Chapter 98 New World Game Restart.
Gu Rong was wearing a blue and white school uniform with a pure white T-shirt underneath. Because she was too thin and slim, the school uniform looked particularly loose.
He wore a very thin silver chain around his neck, with a small, exquisite black key hanging at the end.
I was sleeping on my stomach and didn't notice it, so the key was exposed, making my skin look like porcelain.
Gu Rong casually stuffed the key into his T-shirt, leaving only a piece of silver chain around his slender neck.
"Rongzai, tell me the truth, have you really never been beaten?" Zhou Yan said.
As school was about to end, Gu Rong shrugged as he tossed his papers into his bag. "I've always been likable. Even ghosts like me, I'm not exaggerating."
Zhou Yan: “…”
Is being liked by a ghost something worth bragging about?
It rains a lot in spring. The sky outside is gloomy and it starts to rain.
With only half a minute left before school was over, Zhou Yan glanced at the rain-soaked glass and said, "Rongzi, is Uncle Wang coming to pick you up today? Can I get a ride?"
"No."
Gu Rong said, pulling out a black folding umbrella from his schoolbag and giving it to Zhou Yan, "Go back with the umbrella."
Zhou Yan was stunned and picked up the umbrella in surprise: "Rongzi, you actually brought an umbrella?"
He paused, "Two guys sharing an umbrella, doesn't that make them look more gay?"
Gu Rong: “.”
When the bell rang, Gu Rong slung his schoolbag over his shoulder, stood up, and walked towards the back door. Without even turning back, he waved, "You play by yourself. I'll go ahead."
Zhou Yan watched Gu Rong disappear out the back door, then looked at the black umbrella in his hand, exclaimed "Fuck", stuffed a few papers into his pocket, picked up his schoolbag, and chased after him.
"Rongzi, wait for me. Tomorrow we're going on a museum study tour. Do you want to go? Hey, wait for me!"
*
The campus is bustling with people after school, and the colorful umbrellas look like moving petals from above.
006 said: [Host, do you want an umbrella, raincoat, protective clothing, or just drive back?]
Gu Rong didn't ask for anything. He just raised his schoolbag with both hands, held it above his head, and ran into the drizzle.
Gu Rong: [If you don't get too wet, take the bus back.]
The black umbrella that Gu Rong gave to Zhou Yan was not brought specially because Gu Rong knew it was going to rain today.
Instead, he took it directly from the system backpack.
When he spent all his points, the system mall was closed along with the game, and he could no longer use his points to purchase items.
But in the past fifteen years, even if he copied one item a day, his system backpack is now like a small system mall, with all kinds of items.
Although the game and the mall are closed, 006 is still there, the system backpack is still there, the props in the backpack are still there, and they can all be used.
In this world without ghosts, Gu Rong not only grows up on time, but also uses copy cards to copy some things and put them into the system backpack when he has nothing to do.
After experiencing the end of the world, Gu Rong began to collect supplies out of habit.
Gu Rong's fair face was wet by the rain, and her soft hair was covered with a layer of mist.
Running out of the school gate, his figure quickly disappeared in the crowd.
Behind him, two boys stared intently in Gu Rong's direction. The shorter boy held an umbrella for the taller boy and said in a fawning manner, "Brother Ran, isn't that the school hunk? He doesn't seem to have an umbrella with him. Brother Ran, do you want to go after him?"
Qin Ran was tall and long-legged, handsome with a wild and untamable look. He said with a look of fear: "Whether someone brings an umbrella or not is none of my business. Ha, you've rejected me so many times, and you still think I'll be so shameless as to chase after you?"
"Yes, of course Brother Ran won't."
Qin Ran glared at him, snatched the umbrella from his hand, and walked quickly towards Gu Rong, almost running.
“…”
No, Brother Ran, where is your moral integrity?
*
Gu Rong jogged all the way to the bus stop, the headlights of the bus piercing through the rain, illuminating the wet asphalt road.
The bus hasn't arrived yet.
Uncle Wang sent me a WeChat message, asking if I wanted him to drive over to pick me up.
Gu Rong replied that she had already taken the bus and told him that he didn't need to run.
"Meow~"
A soft cat meow came from under the bench.
