The phone vibrated and rang, and Ren Suo, who was lying on the bed, subconsciously loosened his hand, and the phone hit him hard on the bridge of his nose.
It didn't hurt, but when he picked up the phone, he swiped the answer button and a familiar voice came from the phone: "Hey!? Brother Ren, are you really awake?"
Ren Suo heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Xian Yu?"
"Yes, it's me, the Envy Fish!"
Just by listening to the voice, Ren Suo could imagine Lin Xianyu pointing at him with a thumbs up with a proud look on his face.
"How do you know I'm awake?" Ren Suoqi asked.
"You just liked Mr. Zhao's WeChat Moments post. I liked it too, so I knew it when you liked it."
"..." Ren Suo was convinced. Why hasn't this stupid feature of WeChat been cancelled yet?
However, among the people he knew, only Lin Xianyu would frequently check Moments and comment and like posts. Others either did not check Moments or just read without liking them, so this information channel was almost exclusively available to Lin Xianyu.
"Yeah, I'm awake, nothing's wrong now."
"That's good, hehe. Brother Ren, you don't know, during those seven days when you and the monitor slept together, I was so nervous that I couldn't concentrate on class," Lin Xianyu said seriously, "We finally waited for you to wake up, but you suddenly fainted again, and we were all scared."
"Thanks……"
"By the way, Brother Ren, what is the relationship between you and Xiao Jiu?"
Ren Suo was slightly startled: "Uh...adoption relationship? What's wrong?"
"Before, when you and the monitor were in deep sleep, we kept it a secret from Xiaojiu. At that time, your condition was so strange that you had to be sent to the hospital, so we couldn't hide it. But after Xiaojiu saw you, although she kissed you very much, she was very relieved and was sure that you would wake up. It was because of her that Teacher Dong, Sister Qiao, Teacher Bai and the monitor were so relieved to let you be transferred to your hometown."
The relationship between Ren Suo and Xiao Jiu is simple, just like the relationship between Pakistan and Kaspersky; it is also complicated, because Xiao Jiu was once a game character and has a bond with him, and there are many evolutions about mind control in Xiao Jiu's nine-tailed fox evolution system, not to mention that Xiao Jiu once swallowed the secret treasure of the Federation, so it is not impossible for Xiao Jiu to perceive the changes in Ren Suo's soul.
However, there was no way to explain these things to Lin Xianyu, so Ren Suo changed the subject: "By the way, you guys are on vacation, right? Where is Xiaojiu now?"
"Winter vacation has already started, and I've gone home." Lin Xianyu seemed to be rolling around in bed, her voice swaying: "Xiao Jiu went back to Teacher Dong's hometown with Teacher Dong. When your parents came over, Brother Ren, they also asked Xiao Jiu if she wanted to go back to Baiyun with them."
In terms of legal relations, Xiaojiu's guardians are Ren Suo's parents, and neither he nor Cheng Ling has the right to adopt a little girl - even if they are married, they are not old enough. Facing any perverted lolita control who tries to adopt a little girl to do dirty things, Xuanguo has a complete set of laws.
"Then Xiaojiu doesn't want to, and would rather be with Cheng Ling?" Ren Suo speculated.
"No, Xiaojiu is willing," Lin Xianyu denied Ren Suo's shallow wisdom: "But Teacher Dong is unwilling. After she talked to Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu also said that she wanted to go home with Teacher Dong, and then uncle and aunt agreed."
"Huh?" Ren Suo was a little surprised. This behavior was unlike Dong Chengling. "Do you know why?"
"I don't know, just ask the teacher." Lin Xianyu's voice was as happy as the sound of wind chimes: "Brother Ren, you haven't called Teacher Dong yet, right?"
"……without."
"I didn't call Sister Qiao either, but the monitor, right?"
"I was just about to call, and then you called." Ren Suo hinted at her to hang up quickly. How come this salty fish was becoming more and more arrogant?
