he had just slept on the bed, and how the progress had already taken off like a rocket before he knew it.

"Yan Cen has found an important time point." Song Yan skipped the link of Yan Cen's illegal operation, and briefly explained what happened the night Xu Muzhou was taken away.

"That's not right." After hearing the cause and effect, Xu Muzhou still couldn't believe it: "In just a few hours, did you fill up the tasks that had been lacking in progress before?"

"Thank you Catherine." Song Yan shrugged: "She was too frank with 'Robel'—of course, in fact, from this subjective perspective, this incident is easy to understand. It's just that when we find the starting point It took some work, but generally speaking, there is no difficulty other than a little more complicated."

That being said, it was not for nothing that Zhong Lu chose this task for them.

After thinking about it, Song Yan knew that Zhong Lu's "choosing carefully" was definitely not just talking—Song Yan herself was seconded from the guidance system, so she already had an impression of Robert.If she wasn't here, Yan Cen and Xu Muzhou would have to take a lot of detours in front of that diary.

What's more, these two men who know nothing about women have to face a Catherine whose emotional attachment is completely deformed.

If it hadn't been for Kelin's foolishness to arrest Xu Muzhou, Yan Cen's character would not have given in to Catherine so quickly.

The combination of these various factors, together with Yan Cen's dangerous tactics, completed a task that was originally limited to seven days ahead of schedule.

"It's really..." Xu Muzhou sat up, scratched his hair, and said with a wry smile: "Unexpected, logical."

"As for the rest, Yan Cen said he will take care of it." Song Yan said.

"Then what did Brother Yan do?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"Probably go to deal with Kelin." Song Yan is not too sure: "Kelin is an important person around Robert, and he can't deal with it rashly. It should be sent to other places first, as long as he can't come back on the night of the full moon. .”

When mentioning the night of the full moon, Xu Muzhou couldn't help but think of those failed products under the rose bushes.

"Robert..." Xu Muzhou paused, trying to find a tactful way to ask: "How many offerings have you had?"

"It's hard to define." Song Yan said: "I found a cowhide scroll in Robert's study yesterday, which recorded this treatment method. Robert made an annotation on it, and the date of the first annotation was in May Years ago, it said failure."

"That is to say, for at least five years, he killed thirteen girls almost every month?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"It may be more than that." Song Yan said: "He should have gone through many attempts—although these attempts are useless. The information on the parchment scroll is more ambiguous than what we have obtained. Robert wants to achieve the current regular offering. The process should have also selected other specifications of offerings."

Xu Muzhou fell silent.

He understands that this is a historical world that cannot be restrained by modern morality, and he also understands that in this place where nobles hold all the right to speak, those girls cannot get justice.

Yan Cen once told him that Neverland will judge a person's merits and demerits, and then calculate all positive and negative emotions from it.After the positive and negative emotions cancel each other out, the remaining negative emotions are included in the calculation.

But what Yan Cen didn't say is that this kind of judgment mechanism is almost equivalent to nothing in guiding the task object.

Xu Muzhou is well aware that these task objects step on the nodes of the development of the timeline, unintentionally shouldering the burden of history, so as long as this worldline is still operating normally, then the positive things they received when they were alive Feedback will keep coming.

——As for these "insignificant" little things, for these people, I'm afraid it's not a drop in the bucket, and they won't have any impact on their next life or the next life.

In other words, Robert will not receive any punishment from justice itself.

Xu Muzhou understands the reason, he will not be filled with righteous indignation, he just feels powerless to ask for an explanation for the innocent.

And this sense of powerlessness stems from Neverland—the mechanism of Neverland is indeed completely fair, and this kind of fairness does not mix any emotions and morals, and is an absolute balance.

Xu Muzhou pondered for a while in silence before suddenly realizing something he had neglected since just now.

"I've been sleeping here?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"That's right." Song Yan said, "Otherwise?"

"What about Catherine?" Xu Muzhou said, "Didn't she come last night?"

Song Yan was momentarily stopped by his question.

"Here we come." Yan Cen, who happened to enter the door, took up the conversation.

