Chapter 99
Lin Yi looked at Qin Zhou’s arms opened towards him. In fact, this wasn’t the first time Qin Zhou had offered him a hug. He’d said it before in the 7-7 Rule World.
But at the time, Lin Yi had refused.
But there’s a saying that things come in threes. If he refuses again today, he’ll probably have another chance in the future.
Lin Yi abruptly changed the subject. “Senior, what should we do now?”
Qin Zhou dropped it and withdrew his arms quite naturally. He didn’t blame Lin Yi for refusing but blamed himself for being hotheaded and acting impulsively.
After making sure that Lin Yi wasn’t frightened, Qin Zhou adjusted his mood and said, “Who do you think Cen Qian is?”
Lin Yi understood what Qin Zhou meant. Although what they were experiencing now was more like a script that had been written long ago, there was no doubt that Cen Qian was still the protagonist of the 4-4 Rule World.
The 4-4 Monster was still one that had been spawned by Cen Qian.
There is a saying that “everything is inseparable from its origin”. What can truly cause waves in Cen Qian’s heart must also cause waves for the 4-4 Monster. Then, they’ll find the real plot of the 4-4 Rule World.
While Lin Yi lowered his eyes to think, he heard Qin Zhou say, “Solitary.”
Lin Yi nodded.
He agreed. Cen Qian lived alone all the time. During the few days when they’ve been a bother to Cen Qian, Cen Qian didn’t even communicate much with Lin Yi and he practically said nothing to Qin Zhou and Ren Li.
Qin Zhou continued, “Solitary but won’t reject excitement.”
Lin Yi nodded again.
If Cen Qian shunned liveliness, he would not have invited Lin Yi and the others to stay at his home.
Qin Zhou made a start. Lin Yi added, “Cruel but not completely cruel.”
Qin Zhou made an ‘en’, affirming Lin Yi’s words.
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Solitary but not against excitement, cruel but not completely cruel, lacking in love…
“If we find the reason for these characteristics of Cen Qian, we can find what it is that would disturb the 4-4 Monster.” Qin Zhou said.
Lin Yi thought so too but how to find it was another problem.
Qin Zhou said, “The closed time loop.”
All of them were still in the closed time loop; what they do will affect the future and the future will also affect the past. But after all, this was a world created by the 4-4 Monster. In Qin Zhou’s words, Monster will never be perfectly hidden, otherwise they wouldn’t have to hide among the participants and guide them to violate the Rules of Death.
So the only way to find out what caused Cen Qian’s characteristics was to start from this entire closed time loop and find the tiny traces and clues left by the 4-4 Monster.
Lin Yi thought for a while and said, “Then we should screen out everything that has been influenced by the participants.”
For example, Zhou Qi’s press release turned Cen Qian into Shunxi. This was the impact created by a participant entering a time rewind.
But it was a fact that Cen Qian abused the cat and it was a fact that he did not live with his mother. These two situations weren’t caused by the influence of the participants entering a time rewind.
During the time when Lin Yi went through the cat time rewind, he went to Cen Qian’s house to collect money for Cen Qian’s medical expenses. At that time, there was no one in Cen Qian’s house.
Lin Yi was sure that Cen Qian wasn’t living with his mother at the time. Otherwise Cen Qian would not have asked him to help him get money from his apartment. He would have asked him to inform his mother.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi thought of a point that Qin Zhou had said before. Qin Zhou said that Cen Qian was born with psychopathic genes, otherwise it would be appalling for a seven or eight-year-old child to abuse cats.
If so…
“Senior.” Lin Yi guessed, “Cen Qian’s psychopathic genes made his mother feel scared and so she stayed away and so he has been living alone. He developed a withdrawn but eager character. The genetic defect made him paranoid and suspicious. Once someone discovers his secret, he will kill them. There is no light in his life but he is eager for someone to help him.”
What Lin Yi said was indistinguishable from what Qin Zhou thought. The two looked at each other, and suddenly——
Lin Yi: “His father.”
Qin Zhou: “His father.”
The two spoke in unison.
Children inherit their genes from their parents, but Cen Qian’s father has never appeared in the 4-4 Rule World. It wasn’t normal.
Taking a step back, even if Cen Qian hadn’t been born with a genetic defect, Cen Qian’s father never showing up at all can’t be considered normal, it could even be considered weird.
Lin Yi carefully recalled that since he entered the 4-4 Rule World, he has never seen hide nor hair of Cen Qian’s father. Although Cen Qian mentioned that his ‘parents died’, why was there a photo of his dead mother in the living room but no photo of his father?
Lin Yi said, “Senior, is it possible that the 4-4 Monster hadn’t set up the role of Cen Qian’s father in the closed time loop script in the first place?”
Qin Zhou said, “It is possible.”
But why wouldn’t it include the father.
Qin Zhou glanced at Lin Yi, and then said, “The father would cause waves to the psyche of the 4-4 Monster.”
Ten minutes ago, the two of them were still thinking about how to cause waves to the 4-4 Monster’s heart in order to trigger a real time rewind to find the main plot of the 4-4 Rule World. Ten minutes later, they had the answer. It was extremely efficient.
But neither Lin Yi nor Qin Zhou felt happy, instead there was an indelible heaviness.
Knowing that ‘father’ would most likely cause a disturbance to the 4-4 Monster, Lin Yi became nervous. After getting the answer, the next step is to try to use ‘father’ to trigger a real time rewind. If it really triggers a time rewind, it would be enough to prove that ‘It’ is the 4-4 Monster, not possessed, but the real Monster itself.
Because ‘It’ cannot be possessed.
Lin Yi lowered his head.
Could the ‘It’ in his body really be a Monster?
Qin Zhou thought differently from Lin Yi. He was worried about Lin Yi.
“Don’t tell Ren Li about this for now,” Qin Zhou said.
It was indeed absurd for one of the multiple personalities to be chosen by the 4-4 Monster. He was willing to believe in Lin Yi, but not everyone would.
Lin Yi nodded. “OK.”
In the end, Qin Zhou still couldn’t hold back and reached out to rub Lin Yi’s head. Lin Yi’s hair was soft and it made his palm itch. “Take a rest first, I’ll go to extend our room reservation.”
When Qin Zhou walked to the door of the room, Lin Yi suddenly called out, “Senior.”
Qin Zhou turned to look at him, waiting for Lin Yi to continue.
Lin Yi asked in surprise, “Senior, you… have you found the object that will trigger the time rewind?”
‘Father’ was just a very vague word; unlike cats, group photos, and wire hairpins, which were real objects.
“Not exactly,” Qin Zhou said, “But there’s something we can try.”
Lin Yi asked, “What is it?”
Qin Zhou came back and took the complimentary sticky notepad off the table. He took a pen and wrote something on the paper and then handed it to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi looked down.
His heart suddenly swayed.
Qin Zhou asked him, “Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I’ll get you something while I’m out.”
Lin Yi clutched the paper. “…Anything is fine.”
After the door of the room was closed, Lin Yi continued to look down at the paper in his hand.
‘Father’ certainly hadn’t appeared in the entire closed time loop but the word on the paper was very important. So important that Lin Yi was almost certain that it would definitely cause a stir in the 4-4 Monster’s heart, triggering a real time rewind.
If ‘It’ really is the 4-4 Monster.
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