Looking at the hazy waning moon in the night sky, Hei Lingdang's tail couldn't help but swing back and forth. Novel. As if sensing his friend's uneasiness, the little white cat next to him meowed worriedly, rubbed Hei Lingdang's face and licked his fur.
Hei Lingdang stretched out her paw and pushed the little white cat away. It meowed twice. The little white cat hummed softly, turned around and left, walking towards Dormitory Building No. 3.
Watching the little white cat disappear from sight, Hei Lingdang looked up at the moon again, jumped out of the bushes, arched his body and exerted force, bouncing two meters high like a spring, and landed steadily on the windowsill on the first floor of the dormitory building.
Then Black Bell repeated his old trick, jumping all the way from the windowsill to the air conditioner unit, and from the air conditioner unit to the windowsill, climbing all the way up, as agile as an assassin.
It had originally planned to go home directly, but when it passed the fourth floor, it saw warm lights leaking from the balcony of Room 402 and heard a familiar voice coming from inside, so it curiously landed on the balcony, carefully poked out its little head, and watched the situation in the house.
"flash!"
"flash!"
"Protector, is there any protector? Send one..."
Hei Lingling shook her buttocks, jumped back to the balcony gracefully, and continued on her way home.
These humans gather together late at night and don't do anything. They don't do anything serious all day and are not honest at all. Could it be that the idiot male inside has had his balls castrated?
So pitiful. Let him touch me a little longer next time.
…
…
Fifteen minutes ago.
Downstairs in the dormitory building, Ren Suo, who had comforted Xiao Jiu, saw Dong Chengling, Qiao Muyi and the other four blocking the door. Ren Suo had the illusion of being "attacked by a plot monster", as if he was ambushed by the five of them. Now, even if Bai Ji suddenly appeared from behind and knocked him out with a club, Ren Suo would not feel strange.
However, Ren Suo saw that they seemed to be hesitant to speak, and although he didn't know what they wanted to say, Ren Suo invited them to go upstairs and talk slowly. They didn't refuse, so he guessed it was not a urgent matter.
Because there were many guests this time, Ren Suo was not a stingy landlord. When he got home, he used the Lord of Flames to start large-scale heating, then sat down and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
They all sat down, too lazy to answer Ren Suo. Only Xiao Jiu and Lin Xianyu opened the refrigerator and took out a bucket of ice cream to eat.
Qiao Muyi propped up her chin, picked up her scarf, looked at Ren Suo seductively and asked, "Did you knit this yourself, Xiao Suo?"
"Yeah." Ren Suo nodded.
Ren Xingmei covered her scarf and asked, "This one was also knitted by you, brother."
"Yeah." Ren Suo nodded.
Gu Yueyan asked: "What about mine?"
"That's right." Ren Suo nodded.
Dong Chengling, feeling a little hot, took off her scarf, folded it neatly, and asked, "Then did you knit this one for me too?"
"Yeah, yeah." Ren Suo nodded.
The four of them were speechless. They didn't suspect Ren Suo of lying. If Ren Suo had a high EQ and was willing to lie about such a small matter to please a girl, he would have become someone's forbidden fruit long ago. On the other hand, if Ren Suo really had a high EQ, he wouldn't have given six or seven scarves in one day...
Lin Xianyu, who was eating cantaloupe ice cream from an enamel bowl, expressed their thoughts: "Brother Ren, you knit really fast. Did you awaken the superpowers of a spider spirit and have eight hands to knit scarves?"
"I just spend my sleeping time and play time knitting scarves. Even when I am doing housework, I will seize the time to knit scarves."
Ren Suo said seriously, "And it's not difficult to weave. As long as you are willing to spend time and effort like me, you can weave customized scarves even if you only have a pair of hands."
When Ren Suo mentioned this, Qiao Muyi and the others looked at each other and realized that their scarves had different patterns and were indeed specially customized by Ren Suo. Putting aside Ren Suo's devilish knitting speed, the fact that he could knit a different scarf for each person, and the quality was very good, showed that Ren Suo was really attentive, and the scarf was full of his sincere love.
but!
So what!?
What do you think you can protect with just your thoughts?
They thought that their scarves were all made by Ren Suo with great effort over countless nights, squeezing out a little time from his time for playing games and practicing, and then knitting them stitch by stitch, so they were so happy.
Ren Suo is a third-turn cultivator. Two days ago, he fought against Gu Yuexuan of the Tianjing Countermeasures Bureau with extraordinary combat power. It can be seen that he must spend a lot of time practicing and honing his spells. Therefore, the scarf he knitted by himself made them so happy. A cultivator's time is very valuable.
