rotten love

Walking up and down the stairs in the apartment with a file bag in hand, he stopped in front of the door on the east side of the third floor, and then Su Mubing took out the key and opened the door.

As soon as she stepped into the porch, she saw Lu Xiaoyu sitting at the dining table next to the kitchen, with prepared meals placed on the table.

Seeing Su Mubing came back, Lu Xiaoyu hurriedly got up and walked quickly in front of Su Mubing, helped put Su Mubing's coat on the hanger, and then asked with concern: "You came back quite early today, aren't you busy with work?"

"It's okay." Su Mubing responded, and seeing Lu Xiaoyu folded his hands in front of his abdomen, still very restrained, he asked, "By the way, how many days have you been at my house?"

With her head slightly lowered, Lu Xiaoyu replied, "The fifth day."

"Oh." Su Mubing responded, sat down on the sofa in the living room, put the document bag in his hand on the coffee table, then lit a cigarette, and asked calmly, "Then why haven't you acted yet?"

"Action? What are you talking about?" Lu Xiaoyu forced a smile, puzzled.

After taking a long breath, Su Mubing put the pistol pinned on his waist on the coffee table, looked up at Lu Xiaoyu, and said coldly, "Who sent you here? What's the purpose?"

Seeing Su Mubing take out the gun, Lu Xiaoyu couldn't help taking two steps back, looking at Su Mubing in horror, "I...I don't know what you're talking about?"

Suddenly Su Mubing picked up the gun and pointed it at Lu Xiaoyu, "I have already lost three companions, I can't let you get away with it, say, what is your relationship with Beng Yun! What is the purpose of approaching me!"

"I...I..." Lu Xiaoyu pursed her lips, trying her best not to cry.

"Don't make me say it a second time." Saying that, Su Mubing loaded the gun.

Suddenly Lu Xiaoyu knelt down on the ground, pulled down his collar to reveal the arc-shaped scar on his left shoulder, and whimpered, "I'm Qianrou, Master Su Mubing, I just want to see you..."

"Qian... Qianrou?" The astonished Su Mubing said the name slowly.

"I begged Master Ling Jue repeatedly to let him let me go before I approached you. Don't kill me, Master Su Mubing..." Tears rolled down her cheeks, and Lu Xiaoyu was very panicked.

"Ling Jue?"

Whispering this name, the long-sealed memory in Su Mubing's heart was also opened by that arc-shaped scar——

""Master Su, please name the child in my hand. "A boy about seven years old, dressed in ragged clothes, held a crying baby in his arms. The boy's arms and body were covered with many scars. He stood at the top of the pile of corpses. His eyes were covered by long hair on his forehead, but he could feel it strongly. The death aura exuded by the boy raised his head and looked down at Su Mubing who was standing on the ground.

At this time, the seven-year-old Su Mubing was also holding a baby in his arms. Behind and around, there were many huge transparent culture tanks filled with green liquid, and human bodies were placed in them, as if some experiment was being carried out, and the whole house, It's like a giant laboratory.

Staring blankly at the baby in his arms, Su Mubing's face was covered with tears, "Why..."

The crying baby seemed to be warning of this crime, and the ear-piercing cry made Su Mubing unable to think.

"...why...why do you have to do this...what is the purpose of doing this!—" Su Mubing roared, questioning the boy in front of him.

"Master Su, please name the child in my hands." The boy raised his voice, then brushed the hair from his forehead, and stared at Su Mubing with empty and cold eyes.

"No, I won't do it, her mother has been killed by you, I can't hurt her anymore!" Su Mubing timidly moved back, resisting everything in front of her.

"But her mother was killed by you." The boy looked down at the baby in his arms, without any emotion in his voice.

Listening to the boy's words, Su Mubing recalled the scene in the ward, a weak mother was lying on the hospital bed, and Su Mubing was looking at the baby next to the mother with her head on her head.

Suddenly, the boy walked into the ward and handed Su Mubing a medicine.

"Master Ye Yu wants you to give her this injection. The doctor is busy now, so it's time to test your injection skills and see how you're doing."

"But……"

"Are you going to disobey Lord Ye Yu's orders again?" The boy's tone was threatening.

Breaking away from the memory, Su Mubing, who was standing in the huge laboratory at the moment, shouted: "No! I didn't kill that! It was you! If you didn't ask me to give me an injection, she wouldn't have died!"

