Chapter 36: The Tube Building (Thirty-Six) End: Don’t look back. …
028 When the news of the death of Chen Si and Old Man Zhang came, Wen Yin was making a snowman in the yard with Xiao Tuan.
The old tube-shaped building was no longer occupied, so Shen Sinian chose a house with a better environment and moved in with Wen Yin and Xiao Tuan.
028 relayed the information it had gathered: [He had suffered a mental breakdown and committed suicide. He looked to have been tortured beyond recognition by his dreams.]
Wen Yin nodded softly and heard a childish voice coming from Xiaotuan.
"Sister, can carrot slices be used to make snowman's eyes?"
She turned her head and found Xiaotuan holding two orange carrot slices. His red face, which was frozen, was revealed from under the thick brim of his hat. He was looking at her excitedly.
"Of course!"
As Wen Yin spoke, a layer of white mist rose in front of her. She squatted down, picked up two prepared carrot slices, and put them on the face of the big snowman in front of her.
"Okay, my snowman already has eyes. Does Xiaotuan's snowman have eyes?"
“Yes, yes!”
Xiaotuan also imitated Wen Yin and pasted eyes on the little snowman in front of him.
"Then let's give them noses!"
"Okay, Xiaotuan goes first!"
"OK!"
When Shen Sinian came back in the snow, he saw two people making a snowman in the yard where the snow was up to their ankles.
There were also three round snowmen already built in front of the two people.
"Do you use carrot slices for your brother's eyes too?"
Xiaotuan hesitated for a few seconds holding the carrot slices, and finally chose two round black stones.
"Sister, my brother's eyes are black. I think this stone looks more like him."
"Then use black stone!"
"Xiaotuan, put on your eyes. Let me tie his scarf!"
The girl wore a thick hat on her head and a fluffy scarf around her neck, revealing only half of her face. She smiled at the little boy with her eyes curved in the pure white snow.
"This way the snowman won't be cold!"
"That's great," Xiaotuan circled around the three snowmen and finally stopped behind the small one in the middle. "The three snowmen together are just like my brothers and sisters and Xiaotuan together!"
After saying that, Xiaotuan touched the little snowman that represented him and said, "This way, you don't have to be afraid on winter nights!"
Wen Yin had already seen Shen Sinian's figure in her peripheral vision. She patted Xiaotuan's shoulder and pointed towards the door.
"Xiaotuan, look, is the big snowman back?"
"Brother is back!"
Xiaotuan cried out in excitement when he saw Shen Sinian's figure. His over-dressed and chubby little body rushed towards the tall and slender young man like a snowball.
"Brother, look at the snowman my sister and I made for you!"
Shen Sinian was originally standing at the gate of the courtyard. When he saw Xiaotuan rushing towards him, he naturally opened his arms. Xiaotuan's vision flashed and he saw that someone was holding him up high.
"Isn't Xiaotuan cold?"
The young man was not wrapped up as tightly as Wen Yin and Xiao Tuan. He only wore a slightly thicker black coat. He raised his hand and touched Xiao Tuan's red face, wiped the bubbles from his nose, and finally looked at the three snowmen in the snow.
The one with the red scarf is Wen Yin, the one with the blue scarf in the middle is Xiao Tuan, and the one with the black scarf next to him should be him.
"Well done, very realistic. Xiaotuan is even better than me. I can't even make a snowman."
Xiaotuan tilted his head and asked, "Didn't brother build a snowman when he was a kid?"
"No," Shen Sinian's voice was very soft, like the gentle snowflakes falling at this moment, "but it doesn't matter, Xiaotuan, just build a snowman."
Xiaotuan didn't quite understand: "Brother, I can teach you. My sister just taught me and I already learned it."
"But you're sniffling from the cold."
Shen Sinian carried Xiaotuan towards the house, and when he passed by Wen Yin, he naturally held Wen Yin's hand.
"It's too cold today. Xiaotuan will teach me tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Xiaotuan pulled off the small gloves on his hands and made a pinky gesture to Shen Sinian.
"Brother, pinky promise!"
"Okay," the young man's eyes fell on the red little hand for half a second, then he hooked the little finger of the little girl, "pink."
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[Host, the teleportation entrance has begun to loosen.]
[It is estimated that the mission target has been successfully corrected.]
[Once the portal is fully revealed, I can take you out of this world.]
[How long?]
[There are probably about three to five hours left.]
Wen Yin was sitting in front of the dressing table, letting Shen Sinian blow her hair, when 028 suddenly broadcast aloud in her mind.