But who could have thought that Ren Suo's weaving speed was so crazy!
It is indeed hand-woven and carefully crafted, but it is sold directly by the manufacturer, so there are no middlemen to make a profit from the price difference, so everyone can get one for free!
Ren Suo finally realized that something was wrong at this time. The focus of Gu Yueyan, Qiao Muyi and the others' conversation was all about the scarf, which made him react instantly.
"Yes, the fabric is not good. I feel uncomfortable after wearing it for a while. Do I want to return it?" Ren Suo untied his scarf and looked at it carefully. "This is also the first time I use this kind of cashmere yarn. It feels quite skin-friendly. Maybe my skin is not as sensitive as yours..."
"If you want to return or exchange the product, you will have to wait a few days."
Can you really knit a new scarf in just a few days?
Qiao Muyi was both angry and amused: "No, I really like your gift. I like it so much that I want to keep it as a souvenir."
Ren Xingmei took off her shoes, sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, and asked, "Speaking of which, brother, why did you choose to give us... scarves?"
"Hmm?" Ren Suo blinked. Of course, he couldn't say that it was to improve the favorability of the bond. He looked at Qiao Muyi and repeated the reason he had given her: "I just thought that I should give you gifts for Christmas, and Lianjiang is quite cold. I don't remember where I saw the method of knitting a scarf before, so I just did it on a whim..."
Gu Yueyan sat upright on the chair and said calmly: "If you only gave one scarf, then this reason would be justifiable, but you spent so much time knitting so many scarves just because you were in a momentary whim..."
Dong Chengling continued, “Suo, you are not the kind of person who would spend so much time on a whim.”
Xiao Jiu, who was playing with his phone, laughed and said, "Big brother is very lazy!"
Hearing what they said, Ren Suo was speechless for a moment.
Lin Xianyu, who was eating ice cream with a spoon, said, "Brother Ren has given up cultivation and playing games, and he also knitted scarves for us. There must be a greater benefit behind this!"
For the greater good!
After Lin Xianyu said this, Dong Chengling, Qiao Muyi, Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan and the others felt a sudden pang in their hearts, and they all thought of a crazy, infuriating idea to dismember Ren Suo on the spot.
However, after taking one look at Ren Suo, they immediately threw this idea out of their minds.
Come on, even if Ren Suo dared to have such an idea, his brain would not dare to agree to it...
Ren Suo was also feeling a bit annoyed at this time. He really couldn't explain that he was really in a spur of the moment mood. If they were not familiar with each other, it would be fine, but everyone was acquaintances, and they also knew that he was essentially a pragmatist and would not spend too much time on trivial matters.
Even if he would perform highly ritualistic behavior due to a momentary impulse, the impulse would only last for a few hours. However, the total time of knitting a scarf is as long as dozens of days, which is enough time for him to calm down.
This excuse of a spur of the moment thing couldn't fool them at all.
Is it too late to say now that I bought it on Taobao?
Ren Suo thought for a moment and said, "I heard that there is a gift exchange process at Christmas... I'm actually not used to giving gifts to others, and I'm worried that if you give me gifts first, it will be awkward for me to have nothing to give in return. So I'll prepare gifts for you first, and no matter how you respond, I can feel at ease."
Ren Xingmei felt a little unbelievable and said suspiciously: "Just because of this reason? But you never gave me a Christmas present before..."
Ren Suo shrugged: "I've never given my parents Christmas presents before, and this time I gave them two presents... I didn't realize this before, but it's different now."
Gu Yueyan asked: "What's different?"
"Because now the spiritual energy is reviving, the assassin organization, the falling of the secret realm, the demons, the gods and demons..." Ren Suo smiled lightly, crossed his fingers, and said in a relaxed tone: "There are many dangers in this world that we cannot avoid and cannot predict. It's only because there are always tall people to hold up the sky when it falls that we can spend every day so easily."
"Then I felt that I was lucky to be able to live such a peaceful life every day."
Even though he owned the Small World Game Console, Ren Suo was still somewhat worried that the Small World Game Console was not a powerful entity that could protect him, or that the games on the Small World Game Console actually had nothing to do with him, and Ren Suo was just using various means to gain benefits from the games.
If Ren Suo really encounters any danger, will the small world game machine protect him?
Ren Suo didn't know, maybe the Small World Game Machine would make a game in advance for him to pass and avoid danger; or maybe the Small World Game Machine would do nothing, and his life or death would depend entirely on Ren Suo's own luck and ability.
