Chapter 96
The so-called time pause is only effective for the parties involved. In other words, for Lan Ji who just broke up, they were only separated for a few minutes, and when they meet again, he might be a corpse.
Time passed by minute by minute, time paused, Pei Zhao felt no pain, but the blood in his body was flowing out at a very fast speed.
One drop, two drops, two drops.
The bright red liquid swam into the carpet.
Pei Zhao counted three sixty seconds.
The scene in front of him was blurred. At this moment, Sudi snapped his fingers.
First, he felt a stinging pain in the palm of his hand, and Pei Zhao instinctively tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes to stop further blood loss.
"Cough cough..." Pei Zhao started coughing violently because he moved too hastily.
"Without the puppet, the puppeteer is just an ordinary human being." Pei Zhao said, "Sudi, it's really too much for you to hurt the puppet like this."
"You are still speaking for those puppets, Pei Zhao, wake up. If your puppets really care about you, would they let you bleed in front of me for five minutes?" Sudi sneered and pointed out the problem sharply.
Pei Zhao was also stunned, and subconsciously looked at the emerald hanging on his chest.
yes.
Didn’t Zhou Yuli install surveillance cameras on him?
Could it be that the ability to stop time had some effect?
Sudi seemed to know what Pei Zhao was thinking. He interrupted and said, "Don't blame me for everything."
Sudi said and walked into the kitchen.
Pei Zhao sat on the sofa weakly. He could see nothing in front of him, and he felt a little nauseous. He was sweating all over, which were symptoms of hypoglycemia.
"So, don't be too obsessed with the puppets' gentleness, Pei Zhao, you should be sober." Sudi said as he walked out of the kitchen with two cans of sweet soda in his hands.
He sat down next to Pei Zhao on the sofa and opened a bottle for him.
Pushing forward, Sudi said, "How about it, have you thought about it?"
Pei Zhao used his intact hand to pick it up and took a sip.
"Thank you." Pei Zhao cleared his throat. "I understand what you mean, but, Sudi, puppets are really completely different from each other."
"Don't be silly." Sudi smiled bitterly, "How many puppets have you met? The four around you are indeed better looking and more reliable than ordinary puppets. But Pei Zhao, do you understand that these puppets rely on you to survive? How can you guarantee the purity of such utilitarian feelings?"
"I don't need to guarantee purity." Pei Zhao denied with a cold face, "They treat me very well and treat me as a family member. Even human family members cannot be 100% sincere. They treat me so well. What does it matter whether they are human or puppet?"
Su Di knew that he had advised Pei Zhao so many times before, but this man remained unmoved. How could he change his mind just because of a few words from him?
He was helpless, his eyes fell on Pei Zhao's casually wrapped hands again, and his lips moved: "Sorry."
Pei Zhao smiled and raised his hand to wave, "Then we're even." Pei Zhao sighed, "Sudi, I understand that you are doing this for my own good, but as for Zhou Yuli, Bai Zhou, Lan Ji, and Miu Yi, I have my own opinions about them. I can't treat them as puppets. They are obviously living people with thoughts. They are more important to me than my family."
"I can't persuade you. I just hope you don't forget in your heart that humans and puppets exist in two different worlds after all. Don't get too involved in the play." Sudi frowned and truly warned Pei Zhao.
Pei Zhao nodded.
Even though he didn't take it seriously, he felt genuine warmth towards Sudi's feelings for him.
"Sudi, if there is a chance, let's play together after everything is over." Pei Zhao said, "Maybe we can become good friends."
Sudi just smiled and shook his head: "We probably won't be able to become very good friends, but we may become very good colleagues."
"That sounds good." Pei Zhao said.
The two men clasped their hands together, and blood seeped through the fabric, leaving marks on Sudi's palm.
"Okay, now that you're done lobbying, you can go back to your little puppet."
Letting go, Sudi leaned on the sofa with his hands crossed, looking at Pei Zhao with a relaxed expression, "It's too late. If he senses your hand, Mu Teng will tear my house apart."
"I knew you were the one who did this." Pei Zhao sneered, stood up and said, "Then see you tomorrow morning."
"Yeah." Sudi smiled.
·
On the last night after leaving the system residential area, everyone inevitably suffered from insomnia.
"Zhou Yuli, be gentle." Pei Zhao said in a low voice.
"It will be a little painful, be good and bear with it." Zhou Yuli said in a low voice.
There was only a warm yellow light left on in the living room. Zhou Yuli sat under the light with a disinfectant cotton swab in his hand. Opposite him sat Pei Zhao, one of whose hands was held in Zhou Yuli's.
"Don't hide." Zhou Yuli said.
"It hurts..." Pei Zhao muttered.
"How did you get cut so badly just by going out? You look pale, did you lose too much blood? I'll make some blood tonic, you eat more."
The palms are wrapped beautifully.
Pei Zhao raised his head and looked at Zhou Yuli's distressed eyes. He suddenly wanted to call him, and he did so. He whispered, "Zhou Yuli."
Zhou Yuli immediately raised his head, thinking that he was in pain, and looked a little flustered: "What's wrong? Did I tie it too tight? I'll loosen it for you... um."
