Chapter 64 A Future Worth Looking Forward to
Hu Li soon fell into a deep sleep - even though she was still chatting with Yu Sheng with curiosity and anticipation the moment before, and seemed to be so excited in the new environment that she could not sleep, but almost in the blink of an eye, Yu Sheng and Irene only heard the even and soft snoring coming from the bed.
Irene sat beside Hu Li's bed, looking at the fox who had fallen asleep.
"She really fell asleep in a second... She's already started dreaming. Well, it's okay, it's a peaceful dream."
"She probably hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time," Yu Sheng lowered his voice unconsciously, "I was worried at first that she wouldn't be able to sleep here. After all, the environment has suddenly changed, and the place where she stayed before didn't even have a bed."
Irene stood up from the bed and walked over to help Hu Li press the quilt, while saying very professionally: "She should feel that this place is very safe - she told me that foxes have very accurate intuition..."
Just as the puppet was halfway through her words, Hu Li turned over in her sleep. Immediately afterwards, Yu Sheng’s eyes blurred—the fox girl’s tail that she had put away before going to bed suddenly popped out. Irene, who was bending over to help cover the quilt, screamed “Oh my god” and was flung away by the tail, hitting the wall with her and the painting...
Yu Sheng immediately yelled "Fuck!" and ran over to pick up Irene who was sliding down the wall. Then he heard the doll lady start to sing as soon as she opened her mouth...
As a result, Hu Li on the bed did not wake up. The fox just muttered vaguely twice, then turned over and changed to a more comfortable position. He picked out two of his tails and held them in his arms, and wrapped the rest tightly around his body, replacing the quilt that had just been blown away.
Within two seconds, he was wrapped into a furry fox ball.
"F*ck that tail! I&*&￥#% helped her out of kindness..." Irene hung on Yu Sheng's arm and spit out sweet words. Then she suddenly turned her head and looked at Yu Sheng, "I'm telling you, you don't have to buy her a blanket tomorrow. I don't think she needs it at all!"
Yu Sheng quickly carried the cursing doll and slipped out of the room. He breathed a sigh of relief when he reached the corridor outside. He looked back helplessly and said, "Well, it seems that I still need to spend some time to adapt... Erin, are you okay?"
“Is it okay to have my pride hurt a little?” The puppet rolled its eyelids and climbed up Yu Sheng’s arm to his shoulder. “Hey, if I were still in my original body, I wouldn’t be able to endure this injustice. You don’t know how powerful I was back then. I… I was powerful anyway!”
"Okay, okay, you're great, I believe you..." Yu Sheng said perfunctorily while carrying Irene back to his room.
However, the puppet on his shoulder rarely argued with him because of this perfunctory attitude. Yu Sheng felt very strange and looked up, only to see Irene lowering her head slightly, seemingly thinking about something seriously.
"What are you thinking about?"
"I was thinking... about what you said about asking Hu Li to help you fight," Irene said in a rare serious tone. "It seems that you have decided to deal with the foreign land from now on, right? I don't mean the kind of dealing with being involved in incidents, but... are you going to take the initiative to cause trouble?"
Yu Sheng didn't say anything for a while, and his silence was equivalent to consent.
"Why?" Irene asked curiously, "You have already rescued Hu Li, so there should be no reason for you to take the initiative to find other troubles in the future. Although people who have come into contact with the alien world are indeed very likely to encounter things on the 'other side' again in their lifetime, you can also choose to cooperate with the Secret Service and learn some 'systematic skills' to avoid the alien world. Many people will choose this, and they can live a stable life for many years... At least, they can live a more stable life than those spiritual detectives and investigators."
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and looked at Irene half-jokingly: "What if I say it's out of curiosity? This strange phenomenon in the foreign land aroused my curiosity, so I just wanted to give it some excitement..."
The little puppet immediately grabbed Yu Sheng's hair into a mess: "Are you serious? Are you serious?"
Yu Sheng raised his hand to hold down Irene's paw and said quickly: "Stop, stop, stop, don't pull - I'm half serious."
Irene stopped scratching her hair and stared at Yu Sheng.
"Curiosity, that's indeed part of the reason. I'm not kidding." Yu Sheng took a breath and his expression became serious. "Do you remember the night when I took you to open doors one after another? Do you remember those... the scenery behind the doors?"
"……Remember."
