Mental Illness Evolution Manual - Chapter 79

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For a moment, Lu Mingqiu wanted to blame her mother. But what could she blame her for? Her every word and action, all her thoughts, weren’t they all taught to her by this world?

This society, countless people, had shaped her into what she was now. She didn’t distinguish right from wrong, she didn’t understand right and wrong, and no one had ever taught her what self was, what self-respect was, what self-love was.

From the moment she could understand words, she was taught to obey her husband. Everything she learned in her life was to make her husband love her more.

She didn’t even think of herself as a complete person. With a husband, with a family, she was complete. Wasn’t that sad enough?

If she were to blame her, to resent her, what would be the difference between that and a healthy person bullying a disabled person because they were physically sound?

It wasn’t her fault.

Her mother was old, her views were already set in stone, they couldn’t be changed. That wasn’t necessarily bad, after all, her father was dead, she was living alone in her memories, which was better than constantly oscillating between hope and disappointment.

The old head of the family was gone, the new head of the family had arrived, and everyone and everything in the castle had to be rearranged.

How much blood and tears would this dilapidated and magnificent palace bury?

When she returned to the main building, she had to walk through a long stone path. She met her younger sister, who was still a minor, on the way. The little girl was wearing a proper, well-fitting puffy dress, her delicate face was like a doll carefully carved by a craftsman. She looked over with lifeless eyes, then lost interest and moved away, walking towards the depths of the flower bushes.

Only adult descendants were allowed to attend the funeral. This was an unwritten, inexplicable rule, perhaps it was related to the curse, but Lu Mingqiu didn’t remember this restriction during the meal.

Perhaps Azberto didn’t like to see these younger siblings, so she hadn’t seen them.

The newly appointed head of the family did seem very busy. He had been in the army for a long time, and he always had a decisive air about him. Coupled with his tall stature and broad shoulders, his cold, expressionless face only added to his oppressive aura.

Every step he took was perfectly spaced, like a programmed machine.

Besides seeing him at meals, Lu Mingqiu had only seen him twice. Both times, her brother, the head of the family, had walked past her with hurried steps, his gaze fixed ahead, his steps were regular and rigid.

The Polov family, a place where even false warmth didn’t exist.

Lu Mingqiu didn’t care about this indifference. When she was still the beautiful and delicate sacrificial lamb, her brother had never looked at her directly.

An omega wasn’t worthy of his gaze.

That wasn’t entirely accurate. Azberto’s arrogance was far beyond that of their shared father. His arrogance made him always look down on others, he was arrogant and dismissive. Except when his father was alive, he would always be more respectful to his superiors, but only slightly.

He hated people with low intelligence, this hatred reached a pathological level. People with low intelligence, the weak, were things that shouldn’t appear in front of him.

This range included all genders and all groups. His indifference could be said to be a kind of equality, treating everyone the same.

For that reason, Lu Mingqiu firmly forbade her mother from going to him to plead. She was sure that before the crying woman could utter a single syllable, she would be twisted to death by Azberto’s bodyguards.

Although she felt that her mother was… somewhat naively foolish, she was the one who had given birth to her after all. There was always a debt of gratitude. She had already suffered enough in her life.

Lu Mingqiu sincerely hoped that she could have a smooth life from now on, as a meager compensation for her misfortunes in the first half of her life.

And Azberto, at this moment, was indeed as she had imagined, busy as a bee, managing the army.

After his promotion, he had two more legions under his command. How to manage them, how to replace the personnel with his own people, were all important matters.

This was also related to his plan. Thinking about this, a chilling fervor reflected in his light gray, indifferent eyes.

“Belica, how’s the recruitment going?”

His adjutant replied respectfully, “After screening, we’ve only recruited a hundred or so people.”

Azberto narrowed his eyes, “Too few.”

“If we can relax the standards a little, train some of the slightly unqualified people, we can also include them,” the adjutant said respectfully, “We’re recruiting bodyguards from the outside world, there are still many people applying.”

