After Qin Budu left, Ji Ruwen also got up and told the servants to take a holiday... until only Shi Xi and Qi Tingsong were left in the living room. Shi Xi stood up, but Qi Tingsong grabbed her wrist.
"etc."
He looked at Qi Tingsong, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Qi Tingsong did not answer, his beautiful phoenix eyes fixed on Shi Xi. After a long while, he said in a very soft voice:
"I brought you a gift."
"?"
Under Shi Xi's confused gaze, Qi Tingsong naturally squatted down, took out a silver bell, and put it on Shi Xi's ankle.
Perhaps because he had never done this before, his movements were unusually slow, his fingers occasionally touching Shi Xi's fair skin, his expression devout as if he were doing something very solemn.
'Ring ring ring...'
It makes a crisp sound when moved even slightly.
Shi Xi felt uncomfortable and took a step back. "Why are you giving me this?"
Qi Tingsong gave a hurt look. "You don't like it? I specially found this for you."
"It can save your life in a critical moment."
"..." After hearing that, I didn't want it anymore.
Shi Xi wanted to come up with a reason to refuse, but then he saw Qi Tingsong looking up at him, his eyes misty, the corners of his eyes red, and his lips tightly pressed together.
That pitiful look...
"No," Shi Xi said.
He thought to himself.
It's just a bell, no big deal.
Upon hearing this, Qi Tingsong lowered his eyes, seemingly looking at the bell or Shi Xi's ankle—
"Xiao Chu, call my name."
"...?"
"Call my name," Qi Tingsong repeated. "I want to hear it."
"Qi Tingsong".
"I'm going back to adjust to the time difference." Shi Xi said, then quietly left the living room. There was no way around it; if he moved even slightly, this thing would keep making noise.
Qi Tingsong did not stop her this time. He just watched Shi Xi leave quietly before standing up and going back to his room.
...
Shi Xi closed the room door.
He heard a sound on his ankle and looked down at the swaying bell.
Open the cabinet above the door, take out the first-aid kit, open it and find a dry cotton ball, then put it inside the bell.
Shi Xi sat cross-legged on the bed, reached out and fiddled with the bell a couple of times, but the bell only shook and did not make a sound again.
"Cold medicine, look this up," Shi Xi said, looking at the bell.
There was nothing special about this bell; it had no engravings or runes, and it seemed to be just an ordinary bell.
Something's not right.
"Wait a minute," the capybara in my mind said slowly, then disappeared for a few seconds. [GPS location available]
Shi Xi touched the bell, but as if she hadn't noticed anything, she didn't take it off.
After setting her alarm for 11 p.m., Shi Xi lay down on the bed to sleep.
...
Shi Xi found herself lying on the bed.
Through the thin curtain, Shi Xi could see people beside him, seemingly discussing something. Their tone sounded somewhat intense, but Shi Xi's consciousness was hazy, and he couldn't hear what they were saying.
Finally, a cold, mechanical voice suddenly echoed in my mind:
[Mission failed. Initiate elimination!]
Realizing something was wrong, Shi Xi struggled to stand up, but felt as if a barrier was trapping her, making it almost impossible for her to move.
Immediately afterwards, another mechanical voice rang in my mind, full of urgency... It sounded exceptionally familiar.
[Shi Xi.]
Run, run fast!
Unconsciously, a force suddenly pushed his back.
In reality, Ganmaoling was peacefully enjoying a sunbath in the pool when she suddenly heard Shixi muttering to herself, seemingly having a nightmare.
"……No……"
Shi Xi, wake up...
Shi Xi gasped for breath and suddenly woke up from her dream.
The next second, the alarm clock went off.
"What did you dream about?" the cold medicine asked with concern.
Shi Xi took a slight breath and reached out to turn off the alarm clock.
"I dreamt that I worked for free."
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