Chapter 172. To Your World 5 "We will never be apart again."
Sunlight streamed down from behind Lu Shizhen, casting a half-light and half-shadow.
Xu Shiyue pressed down on him, and a delicate fragrance emerged from the smell of disinfectant. They were so close that Lu Shizhen could smell even the last vestiges of the fragrance clearly.
Just like the fragrance on her body, Xu Shiyue's questions were not aggressive.
Her voice was calm and composed, as if she were simply a doctor investigating some problems that had suddenly arisen in her patient.
If they were maintaining the same distance as they would in a normal face-to-face conversation.
Xu Shiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, clearly having gleaned something from the conversation just now.
Although she knew she seemed to have fallen for Xu Shiyue, Lu Shizhen didn't intend to confess her feelings so hastily.
Realizing she had just expressed her emotions too much, she quickly retracted them, saying, "Don't worry, it's not because I'm feeling unwell."
"So what exactly is the reason?" Xu Shiyue was not willing to let Lu Shizhen easily drop the topic. As if afraid that Lu Shizhen would not answer, she continued to add, "After all, as your attending physician, it is necessary for me to rule out some reasons."
As she asked this question, Xu Shiyue leaned down slightly, her originally straight back pressing down even further.
Sunlight fell from one side, compressed to a mere sliver that still lingered in Lu Shizhen's peripheral vision, obsequiously illuminating Xu Shiyue's profile.
The originally straightforward rhetoric suddenly took on a layer of obscurity, as if it were seeking a truth, but it had more than one purpose.
The faint fragrance wafted over Lu Shizhen's lips, becoming more intense as they drew closer.
It invisibly wove Xu Shiyue's actions into a net, thus enveloping Lu Shizhen, leaving her with no way to escape.
The flattering light fell on Xu Shiyue's face, and beneath the calm surface of her dark eyes lay a seriousness that would not be easily abandoned.
Lu Shizhen didn't know where Xu Shiyue got this inquisitive spirit from, but she knew that if she didn't answer Xu Shiyue's question today, Xu Shiyue wouldn't let her off the hook.
Her light pink lips pursed slightly, inadvertently becoming glossy.
With a mix of helplessness and self-imposed exile, Lu Shizhen forced herself to say to Xu Shiyue, using her own embellished words, "I'm bothered by your closeness with that person just now."
"Why do you mind?" Xu Shiyue pressed.
Whether it was because they were standing too close, or because the person who asked the question was the subject of her own worries, Lu Shizhen's cheeks felt a little hot.
Struggling, she still tried to resist, saying evasively, "This has nothing to do with my health, Dr. Xu."
“So this is a question I’m asking you personally,” Xu Shiyue said.
She stared intently at Lu Shizhen, as if grasping something, and asked persistently, "I care about it too, why do you mind so much?"
Lu Shizhen was slightly taken aback when she heard Xu Shiyue ask this question.
For a moment, she felt that she was thinking the same thing as Xu Shiyue, but it was only for a moment, and then worry surged up.
Although Lu Shizhen and Xu Shiyue have gotten along very well these days, their conversations have remained within the realm of everyday life, and they have never touched upon private issues such as sexual orientation.
The feelings that Lu Shizhen had hastily suppressed in her heart began to stir restlessly. She looked at Xu Shiyue's gaze as she looked at her, wondering if she would scare Xu Shiyue away if she confessed.
She was eager to try, yet also cautious.
After swallowing hard, Lu Shizhen tentatively asked Xu Shiyue, "Before answering your question, answer me first: do you like the type of girl you just saw?"
After he finished speaking, the room wanted to be quiet for a moment.
Lu Shizhen waited nervously for Xu Shiyue's answer, her eyes filled with feigned calm.
Half a century may have passed, or perhaps only a second, but Xu Shiyue calmly replied, "Half and half."
“I don’t like that girl.” Xu Shiyue wasn’t frightened by Lu Shizhen’s question, because she felt the same way as Lu Shizhen. “But I like girls.”
Throughout what Xu Shiyue was saying, she kept her eyes fixed on Lu Shizhen's.
As the words fell, her almond-shaped eyes slowly widened in the sunlight, and Xu Shiyue's face, reflected in her dark pupils, drew closer to her little by little.
Xu Shiyue lowered her head and kissed Lu Shizhen's cheek.
It was almost imperceptible, as if it had brushed against the corner of her lips.
"A girl like you."
The warm, moist lips withdrew with a silent ambiguity, and the frank words fell into Lu Shizhen's ears.
The girl's dark eyes slowly and hesitantly lifted upwards, trembling slightly, filled with disbelief.
Lu Shizhen's disbelief stemmed partly from Xu Shiyue's kiss and partly from the familiarity of the kiss.
