Can't see anything, can't hear anything.
Li Yuebai only felt that he was sinking in the endless ocean of consciousness, sinking, sinking to the deepest, darkest, unknown place.
The moment he sank to the bottom, what he saw before his eyes was no longer empty darkness, but various gorgeous illusions. They were all the countless fragments of his experiences, from the first time he traveled through time to the end of the sixth time. All the fragments were mixed together in a mess, and he couldn't tell which was which.
It's so confusing.
Li Yuebai hardened his heart and swept away all the illusions.
But this kind of darkness is too lonely.
He tried to depict Ye Qing's image in the darkness, and at the same time recalled the feeling of pressing on Shen Po at the last moment, which slowly calmed him down.
Shen Po must be fine now, at least his life is not in danger.
However, no matter how hard Li Yuebai tried, the illusions he created were quickly shattered in the darkness.
Then, a familiar voice came to my ears.
"My beauty, long time no see." The voice was frivolous and romantic, with a hook at the end of the words that made people's hearts numb.
Jade Tianji? ?
Li Yuebai shuddered.
Yu Tianji was his teammate in the third wear, and also his former lover with whom he had skin-to-skin contact.
Now in darkness, he couldn't see Yu Tianji's figure at all and could only hear his voice.
"You look like you don't want to see me at all..." Yu Tianji complained, "Why? Now that you've found your old lover, you don't want me anymore?"
"No, that's not it..." Li Yuebai hurriedly explained, but his heart was getting heavier.
"I know that the lover you want to find is the guy who lost his system." Yu Tianji said with a sarcastic smile: "Unfortunately, I have a system."
Yes.
Ever since the system revealed Ye Qing's experience, Li Yuebai had to come to the conclusion that Yu Tianji could not be Ye Qing.
According to the systematic investigation, Ye Qing lost the system after the second time, while Yu Tianji had a system in the third time... They couldn't be the same person. My guess was wrong after all.
"Between me and him, which one do you choose?" Yu Tianji's voice was filled with sadness and coquettishness, and at the end he sighed, "Forget it, I know you definitely won't choose me."
"..." Li Yuebai only felt his eyes sore, and he just wanted to reach out and grab the intangible Yu Tianji, but he didn't know where his hands were.
"No...I will..." Li Yuebai struggled and managed to utter a few words.
"Will you choose me?" Yu Tianji said with a smile, "Are you willing to give up on him?"
…
"Host!" The system's voice seemed to come from above the sea level, each one clearer than the last: "Host, please wake up!"
Li Yuebai tried to respond to the system's call, but he didn't have the strength.
His body seemed to be completely sunk into the mud and sand at the deepest part of the sea of consciousness, unable to extricate himself.
"Host!" The system probably yelled too many times and got too tired, so it decided to change its strategy and said, "Shen Po's favorability towards you has risen to 80%!"
80%?
Li Yuebai was overwhelmed with joy, but before he could react, he felt his consciousness breaking free from its constraints and drifting upwards involuntarily. The darkness gradually disappeared, and large patches of white light appeared before his eyes.
Wake up, finally wake up.
His consciousness gradually returned, but he still didn't have the strength to open his eyes.
The system interface has been restored in front of me, and the number in the lower left corner is clearly displayed. It is indeed 80%. Shen Po's favorability towards me has returned.
"System?" He struggled to ask with his consciousness: "How is Shen Po?"
"He's fine." The system said, "You should pay attention to yourself once in a while..."
"Am I still alive?"
"Not dead." The system replied: "You are now in a hospital bed."
"Hospital?" Li Yuebai's heart tightened: "How long have I been unconscious?"
"It's been more than a month." said the system.
The door of the ward opened and familiar footsteps were heard - it was Shen Po.
Li Yuebai didn't dare to be distracted by talking to the system anymore. He just lay down quietly without moving, pretending that he was not awake at all.
The footsteps came closer and closer, and then Shen Po sat on the chair beside his bed.
Although Li Yuebai closed his eyes, he could still feel Shen Po's gaze on him, and his cheeks couldn't help but get hot.
