Chapter 23
Pei Zhao frowned: "Well, yes, I just arrived, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Ran was in the dormitory. Pei Zhao's bag was placed on the desk under the bed. The zipper of the bag was open. In the bag, there was a puppet with golden pupils, staring at him. Zhou Ran swallowed his saliva, "You... the puppet under the bed, it's yours, right?"
Pei Zhao thought about it and remembered that they were indeed afraid that the puppet would be dangerous if left in the store or carried on the body yesterday, so they put it in the dormitory today, but... because they were afraid that Zhou Ran would be scared, he remembered that he put it on Zhou Yuli's bed. Pei Zhao felt a little uneasy, and said hurriedly, "Tell me in detail!"
Zhou Ran really didn't know what to say. He came back from the club at noon and wanted to take a nap. But as soon as he entered the room, he saw the head of the puppet sticking out of the bag, and he inexplicably felt that the puppet was looking at him... In fact, when he walked a little closer, he even felt that the puppet was more exposed than when he first entered the room.
Zhou Ran told Pei Zhao everything he saw. To make it more credible, he took a photo and sent it to Pei Zhao. Then he cried without tears: "I'm just telling you... Master Pei, don't put the puppet down there next time. I'm really scared..."
Zhou Ran refused to sleep in the dormitory no matter what and returned to the club with his equipment. Pei Zhao comforted Zhou Ran with a few words, hung up the phone, and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuli roughly heard what was said on the phone. He knew that there was something wrong with Bai Zhou's puppet, and he felt a little worried.
Pei Zhao clicked on the picture Zhou Ran sent him and enlarged it, and looked at it with Zhou Yuli: "I don't remember putting the puppet down there, do you remember?"
Zhou Yuli recalled and shook his head: "No, when we left, there was only my bag on the table, and your backpack was not on the table."
Zhou had just finished packing up his things at that time, and he knew better than anyone what was on Pei Zhao's desk. Pei Zhao frowned, enlarged the photo, and moved it left and right. Suddenly, he pointed his finger at one of the spots and said in disbelief, "Zhou Yuli, what do you think this is?"
Zhou Yuli immediately leaned over to take a look.
It was a cluster of puppet fever, half exposed from another part of the schoolbag. But that was not Bai Zhou's hair color, but light blue——
There was only one person they knew who could be associated with that hair color.
Lan Ji.
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Sitting in the coffee shop as agreed, Pei Zhao's expression was not very good.
Next to him was a black bag, which contained, besides the things he bought, a puppet of Zhou Yuli.
The mysterious man told him that he just wanted to chat with the master. Although Pei Zhao insisted that it was okay, Zhou Yuli still righteously refused to join. Pei Zhao asked him the reason, and Zhou Yuli just said that the man had the ability to see through people's hearts and he didn't want to be whipped dead. But for safety reasons, Zhou Yuli insisted on turning into a puppet to accompany him.
The agreed time was one o'clock in the afternoon, and the individual customer counter outside the cafe was already full of people. Pei Zhao was in the private room and only ordered a glass of vanilla-flavored sparkling water.
On the phone screen placed on the table, the time jumped from 12:59 to 13:00.
Pei Zhao thought the other party had broken the appointment, but at this moment, he felt that everything around him slowed down -
It was slow at first, and then it stopped completely. Pei Zhao discovered it because the faint noise suddenly stopped and disappeared.
He seemed to have entered another dimension. Although the surroundings were still filled with the scene of a private room, the sound was hollow.
Anyone who has had time travel experience knows that before reaching the destination, the traveler will go through a long period of empty time. That time is slow and stagnant, like a cream that does not fade in winter.
When I came to my senses, there was already someone sitting in front of me.
Young and beautiful.
This was Pei Zhao’s first impression of this person.
Different from the feeling the voice gave him, the person in front of him was like an idol who became famous for his looks, with meticulously sculpted facial features and a perfect hairstyle.
Even his clothes were of quaint European style, extravagant and gorgeous, but they didn't look out of place on him at all.
The tail of his eyebrows raised, and when he saw Pei Zhao, a smile flashed from the bottom of his eyes: "So you are still a young master."
He was carrying a huge black shoulder bag, and after sitting down, he pushed it in front of Pei Zhao, "I heard that you opened a shop. Young people are indeed more thoughtful than us... These are the gifts for meeting you."
Pei Zhao opened it and saw a bag full of puppets.
Pei Zhao was stunned: "This..."
The other party raised the corner of his mouth and clapped his hands gently: "As for the share... remember to transfer 20% to my account."
Pei Zhao wanted to ask something else, but the other party obviously did not give him the chance to continue asking questions. After a moment of distraction, Pei Zhao felt that something had changed around him. When he came to his senses, there was nothing in front of him.
A noisy sound suddenly arose. Pei Zhao lowered his head and looked at the bag full of puppets still at hand. He was surprised to find that what had just happened was not a dream.
Since it is the weekend, most students who come to the city to play will choose to stay overnight before leaving. There are not many people on the school bus on the way back. Pei Zhao leans on Zhou Yuli's shoulder, his face full of fatigue, but he is very awake.
Zhou Yuli closed his eyes and rested, and then he felt Pei Zhao leaning against his chest and asking him, "Zhou Yuli, did you see that just now?"
Zhou Yuli's Adam's apple moved, and a sound came out of his throat: "Hmm."
Pei Zhao sighed, "So it really wasn't a dream... Do you think he is a good person?"
Zhou Yuli was silent for a moment and shook his head.
Pei Zhao moved his head: "No?"
