Villain Rescue System (10)

“…”

Shang Li blinked his red eyes blankly.

He had actually returned to the standard room in the hotel.

Cui Lan's right hand was still on the side of his face, and judging by his gestures, it seemed that it was this hand that had just hit him on the head.

Shang Li's eyes suddenly sparkled with tears.

He suddenly raised his upper body, trying to hug his wife who was so close to him, but someone quickly pinched his face and pushed him back into the soft pillow.

Shang Li: “Wuwuwu——”

"Stop being so coquettish."

Cui Lan had long been immune to his aggrieved look and said coldly.

“…”

Shang Li let out a short sigh of dissatisfaction and gestured to his wife.

Upon seeing this, Cui Lan slowly withdrew his hands that were pinching his soft cheeks, and instead grasped his red collar and pulled his upper body, allowing the lying man to sit up.

"What did you dream about?" he asked Shang Li seriously.

"Come closer and I'll tell you something in secret." Shang Li smiled and hooked his finger at him.

“…”

Cui Lan lifted one side of her long hair and leaned over.

“Pah.”

The next moment, a slender white hand stretched out and promptly blocked the lips that were trying to take advantage of the opportunity to kiss her face.

"Oh."

Cui Lan sneered.

A slightly warning gaze passed over the palm of his hand and met the curved red pupils, "Let's talk business."

"All right."

Shang Li sighed slightly and told Cui Lan everything that happened in the "dream" without reservation.

"That's right. If you hadn't saved me at the critical moment, I would have fallen into the dark abyss."

Cui Lan: “…”

"I don't think you're that nervous," he said unhappily.

Shang Li held his face with both hands and blinked his beautiful ruby ​​eyes gently, "Because you are also in this rift, I have the confidence to do anything."

Cui Lan: "Stop your sweet talk."

Shang Li sighed and said, "So was that experience a dream I had during my hibernation?"

[Of course it’s not a dream! ]

031 suddenly spoke at this moment.

As soon as the host woke up, he started flirting with the people around him, so it never had a chance to interrupt.

Now that the topic is back on track, 031 said hurriedly: [Host, during the time you were in hibernation, a strange force enveloped you. Neither 568 nor I could contact your consciousness! ]

As expected, Shang Li thought silently.

[So I used some more energy to conduct a thorough investigation of this place.] 031 said.

568 answered, [We found that you, the host, disappeared directly from the rift! ]

Hearing this, Shang Li frowned.

"If I do leave the rift, how will the reaction there be fed back to my body here?" he asked.

[Uh, this...]

"So, do you have any clues in your system?"

When Cui Lan saw the man in front of him in deep thought, he knew that he was talking to the system he had borrowed from someone else.

Shang Li shook his head upon hearing this, "I can only be sure that it was indeed a true experience."

"I just don't know if there is any contact with us about finding a way out. If possible..."

"How are you doing?"

Cui Lan suddenly interrupted him with another question.

"Um?"

Shang Li was stunned for a moment.

"Didn't you say that your strength was restored in the 'dream'?" He said, "Has your status changed because of that?"

“…A little bit.”

Shang Li reached out his hand from the other side of the quilt and quietly twirled Cui Lan's long hair that was scattered on the bed, but his face remained serious. "But it may be because of the food."

"I am still very weak—"

“…”

"Get up."

Cui Lan pushed him to the bedside mercilessly and pulled out her hair, "I want to rest too."

Shang Li knelt on the bed, staring at him with red eyes in dissatisfaction for a moment, and finally climbed down from the bed obediently to give his seat to his wife.

Seeing Cui Lan lifting the quilt, putting on clothes and lying down, about to close his eyes, he put his hands on the edge of the bed and said, "You bad guy, you are not good to me at all."

"Throw my weak patient off the bed and lie down to enjoy yourself."

"Who cares about you?"

Cui Lan snorted coldly, "We are old enemies."

“…”

Shang Li pouted, "What if you end up in that dark place like me and can't come back?"

Cui Lan raised her eyelids and looked at him. "Then just like I woke you up, why don't you just wake me up?"

"Trust me so much?" Shang Li muttered softly.

"I thought you would be pleased that I appreciated your ability."

Cui Lan turned around and faced the man with her back, closed her eyes and said in a muffled voice: "Why do you suddenly feel inferior to me?"

Perhaps he was too tired, or perhaps it was the familiar scent surrounding him, his consciousness fell asleep much faster than he had imagined.

Without waiting for Shang Li's response, he fell into a deep sleep.

A dreamless night.

When Cui Lan woke up from the sound of "dong dong dong" on the door, his first reaction was to feel a little disappointed.

Did it fail?

He sat up and saw Shang Li, who was paralyzed in the chair, also opened his eyes lazily.

Shang Li noticed the sight and narrowed his eyes at the man who still had some confusion on his face.

In fact, after realizing that his wife did not reach the place as she wished, but instead reached the real dreamland, he put his mind at ease and continued to rest.