No, I can't bear it anymore.
He used all his strength to slowly open his eyes.
"?" Shen Po did not expect Murong Liang to wake up suddenly, and was at a loss for a moment, but even when he was at a loss, his appearance and demeanor did not diminish in the slightest, and his eyes were full of concern when he looked at Murong Liang.
"Shen Po?" Li Yuebai said breathlessly, "Where is this?"
"Hospital." Shen Po immediately replied in a low voice: "Well, I'll go find a doctor..."
As he said that, Shen Po was about to press the doorbell at the end of the bed.
"No need." Li Yuebai groaned and gave him a pitiful look: "Just keep me company."
After saying these sentences few, he had reached his limit. His headache was terrible and every word was difficult to say. Li Yuebai was too tired to say anything else and just looked at Shen Po.
"Okay." Shen Po tactfully stopped talking and sat quietly beside the bed to accompany him, but at the same time, of course he ignored Murong Liang's nonsense and pressed the bell to summon the doctors and nurses.
"System..." Li Yuebai had no choice but to cooperate with the medical staff for the examination, while secretly complaining: "Why do I feel like the doctors and nurses are looking at me like an idiot? Even Shen Po looks at me in a weird way."
"Nonsense." The system didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "If I could materialize, I'm afraid I would look at you like an idiot right now..."
"Why?"
"Because the reason you were injured is so stupid."
"I..." Li Yuebai didn't know how to refute for a moment: "But, if it weren't for my wit and courage, Shen Po would probably..."
"If you hadn't protected Shen Po, nothing would have happened." The system said angrily, "What fell from the ceiling was just a piece of plastic!"
"?" Li Yuebai felt terrible.
If you think about it carefully, the room was dimly lit and filled with an eerie atmosphere. In addition, I was overly nervous and suspicious, and I had great distrust of the Lord God. As a result, I mistook the plastic board for concrete.
"The plastic sheet falling off would have been fine, but you used too much force and your forehead hit the floor." The system said, "The concussion and excessive fatigue caused you to be in a coma for a long time."
"..." Li Yuebai was about to cry.
After the doctor finished the examination and found everything was normal, he left the ward, and they were the only two people left in the ward again.
"No matter how stupid he is, Shen Po has an 80% favorable impression of me now!" Li Yuebai was stubborn and tried to make a cunning excuse: "He must have been moved by me, and maybe he even wants to sacrifice himself..."
"But he still hasn't recovered his memory of the second time." The system's words brought Li Yuebai back to reality: "You still need to keep working hard.
In fact, Shen Po, who was sitting beside the bed, was thinking about the scene over and over again in his mind.
At that time, Murong Liang rushed up recklessly, knocked himself down, and then used his body to block the heavy object falling from the ceiling. Although it was finally discovered that the so-called heavy object was just a piece of plastic, it was impossible to make a correct prediction at that time... Shen Po felt that Murong Liang risked his life at that moment.
Why would you save me at the cost of your own life?
Shen Po had always wanted to ask this question, but he felt that asking it would seem like sarcasm, mocking the other person for doing something stupid for no reason.
"Shen Po." Li Yuebai snorted and said, "Talk to me."
He had been lying in bed for so long without catching any new news, which of course made him feel bored, but he suddenly said this mainly because he wanted to talk to Shen Po more.
"Oh." Shen Po said: "The post-production of our movie is going smoothly..."
"Can it go smoothly without me?" Li Yuebai tried to regain his arrogant attitude.
"You had almost finished filming your scenes before the accident, so there were no obstacles in the post-production," Shen Po said.
"Is that why you are so free?" Li Yuebai joked, "You are not busy with work, but staying with me in the hospital."
"I'm on vacation." Shen Po frowned unnaturally, looking very businesslike.
"Oh——" Li Yuebai wanted to make a face, but found it too difficult. He wanted to nod, but found that his neck was fixed and he couldn't do it at all. He wanted to laugh, but found that laughing would pull his nerves and it was painful.
But seeing Shen Poan sitting quietly beside his bed and talking to him, he couldn't help but wanted to laugh.
