A particularly delicious aroma of meat filled the air.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe and Alice were sitting on the shore of the island.
Alice gently swayed her tail, which was soaking in the seawater.
They watched with amusement as Gu Xinghe barbecued over a campfire they had lit on the island.
There are many sources of food for barbecue—
This includes the swimming crabs they found when they came ashore, and some fish and shrimp they caught later.
And the canned meat and sausages that Gu Xinghe had placed in the storage space as his real reserve food.
Perhaps it was because Gu Xinghe had asked her about whether she was hungry before.
When Alice swam into the sea to catch fish and shrimp, she caught quite a lot.
Although Alice grew up on an island, she didn't actually have a particular fondness for seafood.
Or perhaps she simply doesn't have much interest in any kind of food or eating activities.
Instead, she only remembered that Gu Xinghe's favorite food was seafood.
Alice didn't have a big need for food; she was just worried that Gu Xinghe would get hungry.
"Shouldn't we bake this too?"
At that moment, Alice pointed to the red jade spider perched on Gu Xinghe's shoulder.
It seems that he still doesn't want to give up his earlier idea of turning the other person into food.
However, at this moment, the Crimson Spider heard Alice's question.
However, it was no longer as timid and cowardly as before when it mistakenly thought that Gu Xinghe wanted to use it as a reserve food.
Perhaps it's because it's currently lying on Gu Xinghe's body.
With Gu Xinghe's backing, the Red Jade Spider now appeared quite arrogant and domineering.
At this moment, it waved its several segmented limbs in the air, as if it was dissatisfied that Alice had used it as a reserve food.
He smiled and comforted the red spider that was perched on his shoulder.
Gu Xinghe first handed the cooked food to Alice, and then tore off some small pieces to feed Red Spider.
With Gu Xinghe's mediation, the "conflict" between Alice and the Red Jade Spider quickly disappeared.
"Alice, have we met before?"
Alice stopped eating after taking only a little food and then leisurely splashed the seawater with her tail.
Seeing this, Gu Xinghe asked Alice this question.
"Does Xinghe still remember me?"
Upon hearing this, the girl looked at Gu Xinghe with delight, her eyes sparkling.
"I just felt that we should know each other, but..."
Gu Xinghe paused subtly at this moment.
Even after hearing Gu Xinghe's explanation, the joy on Alice's face did not disappear.
Rather, she didn't necessarily want Gu Xinghe to remember anything precisely.
In fact, she was already incredibly happy when Gu Xinghe asked, "Do we know each other?"
This indicates that Gu Xinghe wants to have a deeper relationship with her.
Compared to other companions who had contact with Gu Xinghe in his previous life.
If they were to encounter Gu Xinghe now, they would undoubtedly choose to take the initiative to contact him again.
But for Alice, as mentioned before—
She's the kind of girl who "doesn't mind just watching the other person from afar."
So, her sudden appearance occurred just as the Deep Diver was about to approach the lifeboat that Gu Xinghe was on.
It was when she thought Gu Xinghe was about to encounter danger.
From childhood to the present, Alice has been disliked and ostracized because of her uncontrollable mind-reading ability.
Therefore, when she met someone she liked again, she did not want to bring her unfortunate experience to Gu Xinghe.
She even believed that her companions' misfortune might have been caused by her presence.
However, if Gu Xinghe needs her help, or if Gu Xinghe wants to take something from her.
Perhaps it's a memory of their past life, or perhaps it's an item she owns.
Alice, however, did not feel that these "demands" were excessive.
On the contrary, she would feel happy to be able to help the people she cares about and likes.
Alice was not afraid of being taken advantage of by Gu Xinghe.
Her worry was that she could only be tenderly protected on one side, but unable to offer any help.
So, when Gu Xinghe asked about the reason why they first met.
Alice didn't ask Gu Xinghe again, but gently took his hand.
Because she knew that he would never hate her touch, and that her hand would never be shaken off again.
Just as Alice had expected, Gu Xinghe simply gripped her hand firmly in return.
In this heartfelt exchange between true partners, Gu Xinghe felt as if he were immersing himself in watching a movie about the past.
This was the first time he had received information about his past life outside of a dream.
In this "movie," Alice appears to be almost identical to her current appearance and demeanor.
On the contrary, Gu Xinghe, who appeared in the group, seemed to be in a much more disheveled state.
Looking at the scene before him, Gu Xinghe realized—
This seems somewhat similar to the scene when he fell into the sea due to a failed teleportation by the game system.
But unlike the situation he encountered not long ago—
Gu Xinghe, who fell into the sea at the time, was not actually in great danger.
They are simply within their own domain, drifting freely in the deep sea with the ocean currents.
In his previous life, Gu Xinghe appeared to have completely lost consciousness and plunged straight into the ocean without any buffer.
With a loud "thud,"
Many marine creatures swam back towards Gu Xinghe's location after the waves subsided.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe, who had fallen into the ocean, was fortunate enough to be rescued by Alice.
It is somewhat similar to the scene where Gu Xinghe pretended to drown in the ocean.
However, in his previous life, Gu Xinghe had truly drowned.
Thinking of this, Gu Xinghe realized—
This might explain why Alice rushed to his side so urgently when he pretended to drown.
Meanwhile, Alice had already brought his unconscious body to the shore of an island.
The island in the picture is not very large.
It now appears to be the very island where they are currently having a barbecue.
Clearly, this was during Alice's previous contemplation.
She decided to bring Gu Xinghe to this small island, which they had also visited in their previous lives.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that Gu Xinghe's previous act of pretending to drown was actually the same Gu Xinghe who was rescued by Alice and taken to the island.
The two are strikingly similar.
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