Chapter 373 Confrontation

"In other words, you are a chess piece, innocently involved in the game." Qin Jue concluded.

Qiao Yu nodded.

"How old are you?" Qin Jue suddenly asked.

She had asked this question before in the small hall outside the bathroom of the western restaurant.

Qiao Yu looked at Qin Jue without evading, and smiled slightly:

"Seventeen."

This time she told the truth.

Common age deception in speech. Although most people are too lazy to admit it, age is indeed closely related to people's stereotypes and attitudes.

In the eyes of others, a seventeen-year-old girl is often labeled as "inexperienced", "underage", and "high school girl". Judging from the appearance of the little fox, this kind of label with some disadvantages is not There is no benefit, but it can easily make bad people more excited and cause trouble.

So when she faced Qin Jue, she told Qin Jue that she was nineteen years old, almost in her first year of college. Although she was still young, she could at least make people treat her like an adult, making the status gap between the two parties less disparate. .

Qiao Yu spoke the truth frankly, and did not conceal or explain anything about his previous intentions.

Qin Jue was obviously a smart man, he was frank, generous, and had a special kind of care and consideration for her. Due to various factors, Qiao Yu believed that she would not mind and even understood the fact that she had lied before.

As expected, Qin Jue smiled and said nothing.

The laughter is light orange... slightly mixed with red...

A flash of color flashed before Qiao Yu's eyes, and then quickly disappeared.

Gentle, relaxing, and pleasant... Not only did this Miss Qin not care that I lied, but she also approved of my doing so?

Qiao Yu blinked and stared at Qin Jue's face.

"You can rest assured that those people are here for my friend." Qin Jue didn't want to take advantage of the little fox's favor and told her the truth directly, "...That's it, you are just an acquaintance with him in appearance. There are some similarities, so the unlucky guy was forced into the game."

Qiao Yu was slightly startled, as if he didn't expect Qin Jue to find out everything behind him so quickly.

She suddenly smiled briefly: "Miss Qin, do you believe me so much? What if... I also came to you, or your friend, with a mission?"

"Come on." Qin Jue leaned back, put one leg on the other, and showed a nonchalant smile, "You can't run away anyway."

She looked at the little fox blinking in confusion, feeling so cute in her heart.

Although the other party has lost the memory of the apocalypse, her personality and way of doing things have not changed much. She is still shrewd and delicate. It is very interesting to chat with her back and forth.

"What happened between us to make you trust me so much?" Qiao Yu suddenly asked.

Qin Jue smiled softly and said, "Didn't I tell you?"

Qiao Yu frowned slightly: "Miss Qin, the person involved has the right to know, don't you think so?"

She considered it carefully, not hiding her curiosity, but also wording it delicately, "Let me know what my value is. This will make it easier to cooperate with you more, and help can be useful."

A rhetorical question, plus a soft and considerate sentence, with some cautious gestures of goodwill.

There was a smile in Qin Jue's eyes, showing the unique love and pampering of his elders.

Then her eyes went blank, as if she was reminiscing about something. The smile on her lips faded a little, and she spoke softly: "It's not a good thing. It's okay if you don't understand."

Qiao Yu looked at her, her obedient face suddenly became calm, and her voice suddenly turned cold:

"Do you have to communicate with me in such an arrogant manner?"

Qin Jue was stunned.

She was really surprised. She didn't expect that the little fox in reality could be so tough.

"Are you losing your temper?" After being surprised, Qin Jue wanted to laugh a little, and comforted him in a gentle voice, "Good boy, what you don't know...maybe it's too out of touch for now. Telling it will only cause more trouble."

"When I got along with you before, was I treated like an ignorant child like this?"

Uncharacteristically, Qiao Yu even had a sneer at the corners of his lips, and his glazed eyes stared intently at Qin Jue's face. It didn't look like he was sullen, but he released a strong sense of presence.

"No matter what I say or do, you seem to accept it very tolerantly, and then you are pleased with it and affirm it——"

Her eyes were as bright as fire, so painful that they burned, "I know that your energy is far greater than mine, so... when you have everything under your control, you can treat others with full confidence. Arrogant and condescending?”

Qin Jue took a breath and showed a rare look of panic.

Little Fox……

She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment.