“You handle it. I want to see a thousand well-trained people before winter comes.” Azberto said.

“Yes,” the adjutant replied.

The funeral was over, and Lu Mingqiu had no reason to stay any longer. She was forbidden from venturing out to investigate, so she had to leave.

She packed her bags. When she left, Haviell was playing the violin in the garden, “To see you off, my sister.”

He was a very handsome young man when he wasn’t having an episode. He had the melancholy air of a poet, his emerald green eyes were half-closed, his light golden hair shone brightly, like a holy son.

But the music he played wasn’t a soothing farewell tune. It was the “Sonata of Hell.” The sharp turns, the high notes, the trembling strings, the frantic notes, were enough to make anyone with a weak will frown, they would be carried away by the music and fall into a frenzied state.

Lu Mingqiu listened to the music, her expression calm as she got into the car and left the imposing castle without looking back.

On the other side, Yan Xianchuan, who had confidently promised to be good, was stealthily going undercover.

She was fully armed, she disguised herself as a harmless person. She took a taxi to the West District, she randomly walked into a small alley and started wandering around aimlessly.

She even asked passersby for directions, asking where she could rent a house nearby. She was a perfect imitation of a young lady who had never been out on her own and had never seen the world.

She didn’t even know how to rent a house.

Coupled with her clumsy disguise and the diamond necklace that was faintly visible around her neck, she was soon noticed by someone with ulterior motives.

A man with a decent appearance came over, “Hey, are you looking to rent a place? I have a place to rent out, it’s a one-bedroom apartment. Do you want to take a look? It’s just up ahead.”

Yan Xianchuan pretended to be startled by his sudden words. After a while, she said in a squeaky voice, “Is, is that right? That’s great, that’s exactly what I need.”

Then she followed the man, looking naive and unsuspecting.

The young man led her, turning left and right. During this time, Yan Xianchuan, in accordance with her persona, asked, “Why haven’t we arrived yet?”

The young man said perfunctorily, “We’re almost there.”

Yan Xianchuan believed him, she obediently followed him, until they reached a dimly lit alley.

“This is it,” the young man said.

“There’s nothing here,” Yan Xianchuan asked in confusion, “I don’t see any door.”

“Hahaha, you’re so gullible. You actually believed me.” The young man laughed, his expression changed, revealing an ugly face.

Two more people emerged from the alley, they were both slackers, they grinned and slowly walked over, hoping to see the woman tremble in fear.

Yan Xianchuan’s eyes were filled with terror, she said tremblingly, “You, you, what are you going to do!”

“What are we going to do?” The young man snorted, “Hand over all your valuables, don’t make us get rough.”

“Hey, you’re wrong. We want your things, but we also want to get rough.” The person who had blocked them said lewdly, he pushed Yan Xianchuan without a word, taking off her mask.

“She’s not that pretty, but she’s still soft and tender. We’re going to sell her anyway, why don’t we have some fun first.”

Yan Xianchuan blinked, she suppressed her fear, “Are you going to rob me and rape me?”

“Hahaha, this little girl is pretty smart.” The three of them laughed, surrounding her, “Behave yourself, and you’ll suffer less. I don’t have a habit of not hitting women. If you get slapped a couple of times, you’ll be the one suffering.”

The three of them dared to rob so openly because they had something to rely on. One of them was wearing a mechanical prosthetic arm.

It was a high-quality prosthetic arm, its strength and speed were far superior to a real arm.

It was practically a weapon.

Yan Xianchuan looked at the three of them, she suddenly smiled, she said sincerely, “Thank you, thank you.”

The three robbers: ?

“Scared silly?”

“Lost your mind?”

“Maybe she’s got a screw loose, who cares.”

The last man shrugged, he was about to reach out and grab Yan Xianchuan, but she grabbed his wrist and twisted it gently. A crisp crack, like a crushed biscuit.

“Ahhhhh! Damn!”

The other two’s faces changed drastically. The one with the mechanical prosthetic arm swung his arm, he spread his fingers, tiny blades extended from his fingertips, he slashed at Yan Xianchuan.