Wen Yin, who was originally drowsy due to Shen Sinian's hair-drying technique, was startled and opened her eyes, meeting Shen Sinian's puzzled gaze in the mirror.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Sinian's technique became more gentle.
"Did it hurt you?"
Wen Yin pretended to groan, then smiled faintly: "It seems like I pulled a hair."
"Then I'll be gentle."
Shen Sinian didn't seem to notice Wen Yin's abnormality and began to tidy up Wen Yin's black hair.
Serious and focused, as if she was his most precious treasure.
"Shen Sinian."
Wen Yin suddenly called out Shen Sinian’s name.
"I had a dream about you yesterday."
"Hmm? What dream?"
Shen Sinian was still fiddling with her hair, and the sound of the hair dryer whirred in Wen Yin's ears.
"I dreamed that time really went back, to a time before everything happened."
The sound of the hair dryer stopped, and Shen Sinian's gaze fell on the face in the mirror that he could never get tired of looking at.
Wen Yin's soft voice continued to ring out.
"In that world, Song Wan didn't live in that tube-shaped building and didn't become a single mother."
"Xiao Tuan now has a father and a mother, and is growing up peacefully in love."
"He excelled in his studies, was good-looking, had a gentle personality, and got a decent job after graduation."
"He successfully met his destined partner, got married, had children, and lived a stable life together."
Wen Yin held Shen Sinian’s hand that was resting on the side of her neck.
"Do you think this is a good ending?"
Shen Sinian looked at the face in the mirror that was gazing at him tenderly and nodded.
"That sounds great."
"But, the partner you mentioned, is it you?"
"I was hazy in the dream and didn't see clearly," the girl in the mirror smiled. "What's important is not who your partner is, but that he has a perfect life."
The room fell into silence, and Wen Yin was embraced in Shen Sinian's slightly cool arms.
“It’s important. Who your partner is is very important.”
"If it's not you, then it's definitely not a perfect life."
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Wen Yin didn't fall asleep, but she closed her eyes and relaxed her breathing, looking like she was asleep.
Wen Yin didn't open her eyes in the darkness until the person who was holding her and falling asleep began to breathe evenly.
[Host, the teleportation entrance has been fully opened. Shall I take you out now?]
028 reminded me in my mind.
[When the host leaves, the world will immediately begin to reset. Once the host successfully leaves, the world will also reset successfully.]
Wen Yin did not respond to 028's urging, but just listened quietly to Shen Sinian's breathing and heartbeat in the darkness.
In fact, Shen Sinian does not need to breathe, and the same goes for his heartbeat, but in order to look more like a human being, he has always maintained a disguise.
Even in some intimate moments without any barriers, he could pretend that his heart was beating faster.
In Shen Sinian's words, he wanted to make himself look no different from Wen Yin, like a real human being.
[Well, it's time for him to embrace his perfect life.]
Wen Yin blinked in the darkness.
[028, take me away.]
[Okay, ready to leave!]
028 As soon as the words fell, cracks suddenly appeared on the dim and blurry ceiling in Wen Yin's sight.
Like a mirror about to break, the cracks gradually spread in Wen Yin's sight, gradually invading the entire field of vision.
Wen Yin felt dizzy when she saw this.
[Host, I feel a little dizzy.]
Wen Yin's dizziness was getting worse, and she suddenly felt a pain in her body. It was Shen Sinian, who had hugged her to sleep, who had tightly wrapped his arms around her waist.
A hoarse voice, as cold and heavy as if it could drag people into the deep sea, rang in Wen Yin's ears.
"Wen Yin, what did you do?"
Wen Yin turned around in surprise, and in the dim light, she met eyes that were deeper than the night.
“Shen Sinian…?”
Shen Sinian's eyes were filled with a crazy emotion that Wen Yin had never seen before. He glanced at the dense space cracks around him, and the black fog as thick as ink stuck to him.
Wen Yin's whole body was trapped in Shen Sinian's arms, and it hurt so much.
But she did not struggle. After a brief moment of surprise, she rubbed her cheek against the other's shoulder affectionately.
“Chen Sinian, don’t be afraid.”
She murmured, as if she didn't notice the increasingly strange space cracks around her.
"When you wake up again, you will have a life with real flesh and blood, a breathing and heartbeating body."
“No more despair, no more pain, no more endless, eternal loneliness.”
"Wen Yin!"
A trembling voice came from above her head, and fingers clamped her jaw, exposing her face completely to the bizarre night.
"What about you?"
