Chapter 34: Fold a rabbit as a thank you gift and don’t reject it

"...Brother Tong?"

Ye Manyan pulled himself together with great difficulty and listened attentively for a while.

The rain was pounding down.

Dongdong——

The sound was somewhat like countless hands slapping a thin layer of iron sheet, making a dull and creepy sound, as if something was about to rush in.

My vision became completely dark, and with no one to help divert my attention, the sounds became particularly sharp. The sound of rain outside suddenly seemed as loud as my own heartbeat, making me feel a little nauseous.

Maybe he should go get help.

This sentence popped up in Ye Man's slow mind.

Even if I could find a place to sit outside a store, it would be better than just sitting there like this, as if I were trapped in an ice cellar and couldn't get out.

But he was afraid of causing trouble to others.

He couldn't quite tell where he was. He might be on a boat, or in a 30-square-meter rental house.

Without anyone to distract him, the slightest fear could quickly grow out of control in the dark and quiet environment.

Ye Man felt his body temperature was dropping and he felt a little cold.

If a user does not hear a reply from the system, a sensible person would realize that the other party does not want to talk to him.

Maybe because he messed up the mission again, Brother Tong was angry.

Ye Man calmed down.

His lips were pursed until they turned pale. After a moment, he mustered up the courage to ask, "Brother Tong, can you talk to me?"

This time he spoke more softly and gently, more like a weak plea.

But still no sound.

It seems that he is really angry.

Ye Man moved.

He grabbed the thick, heavy quilt that his living ancestor had wrapped around him and began to grope clumsily in the dark room.

He didn't know that the system's speakers were about to break.

It even used a horn.

But this was of no use at all except making Ye Man even more dizzy, to the point of tinnitus and making it impossible for her to hear its voice.

The system was so anxious that it scratched its ears and cheeks, watching Ye Man wandering around the room. Finally, he found the closet, opened it and crawled in. His movements were so skillful as if he had done it thousands of times.

This action was beyond the system's expectations. It thought Ye Man would cry, complain, and maybe even curse. However, it never expected that Ye Man was actually quite calm.

He grumbled unhappily but didn't cry or complain. He was thinking of a solution himself.

If it asks Ye Man, Ye Man will probably tell it that crying is meaningless without people around, so he usually doesn't cry when no one is watching. If there are no audiences, what is the point of his performance?

——Unless you can’t help it.

By the time Ye Man had nestled in the cabinet skillfully, the system had completely lost its sound.

It remembered Ye Man's joke not long ago, when he said he was scared to be alone and asked it to stay and keep him company; it remembered that Ye Man always pestered it at night and asked it to read stories until he fell asleep.

At that time, it thought that Ye Man was teasing it and was using various words to tease it.

It turned out to be true.

Pop.

"Ye Man, you, you wait a minute, I will read you a story now..." The system opened the folder "Ye Man's Exclusive Bedtime Story Collection" in a panic.

......

Crew members wearing raincoats came in from outside.

"It was a lightning strike, but it didn't cause any damage. It was just the power outage caused by the damage to the circuit. The backup generator is running, and other crew members are rushing to repair the circuit. It is expected to be repaired before dawn." He explained to Secretary Chen and wiped the rain off his face: "Bad luck, we were caught in the cyclone."

Secretary Chen nodded and said, "I will report this to Mr. Xu. Thank you for your hard work. I will ask the captain to give everyone a red envelope. We have been busy all night."

"It's no problem, no problem!" the other party said happily.

The message was sent to Xu Huaiting, who glanced at it casually and walked back with the medicine.

When I returned to the room, it was indeed dark.

The first second he entered the room, he realized something was wrong.

Although there was a power outage, he was still able to find out from the weak light that seeped in through the gaps in the curtains that the person who was supposed to be sitting on the bed was missing.

The room was empty.

The most luxurious room on the cruise ship is actually only that big, not as big as on land, and you can tell at a glance that there is a living person missing.

He immediately remembered what Ye Man had just said about drugging Meng Yao, and his eyes darkened.

Just after understanding the situation in the cabin, Secretary Chen received a call from his boss.

"Turn off the surveillance at the door of my room, and ask someone to go to Meng Yao's room and take him away..."

Bang.

There was a muffled sound in my ear.

Then there was a faint humming sound.

Secretary Chen: "Him?"

Xu Huaiting: "It's okay, I found it."

Found it? What did you find?

Secretary Chen looked at the hung up call in confusion.

......

Xu Huaiting opened the closet door.

By chance, the backup generator started up at this moment, and the lights in the room came on again.

After seeing the scene clearly, Xu Huaiting suddenly held his breath.

The young man huddled in a corner of the closet, his head resting against the wall, his body curled up in the quilt, his forehead covered by his languid hair, casting a dim shadow.

He slept very quietly, and his breathing was so shallow that it seemed as if it did not exist.

Even though he had buried himself completely in the quilt, he was still shivering slightly, as if he was very cold. His skin had lost its color and turned so white that it was almost transparent, and one could almost see the blue veins underneath.

Xu Huaiting put down the medicine and carefully carried him out of the cabinet.

Ye Man is very light, like a feather, floating in the air, and not very heavy when you pick it up.

Xu Huaiting effortlessly hooked his legs, put his arm around his shoulders, bent down to put on the medicine, then held the man horizontally in his arms and sat down beside the bed.

The amazing thing was that the boy, who had seemed reluctant and had gone to hide in the cupboard when he just reached out his hand, actually shrank into his arms automatically after he was really picked up.

Xu Huaiting paused and manually adjusted his posture so that he could find the most comfortable angle in his arms. Only then did the person in his arms no longer frown in a wronged manner.

You can't curse with your mouth, but you can curse with your eyebrows.

