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An Qingyu went to great lengths to explain her abilities and background, demonstrating her sincerity.

However, Fifth Star Bell still refused.

“I have no interest in the truth of the world, I am not curious, and I do not want to know. Protecting the world has nothing to do with me. My power is very small. The only children I want to protect are the children in this orphanage. Go find other people to team up with.”

An Qingyu was not surprised by this; he hadn't expected the other party to join so easily.

"Senior, please don't rush to refuse. Please let me finish what I have to say."

“I have investigated your past. You started out in a happy family and had a wonderful childhood, at least until you were six years old.”

But everything changed after your mother suffered a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, which resulted in lifelong infertility…

Before the age of six, Fifth Star Bell's childhood was the same as that of ordinary children, or even much better; her parents were very wealthy.

However, there is one thing: both families are extremely sexist.

At first, she didn't receive much unfair treatment when she was born. After all, whether a child is a boy or a girl depends on luck. It doesn't matter if the first one isn't a boy, or it's just good if it's a girl.

Having experience in raising a first child will help you better raise a second or third son to adulthood.

Therefore, Fifth Star Bell received almost meticulous care and education when she was a child.

When she was six years old, her mother suffered a miscarriage and was diagnosed by doctors as possibly being unable to have children for the rest of her life.

From then on, as time went by, arguments began to slowly break out in the once happy and harmonious family, and the conflict even gradually spread to her when she was six or seven years old.

Even her original grandparents and maternal grandparents began to dislike the child, and some even said that she was a jinx who had caused the death of her unborn younger brother.

The initial care vanished completely within six months, accompanied by the confirmed results of various maternal examinations, and Fifth Star Bell's treatment seemed to have gone from heaven to hell.

Perhaps that care never existed in the first place; all relatives were merely "experimenting" on themselves.

That love doesn't belong to her, but to her future brother.

But the young Fifth Star Bell didn't understand.

She didn't understand why her original parents started getting angry, complaining, and beating her all the time, and her kind grandparents were even more unwilling to see her.

She thought she had done something wrong, or that her parents were in a bad mood lately. She tried her best to be obedient, smart, and diligent in her studies, hoping that this would make her parents happy.

But the beautiful memories of the past never returned, and the family was ultimately shattered. In the end, she was covered in wounds and no one in the family wanted to take her in.

Inside the Civil Affairs Bureau, she could only timidly squat on the ground, hiding in a corner under the protection of the policewoman.

Despite having living parents, she was reduced to being taken away by the orphanage director. And the property, paid in a lump sum as part of her legal obligation to support her.

Her trauma remained unhealed for a long time, and even when couples wanted to adopt her, they ultimately had no choice but to give up.

"In a nearly completely closed world, you get through each day by self-hypnosis and fantasy, and you hardly trust anyone anymore, except for other children in the orphanage and the elderly couple who brought you to the orphanage."

"Am I right?"

Fifth Star Bell frowned deeply. At this moment, she felt that the face in front of her, which was clearly refined and handsome, was quite annoying. After all, no one likes the feeling of having their scars exposed.

Is it some strange fetish of yours to reopen old wounds? Or is it that you benefit from making me angry?

Fifth Star Bell weighed the hot oil ladle in her hand. Of course, she wouldn't actually throw hot oil on the other person just because of what they said about the past.

Just as An Qingyu said, she wouldn't let her guard down with any strangers, and even now he didn't completely believe An Qingyu's stated purpose.

"No, my purpose is certainly not to reopen old wounds, but to heal a wound, one must first see the wound clearly, right?"

An Qingyu adjusted his glasses, indicating that this was the rigorous and serious attitude he needed as a scholar in his pursuit of knowledge.

"Now I'm going to talk about the important part."

"Senior, I don't know when it happened, or even if it was just a fleeting feeling of affection, but you actually developed feelings for that Mr. Lin Linhou, right?"

"Perhaps it's the sunshine, perhaps it's redemption, perhaps it's sincerity, perhaps it's simply because he's reached this age, perhaps it's just that he's handsome, perhaps it's the irresistible deliciousness, or perhaps it's curiosity..."

"The reasons may be very complex or very simple, so I won't analyze them in detail; it's pointless."

"But this feeling makes you subconsciously give yourself a reason to get closer."

"But soon, after realizing the gap between the two of you, you instinctively backed down, or rather, it wasn't entirely due to instinct, but because you were smart enough."

"Due to childhood trauma, you tend to habitually consider all possibilities and outcomes, carefully choosing the safest or most acceptable route."

