When Xia Nuo entered the restaurant, Shi Xue Li was poking a piece of fried meat on the plate, bored, yawning from time to time with a tired look on her face.
Ka’er, who was sitting next to her, was not energetic either, and he still had dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing Xia Nuo coming in, Shi Xue Li raised her head and said with emotion, “It’s different when you’re young, there’s no sign of staying up late at all.”
Also going to bed late, the boy didn’t show any signs of listlessness at all. On the contrary, his face was radiant, his eyes were clear, and his snow-white skin had a healthy blush.
Xia Nuo blinked subconsciously, probably because he slept too much during the day yesterday?
He heard Shi Xue Li ask, “You must have slept well after you went back last night, right?”
Before he could answer, Shi Xue Li complained, “I haven’t slept all night.”
“The room is too small. The bed board is narrow and hard. I don’t know if there were some bugs in the room but It buzzed all night. So noisy that I couldn’t sleep at all.”
Last night’s room arrangement was that Shi Xue Li was alone. Kui Ke and Ka’er had one room, and Luo Yin had one room for himself.
Hearing Shi Xue Li’s complaints, before Ka’er said anything, Kui Ke echoed with deep empathy, “Yes, I heard it too. But I heard the sound coming from the back of the room.”
As for the accommodation conditions, he didn’t comment much.
After all, he is a big man, not as delicate as a woman, not to mention that it is normal for a young lady like Shi Xue Li to look down on this kind of accommodation.
But who made them all players? After entering the game world, even if the conditions are bad, they have to endure it. After all, they are not here for vacation, but to do tasks.
Regardless of the fact that Kui Ke came with Shi Xue Li and Ka’er, other people took them for granted as one country. But in fact, Kui Ke was hired by Shi Xue Li.
This kind of employment system is very common in the game. Although it is not on the surface, many players have already understood it.
The employer only needs to spend a part of the points to obtain the protection of the employed. In addition to earning points, the hired person also has the opportunity to share the game with real players.
You should know that there are regulations on the number and interval of players entering the game, and what kind of game to enter depends entirely on the arrangement of the system.
On the bright side, the system will naturally not overload players with games. But for this kind of private transaction, they all turned a blind eye.
After all, the player’s performance is also linked to the performance of the system. The more games a player enters, the more performance the system can earn. Therefore, they will not block such private transactions at all, and even secretly provide convenience to players.
The task Shi Xue Li released this time was seen by Kui Ke’s system first, and then notified to Kui Ke.
Shi Xue Li is a well-known second-generation player in the game world. Her parents are both well-known gaming moguls. In the beginning, the combination of the two parties caused quite a stir.
Shi Xue Li was able to enjoy the resources accumulated by her parents as soon as she was born, and her starting point was naturally several steps higher than others, which was beyond comparison no matter how envied others were.
Fortunately, Kui Ke’s mentality has always been good, so when he saw this task, he chose to accept it without hesitation, and then met this young lady who is very well-known among players.
But he is not a gossip person either, he has been adhering to his duty after accepting the employment, but Ka’er, although he seems to be an employee like himself, there was always a distance between him and Shi Xue Li intentionally or unintentionally.
It’s nothing, anyway, Kui Ke is not interested in that young lady, even if Ka’er wants to pursue her, as long as it doesn’t hinder him, he is not interested in paying attention.
But there are only five people in total. Shi Xue Li and Ka’er are not easy to approach, Luo Yin is a stuffy gourd (T/N: a person who does not like to talk), and only Chang An is left, the child is obedient and sweet, and seems to be easy to get along with.
Kui Ke had a good impression of Xia Nuo, he was born to like to chat with people, when he got along with Ka’er and Shi Xue Li, he was almost smothered to death, finally, Xia Nuo appeared, and he immediately came to chat.
He asked Xia Nuo, “Chang’an, do you have bugs there too? I heard that your room is arranged at the other end of the corridor, is it quite close to the backyard?”
Xia Nuo shook his head blankly, “I didn’t notice.”
In fact, he felt something was wrong when he heard Shi Xue Li’s complaints.
Is Shi Xue Li’s room really as bad as she says it is?
But he thinks his room is very nice. It is spacious and bright, and the bed is so soft that it can sink his whole body. He also slept very comfortably last night, and he didn’t hear any bugs.
