Ark Heroine Development Plan

Gui Minglou reached out his hand obsessively towards the body that was so far away from him:

"I am indeed the same as you... In this world, I am the one who is most compatible with you, Master... Master!"

The woman looked down at her disciple without saying a word. Instead, she sat back on the throne with a dull look, gazing at the endless blood-red sky in the distance.

She seemed disappointed.

"You've got what you wanted."

The woman waved her hand in disgust.

"get out."

Thus, Guiminglou's figure disappeared in this space where there was nothing but killing.

The woman on the throne looked down at everything she saw, without a sigh or regret, even if all she saw was dead silence.

Because she never cared about these things, what changed her was some things.

Guiminglou only saw the gains, but never considered what price he would have to pay for taking this path.

This girl is indeed very similar to Guan Yueli during this period of time, and she has indeed seen through what kind of path Guan Yueli is taking during this period of time.

However, existence is not the same as correctness. If Guan Yueli had really been walking on this path and never looked back...how could there be the Guan Yueli of today?

Guan Yueli actually really likes Guiminglou. Just a little bit, just a little bit, and her position in Guan Yueli's heart would not be lower than Xingxiong.

But that point seemed destined to be irreparable, until now... it has been confirmed to be irreparable.

If she chose any cup of tea except the second one, Guan Yueli would regard Guiminglou as the true and only successor, not just a disciple.

But Guiminglou still made such a choice, which was within Guanyueli's expectations, but he didn't want to see it actually happen.

"Then... let's stop here."

The woman under the cherry tree gently stroked her disciple's cheek. Although the tenderness in her eyes remained unchanged, she still sighed.

"I hope you won't regret it, Xiaolou, but by then...will you still feel regret?"

The reason why Guan Yueli is who she is now is because she regretted it.

While she still had time to regret.

Chapter 87 - Stupid Child

When Xingxiong woke up, he subconsciously sat up straight.

This time, there wasn't any particularly strong rebound pain. Compared to the last time he was tricked, Xingxiong only suffered simple flesh wounds this time. The wounds inflicted by Guiminglou looked scary, but they weren't fatal. They just bled a lot...

The familiar environment came into Xingxiong's eyes. The woman who was supporting her forehead sighed. It had only been a few days and they were carried back again.

Qingdeng was not by her side, which meant that the injury was not a serious matter. Xingxiong also felt it himself and bandaged a few places. He got out of bed and moved his body around. After feeling that there was nothing serious, Xingxiong walked out of the room and went to find his sister.

In the yard, Xiao Xiao He was sitting on the porch playing with origami. When he saw Xing Xiong coming out, he immediately greeted him:

"Ms. Xingxiong, you're awake. Are you okay?"

"Nothing serious." Xingxiong nodded in response. "Where's my sister?"

"The Master is over there." He Mao Jingyu pointed to the room at the end of the corridor: "But the Master is with Master Gui Minglou. They may have something to do. Miss Xingxiong should not disturb them..."

Suddenly thinking of Xingxiong's status, He Mao Jingyu stuck out his tongue and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, Miss Xingxiong, go if you want to."

Xingxiong didn't act pretentiously and walked straight to the room without saying a word.

After opening the shoji door, Xingxiong saw Guiminglou lying on Guanyueli's legs with his eyes closed, while the latter was holding a cup of tea calmly, looking relaxed and at ease.

Hearing the sound of the door being opened, Guan Yueli turned to look at Xingxiong. Without any big reaction, he just smiled, patted the tatami beside him, and motioned Xingxiong to sit down.

Xingxiong nodded and knelt down beside his elder sister, watching her with his eyes and her heart with his nose.

Although Xingxiong was not at a disadvantage in the battle with Hua Zizai, it was not that simple when one looked into it in depth.

Guiminglou's resentment towards Xingxiong actually stems from Xingxiong's own attitude. She is unhappy with her junior sister's timid behavior, and feels a bit angry at her for not fighting back, but without much friendly emotion.

