"..."
Slapped across the face by her mother, Ye Shiyu shrank her neck, feeling a burning pain on her cheek.
Looking up at her mother, she saw blue veins bulging on her face, furious like an immovable wisdom king.
"Ye Shiyu!! Did my words just go in one ear and out the other?!
"I have already told you so many tis. I thought you had turned over a new leaf, and I even helped you... arranged for Xiao Huan to work together with you...
"And yet, here you are, never changing! You still want to lock Xiao Huan up and do your filthy deeds!"
Facing her mother's wrath, Ye Shiyu pursed her lips, clenching her delicate fists as she said,
"I... I did not imprison Xiao Huan..."
However, upon hearing this, Ye Lan just gritted her teeth, completely refusing to believe Ye Shiyu's words.
"Do you think I would believe you?!"
She simply grabbed a chair placed nearby and smashed it fiercely toward Ye Shiyu's legs.
"Bang!"
In an instant, Ye Shiyu felt a sharp pain radiating from her leg.
"Crack."
A harsh sound of bone fracturing rang out, making Ye Shiyu instantly lose her footing and drop to her knees on the ground.
Her eyes shrank slightly, but she still endured the pain, explaining her reasons.
"I know Xiao Huan hates , he already told ...
"From beginning to end, not only did he not develop a trace of romantic feelings for , he did not even see
as an older sister... I accept that, but...
"I saw what will happen once Xiao Huan leaves here..."
As she spoke softly, Ye Lan revealed a look of confusion.
"What on earth are you talking about?"
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu pushed through the pain, slowly standing up bit by bit and walking toward her mother.
"Mama, as long as there is enough data, my ability can predict the future through Yezi AI...
"So please believe , there is definitely a reason why I am not letting Xiao Huan leave here."
At this mont, Ye Shiyu's deep purple eyes reflected the image she had calculated using Yezi AI that night at the basent entrance.
The image still showed a dical record, dated at the end of this month.
"Na: Yan Huan"
"Gender: Male"
"Chief Complaint: Consciousness disorder caused by an accident, persistent vegetative state"
"History of Present Illness: ...Cardiac arrest lasted too long, brain cells cannot regenerate after dying from hypoxia, this vegetative state may be irreversible."
There was no further information, but judging by the newspaper's end-of-the-month date, the incident must have happened before then.
While receiving this revelation, she also received a reminder from Yezi AI:
"The predicted future is for your knowledge only. Once the specific details are disclosed to a third party, the future may undergo unpredictable changes."
And over the past few days, she had continuously made multiple predictions.
Every single ti, it was an indirect report about Yan Huan ending up in a vegetative state.
This made Ye Shiyu increasingly convinced:
Before the end of the month, she absolutely could not let Xiao Huan leave this place.
Even if Xiao Huan had lied to her before, she herself had done many wrong things to Xiao Huan out of foolishness and ignorance before she decided to turn over a new leaf...
She wanted Xiao Huan to be safe and sound, even if they might never have contact again afterward.
But the news of Xiao Huan becoming a vegetable was simply too vague. Because there was not enough data, she could not see more specific information.
Therefore, during this ti, she had constantly been pushing to expand Yezi AI's coverage rate, attempting to see more definitive news.
However, before she could finish her words, Ye Lan in front of her sighed and said softly,
"Still making excuses."
"I... I am not..."
"Predicting the future? Are you insane?"
"Mama..."
"You are just like your father... you really disappoint
too much."
Hearing these words, Ye Shiyu's pupils shrank, looking at her mother in disbelief.
She saw her mother's eye sockets slightly red, looking down at her from above, speaking word by word,
"You have been like this since you were a child, with an eccentric, withdrawn, and gloomy personality... I have put up with you for a long ti.
"Why can you not just be a bit more normal? Why can you not be like other children and let
worry about you a little less?
"Whenever you are ntioned, other parents always cast sympathetic glances at ."
Ye Lan panted, setting down the chair she had used to break Ye Shiyu's leg, took a deep breath, and then closed her eyes.
"Just what sin did I commit in my past life to have a daughter like you..."
