Chapter 425 Because It’s You, Because They Are Not You

Lin Shili: “…”

He angrily pressed Gu Nan's hand down.

Once upon a time, he was the one who tried every means to get Gu Nan into bed.

Things have changed. Gu Nan wants him, but he shrinks back.

"No." Lin Shili gritted his teeth, recalling the reasons why Gu Nan rejected him many times, and followed suit, "We are not a couple yet."

Gu Nan: “…”

Well, the stone I lifted a few days ago hit me in the foot tonight.

Gu Nan was silent. He thought about it and realized that the nonsense about wanting a sense of ritual was actually mostly just talk.

Gu Nan did not have a complete understanding of the situation at the time and had no intention of sleeping with Lin Shili, but Lin Shili was anxious for a legitimate status. Out of caution, Gu Nan suppressed the matter and delayed it, leaving some way out for both parties so that he could adapt to the change of identity.

In fact, the boundaries of the relationship between Gu Nan and Lin Shili are very vague. The stage of affection, ambiguity and mutual testing has passed in another world. Now, except for the lack of a name, it is completely a sticky and passionate period.

Furthermore, you can go to bed immediately.

What they said about not being in a relationship was just an excuse Lin Shili made because he didn't want to sleep with her.

As for why I didn't want to, it was probably because I was afraid of being unable to perform well in bed and being laughed at by her.

After all, now the fighting must be real, unlike the past when we could just play two small games to get away with it.

Gu Nan thought it through and pushed Lin Shili off him, "No more orders."

Gu Nan made all her decisions quickly and decisively, as if it was just an illusion that she had dragged him to a hotel room due to lust just a few seconds ago. Lin Shili couldn't tell whether she was angry or trying to back down.

"Is my sister angry?" Lin Shili asked tentatively.

"I'm not angry. I'm just thinking about when is the best time to confirm our relationship." Gu Nan pinched Lin Shili's arm. There was only a thin layer of skin and some dry muscles, which really didn't feel good.

Gu Nan inappropriately missed Chun Yi's body, the hot and fiery body of a Buddhist, a little fierce, but really delicious.

Just as the garbage in my brain was about to dissipate, I heard Lin Shili say, "Sister, wait a little longer. It will definitely be before the New Year."

"Which year before the Lunar New Year? Before New Year's Day or before the Lunar New Year?"

Looking at Gu Nan's shining eyes, Lin Shili almost gritted his teeth and said before New Year's Day, but fortunately he was still rational, "Before the New Year."

This year's New Year's Eve is at the end of January next year, which means there are still four and a half months left.

With a specific time, Gu Nan was very satisfied, "I'll wait."

The problem was solved perfectly. The two of them held hands and walked happily in the city for a while. At ten o'clock, they said goodbye and went home.

Gu Nan returned home, took a shower, and turned on his computer one last time before going to bed to see if there were any urgent tasks or online alarms, but found that Yi Jingrong had sent a message three hours ago.

Yi Jingrong: "Gu Nan, are you free tomorrow? I have something I want to ask you for help."

Yi Jingrong only had a few things to ask her about, usually not urgent. If it was urgent, he would have asked directly if he could come see her, just like he did last year. Gu Nan replied: "I'm busy tomorrow, let's make an appointment next week."

Yi Jingrong was online and replied quickly: "I want to discuss image cooperation with you. It won't take up too much of your time. If you're willing, I can talk to you right now."

Gu Nan: "What image collaboration?"

Yi Jingrong sent a long message: "Image collaboration for the Awakening Project. We've done a lot of world fusion experiments, but the results haven't been very good, so we'd like to try putting your image data in to see what happens."

At the beginning, every family member of the patient who participated in the awakening project signed an informed consent form. The purpose of the informed consent form was mainly to explain some special circumstances during the project to the family members and to help the research center avoid risks, but that was all.

Patients participating in the project pay monthly fees, and the relationship between patients and research centers tends to be relatively equal. Research centers must protect patients' personal information.

The system merging Gu Nan and Lin Shili's worlds into one was originally a matter of debate. Although the result was good, it was a mistake made by the research center when examined in detail. The fact that Gu Nan and Lin Shili did not argue about it was because they were unwilling to do so, not because they could not.

So now if Yi Jingrong wants to give Gu Nan's information to others, he must obtain Gu Nan's consent.

Perhaps people will subconsciously stay away from things that make them suffer. Gu Nan's feelings about the Skylight Awakening Project are still a little subtle. She is willing to help more people, but hopes that it will not cause trouble.

Gu Nan made a video call to Yi Jingrong.

Yi Jingrong answered the call quickly. On the screen, she was wearing goggles and a lab coat, and it seemed that she had not yet finished get off work.

"What does the image data you want include?" Gu Nan asked.

"Everything." Yi Jingrong said, "I want to try to recreate the miracle you and Lin Shili created."

Gu Nan's expression twisted, "You're going to use my data to date someone else?"

"Of course not." Yi Jingrong quickly denied, "There are many kinds of emotions that can create miracles, and they are not necessarily love."

"So, there's love. Is my face also part of the data you want?" Gu Nan sternly refused, "No."

At that time, Gu Nan was troubled by the fact that the faces did not change in the three plots. Although he later understood that this was a setting of the system for people who were not lost, it was indeed a trouble.

Yi Jingrong is using her face. What if someone wakes up because of her and searches the world for her?

Or will he die without her just like Lin Shili? Will she have to bear the sin debt for Yi Jingrong?

"You are not allowed to use my face." Gu Nan reiterated.

"You don't need your face," Yi Jingrong quickly reassured him. "That would cause you trouble. I know I didn't express it correctly. I should have said everything except the face."

Gu Nan didn't let go, and instead asked, "Have you ever thought that the experiment failed because you went in the wrong direction?"

Yi Jingrong didn't get angry, and asked humbly, "Why do you say that?"

Gu Nan didn't shy away from asking, "Are those who participated in the project for two years and still can't wake up as lost as Lin Shili? Why are so many people lost? Is there something wrong with your system settings?"

"For example, the direction of the world doesn't have to completely follow the patient's conscious inclinations. For example, if the world provided by the system is too painful, such pain can easily destroy an already fragile person."

Facing Gu Nan's continuous questioning, Yi Jingrong remained calm. "Your doubts are also my doubts. Are those people who have not woken up lost? If so, why are so many people lost? Is their loss caused by the system?"

"But my doubts always lose their meaning in front of you. Your awakening is the greatest affirmation of this project."

Gu Nan refused such a high honor, "I might have almost collapsed and lost myself like Lin Shili."

"Because of pain?" Yi Jingrong asked back, "But in this world, every awakening is accompanied by pain."

"I've thought about creating another world as a perfect paradise where all the regrets of this life can be fulfilled. That's a kind of downward happiness, but I believe there are plenty of people willing to indulge in it and never wake up."

"I know that if you had a choice, you would choose sobriety over numbness."

"Because it's you. Because they're not you."