Chapter 1647 - 526: Balance City Full of Malice_4

Chapter 1647: Chapter 526: Balance City Full of Malice_4

"The people behind you will eventually leave you! Everyone sees you as a tool. Those who come here either want to harm you or use you as a stepping stone!"

"There are no real relatives in this city!"

Nini kept repeating these words in her mind, hardening her heart and chilling her blood.

Because only in this way can she avoid being hurt again.

Hatred appeared in her eyes once more.

It was the hatred of being hurt repeatedly and abandoned repeatedly, stemming from the city’s rules, but no one dared to oppose such rules.

"I... won’t eat. It’s not tasty at all."

Wen Xishu wasn’t discouraged by her words. He had already completed an intermediate task.

He earned four points. He knew he had to complete several more tasks to enter the next ring.

"You’re afraid of someone, aren’t you?"

"You’ve made yourself like this to tell the outside world that you’re dangerous, that you’re not a good girl."

Nini was stunned again.

Wen Xishu said gently as always:

"Tell me the name of the person you’re afraid of. I’ll handle it."

Nini looked at Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu decided to be honest:

"I’m sorry, I can’t deceive you. I have my own reasons for being good to you."

"This city is so disgusting, so your soul should grow thorns for defense."

"You can distrust me. You can question whether I’m being good to you to rise to the Inner Ring."

"Yes, I’m that kind of person."

Wen Xishu’s frankness left Nini astounded. This was a disqualified action.

In this city, everyone behaves this way but has to disguise, has to perform.

Everyone ascends to the Inner Ring seeming out of love, rather than ulterior motives.

But Wen Xishu said it outright.

Anyway, he had points, so he wasn’t afraid of losing them.

"The first person I met was you, Nini, and that’s really fortunate."

[Warning, current behavior is disqualified, deduct two points.]

"You’ll be disqualified," Nini suddenly said.

Wen Xishu didn’t care. He said:

"I read a letter and promised someone."

"That person told me your childhood name is Nini; he didn’t know your real name either."

"He only knew your biological father died in the apocalypse."

"Your later fathers were judged as unqualified and disappeared one by one."

"He was your fourth father, randomly generated by this city without memory, naturally accepting his mission as a father, wanting to take good care of you."

"But he also said you’ve always blamed yourself because your running away caused the disappearance of your third dad."

"You cried for a long, long time, saying you’d never dare to be willful again, never dare to leave home."

"It doesn’t matter if dad doesn’t love you; as long as you love dad, you don’t want to lose any dad again."

"Your sensibility made him feel heartache. You don’t know why you lost your dad. You’re just a child. You don’t know how twisted and disgusting the city’s rules are."

Tears suddenly welled up in Nini’s eyes. She was surprised at how Wen Xishu knew these secrets.

But the surprise was drowned out by the emotions from the past that had been awakened.

Tears began to flow uncontrollably.

"He promised you he’d take good care of you, no matter where he goes, he’d always bring you along."

"But Balance never tilts..."

"He knew he might disappear one day, so he left a letter."

"That letter was for the next father, hoping the next person would also be good and together they’d fabricate a lie, saying dad wouldn’t disappear, dad would just possibly become someone else someday."

Nini hung her head, tears dripping continuously.

Wen Xishu said:

"I’m sorry, I promised him but didn’t arrive in time."

"I didn’t expect, when I’d see you again... you’d have grown up."

An endless sadness broke the barrier, and Nini asked with a sob:

"Who exactly are you? How do you know these things?"

In fact, after her fourth father disappeared, Nini found that letter...

Though she was still young at the time, she became sensible due to losing relatives too many times.

She finally understood the rules here. She destroyed that letter too.

She was afraid the next father would also be good because good people always disappear.

Being replaced, erased, or ascending, it’s all the same...

Later, she encountered some bad people too and realized, under such rules, whoever comes is only harm to herself.

She lifted her head, tears making her face a mess, and asked again:

"Who exactly are you? How do you know these things?"

Wen Xishu said:

"I come from a past... that, to you, didn’t exist."

"I came late but, ultimately, I came."