Ye Shiyu stared blankly at her mother who spoke all this, her mind inevitably going completely blank.
An imnse fear and despair suddenly surrounded her, but before she could react, the sound of police sirens drifted in from outside the window.
"Woo-woo... woo-woo..."
Hearing the police sirens, Ye Lan let out a sigh of relief and continued,
"I have made my decision... Afterward, I will officially adopt Xiao Huan and make him my child."
"..."
"As for you, do not return to the country either. If the news that my daughter is a pervert spreads back ho, I, Ye Lan, cannot afford to lose that kind of face."
Saying this, Ye Lan moved her steps and headed upstairs to find Yan Huan.
"Since your leg is broken, go see an orthopedist in Germany, and do not co back after that."
Ye Shiyu sat slumped on the spot, her face deathly pale, only able to watch helplessly as her mother's back view disappeared.
"Defeat~"
"..."
"Battle Defeat CG Unlocked"
"Ending E: Complete Severance of Ties"
"Ye Lan has learned of your sins and finally could tolerate you no longer, venting all her past resentnt toward you all at once."
"You were already walking on the edge of a cliff, yet you still refused to do anything, so you could only et such an end."
"Perhaps you should understand that using Hypnosis on Ye Lan was not to harm her, but to protect."
"Protect her, and protect you."
"GA OVER"
"Return to save point?"
"Buzz."
Ye Shiyu's eyes slowly refocused, reflecting the face of the recently hypnotized Yan Huan.
She and Yan Huan were still standing in the living room, having not yet pushed the door open to flee.
But at this mont, her entire body was drenched in cold sweat, trembling uncontrollably.
"Sudden Quest: Hypnotize Ye Lan"
"Reward: Yezi AI Final Upgrade"
In the next second, this interface appeared before her eyes once again.
Ye Shiyu stared blankly at the interface in front of her. In her mind, she could not help but recall the look in her mother's eyes that she had just seen.
Her disappointnt, her anger, her disgust...
The denial from her blood relative felt like a knife carving out her flesh, making Ye Shiyu feel unparalleled pain, to the point that her entire body began to shake.
"Sudden Quest: Hypnotize Ye Lan"
"Hypnotize Ye Lan..."
"Hypnotize... Protect."
An imnse fear had already enveloped Ye Shiyu's mind, making it virtually impossible to control.
"Buzz."
To the side, from the corner of his eye, Yan Huan suddenly noticed that Ye Shiyu's eyes had instantly turned a deep purple.
'I am already hypnotized, so who else can Ye Shiyu hypnotize?'
An imnse sense of oppression radiated from her body, giving Yan Huan a sudden ominous premonition.
'Could it be...'
"..."
Yan Huan's expression changed slightly. Having successfully perford a Counter-Parry, he lightly flexed his fingers and instructed Myau-chan,
"Myau-chan, go keep watch outside. If anything changes, stop Aunt Ye from coming in."
"ow?"
Myau-chan tilted his head, but still followed the instructions, instantly vanishing from the spot.
anwhile, Yan Huan watched Ye Shiyu vigilantly. At this mont, the sound of a vehicle arriving could already be heard outside the door.
Ye Lan had arrived.
Just as Yan Huan was fully prepared for battle, Ye Shiyu suddenly raised her palm and slapped herself hard across the face.
"Slap!"
This slap made Yan Huan slightly stunned, but in the next instant, he felt the incredibly heavy mask on his face beco light once again.
The Hypnosis was lifted!
"Sister Shiyu, you..."
Yan Huan looked at Ye Shiyu beside him, only to see her hanging her head in despair, looking at him with slightly reddened eye sockets.
"I... I cannot do it..."
"You cannot do it?"
"Even if... even if Mama says those things about ... I still... cannot bring myself to do it."
'Mama?'
'Aunt Ye?'
"Crack."
At this mont, Ye Shiyu's voice, along with her entire body, was trembling slightly.
Accompanying this was the sound of Modifier Fragnts dropping from her body.
"ow!"
Before the fragnts even hit the ground, after an illusory cat's ow echoed, they completely vanished without a trace.
