Regarding the matter of awakening lightning abilities after transformation

"I will." As the two were talking in their minds, Xu Bai abandoned his prey and transformed his blade into a thorn, charging fiercely at the girl.

Because of her leg injury, Gu Chengyan couldn't completely avoid the attack; she could only try to twist her body to avoid vital areas.

"Bang!" He fired again. The next Magnum bullet had been charged in the revolver for a long time, and Gu Cheng gathered all the electricity in his body into it.

Xu Bai's left hand transformed into a bone shield to try to block, but it was "melted" by some strange ability, creating a small hole. The bullet passed through the hole and hit the vital point, and a dark blue electric grid lit up within one centimeter of the victim.

Unfortunately, the kinetic energy from the bullet only slightly slowed the man's progress; he still managed to deeply embed the bone spur into Gu Cheng's right lower abdomen.

"Cough cough..." A strong metallic taste came from his mouth, and the gushing blood almost completely blocked his trachea.

Gu Cheng clutched her lower abdomen, her legs buckled, and she collapsed to the ground.

......

After a moment or perhaps a long time, the girl was awakened by a strong emotion.

It hurts so much... It feels like every inch of my skin is burning... Gu Cheng slowly opened her eyes, and the burning pain disappeared instantly.

Where am I...? I put my hand to my forehead. Beneath me is half a Simmons mattress. The mattress is worn and tattered, and the yellowish steel spring coils are exposed due to wear and tear.

Is this... a nightmare? Did Gu Chengyan get up in the middle of the night to sneak cookies again...? Every time Gu Cheng has a nightmare, it basically means someone got up at night. Gu Cheng is almost used to being tormented by her.

Although she ate very little at night, her regular sleep schedule meant she didn't go hungry. However, Gu Chengyan always liked to read the anonymous forum while she was sleeping, and sometimes he would also eat some snacks.

Everything was peaceful until one day Gu Cheng was awakened by a nightmare and found herself not sleeping in bed but sitting on the sofa watching a soap opera, with a cup of warm milk on the coffee table.

When will Gu Chengyan finally learn to take care of himself...? This lifestyle is extremely unhealthy, and Gu Cheng really can't imagine what his life will be like after she disappears...

Brushing her long brown hair behind her ear, Gu Cheng stood up straight, her shiny leather shoes making a soft clatter on the ground.

"Waaah..." A faint yellow light seeped out from outside the door, accompanied by the child's cries.

No...not only that, there were also the sounds of belts whipping, lighters flipping open, and heavy objects hitting the ground.

What's going on inside? Gu Cheng frowned, tiptoed to the door, and put her ear to the crack in the door frame to listen carefully.

The child was still crying when a gruff male voice drowned out all else: "All you do all day is cry... huh? Keep crying?"

For some reason, a deep sadness welled up in Gu Cheng's heart. She tried her best to turn the handle, but she couldn't push open the wooden door that was only a few centimeters thick.

Taking a few steps back, the girl raised her fair knee and slammed it against the wooden door, but it remained unmoved.

"Don't waste your energy, you can't push it away." A familiar voice came from behind. Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned around.

She had clear, light brown eyes, and her long, smooth brown hair was casually draped over her chest. The girl wore a white shirt, a navy blue uniform skirt, and sheer stockings.

She sat quietly on the windowsill, letting the pure white sunlight pour down.

If it weren't for the inconsistent movements, Gu Cheng would have thought she was talking to a mirror.

"Gu Chengyan?"

"Mmm." The girl pursed her cherry lips, her slender white fingertips dancing gracefully on the stone window frame under the moonlight.

Why do you appear in my dreams too...?

"Your dream?" Gu Chengyan shook his head and then stopped what he was doing.

"This is not a dream..."

"What's that?" Gu Cheng leaned against the door frame, her fair and slender legs pressed against the cabinet.

Gu Chengyan curled his knees to his chest and couldn't help but chuckle softly: "Memory..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened, revealing a thin boy and a father reeking of alcohol.

The boy was shirtless, his skin was covered in bruises, and there were bright red scars near his waist and back.

He was breathing heavily, his ribs, protruding from his thinness, trembling with each breath.

Gu Cheng reached out her palm to approach, but was stopped in place by an invisible transparent wall in the next second.

"How pitiful~" Gu Chengyan slightly raised the corners of his lips, his fair legs, encased in sheer stockings, dangling casually against the wall.

I remember you were very thin back then, as thin as a stick... You had very poor relationships with your peers; you would glare at anyone who came near you, and you never ate or went to the bathroom with anyone...

Gu Cheng recalled Dean Xu's description of her long, slender, and curled eyelashes fluttering up and down.

“That’s what you… have experienced…” The wall in front of him made a crisp sound as cracks appeared from the center and then quickly spread to every inch of the wall.

The wall was completely shattered. Gu Cheng stepped on the shards of glass and slowly walked to the boy's side.

The boy raised his eyes, his sunken eye sockets still bearing traces of tears that had not yet completely dried.

"Hello." Gu Cheng pursed her lips and slowly squatted down in front of him.

Then, he reached out and pulled the other person into his arms... Everything collapsed, and Gu Cheng fell again, as if her whole body was submerged in cold seawater.

"Gu Chengyan?" She stretched out her arm, which was dappled with sunlight.

"I am..." A smooth touch came from my head, and what I could see was the soft white fabric of a shirt.

Gu Cheng lay on Gu Chengyan's lap, the latter slightly nodding, his light brown pupils reflecting the girl's pretty face.

"Welcome home... Gu Cheng..."

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Chapter 131, Section 134: I Like You~ (Seeking First Subscription)

It was still midnight outside, and dappled moonlight gently fell on the girl's chest through her long brown hair.

