12th floor, east side.
Lin An stood behind the door and used his Divine Eye to confirm the situation before knocking on the door.
An inaudible sound came from inside, but it didn't seem like the door was open. Lin An knocked on the door again and said calmly," I'm Lu Yao's friend."
Only then did a loud thud sound come from inside, as if someone had fallen. A woman with disheveled hair pushed open the door and took a cautious step back when she saw Lin An. It was only when she saw Lu Yao that she almost burst into tears.
Lin An looked at the kitchen knife in her hand, and with a cold expression on his face, he reached out to grab the blade and move it away.
"Come in quickly!" The woman suppressed her emotions and hurriedly let them in. After Lin An walked in, Lu Yao hesitated for a moment before following behind him.
To be honest, ever since Lin An told her that the person in front of her only treated her as a friend on the surface and that he might even loathe her in his heart, she had become a very powerful person.
Lu Yao couldn't maintain her previous mood.
After entering and closing the door, the woman immediately hugged Lu Yao and cried softly,""I didn't expect you to come looking for me. Really, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what to do.”
"I'm almost done eating, and I don't dare to go out. I really didn't expect you to save me, Lu Yao!”
Lin An's Mind Reader was activated at high intensity, but he couldn't read anything for the time being. Perhaps it was because she was genuinely surprised that Lu Yao had appeared to save her.
Lu Yao hesitated for a moment before looking at Lin An's expression. Seeing that he was expressionlessly looking at the scenery, she reached out and patted the girl's back."Don't cry. I'll take you away soon.”
It was inevitable that she felt awkward when she spoke. She wanted to get close to him, but she couldn't.
The woman calmed down and seemed to have noticed this as well. It was also after she calmed down that Lin An read her mind.
Why does she look like she hates me? You hate me, yet you still want to save me?
As expected of you, Lu Yao. You're exactly the same as before.
Her originally grateful and happy heart seemed to have turned cold in an instant.
On the contrary, when she looked at Lin An, her mood became much happier.
This man is Lu Yao's reliance to find me, right?
Could it be someone from the government?
He could also be Lu Yao's lover.
In short, no matter what, as long as I can control him, I might be able to survive.
Lu Yao, this stupid woman, definitely didn't know how to make a man like her.
Damn it, my current appearance is too ugly. I must have a bad impression of him.
Lin An looked at her for a short second or two, and his mind was filled with thoughts. He couldn't help but understand why he had been so disgusted with her in the simulation.
He didn't reject beautiful girls. In fact, as long as he could grasp how to make them feel happy and not be neglected, this might make them more reliable than ordinary teammates.
However, those who approached with intentions were not included.
Lin An was confident that he could control the other party for a while.
However, there was no way to guarantee that the other party would not betray him if he had a chance to survive by stabbing him in the back.
Moreover, her thoughts did not seem to be as simple as wanting to have any conflict of interest with him.
"Are you Lu Yao's friend? I'm Zheng Li, Li as in Litchi."
Lin An reached out his hand indifferently.""Lin An."
"Thank you so much. You risked so much to save me. Do you have backup? Or did something happen outside?”
Zheng Li's reaction was extremely fast. She was extremely good at reading people's minds. In just a few words, she had determined that the man in front of her did not seem to have a good impression of her.
Did Lu Yao say something to her?
Heh, you pretend to have such a good relationship with me on the surface, but you're gossiping about me behind my back?
As expected of you, Lu Yao. You can always be so hypocritical.
"Aren't you the hypocrite?" Lin An suddenly spoke.
Zheng Li was stunned. Then, she subconsciously took a step back and bumped into Lu Yao.
Lu Yao was also stunned. She didn't seem to understand what Lin An was saying, but when she saw Zheng Li's expression, a thought suddenly popped into her head. Lin An could really read minds?
Then, she recalled what Lin An had said.
Just now, Zheng Li had called her a hypocrite in her heart?
Lu Yao felt a little wronged and almost lost her temper.？
How did he know what I was thinking?
Zheng Li had only one thought.
"Maybe it's because you're too easy to guess?”Lin An smiled, but only one corner of his lips curled up. His smile was filled with disdain and even mockery.
Zheng Li opened her mouth, unable to say anything.
That was impossible, right? What were they doing here?
In an instant, many dark guesses flashed through Zheng Li's mind.
Could it be that he wanted revenge? Just because I offended her in the past, she specifically came looking for me to take revenge? Lu Yao was not such a person! Impossible!
"Don't overestimate yourself." Lin An continued to expose her thoughts.
