Oh no! I'm surrounded by female ghosts!

Su Ming was a little tired.

He sat on the sofa, looking at Lin Jiajia hanging in mid-air.

Don't misunderstand.

Su Ming really didn't know how to do such a professional job; she tied it herself.

After a moment, Su Ming looked up and asked.

"Why don't we take a break?"

"Let me put you down first."

Lin Jiajia immediately shook her head: "No...no need."

The air remained quiet for a long time.

Lin Jiajia mustered her courage and broke the silence, speaking first: "Brother Su Ming, actually, when you weren't here, they..."

But before he could even open his mouth, Su Ming interrupted him: "It's not important."

Lin Jiajia pursed her lips.

Perhaps it was because she had become a ghost, or perhaps it was because of her in-depth conversations with Su Ming, but she had become much bolder.

These are words that Wen Qi and Shen Wanyu would never say.

Only she can say it.

Because Lin Jiajia and Tang Tang are somewhat similar.

Tang Tang's world revolves around Su Ming. She doesn't care if the world disappears; she only cares about where Su Ming is.

Lin Jiajia's world revolves around her alone, and she doesn't care whether the world will perish.

During her lifetime, she suffered from severe social anxiety and isolated herself, yet deep down she harbored a longing.

She longed for someone to forcefully and domineeringly break into her closed-off world.

Even after her death, under the influence of forced favorability, Su Ming became the only person to forcibly break into her closed world.

That's why she revealed a side of herself that was previously unknown.

Lin Jiajia enjoys pain.

For her, only pain can make her feel alive.

She also desperately wanted to be needed and to have unique value.

But her deep-seated social anxiety and introversion made her fear and alienate everyone.

The intense desire and extreme fear pulled at each other, making her life exhausting and contradictory.

To this day, she has poured all her obsessions and desires into Su Ming alone.

The ropes loosened automatically, and the various wounds on his body healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

By the time she reached Su Ming, she had fully recovered.

The healing power of demons is inherently terrifying.

Moreover, Lin Jiajia's situation is disaster-level.

This was the first time she had ever been so bold and proactive in approaching Su Ming.

In those timid eyes, there was now an unwavering determination.

Some things can only be said by her.

Because she needs Su Ming to prove her worth.

Her needs were completely different from those of Wen Qi and the others.

Wen Qi and the others need Su Ming.

What she longed for was for Su Ming to need her.

"Brother Su Ming, you left in too much of a hurry."

"You've used the excuse of forcing a certain level of affection to explain all of this."

"But you should know very well in your heart whether this forced favor can really control you?"

"You deliberately treat it as a circle, willingly put it around your neck, and then use it as a pretext to force yourself to move forward."

Lin Jiajia's words tore away his deepest pretense.

Su Ming's hand trembled slightly.

Now, he can break free from the constraints of forced favorability at any time and gain true freedom.

Therefore, he became more and more cautious as he lived.

Outsiders see him as flamboyant, unrestrained, and willful, but only he knows that he has always confined himself within a framework, afraid to break free at will.

Lin Jiajia spoke again, her words even more direct.

"It's like a wild horse that willingly puts on a leash. It could break free of the shackles at any time, but it's afraid of hurting the people sitting inside the carriage."

Su Ming frowned, about to speak.

But Lin Jiajia didn't back down; instead, she took a step forward.

She reached out and cupped Su Ming's face in her hands. All the timidity in her eyes disappeared, replaced by a clear-headed, compassionate, and somewhat sober sympathy.

"Brother Su Ming, I don't love you."

This statement is blunt, cold, and extremely piercing.

Then, she added earnestly, "But I need you."

Before Su Ming could process those two sentences, she continued, "Even I can break free from part of the constraints of forced affection and say that I don't love you."

"And what about them?"

"Brother Su Ming, don't forget, while they influence humanity, humanity also influences them."

"Their knowledge can be influenced by humans, thus becoming skewed and altered."

"For example, your deepest fears—this knowledge is a product of the co-creation of humanity and them."

