You have come to this day too!
"Hey, do you think we can find Xie Ci?" Tong Zhenzhen had just finished a big meal. Maybe because she was full from eating and drinking, she started to think about all sorts of random things. She asked her roommate with a smack of her lips.
Chen Miao glanced at her sideways, and said something veiled:
"It's only been a few days. Why, do you miss me?"
"Forget it," Tong Zhenzhen got goosebumps on her arms because of what she said. She turned her face away uncomfortably and said stubbornly, "I miss the dishes he cooks! Gulou's cooking skills are not that good. He always makes the same two dishes over and over again. I'm tired of them!"
"Yes, yes, you are my eldest lady. When we get out of here, I will let Xiao Xie do it for you in different ways every day!" Chen Miao did not even raise her head and continued to play Gobang with Luo Xiaoli. She heard the sentimental sister Tong begin to sigh:
"I don't know if Sister Yuan's injury is serious. If the network is broken, the kingdom we have worked so hard to build will be in chaos..."
As soon as Chen Miao heard this, she felt that something bad was going to happen. Sure enough, as soon as she mentioned Xie Yuan, Ma Chengyun also started to sing emo. He moved a small stool to sit next to her, and the two of them looked up at the night sky through the small window at a 45-degree angle, almost singing out loud.
Just when Tong Zhen was about to sing "So funny ya ya ya ya", he heard a loud noise coming from the cell door. Everyone who was playing by themselves looked towards the door:
Since the jailer was controlled by the CPU, the cell door that should have been closed was left wide open for ventilation for Tong Zhenzhen and the others. There were almost no restrictions except that they could not run far. The intruder probably did not expect that the door was actually open. He pushed the door subconsciously but missed. In addition, the movement was too large and he fell flat on his face because he did not hold on tightly.
This scared Tong Zhenzhen. She was about to reach out to help him, but she saw the man suddenly raise his head. Although his face was covered with mud and he looked haggard, it was still not difficult to recognize him as Shao Hui. Tong Zhenzhen withdrew her hand that was about to help him and sat back to watch him continue his performance.
“You witch, cough cough cough—how dare you poison this general?! I shouldn’t have, cough cough, kept you in the first place, cough cough cough…”
He was so stifled that his face turned red, and he coughed and spit out a mouthful of old blood. Fortunately, it didn't spray onto Tong Zhenzhen's clothes. Shao Hui was obviously tortured by the high fever. He was weak all over. His limbs thrashed on the ground like a dehydrated fish, but he still couldn't stand up. At this time, the jailer outside the door finally arrived and hurried forward to support him:
"Ahem, General, the doctor told you not to move rashly, or you might not survive these few days..."
"Yes, General, cough, cough, you should cough, go back and rest, and don't be disrespectful to the priests. What if they punish us again?"
The jailer also tried to persuade him kindly, but this only aroused Shao Hui's anger, and he shouted:
"Bah! Why should I respect them? You traitors, weren't you the ones who opened the prison door? When I recover from my illness, I'll -"
Before he could finish his words, he fainted with his eyes wide open due to anger and illness, and the soldiers were so anxious that they were in a state of panic:
"General? General! It's bad, he, he, he, he seems to be dying!"
"Doctor? Where's the doctor?! Hurry up and carry General Shao to the doctor!"
There was another round of chaos. Shao Hui, who had suddenly rushed in and cursed, suddenly fainted and was carried out. The people who witnessed this farce didn't have time to say a word from beginning to end, and even maintained the same actions as before he came in.
"Mo? It looks like he's about to send it, right?" Tong Zhenzhen spread her hands helplessly at the sudden insults.
Xue Yide also put away his benevolent heart as a doctor, turned a page of the sketchbook that Ma Chengyun had thrown on the ground, and said calmly:
"Yes, it's all my fault."
As a result, the jailer who had just carried Shao Hui out came back and knelt down in front of Tong Zhenzhen before he even opened his mouth. The man, who was nearly 50 years old, dragged his sick body and cried bitterly:
"I know that it was the general who offended the priest first, so you sent down the plague as a punishment. But please have mercy, goddess, and forgive Gulou's offense. We are willing to work like cows and horses to repay you!"
After saying that, he began to kowtow again and again like a chick pecking at rice. As soon as the crowd helped one of them up, another knelt down and kowtowed again. It was a chaotic scene. Seeing this, Chen Miao thought it was a good opportunity to escape, so she stretched out her hand to stop her companions' actions, winked at them, and motioned them to watch her performance.
