Although Zhou Yue had praised him as good looking, Mu Qin was unable to smile. He still couldn’t bear his emotions. He couldn’t help watching Zhou Yue with a mournful gaze. Zhou Yue, who was radiant and attracted people just like the campus prince in those days, should have been standing on his own stage.
“I’m sorry.” Despite Zhou Yue previously telling Mu Qin he didn’t want him to apologize, Mu Qin still apologized. Mu Qin was depressed. He lowered his head and said, “Leaving without a word at that time, it was all my fault. If I hadn’t left… perhaps today, we wouldn’t have become like this.”
Mu Qin’s apology made Zhou Yue, who was across from him, silent for a moment. Then suddenly, Zhou Yue abruptly spoke with a strange and sarcastic tone, “That’s right. It’s all because you left, so I turned into what I am now!”
Zhou Yue suddenly changed his attitude. A single sentence made Mu Qin slightly startled. Mu Qin even thought he blamed himself, and his heart felt even worse. His chest couldn’t help constricting with pain.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yue instead smiled cheerfully at Mu Qin. His smile wasn’t obvious under the cover of the gauze, but the corner of his eye revealed his gentle smile, “You see, you left, so I followed you to the army. As a result, I trained and became this strong. I even have an eight pack now. Do you want to try touching it?”
Mu Qin was immediately amused by Zhou Yue’s words. He was completely unable to control himself and keep his calm expression. The corners of his mouth hooked up and he laughed merrily.
After Zhou Yue finished speaking, he seemed to be quite serious, incidentally lifting his shirt and revealing his stomach. He told Mu Qin, “You try counting. There are definitely eight!”
Mu Qin was even happier. Smiling, he couldn’t resist and really looked at Zhou Yue’s stomach. There really were perfect abs. Trailing down, there was even a soul-stealing Adonis belt.
“Yeah. Your abs are beautiful… but you tied me up. How am I supposed to touch it?” Mu Qin hinted at him to undo the bindings on his body.
Zhou Yue put down his clothes. He gazed at Mu Qin and hesitated for a while. After a long time, he still shook his head, “Can’t untie them. You will escape.”
“I won’t run.” Mu Qin tenderly looked at Zhou Yue, “I will stay with you.”
Zhou Yue seemed to be confused by Mu Qin’s promise. He looked at Mu Qin with sparkling eyes, “You really won’t run?”
His nervous attitude made Mu Qin both helpless and distressed. Mu Qin felt that Zhou Yue was hit by the matter of him leaving without a word back then, so now he always worried that Mu Qin would run away. Thus, he patiently comforted Zhou Yue, saying, “I will absolutely never leave you again.”
Zhou Yue mostly believed Mu Qin’s promise. He approached Mu Qin and half-squatted before him, speaking in a low tone, “This is what you’ve said. You absolutely cannot leave me again.”
Zhou Yue was very close to Mu Qin. His whole face closed in on Mu Qin, and his breath passed through gaps of the bandages and sprayed on Mu Qin’s face, causing Mu Qin’s face to feel a bit ticklish.
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Zhou Yue spoke very openly about eating his tofu, saying as if it was expected, “When I untie your ropes in a bit, you definitely won’t let me kiss. Thus, I need to seize the opportunity and kiss enough now! “
At the end, Zhou Yue also anxiously looked towards Mu Qin, “Do you not like me kissing you?”
Mu Qin shifted his head and didn’t look at Zhou Yue’s miserable expression, softly replying, “No… kiss as you will.”
After Mu Qin finished speaking, Zhou Yue was immediately happy and came closer to kiss Mu Qin on the lips again. He gently looked at Mu Qin with yearning, “Mu Qin… sorry. I didn’t recognize you just now, so… that, I hit you. If you’re angry, I can let you hit me later. Yeah… there’s no problem no matter how you beat me. I’m very sturdy.”
Mu Qin was once again amused by him. He found that Zhou Yue’s character was still the same as back then. He had always been an understanding, gentle, and elegant teenager.
He was always able to see through Mu Qin’s mind at a glance, analyze Mu Qin’s thoughts, and then use his own methods to comfort Mu Qin.