"Shen Po, stop talking." Li Yuebai said, trying not to laugh: "I want to laugh when you talk."
"?" Shen Po was a little confused and couldn't understand why he suddenly had a sense of humor.
"Hey, Shen Po, read something to me."
"Why do you want me to read it?"
"Because you have a nice voice..." Li Yuebai held on for so long, but still felt his eyelids were too heavy. He was about to be unable to open his eyes. He couldn't keep looking at Shen Po. He had to at least listen to his voice.
"Do I need to listen to the script?" Shen Po thought about it and said helplessly.
"I don't want to listen. I'm tired of it." Li Yuebai forced himself to pout.
So Shen Po borrowed a stack of books from the library.
"The Kite Runner, The Crusader, The Gunslinger, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Shen Po calmly read out the titles one by one: "Which one do you want to listen to?"
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Li Yuebai said without hesitation.
As a Chinese teacher, even if I haven't read it, I have heard of this book a long time ago. It is said to be a science fiction novel filled with the craziest British humor. It must be the funniest to let a serious person like Shen Po read it.
"Aren't you not allowed to laugh?" Shen Po looked at the cover of the book and frowned.
"I promise not to laugh." Li Yuebai swore solemnly.
Shen Po shrugged resignedly, opened the book, and began to read in his usual calm and serious tone.
Another month passed before the thin book was finished.
"Host, congratulations, you will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow." The system said: "In addition, Shen Po's favorability towards you has increased to 83%"
"Only increased by 3%?" Li Yuebai was a little disappointed.
"During the time you were in the hospital, you didn't interact much." The system said, "After all, you are a patient and can't do too many things."
That's true, Li Yuebai thought, it's good that the favorability hasn't dropped. After all, I have been bothering Shen Po these days and always asking him to accompany me. I'm afraid he must be annoyed.
"The system believes that the remaining favorability will only increase when Shen Po recovers his memory."
"But...how can I help him recover his memory?" Li Yuebai became discouraged when the topic of recovering memory came up. He had tried various prompting methods, but to no avail.
"It really doesn't work..." The system said boldly: "You can only rely on drugs."
"Medication?"
"Yes, you are in the hospital now. The pharmacy has the medicine you need, such as XXXX, XXXXX." The system listed several: "They are stimulating enough and may stimulate Shen Po to restore his memory."
"I refuse." Li Yuebai rejected the system's proposal without hesitation.
It doesn’t matter that Shen Po cannot recover his memory. This world is peaceful and there is plenty of time ahead. He can wait slowly. He absolutely does not want to gain the other person’s memory by harming his body.
"What's wrong?" Shen Po raised his head, and Li Yuebai's face was reflected in his dark pupils.
Li Yuebai was so excited when he talked to the system deep in his heart just now that it showed up unconsciously.
"It's okay, it's okay." Li Yuebai waved his hands to cover up: "I just suddenly thought that I can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and I'm a little excited."
"Even if you are going to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, you should stay well today and don't make trouble." Shen Po said.
"Yes, yes, yes." Li Yuebai raised his hands in defeat: "I'm scared of you."
Seeing that he had no intention of making trouble, Shen Po felt relieved and continued to look at the book in his hand and read.
In fact, at this time, Murong Liang's body had almost recovered, and the wound on his forehead had healed. He had no problem reading, watching movies, or walking, but Li Yuebai was reluctant to let Shen Po go and still insisted on letting him read to him.
I have read to the end of the thin book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It mentioned that an ancient intelligent race built a supercomputer and used it to calculate the ultimate answer to the universe. After 7.5 million years of long calculation, the answer was finally calculated.
"Hurry up, Shen Po, tell me quickly." Li Yuebai urged: "What is the ultimate answer?"
"Answers about life, the universe and everything?" Shen Po looked at the pages seriously.
"Yes." Li Yuebai looked expectant: "Is it love? It must be love."
"..." Shen Po looked at Li Yuebai sympathetically and said, "Forty-two."
"What?" Li Yuebai didn't understand for a moment.