The sound of the wind rushing past her ears. Yan Xianchuan kicked the person she was holding, she bent down to dodge the blade, she grabbed the connection between the prosthetic arm and the shoulder with her backhand, her other hand hooked around his neck, she pulled him back, then bent her knee and directly pushed the prosthetic arm down, like breaking a popsicle.

The grating sound of flesh and bone separating stuck in her ears. Blood and screams erupted together. The man with the broken arm fell to the ground, like a fish thrown into the desert, he bounced and rolled.

The blood that gushed out of his body quickly spread all over the ground.

The only remaining healthy man’s face turned white, as if he had seen a ghost. His scream was stuck in his throat, he didn’t even have the thought of swinging his fist to save himself, he turned and ran.

Yan Xianchuan stepped on the stomach of the man who had been kicked and was constantly wriggling, trying to get up. She patted the prosthetic arm that had been pulled off, she threw it at the running man.

“Bullseye!”

The poor man hadn’t run two steps before he was hit in the head by the flying prosthetic arm. With a thud, he fell face-first to the ground, unconscious.

“I didn’t use much force,” Yan Xianchuan secretly put her hands behind her back, she mumbled with a little guilt, “He wouldn’t be dead, would he? That’s no fun.”

She looked down at the terrified man at her feet, “Do you guys often kidnap innocent girls?”

His internal organs were about to be crushed. He had been kicked, his internal organs were already injured, blood was oozing from his mouth. Now, hearing the question, he couldn’t nod or shake his head, he was afraid that no matter how he answered, he would be wrong and lose his life.

“Talk,” Yan Xianchuan said impatiently, “You were so talkative just now, you’re not mute.”

“If you tell the truth, I’ll let you go,” she said sincerely.

“Re, really?” The man asked in disbelief.

“Of course it’s true,” Yan Xianchuan frowned as if she had been questioned, “When have I ever lied?”

Didn’t you just lie when you disguised yourself?! The man didn’t dare to disagree. He had met a killer, his life was in her hands, he had to do whatever she said.

He coughed a few times and begged, “I joined later, this was my first time doing this. They’re the ones who do this all the time, they often do this. I saw that they made a lot of money, so I agreed to join.”

“I’m a fool, I didn’t recognize a god when I saw one. You’ve killed the other two, you must be satisfied now. I’m a beast, I’m not a human. I won’t do it again, please let me go!”

Yan Xianchuan pretended to think, she asked in confusion, “But I saw you were pretty enthusiastic when you said you wanted to have some fun.”

The man who had lost his prosthetic arm had gotten up dazedly. He pulled out a dagger from his waist and tried to stabbed at her back while they were talking.

But Yan Xianchuan was as if she had eyes in the back of her head. Before he could get close, she shifted her weight from the foot she was using to step on the man to the other foot, she did a roundhouse kick, kicking his other arm off, it flew directly into the wall and smashed into a pile of flesh.

The man’s eyes bulged, he fell to the ground with a thud, his throat gurgled, and he was still moving forward due to inertia. He stopped right next to the man who was being stepped on, and he died.

The man who was being stepped on wasn’t much better. His abdomen was suddenly subjected to force. Although his skin was still elastic and his belly hadn’t been crushed, his internal organs were shattered and broken. He vomited a mouthful of blood, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

Yan Xianchuan let out a sound of surprise, she got off him and pouted, “I haven’t even done anything yet.”

She shrugged, she walked out of the dark, deserted alley, found a small shop, changed into a clean set of clothes, then changed streets and started fishing again.

It was late at night, the morning light was just beginning to appear, when she finally got into a taxi and decided to go home.

She had a very fulfilling night, she felt like she had found her purpose in life, she was very comfortable.

She hummed a tune as she returned to Yunmeng Terrace. She had a little blood on her, she didn’t bother to clean it up, she planned to throw the clothes away when she got back. As soon as she opened the door, she suddenly found that the living room light was on, and someone who shouldn’t be there was sitting on the sofa.

