◎Unbelievable◎
Let’s go?
An idea emerged in Rong Xiao's mind.
But this thought lasted less than five seconds before she dismissed it and decided to sit down and wait for someone.
I don't know why.
She just felt that the heavy fog and the sudden separation were like some strange force at work, which was very abnormal.
Since it is abnormal, we should think with abnormal thinking.
All this seemed to be tempting her to leave this area and look for companions, but she... refused!
Picking up a stone from the ground and wiping it with a leaf, Rong Xiao sat down directly on a clean place, intending to wait there for an hour before making any decision.
With no one else around, time seemed to pass especially slowly. After an unknown amount of time, she finally heard the rustling sound of footsteps behind her.
The sound was very similar to the sound Lingxi and the others made at the beginning when they stepped on dead leaves and branches.
But the steps were very cautious.
Rong Xiao suddenly stood up, drew out his sword and moved in the opposite direction of the sound, crouching low and ready to wait for his opportunity.
But a sudden and strange warning rose from his bones, and before Rong Xiao could stand still, his back suddenly bumped into something.
Almost instantly, she jumped away with quick reaction and swung the knife in her hand backwards quickly.
A cold light flashed through the fog, as if cutting the thick white fog in two, but the blade suddenly stopped at a critical point.
"Yan Jue?" Rong Xiao's knife landed right on the center of Yan Jue's eyebrows. The sharp blade hanging above him did not cause him to panic at all, but instead made Yan Jue's frown relax.
"Xiaoxiao, you're really here." Calmly pushing the blade aside with his fingers, Yan Jue stepped forward, his fingers gently clasping her sleeve as if afraid she'd vanish again. "Have you seen anyone else?"
"No," Rong Xiao shook his head in confusion, "How did you find me? Didn't you stay where you are?"
"Stay where you are?" Yan Jue laughed when he heard it. "I've been walking back for half an hour."
Rong Xiao looked left and right, then suddenly stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear, "But I've been standing still."
After he finished speaking, Yan Jue's expression changed, as if he was thinking about something that she couldn't understand.
A few minutes later, Yan Jue suddenly pointed at the iron hook in Rong Xiao's other hand and said, "Xiao Xiao, can I borrow it for a moment?"
"Sure." Rong Xiao handed over the weapon without hesitation.
Yan Jue took it in his hand and weighed it, then looked at her and asked, "I need to change its shape temporarily, but don't worry, I will restore it when it is safe."
"Oh, okay, you can use it as you like." Rong Xiao smiled and authorized her precious iron hook unlimitedly.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she felt that the situation was not as simple as she thought.
The iron hook, which originally had a certain amplitude, was suddenly bent. Without asking, everyone knew it was Yan Jue who did it, but the shape looked so weird, like a pair of... handcuffs!
Sure enough, the next second, the iron hooks transformed into handcuffs, one side was put on her wrist, and the other side was put on Yan Jue's own hand.
"This way, we won't be easily separated," Yan Jue smiled at her and raised his handcuffed hands. "If we tie it with ropes, it will break too easily and it won't be safe. Metal is more reliable, right, Xiaoxiao?"
Rong Xiao stared at the lump of stuff in his hand and didn't say anything for a long time. He was so silent that even Yan Jue felt inexplicably guilty.
Just as he was about to say something to explain that he didn't have any strange habits or ideas, Rong Xiao suddenly looked up and gave him a big thumbs up: "You're so smart!"
Yan Jue: “…” He breathed a sigh of relief.
She was originally worried that Rong Xiao would hate this, so she thought of a lot of explanations and persuasion, but she saved herself the trouble.
Rong Xiao held up the twisted handcuffs in his hands and asked curiously, "But, it's so strange, why did you find me alone?"
"Hmm?" Yan Jue could hear something else behind the words.
Without any hesitation, Rong Xiao raised his head and looked deeply into his eyes: "In this respect, you are similar to Teacher Mosaic."