"Forced favorability was once absolutely eternal, an unshakable fundamental logic of the universe."

"But sooner or later, it will become fragile."

"Because human emotions are fickle."

You know the truth better than anyone else.

Lin Jiajia's gaze was clear, yet sharp enough to see through all his self-deception.

"Sister Wen Qi, Sister Shen Wanyu, Sister Xu Qinghe, Sister Bai Xinglan."

"They are extremely rational people and will never be swayed by emotions."

"In a normal life trajectory, even if they get married, have children, and live a stable life, family and relationships can only be ranked last."

"Career, honor, freedom, medicine, and independence are what they pursue throughout their lives."

"Just like in the perfect world, they remain single, not because they don't want to, but because they don't need to."

"As for Tangtang, she will put you first in her heart, but she is ultimately not a truly complete person."

Seeing that Su Ming was about to retort instinctively, Lin Jiajia put her finger to his lips, stopping him from speaking.

"I know you want to say that Tangtang was once a person, and only became one of them because of you."

"Brother Su Ming, you need to understand."

"If you are human, then she is human."

"You are Him, and she is Him."

"She will never contradict any of your opinions; she will only obey and support you without any bottom line or reservation."

"Whether your decision is good or bad, right or wrong, she doesn't care. In her world, there is only one principle: to follow you."

"And then there's Bai Xinglan's rationalization of emotions."

Lin Jiajia's gaze darkened slightly, and her tone became colder.

"Brother Su Ming, do you really think that just one month is enough for her to completely fall for you and to completely justify all her feelings?"

"Humans are masters of self-deception, especially women."

"They can not only deceive others, but they can even deceive themselves."

"Let me give you a straightforward example."

"More than 7% of women worldwide have never experienced an orgasm, yet they can fake it. Can you tell the difference between the real and the fake?"

Rough words are not rough.

Su Ming's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he was unable to refute it for a moment.

"Brother Su Ming, forced favorability belongs to the fundamental logic of the universe, and also represents a state that is eternal and unchanging."

"As long as it exists, the underlying logic of the universe will never collapse, and its cleansing mechanism will continue forever."

"If the first cleanup mechanism fails, then try the second, the third, and the fourth; eventually, one of them will succeed."

"Therefore, only by forcibly collapsing and permanently breaking the affinity system can the underlying logic of the universe and its foundation truly be shaken."

"Brother Su Ming, have you seriously thought about that day?"

"What awaits you after the forced affection level disappears?"

Su Ming was shaken and was about to speak.

Lin Jiajia interrupted him again.

She looked intently at Su Ming and said something startling: "Brother Su Ming, are you trying to say that you've actually already lived a very good life?"

"Your life and Chen Zhiwei's life in the book of names."

"This is the ending you've left for yourself."

The book of names is not just about Chen Zhiwei's own demise.

It was also the stable home that Su Ming found for himself.

In the book of names, he passed through the years, from seventeen to old age, and personally saw his wife off.

Although the city was constantly cycling, compared to the distorted and twisted reality, it was the most ordinary and normal life he could have.

Lin Jiajia had been observing silently all along.

She was aware of any changes, anything, on Earth.

She wasn't just observing Su Ming; she was looking down upon the entire human world.

Therefore, she sees things more deeply and further than anyone else.

At this moment, Su Ming seemed to see a light in Lin Jiajia that surpassed that of Chen Zhiwei.

Chen Zhiwei once said...

If Lin Jiajia hadn't been constrained by social anxiety and introversion, her mindset and perspective would have ultimately surpassed her own.

The student surpasses the teacher; she never underestimated Lin Jiajia.

That's all I've said.

Su Ming finally managed to utter a sentence.

He pried the fingers off his lips, looked up at Lin Jiajia, and asked, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Lin Jiajia took a deep breath and said with incredibly clear eyes, "If a person doesn't look out for themselves, they'll be doomed."

"Brother Su Ming, Sister Wen Qi and the others want to raise a god."

"What I want is a person."

"I am selfish."

"God doesn't need me, and He doesn't need anyone else."

"Only people truly need me."