Chapter 718 - 199: Lies (Part 3)
"Meow?"
Yan Huan looked at it, then explained,
"You lied to me. You said the modifier you gave me was different from the others, that it wouldn’t grow through desire but only through collecting Fragments.
"So naturally, wouldn’t I focus on collecting Fragments and ignore the desires that gradually grow as my modifier upgrades?
"Because of your words, my attitude towards other modifiers was completely opposite! I worried about their rising desires and constantly had to step in to stop them...
"But the truth is, my modifier is also affected by desire. It’s just that you made me think I’m special."
Meow-chan realized something too and meowed,
"Are you saying that the modifier’s avatar deceived An Le, making her think she’s special, meow?"
"It’s possible. I don’t know..."
Listening to Yan Huan’s response, Meow-chan was helpless again,
"But is she really so naive as to not think about the truth and believe that modifier, meow?"
Hearing this, Yan Huan couldn’t help but glance at Spencer next to her and murmured,
"An Le indeed might... Don’t forget, after Spencer betrayed her, she only had that modifier avatar by her side."
"..."
Meow-chan blinked, looked at Spencer beside her, and said a bit sheepishly,
"It seems like blessings in disguise, meow. That public kiss from Spencer caused you lots of trouble..."
"Sigh... It looks like the modifier has already figured out her personality, knows she also has desires, so it gave her an excuse to vent them: to save me from danger, and thus take my first time as a reward?"
Yan Huan counted on her fingers, feeling troubled,
"On one hand, her modifier keeps devouring desire to evolve, and on the other, it can get rid of other modifiers,..."
Looking at Yan Huan, Meow-chan suddenly spoke up to remind her,
"Yan Huan, regardless of what happens, I advise you not to use one evil to fight another, meow."
Yan Huan glanced at Meow-chan and smiled,
"I never thought about it like that... Because whatever the main user wants to do, they can’t use the modifier to achieve it. This was a methodology set from the beginning."
"That’s good, meow... So, what do you plan to do?"
Yan Huan’s eyes were clear as she spoke softly,
"First, I need to find an opportunity to make An Le realize that the modifier’s avatar is lying.
"However, that modifier’s avatar, like you Meow-chan, is hidden within her body, invisible at normal times, able to communicate in the mind. We have no idea what they’re saying...
"I’ll think about how to handle this specifically."
After listening to Yan Huan, Meow-chan obediently nodded,
"Meow~"
But a second later, it suddenly remembered something and said to Yan Huan,
"But speaking of, Yan Huan, did you never suspect I was lying to you, meow?"
Yan Huan looked into its clear blue eyes, sighed, and said,
"I did...but later, I dismissed that suspicion."
"Why, meow?"
"First, because actions speak louder than words, those hosts came to me directly, I was afraid myself..."
Saying this, Yan Huan smiled again,
"Second, because, Meow-chan, you’re so useless that I couldn’t even manage to have any suspicion."
"Meow?!"
These words agitated Meow-chan greatly, round head adds to Thorny Dragon mode, activate!!
Then...
With one stroke from Yan Huan, it spinelessly jumped onto his shoulder.
The anger dissipated.
...
...
"Lele, your mom isn’t feeling well, she’s been throwing up at home."
"What’s wrong with mom? I’m coming back right now!"
"..."
"I’ve taken mom to the hospital first. She’s fine. You stay home for a bit. I’ll update you on mom’s condition later."
"Okay."
An Le stayed in her room, eyes vacantly staring out the window.
This afternoon, her father’s sudden message led her to leave school and come home.
Because Jinghe District is a bit far from Luqiao District, An Bang first took An Le’s mother to the hospital. When An Le arrived in Luqiao District, he said her mother was already fine.
An Le hadn’t been feeling well these days, so she decided to rest at home.
At this moment, she was looking out the window, her pale face reflected in the glass.
In her mind, the words of Sakuragi Hitomi’s avatar that mocked her still echoed clearly.
More importantly, Sakuragi’s words awakened An Le to a very important matter...
Little Thumb, there’s a high likelihood that it’s lying.
At least, it never told her that using power comes at a cost.
So deductively, how many other things has it lied about before?
Other people absorbing Xiao Huan’s emotional energy? Little Thumb not absorbing Xiao Huan’s emotional energy but rather helping Xiao Huan?
She could no longer distinguish them.
She just couldn’t understand why Little Thumb would deceive her...
Evidently, Spencer had already done this, so why would Little Thumb do the same?
"..."
Thinking of this, the lonely An Le couldn’t help but cover her pale face with her hand and lower her head, starting to pant.
The feeling of being betrayed and deceived by someone close was like a steel awl piercing into her heart, making it hard for An Le to breathe.
There was no one else by her side anymore.
After bowing her head and gasping for a while, that gasping gradually turned into sobbing.
Because in her heart, despair had already begun to take root.
"Oh dear, ancestor, you... you need to calm down, Sakuragi, that wretch, is talking nonsense. Do you believe her rubbish?! You have me and my superpower, there’s nothing you can’t do?"
Feeling An Le’s thoughts of giving up on everything, Little Thumb instantly appeared, starting a therapeutic conversation.