allendalepharm Chapter 215 Wang Dong'er: Don't you know men and women shouldn't touch each other?
Chapter 215 Wang Dong'er: Don't you know men and women shouldn't touch each other?
Chapter 215 Wang Dong'er: Don't you know men and women shouldn't touch each other?
Wang Dong'er, still with her cheeks puffed out, rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.
"Where did you learn these cheesy pickup lines? I'm not buying it. You should save them for Xiao Xiao, she'll be so excited she won't be able to sleep tonight."
"Oh? Which one would excite you so much that you can't sleep?"
Huo Yuhao's smile widened, and he naturally sat down on the blanket, squeezing closer to Wang Dong'er.
"Hey, why are you standing so close? Don't you know men and women shouldn't touch each other?"
Wang Dong'er immediately moved to the side warily, protesting, but her ears were secretly turning red.
"Really? I seem to remember someone wanting to sleep in the same bed with me before, why is it not possible now?"
Huo Yuhao deliberately brought up the past, his tone full of teasing.
"That...that was all Xiao Xiao's mischievous idea. I'm not that unreserved!"
"..."
After playing and frolicking for a while, Wang Dong'er finished the meat pie and let out a small, satisfied burp, then patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder with a hearty laugh.
"Xiao Yuhao, Sister Dong'er is very satisfied with your performance tonight. Remember to keep up the good work next time and bring one more."
Huo Yuhao was taken aback for a moment, then a somewhat annoyed expression appeared on his face as he said helplessly:
"If we're talking about age, Xiao Xiao and I are both older than you, right? Is it possible that you're the youngest one among us?"
"Eh~"
Wang Dong'er let out a gasp of disbelief.
Because of Xiao Xiao's petite figure and innocent and carefree nature, she always intentionally or unintentionally played the role of the big sister in front of the other party.
Hearing this suddenly, that she was actually the youngest sister, she found it hard to accept this cruel reality.
She stared blankly for a while, then blinked her beautiful pinkish-blue eyes repeatedly.
But soon, Wang Dong'er narrowed her eyes suspiciously, looked Huo Yuhao up and down, and asked warily:
"I don't think I've ever told you my real age, have I?"
Huo Yuhao's lips twitched almost imperceptibly, and he quickly tried to evade the question.
"When I signed up for the Soul Master Competition, didn't we have to fill out an application form? You know my Martial Soul is the Spirit Eye, which gives me good eyesight, so I just happened to glance at it and accidentally remembered it."
Hearing this barely acceptable explanation, Wang Dong'er pouted with skepticism and muttered softly:
"Alright, you didn't come to find me just to enjoy the night breeze with me, did you? I bet you were able to find me because Teacher Gu Yuena told you, right?"
At this point, Wang Dong'er's mood clearly soured.
A shadow fell over her once lively face, and even her tone of voice carried a barely perceptible sob.
"Yuhao, help me. That voice, it's coming again."
If one has never seen true light, perhaps one can continue to endure boundless darkness.
Before Tang San's consciousness was sealed, Wang Dong'er felt inconvenienced by her inability to use most soul tools.
However, there were hardly any soul tools in the Haotian Sect, not even basic lighting equipment like soul lamps, so Wang Dong'er naturally didn't care too much about it.
But ever since she was able to use soul tools freely, especially under Huo Yuhao's influence, the girls around her all used soul tools to some extent. Wang Dong'er was naturally afraid that she would turn back into the way she was before, bound by invisible shackles.
Seeing Wang Dong'er's body trembling slightly, her hands tightly gripping the edge of the blanket, Huo Yuhao remained calm and asked softly:
"What if I told you that the voice in your head was left to you by your father? Perhaps from his perspective, it was to protect you?"
"Father? Protector?!"
Wang Dong'er reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instantly bristling with anger.
An indescribable anger suddenly rose from the bottom of her heart, causing her voice, which was already trembling with sobs, to suddenly become several degrees louder.
