Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1013 Monster and Moonlight (16)

(BGM—"affection" Yo Trane)

Just when Cheng Mo was about to sip the scarlet cherry juice, Athena suddenly raised her hand and pushed Cheng Mo's chin and turned her head to avoid it. She said coldly, "Another way, this won't work."

Cheng Mo is no longer an ignorant young man who doesn't understand flirtatiousness. He already has enough knowledge and understanding of women. He knows that he can't back down at this time, but he can't treat the other party roughly. Instead, he needs patience.He wasn't in a hurry, he just relaxed his body, slightly distanced himself from Athena, and turned to look at her.

At this time, Athena's eyes were still very cold, even a little empty. Cheng Mo stared at her eyes, as if watching the distant stars, which were beautiful, indifferent and unreachable.Her heart is a piece of ice, and to ignite the fire deep in her heart, it is definitely not enough to rely on human instinct.

What's more, it is still under such an environment.

He can actually understand Athena's mood, neither for him nor for Athena, this is not the right time, and it is impossible to create a romantic atmosphere.

For this, Cheng Mo felt very guilty, but he had no choice but to continue, so he hugged her a little tighter and let Athena lean into his arms again, "Didn't you say you wanted to hear the story between me and my father? At that time I said that what we need is not an exact point in time, but bonfire, beer, starlight and barbecue. At that time, you didn’t quite understand what I meant. Now I say, in fact, bonfire, beer, starlight and barbecue are all images Campfires can be tents, beer can be hot cocoa, starlight can be snowflakes, and barbecues can be ice fields. In fact, it doesn’t matter what they are, what matters is the atmosphere that suits the current mood, such as the noise at this moment The diesel engine, the cramped interlayer, the hot temperature and your ex-fiancé, he is also my enemy. The enemy who killed my wife."

Athena didn't speak, her head was buried between Cheng Mo's neck, Cheng Mo couldn't see her expression, he curled her flowing silky blond hair with his fingers, and said unhurriedly: "Maybe you will feel This kind of environment is really terrible. If you can’t do it well, you can’t survive. How can a person want to talk to other people at such a time? But I have long been used to such an atmosphere of precarity and death at any time. , To be honest, this feeling is familiar to me. As I said, I once had a serious heart attack. You are a doctor, so you should know what "single ventricle, patent ductus arteriosus, ectopic great artery, pulmonary artery stenosis" means , Every day I live is a miracle for me, you know? Before I became the chosen one, every day I woke up, the world would show me its beauty and cruelty, the more beautiful, the more cruel it is It is profound, so many times when I watch the rising sun, I think, why not just destroy this world?"

Hearing Cheng Mo's curse from the heart, Athena's hand between the two bodies did not resist as before, and slowly relaxed.

Cheng Mo understands the meaning of this, he knows that this is a good start, and he also knows that spiritual communication is the key to open the delicate flower of Athena, he paused and continued: "At that time I had no friends, the only My dear, my father is a dull scholar with high IQ but low EQ." Cheng Mo chuckled lightly, "Same as you."

"Professor Cheng is a respectable scholar, I cannot compare with him." Athena said sincerely.

"Thank you." Cheng Mo smiled again, "We Huaxia people don't believe in religion very much, we pay attention to 'ancestor worship' and 'cautious pursuit of the future', so we pay special attention to genealogy, which not only clearly records the relationship of the eighteen generations of our ancestors Chu, especially attaches great importance to the records of 'scholarly honor or official rank', probably because we Chinese people have long understood the importance of 'genes', so we believe in the blood theory of 'dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix'. My father passed the National College Entrance Examination (National College Entrance Examination) as Number One. Huaxia’s college entrance examination is equivalent to France’s Bac basic examination, but the competition is much more intense than France’s. You must know that the number of people in Huaxia who participate in the college entrance examination every year is It is about 1000 million, and it is not easy to be one in a million. Therefore, my father not only appeared on TV because he became the top scorer in the college entrance examination, but was also recorded as a major event in the genealogy. For those in my hometown , My father’s achievements are enough to make his ancestors proud, and they still talk about it so far, and they even made up stories that they like to hear and hear, telling how hard my father was when he was studying in the country many years ago, but because of poverty in the family, he had to give up studying and go to work , Later, the principal went to the city to persuade him for a long time, and because part-time work was too tiring and did not make much money, so my father went back to school and started to study hard. When he was in the third year of high school, he burned a whole sack of light bulbs at home. But it is not the case What’s the matter, my father’s scholarship from the school alone is enough to live on, and he can also subsidize the family. As for studying, he didn’t study hard when he was in school. His favorite thing to do is to find some old things in the countryside and take them to the city. Sell ​​money, and then buy some books to read at home. One summer vacation, in order to earn more money to buy books, he met a TV host in the antique market in the provincial capital. So I chatted with my father and found that my father was knowledgeable and knowledgeable about antiques, so I asked him to be a consultant and bought several things. Originally, the host of the show didn't have much hope, but it was only later that I learned about it from a real player. The harvest was very fruitful, so the host even went to the countryside to find my father.” (Carefully chasing after the end: the old refers to carefully handling the funeral of parents, piously offering sacrifices to distant ancestors. Later also refers to being cautious and remembering the former sages. From " The Analects of Confucius Xueer")
"Have you found it? Did you give your father a large sum of money?" Athena asked in a low voice, her voice was cute like a child's at this time.

