The cobblestones of the sidewalk rattled under No. 16's feet.
Several transport trucks passed the school in the distance and headed to a nearby convenience store.
"Woof woof woof~"
Somewhere a watchdog was barking at a passerby.
She glanced at the school playground through the barbed wire fence. Students were walking around the playground and canteen in small groups.
Those students were all wearing gymnastics uniforms and taking physical education classes. They seemed to be testing various events.
A petite figure among them sat blankly on the side, staring at the goal net of the football field in a daze.
At a certain moment, I met No. 16's eyes and stood up.
Sunlight pours down from the clear blue sky.
It should be warm.
"You have become a human being."
At the same time as he heard these words, a gust of cold wind blew by, making No. 16 shiver, but only for a moment.
"Yes, you too."
No. 16 didn’t know whether he was laughing or what, so he looked away.
The wind carried the fragrance of trees and flowers. It was completely different from the smog and car exhaust a few weeks ago.
The clear sky reveals the boundless blue.
There were some small puddles on the road left by previous rains.
"Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Some bossy tones can be off-putting.
"Don't you always act like you know everything? Then think for yourself."
"I'm not kidding you."
"I'm not in the mood to joke with you either."
“···”
"Classmate Yiye, you cannot interact with people outside the school during non-visitor hours——"
"If you talk too much, the teacher may lose your job."
Youye turned his eyes indifferently.
"babble?!"
The latter's face turned pale, "But talking to people outside the school in front of so many people during class time is too..."
"Then I won't go to class for now. Please give me a leave note."
Even though his body is no longer a monster, Yuye's mind is still beyond the comprehension of ordinary humans, and he is a genius who is more than qualified to enter the Mensa Club.
In other words, she is not smart because of her monster body, but because her genes are smart enough.
I have been waiting for her to come out on the 16th.
There's nothing special to say.
I just said those words that I didn’t want to say and didn’t feel happy about.
"Even if you knew where he was, how could you tell it was him."
“···”
Youye was silent for a moment, "Even now, I can easily imitate another person's words and deeds, but my eldest brother can't. He has never had the ability in this area."
"Human beings are very special creatures, so they cannot be simply divided into the animal circle, but must be divided into the human circle separately."
"There are identical twins among humans, but people who know them well can easily tell them apart. Through conversation, demeanor, smell, habits...many things."
"Do you think I can't tell the difference?"
"I'm so envious."
No. 16 smiled and said, "It's people like you who can say so arrogantly that you can't tell the difference? You look confident, just like before when you didn't say anything and planned to solve everything. It hasn't changed at all."
"What? Do you still think you are our leader? We must obey your words? Are you kidding me?"
"You came to see me because you hoped I could do something."
“···”
"The status of leader is not what I want. It is the inevitable result of what my father did to me. If you care about this, then..."
Youye's legs began to bend.
"What are you doing?!"
No. 16 grabbed her.
"For human beings, the heaviest apology is undoubtedly to kneel down. If you mind about this, I can kneel down to you. Indeed, I did not consider your affairs at that time."
"You two are really weird. It's always like this. One does something wrong and the other pays for it."
But no matter what, it's not my turn to pay the bill.
Only this time.
Because no one cares about the life or death of such a small character anyway.
Even if you become a human, you have nothing to look forward to. You are an orphan to begin with. But even those who are interested have no interest in you at all.
"As long as you know it yourself."
"In the future, remember to thank me often."
"Also, I think you are very suitable to be our leader. There is nothing wrong with that."
"What's really upsetting is that you didn't treat us as partners and let us deal with the sad things together."
——
Ward 601.
"Hey hey, which number is this?"
"The third one?"
"They are all top-notch beautiful girls! Where does this guy come from?"
"Doesn't look like he's very rich..."
"Are you kidding me? Seeing so many girls around, this doesn't mean you are rich. What does it mean?"
"It makes sense..."
"But that man is definitely not as handsome as me."
"I think he's actually quite handsome, but he just doesn't take care of himself."
