Chapter 61 027 "Do you want to stay in the bedroom? Or here?"
Why is it stuck at 9.99?
Who is it?
When meeting Lucas, Wu Cisheng was still thinking about this matter in his mind, going over possible names and corresponding faces over and over again.
He told Lucas about it during dinner.
"What did I do wrong?"
The sentry opposite was wearing gloves and peeling shrimps one by one. After peeling each one, he put the peeled shrimp meat into a small white porcelain bowl beside him.
He listened carefully to what Wu Cisheng said and said, very puzzled, "Why do you think it's your fault? Don't always find the fault in yourself, look for the reasons in others."
“………”
"Anyway, I think you've done a really good job. Just look at the comments section on the official website—everyone's praising you. It's definitely not your fault," Lucas said in a matter-of-fact tone. "If you must say, you have to admit that there are some people in this world who can't stand others doing well. Well, we have a lot of them..."
“…………”
"Okay, stop thinking about it and eat the shrimp."
Lucas became more and more skilled at peeling shrimps. Soon the bowl was almost full of shrimp meat. He pushed the small bowl in front of Wu Cisheng, took off the greasy gloves on his hands and threw them into the trash can.
"If you really want to know who this person is, then leave it to me... Anyway, I happen to have nothing to do in the past two days, so I can help you investigate privately."
That's true. After all, the competition is coming up in two days, so there really aren't many tasks to do in the next two days.
Wu Cisheng shook his head lightly: "Forget it."
The sentry stared at Wu Cisheng with his blue eyes for several seconds, as if to confirm the truthfulness of the latter's words. After a few seconds, he confirmed that Wu Cisheng was indeed serious.
"If you think about it carefully, perfection itself is impossible. It's good that I understand this earlier. I was a little too obsessed before."
Wu Cisheng picked up the chopsticks and picked up a peeled shrimp from the white porcelain bowl, dipped it in the sauce, put it into his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
From the moment he returned to the tower, his nerves had been on edge, as if he was trying to prove something and he dared not relax for a moment.
He'd been lax lately, and even when he heard the 9.99, he was thinking, "As expected." Suddenly, the teacher's words, "Too much is as bad as too little," rang in his ears.
He seemed to understand a little bit, and the thin dark cloud covering his chest gradually dissipated.
"Hey, these shrimps taste pretty good." Wu Cisheng said, and put a few shrimps without dipping sauce into Lucas's bowl, "Here, try some too."
The latter was easily satisfied. He ate the shrimp he peeled himself and smiled with his eyes narrowed: "It seems quite good."
The two chatted about what was going to happen next. The first thing was naturally the game a week later, and the second thing was the monthly vacation every two months as usual.
Normally, he should have gone back, but because of the competition, Wu Cisheng had called home a few days ago to tell them that he would not be going back this time. Also, because it happened to be a holiday, he specially gave his aunt an extra bonus.
Aunt Yang naturally didn't want it, but she had watched Wu Cisheng grow up and knew that he was stubborn, so she finally accepted it after refusing for a while.
Lucas was right next to them at the time and heard the whole thing. He also heard Aunt Yang asking him how he was.
Lucas's name was too difficult to pronounce for a middle-aged woman who had never left Wutong Town. She could never remember it, so she always called him Xiao Lu.
She asked if Xiao Lu was home, saying she wanted to send them some dried goods from home. Wu Cisheng said he was, and that there was no need to send anything, as they could buy anything there. He also took the initiative to ask about the recent weather at home.
Not only do the aliens' living areas have many advanced living facilities, but the temperature of the entire city is kept at a spring-like temperature all year round, and it is rarely too hot or too cold.
If you live here for a long time, you will become numb and unable to tell the difference between the four seasons. But it is different in cities outside.
The last time we went to Wutong Town, we specially packed our autumn clothes. However, we still felt a bit cold when we got out of the car and were hit by the cold wind. After we left, we heard that it had snowed in Wutong...
"What are you thinking about?"
Lucas realized that he had been staring at Wu Cisheng's profile in a daze without knowing when.
"Oh! Nothing, nothing."
He lowered his head and hurriedly took two bites of the somewhat bland-looking Sentinel Set Meal. When he looked up, he subconsciously looked at the guide first, then quickly moved to the blue sky outside the window and looked at the pedestrians passing downstairs.
"You're really not going back this time?"
