Wait, why is this blond guy a lolicon?

Jiang Ling reached out and pushed open the cold door.

Step in.

The surrounding scenery suddenly froze.

There were no bizarre and fantastical scenes like in my previous dreams, no dramatic and unpredictable plots, only boundless darkness and gloom, shrouded in a deathly chill.

It surged in from all directions, a bone-chilling cold.

Suddenly, a lone streetlamp lit up in the darkness in the distance.

In the pale light, a small figure was crouching, with a delicate and short build, which was Youyou, who looked like a primary school student.

She buried her face in her knees, her shoulders trembling, like a kitten abandoned by the whole world.

"Youyou?!" Jiang Ling's heart tightened, and she blurted out.

He ran quickly toward the light.

But no matter how fast he runs.

The distance between him and that small figure under the streetlight.

It has not shortened by even a fraction.

"Waaah... Daddy..." Xiao Youyou's suppressed sobs drifted to his ears on the cold wind.

boom--

Like an old slideshow being played, the shattered images suddenly exploded before his eyes.

The drunken truck driver gripped the steering wheel, fatigue and alcohol numbing his senses.

The fully loaded truck, like an out-of-control steel behemoth, crashed straight into the white sedan coming from the opposite direction.

The entire vehicle was instantly crushed.

Bystanders took photos with their phones and uploaded the accident scene to the internet.

The man's stomach was ripped open by a piece of metal, his intestines spilling out onto the ground. The lucky charm his daughter had given him, hanging on the hood of his car, was now broken.

Another fragment of the image came into view.

In a cramped corner of the classroom, a thin little girl was surrounded by a group of classmates.

Her desk was covered in graffiti, and her chair was thrown next to a trash can in the hallway.

The girl in the lead kicked Youyou and laughed mockingly, "Youyou, I heard your dad died."

"Who told him to check our karaoke bar every day... Good riddance, good riddance..."

With red eyes, Xiao Youyou gritted her teeth and stood up to resist, but was pinned down to the cold floor by several people.

Her resistance angered the other person, who slapped Xiao Youyou across the face and deliberately made a gesture of clutching her stomach: "I heard your father was like this before he died, hahaha, clutching his stomach and yelling loudly..."

"Ugh, don't even mention it, it's disgusting to think about. I've seen it before, the intestines were spilling out, it lay on the ground howling like a dead dog, and died in no time..."

"Hahahaha, you're dead, you're dead! You'll never have a father again, you orphan! An orphan without a father!"

Xiao Youyou punched Gu Meizi in the face, making her scream in pain: "You bastard, how dare you hit me! I'm going to tell the teacher, I'm going to find my mom..."

The scene changed again.

Snapped--

The crisp, loud sound of a slap echoed through the quiet classroom.

In front of the whole class and the other parent, Mrs. Yan slapped Xiao Youyou hard across the face, her face full of a fawning smile, but she was yelling at her daughter:

"Apologize to Meizi right now!"

Gu Meizi's mother held her crying daughter tightly and carefully applied ice to her face, not even sparing the mother and daughter a glance.

Amidst everyone's strange looks, Xiao Youyou apologized while crying.

Jiang Ling: ……

"Waaaaah... Mom, that's Dad's compensation money, you can't gamble with it..."

"Hmph, get out of here, get out of here! I've fed you enough, you're already being generous! Get out, get out!"

……

"Damn it, I lost money again, Youyou, it's all your fault! You're so unlucky, just seeing you annoys me and ruins my luck!"

……

Those days, filled with tears and malice, lasted for three years of primary school and six years of secondary school.

The little girl who used to laugh and fold lucky charms for her father has gradually wrapped herself in a hard shell, turning into a little hedgehog covered in thorns, full of vigilance towards the whole world.

until……

"Jiang Ling, wait a minute," Yan Youyou called out to a classmate with dyed yellow hair, coldly saying:

"This is a club registration form. Please fill it out."

"Oh..." The muscular blond scratched the back of his head and took the club registration form.

At that moment, the surroundings were filled with boundless darkness and cold.

Finally, a sliver of bright, warm light quietly appeared.

—Uh…you can just call me Cardboard Knight.

"Are you alright, Youyou? Sorry I'm late..."

—Yes, I've found you a new job.

—Yoyo, let's eat lunch together.

—Don't be afraid, I'm here.

Forget about your mother, she's been brainwashed and turned into a complete monster!

—Youyou, kick her out of your life!

—If you don't mind...from now on, please let me interfere in your life on her behalf!

Each word is like a tiny glimmer of light.

Little by little, they gathered into a radiant light, completely illuminating the little girl who had been huddled in a dark corner for nine years.

At that moment, he finally understood the pain Youyou felt when she said, "You're all I have in my life..."

Yes.

Even without Youyou, my life still has Meiyu, Kexin, Ruyu, Alan, and the others...

But what about Youyou?

Throughout her life, he was the only one.

[Warning! Warning! The final layer of the dream carries ninety-nine times the mental pressure!]

Jiang Ling didn't rush to chase after the lonely, thin figure under the streetlight.

He stood there, closed his eyes, and began to rethink his feelings and responsibilities towards Youyou.

With his eyes closed, he walked steadily, step by step, toward that small figure.

The mental pressure of ninety-nine times caused him to bleed from his mouth and nose, the blood sliding down his jawline onto the pristine white sheets.

The Demon Soul was frantically adapting, but it still couldn't stop the bleeding.

Finally, he reached the small figure behind him, slowly and firmly extending his arms to embrace her, whispering:

"Youyou, no matter what happens, I will never leave you alone..."

"I love you, Youyou."