But everything Gui Minglou said was correct, and Xing Xiong also admitted it. She felt that there was nothing wrong in being content with the status quo, even though her feelings for Guan Yueli were clearly not the feelings of a younger sister for an older sister - as long as she didn't speak, there would always be room for maneuver, and there would always be a chance.

Although she was confident in her answer to Guiminglou in her consciousness, and she was fully qualified to be confident, after all, it was her own feelings and her own business. She had not committed any crime and had not whispered anything in Guanyueli's ear. What was wrong with just being a peaceful and indifferent person?

After all, Xingxiong and Chen are different. She did not spend her twenty years under Guan Yueli's wings. On the contrary, not long after leaving Guiming Tower, she also said goodbye to Guan Yueli and went to find her own way.

Compared to Chen, who was just starting out, full of enthusiasm but also confused about her future and life, Xingxiong was already mature enough. She had clear ideals and a clear path, and a clear analysis and perseverance of herself and her inner self. It would be ridiculous to suddenly "wake up" and "grow up" after being scolded a few times or beaten by her senior sister.

But Guiminglou's questioning was very practical - Yueli knew Xingxiong's feelings very well, and Xingxiong would not lose anything even if she revealed her feelings and was rejected, but she just refused.

Sniffing the subtle fragrance around her, Xingxiong asked herself, is it really time for her to make some changes?

"I'm worried."

Guan Yueli's voice startled Xingxiong, who was staring at the tatami, at first, and then he responded softly.

"As for me, I'm not in a hurry at all." Guan Yueli gently stroked Gui Minglou's hair without looking at Xingxiong. "I'm very satisfied with Xiaoxing's performance. Over the years, the most important thing I've learned is to be patient with everyone."

Guan Yueli's sudden suggestion made Xingxiong feel a little overwhelmed. She clutched her clothes tightly and asked subconsciously, "Sister, do you mind?"

"Mind? What do I mind?"

The woman's half-smile made Xingxiong turn her head and stare at her elder sister. She found that she was also looking at her with a kind and gentle look in her eyes.

It's like watching a child who hasn't grown up yet.

Xingxiong's expression froze, and he felt inexplicably angry and annoyed, but it quickly disappeared with a wry smile.

Her behavior was indeed like that of an awkward child, and in her elder sister's eyes, she was indeed just a child.

"I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself." Xingxiong lowered his eyes and answered in a low voice.

It's hard to imagine that someone as mature as her couldn't face her feelings frankly, and was even afraid of failure in confessing. Tell this to anyone who knows Xingxiong a little bit, and they will laugh and think you are bullshitting.

How could this dashing, bold, and generous Star Sir be the type to act like a hesitant, feminine person? She should be the type to wear a jacket and helmet, sprint up to you on her motorcycle at 200 mph, and confidently ask if you can be my girlfriend. If not, we can just be friends first, and sooner or later, you'll be my girlfriend.

This is indeed the case. If Xingxiong fell in love with a little white flower on the roadside, such a scene would certainly be very likely to happen.

But what she fell in love with was not the little white flowers by the roadside, but the cherry trees standing proudly on the endless mountain tops. They were beautiful, proud and lonely, and anyone else would feel ashamed of themselves.

No reason, just because she is Guan Yueli.

Many people charge towards the top of the mountain again and again. Some of them do so because they know they have no chance, so they might as well deceive themselves; some of them plan to hang on this tree for the rest of their lives, either dying of exhaustion or hanging, so they fight to the end; some of them think that they won't lose any weight if they try, so they just rush up, they are all very courageous.

But Xingxiong was not like that. She was looking forward to charging forward as perseveringly as those women, but she was also afraid of being hit by a branch of the cherry tree and rolling down the mountain. She thought that since she was halfway up the mountain and others were at the foot of the mountain, she might as well stay here and enjoy the scenery.

