A breeze suddenly blew over from not far away, pushing the soft hem of the skirt against Lu Shizhen's calves, gently and tightly, as if trying to keep her.
The unobstructed sun shone its bright light between the two of them, and Lu Shizhen just looked at the look in Xu Shiyue's eyes as she looked at him.
It was like broken glass, dark and filled with expectation, with her appearance reflected in every piece.
Lu Shizhen seemed to see pearls precipitated by the flow of time in these eyes, round and bright, who knows how long they have been polished over and over again, which made her heart ache: "I..."
"teacher!"
Just when Lu Shizhen was about to give an answer, Xiaoning, who received her message, ran out quickly and waved to her from a distance.
Lu Shizhen seemed to wake up from a dream.
She just looked at her colleague waving at her from a distance, swallowed the answer she hadn't given yet, and said to Xu Shiyue: "They are here to see me. I have to go. Goodbye."
As soon as he finished speaking, the softness and warmth that Xu Shiyue had held in his palm suddenly disappeared.
She just watched Lu Shizhen leave, and slowly clenched her hand that was hanging outside the window.
The midday sunlight poured generously upon the world, brightly enveloping Lu Shizhen's receding figure.
The fluffy skirt swayed with her steps, showing her liveliness.
She is still the same style as before, carefree and without temper.
Everything was just like it was five years ago, but her originally thick long hair had been cut short to her chin, which was indescribably neat, as if she had grown a lot in these five years without telling him.
The vile wind would not leave any temperature that did not belong to anyone. The tighter Xu Shiyue clenched his hands, the faster the remaining temperature disappeared, and in the end, only the accumulated moisture was left.
Xu Shiyue looked at his wet palms and narrowed his eyes slightly.
She just stared at Lu Shizhen's tiny back that was about to disappear. She seemed to remember what Lu Shizhen had said to her just now, and whispered meaningfully: "Goodbye."
In the distance, kites flown in the spring are flying freely in the sky with the wind.
As long as the string is connected, the kite will always be in its owner's hands no matter how far it flies.
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The fact that Lu Shizhen disappeared for a little while left a deep psychological trauma on Xiaoning. Along the way, she kept talking about how worried she was about Lu Shizhen that day and where they all went to look for her.
Qiuqiu lay in Lu Shizhen's arms, feeling terrified, and said, "Host, do you think Xu Shiyue will notice something?"
Lu Shizhen felt a little helpless and thought: "Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?"
"It shouldn't be possible. The technological level of this world is impossible... Could it be that we have forgotten something?" Qiuqiu thought, with an overloaded expression on her distressed face, "But I added dozens of encryptions to Yuanzi's chip, so it shouldn't be possible..."
Seeing Qiuqiu's distressed look, Lu Shizhen's mood suddenly became indescribable.
At the age of nineteen, she was able to defeat the old man Xu Shouxian, which was more than two years earlier than the original text. She believed in Xu Shiyue's ability.
The relationship between Xu Shouxian and the main system is like that between a chess piece and its player.
Moreover, this chess piece is the most inconspicuous discarded piece of the chess player.
Invade the system, control system operation, and manipulate world consciousness.
Is this... possible
As Lu Shizhen was thinking this, she suddenly felt as if she had been fixed in a certain thought since she had no idea when.
But before she could figure it out, the cat in her arms raised its head to her and said, "Meow~ (Host, will you go back?)"
Qiuqiu's question sounded a bit incoherent, but Lu Shizhen knew what sentence it was following. Somehow, she felt a little resistant to this kitten from the system side: "What for?"
"I'm just asking..." Qiuqiu said a little aggrievedly, "And Xu Shiyue's feelings for you are special, which will affect the development of her relationship with Shen Yanxing. After all, the two of them are the core of this world. Host, have you ever thought about..."
Before Qiuqiu could finish her words of persuasion, she was interrupted by Lu Shizhen: "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Shizhen's words came suddenly, and his tone was a little stiff. Qiuqiu heard it clearly, and her small body trembled in Lu Shizhen's arms.
Perhaps feeling that his attitude just now was not very good, Lu Shizhen scratched Qiuqiu's belly.
She just looked at the cat in her arms who kept reminding her in different ways, and emphasized to it in reverse: "Don't forget, I'm a straight girl..."
Lu Shizhen's voice was relaxed, and the wind blew over it with a hint of smile.
Qiuqiu just listened to its host emphasizing this "fact" to it and to herself. The wind blew through the fragrant stamens in the flower bed nearby, leaving a bit of bitterness on its nose.
Lu Shizhen didn't know that sometimes if you emphasize something too much, it will only make it more obvious.
"Besides, aren't we going back home tomorrow after the book signing?" Lu Shizhen gently rubbed the cat on Qiuqiu's back again, lowering his eyes, and making a serious but sloppy plan, "Don't worry, when we don't meet again, everything will be back on track again."