"In my memory, I don't even know what he looks like. He just randomly put this thing in my head to control my life? Isn't he being a bit too presumptuous?"
"Or does he simply believe that the decisions made by parents are always right, and want me to conform to his ideas and become the person he thinks I should be?"
Wang Dong'er, her eyes still moist, looked directly into Huo Yuhao's deep, golden-blue eyes without flinching, and spoke resolutely:
"I don't want that. I want to live by my own will and not be affected by that damned voice anymore!"
A night breeze blew by, and the rooftop fell into a brief silence.
After a long while, Huo Yuhao finally let out a barely audible sigh.
"My own will? Perhaps I should have understood it long ago."
As he spoke, he suddenly reached out and unceremoniously ruffled Wang Dong'er's smooth, light blue hair into a messy bird's nest.
"ah!"
Wang Dong'er exclaimed in surprise, quickly slapping away Huo Yuhao's mischievous hand, glaring at him angrily, and rolling her eyes.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? We were just talking about such serious things, how come you've suddenly become so frivolous?"
"It's not good to be constantly on edge. Let's try to be more optimistic about what's to come."
The gentle smile still lingered in Huo Yuhao's eyes. He deliberately adjusted his voice, mimicking Wang Dong'er's tone from before, and said, word by word:
"I want to live by my own will, so just now, it was also out of my own will, that I couldn't help but want to touch your hair."
"Huo Yuhao, you..."
Huo Yuhao's actions instantly snapped Wang Dong'er out of her anger and grievance, leaving her feeling both ashamed and indignant.
She gave a coquettish laugh, and in retaliation, reached out with both hands to grab the other's equally soft hair.
In no time, the two people, who were originally quite neat, were now looking at each other with messy, unkempt hair.
"Hmph! Let's see if you dare to tease me again. I'm not someone to be trifled with."
Wang Dong'er waved her little pink fist, as if in a show of defiance.
But then, as if she had thought of something crucial, the smugness on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a cautious nervousness, and she asked in a low voice.
"You just said not to be too tense, you don't mean you want to completely get rid of that voice, it will hurt a lot, right?"
"That's not the case."
Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head, speaking softly.
"Perhaps it's just a matter of closing your eyes and opening them again, and all your worries will be over. It might not be a new beginning, but for you, it was definitely a decision made based on your own will."
As soon as he finished speaking, obscure and difficult-to-understand incantations began to emanate from Huo Yuhao's mouth.
As he chanted, countless complex magic circles composed of gray light patterns appeared out of thin air and quickly collapsed inward, eventually condensing into a gate to the dead that exuded a strong aura of deathly silence and chilling cold.
Even though it wasn't the first time she had seen this eerie door, Wang Dong'er, a Soul Master of the Light attribute, still couldn't help but shiver when she felt that chilling aura of death.
He instinctively hugged his arms tighter and muttered a complaint.
"To be honest, anyone who sees your abilities for the first time would think you're a born evil demon king."
Huo Yuhao reached out and pulled Wang Dong'er up from the ground. Hearing this, he couldn't help but curl his lips into a smile.
"So in your eyes, I'm the evil demon king who stole the princess from the castle?"
Wang Dong'er nodded seriously, then quickly shook her head, responding in a very earnest tone.
"Next time you can come to Haotian Fort and do it in front of my eldest and second uncles, that will make it even more convincing."
As she said this, she couldn't help but chuckle softly, her pinkish-blue eyes curving into beautiful crescents.
"However, if all demon kings were as good-looking as you, I reckon you wouldn't even need to lift a finger to snatch them; the princess would willingly run off with you on her own."
"Then the princess's request doesn't sound too demanding at all."
Huo Yuhao smiled helplessly, then his playful expression turned serious.
"Alright, come with me. If we finish this quickly, we might still make it back in time for a late-night snack."
"night snack?"
Upon hearing about food, Wang Dong'er's eyes lit up instantly, and her voice carried a hint of anticipation.
"Tonight, I absolutely have to eat a hundred skewers of barbecue."