“Then I won’t tell the monitor that you’ve woken up, and let you give him a surprise, Brother Ren.” Lin Xianyu didn’t care about Ren Suo’s subtext at all, and said with a smile: “By the way, Brother Ren, your coma was just right, otherwise something serious might have happened on the spot.”
Ren Suo's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately retorted, "I have a guilty conscience, what can I do about it? Ren Suo!?"
“Brother Ren, calm down, you can’t even speak clearly.” Lin Xianyu chuckled, then restrained his smile and said seriously: “But Brother Ren, I was watching from the side, after you woke up and fainted again, they were really nervous and panicked. I have never seen Teacher Dong so overwhelmed.
Before uncle and aunt came, it was Xiao Xingxing and the others who took turns to take care of you day and night. I have never seen Sister Qiao so gentle and patient.
And the squad leader, she cried so much during those days, she thought it was her fault that you became like this. I have never seen such a pitiful squad leader.
So, Brother Ren, I just want to tell you that they treat you…"
"I know." Ren Suo crawled into the bed and said in a muffled voice.
"Holding a special... Hey? You know?" Lin Xianyu on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and then said in a suspicious tone: "What do you know? Do you know that they are 'good friends' from whom you can borrow a lot of money?"
"I know Dong Chengling, Qiao Muyi, Gu Yueyan are all xi..." Ren Suo couldn't continue speaking, hugged the pillow tightly and pretended to be mute - such lines that sounded like those in a 7 o'clock family love TV drama were really hard to say, and they sounded stupid and narcissistic.
“xi~~~?” Lin Xianyu dragged out the ending sound.
"…Why am I telling you this?" Ren Suo came to his senses. "Thank you for calling, Mr. Lin. Ren Suo thanks you for your continued support. Goodbye—"
“Wait, wait!” Lin Xianyu quickly stopped Ren Suo and said, “I want to ask you one last question.”
"What's the problem?"
"If Mr. Dong and Ms. Qiao, the monitor, both fell into the water, who would you choose to save first?"
"I will choose to throw you down too!" Ren Suo said viciously.
"What? Brother Ren, are you planning to drag me into this—"
I hung up the phone directly and my ears were finally at peace.
Ren Suo couldn't help but sigh. Girls really change a lot when they grow up. After just one month of not seeing each other, Lin Xianyu has become more and more arrogant. Her attitude is just like she wants to watch his show...
However, hanging up the phone with Lin Xianyu meant that Ren Suo had no reason to delay any further.
In fact, there was nothing to hesitate about, and after being reminded by Lin Xianyu, Ren Suo knew that although he relied on "tactical coma" to delay for a month, he was relieved and could rest and recuperate, but others were worried about him.
As for who to call first, Ren Suo chose to leave it to the address book - just now he slid down the address book and dialed in order from bottom to top, namely 'Qiao (q)', 'Gu (g)' and 'Dong (d)'.
Ren Suo called Qiao Muyi and heard the call was connected for a moment and then hung up.
Ren Suo looked at his phone in confusion and called again, only to hear a busy tone saying "The user you dialed is currently on a call."
Ren Suo thought about it and decided that it was afternoon now and Master Mu might be at work, so he would look for her later.
I called Gu Yueyan and the call was answered quickly: "Mr. Suo!?"
"Yeah, it's me... I'm awake." Ren Suo said this as if he had just woken up from a lazy nap.
"That's good, I hope you wake up," Gu Yueyan's voice was a little tearful. She took a deep breath and then said slowly, "I won't say these words that I have implicated you again."
"Well, these are all my own faults. It really has nothing to do with you. On the contrary, it is with your help that I was able to leave the Dark Side of the Moon alive." Ren Suo immediately comforted him.
"I don't need you to comfort me... It's just that I once made a promise in the church that no matter good or bad, rich or poor, healthy or sick, happy or sad, I will love you without reservation." Gu Yueyan's voice was full of shame, but she still insisted on speaking: "Since this is the case, it doesn't matter if you are implicated, because no matter what, I will take care of you unconditionally. I originally planned to go to your house after the Spring Festival and persuade your uncle and aunt to transfer you back to Tianlian College, and then let me take care of you."