But while I said this, my heart wasn't honest at all. I stood motionless on the mountainside, thinking only of how to reach the top. Others, however, put their ambitions into action, rushing towards the summit, only to be ruthlessly beaten back, only to cheerfully rush up again. But I, with my mind preoccupied with climbing, stood motionless on the mountainside.

Twenty years had passed in this tangle of conflict. Xingxiong wasn't easily disturbed by others. Just as he'd initially felt the other climbers' disdainful gazes and felt ashamed, he'd grown used to it. They looked their way, and I wrestled with mine. Besides that, his feelings for Guan Yueli had indeed remained unchanged, just as Guiminglou had said.

It's like a stupid kid who is holding a box of treasure but is afraid of getting his hand pinched when opening the box, so he has been struggling with the question of "whether to open it or not" for twenty years.

Twenty years have passed, and the silly child has grown into an admirable adult in other aspects, but when it comes to this treasure, she is still an out-and-out silly child.

Because I really like it, I am particularly afraid of pain.

Because I really like it, I am particularly afraid of losing the courage that has been brewing for so long.

Chapter 88 - A Story About Justice

Xingxiong pursed her lips and said nothing, even though her shoulder was touching Guanyueli's shoulder, and even at this moment, they should have been cozy together without any barriers.

Guiminglou failed to break Xingxiong's heart, but he revealed an indisputable fact; and Guanyueli's calm and tolerant attitude was more hurtful than Guiminglou's sword: it turned out that he was still immature in his elder sister's eyes, and his childish thoughts were no different from those of a child who was quarreling with him.

But Xingxiong couldn't get angry, nor could she refute it. This was simply the truth, and she couldn't use her willpower to defy Guiminglou to convince herself otherwise. She was able to defy Guiminglou only because she hadn't been wasting time these past twenty years, but had truly been honing herself. Those statements only served to convince her willpower, but they couldn't mask the reality.

"Sister."

"Ok?"

Xingxiong stared at Guan Yueli's face in a trance. When she responded to his call, she was a little confused, but her face was always warm and gentle. Guan Yueli always responded to him tirelessly, no matter it was a question or a request, no matter it was a call or a muttering, as long as she was around, or even not around, Xingxiong could hear her response.

Looking at this face, Xingxiong suddenly swallowed the question he was about to ask.

"Is what's happening now important?" She changed the question.

"It's not important... I'm just injecting some vitality into Xiaolou. She burned too much this time."

Guan Yueli stroked Gui Minglou's cheek. "She needs to sleep for quite some time to digest a lot of food. Is there anything wrong?"

"I want...I want..."

Xingxiong was holding it in for a long time, not sure if it was because his mind was in a mess or he hadn't figured out what to say.

"I want to watch a movie with my sister!"

In the end, I don’t know what thought popped up in his mind, but Xingxiong suddenly said this.

Guan Yueli was stunned. Obviously, she didn't expect Xingxiong to make such a request. However, she didn't care too much and just replied with a smile:

"Okay."

……

The ticket seller had a very subtle expression when he handed the tickets to Xingxiong and Guanyueli.

She didn't know why two such beauties would come to watch such an old-fashioned movie from thirty or forty years ago. Not only was it old-fashioned, but the theme was also a heroic movie, which was unbelievable.

There were indeed very few people in the theater. Apart from Guan Yueli and Xingxiong, there was no third woman. The remaining few came in twos and threes out of curiosity, and the rest were all middle-aged men.

Xingxiong's mind is still a little confused. She doesn't know why this idea suddenly came up with her. She didn't expect that there happened to be a movie that she liked very much. As a result, Guan Yueli saw through her idea and changed the fantasy movie she originally wanted to choose to this movie.

Guan Yueli hugged the popcorn bucket with relish, staring at the screen intently.

The plot of the movie is simple, it's nothing more than a story of a boy growing up to become a hero and the hero defeating evil. But this movie is completely different from the current superhero movies.

