Xie Hate did not reply, but a video call came in.
Xia Wan answered the phone.
Xie turned his phone to take a photo of the two dogs on his lap and asked, "Are they them?"
Xia Wan shook her head.
Then she saw Xie Lian mercilessly pull the two puppies off his legs, stand up and point the camera of his mobile phone at the other dogs, confirming each one with Xia Wan.
However, in the end, there were eleven stray dogs, six males and five females, two of which were pregnant, but the one Xia Wan was looking for was not there.
Seeing Xie's dark face, Xia Wan quickly said, "Give me the contact information of the hospital over there, and I will pay all the money. Even if you don't find the one I want, you have found so many stray dogs, and you have done a lot of good things. You have fulfilled your promise to me."
"Who needs you to give way?" Xie Yan was naturally very unhappy and said, "Wait, I will find the dog you want."
"Okay, okay." Xia Wan agreed perfunctorily. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. She said, "Someone's here. I'll hang up first."
Xie opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he saw that the call had ended.
Seeing Xie Ren put away his phone, the bodyguards hiding outside the door immediately squeezed in and stood in a row.
They knew they were not doing their job well, and they were almost burying their heads in the ground.
Xie put his phone down in disgust, looked down at the dog hair on his body with disdain, and said, "You guys just keep looking around here for a few days. If you see a stray dog, bring it here, take a photo and send it to me, until you find the dog."
"Yes! Master!"
On the other side, Xia Wan hung up the phone, got up and opened the door, and saw Song Zhili standing at the door.
Xia Wan was surprised that Song Zhili came to see her so late, and quickly let him in.
Song Zhili sat on the sofa and said straight to the point: "I came to you today because I wanted to talk to you about Su Qi."
"Su Qi?" Xia Wan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to talk about him?"
Song Zhili lowered his eyes and continued, "I heard what you and Su Qi said in the corridor after school. He had no ill will towards you, and he was worried about you, but his IQ was exchanged for EQ, so he said something that made you angry."
Xia Wan blinked her eyes, nodded, and said, "I know that what he said really deserved a beating. I just wanted to leave him alone for the night. Don't worry, I will give him a chance to step down tomorrow."
Hearing Xia Wan say this, Song Zhili's lips slightly raised, revealing a smile and saying: "That's good."
Xia Wan stared at Song Zhili and suddenly said with some emotion: "Song Zhili, how can I become someone like you?"
Song Zhili obviously doesn't get along with Su Qi, but he is still worried that she will misunderstand Su Qi and cause a conflict.
He could do this even for a classmate he didn't have a good relationship with. He was so tolerant and kind. Xia Wan felt that she would never be able to do this in her lifetime.
Song Zhili had never expected Xia Wan to ask such a question. He was stunned for a few seconds before repeating Xia Wan's words in disbelief, saying: "...to become someone like me?"
"Yes." Xia Wan nodded vigorously, lowered her head and began to count on her fingers, "Look, he is handsome, has a good temper, has good grades, is gentle and pays attention to details, and takes care of everyone."
The more Xia Wan calculated, the more unbelievable it seemed to her. When she looked up at Song Zhili again, she felt that he was almost emitting Buddha's light.
So Song Zhili is really so perfect?
She talked for so long but couldn't find a single flaw?
Hold.
Song Zhili is too good, so what is she? Even if she imitates Song Zhili in front of Xie Lun, it would be like a fool imitating a fool.
Why did she become Xie Hen's friend on par with Song Zhili?
Seeing Xia Wan sitting there without saying anything, but with a constantly changing expression, as if she had finished a TV drama, Song Zhili couldn't help but interrupt her, "Xia Mu? What's wrong with you?"
When Song Zhili's voice sounded, Xia Wan finally stopped thinking about her inner world.
She shook her head vigorously, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, and said, "Nothing, I just feel that the previous path seems to be blocked."
The path of imitating Song Zhili is no longer feasible.
Song Zhili naturally didn't understand what Xia Wan was talking about, but out of respect, he didn't ask any further questions.
Just when Song Zhili was about to leave, his eyes were suddenly attracted by the ring on the tea table.
His eyes stayed on the ring for a few seconds, and he asked, "Xia Mu, do you like this jewelry?"
Xia Wan denied it without even thinking, and said, "No, I kept it for someone else."
