Zhao Kongcheng was stunned.
He really hadn't expected that this ordinary high school student in front of him would say such words and have such mature thoughts...
Only then did he realize how ridiculous his previous attempts to arouse the common juvenile sense of being cool and passionate in this young man were.
Lin Qiye wasn't an ordinary high school student.
Lin Qiye stood up, walked straight to the door, hesitated for a moment, and then stopped.
"Thank you for telling me so many things. I'll sign the non-disclosure agreement."
After saying that, he pushed the door and went out.
This time, Zhao Kongcheng just sat silently by the bed. He slightly stood up, as if he wanted to hold him back. After a short pause, he sat back down weakly.
He knew what this young man meant, and he also knew his mission to bring this young man back, but...
He couldn't do it.
...
"Xiao Qi, you're finally back? Why aren't you wearing your school uniform today?"
"Auntie, I got up in a hurry this morning and forgot to wear it."
"You child... Won't the teacher scold you for not wearing the school uniform?"
"He just said a few words. It's okay."
"Sigh, Xiao Qi, you've just transferred to a new school. You can't leave a bad impression on the teacher. You should be more careful in doing things."
"I know, Auntie."
"How are you getting along with your classmates at school? They didn't bully you, did they?"
"No, we get along very well. They even walked me home, and I also accompanied them for a while."
"That's good, that's good."
"I'm going back to my room, Auntie."
"Okay, go to bed early."
Dong——!
Lin Qiye closed the door, lay on the bed, looked at the night outside the window, and let out a long sigh.
This world was much more complicated than he had imagined...
However, it had little to do with him.
After resting for a while, Lin Qiye sat up. Just as he started taking off his clothes, a hard object fell out of his pocket.
Clang!
Lin Qiye lowered his head, picked up the thing, and a look of confusion appeared between his brows.
It was a metal ornament, like a badge. It was only about one circle larger than a one-yuan coin. He didn't know what material it was made of. After picking it up, it gave off a faint coolness.
On the front of this badge, two straight knives crossed. The blades emitted a faint blue light, and the background behind the knives was a night sky dotted with stars. The craftsmanship was extremely exquisite!
Below the pattern, the three small characters "Zhao Kongcheng" were engraved.
"What is this..." Lin Qiye squinted his eyes slightly.
Lin Qiye remembered that during the process of Zhao Kongcheng dragging him to the hotel just now, he seemed to have touched his pocket.
Did he drop it accidentally?
Lin Qiye played with the badge and turned it over. On the back, there were a few lines of small characters engraved.
"If the dark night finally arrives,
I will surely stand in front of thousands of people,
Draw my sword towards the abyss,
Let my blood stain the sky!"
"What courage... Did Zhao Kongcheng write this himself? Or is it the motto of the Night Watchers?" Lin Qiye murmured. "Looking at his dull appearance, he doesn't seem like someone who can write such words..."
After playing with it for a while, Lin Qiye put it on the table, changed his clothes, and climbed into bed.
Tonight, he still had something very important to do.
He closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods in his mind.
At this moment, in the small yard of the psychiatric hospital, Nyx was sitting on a rocking chair holding a pile of bottles and jars, seemingly murmuring something, and a smile would appear on her lips from time to time.
If one ignored the haziness in her eyes and the strange things in her arms, just based on the noble temperament she exuded in her every move, this would definitely be a beautiful picture.
After a while, Lin Qiye, wearing a white coat, walked over slowly.
In order to better assume the role of a psychiatrist, Lin Qiye specially found a white coat in the dean's office and even clipped a pair of plain glasses on his collar.
At first glance, he really looked like a psychiatrist.
Lin Qiye walked beside the rocking chair, silently looking at Nyx's cloudy and dull eyes, and let out a soft sigh.
From the mythological books he had read, Nyx was indeed one of the most ancient and powerful gods in Greek mythology, and her status and power were at the top.
But compared with other gods, she had a biggest characteristic...
She liked having children!
According to Lin Qiye's statistics, Nyx had at least more than twenty children, including the famous Thanatos, the god of death, Hypnos, the god of sleep, as well as the god of space, the Fates, the god of misfortune, and so on...
Except for a few, most of Nyx's children were evil gods. After being born, they caused trouble in the world, and many of them met tragic ends.
From the few words in the mythological stories, Lin Qiye couldn't obtain more detailed information about this goddess of the night. But he speculated that Nyx's current illness might be related to her offspring.
The doctor in the Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital said that there was a male patient who, because he missed his wife too much, imagined that she was by his side. Was Nyx's illness the same?
Did she miss her children so much that she regarded those bottles and jars as her children?
But what exactly happened to her offspring that caused such a strong reaction from Nyx?
And as an ancient god with divinity, could she really have such strong emotions? Or... before she got sick, her divine body was taken away and her divinity was stripped?
Lin Qiye didn't know.
"Hypnos, don't worry. Your brother will be back soon. He just went to have some fun for a while...
That Thanatos has always liked to cause trouble since he was a child. When he comes back, I must teach him a good lesson!"
Nyx stroked the vase in her hand, stared blankly into the distance, and a glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes, which then became cloudy again.
She paused, and her hoarse voice trembled slightly:
"But...
It's been three thousand years. Why hasn't he come back yet..."
Lin Qiye looked at this scene. For some reason, a sour feeling welled up in his heart.
Who would have thought that the once lofty goddess of the night was now so helpless and humble.
She was the goddess of the night and also a mother waiting for her child to return.
"To cure her illness, we must start from the root..." The doctor's words echoed in Lin Qiye's mind again. He lowered his head and tried to think.
The root... Nyx's illness stemmed from the loss of her children.
To cure her, he could only start with her children. But he knew that her children were all famous Greek gods. He couldn't possibly go and find them one by one and bring them in front of Nyx, right?
But Lin Qiye didn't even know if they had been brought to this world by the fog. Where could he find so many gods?
Even if he found them, would those evil gods really come back with him obediently?
Lin Qiye frowned and thought. Just then, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind!
Perhaps... this could work?
Lin Qiye stood up, stared at Nyx with a纠结 (hesitant) expression for a long time, and finally made up his mind and took a step forward.
In Nyx's dull gaze, Lin Qiye walked up to her step by step...
He gently squatted down,
Stretched out his hands and hugged Nyx,
And whispered in her ear:
"Mother, I'm back."
At this moment, Nyx's eyes suddenly shone with an unprecedented brilliance!!
She tremblingly stretched out her hands and hugged Lin Qiye tightly. After a long time, she finally managed to say a complete sentence shakily:
"Welcome back, Thanatos, my child..."