Chen Miao walked solemnly to the jailers and said in a deep voice:
"Since you already know your mistakes, why don't you send us back quickly?! Maybe we can let you go!"
"This, this is General Shao..." The leading jailer hesitated, and Tong Zhenzhen immediately struck while the iron was hot and whispered in his ear:
"Do you think that if we don't stop the plague, let alone talk about him, you can live to see him punish you?"
The jailers shuddered upon hearing this. Who wouldn't be afraid of death? This sudden strange disease swept the entire military camp. Even the experienced old military doctors were at a loss. Moreover, the commander was already seriously ill. It was a question whether he could survive tonight. If they didn't do something, how could they survive? !
The jailers looked at each other, made up their minds, and stood up to make way for the priests:
"Priests, please come this way. I will take you back!"
Everyone showed joy on their faces and quickly suppressed the restlessness in their hearts. Tong Zhenzhen pretended to be calm, nodded, and raised her chin to signal them to lead the way.
She turned her head and began to frantically move her limbs and facial features to express to her companions her joy at finally escaping from prison. The others were not much better, as they had been locked up in prison for so long and finally saw the light of day again. Ma Chengyun excitedly high-fived her from a distance.
Fortunately, their "biological warfare" was extremely successful. The prison that was once heavily guarded is now almost unattended. Most of the soldiers have fallen ill and have been carried to the military medical camp. There are not enough people to take care of them, let alone to distribute them to the prison.
Thanks to this, their escape was exceptionally smooth, as the jailers, familiar with the route, helped them avoid most inspections. Even if they were accidentally caught, they were able to successfully incite them to rebel under the guise of quelling the plague, which in turn strengthened their escape team.
"Oh no! If Shao Hui knew that so many people helped us escape, he would be so angry that he wouldn't survive the night!" Tong Zhenzhen muttered in a gloating voice. It was rare that she complained about her feet hurting after walking a few steps. Instead, she jogged along with the large group, fearing that she would run too slowly.
The group of people walked and ran and finally escaped to the outside of the military camp. As they walked in a hurry, they did not have time to follow the torches in the dungeon, so they could only run in the dark by moonlight.
The moon was at its zenith, and the dense forest branches blocked out most of the already thin moonlight. One could only barely see the road at one's feet, and people with poor eyesight would often trip over tree roots or gravel.
Tong Zhenzhen was obviously the one with poor eyesight. After being tripped by a stone that was almost integrated with the mud, her feet slipped and she fell uncontrollably into the bushes. She only had time to let out a cry of surprise:
“Fuck—eh, thanks?!”
The imagined severe pain did not come, but instead a warm touch came from under her body. Tong Zhenzhen looked up suspiciously and met the eyes of Xie Ci, who looked frightened.
It turned out that there was just this bush separating the two groups of people, and when Tong Zhenzhen fell, she landed right in Xie Ci's arms. It happened so suddenly that Xie Ci felt a mixture of surprise, ecstasy, and confusion. He didn't know how to start talking for a moment, and the two of them hugged each other in silence, staring at each other.
After a while, Tong Zhenzhen finally came back to her senses from this super high school level luck. Xie Ci's tall and familiar figure was reflected in her pupils. She couldn't help but cry out like a child seeing its mother:
"Wow, thanks for finally coming! You don't even know what kind of life I was living over there—ah, ah?"
Originally, Tong Zhen really thought that he would push her away in disgust and was ready to fall down. Unexpectedly, Xie Ci hugged her even tighter, with his hands locked tightly behind her back like iron chains, as if he was afraid that the person he had lost and found would disappear again, and he was even trembling slightly.
The boy gently leaned his head on her shoulder. Through the thin clothing, she could clearly feel the trembling of his eyelashes, just like a butterfly that had landed on a flower and finally found its place to rest.
"Thank you?"
Tong Zhenzhen tried to speak softly, hesitated for a moment, and with difficulty pulled her hand out of his arms and touched his head, clumsily trying to calm him down. For some reason, her cheeks continued to heat up, and her thoughts became unclear. Without the control of her brain, her mouth began to chatter non-stop:
"Alright, alright, I'm fine, aren't I? By the way, how's Sister Yuan? You don't know how scared I was at that time! Luckily, I'm pretty and smart, and I tricked Shao Hui into keeping us here, just waiting for more system bugs to appear. I tell you, Crispy Shark is going to be in big trouble this time..."
