“After all, this is a world where the anchor point has loosened, and other forces may have already intervened.” Shi Jinzhe straightened his clothes, and faint water ripples appeared on his collar, which was the defensive array covering his body.
Shekh grabbed his wrist and led him outside, saying, "Don't stray too far from me in this instance; I'm worried about you."
Shi Jinzhe: "I understand."
In Shekh’s heart, he needs her protection no matter what. It’s so good that he can remember this even after losing his memory.
"Wife, you love me so much."
Shekh was used to him often spouting nonsense out of nowhere. She would nod and glancing at him without even looking at him, replying with practiced ease, "I love you, I love you."
Mr. Sun, with a loud voice, greeted the two of them warmly as they came down, "Want to eat? Everything is homemade. It's in the building up ahead, our own apartment building. The food is all homemade, and it's very clean."
Shi Jinzhe: "Do you charge extra?"
Mr. Sun chuckled, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Shi Jinzhe knew that in those days, no hotels in small county towns would provide meals. He guessed that Boss Sun had found valuable items among the things they gave him and wanted to come back and loot them again.
He took out an extremely thin gold ring. "Let's make something better."
Mr. Sun quickly took it and said as he walked, "Then I'll go back and cook you a few more dishes. Come back in half an hour. It's that pink building right in front."
Sheh watched as she put the ring in her mouth and bit it, then asked Shi Jinzhe, "Are you really going to be such a sucker?"
"People who can be settled with money are the simplest people, so I'll just give it to them." Anyway, it's all from the store, so it doesn't cost any points.
"I'm heartbroken over my gold, you're such a spendthrift." Shekh pinched the flesh on the back of Shijin's hand with his fingernails, twisted it a couple of times, then patted it off like dust. "Shall we go for a walk in the county town for the next half hour?"
Shi Jinzhe said, "Okay, let's go take a look."
There weren't many people in the county town. Every household had their doors wide open, and plastic stools were stacked high outside the small restaurants.
The aroma of nuts attracted Sheh, and she headed towards the edge of the county town, where she came across a shop selling roasted nuts and seeds.
Two elderly women were chatting by the door. One of them, wearing a blue-green plaid dress, leaned against the wall, squinting as she cracked open a sunflower seed. She kept nodding as she spoke, her fingertips holding the seed twirling against her front teeth. With a "pui," she spat the seed shell all over the ground.
Perhaps she was born with a loud voice, and she usually spoke as if she were shouting, so much so that Shi Jinzhe and Shehe could hear what she was saying without even getting close.
"He's been out racing cars all day and his heart is wild. He complains that I'm vulgar and that I didn't finish junior high school. He's just been tempted by some foxes and got divorced. But do you think city girls would even look at him after the divorce? A splash of yellow urine can't hide his true colors. He's just a stinky old man. He'll only attract even more slutty little vixens."
Shehe grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and Shi Jinzhe hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but stopped. Had she forgotten that eating sunflower seeds cost money?
The woman in the blue-green plaid kept talking, seemingly oblivious to the strange looks from all directions, as if she didn't think there were enough onlookers.
"I've given birth to his child and taken care of his parents' needs, and I only see him a few times a year. How could he do this to me? I even patched his tattered underwear with my own undershirt. How can he possibly take his pants off when we go out? He really loves me? Pshaw!"
"Yes, yes, calm down, we've all seen it." The woman opposite her looked away, feeling embarrassed by her loud voice, and slowly moved away.
The woman in blue and green plaid was only focused on venting her anger and acted as if she hadn't heard anything: "How am I any less than that woman outside? She's just a little younger than me. You really love her? When you dragged me behind the grain depot to touch my butt before we got married, why didn't you say you truly love me? You spread your legs and told me to scream louder. You said you liked me just the way I am, but now you think I'm vulgar? How can those two be so shameless!"
Her voice echoed throughout the street. Shi Jinzhe awkwardly touched his hair; this woman was indeed quite blunt…
The woman opposite was so embarrassed that she stuffed the sunflower seeds back into the plastic bag.
"Um, I forgot the food is still simmering at home, I have to go back now." With that, she ran off as if fleeing.
No one listened to the blue-and-green checkered woman's complaints. She cracked sunflower seeds quickly, muttering under her breath, "What kind of people are they? How could they treat me like this?"
"Boss, check please."
After hearing the gossip, Shekh called for people to go to the roasted nuts shop.
"There's a scale there, weigh yourself." Lan Lüge spat out the sunflower seed shells and looked at the two men's clothes from behind. "Are you from out of town?"
Shi Jinzhe: "Are you the boss?"
Upon hearing the voice, the woman in blue and green plaid circled around from behind Shi Jinzhai and, after seeing his face clearly, exclaimed in understanding, "A man? I thought this woman was quite tall."
Shi Jinzhe: "..."
"Is this what's fashionable outside now? Men's hair is so long? Oh my, why are their eyes a different color than ours? Are they foreigners?"
"Let's settle the bill." Shi Jinzhe didn't want to listen to her babbling on.
"I'm minding the shop for someone. The owner is sick. Just put the money in the box in the back room after you weigh it." The woman in blue and green plaid took the scale pan, still chatting. "Where are you from? I've heard of that... oh, I forgot what it's called, anyway, my husband always goes to that line."
Have you ever heard of the name Apu?
Shekh didn't want to listen to her rambling anymore. She felt that if she didn't interrupt, she and Shi Jinzhe would become the new confidants of the blue-green checkered women.
"Apu?" The woman in the blue-green checkered pattern rolled her eyes upwards, blinking rapidly as she thought. "No, I've never heard of him. There are too many people with the surname Pu. Anyone here can be called Apu."
"Okay, sorry to bother you." After paying, Shi Jinzhe quickly led Shehe towards the hotel.
As I turned the corner, I suddenly heard a man cursing and a woman shouting from behind.
Shekh turned around and saw a blue-green checkered woman and a lean man struggling together. Her movements were restrained, but her mouth was still quite loud. She cursed the couple's bedroom affairs without any restraint, and even talked about her husband's impotence as if she were an outsider.
Shekh turned back and said, "I was hoping that since she's so talkative, I could get some information out of her."
"If you don't get any information, just eat some more sunflower seeds; that'll count as a gain."
"Let's finish eating." Sheh returned the way he came and arrived at the pink building in front of the Heart Heart Inn. There were several tables set up there, and some players were already eating inside.
Shekh: "They're really daring; they'll eat anything."
Shi Jinzhe has its own purification system, so the food they eat is safe, but this group of players is not.
"I think... they probably... assumed that since we ordered food, they could eat it too."
Shi Jinzhe was helpless. Copying homework shouldn't be done like this. If a middle school student does advanced mathematics, the answer will be completely wrong if one symbol is written incorrectly.
These players are much more reliable at their own pace than by following their example.
"Let's cancel the guide once we're out; the newbie protection period is meaningless in survival games."
Shekh glanced at him; this man, even while living a simple life, still managed to get involved.
"You've truly fulfilled your duty."
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