It's not that Luo Binhan didn't remember Li Li staying here, but he forgot how easily her appearance reminded him of a female ghost. This was also a strange thing that he couldn't find a reason for, because Li Li didn't look scary at all, and was actually quite helpful. She had never done anything that made Luo Binhan dissatisfied, but for some reason he always felt uneasy every time he saw her.
"Have you eaten?" he asked guiltily.
Li Li tilted his head. "If you feel that what you are doing is inappropriate for me to tell you," she said, "you can just refuse to answer, sir."
"That's not true."
Her words immediately reminded Luo Binhan, making him realize that he had never considered using Li Li as a person to seek help in the Upsilon incident. He said, almost without thinking, "Let me ask you something."
"I'll answer your question, sir."
"What do you think about Lao Mo's brother?"
Li Li's eyebrows raised. "I assume you are referring to Mr Momolo having an older brother," she said.
"Yes, you don't know?"
"I have no way of knowing what's going on outside this warehouse."
Luo Binhan patted his head, remembering that it had been a long time since Li Li was last taken out by him, and her body, the inconspicuous black box, seemed to be able to only control the situation in this small room.
He wanted to explain, but felt that everything was too complicated and wanted to find a lazy way.
"Is there any other way I can let you know?" he asked, "like plugging you into some computer?"
"I am prohibited from logging into the Silence's main system, sir. If you do this, I expect Sir ∈ will stop you as well."
"Why don't you let me?"
"A little safety measure."
Some hazy thoughts quickly passed through Luo Binhan's mind, making him briefly alert for a few seconds. But the matter of Upsilon occupied his thoughts more, and he quickly put this slight doubt aside in his mind - what could be the problem with this? Li Li was obviously put into this warehouse with the consent of Jing Huang and Yaleriga.
He moved a familiar-looking metal box from the corner, sat down on it as a bench, and then began to tell the story of the whole thing. He had to start from the last time he put Li Li back into the warehouse, and skipped the dream of Chixian that the black cat showed him. Even so, he felt that it was quite difficult to talk about. When he mentioned 'freeze', he thought it would take a long time to explain, but Li Li, who was leaning against the wall, nodded clearly.
"'Freeze', I know him, sir."
"you have heard?"
"A little more detailed than what I heard."
Luo Binhan looked at her suspiciously. He knew that Zhou Wenxing was an interstellar criminal, which must have made him quite famous. Even Li Li, a warehouse manager, might have known about it, but how detailed could it be? When he first heard Jing Huang mention that name, he had no idea what Zhou Wenxing was like.
Li Li's image put his hands in the pockets of his red coat and glanced at Luo Binhan. There was an incomprehensible smile on her face.
"I heard him play," she said, "even though I didn't realize who he was at the time. Zhou Wenxing had done a lot of terrible things, but you have to admit that he had a strange affinity."
"No." Luo Binhan denied reflexively, and then stared at Li Li.
"……you?"
"If you think I might be his victim, the answer is no, sir." Li Li said calmly, "I am just some data that accidentally includes him."
"What kind of coincidence?" Luo Binhan asked sensitively.
Li Li didn't answer. "I guess that's not our topic today," she said in an almost lilting tone.
Luo Binhan stared at her. He didn't intend to give up, but in the end he continued to talk about Upsilon. He briefly talked about Upsilon's battle with Zhou Wenxing, his negotiations with Jing Huang, and his last meeting with him. When Luo Binhan talked about the last incident, he found that he had ignored so many unusual signs at that time. He began to lose focus during the narration, thinking about Upsilon's mental activities at that time. Why did he take out the donated wine and drink it? Would that be venting the pain in your heart? Or is it some kind of promise of revenge?
He then talked about the black cat. He encountered some difficulties with this part because he did not mention his dream of Chixian. When he wanted to describe to Li Li the dream shown by the black cat, he found it difficult to make things clear.
"Well, anyway, it stepped on the bone." He said dryly, "Then there were flowers on the ground, yellow and clear, uh... almost the same color. I also heard a voice speaking in the wind, saying... "
He tried to speak less confusingly, but found it more difficult than he had imagined. The absurdity of the dream itself was one of the reasons, and for some reason his memory of that dream was particularly vague. He tried to explain clearly what he remembered to prove the relationship between the dead soul in the dream and Upsilon. He felt that his expression was really bad, but Li Li showed no difficulty in understanding.
"That's pretty much what those rumors said. In the end..."
"I think it ended up raining."
Luo Binhan started to glare at her again, which meant that she should not imitate Yaleriga. Li Li said thoughtfully: "Experience tells me that rain is a special image in some dreams, sir."
"What image?"
"die."
Luo Binhan questioned the origin of her conclusion, but he was not going to argue about it. He rubbed his head and said, "I just can't figure out what Brother Mo wants to do."
"Everything you just said suggests to me that he wants to avenge his victims."
"That's what I guessed." Luo Binhan admitted, "But I still can't figure out why he left so suddenly."
"Given that their aim was a 'freeze', if he disclosed his motives that would clearly be precluded on a balance of importance - unless he could demonstrate that the urgency of the matter outweighed the 'freeze'."
"Do you think so?"
"I can't judge, sir. If you don't tell me the measure, there's no question of value."
Luo Binhan raised his head and stared at the ceiling. He thought of the conversation between Uona and Upsilon, and felt a little confused.
"Justice is more important than revenge?" he asked tentatively.
"A lot of times we judge like this because we're not the direct victims."
"Then neither is he."
"Moral people don't always stand at the top and look down on others. Sometimes their sense of justice comes from their strong ability to empathize - which means they are more likely to be emotional than ordinary people."
Luo Binhan opened his mouth and started thinking again. He didn't quite know what he was refuting, or what he wanted to prove, he just didn't want to give up.
"I'm curious about what you want to prove, sir." Li Li said.
"I'm confused too." Luo Binhan replied, "Why am I so bothered by this? Why do you think this is? Is it because of Lao Mo? Or is it because of childhood feelings?"
He didn't expect Li Li to understand his last sentence, but Li Li actually smiled. Under Luo Binhan's dumbfounded gaze, she made a take-off gesture with one hand. That was much more elegant than Momolo's takeoff, but it was undoubtedly an action that Luo Binhan had seen in TV series back home.
Luo Binhan stood up from the metal box. He stared at Li Li in astonishment and said, "You..."
"I have a hypothesis." Li Li said, "In my opinion, sir, you have a kind of hero worship mentality, which is just the normal state of human life. However - this is the part I want to emphasize - you Still hostile to the character.”