Song Zhili continued to ask: "Who?"
It is not Song Zhili's style to get to the bottom of things.
unless……
Song Zhili recognized its owner by the ring.
Xia Wan's brain started to work, and she gave a half-truthful answer: "I met a strange man on the road today, and he asked me to keep it for him, saying that he would take it back later."
It’s not that Xia Wan wanted to hide it from Song Zhili, but Xie Hen didn’t tell her his name today. Theoretically, she shouldn’t know who the other person is.
Song Zhili nodded to show that he understood, but he couldn't help but remind him: "In the future, don't take things from strangers casually."
Xia Wan smiled with eyes crooked, and said: "Song Zhili, the tone of your words is like educating a three-year-old child."
Song Zhili was slightly startled, then said: "Sorry."
Xia Wan continued with a smile: "Why apologize? Thank you for caring about me."
Song Zhili also curled the corners of his lips.
And at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Xia Wan asked as she stood up and walked towards the door, wondering in her heart.
Who is it again? What's going on tonight? How many people do I have to meet? It's really a busy night.
The door opened, and Jiang Yushi and Wei Chiyan stood there side by side, both with smiles on their faces.
Um……
The way they both smiled was so deliberate, giving off a malicious aura.
Perhaps it was her intuition that made Xia Wan feel dangerous. She didn't even let go of the door handle and asked, "What's going on between you two?"
Jiang Yushi did not answer directly, but asked: "Why do you say again?"
Song Zhili came over, stood behind Xia Wan, and said, "Because I'm here too."
"That's great, we can knock on the door less often." After saying that, Wei Chiyan looked at Xia Wan and said, "Why are you blocking the door? Let's go in and talk."
"I refuse." Xia Wan shook her head and said with some disgust: "Although I don't have Jiang Yushi's special ability to judge good and bad, your ill intentions are already written on your faces."
Wei Chiyan stretched out his hand and tried to push the door, obviously wanting to force his way in.
At this moment, Song Zhili stood behind Xia Wan, his hand also holding the door handle inside the house.
The boy's hand was bigger, almost completely covering Xia Wan's hand, covering the back of her hand, holding the door handle, and also holding her hand.
Song Zhili naturally would not waste time arguing with Wei Chiyan, but looked directly at Jiang Yushi, "Tell me what you want to do first."
"Why are you two so defensive? It's like we're not good people." Jiang Yushi said seriously, "We just want to watch a movie with you."
"...Ah?" Xia Wan looked confused and asked, "It's so late, what movie are we going to watch?"
Wei Chiyan lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Horror movies are only meaningful if you watch them at night."
Xia Wan said without hesitation: "No."
Who ordered this horror movie? Do you want to go to sleep?
Song Zhili asked: "Can't you two just watch it together?"
Jiang Yushi shook his head like a rattle and said, "Wei Chi will scream very loudly. He will pinch people's arms if he is scared. I don't want to be tortured alone."
But Jiang Yushi couldn't refuse Wei Chiyan, so he suggested to find Xia Mu and Song Zhili to share the pain with them.
Wei Chiyan extended his elbow and bumped Jiang Yushi's arm, saying, "Don't I have any dignity?"
Jiang Yushi said: "It doesn't matter, as long as they agree, they will see you in that state later."
Wei Chiyan: "..."
Too.
So Wei Chiyan looked at Xia Wan and said pitifully: "My birthday is in four months. Is it okay to make a birthday wish in advance?"
Xia Wan was a little surprised.
Is this his birthday wish?
Song Zhili reminded Xia Wan in silence, "Wei Chi celebrated his 75th birthday here with me last month."
Wei Chiyan said confidently: "I want to live to be 500 years old, so what's wrong with celebrating my birthday dozens of times in advance?"
Xia Wan: "..."
She understood.
Every time Wei Chiyan asked someone for a favor, he would use birthday wishes to engage in moral kidnapping.
Actually, Xia Wan didn't want to go at first because she didn't like watching horror movies.
But after hearing Jiang Yushi's description of Wei Chiyan's state of watching horror movies, she became interested again. In addition, Wei Chiyan was looking at her with pleading eyes, so Xia Wan relented and said, "Then let's watch it."
Seeing that he had taken down one, Wei Chiyan looked at Song Zhili again and asked: "Will you help me realize my 76th birthday wish?"