Zheng Li instinctively raised her voice."I don't know what you're talking about!"
What kind of damned ability is this? Can he read minds? Impossible, there was such an ability in this world?
"Lu Yao really treats you as a friend, even if you have bad intentions.”
Lin An couldn't be bothered to continue exposing her, so he calmly said,"" Even though she thought that the two of you might have had some relationship in the past and were unhappy, as time passed, she thought that the two of you were already friends.”
"We had a common experience. Even if it wasn't good, Lu Yao still thinks that you're not a bad person.”
"I'm very curious. If you hate her so much, why are you pretending to be friends with her?”
Lin An casually sat down on a table at the side and turned his head to look at the two people standing motionlessly at the entrance.
"I'm very curious. Why do you hate her so much, but still take the initiative to keep in touch with her?”
"I heard from her that you even send her postcards every year, photos of all kinds of awards, and contact her during the holidays?”
Lin An's series of questions made it difficult for Zheng Li to maintain her expression. She could only put on a blank expression, but her heart was in turmoil.
Why would he think that I hate Lu Yao?
That's right, Lu Yao shouldn't know either. She was a fool.
I send her pictures every year because I know that she has retired, but she still wants to be a figure skater. She loves this sport from the bottom of her heart.
I just wanted to make her jealous and let her see me flying on the track.
Why did he take the initiative to contact her? If I don't contact her, how can I know if she's doing well? I'll only be happy if I know that she's so unhappy!
Annoying, why do I have to think about this? If he can see through my thoughts, wouldn't I be guilty?
Damn it! Damn it! How can I control my thoughts? How can I control them?
Lin An watched as she tried her best to turn the thoughts in her mind into mush to prevent herself from seeing them clearly. However, it was to no avail.
A person's subconscious could not be concealed.
Lin An's sudden incident had caught her off guard.
"So, you sent her a postcard of your competition overseas just to make her jealous.”
"You deliberately sent her a photo of yourself on the field just to make her heart ache.”
"Did you take the initiative to call her every year just to know that she's been very unhappy every year to make yourself happy?”
Zheng Li couldn't help but take a step back with every sentence.
Lu Yao was even more shocked and looked at her in disbelief. Zheng Li leaned against the wall, unable to retreat. She looked at Lin An with a terrified expression, confirming Lin An's words.
"Why do you hate her so much?"
Lin An asked.
Zheng Li lowered her head, her messy hair covering her face. Suddenly, she laughed coldly. After a few laughs, she lifted her head and pushed her hair away. Although she looked haggard, she was still beautiful and moving. Her eyes were filled with disgust.
"Why?"
Zheng Li looked at Lu Yao and didn't want to act anymore. Perhaps she had given up on herself and felt that even if she didn't die today, she would have no hope of being saved.
She simply let go and confessed everything that was buried in her heart.
"Because I'm jealous of her!"
After Zheng Li finished speaking, Lu Yao was stunned. She didn't expect that it was only because of this. She didn't know why she made her feel jealous.
"Do you think I'm jealous of you? My professional career is obviously more perfect than yours, and you clearly failed the selection battle, but I went up?”
"Hey, stupid woman, you're really the same as before. Naive, stupid, and don't know anything!”
Zheng Li said loudly, shouting out all the darkness that had accumulated in her heart for many years.
"Let me tell you, ever since the day you gave up skating, I hated you the most! It's not hate, it's hatred. I can't wait for you to be unhappy for the rest of your life!”
"You clearly have better talent than me, but you always complain to me that your talent is ordinary.”
"How funny! Do you know how much money and time I've spent since I was young to stand on the same stage as you?”
"Do you know how much I used to look forward to you? Every time I practice until I want to give up, I train so hard because I want to stand on the same stage as you!”
"But what about you?"
"You gave up!"
Zheng Li's voice was deafening, causing Lu Yao's face to instantly turn pale.
"I hated skating so much, and I hated the arrangements my family made for me, but I had no choice but to step onto the ice rink and do my best in sports that I didn't like at all.”
"And you? She said that she was in the same boat as me, but she enjoyed everything from the bottom of her heart. Do you know, when I found out about this, I was already very jealous of you!”
"But at that time, I didn't have any friends at all, so I could only entrust all my desire for friendship to you.”
"What about you?"
"We clearly agreed that we would walk together no matter how difficult it was, and become my eternal friend and opponent.”
"But you were actually injured?"
"Don't think I don't know! You did it on purpose! Crying about how his talent was inferior to others, don't be ridiculous!”