而且比起其他只能在屏幕前观看的观众，任索对世界受到的危险有更深刻更贴近的认知现在所有灾难的萌芽，几乎都是他用手柄一手扼杀的。
例如即将要发生的《猎杀之夜》，要是月神真的降临了，这世界会怎样？
所有人都沉睡在**做着永远的噩梦，化为杀戮月神的养料吗？
任索其实想过，究竟是灾难即将到来，然后任索恰好玩到这个游戏，所以才能扼杀它；还是因为任索玩了这个游戏，所以小世界游戏机才让灾难到来，以让任索扼杀它？
无论是哪一种可能，都让任索深深明白自己的脆弱，也让任索知道自己要做什么事。
别看任索整天睡大觉使用懒惰的勤奋之身修炼，但任索测试过，他正常修炼五小时和睡觉修炼九小时，总体收益是睡觉修炼更高正常修炼效率高一点并没有意义，最终收益才是根本。
当然，最佳的方案自然是清醒的时候修炼，睡着的时候也修炼……但任索清醒的时候需要玩小世界游戏机的游戏啊，没办法修炼啊，就算挤出一点时间也没多大意义啊，将修炼交给懒惰的勤奋之身就好了啊！
让分身做家务也是因为类似的原因，做家务的时间看起来不多，但累计起来很可观；让分身买宵夜也是因为类似的原因，买宵夜一来一回看起来很轻松，但累计起来很可观；让分身帮他按摩也是因为类似的原因……
虽然这些理由里，懒的因素占了很大比重，但任索很清晰意识到：无论是对自己好，对社会好，还是对世界好，他都应该将重心放在小世界游戏机上，而不是自身修为。
只要玩通更多游戏，有更多清泉流响的可召唤时间，任索才能从容面对任何突**况；而任索自己选择的游戏，通关后多半都能对世界有良性影响，能更好地维持世界的平静。
而在玩游戏和修炼之外，能对任索有极大帮助的，自然是他认识的这些羁绊者和朋友。
无论是因为羁绊系统，还是因为在日常生活修炼里获得了许多帮助，都让任索对她们抱着一丝感激之情。而因为任索深刻认知到这个世界并没有看起来那么安全，更让他重新审视自己的人际关系处理方式。
任索这时候才隐隐约约觉察到，冬至聚餐，还有送围巾，虽然好像都是他的一时兴起，但他内心深处，却是对自己抱着某种期待。
“而更加幸运的，就是认识到你们了。”
任索挠挠头，斟酌了一下语言，不太好意思地说道：“承灵，木公子，月言，妹妹，羡鱼还有小玖，你们对我来说都是很特别很重要的人。今年快要过去了，我就在想，我今年最大的成就，不是我晋升三转，也不是我成为三级研究员，而是认识了你们，认识了于匡图，黎丹，赵火以及他的几位女性朋友……”
“羡鱼你刚才说，我会放下修炼、玩游戏也要织围巾送给你们，肯定是为了更伟大的利益，其实倒也没错。”任索笑道：“我认为的更伟大的利益，应该就是我们的关系了。”
“我以前一直由衷地觉得，我只要能玩游戏就能获得足够的乐趣了。当然，我到现在也是这样认为，游戏真好玩……不过，我现在玩游戏能感到快乐，跟你们相处也会觉得很轻松愉快。”
也许是以前从没说过这样的话，任索不自觉地脱掉鞋子，将两只脚在沙发上盘起来，双手压住脚腕与肩膀形成到三角形，整个人像不倒翁一样摇晃起来，仿佛映射出他内心的不平静。
“不过跟游戏不一样，游戏只需要主机、电源还有网络就可以尽情畅玩，但维持人际关系这事，我不太擅长。”
“毕竟活着就已经很幸运，认识你们就说不定花光了我在游戏里的运气……哎？”任索说着说着忽然想起什么，忍不住笑了一声。
“所以，我决定每天都要认真度过，认真睡觉，认真吃饭，认真玩游戏，认真工作，还有认真……与你们交往。”
任索摊摊手，说道：“我就是想送礼物给你们，就是想请你们吃饭，只是平时没什么理由，好不容易遇到冬至、圣诞这两个节日，所以就寻个由头就送礼物给你们了……”
“因为我想对你们好。”
“而且我发现送礼物很有意思，我送之前对你们的反应十分期待，送了之后看见你们收到礼物好像还挺开心，弄得我自己也开心起来了。”
任索视线看向电视屏幕，不好意思地挠了挠头：“我只知道该怎么令自己开心，但你们未必像我这样只有游戏就能满足……我以前也没学习过该怎样对别人好，就只知道请吃饭送礼物……我果然不擅长这种事吧？”
“是啊。”
