Luo Binhan didn't listen much to Li Li's words at first. What he was thinking about was the person hiding behind Lot.
"What tenant?" he asked distractedly, "You mean Fina and Miffy? Oh... no, my sister will cause big trouble if she sees them."
"What kind of chaos?"
Luo Binhan opened his mouth without thinking, but nothing came out. He really didn't think about the details, and just made a judgment based entirely on his impressions: Since Fina, Miffy and Yu Xiaorong are all troublemakers who can stir up troubles, when they merge into one, they will of course produce a terrifying effect like a cosmic explosion. A great disaster called Miffina Dubois.
"I can't let her find out I have a bunch of cannibals in my closet."
"This is a problem that can be solved by a locked box." Li Li pointed out, "It can be entered and exited through the gap, but your sister cannot peek. With the cunningness of the resident, it is very easy to avoid strangers. of."
"What about Fina? It's poisonous. And as long as my sister studies lizards a little bit, she will find that this is a brand new species."
Li Li suddenly showed a strange smile.
"But you plan to send it to Zhou Yu's house, sir." She asked in an almost naughty tone, "Aren't you worried about him being poisoned?"
"Ah?" Luo Binhan said blankly. He was shocked to find that he hadn't really thought about it. How is this going? Could it be that he already felt that Zhou Yu could get along well with any animal that loved sleeping?
"I will find a cage to lock it up." He reluctantly went back to make up for it. "Buy a large cage and put its favorite ring toy on it. Then let Zhou Yu hide far away when feeding."
"What's the difference between leaving it at home? If you send it to Zhou Yu's home, your sister will still see it."
"My sister doesn't visit Yu's house often."
"I think," Li Lique said, "she will try her best to find an opportunity to go."
Luo Binhan thought this was a very bizarre inference. Yu Xiaorong might be curious about Zhou Yu's residence, but given how ordinary that house was, seeing it once was enough. Is there anything that can attract Yu Xiaorong to "do everything possible to find opportunities"? Just a little clever budgerigar? Moreover, Luo Binhan had a vague impression that Yu Xiaorong and Zhou Yu didn't get along very well, and her good friends were always the type who were quick-thinking and articulate.
He told Li Li this point of view, hoping to correct her misunderstanding of the relationship between the two. In the end, Li Li just put his hands on his legs with a strange smile on his face.
"What's wrong?" Luo Binhan asked alertly, "What's wrong with what I said?"
"Sometimes people's relationships are not as they describe themselves," Li Li said. "One person criticizes the other person harshly in front of you, and when these two people get along, you find that they seem to be very good friends."
"Usually we call this kind of double-dealing."
"This is indeed unethical." Li Li said leisurely, "But it may not be intentional. The impact of specific situations on people's quality is often underestimated. Except for the part where we intentionally lie, the choices we make rarely go through serious scrutiny. We only consider what makes us most comfortable in the environment at that time. What we seek is not clear interests, but our own sense of security."
"for example?"
"Have you never seen each other before, sir? It's like a man and a woman who are polite and indifferent in front of you and never take the initiative to mention each other. But one day, you are surprised to find that they have become a couple before you know it. .”
When he said this, two or three names did flash in Luo Binhan's mind. He even thought of Zhou Yu. She would never deliberately speak ill of Zhou Yu in front of outsiders, but still not many people could guess her relationship with Zhou Yu. This is really a very mysterious thing.
"Okay, I have seen something similar." He continued, "But I still don't understand this. My sister and Zhou Yu...wait a minute?"
He suddenly stopped talking and stared at Li Li. "That's not what you meant."
Li Li looked at him as if he was amused.
Luo Binhan shouted a little excitedly: "This is absolutely not possible!"
"Why?"
"She's still a minor! A girl who doesn't understand anything!"
"So," Li Li asked, "if this was a matter between two adults of similar age and mental level, you wouldn't object?"
"That still doesn't work!"
"Why?"
Li Li actually asked him for a reason in a serious manner, which Luo Binhan only found incredible. He asked himself: Does this kind of thing still need a reason? Even the sky is falling! He is no longer the guardian of the enlightened, but the guardian of the iron-blooded dictatorship. Yu Xiaorong and Zhou Yu! This is something that normal human beings cannot dream of. This is the collapse of etiquette, the end of history, and Malcolm's attempt to use chocolate sauce to make dumpling fillings. It is a complete betrayal and blasphemy to human civilization! If there was even the slightest hint of this kind of treachery, disregard for human ethics and morality, he would personally take Yu Xiaorong to the Alps and spend five hundred years at the deepest and lowest point of the snow-capped Zugspitze!
"This goes against my concept of pairing." Luo Binhan said without hesitation, "I will never allow such a thing to happen in my life order."
He stared at Li Li eagerly, and as soon as she analyzed any suspicious signs, he would immediately arrange a three-chamber trial to re-examine Yu Xiaorong's reasons for the sudden attack on Lihai City. Fortunately, Li Li did not continue to scare him on this matter.
