Chapter 114 I Am Also Me (Part 2) I observe the floating world as the universe observes me...
Li Mai couldn't stay home. After two days with Zhang Deng, she started clamoring to go out and play. But Zhang Deng didn't want to drink or sing, and there were too few activities to entertain him. Finally, he took Li Mai to the university playground for a walk. Watching the young man running around the playground, Li Mai couldn't help but utter, "How ugly!"
Zhang Deng said, "It's okay, just an ordinary person."
Li Mai said, "These are all characters you wrote, right? Don't you hate this world too much? You're the creator, so what's the big deal about writing a few handsome ones?"
"There are some handsome ones," Zhang Deng said, "but they've graduated."
The little boy running that Li Xin had a crush on for the first time was quite handsome. Apart from that, Zhang Deng didn't seem to describe the characters' appearance too much. This may also be one of the reasons why Zhang Deng's writing is boring. He always fails to pay attention to the points that the public cares about.
A girl ran past them, and after a while she ran around again and again, and finally stopped in front of them. Li Mai raised his head and exclaimed "Wow".
Li Mai was already quite tall, and this girl seemed a bit taller than her. She was also tanned, looking like a muscular athlete. The girl asked Zhang Deng, "Why are you here again?"
Zhang Deng said, "Isn't this a public place?"
Li Xin turned to look at Li Mai: "Your girlfriend?"
"No," Li Mai quickly denied, "How is that possible?"
Li Xin sat next to Zhang Deng. She was sweating profusely, and her hair stuck to her neck, shining like the back of a Ferghana horse.
Li Mai looked at it with envy and asked, "Are you an athlete?"
"I'm currently running a marathon," Li Xin said. "How about you?"
Li Mai said: "I am currently - uh, alive."
Zhang Deng said, "Her name is Li Mai, and she's a designer."
"Oh," Li Xin extended her hand to Li Mai, "Hello."
Li Mai also shook hands with her, and their palms were clasped together, feeling the warm power.
Both women were so strong. Li Xin said to Li Mai, "I envy people who work like you."
Li Mai said, "But I was quite an athlete when I was little. I played soccer for a while, but I didn't have much talent."
"I don't know much about football," Li Xin said.
Zhang Deng felt that it was a bit redundant for him to sit in the middle.
But he was too lazy to move, so he leaned against the back of the bench, covered his face with his hat, basked in the sun boredly, and listened to their chat.
Li Xin and Li Mai felt like they had known each other for a long time. Li Xin recommended to Li Mai some breathing techniques for exercise and stretching exercises that could be done at home. Li Mai recommended to Li Xin some takeout food that she thought was delicious, and they even exchanged contact information.
Finally, Li Xin asked, "How did you two meet?"
Li Mai exclaimed, "Ah!" and said, "That's really too complicated. We'll have to talk about it for three days and three nights."
Zhang Deng didn't want Li Mai to talk too much about him, so he interrupted and asked, "It's so late, aren't you playing tomorrow?"
Li Xin glanced at her watch and realized it was already nine o'clock in the evening. She stood up, glanced at Zhang Deng, and said, "You know me too well."
Zhang Deng said, "Fans."
"Come on," Zhang Deng said, "get a good grade."
Li Xin will have a cross-provincial competition tomorrow. She has to catch an early train and take a high-speed train for more than five hours to run a full marathon. Li Xin's current results are still not very stable, and she has been under a lot of pressure recently.
Li Mai was happy for her: "Come on."
Li Xin said: "I don't like to hear encouragement because it always makes me feel burdened."
"But thank you," Li Xin said, "I can only say I'll do my best."
Li Xin left, and Li Mai was amazed and praised her endlessly: "She really has a unique personality."
"Yes," Zhang Deng said, "She is the protagonist of this book."
Li Mai: “?”
"Ah?" Li Mai was shocked. "What?"
Zhang Deng also thought it was strange that she found it strange: "A book must always have a protagonist."
Li Mai said: "But, she, but, how could you..."
Finally she gave in: "How can you say that so easily?"
Zhang Deng was just tired and not as energetic as before. He asked, "She looks a lot like you, doesn't she?"
"I must have seen a lot of shadows in you at the time," Zhang Deng said. "Although the memory has been forgotten, it still exists in my subconscious, and I subconsciously want to write about such a person."
Li Mai pointed at himself, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
She was silent for a long time, then said, "Zhang Deng, Wei Yuanye really deserves to die. They all deserve to die."
Zhang Deng is such a normal, sincere and kind person. Li Mai thinks that he is not a very important person in Zhang Deng's life, but he is still treated so well. So how do those so-called true friends treat Zhang Deng?
Although Li Mai had been trying to comfort Zhang Deng, she could no longer deceive herself at this moment. She truly felt that it was not worth it for Zhang Deng.
Zhang Deng's hat was still on his head. He had secretly shed tears several times that afternoon, but now he didn't feel like crying anymore. He said, "I will be happy."
