The Crazed Little Darling: Pampered by the Possesive Commander!-Chapter 309: He Had the Chance to Save Me, But He Didn’t
In the quiet room, only Cheng Qingye remained as an insect.
After saying those words, Lu Shinian left.
Not giving him any chance to ask questions.
The more Cheng Qingye thought about it, the more he couldn’t understand why Lu Shinian would say that.
If there hadn’t been some special accident in their past life, how could his sister have been killed by the Insect Race in such a situation?
Cheng Qingye couldn’t understand, so he put himself in the situation.
Even though he didn’t currently love an insect or a person, he put himself in the position of a higher authority.
When everything is under control, apart from unexpected incidents, he couldn’t think of another way his sister could fall into danger.
Unable to figure it out, Cheng Qingye decided to chat with his sister.
An hour later, Cheng Qingye knocked on Su Ruan’s door.
Su Ruan had been awake for a while. She had been in a daze for a moment and then began purifying the Level 5 Energy Stone.
It’s not that purifying the Energy Stone was urgently needed now, but she couldn’t find anything else to do.
Purifying Energy Stones seemed to have become a habit for her.
Just as she was purifying, she suddenly heard a knock on the door.
She got up to open the door, and upon seeing Cheng Qingye’s figure, she was slightly surprised and said, "Third brother, why are you here?"
It wasn’t strange for her to be so surprised; after all, ever since they got on the spaceship, her third brother spent most of his time in his own room, being a homebody insect.
Plus, given his indifferent demeanor, Su Ruan always felt her third brother would not take the initiative in doing something.
Faced with his sudden arrival, Su Ruan was nothing but puzzled.
Cheng Qingye’s expression was as indifferent as ever, and his voice seemed to carry a hint of casualness.
"I wanted to chat with you."
Su Ruan stepped aside to let Cheng Qingye in.
"Have a seat, third brother."
Cheng Qingye found a chair to sit on, rested his face on one hand, looked at Su Ruan, and was the first to ask, "Sister, do you remember what happened in the past life?"
Su Ruan’s fingertips slightly trembled. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
She sat opposite Cheng Qingye, clasped her hands together, and placed them in front of her.
"Why is third brother suddenly asking about this?"
"Hm." Cheng Qingye hesitated for a moment, not mentioning the conversation he had with Lu Shinian, but only said, "Just a bit curious."
Su Ruan didn’t think much and replied, "I remember some things."
"Do you remember how you died?" Cheng Qingye’s words were straightforward, seemingly unafraid to touch on the topic of death.
Su Ruan’s eyelashes fluttered rapidly twice, and her thumb pressed tightly on the tiger’s mouth, turning the tender area to a pale blue, and only then did she say, "I was pushed into a swarm of insects and bitten to death by the Insect Race."
To say she didn’t hate the Insect Race would be a lie.
But third brother is an Insect, and Aiers and the others are Insects too.
Even she herself carries the genes of the Insect Race.
Is there still a need for her hatred?
Or rather, does such hatred have any meaning?
She could never exterminate the Insect Race.
Cheng Qingye, seeing Su Ruan’s unusual expression, explained, "Those low-level Insect Clan cannot resist the allure of your spiritual power."
"They don’t want to hurt you, but they covet your spiritual power."
"In your past life, you couldn’t control your spiritual power, allowing it to run amok, so..."
Cheng Qingye was not defending those low-level Insect Clan, but this was indeed the fact.
He didn’t want his sister to be blinded by hatred.
"I know." Su Ruan took a deep breath and shrugged, "So I don’t hate the Insect Race that much now."
"Back then, everyone was confused, and, in retrospect, everyone made mistakes."
"My death was also my own doing."
"Even if I hadn’t been killed by the Insect Race, I probably would have died due to the spiritual power outburst."
When Cheng Qingye saw that Su Ruan’s expression seemed genuine, he nodded and said, "That’s good."
"And you are still alive and well now, we should cherish the present."
He, rare as it was, like a brother, comforted Su Ruan.
Su Ruan chuckled lightly, her expression relaxed.
"I know, third brother."
"Third brother, you’re getting wordy~"
Cheng Qingye: ...
He pretended not to hear Su Ruan’s teasing and continued to ask, "Was there any accident that happened at that time?"
"Accident?" Su Ruan repeated the word, recalling carefully.
"There was no accident." She said with certainty, "Everyone’s actions were reasonable and well-founded."
Shen Shi was jealous of her marrying Lu Shinian and had already hated her to the bone. It was logical for her to seize the opportunity to have her killed by the Insect Race.
She craved Shen Family’s recognition and affection, lured back to the Imperial Palace by Shen Shi, defenselessly pushed down, was also logical.
Lu Shinian, with an urgent mission, defended against the Insect Race and was not at the Imperial Palace; more logical.
Things always developed logically, and each of their choices and motives was consistent with the environment they were in at the time.
"There was no accident." Su Ruan repeated softly, "I just didn’t trust Lu Shinian then and longed for something I shouldn’t have."
That blinded her eyes, letting her not see who truly cared for her.
Su Ruan took a deep breath and shrugged, "But it’s all in the past."
"Just like you said, third brother, I’m living well now."
Cheng Qingye nodded slightly and fell into silence for a while.
After a little while, he suddenly spoke, "Do you think Lu Shinian knew what you were doing at that time?"
This question stumped Su Ruan.
Yet before she could answer, Cheng Qingye said, "Spiritual power actually has many uses. Strong enough, it can even devour others’ spiritual power."
"However, this is not important."
"What I want to say is, previously, to test Lu Shinian, I created several dreamscapes for him."
"The content of the dreamscapes was the last scene after he destroyed Origin Space."
Upon reaching this point, Cheng Qingye slightly frowned.
"At that time, you probably weren’t there anymore."
"I can tell you about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Su Ruan say, "I know."
Cheng Qingye paused, a rare look of surprise appearing on his face.
"What?" he asked.
"I know what happened." Su Ruan had already gathered her smile, looking seriously at Cheng Qingye, "I entered that dreamscape."
Cheng Qingye realized, "Yes, you have the genes of the Companion King Worm."
"Since you know, I won’t say much."
Cheng Qingye returned to his usual indifferent expression, "Anyway, now he knows you’ve died once."
"Just now, I talked with him about it."
"He said people in power have everything under their control."
"So I think he must have known your situation at that time."
"Therefore..."
Cheng Qingye stopped and looked at Su Ruan.
Su Ruan slightly lowered her head, her relatively long bangs half-covering her eyes.
Her long lashes trembled slightly, casting a shallow shadow, as if a veil of mist had been draped over her whole being.
"Therefore..."
She continued his sentence, her voice very soft.
"He had the chance to save me."
But he didn’t.