But Yan Huan could not care less about any fragnts right now, because looking at Ye Shiyu's current state, he clearly realized sothing.
It was the Battle Defeat CG!
"I... I did not want to imprison Xiao Huan... I saw the consequences... I just... wanted to protect Xiao Huan..."
Listening to her panting, emotionally out-of-control words, Yan Huan hurriedly walked over to her and grasped her shoulders.
"Sister Shiyu, listen to . Whether it is what you saw in the Battle Defeat CG or in Yezi AI, do not believe the content inside! The content inside is fake!"
In his arms, Ye Shiyu shook her head slightly.
"No..."
Seeing her shake her head, Yan Huan grew anxious.
"Sister Shiyu, do you truly believe the predictions given by a broken machine that much?
"It is one thing if you do not believe , but you do not even believe Aunt Ye?! Instead, you choose to believe the bad news it speculated?
"Even if you saw Aunt Ye saying terrible things to you in there, you are just going to accept it?
"I refuse to believe you have never noticed anything strange or had any suspicions! Why on earth is this happening?"
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu suddenly raised her head, looking straight at Yan Huan.
"Because... it does not matter even if it is bad news..."
These words made Yan Huan's expression freeze.
"Even if it is a bad ending, it would have been better to tell
earlier...
"Just tell
earlier that no matter what I do or how hard I try, it is impossible for my parents to get back together...
"Just tell
earlier that for my whole life, I will just be an abnormal person with extre possessiveness who is terrified of her mother being stolen away, unfit to have an extra family mber, and destined to only keep dolls for company...
"Just tell
earlier that you actually hate , despise , and could never possibly like
in this lifeti..."
Ye Shiyu, with her face covered in tears, looked at Yan Huan in front of her and bit her lip as she spoke,
"Instead of letting
look forward to it and hope extravagantly with fear and trepidation, thinking I could obtain it, thinking I could change everything...
"So that I am constantly terrified of losing it, and constantly, painstakingly trying to maintain it...
"I just... just do not want to continue being afraid anymore...
"I just want a certain future where I know the answer, even if it is truly terrible."
Perhaps, everything could truly be exactly as Ye Shiyu said.
If, from the very beginning, Ye Shiyu did not have a Modifier, and Yan Huan had not intervened at all but decisively drawn a clear line between himself, Ye Lan, and Ye Shiyu...
Most likely, Ye Shiyu would still be in her room every day dressing up her dolls right now, and would not have interacted too deeply with Yan Huan, right?
If, from the very beginning, Ye Shiyu had not used Hypnosis on Yan Huan to make him fear her; and Yan Huan had not constantly sent Ye Shiyu mixed signals because he needed to Resolve the Modifier...
Then perhaps Ye Shiyu would not have gotten the wrong idea, assuming Yan Huan was a sworn younger brother who harbored affection for her. Nor would she have turned over a new leaf, hoping that by doing so, she could make Yan Huan choose her.
It was just a pity...
There were no 'ifs' in this world.
Yan Huan knew this deeply.
"..."
Yan Huan lowered his eyes, then took a deep breath, looking up at Ye Shiyu.
"Sister Shiyu, matters of the future cannot be explained clearly in just a few words. Only when it becos reality can you truly draw a final conclusion.
"Perhaps before, due to all sorts of factors, we all had areas where we fell short, so let us set that aside for now.
"However, at the very least, today, Aunt Ye will not let you down."
Hearing this, the tear-streaked Ye Shiyu paused slightly.
"Shiyu..."
Hearing the voice, she hurriedly looked toward the entrance.
There, she saw that the door had been quietly opened at so point.
And Ye Lan, wearing a won's suit, was standing in the doorway, looking at her.
She seed to have heard so of the words her daughter had poured out, yet she did not completely disbelieve her and start physically lashing out like in the CG.
Perhaps, it could be seen from the fact that the door was not violently smashed open...
That Ye Lan would not do such a thing.
"..."
Ye Shiyu stared blankly at Ye Lan by the door, only to see her take a deep breath before looking toward Yan Huan.
"Xiao Huan... actually, as early as when Shiyu made a mistake for the first ti in the villa, I had already thought it through...
