No strange things are allowed to evolve!

“Indeed, rather than being unfamiliar, it’s more like being a bit stiff. Forgive me for being frank, but if this kind of dance were posted on Twitter, I wouldn’t even pay the entry fee.” Jiang Shu nodded in deep agreement.

The bride's expression changed upon hearing this, her face darkening instantly. She retorted sarcastically, "Oh? Stiff? I didn't expect my husband to be so knowledgeable about dance. You must have seen even better ones. May I have a look?"

She is now convinced that Jiang Shu is probably the legendary denial type of person, who doesn't care whether she is right or wrong, and just denies everything from the start.

She could tolerate it before, even when people said she wasn't burning enough or that the divine mist wasn't powerful enough, because it wasn't a denial of her own worth. But now she can't stand it anymore.

After hearing this, Jiang Shu didn't argue and simply stood up.

"I usually only post my best work in the Telegram group, so that Sister Men can see it."

"What 'brother' and 'sister' stuff?" The bride couldn't help but laugh out loud upon hearing this. "You're making it sound so real."

But soon, she stopped laughing.

Because Jiang Shu really jumped up, and not only did she jump, but she danced the exact same dance as she had just performed. Every movement and every execution was just right, and in some places, she even performed it better than she had when she was less familiar with the routine.

"How is this possible?!"

She widened her eyes.

With just a few movements, the essence of this "gentle" dance of immortals was perfectly and vividly portrayed.

A man...can be this beautiful?

No! That's not right!

She quickly came to her senses.

No one could even remotely imitate his dance during his lifetime, let alone after his death. How could he possibly be able to dance it?

She suddenly had a bold guess.

Could it be that he watched himself dance once and then learned how to do it?

"No...impossible."

If it's true, this is worse than killing her.

Just as she was beginning to have doubts, Jiang Shu had already replicated the last movement of the dance.

He did a split, leaping over the bride's head, and then a heavy object slammed into her face, giving her a real, tangible slap. It left a red mark on her face, and a burning sensation that she couldn't tell if it was from pain or anger.

With a steady landing, Jiang Shu put his hands behind his back and didn't turn his head: "I didn't think things through. I was only focused on replicating your movements and forgot that I have something that you don't."

"Did you really learn this on the spot?!"

"Hmm." Jiang Shu refuted her accusation of pretending to know what she didn't with her actions.

Don't underestimate the top-tier welfare fund that doesn't have a stable job and lives entirely off the entry fee... Imitating popular dances and recording paid versions is always a first-come, first-served situation. If you can't produce it as quickly as possible, you'll be eliminated by the market sooner or later.

The battle over entry barriers has always been like this.

It's just a few muscle weakness movements, but amateur dance has gone haywire.

Looking at the astonished bride, he knew that he now had the right to comment.

"I slightly improved a few of your movements, or rather, restored them?"

In short, I suspect that the bodies you changed limited your performance. Their original owners may not have been good at dancing, and therefore lacked flexibility.

It's a pity that if it were your original body, you could have achieved the same effect as me.

Jiang Shu turned around:

"Pursuing outward perfection can sometimes lead to losing your true self, don't you think?"

The bride looked grim, as if some secret had been exposed: "I never said that my body wasn't my own."

"Don't treat me like an idiot, okay? Although it's very minor, the condition, nature, and age of the skin in different places are completely different. Those scars weren't left from your surgery, but from stitches, right?"

Jiang Shu sighed and said helplessly:

"Besides, there should be a limit to how unfamiliar you are with someone."

The bride didn't take the first half of the sentence seriously, but the second half struck her like a thunderbolt.

"You mean, I really danced terribly?" Tears welled up in her eyes.

“I didn’t say that,” he denied.

"But that's what you mean." Tears streamed down her face.

“Okay, that’s what I meant,” he admitted.

“…” She began to sob.

"So, after all this, not only is it still completely unattractive, but you've also lost your most prized strength. Don't you think that's a pretty failure?" He started stabbing him with the knife.

The bride did not deny it, but cried even louder.

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Unveiling the Secrets of the Hatchery (37/100%)

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Chapter Five is not the main character

After crying for a long time, the bride finally stopped crying.

Although she was still very upset, she managed to suppress the sadness that came from having all her long-term efforts and perseverance completely negated.

After wiping away her tears, when she could see the person's face clearly again, the bride subconsciously began to avoid direct eye contact with him.

It's incredibly embarrassing to break down in tears after your best skill was easily outshone by someone else.

"Who exactly are you?"

"The bride asked."

She is now very curious about Jiang Shu's identity, and feels that this man is full of secrets.

“Me?” Jiang Shu thought for a moment: “An ordinary, marginalized person passing by, who often feels depressed.”

This wasn't the answer the bride wanted: "I mean, why would someone like you come here?"

Jiang Shu was taken aback.

You're asking me?

He didn't know why he came here. If he had to find a reason, the ethereal voice seemed to have mentioned that it was because he had broken through some kind of lower limit.

This is a very rude statement. Jiang Shu does not agree with this unfounded accusation. He believes that everyone has curiosity.

So he used a somewhat deceptive but not entirely deceptive explanation: "forced."

"You seemed to be forced from beginning to end..." the bride couldn't help but complain.

Now that she thinks back on it carefully, she realizes that the man was strange in every way from the moment he walked in the door.

In the past, when grooms first entered the courtyard and faced the unknown, they were either filled with fear or extremely cautious. They would hesitate and struggle for a long time if they had any requests, even if it was just asking them to help them get something.