"Hehe..." Yan Jue smiled a little unnaturally and raised his eyebrows, "Why are you mentioning him again?"
"It's just a very intuitive feeling. He can always find me when he wants to know something. He always knows what I'm thinking."
This time, Yan Jue did not answer. He was neither curious about the Mosaic teacher she mentioned nor did he say anything extra to explain his current situation.
He looked back at Rong Xiao's eyes quietly. Something in the air seemed to be tense, and when it was on the verge of reaching its limit, it was disturbed by a strange and abrupt sound.
Rong Xiao didn't need his reminder, and immediately turned his head to look behind him: "Did you hear that?"
"I heard it, but... it should be over here," Yan Jue said, turning her head in the completely opposite direction. "Based on my previous observations, the sound came from the opposite direction, and our sense of direction and space has been disrupted. But the only thing we can be sure of is that the sound can barely help us locate it, but it will be affected by our sense of space."
The two of them exchanged glances, and finally sped up in the opposite direction of the figures at the same time.
There were several times when the heavy fog almost blocked Yan Jue's view, and one could only vaguely see his outline and the pulling feeling on his hand.
That hazy feeling made Rong Xiao feel more and more that the person with him was Teacher Mosaic.
The two of them walked in perfect sync without any stumbling, and finally discovered something unusual.
The grass looked like it had been pressed by something heavy. The short grass stuck to the mud and vaguely resembled the shape of a person.
Yan Jue walked forward, picked up a branch, moved the grass covering it, and turned over a mark pressed into the mud.
"Do you recognize this?" Yan Jue pointed at the mark and motioned Rong Xiao to look at it.
As soon as she squatted down, she immediately gave up the metal logo on Lingxi's backpack.
"It's Sister Xi," Rong Xiao frowned and looked around, "Could something have happened to her?"
Something had definitely happened, but Yan Jue couldn't tell if there was any danger to his life.
Looking at Rong Xiao's worried expression, Yan Jue didn't want her to be too nervous, so he softened his tone: "She should still be alive. If she was attacked by zombies, there would definitely be blood. If it was human-made, if their intention was to kill, there should have been blood as well. If there was no blood, it means she's at least alive."
Upon hearing that he was still alive, Rong Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and squatted on the ground to carefully observe the situation on the grass.
There were shoe prints, but after walking around in a mess, the shoe prints moved away. Rong Xiao and Yan Jue chased them and searched for less than five minutes, but the prints disappeared.
Everything seemed to be suddenly thrown into another time and space where nothing happened, leaving no trace.
"Yan Jue, should we continue looking for footprints, or..." Rong Xiao looked at the vast expanse of white in front of him, and suddenly felt fortunate that he had someone to talk to, at least he was not alone.
But there was no response when she asked. If the restraint and reaction force on her wrist had not disappeared, she would really suspect that Yan Jue had disappeared again.
Turning around, she saw Yan Jue, who was only a step away from her, staring blankly into the distance, as if he had discovered something.
But when I followed his gaze, there was nothing but a vast expanse of white fog.
"Yan Jue?" Rong Xiao sensed something was wrong and waved his hand in front of his eyes, but Yan Jue didn't even blink.
Rong Xiao had never seen him like this before. He looked as if he had lost his soul. He stared at the front without moving his eyes.
She lowered her head to look at the "handcuffs" on her wrists, curiously stretched out her fingers, and gently poked his palm -
In the blink of an eye, the world in front of me suddenly changed, as if I had fallen into another world.
The bustling yet unfamiliar streets, the people coming and going, everything before my eyes was so real...
No, it seems to be true?
Rong Xiao reached out and touched the street lamp beside him, and actually felt a cool feeling.
Isn't this an illusion?
Ever since she woke up in the pile of corpses, she had never seen such a bustling and vibrant city. Everything she saw at this moment made Rong Xiao feel novel.
But strangely, Yan Jue seemed to have disappeared.
The people passing by seemed very busy, and the cafe next to them was full of people, talking and laughing. It was a scene that had not been seen since the end of the world.
