Villain Rescue System (XVI)

"If you can't do it, don't talk nonsense."

Cui Lan picked up a dry towel hanging on the rack and wiped her hair while saying calmly, "There's no way you can provide it. I can't lift the hair dryer without a physical body."

"Okay, but I can turn on the air conditioner for you."

Shang Li said with regret.

There was a dripping sound in the room, and warm wind slowly blew out from above, filling the room.

"What are you going to do next?"

Cui Lan put the towel on his head and gently poked the small screen twice, "Find that perverted puppet and make a new body?"

"Need not."

The pixel man appeared on the small screen of the voice-controlled device and shook his head. "I plan to maintain this form for a while."

"...But, when did you get in touch with Zhang Yunshan? You haven't been to his basement, have you?" Shang Li climbed out of the screen directly.

He jumped onto the soft and clean big bed, sat on it with his square legs crossed, and fixed his red eyes on his wife.

"Um."

Cui Lan responded, and then said without changing his expression: "It was discovered ten years ago."

Shang Li: "Then you can collect the bodies for me in the rift..."

"On the one hand, I think it's a shame to destroy it after all, it's a finished product that people have spent a lot of effort on."

Cui Lan coughed awkwardly, "Although I was quickly angered by you and annihilated the rift directly."

"On the other hand... the doll was the only carrier of the data at the time. I'm not sure if you can come back after destroying it."

He put on a black coat from the closet and tied a familiar red scarf around his neck. Then he reached to the back of his neck and pulled out his half-dried long hair that was tucked into his clothes.

After doing all this silently, Cui Lan continued, "So at that time, I did have the thought of saying goodbye forever."

"Oh, I never thought that I would find out later that I was not a time traveler but the real Shang Li. That's great!"

The palm-sized pixel man on the bed suddenly changed into a ghost with long hair and red eyes. He floated to Cui Lan who hugged him affectionately from behind and said in a sweet tone: "I was unwilling to admit it at that time."

“I haven’t fully acknowledged it yet.”

Cui Lan turned around and walked straight through the ghost's unsolid body. "I just think so for now."

"Hmm~"

Shang Li followed his movements and turned his gaze to his wife, "It's up to you to verify it in your heart."

He said with a smile.

“…”

Cui Lan immediately changed the subject, "If we stay in this state for a long time, won't our energy be exhausted quickly?"

"Hehe, I am now the master of more than ten systems."

The ghost's pale fingers twisted around her long hair, and a few pink pixel flowers appeared around her, representing a very good mood. "All the energy accumulated by the system must be offered, which is enough for me to consume recklessly."

Cui Lan raised his eyebrows but remained silent.

A few minutes later, the silver-eyed man, who had finished tidying up, sat on a high-end sofa in the luxurious restaurant on the yacht.

He looked through the transparent glass on his side, quietly admiring the purple-red morning glow and the sea water that was reflected in the same color by the sky.

The sun had just risen fully from the sea, shining like a golden disk.

Cui Lan was distracted for a moment, and almost thought that what was hanging in the sky was actually the hub hidden in the cracks on the seabed.

Hearing the rustling sounds, his gaze shifted from the magnificent scenery outside the window to Lu Yao across the table and Jiang Mingyu, who looked slightly unhappy.

[Were you the one who woke him up before? ]

Cui Lan asked silently with her eyes.

From an angle where his partner couldn't see, Lu Yao made a helpless gesture to him.

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Mingyu should still be in a deep sleep at this time.

Cui Lan could have returned to the cruise ship quietly. By the time Jiang Mingyu saw his brother, he had already recovered his smooth and sleek state, instead of being soaking wet like a water ghost who had just crawled out of the water nearly an hour ago.

Now the children have to worry again.

Fortunately, Jiang Mingyu did not ask anything and just sat quietly on the soft chair, saving him the trouble of finding excuses to explain.

"Please enjoy your meal."

The robot butler, dressed in a suit and with an elegant demeanor, walked up to them with breakfast, bent down and gently placed the plate on the table.

The usually rigid mechanical sound has become a little more gentle.

"Hey, Brother Yao."

Jiang Mingyu took the initiative to break the silence.

He put on a carefree expression again and reached out to pull Lu Yao's sleeve. "When did you upgrade its voice system?"

"Yeah...just now."

Lu Yao answered dryly.

He and Cui Lan glanced at each other quietly again, and then looked at the butler who was "possessed" by a ghost.

The red lights from the two camera ports on the left and right of the butler's head flashed, and he stood upright beside the table, as still as a mountain.

Now...the whole family is reunited.

Cui Lan rubbed his brows with a headache and thought.

The family reunion breakfast was spent in silence, with Jiang Mingyu being the only one present who knew nothing about it.

After finishing the food, Cui Lan went straight into his room and never came out again.

Apart from continuing to discuss future plans with Shang Li, he had no interest in hanging around in front of the young couple who were on their commemorative trip, and he very consciously and proactively gave up his space for the two of them.

Anyway, I definitely don't want to be alone with ghosts.

But in fact, Jiang Mingyu did not start to hang out with Lu Yao outside as he expected.

He found an excuse to hide in the toilet cubicle alone, and awkwardly took out a necklace from his plush collar.

A clear crystal the size of a knuckle hung on the necklace.

The crystals were irregular in shape, refracting rainbow-like light under the incandescent light overhead.

"...Now I agree to your proposal."

Jiang Mingyu whispered to Shuijing.

When he saw Cui Lan standing on the terrace, soaking wet, he knew that his brother must have done something dangerous last night, which was why he swam out of the sea in such a frenzy early in the morning.

As an accomplice, Lu Yao would certainly not tell himself what they had done.

