Five minutes later.
Xia Panqiu and the middle-aged man appeared together on the rooftop.
After stepping on the rooftop.
Xia Panqiu completely ignored Li Tian, directly walked briskly towards Chen Lusi, then grabbed his shirt collar, suppressing her anger, and questioned, "Why did you shoot?"
"You said to shoot." Chen Lusi replied with a blank expression.
"What if I lied to you? What if I lied for myself? What if the gun could harm ordinary people? Have you ever thought about it?"
Xia Panqiu gritted her teeth, "You just shoot like that? Just like that without caring about others' lives?"
Chen Lusi directly responded, "Your acting is poor."
Upon hearing.
Xia Panqiu was dumbfounded for a moment, then her face instantly turned red, her anger unable to be suppressed: "So you don't even bother pretending!? Do you really want to kill people that much?"
Chen Lusi quietly looked at her, saying nothing.
"You really... are just like Lu Hao."
Xia Panqiu slowly tightened her fingers, gripping Chen Lusi's collar hard, and lowered her head: "You will definitely do something, as long as there's a chance, whether it's Authority or Technique, it'll become your weapon... Just like now, you will definitely harm ordinary people, you're inherently abnormal.
Chen Lusi was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is this your conclusion?"
"Yes!" Xia Panqiu suddenly raised her head, staring directly at Chen Lusi.
"...Do you have a grudge against me? Like you find me annoying or something?" Chen Lusi continued to ask.
"No."
"Oh."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lusi nodded, suddenly brushed away Xia Panqiu's hand gripping his collar, turned it around, directly grabbed her collar, and lifted her up.
Due to her petite stature.
Xia Panqiu was directly lifted up, forced to stand on tiptoe.
Li Tian nearby was stunned with open mouth.
As for Xia Panqiu, after being dazed for half a second, she angrily raised her fist.
"You keep saying I will harm ordinary people."
Chen Lusi looked at her, calmly asked, "So in your eyes, what am I? You say I have problems, but four days ago was I some criminal? Am I not an ordinary person?"
Xia Panqiu paused her action.
"I may not live positively, but I have created some value for society, paying taxes honestly every month, spending every month, I just went home to sweep the tomb, did I do anything wrong?
You said yesterday I was an unlucky ordinary citizen, why don't you remember now?"
Chen Lusi looked at her face and continued: "You just find me annoying, isn't it simpler? Is this charade funny? Not even bothering to pretend, if I chose not to shoot, would you say I'm pretending?"
"Even if we take a thousand steps back, I am abnormal, assuming your viewpoint is correct, do you think encountering those things was my choice?"
"Do I want my arm to turn into a blade?"
"Or do you possess the ability to predict the future?"
"So admit it."
"You just find me annoying, disliked me at first sight, inherently clashing."
"The reason is related to Lu Hao you just mentioned."
"You've projected someone else's shadow onto me."
Xia Panqiu was stunned, pressed her red lips, looked at Chen Lusi, her fist hanging in the air but not falling for a long time.
After a long silence.
She looked at Chen Lusi and finally spoke: "Then can you guarantee to behave yourself in the future?"
"Can't, we don't need to complicate things."
"Look into my eyes."
Chen Lusi didn't look at her fist, but stared into her eyes: "Come on, say it with me — I hate you, feel repulsed physically!"
Upon hearing the answer couldn't, Xia Panqiu instantly widened her eyes, her anger evident.
She stared at Chen Lusi's face, directly said: "I hate you!"
"...See, isn't this simple? No need to beat around the bush."
Chen Lusi nodded in satisfaction, released her and put her down, then said: "I will continue to stay in Celestial Strategy, accept your surveillance, you don't need to teach me the Technique, is that okay?"
Xia Panqiu widened her eyes again.
"Simple problems should be solved with simple solutions, just a word of hate, no need for all that hassle."
Chen Lusi reached out, helping her adjust the collar while saying: "Complicating things, especially such 'tests' that are so brain-dead, you know you can pretend, so aside from making everyone unhappy, making you seem like an idiot, what's the point? Psychological comfort? Or are you really stupid enough to think it works?"
"..."
Xia Panqiu bit her lower lip, glared at Chen Lusi, pushed his hand away.
"That's it, goodbye. Besides... I'm not Lu Hao."
Chen Lusi didn't mind, greeted goodbye, then left without looking back.
...
Chen Lusi left.
Xia Panqiu clenched her fist hard, turning her back to Li Tian and the middle-aged uncle, not knowing what she was thinking.