Zhou Yuli: “I don’t know.”
He slowly opened his eyes. Pei Zhao had turned over on his shoulder at some point and was lying on his thighs, looking at him with his eyes open. Zhou Yuli's throat choked, he cleared his throat and said softly: "I feel like he is a very strange person."
It's the same as saying nothing.
Pei Zhao turned over and sat up. Look to the left side of the body——
The two of them sat in the last row, and the empty seat was just enough to hold the whole bag of puppets that the man had given him.
Pei Zhao sighed, and with the mentality of out of sight, out of mind, he zipped up his pants and frowned, "Forget it, it's a blessing in disguise, but it's a disaster that can't be avoided."
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It was almost dark when the two returned to the dormitory. In order to comfort the frightened Zhou Ran, Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli specially ordered a meal outside the school and brought it back.
When they entered the dormitory, they found it was pitch black. Zhou Yuli turned on the light. Pei Zhao called Zhou Ran and found out that their club had gone out for dinner that night.
Well, the feast for three people became a burden for two people. When Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli spread out the feast and looked at each other in silence, Pei Zhao suddenly remembered something.
"That's right! Bai Zhou!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door made a "click" sound. Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli turned around at the same time and were petrified on the spot.
"Are you eating?" The man was wearing a simple school uniform, and his golden pupils looked even brighter under the incandescent light.
"Bai Zhou?!" Pei Zhao screamed, subconsciously stepped back and crashed into Zhou Yuli's arms.
Zhou Yuli put his arm around Pei Zhao and stood up. The chair made a harsh sound and he frowned: "Who are you?"
"Bai Zhou" winked at them, raised his hand and made a bewitching "hush" gesture. Pei Zhao then realized that his other hand was still outside the door, as if he was holding something.
Pei Zhao had a bad feeling in his heart...
The next second, a young man with blue hair and dressed in white was pulled into the door.
The pale face was familiar to Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli, it was Lan Ji.
"Lan Ji!? Are you alive?"
Across the aisle, Bai Zhou kicked the door shut and raised his chin in Pei Zhao's direction, "Why are you so shocked? Didn't you know you would turn into a human?"
Pei Zhao swallowed, and eight hundred comments burst out in his mind.
Who said that! Isn't it said that to be a good person you need the love of your master? I have no feelings for you at all!
And the blue-haired one next to it, didn’t it turn into a crystal? Can crystals turn into humans these days?
In Pei Zhao's obviously disbelieving gaze, Lan Ji raised the corner of his mouth, revealing the same expression he had when Pei Zhao and the others first met him.
Pei Zhao's expression instantly returned to normal: Oh, it's that guy.
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When Zhou Ran returned to the dormitory, he couldn't believe what he saw.
The puppet that he had been staring at gloomily during the day was standing in front of him, talking big with Pei Zhaozhou and Yu Li.
"This is ridiculous. Maybe love saved the world!"
Before he entered the door, he heard a strange and somewhat reserved voice. After confirming that it came from the door of their dormitory, Zhou Ran thought Pei Zhao had called other friends to come and play.
As a result, when he entered the door... he had no idea that Huada, which was always known for its tradition, would suddenly show up a handsome guy with blue hair, and next to him there was also...
"Bai Zhou?" Zhou Ran covered his mouth with his hands, his face full of disbelief. "You must be the new generation actor, right? I saw the movie you acted in, your acting is simply too good!"
The conversation between the four of them suddenly came to a halt. Bai Zhou looked Zhou Ran up and down, finally fixing his gaze on his clasped hands before his eyes. His brows twitched, "Ah—who are you?"
"Hahaha, I'm your fan and also Pei Shen's roommate."
"God Pei?"
"Yes, it's me." Pei Zhao covered his face. For the first time, he felt awkward with this name that had been with him throughout high school. He winked at Bai Zhou desperately. Fortunately, the man understood and shook Zhou Ran's hand with a raised lip. "Well, hello."
Zhou Ran happily asked for a photo, said "I won't disturb you" and went to the bathroom with his toiletries.
The moment the dormitory door closed, Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli both breathed a sigh of relief. Bai Zhou glanced at them and said with a teasing tone: "Why, you created another identity for me here?"
Pei Zhao curled his lips: "How is that possible." As he said that, he took out the big bag that the mysterious man gave him during the day, unzipped it, and Bai Zhou's face changed instantly.
Bai Zhou: "Are you involved in human trafficking?"
Pei Zhao looked at him speechlessly, opened his phone to check the time, and said, "It's still early, why don't you go to the store with us?"
They need to put these puppets in place.
Although he had a rough idea of the number of puppets the moment he opened the bag, when he actually laid out all the puppets, Pei Zhao couldn't help but sigh: "How many are there... The shelves are already full."
Zhou Yuli conscientiously numbered each puppet. Hearing this, he answered, "There are a total of 23 on the shelf, and there are about 15 left in the bag."
Bai Zhou and Lan Ji raised their hands at the counter: "There are three more here sorting clothes!"
Some of these puppets looked brand new, but some were as dirty as when Zhou Yuli first came out of the other world. Some were bloodstains, some were oil stains and dust, so Bai Zhou and Lan Ji took on the task of cleaning up.
"Twenty-three plus fifteen plus three, a total of forty-one?!" Pei Zhao took a breath, "He caught too many!"
Moreover, the costumes of these puppets are completely different. Some are even wearing strange ancient costumes, some are wearing tight clothes, and some even have fangs!
"It's hard to imagine where he has been." Pei Zhao couldn't help but be amazed.
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