The gentle breeze kept blowing across the roses on the wall, and the subtle fragrance surged towards Lu Shizhen like a wave.
It was as if the falling petals were rubbing against her face, soothing her gently and silently.
Lu Shizhen lowered her eyes, and beneath her calm voice was a huge sorrow, which was stuffy in her heart and made it hard to breathe.
Xu Shiyue sat down and just asked herself "What is this?" She suddenly felt that she had something to tell about her grief.
For the first time, I didn’t have to keep all these things in my heart. I cried secretly under the covers at night when I was alone.
"Actually, Qiuqiu is not the first friend to leave me." Lu Shizhen pursed her lips slightly, her dry lips colliding with each other, and she softly recounted her past to Xu Shiyue, "My first friend spat out blood in front of me and never woke up again. The second one left secretly at night. The third one was originally discharged from the hospital, but was sent back the next day. It was too late when he was sent back. He died before he even had to go in for surgery..."
Lu Shizhen counted them all to Xu Shiyue.
Her language was so calm, so calm without any embellishment, and she simply listed the deaths one by one.
"sixth… "
But when it came to the sixth one, Lu Shizhen suddenly got stuck.
She thought there should be a sixth one, but why couldn't she remember it
Just like she couldn't remember why she suddenly didn't want to make friends with any new patients after a certain day.
But this matter had nothing to do with what she said, so Lu Shizhen didn't think about it, or didn't have the energy to think about it anymore. She let out a breath and continued, "But so what? Life has to go on. It's impossible to be depressed just because of a friend's departure. If that's the case, the other party will be even more worried about leaving."
Having said that, Lu Shizhen turned and looked at Xu Shiyue.
Too many tears washed over her eyes, and when the sunlight fell, the area around her eye sockets was already dyed crimson.
But those pitch-black eyes were smiling, and even the corners of his slightly pursed lips were smiling.
Xu Shiyue saw that Lu Shizhen was no longer so fragile, and her bright eyes were filled with a strength that was endearing.
The person she likes.
But I also hope that she can throw herself into my arms and cry, so that she can untie this knot in her heart.
But no.
She just leaned against the box of thawed starch sausages and told everything calmly.
Xu Shiyue didn’t know how many times Lu Shizhen had experienced such cruelty during his childhood, in which she had no involvement, for him to be able to accept death so calmly.
It's so frank that it makes people feel distressed.
"The disease has taken away many of my friends in the past, so I have been fighting it all these years. This time the Lord God took Qiuqiu away, and I will not let her feel comfortable." Lu Shizhen continued, his eyes full of stubbornness, "I want to settle the score with her, and it would be best if I could pull her off that chair."
It can be said to be hatred, but it can be seen in Lu Shizhen's eyes.
But hatred alone seemed too insufficient. Perhaps Lu Shizhen himself did not realize that Xu Shiyue was not the only person in the world who did not want to be controlled by fate.
And herself.
Xu Shiyue raised her hand and placed it on Lu Shizhen's hand. She found the gap between her fingers and interlocked them with hers. She said the same words she had said to herself last time: "Take me with you."
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Aunt Sun noticed that something was wrong after Lu Shizhen came back, and quietly prepared a large and sumptuous lunch for her.
Lu Shizhen missed Aunt Sun's cooking very much. After regrouping, she ate a lot and finished two bowls of rice in a row. Just when she was about to add the third bowl, she suddenly heard the sound of electricity connecting the system.
[Tasker 20251127, it is detected that you have been unbound from the previous system. If you have a specified system, please enter the system code below. If not, click Next and we will re-match a new auxiliary system for you. ]
As a host without a system, the internal system quickly popped up a selection box in Lu Shizhen's mind.
Xu Shiyue put down his chopsticks silently. Lu Shizhen looked up and asked, "Did you hear that?"
"Yes." Xu Shiyue nodded and asked again: "Do you want to match the new system?"
Lu Shizhen hesitated for a moment and said to Xu Shiyue: "Actually, I have a bold idea."
Xu Shiyue seemed to understand what Lu Shizhen was thinking and said, "You want the main system to be your system?"
"That's right." Lu Shizhen nodded vigorously.
She was very surprised and liked the way Xu Shiyue understood her and the tacit understanding between them.
It was a rare happy occasion, so Lu Shizhen became more talkative: "Qiuqiu once told me that the main system is also a member of the system. It is even a system under the Lord God, just like me and Qiuqiu. And the main system also intends to connect with us, so I think if I want it, it should not be refuted by the system, and it will not refute it either."
"So do you know the code of the main system?" Xu Shiyue asked the key question.
Lu Shizhen also shook his head in confusion.
"Could it be 0?" Xu Shiyue said, "Generally speaking, important secrets are marked with 0, and the main system may also be named this way."
"I don't dare to take the risk." Lu Shizhen looked at the small words "Only once" below the input code number and shook his head. "After all, the entire system is not a product of this world. According to the logic of modern society, it is feasible to name it this way. But what about in the fantasy world? I feel that such a system that takes both into account will not continue to use such logic."
Xu Shiyue nodded slightly, realizing that he was indeed limiting himself.