A few seconds later.
"..."
She suddenly raised her small fist, seemingly wanting to slam it down.
"Little Panqiu, this is the rooftop, below is the company," the middle-aged uncle hurriedly reminded her.
Xia Panqiu hesitated for a moment, turning around, intending to hit the wall.
The middle-aged uncle continued, "That's the elevator's machine room, and you wouldn't want to climb the stairs, right?"
Xia Panqiu paused again.
She lost patience and suddenly turned around, glaring at the middle-aged uncle, and ran over.
"Hey hey hey..."
Bang.
The middle-aged uncle was knocked down with a punch.
"Why do you talk so much? Do you think saying so much will make you live longer?" Xia Panqiu glared down at the middle-aged uncle, angrily said.
"Why take it out on me? It wasn't me who called you an idiot, and I've been telling you not to do this, but you didn't believe me."
"Try calling me an idiot one more time?"
"Don't be mad."
The middle-aged uncle shook his head with a smile, lying there, rubbing his face, and earnestly said, "Panqiu, although they're all blades, Chen Lusi is really not Lu Hao. Let's not talk about whether to pull the trigger... Bringing up Lu Hao and saying the opponent is the same as Lu Hao is really not right, go and apologize."
"..."
Xia Panqiu was silent for a moment upon hearing this, then firmly said, "I'm not wrong, Ah Yue randomly recruits people, and we will never know what the other party's moral standards are, there must be a corresponding screening mechanism... Otherwise, no one knows if they will turn into terrorists."
"Isn't that why I'm here? Do you think I came back just to put on a show with you?"
The middle-aged uncle looked a bit helpless, "Panqiu, ask yourself, do you really think you're right? Did you really not treat Chen Lusi as someone else?"
"..."
Xia Panqiu lowered her head slightly, this time saying nothing, remaining silent.
She stood there for a long while before she finally asked, "Did you just guide Chen Lusi?"
The middle-aged uncle chuckled dryly.
"..."
Xia Panqiu looked up, glared at him, bit her lower lip, and directly turned and left.
The middle-aged uncle watched her leave, then got up with a cheerful smile, dusting off his clothes.
"This... senior."
Li Tian approached at this moment, asking with concern, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, and there's no need to call me senior."
The middle-aged uncle looked at him and smiled amiably, "Just call me Wu You."
"Okay, Brother Wu You."
Li Tian agreed readily, and then hesitated for a moment, couldn't help his curiosity, and asked, "May I ask, who is Lu Hao?"
"Lu Hao..."
Wu You heard this and revealed a nostalgic expression, "A member of the original Celestial Strategy's third team, a genius, the developer of the genius technique Traceless Blade. I originally thought he could ride the wave with Celestial Strategy and enjoy a good life, but unfortunately, he defected in the end..."
"Traceless Blade?" Li Tian asked with some surprise.
"Do you want to learn?" Wu You glanced at his expression, suddenly smiled, and took out a coin from his pocket, tossing it lightly.
"I want to..." Li Tian replied instinctively.
Wu You continued to ask softly, "Then what do you want to do after learning it?"
"I want to rise above others, I want to make money." Li Tian's gaze followed the coin tossed by Wu You, continuing to reply.
Wu You maintained his smile and asked again, "So it's just anyone you don't like, you cut them down, right? And if you don't have money, you just rob, right?"
"I... no."
Li Tian shuddered, refocusing his gaze on Wu You's stubbled face, and nervously said, "No, did I say something just now?"
"You said nothing."
Wu You sighed, put away the coin, patted Li Tian's shoulder lightly, and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous, I won't do anything to you. I'm just a worker, to use a term you young people understand... corporate slave, yes, corporate slave, do you understand?"
"You just saw it, just because Little Panqiu is the niece of the boss, I'm outraged but unable to say anything. Because of a beating, I couldn't even fart, so we're on the same side."
"You're a senior, I was a bit childish just now, might have said something wrong."
Li Tian shook his head, then said with dignity, "Sorry."
"...Alright then."
Wu You was a little disappointed, withdrawing his hand.
Li Tian heaved a sigh of relief.
"However..."
Wu You suddenly turned the conversation, "You actually just wanted to pull the trigger, right? Wanted to try, or something, right?"
Li Tian was startled.
"Hehehe, that's the intuition of an old corporate slave."
Wu You laughed at him and turned to leave, waving his hand, "Don't be afraid, we judge actions, not intentions. You're fine."