The driver restarted the car, and the group returned to their seats.
Sheh lowered her eyes. What did the system mean by assigning her this role? Did it want her to harm Shi Jinzhe? Did it want to be scrapped and sent to the junkyard?
Shi Jinzhe sensed that she was in a bad mood, so he reached out a finger and poked Sheh's hand.
If you can touch it, extend another one.
Yes, you can put in one more.
Finally, he covered it with his entire palm.
Shech glanced at his overly young face, then turned to look out the window.
A moment later, a note appeared in the window.
[Teacher, why do you not recognize me after kissing me?]
Shekh thought to himself, "Because I'm afraid of kissing you to death, and besides, that's not a kiss."
[This cannot be done; you must take responsibility.]
Shi Jinzhe pulled out a handful of candy, made Sheh turn around to look, took one candy for Sheh, and kept the rest of the dozens. He then wrote, "[Look.]"
The little bit of vital energy you absorb is like filling a bottle with water from the ocean; it has no effect on me, so there's really no need to worry.
Shekh understood what he meant and took the book: [You're overthinking it.]
"You look down on me." Shi Jinzhe reluctantly wrote down this shameful sentence: "You can't look down on men."
Shekh snorted and turned his gaze downwards. "You, a man, are you?"
Shi Jinzhe couldn't refute the plot that was so humiliating; he didn't have to suffer all of this.
Isn't he supposed to be an innocent young man? Why did he become so bold after doing CPR? If he's saying such ridiculous things, even if he's just having a crush, isn't this character change too fast and too abrupt? It's a complete collapse.
Shi Jinzhe awkwardly wrote: [Do you know what else is the hardest thing in the world besides diamonds?]
Shekh: "?"
[There were also male high school students.]
Time eventually wears away the mask of pain.
It's so disjointed, like a melodramatic love triangle in a horror story with no warning. Just a few hours ago, he didn't even dare to look at Shekh, but now he's acting horny. Has the author gone mad?
Is this shift really reasonable in order to advance his romantic storyline with Sheikh?
Shi Jinzhe couldn't find enjoyment in it; he seemed like a tool, forced to say these meaningless things because the plot required it to unfold this way, without considering whether it was something his personality would say.
Shekh frowned. Was this plot point a sudden inspiration from the author?
If you make this kind of joke to someone you've only met for less than a day, she definitely won't like it, and the haphazard way the story unfolds really doesn't flow smoothly.
Seeing Shehe's unfriendly expression, Shi Jinzhe tried to save face by writing the character "怪" (strange) to remind her that this was a role, not him.
He is a decent person.
How much longer until we reach the next place?
Fu Guan watched the entire conversation through the mirror and couldn't help but interrupt.
The two of them went from being secretive to being open about it so quickly and abruptly.
“Soon,” Shekh said. “We’ll be resting in a century-old town for the next two nights.”
Jiang Xiaowan asked, "It's not going to be another six hundred years?"
"Eight hundred years."
"..." Well, it's two hundred years longer than that broken tower. This is a one-way trip.
Jiang Xiaowan's eyes were filled with tears; she was genuinely crying because of this terrible plot.
Qian Chang admired her and asked, "Where do you get so many tears?"
"Perhaps it's because I'm a delicate little white flower, born to shed tears."
"You're really into character." Of all the people Fu Guan was watching, Jiang Xiaowan was the most comfortable, perfectly embodying the character and acting naturally.
"It's alright." Jiang Xiaowan turned her head, scanning Fu Guanzai probingly, and suddenly asked, "Which division are you from?"
"You want to team up with me?"
"No." Jiang Xiaowan sat up straight, but what she said was not quite the same. "I think we can make an appointment after we leave this instance."
"Thanks for the invitation, but I don't make appointments with colleagues." Fu Guan's reason in reply was very convincing: "Because it's too dangerous."
He'd worked so hard for years, accumulating so many items and points. If he were to give them all away to someone else, he'd haunt the game and crawl back to kill this woman and take her with him.
"Can we meet if we're not in the same industry?" Qian Chang grasped the key point.
"It depends on looks. I like pretty girls." It was a straightforward answer, but Fu Guanzai added, "It's just that my standards are too high. I haven't found anyone I like yet."
Jiang Xiaowan: "How tall... are you looking for a fairy?"
Judging by looks, the standard isn't particularly high. You can be good-looking without anything else, but the problem is that Fu Guan has to think you're good-looking.
“You can also look at the inner beauty of others, like that couple.” She gestured with her chin toward Shi Jinzheshehe.
Fu Guanzai: "Do you have some misunderstanding about them?"
"You didn't understand what I meant." Jiang Xiaowan lowered her voice. "You've seen the forums, right? None of them are..."
Sheikh is beautiful, but she looks like a snake. Doesn't that prove that we should value inner beauty?
You really have a misunderstanding about them.
Jiang Xiaowan didn't know, but he did. Shi Jinzhe and the snake could exchange glances, and what Shehe looked like had absolutely no effect on him.
This isn't inner beauty; it's just that his aesthetic sense is inhuman.
"Tsk, you're so unromantic." Jiang Xiaowan sat up straight, wanting to say a few more words, when the outline of a town appeared outside.
The free time for casual conversation came to an end, and the rare relaxed atmosphere inside the car vanished.
The nearby ancient town is not large and can be seen at a glance. The old bungalows are built on the hillside in a staggered manner. Except for the houses on both sides of the central axis, the old houses in the outer area do not even have roofs.
The bus couldn't go in, so the nine people got off and walked in.
At the entrance of the town stands a stone tablet inscribed with the four characters "Banshan Baozhen" (meaning "Treasure Town of Half-Mountain"). Lanterns hang in twos and threes on the street, swaying erratically in the cold wind.
The town was nearly deserted, with only a few houses having their lights on. Shekh was still the one leading the way.
Three minutes later, the group stopped in front of a two-story building.
The old building, out of place in the style of the Republic of China era, has red walls and tiles covered with dead ivy, and looks to be at least a hundred years old.
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