["Empathy" confirmed.】

"Consciousness connection is being established..."

It was pitch black.

Consciousness seems to fall into the bottomless sea, swallowed by the cold sea water, there is no sound, no picture, and no one around.

Suddenly a slender white light flooded into her eyes, the light was so strong that she couldn't keep her eyes open.

Bai Shuang lowered her eyelashes in a conditioned reflex, and a painful sob came from her ear.

When he opened his eyes again, another scene appeared around him.

This is a humble house.

The living room was small, with mottled walls, wooden chairs and wooden tables in the center, and water stains from unknown sources permeated the ceiling, showing large patches of blue ash.

Baishuangxing was keenly aware that the tone here was very dark.

A round of sun is clearly hanging outside the window, but the whole world is gray and it is difficult to see the colors.

In such an environment, even she couldn't help but feel fear and depression from the bottom of her heart.

Turning his gaze again, after passing the piled socks on the floor, a few broken wine bottles, and a few dirty and cheap tops, Baishuangxing saw three figures.

It was Jiang Yu, Jiang Mian, two brothers and sisters, and their alcoholic father.

"Fuck, she actually ran away!"

The man got angry, the veins on his forehead popped up, and his mouth was full of obscenities.

As if wanting to vent all the unhappiness and resentment in his heart, he raised his fist while cursing.

Jiang Mian in the corner subconsciously protected her head, and the moment her fist fell, another figure stood in front of her.

It's the elder brother Jiang Yu.

The grown man was strong, and his fist landed heavily on the child's face, causing Jiang Yue to fall to the ground in embarrassment.

He was like a wild beast, showing no signs of stopping.

"What's the use of giving birth to you and raising you? Fuck!"

The beatings fell again and again, and the man's voice was harsh and harsh: "Your mother ran away because of you two burdens! I worked hard to earn money to support you, but you, the three of you all look down on me, don't you?"

It's a completely trumped-up charge.

Bai Shuangxing remembered what her neighbors told her, that the reason why the woman left was because she couldn't bear the torture and insults day after day.

The man in front of him didn't reflect on his own mistakes, but blamed the two innocent children here. It's really...

Poor work.

Bai Shuangxing looked angry and took a step forward to stop him, but his right hand passed through the man's body like air.

This is Jiang Mian's existing memory and cannot be tampered with.

"Burden, lose money, damn it!"

"Okay, she ran away, let me take care of you two!"

"What to look at, why to cry! You know how to cry all day long!"

The unbearable cursing never stopped, Jiang Mian rushed forward crying, blocked a slap for his brother, followed by another kick by the man.

Very subtly, as the girl suffered more and more injuries, Bai Shuangxing's heart ached more and more.

She vaguely understood.

The name of this branch skill is "empathy", which not only allows her to see the memory of the person she uses, but also helps her understand the other person's feelings.

The pain in the heart is indescribable, dull, depressing, difficult to breathe, accompanied by a tearing feeling all over the limbs, piercing the body continuously.

Because it was so sad and desperate, for a moment, Bai Shuangxing almost shed tears.

The man was tired from the beating, and dragged his unsteady body back to the room.

Jiang Mian's condition was better. Enduring the pain, he got up and gently helped his brother on the ground.

The life of this family is very tight, and the two children cannot afford good medicine, so they can only save money again and again, and apply iodophor on the wound carefully and cherishingly.

They are incredibly familiar with the movements of rubbing the medicine. don't know how many times they have been beaten.

The little girl was standing by the window holding a cotton swab, her slender eyelashes flickering like a small fan, covering the faint light in her eyes.

After a while, Jiang Mian asked timidly, "Brother, why do Mom and Dad hate us?"

She lowered her head and choked up a little: "...Mom doesn't want us anymore. Are we really burdened and money-losing goods?"

The boy with a bruised nose and a swollen face was taken aback when he heard this.

He was just a child, he couldn't say comforting words, he thought for a long time in silence, and finally spoke in a gentle voice.

"Of course not."

Jiang Yu said: "Mom is afraid of Dad, that's why she left. Do you remember? She cries every night."

He was less than ten years old, his whole body was skinny, and his face had the unique childishness of a child, like a thin grass.

But his eyes are very serious: "When we grow up a bit, let's go too."

Jiang Mian looked up in astonishment.

"We're too young now to make any money."

Jiang Yu wiped off the blood on his face: "When we leave here, I'll go to work, and you continue to study, so no one will beat us up."

He pursed his lips and said in a weak but firm tone, "You are my sister, not a burden."

Jiang Mian stared at him in a daze. Although he didn't make a sound, Bai Shuangxing could clearly feel the pain in his heart from the "empathy".

It was a little surprise, a little joy, and a lot of longings full of expectations.

"We can work together and study together."

Jiang Mian spoke softly, looking up at the sun in the sky: "Brother, other people in our class, will their parents beat them like this?"

"do not know."

"Well……"

Jiang Mian said, "I took a peek at their necks and hands, and they were all clean."

Unlike them, who have blue and purple scars all year round.

The girl puts her chin on her hands.