He knew about the coffee shop and often met Teacher Mosaic in the coffee shop at night, but Rong Xiao had never drunk coffee.
She leaned over the French window and looked inside curiously, causing the people near the window to look at her curiously.
In a corner of the cafe, Rong Xiao finally found a familiar face. He pushed the door open and rushed in without hesitation.
Yan Jue was having dinner with another man. There were two cups of coffee and a large piece of what looked like meat on the table. Rong Xiao had never eaten it before, but he thought the presentation looked very appetizing.
"Your plate looks more delicious. Let's switch." The man opposite said as he was about to reach out to take Yan Jue's plate, but was held down by him.
Yan Jue sneered and gestured with the fork in his hand above the man's hand: "Let go, you're dreaming, hurry up and eat, then get out, the plane waits for no one."
The man opposite hesitated for a moment, but when he saw that he couldn't snatch it away, he had to give up.
As soon as I pulled my hand back, I felt someone was next to me.
Rong Xiao stood at the table, looked at the food on the table, then looked at Yan Jue, the only person he knew next to him, his eyes full of eagerness to try.
The man opposite was stunned and winked at Yan Jue: Do you know him?
Yan Jue slowly put a bite of food into his mouth, then looked up at his surroundings. The moment he saw Rong Xiao, his movements suddenly stopped.
"Yan Jue, what are you eating? It looks delicious." Rong Xiao stood by the table with light in his eyes.
But Yan Jue, who was chatting and laughing with the person opposite just now, was suddenly stunned like before in the forest. He stared at Rong Xiao blankly for a long time, suddenly moved the position of the booth, patted the side, and motioned Rong Xiao to sit down.
The man opposite had a shocked expression. Looking closely, he looked somewhat similar to Yan Jue.
"Your friend?" the other party asked in surprise.
Yan Jue ignored him and waited until Rong Xiao sat down before whispering in her ear, "Is this an illusion?"
"Ah, maybe," Rong Xiao was unsure, "just a second ago, we were still in the forest."
As if he had gotten the answer he wanted, Yan Jue didn't say anything, and his eyes gradually became cold as he looked at the man opposite him.
"What's going on? Could it be your girlfriend?" The person on the other side seemed to be in a completely different world from Yan Jue. He stuffed a mouthful of food into his mouth and stammered, "You were the one who said whoever gets out of being single first is a dog. Don't make excuses."
"Yan Jue, is this steak?" While the two were talking, Rong Xiao poked the food on the table with his finger, leaned forward and sniffed hard, "It doesn't smell good."
"Of course not, because it's all an illusion." Yan Jue deliberately made the answer light and patted Rong Xiao's shoulder. Suddenly he thought of something and looked at her and his arms leaning against each other.
After a moment, Yan Jue suddenly stood up, took Rong Xiao's hand and prepared to walk out.
But after taking only two steps, he was forced to stop by an emotion that he could not ignore.
The man, who had no idea what was going on, stood up and wanted to call Yan Jue. He had never seen such a scene before and was completely out of his mind.
Yan Jue turned around and looked at him with a half-smile: "Asshole, you have to survive to the end."
After he finished speaking, he took Rong Xiao out of the coffee shop without hesitation. The world in front of him turned upside down in an instant, and Rong Xiao felt his head a little heavy.
But the feeling of change around them was clear, and they returned to the forest.
There was still thick fog and a cold and desolate forest, and nothing had changed around.
There is no bustling city, nor any delicious food or cafes.
Rong Xiao couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the delicious illusion that disappeared from his sight: "If I had known earlier, I would have taken a bite just now. Maybe I could have tasted it?"
"I can taste the flavor," Yan Jue suddenly said, "but I can't smell the aroma that should be there."
Rong Xiao, sensing some kind of information in the words, drew inferences: "Then if we want to distinguish hallucinations, can we use our sense of smell?"
