Chapter 72: Custom-made Jade Watch
On the 50th floor of the Qinhe Hotel, the waiter was waiting outside the elevator door early.
The restaurant's gilded dome reflects the sparkling light of the crystal chandeliers, and everything from the interior to the tables and chairs is magnificent.
Xie Liang had never set foot in such a place before, and tonight he had broadened his horizons.
Almost everyone eating in the restaurant was dressed formally, and he began to regret his casual attire.
Xu He was wearing his usual black shirt and casual pants. Although it was such a casual outfit, he looked so formal and noble at this moment.
Xie Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this person is really "like a rainbow", wherever Xu He goes, he attracts people's attention.
The waiter in a suit led the two to the table that had been reserved in advance and politely extended his hand for them to sit down.
Xu Heding's location is the best open-air area with a wide view, overlooking most of the night view of Linjing City.
Looking around, the entire city is hazy at night and the lights are bright, giving people a vague and unreal feeling.
The rectangular marble dining table was inlaid with gold filigree patterns. After Xie Liang sat down, the waiter respectfully placed a large black leather menu in front of him.
It was the first time in his life that he had eaten in such a high-end place. After sitting down, he couldn't wait to send the table number to the group.
After a while, the waiter brought Lu Bubu, Shi Xiaoyin and Li Dong over.
They all looked a little gloomy and in a bad mood, as if something had happened.
After everyone sat down, Xie Liang asked them, "What happened?"
Shi Xiaoyin looked at Lu Bubu beside him and said, "Bubu's cousin..."
Shi Xiaoyin didn't say the rest of the words, but Xie Liang had guessed it. In a trance, Xie Liang remembered the way Li Ruohan delicately called Lu Bubu "cousin".
Lu Bubu smiled weakly: "I've never been to such a high-end restaurant."
Shi Xiaoyin patted his shoulder and comforted him, "This day will come sooner or later. When that day comes, we will have so many friends and family waiting for us. There is nothing to be afraid of."
"Yes, this day will come sooner or later! We should live happily every day while we are alive." Li Dong said, "I have never been to such a high-end place. When I passed by other tables just now, those people looked at me like a monkey."
Lü Bubu's mood calmed down considerably after he interrupted him. "Isn't it a monkey?"
"One of you has an unshaven beard, and the other one smells as if you haven't taken a shower in days?" Shi Xiaoyin said mercilessly.
"Well, I really haven't shaved for a few days, but Brother Bu, you should at least take a shower! How can you stand such a strong smell?" Li Dong said as he sniffed at Lu Bubu.
There was no price tag on each dish on the menu. Xie Liang ordered two dishes at random and handed the menu to Li Dong and the others.
After they ordered the food, the waiter took the notebook and left.
After the waiter left, Xie Liang started chatting with Lu Bubu and the others.
From Shi Xiaoyin, Xie Liang learned that many of the descenders had already left, including Lu Baixing, the carrot brothers, Hibiscus... and Lu Bubu's cousin Li Ruohan.
From the first arrival in July to now December, more than half a year has passed. Xie Liang thought that he had gained half a year.
He raised the glass in his hand and said to everyone: "Cheers!"
"Cheers!" everyone said in unison.
They enjoyed the meal quite well, feeling relieved and detached.
Death seemed very close to them, yet very far away from them.
After dinner, just as they were about to leave, Shi Xiaoyin suddenly said to Xie Liang, "I heard that Long Qingye is pursuing you?"
Upon hearing this, Li Dong immediately shouted excitedly, "Fuck! Isn't this just poaching He Ge's girlfriend? Who can tolerate this?"
Xie Liang quickly interrupted, "Go back and shave your beard. You're so young, but you look like an old man."
Seeing that Xu He's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of it, Shi Xiaoyin hurriedly said, "Oh, I almost forgot about the ticket back to Tianning tomorrow morning. Well, I'll be leaving first." Then he picked up his backpack and left.
Li Dong asked Lu Bubu in confusion, "What happened? Why did she run away before I could even ask her?"
"What's going on? We all want to beat you up for our brother." Lu Bubu said as he stood up. "Brother, little brother, let's go first."
"By the way, little brother, Long Qingye is a bisexual man, and he has at least ninety lovers. I heard that he also has sexually transmitted diseases, so don't be fooled by him." Lu Bu thought to himself, brother, I can only help you up to this point.
"Oh shit! Am I jealous?" Li Dong yelled.
Xie Liang: "Are you envious of him for having a STD?"
Li Dong finally realized, "Holy crap! I just heard 'I have at least 90 lovers, if not a hundred!' STDs? He even has them? His private life is so chaotic?"
Lu Bu nodded calmly: "It's almost there, at least it's pretty close." Although he made it up, maybe Long Qingye really did it.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening. After Lu Bubu left, Li Dong and Xie Liang chatted about Long Qingye's gossip and left.
Xie Liang had wanted to go back a long time ago, Xu He obviously didn't want to hear Long Qingye's name, but Li Dong, the idiot, seemed to have not noticed it at all and kept asking questions.
In the end, Xie Liang couldn't stand it anymore and said he had to go back to play games, so Li Dong left reluctantly.
It was already past eleven o'clock when Xie Liang and Xu He returned home. After Xu He sent him home, he went back upstairs.
Over the past six months, Xu He has been with him and taking care of him, and has hardly ever left him too far.
Xie Liang sat on the sofa for a while and was about to take a shower when he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening.
