Chapter 6.20 Li Cu’s Obsession (Extra)

Any kind of conflict would create a lose-lose situation, especially after Li Cu took refuge with Xiao Canglang. For him, he needed a simple and controllable master. That was why Xiao Canglang’s fame had risen so recently. It had all been orchestrated by Li Cu. Xiao Canglang probably didn’t even know what was going on around him.

And Li Cu also needed an older backer so that he could avoid all the trouble brought about by his young age. This boy was really too similar to me, but unfortunately, he became obsessed at such a young age. He firmly believed that his father was still alive and wanted to find him so that he could ask him about all the things from that year. I couldn’t help him because he wanted to do it on his own.

If it were me, this obsession would have to be let go sooner or later. But he was still young and thought that the future was infinite and there was still time. He thought that my letting go was a sign of cowardice.

Like me, he got deeper and deeper in the wrong world for the wrong reasons, so his faults were also my responsibility.

To sum it up, Little Brother Zhang and the others didn’t need to face Xiao Canglang if they wanted to get that prescription. They needed to face Li Cu. After several years, he was still a rash boy who didn’t know how to adapt, but his cleverness made it impossible for me to manipulate him with mere talk.

“Do you have nothing else to do?” I asked him slowly as I looked at the photos.

“I have what you want, right?” Li Cu laughed, “I actually have something that Wu Xie can’t get? God has finally opened his eyes.”

“It’s not what I want, it’s what he wants.” I pointed to the photo, “You’d better make a deal with him. You’re both people who don’t give up until you reach your goal. Conflict is a waste of time.”

“You taught me before, remember?” He said as he looked at me. “Some people can make deals, while others can’t. I won’t conduct business with you, Wu Xie. It doesn’t matter if it’s you or your friends.”

I sighed. I really wanted to jump up and kick this stubborn child to death, but I was the one who made a mistake before, so I had to bear it. “Give me some terms that you can accept.”

“Tell me, where did my dad go?”

No one would appear in photos once they climbed to the top of the stone mountain in Gutong Jing (1). We found a stone room in the crevice there, and all those who entered it disappeared. I still didn’t know where they went. I didn’t have the courage to go in and chose to give up, but I didn’t tell Li Cu about it because I knew what he would do.

At that time, I needed him to do something important for me, so I ended up lying to him.

This selfishness was now constantly torturing me.

I didn’t answer him.

“Think it over. Either tell me, or I’ll call the police in the morning if I see these people still wandering around my area.” He stood up and looked at the pack of cigarettes on my desk. “You’ll die early if you keep smoking. If you want to die so badly, take my offer and then die.”

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TN Notes:

(1) This was kind of vaguely mentioned in Chapter 11 of “Sand Sea”.

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And that’s it! Notice how Li Cu shows up and the author just stops the story? lol. So next up is Reboot/Restart/whatever you wanna call it!!!! Merry early Christmas you guys lol. Shout-out to myself and Tiffany for getting to it in under a year. Hell to the yeah! And as always, thank you for sticking through this bumpy ride (≧◡≦) ♡

You can also check out this extra if you’re interested: An E-Invite from Little Brother Zhang