Zhou Yuli widened his eyes and saw Pei Zhao’s enlarged face in front of him.
There was a soft touch on his lips. It was an extremely aggressive kiss. Pei Zhao pried open Zhou Yuli's teeth and the two of them entangled together.
"Zhou Yuli, you must love me sincerely, love me equally, and love me without any deception."
I don’t know why, although it was a kiss full of love, Pei Zhao burst into tears.
"Zhou Yuli, never leave me. I must be the only one in your eyes."
They clearly still love each other deeply, but they always feel like they are going to lose this person.
Perhaps it was because there were too many obstacles in front of him, or perhaps it was because of the unequal status between the two of them. In any case, as long as Zhou Yuli showed some signs of retreat, Pei Zhao felt that it would be difficult for him to catch the person in front of him.
"Hold me and don't let go." Pei Zhao said.
The only thing that can be witnessed between them is the group of friends around them. According to the law that a puppet can become a human being only if it receives love. Zhou Yuli can always prove Pei Zhao's love for him every day he maintains his human form.
But Pei Zhao is not. Apart from his true feelings, Pei Zhao could not prove anything from Zhou Yuli.
"sorry."
As the kiss went on, Pei Zhao gradually lost the initiative, and his body succumbed to Zhou Yuli's attack before his mind did.
Zhou Yuli held him tightly in his arms, with Pei Zhao's chin just stuck in Zhou Yuli's shoulder socket with their arms high and low.
His tears fell and wet Zhou Yuli's shirt.
He felt a tingling sensation on the back of his neck; Zhou Yuli was kissing him tenderly.
Zhou Yuli whispered and repeated his apology: "I really want to, and I am trying my best to do it, to insist on loving you and let you feel my love." Zhou Yuli's voice was a little low, "But I am always afraid that it will be difficult for you to feel it if I am far away from you."
Zhou Yuli sighed, "I will try to do better and make you feel more at ease with me."
Pei Zhao wanted to say that his peace of mind had never been related to whether Zhou Yuli did a good job. Sometimes he even felt that Zhou Yuli, who was working so hard to pursue his goals and shining in the eyes of others, always made him feel more distant.
And Pei Zhao knew very well that the "effort" Zhou Yuli mentioned was not just a casual remark.
Schoolwork, entrepreneurship, even though they spent most of their time sharing or spending time on tasks in another world, Pei Zhao knew very well that Zhou Yuli had been working "hard".
"I believe it." Pei Zhao said softly.
Pei Zhao didn’t understand why Zhou Yuli was so anxious before, but after learning that Zhou Yuli’s parents’ world had become like that, Pei Zhao seemed to understand.
Perhaps, he was not the only one who felt uneasy.
Perhaps Zhou Yuli was more uneasy than him.
·
What Sudi did to Pei Zhao was just a reminder. The wound on his hand looked scary, but with the help of special medicine, it had recovered almost completely in one night.
So the next day, when everyone gathered at the door of the room, the faint marks on Pei Zhao's hands were almost invisible.
Except for the parties involved and Zhou Yuli, no one knew what happened last night.
Even when Pei Zhao was recounting what happened to Zhou Yuli, he avoided mentioning the scene he saw in Sudi's room.
Sudi still had that nonchalant attitude, with one hand in his pocket and the other hand tapping on the phone interface.
"Yu said he would assist us in spreading the news on the local Internet." Sudi said to Pei Zhao.
"That would be the best." Pei Zhao nodded. "I'm still thinking about how to make the residents believe that the end of the world is coming."
Everything was arranged properly, and when everyone stepped out of the residential area, Xiao Rui had been waiting for a long time.
"According to your arrangement, I will teleport you all back to your original city today. In the next four days, until the high-level face gods arrive, we will synchronize our progress with the host."
Xiao Rui smiled and handed Pei Zhao a white spherical object.
Pei Zhao took it in his hand, somewhat confused: "What is this?"
"It's a long-distance communicator." Xiao Rui tapped a few times on the sphere, and saw a crack suddenly appear on the originally round sphere. It flipped from the center to both sides, folded and deformed, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a thin plate with a screen almost as big as a tablet computer.
"...What an advanced technology." Pei Zhao praised in a low voice.
Xiao Rui smiled and said apologetically, "Because it is still in the experimental stage, there are not so many finished products available... When you come back this time, I will give one to each of you. First, please add some usage records for our products."
Although they knew it was just a compliment, everyone still had some expectations for this new product.
Pei Zhao thanked him politely: "Well, thank you very much."
Pei Zhao unceremoniously stuffed the communicator that had shrunk into a ball into Zhou Yuli's arms and ordered, "Help me get it."
Zhou Yuli nodded and put the money into his pocket without even looking at it.
Xiaorui: ...
"Host, the transmission channel is ready. Are you ready to go back now?"
After chatting, it’s time to get down to business.
Pei Zhao's expression became a little more serious as he looked at the white light that was flashing not far away. The three flashing words on it were new and unfamiliar.
【Transfer point】
It should be the teleportation area that was just established. Pei Zhao took a quick look and found that there were many similar areas around, like the customs, with simple scanning equipment.
I feel like the scene here is becoming more and more formal...
Pei Zhao thought so.
"Okay, let's go now."
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