Chapter 34
The room was dimly lit, with only one corridor lamp hanging, flickering and illuminating two swaying figures.
Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door.
The figures in the room fell silent.
"Qin Yi!"
Lian Yu knocked on the door, but no one answered in the room.
"Qin Yi! Are you in there?"
The sound of the rain rose even more, attracting the guests in the nearby rooms to cautiously and curiously open the door and take a peek.
The door that was supposed to open didn't move.
Lian Yu became anxious and kicked the door.
Bang!
The door slammed heavily against the wall, revealing the situation in the room.
The moment their eyes met, Lian Yu's pupils trembled.
Qin Yi smiled at him, but did not let go of the rope.
The other protagonist of the story, the protagonist, was tied up tightly with ropes, with a pillowcase stuffed in his mouth. He looked at Lian Yu with horror and sobbed for help.
Tutu automatically started introducing in his mind:
He's the protagonist top, your adoptive father in this world, Xiaoyu. You and the protagonist bottom were supposed to attend today's banquet together, but because you eloped with the cannon fodder bottom a few days ago, the protagonist bottom went alone. By chance, he ran into the protagonist top, who had been drugged, and the two of them fell in love. A month later, due to a series of complicated circumstances, the two of them got engaged, and the protagonist bottom became your stepmother. Meanwhile, Xiaoyu, because of your elopement with the cannon fodder bottom, you've fallen into poverty and are suffering the torment of life.
“That is to say…”
Lian Yu looked at the man tied to the ground.
"Father?"
The man immediately showed a relieved expression, nodded repeatedly, and signaled Lian Yu to come and untie him.
Lian Yu walked forward.
Suddenly, he grabbed Qin Yi's hand and ran out quickly.
"I'm sorry!" The man on the ground blinked his eyes, and only heard Lian Yu's apology floating in the air.
The wind whistled in my ears.
The two ran to a corner of a shopping mall, where their reflections were reflected in a huge glass window.
His physical strength was already overdrawn. After making sure that this place was still relatively hidden, Lian Yu loosened his grip and supported himself with his knees, breathing heavily.
Qin Yiyi's face was red and sweaty after running wildly. He was extremely tired, but he was smiling brightly.
Lian Yu glared at Qin Yi, completely unaware of what the other person was laughing at.
"Look."
Looking at the deeper smile in Lian Yu's eyes, Qin Yi tilted his head:
"We didn't go the way fate had planned."
destiny.
Lian Yu took a step back, increasing the distance between them.
He asked the question countless times:
"What exactly is your purpose?"
"I'm here to take you away from here." Qin Yi looked at him.
"What?"
Before Lian Yu could ask for an answer, Qin Yi suddenly approached.
The slender hands somehow became stronger and aimed at Lian Yu's collar and pulled it.
"Qin Yi!?"
The situation developed too suddenly, and Lian Yu didn't think of fighting back. He only raised his hand to stop Qin Yi from tearing.
A few pedestrians passing by were frightened by the noise and opened their mouths wide, then quickly fled.
From a distance, Lian Yu noticed that someone seemed to be holding up a cell phone and pointing it at them. He raised his voice in panic:
"Qin Yi, what are you crazy about!?"
Sizzle——
The fabric was torn apart by the pulling. Qin Yi stopped and his eyes fell on Lian Yu's exposed shoulders.
There was still a hideous round scar there, like an ancient well.
It was left behind in the first world.
Qin Yi gritted his teeth and rolled up his sleeves. His smooth arms were as flawless as a jade ruyi.
A pair of black eyes stared at Lian Yu:
"Do you realize what's wrong?"
Why is there no wound? Lian Yu's mind went blank for a moment.
But before he could figure it out, Qin Yi gave the answer: "-This is your own body."
Lian Yu staggered back a step.
"How is that possible?"
As employees of the Time Administration, their bodies are preserved in special instruments in the bureau, and their thoughts are sent to hosts in various small worlds through radio signals.
This is also commonly known as soul traveling.
"Impossible... You and I are clearly the same!"
Lian Yu turned around abruptly.
His figure was reflected in the huge glass window. He saw his flamboyant red hair, a shiny black earring on his earlobe, and disdain for the world written on his twenty-year-old face.
This is his identity here.
Qin Yi shook his head, took a step forward and held Lian Yu's face.
"Each small world has its own adaptive system. So in different worlds, your appearance, body shape, and even constitution are different. You can be an alpha, a monk, or a male insect. These illusions adapted to the small world deceive everyone, including you. But no matter how the illusion changes, Xiaoyu, you will always be yourself."
