Ark, they don't revolve around you

The movements are still so friendly.

There was still some time before she went on stage, so Chen Huijie let out all the air that was squeezed in her lungs.

"Doctor," she asked bluntly, "Do I still belong to Rhodes Island now?"

"If you think it belongs to you, then it must be." Zhuang Ning tilted his head, not understanding what he meant, but still smiled, "Rhodes Island will not reject anyone, as long as they don't have bad intentions."

"Then I want to belong to Rhode Island forever." She stared at him and said calmly.

But there was still a little blush on her face.

This is already a confession.

It was too difficult to ask Chen Huijie to say the word "like". The night before, this woman repeatedly made faces in front of the mirror, and Wen Yue just shook her head and sighed as she watched.

"You're in love, Xiao-Chen."

is it?

Love, such a distant word, she thought she was destined to be far away from it.

But Aunt Wen Yue is right, Chen Huijie thought, looking at herself in the mirror, her dark blue hair spread out, with a little bit of red glow climbing up on it.

She thought she would be surprised, but she accepted the fact calmly. How could she not know? After witnessing Zhuang Ning's estranged appearance, she felt unwilling and painful. How else could she describe it except love?

"Xiao Chen, you finally woke up..."

"Don't you blame me?"

"If I blame you, I wouldn't have eloped to Longmen in the first place." The princess from the Eastern Kingdom smiled elegantly.

However, she was still worried: "The doctor is good in every way, except..."

There are too many people around.

Chen Huijie wanted to avoid the topic, and a smile appeared on her face: "Aunt Wenyue, are you leaving soon?"

"Go to Yan's capital. Alas, that place is prosperous, but it is inevitably lacking in human touch." Wen Yue caressed her with her hand with pity. "Your uncle is not a person who is good at expressing his emotions. I want you to know that he loves you."

"I know."

"You will always have a home in this land, so don't leave any regrets, Huijie." Wen Yue covered her mouth and laughed as she left.

Chen Huijie nodded heavily.

In the future, she will be the one holding power.

After moving into the slums, Wei Yanwu will give up his position and she will be watched by countless eyes. Shi Huaiya or Lin Yuxia must obey her orders. Longmen's status is too special, like a huge mouth, swallowing countless lives every day and using the vitality of these lives to maintain its own operation.

And Chen Huijie will be the brains of Longmen.

Her freedom will be restricted and she will have to do many things against her will. Power is a sword. Sometimes it is aimed at the enemy, but sometimes it is pointed at herself, cutting off all self-righteousness.

"I want to belong to Rhode Island forever." So, she didn't want to have any regrets.

"I want to be with you." So she expressed her true feelings.

"I hope Longmen can be your home..."

Chen Huijie lowered her head after she finished speaking, not daring to look at his face. How would he react? He would understand the hidden meaning in her words, the doctor was always smart and sensitive.

But she didn't get a response for a long time, so she raised her neck slightly.

——At this moment, Chen Huijie caught a glimpse of a pair of eyes.

A pair of eyes belonging to an evil spirit, with uncontrollable brutality like the rage bursting out from hell, and the owner of these eyes is trying his best to suppress such surging anger.

Chen Huijie was stunned.

Zhuang Ning was also stunned.

There was confusion on his face. The anger disappeared from this man's face, and was replaced by a kind of hesitation as if he was about to cry. This is a look that no actor could make.

Chen Huijie's words angered him, but when he recalled the reason for his anger, he didn't know why, so he was left confused.

Why are you angry?

Why are you confused?

You should keep moving forward... a voice whispered. Zhuang Ning restrained his emotions and smiled: "Of course."

His answer was brief and crisp.

He said, "You will always belong to Rhode Island, Commander Chen."

Chen Huijie's heart was filled with fear, as if an invisible giant hand was tightly grasping her still violently beating heart. The name of that giant hand was called powerlessness. The powerlessness started from the heart and flowed through her limbs and bones along the bloodstream.

She suddenly wanted to laugh, but her expression looked like she was about to cry.

She was wrong, Shi Huaiya was wrong, they were all wrong!

The Doctor never changed back, still with that cold gaze and that lonely figure...

He...Zhuang Ning was just playing house with them, because they wanted to see a doctor like this, so he showed a kind face.

