Gu Qingqiu "woke up," quite abruptly. When she didn't know how to answer Troye's question, she fell silent, but before she could speak, she returned to the seabed.
When she woke up this time, she was surrounded by the familiar stone house. Before her was Troyes's hair, which cascaded down like a waterfall. He had his back to Gu Qingqiu, but Gu Qingqiu keenly sensed that he didn't seem very happy, so she straightened up and poked his back. "Troys."
Troye turned his head, his unhappy expression showing no sign of fading. "Cad atá suas?"
The props malfunctioned, and Troyes' language reverted to the obscure and difficult Merman language. Fortunately, Gu Qingqiu had learned this word before, and it meant "what's going on?"
"Are you unhappy?" Gu Qingqiu asked him, and to make sure he understood, she used her finger to pull the corners of her mouth into an awkward upward angle.
Troye frowned, shook his head very slowly, and stroked Gu Qingqiu's smooth thigh with his cool palm: "An bhfuil sé brón fós?"
Gu Qingqiu was completely confused now. She guessed what Troye meant and shook her head: "I'm fine, I'm not in pain, I'm okay, I just had a weird dream."
At this point, Gu Qingqiu paused, looked up and stared directly into Troyes' eyes. This "dream" was too strange, too real, and the other male protagonist in the dream was right in front of her.
Troye didn't seem happy before he woke up, and he didn't seem happy when he woke up either.
Do mermaids also have the ability to manipulate dreams or infiltrate her consciousness?
But Gu Qingqiu quickly dismissed the idea, because Troye didn't seem to be overly enthusiastic towards her, which was completely different from his attitude in the "dream," and even similar to the previous few days. Apart from bringing back some ointment to apply to Gu Qingqiu's legs, the two didn't seem to have any further intimate actions.
Thinking of the question she had asked before and received an answer to, Gu Qingqiu called out System 057 again.
She's fully conscious right now, don't think you can fool her so easily!
But whether System 057 had anticipated Gu Qingqiu's visit or had already prepared its explanation, its tone remained flat.
【What's up? 】
Gu Qingqiu: "I had a dream, a very real dream."
System 057: [Hmm.]
Gu Qingqiu: "I dreamt of Troy, did you know that?"
System 057: [I don't know. The host's dreams are private and the system cannot access them.]
Privacy, is it? But what if it's not a dream? And there's another problem.
"Could you please check my current experience bar progress?"
System 057: [35%]
"Oh? Is that so?" Gu Qingqiu smiled meaningfully. "Your job duties completely overlap with the male lead system, right?"
System 057: [...]
"Are the benefits in your system bad?" Gu Qingqiu pressed her advantage: "Otherwise, your work enthusiasm wouldn't be so low, would it?"
[I already said I'm here to take over the male lead's system job. Does the host have any other questions?]
"That's all." Gu Qingqiu touched her leg, her expression thoughtful.
Her legs had grown dense, scale-like patterns, making her look somewhat like the "mutated" people on land.
Troye didn't run around, but he was in a very low mood, sitting in a corner doing crafts, and hardly ever looked up to see what Gu Qingqiu was doing.
On the contrary, Gu Qingqiu kept staring intently at the crown of his head.
His mood was very strange. Normally, he used to enjoy playing games with Gu Qingqiu and they had done such intimate things. There was no reason for him to suddenly become so "cold," like a scumbag who doesn't care about anything after getting what he wants.
No, that's too strange. But if that "dream" is related to Troyes, that's also strange. What was his purpose in creating that "dream"?
Want to know if Gu Qingqiu likes him? Want to know what Gu Qingqiu truly cares about? Or whether she's willing to take the plunge and be with him?
After much thought, Gu Qingqiu came up with a possibility, but this idea made her freeze for a moment.
During her student days, Gu Qingqiu learned an experimental term called "control variable method," and her years of experience watching TV dramas and reading novels also told her that the "murderer" must be someone who has already appeared in this world.
The first people she encountered upon arriving in this world were the tavern customers. Although she offended someone right away by spilling wine on them while pouring, it wasn't enough for the customers to retaliate against her, even though they had a "motive."
The same applies to excluding many people you've had contact with; if the contact wasn't deep, there's no need to go to such lengths to make such a fuss.
In conclusion, after ruling out others, the remaining suspects are the father, mother, wizard, and Troye.
Of course, there was also something that couldn't really be called a "person"—System 057.
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