“I even went through your exam papers and grades at the academy. I discovered something even more interesting: all your exams and even your assignments were deliberately graded lower, very precisely and naturally.”

"Ordinary people, even teachers, wouldn't notice that you're trying so hard to be invisible in the crowd."

“But I found several practice books that you did in private at a recycling center, and your answers were almost all correct.”

"All your past experiences have forced you to develop a very high IQ. If you wanted, you could have achieved a level in school that was no less than mine, but you don't want to stand out and attract attention."

"Senior, although you have courage in your heart, you also have more cowardice and inferiority complex, and you still do now."

"Even if you meet someone you like, you don't dare to admit it or pursue them. Even if you have the opportunity, you will give it up after thinking it over. Escaping has become your instinct."

"And you yourself are perfectly aware of this."

Fifth Star Bell: (' - ' * )……

Fifth Star Bell now wanted to throw a spoonful of hot oil at him; this person was really annoying.

Having torn away the scars of the past, are you planning to tear away the present ones as well?

But An Qingyu continued talking.

"But have you ever thought about this, senior? Love and affection are always blind, and anyone can easily get hurt by them."

“I also investigated that Mr. Lin, and the results proved that he was a pitiful person who had no past history and no parents, except for studying and research.”

"I'm sure you can tell from what I've heard, that he's probably just as clueless about relationships, and might even be easily deceived."

At this point in An Qingyu's speech, Fifth Star Bell probably already understood what he meant.

Both of them are intelligent people, so there's no need for them to explain much.

Fifth Star Bell's eyes began to show conflict.

This means that the other party is almost certain to fall in love with one or more people in the future, and by backing down, you are giving that opportunity to some completely random potential targets.

Emotions, especially love, are inherently highly irrational and blind.

This means that Mr. Lin, who is somewhat naive and clueless, is very likely to experience heartbreak from unscrupulous women in this world, and the probability of this is extremely high.

After all, given Mr. Lin's qualities, he would definitely attract countless women with impure motives.

In a sense, one's own escape actually pushes the other person into another fire.

If you choose to pursue it, even if the final result isn't the best, it certainly won't be the worst.

After all, in society, you can believe in your own goodness, but you can't gamble on the goodness of others.

As the ancients said: "After accomplishing one's task, one should dust off one's clothes and leave without leaving behind one's name or reputation."

It means that even if you do a good deed, you should run away quickly, otherwise you may be punished by the government, extorted, or even lose your life.

In today's society, with surveillance cameras everywhere, there are still so many people who stage accidents to extort money; how much more so in ancient times?

Let alone ancient times, even now, are there fewer wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice?

The person who discovered the accident scene was executed.

He was imprisoned for 20 years without any explanation simply because he was passing by the crime scene.

Helping an elderly person resulted in losing everything.

Saving lives and healing the wounded can lead to online harassment or medical disputes, and so on.

Fifth Star Bell understands best that one should never gamble on the kindness of strangers.

So, regarding her feelings for Mr. Lin...

The best choice is to actively pursue it, rather than run away from it.

Even something as basic as this, could you at least screen the women the other person might meet in the future, or do some screening?

How to keep bad women away? ...

An Qingyu looked at Fifth Star Bell, who was deep in thought, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Thinking to myself that I had made the right bet, this senior student really did have feelings for that Mr. Lin.

Fifth Star Bell was still unaware that she herself was also caught in an irrational emotional vortex.

The smarter a person is, the more likely they are to fall into an endless cycle of self-management once the seeds of emotion unexpectedly sprout in their heart.

They will also forcefully give reasonable explanations for all their thoughts and actions.

This was exactly the result he had hoped for, so that he would have countless legitimate reasons to invite the other party to join his "underground party" research team.

It's a pity that such amazing abilities belong to a kind-hearted, innocent, and pitiful senior.

If only it were a fugitive.

You can dissect and study the other party yourself.

……

Before she knew it, more than ten minutes had passed, and Fifth Star Bell finally broke free from her tangled emotions.

"Okay, I accept your team invitation."

Fifth Star Bell's eyes hardened. This time, she chose to try and stop running away, even if the outcome might not be the most acceptable one she had predicted.

"Senior, you made a wise choice."

Of course, this does not mean that Fifth Star Bell has let down her guard against An Qingyu, as can be seen from the fact that she never put down the hot oil ladle and the kitchen knife.

An Qingyu didn't mind, left her contact information with Fifth Star Bell, and then turned and left.

Their "underground organization" was thus simply established.