Chapter 824
Chapter 824 - 810: Siblings
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Meow is very cute, please give money to the cat.
For a long time, in many people’s eyes, Meow has been exactly that adorable, thoughtless.
𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
But those who really think so, perhaps don’t understand Meow...
"Only two types of people can smile so purely, one is the flowers that have not been sullied; they haven’t yet had the chance to smear the suffering on other people’s faces onto their own. The other is somewhat unlucky but also quite impressive..."
Watching Meow happily tying up the unlucky guy, Xia Qin thought about something Lu Ping’an had mentioned before.
Back then, they had argued about "Meow’s education problem," Xia Qin felt that Meow was different from Lu Ping’an and should follow the more traditional educational route: getting a diploma and screwing a few screws tight in her head would be preferable—at least to adapt to the social environment.
But at the time, Lu Ping’an had just laughed and said what’s written above.
That moment, Xia Qin also fell silent; she wasn’t a naive fool. She had almost found out what had happened to the Lei Family’s siblings.
The souls wronged in that sinful "hospital" are beyond count, yet both the victims and perpetrators are still alive.
In a certain sense, Lei Huoren’s zero tolerance for sin and his subsequent outbursts began there... That man’s justice and judgement were not based on conscience or law from the start, but purely on "revenge."
Meow is normal? Well, the very fact that she seems normal is itself highly abnormal.
And the words of Lu Ping’an also reminded Xia Qin of a saying.
"...Romain Rolland’s famous words? There’s only one kind of heroism in life: to see the truth of life and still love life. I always feel something is off about that, it doesn’t fit with Little Girl’s image..."
Having crossed the sea of suffering, faced countless cruelties and injuries, yet still able to smile in the end is impressive, but it probably has nothing to do with innocence...
Lu Ping’an laughed; he knew Xia Qin would think of it this way, this is the "common sense" of normal people—believing that all suffering will eventually pass, believing that people can always walk out of pain...
"No, there’s another kind of person who deliberately smiles innocently all the time, and that is... children, children who can’t grow up."
Does it hurt a lot? Is it unbearable? A child who has no memory, who seals the heart tightly, won’t remember. A good sleep, some tasty food, a mouthful of candy—the fleeting sweetness can make the child forget the whip from last night.
A young child, shutting out everything from the outside world, when she believes that nothing from the outside has anything to do with her, naturally she won’t feel pain, won’t suffer, won’t despair, won’t be sad.
"In this regard, she has a natural advantage; she can even choose not to be human..."
Lu Ping’an had noticed quite early on that there was something wrong with Meow, she was far more mature than her "childish" appearance suggested.
But in his view, this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing; after all, he wasn’t her real brother, who would have to sacrifice everything for his sister’s future...
"In some ways, I really admire Lei Huoren; he’s incredibly patient and actually let his enemy live for so many years. Heh, if that guy lives a pathetic Undead life, he will be fine, but Meow has no future."
Lu Ping’an saw through everything; he simply couldn’t be bothered to say it outright.
For a child, the source of her family’s misfortune, the person responsible for the human experiment tragedy, as long as he is still alive and well, that nightmare never truly ends.
And to get rid of that bastard? To execute him in prison... no, to dismember a convict who has already been sentenced and served a long prison term, and is even about to be released soon?
When that bastard really walks out of prison one day, perhaps the law will have completed its judgement of him, but for the victims, it’s just a reopening of a wound that never healed, a wound that still bleeds under the scar,
For himself, for Meow, Lei Huoren couldn’t just stand by and watch all this happen... Don’t talk about "letting go" or "he has been judged"—that person lives a good life, and after getting out, he could still live an exciting life thanks to savings/connections/resources.
So, he risked everything, for himself and for...
"The facts have proven that Lei Huoren made the right bet; after that incident, Meow indeed grew and matured. She is no longer a naive child; she has her own desires, only..."
"...Just opened a window?" Xia Qin sighed helplessly as she watched Meow kick the candidate away impatiently.
Meow was definitely not a qualified law-enforcer, she could really watch these candidates die here, perhaps for no other reason than being rude to her or mocking her speech habit.
Her "Heart House" wasn’t torn down, just that a few windows were added, letting in a bit of closeness, people who could come near...
What does the life or death of others have to do with me? Meow only listened to Lu Ping’an, for many reasons, but fundamentally, it was because her brother had entrusted Meow to him.
Actually, in Meow’s mind, there were only three kinds of people.
The last of her family, her brother.
The one entrusted by her brother to take care of herself, Lu Ping’an.
The others.
Even Xia Qin herself knew that although Meow always listened to her, if one day Xia Qin and Lu Ping’an had a disagreement, she would choose Lu Ping’an without hesitation.
Lu Ping’an saw through all this clearly, he didn’t try to transform it all because he knew it was impossible.
Could you heal the soul of a victim child who had been locked in a "laboratory" and subjected to long-term human experiments simply by relying on medical treatment and rhetoric?
But what Lei Huoren had done indeed had a certain effect.
Meow was thinking, what is a crime? Why did her brother have to be so insane? Why is the law merciless? Why is everything so unfair? When will she be able to see her family again...
With thoughts came desires, facing injustice there was anger, and naturally, there was the motivation to change the unfairness.
A child is hurt, if she always retreats, she will never grow up, but if she tries to change something, maybe one day when she looks back, she’ll be an adult.
All these changes may not necessarily be good, but for a certain man, they were a welcome sight...
"Thank you. You’ve taken good care of her, she has many more expressions now, although still silly, at least not truly foolish. Seriously, I’m quite thankful to you, choosing you was indeed the most correct decision."
When a man suddenly appeared and said these to Lu Ping’an, he stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, then opened that blind eye and sized up the other carefully.
"Hmm, you look familiar. Who are you?"
The man immediately laughed, then shook his head.
"Alright, I know you’re not happy, and my current identity really isn’t suitable for a reunion. My surname is Lei, I have a family member that you should be very familiar with."
At this moment, Lu Ping’an realized, clapped his hands sharply, and remembered.
"Oh, your sister? Yeah, your sister is really smooth, a good woman, but she’s mine now."
This time, it was the turn of the seemingly nonchalant "Big Uncle" to lose his composure.
"Your sister..." Instantly, the man’s face twisted.
"Yes, your sister, sixteen years old, a student, and very smooth, she feels very good to the touch."
As he spoke, Lu Ping’an raised his thumb and added one more thing.
"I’m a Contractor, I don’t lie."
Alright, this fight, it seems impossible to avoid now.
— End of Chapter 824 —