After a pause, she seemed to have thought of something, and continued: "I remembered one thing. Lu Shien once boasted to Shen Yanxing about her way of judging the signals sent by Qiuqiu."
"She said that although the feedback codes she captured over the years were different, after careful analysis, she found a unique fixed code. Almost all data sent pointed to that code. I think this should be Qiuqiu's code."
Lu Shizhen suddenly understood and continued: "So if we can analyze the USB code of the main system and search it according to Xiaoen's method, we can get the code of the main system!"
"That's right." Xu Shiyue nodded, and immediately took action, "I'll contact Shen Yanxing and ask about Lu Shien's situation."
Xu Shiyue thought that Lu Shizhen had thought of something again, so he immediately stopped and looked at her.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shizhen volunteered and said to her: "Let me do it."
"I don't want Xiao En to be involved again. She is different from you and me. She is an ordinary person without any halo. I saw that the mall system can exchange for computer-related cheat codes. Let me give it a try."
Lu Shizhen's voice was sincere, and Xu Shiyue also understood her concerns.
Of course, letting Lu Shien come is the fastest way. She has done similar projects before, and she is sure to be 100% successful with practice.
But compared to the emotionless Black Moonlight in the book, the current Xu Shiyue is much more humane. She nodded and agreed to Lu Shizhen's plan, which sounded a bit risky: "Okay."
The room became eerily quiet, and Lu Shizhen just sat there motionless on the chair.
The page of the system mall kept refreshing, and soon she found the highest level cheat code for the computer series. She spent one trillion points without even blinking an eye.
Just when she was about to exchange successfully, the system mall suddenly popped up an interface: [This level of gold finger is a high-level S-level gold finger, and it is not the original gold finger of the host's body. The development risk factor is high. The development process will produce different degrees of pain according to the host's physical condition. Are you sure to exchange and install it? Yes/No]
The system's voice was as pale and emotionless as usual, but this time it seemed to have a change of heart and marked every word with "Danger" in bold red.
As for the pain, thanks to the system, Lu Shizhen has experienced it many times in recent days, so experiencing it again doesn't seem so difficult to accept.
Besides, what's the point of running away? The opponent has hit you in the face. Are you waiting to die if you don't fight back
I really can't accept this.
And this is too cowardly.
After all, she is the author of a passionate comic, how can she be so cowardly.
Thinking of this, Lu Shizhen let out a deep breath.
It would be a lie to say that I wasn't nervous. People always scare themselves. After the trailer was played, the pain that remained in Lu Shizhen's memory surged up again.
And in this intertwined illusion of pain, a slight coolness enveloped Lu Shizhen's hand.
Xu Shiyue put her hand on Lu Shizhen's hand as usual and said softly: "If it hurts, just hold my hand tightly and don't bear it."
She knew what decision Lu Shizhen was going to make and was more willing to go through everything with her.
Even if it was just a tiny fraction of a few thousand that came from her, she didn't want to stay out of it.
"good."
It was as if he had found a source of power, and Lu Shizhen was suddenly not so scared anymore.
She nodded, closed the system warning, and clicked "Yes" when asked whether to redeem.
[Host's physical assessment passed, cheat code development started. Is there any system operation: No, difficulty level: Level 5, estimated development time: 15 minutes, please do not interrupt during this period, please stay awake, countdown: 00:14:59]
The system announcement sounded, and the progress bar of the Golden Finger development appeared in Lu Shizhen's mind along with the countdown display.
At first the pain was just a little, but it was like opening up her meridians and sending waves of warmth flowing along with her blood.
"It's okay, it might be me..." Lu Shizhen looked at the nervous expression of Xu Shiyue who was standing by her side, and was about to speak to comfort her, but his words were interrupted by the sudden pain.
She was not wrong, the feeling just now was really just opening up her body.
And then came the frantic influx of input into her brain.
For a moment, the world was spinning.
A feeling of out-of-control dizziness lingered in Lu Shizhen's brain. She felt like she was sitting down, but her whole body was spinning from side to side.
Without Qiuqiu's guidance to control the data input, each wave of data shock rushed to Zhen's pain threshold when she landed, and the pain made her whole body tense.
Lu Shizhen's record book, which was already filled with marks of pain, was once again updated with a new kind of pain.
Pain and dizziness mixed together, and there was a constant tingling sensation in the temples, as if someone was living inside, performing a celebration ceremony with the beating of gongs and drums.
But even so, Lu Shizhen still did not hold Xu Shiyue's hand tightly.
She didn't want to hurt her.
It’s that simple, so simple it’s silly.
Moreover, she had gone through so many surgeries in the past, including implantation of indwelling needles, punctures, and debridement, all by herself. How could it be so short in just fifteen minutes...
Before Lu Shizhen could finish repeating the words of comfort and encouragement in her mind, she felt her body being pulled over by a force.
She forgot that since the time she reunited with Xu Shiyue, she would no longer have to face anything alone.
Xu Shiyue would never let her face it alone.
The fragrance broke through the piled-up darkness and entered Lu Shizhen's world, carefully and slowly but also tightly and powerfully encircling her whole body.
The softness controlled the hard torture, and Lu Shizhen felt a great tenderness appear in this chaos, and he kissed her just like that.
(End of this chapter)