The protagonist is a lazy and bad boy. He doesn't study well, likes to talk back to teachers, and is good at smoking, drinking and fighting. His only advantage is that he can't stand others bullying the weak - but the starting point of this only advantage is that he himself looks down on the weak, so he looks down on those who bully the weak even more, and therefore wants to beat them up.

There is nothing about the bad boy that fits the word "hero". He is like a hopeless bastard, living a heartless life day after day, happy and comfortable.

Until one day, a gang of foreign gangs attacked the local gangs in the town. They were more ferocious and cruel, and many residents of the town were threatened.

The protagonist is not involved at first, until his favorite breakfast place is smashed up by gangsters.

So, as everyone likes to see, a gang was defeated by a high school student with a baton, and the protagonist became the hero of the town, but he still didn't care. He did his own bad things every day, skipping classes, smoking, drinking, and fighting. Soon he turned back into the naughty boy and problem child in the eyes of everyone.

The boy grew up to be a young man. He had no education and could only fight. Apart from being tough, he had no other abilities. But he didn't want to be a gangster thug and have to please people all day long, so he started a wandering life of robbing gangsters - because gangsters robbing gangsters would not get caught by the police.

Because he looked down on the weak, that is, those who were robbed, and did not want to be caught by the police, the young man only took advantage of the situation and would return the money to those who were robbed. Gradually, he became famous in the area and became a nameless knight.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. During a robbery, the young man hit someone too hard and killed him. The person being robbed sold him out without hesitation. In fact, if the person being robbed had not been threatened with his life, the young man would not have been so violent. The reason why he saved the passerby was very simple. If someone died, the problem would become a big deal, and his robbery activities might also be exposed.

So the young man was thrown into prison for murder, and the hero became a criminal. Although some people spoke up for him at first, after a few months, everyone had forgotten who he was.

The young man who came out of prison had become an uncle. He was no longer as agile as before, and his mentality had also changed. He opened a small shop with the money he had saved before, and lived a stable life without getting into trouble.

But people always have to pay the price for their actions. Past mistakes came back to haunt the uncle. His store was smashed and he was beaten up by younger and more fearless thugs. After waking up in the hospital, the uncle recuperated for two months and finally decided to seek revenge on the thugs' gang.

Who knew that this gang was actually involved in human smuggling? The uncle rescued the prisoners on his way to revenge, not because of compassion, but because they could help him attract attention so that he could get rid of the gang leader, his old enemy.

He fought with the final boss in his office. No longer as young as before, he was defeated by the boss, with a bullet to the head. His miserable death remained frozen for five or six seconds.

In the end, the police successfully cracked the human smuggling case, smashed the gang, and released all the remaining people. The uncle was finally pushed to the front of the stage by the police to divert attention. His whereabouts were discovered, and his past black materials were beautified, or perhaps it was like this in the minds of these people. So the uncle became a hero and role model for the entire society. Under his strong guidance, social security even began to flourish. The film ends here.

This film tells the story very simply and clearly throughout the whole film. The protagonist has never thought about doing things based on the premise of upholding justice and protecting others. All his actions are to satisfy his selfish desires. In the last part when sneaking into the stronghold, he can even smash the gangster's head with an expressionless face. When saving people, all he thinks about is how to use the victims to attract firepower.

But he finally became a hero.

When he was young, he was very thoughtful and liked to help the weak, so he often failed to attend classes on time. He once destroyed a small gang by himself. In order to get close to them, he even learned to smoke and disguised himself as a bad person.

When he was young, he became a volunteer policeman to maintain law and order at night. He did not seek any reward and did not leave his name. He was arrested just because he used too much force at the time. Even the victim at that time stood up to prove that he had to do it to save himself.

Even after being released from prison, he still insisted on upholding justice. On the surface, he opened a small shop, but in fact he was secretly investigating a recent human smuggling case. In the end, he successfully assisted the police in smashing the criminal gang, and finally died regretfully.

The protagonist washed away all stains and became a role model for society, an idol and legend for countless people.

"It's amazing."