"It's a number, forty-two." Shen Po said: "This is the ultimate answer."
"How can this be the ultimate answer?" Li Yuebai was very disappointed.
"British humor." Shen Po blinked innocently: "As you said."
Two months after being discharged from the hospital, Li Yuebai received the news that the sample footage of the movie had been edited.
It was already autumn, the sky was cold, the wind was bleak, and the leaves were falling in the cold wind. Li Yuebai wore a dark green windbreaker, a milky white scarf, and drove a rather classic jeep towards Shen Po's house.
He was very excited about the news that the sample film had been edited, and he was even happier because he had another chance to meet Shen Po.
After being discharged from the hospital, they didn't see each other often, after all, they had a mountain of work to do. After two months, Li Yuebai found that he couldn't suppress his longing for Shen Po.
He drove the car to the door of Shen Po's house and honked the horn a few times. He felt that the whole scene was extremely retro, and he had become a character in an old movie from decades ago.
Shen Po came out wearing a black coat and no hat. His hair seemed to have grown a little longer, but he was still as handsome as in my memory.
"Pfft." Li Yuebai laughed: "You really look like Ye Qing."
"I was originally him." Shen Po said calmly.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it to heart. When Li Yuebai heard him say this, he was so scared that he choked.
"I mean, I played him originally." Shen Po changed his words.
"I knew it wouldn't be easy for you to recover your memory. Never mind." Li Yuebai sighed sweetly and took Shen Po to the production center.
In a strictly confidential small room that could only accommodate two people, they turned on the player.
A low music came out from the speakers, the screen gradually brightened, and the movie about vampires slowly began.
The dim light, the cramped room, the screen flashing white light - all of this gave Li Yuebai an illusion - as if the two of them were watching a movie in a box as lovers.
Guided and tempted by this illusion, Li Yuebai somehow found the courage to hold Shen Po's hand.
Shen Po did not refuse.
"Host, congratulations on completing the mission [Cooperate with Shen Po on a movie]," the system said, "Although it has not been officially released yet, all procedures have been completed. It is only a matter of time before it is officially released. Therefore, you can be considered to have completed the mission."
"Thank you, system." Li Yuebai said, "But I'm afraid the second mission will be slow."
"It doesn't matter. We have endless time to wait."
After the movie was over, Li Yuebai still didn't let go of Shen Po's hand.
It was already very late, the sky was gloomy, and there was even a cold autumn rain.
After sitting in the cramped movie theater for so long, Li Yuebai felt very uncomfortable. He pulled Shen Po out of the door and started taking a walk in the deserted square.
Shen Po silently held up a huge black umbrella, covering the two people tightly.
The rough marble floor was wet, and the puddles reflected the dim street lights, feeling both cold and warm.
Li Yuebai realized that Shen Po had not said a word since the moment the movie ended.
"What's wrong? Shen Po, why don't you say anything?" Li Yuebai said with a smile, "Are you immersed in the plot and can't get out of it?"
Shen Po did not answer, but just stopped in the rain.
He turned around and faced Li Yuebai.
"What's wrong?" Li Yuebai was worried: "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No..." Shen Po lowered his head, as if he was very tired, and buried his face in Li Yuebai's shoulder.
"?" Li Yuebai's heart started beating wildly and his face felt like it was burning because of his overly intimate action. He didn't know where to put his hands.
He didn't dare to ask Shen Po what happened because he could already feel the hot tears rolling down his shoulders.
After a long time, Shen Po raised his head and looked directly at Li Yuebai.
His face still had an indifferent and gentle expression, but his eyes were different from before. They had become as deep as an autumn pool, and seemed to hide too many stories.
"Shen Po..." Li Yuebai's heart beat even faster.
Shen Po did not answer, but leaned close to his ear and whispered softly: "I'm back."
"Ding!" The system made a chaotic reminder sound: "Congratulations, host, you have successfully completed the second mission! Shen Po's favorability towards you has reached 100%."
However, what the system says now is completely useless.