"Do you want to marry him?"
"If you keep asking like that, I'll get divorced tomorrow."
"You're kidding, you're kidding!"
"But seriously."
The woman looked at the other side of the ward thoughtfully, "I intuitively believe that they are not around because of money or anything. We are both women, so I can see the true feelings."
"I don't believe it."
"It's not that you don't believe it, but you're jealous, right? You're jealous that so many people like her and she doesn't capsize."
"Yes...no, how is it possible? I am very single-minded."
“···”
In fact, society is not closed.
If someone can be truly liked by many people, some people may be jealous, but more people will wonder what the person who is liked by many people is capable of, or be curious about what kind of person he is.
It wasn't the first day I received Su Yao in the hospital. I didn't realize how well-spoken and handsome he was. In terms of money, I felt that two of the people around him were really quite good.
Money. A nurse witnessed one of them arriving in a commercial car worth over one million dollars. The car may not be particularly top-notch, but the white license plate is definitely not something that ordinary people would own.
"who I am?"
Now, the people around Su Yao's bed began to ask questions.
"Xia Xianyue."
"What about her?"
"Jasmine."
"she?"
"Sister Qiao Qing."
"What about this?"
Xia Xianyue took out another picture of the same character as You Ye drawn on the computer.
"Youye."
"How did you meet her?"
"It's a good deal to cheat a super smart girlfriend with a can, right?"
Um.
Probably, maybe, I wanted to make a joke and liven up the atmosphere.
But being stared at by three pairs of eyes, cold sweat began to break out.
"Exchange the can for what the rat knows."
"When did you first have sex with her?"
"What?"
Su Yao was not happy anymore, "This is not confirming whether I have any problems, it is a public execution, right?!"
"Then let's change the question. When was the first time we had a conversation with me? Specific time and place."
It seemed that everyone except Su Yao was seriously waiting for his answer.
"Do men usually pay enough attention to remember so many details? I just remember that you seemed to have reached that special day before that."
"Is the last time you have dinner with me dinner or lunch?"
"It's breakfast..."
"What to eat?"
"It seems they have Coke chicken wings and tofu wrapped in milk."
“···”
"Senior, is that enough? Senior, it's just..."
Qiao Qing felt that she asked too many questions.
"I know it's wrong to ask like this, but I didn't know anything about it all this time. It was only after you told me that I had only a partial understanding."
"I'm just an ordinary human being, what else can I do besides this?"
“···”
"Let me tell you."
Su Yao sighed, "There are indeed so many other branches of me, which can be regarded as shadows. But unfortunately, it seems that other branches besides me don't care much about you. They don't have anything to do with your branch."
"Teacher, I have to say that you are good at comforting people."
Jasmine reluctantly gave a thumbs up.
"That's how it is. I interviewed my other self, and not only did he not have Xia Xianyue by his side, he also didn't have you."
"To put it bluntly, I have taken another extreme path, completely insulated from ordinary people's lives. I don't even remember who you are."
"Have I offended you all at once?"
"But I wouldn't feel comfortable saying otherwise."
"Although he and I are from the same origin, in the end we are two completely different people."
"He is familiar with all types of guns and knows how to use his modified tail to kill people most conveniently. He has a lot of blood on his hands."
"The same goes for women. As far as I can tell, he doesn't care who he sleeps with, he just sees it as a kind of fun."
"Of course, I don't want to slander him personally. As another me, he still has someone I want to rely on."
"It is precisely because of the only precious thing that he does not want to replace me. He is not willing to replace me."
"Do you know the Titanius ship theory?"
"It talks about a ship made of a hundred planks. One of the planks needs to be replaced with a new one because it is in disrepair. As time goes by, more and more planks are replaced until at some point it is completely replaced. Only the remaining planks are retained.
Got the name of the ship.”
"What happened between me and him is similar to this."
"The existence he relied on was worn out, so he returned to the past and found the ship that was new from the beginning."
"But the problem is that I am driving the new ship, not him. The new ship's journey to the end is completely different from the ship he owns. It is a completely different ship."