Song Zhili: "..."
Song Zhili looked at Wei Chiyan and asked, "Do you really want to see it?"
Yuchiyan nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
Song Zhili agreed and put forward a condition: "You can watch horror movies, but I have to choose the movies."
Wei Chiyan agreed immediately: "Sure!"
Ten minutes later——
The movie has a title.
"Insect Transformation"
As the name suggests, this movie tells a horror story about a disease spread by insects, causing all living things on Earth to mutate one after another.
Xia Wan lowered her head and laughed so hard that her shoulders couldn't help shaking.
Song Zhili actually picked the horror movie about insects that Wei Chiyan was most afraid of, which really took advantage of him.
When the title of the film appeared, Song Zhili pressed the pause button on the remote control and confirmed with Wei Chiyan again: "Do you really want to watch it tonight?"
Wei Chiyan was naturally afraid, but his mouth was the toughest part of his body. He gritted his teeth and replied, "Look! Why don't you look anymore? Whoever doesn't look is a grandson!"
Xia Wan grabbed a handful of popcorn she had just bought downstairs, looked at Wei Chiyan with some sympathy, and said, "You have destroyed your last escape route with your own hands."
Wei Chiyan: "..."
Now that things have come to this, you have to watch it whether you want to or not. No one can leave.
A small sofa.
Originally, Wei Chiyan and Jiang Yushi sat in the middle, while Xia Wan and Song Zhili sat on the two small single sofas on the sides.
Five minutes later.
The popcorn in Xia Wan's hand was also replaced with a pillow.
She seemed to have underestimated the film.
This is a black-and-white film made decades ago, and not many people have even heard of it, but it has received 0 negative reviews so far on a platform as demanding as Xiban.
Xia Wan thought she had enough experience watching horror movies and wouldn't be easily frightened, but at this moment she felt a little overwhelmed.
This movie is very well made. It starts with a campus scene that introduces the protagonist's daughter, creating a very immersive living environment. The architectural style of this school is very similar to that of Shengying, and some places even made Xia Wan feel as if she had seen them in the school before.
The second is the director's ingenious use of camera language. Every frame is not wasted. The background sound and the camera create the atmosphere of a horror film to the extreme. Along with the confusing plot, it makes people feel as if something will happen in the next second.
Even though the plot hasn't officially started yet, it already makes people feel scared.
After all, the most tormenting thing for people is not fear, but the process of waiting for fear.
And then it got a little better.
The several horrifying scenes were all within Xia Wan's tolerance range, and she even felt that they were... child's play.
It seems to open high and end low.
So Xia Wan replaced the pillow in her hand with popcorn again and felt relaxed again.
Jiang Yushi, who was sitting on the same sofa with Wei Chiyan, was in pain from being beaten several times on his arm. His expression was almost distorted and he said, "Wei Chi, if you are really scared, you can shout it out. Don't pinch my arm anymore."
Although Wei Chiyan was clearly trembling, he still said: "I... I'm not afraid."
Jiang Yushi said painfully: "Song Zhili, Xia Mu, I asked you two to help me share the burden, so why are you sitting so far away?"
Song Zhili smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Of course, he was just talking and had no intention of sharing the burden.
Seeing Jiang Yushi enduring Wei Chiyan's torture alone was really pitiful, Xia Wan could only move her seat with popcorn in her arms and sit on the other side of Wei Chiyan.
Jiang Yushi was very moved and said, "Good people will have a peaceful life."
And soon, the terrifying scene came again.
A woman's face covered in blood was suddenly given a close-up. Her smile was distorted to a weird level. Then she slowly reached out to the camera and grabbed a cat. The cat actually had the same face as the woman.
Xia Wan glanced at Wei Chiyan beside her and found that he was relatively calm.
So Xia Wan asked: "Why aren't you afraid?"
Wei Chiyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "These are fine. I am mainly afraid of... scenes related to insects."
Xia Wan nodded in understanding and continued eating popcorn.
It wasn't until she saw a scene in the movie where a woman's body was slowly corroded and turned into an ugly caterpillar that Xia Wan cried out in her heart that something was wrong.
Before Xia Wan could put down the popcorn in her hand, a powerful force grabbed her left arm.
Because Wei Chiyan was so strong, Xia Wan was not mentally prepared and the popcorn in her hand flipped over.
