Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Inside the sealed coffee shop, only Xu Qinghe and Cheng Yao remained.

They cannot leave, nor should they leave.

Cheng Yao looked at Xu Qinghe, who was sitting on the sofa playing on her phone.

Her posture was relaxed, as if nothing had just happened.

After a moment's hesitation, Cheng Yao slowly stepped forward and tapped the table: "Do you really want to sever your affinity with Su Ming?"

Xu Qinghe said without looking up, "I don't want to."

"If Su Ming agrees, let's not even talk about whether Director Zhou will kill me."

"But most likely, I'll stay in prison forever."

Cheng Yao frowned and sat down opposite Xu Qinghe: "Then why did you take the initiative to suggest untying the knot?"

Xu Qinghe put down her phone and looked up at her: "You should know that the favorability rating is two-way."

"I can say this now because I'm not affected by the level of favorability."

"But Brother Su Ming is not."

"Therefore, he will never agree."

"But that doesn't mean that we don't have any unseen thoughts hidden deep in our hearts."

"Just like Director Zhou." She glanced at Zhou Zhengyang outside the door and said slowly, "His level of meticulousness is perhaps better than any of ours."

"If he hadn't let it slip, Su Ming would still think that he only got the position of director of the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs because of Yu Mengnian."

After a brief pause, Xu Qinghe smiled and asked in return, "Do you think an ordinary person could sit in that position?"

"And once you start sitting, you sit there until 2026."

"No one is a fool, it's just that Brother Su Ming's understanding of people is too idealistic."

This coffee shop is full of the most shrewd and intelligent people.

Both in terms of emotional value and linguistic artistry, it is top-notch.

"Are you implying something to him?" Cheng Yao frowned as she looked at Xu Qinghe.

Xu Qinghe did not answer directly, but changed the subject.

Do you really understand what Su Ming is thinking deep down?

"Did he ever suspect that this feeling, forcibly bound by a level of affection, might be fake?"

"It can unleash the most ardent love without any emotional foundation, a love that cannot be severed or extinguished."

"Being emotionally constrained does not mean being intellectually or mentally imprisoned."

Xu Qinghe looked at the security camera in the coffee shop.

The next moment, she revealed a sweet smile, as if she were speaking to Cheng Yao, or perhaps to the person behind the camera.

She said, "Actually, Director Zhou guessed correctly."

"When I was six years old, I awakened the ability to hear my own thoughts."

"I can hear the voice of humanity, and I can hear the deepest thoughts in the human heart."

"Before I turned 18, I always played the role of the most perfect person in everyone's mind."

"That's what they want, and that's how I survive."

"But I can tell you very clearly."

"Peel back this bloody shell," she pointed to her chest, "and you'll find there isn't a single good person inside."

"Because only the darkest, most shameful things are kept in the deepest recesses."

"Like a seed buried deep in the heart, it silently takes root and sprouts, blooming into an evil flower that no one notices."

Cheng Yao's expression froze, and her body stiffened.

She looked at the seemingly harmless girl in front of her with some fear.

So it is said that...

She heard everything they had just talked about, including their unspoken speculations, secret thoughts, and even their deepest selfish desires.

After a long while, Cheng Yao finally suppressed the shock in her heart and asked in a deep voice.

"Then tell me, what is Su Ming saying deep down?"

Xu Qinghe glanced at Zhou Zhengyang standing at the entrance of the coffee shop again out of the corner of her eye, but did not answer.

They just awkwardly changed the subject.

She looked at Cheng Yao and asked, "And what about you?"

Cheng Yao sighed softly, looking at her with a complicated expression: "Didn't you hear everything?"

Xu Qinghe shook her head, her tone sincere.

"The voices in your heart are too chaotic for me to hear completely."

"It's like having many people talking at the same time."

But Cheng Yao gave her a deep look.

Is it that they really can't hear, or that they don't want to talk?

Just like now, she didn't say a word about what Su Ming was saying deep in his heart.

Cheng Yao didn't dwell on it any longer.

Now that everyone had spoken frankly, she decided to share her true thoughts as well.

It's called an idea, but it's actually ambition.

She said with regret, "I arrived too late, so I can only leave a slightly deeper impression."

"I've seen plenty of men."

Having navigated the ups and downs of the entertainment industry for many years, she has witnessed the most hypocritical hearts and the ugliest desires in the world.

Without a modicum of cunning and ruthlessness, it would have been devoured long ago, leaving no trace of its remains.

"You've already been chosen by Su Ming, but I haven't."

"Give him enough hesitation and wavering, and I will become the last character to appear, the most special and irreplaceable one."

"Because," Cheng Yao stretched, "when the last doomsday line opens, only he and I will remain; all of you will disappear."

Zhou Zhengyang, who was eavesdropping at the entrance of the coffee shop, suddenly stumbled.

At this moment, he truly began to feel some sympathy for Su Ming.

This blessing is for whoever wants to enjoy it.

"Old Zhou."

Cheng Yao suddenly turned her head, her gaze piercing through the glass door and precisely locking onto Zhou Zhengyang outside.

She knew Zhou Zhengyang was eavesdropping.

So she spoke directly, her tone icy: "Help me kill a few people."

Zhou Zhengyang's expression froze, his Adam's apple bobbed violently, and he swallowed hard.

He glanced at Cheng Yao.

She glanced at Xu Qinghe, who had gone back to playing on her phone.

