I was raised in the simulator, and I’m really not a bad woman in Ark!

[So you naturally don’t want your future big brother to see your ugly appearance at the moment. You hope that you can be more lovely in the eyes of your future family. After all, only in this way can you be more easily accepted by them, right? ]

[But because Shuo restrained his breath, you were unable to notice Shuo's arrival in time. ]

[So you used your wisdom to make the beast you transformed into swallow your body.]

[You think that in this way, Shuo will not notice your human form and will only see Taotie. ]

[At the same time, you also let the giant beast you transformed into instinctively prepare for battle, and plan to escape at any time after Shuo makes a move. Although you are not afraid of Shuo and hope to become his family, there is a possibility that Shuo will kill you, so you don't want to die and plan to run away at any time. ]

[Even though this will force you to abandon the little nest you built with great difficulty, it is still the same...]

……

In the narrow and dim cave, the damp and cold air mixed with darkness and an ominous aura, mixed with a strong smell of blood permeated the surrounding space.

The cave is small, narrow and dark.

There is almost no way for sunlight to penetrate into the cave, and the freezing cold feeling is in stark contrast to the small courtyard which is warm in winter and cool in summer.

The floor of the cave was also stained darker by the blood clots formed by the coagulated blood, as well as the pieces of meat and some animal bones that were rotting in the corners but had not disappeared.

The interior of the entire cave looks like the legendary devil's cave that devoured countless people.

But after arriving here, Shuo did not feel fear or nervousness in his heart. Instead, he felt complicated and a little unclear guilt.

He should have come earlier.

As he stepped step by step into the damp and sticky cave, Shuo also saw a hideous black shadow of a beast curled up in a corner deep in the cave, staring at him with its eyes fixed.

The other party's breath still made Shuo feel a threat from the essence of his life, and it indeed made him feel a little fear and sense of danger in his heart.

But as Shuo has come to understand and digest his own authority over the years.

The inherent fear of the 'Taotie' beast in front of him gradually decreased, and what followed was a feeling of mutual attraction between the same origins.

If the fear remains, this attraction will intensify the rejection of Taotie in the heart, but if the fear is suppressed, then this attraction will bring a sense of closeness...

The former Shuo had actually noticed the abnormality in this regard a long time ago, but was limited by the matters between his younger brothers and sisters, and the fact that Taotie often "attacked" the fragments of the fight.

As a result, Shuo never thought carefully about Taotie until he mediated the disputes among the fragments and brought everyone together to live.

There was even one time when Shuo, who was watching from the sidelines, was so eager to save his sister that he slashed his sword and tore an unhealable wound on the opponent's chest.

Now, after having time to think about everything that happened in the past, Shuo felt more and more that the fragments of Taotie's 'attack' were strange, and he also realized that he seemed to have done something unforgivable...

Even though ignorance is not a sin.

But Shuo looked at the Taotie who was just confronting him quietly, with scars all over his body, emitting an ominous and weak aura. There was still a scar on his chest that went deep into his bone marrow and was still dripping blood from time to time.

Guilt and remorse crept up his spine.

He hoped that his speculation was wrong, so that he would not have to bear any psychological burden.

But... Shuo restrained his authority and power at this moment to meet Taotie, and for the first time he calmed down and came into close contact with the beast in front of him.

He also understood that he... and his brothers and sisters were destined to owe an apology to the beast in front of him, or to the real youngest sister.

I cut her chest open and pierced her eyes, causing her to have nightmares. My second sister made her forever rejected by this world, Jie made her words no longer trusted, Shu also hurt her several times, Ji woven her current ominous situation, my fourth brother made her wounds never heal, Nian burned almost all of her skin and hair, my fifth brother smashed her back, Xi broke her horns that time as well, and my youngest brother made her never have enough food and clothing.

And now Shuo came to her again, covered with bruises.

To be honest, He didn't know how to face her at this moment, nor did He know what to say to try to gain her forgiveness.

But silence and ignoring will only make the mistake worse.

Therefore, after looking for a long time at the Taotie's eyes, which were bloodshot but without any malice in the depths of his pupils, Shuo decided to fulfill his responsibility as the eldest brother.

