Linger soon realized that the girl in front of her was no longer Bai Ye, but another personality in her body. If it were Bai Ye, her reaction should not be so dull. The young man then withdrew his hand, coughed twice to relieve the embarrassment, and asked: "Are you... Gloria?"
"kindness."
The girl rubbed her sleepy eyes. Although her personality was separate, her body was the same. So the sleepiness left by Bai Ye after she fell asleep still affected her, making her tone with a faint sleepiness: "Bai Ye, ha... she fell asleep, so I came out. Actually, I was a little sleepy, but there was no way. I had to help her take care of this body. What if something unexpected happened when she fell asleep? For example-"
Speaking of this, Gloria glanced at Linger with a strange look: "What did you just do?"
Linger's expression stopped, but soon recovered and said without changing his face: "Actually, it's because of your hair that is covered with leaves, I just want to help you get it away."
"I believe it." Gloria nodded sincerely. Just as Linge breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly said: "I will tell Sister Xiao Xia that Linge is a very considerate person and takes good care of her when Bai Ye is asleep."
"This...isn't it necessary?"
"I think it's very necessary, hehe."
The happy laughter revealed her true thoughts. The guy who was not interested in watching the fun was helpless and was a little surprised. When did the clumsy Gloria learn to tease others? This was as incredible as Bai Ye, who had always been cold and harsh, actually showed a weak expression. But these two things happened on the same night, and I think there was something hidden in it that others didn't know.
When Linger thought about where this so-called inevitable factor was pointed, Gloria had already climbed up from the ground with her hands and feet, clumsyly slapped the fallen leaves and dust on her skirt. Not only did she not clean it up, she made her palm dirty, like a rolling squirrel in the mud. Although she was a bit sorry for her, this performance was in line with the impression of Linger, including Yunjing Kongdao and others: a serious but clumsy girl with a head not very smart.
In fact, Gloria is not unaware of her personality flaws, but she is a happy guy. She always smiles on weekdays, and almost no one has seen her sad or angry appearance. So this flaw has become another cute place when it comes to her. Only occasionally, she will feel a little sad on some issues.
For example, the question about Bai Ye.
"well."
She suddenly sighed, attracting Linge's confusing gaze. The girl sighed in a sad tone: "What should I do? Today I seem to have made Bai Ye very miserable. When she wakes up, she will definitely come to cause trouble for me. I will definitely be done by then!"
She should be referring to the fact that she was silent just now and cooperated with Linger's threat to Bai Ye, but have you realized this until now? I thought you were mentally prepared at that time, but it turned out to be a whim and didn't consider the consequences at all?
The person who is dominated by impulse seems to have no need for sympathy. However, after all, Linger cannot watch an innocent (not necessarily) girl jump into the fire pit, and finally she feels unsatisfied with compassion and said helplessly: "Then, when Bai Ye wakes up, come to me directly. Then I apologize to her first. With me attracting hatred in front, she should not care too much about what you do."
As for how I will be treated by Bai Ye at that time... I will talk about it later.
"Really, really!? Linger, are you really willing to help me!?"
Gloria clasped her hands together and stared at the young man in front of her with a bright look. The light of worship and gratitude in her eyes was so dazzling, it was like seeing the savior at the end of the world. If it weren't for the last reason left, Linge would probably have hugged her directly. The young man quietly took a step back and said seriously: "Of course it's true. Besides, this matter was caused by me, so of course I should bear the responsibility."
"Wuwuwu! Linger, you are such a great person! I am so moved! You did this for Bai Ye's good and for her to face herself frankly, but you are so considerate, so gentle and so understanding! Wuwu! I will never, and will not forget your sacrifice!"
"Don't say it makes me look dead."
"Hey, but if Bai Ye is targeted... Maybe it's like being dead?"
"Don't say such terrifying things!"
Linger tried her best to calm her down, and she couldn't tell for a moment whether Bai Ye was more difficult to deal with or whether this guy with a weak mind was more difficult to deal with.
Perhaps, even if the two personalities in the same body are completely different in personality, there will be more or less similarities in some places, right?
...
"Anyway, you should go back and rest." Linger said to Gloria. At this time, the night had completely darkened, and the bonfire of the guerrillas in the distance had completely extinguished into ashes. Everything was silent. The occasional cry of insects sounded even more lonely and empty. If it weren't for the fact that there were some luminous plants and mosses in the forest, which were growing tenaciously in the dark, they would probably not even see a trace of light. At this time, except for the night owls and night owls, other creatures should have fallen asleep long ago. Of course, a certain princess might still be awake. Although she has cured her insomnia, she still retains the bad habit of staying up late. Without Linger's supervision, I don't know when she will be willing to go to bed obediently.
"oh."
In contrast, Gloria is a good baby. She has long been used to being controlled by others. She is usually controlled by Bai Ye. After climbing to Yunjing Kong Island, she is controlled by Bai Ye and Xiao Xia's sister. Now she has a new Linger, so she has no pressure at all.
"Then I'll go back to bed first, Linge, remember that tomorrow will definitely be sure, must apologize to Bai Ye? Otherwise, I will definitely die!" Before leaving, she did not forget to remind the young man, but the content of the advice was a little scary. Linge didn't believe it at first, but she emphasized it too many times, and she couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.
Is Bai Ye really that scary?
Then, should I be more tactful just now?
