26. Rose
After saying goodnight, the beautiful woman with long, straight black hair immediately closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
His even, long breaths soon filled the quiet room.
Pi Min couldn't help but scrutinize the other person's sleeping face.
Despite being a crazy person capable of causing chaos worldwide, he looks incredibly docile when asleep. His long eyelashes droop like fans, and his nose has a beautifully curved bridge. Perhaps he's dreaming of something wonderful, as the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, and his full, alluring red lips under the light resemble a ripe fruit waiting to be picked.
Pi Min was startled by the fleeting, inappropriate thought that had crossed her mind and hurriedly looked away.
Outside the window, the night was deep. Whether it was due to the bad weather or the game's design, the dark sky was starless and moonless, with only the faint shadows of trees swaying in the night wind. It certainly had the feel of a horror survival game.
Pi Min was on high alert, constantly vigilant about everything in the room.
The room where the two were staying was probably a guest room in the castle. It consisted of a four-poster bed, a fireplace, an armchair, and a bedside table.
For safety's sake, Pi Min carefully checked everything in the room, even the bed curtains. After confirming that there was nothing suspicious, she sat down in the armchair and opened the game system's live stream to start watching videos.
There was no way around it; keeping watch was just too boring, and she was afraid she would fall asleep if she didn't watch videos.
To her dismay, presumably because the time inside the instance was out of sync with the outside, viewers outside could access the live stream inside the instance, but players inside the instance couldn't access the live stream outside. The only live stream she could see was her own.
Pi Min looked at the silly rabbit sitting in the armchair in the picture with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, and let out a long sigh.
Feeling utterly bored, she had to find her own amusement. She climbed onto the bed, grabbed the man's long, glossy black hair, and started braiding it.
She initially thought it was a wig, but when she accidentally pulled on it and found it wouldn't fall off, she realized it was real. She wondered where this incredible technology came from, allowing a man with short hair to have such beautiful hair in just a few days—hair that even women would envy.
As expected of the carefree cow cat, men really sleep well; no matter how much Pimin messed with his hair, he didn't wake up.
Even when the time came, Pi Min grabbed his shoulders and shook him frantically, but she couldn't wake him up.
As expected of him, he's good for nothing but causing trouble.
Unable to wake anyone and too afraid to sleep, Pi Min could only continue to endure it alone.
Nothing happened, and she was so tired that she drifted off to sleep.
When she woke up, it was already broad daylight. The sleeping man in the bed was not only still asleep, but was also holding her tightly in his arms like a pillow. She struggled for a long time before she was able to break free from his embrace.
Looking at the gloomy sky outside, she breathed a long sigh of relief.
Thankfully, nothing happened.
Unfortunately, before she could finish exhaling, a deafening scream rang out from outside.
Only then did the man on the bed wake up as if from a dream, and he suddenly jumped out of bed.
The sound came from the next room, the same room where the person who hit her with the vase last night was.
"Don't look!" Just as Pi Min was about to go over and investigate, a warm, large hand completely blocked her view. "If you want to see, watch the live stream."
Guessing that the scene in the room might be bloody, Pi Min, who had no masochistic tendencies, readily nodded in agreement.
Once she was sure she had changed her perspective, the hand that had been covering her eyes slowly moved away.
Their seemingly casual interaction elicited screams from the viewers in the live stream.
[Ahhh, this little black cat is taking such good care of the bunny, could it really be a lesbian?]
[I watched Rabbit braid her hair all night last night, and I swear to God, the way Rabbit looked at Cat was definitely not innocent.]
Cats and bunnies are a match made in heaven, who cares about color or gender, just go for it!
...
A black cat?!
Pi Min was taken aback.
The moment she removed the hand covering her eyes, she glanced back and saw that the man's animal form had indeed transformed from a cow-and-cat searching for plum blossoms in the snow into a beautiful, jet-black cat.
The moment their eyes met, the beautiful black cat with round eyes smiled slightly at her, making her heart pound.
After calming her racing heart, she finally took a deep breath and looked into the next room.
The girl in the next room was a lioness in animal form. At this moment, the entire lion was entangled in vines. Incredibly, the vines entwining her were pea vines that seemed harmless. Even more horrifying was that the vines didn't look like they came from outside, but rather as if they grew directly from the lioness's body.
Pi Min clearly remembered that the girl who hit her had a well-proportioned figure and strong muscle lines, and it was obvious that she had trained. However, the lioness on the bed was emaciated, with only a thin layer of skin left. It was easy to guess where all the flesh and blood had gone.
Upon seeing the lioness's miserable state, the crowd that had rushed over after hearing the screams involuntarily took two steps back, fearing that the pea vine might suddenly come to life and attack again.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Pi Min then noticed that the players on the scene were all somewhat disheveled. Their clothes were in disarray and their hair was messy, which was considered mild. The worst one even lost an arm. Everyone looked like they had been brutally ravaged by an unknown force.
Pi Min was shocked to discover that she and the man beside her were the only two people present who still maintained a clean and tidy appearance.
"That vine... could it be the pea from under the mattress last night?" She gasped, thankful for her luck. If the man hadn't noticed anything amiss, she couldn't imagine how disheveled she would have been facing the vine's attack.