Yan Xianchuan’s eyes lit up, she ran over and hugged the person, she said excitedly, “Why did you come back suddenly? You didn’t tell me!”

“I missed you so much.” She rubbed her head against Lu Mingqiu’s neck, but she was pushed away by the other person.

Yan Xianchuan reluctantly let go of her arms, but she met the other person’s suddenly serious face, she asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Mingqiu: ?

What’s wrong? You have two drops of blood on your face, didn’t you notice? There’s also blood on your clothes, and the smell of blood on you is terrible.

Lu Mingqiu frowned, “Where did you go?”

Yan Xianchuan was startled, “I, I went shopping.”

Lu Mingqiu: “Did you go shopping at the slaughterhouse?”

Her eyes darted back and forth, she wouldn’t look at the person asking. She was clearly guilty, “I, well… I went to do good deeds.”

Lu Mingqiu stared at her expressionlessly for a while, then she sat back on the sofa and said calmly, “Tell me, what good deeds did you do?”

Yan Xianchuan carefully observed her expression, she didn’t dare to speak for a moment.

The situation was similar to the man who was being stepped on. He was also hesitant, afraid to speak, afraid of saying the wrong word.

But Yan Xianchuan had no room to lie. Facing Lu Mingqiu’s calm, stern gaze, she was like a clam soaked in salt water, she honestly spat out everything she had in her belly.

She told her everything, from how she disguised herself, how she went undercover, how many people she killed. She told her everything.

After she finished, she was like a student who had been punished to stand, she put her hands behind her back, lowered her head, as if she had admitted her mistake.

Lu Mingqiu didn’t even know if she should be angry.

“You promised me before…”

“I’m sorry!” Yan Xianchuan interrupted, “But I didn’t do anything wrong.”

She secretly looked at her, the other person didn’t seem to be angry, so she defended herself, “I changed my face, no one noticed. And I only killed bad people. They were the ones who tried to attack me first, so I fought back.”

“This should count as self-defense, right?”

Lu Mingqiu opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Yan Xianchuan immediately lowered her head and said in a muffled voice, “I’m sorry.”

Lu Mingqiu was both helpless and amused. The anger in her heart dissipated instantly.

She had actually anticipated this situation.

Yan Xianchuan, without her, was like a wild beast without a rein, without restraint, she could do anything. In fact, she was already surprised that she hadn’t directly followed Qi Ziyang to deal with the Yue family.

She had repeatedly warned her, but she had a glimmer of hope in her heart, hoping that she would restrain herself.

She didn’t expect her to do so well, she even remembered to change her face.

Although she did lose control and get her hands dirty.

But the fact was that the agreement had been broken, Lu Mingqiu had to put on a stern face to let her know right from wrong.

“If you do something wrong, you should be punished, don’t you think?”

Yan Xianchuan nodded heavily.

“What should I punish you with?” Lu Mingqiu said slowly.

As soon as Yan Xianchuan heard this, she immediately raised her head slightly, she looked at her expectantly, putting on a pitiful and cute expression.

“Pouting won’t work on me,” Lu Mingqiu said.

Yan Xianchuan blinked a few more times.

Lu Mingqiu: …

Lu Mingqiu: “I’m punishing you with no dessert for three days.”

Yan Xianchuan was stunned, dizzy, her mind was in a daze, she was lost.

“Ah?”

Lu Mingqiu: … She suddenly felt a little guilty.

She hardened her heart and said with a straight face, “Three days, no negotiation.”

The other person still looked dejected and as if she had suffered a major blow. Lu Mingqiu’s guilt rose rapidly, and she couldn’t help but say, “But, if you behave well, you can have your punishment lifted early.”

Yan Xianchuan’s eyes lit up when she heard this, “I’ll behave!”

“Then can I have a hug?” She asked softly, “We haven’t seen each other for days, I really miss you.”

Lu Mingqiu, who had cursed herself for being soft-hearted for the eight hundredth time, opened her arms.

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