If you do something wrong you need to admit it, and if it is a misunderstanding you need to resolve it.

Although his brothers and sisters have different personalities, they are by no means evil in nature. In fact, they are purer than most humans.

And if the mistake regarding Taotie is not resolved today, then an irreversible situation may arise in the future.

It will be too late to say anything then...

"Huh, let's talk openly, Taotie."

Shuo took a deep breath, exhaled and spoke slowly, looking at Taotie with complicated eyes, then paused under Taotie's puzzled gaze, and then spoke,

"No...I should say, let's have a good talk,...little sister."

His voice was deep and steady, but at this moment it also carried a hint of guilt and apology.

This sense of guilt and apology deepened further when the black beast spat out a silver-haired, one-eyed girl with wounds all over her body and torn clothes.

After the girl came out of the Taotie's mouth, she first hid behind the Taotie beast, and then looked at Shuo curiously.

It seemed as if he was worried that Shuo would suddenly see him attacking, or as if he was worried that he would see the scars all over his body. At this moment, Shuo felt an indescribable depression in his heart.

"Brother...Big brother?" Tao was spit out from the mouth of the giant beast that he had transformed himself into. He carefully poked out half of his head from behind the beast. While looking at Shuo with his only remaining left eye, he asked carefully in a childish and hoarse voice.

Tao was not sure about the specific identity of the man in front of her. She had hardly ever spent such a long time with any of the fragments or talked to them, so naturally she knew nothing about the ranking of the fragments.

I can only roughly guess the ranking of the man in front of me based on the order in which the fragments left in my broken memory.

"Well, I'm Shuo, the eldest brother among the fragments. What... should I call you?" Shuo admitted his identity. Looking at the girl in front of him who was much younger than Xi, he couldn't help feeling distressed and asked the girl's name.

"...Tao, this is my name, Brother Shuo, are you looking for me to chase me away?"

After hearing that Shuo was willing to communicate with her and exchange names with her, Tao, who had always longed for recognition from the fragments, was naturally very happy and even couldn't help but smile.

But then she remembered that she was not liked by the fragments, and then thought about where she lived. Tao subconsciously believed that Shuo's purpose of coming here was to make her leave, even though she was reluctant to leave the place she had finally found.

But if Shuo really asked for it, Tao would happily choose to leave. After all, Shuo was willing to communicate with her and let her leave instead of punching her, so she would feel very satisfied.

Therefore, without waiting for Shuo to say anything, the sadness on Tao's face because of the move disappeared, and then he continued to smile and said:

"It's okay, big brother. Tao will leave now and stay away from you. But I also ask you not to be unhappy because of Tao, okay?"

The girl's words were innocent and her smile was so cute that it seemed as if she was not about to be evicted from this hard-earned place to live. Her simple and humble request was so heartbreaking to hear.

The words that Shuo had prepared were completely unspeakable at this moment.

And those thousands of words turned into a long silence after he looked at the girl in front of him, and finally, with the guilt like the pressure of the deep sea, he opened his mouth bitterly towards Tao who was about to pack up and leave, and then slowly but seriously said:

"Tao...are you willing to come back with me and live with everyone?"

Originally Shuo wanted to slowly let everyone accept the Tao in front of them, but now after hearing the girl's heartbreaking words.

Shuo just wanted to let everyone know about Tao's affairs as soon as possible.

Even if Tao is not accepted for the time being, at least the ridiculous misunderstanding must be resolved and the curses on Tao must be resolved...

Because of this, Shuo, who thought he did not deserve to be forgiven, invited Tao,

This made Tao, who had never expected such things, stunned for a moment, and the blanket made of discarded rags and the small cup thrown away by Nian in his hands fell to the ground.

After Tao was stunned for a long time, her expression of astonishment and confusion gradually turned into indescribable emotions under Shuo's sincere and guilty eyes...

——Touched, sad, happy to be recognized, relieved, joyful to know that it’s all worth it, and sour feeling that long-term persistence is finally rewarded.