In the quiet night, the girl kept talking happily like a bird, but Xie Ci remained silent and just listened. Tong Zhenzhen didn't notice it at first, but after a while she felt something was wrong. Why is this kid so quiet today? Normally, she should have started to tear her down and laugh at her narcissism.
Suddenly, Tong Zhenzhen felt as if a few drops of warmth fell on her shoulders. She was startled and blurted out:
"Thank you, are you crying--"
Before she could finish her words, Xie Ci hugged her even tighter as if in protest, almost making her speechless. She began to twist her body uncomfortably, but he suppressed her. In the end, she was really out of strength and had to give up struggling.
Xie Ci seemed satisfied that she had stopped moving, and he let out a long sigh, saying his first words after their reunion:
"Fortunately, you're really okay."
Perhaps it was because his tone was too gentle, or perhaps it was because the summer night was too hot, Tong Zhenzhen inexplicably felt as if something was gently brushing across the tip of her heart, causing an unbearable itch.
She deliberately ignored this abnormality and muttered softly:
"Didn't I say it at the beginning? I'm fine. The one who's in trouble now is Shao Hui..."
"Pfft," Xie Ci couldn't help but smiled, "I should have thought of it earlier. Wherever you are, there will always be chaos and excitement."
He raised his hand and gently stroked Tong Zhenzhen's cheek, his fingertips lingering on her soft skin, and murmured:
"Life is indeed pretty good. I've gained a lot of weight..."
Tong Zhenzhen was completely dumbfounded. Something was wrong. Xie Ci was really wrong tonight! His tone was so gentle from beginning to end, and he hugged and touched her. Was he possessed by a ghost?! No matter who you are, get off Xie Ci! It's too scary! !
Just when a subtle atmosphere was building up between the two, there was a sudden "click" sound, which completely broke the atmosphere.
"Ah? Sorry to bother you, you guys continue." Li Ruotong, who had just taken out potato chips to replace the melon, stared at the bitten potato chips in her hand with some annoyance. Why didn't she notice the noise was so loud when she was eating it normally?
Chen Miao and the others stared at Li Ruotong with condemnation across the bushes:
What a great atmosphere! ! !
Li Ruotong looked away with a guilty conscience. Li Yan beside her also smiled apologetically. She actually brought these potato chips to prevent them from having nothing to eat after rescuing someone...
"Damn potato chips! I haven't eaten this junk food for days!" Tong Zhenzhen, who was originally in an inexplicable mood, saw the bag of potato chips and her appetite immediately went out of her mind. She suppressed all other desires and with strength from nowhere, she broke free from Xie Ci's embrace and rushed to Li Ruotong, showing her starry eyes and begging for food:
"Sister Tong, can I?"
"Oh, sure, sure." Li Ruotong hurriedly handed her the potato chips, which were originally prepared for them. She and Li Yan took out more snacks and desserts from their backpacks and called their companions over:
"You guys must have worked hard in the police station, why don't you come and have some food to make up for it?"
“Here I come!”
When the others saw that there was no more melon to eat, they all came over to eat snacks. When Chen Miao walked over to Xie Ci, she found that he was looking at Tong Zhenzhen with a helpless look on his face while she was feasting on the melon. She patted his shoulder sympathetically:
"General Xie, it seems that your biggest rival in love right now is potato chips."
Acknowledgements: ...
Lin Shizhu also watched for a long time and was very satisfied with the show. He smiled and put his arm around Chen Miao's shoulders, winking at Xie Ci:
"Don't worry, we didn't see anything just now, right brothers?"
He shouted to the Xie family army behind him, and they all turned around and laughed:
"Yes! We didn't see anything!"
Thank you for clenching your fist:
"I think you are itching for trouble!"
On the other side, Tong Zhenzhen didn't enjoy it for too long. Seeing that they had already joined up with the Linyuan Army, the Gulou soldiers who had been forgotten for a long time felt that they had fulfilled their promise and knelt on the ground again:
"Lady Goddess has gotten what she wanted. Please show some mercy and take back the plague!"
"Yes, we have realized our mistakes and will never dare to offend the priests again!"
Tong Zhenzhen secretly cried out inwardly, "Oh no! I almost forgot about this." She subconsciously looked at Xie Ci for help. She had just briefly explained what had happened, but the system had not yet returned to normal. Even if she wanted to, she was powerless to save the patient.
Speak of the devil, here he comes. Just when he was in a dilemma, a familiar electronic voice sounded in his ears:
[Dear, we have received your valuable opinions. The Crispy Shark system is at your service~]
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