Compared to Ren Suo who couldn't even say "xi", Gu Yueyan's love level was one level higher than his.
"That's just..." Ren Suo said subconsciously, and then got stuck.
"What is that? Just a role-playing?" Gu Yueyan said aggressively, "Mr. Suo, if you think that was just a lie I told for the gift of the Dark Side of the Moon, and there was no witness, I can immediately record a video and put it online as permanent video material. Although I am not old enough to get a marriage certificate, there is no problem with just holding the wedding. And -"
"I was wrong." Ren Suo said immediately, "I actually tried to slander your sincerity. It's my fault. I apologize for my mistake. Please forgive me."
Unlike Dong Chengling and Qiao Muyi, Gu Yueyan possesses Qiao Muyi's fierce offensiveness while also possessing Dong Chengling's upright defensiveness. She will do whatever it takes within the boundaries of the rules and will never play tricks with Ren Suo. She will rely on open conspiracy and the righteous army to completely crush Ren Suo.
What she is best at is to use the truth to suppress the rebellion.
Simply put, Ren Suo collapsed at the first touch when facing such a Gu Yueyan.
Gu Yueyan exhaled lightly and said softly, "I'm very happy."
"As long as you are okay, that's better than anything else."
Before Ren Suo could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Gu Yueyan ask, "Then you must still remember that kiss, right?"
kiss……
任索眨眨眼睛，想起来了。
就在任索即将实施九死一生的‘拐跑女神计划’时，他以为自己可能会凉，那时候古月言梨花带雨地问他‘能不能喜欢我’，任索那时候就彻底放飞自我，直接用行动说话了。
而且任索很肯定，那时候他绝不是出于‘快死了就爽一下’、‘她好可怜’之类的心态而答应，而是在水晶大教堂里的时候，他就已经确认自己有那么一份心思，想和古月言发展一段终生的超友谊关系……
只是任索一直强行憋住这份龌龊心思，但救露娜的时候他都可能要凉了，所以才憋不住，嘴爽一下。
只不过嘴快一时爽，事后……修罗场。
“记得。”
任索忽然放松下来。其实，他在月之暗面里，就已经隐隐思考在活着离开后要怎么办。
要么，他就履行自己的诺言，从此与古月言一生一世一双人。但问题是，他许下诺言的时候，还有个露娜在，那就变成一生一世1.5双人了。
虽然任索不知道露娜的本体是谁，但他可不认为露娜会找不到他——就算露娜找不到他，哪怕是为了确认自己的拯救是有成果的，他也得找到露娜。
所以，‘忠于一人’这个诺言从一开始就不可能屡行，他只能屡行‘忠于多人’的诺言……听起来怎么感觉像是三姓家奴？
因此，面对已经见识他寡廉鲜耻一面的古月言，任索彻底放下隐藏的心思，选择将自己完全暴露出来：“我昏迷之前，你问我，我和露娜说了什么……其实是我在救露娜的时候，露娜跟我说，我还没回答教堂神父的誓言询问，然后我回答了——我愿意永远爱你……们。”