"If she made a mistake again, the ones who should accept punishnt ought to be the two of us, mother and daughter.
"Calculating carefully, a huge reason why she turned out like this today is because of ..."
Yan Huan hastily shook his head and said frankly,
"Aunt Ye, your words are too heavy."
"No... I am not just being polite with you, Xiao Huan."
"Huh?"
Yan Huan stared blankly at Ye Lan, only to see her smile helplessly and say softly,
"People change. If I had been like what you see today right from the start, I would not have impulsively kicked her father so terribly...
"It is just that, by the ti I realized my mistake, turned over a new leaf, and started spending more ti on Shiyu... it was already too late."
'Ah?'
'Auntie, you...'
'You also turned over a new leaf?'
Yan Huan blinked, inevitably turning his head to look at Ye Shiyu beside him.
He saw her staring straight at her mother, remaining silent from beginning to end.
Her current appearance was exactly identical to her reaction back when he had grabbed her by the neck intending to self-destruct, only to realize that her defense had not broken and she had not deployed widespread Hypnosis...
'Has she finally realized it?'
"Woo-woo! Woo-woo!!"
However, in the next second, an ear-piercing siren rang out from afar.
Upon hearing that sound, Ye Shiyu's body could not help but shudder slightly. Subconsciously, she took a step back, hiding behind Yan Huan.
It seed she had already developed a stress response to this sound from the CG.
"Ah, that is the ambulance I called for Student Bai. She was not in good condition but insisted on coming along... she just passed out in the car earlier, so..."
"I see..."
Yan Huan glanced back at Ye Shiyu, only to see her cautiously poking her head out.
"..."
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
But everyone knew there were still many unresolved problems present...
Therefore, it was best for Ye Lan to take the lead.
Ye Lan's gaze shifted to Ye Shiyu as she asked seriously,
"I heard the gist of the imprisonnt matter, and it is not over yet. But right now, aside from telling
to co save Xiao Huan, that Student Bai Yi kept talking about the AI in our company... just what on earth are you using it for?"
"AI..."
Hearing this, Ye Shiyu blinked and began to recall.
"Beep beep..."
But at this mont, the mobile phone of Ye Lan in front of them suddenly rang.
She was slightly taken aback, hastily picking up the phone, only to find it was an unknown number.
"Hmm?"
After hesitating for a mont, she still chose to answer the call.
"Hello?"
"Hello, is this Ms. Ye Lan? I have a very urgent matter to tell you! It is about your daughter!"
"...I am, but who are you?"
"My na is Tong Yingying, I am Yan Huan's girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?"
Hearing this, Ye Lan cast a glance at Yan Huan in front of her and fell silent.
"Buzz!"
At this mont, within the Ye International Building.
Inside the AI departnt, the door to Ye Shiyu's office was tightly locked.
But inside, her work computer monitor was brightly lit, displaying line after line of text.
"Problem: The Host's desire is severely insufficient. Although the lower limit is very high, the upper limit is too low, insufficient to completely upgrade the Modifier and support the Divine Lord descending upon this world."
"Current resolution paths: Two."
"Resolution Path One: Destroy the Host's bottom line and stimulate her desire."
"Cause the Host to completely hypnotize the Child of Fortune, Yan Huan, turning him into a tool to vent her desires, discard all thoughts of romantic relationships, and thoroughly stimulate her desire."
"Cause the Host to abandon her bottom line and hypnotize Ye Lan, whom she considers the most important person to her."
"Resolution Path Two: Replace the Host."
"Listing the following plans:"
"Plan A"
"Phase One: Reverse-utilize the Child of Fortune's theft of the Modifier's authority to provide the Host and the Child of Fortune with the Battle Defeat CG. (Achieved)"
"Phase Two: Utilize the Battle Defeat CG to deepen the Host's impression of the Child of Fortune as a scumbag man, deepening her distrust; deepen the Child of Fortune's terrifying impression of the Host, deepening his fear. (Achieved)"
"Phase Three: Cause doubt and distrust to erupt, stimulating the Child of Fortune to kill the Host in order to achieve 'Path Two' of replacing the Host; simultaneously, stimulate the Host to resist and hypnotize the Child of Fortune to beco a tool for her desires, in order to achieve 'Path One' of stimulating desire. (Unachieved)"
"Output Result: Failure."