Wu Cisheng had almost finished his meal, so he put down his chopsticks and wiped his lips with a tissue. "Even if I go back, I can't do anything. I'll wait until next time. By then, my internship will be over and I'll have more time."
Lucas said, "That's right."
*
After dinner, the two walked towards the counseling center.
Because it is New Year's Day recently, you can see similar decorations placed in front of the shops along the street. The glass is decorated with festive patterns and holiday greetings. Even the cleaning machines constantly shuttling on the road and the logistics aircraft in the sky have new red skins.
The strong festive atmosphere made Lucas, a foreigner, look around curiously.
There happened to be a few freshmen from the tower wearing armbands doing volunteer work on the way. They handed out holiday gift packages in brown paper bags to everyone they met. The two of them each took one.
Lucas looked through the scattered gift packages and sighed, "Where we are, the New Year's calendar is at the end of the year, but here you are around March."
"Actually, it was also the end of the year many years ago, but then a war broke out and lasted for many years. Then, March, when the war ended, was designated as the new calendar."
"Oh...I see."
The central square of the tower was silent. The tall sculpture was surrounded by scattered dried flowers. From time to time, other sentinels and guides would silently step forward to make wishes, and the number of wishes would increase.
Although Lucas didn't understand the specific meaning of doing this, he still followed Cisheng's example, stopped, closed his eyes and made a wish, and placed the flowers in the bag around the statue in order.
His hair color and facial features were out of tune with the people around him, and naturally attracted a lot of stares, but he ignored them completely.
As they walked across the square, Ci Sheng suddenly asked him, "What wish did you just make?"
Lucas said honestly, "I couldn't think of any wishes at the time. I just hoped that all your wishes would come true. What about you?"
The guide with a fair face lowered his thin eyelids, and his thick and long eyelashes concealed the emotions in his eyes.
He didn't answer directly, but instead asked another question: "By the way, the competition will start in a few days. Aren't you nervous at all?"
"I don't think I should be nervous," Lucas said, then felt a bit complacent and added, "Don't worry. I've reviewed the past materials and videos you compiled for me. I'm confident."
Wu Cisheng pursed his lips and smiled.
The two gradually came to a fork in the road. Going straight would lead them back to the evacuation center, to the left was Wu Cisheng's dormitory, and to the right was the location of the sentry camp outside the tower.
I have already finished get off work and don't need to go back to work, so the only option left is to go back to the dormitory.
Normally, the two would have separated at this time, but if nothing unexpected happened this week, it should be Lucas's special period once a month.
Lucas followed Wu Cisheng tacitly and walked to the left. When he reached the dormitory door, he bent down skillfully, opened the shoe cabinet, and took out the pair of slippers at the bottom that were obviously a size larger than the other shoes and put them on.
Wu Cisheng turned on the light, took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, then went straight to the bathroom to wash his hands. When he came out, he saw the sentry sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Lucas's back was straight, his hands placed neatly on his knees, looking exactly the same as the first time.
"Want some water?"
"Thanks."
Perhaps it was because the special period was approaching, or perhaps it was the smell from the guide in the air or some other unknown thing, even though it was not his first time here, Lucas' heart kept pounding.
He took a sip from the warm glass, but still couldn't lower his heart rate. Even when he caught a glimpse of the half-open bedroom, many past scenes involuntarily emerged in his mind.
He calmly adjusted his sitting position, trying to hide his change, but the guide had already caught it the moment the pheromones leaked out.
Wu Cisheng took off his black uniform jacket, revealing a white shirt underneath. He loosened his tie, unbuttoned the top two buttons, and looked up at the wall clock: "This month is two hours earlier than last month."
He could clearly feel the sentry's intense gaze, and his breathing became more and more obvious and heavy as he moved.
He really wanted to follow his inner instinct and pounce on it immediately, but according to the requirements, he had to sit still and not move without the guide's order.
"Do you want to be in the bedroom? Or here?"
*
It was completely dark outside, but the festival celebrations were still going on inside the tower. The colorful neon lights and the aircraft flying low complemented each other.
In stark contrast to the bustle outside was a single suite with the curtains drawn.
Lucas swallowed hard, the muscles covering his body rising and falling slightly with his movements. He could see nothing, only emptiness before his eyes.
This was not because of something covering his eyes, nor was it because he suddenly became blind. It was simply due to the guide's subtle and precise control of his five senses.
His vision had vanished. His eyes, which normally could keenly detect the slightest movement, could now see nothing. His hearing had also been taken away, as if the entire universe had fallen into a dead silence. Even his sense of touch had vanished; he couldn't even feel the presence of his own fingers...