"What do you mean by myself? Don't talk nonsense."
Lian Yu forced a dry laugh from his throat.
"Don't think I don't know you're lying to me. Isn't this your usual tactic?"
"You're not from the Authority."
Qin Yi suddenly spoke, his tone full of affirmation.
"What?" Lian Yu looked confused.
"You are human."
As soon as Qin Yi finished speaking, there was a sudden loud bang in the sky.
[An unusual intruder has been detected, data cleaning in progress...]
Amidst the shrill scream, Lian Yu suddenly hugged his head.
"Xiaoyu!"
Qin Yi looked panicked.
Lian Yu could no longer hear anything. The shrieking sounded like a long iron spike piercing into his eardrum, stirring bloodily and viciously.
The world is a high-speed juicer.
Lian Yu’s head was about to explode.
Buzz——
The last scream stopped, and the world seemed to fall into the dead silence of the end of the world.
Qin Yi raised his head suddenly.
The sky turned into a huge curtain with a blood-red countdown hanging on it.
72:00:00
The moment the number appears, the countdown begins.
Tick-tick, tick-tick——
[Data cleansing interrupted. Intruders please leave within 72 hours, otherwise this world will self-destruct.]
71:59:29
The numbers kept moving, reflected in Qin Yi's frightened and wide-open eyes.
The pedestrians on the road looked normal, as if they were the only ones who could see the abnormality.
He grabbed Lian Yu's hand.
"Let's go! We have to get out of here!"
Even the rain did not move.
As if he suddenly realized something, Qin Yi's heart skipped a beat.
He turned his head slowly and met Lian Yu's eyes.
Lian Yu looked at him with a wary look in his eyes.
"I said I don't like you anymore, we're over."
Lian Yu broke free from his hand, her tone harsh.
"Yes, we did date, but he was just an ex, you know? Why do you keep pestering me?"
Qin Yi stared blankly at Lian Yu, whose face was full of resistance.
"System." Qin Yi shouted in his mind.
[I'm here. Reporting to the tasker, after testing, the task target has lost his memory.]
The system's tone is old-fashioned and official.
"In other words, he now thinks he is the original owner?"
[Yes. ]
Qin Yi stared at Lian Yu.
Lian Yu took a step back when he stared at her.
"Why are you looking at me? You agreed when we broke up—what are you doing!"
Qin Yi pulled Lian Yu and ran wildly.
"System, open the space-time tunnel!"
[receive! ]
Not far away, a dark vortex slowly opened up on the wall.
"Hey! Why are you running?"
There was a hint of panic in Lian Yu's voice, and he tried to break free but failed.
Qin Yi tightened his grip on Lian Yu's hand and increased his speed.
The time tunnel was within reach, the star wind blew on his face, Qin Yi closed his eyes and jumped suddenly.
"You're crazy!"
The feeling of weightlessness caused by being caught in the whirlpool did not appear. Instead, Qin Yi felt someone grabbing his wrist.
Lian Yu grabbed his wrist with his backhand, his chest heaving in fear.
"If you don't want to live, don't do this. Banging your head against the wall won't kill you, it will just make you stupid. Don't expect me to take care of you then!"
"You...can't see?" Qin Yi's pupils trembled.
"What did you see?"
Lian Yu bent down and tested his forehead temperature with her palm.
"Did you eat poisonous mushrooms with your meal?"
[Tasker?]
Perhaps because Qin Yi had been silent for too long, the system couldn't help but remind him.
Qin blinked and felt his eyes swollen and sore.
"I saw it."
There was only an empty long strip above Lian Yu's head, with the words "favorability" written on the front end.
"Favorability... has been reset to zero."
[Yes, the target's memory has been erased, and their favorability has also been reset to zero. You must make him fall in love with you again, remember you, and leave this place with you within three days. Otherwise, he will be completely buried in this world.]
The system glanced at the countdown in the sky and made corrections.
[To be exact, within 71 hours.]
[Taskers, please hurry up.]
"Xiaoyu?"
Suddenly, a delicate cry was heard in their ears, and they both lowered their heads at the same time.
Lian Yu met a delicate but angry face.
"Didn't you say you broke up? Are you still entangled?"
Chen Yuan grabbed his hand.
Lian Yu saw Qin Yi's hand suddenly fall into the air, his pale knuckles curled up in the air, and then slowly fell back to his side.
"You clearly said that the person you like now is me."