"It's a little joke," she just said, "I gave the example of a couple just to illustrate that sometimes excessive hostility is to cover up other emotions. As for the problem you are worried about, at least we can't see any at the moment. Signs - and, as an aside, from the way things are going, I do like your sister."
Luo Binhan looked at her in shock, and then said categorically: "I don't agree with this marriage."
"Out of politeness," Li Li continued, "I hope to have the opportunity to give her a gift."
Luo Binhan immediately wanted to find out what this gift was. He asked again and again, but Li Li claimed that it was just a temporary idea, a very hasty idea with no concrete name.
"Really?" Luo Binhan asked repeatedly, "Don't give her the nuclear bomb code behind my back!"
"I can't do this."
"Why? Do you also doubt that she will use it?"
"A promise about permissions. I can't access the local network without your permission."
"Ah." Luo Binhan said. He was silent briefly, then asked: "So, this is mandatory for you? More than just a verbal guarantee? Like a... oath?"
"More like a safety protocol." Li Li said, "Just like the other person on the ship, some rules that must be followed have been written before we boarded the Silence. If there were no restrictions on these rules, I could easily Hacking into the wireless network in this area."
"Now you have to have physical interfaces," Luo Binhan said. He recalled the first time he took Li Li's data storage out of the Silence, with a forced smile on his face. "That's why he safely left you to me."
This sentence touched upon her delicate situation, but Li Li didn't seem to take it too seriously. On the contrary, Luo Binhan himself had a secret thought. He thought that Li Li's life was actually not much different from being in jail. She can't contact the external network as easily as ∈, or at least harass people on the ship when the network is disconnected, "keep the information flow changing." So how does she pass her time? In the safe in his bedroom, or in the warehouse of the Silence, when no one came to visit it for a long time, what was this thought composed of data doing? Or does she still exist?
It is never pleasant to think about this matter carefully, because it seems destined to point the blame to Yaleriga or Jing Huang. Either they angered a "person" who had actually done nothing wrong and made her imprisoned and isolated from the world because of the sins of her creator; or they were right, and Li Li, who had always been able to get along with him... A good friend, but actually a huge source of danger far beyond his imagination. The side of her that had never been shown was so terrifying that Jing Huang was not willing to let him release her from the cage easily.
Luo Binhan looked at her and unconsciously fell into endless wild thoughts. His thoughts returned to Yu Xiaorong. Whether intentionally or not, Yu Xiaorong always bumps into dangerous people. He said that she "always attracts perverts", which is of course a slight exaggeration, but there are lessons learned from the past. Of course, Liu Ling and Kepler Cologne also like her, so it is extremely unfair to simply use "like Yu Xiaorong" as evidence of a crime.
What would happen if he plugged Li Li's data memory into the computer out of sympathy? Cause an omnic crisis in his hometown? Or nothing would happen, and Li Li would still be that unique friend, saying mysterious words from time to time and giving him ideas for his troubles. He allowed his thoughts to run wildly on this hypothesis, but his body remained motionless. He himself understands why, because no matter how real Li Li is in front of him and how many common topics about his hometown he shares with him, deep down in his heart he still trusts Yareliga far more than Li Li. He trusted Jing Huang, or he wanted to trust Jing Huang, even if it meant that he would sit back and watch Li Li continue to be trapped in this narrow box.
"Your image often appears in my dreams." He said softly. This sentence might cause misunderstanding among others, but he knew that Li Li would not.
"We've discussed this before."
Luo Binhan remembered that he once asked her, that was what happened when they were chasing Upsilon. In the dream of the Demon Star, the image appeared accompanied by thunder and singing. That was the first time he clearly remembered Li Li in his dream, and he recalled more after that. At the moment when he, Momolo and Asabam's consciousness merged, he was simultaneously examining the thoughts in this body from the perspective of himself and others. That seemed to bypass certain restrictions, allowing him to see Li Li in his dream clearly like never before. His consciousness and memory were opened, and his blocked vision and hearing were gradually restored - and then he was immediately thrown back to his hometown.
"You said that someone used your image in vain." He closed the cabinet door and stopped Miffy from poking her head out. "But in my opinion, the you in the dream actually looked a lot like you... There was only one time when I felt That's not you. But let's not discuss that for now. I just want to say that the you in the dream always seems to appear when I have only half a breath left, trying to save my life."
"What do you want me to explain, sir?"
"The last time I didn't dream about you," Luo Binhan said, "was when Lot showed up. At that time he attacked my sister. He grabbed her with something like a shadow and threw her into Anti. In Pierre's house. I thought he was going to kill her, so I was a little excited."
"You mentioned this just now, sir. You fought with him until you were seriously injured and passed out. This process is very imaginative. But when I asked you for specific details, I think you were intentionally vague. .”