The silver-haired boy buried his entire head behind Xia Wan's neck, trying desperately to hide himself behind her, and his entire body was shaking.
But now, Wei Chiyan is not the focus.
Because the bucket of popcorn flew to the side and Wei Chiyan almost completely dodged it, the entire bucket of popcorn hit Jiang Yushi's face.
Jiang Yushi: "..."
Xia Wan: "..."
Xia Wan pointed at Wei Chiyan, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with her.
Jiang Yushi reached out and grabbed the back of Wei Chiyan's collar, gritting his teeth and saying, "Show me the movie."
In order to avenge the bucket of popcorn, Jiang Yushi reached out and pressed Wei Chiyan, forcing him to watch every frame of the movie.
Until the end of the movie, Wei Chiyan, who was forced to face his deepest fear, sat on the sofa. His face was pale and he looked like he had lost his soul.
Xia Wan stretched out her hand and waved in front of Wei Chiyan, but he didn't even blink.
Xia Wan reached out and pushed Wei Chiyan's shoulder again, but suddenly Wei Chiyan grabbed her.
Suddenly falling into Wei Chiyan's arms, Xia Wan only felt her nose hit against Wei Chiyan's shoulder and it hurt. The next second, Wei Chiyan hugged her and howled: "Song Zhili! It's too much. Song Zhili actually showed this kind of movie! And Jiang Yushi, why did he hold my head down to watch it... It's too scary! How can that caterpillar roll up a person with its body and eat him? It's too scary..."
Xia Wan: "..."
Xia Wan felt she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She reached out and patted Wei Chiyan on the head, coaxing him, "Yes, yes, they are going too far."
Jiang Yushi and Song Zhili looked at each other, and both of them tacitly expressed all their thoughts on their faces -
You deserve it.
It was Wei Chiyan who insisted on dragging them to watch the movie, and in the end he was the one who was scared. This is the legendary person who is both a bad eater and a big fan of watching movies.
Jiang Yushi reached out and grabbed Wei Chiyan's neck and said, "That's enough. If you scream again, I'll record it and post it on WeChat Moments."
Hearing Jiang Yushi's threat, Wei Chiyan immediately let go of Xia Wan. He shook his head hard, as if he could forget all the horrifying scenes.
Jiang Yushi raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, then left the place first, yawning, and said, "I can't do it anymore. I played games with him all night before you two came. I really can't stand it anymore. I'm going back to sleep first."
However, Song Zhili and Xia Wan did not escape successfully.
Wei Chiyan knelt down on the ground without knowing when, no longer caring about his image, and hugged each of their legs with his hands, and said sincerely: "I want to make a wish for my 77th birthday."
Xia Wan & Song Zhili: "..."
I am really speechless.
But they could also see that if they left now, Wei Chiyan might not have the courage to sleep tonight.
So Xia Wan said, "Okay, go to bed quickly, and we'll leave after you fall asleep, okay?"
Song Zhili said helplessly: "This is the last time."
Wei Chiyan lay on the bed, covered himself with the quilt and closed his eyes under the "loving" gaze of his two good friends.
Half an hour later.
Wei Chiyan looked at the ceiling sadly and said, "I can't do it. I can't sleep. I really can't sleep."
Xia Wan couldn't stand it any longer and asked, "What do you want?"
Before Xia Wan finished speaking, she saw Wei Chiyan huddled in the corner with his head down, saying, "I'm sorry, you guys go now."
The messy silver hair, the pale face, and the moonlight falling on him gave off a sense of fragility that was rare in Wei Chiyan, as if he had been abandoned.
He raised his head and glanced at Xia Wan and Song Zhili secretly, with tears in his eyes, and then buried his head even lower.
At this moment, he is vulnerable and needs to be protected.
Damn...
This really looks like a cat!
As a cat cultist, Xia Wan really couldn't refuse.
And at this moment, the system's voice suddenly rang.
[Friendly reminder to the host, the progress of the strategy may regress]
Xia Wan asked cautiously: "What do you mean?"
[Host strategy progress 2/4]
[However, if the host's favorability towards the captured character decreases, the progress will also decrease.]
Xia Wan understood.
In other words, if Wei Chiyan or Jiang Yushi no longer want to be friends with her, the progress will become 1/4, or even 0/4.
