"It tells the story of how Rapunzel's father met his king for the first time."
When Little Lettuce said this, Tang Ning was no longer sleepy. He opened his eyes wide and almost sat up in shock from his dying illness.
"What?" Tangning asked anxiously.
Little Rapunzel sat obediently in front of the bed holding a fairy tale book. He looked at Tangning with a smile and said, "A long time ago, there was a powerful monster. It fell in love with Rapunzel's father and hid in the dark to protect him."
"Rapunzel's dad wants to see it, too."
"But it has to be very ugly, so ugly that it dare not show itself in front of its sweetheart."
A gloomy atmosphere seemed to invade the entire room at that moment, making the bedside lamp dim a little, but the storyteller and the listener were not afraid at this moment.
Tangning frowned, not quite understanding.
Is the king afraid of being ugly
"Once this monster becomes good-looking and wears the king's skin, they should be able to live happily together."
Little Lettuce closed the book, reached out to turn off the bedside lamp, and politely said to Tangning in the darkness, "Good night, Dad."
"Wait, Rapunzel..." Tangning quickly pressed the wake-up light again, but there was no one in the room.
He immediately got out of bed, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and chased after her. The whole room was empty.
At this moment, the lightning from the window suddenly illuminated the dark corridor.
"Baby lettuce?"
Tang Ning's heart skipped a beat. He hurried downstairs, but there was no sign of Lettuce in the room.
"Little lettuce!"
"… "
Little Lettuce disappeared. Tang Ning didn't know where he went, let alone how to find him.
Tang Ning returned to his room in a daze. He was reluctant to leave Little Lettuce, even though he knew that Little Lettuce would leave him after using this card. But knowing is one thing, accepting the reality is another.
Although Tangning had raised No. 1 before, and could barely be considered raising a child, No. 1 was completely different from ordinary children. No. 1 did not need to prepare milk powder, change diapers, teach him to read, or teach him to walk...
Rapunzel is a seemingly ordinary child.
He spent a very ordinary and happy childhood with Rapunzel.
During this period, no monsters or demons appeared. He just accompanied Lettuce and it gradually got better. This made him feel that his mentality also improved.
Tangning lay on the bed and closed her eyes.
Thick darkness enveloped him, blocking out the interference from the outside world. There was a rare thunderstorm in the house. Heavy rain slammed against the windows, lightning bolts tore through the sky like dancing electric snakes, and the whistling wind blew against the trees, but all these sounds could not penetrate into this warm and quiet bedroom.
In the quiet and peaceful environment, Tang Ning fell into a deep sleep.
He had many dreams, in which he relived the first five days of this copy of his life. This dream made him feel that the copy of his life was his real life.
In the dream, there was my mother traveling far away. Although she was blind, she was in good health. Tang Ning is now in her teens and my mother is in her sixties. She has been living a carefree life abroad for a long time and wants to come back to visit.
In the dream, there was Xie Yunting who looked very much like the king. He had traveled before and became more like the king when he came back. He was going to travel again next time and he was afraid that this time he would become exactly the same as the real king when he came back.
There was also a cute little Lettuce in the dream. Today, little Lettuce was just playing hide-and-seek with him. As long as he woke up and opened his eyes, he would be able to see his little Lettuce.
This was a dream that was too wonderful and terrifying. The dream kept calling him. As long as he treated this game as his real life, the above assumptions would come true on his last day.
Mom will come back, Wang will appear, and his beloved Lettuce will be by his side again.
As long as he treats the game as his real life, the last day in the game will become decades in reality. No matter whether they are real decades or fake decades, at least the game will make him feel that he has spent decades.
People only live for a few decades.
Even if I win this game and return to reality, I will only live a few more decades. Is there any difference between the two? ? The game is better than the real world. There are mothers and lettuces in the game...
Tang Ning's eyelashes kept trembling.
He seemed to understand what was going on with Jiang Mianmian. On the night that Jiang Mianmian and Wuliang got married, she might have had such a dream.
Should I choose the cruel reality or the beautiful dream
Jiang Mianmian chose the latter.
Now, it was Tang Ning's turn to make such a choice.
"Ningning."
In front of me is my old mother. Her temples are already gray. She wears sunglasses to hide her eyes and looks like a fashionable lady.
Tang Ning stared for a long time. He was not shaken. He just wanted to see more of his mother becoming his wife. He had never seen his mother like this before.
"dad."
The now-adult Rapunzel waved at Tangning. He was tall and his smile was pure and happy, just like when he was a child.
Tangning also laughed. This sunny and healthy little Lettuce could live well even without him as a father.
"Xiao Ning."