The two were still wearing the clothes they wore at the banquet that day. Gu Cheng raised her head slightly and met Gu Chengyan's deep and gentle eyes.

Welcome back... Do you welcome me...? Leaving the warm, smooth lap pillow, Gu Cheng gently touched her forehead and looked around.

The walls were clean and smooth. Two sturdy wooden beds were placed in the east and west corners of the room, respectively. Above them was an old-fashioned incandescent bulb emitting an orange glow. With the help of the dim light, one could barely make out a few small hand-carved figures on the solid wood desk next to the window.

"You still remember... right..." Gu Chengyan slowly stood up and patted the dust off his transparent pantyhose that had gotten dirty from sitting like a duck.

“I remember, Gu Chengyan once…” Gu Cheng was halfway through her sentence when a slender, white finger pressed against her cherry lips.

"It's not me, it's you." Her fair fingers slid down her lips to her neck, causing Gu Cheng to involuntarily swallow softly.

Gu Chengyan chuckled softly, his fingers finally resting on the small, delicate collarbone on her chest, his warm fingertips lightly touching the tender skin until Gu Cheng grabbed his wrist.

"I... am just a defective product..."

"You really think so?"

"...Those memories constantly remind me." The crawling perspective, the viscous blood...and the perpetually dark clouds that block out the sunlight.

Gu Chengyan turned his head slightly and picked up a lock of Gu Cheng's hair, playing with it carefully.

"To conclude that you're defective based on just this limited information... isn't that a bit too hasty..."

"One-sided information?"

"Don't you also possess all of Gu Chengyan's memories?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl's shoulders trembled slightly: "If I am Gu Cheng... then who are you?"

Gu Chengyan smiled and answered as she had when they first met: "Gu Chengyan."

"That rift changed you, and it also awakened me."

“Wake up…you weren’t back then…” The light brown pupils widened slightly, and fragmented information intertwined and pieced together to finally form a clear and discernible thread.

Gu Cheng suddenly understood why she had lost her memories before the age of six, and why there was such a huge difference in the dean's impression of her... It wasn't her who had spent that time, but the "Gu Chengyan" in front of her who looked exactly like her.

"Upon first awakening, I did indeed want to possess your body..." Gu Chengyan ran his fingers through his hair, gently stroking it.

"Why...you didn't..." From the moment the other party was able to forcibly control her body, Gu Cheng vaguely guessed that Gu Chengyan's revealed abilities were inconsistent with what she said, and even the so-called "not yet recovered" might just be a lie to tease her.

Gu Chengyan loosened his fingers, sat on the edge of the bed and quietly looked at her, his eyes complex and deep.

"Because you are not it...you are Gu Cheng." It's wonderful to be reborn, but she still softened when Gu Cheng was determined to die.

"Since it possesses the memories of a descendant, do you think it would willingly give up its life to benefit another completely unrelated person?"

Hunting, devouring... Gu Cheng shook her head; she could only sense endless negative emotions emanating from that mass of flesh.

"That wasn't my life...it's always been yours..." Gu Chengyan's life had ended when she was six years old, and it was this girl in front of her who helped her through the remaining sixteen years.

"The descendant did indeed transform you, but in some ways... you haven't changed." You're still as kind as ever, always upholding a heart of justice.

Her slender, curled eyelashes were smudged with a faint mist of moisture. Gu Chengyan covered half of her pretty face with her palm and took a deep breath.

She didn't spew profanities as usual; she simply sat quietly on the edge of the bed, her eyes lowered.

"...Huh?" Feeling something above his head, Gu Chengyan gently raised his head and saw a snow-white, lotus-root-like arm stroking back and forth in front of him.

Although she didn't know how to comfort him, Gu Cheng couldn't help but touch his soft, flaxen-brown hair.

"..." Realizing that he had been patted on the head, Gu Chengyan grabbed Gu Cheng's wrist and pressed her against the wall near the bed.

Her posture was assertive, but the blush on Gu Chengyan's cheeks betrayed her.

“You’ve really changed… become like a woman…” Patting her head or anything like that… is simply not appropriate for her.

......

"Mmm..." A soft moan came from the quiet ward. Gu Cheng brushed aside her long hair that was hanging down in front of her chest, her light brown eyes filled with a coquettish and lazy look.

Memories flooded back from the cracks, and in her last glance before fainting, she saw only that white bone spur... Her hand slowly moved down inside her shirt, revealing a smooth expanse to her supposedly injured abdomen.

How come... there are no wounds? Gu Cheng was wondering about this when she caught a glimpse of a beautiful figure sitting on the bed next to her.

Su Wanxi wore the same blue and white hospital gown as her, her dark pupils calm and still.

"Su...Wanxi?" Before the words were finished, her slender feet made a soft sound on the carpet. Su Wanxi sat silently on the edge of the girl's bed, her clear eyes reflecting the girl's pretty face.

"Wh-what's wrong..." A pair of delicate, snow-white hands caressed Gu Cheng's cheeks. Su Wanxi gradually drew closer, her warm breath carrying a fragrance like flowers and grass.

"You've been asleep for two weeks." Her cherry-pink lips parted slightly, their eyelashes almost intertwining.

"Two weeks?" No wonder the wound on her waist had healed... Gu Cheng remembered that she had also been stabbed in the thigh with a dagger...

The girl instinctively tried to close her legs, but found that Su Wanxi had already placed her left knee less than five centimeters below her abdomen.

She felt a warm touch between her legs, and Gu Cheng was completely stunned, her cheeks turning bright red faster than the speed of the first cosmic velocity.