"It will definitely happen," Zhang Deng said, "don't worry."
After Li Mai returned, he began to chat with Li Xin online frequently.
In the evening, Li Mai told Zhang Deng that Li Xin came in second place.
Zhang Deng acted very calmly and just said, "I understand."
Li Mai turned over, feeling puzzled. "Your novel doesn't include this paragraph. Is this a free development?"
"Maybe," Zhang Deng said, "because there are many real people coming in, and they have to live their lives, so they have to push the plot forward."
Li Mai said, "Will this story be recorded in the document?"
"I don't know," Zhang Deng said calmly, "whatever."
But after a while, Li Mai asked again: "Is the male protagonist called 'Huo Lian'?"
Zhang Deng frowned and said, "Where is the male lead?"
"Huh?" Li Mai showed his phone screen and said, "Li Xin told me that she kept talking about this guy."
Zhang Deng: “…”
"Wait," a string in his mind twitched, "Who are you talking about?"
Li Mai: "Huo, Lian."
Zhang Deng picked up the phone and saw the chat history between Li Mai and Li Xin. Li Xin did keep mentioning that this man was courting her, following her wherever she went, and even went to the competition together. The last photo Li Xin sent was of her celebrating with a hot pot meal, and half of the man's chin was visible opposite her. Zhang Deng recognized the man at a glance.
Zhang Deng was confused. He asked, "What's going on?"
"Who are you asking?" Li Mai said, "Didn't you write it?"
"I know him," Zhang Deng said dazedly, "Why is this guy with Li Xin?"
When Zhang Deng's mind became a little clearer, he explained to Li Mai who Huo Lian was. Hu Ningning, also known as Bufa, had introduced this person to Zhang Deng. At that time, this person was her new boyfriend. Zhang Deng had a general impression of this person. He thought he was a little stupid and naive. Later, when Hu Ningning's identity was revealed, Zhang Deng thought that all the people he met were spies planted by Hu Ningning around him. Logically, they should have disappeared as the sky gate opened.
What is going on with this Huo Lian?
Zhang Deng's mind was a little confused. He asked, "I feel like my brain is not working well now. I don't quite understand."
"See," Li Mai said, "this is the consequence of not eating carbohydrates."
Zhang Deng was so annoyed with her that he asked, "Why do you think this is happening?"
Li Mai: "Does Huo Lian know that you are writing a novel?"
"You know, right?" Zhang Deng suddenly became cheerful.
Zhang Deng said, "He might even have read my novel."
He suddenly felt creepy.
Zhang Deng said, "I once sent my novel to Hu Ningning. She always told everyone around her that I was a writer. Everyone around her knew I was writing a novel, so she might have read it."
Li Mai: “…”
"I got goosebumps all over my body," Li Mai said. "That's too scary. What is Huo Lian going to do?"
Zhang Deng said, "He is...he wants to be the male lead?"
"It's very possible. He probably feels that everyone is trapped in this world," Li Mai said. "Maybe they'll never be able to get out. He's definitely tied to Li Xin."
Zhang Deng looked at Li Mai, and Li Mai felt Zhang Deng's helplessness at the moment.
Li Mai comforted him, "It doesn't matter. He will leave, and it's just a novel."
"But what about Li Xin's life?" Zhang Deng asked.
This question was difficult for Li Mai to answer. How should he answer it? Li Xin was just a fictional character.
Zhang Deng obviously didn't think so. In his opinion, Li Xin was a living person. She had her own ideas and dreams, and she longed for love. Although Zhang Deng was very cold to her, he already regarded her as an independent individual in his heart.
Zhang Deng said, "I want to cut off this world immediately and get everyone out."
"Yes, yes," Li Mai said, "Can you ensure it's safe outside?"
Zhang Deng couldn't guarantee this. Now it was less than two weeks before the Tianmen opened, and Bufa hadn't given him an exact time at the time. Zhang Deng was still in an ambiguous state about everything, and he couldn't guarantee anything, but he only hoped that Huo Lian would leave Li Xin as soon as possible.
Zhang Deng knows Li Xin too well. She's desperately in need of love. A handsome, gentle, and thoughtful man appears beside her, and she's definitely irresistible. Isn't this another Zhang Deng? Being tricked by a man from another dimension, Zhang Deng can get over it, but can Li Xin?
Zhang Deng couldn't believe it. This was all his fault. He absolutely would not allow this tragedy to escalate.
He immediately took out his computer. For such a long time, Zhang Deng had never thought of opening the computer to see what the document was like. When Zhang Deng opened the document, an incredible situation appeared.
Zhang Deng saw that the document was developing at an astonishing speed. Some unfamiliar words kept pouring into the document, appearing and wrapping. The document had now multiplied to 1.2 million words!
Zhang Deng pressed the delete key frantically, but there was no response.
In an instant, countless thoughts flooded into Zhang Deng's mind. He slumped down beside the sofa, his face ashen, with only one sentence in his mind.
"It's over."
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