They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 36: An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Workshop Chapter 36: An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Workshop She trailed off, pretending to search her memory, giving him a chance to join the conversation.

When he didn’t respond, she chuckled lightly to herself and added, “Or maybe it was ‘keep yourself from turning into a stiff board.’ Either way, you should take it seriously.” Four glanced at her over his shoulder, his face unreadable.

Though he didn’t say a word, the tiniest flicker of amusement crossed his eyes before he turned back toward the wall.

“Muscle atrophy,” the man corrected her, his voice clipped and emotionless.

“Oh yeah, muscle atobi, that’s it,” she replied confidently, completely butchering the word.

Four “…” His steps faltered briefly as he repeated her mispronunciation in his head.

‘Muscle atobi?’ A flicker of disbelief crossed his face.

For a moment, he debated whether she was genuinely clueless or just trying to annoy him.

Her next question, however, nearly broke his composure.

“So… is that why you were punching the wall?

To stop the muscle atobi?” she asked with wide eyed curiosity.

He stopped and turned slightly, staring at her as if her stupidity were contagious.

Punching a wall to cure muscle atrophy?

He almost laughed at the absurdity but quickly caught himself.

Without a word, Four turned away, deliberately increasing the distance between them as though her ignorance might physically affect him.

Nnenna raised an eyebrow, watching his retreat.

“What?

That’s not it?

Then why are you punching the wall?

Is this some special therapy technique?

Or are you just mad at it?” Four said nothing, his cold silence acting as both his shield and his response.

she muttered with a

I’ll figure you out someday,

if it takes forever.”

he had felt earlier was buried under layers

that, then what is it?” she asked again, trying to probe

Silence.

expression remained impassive, offering

a

don’t want to talk,

move your arms and legs more, that’s

that’s bothering you, maybe try not to dwell on

trailed off mid sentence, the unfinished

at her, curiosity flickering in his otherwise cold

her own thoughts

wandered to the tangled threads of her past and present, a web that only seemed to tighten around her whenever she

and consuming, clawing at her resolve and leaving a painful throb

as one of their own, and deep down, she knew why,

knew she

in, her biological parents nothing more than fading shadows

gone, and no amount of wishful thinking could

slowly broke under the weight of the realization that had haunted her for

a real home, will I?’ The words echoed in her mind, tearing

to banish the tears

the question lingered, raw and unresolved, as if the answer had already been etched into

kept his gaze on her,

cry?’ Nothing he had done just now

the scenario,

her resilience with more intensity than he ever

people, one percent of his icy demeanor was enough

endured at least twenty percent without flinching, standing firm

up now, when he had done absolutely

Was it something else?

he miscalculated

didn’t

her tears as irrelevant, convincing himself there was no reason to be

glance at her, he sat down, grabbed his