"That was your negligence. It was you who chose to believe me and gave the injection without confirmation. It was your judgment that caused her to die." As he said, the boy took out a blade from behind his ear.

"You...what are you going to do!" Seeing the boy put the blade on the baby's arm, Su Mubing roared.

"Master Su, please name the baby in my arms, please don't disobey Master Ye Yu's order." The boy raised his voice again.

"Put down the knife! Put it down!"

Seeing Su Mubing's emotional outburst, the boy ignored him, and then lightly slashed the blade on the baby's arm, and the baby's crying became even more shrill.

"Qianrou!—Liu Qianrou!—"

"Ha~" the boy sneered, "It seems that you have already thought of a name." Putting down the blade in his hand, a ghostly smile appeared on the corner of the boy's mouth, "Then now, the baby in our arms is the name of each other. You can make choices for the baby in my arms, family, environment, and friends, you can choose first."

"Why... why? Why Ling Jue, why did you do this!—" Su Mubing, who was filled with anger, roared. "

"Qianrou? Are you really Qianrou?" Waking up from the memory, Su Mubing looked at Lu Xiaoyu who was crying in front of him.

"It's me, it's really me, Lord Su Mubing..." Qianrou stood up, threw herself into Su Mubing's arms, and burst into tears.

After removing her makeup and wig, she gently opened the door and saw that Nursery Rhyme was fast asleep, so she went downstairs, and saw Ling Jue sitting on the separate sofa in the living room on the first floor listening to the radio, and then sat on the sofa beside her.

"Didn't he follow you when you came back?" Ling Jue asked quietly.

Nodding his head, Leng Ruochen replied: "No, but I think he will take action in this regard next time."

"Is there a showdown with you?"

"Yes, maybe next time I meet him..."

"Ah, that's fine." Ling Jue cut it off, "Accept his request. After the next meeting, your work will be over."

Taking a long breath, Leng Ruochen bit his lips lightly, as if mustering up a lot of courage, and asked, "Did you do the murders that happened a few days ago?"

Seeing that Ling Jue was silent and did not deny it, Leng Ruochen couldn't help asking: "Why? Is this also for the new world?

"This is a necessary sacrifice. Their deaths need to be used as a warning to the world. Moreover, they themselves have sins." Ling Jue said coldly.

"Thirteen crimes?"

Hearing Leng Ruochen's words, Ling Jue smiled lightly, "Did you know it from the sentence card?"

Nodding his head, Leng Ruochen said: "Although you have been deliberately keeping me away from your affairs, but after being with you for such a long time, some things can still be understood." Turning his head to Ling Jue, "Fear, greed , laziness, arrogance, pity, hatred, intoxication, hypocrisy, anger, jealousy, vanity, arrogance, indifference, you want to use these thirteen sins to punish the world and create a new world, right?"

With a slight grin on the corner of his mouth, Ling Jue replied, "Yes, but not entirely."

"Those masked people who secretly protect me and cooperate are also your subordinates."

"He is my subordinate, and also the judge of the thirteen crimes."

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After a moment of silence, Leng Ruochen looked up at Ling Jue, "What about Anima?" Leng Ruochen took out a photo from his pocket and put it on the coffee table, and Ling Jue looked a little surprised when he saw the photo , "Is Anima also a judge?"

"It has been seven years since I first met you and Anima in 238. Needless to say, nursery rhymes, whether it is you or me, or Lu Xiaoyu, our faces and bodies will more or less undergo some growth changes ..." Taking a long breath, Leng Ruochen calmed down, "A while ago, you and Anima left for nearly half a month. When I was cleaning the house, I accidentally found this photo under Anima's pillow..." Speaking of which, Leng Ruochen pushed the photo on the tea table towards Ling Jue——

In the photo, Anima is leaning against a stone bridge, with a park behind her, her fingers crossed in front of her belly, and she is filled with a bright smile that she has never seen before. On the side, there is a child about nine years old, with her back to the camera, From the profile of the face, it can be seen that it is very similar to Ling Jue at this moment, and the date of the watermark in the lower right corner shows that Modu calendar is 227 years old.

Looking up at Ling Jue, who was indifferent beside him, he seemed to have gotten a vague answer from his expression, "I used to wonder why Anima has always maintained the same appearance as when we first met, even though she cooks the meals every day. , but at the dinner table, I have never seen her figure, always saying that she is not hungry, and losing weight is perfunctory. Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night, I will see her lying on the bed and not sleeping. Like normal people we've come into contact with."