Cheng Mo didn't answer right away, and the conversation between Napoleon VII, Clotte Guyon, and Morris was still going on outside. They were talking about how to deal with Turzi and Iserel, and how to manipulate the international situation. towards.The inside and the outside seem to be two worlds, but they are two closely connected worlds, giving Cheng Mo the illusion that he and Athena are hiding in the closet.He was silent for a while, put aside distracting thoughts, and then continued to speak softly: "I don't know if I found it, but I know that the host opened a bookstore later, the name was given by my father, and it was called 'Jianwei' These things were told to me by my uncle. Before my father was alive, I never knew what kind of person he was. I only knew his superficial identity—an anthropologist. Deep in my heart, I I am proud of my identity, but I never said that he gave birth to me and raised me, but I didn't know him at all, I didn't have a good chat with him, said I loved him once, even after I became sensible. Hugged him." He sighed, "Unfortunately, there is no chance now."

While sighing, Athena moved closer to Cheng Mo until the two could feel the beating of each other's hearts.

Cheng Mo clasped Athena's hand, but he didn't move extra, just clasped her slender and smooth hand, "I was very inferior when I was young, and other people have a complete family, but I don't. In fact, it doesn't matter much. There are not too few children in single-parent families, but I can’t exercise because of heart disease, and I even faint when I’m frightened. This makes me not only unable to go out to play, but it’s better not to go to school. My childhood was very lonely, My world is only 67 square meters of the old house, and the only things that allow me to get in touch with the world are books and the long wooden lattice windows on the balcony. Besides reading books, I often lie on the balcony railing and watch the children in the yard Frolicking, playing football, driving toy cars, flying kites, their laughter is so loud, and their cheerful shouts are also loud, I am always envious, until one time they seemed to find me, they stood in the yard and pointed at me. I laughed out loud, very happy, I don't understand why they laughed, I was so flustered that my heart stopped completely, I stumbled back to the room, since then I never want to go to the balcony, and I hate it The noise in the yard. I turn up my father's phonograph every day at home, no matter what music it is playing, so that I can't hear the annoying noise outside. I think they are not worthy of playing with me. I am A child who 'loves wisdom'. Looking back now, my happiest days were the days when I went to the hospital for routine checkups every week. At that time, my mother was still there. She would hold me and walk through the long fragrant On the camphor tree trail, first take a car to an unnamed rice noodle shop near the hospital to eat a bowl of shredded pork rice noodles. I will never forget the taste. The white rice noodles soaked in soup are smooth and flexible, and it is very smooth in the mouth. The stewed shredded pork is also delicious, and it tastes like luncheon meat, but it doesn’t have as many additives as luncheon meat, and the texture is not so thin. After my mother left, I asked my dad to take me to eat. But I can’t find that powder shop. Since then, going to the hospital has become a painful thing for me. Everything in this world will make me feel painful. I read philosophy books under the guidance of my father. Looking for comfort, it was a little better, but I watched TV and comic books at home, and saw that my peers were all studying in school, but I couldn’t study at the age I should study, so I was depressed for a long time, even I didn’t even want to go to the hospital, and I thought, what’s the point of living like this?”

Cheng Mo caressed her with the other hand. The engine room was too hot, and the cheap fabric was always very light after being soaked. This feeling was like spying on another person through a thin gauze curtain, hazy and faint. , but the scorching heat of sight can be clearly felt.

But Cheng Mo was not confined to this wonderful ambiguous feeling, his thoughts wandered in memory, and this wonderful feeling just provided him with a comfortable memory environment.