Zhou Yue kept smiling as he looked at Mu Qin, and his heart was itchy. He couldn’t hold back again and continued pecking Mu Qin on the lips… feeling that it wasn’t enough, he kissed again…
After marking for a long time, he began to help unbind Mu Qin, releasing the bindings on his arms and legs. Mu Qin could finally get up and leave the endlessly creaking old chair.
Instead, after unraveling the bindings, Zhou Yue, who had just been eagerly taking advantage of Mu Qin, did not dare to be near Mu Qin. He subconsciously backed up two steps and stood far away from Mu Qin with a drooping head and a pitiful appearance of having committed a wrongdoing.
Mu Qin was amused and found his appearance even funnier. He couldn’t help drawing a step closer to Zhou Yue. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yue followed and backed up a step. Mu Qin didn’t believe he couldn’t do it. He continued approaching him, and Zhou Yue could only continuously retreat until he backed into a corner. He, who was tall and strong, was forced into a corner by Mu Qin, who was half a head shorter than him. This scene was hilarious and caused people to be unable to restrain a smile.
“Why do you keep backing up? Am I that terrifying?” After Mu Qin pressured him into the corner, he used the classic kabedon technique.
Zhou Yue slanted his head and didn’t dare to meet Mu Qin’s eyes, evasively answering, “You… do you want to hit me?”
Mu Qin considered it for a moment, “Just now, you beat me so harshly. I want payback.”
Zhou Yue nodded obediently and stretched out his face to Mu Qin with a pitiful appearance of waiting to be beaten.
Mu Qin mentally felt that it couldn’t be any funnier. He reached out and touched his face. Zhou Yue thought he was about to be hit and trembled reflexively. This cowering even appeared rather cute.
Of course, it was impossible for Mu Qin to hit him. He touched Zhou Yue’s cheek and the bandages covering his face. Then, Mu Qin continued and touched Zhou Yue’s eyes. When he was touched by Mu Qin, Zhou Yue unconsciously closed his eyes, and Mu Qin could then feel his brush-like, dense eyelashes.
“You’ve grown up.” Mu Qin’s heart felt slightly sour, “You’re no longer that teenager anymore.”
Zhou Yue did not respond to Mu Qin’s lamenting. He reached forward and embraced Mu Qin’s waist, hugging Mu Qin and burying his face in the hollow of Mu Qin’s neck.
“In the end, I died on the battlefield.” After hugging Mu Qin for a long time, Zhou Yue unexpectedly suddenly spoke, “Back then, in order to apply for vacation from the instructor faster, I desperately worked hard to train. As a result, the scores were too excellent. After leaving the new recruit camp, I was promoted. Not only were the vacation days I was dreaming about gone, I was even sent directly to the Special Forces Training Unit. When my parents heard about it, they strongly opposed it and requested that I retire and go home.”
Zhou Yue continued, “However, the instructor who looked after me at the time treated me well and was very much anticipating me joining the special forces. In addition, I also had thoughts of getting rid of my parents’ control. So, I went, stayed in it for five years, and then lost my life during a mission fighting against terrorists.”
Zhou Yue’s recount caused Mu Qin to blank out. After Mu Qin pondered for a while, he inquired, “Which military district were you in?”
Zhou Yue replied, “Military District B6703.”
B6 was the military code. There were about seven special forces districts garrisoned in the country. The troops were generally not referred to by their whole name and only used a simple alphanumeric code to represent them.
Zhou Yue sighed after speaking, “It’s really terrible thinking about it now. I originally always wanted to go see you, but on the contrary, unexpectedly went farther and farther away from you. Coupled with being trained at the time and various tasks pressing down, I was busy to death and basically didn’t have the heart to think about anything else, so… originally, there were so many opportunities to see you, but they were all missed like this by me.”
Zhou Yue also didn’t wait for Mu Qin to speak. He grabbed Mu Qin’s hand and gently said, “But I can still see you now, it’s truly great.”
Mu Qin also didn’t know what he should say to Zhou Yue. He hesitated, “Is this good? You gave up everything and followed me to the army. As a result, you even died in battle there. Something like this…”
“Isn’t it good?” Zhou Yue smiled and said to Mu Qin, “Living for you, dying for you.”
