Chapter 49
Pei Zhao listened to the sound of water and recalled that night in a trance. Clearly not much time had passed, and before they had even finished repairing, they were on an adventure again. The sound of water and even the breath were similar. Pei Zhao really wondered if they were just opposite Huada. Perhaps this was not the bottom of the sea, or some other world?
For some reason, a debate topic popped up in Pei Zhao's mind, which was: if the ingredients and appearance are exactly the same, is A the same as B?
At this moment, Pei Zhao was exhausted both physically and mentally, but he thought: If A is B, that would be great.
They can find a different world that is similar to the real world, pretend that they were born there, and live like that.
Pei Zhao was thinking when he suddenly felt the bed behind him sink and a hand wrapped around his waist.
It turned out that the sound of water had stopped at some point, and Zhou Yuli's breath hit his neck.
After Zhou Yuli finished taking a shower, he wanted to let Pei Zhao take the shower instead. However, when he opened the door, he saw this man curled up in bed with his head buried in his arms, not moving at all. He was thin and small, and it made people feel inexplicably distressed. His heart moved and he hugged the person, and the heartache finally eased. Who knew that the next second, the person in his arms turned over and hugged him tightly.
"What's wrong?" With his face buried in his shoulder, the place where it touched was warm. Zhou Yuli patted Pei Zhao's back, shook him and asked.
Pei Zhao sniffed: "Zhou Yuli..." The ending tone was lingering with grievance. Pei Zhao paused and continued, "I don't want to go back."
Zhou Yuli was shocked at first, but soon understood. They will not fall from the other world into another, but the result of trying to return to the present world is that they are pulled into the other world again and again. They are unable to live a good life and become pitiful people who have no control over their lives.
Zhou Yuli lowered his eyes, gently pressed his forehead against Pei Zhao's, and kept a certain distance from him. When the two looked at each other, Zhou Yuli said, "Okay, then we'll stay here."
Pei Zhao looked at Zhou Yuli for a long time and nodded.
"good……"
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In another room, Bai Zhou was massaging Lan Ji's waist while his mind was wandering.
"Don't you feel that Pei Zhao has been acting strange since he came back last time?"
Lan Ji closed his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded gently: "Not last time, strictly speaking, it was the time before that."
Bai Zhou did not comment: "He was also very strange today, and his efficiency was a bit low."
Lan Ji hummed, turned over, and faced Bai Zhou: "Do you think Pei Zhao has other ideas?"
Bai Zhou did not deny it. He leaned back and tapped the bed between them a few times: "I have a feeling that this mission will take a long time. What do you think?"
Lan Ji was about to say something when he suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Lan Ji motioned for him to be quiet, walked to the door, and listened closely.
"Rustle, rustle--" A tiny friction sound came from behind the door.
Bai Zhou tiptoed behind Lan Ji. Lan Ji turned around and winked at Bai Zhou.
Bai Zhou swallowed, pointed his chin towards the door, and asked with his mouth: "What's that sound?"
Lan Ji didn't say anything, but leaned over and lay down under the door. Through the narrow gap under the door, he could see a little light and shadow outside.
The huge creature was twisting its waist at the door.
Lan Ji narrowed his eyes: "What do you think this is?"
Bai Zhou frowned and blocked Lan Ji behind him, his hand already on the door handle: "Who cares, he's leaning on someone's door in the middle of the night, he's looking for death."
As he spoke, Lan Ji turned the door handle, raised his hand, and a ball of fire rushed over without saying a word.
"It's me, it's me!" The man outside was burned through and rolled to the side, shouting in pain: "I'm Xiao Hei, I'm here to tell you that a sea monster has appeared!"
Lan Ji froze Xiao Hei and then thawed him. The fire on his body was extinguished, but many scale-like structures appeared on the places where Xiao Hei was burned.
"It really is a little black fish..." Bai Zhou just glanced at it and shook his head.
Xiao Hei stood up with a grin and glanced at them secretly out of the corner of his eye.
"I'm looking for your leader, but no one answered the door, so I had no choice but to come to you."
Bai Zhou winked at Lan Ji, who nodded. He looked at Xiao Hei indifferently and said, "It's too late. He's resting. Let's go and see him."
The little black eye rolled around: "Alright, then do you want to call the other group?"
Bai Zhou raised his lips and smiled: "Then don't scream."
Xiao Hei nodded and led the way, not noticing that Bai Zhou and Lan Ji exchanged glances.
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They walked out through the door they came in from the bank and didn't see anyone else along the way except the three of them. Lan Ji lagged half a body length behind Bai Zhou, melting ice and grinding it into powder along the way, then sprinkling it along the wall.
When they reached the bank entrance, Xiao Hei wanted to continue walking forward, but Bai Zhou stood still: "You said during the day that sea monsters would appear at night and it would be dangerous here. Isn't it unsafe to take us out now?"
Xiao Hei paused, turned around and smiled ingratiatingly: "I want to take you to see the sea monster first, otherwise, it will be difficult to act, right?"
Bai Zhou sneered, thinking that he was worthy of being a black fish, so brainless. But he didn't show it on his face. He said nothing and followed Xiao Hei away.
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Pei Zhao was held by Zhou Yuli and he fell asleep without knowing when. He had a good night's sleep. When he woke up, he found Zhou Yuli's arm pressing under him. Pei Zhao was stunned.
