Chapter 82
After visiting the night market, the two of them habitually set out on their way home. Halfway through the journey, they suddenly remembered two things.
First, they suddenly appeared in the real world and could only stay for one night.
Second, their identities in the real world are "dead".
The announcement system popped up at this moment, reminding them both in due time:
[The two hosts have been detected to have a strong desire to return home, but contact with their real-world relatives will have a serious impact on their cognition. The system recommends using the newly developed limited invisibility technology of the Book Transmigration Bureau before any contact, while protecting your identity and the hearts of your family.]
"It doesn't sound as interesting as me suddenly dropping from the sky and making a grand appearance to tell the whole family that your son won the battle with the King of Hell and successfully crawled out of the ground." Luo Jiayu said.
But Chu Yu's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Invisibility? Can it be used in the talent show? Can a limited edition be changed to a permanent one?"
[Consider your family's psychological tolerance and don't really become a rebellious child; no, the limit is a noble limit, and it will never become a permanent residence in this life.]
After the system replied arrogantly, it successfully made both children unhappy, but they still had to put on the invisibility cloak. After putting it on, Luo Jiayu asked another question:
"What will happen if we complete our mission and return to the real world?"
[After the mission is completed, the Book Transmigration Bureau will erase the existing facts of the original world, erasing the fact that you have "died" and restoring everyone's memories to the time when you were "alive". Please rest assured, host, we are very professional in this matter.]
"That sounds like fun. I'm thinking of applying to work at Chuanshuju." Luo Jiayu turned and whispered in his childhood friend's ear.
Chu Yu turned to look at him in horror when she heard this: "Don't go, they have to draw blind boxes even to breathe."
The two stopped at the last intersection leading to their respective homes and agreed to meet back here after visiting their respective families. Luo Jiayu insisted on making a pinky promise with Chu Yu in addition to the verbal agreement. Chu Yu looked down at him and hesitated to let go after he hooked his little finger. She looked up at him and said, "I won't run away again."
"I know." Luo Jiayu said, "I just want to touch you again."
“…” Chu Yu felt as if he was becoming lighter and lighter as he immersed himself in these words. His brain felt like a feather floating on the water, so much so that the words that came out of his throat sounded like a dream. “I can touch you when I come back.”
Even the system couldn't stand someone's clingy energy anymore. Seeing the other one becoming increasingly dizzy and unable to move his legs, it felt the need to attack. The depressing electronic announcement returned:
[Notice: There are still forty-five minutes until the invisibility cloak expires. At that time, the system will forcibly transport the two hosts away from their families. Please hurry.]
Luo Jiayu seemed to be awakened from a sweet dream, and his hand, which was about to touch the person's cheek, paused. He gritted his teeth, feeling aggrieved and unwilling. After adjusting his mentality, he raised his eyes again and found that the person who had just said "I won't run away" had already run away.
"If he and I don't reach the required number of years for a diamond wedding anniversary, you will be held fully responsible."
The system looked dazed: [What?]
"Nothing, get lost."
Luo Jiayu's home is in a villa area near the local river. Chu Yu's home was also here when he was a child, but later because of bankruptcy, his parents sold the house. Even though the family business improved later, they did not move back, otherwise they could still walk home together on the same route.
Nearing midnight, Luo Jiayu approached his home like a thief, and saw from afar that the lights in the living room windows were still on. He was immediately overjoyed, and he entered the password with ease and slipped in through the side door near his room.
The additional effect of invisibility is that it eliminates all sounds made during movement. Since directly pushing the door open would look a bit scary, Luo Jiayu decided to find another way and climb in through the window in the hall.
In the hall, Luo's father was wearing reading glasses and lying in a rocking chair reading a new newspaper; on the other side, Luo's mother was sitting on the sofa, embroidering cross-stitch with her head down. The surroundings were so quiet that the "rustling" sound when the window was opened was particularly obvious. Luo's father raised his head sharply first, but saw nothing.
"What's that noise over there at the window? Is it broken? Mom, can you go take a look?"
"Don't make any noise. I'm embroidering right now. Don't wake Jianing up with your loud voice." Luo's mother lowered her head and continued embroidering attentively. Just as she finished one stitch, she heard her old man suddenly yell again:
"Ouch, something bit me in the face, like a mosquito!"
Two seconds ago, Luo Jiayu had just jumped down from the open window and swaggered all the way to where his parents were. He shouted in a huge voice that no one could hear, "Dad, Mom, I'm back", while grabbing his father's serious face and kissing him: "Dad, I missed you so much!"
"You're hallucinating, right? You should go to bed early... Ouch! Ouch!" Luo's mother was interrupted by her son's loud "Baji" before she could finish her words. After finishing, she wiped her face with her hand in disgust, "Why is there still a watermark?"
After Luo Jiayu kissed and hugged his parents one by one, he looked at the two elders' shocked reactions as they looked around. The curve of his mouth gradually turned into a straight line.
He whispered, "Wait until I come back."
Then he turned around and went upstairs to the room where he originally lived.
The various miscellaneous things he left behind before he left are still in their original places, sorted and preserved until now. Perhaps because the housekeeper comes to clean frequently, the whole room is as clean as new, and the things that he did not take away make it look like he had never left.
He felt around and looked around until he opened a bookcase where he had never put any books. Sure enough, he saw a photo frame with his own photo in it. In front of the photo frame was a candlestick for memorial services, and in front of the candlestick was a fruit plate. The fruit in it looked very fresh.
This simple Buddhist shrine is small but complete. People of his parents' age would not perform such rituals in such a small place, so it was probably set up by his sister.
He took one last look at the fresh fruit on his plate.