He suddenly felt a suffocating sensation that sent chills down his spine.

These two girls are truly ruthless.

A child who had pretended to be perfect for 12 years, the first thing he did as an adult was to kill his parents with his own hands and be reborn.

One of the people who heard Su Ming say that after being disfigured, he spent three years painstakingly eliminating all the masterminds. Before committing suicide, he even wore red clothes, as if he wanted to kill them all again even in death.

Zhou Zhengyang stood frozen for a long time before finally managing to utter a weak and feeble sentence: "Murder is illegal."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yao covered her mouth and laughed, "Then please, Director Zhou, come up with a way to kill him that doesn't break the law."

Chen Zhiwei watched everything that happened in the coffee shop from the monitor screen.

Xu Qinghe looked up at the camera and spoke, deliberately speaking to herself.

Why choose now?

Chen Zhiwei was only thinking about this one thing.

At the age of 6, she awakened the ability to hear her own thoughts.

In 2012, Xu Qinghe was able to hear everyone's thoughts.

But why didn't she speak up in 2012, and only chose to speak up in 2019?

"Is it because you have finally become an independent and complete person?"

As she murmured, Chen Zhiwei switched the monitoring screen.

Su Ming and Yu Mengnian appeared on the screen.

Good guy.

They went for a walk, and they walked quite a distance.

They actually ran straight to the beach.

The sea breeze was biting, and the waves surged and crashed against the shore, making a loud, gurgling sound.

The boundless black ocean surged and churned, seamlessly blending with the deep night sky—a beautiful scene of sky and water merging into one.

For a moment, it was hard to tell whether it was the night that was howling or the sea that was surging.

Much later.

The silence was actually broken by Yu Mengnian.

Her expression was calm, and her tone was as indifferent as if she were stating something utterly mundane: "Want a kiss?"

Due to her lack of humanity, she didn't even know how to comfort people, because she couldn't empathize.

Although it was because of Su Ming that it was tainted by the realities of life, it could only be described as a "strange feeling".

Su Ming looked at the night view of the mountains and sea before him, then turned his head to look at Yu Mengnian, whose face was calm.

No matter how beautiful the scenery, it can't compare to the beauty of the people around you.

He immediately kissed her.

Chen Zhiwei, thousands of miles away, watched the two people suddenly kissing on the screen and roared in anguish.

"My dear Niannian, you're not trying to comfort me."

"This is arson, you son of a bitch!"

the other side.

Yu Mengnian pressed down on Su Ming's restless hand, her gaze remaining calm, a stark contrast to the burning eyes in front of her.

"no."

Su Ming licked his lips, still wanting more: "Why not?"

Yu Mengnian asked earnestly, "Have you thought of a solution?"

Upon hearing this, Su Ming was speechless.

He really hadn't thought of a solution.

However, my mood has definitely improved.

It's tiring, but also very enjoyable.

Life is worth living.

But that's where we'll get to.

Su Ming suddenly remembered something.

He quickly rummaged through his backpack.

Before 2019, Wen Qi gave herself three hand-folded paper stars.

She said at the time, "If there's a problem, you can open one and take a look."

Soon, Su Ming flipped out the three stars.

Three different colored stars: one gold, one white, and one blue.

"Choose one?"

Su Ming looked at the three stars, which were exactly the same size except for their color.

He chose a golden star.

Unfold the star; it's a strip of paper.

The note contained only one line of neat and simple handwriting: "Don't doubt it, you deserve this."

That short sentence sent a jolt through Su Ming, as if he had been struck by lightning.

He subconsciously looked around.

If he hadn't known that Wen Qi wasn't there in 2019, he would have suspected that Wen Qi was watching him from the shadows.

This sentence was practically made for this moment.

"No way~"

He couldn't resist glancing at the remaining two stars.

I really want to open it and see what's written inside.

Yu Mengnian, standing to the side, looked at the note in Su Ming's hand with slight confusion.

She couldn't understand why her passionate kiss couldn't compare to a single sentence.

Su Ming suppressed his impulse and carefully put the remaining two paper stars into his backpack.

In an instant, all my fatigue vanished, and I felt clear-headed and relaxed, without a trace of pent-up emotions.

Not bad.

This is all what I deserve.

He turned his head, his gaze burning as he stared at Yu Mengnian: "One more kiss?"

Yu Mengnian did not speak.

She simply drew her sword silently.

Su Ming's expression changed, and he quickly took two steps back, pointing at her and shouting, "If you don't want to kiss me, then don't kiss me! Why did you have to draw your sword?"

Yu Mengnian's expression turned icy cold, a chill running through her, as she asked in a deep, deliberate voice, "On what grounds?"

Su Ming was stunned, and retreated several steps, completely bewildered: "What? On what grounds?"

no answer.

There was only a single flash of sword light.

"Mengnian, calm down."

"What, on what basis?"

"You just asked me to kiss you, you can't go back on your word afterward, can you?"

Su Ming's voice echoed across the beach, along with the sound of sword energy piercing the air.

In front of the monitor screen, Chen Zhiwei watched Yu Mengnian chasing Su Ming with a sword, and couldn't help but burst into laughter while holding the tablet.

"but."

She replayed the video of the note in Su Ming's hand, muttering to herself, "Where did all this toxic motivational talk come from!"

"Will people in 2026 all love drinking toxic chicken soup for the soul?"