The moment Li Yuebai heard Shen Po's words, he understood - Shen Po had recovered his memory of the second time he traveled through time.
The two stood in the rain for a long time, neither of them moved.
Li Yuebai had imagined many times what he would say to Ye Qing if he could meet him again, but when the moment really came, he was speechless.
After being stunned for several seconds, Li Yuebai finally stretched out his arms, grabbed Shen Po's neck, forcing him to lower his head, and then kissed him directly.
The next morning, the rain stopped, the sky cleared up, and the sunlight shone on the dewdrops on the grass, making them crystal clear.
Li Yuebai excitedly took Shen Po out for a walk.
The weather is so nice, we can’t let it go to waste.
Now that both tasks have been completed, perhaps the Lord God will let Shen Po and I leave this world at any time. The time we can stay together will not be long, so we must cherish it.
"Have you completed your mission too?" Li Yuebai asked with a smile, pulling Shen Po's arm.
"What do you think?" Shen Po just found it funny.
Shen Po's mission in this life is to [find true love]. Although there is no system to help him, he will still feel something after completing the mission.
"I say? Who knows?" Li Yuebai joked maliciously: "Beauty is like a flower in the clouds, who knows where the person you really love is..."
Shen Po raised his eyebrows, grabbed him and said, "Do you want me to prove it to you now?"
"Okay!" Li Yuebai agreed shamelessly.
"..." Shen Po was at a loss for words: "Why do you have such a personality in this outfit..."
"Thanks to your personality, I can tease you without any limit." Li Yuebai smiled and picked Shen Po's chin.
I don’t know why, but this day passed so fast, so fast that before I had time to do anything, dusk arrived.
So, Li Yuebai pulled Shen Po to sit on a chair at the edge of the square and watch the golden and red sunset in the sky.
"Now that our mission is complete, we may soon move on to the next one." Li Yuebai sighed sweetly and said, "Secret code."
"Um?"
"Think of the next code quickly."
"How about forty-two?" Shen Po smiled.
"Oh? The answer to the life universe and everything that is full of British humor?" Li Yuebai was furious when he thought of this answer, and said, "Okay, forty-two is forty-two."
After agreeing on the secret code, both of them felt an unspeakable melancholy in their hearts. They just looked at the sunset glow burning in the sky quietly without saying anything else.
"Host." The system suddenly jumped out, destroying the atmosphere: "There is danger."
"Danger?" Li Yuebai was startled and almost jumped out of Shen Po's arms. He looked around, but there was no one. Where did the danger come from?
"The system doesn't know either, but the data shows there is danger..." The system was also confused.
"..." Li Yuebai only felt confused and terrified.
Then he felt Shen Po seemed to tremble.
"Shen Po?" Li Yuebai was startled and looked quickly at his lover, but felt his body being hugged tightly.
A look of pain appeared on Shen Po's face, mixed with surprise and fear, something he had never seen before.
"Shen Po? Xiao Ye? What happened?" Li Yuebai was in a panic: "Are you feeling unwell? I'll call an ambulance..."
"No..." Shen Po tried his best to squeeze out a few broken words from his throat: "It's useless..."
Li Yuebai didn't know what he could do. He could only hold Shen Po back with trembling hands. He could feel Shen Po's skin slowly getting colder and his life gradually slipping away, but he could do nothing.
Within a few seconds, he watched Shen Po close his eyes in his arms.
"Shen Po..." Li Yuebai still couldn't believe it: "Wake up..."
The pain came too suddenly and too intensely, and he couldn't accept it no matter what.
Shen Po might have fainted, or fallen asleep. Anyway... he couldn't be in any trouble. He couldn't be in any trouble...
After Li Yuebai tried his best to wake him up, Shen Po finally opened his eyes again.
However, at the moment he saw those eyes, Li Yuebai fell into deeper despair again.
Those eyes were very unfamiliar, and the expression was even more unfamiliar—the outer shell had not changed, but the soul inside had, and the one who was alive now was the original owner, Shen Po.
I don't know where my lover has been taken by the Lord God.
Ending: The campus adventures of the white moonlight male gods
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