"It's a direction worth trying, but..." Yan Jue touched his forehead and squinted his eyes to look into the depths of the thick fog. "Just now, it seemed like you entered my illusion world. If you hadn't appeared, I... wouldn't have realized it was fake at all. It's like some kind of irresistible feeling of confusion."
"Then the others..."
"That's possible."
Rong Xiao wanted to ask something else when strange and abnormal noises appeared around him again.
Yan Jue, without saying a word, suddenly threw her to the ground. Rong Xiao's mouth was gently covered by him, and his low, pleasant voice rang in her ear: "Don't talk. No matter what happens, pretend to be asleep. Don't move and don't react."
"Oh." Nodding, Rong Xiao immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be dizzy.
It sounded like footsteps coming from the left were quickly approaching them. When they got closer, they discovered that several figures suddenly appeared and were coming from the right.
"It seems he's hallucinating," the voice was a little muffled, as if it was blocked by something, "Carry him away."
"good."
Rong Xiao, with his eyes closed, was not sure what had happened. He only felt that something was tied to his hands and feet, and he was lifted up in a strange way. He was swaying along the road, as if he had passed through a section of road with no light and echoing footsteps, and finally arrived in the wilderness.
It seemed like almost half an hour had passed before Rong Xiao felt himself being lowered to the ground, with his arms and feet tied tightly with ropes.
The one who was put down should be Yan Jue, who also kept quiet without making any sound.
The sound of conversation gradually faded away and finally became completely quiet.
After a few minutes, Yan Jue's voice rang out: "Xiaoxiao, you can open your eyes now."
Even without using his eyes, Rong Xiao could feel that they were in a dimly lit place. There were several breathing sounds around them, but no one was talking.
She took a moment to open her eyes. Yan Jue was right beside her. Probably because their hands were handcuffed, the group had to put them together.
But what Rong Xiao didn't expect was that everyone... everyone was in this room.
This place looked like a shabby shack, crammed with about twenty people, all leaning back and forth as if they were sleeping.
Not far away were Long Qingyu and Tian Yichuang. Rong Xiao tried calling them, but no one answered.
"Are they also in a hallucination?" Now the only one who can communicate normally with Rong Xiao is Yan Jue.
Yan Jue didn't answer. He looked at it carefully for a while before explaining, "The fog before should have created an illusion. Once you fall into the illusion, the group of people will move people who are no different from being unconscious here."
"But why don't I have hallucinations?" Rong Xiao discovered a blind spot.
This is also the question that Yan Jue is curious about.
After Rong Xiao touched him, she could enter other people's illusions, but she did not fall into her own illusion.
Are there any special conditions for the creation of this illusion?
But Rong Xiao falls outside this condition?
"Xiaoxiao, can you untie the rope on me?"
"I'll try."
Using his supernatural power, he untied the rope in mid-air, and Rong Xiao threw the snake-like rope onto the ground covered with hay.
"I'll loosen the handcuffs first," Yan Jue glanced at the entrance, "Xiaoxiao, keep an eye on the door."
"Okay! I'll let him know!" After getting her affirmative assurance, Yan Jue opened the "handcuffs" and was the first to walk towards Ling Xuting who was still unconscious.
The moment the palm touched him, Yan Jue's eyes suddenly lost their luster, as if he was in a trance, staring blankly at the front without moving at all.
Time passed minute by minute, Rong Xiao looked at the entrance nervously, doing his duty as Yan Jue's guardian.
After about half an hour, Yan Jue's numb eyes finally showed some light. He blinked slowly, and Ling Xuting beside him also woke up.
"Yan Jue, can you also enter the illusion?" Rong Xiao saw him start to stretch his muscles, so he grabbed him and asked him in detail.
Yan Jue sighed softly, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He wiped it with the back of his hand and said, "People who are not trapped in the illusion will enter their illusion if they touch someone who is. But... it is difficult to get them out of the illusion. All this is too real and too beautiful for them."
Rong Xiao thought about it carefully for a while, and found it a little difficult to understand. He tilted his head curiously: "What do you mean?"