So in the end -
There were three people lying horizontally on Wei Chiyan's big bed.
Xia Wan placed her pillow between herself and Wei Chiyan on the grounds that her sleeping posture was ugly, and then lay at the end of the bed with an expressionless face.
She just knew it, she just knew it!
You can't be soft-hearted towards Wei Chiyan, he will definitely go further with his shameless character!!!
Xia Wan didn't want to agree at first, after all, she was a girl. But because Wei Chiyan casually said, "We are brothers, so what's wrong with sharing a bed?", she instinctively felt guilty, which led to the three of them now sharing a bed.
Wei Chiyan was in the middle, with people on both sides, which made him feel very safe.
Xia Wan was lying at the end of the bed. She had no intention of sleeping at all. She just waited for Wei Chiyan to fall asleep and leave quickly.
It's true, Xia Wan wasn't sleepy at all, not at all...
The girl buried her face in the quilt, and the last words in her mind before she lost consciousness were -
Why?
Why is Wei Chiyan's bed so soft? It's too comfortable!
Woohoo, she must get the same mattress as Wei Chiyan tomorrow.
It's early in the morning, I don't know what time it is.
Wei Chiyan was sleeping soundly with the pillow beside him. He turned over and threw the pillow to Song Zhili.
Then he turned over again and turned back.
There was no longer any obstacle between Xia Wan and Wei Chiyan.
Song Zhili was also annoyed by Wei Chiyan's moving around. Since Wei Chiyan had fallen asleep, Song Zhili kicked him unceremoniously and told him to stay away from him.
Wei Chiyan was still sleeping soundly. After being kicked, his body instinctively moved away from Song Zhili and moved closer to Xia Wan.
And Xia Wan's sleeping posture...
It's bad. It's always been bad.
While sleeping, Wei Chiyan felt something cold against his shoulder, and then something was placed on his waist.
Wei Chiyan tried hard to open his eyes while sleeping.
He succeeded.
He saw the giant caterpillar from last night's horror movie in front of him, and just like in the movie, it wrapped itself around him.
The instinct of survival made Wei Chiyan fight with all his might, accompanied by——
There was a bang.
Xia Wan fell to the ground, and roared angrily: "Who? Who plotted against me!"
Such a shout naturally woke up Song Zhili and Wei Chiyan completely.
Song Zhili reached out and turned on the light in the room. The glaring light made the young man squint his eyes and look towards the source of the sound. However, when he saw Xia Wan sitting on the ground, his eyes widened again. He never expected to see such a scene when he woke up in the middle of the night.
Then, in front of Xia Wan, Song Zhili decisively stretched out his leg and kicked Wei Chiyan a second time, saying in a cold voice: "Wake up."
Everything that happened just now, including what he saw with his own eyes, was just Wei Chiyan's dream.
Three o'clock in the morning.
Normal people are sleeping.
And abnormal people are quarreling.
Xia Wan: "Let me go! I have to go! If I fall again I'll have a concussion!"
Wei Chiyan: "Song Zhili kicked me first! I remember it! He definitely kicked me! Otherwise I wouldn't have rolled over to your side! And it was you who put your hand on me! I thought it was a caterpillar..."
Xia Wan: "You are the caterpillar! Your whole family is a caterpillar! And where are the pillows? Tell me! Where is the pillow I put in the middle!"
Song Zhili raised the pillow in his hand that shouldn't have appeared, and calmly stated the facts, "Although this pillow is here now, it is impossible for me to have taken it by myself."
Xia Wan covered her forehead with her hands, still very angry.
Although the bed was not high and her lower body fell to the ground first so she woke up in time and didn't feel any pain, she lost control of her upper body and hit the end of the bed!
Wei Chiyan! It's all Wei Chiyan's fault!
Xia Wan couldn't bear it any longer, so she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to fight Wei Chiyan.
Wei Chiyan took two steps back and saw that Xia Wan was serious. He immediately hid behind Song Zhili and said, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I look like a caterpillar! I'm a caterpillar, okay?"
The two looked like they were about to fight in the next second.
Xia Wan walked up to Song Zhili angrily and asked, "Do you want to protect him?"
Song Zhili did not answer Xia Wan's question, but raised his hand to touch the slightly swollen area on her forehead and asked in a low voice: "Does it hurt?"
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