But the village chief doesn’t treat them differently, right?
Just when he had some doubts, he heard Luo Yin, who had been silent all this time, say, “That’s a kind of devil insect, which is especially sensitive to blood. If someone is injured, it will follow the smell of blood to search for it. However, their attack power is not strong, even if the injured prey is found, they are not the opponents of the prey. Therefore, they will make a sharp call to attract a kind of monster called the wild cat (野狸). The two sides cooperate. After the wild cat(野狸) kills the prey, it sucks the prey’s blood.”
It was rare for him to say such a long sentence at the first opening, and everyone was a little surprised. Luo Yin’s eyes slowly swept across everyone’s faces, and he asked in a deep voice, “So who was injured on the first day and attracted this kind of monster?”
Several people looked at each other, Shi Xue Li threw away the knife and fork and leaned on the back of the chair with an indifferent face, “Let me tell you first, I am not injured, if you don’t believe me, you can come and check. Although I did hear the insects, I didn’t get out of bed to make sure it was in my room, so don’t have to look at me like that.”
Xia Nuo was a little puzzled, “Is it important to be injured or not? If it’s just devils insects and wild cats (野狸), you don’t need to be so nervous, right?”
Luo Yin glanced at him and explained, “Although devil insects and wild cats (野狸) are not to be feared, last night I saw a figure secretly leave the house and go up the mountain. Not long after, the cry of the devil worm sounded. Obviously, the person who sneaked away was injured on the mountain. “
Ka’er followed up his words, “Since we have entered the same game, we are a collective. If someone breaks away from the team without authorization, the impact will be bad. Especially when you don’t know what his real intention is.”
“…Is that so?” Xia Nuo’s face was still ignorant, he still couldn’t understand their tense feeling, “Then when did you see that figure, Luo Yin?”
Luo Yin looked at him inexplicably, but still said, “It’s about half past one.”
Xia Nuo recalled it carefully. At that time, he was still sleeping, and he came out of the room after two o’clock.
Ka’er said, “Kui Ke and I are in the same room. If there is any movement between the two of us, we will definitely find each other.”
But Luo Yin said, “That’s hard to say, you and him came together, wouldn’t you protect each other?”
After hearing this, Shi Xue Li sneered and said, “Then you said you saw a figure, do you have any evidence? You said so many things uncharacteristically today, isn’t it to cover up your guilty conscience?”
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Xia Nuo’s eyes widened, not knowing how things would develop like this.
Wasn’t everyone eating and chatting normally? Why do you seem to be arguing now?
“Everyone calm down first…” Xia Nuo tried to appease everyone.
But things have developed to the present, and no one wants to settle down.
Instead, Luo Yin pointed the gun at him, “You are also very suspicious. As a priest of light, if the injured person is healed by you, we will naturally not be able to find out.”
What’s the meaning?! Is he trying to say that he’s an accomplice?
Xia Nuo reacted, clenched his fists with anger, and couldn’t think of how to argue, so he could only say dryly, “I didn’t!”
Kui Ke couldn’t help but speak for him, “According to what you said, if Chang An treated the injured person and the bloody smell didn’t dissipate, the devil insect would follow. Then why didn’t Chang An hear the cry of the devil insect? “
Luo Yin snorted coldly, “Who knows if he’s lying?”
Shi Xue Li raised her eyebrows mockingly, “This is going around in circles, isn’t it me who is your target? Chang An said to go to him if we are hurt. Do you remember this sentence clearly?”
Ka’er also said, “Even if what you said is true, how can you be sure that it was not the villagers who sneaked away last night, but one of us?”
……
Xia Nuo sat on the stone steps in the yard, with a long corridor behind him, leaning against the tall stone pillars, feeling very depressed.
He recalled the fierce quarrel in the morning, no one could persuade the other, and it ended in an unhappy breakup.
Before he left, the suspicious look that Luo Yin cast over him made him feel as if something was stuck in his throat, and his heart was also stuffy, and he was depressed until now.
He has never experienced this kind of thing before, and he doesn’t know how to get rid of his suspicions. Maybe he doesn’t need to clarify to Luo Yin at all, because Luo Yin can’t produce the evidence Shi Xue Li requested, and he himself is not so confident.
