mtl008 Chapter 160 Strange Tales of Idol Rules 33
Chapter 160 Strange Tales of Idol Rules 33
The moment that hand clasped with Ling Yi across time and space, all the illusions vanished, leaving only the dilapidated yet real scene before her.
The distant lights made Ling Yi squint. She stood in the dilapidated building, gazing at the occasional passing vehicles outside.
And those people seemed unable to see her presence.
The person behind her embraced her waist and kissed her cheek greedily and tenderly: "I'll take you away from here."
His wrist was grabbed, and Chen Shu heard Ling Yi speak: "And what about you?"
Chen Shu lowered his eyes and remained silent.
He didn't know if Ling Yi would still accept such a wretched version of him after he left this small world.
Rather than drifting further apart in the future, he would rather remain in this beautiful dream, reminiscing about the past.
"You want me to leave alone and start a new life." The voice behind her grew increasingly desolate, but Ling Yi seemed oblivious: "With new friends, new lovers, I will..."
The hand around her waist tightened suddenly, preventing her from finishing her sentence.
"Stop talking, okay?" Chen Shuyin's eyes were filled with unease, but his voice was incredibly gentle.
In the last second before parting, he didn't want to show her his ugly side.
The thought of her casting her tender gaze on someone else in the future made Chen Shu so jealous he wanted to kill her.
But by then, he wouldn't even have the right to be jealous.
"So, you really aren't leaving with me?" Ling Yi gently covered his tense arm, her tone light.
Chen Shu was stunned for a moment, and didn't know what to say for a long time.
"If you don't want me to see others, stop me; if you don't want me to love others, possess me; if you don't want me to leave alone, come with me." She finally turned around and met Chen Shu's silver eyes: "Such a simple truth, do I have to teach you?"
The person in front of her awkwardly avoided her gaze, his obvious inferiority complex evident in his expression.
What is he insecure about?
Is it because of inferiority over everything that happened in this small building, or because of all the ugliness of the past?
Perhaps Lingyi is a moralist; she may feel pain and resentment because of her lover's various misdeeds, and thus have the idea of distancing herself from him.
But is she?
Ling Yi gently stroked his temple with her fingertips: "I'm giving you one chance. How will you say goodbye to me?"
As Chen Shu watched the fireworks exploding before his eyes, the joy in his heart almost made him lose his ability to speak.
After a long while, he said firmly and calmly, "Go outside and wait for me. We'll see you tomorrow."
Silver starlight spread in her eyes, and Lingyi felt the world before her distort and deform.
The small building disappeared before her eyes, replaced by a university dormitory room.
"If I were a celebrity, my public image might be ruined if I were photographed visiting the stinky tofu stall outside the school gate for a whole month."
In the dormitory, everyone was still discussing the topic of "whether or not to become a celebrity." The roommate who was in a passionate relationship with the stinky tofu near the school gate shared the following thoughts on the matter.
Time seemed to freeze at the moment when Ling Yi went to that small building, everyone was still excitedly discussing random topics, completely unaware of what had happened to Ling Yi in the past second.
What happened in that small building was like a fleeting dream, leaving no trace upon waking.
"Yi-yi, you just said you want to debut as an idol?" The other roommate chuckled and said, "Before you debut, you have to give me a thousand autographs, and then when you become famous, I'll make a fortune off of that."
She became more and more excited as she talked, and slammed her hand on the table: "This way of making money is much more reliable than my investment schemes that I lose money on every day!"
In the original owner's memory, a fleeting image of this girl holding a green investment product every morning flashed through Ling Yi's mind, stirring up sympathy in her heart.
She patted the girl on the shoulder and said sympathetically, "You'd be better off waiting for your fund manager to become famous than for me to become famous."
Isn't that how conversations can kill a day?
The dramatic girl's eyes reddened, and she rushed into the bathroom with her pajamas, ready to have a good cry under the tap. A deranged laugh echoed through the dormitory.
The remaining two girls were laughing so hard they were practically falling over, showing absolutely no "idol demeanor."
Ling Yi subconsciously looked at the camera on the wall, but only saw an empty white wall.
She slapped her forehead, chuckling to herself that she was already thinking about him after only a few minutes apart.
After washing up, the lights were turned off in the four-person dormitory room.
On her first day in this world, Ling Yi was still not used to not living in a dormitory.
She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling, teasing 688: "Why didn't you give me a warning this time?"
688, who's obsessed with watching dramas: [Huh?]
What is the host saying? How come it doesn't know?
Caught slacking off, it could only frantically flip through its previous logs.
Content involving personal privacy was censored. After a cursory glance, it said, "You haven't lost your mind, so why should I warn you?"
What kind of madness is that?
That was clearly a case of feigning madness when one's mind was perfectly clear.
The pitiful and weak new artificial intelligence was manipulated by its cunning predecessor. Not only was it deceived, but it also had to respectfully send people out.
【I just hope you have fun.】 What else can 688 say besides that?
Saying that the host has no other partner to play with, so he comes to play with a weak system is just being incredibly bored.
But its job is to keep the host company. It's unreasonable for it to slack off, and it would be bad if it got a complaint.
Ling Yiyou: [To be honest, I haven't had enough yet.]
Her madness at that time was a way for her to vent her inner emotions and also a way to control her narrative.
After all, his heart was filled with too much darkness and filth, with one twisted thought after another. If she were to communicate with him in a normal way, she would have to pay close attention to his mental health from time to time, even if it meant suffering a lot.
His constant puppy-dog-like gaze, asking "Will you leave me?", is certainly endearing, but his insecurity is truly pitiful.
Lingyi is such a kind person, of course she should take the initiative to solve his psychological problems so that he can have a bright future!
As for how to solve it...
Be even crazier than him, make him constantly pay attention to his mental health issues, and then he won't have time to pay attention to his mental health issues, right?
After the time she spent inside the cocoon, and considering that she had asked him to leave and be with her, Ling Yi believed that Chen Shu would never again think about trivial matters like whether she loved him or not.
What he needs to think about is how to make her live happily in this world, instead of thinking about hiding away from the world with him.
In the darkness, Ling Yi narrowed her eyes, like a cunning fox, causing the busy people in the other space to sneeze.
Chen Shu was stunned. Could a non-human life form have such a physiological reaction?
At this moment, countless souls rise up in the small building by the roadside.
Their twisted and dark emotions were quickly drained away, transforming into normal, transparent, and terrified human souls.
They stared in terror at the menacing tentacles that filled the entire space, letting out earth-shattering screams.