Che Linwan broke into a cold sweat when she ran into the hotel venue where Harvey told her about.
The concierge at the door stared at her solemnly.
"Ma'am..." the concierge's tone was a bit harsh, "your dress... does not meet the requirements of our venue..."
Che Linwan lowered his head and glanced at the dark green overalls and black woolen sweater he was wearing.
Mu. It doesn't look like a match either.
"I'll just go in and find someone. Come out soon?"
"Are you looking for a staff member?"
"No, it's not."
"Then who should I look for?"
"Lawyer Charlie."
There have been reports in the bulletin every day recently, and it’s impossible for the concierge guy not to know Charlie.
"Ah, he is today's protagonist." He glanced at the venue, "Can you please tell me your name?"
"She's with me."
Che Linwan and the concierge turned back at the same time, and Che Linwan's face immediately showed a frightened expression.
The tuxedo is well-made, and the back is not messy. They say that Asians look like waiters when wearing suits, but the Xia Mingzhi in front of me looks like a perfect match for a supermodel.
"Ah, I'm sorry. But..." The concierge still had a panic expression on his face.
But Xia Mingzhi's eyes were very cruel, the kind of sharpness that would make people shrink.
Holding Che Linwan's back with one hand, he leaned slightly and whispered in her ear, "You came to see me specially, right? Old Harvey, his thoughts are being manipulated, and he still thinks that he is an old fox and cannot be deceived. Woolen cloth."
Che Linwan only felt that the place where he touched her back began to feel cold, and her whole body felt cold...
Charlie was shaking the red wine glass in one hand, holding his head high, standing beside the podium and talking.
There are spotlights, recording pens, and rustling noises all around.
Che Linwan couldn't help but turn his head and look at the defense lawyer who looked like a gangster brother at first glance.
It turns out that a person's temperament really changes according to the environment.
Anyone who had met Charlie before would have thought that this lawyer had bad intentions. But in front of me, he looks like a serious and righteous person.
"This is the man who kidnapped you. Do you want to capture him and trample him under your feet?"
"I don't want to! I don't want to. I don't... don't mess around!"
"It doesn't matter. I guarantee he won't resist."
"Xia Mingzhi, listen to me, that was a misunderstanding. Charlie and I, we have reconciled. Really!"
That feeling of terror came back.
Xia Mingzhi, who was uncertain and had no idea what he was going to do next, frightened her.
Xia Mingzhi took a glass of golden champagne from the passing waiter.
Charlie walked towards the podium with a smile on his face.
"Xia Mingzhi, please! Don't cause trouble, okay? I beg you, okay!"
Xia Mingzhi suddenly stopped, lowered his head and looked at her, "Done. I'll let him go tonight."
Che Linwan glanced at the wine glass in his hand. A slender goblet, exclusive to champagne, with beautiful bubbles in the golden liquid.
"One bite and done it. Little forensic doctor."
presumptuous! ? ? ? This word popped into my head for no apparent reason.
Who the hell is a little forensic doctor!
She took the glass and drank it in one gulp. The fruity aroma comes to mind.
Before he could swallow it completely, he suddenly leaned forward and kissed her! ! !
Drinking the rest of the wine from her mouth...
My eyes felt hazy for a while.
In my ears I heard the rustling and the laughter of the elf as it flapped.
As if he were laughing at her
Surrounded by successful people who were accustomed to seeing big scenes, they only glanced at them ambiguously.
A blond man with blue eyes who was obviously drunk came over kindly, held Xia Mingzhi's shoulders, and pointed towards the dark corridor in the corner, "There is a storage room there. The waiters usually don't lock the door. Don't worry about me. How do you know? Go ahead with confidence."
Che Linwan didn't realize until she was pushed all the way to the corridor, something was wrong...
Charlie was still talking loudly there.
"where are we going?"
"Uncle, didn't you say there is a storage room?"
"Go...what are you doing in the storage room!"
"what you think?"
wrong! wrong! Nothing is wrong, start over.
"You're not looking for Charlie anymore?"
Looking at her with strange eyes, "You want me to find him? Help you get revenge."
"no!"
"Then follow me."
"ah?"
"As long as you keep following me, I won't have time to look for him."
But, following you...what are you going to do
Fortunately, Xia Mingzhi didn't really take her to any storage room.
They walked straight out of the venue. Get back the car keys you just handed over from the parking attendant.
The black Maserati supercar is so high-profile that it hardly looks like Xia Mingzhi.
"Where...are you going?" She didn't want to be kidnapped again.
