LWDC Chapter 169

Chapter 169 – Correct Answer

Chapter 169 – Correct Answer

Chapter 169 – Correct Answer

Duan Yunhong didn’t ask Ning Fei how he ended up at the church manor, but just took another walk around with him.

The remaining people didn’t recognize Ning Fei, so even though he had only changed his hairstyle, walking so brazenly around the church, no one realized that this was the “devil,” the culprit of the fire. Ning Fei even pointed and commented along the way without any intention of being discreet.

He pointed out to Duan Yunhong, “That side is the Pope’s residence. Only he and his servants live in that courtyard, and others are not allowed to enter or leave without permission. Once when I was called over there, I saw someone urinating by the walls of the corridor. Ha, in the summer, it was practically surrounded by the stench of urine.”

“This side is where those aspiring Saints live. But even here, there are hierarchies. The most favored ones have their own suites and servants, while those who aren’t favored live in double rooms or cramped little rooms, and sometimes they have to help with chores.”

“The third floor over there is the Saint’s room, I used to live there too. But it’s already collapsed now, otherwise I could have taken you to find the mark I left behind, I doubt anyone else would have been able to find it…”

Duan Yunhong, who had been silently listening, suddenly asked, “What mark? Could it still be there after thirty years?”

“A hidden compartment under the bed planks, I wrote some people’s bad words and burned them to ashes, then packed some of the ashes and stuffed them underneath,” Ning Fei said, then laughed to himself, “When I was little, I heard from somewhere that doing this could curse people, and I was afraid of getting caught, so I did that. Later, when I found out it was fake, I stuffed some small jewelry and trinkets in there, to use as travel expenses in case I had a chance to run away. But those things weren’t enough to bribe the people guarding me, so they stayed there untouched.”

“Indeed, I guessed that you must have thought about escaping before.” Duan Yunhong smiled knowingly, “And digging holes under the bed to hide things, that’s been a habit of yours since then.”

“Can you not smile so creepily? You’re not going to dig under every bed I’ve slept in from now on, are you? Sounds a little perverted,” Ning Fei glanced at him. “And what do you mean ‘indeed’? Then I have to say indeed, you’re comparing me to that little brat just now?”

“I was just asking casually. After all, those so-called aspiring Saints, Saints, all sharpen their heads trying to climb up. This ruin actually left one behind, so I wanted to know what made him neither follow the main group, nor run away.” Duan Yunhong said leisurely, “The conclusion is, a performing personality.”

Ning Fei heard the contempt in his tone and tilted his head to look at him: “Truly high and mighty, Director Duan.”

“Hold it.” Duan Yunhong also turned his head. “Are you going to say that you used to be pretty much the same as them, so I’m looking down on your past too?”

Ning Fei: “…”

Tsk.

“Look, no, you also heard just now, I clearly stated the difference between you and him—or people like them.” Duan Yunhong knew he had guessed Ning Fei’s thoughts correctly, and immediately explained, “To be honest, you should understand, I don’t care whether they can really escape, whether they really have the ability to escape. If he had just said, ‘Do you think I haven’t tried?’, I would have thought more of him.”

“How could he tell you the truth?” Ning Fei scoffed. “What if you reported him to the church, how would he survive?”

Duan Yunhong: “Someone who wants to escape would wear all white to perform prayers under a stained-glass window?”

Ning Fei: “…”

Ning Fei: “Indeed, I don’t understand what he’s performing. One in ten thousand chance, he really thinks it’s useful.”

“What the world needs least is a saint performing prayers, it can’t save anyone, and it’s an eyesore,” Duan Yunhong commented sharply. “And if he really believes that prayer is useful, then it shows that he hasn’t completely recognized that this church is actually a devil’s lair.”

“Perhaps the disasters that have befallen him aren’t enough,” Ning Fei’s response was also quite cold. “If his position in the church was more important, more favored, the church wouldn’t allow him to stay here alone.”

“So, he’s just a pretentious actor, no one cares,” Duan Yunhong said. “I didn’t even notice you were here just now, I don’t know how much you heard, I didn’t mean to praise one and belittle the other in front of you. I asked him, precisely because you were once in the same situation as him, I wanted to see how far this seemingly ‘different’ person could be ‘different’. But the result was quite disappointing.”

“If it wasn’t disappointing, what would you do?” Ning Fei asked, “Help him escape, or directly let him leave this world?”

“Leave this world? Haha, Yu Zhou has the Management Bureau to help him ‘do good deeds’, I don’t. If I were to do that, exhausting my luck might not even succeed.” Duan Yunhong said jokingly, “Besides, there’s only one like you, with a precious gem in front, others aren’t worth paying attention to. I can’t even stand replicas, let alone this kind of clumsy ‘performer’ who can’t even be considered a shadow.”

Actually, Duan Yunhong omitted a paragraph he didn’t say. At first, he really thought, if that candidate Saint had the same backbone as Ning Fei, even if he didn’t help him leave the world, it would be easy to escape the control of a church. But on second thought, this was a bit like trying to imitate Ning Fei’s path of growth, which was unpleasant. And if this person became unforgettable to himself because of his favor—a bit like Ning Fei to Yu Zhou—it would also make him feel uncomfortable!

Even if Duan Yunhong would leave the world later, it wouldn’t work even if that person completely forgot, he would feel uncomfortable as long as there was that period of time!

Duan Yunhong really had a bit of PTSD towards Ning Fei’s “one-way arrow” towards Yu Zhou.