Xu Muzhou turned his head and found that he was only wearing a crisp white shirt today, with a relaxed expression.

"I promised her one thing." Yan Cen steered the wheelchair to the side of the bed, Song Yan moved to the end of the bed winkingly to make room for Yan Cen.

"What's the matter?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Yan Cen smiled but didn't answer, just said: "It's related to the mission."

Xu Muzhou looked at him suspiciously, always feeling that Yan Cen was mysterious, as if he was hiding something.

"About the mission..." Xu Muzhou said, "Can't you tell me?"

"I promised to fulfill her wish." Yan Cen said: "... Or, I promised on behalf of Robert. From then on, Earl Robert has only her, unique and eternal."

"You...don't need to ask Robert's opinion just to agree to such a wish of dying for love even if you don't agree with each other?" Xu Muzhou said in shock.

"No need." Song Yan tilted her head and explained to Yan Cen with a smile: "The task limit given to him by Neverland is to ensure the safety of Robert's life, and he has the autonomy for the rest."

Yan Cen asked again: "Did Song Yan tell you about the task progress?"

His tone was light and airy, and Xu Muzhou didn't know where to answer for a moment.His eyes fluttered between Yan Cen and Song Yan, and he replied vaguely: "I said it..."

"That's good." Yan Cen took Xu Muzhou's hand, rubbed his thumb on his tiger's mouth, and said: "Robert's wedding banquet will officially start at nine o'clock tomorrow night, and I have arranged seven banquets for you." ordered carriage—leave the estate."

"Leave?" Xu Muzhou looked at Song Yan for the first time, and found that the other party also had a surprised expression, and asked in confusion: "You want to finish this task by yourself?"

"You can't help with the next thing." Seeing that Xu Muzhou was still suspicious, Yan Cen shook his hand with a smile and explained, "Do you remember that nursery rhyme?"

"Remember." Xu Muzhou nodded.

"The nursery rhyme reflects the story, so you just need to put the characters into it like a formula, and you can understand." Yan Cen said: "Catherine is the robin, Robert is the sparrow who killed her, and the rest The guests are the funeral birds...and in this nursery rhyme, there are three special beings."

"Flies, fish, beetles." Xu Muzhou said, "They are not birds."

"Catherine fought for the girls for a month. During the last full moon, there were no new victims in the castle—so those girls took Catherine's blood." Yan Cen pointed at Xu Mu with his finger. Zhou's heart, said: "The fly is the bystander—that is, you and Song Yan. Remember, the bystander does not attend the funeral."

Xu Muzhou understood.

In this event, he and Song Yan could only be spectators.They must leave before this great feast can begin.

Because they shouldn't be on the party list.

Xu Muzhou's own identity was optimized by Neverland, and Song Yan, as Robert's personal doctor, was not qualified to participate in this banquet.

"There is one more." Xu Muzhou said, "There is also a judge."

Yan Cen looked at him with a smile without saying a word.

"The judge is..." Xu Muzhou suddenly realized: "It's 'you'!"

In this nursery rhyme that Catherine regards as important information, the judge does not appear in this nursery rhyme head-on. Like the robin, it is just a shadow living on the side of the text.As for the sparrow, it did not stand trial in this court, which tried the mockingbird.

The judge tried the guilty Catherine, but she was also convicted.During this process, Yan Cen briefly occupied Robert's identity as an outsider, and also obtained another title that should have fallen on Robert.

In other words, the sparrow is Robert who killed Catherine, and the judge becomes 'Yan Cen' who has witnessed all the crimes.

"It's amazing." Xu Muzhou said, "Zhong Lu has indeed found a very interesting world for you two."

Today, Catherine's death finally has an answer.

Catherine's subconscious still believed that she was guilty, and she instinctively rejected those girls, not only because of her possessive desire for Robert, but also because of the guilt buried deep in her soul.

Her jealousy and guilt do not conflict, the two desires are intertwined and eventually become her obsession together.

Catherine hopes to become the most special "lover" in Robert's heart, and at the same time to end all this, also become the last offering in Robert's life.