“The regrets in life are filled in the illusion, and everything becomes beautiful. The person who has the illusion may not want to leave at all.”
"But before... when I was looking for you in the hallucination, you realized it quickly."
Yan Jue shook his head: "I haven't figured out what's going on yet. At least the others seem to be different from us. Also, there's another situation."
After he finished speaking, Su Ming, who was lying on the ground in the corner, moved and actually woke up.
"Some of the people you saw weren't in their own hallucinations, but in someone else's. You have to make both of them realize they're in a hallucination at the same time. Unless they're willing, they can't wake up."
Rong Xiao understood the complex rules hidden in the words without him having to explain any more.
Ling Xuting and Su Ming should be in the situation Yan Jue described.
When Ling Xuting falls into an illusion first, Su Ming will enter Ling Xuting's illusion when he touches him. Both of them will be immersed in the same illusion world that is equally real and beautiful. After Yan Jue enters it, he must spend a lot of energy to help both of them realize that they are in an illusion at the same time, and make them willingly leave this beautiful false illusion before he can wake up his companion.
"How long did it take me?" Yan Jue asked again.
Rong Xiao thought about it and said, "Almost half an hour."
Yan Jue rolled his eyes at Su Ming fiercely, not wanting to show him a friendly attitude. "He spent several days in this hallucination, and it took a lot of effort to make him realize that he was dreaming."
"Don't get close to other people," Yan Jue dragged Ling Xuting and Su Ming aside. "If you hallucinate again, I won't be responsible."
Su Ming, who had just come out of the hallucination, looked in a bad mood. He hung his head and didn't even have the mind to refute Yan Jue. He stared at his bound wrists in a daze.
In comparison, Ling Xuting's emotions were much more stable.
Rong Xiao helped to untie the ropes on their hands, and suddenly a curtain of light appeared in front of him.
The game pops up at this time???
A half-hour countdown was displayed on the light screen. If they missed the opportunity to input the required items, the system would automatically assign them a random task.
Although there is a high chance of getting good stuff in random tasks, you may encounter tasks with high difficulty.
Rong Xiao raised his head, and Long Qingyu in the corner showed no sign of waking up.
She tried to click on the input interface for the required items, but the prompts on the screen kept warning her that Rong Xiao had already formed a team and that Long Qingyu should be the one to input the required items.
After thinking about it, Rong Xiao moved closer to Long Qingyu and tried to input the required items, but the warning "Not operated by me" still popped up.
Do I have to wake someone up?
Raising his head, Rong Xiao immediately looked at Yan Jue who was about to enter the illusion again. It seemed that the two of them were the best candidates left here.
Only Rong Xiao and Yan Jue were not so misled and affected by the illusion.
"You go ahead, and leave the rest to me and Su Ming," Ling Xuting said firmly and reliably without waiting for Yan Jue to speak. "Time waits for no one."
"Thanks."
After expressing his thanks, Rong Xiao looked at Long Qingyu who was huddled together. Just as he was about to put his hand on Long Qingyu's shoulder, Yan Jue suddenly spoke.
"What you say and do in a hallucination will have consequences," he emphasized, not knowing what he was thinking. "Be careful."
Rong Xiao nodded and gently placed his hand on the captain's shoulder.
Just like in the forest, the world before her eyes changed instantly, and when she saw the new scene, she was already on a bustling city street.
This is different from the city where Yan Jue lived before. It doesn’t look as prosperous, but it has a peaceful and comfortable feeling.
Based on previous experience, Long Qingyu should be not far away, so she had to look for him carefully.
There is a bakery next to it.
Fresh bread kept coming out of the oven, its color tempting, but Rong Xiao could not smell any of its fragrance.
There was a bus stop not far away. It was dark and a bus slowly pulled into the station. Rong Xiao's attention was immediately attracted by the flashy advertisement on the bus shell.
The sight moves from the bus shell to the people queuing to get on the bus.
A familiar figure sandwiched among them made Rong Xiao rush forward excitedly.