But the person in front of me was different. Not only was he calm and collected from beginning to end, but his behavior also made it seem as if he didn't consider himself an outsider at all. He was completely unfazed by anything, as if he knew in advance what was going to happen.

Even if these can be explained by psychological qualities, his ability to resist the influence of the divine mist and his photographic memory and ability to perfectly replicate dance skills are enough to demonstrate his extraordinary nature.

Is it really possible to get such a person to obediently hand over what they want and create the situation they desire without resorting to violence or threats?

Thinking of this, she collapsed weakly onto the table.

"Are you alright?" Jiang Shu sat down next to her.

"Stop bothering me. It's just bad luck. I finally got someone to come, but it turns out to be a monster." The bride raised her left hand and waved it, gesturing for Jiang Shu to go play somewhere else. "You just sit there quietly and you can leave when it gets light."

It seems that after crying, the bride's remarriage experience was not ideal, and she is already considering divorce.

If it were Jiang Shu, who had just stumbled into this courtyard, she would be happy to be free from trouble and enjoy her own beauty.

But now that the hidden objective has been triggered, simply passing through it feels like something is missing.

Suddenly, their roles seemed to have reversed.

The bride looked utterly dejected, but Jiang Shu took the initiative to find topics to talk about.

"What do you mean by 'finally, someone has finally come'?" Jiang Shu asked with concern. "You've been suppressing your feelings too, haven't you?"

"Why do I just not like listening to you talk?" The bride frowned. Although she didn't understand what she meant by "suppressed," she could tell from the tone of your voice that it wasn't anything nice.

"Then let me put it another way: you're still bothered by the fact that you haven't been able to consummate your marriage in a long time?"

"It's not as good as the one we just had!"

The bride sighed and asked helplessly, "You just don't want to stay quiet, do you?"

“Since we’re just killing time anyway, let’s chat.” Jiang Shu leaned against the table, resting his chin on his hand, looking like he was about to chat idly. “I can tell what you want from me. I think you might as well be more sincere and just say it directly. Maybe I’ll be moved and give it to you.”

"What usually moves you?"

"I used to be quite sentimental, but now..." Jiang Shu thought for a moment, "If the Golden Match Century and the commentator were to explain, I might be a little moved. There is true love in the world."

"A perfect match? Forget it... I'm too lazy to ask, I probably wouldn't understand."

The bride had completely opened up, looking very much like a typical college student: "Anyway, it's over for you. Over the years, no one has ever truly understood me. So I might as well tell you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shu lowered her hand that was supporting her chin and sat up straighter.

“I’ve been searching for an answer,” the bride said. “I want to prove the uniqueness and correctness of love.”

Jiang Shu pondered for a long time before asking, "Is there really anything that is unique and correct?"

"Yes, love is."

The bride answered with great determination, and her eyes gleamed as she spoke, though that light dimmed almost instantly.

"I just haven't found any evidence to prove it yet."

Listening to the bride's words, Jiang Shu couldn't help but think of the description of this place in the strange text—

[Synopsis: Faith is fading from memory, and pure believers are beginning to fall. When the truth sought is no longer correct, should the process of seeking the truth also be negated?]

Is this what truth refers to?

So everyone who entered this courtyard was actually an experiment used by the bride to prove this truth?

"Doesn't the lack of evidence mean it can't be proven?" Jiang Shu said deliberately. "A proposition that can't be proven is a false proposition, isn't it?"

“No, that’s not it.” The bride lowered her head, her hair obscuring her face, her voice barely audible: “The inability to prove its correctness and uniqueness is my problem, not itss.”

Jiang Shu had seen this appearance before.

I saw them often in college.

"Listen to me, she's different from others." "Bro, I kind of miss her." "Bro, I think I've fallen for her." "Bro, I've really met my true love." "Bro, I'm at my wit's end." "What? She's playing me for a fool? I just like spinning in circles."

That's the look of a loser.

Jiang Shu thought that perhaps even she herself felt it was impossible to prove this so-called truth, but she still kept forcing herself to accept and believe it.

People will always believe what they want to believe.

“So…” Jiang Shu recalled the striking scars on the bride’s body: “that’s why you used your looks and that smoke to seduce the grooms who came here before me, forcing them to choose between desire and love. The loser would not only die, but their lover would also become a part of your body?”

The bride suddenly looked up at Jiang Shu in surprise: "How did you know?"

“It’s not hard to guess.” Jiang Shu felt that the other party’s reaction was a bit excessive: “All the clues are laid out so directly in front of me, and there’s only one possibility when you connect them, right?”

“That’s true.” The bride thought of something and relaxed again: “You’ve already noticed the abnormality in my body, so it’s not surprising that you could guess this.”

"But there's something I'm curious about."

"what?"

"If the failure happened to you, that would be one thing, but why is it that the people affected by that smoke are also considered to have failed?" Jiang Shu asked, puzzled.

"Because true love should be unaffected by any temptations."

The bride looked Jiang Shu up and down as if he were an idiot:

"Not everyone can remain unaffected like you. Normally, divine mist awakens the most primal desires deep within a person's heart. Nothing can resist these desires except the absolute rationality of those who are loyal to love."

Therefore, anyone who is affected but unable to resist cannot be used to prove the uniqueness and correctness of love, and should naturally be punished accordingly for infidelity.

So you should be thankful that the divine mist didn't work on you for some reason, and my best dance skills couldn't subdue you. Violence and coercion were also pointless, which is why you've survived until now.

"So that's how it is." Jiang Shu suddenly realized.

"Honestly, didn't you already know the effect of that divine mist? You were so smart just now, but you've suddenly become so stupid..." the bride complained.