If you bring Saint Charlie with you, can you survive from her?
He thought seriously.
"Ah, by the way!" Gloria suddenly remembered something again, turned around, and said to the young man very seriously: "Thank you, Ling."
Linger came to her senses, looked at her, and replied after thinking for a while: "It's nothing, as long as you don't mind me doing too much."
I almost made Bai Ye cry. Is this an excessive amount? Linger felt that it was still a bit.
"This is also impossible."
Gloria didn't care at all and smiled: "Who made Bai Ye so stubborn? Ordinary practices wouldn't work for her. Oh, it would be great if I was as tough as you, but I couldn't say that. Bai Ye always treated me as a fool, which made me talk to her very seriously, but she always felt that I was joking."
Linger thought: "So, you have hoped that Bai Ye can make a change since a long time ago?"
"Of course!" Gloria said, "Because I am Bai Ye's... Well, I mean, we are two personalities that are born together. No one in this world knows and cares more about each other than us. Although Bai Ye always calls me a fool and likes to laugh at and attack me, I know that it is just the way she cares about me; as for me, I should also know Bai Ye very well, right? So I know how lonely she is."
Speaking of this, the gray-haired girl's expression was a little sad, and her tone became much lower: "Because of her bad temper, no one dared to approach her, and she didn't like those people, and she resisted them appearing in their memories for no reason. In fact, sometimes I don't even understand her very much. I think that although those identities and memories are false, everyone's concern for us is not false at all. They just want to get along well with the 'Bai Ye' in their memory. No matter when, I can feel everyone's enthusiasm and love for me. This may be the reason why I can accept every new identity with peace of mind. And Bai Ye, she likes to be stubborn..."
"Maybe it's not a stubborn person." Linge suddenly interrupted the girl and said in her somewhat puzzled gaze: "She may just be afraid."
"Fear?"
"Well, I'm afraid that if I accept every new identity, as well as the interpersonal relationships brought by these new identities and their concern for me, when they suddenly disappear one day, I will feel at a loss and a feeling of emptiness."
And they will definitely disappear. This curse that follows the shadows destined the girl to wander in dreams one by one. She could not get stable happiness. Everything would leave her in a flash like when she woke up from a dream.
Gloria murmured in a daze: "No wonder..."
No wonder Bai Yejiao said that she doesn't need those false things, just the real "self". Only the real things will not dissipate, she can have them for a long time, just like a girl holding her beloved plush toy and never letting go.
But Gloria didn't feel that way. Whether she was adapting to a new identity or saying goodbye to the old identity, she never felt like resistance or sadness. Even when she woke up, her memory, personality and interpersonal relationships had undergone earth-shaking changes, she could accept them in a very short time, as if she never thought about what the world actually means for the identity that had disappeared? And for the identity she just had, what does the world mean? Because in essence, she was a personality born from Bai Ye's "wish", and lived just to satisfy her expectations. The emotions she could feel were all missing, longing, and undesirable.
Is this considered stealing her happiness from Bai Ye?
After realizing this, the girl inevitably thought that she was a little depressed.
"You're right, she's really lonely." Linge suddenly reached out and gently rubbed the girl's head, rubbing her gray long hair that had just been taken care of, just like she was treating Bai Ye just now, but this time the movement was more gentle: "But, I won't do this in the future, I promise you."
Feeling the temperature of his palm coming from his head, Gloria raised her head, her eyes slightly brightened: "Because you are there, Linger?"
"Because there is me, and everyone." Linger corrected her statement.
"Hehe, it's almost the same, Linger, and everyone." Gloria's eyebrows were curved and she smiled happily.
I don't know what I remembered, she twisted for a while, and finally got the courage to speak: "That, Ling..."
"What?"
"In the past, I knew Bai Ye's loneliness from a long time ago. I wanted to comfort her in my own way, even if I just gave her a small hug. But, you think, Bai Ye and I share the same body. Even if I do that, I just hug myself, right? It sounds a bit stupid, and I will definitely be called a fool by Bai Ye. So, I never dared to do this. But now, it's different because you are here, Linger. You are a very gentle and considerate person. Even if you get cold, you must be thinking about others. So, although this is a very unreasonable request, can you please hug Bai Ye a little? I hope she won't be so lonely again in the future..."
After saying that, the girl carefully observed the young man's reaction, as if she was worried that his request would make him unhappy.
In response to this, the young man stretched out his hand to her and gently hugged this thin and thin body into his arms. When his hand was stroking her back, he could even feel the outline of his spine. It was hard to imagine how such a thin body would bear the two heaviest souls in his life?
"Oh!" Gloria exclaimed, but with a smile on her face, she leaned her head gently against the young man's chest, and through her clothes, she heard his heartbeat and breathing.
At some point, the moon rose quietly, the darkness was dispersed, and the woodland was shrouded in a milky white moonlight.
In the forest under the moon, the figures of young people and girls hugging each other were reflected in the eyes of the gray-feathered falcon. It tilted its head curiously. Perhaps it could not understand what human emotions were. It did not see any ambiguity and charm from this hug. It just felt that this scene was beautiful, it was the kind of beauty that could make people feel happy just by looking at it.
The only drawback is that
"That, Linger."
"What's wrong?"
"I just remembered that I am the one who controls the body now."
"Um."
"So, it seems that I am here to be the one you hugging..."