古月言沉默了，任索也做好她‘啪’的一声挂电话的准备。
“这个你们……只包括我和露娜？”
“不止。”任索说出口的时候身体忍不住颤了一下，感觉自己就像是上学时站起来对着班主任大声说‘老子今天没做作业’的勇士。
“果然……”古月言一点都没惊讶，“你昏迷了一个月，所以你现在的心情也没改变吧？”
任索：“没有……还没有。”
不知为何，任索觉得自己现在说啥都有点无耻。
“你啊……你其实可以骗我的……骗我这么一个女大学生，对你来说不应该是很简单的吗？”古月言有点哭笑不得。
“我才骗不到你，能骗你的只有你自己。”任索坐在**，苦笑道：“我甚至骗不到自己，我就是想和你做很多艳俗的情事……我无法阻止自己，但如果你能……”
“那可不行。”古月言仿佛能知道他想说什么，直接打断了他：“不能住在你心里，都是客死异乡。”
“我也不是很害怕，至少，你还没被其他人拐走……其实，是我还没能从其他人手里拐走你。”
“不过，现在我们隔着电话聊天，索先生你倒是变得大胆多了……以后等面对面，我就看看你还能不能说出这样的话，哼哼。”
任索眨眨眼睛，“那……再见？”
“下次面对面我们再聊。”古月言轻快地说道：“不会很久的。”
是，是不会很久，但至少也有半个月才开学啊！
简直像是经过了一场精彩纷呈的BOSS战，任索全身都放松下来。
“对了，我将我们在月之暗面经历的事都告诉东老师和乔姐了，拜拜。”
古月言大BOSS突然濒死反击，直接打爆了任索。
任索懵了一下，然后经过一番思索，觉得好像也没什么变化——他本来就打算见一步走一步，不然他还能针对每个人的情况进行攻略吗？
不过他也没多少害怕，抱着枕头拨打了东承灵的电话。
“喂，承灵？”
“索，你情况如何？”东承灵从不废话。
“很好，跟刚睡醒差不多。我从试炼回来的时候弄伤了精神力，所以才昏迷那么久。”任索简单描述一下自己的情况。
东承灵：“嗯，我这边也很好，小玖在我这，很讨我爸妈喜欢。天莲学院在元宵节后开学，你等下要通知副校长你苏醒的消息，估计你20号就要上班。”
任索：“那你修炼进度怎样了？”
东承灵：“四转之后修炼难度增大很多，五转对我来说仍然遥远。你呢？”
任索：“我刚苏醒，还没检查气旋就赶着通知你们了……”
东承灵‘嗯’了一声，没有再说话。
任索也没说话。
两人就这样沉默了几十秒，也没挂断电话。不过任索倒是习惯了，他平时和东承灵也经常这样沉默地待着，因为他觉得有些问题他在说出来之前就已经知道答案。
东承灵的思维模式，太好懂了，以至于不用问就知道答案。
估计东承灵也是这么认为他。
任索忽然问道：“你为什么会希望小玖去你家？”
东承灵沉默了一会，说道：“索，我和你同龄。”
“嗯。”
“你有被父母催婚吗？”
“有……哦？”任索懂了：“你难道也被父母催？”
“差不多，我亲人比较传统，哪怕我算是事业有成，不需要我生儿育女，但也希望我尽快找到伴侣，而且他们会经常聊起这件事……所以我带小玖回去，就是想让小玖帮忙分散他们的注意力。不过放心，他们对小玖很好。”
任索当然放心，谁都会对小玖好的。
“没想到承灵你也有这种自己解决不了的麻烦。”任索感叹一句。
在任索的印象里，东承灵和乔木依都像是那种‘没有事能难倒她们’的强者，不过东承灵是‘我什么问题都不在乎’，乔木依是‘我什么规矩都不在乎’，反正她们都能以自己的方式解决所有问题。
“小玖也只是权宜之计，”东承灵笑道：“真正可以一劳永逸的方法，就是我带一个男朋友回家。”
任索微微一怔，嘬嚅了一下，还是鼓起勇气说道：“例如……我？”
东承灵似乎有些惊讶，她思考了一下，说道：“我家其实离白云市不远……如果你能来我家拜年的话，我和小玖都会很高兴的。”
“哈？……那要我初几去？”
“初三初四初五都可以。”
等任索挂断电话的时候，他才意识到自己刚才做了什么。
“我怎么就答应了……”任索一脸迷茫，本来只是聊聊天啊。
然而东承灵轻柔温和的语气让他根本无法拒绝，而且提起话题的是他，毛遂自荐的是他，东承灵只是稍微引导了一下话题……
任索心里稍微有一丢丢怀疑，但旋即就烟消云散——不可能，东承灵怎么会那种小婊砸的小心机？换成乔木依他可能还会有点怀疑。
只是到不认识的人家拜年，简直就是公开处刑啊……
任索惆怅了好一会，不过债多了不愁，他很快就提起心神，拨打乔木依的电话。
他有预感，这会是最麻烦的一个。
他已经准备好唇枪舌剑的准备了。
然而，任索得到的回应却是‘你拨打的用户处于通话中’的忙音。
任索微微皱眉，又拨打了三次，全都是忙音。
然后他打给于匡图：“喂，老图，我任索。”
“你还没死！？”于匡图那惊奇的声音，总让任索怀疑自己与他的羁绊关系是不是假冒伪劣产品的：“了不起啊！植物人都能活过来！”
“谢谢你的祝贺，”任索黑着脸说道：“乔木依今天上班了吗？”
对策修士不是师生，现在才年廿七，对策局肯定还要上班的，乔木依也还在莲江。