But the other party didn't mean to answer her at all.
Anyway, it is in the palm of his hand and cannot escape.
That is Blue Mountain Bay overlooking the city.
"When I first came here, I went hiking with the club. I got lost and didn't go back."
"Ah?" Which memory is this? She tried hard to find a familiar landmark around her, and suddenly realized that what he was talking about was the memory of Xia Mingzhi when she came here to study abroad.
"Later, a person would often come running over. From here, the whole city is desolate."
That shouldn't be called desolation, it should be called loneliness.
But she won't offend him. The first generation Xia Mingzhi's personality is very scary!
"When I learned that you were kidnapped by the old man, I was very anxious. So I thought I had to get rid of the case before I could find you and save you."
"Harvey said, it's you..." Is it you? He must be the second generation... "Tell him that he asked Bai Shoudao for help. Why do you remember Bai Shoudao?"
"I've been there."
"Been there?"
He suddenly smiled evilly and stared at her, "Look. Can't we also have a pleasant chat?"
There were sounds of movement in the surrounding darkness. Che Linwan thought it was a wild beast and was so frightened that he leaned closer to Xia Mingzhi.
But he laughed heartily.
"It's not a beast. Don't be afraid. ... This place is famous as a popular place for couples to drive cars."
“…”
"Are you going back? The scenery is very nice, isn't it?"
"Send me back."
"Do you also want to...send me back?"
"What."
"Send me back. That dark room. I am alone most of the time. I have to use all my strength to break through the siege and take a look at the colorful world outside."
Che Linwan looked at him at a loss, and was obviously interested in the content of his words.
No one is not curious about how multiple personalities coexist in one person.
It should be sleeping most of the time.
But he said it was in a dark room. So it’s possible that a personality that can’t control the body is actually awake
"Can't you listen or see?"
"It takes a lot of strength. So I will get tired soon. There will be something like a barrier to pull me back."
That should be hypnotic consciousness.
"How much do you remember about Xiyuan?"
"all."
"all?"
"Yes. How I brought my friend home, how I caught her, how I teased her. She smiled at first, obviously trying to please me. Then she started crying and begging for mercy. But by that time it was already too late. We were all having fun, and no one took her crying seriously. You know, sometimes girls cry on purpose to increase the fun. "
"But you hurt her! You hurt Xiyuan."
"I know. I found out later. But there is no way to go back, right? The flow of time is always forward."
"Did it start from that time? The collapse?"
"I didn't collapse. It was my parents who thought I collapsed. Since I followed the most primitive power and chose to fall, there is nothing to be afraid of. But my parents are different. They have something they stick to. So they Locked up Xiyuan. Locked me up as well."
That’s right!
Che Lin only realized this later.
Xia Dongqing and Ma Jiaxunyi were not particularly partial to their sons. They locked Xia Xiyuan because Xia Xiyuan's appearance would damage their couple's external image.
The reason for choosing to hypnotize Xia Mingzhi was also because what Xia Mingzhi did had damaged the image of their couple.
They were also imprisoning Xia Mingzhi, but they used different means and methods.
Xia Mingzhi and Xia Xiyuan are both victims.
"Why don't you tell someone?"
"with who?"
Parents are the strongest guardians, with a father from the Justice Bureau and a mother who is a national treasure dancer. Their voices are so weak that no one in the world can hear them.
All psychological hypnosis cannot be created out of thin air and must be guided.
Therefore, the reshaped personality of the generation is actually derived from Xia Mingzhi's original heart.
The beautiful and bright side that I yearned for was fully stimulated, so I became a fighter who worked hard to restrain and suppress the dark side.
Che Linwan couldn't help but feel distressed.
The softness in her eyes was keenly captured by Xia Mingzhi.
His palm pressed the back of her neck, with a hint of menace in his gentleness.
Unfortunately, she didn't feel the threat.
"You see, we can get along very well, right?"
"Um… "
"You see, it's not just that one personality you like. Even if I forget you, you will still come to find me and lean towards me, right?"
seems like it…
"So you see, actually I am not unique to you and can be replaced by anyone, right?"
Mu
"The person you love is not that one, Xia Mingzhi."
Che Linwan began to struggle.
"Just remove you completely. He can't, control me."
"let me go!"
"No need to struggle. Don't you like it?"
"No! Bastard... Xia Mingzhi, wake up!"
"It was you and that stupid old Japanese who personally released the devil. Now, it is impossible to send him back to hell. If I want to go back, I will drag you with me."
