Shekh looked him up and down. "What other ideas do you have?"
“We need to create another obedient system to manage the middle and lower levels. Excellent players are a valuable resource, so we don’t need them to do anything that doesn’t require special treatment. We also need to change the way the game selects new players…” Shi Jinzhe said, yawning.
Shekh: "Let's talk about it later."
Shi Jinzhe nodded, and he and Shehe landed, returning to the world of Mu Bai.
The familiar valley was blooming with small white flowers. I didn't see Mu Bai and Bai Weishuang, but I did see Ji Hui and two others sitting by the lake, lost in thought.
When Pu Sheng saw it, his eyes lit up. This living switch for nuclear weapons, the stabilizer of world peace, had finally appeared!
He asked excitedly, "Can I finally quit the game?"
Shi Jinzhe: "Hmm, I'll do that once I understand how the game works."
Yan Ruoying: "Great, I can break free now!"
"Can."
Ji Hui stood up and asked, "Is there anything else we need to do?"
"There's one thing: help send Linlang back safely. She's from a different world than you. Whoever is free can go."
Ji Hui: "Then I'll go."
“Okay,” Shi Jinzhe said to Pusheng and Yan Ruoying, “I’ll take you back first, and we can talk about it later.”
“Okay, thank you.” Pu Sheng thanked him solemnly, then pointed to the white giant tree in the lake and told Shi Jinzhe, “Your father said that you don’t need to rush to find him when you come back, just take care of yourselves first.”
Shi Jinzhe: "...Okay."
I had something I wanted to talk to them about, but I'll postpone it now.
He's superfluous; he's self-aware, he knows it.
He activated the teleportation system and sent the three of them back to their original world. Shekh followed him back to the treehouse where they used to live.
The climbing vines on the outer balcony have formed a flower wall, but the layout of the house remains unchanged, and the warmth is undiminished.
After a quick wash, Shi Jinzhe collapsed back and fell asleep before her hair was even dry.
Shekh pushed him in twice, and he lay on his side outside, facing the outside.
His exhaustion was mental; it stemmed from her past, Mu Bai's body, Bai Weishuang's condition, and the system that restricted everyone. It wasn't just because this instance was special; it was the weariness that had accumulated since he realized he was just a substitute in the Cheng family.
So in the beginning, he humbly tried to please himself, always thinking that he would just survive today and figure out a way to get through tomorrow.
These things couldn't be resolved, and talking about them would only cause more trouble, so he had no choice but to keep them to himself.
Therefore, time will eventually wear you down.
Sheh pursed her lips, her mind filled with lingering images. Now that it was quiet, those bloody wounds resurfaced in her mind.
She draped her arm over Shi Jinzhe's body, feeling his heartbeat through his clothes. The small bed had some space, so Sheh couldn't feel it clearly. She propped herself up and rested her head on his left chest. Her long, black and purple tail curled around Shi Jinzhe's body, binding herself to him.
The sound of gentle breathing in the quiet of the night is a great lullaby, but some people's gazes are so intense that even a soundly asleep person can sense them.
Time was running out, half-dreaming, half-awake. His hand groped around, finding Sher's hand, and realized she was sitting.
He opened his eyes and saw Sheikh sitting in the dark beside him, staring at him without moving.
"...Aren't you sleepy?"
Why didn't your heartbeat start when you fell asleep?
She listened for a long time and confirmed that the person was alive, but she couldn't sense a heartbeat.
Shi Jinzhe paused for a moment before saying, "I want to return the heart to Mu Bai. Not having skills is a big problem for him. Fu Sheng has already been split into two skills. He needs to manage this world, so I only need to keep [Fu]."
"You won't tell me."
"It wasn't intentional... I'm sorry, I was thinking about this and I fell asleep as soon as I touched the bed." Shi Jinzhe gathered her fingers into his palm. "I made you worry. I'm not just going to live for this one day. I'm fine."
When Shekh looked at her broken hand, her thumb, which was pressing on several of her fingers, landed precisely on the knuckle of the finger adorned with a gold vine ring.
This ring had previously withered into a grass ring, no different from the roadside weeds, yet it could support her body in a special space, because Shi Jinzhe thought of her constantly.
His loyalty meant that even if his thoughts and ideas were overturned, he and she would still be aligned in their goals and have the same destination. So, a normal person wouldn't fall in love with a venomous snake, but he would, and he would act on it.
The windows were wide open, revealing the dark sky. The starlight was insufficient to illuminate the room, and Shekh's figure blended into the night, head bowed in a daze.
Shi Jin looked at her intently, wondering if that was how her black idol came to be.
"There won't be a next time. I didn't mean to hide it. I just fell asleep before I could say it. Now that you know, do you think it's okay for me to return the [life] card?"
He thought for a moment and then added, "Returning the card won't affect me. I still have the power to control life. The biggest advantage of this skill is that the cooldown time is very long. As long as the life force in my body continues, I can do a lot of things even without the card. I won't have any accidents because of the missing heart."
My body is different from ordinary people. Trust your own judgment. I am alive. How long have you been sitting? You must be very tired with so many things going on. Are you having other worries and unable to sleep?
"I'm afraid you'll die."
Shekh suddenly interrupted him, his wandering thoughts finally condensing into these five words, which reached Shi Jinzhe's ears.
His breath was cut off halfway through his exhalation, and when it became smooth again, he loosely grasped her hand and pulled her down to hold her close, resting his chin on the top of her head to share his body heat with her.
"If you're afraid I'll die, then please don't leave me."
Shekh found a more comfortable angle to lie down. "I know you won't die, but it's hard to control your fear."
"Fear can wake me up."
"I can't bear to part with it."
Shi Jinzhe patted her shoulder and said, echoing Sheh, "You love me so much."
Shekh tilted his head back to face the camera, crossed his arms over his upper body, and looked at the unusual tranquility in his eyes.
Yes, I love you.
This was an unexpected answer from Shi Jinzhe; these three words seemed like an insulatory script that shouldn't have appeared on Shekh.
Without the ribbon obstructing his view, he was finally able to see the emotions in her eyes clearly for a long time.
Shi Jinzhe finally understood why Sheh had been able to tolerate him more in the past.
They have similar eyes; if you look at them for a while, you'll always feel that the other person has something else in their mind after they finish speaking.
Just like now, his gaze was fixed on her face, waiting for Sheikh to finish speaking.
"I love you, and I will never leave you."
She completed the sentence, and indeed there was a second half.
"I love you too, and my love for you will never change."
Shi Jinzhe responded to her earnestly.
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