The bad value system is measuring values.

Chapter 51 Uninteresting Love

Qiao Xiao: "That country is not safe. We need to sign an agreement if we take her with us."

Gu Jinghe: "I will ask my friend to draft this."

Qiao Xiao: "Okay."

Every response she gave gave Gu Jinghe a great sense of security.

Qiao Xiao: "Is there anywhere you'd like to go? Before you go abroad, you can travel around a bit."

"I want to come to your house," he thought he would reply.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally said, "I want to go to the beach."

Qiao Xiao: "The sea? I'll make a proper plan when I have time."

Gu Jinghe: "Mm."

Today's bright sunshine and the calm after the storm are a stroke of luck, a narrow escape from death. They haven't even had time to catch their breath before facing the test of a new life.

She came to the garden outside the villa, where the flowers looked as if they had been dotted with celestial dew, delicate and beautiful.

Gu Jinghe followed behind her.

As if by some strange twist of fate, Qiao Xiao sat on the swing, and Gu Jinghe stood beside her.

She couldn't help but ask, "Why are you following me?"

Gu Jinghe: "I..." He remained silent, unable to find a suitable reason, and secretly stared at her profile.

Qiao Xiao: "Aren't you even a little curious about why I've been able to save you time and time again? And why I'm willing to stay by your side?"

Gu Jinghe shook his head decisively: "Not curious." But his eyes betrayed him.

Qiao Xiao: "What, are you afraid that you'll leave if I tell you?"

Gu Jinghe's parents, Ross and Gu Yuan, were a handsome couple, a happy couple in the eyes of outsiders.

Ross cheated on her, but he was still able to righteously blame Gu Yuan for being incompetent and unable to keep him.

A person who makes a mistake does not take the initiative to admit it, but instead shifts the blame onto the victim. A person who is hurt receives no apology, only a barrage of insults, but no complaints, thus lowering themselves to a weaker position in this struggle.

Those who have made mistakes shirk responsibility and want to leave, while those who have done nothing wrong abandon their self-respect and want to stay.

Gu Yuan once said, "If Ross hadn't brought his infidelity to the forefront, things wouldn't have escalated to this point."

Gu Jinghe knew that this was a wrong viewpoint.

The impact of reality is that it shatters the beautiful dream they wove together, forcing them to face reality and accept their true identities.

And so, the dream shattered, and the family was wiped out.

Qiao Xiao was right. He was afraid, afraid of her leaving or disappearing.

Gu Jinghe: "You're leaving me?"

Qiao Xiao: "Not now."

Gu Jinghe: "And then?"

Qiao Xiao looked up at the anxious Gu Jinghe, feeling inexplicably uneasy. She offered a token reassurance: "I will stay with you until the end of your university years."

Gu Jinghe: "I was just being delusional."

My mood felt like it had plummeted into an abyss, and all my hopes and expectations vanished in an instant.

System: "Warning: The target's affection level has reached 80. If you do not respond, it may lead to the target's self-doubt and breakdown, and in severe cases, suicide. Please respond as soon as possible."

"What, are you trying to force a good woman into prostitution?" Qiao Xiao sneered.

She stood up and quickly hugged Gu Jinghe, her movements swift and powerful.

Gu Jinghe was stunned. He tentatively hugged Qiao Xiao back, and she did not resist. At least, she had feelings for him.

He didn't see Qiao Xiao's icy, piercing eyes.

Gu Jinghe, I went to great lengths to save you. Don't give up on yourself for some so-called love. Otherwise, all my efforts to save you would have been in vain!

...

System notification: "Strength has reached 1500. Current strength is: Initiating escape from the underground black factory... Escape successful."

Qiao Xiao: "Can we not go back? I don't want to keep saving people for love. It's really pointless."

She collapsed to the ground, surrounded by indistinct faces, amidst the bustling traffic and crowds, with no place to linger.

Qiao Xiao: "Why not have something from another world, like fighting monsters and leveling up? It's so boring."

She hadn't tasted blood in a long time, like a traveler searching for a drop of water in a barren desert.

Qiao Xiao: "I really don't know how those people survived those years. Was it just love? Haha, how can you live without love?"

Is it because the system is too powerful, allowing her to always solve problems with energy? Is it because she gains someone's admiration too easily, that she becomes so arrogant?

Qiao Xiao lay numbly on the ground. The white clouds and blue sky were products of light, but she wished they were coming toward death, crushing her to death.

System: "Host, the head of teaching affairs is about to arrive at Jinyi Community."

Qiao Xiao suddenly opened her eyes: "Teleport."

She was now identified as Yan Rui. She opened the door and bumped right into Jiang Yu.

Qiao Xiao forced a smile: "Jiang Yu, what a coincidence."

Jiang Yu: "You're... right across from me?"

I've been here for two years, how could I not know?

Qiao Xiao: "I just moved here recently, would you like to come in and have a seat?"

Jiang Yu, dressed in a plain plaid shirt, said, "No need."

He was a high school senior, in the prime of his youth, yet he possessed an inexplicable composure, as if he were deliberately concealing something.

Qiao Xiao: "If you don't come in and take a look, what will you do when the head of the teaching department asks about my family's situation?"

Jiang Yu hesitated, swallowing his words, and wavered before finally agreeing.

He asked, "Do I need to take off my shoes?"

Qiao Xiao: "I don't have that habit, come in?"

Her home was very plain, with all the decorations provided by the community, and she didn't have any of her own style.

Jiang Yu: "Are your parents home?"

Qiao Xiao: "I am an orphan."

Jiang Yu: "!"

Qiao Xiao looked at Jiang Yu's shocked face, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yu's expression was serious: "You shouldn't have told me."

Qiao Xiao: "Huh?"

Jiang Yu: "What if I have ulterior motives?"

Qiao Xiao: "Don't worry, you're no match for me."

Jiang Yu hadn't expected those words.

How can you be so sure? He couldn't help but wonder.

Suddenly, on that rainy day, the figure under the red raincoat appeared before my eyes.

"You saved me that day, didn't you?"

He tried asking a question, and when that didn't work, he said he was talking nonsense.

Qiao Xiao tried to play dumb: "What are you talking about, Jiang?"

Her tone was calm, without any surprise.

Her reaction made Jiang Yu inexplicably certain that she must be.

Jiang Yu: "I've already taken care of those bodies. Don't worry, as long as they investigate, just say I killed them."

Qiao Xiao tilted her head, her eyes filled with a wild, exhilarating feeling. She recalled the thrilling hunt and was filled with excitement.

"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you, Jiang?"

This statement directly admits to what he did.

She came to Jiang Yu's side, patted his shoulder, and stared blankly at him as if he were a dead object, looking like a madwoman. "You're too naive. No matter how flawed their settings are, there's no way they couldn't find out?"

“Someone has already confessed on our behalf, so let’s not bring this up again.”

Qiao Xiao: "Oh, by the way, you weren't found to be acting strangely the next day, were you?"

Jiang Yu: "No."

Qiao Xiao underestimated Jiang Yu's resilience. He could calmly go to school after burying the body, acting as if nothing had happened. He had a high level of mental fortitude.

However, it's also possible that there's something wrong with the world, and the NPCs aren't responding.