100 Mysterious Dream Fairy Tales (23)
Dragons have their reverse scales, snakes have their seven-inch mark, and Qin Fu'an has Xie Yunhuai.
What kind of kind person could Qin Fu'an be?
All his goodwill was tinged with calculation and had a clear purpose.
In this bizarre game, all his schemes and goals were aimed at Xie Yunhuai.
Before entering the instance, when he chose to purchase the toolbox, he already knew what he wanted to do in this instance, so he became a repairman who could help the toys repair their bodies.
From before even entering the instance to this very moment, everything was interconnected. What he sought, what he meticulously planned, was all for the sake of ensuring Xie Yunhuai's better life.
He simply laughed off Xie Zeyuan's accusations, saying that his heart was never clean, he had never been clean from birth.
"Repairman, it seems our method is effective!" Little Sunflower turned to look at him with her eyes crinkling.
Qin Fu'an smiled and nodded.
He did not correct Little Sunflower's self-reference in this instance.
Unlike before, they didn't give the little sunflower a new name.
He couldn't explain why, but his intuition told him that doing so was the right thing to do.
"Sir, can we continue doing this tonight?"
The little sunflower said thoughtfully, "If every toy can bring joy, then everyone should be able to stick with it for longer, right?"
"Rather than letting them struggle between mental pleasure and physical pain, let them heal."
Qin Fu'an raised his hand and conjured suitable materials out of thin air. After obtaining the crystal ball's consent, he repaired it on the spot.
Ten minutes later, he stopped, made way, and allowed Xiao Xiangrikui and Xie Zeyuan to get closer and watch.
The warm sunlight streamed down from above, making the crystal ball, which was completely translucent, appear exceptionally clear and bright.
Upon closer inspection, the mottled cracks and flaws on the crystal ball are no longer visible. Instead, there is a complete, round crystal, the shimmering interior of the sphere, and the equally clear and transparent gelatinous substance surrounding it.
The little sunflower anxiously asked the crystal ball if it had sensed any changes in its body.
After recovering from the intense pain, the crystal ball stared blankly at itself in the sunflower's eyes. After a while, it was surprised to find that it seemed it hadn't been dreaming.
It wasn't a dream; it was real. I was reborn from unbearable pain.
The crystal ball no longer remembers why it was broken, nor does it remember the pain it had endured. The pain it just experienced was enough to make it remember for a lifetime.
But the little suns inside it didn't dim at all; instead, they became even brighter and hotter, so much so that the little sunflower had to reach out and take one out of its body, move the memory, and carefully put it back into its own body.
The next second, Qin Fu'an watched as tiny tendrils slowly and tentatively emerged from behind the little sunflower.
It wasn't entirely black, but rather close to ink-colored, with a few beautiful green specks peeking out from the tip of its body that clung to his wrist.
His eyes flashed, and he casually raised his left hand, observing the soul-shaped tentacle, which was noticeably more beautiful than before, from behind where no one was watching.
[We meet again~]
Thank you for saving me!
[Everyone is still trapped in dreams and the hearts of toys. Can you save them too?]
[Hello~ Hello...]
[An'an... I like it...]
Hearing its joyful and excited voice, Qin Fu'an seemed to understand something.
Compared to their first meeting, Xie Yunhuai's soul form seemed to have a much stronger ability to express itself, and this change was mostly due to "contamination," that is, the pitch-black color that covered all the soul forms.
After gently pinching the overly lively tentacles and sending them back into Xie Yunhuai's body, Qin Fu'an looked at the crystal ball that was communicating with Xie Zeyuan and the little sunflower.
"...I feel better than ever before!"
The crystal ball excitedly described its feelings: "I feel more beautiful and more secure than before. I even have a feeling that I won't die even if I fall from a height. The repairman is really amazing. I think there is no toy in the whole fairytale city that doesn't want such a perfect transformation!"
Even the excruciating pain that was originally thought to be unbearable becomes necessary and reasonable in the joy of new life and transformation.
Not only will they not avoid that kind of intense pain, but they will also become addicted to it.
That will be the most authentic and happiest memory of the "new life" process.
Hearing what the crystal ball said, Xie Zeyuan flapped its wings twice, said nothing, and felt that all the toys in Fairy Tale City combined probably couldn't compare to Qin Fu'an's single thought.
Not only that, the crystal ball also tried its best to repay Qin Fu'an. When they were about to leave, it frantically searched out all the belongings it had collected in Fairy Tale City, wanting to give them all to Qin Fu'an as a reward.
"It was agreed from the beginning that we only want the Heart of Toys." The black metal bird stood on a nearby lamppost, looking down at the busy crystal ball below.
Upon hearing this, the crystal ball suddenly realized, "Oh right! I almost forgot, thank you for reminding me!"
Xie Zeyuan: "..."
See, he told me so. He was already stupid to begin with, and without those memories, he looks even dumber now.
The crystal ball, unaware of its inner turmoil, took out the hidden toy heart and handed it to Qin Fu'an.
"Sir, if you ever need anything from me in the future, please don't hesitate to ask. Even just being able to give you directions would be a great honor for me."
The crystal ball happily surrendered its toy heart and made an extremely sincere promise.
Therefore, in Xie Zeyuan's eyes, its foolishness became even more obvious.