"Cause of Failure: The Child of Fortune did not kill the Host due to unknown reasons; the Host still harbors feelings for the Child of Fortune and did not hypnotize him into becoming a tool for her desires."
"Changing Output Result: Execute Plan B."
"Plan B"
"Phase One: Utilize the AI carrier to provide a prediction of the Child of Fortune becoming a vegetable, forcing the Host to continue imprisoning the Child of Fortune. (Achieved)"
"Phase Two: Utilize AI Hypnosis to hypnotize the best friend of the Naless Finger Host and the owner of the villa in the North Sea District, recomnding the house opposite the Host to the Naless Finger Host, allowing her to approach the Host. (Achieved)"
"Phase Three: Block the Middle Finger and Little Finger Hosts. Let the ordinary middle-aged woman, Tong Yingying, search for the Naless Finger Host, but because the location overlaps with where the Host hid the Child of Fortune, she must be hypnotized to stay away from this place. (Achieved)"
"Phase Four: Consequently, allow Tong Yingying to realize this place might be connected to the Host; prompt her to contact Ye Lan to co investigate and discover the truth of the Host imprisoning the Child of Fortune. (Partially Achieved)"
"Annotation: Before Tong Yingying contacted Ye Lan, the Naless Finger Host learned the truth in advance due to unknown reasons and contacted Ye Lan. However, the final result is consistent."
"Phase Five: Construct a Battle Defeat CG to destroy the Host's psychological defenses, forcing the Host to hypnotize Ye Lan in order to break her bottom line and further stimulate her desire. (Unachieved)"
"Output Result: Failure."
"Cause of Failure: The Host is not up to the task and is unwilling to hypnotize Ye Lan no matter what."
"Changing Output Result: Execute Plan C."
"Plan C"
"Phase One: Hypnotize the ambulance driver heading to the North Sea District villa area. (Achieved)"
"Phase Two: Cause the driver to drive the vehicle into the villa where the Host is located at high speed, killing the Host to replace her. (In Progress)"
"Candidates for replacing the Host are as follows:"
"Candidate Three: Tong Yingying"
"Advantages: Original selected Host for the Little Finger, possesses abundant Fate, strong desire, and a relatively low bottom line."
"Disadvantages: Older in age, bad temper, might be highly suspicious of the Battle Defeat CG, etc."
"Recomndation Score: 75 points."
"Candidate Two: Ye Lan"
"Advantages: Possesses abundant Fate, high degree of similarity with the original Host, holds a high and powerful position, and has more capital to deploy the Modifier's abilities."
"Disadvantages: Older in age, might be highly suspicious of the Battle Defeat CG, etc."
"Recomndation Score: 80 points."
"Candidate One: Yan Huan"
"..."
"Woo-woo... woo-woo..."
At this mont, in the North Sea District.
After a brief mont of thought, Ye Shiyu finally raised her head, intending to tell her mother everything.
"Is Ye Shiyu... already finished... Auntie?"
Right at this mont, behind Ye Lan, Bai Yi was dragging her heavy body out of the car, slowly walking toward the entrance.
"Are the police... coming soon..."
"Well..."
Hearing this, Ye Lan was slightly stunned.
She gave a helpless smile, looking toward the blaring vehicle not far away. Just as she was about to explain, her gaze involuntarily shifted slightly.
Because, in her field of vision, that ambulance was rushing toward their direction at an extrely exaggerated speed, likely around 130 to 140 kiloters per hour...
"Wh-"
Ye Lan imdiately realized sothing. She hurriedly turned back to look inside the house, shouting at Ye Shiyu and Yan Huan,
"Run!!"
Inside the house, Yan Huan and Ye Shiyu had not even realized what was happening.
But the instant he heard Ye Lan shout, Yan Huan also simultaneously heard a rumbling sound from the wall, like a massive explosion.
"Rumble!!!"
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