Gu Rong was stunned for a moment, squatted down, leaned over to look, and saw a small black kitten huddled under the chair, its body covered in moisture. When it saw Gu Rong looking at it, it meowed softly at Gu Rong.
Gu Rong's eyes fell on the black kitten, and his expression was a little dazed.
Qin Ran also caught up at this time. Seeing Gu Rong squatting under the bus stop, he didn't know what he was doing. He stopped behind him, cleared his throat, and said awkwardly: "Gu Rong, just pretend I didn't say anything last time. Otherwise... let's just be friends first?"
"Well, I didn't come to you to talk about this. I just wanted to ask you about tomorrow's museum study tour... Oh shit!!"
Before Qin Ran could finish his words, he saw Gu Rong stand up from the ground, turn around, hold a black kitten in both hands, and hand it directly to him.
Qin Ran was most afraid of cats, so he stepped back nervously, but he felt embarrassed and showed embarrassment on his face.
Gu Rong held the kitten in his arms, not caring that it had soiled and wet his school uniform. He looked up at Qin Ran and asked, "What did you just say?"
Qin Ran looked at the kitten. How could he be afraid of such a small kitten?
Now was obviously not a good time to talk, and Qin Ran didn't want to lose face anymore, so he carefully placed the umbrella on the chair, smiled at Gu Rong, turned around and ran away.
Gu Rong: “…”
006 said: [Host, why won't this idiot give up? I'm not gay, and I don't like men.]
Gu Rong asked: [If you're not gay, you can't like men?]
006: […? ?!]
After returning home, Gu Rong handed the kitten to Uncle Wang. His hair and school uniform were all damp, and he urgently needed to go upstairs to take a shower and change into clean clothes.
Uncle Wang took the kitten and saw that Gu Rong was wet in the rain, so he said, "Oh, Master, I said I would pick you up, look how wet you are."
Gu Rong smiled and said, "I'm going to take a bath. Uncle Wang, please help me take the kitten to the shelter."
Gu Rong funded a stray cat shelter. He likes to pick up cats but doesn't have the habit of raising them, so he funded a shelter to help him raise one.
Uncle Wang said, "I'll make some ginger soup for you first. The temperature has dropped recently, so be careful not to catch a cold."
*
During dinner, Gu Rong told Ye Lan and Gu Baiyu about the study tour organized by the school tomorrow.
Now Gu Rong was seventeen, and Gu Baiyu and Ye Lan were middle-aged, but they still looked very young, well-maintained, with almost no wrinkles. Compared to fifteen years ago, both of them had a more calm and indifferent temperament.
Ye Lan, in particular, still looked beautiful, with elegance in her every move.
Ye Lan asked, "Study tour? What study tour? Why didn't we hear about this activity when we were in school?"
Gu Rong picked up a piece of pork ribs for Ye Lan and said, "It's just a spring outing."
Gu Baiyu said, "Spring outing? The college entrance exam is less than two months away, why bother with this useless stuff?"
Ye Lan smiled and said, "You can't just study blindly. Besides, what's there to worry about Xiaorong's grades? I'm not worried anyway."
Gu Rong nodded to his mother.
Gu Baiyu wasn't obsessed with the study tour, nor was he worried about Gu Rong's grades. Speaking of the Gaokao, he thought of something else. "Xiao Rong will be turning eighteen right after the Gaokao," he said. "I'm wondering if we should invite the teacher to attend our son's coming-of-age ceremony."
Ye Lan ate the spareribs and said, "You mean Professor Ming? He prefers quietness to noise. We can ask him when the time comes."
Gu Rong rolled his clear, dark eyes, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
He hasn't seen Grandpa Ming for a long time.
It's not just Grandpa Ming whom he hasn't seen for a long time.
There are also Zhuang Yu, Chen Hanxiao, Lin Xuezhuo, and everyone in the game.
...and Lu Li.
This world is good, except that there is no Lu Li.
*
Time quickly came to the next day.
The entire senior year is divided into ten classes, each with 50 students. Including the teachers, there are more than 500 students in total. Each class rides on a bus.
The sky was still gloomy, and it didn't rain anymore. However, spring is a time of sudden changes from warm to cold, and the temperature has dropped a lot.