For a group of data hidden in a chip, it doesn't matter where the body is or what posture it is in when resting.

There was a knock on the door again, and Cui Lan jumped out of bed swiftly.

He casually tidied his hair which had become a little messy due to lying down, walked past Shang Li who was too lazy to move, and opened the door.

As expected, the big pink octopus was standing at the door.

"Good morning, my guests."

Gululu waved his tentacles and said, "I wonder how you guys rested last night?"

Cui Lan did not respond directly, but looked at Shang Li who was walking slowly towards them from behind.

"I slept very comfortably."

Shang Li put on a standard smile and said, "Thank you for the hospitality."

"Oh, don't thank me, this is all thanks to Mrs. Namimi."

Gurulu waved his fingertips a little embarrassedly, but it was obvious that he enjoyed the compliment very much.

“How the food tastes.”

Gululu asked again: "I picked them out carefully."

Is this about the fruit, or the bowl of minced fish?

Thinking of the fishy smell, Shang Li felt disgusted, but he kept smiling and said, "It was good. I ate a lot."

The color of the giant octopus's skin darkened visibly, and its tentacles moved as if it was dancing. "Sure enough, my taste deserves praise."

"Well, let's start our tour now!" Gululu said happily, moving aside the person blocking the door.

Shang Li was pulled up by Cui Lan's sleeves and walked into the warm sea.

Stepping onto the soft golden sand again, he opened his eyes and saw Luo Qinglian standing alone not far away.

The woman looked energetic and seemed to have had a good rest.

At this moment, she was folding her arms and staring at a crab that was crossing in front of her with a "patter" sound.

The crab was only as tall as Luo Qinglian's waist. It was round in shape, with a beautiful orange-red shell, and looked very cute.

But Shang Li could recognize it. This was the terrifying crab in his dream last night that could kill him with one punch.

"That's Mrs. Naimi who made your beds."

Gululu noticed Shang Li's gaze and introduced her, "She is a great beauty in our town."

"There are countless people in this town who want to be her partner. You, a human, can't get in line."

“…”

Noticing the gazes from the people around him, Shang Li's expression suddenly became subtle, "As a family man, I would not do something like coveting Mrs. Nanomi."

"Oh~ I feel relieved when you say that."

The old skull Lulu somersaulted like a teenager, then turned around with the back of its head facing the three people.

"Okay, now let me start your tour."

The giant pink octopus clap its tentacles.

——

"That... Mr. Shang."

While following Gululu on Jinsha Street, Luo Qinglian suddenly approached Shang Li and whispered, "I have something to ask you."

Shang Li tilted his head: "Hmm?"

"Why can you communicate with this octopus so smoothly?" She pursed her lips and expressed the doubts that had arisen in her mind since she met the octopus.

Shang Li was stunned.

He glanced at Cui Lan subconsciously, but saw his wife also looking at him and nodding slowly.

"How did you end up so far behind me?"

Gululu shouted in a hoarse voice from the front: "Really? How come the energy I replenished after a night's rest was consumed so quickly?"

Cui Lan and Luo Qinglian shook their heads slightly at the same time and lip-synced to Shang Li.

[But we can hear it too?] 031 said in confusion.

568: [Stupid, because we collect information with the help of the host's ears.]

[What the host can know, we can certainly know too! 】

Is that really the case?

Shang Li thought.

He had discovered that the outlines of the houses were similar to the original stone piles from last night.

The current situation is really unclear. Countless speculations passed through his mind, but there was no definite result.

In the end, Shang Li just shook his head silently at the two of them, indicating that they should continue to follow Gululu forward.

"Here we are. The best restaurant in town."

After a while, Gurulu took them to a small open-air restaurant.

The tables and chairs in the bistro are made of pure white shells, supported by carefully polished corals.

The decoration design is not based on the needs of marine residents, but still adapts to human lifestyle.

If this restaurant were opened somewhere in the city, it would probably immediately become an internet-famous restaurant with countless people checking in.

"I almost forgot that humans need breakfast after waking up."

Gulu climbed onto the coral chair and motioned for the three to sit down. "Maybe that's why you're following so far behind me."

"Thank you for your concern." Shang Li curled his lips in response.

Cui Lan and Luo Qinglian continued to remain silent.

Not long after, a fat lantern fish swam over to their table with two baskets of fruit hanging from it.

It was also the one that walked beside Shang Li yesterday.

Such a coincidence

Shang Li felt a little uneasy.

"Bang."

He watched as Gululu stretched out two tentacles, picked up the basket and placed it on the table, then rolled up three bright red and juicy apples and placed one in front of each of them.

"Don't compliment me on my hospitality."

The giant octopus's gaze carefully scanned the three humans and finally stopped in front of Cui Lan. Its old tone became kind.

"Eat it quickly." it said.

Shang Li's heart was suddenly lifted.