Someone heard a fierce struggle. They are a young punk couple.
The young couple grabbed their travel sleeping bags and moved next to Che Linwan and Xia Mingzhi.
A fierce field battle started...
Che Linwan's heart was shattered! She doesn't fit in with this place.
But the more fiercely she resisted, the more excited the young couple watching next to them became...
In the end, Xia Mingzhi was angered, "Go away! This is not an immersive stage play. Go back to your place and watch your little movie."
"Bro, bro, bro! Let's have a melee..." Before he could finish his words, Xia Mingzhi punched him back.
The little brother was about to put up a fight when his hungry girlfriend forcibly dragged him back to their car.
When Che Linwan was stripped naked, she was so desperate that she stopped fighting pointlessly.
His eyes were wide open, and the pride in his heart did not allow tears to fall.
She didn't even want to avoid her gaze, and wanted to make the other person feel the same humiliation with her intense gaze.
"Why, why on earth, can't I?" After saying this, Xia Mingzhi grabbed the coat on the roof of the car and turned around to leave.
devil!
asshole!
Why did I rescue you? Let you go to jail!
Che Linwan climbed into the back seat, put on her clothes silently, leaned on the back of the chair and finally cried silently.
What on earth did she like
Because I miss you so much, I forget the pain I have experienced.
Xia Mingzhi walked silently to the young couple's car and kicked the weak chassis.
The girl who was lying on top poked her head out and looked at him in surprise, "Young handsome boy, do you want to join?"
"Give me a cigarette."
"okay."
The girl fumbled for the cigarette case that was pressed somewhere under the passenger seat.
Xia Mingzhi opened the car door.
"Hey! Hey hey... what are you doing, brother?"
"Fuck you. I'll just get a pack of cigarettes."
He was sitting on the roof of the young couple's car, and underneath was the busy young couple...
He knew that he couldn't really hurt Che Linwan, otherwise he would be beaten back.
He thought that as long as he broke the trace of caring about her in "his" heart, he would be able to defeat him.
But he found that he was wrong.
When he left her, he was already prepared to never see her again in this life.
"Do you know what it feels like? A person, living in pitch black, eternally peaceful darkness."
"have no idea."
"It'll drive you crazy."
"From now on, we are no longer alone. From now on, it is you and me."
"Are you crazy?"
"You forced me, didn't I?"
"No, you still have something on your mind. You can't let it go."
"I'll let you understand. I can let it go."
"Why!! Why on earth! Do you have to drag me with you to die together?!!!"
He was completely offended by his own smile.
"Because I love her."
"Ha! You will understand that your love is worth nothing. Not worth a penny!"
"That's you. Since childhood, the only person who loves you the most is your sister, so the only person you can hurt is her."
There is no use tearing and fighting with yourself.
Personalities cannot kill each other.
He could imagine countless knives piercing him, cutting him into coral reefs. But in the blink of an eye, he would stand in front of him unchanged.
So they started hide-and-seek, imagining countless dark rooms, countless towering walls, and countless sealed or open doors, and shuttled, walked, and searched among them.
"If you can find me, you're done!"
"We did it together, idiot."
"You are the stupid one!"
"I'm studying psychology."
"Me too!"
"But you fell asleep while I was in class."
"… asshole!"
"Do you only know how to call a bastard? You don't have enough vocabulary."
"Wait until I get out. I'm going to kill that female forensic doctor."
"Just like you hurt Xiyuan? Seeing her in front of you, from birth to death?"
"I will do it myself..."
"You know you can't do it."
"I can do it! Don't give me any more psychological hints."
"It's not you who I'm hinting at. Only you can give yourself hints, for example, to kill her."
"Don't try to influence me. Do you think it will be useful to influence me here?"
"Let's give it a try."
…
Such quarrels were so intense that they had to happen every day.
And each time it left him mentally and physically exhausted.
He clearly knew that when he was tired and resting, he would sneak out alone to reminisce.
But there was nothing we could do.
Until the stupid landlady woke him up in a crude way.
She had no idea who she had awakened.
madness!
But when he saw Che Linwan here, his hands could easily pinch her real neck.
He discovered one thing to his horror, he didn't want to kill her.
I don’t know if that bastard’s psychological suggestion played a role, or if something changed.
He has no way to continue hurting her according to his heart
In the distance, there was an argument coming from the direction of his supercar.
He stood up and jumped off the roof of the car.
The young couple stuck their heads out of the car window, "Don't you want to watch, brother?"
He punched the car window, and the man immediately closed the window again.
(End of chapter)