Rules of the Unusual: I am the Final Boss

Bai Xu was sleeping soundly.

After crying, his tense emotions relaxed, and with the pain in his knees and the sedative effects of the medication, he almost fell asleep the moment he closed his eyes. His breathing gradually became even, his brows relaxed, and the tear tracks on his face, not yet completely dry, glistened slightly under the dim wall lamp.

Shi Mo stood by the bed, looking down at him.

Looked for a long time.

It took a long time, until Bai Xu's breathing completely calmed down, until he was sure that Bai Xu was really asleep.

Then the expression on his face changed.

The helpless smile vanished, his gaze gradually turned cold, and the slight curve of his lips disappeared. His entire face was like it was covered in ice—calm, but frighteningly cold.

In the live stream chat, the viewers hadn't even reacted yet:

Have you made up?

[Shi Mo is applying medicine to the White Team!]

[They even carried him back to his room!]

[Waaaaah, sweetness is back!]

[Wait... Shi Mo's expression...]

The camera zooms in, focusing on Shi Mo's face.

The audience saw the expression on his face clearly—no smile, no tenderness, only a kind of...cold, repressed calm.

The live chat exploded instantly:

[That's how fast she changes her expression...]

Weren't you just laughing?!

So it was all an act?!

[Shi Mo never forgave Captain Bai?!]

Oh my god, that's terrifying...

Shi Mo turned around, walked to the window, and pushed it open.

The night breeze blew in, ruffling his hair and dispelling the lingering smell of alcohol and blood in the room.

He leaned against the windowsill, took out a cigarette case from his pocket, pulled out a cigarette, and lit it.

The smoke rose, blurring his face.

The system cautiously asked: "Host...didn't you just say you forgave Captain Bai Xu?"

Shi Mo did not answer.

He took a drag of his cigarette, slowly exhaled, and watched the smoke dissipate in the night breeze.

"If you haven't forgiven me, why...?" The system didn't dare to finish its sentence.

"Why did you apply medicine to him? Why did you bring him back?" Shi Mo asked, his voice flat, without a single inflection. "Because he cried."

The system was stunned.

Shi Mo took another drag of his cigarette and looked at the person sleeping on the bed.

Bai Xu was fast asleep, lying on his side with his face buried in the pillow, only half of it showing. His eyelashes were long, casting a small shadow under his eyes. His lips were slightly parted, and his breathing was very light.

"I don't want to see him cry," Shi Mo said softly, almost as if talking to himself. "It's annoying when he cries."

The system didn't know what to say.

Shi Mo flicked his cigarette ash and continued, "But I remember what he said."

He paused, then added, "I remember every single one of them."

The system whispered: "Captain Ke Baixu was doing this to protect you..."

"I know," Shi Mo interrupted, "I know he did it for my own good."

He finished his last puff of cigarette and stubbed it out on the windowsill.

"But those were his words." Shi Mo turned around and looked at Bai Xu on the bed. "He said I was a monster, a murderer, and that I couldn't control my bloodlust."

He walked back to the bedside, stood there, and looked down at Bai Xu.

Bai Xu was fast asleep and had no idea what had happened.

"I can understand why he said those things," Shi Mo said calmly, "but I won't pretend I didn't hear it."

The system panicked: "So what do you plan to do?"

Shi Mo didn't speak.

He bent down, reached out, and gently touched Bai Xu's cheek. His fingertips were cool. Bai Xu frowned slightly in his sleep, but didn't wake up.

"That's enough." Shi Mo withdrew his hand. "He apologized, and I accept it. Let's leave it at that."

The system didn't understand: [What do you mean?]

"What I mean is," Shi Mo turned and walked towards the door, "I won't mention this to him again. But it won't be like before."

He opened the door, went out, and gently closed it behind him.

Standing in the corridor, he leaned against the wall and lit another cigarette.

The corridor was dark, with only a single wall lamp at the far end casting a dim, yellowish light. Smoke swirled and rose in the light, blurring his face.

Casper walked up the stairs and stopped when he saw Shi Mo.

"Master..." he said softly.

Shi Mo glanced at him and said, "Speak."

"Captain Bai, he..."

"He's asleep," Shi Mo interrupted him. "Don't disturb him."

Casper nodded, standing there, unsure whether to leave or stay.

Shi Mo took a drag of his cigarette and suddenly asked, "Do you think I did something wrong?"

Casper paused for a moment, his mind racing, before cautiously answering, "Master... what do you mean?"

"Kill those five people," Shi Mo said.

Casper was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Those guys... damn it."

"Why should he die?"

"They are human traffickers," Casper said. "They've harmed a lot of people."

Shi Mo nodded, then asked, "What about Bai Xu? He said it was wrong of me to kill someone, and that I should have handed the matter over to the law and the rules. Do you think he's right?"

Casper broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't know how to answer.

Shi Mo looked at him for a few seconds, then smiled: "Never mind, I won't make things difficult for you."

After he finished his cigarette, he stubbed it out in the ashtray on the wall and turned to walk downstairs.

Casper followed behind him and asked in a low voice, "Where is Master going?"

"Let's go," Shi Mo said. "No need to follow."

He went downstairs, left the castle, and walked into the night.

Outside the castle was a large garden, filled with black roses that gleamed with a somber sheen in the moonlight. Shi Mo walked slowly along the path through the flowers.

The system asked again: [Host, are you really not going to talk things out with Captain Bai Xu?]

"What did you say?" Shi Mo asked.

[You said you didn't really forgive him...]

"There's no need," Shi Mo said. "I said I forgive, and that's it."

But that's not what you really think...

"So what?" Shi Mo stopped and looked at the dark woods in the distance. "He doesn't need to know what I think. He just needs to know that I've forgiven him, and that this is over."

The system fell silent.

Shi Mo continued walking forward, reaching the fountain in the center of the garden, and sat down on the stone steps.

The fountain wasn't running, and the pool was stagnant, reflecting the crescent moon in the sky.

He sat there for a long time.

So long that the moon moved from one side to the other, so long that the night dew in the garden dampened his shoulders.

Then he stood up and walked back.

When I got back to my room, it was almost dawn.

Bai Xu was still asleep, in the same position, except that the blanket had been kicked off a little.

Shi Mo walked over, covered him with the blanket, then sat down on the sofa on the other side of the room and closed his eyes.

It looks like they're tired.

But whether he actually fell asleep or not, only he knows.

In the live stream, viewers watched this scene, and the chat was flooded with comments:

So Shi Mo is processing his emotions on his own?

He hasn't forgiven her, but he's not saying anything anymore?

What's this all about...?

My heart aches for Shi Mo...

I feel so sorry for Captain White...

Both of them were trying to protect each other in their own way, and in the end, they hurt each other...

But the room was very quiet.

Only Bai Xu's steady breathing and Shi Mo's motionless figure leaning against the sofa could be heard.

The sky outside the window is slowly brightening.