Chapter 252: The Edge of Death
When a woman says that you haven't done anything wrong, it's better to think about what you've done wrong, and don't think that you haven't done anything wrong just because she says you haven't done anything wrong.
Before meeting the worm, the turtledove had been wandering around alone in the outside of the law for many years, but he had also been in contact with many women among various forces in the middle, so he still knew a little bit about some of the logic of women's speech.
For example, the phrase, "You have done nothing wrong", the turtledove knows that it means more than literally, because it is obviously a linguistic trap, and the turtledove is really angry with himself.
Speaking of this, the turtledove suddenly remembered the man-eating rat in the mouse city, that is, Hannibal, who raised the turtledove since childhood, he once gave the turtledove a lot of special stories about the boy's adolescent troubles when the turtledove entered puberty, and the father and son were quite embarrassed about it, causing the turtledove to run away from home in a fit of anger, and only recently returned to the mouse city.
None of this is important, but the important thing is that among the books that Hannibal prepared for Turtledove, there is a book, in which an article explains the logic of a woman's speech from many aspects and angles, and in retrospect, Turtledove can't help but feel grateful to Hannibal, and regret that he had a big fight with him because of this.
If it weren't for Hannibal, I'd have fallen into the language trap of the worm," thought the turtledove with a glad rejoice.
Women are not logical, and the more intimate they are, the more so, so don't try to use logical thinking to talk to women, especially after she has already said the sentence "You didn't do anything wrong", this sentence is not difficult to understand, it actually shows that the other person is on the verge of anger.
Therefore, when faced with this question, whether you answer "I did something wrong" or "I didn't do anything wrong", it is actually wrong, for example, once the other party asks you "what did you do wrong", this question will usually be more difficult to answer, and it is easy to get more and more wrong.
And if it's the latter, you say "I didn't do anything wrong", and whether you did anything wrong or not, you are bound to completely anger the other person, for the simple reason that as I said before, women don't think logically.
So what do they talk about, they talk about emotions.
Once again, thanks to Hannibal's "adolescent readings", which gave Turtledove an understanding of the "emotional animal" of women, so Turtledove did not respond positively to what the worm said, "You didn't do anything wrong", and Turtledove chose to grin and be silly there.
What a clever way to cope.
……
"What are you laughing at?"
Seeing that the turtledove laughed softly like a fool, a faint smile gradually appeared on the little worm's tense face, and after a while, the little turtle shook his head with a smile, and then said to the turtledove:
"What I'm telling you is true, you didn't do anything wrong."
From the change in the worm's expression and the soothing tone at this time, the turtledove accurately judged that he had stepped over the "language trap", and he was no longer stupid at this time, but asked the worm why he said that.
Women are usually not logical when they are emotional, but when they regain their composure, most women can still be reasonable.
"Because my decisions aren't always right either."
The little worm did complain a little bit about the turtledove at the beginning, and obviously said that he was going to the research center to find antibiotics, but the turtledove was good, and expressed a different opinion from himself in front of an outsider.
However, after a little reflection, the worm turned to believe that the turtledove was indeed doing the right thing.
"A lot of times, I think there's always a time when you don't think about the whole thing, you can't always listen to what I say," the worm said to the turtledove, "Of course you can have your own ideas, we are partners, not a word of the other." ”
"I remember, big sister."
Turtledove knows that the little worm is not a girl who likes to mess around, although she usually likes to bully herself in small things, but she is actually very sensible.
"Not only do you have to remember now, but you have to remember in the future," the worm then said to the turtledove, "and there are many places we have to go in the future, such as the areas marked by the other coordinates, and the oases, and even the new empire will most likely be visited, so I hope you will always be able to keep your own thoughts and correct me when I make mistakes." ”
Turtledove didn't speak, but nodded solemnly, he thought about it now, it seemed that after meeting the little worm, he listened to her almost everything, counting carefully, just one time he was willful, and the rest of the time he was completely a listener.
"However, you can't use this as an excuse not to listen to me," the little worm aggravated his tone, "You are not stupid, but you are too reckless, and we will discuss everything in the future, so that I can avoid making mistakes and not knowing it, and ending up wrong again and again." ”
Turtledove didn't expect the insect to tell him these things, he originally thought that the insect was angry because he didn't listen to her just now, it turned out that the insect was not just angry, she also thought about a lot of things, a lot of things worth thinking about and communicating with the turtledove.
"I remember."
The turtledove repeated these four words again, more seriously than before.
"Okay, let's move on," the worm returned to his usual appearance, "Look at the two of us, it looks like there are still thirty hours to live, by the way, if you can't find the antibiotics in the research center, or if the antibiotics there have failed, do you know what you should do?" ”
It's not that the turtledove hasn't thought about it, he has thought about it, but he hasn't come up with a reason.
"I want you to kill me," Worm's tone fluttered softly, as if she wasn't talking about someone else's life or death instead of an account to the turtledove, "because I don't want to be an unconscious monster and wander around this underground research institute all day, it's too boring and too ugly." ”
"As for yourself, if you're willing to commit suicide to accompany me, I don't mind."
After the worm finished speaking, she also walked over and patted the turtledove on the shoulder, and then she turned around and led the turtledove through the "business district" first.
The turtledove stood there for a long time without moving, and he really felt that this time, death was so close to him.