The sentence spoken carried a romantic flavor, and hearing it, Mu Qin flushed.
Zhou Yue said with regret, “In fact, after joining the special forces, I also went to look for you before. I used all sorts of reasons to inquire about news of your military district and unit, but when I went to look for you later, I discovered that you were no longer there. My superior told me that you had already been discharged.”
Mu Qin recalled the events of those years and decided not to hide it. Instead, he directly told the truth, “I originally could have continued to stay in the army. The officer in charge of me also thought I had chances of being promoted, but some mishaps occurred at the time. Thus, I had no other choice but to retire early.”
“What accident?” Zhou Yue subconsciously asked.
Mu Qin said, “I went home during vacation. While I was wandering outside, I met a group of robbers with guns robbing a gold shop. When a robber wanted to shoot and kill a store employee, I seized his gun and shot him dead. Afterward, the other robbers also started shooting at me, but they were gotten rid of one after another by me… and then because of this matter, I was reported to the court-martial, saying that I acted excessively for self-defense. Although I didn’t go to jail, I lost the qualifications to become an officer.”
“This isn’t fair!” Zhou Yue felt that it wasn’t appropriate as soon as he heard it, “Under the circumstance where the other party all have guns, no matter what countermeasures you take, none of it is considered excessive.”
“There was probably someone in the military against me at the time… in addition, I also didn’t think I did the right thing.” Mu Qin shrugged and expressed it didn’t matter, “Forget about it. It’s all already long in the past. Moreover, an early discharge is also good. I’m actually… not really soldier material.”
Mu Qin was too fragile. He had always deeply understood this.
The fragility here referred to his inability to actively and with the right attitude to face conflict, and for soldiers, fighting is a must.
In fact, after Mu Qin killed the gold shop robbers, he had nightmares for a long time. That was the first time he had personally ended the lives of others, and he discovered that he actually had no way of leaving this key moment. Coupled with the fact that the defendant later went to military court and said he used excessive force, Mu Qin began to repeatedly reflect on the correctness of what he did at the time. After discharge, he even went a little crazy and also saw a psychologist for a long period.
Time was invariably the best medicine. In the process of the life of busying every day to earn money, Mu Qin slowly forgot the trivial things of the past and lived with single-hearted devotion.
However, God refused to let Mu Qin off.
“What do you think of this game? What I mean is…” After chatting with Zhou Yue about some of the things in the past, Mu Qin mulled over what he should say. He had wasted a lot of time here with Zhou Yue. Looking outside at the surroundings now through the doors, the sky was still a field of pitch-black. There was an overly damp and chilly feeling in the air after the rain stopped.
Mu Qin was very straightforward… he got straight to the point and asked Zhou Yue, “Zhou Yue, what is your identity in this game?”
Zhou Yue also didn’t not expect Mu Qin would actually ask so bluntly. Mu Qin seemed certain Zhou Yue wouldn’t hide it. Of course, Zhou Yue really wouldn’t conceal it.
Thus, Zhou Yue squinted and smiled, “I’m the killer, ah.”
I’m so happy that they clarified everything, but, God, their story is so sad QAQ
He’s the killer… What will happen now?
Thank you for the chapter!!! ❤️❤️
Finally we Knew the whole truth about their past… But knowing Zhou Yue’s identity un the game makes everything much more complicated.
Thanks for the chapter!
Thank you for the chapter!!
Thanks for the chapter!!! <3
Hah called it!! I knew he was the killer!!! But I have to admit I’m still confused on if he’s the official ML or not??
Yes, he is.
Things are getting more complicated with Zhou Yue’s identity as a kiler…
Anyways,thanks for the chapter
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thanks you for the chapter! so killing those people was his sin?? ML is so puppy-like, aaaa first time meeting such a dead-end situation from a novel
Zhou Yue: I’m the killer
kills everyone the end
WHAT 🧍♀️
well… I think Mu Qin should run…
Shat ZY is so cute😭 but he’s gotta be the killer nuuu
The way ml confessed he is the killer😂😂😂😂