I actually fell asleep like that last night.
Pei Zhao moved twice, and Zhou Yuli woke up. He moved his numb arms, touched his back twice, and said in a low voice: "Are you feeling better?"
Pei Zhao still remembered the topic before going to bed last night, but he rested his energy that night and all the negative energy from yesterday disappeared.
"Much better." Pei Zhao nodded and reached out to hug Zhou Yuli tightly, "Thank you for staying with me, Zhou Yuli."
Zhou Yuli was stunned. Except for the last time, Pei Zhao rarely took the initiative with him. Compared with a romantic relationship, their relationship was more like a familiar family. Zhou Yuli hugged Pei Zhao back and kissed him on the forehead, "It's what I should do, baby."
When Pei Zhao came out after cleaning up, he was red from head to toe. He did not make any eye contact with Zhou Yuli, and would look away immediately if he was touched.
Zhou Yuli was a little confused. He had even helped Pei Zhao do that kind of thing. Why did he react so strongly to just calling him "baby"?
Along the way, Pei Zhao's mind was full of "baby".
Baby, baby, baby…my face is getting hotter and hotter. Pei Zhao couldn't help but lower his head, chuckling to hide his expression, and suddenly noticed a row of very conspicuous and shiny things against the wall.
It’s dark blue and shiny, and it’s impossible to ignore it, even though it wasn’t there yesterday.
And it was really abnormal. The powder was not evenly distributed. It didn't look like a decoration made on purpose. It looked more like...
Pei Zhao squatted down, wiped it with his hand, and smelled it.
No taste, icy cold.
Zhou Yuli saw Pei Zhao squatting down, and came over to ask: "What's wrong... What is this?"
Pei Zhao said softly: "Can you help me check if this was left by Lan Ji?"
Zhou Yuli pinched Pei Zhao's fingertips, licked them with his tongue, and frowned: "It's Lan Ji."
Pei Zhao followed the blue powder until it disappeared at the bank door. He narrowed his eyes and asked, "...Did they go out last night?"
Zhou Yuli helped Pei Zhao stand up without saying anything.
The two returned to the room they were in yesterday. Only Zhou Ran and Miao Yi were there. Miao Yi was yawning and Zhou Ran also looked listless.
Seeing Pei Zhao coming, Zhou Ran's eyes lit up: "Morning, Master Pei!"
Pei Zhao nodded, looked around, and asked, "Where's Xiao Hei?"
Zhou Ran shook his head, yawned and said: "Wayemiou Kondo..."
Pei Zhao frowned: "Speak properly."
Miu Yi quickly stopped yawning and sat up straight: "I didn't see it either, brother, were Brother Lan and Brother Bai kidnapped?"
Although Miu Yi is simple, the only thing he has experienced in these years is being PUA by his brother. After being educated by Pei Zhao and others, now whenever he encounters something, he thinks it is either kidnapping or PUA.
He just said it casually, not expecting to get to the point, but Pei Zhao nodded, looking thoughtful: "...Yes, it's possible."
"What? Brother Bai and Brother Lan were kidnapped?!" Miu Yi blinked, then rolled up his sleeves in anxiety after realizing what was happening.
His brothers Bai and Lan have been so good to him. Now they have been kidnapped, he must rescue them!
"Brother, tell me who kidnapped them. I'll go now... Ouch!" Just as Miu Yi was getting angry, he was hit on the forehead. He covered his head and turned around, just in time to see Zhou Yuli retracting the vines. In front of Zhou Yuli, his brother looked speechless.
"Can you... use your brain a little bit?" Pei Zhao was too embarrassed to watch, so he sighed and sat down, saying briefly, "Xiao Hei is missing. I saw the mark made by Lan Ji on the road, so he might have been cheated away."
Miu Yi sat down and said, "But Brother Blue and Brother White are both very good fighters. That little black guy..." Miu Yi recalled the frail little thing he saw yesterday and said, "It doesn't look like he can beat them both."
He still remembered that at the amusement park, Bai Zhou and Lan Ji were fighting against his team of servants. Not only was the fight intense, but they also felt great after the fight.
Miu Yi shook his head with a firm expression, "Impossible, Xiao Hei will definitely not be able to beat them."
Pei Zhao also nodded: "It's true that they couldn't beat them, but it's very likely that Bai Zhou and the others took the initiative to follow them out." Pei Zhao turned back to look at Zhou Yuli, "I also heard some noises last night."
Zhou Yuli did not hide the fact that someone knocked on the door last night, but Pei Zhao was soundly asleep and his arm was pinned down, making it inconvenient for him to open the door. After knocking for five or six minutes, the man finally left.
"Someone knocked on the door last night for a long time. I didn't open it, so he left." Zhou Yuli said, "The person knocking on the door must have been Xiao Hei."
"What are you waiting for? Go and save them." Seeing that they were still analyzing the situation leisurely, Miu Yi suddenly became anxious.
Pei Zhao looked up at him and said nothing. He then looked at Zhou Ran, "So, did you hear anything last night?"
Pei Zhao sneered. There was no reason to only knock on two doors and not the third.
Zhou Ran nodded quickly, "I heard it... Of course, Master Pei."
Pei Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Oh, really? But I was outside your room last night, how come I didn't hear it?"
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