"Do you know how much practice I have to do every day, how much money I have to spend to hire teachers, how much money I have to spend on special training, and how much money I have to bribe my connections to win an award?”
"And how did you get all of this? Hmm? Relying on so-called hard work to reach this step, you actually think that you're ordinary and even want to give up on yourself and betray me. Ha, what a joke!”
Every sentence caused Lu Yao's mind to suffer a heavy blow.
The moment she was questioned, she suddenly thought of her past. Did I really do my best?
Am I really not talented?
Zheng Li only sneered and lowered her voice, but she still stared at her resentfully."That's why I want to take revenge on you."
"Even if I don't like skating, I still practice. Even if I don't like skating, I haven't missed any competition. I'll take the awards that I can win.”
"All of this is because I want to make you suffer. Others may not know how much you like to ice-skate, but do you think I don't know?”
"I just want you to see me shine. I want you to be jealous and hate me!”
"Isn't it funny? Just because of this small matter, I, a woman, hate you wholeheartedly for no reason.”
"Do you know that I still want to take away more things from you? The man you like, the friends you like, the life you want.”
"It's a pity that before I could make it, I was killed by this damn world. I was killed here!”
After she finished speaking hysterically, she collapsed and sat on the ground. She covered her head and cried,"Why are you so lucky?”
"Why have you always been so likable?”
"I work harder than you. Why don't I have anything?”
Lin An didn't say anything and turned to look out the window.
What she said was true.
Perhaps, this was also the reason why he didn't kill her in the end.
Even if she hated Lu Yao from the bottom of her heart, this kind of love born from love, or rather, it could be said that her love-hate mentality was extremely abnormal. However, it did not mean that she was a complete, damned evil person.
Of course, Lin An wanted to describe her in this way. Whether she was a bad person or not depended on Lu Yao's opinion.
That was the truth.
Lu Yao stood expressionlessly on the spot. In the end, she only raised her head and looked at the ceiling as she muttered to herself,""I see."
"I'm sorry."
Lu Yao's apology made Zheng Li even angrier.
She stood up from the ground and walked over while staring at Lu Yao.""Sorry?"
"Up to you. In any case, you're so naive and kind. Someone will help you. You're so lucky, Lu Yao!”
"You think I'm pitiful? Do you think I'm pardonable?"
"Let me tell you, as long as I'm alive, I'll definitely continue to hate you so much. I'll do everything I can to make you suffer as much as I do!”
Lu Yao only lowered her head. After a while, she said a simple sentence in a low voice.
"I thought we were friends.”
Zheng Li was suddenly speechless.
Lu Yao raised her head and looked at her with tears in her eyes."I thought, I thought we were friends.”
"I thought you were very happy."
"You're right. I'm a guy worth hating.”
"Hate me. I betrayed you. I turned myself into a pathetic piece of trash.”
"I'm very jealous. I'm very regretful.”
She reached out and hugged Zheng Li tightly. Her cries made one's heart ache. She shouted at the top of her lungs,"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to leave you behind.”
"I really want to go back. I want to go back and continue skating with you.”
Zheng Li didn't say a word, like a wooden statue.
Lin An looked at her. Hatred and love were intertwined in her heart, and Lin An's Mind Reader was unable to see anything for a moment.
Sick?
Forget it, he couldn't afford to offend her.
Lin An suddenly understood why he had abandoned her at the colony in the simulation.
This kind of sick girl, even if he had reconciled with Lu Yao, he couldn't bring her along with him!
If he hugged Lu Yao, she would want to use a knife to kill him.
Hiss.
Lin An shook his head.
However, Zheng Li quickly recovered. She expressionlessly pushed Lu Yao away and said in a disgusted tone,""I can't go back."
"There are no more ice rinks in this world.”
"Everything I've gained, everything I've worked hard for, is meaningless.”
"You can leave. Let me die here.”
"If I live, I swear that nothing will change.”
"Stop using your cheap kindness to make fun of me.”
In the end, Lin An saw her heart shake violently. At one moment, it was extreme love, at another moment, it was jealousy, disgust, hatred, and at the next moment, it was grief and despair.
Reading minds made him feel a little dizzy. Was there really someone whose psychological changes were so complicated?
Lu Yao looked at Lin An silently.
She knew that Zheng Li's fate was in both her and Lin An's hands.
"Whatever you say."
Lin An gave a concise answer.
Lu Yao lowered her head. After a while, she whispered,""I don't want her to die."
