Chapter 28
No matter how many times he heard this voice, he always felt heartbroken.
Zhou Yuli sensed Pei Zhao's change in mood and turned his head to look at him.
The puppet seemed to sense something as well. The puppet that was originally staring blankly at its own copy suddenly turned its head and stared straight at the two of them.
"Oops, I've been discovered."
A chill ran up my spine.
Zhou Yuli quickly closed the window, locked it, and moved in front of Pei Zhao.
But when they looked closely, they saw that the puppet was sitting on a plate on the dining table, with its legs crossed, looking at them leisurely.
"You two look very much in love."
Pei Zhao got goosebumps. This voice made him feel like he was caught in a premature love affair by his mother.
"No..." Pei Zhao denied it subconsciously. Zhou Yuli's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything, but his expression obviously darkened.
"Hahaha, don't deny it. What I mean is that the puppet and the little master look like a good match."
"You know?" Pei Zhao didn't say anything specific. What he was thinking in his heart was, this puppet actually knew that Zhou Yuli was a puppet? Do the puppets know each other? Why do I feel that the people I meet recently are all masters who can easily distinguish between puppets and humans? Do you still know that you are the master of Zhou Yuli?
The puppet nodded and patted the empty space on the plate beside him.
Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli looked at each other, then they slowly pulled out a chair, one on the left and one on the right, and sat down.
"You are a very good master," the puppet said earnestly as soon as he sat down, "but I can't be your puppet."
Pei Zhao: Why do I feel like I've been given a nice guy card...
Pei Zhao shook his head, trying his best to get rid of the strange thoughts in his mind, and couldn't help asking: "Why do you say that?"
Because her voice sounded so similar to his mother's, he had a natural liking for Chen Lan and unconsciously became much closer to her.
"My identity in your world has become a puppet, which means I can no longer go to your world. Whether it is a real person or a puppet, there can only be one in each world, unless you are willing to keep her."
Pei Zhao refused subconsciously, "It's impossible, she doesn't belong to this world, and what's more, Zhao Ping... probably won't love her either." Pei Zhao shook his head, "But I still want to ask, why do you know so much about us and our world?"
Chen Lan smiled, as if she was not surprised by Pei Zhao's rejection, and answered, but not to the point: "She should have an owner, otherwise she couldn't enter this world, but I feel that you are not her owner, and there is no 'that' connection between you two. I can't see it."
Pei Zhao was puzzled: "What connection?"
Chen Lan raised her hand and pointed between Pei Zhao and Zhou Yuli: "There are many threads between you two, connecting you together." She looked up, as if she remembered something, "I don't know why I know this. In fact, before I became a puppet, I didn't know these rules. But the moment I became a puppet, my mind was filled with many memories that didn't belong to me."
She turned her gaze to the wedding dress puppet and said, "For example, I remember her, and the owner who established a relationship with her was called Zhao Ping."
"Zhao Ping?" Pei Zhao frowned. Isn't that the groom just now... No, the wedding dress puppet came from reality. They are... master and servant?
No, it can’t be called a master-servant relationship. It should be said that the relationship between Zhao Ping and the wedding dress puppet is the same as that between him and Zhou Yuli?
But can't real humans only establish relationships with puppets from another world? But if the wedding dress puppet came from another world, then what about Chen Lan?
Pei Zhao felt like his brain was about to explode.
Zhou Yuli's voice sounded: "Is it a non-human puppet?"
Pei Zhao seemed to have grasped something crucial, and he grabbed Zhou Yuli's arm and asked, "Why don't you have the memory of the puppet?"
Zhou Yuli looked at him in astonishment. Chen Lan laughed out loud, "Only puppets like us who don't own anyone would have this. He? It looks like he's your puppet." Without waiting for Pei Zhao to ask again, Chen Lan continued, "It is indeed a non-human puppet. Look closely at its craftsmanship. Although it is exquisite, it is not completely natural. If you don't believe me, you can change your puppet back and see if the workmanship is very different."
Pei Zhao looked at Zhou Yuli. Just when Zhou Yuli was about to start transforming, Pei Zhao suddenly said, "Forget it. I heard that when a puppet transforms into a human, it has to stretch its bones. It hurts."
Zhou Yuli was stunned.
Chen Lan was also stunned, then she covered her mouth and laughed: "I didn't expect that you feel sorry for him."
Pei Zhao raised his eyebrows, "He is my puppet, of course I have to take good care of him."
Chen Lan said nothing more.
Pei Zhao suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Sudi, do you know this person?"
Chen Lan frowned: "Sudi? Do you know him?"
Chen Lan's expression clearly showed that she knew this Sudi. Pei Zhao had just asked casually, but he didn't expect to get to the point. "Do you really know him? Then do you know what he does?"
"He's the owner of a puppet shop downstairs from our house. His puppets are also very exquisite."
Sudi is the puppet shop owner in this world?