At this moment Ling Jue was a little sullen.

Pointing to the child in the photo, Leng Ruochen asked cautiously: "This child is you, it has been 227 years from 235 to 18 now, why..." Leng Ruochen choked his throat , "...Anima is still the same as before..."

"Experimental body."

Ling Jue turned his head away and lit a cigarette.

"Real...experimental subject?" Although he had a premonition, Leng Ruochen was still shocked when he heard Ling Jue's answer, "Then...that Anima and the masked man..."

After taking a long breath, Ling Jue said nothing.

Suddenly hearing the creaking of the door, Leng Ruochen saw Anima walk in through the window, and then Ling Jue got up and walked out of the room.

After that, Leng Ruochen only heard Anima's greeting to Ling Jue, and immediately saw Ling Jue walk out of the gate.

As soon as he entered the door, Anima saw the photo on the coffee table, and then stared at Leng Ruochen in a daze for a while.

"Sorry Anima, I..."

"It's not your fault, it's Anima's negligence." As he spoke, Anima picked up the photos on the coffee table.

At this moment, Anima's mood was very low, and when Leng Ruochen saw this, he couldn't help feeling guilty, as if this was the first time he saw Anima like this, he couldn't help but feel regret for what he had just done, bit his lip lightly , Leng Ruochen said: "Ling Jue didn't tell me anything, he..."

"Master Ling Jue once asked me to destroy this photo." Anima cut off the words with a very humble tone, "It was Anima who kept her selfishness and offended Lord Ling Jue's majesty. Anima shouldn't have done this." After that, Anima I was ready to tear up the photos in my hand.

Seeing this, Leng Ruochen quickly grabbed Anima's hand to stop him, "Tearing it up is one way, but... protecting it is also a way." Leng Ruochen comforted, "If Ling Jue is really angry, Then he will tear it up just now, so he also left a step for you."

Hearing Leng Ruochen's words, Anima raised the corners of her mouth slightly, showing a long-lost smile, and then nodded heavily.

Personality development program.

When Liu Qianrou said the name herself, Su Mubing completely believed what she said was true.

Sitting at the dining table, Su Mubing looked at Liu Qianrou who was opposite, and asked, "How much do you know about the personality cultivation program?"

"A month ago, when I was at home at night, I was kidnapped. When I woke up, I found myself in a dark cell." something happened-

"On the balcony on the first floor of the apartment, Liu Qianrou held her head and looked out the window at night. The lights in the empty house were off, and the moonlight shone on the bedroom, reflecting the black and white piano keys, exuding an intoxicating light.

"Shh--quiet--"

Suddenly a deep voice came into the ears, then a pair of strong hands strangled Liu Qianrou's neck, and then a wet tissue with a strong smell of medicine covered his mouth and nose, his vision gradually blurred, followed by a strong Drowsiness also took over consciousness.

When I woke up, what I saw was a closed room.The smooth tile wall obstructs the line of sight, like a cage, the only exit is the iron door in front of him, and through the faint light of the iron window, Liu Qianrou sees her naked body, but there is nothing else to cover herself .

He couldn't help shouting for help, but what he heard was his own echo and weak noise.

Like, there are others.

With a choked throat, fear seems to be corroding the fragile heart, and the unconscious trembling of the body is also disturbing the tense nerves. All the unknowns are heralding the coming of danger.

The cell was extremely dark, and he could only see the corridor outside through the window on the iron door. When he stepped forward to wait and see, what came into view was the long corridor and the same cell door as himself.

I couldn't know the exact time, so naturally I don't know how long it took. After the fear became numb, a man suddenly appeared at the window and stopped in front of the door.

Curled up and hid in the corner, following the sound of the creaking iron door reaching her ears, Liu Qianrou saw the man walk in.

Then when the faint light shone on the man's face, it was Ling Jue.

And the cold pupils never flickered.

"Brother Ling Jue! It's you! What's the matter? Let me out quickly! Brother Ling Jue! Let me out quickly." Liu Qianrou shouted eagerly.

"This will be your lair of rebirth and death, and your false life will usher in a brand new world. The whole body is for you to face your true self. As for whether you can break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, it depends on you. How long can you accept it?"

"What...what? Brother Lingjue...you...what are you talking about? Why can't I understand, I..."

Suddenly the iron door was closed, the loud sound startled Liu Qianrou, and the window on the iron door was also sealed after closing the door.