"I'm going to talk about this matter." Luo Binhan emphasized, "This matter needs to be emphasized... Actually, I originally wanted to talk to Lao Mo about this matter, but he never responded to my message. You know him Where did it go?"
"I was not informed of his whereabouts."
Luo Binhan couldn't help but think that this might be a lie, or that Li Li was playing word games with him. But at the moment, he didn't want to dwell on this. It was enough to know that Li Li would not help him contact Momolo. "It seems I have to discuss it with you first." He said, getting up and taking a look at the bedroom door. Fina was already creeping there furtively. He carried it to the sofa and went to the kitchen to get the biggest pot.
"You," he opened the closet while holding the pot, "come into the pot."
The film that originally clung to the cabinet door dissolved. Luo Binhan knew that this was also some kind of ear form of the cannibals. He told it flatly that what was coming next was not what it was meant to hear. Although they had come to terms with each other's status in the food chain, they were not close enough to listen to such privacy. Luo Binhan believed that he still had to keep a guard against this cunning predator from time to time.
Miffy reluctantly slid into the pot. Luo Binhan carefully checked the corners of the wardrobe and the pockets of clothes. In fact, it probably hides part of the material in a hidden place, but that's not a big problem. Just as the pioneering playwright Toba cannot shrink himself into a rice bead, if Miffy cannot possess enough material, his thinking and action abilities will be greatly reduced, and he will be reduced from a terrifying man-eating giant to an alternative dryland jellyfish. He brought the pot of mini cannibals into the kitchen and hung the lock to ensure that Fina wouldn't sneak in and lift the lid soon.
Then he returned to the bedroom and faced Li Li, who was already "sitting" at the desk. She said nothing to his sudden caution except to suggest that he might first treat himself to a glass of brandy or whiskey.
This was the first time he heard someone give him such advice. He thought of Zhou Yu a little inappropriately. If Zhou Yu was going to have such a conversation with him, she would probably make a pot of hot tea for the two of them. This seems to reveal a hint of Li Li's life as a mortal.
He declined the offer, although there was indeed whiskey in the liquor cabinet, but it was only for occasional use when he couldn't sleep. But this reminded him that he must check carefully before Yu Xiaorong came over and put away all spirits and things that minors should not see.
"If I drank, I might not be able to explain it clearly." He sat down on the edge of the bed and pretended to have forgotten to consider the physical difference between himself and the past. "This matter is... I feel very unreal. I don't even think about it. I kind of don’t know where to start.”
"From the moment your sister was attacked, sir. How did you begin the struggle with Lot?"
"I pounced on him." Luo Binhan recalled, this part was quite clear to him, "I was thinking about controlling him. Although I didn't know what his shadow was at that time, I guess if he After fainting, the shadow would not move on its own. I strangled his neck, trying to suffocate him into unconsciousness, or..."
"Death." Li Li said.
Luo Binhan shrugged. "It didn't work." He looked down at his hands. "He didn't seem to be afraid of suffocation, or I didn't pinch hard enough. When I was about to squeeze harder, something got wrapped around my hand, and it was very painful. It was so sharp it felt like my hand had been scratched by a julienne.”
"Did you see what it was?"
"I can't see clearly, it's probably still that kind of shadow."
"Which hand is it?"
Now Luo Binhan couldn't answer. He could only speculate based on the situation at the time: "Both of them?"
"How do you deal with this problem?"
"I hit his eye with my elbow." Luo Binhan was silent for a moment, "I may have bitten his neck."
"I suggest that we try to describe this conflict as completely and objectively as possible," Li Li said calmly. "Your choice shows that you have a fighting foundation, sir. I assume that you also tried to attack the abdomen and crotch."
"Maybe, but I really can't remember clearly. The situation was very chaotic, and we also rolled into Pierre's house during the struggle. The light in the house was too dark, and I couldn't see much clearly."
"So how effective was your offense?"
"It's not much use. That thing doesn't seem to be afraid of pain at all - if he hadn't knocked himself to death in the end, I would really doubt whether he could have been killed."
"During this process," Li Li asked, "didn't he use that kind of power to fight back against you?"
"I think that's what he did."
"You're not sure?"
"I just felt that the room was very cold and wet." Luo Binhan said, "There was not even a little bit of light. It seemed like there was water everywhere, and there was blood on my body. I smelled it was blood, but I didn't feel hurt at the time. Maybe it was because of my excitement. I bumped into the stairway leading to the second floor with that thing. He broke away from me. I felt him running up the stairs... He wanted to keep distance from me. Then they dealt with me from a high place. So I immediately got up to catch up. When I stepped on the first step, I heard a strange noise in front of me, like voices leaking from someone else's headphones. I stretched out my hand I reached out with my left hand and grabbed it. I actually caught something, and it felt like a piece of water that I could grab, or soft ice."
This was not all he felt, but Luo Binhan found it difficult to say any more, so he could only take a deep breath and press his forehead hard with the heel of his palm.
"I feel like I caught a glimpse of him," he said.