Even though he is someone I am so close to that I even sleep with him.

So last night Jiang Mingyu stuffed a few micro cameras into the ship and roughly knew what happened on the cruise ship.

But then the cruise ship sank in a whirlpool, and he was once again at a loss as to what was happening under the sea, the most important thing.

Oh, and there's also Lili who has been away from me for a long time...

He was actually in on the plan, besides me.

Jiang Mingyu thought with some disappointment, and then couldn't help but laugh at himself.

That's right. After all, I'm just an ordinary person without any ability. I can't play any role in helping them achieve their goals, and I might even become a burden.

No, it has become a burden.

If it was the person who descended upon me four years ago, he wouldn't be so useless.

Perhaps it was because of what happened last night that he was still feeling uneasy. As soon as Lu Yao turned over this morning, he woke up quickly and even tried to secretly follow Lu Yao outside to pick someone up.

Unfortunately, he was discovered by the person who seemed to have the ability to predict the future, and was kept in the room because it was cold.

The smart door lock automatically locked as the door closed, and it suddenly opened when he vaguely heard a "bang" sound from outside.

"At least, at least make me a little more useful."

Jiang Mingyu held the crystal in both hands and pressed it against her forehead. "I don't want to go on like this."

"...Cannon fodder counterattack system."

——

As the sun slowly moved to the center of the sky, in a game city in a shopping mall somewhere in Yan City.

Ye Bai and Lin Siyuan were sitting on small benches in the game room, staring at the huge screen above the electronic fish pond and competing in electronic fishing.

Since they came out of the field, they have inexplicably become good friends.

Peiying High School has a relatively loose management and the learning intensity is not very high, especially for teenagers like them who have just entered the first year of high school.

Under the severe criticism from his teacher and brother, Master Lin completely changed his ways, dyed his eye-catching yellow hair back to black, and decided to be a good student.

But good students also need entertainment.

So, under Ye Bai's recommendation, Lin Siyuan gave up all the ideas like going to the bar and came to this bustling game city in the shopping mall.

The puppet Xiao Chen sat at the edge of the plastic fish pond holding a basket full of silver game coins, and every once in a while he would throw a few game coins into the narrow coin slots on both sides.

"Drip drip ...

The phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Ye Bai took out the phone from his sweater pocket and saw who was coming. He quickly gave up his seat to Xiao Chen and ran out of the noisy game hall to answer the call.

"Hello?"

Ye Bai arrived at the slightly quieter circular corridor of the mall, leaned against the railing opposite the store and said politely, "Senior Chen."

"Is this classmate Ye?"

Chen Jin's heavy voice came from the other end of the phone, "Maybe I shouldn't call you, but I think... you should have the right to know this."

"Now prepare yourself, I am going to tell you an unfortunate fact."

"……?"

Ye Bai swallowed slowly and asked nervously, "Senior Chen, did Teacher Shang have an accident?"

The only thing that would make Chen Jin call him to inform him was something related to Shang Li.

"Well, after a whole night of searching, the Ability Bureau confirmed this morning, based on the testimony of another member who was traveling with your teacher, that your teacher, Shang Li...had once again died in the rift."

"What?!"

Three voices sounded at the same time.

Ye Bai turned around in surprise and found that Lin Siyuan had given up fishing for electric fish at some point and came to his side quietly with Xiao Chen in his arms.

The young master was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Xiao Chen, on the other hand, quickly calmed down after being surprised and patted Lin Siyuan's claws that were holding him tightly.

"Is there anyone else with you?" Chen Jin asked.

"Uh, Senior Chen, he is my classmate and a student who has a very good relationship with Professor Shang."

Ye Bai immediately answered obediently.

"Well, that's fine."

Chen Jin continued: "I cannot reveal the specific details of the case, but I can tell you that..."

"The culprit who caused this incident is Cui Lan."

"It's the man who kidnapped you."

He said.

"Okay, I have nothing else to do."

At this point, the middle-aged man couldn't help but slow down his voice, "Goodbye, study hard in the future, and don't let your teacher Shang's spirit down in heaven."

"...I think Mr. Shang will come back in the future."

Just before hanging up the phone, Ye Bai whispered: "After all, we were in the rift last time..."

"This time it was a seabed rift. Even if he really escaped from the rift, how could he cross the ocean?"

Chen Jin showed rare patience and said to the boy who had already started to sob: "Besides, even if 'Shang Li' came back, how can you be sure that it is the real him?"

“…”

Ye Bai was speechless.

Chen Jin didn't want to say more, so he simply said a few words of comfort and hung up the phone.

"It's okay. Shang Li, that guy won't die..."

Before Xiao Chen could finish his sentence, Lin Siyuan covered his mouth.

"Why don't you say less? Can't you see that others are sad and about to cry?"

The young master tried hard to hold back his tears, and said to the puppet with distorted features: "You dare to say such frivolous things when the person is dead."

Xiao Chen: “…”

Just wait to be severely deceived.

Ye Bai held the phone and sniffed silently.

He did not burst into tears in the street like he did before, but his eyes were red and covered with a layer of crystal clear water.

When I become powerful in the future, I will personally capture Cui Lan and bring him to justice, and make him be buried with Teacher Shang!

The boy wiped away his overflowing tears and swore silently in his heart.

[Ding Dong!]

As soon as he finished his thoughts, a clear reminder sound suddenly rang in his mind.

[Host's emotions detected, the system has automatically bound. 】

A mechanical male voice then appeared, speaking in a gentle tone.

Ye Bai actually felt a subtle sense of familiarity with just this one sentence.

[Revenge System 996, glad to meet the host. 】

In a place where no one could notice, Shang Li, with the help of the systems, raised the corners of his lips and said.