In an instant, darkness occupied everything, as if falling into a cold abyss.

But then, his eyes were hurt by the sudden light. After enduring it, Liu Qianrou saw Ling Jue leaning his back against the wall, staring at him with indifferent eyes, and then he said calmly: "What you have experienced so far Everything I created, your family, your personality, your friends, everything you have, is all fake."

Still curled up in the corner, Liu Qianrou concealed her shame and forced a smile, "Brother Ling Jue... what are you... talking about~"

"Your so-called parents are my followers. From the moment you were born, your fate is in my hands." After a pause, Ling Jue continued: "Restricting your freedom, in the open Build an ideal environment and appropriate emotions in the world, and use this long-term experiment to prove whether it can meet the creator's expectations."

"Expectation, expectation?"

"The expectation of a perfect personality." Looking at Lu Xiaoyu, Ling Jue's voice remained calm, "Creating a perfect living body, this experiment has been carried out in secret for 20 years, and hundreds of people have participated in the experiment, unfortunately Unfortunately, you are one of the few failures."

It seemed that Lu Xiaoyu couldn't accept it for a while, and looked at Ling Jue blankly, and then looked back at the past memories, as if he had received many hints and guidance in the dark.

The cold family, the parents who are always not at home, whenever they have friends, are always hindered by some invisible things, everything they do seems to be receiving some kind of guidance, and the lonely and empty inner world seems to be As Ling Jue said, he almost never made his own subjective decision.

"Yeah, probably not, after all, they are my parents after all, why..."

"That's just what you think." Ling Jue cut off the words and raised his voice, "Your so-called parents are just my followers. To them, you are just like a white mouse that has been cultivated, without any emotional value."

"How could it be..." Lu Xiaoyu forced a smile, "As long as I can remember, I have been mom and dad, and..."

"That's why everything about you is full of falsehood." Ling Jue's cold tone seemed to be confirming what he said step by step, "False identity, false family and false emotions, your life, other than this body, Nothing real."

"The grass you have stepped on, the people you have touched, and the state of your home are all under my control. Use appropriate words, deeds and hints to gradually lead you to the track I created. I thought you would step by step. Towards success, but unfortunately, you have built a wall in your mind to isolate others, and you are always wandering alone in your own inner world, completely reduced to a failure."

"Then, can you tell me why? Why did you do this?" Liu Qianrou's voice was already a little choked with her lips pursed.

"For the sake of the new world, the success of this experiment will turn this filthy world into a better place, and the personality cultivation program was born because of this." Looking at Lu Xiaoyu, Ling Jue's eyes seemed to flash a glint of joy "However, I also admit that part of the reason for your failure is due to me. After all, you were selected by Su Mubing at the beginning. He wanted to escape this plan to protect you, but he was blackmailed by me. The scar on your left shoulder is my fault." masterpiece."

Caressing the curved scar on her left shoulder, Liu Qianrou choked her throat, then raised her eyes to look at Ling Jue: "Then...can you let me see Su Mubing?"

Looking at Liu Qianrou with indifferent eyes, suddenly the corners of Ling Jue's mouth turned up, "That's fine, let him see what you look like now. Without a security card, without an identity, how can you survive in this miserable world?" After speaking, Ling Jue opened the iron gate, "Liu Qianrou, this is the name Su Mubing gave you, and it is the only thing you have." After saying that, the iron gate also closed. "

"Later, I was robbed by Ling Jue, and I deliberately let you bump into...I...I really didn't intend to frame you, Master Su Mubing..." Liu Qianrou finally couldn't hold back her tears.

After handing over the tissue, Su Mubing comforted Liu Qianrou, and then asked, "Then, did he mention anything else to you?"

Shaking his head, Liu Qianrou sobbed, "No, he never mentioned anything else."

"Then you knew Ling Jue before?"

After calming down, Liu Qianrou replied: "Yes, since I can remember, Ling Jue has appeared in my world, although sometimes I only see him once every two or three months..." With her throat choked, Liu Qianrou cried: "I still can't accept it, why, why are you doing this experiment." Suddenly grabbing Su Mubing's hand that was placed on the table, Liu Qianrou asked eagerly: "Master Su Mubing, you and Brother Ling Jue have known each other for a long time, you must know , if possible... can you tell me everything?"

Breaking away from Liu Qianrou's hand, Su Mubing unconsciously lowered her head, "Sorry, I can't say, I quit them a long time ago, as long as I don't hurt the innocent, I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore."

