Chapter 211: Returning to Qing Liu City 2
Mu Xue slowly extended her hand, and Sang Jing Wen grasped it, pulling her up from the ground. “Look, Min Feng is here. Shall we get on the carriage and wait for Sang Sang first?”
Mu Xue was like a puppet now, nodding to whatever Sang Jing Wen said. Sang Chu watched Mu Xue with concern, but Sang Jing Wen said, “Sang Sang, you handle things here first. I’ll take Mu Xue to the carriage to rest.”
“Okay.”
Watching Sang Jing Wen lead Mu Xue away, Sang Chu had a bad feeling. The next second, Sang Jing Wen’s brainwave message arrived: 【 Sang Sang, Xiao Xue’s hypnosis has probably worn off. Can you get Xue You to hypnotize her again? She can’t remember that incident. 】
Sang Chu silently watched Mu Xue’s retreating figure. After a long while, she replied: 【 Brother, is this really okay? Mu Xue was so young then. She almost killed me in her sleepwalking because of it. That’s why we found a psychologist to hypnotize her and make her forget. But if she continues to cultivate like this, she’ll eventually remember it again. We can’t make her forget every time. 】
Sang Jing Wen: 【 But 】
Sang Chu: 【 Brother, I believe Xiao Xue can get through this. This incident cannot become her inner demon on her cultivation path. We don’t know the side effects of cultivation for mental power supernatural ability users, you and I. Brother, we can’t gamble on the unknown. We need to find a way to take the initiative. 】
Sang Jing Wen looked at Mu Xue, who was dejected and listless beside him. After a long pause, he reached out and gently ruffled her hair. “Xiao Xue, did you remember something?”
Mu Xue lowered her head, tears silently falling as she thought about it and became sadder. Sang Jing Wen sighed helplessly, stopped walking, and placed his hands on her shoulders:
“Xiao Xue, if it happened again, I would probably still find a doctor to hypnotize you and make you forget those things. I want my sister to always be innocent and happy, and for all the sadness and dirt to stay far away from you. But since you’ve remembered, let’s face it together, okay? Just like when you killed him in self-defense back then, and Sang Sang and I helped you deal with him. We are always a family. No matter what you’ve done, in our hearts, you are always our most important family member.”
“Furthermore, if you hadn’t been so brave and saved yourself and Sang Sang back then, Grandma and I would have lost you. To put it bluntly, your brother would rather someone else die than you. It’s the apocalypse, Xiao Xue. We are in the apocalypse. I don’t think you did anything wrong in the past, and no one will think you did anything wrong now. The fault lies with those who hurt you back then, not you.”
Mu Xue: “I, I didn’t do anything wrong?”
Sang Jing Wen smiled gently, his hand softly stroking her head. “No, you didn’t. Just like when you killed Zhao Feng, no one thought you did anything wrong. Those who hurt you should pay the price.”
When he mentioned killing Zhao Feng, Mu Xue finally looked up. That’s right, why didn’t she feel guilty when she killed Zhao Feng, but thinking about childhood events made her sink into that strange emotion?
Sang Jing Wen noticed the confusion and pain gradually fading from Mu Xue’s eyes. He gently stroked her head. “You killed Zhao Feng back then and escaped from him. Everyone thought you did a great job.”
“Even if I was…”
“Yes, even if your methods were a bit extreme, it’s fine. No matter what happens, you have to believe that Sang Sang and I will always be by your side. You have to believe us, okay? Xiao Xue, look back.”
Sang Jing Wen pulled Mu Xue’s hand and turned her around. The zombies were all frozen on the ground. Xiao Yi Fei was still fighting the mutated plants. Under the Blood Moon, shadows loomed, but Sang Chu stood before them, as if shielding them from all danger.
Sang Jing Wen: “Xiao Xue, I know you have severe trauma from that time, but you need to be strong. We can’t let Sang Chu stand on the front lines protecting us all the time, can we?”
“Mm, Brother Jing Wen, I, I understand.”
Seeing Mu Xue gradually recovering, Sang Jing Wen breathed a huge sigh of relief, but he wasn’t completely at ease. When she was little, Mu Xue was also very calm, but he never expected her to sleepwalk at night.
When she was little, she slept with Sang Chu, but in the middle of the night, she got up and almost strangled Sang Chu, who was sleeping beside her. If Sang Chu hadn’t reacted quickly and knocked her out, Mu Xue’s hands would have taken Sang Chu’s life.
It was because of this that Sang Chu and Sang Jing Wen, avoiding their Grandmother, found various ways to help Mu Xue erase that memory.
At the same time, this incident made Sang Chu afraid to sleep with anyone at night. As long as someone was near her, she couldn’t fall asleep. Later, seeing his sister attending classes during the day, training after school, and then not daring to sleep at night, even falling ill without sleeping, he finally told their Grandmother that they should sleep separately.
The reason given was that the two little girls liked to chat at night, and after chatting, their brains were too excited to sleep, which greatly affected their daytime classes. Grandmother also felt this was not good, so she let them sleep separately.
But now that Mu Xue remembered things from her childhood, he didn’t know if she also remembered sleepwalking and almost killing Sang Chu. If she remembered that too, he wouldn’t know how to persuade her.
When Mu Xue first started sleepwalking, Sang Jing Wen had advised Sang Chu not to live with her and to live separately until they found a solution. But Sang Chu was afraid that if she didn’t watch Mu Xue at night, what if she ran away?
Various problems piled up, and Mu Xue’s issue remained unresolved for more than half a year.
Sang Jing Wen looked at Mu Xue, a sense of powerlessness washing over him. He didn’t want Mu Xue to have supernatural abilities, but without them, she couldn’t protect herself. He wished Xiao Xue would always obediently follow behind them, protected as long as they were there. But he also knew this was impossible; no one could protect another person completely and without gaps all the time.
She had to protect herself eventually, just as Sang Chu said, her supernatural abilities were too unknown, so unknown that Sang Jing Wen was somewhat afraid.
Seeing Sang Jing Wen’s silence, Mu Xue turned and hugged him. “Brother, I will work hard to adjust my mindset. Thank you and Sang Sang for never giving up on me.”
“We’re family, no need for such talk.”
“Mm.”
Xi Rui’s ears were very sensitive. She could hear what Mu Xue and Sang Jing Wen were talking about and found this Lin Mu Xue very strange. Why would killing someone lead to the birth of such a terrifying thing as a Demon Spirit?
But now was clearly not the time to ask these questions. She looked at Sang Chu. “A Chu, don’t let Xiao Yi Fei keep fighting. Let’s finish this quickly and leave. I have a feeling this moon is not right. It’s making my blood restless.”
“Blood restless?”
Sang Chu looked at Xi Rui, not understanding. To her surprise, Xue You agreed. “Yes, me too. This moon seems to stir up the killing factor within us. It’s not right. Let’s leave quickly.”
Sang Chu: “Okay, Xue You, go get Brother Yi and bring him back. We’re leaving.”