This is a tribute from his sister.
Luo Jiayu picked up one of the apples, took two bites, and then chewed it for a few times. He felt that it tasted pretty good.
Just finished shopping at the night market and had some fruit after dinner.
After finishing most of the fruits on the plate, Luo Jiayu thoughtfully left an orange for Chu Yu, then clapped his hands and felt that it was time to go and meet up with his childhood friends.
At the last second before leaving, he thought for a moment and decided to pull his own photo out of the frame. He turned to the blank space on the back and wrote four large, flamboyant characters "Wait for me to come back" on it with a black pen. Then he put the photo back exactly as it was and put everything in the shrine back to its original state.
After doing all this, he smiled at the closed bookcase, then without looking back, he once again flipped out of his window in a cool manner.
He walked very quickly all the way, and after rushing to the agreed intersection, he found that the person he was thinking about still had not come. Without hesitation, he ran directly towards the community where Chu Yu lived.
When he arrived at his childhood friend's house, he saw that the door was ajar and walked in tentatively.
In the bedroom, Chu Yu sat on the bed where he had slept since he was a child, silently looking down at the middle-aged woman who was already asleep in front of him. The woman was holding a photo of him as a child in her hand, with traces of tears on her face.
This was the scene Luo Jiayu saw when he walked in. The moonlight poured in and fell on his childhood friend's shoulders. He saw that Chu Yu's eyes were red. With red eyes, he stared at his mother who had fallen asleep from crying herself tired, while chewing a piece of cut apple from the offerings in front of the Buddhist shrine next to him.
Halfway through chewing, Chu Yu noticed the gaze coming from the door. He raised his head and opened his mouth, his voice still a little hoarse. He choked and pointed to the fruit plate next to him where the tribute was placed: "Would you like a piece?"
Luo Jiayu walked behind him and put his hand on his shoulder, and Chu Yu subconsciously grabbed his hand.
The two of them stood and sat in silence for a while, and Chu Yu whispered, "Fortunately, you are still here."
Otherwise he really wouldn't be able to touch anything.
"You said that after you ate the whole apple, your mother would think it was you who did it?"
"Yes, after all, she knows I can eat a lot."
Chu Yu wiped his eyes for the last time, then raised his head and handed the apple in his hand to the person behind him: "Let's go."
Luo Jiayu took the apple as he did, took his hand, and led him out the door: "I have a new idea. There are still a few hours until tomorrow morning. Let's go to the riverside."
"What are you going to do?"
"Racing."
Half an hour later, the two returned to Luo Jiayu's underground parking lot. Chu Yu watched him take the key, unlock the car, open the door, get in and start the car. It was obviously his own car in his own parking lot, but this series of actions made it feel like he was stealing the car.
"Hurry up and get in the car. We can't wake them up. If we get caught, we're doomed."
Now it's even more like it.
After Chu Yu got in and fastened his seatbelt, he asked, "Didn't you fail the third test?"
"I'm kidding. I didn't pass the first time, but I passed the second time I took the make-up test." Luo Jiayu was so happy that his eyes curved when he touched his beloved car again after several months.
Luo Jiayu's experience in speed racing was basically accumulated during the period after he went abroad. When he first arrived in the United States, he had not yet gotten over the separation from his family and childhood friends, so whenever he felt down, he liked to go speed racing on the local coastal highway. When the car, the wind, and the person flew forward together, all his worries would be thrown behind him, which was very effective in treating unhappiness.
He actually felt a little regretful about bringing up the idea of "going home" tonight. Originally, he celebrated someone's birthday just to see the other person smile, but Chu Yu hadn't smiled since she left his home.
As they slowly drove towards their destination, Chu Yu ate the orange Luo Jiayu had given him and asked without even looking up, "How's your driving?"
"Perfect, outstanding, you won't find anyone better than me."
"That doesn't sound very reassuring."
Luo Jiayu turned a corner and saw the entrance to the Binjiang Expressway right in front of him: "I'll count to three."
"?"
"three."
“!”
The next second, Chu Yu was hit in the face by the cold wind. When he wanted to open his eyes again, he was unable to open his eyes because of the strong gale. The scenery on both sides changed rapidly, and the bad mood just now disappeared in an instant.
"How does it feel!" At this moment, all the wind in the world gathered at their ears. Luo Jiayu's voice seemed to be separated by a layer of sandpaper in the whistling wind, but it reached his ears clearly and loudly.
Chu Yu gradually got used to the thrill of racing against the wind, squinting his eyes and loudly answering the people around him: "Not bad!"
The car was speeding up. There were no other vehicles on the road at 2:30 in the morning, so the moonlight and stars tonight only shone on the two of them.
“It’s an orange!”
"What!"
"orange!"
"What happened to Orange!"
"The orange is falling!"
"Let it fall!" Luo Jiayu took one hand off the steering wheel, raised it up and waved it twice as if trying to catch the wind, "I'm going to speed up again."
Chu Yu also stretched out a hand. He couldn't eat the orange, so he turned his head to look at the river passing by quickly in the distance. As he looked, he gradually laughed. Luo Jiayu noticed his laughter and turned to look at him with a raised corner of his mouth.
"Shout something!"
"What are you shouting?"
Luo Jiayu's lips moved, the urge swelled by the strong wind made him want to say "I like you, I love you". Then he heard the person beside him shouting to the front as he wished:
“We are number one in the world!”
"Okay, this is great too." Luo Jiayu turned back with a raised lip, then echoed, "We are the kings of the world!"
"First!"
"king!"
This was Chu Yu's 20th birthday. On that day, he deeply realized that he would never forget the night he spent with the people around him.
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