Offering loyalty to Tengshe... that's both laughable and absurd.
But the crystal ball spoke seriously.
And in the future, Xie Zeyuan will hear many more similar promises.
Talent: Top-tier Deceptive.
Talent Ability: Unrestricted by the number of uses or time, entirely dependent on the player's own use. After the talent is activated, every word you utter will be regarded as gospel by the ignorant masses, who will become your most loyal believers. In the vast sea of deceit, your words will be the lighthouse guiding their way, and the illusory and dazzling loom will also quietly change the fate of the world through your words.
In fact, Qin Fu'an didn't need to use any of his talents or skills in this instance.
He was able to achieve everything that even talent couldn't provide, all by himself.
The black teddy bear listened quietly to the crystal ball's promise of loyalty, without bowing its head or bending down to accept its devotion.
He simply held the beautiful, complete toy heart, observed it for a moment, and then calmly put it into the spatial button.
As he left, the crystal ball watched his silhouette, which was shrouded in shimmering light, and a brand new little sun quietly emerged from within him, chasing after the little sunflower and crashing straight into it.
Emotions in the fairytale city are amplified and spread, becoming increasingly contagious.
In the past, what was magnified was the fear of near death, the sadness and hatred that were ignored and discarded, the countless negative emotions that could not be eliminated, and the extremism and pollution that appeared in dreams day after day.
Of all the toys that are still alive, the crystal ball is the one that is most seriously ill.
Now it is cured.
It no longer draws happiness and vitality solely from Dr. Sunflower; instead, it feels its own happiness is overflowing and wants Dr. Sunflower and everyone in Fairy Tale City to feel this happiness.
It hopes that next time it dreams, its classmates will truly laugh happily.
My thoughts paused silently for a moment at this point.
The next second, the crystal ball let out a joyful cheer.
Look, the crystal ball of the past never had any wishes; its only obsession was to shatter that girl just like itself.
But now I have completely different wishes, so beautiful, so inspiring that they make me smile from the bottom of my heart.
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“Even if all the toys were willing to give us their Toy Hearts,” Xie Zeyuan said, standing on a children’s standee at eye level with the black building block bear, and pointed out the crux of the matter: “we still wouldn’t have enough Toy Hearts to leave the instance.”
In Fairy Tale City, excluding toys that have died and little sunflowers without a toy heart, there are only 167 toy hearts in total.
Adding the toy hearts from the 22 deceased players, there are only 189 in total.
"No matter how you calculate it, we're still short 11."
Xie Zeyuan spoke slowly about this established fact, making it sound quite serious, involving life and death, yet his tone was lazy, as if he were just saying that the weather was nice today, making it exceptionally understated.
After saying that, he even perked up a bit, flapped his wings, and whispered enticingly, "If we really can't gather them all by then, why don't you just let me clear the game?"
Meeting Qin Fu'an's ambiguous gaze, Xie Zeyuan stood ramrod straight, her wings folded, and said righteously, "I'm doing this for Mr. Qin's sake, only for a few days each time I'm in and out of the instance... Let me give you a piece of advice from someone who's been there: long-distance relationships are no good, it's easy for a third party to interfere!"
His words were all for Qin Fu'an's good.
If we ignore the premise that if you can't leave this instance, you'll be permanently trapped and die directly in the outside world.
"Xie San, is this what you call a string of lies?" the black teddy bear asked in a cool tone.
That's utter nonsense, not a single word of human language.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Xie Zeyuan rolled her dark eyes and sighed dramatically, "Alright, alright, it seems you're very confident in yourself, even if there's a third party..."
"Shut up."
A cold warning carries its own danger.
Xie Zeyuan suppressed a laugh, finally seeing this person break down for a moment, he was quite satisfied.
Why did the other party always treat him like a dog, no matter how they talked? Xie Zeyuan had been holding this grudge for a long time, and now, even a small victory made him feel incredibly relieved.
It seems that dragons have their reverse scales, snakes have their seven-inch mark, and Qin Fu'an has Xie Yunhuai. This saying will become his motto from now on.
Xie Yunhuai raised one wing and covered his mouth in a show of weakness: "Alright, since Mr. Qin tells me to shut up, then I will be the most mute person who can't speak."
But as it turns out, some things are untouchable, and some weaknesses are impossible to overcome. Xie Yunhuai of Qin Fu'an is someone you can't even talk to.
Even though Xie Zeyuan was quick to show weakness, he still paid a heavy price for it.
...
The little sunflower had been secretly observing that black metallic bird for a long time.
The moment the other party could no longer bear its gaze and looked over with grief and indignation, the little sunflower hurriedly and politely looked away.
But after the metal bird angrily turned its back and hid in a corner, the little sunflower couldn't resist its overflowing curiosity. It approached Qin Fu'an step by step and whispered, "..."
"Sir, your colleague... why is he bald?"
[Author's Note]
Yuanyuan: (gritting her teeth) I'm not a real person, but you're a real dog!!
Yunzai: A bald little bird? How strange, let me take another look~
The mastermind behind the scenes smiled slightly, concealing his achievements and fame.
Chapter 100, yay! I've written so much already without even realizing it. This is my first time writing about love, and it still feels so magical.
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