Chapter 234 Good Advice
After staring at each other for a while, Rong Yuan opened the window. Wandou moved in, looked at him, then lowered her head and said hesitantly, "Rong Yuan, that... I..."
It stammered, its lips trembling slightly. It wanted to say "I'm sorry", but also wanted to explain itself; it wanted to ask "Don't you blame me?", but was afraid to hear Rong Yuan's answer; it wanted to ask "Are you okay?" but felt that it was not qualified to do so.
Rong Yuan lowered his eyes to look at the top of its head and raised his hand. Pea closed its eyes tightly, and the expression on its little face was like a criminal waiting for judgment.
"despair!"
With a light sound, Pea's forehead was flicked with great force, causing it to sit on the windowsill. Pea looked up in astonishment, and saw that Rong Yuan's expression was still indifferent, and he could not see much joy, but he did not doubt, hate, or alienate him.
After playing, Rong Yuan returned to the table to continue reading the information, saying, "Remember to come back earlier next time." His casual tone seemed as if Wandou was just a child who went out to play and forgot to go home on time.
His hands were still covering his forehead, the tense lines at the corners of his mouth collapsed, his short eyebrows wrinkled, and his dark eyes flickered. If Pea had tear glands, he would probably be crying like rain at this moment.
But it didn't even have a spirit of a tear, and it wasn't even a living thing, but it had an independent soul, which was a tragedy. In the past, it had encountered contractors who regarded it as a friend or even a child, and it had felt very happy, but in the end, all of it turned into scars, deeply engraved in the depths of memory.
At this moment, Rong Yuan did not give any comfort or say "I don't blame you" or anything like that. He rarely spoke unless necessary, and his expression was as cold as ever. But Wandou felt a warmth of finally finding a home, and the temperature in his limbs gradually returned.
Wandou took off the ring from his back, hesitated for a moment, picked a place that he liked, put it away, then pulled Rongyuan's sleeve and said softly, "Rongyuan, I found your ring."
Rong Yuan was not as calm as he appeared. He was so busy looking at the pea that he didn't notice what was behind it. When he saw the lost ring, he reached out and picked it up. He checked it and found that not only the things he put in the ring were there, but also the humanoid mecha, camouflage clothes, laser knife and other things that were not in the ring at that time were there. He couldn't help but said in surprise: "I thought these were lost. How did you find them back?"
Pea pursed her lips and explained simply: "I also have a faint sense of the exchange items in the Merit Mall." But Pea itself was unconscious during the heavenly punishment. It and Rong Yuan were suddenly dragged into the other-dimensional space of the "Merit Book". The other exchange items that were repelled by the space were instantly scattered in the distorted space. Pea also went everywhere before he finally found everything. The hard work involved is hard to describe in words.
To Rong Yuan, the other things in the ring were nothing. He could exchange them if they were lost. He had no shortage of merit points anyway. There was only one thing he couldn't lose. Rong Yuan took out the secret box, and the black ball rolled back and forth in his palm. He clenched his fist, and when he opened it again, the metal ball blossomed like a flower.
Rong Yuan was silent for a long time, put it away and put it into his ring. Seeing Wandou next to him hesitant to speak and looking very embarrassed, he asked, "What's the matter now?" - Does it mean that he has to shout and kill to make it seem reasonable?
Wandou glanced at him quickly, lowered her head, looked at him again, twisted her fingers, and said anxiously: "How about... you take back the "Book of Merits"?" The "Book of Merits" has always been in Wandou's mustard seed space. If they are separated again like this time, Rongyuan will not be able to exchange it for a handy tool if his life is in danger. If he had the "Book of Merits" when he was stranded on a deserted island, he could easily change a plane or a motorboat to get back to the shore; at worst, he could change a mobile phone to find someone to rescue him, and he would not have to wait for half a month for an unlucky star who fell into the water.
and……
The pea was sad but very understanding and put itself in the other person's shoes - if it were itself, it would not put something so life-threatening on an untrustworthy person.
As expected, Rong Yuan's face turned dark.
His voice unconsciously took on a hint of coldness: "Don't worry, if I find you untrustworthy, I will take back the Merit Book immediately."
After Rong Yuan finished speaking, he was in a bad mood and was too lazy to read any more. He threw the information down and went back to the bedroom. Wandou just hesitated for a moment whether to follow him, and the door was already closed.
"Tsk tsk tsk, little Pea, the master really dotes on you!" Noah, who had been pretending to be dead and ignored by the two, sneakily popped out from the corner of the TV screen, walked to the front with his hands behind his back (actually, the figure on the screen was getting bigger and bigger). He tilted his head to look at Pea, and seeing that the little guy looked depressed, he said, "Can't you hear it? Isn't what he said - I still trust you very much - what are you sad about?"