Long Qingyu found a seat and sat down, holding the dishes in his hands. He got off work early today and seemed to be planning to go home and cook a big meal.
"Brother Long, Brother Long," Rong Xiao squeezed through the crowd and onto the car, "I finally found you."
The driver next to her thought she had met an acquaintance. Seeing Rong Xiao wanted to go in, he pointed at the coin slot and reminded her: "Hurry up and put the coin in."
"Ah?" Rong Xiao stared at the dark rectangular hole in a daze.
"No money?" The driver narrowed his eyes in displeasure.
Rong Xiao touched the outer pockets of his clothes and trouser pockets, but there was not even a coin in them, let alone money.
Long Qingyu, who was sitting in the front seat, hadn't realized what was happening yet. Looking at the bewildered Rong Xiao, he suddenly dug out some change from his pocket and threw it in: "I'll help her put it in."
The driver stopped staring at Rong Xiao and motioned her to go inside as there was room at the back.
Long Qingyu gathered the plastic bag in his hand and just sat down when he found that the girl was standing in front of him.
"Brother Long." Rong Xiao faced him, staring at him, clearly talking to him.
But Long Qingyu looked at her over and over again for a long time but still couldn't remember who she was.
But her face always gave him a sense of familiarity, but he just couldn't match it up.
"I'm Rong Xiao," Rong Xiao said, introducing herself and simply sat down in the empty seat next to him. "Think about it carefully."
Long Qingyu stared at her for a long time, and then tried hard to retrieve her name from the ocean of memory.
After a few minutes, he gave up: "Sorry, I really can't remember where we met before."
"Everything here is an illusion," Rong Xiao explained mysteriously, lowering his voice. "I'm here to take you away from here."
After hearing what she said, Long Qingyu awkwardly stepped aside and said, "Haha, stop joking."
"I'm serious," Rong Xiao grabbed his sleeve and gently tugged, "The food in this world has no fragrance. This world is fake. Brother Long, come back soon. A new game has begun, and you need to input the required items."
With a creak, the car arrived at the station. Long Qingyu ignored her question and got off the car with the bags in his hands.
Seeing this, Rong Xiao followed happily.
Long Qingyu originally thought that Rong Xiao would calm down if he left her alone, but he watched her jogging along. No matter how he quickened his pace, the girl behind him seemed to have a strange persistence and refused to give up.
"Little sister, where do you live?" Long Qingyu said, switching the handbag to one hand and pulling out his police ID. "It's late. I'm a police officer. I'll take you home."
"I don't have a home." Rong Xiao shook his head.
Long Qingyu felt a headache, as if he would never be able to communicate with her smoothly.
"Huh? Why are you standing downstairs?" The night wind blew, and a pleasant and gentle female voice floated into Rong Xiao's ears.
The voice was unfamiliar, the tone was unfamiliar. Rong Xiao turned his head curiously and saw a woman in a white dress standing next to him.
When she spoke, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and it seemed that no matter what expression she made, she was smiling. Her eyes were big and beautiful, and her long hair was gently draped over her shoulders.
"Jia Xi, why are you here?" Long Qingyu immediately went up to the woman when he saw her, as if deliberately separating her from the strange Rong Xiao.
The woman named Jia Xi raised the bag in her hand and said, "We're out of salt at home. I came down to buy some."
"Why don't you just ask me to take it up? You don't have to run." Long Qingyu immediately took the bag, as if he was afraid of tiring her out.
Jiaxi's smile gives people a very gentle and friendly feeling. Rong Xiao has never seen her before. Could she be Brother Long's family member?
Perhaps because the sight was too obvious, Jia Xi noticed Rong Xiao who was staring at Long Qingyu from behind and asked him quietly, "Is he your friend?"
"No, I don't know him. He seems to have some problem with his brain. He has been following me from the bus to here."
Jia Xi nudged him with her elbow: "You are a policeman, you can send him home."
"But today is your birthday..."
