Chapter 85 The Third Item: Coin Catcher
When the man reminded Chen Li, his voice was very low.
She leaned over to pour him some lemonade and whispered a word.
Chen Li finally came to his senses after hearing Ye Minglang's reminder.
He really wasn't used to communicating with people of his own age, and all the previous topics were given by Ye Minglang.
Chatting a few words with Miss Nanao is already the limit.
Drawing talismans is not that difficult.
Ye Minglang, who had been standing behind Shen Li, seemed to be aware of Shen Li's embarrassment.
With a gentle and submissive smile on his face, he walked over to Miss Nanao and poured her a glass of mint water.
"Ms. Nanao, do you like today's lunch?"
Nanao picked up a piece of steak and put it into his mouth, chewing it carefully. He tapped the ground with his toes, looking very satisfied.
"The gravy is rich and delicious. I really want to bring you to our house!"
She wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin and took another sip of water.
“Mint?”
“I grew it myself.”
Miss Nanao likes to grow flowers and plants, and Ye Minglang's words obviously touched on a topic that interested her.
Nanao sighed in her heart, damn, a butler who can cook and take care of flowers and plants, I really want a butler like him!
"Where is it planted? Take me to see it."
"By the way, is mint easy to grow?"
Chen Li sat at the other end of the table, watching them chatting happily.
It’s hard to tell whether it’s envy or jealousy, but he’s in a very bad mood anyway.
Ye Minglang was by his side all the time, and when Miss Nanao came, she snatched away the favor that originally belonged to him alone.
So Chen Li calmly took away his emotions at the moment and sacrificed them to the magic of talismans.
This is a method he has only recently figured out.
The so-called sacrifice does not only have bad effects. Whenever he is unhappy, he will also deal with his emotions in this way.
only……
He was not sure what effect the talisman he got in exchange for his unhappiness through sacrifice would have.
Shen Li moved his fingers.
The invisible talisman flew out and landed in Miss Nanao's water cup.
Miss Nanao was having a pleasant conversation with Ye Minglang and took a sip of the water in her cup.
“Cough cough cough…”
She only took a small sip, then completely disregarded table manners and spit on her handkerchief.
"Why is it so sour? It's weird. It wasn't like that just now."
Miss Nanao apologized repeatedly for her impolite behavior.
"I'm really sorry about what happened today."
The sour taste still lingers on the tip of my tongue.
Nanao couldn't stand it anymore, "I feel a little uncomfortable, so I'll stop here today."
Shen Li stood up and watched her leave.
The corners of his mouth raised in a beautiful arc.
Behind Shen Li, Ye Minglang picked up the wine glass on the dining table and sniffed it carefully.
"I clearly poured mint water."
Ye Minglang held up the goblet and looked at the culprit.
"Did I underestimate you? I always thought you were well behaved, but I didn't expect you could play pranks."
He approached step by step, and Shen Li suddenly felt guilty.
"that……"
Shen Li retreated step by step and was eventually forced into a corner by him.
"I just think you two seem to be compatible."
"so?"
Ye Minglang guided him to continue.
"I don't know why, but you guys seem to be chatting so happily, here..."
Chen Li touched his chest and said, "It feels stuffy here, and I feel very uncomfortable."
"Really?"
Hearing Chen Li say this, Ye Minglang was in a good mood.
His hand moved closer to Chen Li's chest.
"I'll tell you why this is so."
"This is jealousy, Shen Li."
"You're jealous of me and Miss Nanao."
Shen Li seemed like a student who was caught in a mistake, and was a little flustered.
"S-Sorry."
"No need to say sorry."
Ye Minglang pinched his chin and said, "I am very happy that you are jealous of me."
"Now, close your eyes and I'm going to reward you."
He unbuttoned Shen Li's shirt with one hand and kissed his chest.
Chen Li was lying on the dining table, looking at the crystal chandelier above his head in a daze.
The sixteenth level of hell, with his improvement in talisman skills, there is almost nothing missing here.
There is no eternal day or eternal night.
The daylight from the windows flickered.
The sun rises and sets very quickly here.
The sun rises every half hour and sets every half hour.
At sunrise, the light from outside the window shines in and reflects beautiful colors on the crystal lamp, like a rainbow.
At sunset, the candlelight was within his reach, warm and soft.
Recently he has been shuttling between the various levels, from the initial difficulty in controlling the water to now being able to continuously open up the upward passage without any effort.
It is no longer difficult to open the upper passage. In another year, or maybe half a year, as long as the tribesmen can keep up with his pace, he can even take them up through several levels in one breath.
Chen Li closed his eyes, lay in Ye Minglang's arms and asked him:
"What do you think the outside of hell is like?"
Ye Minglang was silent for a while and answered him: "I don't know either."