"I know." Pea is not stupid, "but... I can't believe myself." It has always known that it is just a spirit, but it has never wished that it was just a flower without intelligence like now, so that it can stay with Rong Yuan without any scruples. But as long as it is a spirit, it will face the situation of losing control at any time; even... it is not sure whether its own thoughts really belong to it.
It was not terrible to have one's body controlled. What was terrible was that when Pea recalled it, it found that the self who carried out the heavenly punishment was not unconscious or without memory. It remembered every moment of the past clearly, but those scenes rolling in its memory did not bring the slightest hesitation or emotion to that self. It was very sober and rational in waving the heavenly thunder, and for a long time, it was convinced that it was absolutely right to do so. It was cold and ruthless, like a machine without any emotion. Only when Rong Yuan dispersed the heavenly thunder, its mind was confused for a moment, and it saw Rong Yuan, who was seriously injured and dying, falling into the sea in a daze. It waved its hand to slightly adjust the direction of his fall to a small island, and then immediately returned to its previous state.
After landing on the ground, it was very angry for a while. The power of the thunderbolt was cut off, and it was very angry as if it was offended. However, the "Book of Merits" has its own rules, otherwise it would have rushed to the island and sent another or even more thunderbolts until the unqualified contractors were eliminated. It took the "Book of Merits" and deliberately did not return to the contractor. It did not sleep, did not eat or drink, and stood on the cliff day and night like a strangely shaped stone, staring at the direction of the contractor, hoping that he would make a mistake again so that it could use a more powerful thunderbolt to destroy him.
Thinking back to the malicious thoughts in his mind at that time, even though there was no one around who could read minds, Pea still felt ashamed and embarrassed, and wished he could chop himself into pieces.
Noah saw that it only said one sentence, and he didn't know what it was thinking about. Its expression didn't seem to change much, but its eyes that changed synchronously with its heart almost revealed its thoughts, so he said: "Little one, although I don't know what happened to the two of you this time, I won't say that Rong Yuan will definitely not abandon you in the future. But think about it, if you have to separate in the future, looking back on the time you can still be together, do you want them to trust each other and live together? Or do you want the gap to deepen and grow further and further apart?"
Pea's brows relaxed, and a look of thought and realization appeared on his face.
Noah added: “Also, if you’ve done something wrong — or you think you’ve done something wrong — the most important thing is not to apologize or to think about how much responsibility you have, but to try to make amends and how to avoid making the same mistake again. Avoidance is useless.”
Pea thought about it seriously - isn't it? If it was afraid that the Book of Merit would use it to hurt Rong Yuan next time, then wouldn't it be enough to just not let it have this opportunity? The Book of Merit had its rules. If the contractor did not break the rules, occasionally playing a trick would only result in merit being deducted, but there would be no risk of being struck by lightning.
Pea's eyes gradually brightened, and its worried look disappeared. As a spirit of the artifact, it actually looked up the rules itself, thinking about whether there were any loopholes that could be exploited... In other words, understanding the rules and mastering the rules is to make better use of the rules.
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"Ah... finally I'm done."
On the computer desktop in the bedroom, Noah was sitting on a wooden chair with his legs crossed, sipping a cup of steaming hot coffee, pretending to be very tired, while secretly glancing at Rong Yuan from the corner of his eyes, trying to take credit for himself subtly.
It couldn't hide these little thoughts from Rong Yuan, or it didn't want to hide them, so Rong Yuan ignored it. After waiting for a long time without any consolation, Noah had to try again: "Master, why don't you tell it these words in person?"
"We are too close, so we have to discount what we say. I am sincere, but it thinks I am just comforting it." Rong Yuan saw that Noah really didn't understand, so he patiently said: "So, when I say it, it is called 'cliché'; when you say it, it is called 'golden advice'."
Noah was stunned for a moment, then suddenly covered his face and pretended to cry: "Wuuuu... You treat me as someone you are not close to... I will never play with you again... Wuuu..." He acted like a naughty child for a while, but when he saw that Rong Yuan was unmoved, he finally put down his hand awkwardly - he didn't dare to really make Rong Yuan angry.
Rong Yuan then said, "Keep an eye on Wu Xi, and tell me immediately if there is anything unusual."
"Oh, yes!" Noah responded in a crisp tone, trying to redeem himself from his previous mischief.
"Also," Rong Yuan added, "Next time when I ask you to pass on a message, don't add random lines."
Noah: "..." How did you hear me talking to it? Is the room so poorly soundproofed?
