The morning sunlight slanted through the window, casting a warm and peaceful hazy glow over the entire bedroom.
The people nestled together were still asleep, the room was quiet, and the light green nightgown silently reflected a warm hue in the light.
It would be even better if it wasn't just carelessly tossed on the carpet.
Springtime clothing is light, let alone at night.
Every corner of the room bathed in sunlight exudes cleanliness and tidiness, yet a few hidden corners conceal a subtle, almost imperceptible, sense of decay.
Her loose, long hair was casually spread on the pillow, and her partially covered neck still bore a trace of red that hadn't faded even now.
Her fan-like eyelashes fluttered slightly, and Xu Shiyue opened her eyes as her biological clock kicked in.
She and Lu Shizhen had been making love several times last night, and it was already quite late when she finally went to bed.
Whether it was because her biological clock woke her up or for some other reason, Xu Shiyue was unusually lazy. She raised her head and then lowered it again, simply resting her head on her pillow.
Sunlight followed Xu Shiyue's gaze, gilding the scene in her vision.
The girl's soft, rhythmic breaths fell on her face, hazy and gentle, somewhat like a dream.
But Xu Shiyue knew this was not a dream.
Lu Shizhen's arm rested on her waist, her slender wrist bone pressing against her skin, slightly uncomfortable, yet incredibly real.
The sheets made a soft rustling sound. As if she hadn't seen enough, Xu Shiyue raised her arm and reached out toward Lu Shizhen's sleeping face.
The troublesome hair was carefully brushed aside, and slender fingers slowly landed on Lu Shizhen's calm and quiet eyebrows, then, like a paintbrush, stroked out her features.
Even though Xu Shiyue had touched and even kissed Lu Shizhen's face countless times last night.
But she still can't help wanting to touch her.
It would be even better if I could turn into a tiny person and be carried around by her.
Xu Shiyue secretly thought this to herself, and then she felt a strange movement coming from her fingertips.
Lu Shizhen seemed to be having a nightmare she couldn't escape; her eyelashes suddenly started fluttering wildly.
Seeing this, Xu Shiyue quickly reached out and hugged her, calling out, "Lu Shizhen, sixteen, sixteen..."
Because Xu Shiyue had taken a shower and gone to bed in a hurry last night, her pajamas were still lying on the floor.
The warmth enveloped Lu Shizhen completely, seemingly helping her dispel her uneasy nightmares.
With her brows slightly furrowed, she mumbled a buzzing sound from her throat before opening her eyes: "Hmm."
Seeing that Lu Shizhen had woken up, Xu Shiyue asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Still seemingly shaken, Lu Shizhen leaned against Xu Shiyue's chest and nodded, saying, "Luckily, it was just a dream."
Xu Shiyue gently nuzzled Lu Shizhen's forehead with her chin, trying to comfort her: "What did you dream about?"
“I dreamt of the Goddess. She said she wanted to have some fun with me…” This wasn’t a particularly memorable dream, and Lu Shizhen described it simply, “I was a little scared.”
Xu Shiyue paused for a moment after hearing Lu Shizhen's retelling.
This "dream" may not be a dream at all; it might be a challenge and provocation against them and the main system.
But so what?
They've already cooperated with the main system and are going to kill a god, so why would they be afraid of her provocation?
Xu Shiyue pulled Lu Shizhen closer to her and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, I will always be by your side."
"Mm." Lu Shizhen nodded.
She paused for a moment, then slightly raised her gaze to look at Xu Shiyue: "Are you going to the company later?"
"I have some things to take care of, and I also need to check on the progress of the main system. I'll try to be back before dinner," Xu Shiyue replied.
"Then I'll wait for you at home, Madam." Lu Shizhen's thought process was peculiar. Her voice sounded like that of a gigolo. She leaned unabashedly into Xu Shiyue's arms, her eyes curving into crescents as she looked at Xu Shiyue.
Xu Shiyue didn't know what article this person had read to come up with such a sentence, but seeing that she was no longer as frightened as before, she smiled along with her.
A gentle breath, tinged with warmth, brushed against Lu Shizhen's moist lips.
Xu Shiyue paused for a moment, then raised her chin slightly and placed the kiss that was about to land on Lu Shizhen's lips on her forehead: "Wait for me obediently."
"Okay." Lu Shizhen answered obediently, unaware of Xu Shiyue's sudden change in demeanor.
Over the past five years, almost every company under Xu Shiyue's control has experienced a bloody storm.
After the storm passed, things calmed down, and apart from the tech company that was about to go public, none of Xu Shiyue's companies were in any major trouble. After quickly finishing her work, Xu Shiyue went to the area where her company was under lockdown.
One advantage that artificial intelligence has over humans is that it can work anytime.
When Xu Shiyue arrived, the main system was already working. After all, it was a system one level higher than this world, and its algorithm processing speed was astonishing. It was just a pity that the company's top-notch equipment could not keep up with her speed. The main system conservatively estimated that it should be ready by evening. At that time, she would directly input the program into the sports watch that Lu Shien had given her on Xu Shiyue's wrist, without having to come here to bother with it.
Everything seemed to be proceeding in an orderly manner.
