God Invasion: It's awesome to save the world with five problematic girls!
Chapter 137 - 43. Accomplices must keep secrets from each other_2

Chapter 137: 43. Accomplices must keep secrets from each other_2

"So, is it really alright to just leave Xiao Huan in the South District?"

Ye Lan paused slightly, then smiled and said,

"I indeed think so, but..."

"But what?"

Ye Shiyu showed an expression of not understanding.

"Um, it might be a little early for you, Shiyu, but think of this as a little life lesson your mother is giving you in advance~"

"..."

Ye Lan reached out her hand, touched Ye Shiyu’s black hair, and said softly,

"People, you see, are most skilled at treating those they care about as their possessions, and then arbitrarily impose expectations upon them...

"Parents view their children as their possessions, thus they wish for them to comply with their wishes and choose a life according to their plans.

"Children see their parents as their possessions, thus they hope for them to selflessly give and be available for help at any time.

"Thus it is with lovers, friends, and likely most close relationships.

"And when people do this, they often don’t realize it, because we all consider issues from our own perspective."

Ye Shiyu blinked, and after a moment of silence, she asked,

"Is that... wrong?"

Ye Lan shook her head, and as she walked on, continued to say,

"There’s nothing wrong with that, on the contrary, it is perfectly natural.

"It’s precisely because we have feelings for a specific individual that we harbor expectations, hoping they will do certain things and not let us down."

Her footsteps slowed, and Ye Lan had reached the stairway.

She turned around to look at her daughter, who still stood in place,

"But, Shiyu, you also must realize: the person you have expectations for belongs to themselves first, and then to you.

"Understanding and respecting this is essential to prevent injury to both parties.

"Impulsively placing too many expectations, treating others as one’s own, will only lead to continuous disappointment when the desired reciprocation is not met."

Ye Shiyu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and her lips parted slightly.

"Xiao Huan, he is himself first, then Yulu’s child, and then the presence I hope to pour out my feelings to.

"Shiyu, it’s the same with you and me~"

Standing in the shadow, Ye Shiyu watched her smiling mother, puzzled.

Unable to understand...

Completely unable to grasp her mother’s thinking.

At that moment, however, Ye Shiyu suddenly recalled the confusion she had felt throughout the week.

Whenever she sensed that others in school were interested in Xiao Huan, liked Xiao Huan, she would feel displeased.

Perhaps that was the disappointment her mother mentioned?

Because when she couldn’t see someone as belonging only to herself, and there was a possibility of them being taken by others, it went against her expectations.

But, what is wrong with that?

The desire for everything to conform to one’s own wishes, to always belong to oneself, never to betray, never to leave...

What is wrong with that idea?

As for the disappointment, she was not afraid of facing it.

Because, she has the hypnosis APP.

With this thought, Ye Shiyu’s trance was shattered by a terrifying presence within her, and her expression returned to one devoid of emotion.

It was nighttime, and the wind in the South District scattered the complexity that was hard to articulate.

Ye Lan’s gentle voice dissolved into the taste of the complex neon lights like bubbles, turning into a riot of colors as if smeared with paint.

The colorful lights from the billboards across the public rental building spread bit by bit into the shadow where Ye Shiyu stood, making the purple screen in her hand, which suddenly brightened, a part of the neon world.

As if the screen was inherently a part of this lurid world.

Or as if, the lurid world itself was in Ye Shiyu’s hands.

"Alright, Shiyu, don’t think anymore. I’m so tired today, let’s hurry home and rest~"

"Okay..."

Ye Shiyu nodded and finally moved from the shadow and walked towards the stairway.

Before leaving, she looked once more in Yan Huan’s rented room direction, silently memorizing the room number in her mind.

Then, she caught up with Ye Lan, heading downstairs.

...

...

It can be said, this evening, Ye Shiyu was not the only one feeling puzzled and confused.

"Why... Why is it like this..."

In Jinghe District, within a Western-style Mansion.

Sakuragi Hitomi, donning a nightgown, widened her eyes, fell silent for a moment, and then quietly pressed the buzzer placed at the corner of the table.

"Ding ding~"

"Click..."

The next second, the door opened, revealing a voluptuous woman with black hair in a black suit.

Seeing the figure in the nightgown, seated motionless in front of the computer screen at the far end of her large bedroom, a look of "as expected" appeared on her face.

She pressed a button on her phone, and the "emergency situation" warning that appeared on the screen was silently cleared.

"My dear Miss Sakuragi, haven’t you heard the story about ’crying wolf’?"

Then, the mature woman smiled charmingly and said,

"Though I had an inkling, as your personal bodyguard I still have to remind you not to press that buzzer unless it’s an emergency."

"It’s already an emergency, Nara!!"

Sakuragi Hitomi blushed, turning her head to look at the woman behind her.

"Eh~"

The woman called "Nara" responded nonchalantly, then closed the door behind her, approached Sakuragi Hitomi’s side,

"So, just how emergency is the situation?"

"Look!"

Sakuragi Hitomi turned back to the multiple surveillance screens, enlarged one of them with a click, and pulled the progress bar.

The footage showed Yan Huan with a smile, leading Ye Lan and Ye Shiyu into her home in a hallway of a public rental building in the South District.

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