Chapter 21 (1/2)
Chapter 21
Watchmen Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Breaking through Boundaries
The night got darker, and the office had sunk into silence. Only the sound of Jiu Jie's deep breaths and the sound of the rain outside could be heard.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen locked her eyes onto his, not moving an inch. Her eyes were clear and peaceful, like a jade-green ripple of spring water that peacefully flowed with deep emotions.
As if he was under her influence, Jiu Jie's violent mood had slowly calmed, the conflict in his heart also slowly stopped.
Jiu Jie breathed in deeply and was the first to look away from Gu s.h.i.+ Chen's stare. He asked calmly, ”You say that you're here to help me? What do you want to help me with?”
”Of course, it's to help you obtain all the things you urgently need.” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen replied placidly.
”What do I urgently need?” Jiu Jie questioned.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen opened her mouth and spat out the word word, ”Power!”
”Power?”
”That's right, power, enough to exact your vengeance.”
When Jiu Jie heard her declaration, a flash of coldness appeared in his eyes, his eyebrows unwittingly knitting together.
”So many years have pa.s.sed and your red book has only reached the third page. Do you not feel anxious? Do you not thirst for power? Don't you want to reach the highest stage a Watchman can reach? Don't you want to know the truth about that night?”
Even though Gu s.h.i.+ Chen's intonation was unhurried, every word she spoke hit right into Jiu Jie's weak point.
”What exactly do you know?”Jiu Jie made an effort to restrain himself, so he could be as calm as possible.
”What I know is not important. What's important is the power I can give you.”
”What kind of power can you give me then?” Jiu Jie followed up.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen smiled, saying softly, ”I can give you the power to break through boundaries.”
”I don't understand what you mean.” Jiu Jie knitted his eyebrows.
”Jiu Jie, have you never found it weird? You obviously have such a strong Li Bi Duo, but your entrance into dreamland is very slow, and you're still only an apprentice Watchman.”
”What are you trying to say?”
”You don't feel it? You've been restricted, your power has been repressed. No matter how strong your Li Bi Duo is, if you continue this way; in three years, five years, or even ten years later, you will still be an apprentice Watchman. Your red book will only have three pages.”
Jiu Jie was speechless after he heard that. Using what he knew of the past five years, he felt that Gu s.h.i.+ Chen was right.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen continued, ”I want to help you by breaking your restrictions and your boundaries until you reach the level where you should be at with your current abilities.”
Jiu Jie lowered his head and didn't reply, engrossed in his own thoughts. He hesitatingly said, ”If what you're saying is true, what do you plan to do?”
”Jiu Jie, do you believe me?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen stared directly at him and asked.
Jiu Jie met her gaze and they stared at each other for a split second, before he slowly nodded his head.
”That's good,” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen stood up and held out her hand, saying to Jiu Jie, ”Pa.s.s me your red book.”
Jiu Jie was stunned. He didn't know why she would suddenly ask for such a thing. However, he only hesitated for a little bit before he pa.s.sed the red book to her.
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”Since you believe me, then no matter what I do from now on, don't stop me okay?” Gu s.h.i.+ Chen said.
Jiu Jie silently nodded, not knowing why his heart suddenly seized.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen's left hand grabbed onto a c
orner of the red book and paused in mid-air. Her right hand fished out a lighter. She started up the lighter and set the red book on fire.
Jiu Jie suffered a huge shock, anxiously asking, ”What are you doing!? Hurry up and stop!”
Saying so, he stretched out his hand and went to s.n.a.t.c.h the red book back.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen coldly glanced at him, calmly asking, ”Have you so quickly forgotten what you promised me just now?”
Jiu Jie's body froze, his outstretched hand just hung there.
At this time, the fire had devoured the whole book. Gu s.h.i.+ Chen held onto one corner, her wrist always moving, as she switched the positions in order to avoid being burned.
Jiu Jie stood there foolishly, his eyes reflecting only the burning red book. He was in a daze, his mind empty. He didn't even know whether it was Gu s.h.i.+ Chen who was crazy, or he himself that was crazy.
The red book looked thin, but it burned very long. It burned until the pages became black ashes, slowly floating to the ground. In a blink of an eye, the ashes had piled up into a twenty centimeter high pile.
After the red book had been completely burnt up, Gu s.h.i.+ Chen opened her fingers, letting the last piece of paper carry a small ember, and slowly descend. It burnt up before it reached the ground, becoming a piece of ash, and gently landing on the floor.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen lightly clapped her hands, her face completely calm.
”That's the end?” Jiu Jie dazedly asked.
Gu s.h.i.+ Chen nodded. ”Yes, it's done. Your restraints have been broken.”
”It's that simple?”
”It's that simple.”