The consequences of deviating from the plot, expressed in different ways, piled up in Lu Shizhen's mind. She lowered her head and kicked a small stone on the road ahead. She didn't use much force, but just pushed it to the side of the road.
She never thought of herself as a great person. Working for the world or for peace in the universe was not her wish. She just simply wanted that person to live well.
She has seen her future.
That was a love that moved everyone in her world who had read this story, and Shen Yanxing was also a person worthy of reliance.
"As long as this world doesn't collapse, I know she's fine." Lu Shizhen said "be content", but her voice was even colder than before, "Didn't you say so? The story calculated by the Lord God through the main system is her best life."
Animals can always keenly sense their owners' emotional changes, and Qiuqiu is no exception when she clings to Lu Shizhen's arms.
It didn't know why, but it seemed as if something went wrong in some program, which made it suddenly want to tell Lu Shizhen, but that wasn't necessarily the case.
What the Lord God deduces through the main system is not necessarily the best.
It had seen this before when Lu Shizhen was earning points. It was something that was clearly judged as useless by its system algorithm, but it became a plus point for Lu Shizhen, far exceeding the optimal solution it calculated.
Qiuqiu thought that the reason why humans are humans and cannot be replaced by the system must be that they have unique properties.
Is it possible that the main system could make mistakes
The parts hidden under the thick fur emitted a rebellious electric light, and the faint hissing sound dissipated in the wind.
This was the first time that his faith in Qiuqiu had wavered since he opened his eyes and came into this world. He was vaguely troubled by this and did not dare to speak it out loud.
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Lu Shizhen's book signing event in City S was unprecedentedly popular, and the huge bookstore was packed with people.
Lu Shizhen sat on the stage and looked at the snake-shaped team in the venue. He was somewhat surprised at the appeal of his comics and everyone's enthusiasm.
Comic books were placed on the table one by one, and Lu Shizhen signed his name in the crowd, occasionally adding a T-signature.
Although Lu Shizhen was extremely happy to see that he was so popular in this place, to be honest, after signing so many names repeatedly, his hands, which had been holding the pen for a long time, gradually became numb.
The white papers spread out continuously fell and passed through Lu Shizhen's sight, and after a moment, she felt that the world had become monotonous.
Lu Shizhen quickly relaxed his fingers before the next reader came up and closed his eyes.
But she didn't expect that just as she was ready to accept the next batch of white pages, a strong red color broke into her pale white world.
Roses were stacked in clusters and placed on the table in front of Lu Shizhen, with large pieces of bright red wrapped in black wrapping paper, dark yet brilliant.
Just like the woman who is now slowly walking to the signing table.
Without any warning, Xu Shiyue came to Lu Shizhen's book signing event.
Her long seaweed-like hair floated slightly as she stood still, and her cold white skin formed a sharp contrast with the rich black.
The light poured down from the top of her head, and Xu Shiyuebai's whole body was glowing, like a star that suddenly lit up in the dark night sky, or the moon that made all the stars dim.
The table for the book signing event was set at a certain height for convenience, and Xu Shiyue's hips were just resting on this side. Her lake green halter dress fit perfectly in front of Lu Shizhen's sight, revealing a waist that was so slender that it could be grasped with one hand.
Xiao Ning, who was the assistant at the book signing event, was a little stunned. It took her a while to react before she asked, "Miss, what is your name?"
"Xu Shiyue." Xu Shiyue gently stroked the long hair hanging down the side of her face, looked at Lu Shizhen slowly and said, "Xu for permission, Shi for picking up, Yue for the moon."
Xiao Ning nodded hesitantly, looking like she was bewitched by beauty. She didn't even think about why the name sounded so familiar. Then she took the initiative to ask on behalf of Lu Shizhen: "Do you have anything you want Teacher Sixteen to sign together? You can tell me and let Teacher Sixteen sign it on the book for you."
"Is it okay?" Xu Shiyue asked back in a calm voice, raising her eyes slightly and looking at Lu Shizhen calmly.
Lu Shizhen was completely surprised by Xu Shiyue's arrival.
The scent of roses slowly diffused in front of her, mixed with the undetectable fragrance of this person.
The lips that were lightly pursed together opened and closed, and the retracted tongue tip accidentally brushed over the back teeth.
The remaining taste rolled around the tip of the tongue, overlapping with the obscure and ambiguous taste of the person in front of her, in this noisy meeting place filled with her readers.
The light above my head is like the sun at noon yesterday, and the person in front of me is still the same person.
After a long pause, Lu Shizhen nodded and said in a steady voice: "Of course you can, but it can't be too long."
"Then please sign a message for me, Teacher Sixteen." Xu Shiyue said calmly, as if she didn't hear the second half of Lu Shizhen's words, "I never thought you would leave me, so I've been looking for you."
Having said that, Xu Shiyue paused.
The crow-feather eyelashes opened and closed like a fan, spreading a gentle smile in the dark and cold, and said to the person holding the pen in front of him: "Now that I have caught you, I will never let you leave."
(End of this chapter)