The warm and bright afternoon sun painted the azure sky, and Xu Shiyue was immediately enveloped in its light as she stepped out of the company building.
The heavy white clouds, like a handful, floated clearly in the sky, following the car all the way home.
This time it was a little strange, though; Yuanzi didn't rush over to welcome Xu Shiyue.
Even at this time when Yuanzi usually comes out to play, it didn't come out.
Qiuqiu was still fast asleep, and the blanket covering her wasn't very nice.
When Xu Shiyue opened the door, she saw Yuanzi guarding the sleeping Qiuqiu, with its favorite toy in its mouth.
"Has Yuanzi been like this all day?" Xu Shiyue couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"No, not at all." Aunt Sun reassured Xu Shiyue. "She went out with Miss Sixteen just now, it seems they went to the rose garden. Yuanzi probably didn't like the thorns there, she clung to Miss Sixteen and went out, but she came back dejectedly after a while."
"Okay." Xu Shiyue breathed a sigh of relief and instructed, "Take it out for a walk later, it can't stay in the room all the time."
"Okay." Aunt Sun nodded.
Having just learned from Aunt Sun where Lu Shizhen was, Xu Shiyue didn't go upstairs to her room. Instead, she took the shuttle bus to the rose garden.
It's the season for roses to bloom, and from afar, the bright red roses sway in the wind, a fiery red expanse that is quite beautiful.
In the first spring after Lu Shizhen left, Xu Shiyue once considered burning down this sea of roses.
Looking out of the room, the vast expanse of red burned in her eyes like fire, indescribably blinding.
But it was in this "sea of fire" that Lu Shizhen caught her.
Just when she had lost all hope in the world, Lu Shizhen appeared.
She couldn't bring herself to do it.
She couldn't use one fire to extinguish another, so she carefully nurtured this fire.
The golden sun hung in the sky, its bright rays shining down on the sea of flowers.
Lu Shizhen stood in the center of the sea of flowers, layers of red fluttering over her skirt, as if a dull and monotonous landscape painting had finally been adorned with a soul.
Xu Shiyue walked over along the path and stood beside Lu Shizhen, saying, "You've been so focused on admiring the flowers that Yuanzi is angry."
"Because it's really beautiful." Lu Shizhen said, handing the flowers she had just picked out to Xu Shiyue.
The rich scent of roses wafted past Xu Shiyue's nose on the breeze. Holding the bouquet carefully wrapped with ribbon, she chimed in, "Yes, it's the perfect time for her to bloom. Roses are more beautiful at this time of year than ever before."
Summer hasn't arrived yet, but there's already a warm feeling in the wind.
As Xu Shiyue felt the gentle breeze, she heard Lu Shizhen say beside her, "Shiyue, don't you think we're actually doing pretty well right now?"
Lu Shizhen's words sounded like an exclamation, yet also like she had something left unsaid.
Xu Shiyue paused for a moment, holding the bouquet of roses, when a pair of hands reached out from below her.
Lu Shizhen wrapped her arms around Xu Shiyue's waist from behind, gently rested her chin on Xu Shiyue's shoulder, and said lazily, "What should I do? Suddenly I don't want to take any risks anymore. I just want to find a place like this with you and hide away, without seeing anyone, just the two of us."
Lu Shizhen's voice was gentle and playful, with a hint of roguish charm.
Xu Shiyue chuckled as she listened, patted Lu Shizhen's hand, and took it as a joke: "What nonsense is Teacher Sixteen talking about again?"
The wind swept through the sea of roses, and the endless red blossoms embraced the two people who were holding each other.
As if bathed in sunlight, the entire scene is bathed in a clear yet hazy light.
"What a beautiful painting, don't you think, sister?" The main god looked at the world projection floating in front of her and then looked with interest at Lu Shizhen, who was trapped in the floating transparent cube.
With a loud "bang," Lu Shizhen kicked the square wall in front of her hard and yelled at the main god without any politeness, "I told you not to call me sister!"
"Why are you being so stingy? It's just calling you 'sister,' it won't cost you anything." The goddess looked at the toy she had been forced to imprison with some distress. "This isn't fun at all."
"Pah!" Lu Shizhen spat fiercely upon hearing this, and kicked the cube several more times. "Let me out right now!"
The goddess remained unmoved; a clean gauze was hanging from her hand, slowly wrapping around the wound on her wrist.
It could be called a wound, but there wasn't a drop of blood on the gauze that would flow out when a human is injured. Underneath the broken skin was just a cluster of crystal-blue electronic circuits, slowly converging towards the center.
"It really is a bug, it really hurts when it bites." The main god looked at the wound on his wrist, and his childlike and innocent eyes turned sinister in an instant.
If she hadn't reacted quickly yesterday, Lu Shizhen would have succeeded.
What a disobedient toy!
That means I won't be able to spend the long, endless time with her.
Slowly, the gloom in the eyes of the main god faded, and the innocence of a child surged up again.
She rested her chin on her hand and looked again at the scene from Xu Shiyue's world, then said thoughtfully to Lu Shizhen, "When do you think she will start to slowly forget you?"
"Shall we make a bet?"
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