“没，她今天休息，你找她有事？”
“……也没什么事，只是想通知她一下……”
“那你打她电话啊。”
“我要是能打得通她的电话，那我找你干嘛？”
“找我通知你还没死的坏消息。”于匡图懒洋洋地说道：“不过她不听你的电话……呵呵，那你小心了，她肯定是对你很生气。”
“此话怎讲？”任索觉得于匡图肯定被乔木依整得多了，所以经验丰富，连忙询问他。
“一般人她再生气也能笑眯眯地打招呼，而现在她连跟你打招呼这样的表面功夫都懒得做，可见她已经心灰意冷，要对你进行致命一击。兄弟你吃顿好的，过个好年，以后可能就没这样的好日子了。”
挂断于匡图电话，任索翻身躺在**，皱紧眉头沉思。
于匡图那些玩笑话他当然没当真，但有一个词他却是听进去了。
心灰意冷。
乔木依对他……心灰意冷了？
所以连电话都不接了？
倒是很有可能，毕竟古月言说她将月之暗面里发生的事都告诉乔木依和东承灵了。东承灵先不提，以乔木依的性子，发现他在月之暗面又撩了两个女孩，的确可能会对他心灰意冷。
而且经过一个月的冷静期，任索这段时间完全没有出现在乔木依视线里，乔木依重新审视他们的关系，觉得只是一场错觉也有可能……
There is nothing worthy of others’ liking about Ren Suo himself... Or maybe it’s strange that anyone likes him...
…
…
After buying groceries, Ren's mother came back and put the fresh eggs in the refrigerator. Suddenly, she heard the bedroom door slam and Ren Suo strode out.
"Mom, you don't have to cook for me today."
"You just got out of the hospital, where do you want to go?" Ren's mother glanced at him and said, "Don't tell me you're going to an Internet cafe."
"Let's go back to Lianjiang to get some things." Ren Suo went to the bathroom to tidy up his appearance. His mother seemed to help him wipe his body, but he still had to shave his beard by himself. His hair was also messy and needed to be fixed with hair clay. Unfortunately, there was no tool like an eyelash curler at home.
"Now?" Ren's mother was stunned.
"Now."
Ren Suo opened the door and went out, then he saw his sister Ren Xingmei coming back.
"Brother——" Ren Xingmei shouted in surprise, and Ren Suo went over and hugged her tightly.
The huge surprise hit Ren Xingmei's pituitary gland. She subconsciously wanted to hug Ren Suo in return, but she hugged nothing.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm going back to Lianjiang to get some things." Ren Suo said and left quickly using the "Ghost Steps". Ren Xingmei couldn't even touch his collar.
"elder brother--"
"I'll be back tomorrow at the latest!"
Ren Xingmei looked at his back as he turned the corner of the corridor, sighed softly, her eyes filled with sadness.
"I'm a second-level person..."