Upon hearing her words, a female leopard not far away immediately became displeased: "What do you mean, 'Could it be?' Didn't the pea vines attack you?"
Before Pi Min could answer, one of the men dressed as a woman exaggeratedly covered his mouth, revealing an incredulous expression: "Of course not! With such a big pea hidden under the mattress, it was hurting my back. How could I possibly sleep? I found the pea, threw it out the window, and then went to sleep. Didn't any of you notice?"
Before leaving, he untied Pi Min's braids, and her long, straight black hair was transformed into elegant big waves. Standing there with a sarcastic expression, she looked exactly like a mean girl from an American TV series.
"Are you crazy? How could they possibly have found out?"
The girls were almost driven mad by someone's Versailles-esque performance.
Unlike the girls, who were on high alert, the man dressed as a woman looked relaxed, as if he were on a picnic. Everyone else had lost their appetite after what happened that morning, but he remained calm and ate breakfast as if nothing had happened.
Everyone was on high alert, not daring to step out of line, wishing they could stay a world away from the plants in the garden. He, however, excitedly dragged Pimin around the castle. Seeing the beautiful roses in the garden, he even shamelessly tried to pick one.
"The roses in the garden are so beautiful, may I pick one?" he asked expectantly, looking at the maid who was weeding.
The maid resolutely refused: "No, these are Lady Elena's favorite roses."
"Can't you really make an exception?" The guy didn't give up and secretly slipped a necklace into the maid's arms.
"Since you really like it, I'll go ask for your permission." Looking at the necklace in her arms, the maid's face instantly blossomed into an extremely bright smile. She curtsied to him and turned to leave.
She returned shortly after, looking excited, and said to him with a smile, "Lady Elena said you can exchange your dress for her dress."
The man dressed as a woman was wearing a long red dress, brightly colored, elegantly cut, and made of exquisite materials, which indeed had a captivating charm.
"No problem, wait a moment."
As expected of a man, after he finished speaking, he began to take off his clothes in public without any hesitation, showing no awareness whatsoever of being a woman.
"Oh my God!" the maid in front of him shrieked, frantically trying to cover him up, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was wearing a petticoat underneath.
He took off his red dress in front of everyone and put on a matching yellow dress.
"You..." Faced with this series of unexpected events, Pi Min didn't know what to say. She could only look at the man in front of her with a mixture of laughter and tears.
The man retorted matter-of-factly, "Is it strange to bring a change of clothes when you're out and about?"
That's not surprising at all.
"I want this one."
"This is for you."
Just as Pi Min was rubbing her forehead in despair, the man had already chosen the roses and presented them to her with both hands.
"You really are..." Looking at the delicate rose in front of her, its petals still glistening with morning dew, she was completely stunned. "Have you forgotten that we're still in the survival dungeon?"
"I haven't forgotten! But the flowers in the dungeon are still flowers." The man smiled and held out the flowers in his hand. "Aren't they pretty?"
She really wanted to tell the man in front of her that she didn't actually like roses that much. She preferred the necklace he had just given to the maid.
A single rose made her realize once again the gap between people. Only someone like him, who has never lacked money, would choose a rose over a necklace.
Seeing that she seemed a little distracted, the man quickly pulled her into a dark corner of the castle and activated the signal jammer without hesitation.
The sudden blackout of the live stream caused viewers to groan in despair.
[That black cat is so clever; the Earl is already being cuckolded.]
[I eagerly await the Earl's expression when he discovers their affair.]
【No, a kiss is a kiss, why are you hiding? What is it that our esteemed VIP audience can't see?】
The lilies in my hometown are blooming again, but I can't see them.
...
The woman disguised as a man stared intently at her with her large, affectionate eyes, which seemed to look at a dog with deep affection: "You hesitated several times, is there something you want to say to me?"
The man smiled, his eyes full of expectation: "Are you trying to tell me you like me?"
Before Pi Min could answer, the man started laughing to himself, a smile sweeter than honey: "I love you too, the whole world, oh no! the whole universe, I love you the most."
Pi Min was a little confused by his rapid-fire and rapid-fire words. Before she could say anything, he had already finished acting out the entire episode by himself.
What on earth is going on in this guy's head all day long? How narcissistic does he have to be to think that she's about to confess her feelings to him?
Pi Min looked down at the rose in her hand.
It would be too cruel to say you don't like the roses that someone worked so hard to get.
In order not to hurt the man's fragile heart, she could only change the subject: "No, I just wanted to ask you, isn't your animal form a cow cat? How did it become a black cat?"
"That's easy. Just paint the white parts of the calico cat black, and it becomes a black cat."
"This is okay?"
The man retorted, "Why not?"
Since he'd already said that, Pi Min wasn't going to hold back. She immediately stared intently at him and laughed, "What if I said I wanted to transform from a lop-eared rabbit into a tiger?"
Unfortunately, her response was a triple denial from the man: "Impossible, you can't do it, don't even think about it."
"If I could, why wouldn't I change myself? Who wouldn't want to be a majestic beast?" The man lowered his head in frustration. "I can't understand why a man as handsome, dashing, intelligent, and unparalleled as me would be a cat. Shouldn't I be a tiger or a lion?"
Pi Min chuckled to himself.
Perhaps, possibly, or probably because there simply isn't a tiger or lion in this world as erratic as him.
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