东承灵她们转过头看向乔木依，乔木依撑着下巴端详任索，十分毒舌地说道：“小索你啊，真的不擅长人际交往，也不会送礼物呢。”
“对不起咯。”任索垂头丧气地说道。
“小乔…乔姐…”
乔木依对她们眨眨眼睛，继续说道：“不过呢，念在你心诚的份上，你这病倒是还有得治，就看你愿不愿意了。”
“怎么治？”任索问道。
“多练！”乔木依一脸正气地说道：“以后大年初一、元宵节、植树节、妇女节、劳动节……总之逢年过节你就给我送礼物，还不能敷衍，必须是你认真准备的礼物！”
任索愣了愣：“植树节也跟你有关系吗？”
“当然，你都叫我木公子了，植树节还能跟我没关系？”乔木依说道：“这样吧，如果你送我礼物，为了让你开心，我肯定假装得开心的，这下是不是双赢？”
林羡鱼帮腔道：“对我来说，最具心意的礼物就是任大哥你亲手做的食物了！”
说到这里，任索哪还不知道被乔木依套路了，扯了扯嘴角说道：“免了免了，光是准备圣诞节礼物就花了我好多时间，要是逢年过节都送礼物，我怕是连修炼时间玩乐时间都没有，整年时间都为了准备礼物……”
“是啊。”东承灵点点头：“索你别理她们，我们已经收到你的心意了。”
“逢年过节不行，那每年圣诞节送我一条围巾，总行了吧？”乔木依退而求其次地说道。
小玖这时候也来捣乱，摇晃着任索的手臂说道：“小玖也要每年一条围巾，而且每年款式都要不一样！”
任星美点点头：“这个好，哥，我也要！”
“那我也要。”古月言眨眨眼睛，紧接着任星美说道。
“班长都要了，那我也一样！”林羡鱼吃完一杯冰淇淋，又去添杯了。
任索感觉到一丝不对怎么今年圣诞节都还没过去，她们就决定好明年圣诞节要收什么礼物了？
哦，不对，不是明年，而是每年！
任索朝东承灵使了个眼色，希望东承灵散发四转修士的威严，震慑一下这几个小妮子。东承灵接收到他的眼神，点点头，说道：“嗯，索，我也要不一样的款式。”
我不是问你要什么款式啊！
不过任索也没为难，干脆利落地答应下来，心想是不是该听一下林羡鱼的建议，想办法从小世界游戏机获得一个可以长出三头六臂的能力，这样的话，以后分身工作也不用那么辛苦了……
气氛变得欢快起来，这时候林羡鱼忽然提议要不要玩桌游，几个完全不想离开的女孩子马上答应下来，然后从任索家搜出一盒崭新的三国杀。
小玖选择玩手机，然后他们六个人便开始玩身份局，一主公一忠臣一内奸三反贼。
任索第一盘就拿到主公牌，选了防守进攻型的曹操。
三国杀这游戏，主公死了就游戏结束，忠臣负责保护主公，反贼负责击杀主公，内奸需要杀掉所有人之后才击杀主公，在身份牌没掀开之前，大家都不知道除了主公以外的其他人是什么身份。
任索意气风范地给自己装备了武器，然后过了这个回合。
他的下家是乔木依，乔木依慢条斯理地抽牌，然后对任索发动锦囊牌【顺手牵羊】，还【杀】了任索一下。
任索眉毛一挑乔木依你这个反贼！
乔木依的下一位是林羡鱼，林羡鱼笑嘻嘻地给任索来了一张【过河拆桥】，一边玩一边问：“任大哥，虽然你送了我礼物，但我没有准备礼物给你哎。”
“没有就算了。”任索心想你林羡鱼也是个反贼！
“没有你不失望吗？”林羡鱼好奇问道。
“不失望啊，而且无论我失不失望，我都不想你们对我失望。”
美少女们都微微愣了一下，然后继续打牌。
林羡鱼下一个是古月言，古月言用的角色是【周瑜】，她选择对任索发动【离间】，让任索猜花色，猜错了就扣血并且获得这张牌。
Ren Suo guessed wrong. When he got the card, he found it was a useless weapon card. His face suddenly turned dark: "Yue Yan, the lord is very disappointed in you."
"That's enough as long as I'm not disappointed in you." Gu Yueyan said with a smile.
Gu Yueyan, the third traitor!