"It's okay," Jia Xi took the food and urged, "Look, she's not that old and she's very cute. If she met a bad guy, something would definitely happen, and her family would be worried."
"Then I'll be back after I've dealt with it."
Long Qingyu sighed. Although he was exhausted, he still patiently and carefully called Rong Xiao over and asked her a bunch of questions, even if she didn't answer the questions.
After struggling for half an hour, Rong Xiao still insisted that this world was fake and she had no home.
Finally, Long Qingyu had no choice but to send her photo and name to the colleague on duty, asking him to help find the contact number of her family.
Standing on the street and waiting was not a solution, so Long Qingyu took Rong Xiao to the dessert shop next door, ordered some food for her, and watched from the side with his hands folded.
"Brother Long, I know it's hard for you to believe it now, but try it, don't these desserts have a sweet fragrance?" As he said that, Rong Xiao scooped a piece of cake with a spoon and brought it to him.
Long Qingyu actually sniffed it, but didn't say anything.
Before he finished his dessert, Long Qingyu received a call from his colleague, and there was really no news about Rong Xiao.
The name was the same, but the age and family situation did not match. After they contacted each other, the other party said that their family members were not missing.
Even after paying for a table of desserts, they still got no information about Rong Xiao. As time was getting later, they had no choice but to go.
Long Qingyu let out a long breath and suddenly stood up.
Even without saying anything, he knew Rong Xiao would follow him obediently.
After walking another street forward, Long Qingyu turned into a cake shop and came out carrying a fresh mousse cake.
Rong Xiao was like an abandoned puppy. He didn't even enter the store. He just waited for him at the door so obediently.
For some reason, Long Qingyu felt that this little girl was familiar, but he couldn't remember anything about her.
It was a strange feeling, as if it was pulling at his intellect and his emotions.
"I won't stand Jiaxi up this time, no matter what," Long Qingyu warned Rong Xiao with a murderous look in his eyes, holding a cake. "Don't say anything weird later, remember?"
"Oh." Rong Xiao nodded and followed him back home.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw a large table of steaming dishes on the table next to him, but Rong Xiao could not smell any fragrance.
But the styles of the dishes alone are enough to make one's mouth water.
"Why are you cooking? We agreed that I would cook when I got back." Long Qingyu put down the cake and hurried to the kitchen to get the soup bowl.
Jia Xi placed the freshly cooked dishes on the table. Seeing Rong Xiao sitting obediently on the sofa, she asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Still can't find her family?"
Long Qingyu sighed: "The situation is a bit complicated. Let's eat first. If it really doesn't work out, let her stay here tonight and take her to the police station tomorrow. I'm here, everything will be fine."
“Ding Dong——”
The doorbell suddenly rang.
Long Qingyu and Jia Xi were both carrying dishes. Seeing this, Rong Xiao ran to the door very considerately and carefully pushed it open a little.
Perhaps because he was used to guarding against zombies, Rong Xiao was also particularly careful in this illusionary world where there was no sign of danger.
"Brother Long, I brought some wine." At the crack of the door, a hand was pulling at the door panel, and Tian Yichuang, wearing a white shirt, was trying to squeeze into the house.
"Brother Chuan!" Rong Xiao exclaimed in shock.
When she shouted like this, Tian Yichuang stopped, Long Qingyu was stunned, and Jia Xi was also stunned.
How does this girl know him?
Tian Yichuang stood at the door holding a glass of wine, and looked at Rong Xiao with a strange look in his eyes.
He stared at Rong Xiao carefully for a while, then uncertainly turned his gaze to Long Qingyu who was behind her.
"The food is ready. Come and sit down. It will get cold soon." Jia Xi gently patted Rong Xiao's shoulder, pulled out a stool, gently took her to sit down, and opened a seat next to her.
Looking at the table full of delicious food, Rong Xiao swallowed his saliva, but couldn't help feeling sorry.
It's all an illusion, such a real and delicious illusion.
Tian Yichuang hardly spoke to Rong Xiao. He just filled his glass with wine and clinked it with Long Qingyu, and then clinked his drink with Jia Xi's.