Along with the sound of rain, it was also raining in Ye Man’s dream.

He dreamed that he was an abandoned cat, hiding in a box. The rain was seeping through the box bit by bit, wetting his fur and making him shiver with cold.

When he suspected that he was going to be frozen to death, the surroundings suddenly became warm and a heat source surrounded him.

He moved closer and rubbed his face against it. It was indeed hot, so he let out a comfortable sigh.

But he soon felt dissatisfied.

Not enough.

Xu Huaiting looked at the person in his arms who rested his head on his chest. As he watched, the other person became unhappy again for some reason and started to pull his clothes. If he didn't let her pull, she would make a wronged humming sound, as if he had done something to him.

He had to control his hands and coax him again and again: "Apply the medicine first, and then I'll take it off for you."

After much persuasion, I don't know whether the other party was really persuaded or just too tired to move, so he calmed down.

Xu Huaiting applied medicine on his knees in this position and forced him to sit like this for a while, otherwise the ointment would be rubbed off.

When it was almost time, they let go of each other's hands.

As soon as he let go, the person in his arms clung to him.

He moved his butt, groaned twice, and complained vaguely, "It hurts."

Xu Huaiting pulled the corner of his mouth, tucked the hair beside his cheek behind his ear with his fingers, leaned on it and whispered: "Just bear with it if it hurts."

Who is to blame?

He slept comfortably.

Ye Man had an extremely torturous night. He was seasick and felt uncomfortable. One moment he wanted to drink water, and the next he choked and said he wanted to vomit.

But he just can't leave people in this state. If people leave for a while, he will have already huddled in the cupboard when he turns back.

Xu Huaiting had no choice but to let him hang it on his body as a pendant.

Finally, I calmed the man down and made him lie down quietly on the bed. It was already dawn.

Xu Huaiting supported his head and patted the person through the quilt from time to time. After watching for a while, he slowly lowered his head.

Get some reward.

......

Ye Man slept comfortably and peacefully.

When I woke up, it was already bright outside and the rain had stopped.

He crawled out from under the quilt, not quite awake yet, a little dazed, not knowing where he was.

The system said quietly, "Host, you slept in Xu Huaiting's room last night."

Memories are now returning to me in fits and starts.

System: "You ran into the closet and fell asleep. He carried you out, and you slept like that all night. You let him go in the morning."

"You're hugging me too tightly." There was a hint of resentment in the tone.

Ye Man: “Wow…”

After a while, he asked again, "...Is it really that tight?"

"real."

"I don't know..." Ye Man said dryly, "This has never happened before."

Ye Man didn't know that he would be like this.

If he had drilled a cabinet before, no one would have come to get him out!

Ye Man was so embarrassed that he moved back and forth as if the bed under him was hot, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

He no longer wanted to think about what happened last night.

The mission failed, and I also caused so much trouble to my living ancestor. I hope he won't hate me, right?

He hugged his head and crawled out from under the quilt, then he retreated back silently as if escaping.

After getting back in, he was able to cheer himself up and give the system a pie: "Brother Tong, it's okay. We still have one more night on the ship. We can try again when we return. The plot doesn't stipulate that the drugging must be successful on the first night, right? We still have many opportunities for trial and error."

System: "You... why don't you just forget it."

Ye Man burst into tears: "Brother Tong, don't give up on yourself so quickly, I think I can save it!"

System: "......"

Otherwise, don't try to rescue him!

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped. Xu Huaiting came out of the bathroom with cold water vapor all over his body. What he saw was the quilt rolled into a ball on the bed.

He stood beside the bed for a while before calling out "Ye Man" in a calm tone.

After counting a few numbers in his mind, the person under the quilt reluctantly came out.

Even if you do something wrong, you still hang your head.

Xu Huaiting: "Don't do what happened last night again."

Ye Man bit her lip: "I promise I won't drug Meng Yao again."

Xu Huaiting looked at him: "No one else can do it either."

"......Oh." Ye Man was unwilling, but did not dare to be too presumptuous.

Xu Huaiting exhaled silently, "Pack up and eat something. The ship will dock in two or three hours. Aren't you looking forward to the fireworks display tonight?"

Ye Man is looking forward to the fireworks display.

When he got on the ship, he heard people talking about this and he became very excited.

Because fireworks come in many colors.

If he thought about it carefully, it was actually one of the few pleasures he could enjoy now.

The living ancestor did not pursue what happened to him last night. According to the system, he took care of him all night.

Really nice people.

Xu Huaiting was just about to get clothes for him when he suddenly felt the corner of his clothes being pulled.

The person on the bed held him back, a little embarrassed: "Don't leave yet, wait for me."

Ye Man crawled to the bed, touched the note paper on the bedside table, and tore off a piece.

In front of the living ancestor, his hand movements were a bit messy.

Poor eyesight is not a problem, he has folded it many times and can do it with his eyes closed.

But this time he didn't know what happened and he made several wrong steps, which almost made him sweat.

In the end, he succeeded in folding a rabbit.

I don’t know if it will be ugly.

Ye Man knelt on the bed, holding a freshly made origami rabbit in his hand, and pushed it forward, "Here... here you are."

"Thank you."

"Don't dislike it. Don't think it's worthless. It's actually quite amazing." Every time someone receives it, they will smile happily.

Ye Man really couldn't think of what to give to his ancestor. He thought that the other party was worth a lot of money and there was nothing he needed to give.

He resorted to his old tricks.

He said eagerly: "I hope you are happy..."

He explained it very seriously, and his tone of voice was very serious. Even though his ears turned red uncontrollably, he still insisted on holding up his rabbit.

Xu Huaiting was a second slower and heard the loud roar in his chest.