"Will you appear in my flesh-and-blood life?"
The force coming from the jaw was as trembling as the other person's voice.
[Host, ten seconds left.]
"Yes, I will show up."
Wen Yin heard her answer.
"You lied to me..."
"You lied to me again."
The fingers that clamped her jaw rubbed the back of her neck and held her tightly in a familiar, cool embrace.
"You are a tenant who has never appeared in the previous time loops."
"How special you are."
"I should have known you wouldn't stop for me."
"Wen Yin, are you going to go with the person who's been watching me in secret?"
"who is he?"
The transmission channel has been fully opened. 028 listened to Shen Sinian's words and was shocked but didn't care too much. After all, this was not the first time it was discovered.
[Host, three seconds left!]
The black fog rolled around Wen Yin's body, and the overwhelming feeling of suffocation seemed to squeeze Wen Yin and completely merge into Shen Sinian's arms.
Wen Yin raised her head with difficulty and placed a gentle kiss on Shen Sinian's lips.
"Don't be jealous, it's just a lifeless piece of data."
[two! ]
Everything in Wen Yin's sight began to fall apart, including her and his bodies hugging each other, which were engulfed in the black fog and became indistinguishable from each other.
"Go ahead and don't look back."
"Wen Yin, don't go."
[one! ]
Two voices sounded simultaneously at the last second, blending into a gentle yet eerie voice with a tremolo.
Wen Yin felt like her soul was being dragged into a high-speed spinning washing machine.
Everything she had experienced in this world was frozen into still frames, rapidly switching and reversing in front of her.
From snowflakes to falling leaves in autumn.
From the passionate embrace to the first meeting on a rainy night.
From the end to the beginning.
Until the picture finally freezes, it shows a woman holding a newborn baby, nestled happily in her husband's arms.
"What should we name the baby?"
The woman's face was pale and weak after giving birth, but there was a hint of happiness in her eyes.
The man put his arm around his wife's shoulders and touched the rosy face of the little boy in the cradle.
"Let's call you Si Nian."
"Si Nian, missing you is my longing for you."
"Awan, is this name okay?"
The woman called Awan smiled, her eyebrows and eyes curved, and she looked particularly gentle.
"Si Nian, sounds good."
"Then I'll give him a nickname."
"It's so fragrant and soft, like a glutinous rice dumpling, why not... just call it Xiaotuan."
"Okay~"
"My baby Xiaotuan," the man nodded happily at the baby's brow and kissed his wife on the cheek, "and my baby Awan."
The corners of Wen Yin's eyes were inexplicably moist. She closed her eyes gently and let herself fall into the bizarre escape passage.
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Wen Yin was awakened by the white light.
She instinctively raised her hand to block the glaring light, and at the same time heard the childish voice of 028 ringing in her ears.
"Host, are you awake?"
Wen Yin took a long time to calm down before she realized that she was lying on a pure white and soft bed. The furniture around her was all in a light-colored and simple style, which looked natural and warm.
"This area is a residence specially equipped for taskers. The host has slept for more than twenty hours since leaving the small world."
"Host, how do you feel?"
Wen Yin sat up from the bed and looked out the window. From her perspective, she could see all kinds of futuristic, technological houses and buildings floating in the air, as well as strange-shaped metal objects passing by the window from time to time.
"Those flying around are transportation."
Seeing Wen Yin looking at it seriously, 028 added, "It's just like the cars and buses in your world."
"The host has half a month's vacation this time, so you can relax."
"There are many relaxing and entertaining activities out there, and if you want anything else, you can also use your points to redeem it."
"integral?"
Wen Yin's voice was soft, as if she hadn't woken up yet.
"Yes, points. You will earn points if you successfully complete the mission. Host, this is your points panel."
028 Several screens were suddenly projected in front of Wen Yin.
"There's also an item mall, where points are like currency."
Wen Yin looked at the 100,000 points displayed, carefully browsed the prop mall from beginning to end, and finally chose a prop that surprised 028.
【Emotion Stripper】
[Note: Excessive emotions can easily lead to a loss of rationality. You can temporarily remove them, or permanently seal them away until you are willing to accept them again.]
[Price: 10,000 points.]
Such a price seems extremely expensive when most props only cost a few hundred points.
Wen Yin paid the bill without hesitation, interrupting 028 before he could even try to persuade her.
The prop took effect immediately. Wen Yin stretched slightly, and her expression returned to the gentle and harmless little white flower she looked like when 028 first saw her.
"Okay, 028, take me to the next world."
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