He has lived here since he was a child, and his understanding of the outside world is limited to what is described in the books in the library and his father's diary.
"When I was a kid, I overheard my parents talking about this. They said that the world we live in now is called 'copycat' and that until the last moment of their lives, they wanted to go home."
"Go home? Don't they consider this place their home?" Chen Li asked in confusion.
"The diary my father left behind said that the outside world is safe."
Although the middle part of the diary was torn off, the original beginning was still preserved.
"My father's diary described it this way: He was shopping at a place called Supermarket, and suddenly the sky and the earth shook like an earthquake. A huge gap appeared in the ground, and he fell into the gap. When he woke up, he was already here."
Ye Minglang's father and mother met in a copy.
They spent their entire lives trying to find ways to escape from this place.
As a child born in a "copy", Ye Minglang does not have any special dreams.
His parents’ dream is his dream.
“My parents had a clear division between here and there.”
Ye Minglang's voice sounded a little lonely:
"For example, I cannot touch my father's pen, because the pen belongs there, to the world he once lived in, and it is something very precious to him."
"For example, as his son, I belong here. I was born in this world, so theoretically, my parents and I are not from the same world. If abandoning me would allow them to return to their original world, they would definitely abandon me without hesitation."
When Chen Li heard this, he also felt sad for Ye Minglang.
He couldn't help but hug Ye Minglang tightly.
"I will not abandon you."
Ye Minglang rubbed his hair.
There were some things he didn't dare to say.
I know you don’t want to give up.
But in the end, I will still let you abandon me.
"When this is over, I will take all of you out of the eighteen levels of hell, and we can live peacefully in the outside world."
"Um."
Ye Minglang accompanied him in imagining the future.
"Then we will live together in a wooden house. The house doesn't need to be too big, and it would be best if it has yards in front and back."
Even though all this is impossible to achieve...
"Would you grow mint in your backyard? The kind that Nanao-san likes."
"No, I will only plant what you like."
In the inn, Bian Ling and Catman A surrounded Shen Li.
The fisherman walked in with a fishing rod on his shoulder. Seeing the strange smile on the face of Shen Li, who had been lying down for three days, he couldn't help asking, "Is he dreaming? I've never seen him smile before!"
Catman A agreed very much, "I thought this guy was made of wood, but it turns out he can actually laugh! He can feel happy, angry, sad, and joyful!"
Bian Ling propped up his head and thought hard: "So what did he dream about?"
Jiang Lexin was holding a wooden comb and tying his senior sister's hair into a bun.
"What did the doctor say this morning?"
"They said he was fine, nothing serious, etc., but he's been sleeping for three days! Three whole days! Is he really fine?"
Catman A questioned the doctor's medical skills a little loudly.
Bian Ling, who was standing by, slapped his thigh frantically, "Stop making noise, stop making noise, he's awake!"
After three days, Shen Li opened his eyes for the first time.
The lost five senses returned, and the absorbed resentment was almost completely digested.
"How do you feel now? Is there anything wrong?"
Bian Ling asked.
Chen Li blinked and said one word weakly: "Water."
Half an hour later, Chen Li was holding a bowl of fish soup and drinking it in small sips.
The fisherman skillfully removed the fish bones and put the meat into Chen Li's bowl.
"After three days of hunger, don't eat too much at once. Eat small and frequent meals."
Speaking of this, the fisherman got angry.
"You guys are really something. You didn't even give him a sip of water. Are you trying to make him die of thirst?"
After being scolded by the fisherman for a while, the few people began to collect information honestly.
"The nearest bronze tripod is in the town ahead. So the old Taoist's last words were for you to throw the copper coins into the furnace? If you throw them in, will that mean you have completed the delivery?"
Shen Li nodded and continued to drink his soup.
There was a hint of uneasiness on Jiang Lexin's face.
"You can complete the task by throwing copper coins into the furnace? After completing the task, do you leave?"
Catman A did not hide it from him: "Probably."
"What should I do then?"
Jiang Lexin became more and more confused. "Since I know that this world will be destroyed, can I only watch it being destroyed? Is there no way to stop it?"
Bian Ling and Catman A looked at each other and fell silent.
They are here to deliver parcels, not to save the world. To them, Jiang Lexin’s request is beyond the scope.
"Although we can't help you with actual actions, we can still give you some advice."
Bian Ling wanted to make amends to Jiang Lexin, so she pulled Cat Man A together and racked her brains to find a solution.
"First, we need to know what destroyed this world."
They already understand this.
"It's resentment. The resentment of the zombies for not being able to return home."
The only way to eliminate resentment is to solve it at the source.
"Just send the zombies back home."
"Let's continue analyzing why the zombies now can't return home?"
"Because of the interference of those in power and the Melting Pot faction."
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