Well?
Are we just having casual conversation?
Although Chen Xiao didn't understand the meaning behind the question, he thought about it for a moment and still answered calmly.
"It was probably when I was two or three years old." Chen Xiao touched his nose. As he said this, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness.
When Chen Xiao was two or three years old, her family was still very happy. The earliest happy memory Chen Xiao can recall now is when she was about three years old, her mother was carrying her and walking in the park. She remembers it very clearly because that day, when she was toddling around, her foot was cut by a piece of broken glass hidden in the park lawn. For young Chen Xiao, it was a painful memory.
But now, when I think back, I remember more of my mother taking off the headscarf from her hair, bandaging my feet, and then gently caring for me.
That scene... must have been very happy.
"When I was little, I was probably three years old," Chen Xiao recalled, her tone softening slightly.
After listening quietly as Chen Xiao recounted that memory, a faint trace of melancholy appeared in Poseidon's eyes.
“When I was little…” she said, as if with a hint of sadness, “I have no memory of my childhood.”
Chapter 178 [I Find You Pleasant to Look At]
Poseidon shifted her posture, sitting there with her knees drawn up to her chest. This posture made her look even more pitiful, and her voice became sorrowful: "My earliest memory is about eight or nine years ago. Before that, my memory is a blank, there is nothing."
She looked up at Chen Xiao, and seemed to smile: "Eight or nine years ago... I remember it very clearly. I looked almost the same as I do now. But... I don't have the kind of childhood memories you mentioned, not at all."
As she spoke, she seemed to open her mouth, and a hint of bitterness appeared on her face.
“My earliest memory is very clear to me. I only remember being down there. Yes, the place we were just now. It was an underwater cave, and I just knew I was there, as if I had always been there. As for why I was there, I don’t know. But I do know everything about it. Every cave underground, the underground river, those strange metal houses, those strange passages, those switches hidden under the rocks… I know it all. No one told me. It seems I was born knowing it. I think I was probably born in that place. That place is my home.”
She paused, her gaze gradually turning cold: "But back then, I was already the same height as I am now, so I don't have what you call childhood memories! My earliest memories only go back eight or nine years! And I have absolutely no memories of anything earlier!"
She glanced at Chen Xiao: "Thank you for telling me those things today."
Chen Xiao touched his nose somewhat awkwardly: "Well... actually, you don't need to thank me. You already knew those things, but each time you awaken, that part of your memory is erased again. And... if that damn pimp computer is right, after a while, when another part of your memory awakens, you'll still go back down there..."
“Yes! Go back, then relay the information to the surface world, and then have your memories erased again!” The sea goddess’s voice was filled with undisguised anger, her eyelids trembling slightly. A spark flashed in her eyes: “Hmph, what did it call me? Mother? Haha! That’s an interesting name! What am I? A breeding machine? Just a tool for perpetuating civilization?!”
Chen Xiao was stunned.
Suddenly, Chen Xiao completely understood the woman's emotions at that moment!
Regardless of whether she was the last human being left behind by some prehistoric civilization.
At the very least, she was a single, independent life that deserved respect!
Every life should be respected.
Chen Xiao understood even more clearly that if he were in this woman's shoes and suffered the same treatment, he wouldn't know who he was. He'd be implanted with some kind of ridiculous memory. Every so often, he'd have to wake up, go back to his work, and then have his memory forcibly erased again, leaving him like a walking corpse, not knowing who he was, where he came from, or where he was going.
Finally, they were forced to be used as reproductive tools.
This feeling of being manipulated is unacceptable to any dignified life.
"So thank you for telling me this."
Poseidon looked into Chen Xiao's eyes, her voice sincere: "If what that guy down there said is true, that I only awaken once every three years, and only for a short time after awakening back down there will I be truly conscious, spending most of the time a muddled tool, then that fate is truly tragic! At least, you've told me everything now, until my next memory awakens and I'm forcibly sent back down there for brainwashing—at least for this time, I am a conscious being! I know who I am, where I come from, and what dignity is! Even if I'm brainwashed again, in this period, you've given me a period of clarity. So…"
Poseidon's voice lowered: "We're even! Not because you brought me out, nor because you didn't take advantage of me earlier. It's because I'm grateful to you for giving me a period of time where I could live with clarity."
At this point, the Sea Goddess's voice suddenly changed tone, and her gaze, fixed on Chen Xiao, became surprisingly gentle and alluring. Then, she smiled, exuding charm: "Actually, I find you quite pleasing to the eye now. If you really want to, I wouldn't mind... mating with you once. Don't you men all like women like me?"
Chen Xiao's face immediately turned bright red. He coughed twice, turned his head away, and shook his head repeatedly: "Forget it! I'm not interested!"
"Oh?" The sea god's voice was soft and sweet: "You really don't want to? I know that humans always mate, and it seems that for human women, the first time always has some special meaning. I see that you like him very much, so if I were to give you the opportunity to mate with a man for the first time, I would be willing."
Chen Xiao almost fainted from anger. This woman, once she regained her composure, became quite frightening in her words and actions! Thinking about it carefully, the fact that she dared to run around the world wearing this semi-transparent dress meant that her personality was naturally much more fiery than his own.
"If you don't want to, then forget it." The sea god curled his lips, showing no intention of pursuing the matter further: "I may be in this mood now, but I may not be in this mood in the future. Even if you beg me, I will not agree."
Chen Xiao was also somewhat embarrassed and angry: "What nonsense are you talking about! I would never beg you... beg you to do that kind of thing with me!"
After all, he is a normal person, and normal people don't use words like "mating" on their lips.
“Men are all hypocrites.” Poseidon actually said this, looking into Chen Xiao’s eyes with a half-smile: “Actually, when you looked at me before, I could tell from your eyes that you were still very attracted.”
Chen Xiao straightened his face and said coldly, "Only animals mate. I am a human, not an animal."
Poseidon's expression hardened. She stared intently at Chen Xiao for a couple of seconds, then stood up and looked at him. Her tone turned cold: "Let's go, let's leave here!"
Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
On the east coast of this seaside city lies a natural bay with over a hundred acres of beach that is a seaside mansion owned by the wealthy.
The tropical climate and abundant rainfall have made the palm grove along the bay exceptionally lush. Luxury mansions dot the landscape, each with its own private yacht marina.
It was the sunniest time of day, and at the private marina by the sea, some wealthy people's yachts were getting ready to set sail, while on the marina, some hot and beautiful women were enjoying sunbathing.
No one noticed that one of these mansions had been broken into by two uninvited guests.
This mansion appears to be uninhabited. It seems the person who bought the property here only uses it as a vacation retreat, and it's usually deserted.
With Chen Xiao and Poseidon's combined strength, how could any anti-theft or security systems installed in those homes stop them? The two of them easily broke in.
Heading southwest from the Mariana Trench region lies the Southeast Asian island nation of the Philippines, which was naturally Chen Xiao's first stop after escaping danger.
The two finally reached land and barged into a mansion by the sea without any hesitation.
Chen Xiao was still naked at this moment.