Zheng Li's mouth twitched but she didn't say anything. Her eyes were inexplicable. It was hard to tell whether it was pity, mockery, or sadness and confusion.
Lin An nodded expressionlessly.
"Then send her back."
He looked at the time and said,"Tomorrow, when someone from the colony comes to pick her up, send her back."”
"What about you? Were you with her today or something?”
Lu Yao was a little touched by Lin An's expression. Although she was a little naive, she could be considered considerate.
He hated uncertainty and trouble, or trouble beyond his reach-but for my sake, he agreed.
Lu Yao wasn't wrong. If she hadn't forgiven Zheng Li, or if Zheng Li had acted even more hopelessly and hated Lin An so much that she couldn't wait for Lin An to die, then Lin An would most likely have killed her.
However, Zheng Li didn't have such thoughts. In a sense, she was also very innocent and innocent. She only wanted to take away everything Lu Yao liked, just like how the only person she liked, Lu Yao, had betrayed her and left her.
Tsk tsk.
Women.
"Let her stay here. I'll personally bring her back tomorrow.”After Lu Yao finished speaking, she glanced at Zheng Li.
Zheng Li just stood there without saying a word.
Although she was a little disheartened and had given up on herself, she had told him everything.
However, after calming down and realizing that there was hope of survival, he was shocked.
He still wanted to live.
And he wanted to live well.
Lu Yao was still alive, so she didn't want to die.
Did he still want to torture her, or was it because of other feelings? Zheng Li was not sure herself.
She watched Lin An turn around and leave without even looking at her. Lu Yao looked at her with a complicated expression for a while before following behind Lin An.
After leaving the house, the two of them went downstairs and walked aimlessly on the street that had been repeatedly cleaned by the rats.
After a long time, Lu Yao suddenly asked,""Aren't you afraid that she'll bring you trouble?”
"I said, you decide." Lin An only spoke calmly, leaving her with only a side profile that shone under the setting sun.
"And trouble is something I should solve.”
Moreover, if there is trouble, the simulator will help me find the source of the trouble in advance.
And I, before trouble appears, will completely and forever resolve it.
Lin An suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He looked at the empty street in front of him. There were no abandoned cars blocking the road and no zombies wandering around.
He suddenly suggested.
"Try again, figure skating.”
Lu Yao raised her head, her eyes blank.
Lin An smiled and pointed at the street in front of him.""You can't even build an ice-skating rink now, can you?”
Lu Yao looked dazedly at the empty street in front of her. It was unknown what she was thinking about. After ten seconds, she slowly walked forward.
As she walked past, the surrounding ground was surging with cold air, and layers of ice appeared out of thin air.
When she reached the end, she stopped and turned around. She saw an ice arena that had suddenly appeared on the street and made her dream come true.
She lowered her head, and frost appeared on her shoes. Then, she jumped lightly.
Ice blades appeared under her feet. She stepped on the ice skates that were formed from ice and slowly slid on the ice. Her posture was extremely beautiful, and she did not look like her usual self at all. It was as if at this moment, she was the princess or queen of this ice world.
She glided across the distance of tens of meters and arrived before Lin An.
Lu Yao raised her head and smiled gently. She placed her hands behind her back, and her beautiful ice boots moved smoothly on the ice before stopping in front of Lin An with ease.
She raised her head and looked at Lin An. Her voice was different from her usual liveliness. There was a hint of calmness, but also a hint of indescribable gentleness.
"I'm going to start dancing. Be my audience."
Lin An nodded with a smile on his face.""Do you need me to applaud or cheer for you? It's a pity that Xiaoxiao isn't here. Otherwise, I would have asked her to prepare music for you.”
"We'll talk about it later. Now, I'll show you. There's no need to be so professional.”She returned to her playful appearance and smiled brightly as she took a step back.
She slid backward on the ice and suddenly jumped high into the air. Her voice was as clear as a wind chime."Now, the twenty-five-year-old Lu Yao will be appearing on stage. She hasn't been in the competition for a long time, and this is her first time making a comeback after several years.”
She mumbled to herself as she acted as the commentator while bowing to the only audience member, Lin An.
"Next, she will be performing 'Resurrection'.”
After she finished speaking, Lu Yao gently closed her eyes. Her fingers tapped the rhythm beside her, as if she had stopped playing music that only she could hear.
A few seconds later, she suddenly moved.
Lin An looked on quietly, as if he was looking at a moving painting on the surface of ice under the sunlight.
There was a princess who had been sleeping in the coffin for a long time, as if she had already died. On the ice, she was reborn.
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