“Have we met before…” Lu Shizhen looked at Xu Shiyue with clear eyes, and a strange yet familiar name came out of her mouth: “Shiyue.”
Like a stone that had been blocked and could no longer withstand the pressure, it shattered with a bang, and the memories that had been deliberately hidden by the evil god surged and surfaced in Lu Shizhen's mind like a flood.
Memory isn't suddenly torn open; rather, it's as if the missing piece of the puzzle has been perfectly placed.
Lu Shizhen saw that a corridor had suddenly appeared in the small house where she had lived for a long time, and saw a little girl picking up the fallen apple.
The little girl was thin and bony, wearing a different hospital gown than her own.
She introduced herself to her, saying her name was Xu Shiyue.
The gushing water enveloped Lu Shizhen tightly, and memories flooded her mind at double speed.
Then Lu Shizhen saw her follow Xu Shiyue to another world, and saw her inviting Xu Shiyue to dance in the ward.
My heart, which was filled to the brim with memories, suddenly felt empty.
Lu Shizhen then understood Xu Shiyue's reaction yesterday when she heard her say the word "dance," and the fleeting loneliness in her eyes.
"I want to see you as an adult."
Xu Shiyue's youthful voice reached Lu Shizhen's ears, pulling her thoughts back into the sea of memories.
That innocent and tender kiss was like a sealing wax stamp, and the words imprinted on it became a contract that made Lu Shizhen desperately insist on living on.
She did indeed strive to live because of a promise.
She had met Xu Shiyue a long time ago.
It's hard to tell whether it was the shock of the long-awaited reunion that moved her, or whether she still felt her heart flutter for Xu Shiyue even after all these years.
Lu Shizhen gazed at Xu Shiyue before her, her calm voice trembling slightly: "You're back."
“Yes.” Xu Shiyue nodded and gently touched the tip of her nose to Lu Shizhen’s nose. “Long time no see, Sixteen.”
"Long time no see," Lu Shizhen said, then put her hand on Xu Shiyue's neck.
His once straight neck jutted out slightly, and he couldn't help but awkwardly press his lips against Xu Shiyue's.
Xu Shiyue's lips were softer than she had imagined, slightly cool and with a delicate fragrance.
Although she was mindful of Lu Shizhen's health and didn't go all out, Xu Shiyue still brushed her tongue across the tip of his teeth, teasing him and refusing to stop there.
Slightly out of breath, Lu Shizhen thought of a crucial question and nervously paused everything: "How did you get here, October? Do you want to go back?"
Xu Shiyue stared intently at Lu Shizhen's lips with her eyes half-closed. Her breath was unsteady, but her voice was exceptionally patient as she explained, "I won't go back. I came here from another world."
Her slender fingers gently brushed through Lu Shizhen's hair, and she said to her, "I know you have many questions. Don't rush, ask slowly, and I will tell you one by one."
“Okay.” Lu Shizhen nodded.
The lips, coated with a layer of crimson, were gently parted, but instead of continuing the unfinished kiss, a question was asked.
Lu Shizhen asked Xu Shiyue many questions, and Xu Shiyue answered them all. In the end, she also told Lu Shizhen how she came into this world.
Xu Shiyue doesn't remember anything from her childhood, but she always feels something is missing from her seemingly complete life when the night is quiet.
Later, an accident led to Xu Shiyue being selected by the system and beginning her life as a host. She became even more certain that she might have forgotten something under the system's intervention.
So when the main god and the main system were undergoing a period of upheaval and replacement, she, who had been ranked first on the system task leaderboard for many years, reached a cooperation agreement with the main system at the time. After helping her deal with the broken main god, the main system also helped her retrieve her and Lu Shizhen's erased memories from the system space.
Once the memories are recovered, everything will be much easier.
The void in her heart was no longer an illusion. Although the world was vast and there were countless people named Lu Shizhen, as long as she went to look for her, she would definitely find her Lu Shizhen.
And now, she has found it.
After listening to Xu Shiyue's story, Lu Shizhen still felt a little worried: "Won't that system you mentioned separate us again...?"
Xu Shiyue shook her head, her voice firm: "No, I will never let us separate again."
[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission! Host, do you choose to stay in this world? Yes/No]
The system's notification, tinged with excitement, popped up at this opportune moment.
Xu Shiyue looked at the dialog box that shone with a crystal blue light, and after countless rejections in the past, she clicked the "Yes" option without hesitation.
“We will never be apart again.” Xu Shiyue said, lowering her head to kiss Lu Shizhen’s lips.
Her white robe swayed slightly, and her round, fair legs rested against the middle of the wheelchair.
Feeling that her control had been taken away, Lu Shizhen raised her hand and supported Xu Shiyue's arm that was supporting her side. The sunlight was completely blocked out, and the smell of disinfectant became scorching as the temperature gradually rose.
(The End)
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