"I remember it too, very clearly," Yu Sheng said slowly as he sat on a chair. "There are so many 'faraway places'. We even discussed seriously about that glowing mountain... Irene, don't you want to go and see it? And the city floating in the air, and the birds flying over the rift valley..."
"And there is the eldest brother who was hung on the beam."
"...Yes, and there is also the senior brother hanging on the beam," Yu Sheng smiled and shook his head, "Erin, no matter they are somewhere 'far away' or some 'foreign land', I am really attracted by those scenes. You said that I have opened so many doors, and I can open them again at any time. I already know that there is such a vast world outside the boundary city. Can I still stay in this borderland and live a 'stable life' as you said?"
Yu Sheng said this and breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as I continue to 'open the door', I will definitely continue to deal with those 'scenery' - and this door has been opened."
"That seems to be the truth," Irene held Yu Sheng's head, thought seriously for a moment, and began to comb back the hair that she had just messed up. "If I were you, I would also be full of suicidal thoughts right now - I would be more suicidal than you."
Then the little puppet paused and asked, "What about your other reason?"
Yu Sheng didn't say anything for a while, just narrowed his eyes slightly.
The scenes in my memory came to my mind.
The sunshine flowing in the old alleys, the red sky, the water-like clouds - that not very big, but familiar and friendly "small seaside town".
"There is a place I want to find." Yu Sheng said softly.
He felt the pair of small hands that were scratching his head suddenly stop.
"Why do I feel that..." Irene suddenly bent down and stared at Yu Sheng's face very keenly, "You seem to be going somewhere, and you don't plan to come back?"
When Yu Sheng opened his eyes, he saw the pair of scarlet pupils staring straight at him. The gaze of the puppet made him feel a little uneasy.
"...Uh, I just want to find that place, go take a look, and come back."
"Really?" Irene frowned suspiciously.
"Really," Yu Sheng nodded, then he paused, as if he had really thought about something seriously, and repeated it again, "It's true."
"It seems... you didn't lie to me," Irene tilted her head, as if she believed Yu Sheng's words, but soon she shook her head, "Forget it, I can't do anything if you want to lie to me. The ability to open the door is in your hands... Let's not talk about this. Since you have decided to deal with those messy things in the future, have you thought about how to start? Do you want to be a detective in the spirit world? Take on those commissions that may be related to foreign lands? Or be a lone investigator? Take the initiative to look for clues from foreign lands and distant places in corners? Or... open a door at random every day, and then jump over to commit suicide..."
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"Let's not consider the last one for now," Yu Sheng immediately waved his hand, "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not that desperate. If I really provoke a thing that I can't beat and can't run away from, then I'm really screwed..."
"Oh, it's okay, you're not crazy," Irene shook her head happily, "So you want to be a ghost detective or investigator? The former mainly relies on taking orders, and the characteristic of the 'work' is stable but restricted. The latter mainly relies on being tough and reckless, and the characteristic of being free to act but often encountering big 'surprises'..."
Yu Sheng thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of 'Little Red Riding Hood' is that?"
"She must be a detective from the spiritual world. She's a contractor for the Secret Service, and she's also a student working part-time during the holidays." Irene waved her hand. "But according to her, there's an organization behind her called 'Fairy Tale' or something..."
Yu Sheng's mind started to stir: "Organization...does this kind of organization need to be registered?"
"... Maybe?" Irene scratched her head. "I don't know if you ask me. I've forgotten everything. But it's probably necessary to register, right? After all, there's an official management department like the Secret Service. If you gather a bunch of foreign experts with professional skills and don't register them, wouldn't it become a 'lively and illegal social group'?"
At this point, the doll lady was suddenly stunned, and looked at Yu Sheng with some confusion: "Why, are you planning to set up an organization? There are only three of us now, including the fox, and the fox doesn't have an ID card - of course, I don't have one either. So you're the only one who counts as a 'person' in the family?"
"It seems so," Yu Sheng touched his nose awkwardly, and then realized belatedly, "Oh my god, where can I get an ID card for Hu Li..."
"Wait until the next time someone from the Secret Service contacts you and ask them about it," Irene began to offer advice. "They probably wouldn't mind helping with this little favor, right?"
“…Is this from a unit?”
“It doesn’t cost anything to ask.”
"Well, that's right."
Yu Sheng scratched his hair, and at this moment, he suddenly discovered a problem.
"Wait, Irene, you're still going to stay in my room today?!"
"Nonsense! My room is so weird!"
"You're so weird yourself, go back to your room!"
"I don't!"
(End of this chapter)
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