Gu Rong sat by the window, wearing headphones in his ears, looking at a pomelo tree outside the car window.
It is not yet the season for grapefruit to bear fruit, but the leaves are crisp, tender and bright green, showing the vitality of spring.
Zhou Yan, holding his schoolbag filled with snacks and drinks, sat down next to Gu Rong and threw a bag of potato chips to Tang Xiaoyue in the front seat: "You're welcome."
Tang Xiaoyue curled her lips, as if she was being polite. She tore open some potato chips and shared them with her deskmate.
Seeing Gu Rong listening to music, Zhou Yan unceremoniously pulled off one of his earphones and put it in his own ear. "What are you listening to, Rong? Damn, English listening? That's terrible. King of the exam, are you going to let me and the other poor students live?"
Zhou Yan hurriedly put the earphones back into Gu Rong's hands.
Gu Rong withdrew his gaze from the car window and took off his headphones.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Zhou Yan that he was just distracted for a moment and didn't notice that the song switched to English.
Zhou Yan unzipped his schoolbag and said, "Rongzi, come to me for anything you want to eat. They're all your favorites. Isn't that brotherly of you?"
Gu Rong picked up a piece of fruit candy, peeled it and threw it into his mouth.
At this time, Zhou Yan saw Qin Ran outside the car window. He was standing not far away, staring at Gu Rong for an unknown period of time.
Zhou Yan rolled his eyes in disapproval, then stood up and closed the curtain.
Gu Rong looked at him.
Zhou Yan was not right but still confident: "I'm cold."
Gu Rong: “?”
Can drawing the curtains keep you warm?
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Half an hour later, the bus arrived at the museum.
The teachers and students got off the bus and lined up by class to walk into the museum.
The museum is divided into two floors, with a simple and magnificent architecture and a strong ancient charm.
The sky was dark, as if covered with a thick layer of smog, which made people inexplicably depressed.
The scene before my eyes became unreal, with noise everywhere, but everyone seemed to be pulled away all of a sudden, and the sound was also pulled away, and everything became unreal.
For some reason, Gu Rong's heart skipped a beat.
He raised his hand to cover his chest, and his hand sensed the key that he had always worn around his neck.
Could it be...
After countless expectations and countless disappointments, Gu Rong suppressed his unnecessary fantasies, checked his ticket, and entered the museum.
The first exhibition hall displays porcelain from various dynasties, which are displayed in glass display cabinets with a brief introduction to each piece of porcelain written on them.
Gu Rong, Zhou Yan and Tang Xiaoyue were walking together, and Tang Xiaoyue was holding the arm of another girl.
Just after walking out of the first exhibition hall, several people walked along a long corridor.
Not far away, Qin Ran glanced at Gu Rong and seemed to want to come over and chat with her, but the head teacher was right next to him, so he had to give up and turned around to join his class.
Gu Rong saw Qin Ran, but didn't care.
Zhou Yan noticed it too. Looking at Qin Ran's handsome and tall appearance, he couldn't help but sneer, "I've come to the conclusion that being tall and handsome isn't enough for a boy. The key is to have a good figure and real substance. Rongzi, I'll be honest with you. I ran a lot during the summer vacation and now I have eight-pack abs."
Gu Rong: "Do you have eight-pack abs?"
Zhou Yan: “…”
Tang Xiaoyue and another girl burst into laughter and gave Gu Rong a thumbs up.
Tang Xiaoyue: "Thanks for adding to my humor."
Zhou Yan: “…………”
Damn, why would he humiliate himself?
Gu Rong was walking in front and was surprised to see that Zhou Yan didn't speak for a long time.
Could it be that he had hurt my fragile heart? Not really, not really.
Gu Rong looked back and stopped in his tracks.
Zhou Yan, Tang Xiaoyue, and the other girl were gone, and not only them, but all the other students were gone too. The corridor behind them became dark and long, with no end in sight.
Deathly silence.
Gu Rong slowly turned around again. The corridor in front of him was just like the one behind him, stretching infinitely, with a thick black fog at the end that was impossible to dissolve.
Gu Rong's eyes widened slightly, and his heart beat as fast as a drum.
At the same time, a long-lost mechanical electronic sound rang out in my mind.
【Welcome to the Museum of Weird Things.】
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