But he just felt depressed.
Obviously yesterday, everyone was fine, but suddenly, the conflict broke out, and the original peaceful atmosphere disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Even after Luo Yin left, everyone was still affected. Xia Nuo ran out by himself because he couldn’t stand the atmosphere.
Xia Nuo couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.
Today’s sunshine is not as violent as before, but very mild. The warm sun shone on his body, and a few breezes blew past him from time to time.
Xia Nuo’s eyelids gradually became heavy, his long eyelashes fluttered, and his consciousness became blurred.
Soon, his eyes were completely closed, and the last trace of clarity disappeared—he fell into a drowsy dream.
When Xia Nuo slowly woke up, the sun jumped to the centre of the sky, two hours had passed.
When he just woke up, his consciousness was still a little chaotic, Xia Nuo just vaguely felt that he was pillowed by something, and that thing exuded an icy and cool breath, but it was very soft and comfortable.
Xia Nuo involuntarily rubbed against it lightly, and let out a contented sigh, looking like a lazy little animal.
Seeing this scene, the man on his pillow couldn’t help laughing out loud, the deep voice rang in Xia Nuo’s ears, and the boy couldn’t help being stunned for a moment.
Although the brain has not yet reacted to what happened, the body has already responded in advance.
As soon as Xia Nuo turned his head, he immediately saw the enlarged face of the man appear in front of his eyes.
The distance between the two was so close that he could feel the man’s breath brushing against his face, causing a searing shudder.
Xia Nuo was startled suddenly, he subconsciously wanted to get up and move away, but as soon as he moved, an indescribable soreness and numbness came from his legs, he staggered and then fell backwards.
——Then he was hugged by the man.
“Woo…” The boy whimpered softly, and after the man asked the question “what’s the matter?” knowingly, he replied tearfully, “Legs are numb…”
The boy’s eyes were red, with physiological tears rolling in his eye sockets, and he looked pitiful.
The man’s heart stopped for a moment.
He heard a voice in his head accusing him, saying, You are so bad.
He laughed silently.
He is really bad.
Because seeing such a young man, his first reaction was not to comfort him, but to bully him severely, seeing him cry even louder.
If possible, he would like to lick away his tears slowly with his tongue and taste the tear on the tip of his tongue.
What would a boy’s tears taste like? Will it be like him… very delicious?
As if he had seen such a scene, the man’s heart became more and more restless.
Xia Nuo didn’t know that the man behind him had such a weird smile, like an insatiable beast, staring at his prey, as if thinking about how to bite.
Still ignorant of the danger that was close at hand, he asked in a soft, crying voice, “…Why are you here?”
The numbness on his leg came out one after another, and Xia Nuo also knew that there was no other way but to wait for it to recover by itself. In order not to make himself feel too uncomfortable, he could only choose to talk to the man to divert his attention.
“The weather is so good today, I planned to go out for a walk, but I didn’t expect to see you here.” The man chuckled, “Seeing that you slept so peacefully, I couldn’t bear to wake you up, but I was afraid that you would wake up with a stiff neck in such a sleeping position, so I had to sacrifice myself to be your human cushion. “
Xia Nuo sniffed, and said with some embarrassment, “…Thank you.”
He felt very self-conscious that the man was to see such a shameful appearance, but the man’s teasing with a smile slowly eliminated the embarrassment.
“Are your legs still sore?” the man asked.
He seriously told the boy in his arms, “Next time, don’t just fall asleep outside casually.”
Otherwise, seeing such an unsuspecting little animal, he wasn’t sure he would be able to resist taking him away and shutting him up in his lair next time.
Xia Nuo nodded ignorantly, and the man stretched out his hand, gently pressing on his leg, “It may be a bit uncomfortable at first, can you bear it?”
“…” Xia Nuo thought for a while, then shook his head hesitantly, “I don’t think I can…”
However, it was too late for him to say this, the man had a warm and gentle smile on his face, but he did not hesitate to strike.
“Oh!” Xia Nuo couldn’t help but exclaim.
At this time, a female voice suddenly rang out, “What are you doing?”
Xia Nuo looked up, and Shi Xue Li was standing not far away, looking at them strangely.