The living room with only two people was empty, the atmosphere was oppressive and silent, the air seemed to solidify into lumps, pressing heavily on Qin Jue's throat.

"……Feel sorry."

In the silent confrontation, it was Qin Jue who first looked away.

She breathed lightly but rapidly, and the familiar tearing feeling rose again, as if a painful seed had taken root and sprouted in her organs, absorbing the nutrients of her flesh and blood, breaking open her chest with indescribable force, and piercing her body. out.

Think about it carefully...it's exactly what the little fox said.

Because they had spent more than 20 years together, because they knew and cared too much, she had a very strong stereotype of the little fox in her heart, and these impressions led to her subconscious that was not malicious, but enough. An unpleasant sense of superiority.

This invisible sense of superiority made Qin Jue feel aloof and unable to look directly at Qiao Yu from the same height. She was just pleased that the little fox was still smart and delicate, and knew how to protect herself wisely, but she never listened carefully to what she said. , what are your thoughts.

...too arrogant.

After all, to Qiao Yu, Qin Jue was just a familiar stranger.

She clearly knew the personality of the little fox. In such a position, there was another Riddler who she had just met today and didn’t know whether he was a friend or an enemy. He said "for your own good" so his words were ambiguous. If it were any other Riddler, People with a cautious temperament will want to find out the truth to reduce tension, make themselves feel as at ease as possible, and ensure their own safety.

Qin Jue clearly knew this, but still ignored it.

She looked at Qiao Yu, who had become tougher and didn't remember herself. She felt a little bitter in her heart and sighed softly:

"sorry."

……is that true.

Actually, I actually apologized.

Qiao Yu almost lowered her eyes. She could clearly hear the unadulterated guilt, sadness and pain in Qin Jue's voice, and this emotion was directly fed back to her own body, like a spinning wheel. Darts hurt others and yourself.

My chest was so painful and my whole body was cold. Unspeakable heartache and sorrow were tumbling, blocking my blood vessels like a clot. It was as if the instinct in my body was to reflect and blame myself first, asking myself how I could make the person in front of me so sad. .

No...no.

Qiao Yu endured the huge guilt that arose from within, gritted her teeth secretly, and insisted on letting her reason prevail:

"So, why do you know me so well? What exactly happened between us?"

She no longer thought about the tricks in her words, put aside all the twists and turns, and spoke in an almost questioning tone.

What makes Qiao Yu so arrogant is Qin Jue's care.

She knew that this Miss Qin cared about her very, very much and would feel uncomfortable and distressed for her.

And Qiao Yu took advantage of this care.

She was clearly in a weak position and should not and had the right to assume such a strong stance, but it was precisely because she knew that Qin Jue truly cared about her that she dared to cross the line, cross the line, and unscrupulously challenge Qin Jue's bottom line and majesty.

So uncomfortable...feeling...out of breath...

Qiao Yu's throat felt as if it had been grabbed and thrown into a vacuum compression bag, and the air flow in and out gradually became thin and weak.

No, no.

Before the truth is determined... for the sake of safety, we cannot rely on this kind of emotional dependence that comes from nowhere to surrender trust...

Qiao Yu tried his best to suppress the discomfort caused by his fast heartbeat, and still looked at Qin Jue with this look.

The man was obviously struggling, as if his throat and tongue were suffering.

"No." Qin Jue whispered, "If you want to believe it... I tell you frankly, those are definitely not good things, and there is no need to understand them."

Qiao Yu tried hard to make the words he squeezed out sound normal: "Whether it is a good thing or not, I have to judge by myself."

Seeing that Qin Jue was still struggling, she gritted her teeth and opened her mouth to say with the sound of her violent heartbeat ringing in her ears:

"You care about yourself and others, arrange everything without leaving any room, and don't even give people a chance to choose. Didn't you think that such an ending would be unacceptable to the other party?!"

———.

Time seems to stand still at this moment.

Qiao Yu watched helplessly as the end of her rebuke slowly dissipated into the air. Her heart seemed to have stopped beating, and her ears were filled with strong and sharp blasts. They buzzed, and for a while they even covered her reason.

Oops.

Qiao Yu's instinct smashed these two words in front of her in an irresistible manner.

Oops……

Her eyes lost focus, and she realized with absolute certainty in a moment of dizziness that this sentence...

That's too much.