It wasn't until the deal fell through that I discovered all the young ladies were yanderes.

Su Yu snapped out of his daze, smiled, and went over to take Lin Qingmeng's small hand.

She nodded: "Of course you look good. You look good in anything. Let's go."

Lin Qingmeng took Su Yu's arm and rested her head on his shoulder, making it difficult for her to see Su Yu's expression and eyes.

Therefore, she naturally couldn't see that Su Yu's eyes were very calm now. Just a moment ago, his eyes were full of amazement, but now they were like a stagnant pool, without any emotion.

Just moments ago, when Lin Qingmeng took his hand, his eyes were filled with love and joy, but in an instant, his gaze changed to this, as if the person from before was not him at all.

It was as if she never evoked any emotions in him.

Both of them seemed to have their own worries, and it was unclear how this meal would turn out. Although they were both smiling, there was no real joy in their eyes.

One is a passionate, almost obsessive, love.

one…

He himself didn't know what emotion he was feeling.

Rather, it's more like... a lack of emotion...

7 Machine

Lin Qingmeng and Su Yu chose a window seat, which was a floor-to-ceiling window, so they could see the city's night view with just a slight turn of their heads.

On the table were some dishes that Lin Qingmeng had carefully selected. These dishes all had one thing in common: they were very expensive, really expensive. So expensive that Su Yu couldn't bear to swallow them.

Lin Qingmeng, sitting opposite Su Yu, seemed quite at ease, chewing her food while looking at the night view outside, but her eyes kept drifting towards Su Yu.

It seemed that she was shy. Every time Su Yu glanced at her, she would quickly look away and continue to pretend to look at the night view.

Because Lin Qingmeng was rich and capricious, the lights were not turned on. They were surrounded by candles, which illuminated their vision so that they could see things clearly.

The candlelight wasn't very bright, which meant they could only see each other's faces vaguely, but Lin Qingmeng's face looked exceptionally beautiful in the candlelight.

A candlelight dinner—she's always loved these romantic things...

Lin Qingmeng was eating the steak that Su Yu had just cut for her. When the steak was served, Su Yu took her portion and carefully cut it into small pieces.

Lin Qingmeng ate in small bites, and Su Yu wondered if it was just his imagination, but Lin Qingmeng's face seemed to be getting redder and redder.

It had gotten dark sometime earlier, and there were hardly any clouds in the sky. The few clouds that did appear couldn't obscure the gentle glow of the stars and the moon.

The two of them stayed quietly like that for a long time, each lost in their own thoughts. Su Yu knew that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, this would be his last meal with Lin Qingmeng.

Because he was with Lin Qingmeng not because he liked her, and it wasn't because of feelings.

He first met Lin Qingmeng in the classroom, where Su Yu first saw this radiant young lady. At that time, Su Yu did not know what this light was.

He's realized it now.

It smells like money.

Su Yu was short of money, very short of money, so he also liked money a lot.

He grew up in an orphanage and never knew who his biological parents were. Later, he was adopted by a couple. When he was adopted, Su Yu thought he would finally be free from the hardships of the orphanage.

Life in the orphanage wasn't good. They often didn't know where their next meal would come from, and they were frequently bullied by older children. At that time, Su Yu thought that it would be great if she could be adopted by a very capable couple.

Later, Su Yu succeeded. He first met his adoptive parents in the square of the orphanage. That was the first time he met his future parents.

Their clothes were very expensive, and they gave each child they met a delicious-looking milk candy. When they saw Su Yu, they were surprised and gave Su Yu two candies.

Su Yu was very handsome when he was little. He was the best-looking child in the orphanage. But the children in the orphanage were all strange. They were all lacking love.

Children who lack love will inevitably have some psychological flaws, because no one comes to tell them what is acceptable and what is not when they are establishing their values.

So they were very jealous of Su Yu at that time, and they always bullied Su Yu. To be honest, when Su Yu got those two milk candies, he wasn't happy, but very upset...

Because I might get bullied again...

But to Su Yu's surprise, the middle-aged couple made a firm decision the moment they saw him; they adopted him, and Su Yu was overjoyed at the time…

Who would have thought that such a seemingly kind middle-aged couple would actually be like that...

They are a pair of demons who enjoy abusing children. Starving them and beating them are commonplace for them. They use young Su Yu to vent their frustrations in life.

They seemed to work for some family, but Su Yu didn't know which family it was. The reason they adopted Su Yu was simple: he was handsome enough...

Being good-looking means you can exchange it for money and status...

It's not just women who like men...

So they have always treated Su Yu as a commodity. What kind of good attitude can you have towards a commodity?

During that time, the thing Su Yu saw most often was a whip, and the thing he learned most was how to please those wealthy businessmen. He had a fixed lesson every day.

The courses are all about how to please others, how to make others like you, and how to create a perfect self, with the most prominent topic being... how to win the heart of a rich woman...

If he finishes his lessons for the day, he can get a cold steamed bun as his food for the day.

Actually, it's not that they can't afford to provide good food.

They were teaching Su Yu how to become...more obedient...