Pei Zhao couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
Zhou Yuli held his hand and said, "To put it another way, there is a possibility that Sudi is from this world, and like you, he is bound to the system. To him, our world is a different world. He has conquered many puppets from many different worlds, but in the end, which different world did he choose to live in?"
This analysis sounds reasonable, but it involves too much speculation. Pei Zhao is not sure: "It still doesn't seem reasonable. Why should we stay in someone else's world for a long time?" However, it is not impossible.
Because Pei Zhao remembered that when Sudi met him that day, when he suddenly appeared, the surroundings suddenly stopped.
Pei Zhao raised his hand and closed his eyes for a moment, and a familiar feeling appeared in his mind.
"Oh my God?" Pei Zhao exclaimed and opened his eyes. A tiny lens suddenly appeared in the palm of his hand.
His super powers are back.
It seems that he can only use this ability normally in another world.
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In the end, they failed to convince Chen Lan. The only clue he got was not about how to leave this world, but about Sudi.
"This is really weird. If Sudi is a puppeteer, then why has he become my system now? And where is Xiaorui?"
Pei Zhao lay on Zhou Yuli's legs on a park lounge chair, holding a fallen leaf to cover his face, and said in confusion.
"Yeah, it's very strange." Zhou Yuli supported himself with his hands, brushed away Pei Zhao's hair that was covering his face, and said, "But the biggest problem now is that if we can't take Chen Lan away, we can't go back to the real world."
This is indeed the most pressing issue at the moment. Pei Zhao covered his face.
It is not advisable to stay in another world for a long time. Not to mention that he still has studies to complete in the real world, the problem of money is something he has to solve with great effort.
He still remembered that Chen Lan said that no matter whether it was a real person or a puppet, there could only be one in each world.
It’s not that Chen Lan really doesn’t want to go back with him, but if he wants to take Chen Lan away, he must leave the wedding dress puppet behind.
Pei Zhao took the wedding dress puppet in his hand.
After Chen Lan's reminder, I looked at the wedding dress puppet again and realized that it was indeed not exquisite. There are obvious traces of carving on the face and body. He still remembers Zhou Yuli at that time. The whole puppet is a one-to-one restoration, and there is no difference from the real person except the feel.
Pei Zhao sighed. But he really couldn't leave the wedding dress puppet here. If he successfully left this world, he might never come back. If the wedding dress puppet was here, it would meet a bad master, or it would never meet a master...
His damn sense of responsibility.
Zhou Yuli's entire attention was on Pei Zhao, not even paying attention to the wedding dress puppet. He was just about to say something to comfort Pei Zhao, such as he would work hard and live here in his old age... when he felt a figure flash by in his peripheral vision.
Very thin, but inexplicably familiar.
Like someone I've met once before.
Zhou Yuli: "I'll go over there."
Leaving Pei Zhao, who still hadn't figured out the situation, Zhou Yuli came to a corner of the park.
"Who are you?"
Only a piece of clothing was exposed in the corner, and one could roughly see the protagonist's bent back. After hearing Zhou Yuli's voice, the man slowly straightened up.
"Pinocchio, how are you?"
Zhou Yuli's eyes suddenly widened.
The person standing in front of him was none other than Sudi, who had been the center of attention not long ago.
"What are you here for? Looking for Pei Zhao?" Zhou Yuli looked displeased.
Sudi stared at Zhou Yuli for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "So this is what it looks like when it's raised."
Zhou Yuli didn't hear clearly and frowned, "What did you say?"
Sudi smiled foolishly and said, "Give the puppet back to me."
Zhou Yuli was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Sudi was talking about the wedding dress puppet. "Tell me clearly who you are, otherwise don't even think about taking her away."
Sudi was obviously stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Zhou Yuli to make a request. There was a little more surprise in his eyes, but more of it was contempt: "Are you negotiating conditions with me, Pinocchio?"
Sudi obviously didn't take Zhou Yuli seriously. He sneered and prepared to leave without even paying any attention to him.
"Sudi?" A voice suddenly came from behind. Sudi turned around and changed his expression. "Oh, little master?"
Su Di's eyes fell on the wedding dress puppet in Pei Zhao's hand, "As for the other dolls, consider them as gifts to you. The share we promised you before will not count for now. Just give her back to me."
Pei Zhao's eyes became alert.
Sudi understood and simply withdrew his hand, his smile faded. "You should know that as long as she is in your hands, you can't go back." Sudi sneered, "Perhaps you don't know that if you stay in the other world for one more day, your body will also undergo slight changes. Little master, I think you should remember who the system you are binding this time is."
Pei Zhao looked suspicious: "Could it be that you became a system as a result of excessive alienation?" Pei Zhao took a step forward, "Why do you stay in that world?"
"The reaction was very quick." Sudi said, "The puppeteer stayed in the world for one reason: he couldn't take the puppets back."
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