His five senses suddenly became silent, like a hollowed-out glass jar. Everything was controlled by another person. He became a machine controlled solely by Wu Cisheng, a puppet that could be manipulated at will...
He didn't know how much time had passed, nor what was happening outside. The whole world could only hear Wu Cisheng's voice and smell his scent...
He breathed along with Wu Cisheng's breathing, feeling his heartbeat and breath, and in a trance he felt a sense of happiness that the whole world was left with only the two of them.
"How about it?"
A clear voice sounded in my ears.
"So you used to be like this." Lucas said with emotion, "I always thought it would be pitch black, but it turns out there really is nothing..."
The vision gradually recovered.
The first thing Lucas saw was the young man sitting by the bed. He was very particular about his appearance during the day, always wearing a meticulous uniform, with every button fastened to the last detail.
But at this moment, the guide before him was draped in a long, soft, light gray bathrobe, his half-dried hair cascading casually across his forehead. The warm light overhead cast a gentle, dreamy, hazy glow around him, adding a touch of languor.
Lucas stared at him without blinking, as if drawn by a magnet. The emotions that had just subsided a while ago surged up again, pounding in his chest.
The guide's eyelashes half-closed, taking in his embarrassment. Her cold, green eyes held no emotion. "Didn't it just end?"
"I...I don't know either." Lucas swallowed again, "It's just..."
Before he finished speaking, the tall and strong Lucas took the initiative to move. He bowed slightly, and sat on Wu Cisheng's body in an almost pious posture. With a barely perceptible tremor in his hands, he gently placed them on Wu Cisheng's shoulders: "Can I do it again?
The two gazes met in mid-air.
After a while, the sentry got permission and carefully leaned over to place light kisses on Wu Cisheng's eyelids, one after another, as if it was the most precious treasure in the world and no amount of kisses would be enough.
His kiss went from the delicate eyelids, along the straight nose, all the way down to the lips and Adam's apple... Finally, Wu Cisheng lowered his head slightly and could see Lucas's hairy head and the already very obvious teeth marks on his own glands.
Cisheng had a handsome face, and everything else about him was impeccable. Lucas only felt that his nasal cavity was full of rich pheromones, and only heard a very light sigh, as if he had received great praise.
After a while, he looked up at Wu Cisheng, his artificial eyes flashing with joy, like a big dog seeking his owner's praise, patiently waiting for his next instruction.
The young man stretched out a pair of bony hands and placed them on his messy red hair, gently stroking it, and said with his thin lips: "Well done."
Two completely different pheromones merged little by little in mid-air.
*
The next morning, Lucas lowered his head and gently kissed the young man on the cheek, tucked in the quilt for him, got out of bed quietly, opened the closet door quietly, found his clothes inside and changed into them.
As he skillfully prepared breakfast in the small kitchen, the long-lost electronic sound appeared again.
Have you decided?
【Decided to stay here forever? 】
Lucas cracked an egg into a bowl with one hand, paying attention to the movements in the bedroom while replying to the system's words in his mind.
Yes, I have decided.
03399 had urged him to submit the task several times, saying that it might be in a hurry to go to the next task world and could not stay with him in this world forever.
Lucas also told him several times that he could submit, but he would not leave this world.
03399 is just an AI, and the decision-making process cannot be reversed. Naturally, it cannot understand why human thoughts change so quickly.
[I remember when we first linked, you said you'd just made a big deal and hadn't even started dividing the spoils yet. I always thought you'd really want to leave...]
Lucas exuded pheromones that belonged to another guide from the inside out. He had an unconcealable smile on his lips and his eyes were shining.
[No, whoever likes those things can take them. I'm not going anywhere now.]
03399 said seriously: [This is my last reminder. I will be leaving this world in a week. If you regret it, before then...]
Lucas, who had been concentrating on listening to the movements in the bedroom without hearing what the system was saying at all, seemed to sense something and tilted his head slightly to listen carefully.
Cisheng turned over. According to previous experience, he should be waking up soon. Thinking of this, Lucas quickened his movements.
【By the way, what did you just say? 】
03399 was stuck for a few seconds.
"Nothing, I don't think you'll need it. But in exchange for your help, would you like me to help you in the next competition?"
The smile on the sentry's lips froze.
"No, Cisheng will be in the audience too. I'd rather rely on myself than cheat."
【……All right. 】
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