Xie Yunting called out to him. Tang Ning turned around and met Xie Yunting's eyes. These deep and affectionate eyes really looked like Wang's. His temperament was exactly the same as the Wang in Tang Ning's memory. Perhaps it was because of the unrequited love over the years that Xie Yunting became a little more paranoid and scary.
It really looked like Wang, and Tangning couldn't tell whether it was real or fake.
But…
"Rapunzel told me." Tangning smiled at Xie Yunting, "Wang, it's really ugly this time."
He believed what Rapunzel had told him.
Now that you have decided to believe it, it's time to wake up from this dream.
Please choose the card for the sixth day
The cold system voice rang in Tangning's mind, and she slowly opened her drooping eyelids.
He forgot where he had heard this saying: people don't change slowly, but suddenly feel themselves go down in a certain moment.
There are probably not many people in this world who can have such a deep understanding of their own sudden decline as he does now.
Breathing is a little difficult and I can't breathe as easily as when I was young. Now with every rise and fall of my breath I can clearly feel the weight on my chest, which is very oppressive.
He stretched out his stiff hands and tore off a part of the quilt. The warmth accumulated overnight dissipated into the air. Although his chest felt a little relieved, he felt cold again.
It would be bad if you catch a cold from the cold.
Tang Ning hesitated for a moment, and the heavy quilt was placed on him. He blinked and tried to see the environment he was in with his eyes, but his vision was a little blurry.
He could hardly see clearly, and could only roughly tell that it was a well-decorated bedroom.
System, briefly introduce my current situation.
Tangning was talking in her heart. In fact, most people could not accurately describe what their inner voice sounded like. Whether it was male or female, young or old, or what tone it was, they had no specific concept of these.
But this time, when Tang Ning spoke in her heart, she felt as if her inner voice had turned into a hoarse, slow human voice.
He seemed to exude a rotten smell from the inside out.
80 years old, childless, single and living alone.
I'm eighty now...
I'm going to use the Sleeping Beauty card.
Tang Ning said without hesitation that this was the decision he had made from the beginning. No card was safer than this one.
The player has used the Sleeping Beauty card
Sleeping Beauty card setting 1: Danger follows you everywhere
Sleeping Beauty Card Setting 2: You Won't Really Die
After hearing that the card had taken effect, Tang Ning felt more at ease. He slowly sat up, as if an old machine was struggling to operate. Every component had some minor problems that were not serious. These problems added together made the machine operate much worse than when it was just built.
I feel like I'm not feeling well somewhere.
My gums are sore, my head is dizzy, and my shoulders, neck, and waist are sore and stiff.
Tang Ning found his phone on the bed. As soon as he turned it on, he realized that he couldn't see the icons on the phone clearly, let alone the words that were even smaller than the icons.
Oh, glasses. He should have something like reading glasses.
Tang Ning fumbled around on the bed for a long time before finding the glasses case.
He slowly put on his reading glasses, and his vision finally became clear.
"Beep, beep, beep..." A regular ringtone sounded, but the sound didn't seem to come from the phone, but was closer, as if coming from his ears and brain
Strange, what is that sound
Tang Ning turned his head slowly. His hearing had deteriorated significantly, making it difficult for him to detect the exact location of the sound.
"Ting, ting, ting. It's breakfast time. Dear Mr. Tang, what would you like to eat today?" A gentle female voice sounded.
Tang Ning was completely stunned.
System, what's going on? he asked.
This is the smart optical computer you bought talking. The system simply explained: The reading glasses you are wearing now are a portable optical computer that is very popular among young people. It is similar to the mobile phone ten years ago, but its functions are much more comprehensive than mobile phones.
So what I'm holding now isn't a mobile phone, but a future product disguised as a mobile phone? Tangning asked, holding up her newly powered-on phone.
What you are holding now is called an annual phone, which is generally only used by people of your age group.
Tangning raised his hand blankly and touched his mirror.
He didn't know what happened, but a blue light screen suddenly popped up and appeared in front of him. Various categories of food were arranged on it, with pictures and texts, and a virtual light computer butler was talking to him with a smile.
Tang Ning stared blankly at this futuristic, sci-fi scene, realizing his current situation more deeply than before.
He is now like one of the first batch of people who were left behind by smartphones.
Yes, he is eighty years old now, and ten years have passed since yesterday. Ten years are enough time for a lot of changes to happen. The era he lives in is moving forward vigorously, but he is on the decline.
But there are so many strange foods on these sales interfaces!
Tang Ning held up the frame of his glasses and happily began to scroll through the interface. He saw a fried chicken with eight wings and legs. Wow, that's great, you're the one!