She was very interested in Jiang Yu's words, and couldn't help thinking about it: "When we leave here, we can wear short-sleeved clothes in summer."

Even children less than ten years old have their own self-esteem.

She didn't tell her classmates about the family affairs, and even in the hottest summer, she always wore a long-sleeved top to cover up the bruises on her hands.

Jiang Yu also smiled.

Bai Shuangxing didn't know much about him, he just thought that he was a handsome and introverted kid who didn't talk much, and in the few times he met, he never smiled.

This was the first time, like all innocent children, Jiang Yue raised the corners of his mouth.

"And amusement parks, zoos—"

He thought of something, blinked his eyes: "Movie theater."

Jiang Mian: "Cinema?"

The elementary school holds a spring outing every year, and they have been to both the amusement park and the zoo once.

As for the cinema, the two children have only seen it from a distance in the street.

For their parents, instead of spending money to go to the movie theater, it is better to sit comfortably in front of the TV at home and tune to the movie channel.

"Aren't they all discussing recently? The new movie."

Jiang Yu smiled: "Yesterday you also said you wanted to see it."

The girl nodded immediately: "Yeah!"

Bai Shuangxing stood quietly aside, feeling her mood at this moment.

The dull pain faded away, as if the cold winter was no longer there, and the sharp edges and corners of the sharp ice melted little by little, leaving a puddle of clear spring water.

A captivating bird struggles out, curious about the world and eager to poke its head out.

What would it be like in a movie theater, she wondered?A huge screen is placed across the wall. How is it different from home?

And movies—

What kind of movie will they see?Comedy, cartoon, or...um, horror?

This is an ordinary child who couldn't be more ordinary.

If you don't know the ending, at this moment, Bai Shuangxing might feel a little happy for her.

Everything saw next gradually coincided with the known story.

The gambler's alcoholic father loses everything, and agrees to a deal with Baili for money.

The girl still remembered the elder sister who gave her the Band-Aid. Out of gratitude and shyness, she used the last bit of pocket money to buy a delicate letterhead, and carefully wrote down what she wanted to say to her.

It's a pity couldn't send it out.

When being sent to the basement by the landlord, Jiang Mian was crying.

After a transition like a bad movie, the scene came to a dark room.

Jiang Mian was tied to a chair and his lips were sealed with tape. He could only hear indistinct whimpers, and his eyes were full of tears.

In front of her stood the wrinkled Baili.

Bai Shuangxing closed his eyes.

Jiang Mian was afraid.

She was too young to understand why her father would easily abandon her, nor why the woman in front of her raised a knife at her.

Bai Shuang didn't even look at the scene in front of her, she could only feel dense pain like bugs, devouring her, leaving boundless despair in vain.

wrong.

...and hatred and resentment.

She hated the couple who gave birth to her, and also hated this stranger who kept torturing her.

She wanted to leave home, she wanted to wear normal short-sleeved clothes in the summer, she wanted to go to the cinema with her brother for the first time in her life—

Jiang Mian wants to live.

The moment she closed her eyes, she was not afraid of death, but felt a little sad that too many things had not been realized in time.

Bai Shuangxing stood there for a long time.

When all the noises in her ears disappeared, she finally raised her head and looked away from the ground.

Baili disappeared at some point, leaving only her and Jiang Mian sitting on the chair in the whole room.

The difference from before was that Jiang Mian's face was pale, her eyes were dull, and her eyes were as black as ink, looking coldly in her direction.

Jiang Mian could see her.

It was no longer the illusory fragments of memories, what was in front of her at this moment was the remnant soul that really belonged to Jiang Mian.

Frankly speaking, the girl looks a little scary.

The simple, cheap top was soaked in blood and turned a shocking red.

Jiang Mian's eyes were empty, staring straight at her. On her paper-like pale and thin face, there were several streaks of blood like worms.

Bai Shuangxing looked at her calmly and walked forward slowly.

The moment she stepped forward, she saw a confused look in Jiang Mian's eyes.

The girl couldn't figure it out.

Under such circumstances, how could anyone come to her without hesitation?Isn't she afraid of death?Isn't she afraid of these disgusting bloodshots?

Isn't she afraid of her?

Bai Shuang walked lightly and stopped in front of the girl.

Jiang Mian was sitting on the chair, so she squatted down so that her eyes were barely level with the other party.

Li Gui is born with hatred for human beings. When Jiang Mian looked at her, his eyes were dark and oppressive.

Bai Shuangxing just smiled: "Do you still remember me?"

of course remember.

The weak soul pursed its lips and said nothing.

It was an indescribable feeling, inexplicably, she always felt that Bai Shuangxing was different from others.

This is a very beautiful young woman, probably not more than twenty years old, she has always spoken softly, with a very shallow smile.

Jiang Mian was thinking about what was different about her, and when she was in a daze, Bai Shuangxing said again: "I have read some psychological analysis."

This sentence appeared inexplicably, and the girl frowned blankly.

"Most of the sources of domestic violence come from the perpetrator's distorted self-esteem."