When Xia Nuo entered the restaurant, Shi Xue Li was poking a piece of fried meat on the plate, bored, yawning from time to time with a tired look on her face.
Ka’er, who was sitting next to her, was not energetic either, and he still had dark circles under his eyes.
Seeing Xia Nuo coming in, Shi Xue Li raised her head and said with emotion, “It’s different when you’re young, there’s no sign of staying up late at all.”
Also going to bed late, the boy didn’t show any signs of listlessness at all. On the contrary, his face was radiant, his eyes were clear, and his snow-white skin had a healthy blush.
Xia Nuo blinked subconsciously, probably because he slept too much during the day yesterday?
He heard Shi Xue Li ask, “You must have slept well after you went back last night, right?”
Before he could answer, Shi Xue Li complained, “I haven’t slept all night.”
“The room is too small. The bed board is narrow and hard. I don’t know if there were some bugs in the room but It buzzed all night. So noisy that I couldn’t sleep at all.”
Last night’s room arrangement was that Shi Xue Li was alone. Kui Ke and Ka’er had one room, and Luo Yin had one room for himself.
Hearing Shi Xue Li’s complaints, before Ka’er said anything, Kui Ke echoed with deep empathy, “Yes, I heard it too. But I heard the sound coming from the back of the room.”
As for the accommodation conditions, he didn’t comment much.
After all, he is a big man, not as delicate as a woman, not to mention that it is normal for a young lady like Shi Xue Li to look down on this kind of accommodation.
But who made them all players? After entering the game world, even if the conditions are bad, they have to endure it. After all, they are not here for vacation, but to do tasks.
Regardless of the fact that Kui Ke came with Shi Xue Li and Ka’er, other people took them for granted as one country. But in fact, Kui Ke was hired by Shi Xue Li.
This kind of employment system is very common in the game. Although it is not on the surface, many players have already understood it.
The employer only needs to spend a part of the points to obtain the protection of the employed. In addition to earning points, the hired person also has the opportunity to share the game with real players.
You should know that there are regulations on the number and interval of players entering the game, and what kind of game to enter depends entirely on the arrangement of the system.
On the bright side, the system will naturally not overload players with games. But for this kind of private transaction, they all turned a blind eye.
After all, the player’s performance is also linked to the performance of the system. The more games a player enters, the more performance the system can earn. Therefore, they will not block such private transactions at all, and even secretly provide convenience to players.
The task Shi Xue Li released this time was seen by Kui Ke’s system first, and then notified to Kui Ke.
Shi Xue Li is a well-known second-generation player in the game world. Her parents are both well-known gaming moguls. In the beginning, the combination of the two parties caused quite a stir.
Shi Xue Li was able to enjoy the resources accumulated by her parents as soon as she was born, and her starting point was naturally several steps higher than others, which was beyond comparison no matter how envied others were.
Fortunately, Kui Ke’s mentality has always been good, so when he saw this task, he chose to accept it without hesitation, and then met this young lady who is very well-known among players.
But he is not a gossip person either, he has been adhering to his duty after accepting the employment, but Ka’er, although he seems to be an employee like himself, there was always a distance between him and Shi Xue Li intentionally or unintentionally.
It’s nothing, anyway, Kui Ke is not interested in that young lady, even if Ka’er wants to pursue her, as long as it doesn’t hinder him, he is not interested in paying attention.
But there are only five people in total. Shi Xue Li and Ka’er are not easy to approach, Luo Yin is a stuffy gourd (T/N: a person who does not like to talk), and only Chang An is left, the child is obedient and sweet, and seems to be easy to get along with.
Kui Ke had a good impression of Xia Nuo, he was born to like to chat with people, when he got along with Ka’er and Shi Xue Li, he was almost smothered to death, finally, Xia Nuo appeared, and he immediately came to chat.
He asked Xia Nuo, “Chang’an, do you have bugs there too? I heard that your room is arranged at the other end of the corridor, is it quite close to the backyard?”
Xia Nuo shook his head blankly, “I didn’t notice.”
In fact, he felt something was wrong when he heard Shi Xue Li’s complaints.
Is Shi Xue Li’s room really as bad as she says it is?
But he thinks his room is very nice. It is spacious and bright, and the bed is so soft that it can sink his whole body. He also slept very comfortably last night, and he didn’t hear any bugs.
