Chapter 99: No One Believes the Truth
Jian Yu’s face was pale as she stared at them, stunned.
"The criminal in white forced himself on four innocent girls. Two of them couldn’t bear the humiliation and committed suicide."
Pei Yin wanted to incite her anger, so he went on to list the crimes of the others.
But then he had a thought.
’Aren’t we forcing Jian Yu right now?’
’I’ve accidentally dug myself into a hole.’
He’d already started, so Pei Yin decided to just bite the bullet and continue.
"Those people aren’t like us, who are so good to Baby. We not only let Baby go to school, we also serve her the best food and drinks."
Ling Yanzhi pinched Jian Yu’s dazed little face and cleared his throat.
"Don’t worry. Xi Yu is inside to protect Baby, and we’ll be watching closely from out here."
Pei Yin changed the subject. "The one in black is a serial killer. All his victims were children between three and seven years old. In a bit, whichever one Baby hates the most, just attack them."
After the little pep talk, Ling Yanzhi let go of Jian Yu and set her down.
Xi Yu bent down and took her hand, leading her into the Fury Room.
Pei Yin’s tone was disdainful. "He’s acting like such a sycophant."
"So do you. The pot shouldn’t call the kettle black." Ling Yanzhi said, his face impassive as he idly tossed the Feather Clan badge.
He narrowed his eyes and opened his Star Brain, ordering someone to investigate the so-called "love letter client."
’Someone from the Feather Clan shouldn’t be hard to investigate.’
’If the Director has met him in person, it shouldn’t take long to pinpoint his identity by matching his facial features.’
The door to the Fury Room closed.
The door morphed, becoming transparent and revealing the scene inside without obstruction.
Ling Yanzhi stared into the Fury Room, his fingers rhythmically flicking the badge.
"Why did you send her in there?"
Pei Yin generated a diagnostic report.
He projected it, sharing the screen with Ling Yanzhi.
"This records the fluctuations from Jian Yu’s Mood Detection Chip today."
As mentioned before, Jian Yu’s Soul Beast needs to be fed with emotions.
To accelerate the activation of the dormant genes in her body, they needed to provoke her emotions in various ways.
"Joy, anger, sorrow, grief, terror, fear... I’m not sure which of her moods these fluctuating values represent, but for now, they’re very useful."
Pei Yin laid out his analysis.
"Her emotional state is too flat. Most of the time, she’s listless and drowsy. Even when Yan Qin provoked her, she was just sickly and showed no emotional fluctuation, no desire to fight back at all."
"She did get a little happy when we transferred money to her, but the fluctuation wasn’t significant. Giving her money is one method, but if we give her too much, it might eventually stop causing any ripples at all."
"We’ve also asked Shen Gu about his regular reports. She’s aloof in class, too. The only thing that piqued her interest was the Cloned Egg in her first incubation class."
In short, she wasn’t much better than that robot, Sheng Yue.
"So?" Ling Yanzhi glanced at the report, finding the period with the most extreme emotional spike. "What were you two doing at this time?"
"Er..." Pei Yin’s brows knitted together.
He hesitated. "You might not believe this, but at that time, we were reading the love letter from that damned pervert."
"At first, I thought the readings would only spike when a person felt pain."
"Coincidentally, I have a treatment for her leg ailment—a quick therapy that doesn’t cause any physical harm but is a little painful—so I scheduled it for her."
"I already told you, the results weren’t ideal. The emotional fluctuation wasn’t even as significant as when you kissed her."
Pei Yin’s expression shifted, a complex look flashing in his eyes.
"Pain can’t make her lose control. One possibility is that she’s long since grown accustomed to it."
"It’s very difficult to make someone who has experienced so much pain feel anything other than annoyance and weariness."
"So, I’m thinking, if all else fails, maybe we could try a different approach. Arouse her terror, her rage, her fear."
"Just like her reaction to the love letter. She gets angry, scared, terrified, resentful. I could feel her body trembling uncontrollably when she was hugging me."
Ling Yanzhi was still a little puzzled.
He refused to believe that kissing Jian Yu only brought her discomfort.
’Afraid of me? That day when I kissed her, did Red Snake scare her?’
’I forget... I think it did.’
He felt an inexplicable annoyance. ’Was it really just panic and unease?’
"So, find some time to tell Xi Yu to just... scare our baby whenever he can?" After saying it, Pei Yin felt a bit immoral.
He really wasn’t trying to cause trouble for the other two.
"What about the golden cage from the love letter? Should we build one and have Baby live in it for a couple of days?"
"Actually, even without a golden cage, you and Xi Yu have plenty of opportunities to shine."
"My Ting Ying is too handsome. People just want to pet him when they see him, so he can’t scare Baby. Unlike you two, who manage to scare her to tears every time."
The subtext was clear: ’Your Soul Beasts are the least likable.’
Ling Yanzhi: "..."
Annoyed, he put the badge away, shoving it into his pocket.
"We’ll see."
He glanced inside and saw that Jian Yu still hadn’t made a move.
Xi Yu was losing his mind again.
Pei Yin was the first to go in. "I’m going to check on them."
The dim room was separated into two areas.
A thin layer of slime covered the floor, and every step produced a sticky, squelching sound.
"Baby’s crying is so beautiful. Cry a little louder for me, Baby."
Xi Yu’s voice was obsessive, tinged with a hint of madness.
The lighting was dim. The atmosphere was perfect.
Xi Yu’s lips descended on hers, a passionate kiss muffling all her fragmented sounds.
Her legs felt weak, ready to give out, but something was always there to hold her, supporting her limp body.
Jian Yu closed her eyes, her thick lashes trembling faintly, a blush coloring her cheeks.
Inwardly, she felt both anticipation and conflict.
’The air was thick with mist; I was already mentally prepared.’
’But as the kiss muddled my mind, robbing me of my freedom and my voice, I still felt a pang of regret that I couldn’t see Xi Yu’s wild, intoxicated expression.’
Pei Yin appeared before them as if out of nowhere. "Having a secret snack, are we? And without inviting us?"
Xi Yu retracted his claws, pulling the person who had gone limp in his arms tighter against him.
For once, he didn’t try to delude himself and just told the truth. "Baby seduced me."
"I can feel Baby’s Hidden Beast Aura bewitching my mind."
Ling Yanzhi didn’t believe him.
Neither did Pei Yin. "Right, right. I’m sure Baby just breathing is enough to be considered seducing you."