Bai Shuangxing said: "This kind of people often have low status in society, and they are often frustrated and scolded. When their self-esteem is hurt outside—"

In order to take care of the children's emotions, she said softly: "They are vulnerable and have low self-esteem, and they will satisfy themselves by venting violence against family members."

Jiang Mian was taken aback.

"The reason why he uses violent means to maintain his self-esteem is because apart from violence, he is a worthless waste."

Bai Shuangxing continued: "Incompetent, impulsive and irritable, self-centered, hitting walls everywhere in society outside the family - this is your father."

After she finished speaking, she smiled and blinked her eyes: "So, you are not burden. All the insults and accusations against you and your brother are just excuses for him to shirk responsibility, that's all."

There was a brief silence all around.

Jiang Mian looked at her in a daze, and suddenly realized that this was responding to the question she asked while crying in that memory just now.

Bai Shuangxing didn't avoid his gaze, and met her gaze directly.

In the White Night Forum, someone made speculations.

Every white night is the concretization of the consciousness of a person with resentment. The scenes, plots and challenge modes in the white night are closely related to that person's experience.

Judging from Jiang Mian's strong resentment, there is no doubt that she is the creator of this white night.

In this way, many settings can be explained.

Like the gut-wrenching ending of this movie.

In the real story, Jiang Mian did not meet anyone who was willing to lend a helping hand to her, and eventually died tragically under Baili's men, with lingering resentment for a long time.

After experiencing such a life, she will never believe in the so-called "good and evil are rewarded", "karma loop", and the happy ending that only appears in fantasy.

And the reason why I chose "Movie" as the background...

It was just a small, insignificant wish of a child.

After a brief silence, Bai Shuangxing looked into her eyes: "You want to go to the cinema and watch a movie with your family, right?"

Jiang Mian avoided her gaze: "...I don't think about it anymore."

Her voice was low, like a mosquito chirping: "Movies are all fake."

Everyone likes the stories of no disasters, no difficulties, and smooth wishes, but in real life, everything will not be so smooth.

Good people with good intentions are rarely rewarded, but evil people who do whatever it takes to achieve their goals can have everything they desire.

After experiencing such a life, watching a movie with a happy family will only feel ironic.

After listening to her without saying a word, Bai Shuangxing suddenly said, "When I went to get the painting, the bloodshot attack stopped for a second."

The bloodshot was controlled by Jiang Mian, and the moment of pause may symbolize the remaining reason and hope in the girl's heart.

"The note you wrote to me...I saw it."

Bai Shuangxing said, "Do you like magic?"

She said and smiled.

This smile was very light, like a gentle feather, and when it passed Jiang Mian's ear, it brought Bai Shuangxing's next sentence.

She said, "Do you want to... see a more exciting one?"

The girl looked dazed, Bai Shuangxing didn't say much, and slowly stretched out her right hand, with the palm facing Jiang Mian, and hooked her fingertips.

This is what it means for her to reach out.

Jiang Mian hesitated for a long time, but finally made up her mind, and gently put her index finger on her palm.

056's deafening shout suddenly sounded, apart from anger, there was also a little panic:

"Stop, stop! What are you trying to do?!"

Bai Shuangxing ignored it, and focused on the skill box in his mind.

[Send a contract application to "Jiang Mian" and invite "Jiang Mian" to become a family member?】

Select "Yes" for Hoarfrost.

After the contract was transmitted, she clearly saw the surprise on the girl's face.

"Hey, don't be so reckless! This is the ultimate boss in the White Night Challenge! If something goes wrong with her... the whole movie will go berserk!"

056 was almost mad: "Can you hear me? What are you trying to do!"

Bai Shuangxing ignored it and looked at Jiang Mian in front of him.

"Like magic, the reunion story in the movie actually needs some opportunities. Many times it seems to be a dead end, and only a little skill can turn the road around, and the so-called 'miracle' in the eyes of the world appears."

Jiang Mian stared blankly at her.

The place is dark and gloomy, full of despair everywhere, but Bai Shuangxing stands in it like a spotless sharp sword.

Gentle, quiet, but also possesses irreplaceable power, as if it can instantly break through all darkness and misery.

She has a pair of bewitching eyes.

"Ding dong!"

The system prompt sounds at an appropriate time.

【"Jiang Mian" has successfully signed the contract and is entering relevant information...】

"This is your first family, try to get along well with her!"

Bai Shuangxing lowered his eyes and nodded.

Jiang Mian was so badly injured that she almost lost her wits. It was impossible for her to seek revenge from Baili, nor could she seek justice from her father who pushed her into the fire pit.

But Hoarfrost can do it.

After signing the contract, she will get part of the abilities of her "family". She can do what Jiang Mian can't do, and she can avenge what Jiang Mian can't.

...It seems that this time, he is really going to be a villain.

The contract was completed, the space in all directions shook violently, and the blood surged and flowed to her side.

Not out of killing intent, but a kind of intimate swarming.

"The real ending of the movie—"

Bai Shuangxing smiled, brushed a thread of trembling blood with his fingertips, and stroked gently: "Want to go and see it with me?"