The trembling sound of breathing echoed around.
Qi Ling held tightly onto Su Mo’s wrist to maintain her balance, her silver hair spreading out in mid-air, so strands falling haphazardly across her face. She bit her lower lip hard, unaware that she had bitten so hard that it bled.
Her amber eyes filled with humiliation as she unwillingly looked at Su Mo, yet the stubbornness in her eyes seed like a completely tightened string, so fragile it seed like it could snap at any mont.
Seeing no response from Qi Ling, Su Mo pushed her outward, leaving her completely suspended.
Without the feeling of solidity beneath her feet, Qi Ling could only cling desperately to Su Mo’s hand, her breathing becoming erratic in her trembling.
In a daze, tears unwittingly welled up in her eyes, sliding down her cheeks to her chin, landing on Su Mo’s hand.
After an unknown span of ti, she released her tightly bitten lip, almost whispering the three words.
"I’m sorry..."
Upon hearing this, Su Mo let out a short laugh and said lightly, "The fact that you can stop on the brink shows there’s still hope for you."
He slowly retracted his hand, bringing Qi Ling back to the platform.
However, before she could steady herself, Su Mo suddenly sneered, "But it’s a pity, the chance I gave you before is long gone. Apologizing when death looms is too late."
After he said this, he pushed Qi Ling out forcefully.
The sensation of weightlessness spread throughout her body, her consciousness occupied by a wave of confusion, soon transforming into unprecedented panic.
Qi Ling stared blankly at the ever-receding Su Mo, reaching out in an attempt to grab him again, but it was futile.
Silently, she felt her past life beco a re illusion, like awakening from a long nightmare, returning to that dark, lightless place, back to her tragic childhood...
"Ah!!!!"
...
Ti ticked away, second by second...
"Sob... sob sob..."
Crying echoed out from the mouth of the iron can, reverberating around.
Su Mo descended from the platform, saying to Dongdong and the others, "That’s about enough, pull her up."
Dongdong and Chu Nanyi, from either side, grasped the two hidden ropes next to the large iron can and began tugging.
It turned out there was no so-called Vitality Liquid inside the iron can at all, but rather a hidden net, and Qi Ling fell right into it the mont she dropped.
When Dongdong and Chu Nanyi pulled her out, she was wrapped in the net, no longer displaying her proud deanor and curling into a ball, sobbing uncontrollably.
Su Mo walked over, cut open the net, took Qi Ling out and placed her on the ground, helplessly saying, "What Origin Project superhuman? What monster? In the end, you’re still just a crybaby kid..."
KK cautiously asked, "Boss, was it too much to scare her with childhood trauma..."
Su Mo scratched the back of his head, "Ah, was it?"
Dongdong thought for a mont and said, "Maybe, probably, perhaps just a little."
"Um..." Su Mo was embarrassed.
Dongdong: "Boss, can I say sothing?"
Su Mo: "Go ahead."
Dongdong: "When going on a date, you’re all hesitant and clueless. When bullying a girl, you strike hard and use one trick after another. No wonder you’ve been single for 24 years!"
Su Mo: "..."
He awkwardly scratched his head non-stop and said, "You all go out first, I want to be alone with Qi Ling for a while."
Chu Nanyi beckoned for the three to leave, earnestly advising KK as they walked, "K, rember this, your older brother has many qualities worth learning from. Just don’t learn from his way of wooing girls, or you’ll be single for 24 years too."
After the others left, only Su Mo and Qi Ling remained in the warehouse.
"Sob sob... huff... sob..." Qi Ling lay on the ground, face buried in crying, the sound of her sobs unceasing.
It was obvious she was thoroughly frightened by Su Mo, her face full of tears, as miserable as one could be.
Watching Qi Ling cry so hard, Su Mo suddenly regretted sending Chu Nanyi away.
What, what, what should he do to comfort her?
I don’t know how!
Su Mo could only sit beside Qi Ling, poking her face gently with his finger and awkwardly saying, "Alright, stop crying."
Qi Ling forcefully slapped Su Mo’s hand away, turning over and curling up to continue crying.
Su Mo was so embarrassed that sweat almost dripped from his forehead as he lightly shook Qi Ling’s shoulder. "Please stop crying, I’m sorry..."
Qi Ling, wiping her tears, continued to sob, "You’re a villain... There’s no one else who bullies people like you... sob..."
Seeing her finally respond, Su Mo quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, I am a villain, utterly evil, the biggest bad guy in New Moon City. I launched the apocalypse war 152 years ago. I was wrong, I’m sorry."
He helped Qi Ling up, using his sleeve to wipe her tears, "I was just trying to scare you... that can was empty, we have no deep-seated enmity, how could I kill you?"
Qi Ling sniffled, letting Su Mo wipe her tears, her sobs gradually decreasing.
Suddenly, she lunged into Su Mo’s arms, resting her face against his shoulder, hugging his neck tightly as if afraid he might let her go again.
Su Mo instinctively placed his hand on the back of Qi Ling’s head, gently stroking it.
The room beca very quiet, with no other sound, and ti seed to slow down.
Qi Ling’s emotions gradually cald, her shoulders beginning to tremble slightly. After a mont of restraint, she burst into giggles.
Su Mo blinked, "What are you laughing about?"
Qi Ling raised her head, a slight trace of tears still on her face, smiling widely, "I haven’t cried for so long, I forgot what it felt like. Crying just now seed to release a lot of things, it felt really refreshing."
Su Mo smiled and said, "Really! I told them that making you cry would have a miraculous effect, but they didn’t believe . Chu Nanyi even laughed at for being a straight man of steel."
Qi Ling’s tone was a bit sour, "You made cry... just for the Future, right?"
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