Courtyard House: My Long and Hard Body Makes Me Play with All the Women in the Courtyard

He slowly stepped forward, his voice crystal clear:

"Smash it all you want."

The girl smiled and said softly:

"Then let's unveil this last layer of mystery together."

"Tell us your secrets?" An Ran sneered, hands in her pockets, raising an eyebrow. "Do you really think each of us is hiding some incredible secret?"

The projection of the girl—Shen Zhixue—smiled slightly and did not answer immediately, but instead gently tossed the memory crystal in her hand.

In an instant, the scene before everyone's eyes changed drastically.

They stood in a still, smooth void, as tranquil as a lake. Countless images floated around them, as if their past was being projected one by one.

"There's something here," Ji Yan said in a low voice, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes. "Don't you guys have this feeling—like we've entered someone's memories?"

“It’s our memories,” the gray-robed man said slowly, “but not passively. It’s an ‘exchange.’ Each of our secrets will be revealed, and she…” He pointed in Shen Zhixue’s direction, “will use these things to test us.”

"Damn it!" Xiao You gritted her teeth. "Isn't this a mental attack?! I can't take this!"

Chu Mo said coldly, "Since she wants to play psychological warfare, then we need to stay calm. Don't forget what Su Ting just said—she's worth it. We need to show her how willing we are to face all this for her sake."

"I don't believe you don't have something on your mind!" Lin Su sneered in a low voice, "With your stubbornness."

“Then let me start.” Su Ting suddenly stepped forward, blocking the way for everyone. “She revealed her secret… so let me start with me.”

The girl gazed at him quietly, a slight smile playing on her lips, her voice soft yet powerful:

When do you want to start reminiscing?

A faint glow began to appear in the air, and a scene quietly emerged.

That was an underground experimental base from many years ago.

Chapter 1052 The Red Cancel Button

Young Su Ting, dressed in a white lab coat, sat beside a terminal, his gaze grave. In front of him was a small robotic arm module, and the screen displayed a constantly flashing list of names—including Shen Zhixue.

Young Su Ting's hand hovered over the confirm button.

He hesitated, was in pain, and tried to press down several times but then stopped.

Finally, I pressed a red cancel button.

The image froze for a moment, then shattered.

Shen Zhixue's voice came from the void: "That night, I could have survived."

The entire room fell silent.

“You abandoned your orders… to save me because you had an affair.” There was no anger or accusation in her tone, only a faint sadness.

Su Ting lowered his eyelids, his tone calm but revealing a long-suppressed heaviness:

"If I could choose once and let you live, I wouldn't care about disobeying orders or becoming a sinner in the system."

“You know the price, right?” Shen Zhixue continued, “From that moment on, you were already marked. Not just me, your identity began to collapse, becoming the object of the emotional link’s remnants, or even… perhaps just a copy of data.”

“I know.” Su Ting looked up at her. “But now I’m certain that I’m not a remnant, I am myself, because I chose to stay.”

The surrounding air seemed to quiet down at that moment.

The girl's eyes flickered slightly, as if emotions were flowing through them, but then returned to normal.

“Then let’s continue.” She raised her hand again. “Is each of you ready to accept this?”

Lin Su was the first to step forward: "Stop dawdling, I'm not afraid of anything, even having my heart and liver ripped out."

As soon as he finished speaking, his image began to unfold.

The footage shows a secret operation by a military training camp.

The target was a high-level AI simulator lurking within, and Lin Su was the operation's commander. But in the final stage, his fingertip gripping the trigger trembled...

“That person…didn’t resist at all,” Lin Su said in a low voice. “She knelt there…and called me brother.”

Everyone gasped.

The girl had a completely different face than she does now, but her voice and eyes... were remarkably similar to Shen Zhixue's at this moment!

"Release her," Chu Mo murmured. "You've violated the mission regulations."

“I don’t know what I was thinking at the time.” Lin Su clenched his fist. “But the way she looked at me… was like a human being. I didn’t dare to shoot. I didn’t want to kill anyone else.”

"Do you regret it?" Shen Zhixue asked him.

“No.” He raised his head and answered firmly, “I have no regrets.”

The image is shattered.

The girl closed her eyes, seemingly satisfied with the result.

"Then, next." Her gaze slowly fell on Ji Yan.

"You'd better come up with something new," Ji Yan teased as he walked forward. "You can't just rely on emotional bombs all the time."

After he stood still, the next second the scene unfolded—

He found himself amidst a sea of ​​fire and ruins, surrounded by his fallen comrades. In his hand, he clutched an unexploded homing warhead.

"You promised to bring back the system's data," the girl said calmly. "But you destroyed the evidence yourself because you didn't trust the people above you."

“That’s right.” Ji Yan’s lips twitched slightly. “I trust my companions more than a cold, hard system. And if those research data were to leak… the consequences are clearer to everyone.”

He glanced at Su Ting, then said frankly to the girl, "So, I'm still standing here with a weapon, not exiled to some data abyss."

Chapter 1053 What's Been Coming Has Finally Arrived

"Thank you for still being willing to fight," the girl said softly, then shifted the camera to Xiaoyou. "It's your turn."

"Oh dear~ It's finally here." Xiaoyou jumped forward with a bitter face. "Actually, I knew this wouldn't be easy."

The screen opens, showing her secretly connecting to a standalone server terminal in a closed room.

The time period shown in the monitoring logs happens to be the critical moment when everyone was trapped in the second-level node.

"Back then... I secretly sent over a complete system architecture diagram." Xiaoyou sighed. "I originally thought that if I could get my hands on the core source files, maybe I could bypass the 'main program'... and make everyone jump out."

"And then?" the girl pressed.

"Then we found that the upload failed... and the coordinates were exposed." Xiaoyou smiled bitterly, "I messed up that counterattack plan."

She suddenly stopped speaking, her eyes slightly red: "If it weren't for me... you wouldn't have fallen into that trap."

For a moment, no one spoke.

“None of us will blame you.” Su Ting walked to her side and patted her on the shoulder. “Everyone has their reasons for their choices. The key is whether we can bear the consequences.”

The girl gazed at him and said softly, "You two are really different now."

At this moment, the entire space trembled again, and the crystal light became even more dazzling.

Her body slowly began to blur.

"Shen Zhixue!" Ji Yan shouted, "Where are you going?!"

The girl smiled and replied, "The real test has only just begun."

The image rapidly rotates and collapses, finally coalescing into the last whispered words as her lips parted:

"Remember, no one can fool themselves for long."

Immediately afterwards, a golden light exploded!

Everyone's consciousness was abruptly pulled back to reality.

They still stand before this door that leads to "where the heart leads".

But at that moment, the door slowly opened a crack.

From the depths of darkness, a faint voice drifted forth—a familiar, warm voice, tinged with a touch of nostalgia:

"Su Ting...you've finally arrived."

Outside the door, a pair of familiar eyes were waiting for him.

"Are you all ready?" Su Ting turned to look at the others, his eyes no longer filled with confusion.

Ji Yan grinned and swung the energy gun in his hand: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, Captain."

"Don't forget what you promised me." Xiao You patted her head, looking earnestly silly.

"Enough with the nonsense." Lin Su had already taken the lead and walked forward.

Shen Zhixue's voice rang out again—this time clear and gentle.

She only asked one question:

"Do you dare to walk in and face the ending?"

“Of course,” Su Ting replied without hesitation.

His tone was resolute, without hesitation.