He closed his eyes, held his breath, restrained the inexplicable impulse, and whispered softly in Athena's ear as if mocking himself: "I don't know what your childhood was like, but I don't think you will Lonelier and more unfortunate than me, at least you don't have to face death that will come at any time"

Athena still didn't speak, and the two fell into a lengthy silence again. Cheng Mo was not in a hurry, he was cautiously probing while waiting.People often ignore Athena's figure because of her face, but if you see her back first, you will definitely feel that only such beauty can be worthy of such a figure.

Cheng Mo didn't know how to describe it, he couldn't describe it, but the feeling of tensing the heartstrings just by touching it couldn't be described in words at all, and could only be experienced personally.

In this narrow space filled with the smell of engine oil, two sweaty people embraced each other, feeling the slight vibration brought by the crankshaft movement. Originally, the vibration was not obvious, but at this moment, the piston was in the crankcase. The reciprocating movement of the engine oil wrapped in the engine, and the friction between steel and steel generated huge heat, which radiated to the two people hiding in the claustrophobic place, making Athena have to rely on the little that Cheng Mo provided. air conditioner.

For some things, the closer you are, the more you need them, the more you need them, the more you ask for them, and the more you ask for them, the more you depend on them.

Athena didn't know how long ago, Cheng Mo was like this thin air-conditioning that made her unable to let go. Perhaps since he allowed him to hold hands, he gradually invaded her life like this.

It may be that the surroundings are too hot, making her a little dizzy.Maybe it was Cheng Mo who made her feel the power of dopamine and adrenaline for the first time. In the midst of the roar like clouds and mist, she finally couldn't bear the long silence, the silence from Cheng Mo.

She couldn't hold back the throbbing in her heart, and whispered dreamily in Cheng Mo's ear: "I lived in my mother's laboratory when I was a child. I don't know how big it is, but it must be much larger than your 67 square meters. I haven't been able to walk around it yet. It is said to be a laboratory, but in fact it is an island, an island within an island. It is probably hard to imagine that there is a freshwater lake on a desolate island full of virgin forests, and the middle of that freshwater lake There is also an island, how wonderful. All in all, it is a beautiful place, but I find it boring. There are only staff who don't understand English and French except for the mother. They just do some chores every day and don't dare Talking to me, my mother doesn’t talk to me very much either. She is either doing experiments or preparing to do experiments. Even when she talks to me, she is always doing experiments. She sticks the electrodes of various instruments on my body. body, and then collect data, I remember that the word she said to me the most is 'perfect'. When you were young, you couldn't make friends or play games. When I was young, I had no friends to make or games to play. There were no building blocks, There are no puppets, and no other children. At first, all I could do was intelligence test questions. Later, when I grew up, it became a math problem. There was no one to teach me. My mother is very busy, and she only draws one Taught me for two hours, most of the time I relied on self-study, she just assigned me tasks and checked my progress"

"So you are all self-taught?" Cheng Mo whispered in Athena's ear, and his hands ran through Athena's hair.

Athena gave a soft "hmm", like a long chant.

"Will there be any punishment if you fail the assessment?" Cheng Mo stepped up a little.

"No, she never punished me, but she rarely praised me. The strange thing is that although I was looking forward to her praise when I was a child, she really wanted to give me a look of appreciation. I don't know why I can't be happy. It's better to be with her." She came to eat together. Happiness? It should not be said to be happiness, it should be satisfaction, maybe only when the stomach is full, I can feel a kind of full satisfaction."

Cheng Mo opened his eyes and asked, "You haven't been able to secrete adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin since you were a child?"

"It turned out that I didn't know about it. I thought it might be the case for everyone. Later, I realized that there are not many people like me, but there are still some. It wasn't until these days that I realized that I am different from other people. , Maybe since I was born, I have been genetically adjusted to lower the secretion threshold of adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin. For humans, these things that can make people excited and excited are very important, but it is also a double-edged sword. Sometimes it stimulates people's potential, but more often it makes people aggressive and uncontrollable. For a test subject that is required to be perfect, stability is everything." After a pause, Athena didn't have much Emotional frankness, "like a machine."

"You are not a machine." Cheng Mo said softly, "I will prove it to you."

A white T-shirt was thrown aside, and it leaned softly against the box wrapped in bubble film. The plastic film was so white, it seemed smoother than snow under the light of "Seven Sins", There are round particles all over it, which is very cute. Cheng Mo remembers that such bubble plastic film was a plaything when he was a child, and the children always enjoyed it and squeezed the bubbles on it, waiting for the crisp sound.

