flstandardbreds Chapter 335 A Habit Deep in the Bones
Chapter 335 A Habit Deep in the Bones
He regretted sending Jiang Yue back to Jiang Qinghai and Su Xuan; in fact, he had regretted it many times before.
But now, after learning Su Xuan's identity and combining it with his memories from his previous life, Lu Yize realized one thing: Jiang Yue was truly not loved by Su Xuan.
Su Xuan treated her more like a qualified test subject, and her care for her was merely to satisfy the needs of a guinea pig.
The basement room that was allowed to exist, which belonged to Jiang Yue, didn't seem like a pampered child; it was more like a cage specially built for her, exclusively hers.
Hearing Lu Yize say that, Jiang Yue simply lowered her head, took Lu Yize's hand, and rubbed her cheek against the back of his hand, like an adult puppy that had just learned to please people.
Lu Yize raised his index finger, the back of which touched Jiang Yue's cheek. A big reason why he regretted it was because of their separation, which was why he missed Jiang Yue in his previous life.
He had been wary and on guard against Jiang Yue for ten years. He never imagined that the crippled, disfigured zombie with long hair that always covered her eyes would be the same child he had once been, the one he couldn't bear to let suffer even a little bit.
As Jiang Yue's mental abilities continued to improve, she became more sensitive to the emotions of others. For example, she discovered that Lu Yize often fell into paranoia and madness beneath his calm exterior.
Since his rebirth, Lu Yize's situation is much better than in his previous life. At least on the surface, he still looks like a normal person. However, there are some things that have become almost habits that he cannot change.
For example, he doesn't allow Jiang Yue to leave his sight or perception range. He thinks this habit is related to his previous life when he was crippled and could only live in a basement, while Jiang Yue went out to hunt crystal cores and brought them back to him time and time again.
Realizing he was a cripple who needed to be fed by zombies, he could only watch helplessly as a zombie, disfigured and with a broken leg, crawled out of the basement every day to save him, only to return injured each time.
From initial wariness, disgust, and the most malicious speculation, to the absurdity of seeing the zombie carrying a handful of crystal cores trying to pull them out and present them to him.
This made him seem so despicable, almost crushing Lu Yize's last remaining self-esteem. He threw away the crystal cores and uncontrollably hurled insults at Lu Yize.
"What are you doing? Exploiting me, mocking me? You think you're human? Don't be ridiculous. You've eaten people, I can't possibly be on your side. A zombie shouldn't act like this, it's disgusting."
Lu Yize cursed him with the most offensive words. He always had a lot of negative emotions born from extreme hatred. He hated the scumbag and the bitch, but he also hated the zombie who rescued him and made him live a miserable, inhuman life.
This might be a case of great gratitude turning into great enmity. Every time Lu Yize tested the zombie's limits, he also despised himself.
He despised himself for being stuck in the basement waiting for Jiang Yue, powerless and like a cripple, only able to watch her drag her crippled body out in danger. Every time she went out, Lu Yize felt as if tens of thousands of ants were crawling on his heart.
Without her knowledge, Lu Yize attached a tracking device to her body. He stared at the slowly moving red dot on the computer screen to make sure she was still alive. Every time the red dot stopped, Lu Yize's sense of calm grew stronger.
His emotions spiraled out of control, becoming violent. Lu Yize hated that situation, so even after his rebirth, he couldn't change this deeply ingrained habit; Jiang Yue could never leave his sight.