"them?"

"Okay, go to bed first, although your identity was destroyed by Ling Jue, I will find a way to restore it." Su Mubing stood up, walked up to her and patted Liu Qianrou.

Walking towards the bedroom, Liu Qianrou turned her head to look at Su Mubing: "Lord Su Mubing, Ling... Brother Ling Jue, will he come over and hurt you?"

Smiling, Su Mubing comforted, "It's okay, he can't hurt me."

"Oh." Liu Qianrou responded, sat on the bed, and then asked, "Lord Su Mubing, how did you come back from Man to Chuxi and become a punishment officer?"

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you about this later." Su Mubing smiled, and when she stepped back and closed the door, Su Mubing seemed to have thought of something, "By the way, do you know Leng Ruochen?"

Nodding her head, Liu Qianrou said, "I know, like, seven years ago, she was suddenly by Ling Jue's side. I also asked, but Ling Jue never answered. Could it be that she is also an experiment in the personality cultivation plan?" product?"

"Well, got it, go to sleep now." Su Mubing didn't answer, and then closed the bedroom door.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Su Mubing lit a cigarette. It seemed that Liu Qianrou's appearance reminded Su Mubing of many past events.

"Ling Jue, do you really want to regain Ye Yu's long-cherished wish?" Su Mubing murmured to himself.

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"Huh—" took a long breath, "It's really troublesome——"

Lying on the bed, Leng Ruochen caressed Nursery Yao next to him, and Tong Yao slowly opened his eyes, looked at Leng Ruochen after a while, and asked, "Sister, are you unhappy?"

Leng Ruochen smiled lightly, "No, as long as I see nursery rhymes, I will be very happy."

"Then sister, do you feel lonely?"

"How could it be? With you by my side every day, how could my sister be lonely?"

"What about brother? Does Brother Ling Jue feel lonely?"

Biting his lips lightly, Leng Ruochen forced a smile, then pinched Nursery Rhyme's face, "Stop thinking about it, go to sleep, you have to go to school tomorrow."

Nodding, Tong Yao closed her eyes.

Looking at the room with the lights off, for some reason, Leng Ruochen felt a little sad in his heart at the moment, perhaps because of what the nursery rhyme just said, vaguely, he seemed to see Ling Jue's inner world.

Rain, cities, and dark skies.

It seems that only these are seen, but these are covered by the huge haze that is approaching.

Hearing a knock on the door suddenly, Leng Ruochen stood up and opened the door, only to see Ling Jue.

"Can you go for a walk with me?" Ling Jue looked sideways, his stern face seemed to be resisting his own invitation.

Seeing that Ling Jue was a bit shy, Leng Ruochen couldn't help but smile.

Walking side by side in the garden outside the alley, I saw a couple walking towards each other. They were the couple opposite Ling Jue's house, holding hands and looking very in love.When the couple saw Ling Jue, they quickened their pace, and then the man took out an invitation card from his pocket and handed it to Ling Jue.

After receiving it, it was a wedding invitation.

"We're about to make a visit," the man said.

"Well, yes, it's our wedding day in ten days." The woman continued with a smile, "We don't have any friends, so we don't know who to invite. You are our landlord and you are very nice, so I want to invite you over." join."

"There are no other people in this alley, and they are all empty houses, but we don't plan to make it too grand." The man hugged the woman's shoulders, very happy.

"Thank you also for exempting us from one month's rent." The woman looked at Ling Jue, the smile on her face never stopped.

After waving his hands, Ling Jue said it didn't matter, "It doesn't matter, you are newly married, just take it as my blessing."

And Leng Ruochen looked away at Ling Jue, very puzzled.

"Yeah, okay, then we'll go home first, remember to come when the time comes." The woman waved her hand, and then walked towards home with the man.

"When did you become a landlord?" Leng Ruochen asked after the couple had left.

Looking at the delicate invitation card in his hand, Ling Jue was speechless.

Looking at the silent Ling Jue, Leng Ruochen seemed to see a fleeting longing in his sharp eyes.

Suddenly handing the invitation to Leng Ruochen, Ling Jue returned to his usual cold face, "Tonight, I will tell you everything."

Leng Ruochen was particularly shocked when he heard Ling Jue's words.

"Dark Rose, New World, Kingdom of Vainglory, Personality Cultivation Program, Judge of Original Sin, everything you want to know—" Looking away at Leng Ruochen, "I will tell you."