Bubble plastic film is just an extremely common thing, but in this interlayer, it covers Cheng Mo's surroundings like snow, forming a strong contrast with the dark steel plate. The golden rendering is like a world-famous painting, with a strange and indescribable wonderful atmosphere.

Cheng Mo originally just wanted to draw out Athena's emotions, and put himself out of the matter, but unexpectedly, he fell into it. What he encountered was not a swamp, but a hot spring. The wind and rain outside were miserable, and only here was a piece of warmth that could comfort and rest him source.

Athena's body trembled slightly, and her tone became unnatural, "I remember that in the lake surrounding the laboratory, there are often groups of white seabirds looking for food. When my eyes feel a little tired, I would squat by the lake and count how many birds there were. I watched them catch fish in the lake covered with lotus leaves. There are more and fewer fish. I asked my mother what kind of bird it was, and why did they eat fish? My mother installed a bird net in the woods by the lake, and we caught many, many birds, some big and some small. Yes, my mother took me to dissect them and made them into specimens. I'm not really interested in dissecting birds, but it's better to be with my mother than to be alone. I don't like having blood and feathers on my hands I feel, but I’m used to killing and it’s nothing, and then it’s not just birds. My mother took me to hunt on the island with a shotgun. From birds to animals, my childhood was spent in mathematics and making specimens, until one day The fire burned the island completely. My mother gave me to my father and asked him to take me. I didn’t expect it to be the last parting. Even if I did, I probably don’t know much about sadness.”

Cheng Mo stood up and stared at Athena. Her face was still pale and cold, but there was lava-like heat boiling in her pupils, making her eyes seem to be covered with a layer of dense clouds, and she was like a towering iceberg. .He tried his best not to let himself think too much, but he was inevitably tempted by the infinite scenery.

He rolled his dry throat, looked down at Athena and said: "I always thought that my father's life must be more meaningful than mine, but he died for no reason, leaving me only one Uroboros. I I clearly remember the last time we met. He just came back from the capital and said he was going to hold a seminar in the Lighthouse Country. Our house hadn’t fired for a while, and he didn’t know how to cook. Furnace is also a kind of hot pot. For him, this is his most popular dish, but I still hate why he doesn’t order takeaway. After dinner, the two of us watched a very touching movie together, and then Walking home, there was no popcorn, no coke, no tears, and we didn't even discuss the plot. He said 'good night' to me before going to bed, and went to the lighthouse country the next day, and never came back. Then I received the news of his death. I didn't cry on the day of the funeral. I felt that I was a cold, selfish and heartless person, just like my father. That was a matter of course until I got the Ouroboros he left me, and at last year's I found out how to use it in my birthday gift, and then I realized how wrong I was."

Cheng Mo took a breath, and he stroked Athena's cheek again, "That Ouroboros not only continued my life, but also changed my destiny. I gained a lot of happiness because of it, but the world still treats me Cruel to the point of absurdity, it's terrible, you know what happened in Paris, I killed countless innocent people and killed many of them with my own hands, my lover also died because of my fault, she didn't deserve to die, She is such a beautiful and kind girl. She fights against the bad people and bad things for this world, but that is just a drop in the bucket. I know that such a result is inevitable. Human selfishness makes people suffer. In this world, And we'll never get better, I know that, I've tried to fit in, but I can't face it anymore because of her death! Do you know how I escape the pain?"

Athena raised her hand and slowly lifted off the human skin mask covering Cheng Mo's face. She also caressed Cheng Mo's cheek and asked, "How can I escape the pain?"

"Whenever the world shows me its beauty and cruelty again and again, I will bow to my desires. I don't care. There are so many tragedies in the world. I can avoid them for as long as I can. I know You are a tragedy, I am also a tragedy, we are all tragedies, then, don’t be stingy with your little love, and don’t hesitate what kind of person I am, let’s do our best to give each other some comfort!"

Cheng Mo lowered his head and kissed Athena. This time Athena didn't evade. The temperature was scorching and the air was sticky, making the steel deck scorching hot. The fish swimming in the deep sea seemed to have discovered something, and swam away shyly, as if they wanted to hide far away.

But in fact, it was just a long kiss, but just one kiss made Cheng Mo feel like a century.

Until Napoleon VII outside uttered a cold shout: "Who is in? Come out!"

This sudden outburst of anger put an end to everything that was about to come to fruition.

Cheng Mo looked as usual, he stood up on the deck, gently stroked Athena's delicate and beautiful lips with his fingers, and whispered in Athena's ear: "I don't know how much comfort I can give you, but you just need to give One kiss is enough for me"

(End of this chapter)