But the beast deep in his heart had been released. The beast out of the cage looked out at the grassland, thinking it could find its own kind, but it couldn't find any.

Its home is far away, and in order to get there, it disguises itself as those alien species.

It will curse those beasts who think they understand it.

It will do anything to reach its hometown.

Chapter 33 Her Declaration

The sun was a little dazzling today. Chen Huijie felt a little dizzy and seemed unable to stand straight.

Crowds of people gathered, and Chen Huijie looked at the pairs of eyes below the stage. Those were eyes of numbness, expectation, teasing, or hatred. She stood on the high stage, like an ancient king looking at her subjects.

She recalled that there had been similar moments before, when Zhuang Ning and she faced infected people who were driven crazy, gnashing their teeth and sucking blood, killing people like crazy.

At that time, he was about to use his knife and draw blood, so he put his hand on Chi Xiao, but Zhuang Ning stood up and took off his shirt in the freezing weather. The man looked at the infected people surrounding him, not like he was looking at an enemy, but with deep sorrow.

The eyes of those thugs were very similar to the doctor's, the eyes of a stray dog, with bared teeth and no worries at all.

It was so cold that day, so cold that even the hands holding the knife could be frozen. Ursus is such a disgusting country. Apart from summer, there is only winter. The summer is short and no flowers can bloom. There is only frozen soil blowing over, piling up over the years and never melting.

A hand gently pushed Chen Huijie's back. She turned her head back, and her eyes reflected many faces. Lin Yuxia, Shi Huaiya, Xing Xiong, Wei Yanwu, Wen Yue, Rat King...

Chen Huijie walked onto the platform built for her, with her back straight, like a building with roots deep inside the platform.

Don't show any hesitation. So many people have paved the way for you, and so many people are counting on you to do your best.

Zhuang Ning was also looking at her, and Chen Huijie could actually feel his kind gaze.

Chen Huijie smiled.

The evening breeze blows, and the setting sun is blood-red.

She spoke.

"I'm Chen Huijie."

"I'm sure you all know the surname Chen. The Longmen Chen family is a big family, and they are of noble origin."

"I once served as the head of the special inspection team of the Longmen Guard Bureau. I once tried to have the Guard Bureau stationed in Longmen."

She threw away the manuscript that Zhuang Ning handed to her. Without following anyone's instructions, the thoughts that came to her mind naturally turned into words.

There was indeed some commotion in the audience. Not many people knew about this incident because it was Chen Huijie's stain. Wei Yanwu originally intended to teach her a lesson, but he didn't expect that she would be infected with oripathy because of it.

At this point, Chen Huijie exposed her sleeves. Her oripathy had not yet completely healed, and tiny Originium residues could still be seen on her body. They were so sparse and fragmented that they contrasted with her fair skin, like residue.

"Yes, I am an infected person." Her tone was too calm. "I was in the past and I will be in the future."

"Chen Huijie?!" Wei Yanwu was furious.

She just pretended not to have heard it.

"I don't think the infected are lowly, and I don't think you are lowly either."

"I was disappointed with Longmen before, and I also know that you are disappointed with Longmen."

"I understand you."

——I understand your eyes.

Like him, you have no hope.

This should be your home, but you are like rats, crawling in the darkness, underground, cursing the light within your sight.

Longmen is not your home.

Longmen is not his home either.

"I should have made you a promise."

"An illusory wish, a mirage."

"I should tell you that things will get better day by day... I will bring hope."

I really hate myself for saying this.

He couldn't even give a promise, but he still stood on the podium with his head held high, giving orders.

It became even noisier as the scene got more chaotic. Wei Yanwu became a little impatient and Shi Huaiya was also stunned. This was completely different from what they had agreed on.

Only Zhuang Ning's eyes under the mask became gloomy.

Who are you talking to?

me?

But what qualifications do you have to pity me, and what qualifications do you have to pity those victims...

"I can't do that."

"A person's power has its limits."

Chen Huijie paused, and her voice suddenly became louder, "But."

"But there is only one promise I can make to you - I will never give up on you!"

"You are unique. Even if others regard you as rats, I hope you know that there will always be someone who will notice you!"

"I don't know whether the arrival of the Guard Bureau is a good thing or a bad thing."