Chen Yuan bit her lip, her beautiful eyes reddened, and tears were about to fall. Chen Yuan raised her hand and showed Lian Yu her fingers, which were red from being squeezed by the plastic bag:
"The dishes are so heavy, and my hands hurt. I wouldn't be able to make these at home!"
Lian Yu panicked and hurriedly took the dish from Chen Yuan.
"Believe me, we just met by chance... Let's go home now!"
After saying that, Lian Yu looked up at Qin Yi.
The heartless words were on the tip of his tongue, but he was caught off guard and met Qin Yi's eyes.
So sad.
Lian Yu's heart seemed to be pulled together.
He turned his head away sharply.
"Anyway, there's nothing between us anymore, just forget about me."
After saying this, he took Chen Yuan's hand and ran away without looking back.
Lian Yu knew that he deserved to feel guilty.
After all, he was the one who broke up with Chen Yuan after they were in a good relationship, and he was also the one who impulsively eloped with Chen Yuan.
Lian Yu unlocked the door.
A pungent musty smell hit me in the face. In front of me was a one-bedroom rental house, and I could see all the furnishings at a glance.
Chen Yuan fiercely kicked off his shoes. "Why should I live in a place like this?"
Lian Yu bends down good-naturedly to pick up the shoes that Chen Yuan has carelessly kicked off and puts them in order: "At least the two of us can be together. I'm already very satisfied."
"If I had known I would live this kind of life, I would rather go back and marry that old man!"
Chen Yuan curled his lips and threw himself on the bed.
Lian Yu was originally the adopted son of the richest man in City A, while Chen Yuan was the child of an official with considerable power. The two first met at a banquet. Lian Yu was somewhat rebellious because he was under the strict supervision of his adoptive father since he was a child, while Chen Yuan happened to be a naturally spoiled and playful person.
People are attracted to what they lack, and the same goes for rain.
Lian Yu broke up with his first love Qin Yi that day.
But who would have thought that before this, Chen Yuan had already been engaged to a wealthy bachelor. It was said that the boss was an impotent old man with a beer belly and a Mediterranean appearance.
Young Master Chen Yuan couldn't stand this, so he eloped with Lian Yu the next day.
The consequence of elopement was that Chen Yuan was expelled from the family.
Although Lian Yu is only an adopted son, his father has always treated him as closer than the child born from his own belly. However, Lian Yu is too embarrassed to go back to see his father.
So to put it simply, the two of them are now so poor that they are almost eating out the walls.
Lian Yu was just thinking when the screen of his mobile phone suddenly appeared in front of him.
Chen Yuan pointed at the five-digit package on the screen and said, "I want this one."
"Xiaoyuan, we have no money..."
"What do you mean by no money? I ran away for you, so you have to support me!"
Chen Yuan suddenly sat up from the bed and grabbed Lian Yu by the collar:
"If you don't have money, go make it. I want this bag within three days, or we'll break up!"
Lian Yu sighed, "I understand."
Chen Yuan smiled and gave him a kiss.
——
The lights in the bar are ambiguous.
In the purple-tinged light, Lian Yu tightened his tie and buttoned his shirt to the top, which was out of tune with the atmosphere of the bar.
The uniform shirt was a bit tight, showing off his slim waist.
Lian Yu is a junior in college this year. Without a diploma, he can't find a decent job. Luckily, he's got a handsome face, which makes him a top bartender.
Amid the psychedelic music, a regular customer whistled at him.
"Yu, are you at work?"
Yu is the flower name for continuous rain.
Before Lian Yu could answer, the regular customer suddenly waved at him mysteriously.
Lian Yu bent down in confusion.
The black stud on her earlobe gleamed.
His red hair and earrings looked intimidating, but they were just a rebellious act after the college entrance exam to show his individuality. Bars and the like were too much for him.
But making money is not shameful.
"We have good stuff today." The regular customer looked at him with an ambiguous look.
Lian Yu looked over following the hint of the regular customer.
At the end of my sight, the man in the black shirt was mostly hidden behind the sofa, with only a slender white neck visible. The extreme contrast of black and white was enough to evoke a lot of imagination.
Lian Yu always felt that many images flashed through his mind.
He shook his head violently.
"good."
Lian Yu understood the hint from the regular customer.
He mixed a margarita with swift movements, the shaker reflecting a cold metallic gleam in his powerful hands.
Lian Yu pushed the goblet in front of the man in black shirt.
"This is the Margarita that gentleman ordered for you—"
The man in the black shirt raised his eyes.
"Are you short of money, ex-boyfriend?"
Qin Yi curved his eyebrows.
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