There was no need to waste time verifying. Rong Xiao knew that Tian Yichuang didn't remember her either. The only person he still recognized was Long Qingyu.
I heard from Sister Xi before that Brother Chuan and Brother Long knew each other before the end of the world. Could it be that, just like in the hallucination... they really lived next door to each other?
"Is this little girl...a relative of Sister Jiaxi?" After taking a sip of wine, Tian Yichuang opened up and asked curiously with narrowed eyes.
Long Qingyu didn't say much, just gave a vague answer and asked him to drink.
While eating, Rong Xiao was thinking about how to make them remember her, and realized that all this was an illusion. Suddenly, Yan Jue's words broke into her mind.
The reason why Ling Xuting and Su Ming did not wake up when they were in the hallucination was because the hallucination filled the regrets that could not be compensated in reality and allowed them to grasp the lost beauty again.
The more cruel the apocalypse and the past are in reality, the harder it is for them to wake up from the illusion of beauty.
"Brother Chuan, do you know what this smells like?" Rong Xiao pointed at one of the dishes and said politely, "Can you smell it?"
Tian Yichuan originally thought she was playing some little game, so he casually said, "Yes, it smells really good."
After he finished speaking, he looked into the pair of eyes that were staring at him carefully, as if torturing his conscience and criticizing his perfunctory attitude.
Tian Yichuan cleared his throat, leaned forward to sniff it, and smiled awkwardly: "Maybe I have rhinitis, I really can't smell it."
As if he had found the answer he was looking for, Rong Xiao lowered his head and continued eating without saying anything else.
Tian Yichuang and Long Qingyu started drinking again, and they were very happy. Jia Xi listened to their conversation, and the smile on her face was gentle and happy.
"Sister Jiaxi, thank you," Tian Yichuang said, his voice choking a little. His face was a little red from the alcohol, and his hand was still on Long Qingyu's neck. "And Brother Long, thank you. I feel really lonely here by myself most of the time. Fortunately, I have you guys. Whenever you cook something delicious, you always call me..."
Long Qingyu seemed to be used to it. Jia Xi was smiling happily while holding a drink. For some reason, Rong Xiao felt that her smile looked really reassuring.
She is the kind of gentle young lady who makes you like her at first sight.
"Okay, you're drunk," Long Qingyu straightened him up and replaced his drink. "Just drink enough. Don't get too drunk. It's bad for your health."
"Yes, we'll have cake later." Jia Xi said, handing over a napkin. Long Qingyu took it and wiped Tian Yichuang's tear-stained eyes.
Rong Xiao didn't say anything, just kept holding the bowl and stuffing food into his mouth.
What an unreal feeling of eating.
There is no obvious feeling of fullness and no strong appetite. Although I can taste the food, I can't smell any fragrance that should belong to it.
"How is it? Does the food still suit your appetite?" Jia Xi picked up a chicken leg for Rong Xiao and said softly, "If you don't like it, I can make you a midnight snack later."
"Thank you, Sister Jiaxi. I think it's delicious." Rong Xiao ate his meal with the bowl in his hands. The way he ate made Jiaxi feel relieved.
This little girl looks so pitiful, speaks foolishly, can't find her family, and her every move is a little strange, but the aura she exudes makes people want to care for her.
After dinner, everyone moved to the carpet on the coffee table and turned off the lights. Long Qingyu carefully unwrapped the cake and inserted the candles on it one by one.
Tian Yichuang had already prepared a lighter and lit the candles. Everyone clapped their hands happily and sang Happy Birthday.
Rong Xiao had no idea how to sing and could only clap along.
The light was dim, but the candlelight on the cake looked beautiful, jumping like a golden bird.
Since knowing Brother Long and Brother Chuan, Rong Xiao had never seen them so happy. The two grown men laughed like children. In the candlelight, Long Qingyu's eyes never left Jia Xi.
"Okay, I'll make a wish.
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