Xu He walked towards Xie Liang with a box in one hand and a bag in the other.
He put the bag on the coffee table and sat down next to Xie Liang.
After sitting down, Xu He opened the dark blue box in his hand - inside was a mechanical watch inlaid with jade and diamonds.
Xie Liang had seen watches of this brand in advertisements, and the cheapest one cost over one million.
Before Xu He took the watch out of the box, Xie Liang was already thinking: Is this a gift for me? Should I accept it? It's so expensive...
While Xie Liang was daydreaming, Xu He gently pulled one of his hands and put the watch on his wrist.
"Brother He...this, this is too expensive, I can't accept it..." Xie Liang said as he was about to take off the watch on his hand.
Seeing this, Xu He held his hand tightly and whispered, "Xiaoliang, don't feel pressured."
Xie Liang's face suddenly became hot.
Xu He seems to rarely express his feelings, but it also seems like he is always expressing them.
Xie Liang didn't know what his relationship with Xu He was now. They were neither like friends nor lovers.
Xu He let go of Xie Liang's hand, picked up the bag on the coffee table and handed it to Xie Liang.
After Xie Liang took it, he saw that it was the long gown that Dai Tian had snatched away - Xu He helped him find it back.
Xie Liang wanted to say thank you, but felt it was too obvious. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and looked at Xu He in front of him with red cheeks.
Xu He thought he wanted to ask about the long gown, so he explained softly, "I just beat him up."
Xie Liang saw that he had misunderstood and laughed: "Did you hurt him?"
"Yeah." Xu He thought, it must be painful, after all, the man was beaten so badly that there was not a single piece of good flesh left on his body.
Xie Liang took out the long gown from the bag and put it into the storage ring Xu He gave him.
Just then, a sudden feeling of dizziness came over me—a sign of what was to come.
He looked at Xu He beside him and let himself fall into Xu He's arms.
Xu He put his arm around his waist and hugged him tightly.
Xie Liang smelled the pine scent on Xu He's body, felt Xu He's body temperature and heartbeat, and allowed himself to pass out.
The two of them hugged each other and came down together.
When Xie Liang woke up, Xu He was already awake. He got up from Xu He's arms and began to look around at their temporary stay.
There was a muddy and sandy ground under my feet, nothing special.
The other descenders lying on the ground woke up one after another. There were not many of them, only about a dozen at a rough count.
He and Xu He stood beside the vortex gate. The gate had not yet opened and the blue waves were still.
Xie Liang suddenly saw Li Dong among the crowd of people staying temporarily.
The guy has shaved his beard clean and looks neat and tidy.
Li Dong just woke up, looking confused.
Xie Liang walked over and patted his shoulder: "Dongzi!"
Li Dong was startled by him and quickly turned around. When he saw it was him and Xu He, he shouted happily: "Holy shit! What's going on? A high-level game?"
Xie Liang thought for a moment and said, "It should be random. I heard from Shi Xiaoyin that many copies have been closed, and the probability of encountering them has increased a lot."
Li Dong understood: "The probability of us running into each other is much higher, is that what you mean?"
Xie Liang: "About the same."
At this time, the vortex gate began to move.
The door opened and people walked towards it in twos and threes. Xie Liang and his group followed the crowd in.
After a dizzy spell, Xie Liang entered this small world.
All the descenders were thrown onto a spacious muddy ground.
This is a wet muddy ground filled with fog, and people will leave shallow footprints when they step on it.
The mud area is circular, surrounded by four high walls, each with a deep entrance.
The walls are covered with vines of varying thicknesses and covered with green leaves, making them look like green walls.
Everyone stood in the middle of the circle, unable to see anything except the green wall. There was dense fog all around them, and thick fog above their heads.
Judging from the color of the sky, it is hard to tell whether it is getting light or getting dark.
Xie Liang took out the shoulder bag from the storage ring and put it on his back, then handed the black sword to Xu He: "Brother He."
Li Dongdong looked around and said, "It's so hazy. I can't see anything except the tall green wall. Where do those four forks in the road lead to?"
"I don't know yet. In the past, we were all sent to different places, but this time we are all in the same place. I think it should be a maze inside." Xie Liang said.
Xu He: "It's a maze."
At this moment, two or three people suddenly walked towards Xie Liang and his companions.
There are one woman and two men.
The woman with long purple hair and wearing a leather jacket and leather pants is called Ji Ranzi, the slightly plump man wearing a sweater and black pants is called Wu Yu, and the tall and thin man with long legs and wearing a baseball uniform is called Wu Dazhou.
After introducing themselves, they enthusiastically invited Xie Liang and his team to join them in finding the exit of the maze.
Ji Ranzi seemed to be the leader of the three. She put her hand on Xie Liang's shoulder and said, "Would you like to be friends when we return to the real world?"
It was the first time for Xie Liang to be in such close contact with a girl, and he took two steps towards Xu He uncomfortably.
Ji Ranzi was not angry and said generously: "You look very much to my taste, how about being my boyfriend?"
Xie Liang smiled and said politely: "We can complete the mission together, but I won't be your boyfriend."
At this moment, several adult-sized human-headed lizard monsters suddenly fell from the fog above their heads. After they landed on all fours, they immediately scurried around on the mud!
Li Dong screamed in fear and hid behind Xu He: "What the hell! What the hell!"
Xie Liang had seen these lizard monsters before. He remembered that a descender named Chen Jing was eaten by them. The girl was only a few steps away from entering the door, but ended up dying in that small world.
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