That's great... She seems to finally not be hated by everyone anymore, and can finally be accepted by everyone...

At this moment, Tao seemed to have forgotten the pain in his body, the scars on his body, and all the sadness and sorrow of the past.

Tears unconsciously slid down from the corners of her eyes, and a sincere and kind smile appeared on her face.

The scarred girl also completely walked out from under the hide of the ferocious beast, like a scarred lark spreading its wings again under the pure white sky. She smiled with satisfaction and happiness despite her scars, and gently responded to Shuo's invitation.

"Yes, I do."

At that moment, it seemed that the ominous and terrifying aura lingering around Tao gradually dissipated, and the hunger that always lingered around her was also silently reduced.

And this last piece that was on the verge of breaking finally returned to its own nest.

With stubborn and blind love and persistence in my heart.

Perhaps Tao doesn't know where his future will go, nor does he know what the fate of his dark side will be.

But she still longs for that blind love and the happiness behind it, and is willing to protect and cherish that stubborn and blind love at all costs.

Even if I am shattered, forgotten, and broken, I have no regrets...

Just as she had chosen in the beginning.

……

[You were brought back home by Shuo.]

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Please readers provide some suggestions.

Didi will try her best to write, but she really feels that her writing is not good, and many times she dare not post it, so she deletes the last chapter and rewrites it.

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Chapter 37: It’s never too late to make amends, but can the scars really be healed?

[You were brought back by Shuo to the residence where the fragments lived together.]

[However, because your body had already reached its limit, and because you had been self-eating to suppress hunger for a long time, you passed out because you felt relieved after agreeing to Shuo.]

[Shuo carried you, who was covered in wounds, back to the home of the fragments. ]

[The fragments feel a familiar sense of uneasiness and fear from you.]

[They seem to have guessed your identity, but because Shuo has been holding you in silence, out of trust in the eldest brother, none of the fragments took the initiative to say anything. ]

[It was not until Shuo gathered all the fragments together and announced that you were a new member of the fragments that an uproar was set off among the fragments. ]

[The fragments were all extremely surprised by your identity announced by Shuo. ]

[Some were puzzled by Yu Shuo's behavior, some were confused, and some fell into deep thought.]

[But all this turned into silence and deathly stillness after Shuo suppressed the power and aura that instinctively spread from your unconscious body.]

[Shuo didn't say anything else, just told the fragments that you will be one of them and will be the new youngest sister, and then he said no more. ]

[He said nothing, but it seemed as if he had said everything.]

[And the fragments are definitely not stupid, so how could they not see anything when the answer is almost in front of them? ]

[It’s just that they haven’t been able to accept it yet. 】

[Even Shu, who thought that Taotie was not incapable of communication, never thought that Taotie would one day become their brother or sister. ]

[But when they fell into silence, they carefully recalled the things about Taotie, and felt the faint sense of closeness emanating from the girl after her fear was suppressed by Brother Shuo.]

[The fragments seemed to realize something again.]

[But they still wanted to find the truth from Shuo, but Shuo didn't say anything. He just silently placed you on the bed in the guest room with a trace of guilt, and then came out to tell the fragments: Don't ask too many questions, don't think too much, and don't discuss the beast anymore. Just treat Thirteenth Sister well.]

[At this moment, the fragments were completely certain that their new Thirteenth Sister was the gluttonous beast they once regarded as an enemy.]

[At the same time, they also realized the real reason why the gluttonous beast had never really harmed them from the beginning to the end.]

[It's not that the gluttonous beast can't hurt them, it's just that the gluttonous beast never wants to do it. ]

[The misunderstanding is resolved at this moment, and the truth is now basically revealed. ]

[But the fragments' feelings can only be described as mixed. ]

[They quickly revoked the influence of their authority on the gluttonous beast, and then they felt the power of their own authority returning from the girl's room.]

[This undoubtedly made them feel even more depressed.]

[If the Thirteenth Sister was found by Shuo after defeating the Tao Beast, then that would be fine, because that undoubtedly means that the Thirteenth Sister is a new Tao Beast, and not the vicious beast that they repulsed and hated in the past.]