But the village chief doesn’t treat them differently, right?
Just when he had some doubts, he heard Luo Yin, who had been silent all this time, say, “That’s a kind of devil insect, which is especially sensitive to blood. If someone is injured, it will follow the smell of blood to search for it. However, their attack power is not strong, even if the injured prey is found, they are not the opponents of the prey. Therefore, they will make a sharp call to attract a kind of monster called the wild cat (野狸). The two sides cooperate. After the wild cat(野狸) kills the prey, it sucks the prey’s blood.”
It was rare for him to say such a long sentence at the first opening, and everyone was a little surprised. Luo Yin’s eyes slowly swept across everyone’s faces, and he asked in a deep voice, “So who was injured on the first day and attracted this kind of monster?”
Several people looked at each other, Shi Xue Li threw away the knife and fork and leaned on the back of the chair with an indifferent face, “Let me tell you first, I am not injured, if you don’t believe me, you can come and check. Although I did hear the insects, I didn’t get out of bed to make sure it was in my room, so don’t have to look at me like that.”
Xia Nuo was a little puzzled, “Is it important to be injured or not? If it’s just devils insects and wild cats (野狸), you don’t need to be so nervous, right?”
Luo Yin glanced at him and explained, “Although devil insects and wild cats (野狸) are not to be feared, last night I saw a figure secretly leave the house and go up the mountain. Not long after, the cry of the devil worm sounded. Obviously, the person who sneaked away was injured on the mountain. “
Ka’er followed up his words, “Since we have entered the same game, we are a collective. If someone breaks away from the team without authorization, the impact will be bad. Especially when you don’t know what his real intention is.”
“…Is that so?” Xia Nuo’s face was still ignorant, he still couldn’t understand their tense feeling, “Then when did you see that figure, Luo Yin?”
Luo Yin looked at him inexplicably, but still said, “It’s about half past one.”
Xia Nuo recalled it carefully. At that time, he was still sleeping, and he came out of the room after two o’clock.
Ka’er said, “Kui Ke and I are in the same room. If there is any movement between the two of us, we will definitely find each other.”
But Luo Yin said, “That’s hard to say, you and him came together, wouldn’t you protect each other?”
After hearing this, Shi Xue Li sneered and said, “Then you said you saw a figure, do you have any evidence? You said so many things uncharacteristically today, isn’t it to cover up your guilty conscience?”
The atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Xia Nuo’s eyes widened, not knowing how things would develop like this.
Wasn’t everyone eating and chatting normally? Why do you seem to be arguing now?
“Everyone calm down first…” Xia Nuo tried to appease everyone.
But things have developed to the present, and no one wants to settle down.
Instead, Luo Yin pointed the gun at him, “You are also very suspicious. As a priest of light, if the injured person is healed by you, we will naturally not be able to find out.”
What’s the meaning?! Is he trying to say that he’s an accomplice?
Xia Nuo reacted, clenched his fists with anger, and couldn’t think of how to argue, so he could only say dryly, “I didn’t!”
Kui Ke couldn’t help but speak for him, “According to what you said, if Chang An treated the injured person and the bloody smell didn’t dissipate, the devil insect would follow. Then why didn’t Chang An hear the cry of the devil insect? “
Luo Yin snorted coldly, “Who knows if he’s lying?”
Shi Xue Li raised her eyebrows mockingly, “This is going around in circles, isn’t it me who is your target? Chang An said to go to him if we are hurt. Do you remember this sentence clearly?”
Ka’er also said, “Even if what you said is true, how can you be sure that it was not the villagers who sneaked away last night, but one of us?”
……
Xia Nuo sat on the stone steps in the yard, with a long corridor behind him, leaning against the tall stone pillars, feeling very depressed.
He recalled the fierce quarrel in the morning, no one could persuade the other, and it ended in an unhappy breakup.
Before he left, the suspicious look that Luo Yin cast over him made him feel as if something was stuck in his throat, and his heart was also stuffy, and he was depressed until now.
He has never experienced this kind of thing before, and he doesn’t know how to get rid of his suspicions. Maybe he doesn’t need to clarify to Luo Yin at all, because Luo Yin can’t produce the evidence Shi Xue Li requested, and he himself is not so confident.