He saw Ning Fei raising his eyebrows wanting to say something, and added two sentences: “Could it be that Yu Zhou would encounter a little brat like you back then and take him away again? Ask me, I don’t think so, otherwise I would really suspect his taste.”

A very timely patch, really choked Ning Fei’s words.

To be honest, Ning Fei didn’t want to see the birth of his “replica” from the bottom of his heart, especially if Duan Yunhong was operating this matter, it would definitely make him particularly disgusted. Although he knew he had no right to interfere with Duan Yunhong’s choice, he couldn’t help but ask. Fortunately, Duan Yunhong’s answer didn’t disappoint him.

After two seconds, Ning Fei looked at the collapsed third floor again, and said softly in an almost murmur, “…I’m starting to regret letting you know my past.”

Duan Yunhong didn’t hear clearly at first: “What?”

“Nothing.” Ning Fei suddenly turned around and continued walking forward.

Duan Yunhong looked at his back, suddenly realizing something, smiled silently and lightly, and followed the other’s footsteps.

Ning Fei didn’t pay much attention at first, glanced at him inadvertently, and asked, “Why are you smiling so creepily again?”

Duan Yunhong said: “It’s like I understand what you’re saying again, I’m a little happy. Want to hear the specifics?”

Ning Fei: “Don’t want to.”

Duan Yunhong: “But I want to say it.”

Ning Fei: “…”

“Don’t have such a disgusted expression. Since you said it, isn’t it because you want me to hear it?” Duan Yunhong was by his side, his leisurely pace like chatting, “You’re also used to listening to me analyze you, aren’t you? Just think of yourself as a grading teacher, relax, Teacher Ning.”

The two walked on the corridor, the walls were blackened, but the sunset light shining through the windows occasionally fell on them. Ning Fei walked and said, “I’m not a narcissistic person who likes to listen to others analyze me.”

Duan Yunhong said: “Then you can go back to being your Saint and occasionally listen to other people’s thoughts.”

“Sounds even more disgusting, listening to other people’s thoughts, yuck. Being a Saint, yuck!”

“OK, but I’m not someone else, right?” Duan Yunhong was amused by his deliberately disgusted expression. Ning Fei would react like this, at least showing that he was in a good mood. “You haven’t run away now, so I’ll assume you’re willing to listen.”

“…”

“Don’t worry, I won’t say too much.” Duan Yunhong turned his head, as if looking at Ning Fei, but also looking at the sunset outside the window. “I just want to say three words, no, two words are also fine.”

“You’ve already said a lot of words,” Ning Fei glanced at him. “The more foreshadowing you use when telling a story, the greater the difficulty, you know?”

“I’m not telling a story.” Duan Yunhong smiled lightly, his tone calm and natural. “I want to say, don’t be afraid.”

“…Huh?”

Ning Fei turned his head in confusion and looked at Duan Yunhong: “What? What am I afraid of?”

“Afraid that I’ll guess more and more accurately, understand you more and more.” Duan Yunhong said, “Understanding, especially allowing the other party to understand oneself, represents the beginning of acceptance. This is what people like us resist the most, I understand very well.”

“…” Ning Fei let out a cold snort. “You understand my ass.”

“Then I’ll give you a positioning mark.” Duan Yunhong said, “It’s my original world. If you want, you’re welcome to visit anytime. Need a guide? Or I can send you my resume, you can also go check it out one by one, see if I’m lying.”

While speaking, the man stretched out a hand towards Ning Fei, holding it in a void.

“…You’re crazy!”

Ning Fei realized that there was really a positioning mark in his hand, and was very speechless: “I don’t have that much time to take vacations everywhere, it’s very difficult to encounter a specific world when accepting tasks, it’s useless even if you give it to me.”

“Whether you go is your choice, whether I give it is my choice, just like my personal positioning mark.” Duan Yunhong directly grabbed Ning Fei’s hand and stuffed the positioning mark into his hand, “Want a resume? If you’re too lazy to spend time and luck, this is the best way to quickly understand me.”

Ning Fei wanted to pull his hand back, but couldn’t, and wanted to curse and laugh: “Forced buying and selling again? And who doesn’t know that a personal resume is the most exquisite wrapping paper, who would really believe this thing!”

“So you can go check it yourself.” Duan Yunhong approached him and smiled softly, “If you want to understand me.”

“Let me remind you, this is a church.” Ning Fei looked at him approaching, didn’t avoid it, but clicked his tongue. “Even if no one recognizes us, homosexuals will be burned to death.”

“That’s not bad either.” Duan Yunhong chuckled, but there was a burst of madness in his tone. “Anyway, what should be burned in this world has been burned, what should be killed has been killed, the rest is up to them to struggle for their lives, isn’t that it? No matter what you originally planned to come back to do, it should be about the same now, right? It’s time to go back and earn your luck, and compete with me for the transmigrators’ preferences.”

After speaking, Duan Yunhong, in the window filled with sunset, kissed Ning Fei.

“I see you really don’t want to stay here.” Ning Fei grabbed his collar with his backhand. “Consider yourself lucky, you answered correctly today. There’s one more question, dare to challenge it?”

“What?”

Ning Fei wrapped his arms directly around the man’s neck: “Before we get caught and burned to death, can we finish it, Director Duan?”

Duan Yunhong laughed deeply, holding his waist: “Outdoor sex? That’s not certain, it might take a very, very long time…”

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