Gu Yueyan’s next person was Ren Xingmei. Ren Xingmei was not polite to her brother at all. She equipped the weapon card and then directly stabbed her brother!
Sister, the fourth traitor...four traitors?
"Protect the emperor!"
[Protect the Emperor], the lord's skill, allows other Wei faction characters to help him cast a [Flash].
Ren Suo looked at Dong Chengling beside him with sincere eyes, but Dong Chengling was staring at the cards in his hand without saying a word.
Dong Chengling was a loyal subject no matter what. Ren Suo thought that she might just not have [dodged], so he had to take the blow from his sister.
Then Ren Xingmei used [Demolish the Bridge after Crossing the River] on Ren Suo and destroyed one of Ren Suo's cards.
Finally they arrived at Dong Chengling. Dong Chengling equipped the weapon card neatly and also gave Ren Suo a knife.
Dong Chengling, the fifth traitor...are there no loyal ministers or traitors?
Ren Suo frowned, realizing that things were not that simple. How could there be five traitors among the six players? Was the ID card issued to the wrong person? But the problem was that he was the one who issued the ID card!
The lord was chopped down to only one drop of blood, and it was Ren Suo's turn. He didn't touch the [Peach], so he couldn't recover blood. He quickly passed this round, thinking that the game would end soon.
When it was Qiao Muyi's turn, Qiao Muyi unexpectedly did not attack Ren Suo, but instead launched a [Duel] against Dong Chengling!
Ren Suo blinked his eyes. It turned out that Qiao Muyi was the traitor?
When it was Lin Xianyu's turn, Lin Xianyu launched [Barbarian Invasion]. Ren Suo thought he was doomed, but he didn't expect that Lin Xianyu would directly give Ren Suo [Invulnerable], helping Ren Suo to become immune to [Barbarian Invasion]!
Lin Xianyu, are you also a traitor?
However, next, Gu Yueyan, Ren Xingmei, and Dong Chengling did not attack Ren Suo, but fought each other. However, if Ren Suo dared to replenish his blood or equip a weapon card, he would be quickly chopped down and dismantled.
The five rebels have become five traitors! ?
Ren Suo just watched the five of them fighting in bewilderment, he could do nothing at all, he was even more useless than a vase.
Although it was a five-person fight, Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling seemed to be attacked by the other three and were quickly eliminated. Their identities were respectively a traitor and a loyal minister.
Ren Suo looked at Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling standing up with a bit of envy, while he himself had to continue playing this game of vase master, and could only wait weakly for the three of them to decide the final winner.
Qiao Muyi and Dong Chengling walked to the balcony. Qiao Muyi glanced at the four people fighting in the living room, lifted her hair by her ears, and asked, "Chengling, are you angry?"
"No."
"Really?"
"No." Dong Chengling's answer was as calm as ever.
"But I'm a little angry." Qiao Muyi pouted and snorted twice: "Giving gifts in bulk is something that only a fool like Xiao Suo can do..."
"He is just being nice to us in his own way." Dong Chengling defended.
Qiao Muyi looked at Dong Chengling with a smile on her face and asked, "Shouldn't you take this opportunity to stir up trouble and make me leave in anger?"
"You shouldn't." Dong Chengling shook his head: "I don't want you to be angry with him. Xiao Qiao, you are also a very important friend of mine."
Qiao Muyi was speechless for a moment and shook her head: "Although I am a little angry, I also forgive him... After all, his greatest achievement this year is to know me!"
Dong Chengling was too lazy to pay attention to her.
Qiao Muyi smiled and said, "But he always makes me angry, funny and fond of him. It seems that I will be eaten alive by him in this life."
"No, I'll make him loosen up on you."
"Humph." Qiao Muyi winked at Dong Chengling provocatively and said, "Speaking of which, I want to change my strategy. I'll let you know in advance."
"Change?"
"Well, because I think what Xiao Suo said makes sense. I'm lucky to be alive, and knowing him has used up all my luck in this life... I shouldn't treat him with a playful attitude anymore. I have to be serious."
"What do you mean?" Dong Chengling raised his eyebrows, and a hint of vigilance appeared in his clear big eyes.
Qiao Muyi suddenly asked Dong Chengling: "Chengling, if what he gives you is the same as what he gives to others, do you still want it?"
Dong Chengling was slightly startled, then she saw Qiao Muyi narrowed her eyes slightly, raised the corners of her mouth, and her eyes were full of charming smiles.
"I will take it." Qiao Muyi touched the scarf and chuckled, "Not only do I want it, but I want more. I want what he gave to others, and I also want what he didn't give to others!"