"Whether it's different mentally or physically, if he wants to replace me, it means he needs to give up the ship he has been relying on."
"But people with completely different memories and starting points for love cannot be replaced."
"For him, replacing me...is not like owning me again, but more like abandoning his bad wife and having an affair. It's such a simple theory."
"To say thank you to him... is wrong, if it weren't for him I wouldn't have experienced so many sad things."
"But if it weren't for him, my journey would probably be the same as his in the end, and would overlap."
"Did he let the senior see me on the train?"
Jasmine suddenly asked.
"That's right."
Su Yao sighed, "Why did you want to run away from home then?"
"It's not like running away from home."
Jasmine shook her head, "I just suddenly wanted to go out for a walk, just like a claustrophobic person who suddenly wanted to leave a closed space at a certain moment. For me at that time, the entire winter market was a closed space."
“···”
"Is the teacher thinking that if it's because of that incident that I have a crush on the teacher, I don't know what to say?"
"A little bit..."
"No. I remember that a long time ago, I had a crush on Teacher because he accidentally grabbed my hand."
"Have I ever done that?"
"At the Comic Exhibition, there were many people. They probably thought of me as a child and were afraid of getting lost, so they held me."
"That···"
Qiao Qing scratched her cheek and said, "I felt like someone was pulling me on the track. Is it because of my senior?"
"Yes. It was he who made me go back to that time."
"Although it was another senior who asked the current senior to go back there, the reason why he did it was because it was the senior's own idea."
"Everyone will hold you back. Who wants to see minced meat and blood so early in the morning?"
"But the person who grabbed me was the senior."
"So what?"
"I will love you a little more."
"?"
"——"
The sunlight shone clear and evenly on the white sheets, and Su Yao stared straight at the face close to him.
"My visit for today has ended, and the rest of my free time will be left to senior sister and Jasmine."
"?"
The two women watched blankly as she left feeling refreshed.
"Did you kiss?"
Xia Xianyue looked at Jasmine.
"Took it."
Jasmine nodded and asked, "Do you want it too?"
"I want a ghost! Why is this happening all of a sudden?!"
"Um, senior sister..."
"?"
"Although it happened suddenly, you still know many things until now."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, don't you mean to say that you -"
"Only if you agree, senior will be willing to contact me."
"After my parents knew that I was alive because of my senior, and I tried to convince them with my reasoning, they became less resistant to my senior's decision."
"No, how do you convince people with your reason? No matter how you think about it, no parents would agree to this kind of thing, right? Besides, you have an amazing family."
"I told my parents that the seniors were very scary things, and they would save me because they wanted me. If they didn't agree, I would be sent back to the little box where I died. They happily agreed."
"ah?"
Su Yao's eyelids twitched a few times, "Are you sure they agreed happily and weren't planning to assassinate me behind my back?"
"Probably... not."
"What's so good about this bastard? Is it worth saying this?"
"I can't say which one is better, but for me, everything is just right, and isn't it the same for senior sister?"
"Ah, it really is."
Xia Xianyue began to feel pain, "I don't care, this is your own business, don't ask me."
"Teacher, what do you say?"
"I was a little caught off guard."
"You need to pay for what you did before."
"?"
"——"
"babble?!"
They kissed again in front of Xia Xianyue.
"Today's visit to the teacher has ended. Tomorrow, I will visit again as an official girlfriend."
She left gracefully.
“···”
In the ward that was bustling just now, only Su Yao and Xia Xianyue were left staring at each other.
"Doesn't it feel great?"
"Beautiful girls are arriving one after another."
She hugged the baby canteen and snorted coldly.
"Ahem, would you like some hot water?"
"Only the bastard Ah Yao would tell me to drink more hot water in this situation."
"I'm sorry, maybe I'm the bastard."
"call···"
She took a deep breath and suddenly put her hand on Su Yao's head, "Anyway, no matter what... you can say it now, welcome home, Ah Yao."