Using abusive methods.

Su Yu disliked winter because it meant he could only wear thin clothes and huddle in that small, dark room, and he wasn't sure if he'd get a meal every day. The thing he ate most during that time was snow...

Snow poured in from all directions…

In winter, even a steamed bun was a luxury for him…

Su Yu wasn't a stranger to running away; he had tried and succeeded. But he didn't know that in that third-rate city... they were the supreme beings...

That escape resulted in Su Yu suffering even more abuse that year…

In this way, Su Yu was gradually cultivated by them into a tool to please the higher-ups. Su Yu performed very well, and his appearance became more and more handsome, even more handsome than the merchandise that the top people had seen.

This made them even happier; they were sure Su Yu could fetch a good price, and might even elevate their status to a higher level.

The cold steamed buns, the scolding, the whipping, and countless nauseating lessons numbed Su Yu, eventually turning him into the person they wanted him to be…

A numb machine... but an incredibly excellent tool once it's in working order.

His parents then disappeared. Su Yu stayed in that cage for a week until he was sure they were really not coming back, and then he tentatively ran away.

One day, two days, three days... and still no one came to arrest him and take him back...

But Su Yu was stunned... Looking at the diverse world outside... he didn't know what to do...

He's been out of touch with society for far too long...

He no longer knows how a normal person should survive in this society... He also doesn't know if his numb self can be considered normal anymore...

Then one day… Su Yu suddenly realized something…

In the days that followed, he became that gentle and kind boy who was always smiling and kind to everyone…

Where did that numb man go?

Has he vanished, or is he hiding beneath his gentle facade...?

Nobody knows...

Su Yu learned more than just that during that time; he also learned something very important, which was...

Rich people are all bastards!

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In Su Yu's mind, rich people are monsters who always wear a hypocritical smile on their faces and devour people without spitting out the bones.

They seem kind and easy to get along with, and their eyes seem full of smiles when they look at you, but in reality, they are always scheming how to stab you in the back and how to sell you for a good price.

Su Yu hates rich people. His childhood experiences have made him dislike this group. He believes that the so-called upper-class women have a hobby: they like to watch handsome men being abused.

Su Yu was treated like this when he was a child. Although he was not sold yet, his good looks still made his "parents" a lot of money.

The most profitable activity was locking young Su Yu in a cage and subjecting him to various forms of torture. The upper-class individuals would stand at the top, watching all this with smiles on their faces, and sometimes they would even throw down some chips to encourage them to escalate the abuse.

Taking pleasure in tormenting others.

They were standing too high, backlit, so even when Su Yu looked up, he couldn't see their faces; he could only hear their unrestrained laughter, which was very jarring…

Therefore, Su Yu dislikes rich people, especially rich women. Whenever he sees them, he is reminded of his childhood experiences, and whenever he thinks of those experiences…

The mask is about to fall off...

I'm about to fall behind again...

Lin Qingmeng started pursuing Su Yu the moment she saw him. Su Yu didn't know why she did this. In fact, Su Yu even wondered if she had seen him from that time...

He had tested her many times, and during those tests, she never showed any emotional change. It was always the same, so Su Yu lowered his guard...

If she really had seen his former self, Su Yu would definitely drop out of school and run away immediately. He didn't want his current peaceful life to be disrupted, nor did he want to return to his previous life.

This was a promise I made to her... that I would live like an ordinary person...

So the fact that Su Yu and Lin Qingmeng became boyfriend and girlfriend is quite surreal. Su Yu doesn't like rich women, while Lin Qingmeng is a quintessential rich woman...

However, after such a long period of adjustment, Su Yu is no longer as averse to rich women as he was when he was a child. Now, at most, he just finds it difficult to develop a liking for rich women and is more likely to develop a dislike for them.

So normally... Su Yu shouldn't have accepted Lin Qingmeng's confession, but Su Yu had no choice...

Lin Qingmeng's methods of pursuing people are very clumsy. In Su Yu's opinion, she is like a child. Normal, high-level girls who want to pursue you will keep you at arm's length, stir your heartstrings, and then take the initiative to confess.

However, Lin Qingmeng was quite clumsy. It was probably her first time pursuing a boy. Despite her striking beauty, she acted like a middle school girl when it came to hooking up with rich guys.

To sum up her method of pursuing Su Yu, it was: I'll give you gifts, lots and lots of gifts, and ask you to be my girlfriend.

Back then, she wanted to overwhelm Su Yu with money, stun him, and then make him her boyfriend. Su Yu felt that Lin Qingmeng was already a bit arrogant at that time.

She always seemed quite arrogant.

No matter how much she smashed, Su Yu always returned it. Why would she accept it? She always argued with Su Yu...

He said, "If you don't want it, then throw it away."

Then Su Yu casually threw it away. Although he liked money, he also knew what he could take and what he couldn't. Things like Lin Qingmeng's were definitely not something he could take.

Taking them would lead to trouble, but Su Yu did manage to secretly pick up a few and then happily resell them, all without Lin Qingmeng knowing.