But he just felt depressed.
Obviously yesterday, everyone was fine, but suddenly, the conflict broke out, and the original peaceful atmosphere disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Even after Luo Yin left, everyone was still affected. Xia Nuo ran out by himself because he couldn’t stand the atmosphere.
Xia Nuo couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.
Today’s sunshine is not as violent as before, but very mild. The warm sun shone on his body, and a few breezes blew past him from time to time.
Xia Nuo’s eyelids gradually became heavy, his long eyelashes fluttered, and his consciousness became blurred.
Soon, his eyes were completely closed, and the last trace of clarity disappeared—he fell into a drowsy dream.
When Xia Nuo slowly woke up, the sun jumped to the centre of the sky, two hours had passed.
When he just woke up, his consciousness was still a little chaotic, Xia Nuo just vaguely felt that he was pillowed by something, and that thing exuded an icy and cool breath, but it was very soft and comfortable.
Xia Nuo involuntarily rubbed against it lightly, and let out a contented sigh, looking like a lazy little animal.
Seeing this scene, the man on his pillow couldn’t help laughing out loud, the deep voice rang in Xia Nuo’s ears, and the boy couldn’t help being stunned for a moment.
Although the brain has not yet reacted to what happened, the body has already responded in advance.
As soon as Xia Nuo turned his head, he immediately saw the enlarged face of the man appear in front of his eyes.
The distance between the two was so close that he could feel the man’s breath brushing against his face, causing a searing shudder.
Xia Nuo was startled suddenly, he subconsciously wanted to get up and move away, but as soon as he moved, an indescribable soreness and numbness came from his legs, he staggered and then fell backwards.
——Then he was hugged by the man.
“Woo…” The boy whimpered softly, and after the man asked the question “what’s the matter?” knowingly, he replied tearfully, “Legs are numb…”
The boy’s eyes were red, with physiological tears rolling in his eye sockets, and he looked pitiful.
The man’s heart stopped for a moment.
He heard a voice in his head accusing him, saying, You are so bad.
He laughed silently.
He is really bad.
Because seeing such a young man, his first reaction was not to comfort him, but to bully him severely, seeing him cry even louder.
If possible, he would like to lick away his tears slowly with his tongue and taste the tear on the tip of his tongue.
What would a boy’s tears taste like? Will it be like him… very delicious?
As if he had seen such a scene, the man’s heart became more and more restless.
Xia Nuo didn’t know that the man behind him had such a weird smile, like an insatiable beast, staring at his prey, as if thinking about how to bite.
Still ignorant of the danger that was close at hand, he asked in a soft, crying voice, “…Why are you here?”
The numbness on his leg came out one after another, and Xia Nuo also knew that there was no other way but to wait for it to recover by itself. In order not to make himself feel too uncomfortable, he could only choose to talk to the man to divert his attention.
“The weather is so good today, I planned to go out for a walk, but I didn’t expect to see you here.” The man chuckled, “Seeing that you slept so peacefully, I couldn’t bear to wake you up, but I was afraid that you would wake up with a stiff neck in such a sleeping position, so I had to sacrifice myself to be your human cushion. “
Xia Nuo sniffed, and said with some embarrassment, “…Thank you.”
He felt very self-conscious that the man was to see such a shameful appearance, but the man’s teasing with a smile slowly eliminated the embarrassment.
“Are your legs still sore?” the man asked.
He seriously told the boy in his arms, “Next time, don’t just fall asleep outside casually.”
Otherwise, seeing such an unsuspecting little animal, he wasn’t sure he would be able to resist taking him away and shutting him up in his lair next time.
Xia Nuo nodded ignorantly, and the man stretched out his hand, gently pressing on his leg, “It may be a bit uncomfortable at first, can you bear it?”
“…” Xia Nuo thought for a while, then shook his head hesitantly, “I don’t think I can…”
However, it was too late for him to say this, the man had a warm and gentle smile on his face, but he did not hesitate to strike.
“Oh!” Xia Nuo couldn’t help but exclaim.
At this time, a female voice suddenly rang out, “What are you doing?”
Xia Nuo looked up, and Shi Xue Li was standing not far away, looking at them strangely.