"Aren't you afraid of eating too much and turning into a chubby little pig? I heard from Xiao Xiao that you seem to have gained a little weight recently."
"That's pure slander; she's just jealous that my flesh is all in the right places!"
Wang Dong'er immediately puffed out her chest in protest and retorted angrily.
"Besides, for us girls, late-night snacks are just stuffed into another stomach, so how could they possibly make us fat?"
With a final, defiant snort, a deep gray light flashed from inside the door, engulfing the two figures who had been playfully wrestling as they entered the gate to the dead.
The door closed silently, turning into specks of gray light that dissipated into the air, leaving only the plush blanket disheveled in the night wind.
……
Meanwhile, outside Tiandou City, nestled among the mountains.
The majestic and ancient Haotian Fortress still appears and disappears amidst the swirling clouds and mist at night, like a giant beast lurking among the mountains.
Inside the castle, the orange glow of oil lamps flickered softly through the windows, adding a touch of warmth to the ancient and cold stone building.
At this moment, in the main hall of Haotian Fort, Niu Tian, dressed in a simple white robe and with his long blue hair casually draped down, was sitting alone in the main seat, slowly adding tea to the teacup in front of him.
Before the tea could be poured, the main hall door was suddenly pushed open by people outside, making a deafening noise.
Before the person arrived, a rough and bold voice boomed like thunder in the main hall.
"Brother, the results of the first batch of experiments are in."
The burly Titan strode into the main hall and immediately saw Niu Tian, who had spilled tea all over the table in fright. He couldn't help but scratch his short, stiff hair, which resembled steel needles, and asked, somewhat puzzled:
"Brother, why are you drinking this weak stuff again? This isn't like you at all."
Startled by the sudden shout, Niu Tian glared at him irritably. Without bothering to wipe the water stains on the table, he picked up the teacup, brought it to his lips, took a big sip, and then slowly opened his mouth.
"I've been putting in a lot of effort lately to ensure the experiment goes smoothly. I'll have some tea to nourish myself first. Besides, this is a crucial time; drinking alcohol would only make things worse."
At this point, Niu Tian put down the teacup he had just finished drinking, a look of inquiry on his face.
"So what was the result? Was there any useful information?"
Since returning from the Spirit Tower, thanks to the special method of sealing memories provided by Electrolux, Niu Tian and Titan, through their connections with the Heavenly Soul Royal Family, have borrowed many heinous death row inmates to begin their secret experiments.
Now that almost three months have passed, Niu Tian is naturally eager to know the preliminary results of this first batch of experiments.
However, Titan did not respond to his question immediately.
He took a few steps forward, walked to the main table, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and, imitating Niu Tian's earlier manner, sipped it a few times before giving a gruff evaluation:
"Brother, why did you put goji berries in your tea? That's really good for your health."
Niu Tian could no longer hold back. He stood up, raised his hand, and slapped Titan squarely on the forehead.
"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business."
Titan's carefree expression softened somewhat, and he exhaled a breath of stale air, his voice deep and muffled:
"The result was terrible. We tried to seal the memories in our own way, letting the ten death row inmates live around Tiandou City with completely new identities, telling them that they were all honest and good people."
But once the memory seal we set is broken, the intense memory conflict will either cause their mental sea to collapse, turning them into vegetative state-like zombies, or they will become completely insane, turning into drooling idiots.
He paused, then added, "The ten who sealed their memories according to Elder Yi's method are in a better situation, as it ensures they won't become idiots when their old and new memories merge."
But they couldn't distinguish who they truly were, struggling between their old and new personalities. In their intense self-doubt, self-harm was not uncommon.
Upon hearing this, Niu Tian slowly sat down, his expression turning somewhat unpleasant.
My fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the seat, making a rhythmic sound, but my mind was racing with thoughts.
With Tang San personally setting up a divine consciousness seal, Xiao Dong is unlikely to encounter any major problems during the memory fusion process.
But when the seal is completely broken, will the one left behind be the current Wang Dong'er or the former Tang Wutong?
(End of this chapter)