The unchanging light spreads far away as one moves forward, lighting up the system space step by step.
This place is always clean and quiet, with only the smell of spices wafting from afar.
The tall and slender figure of the girl was reflected on the ground which was shimmering with water. Lu Shizhen walked in the system space with light steps, humming a little song. In her hand, there was a bag filled with a few freshly fried starch sausages, which swayed with her movements.
"Host-"
Lu Shizhen had just walked into the temple when he heard a familiar voice coming towards him from afar.
A sphere sparkling with golden light flapped its huge and lifelike wings and suddenly flew in front of her.
Qiuqiu had already smelled this smell, and suddenly hovered in front of Lu Shizhen, and said excitedly: "Host—how did you know that I want to eat starch sausage! There are so many~"
Lu Shizhen looked at the small ball in front of her that had grown to the size of her palm, and showed her disdain without disguising it. She said, "It's the main system after all, how can you be so reckless? Even the Lord God was not like you when he was the main system before."
"Humph, of course I can't compare with the Lord God. The Lord God is so powerful. I am just a small system that was saved by her by chance."
Qiuqiu spoke with confidence, and for some reason she felt proud and relieved.
As he spoke, the small ball carved with beautiful patterns came around Lu Shizhen's hand. Before Lu Shizhen could react, the little fellow took out a starch sausage and started eating it.
Qiuqiu's mouth was still not big enough, and the fine spices on the starch sausage fell down as she bit it.
Lu Shizhen looked at the dipping sauce that fell down, and reached out to catch it as usual, but couldn't help but remind him: "Then you have to be more steady, and you have to take responsibility."
"I know all these things by myself. I learn from the Lord God Daren every day. Host..." Qiuqiu's mouth was full of starch sausage, and he spoke to Lu Shizhen vaguely. Then he seemed to realize something and turned to look at Lu Shizhen, "Host, is there something you want to talk to me about today?"
Lu Shizhen watched Qiuqiu swallow all the starch sausage she gave it, smiled, then scratched her nose and said, "Is it so obvious?"
"Of course not." Qiuqiu was somewhat proud, "It's because my analytical ability has greatly improved and I can get accurate results now!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Shizhen said directly: "If that's the case, I'll just say it straight?"
"Tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you." Qiuqiu patted his chest, "But you can't break the rules."
"Of course I know that." Lu Shizhen nodded, but also a little cautiously, as if worried that the Lord God would hear it, "I just want to ask if you can call up the images of the world during the five years I was away."
Qiuqiu paused.
Just as the Lord God said, it has evolved some emotions unique to life forms, so it can also understand the meaning of Lu Shizhen's words: "Host... Do you want to see what happened to Xu Shiyue in those years? Are you still worried?"
Lu Shizhen didn't hide it and nodded: "Shiyue never told me the details, she just said she was fine. But I know she wasn't living as well as she said."
When he said this, Lu Shizhen's eyes dimmed.
It wasn't because Xu Shiyue deliberately hid it from her that she had to find out her secret. She just simply wanted to know how she had been living in the past five years.
Perhaps feeling that she had lowered the tone, Lu Shizhen changed the subject and smiled again, throwing out the temptation she had prepared when she came to Qiuqiu: "I will bring you ten starch sausages every day, plus a barbecue family portrait, and unlimited drinks."
When Qiuqiu heard Lu Shizhen's words, she immediately felt fine bubbles of carbonic acid bursting on the tip of her tongue.
As the saying goes, a person who eats food will be soft-hearted, not to mention that Qiuqiu is such a foodie.
After pondering for a while, Qiuqiu said to Lu Shizhen with her tail: "Then I will give the host a little bit of permission, just a little bit, just a little bit of fragment!"
Lu Shizhen nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I will never tell anyone!"
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At the beginning of the new year, the Lunar New Year has just passed, and it is not time to take down the brand new red lanterns.
The lanterns were emitting red lights in the dark night, and the shadows of the dead branches shone through the light, as if they were on fire.
This is the first year since Lu Shizhen left, and also the first New Year for Lu Shizhen in this world.
As if it was done specially to let her celebrate the New Year earlier, this year's Spring Festival was earlier than usual, and the New Year was celebrated in January.
But Lu Shizhen still didn't catch up.
Although the days are slowly moving towards spring after the New Year, the world is still chilly.
The dark car drove into the quiet yard in the night, and the winter wind rushed into the warm car with the open door.
The unmelted snow spread on the dry and yellow ground, and the earth was white. The slender heels did not care about the fragility of the snow and went straight into it.
Xu Shiyue got out of the car and walked steadily towards the villa that had nothing to do with her legally.
The sensor light in the entrance hall hung dimly above her head. Her shoulders were reflected in the mirror, straight as if nothing could break them.
Xu Shiyue had just taken over the group which had not been stable for long when Lu Shize launched an angry run on it. Even though Xu Shiyue was fully capable and knew that he would not fail, he was still busy until very late before returning home.
Fatigue, tension, sadness... all negative emotions never appeared on her face.
But no positive expression appeared on her face during any of her victories.
Why should I be happy
What is there to be happy about
Xu Shiyue had a blank expression on his face, and his dark pupils gave off a repellent feeling of oppression in the night.
People were frightened by the terrifying demon-like appearance she displayed, and no one noticed the loneliness in her eyes.
The world is boring.
It’s better than the days when we can’t see.
The high heels were put into the shoe cabinet with a clicking sound, breaking the silence in the entrance.
The furry slippers that did not conform to Xu Shiyue's aesthetic at all wrapped around her feet which were squeezed and turned red. The full-bodied doll head tilted its head and smiled at her with a pair of smiling faces.
Xu Shiyue stared at the smiling faces for a while before walking into the house.
As she walked into the living room, she heard someone waving at her enthusiastically from the sofa: "Shiyue, you're finally back."
Xu Shiyue looked up and saw Chen Miaomiao sitting in the living room.
Aunt Sun came over with some tea and snacks and explained to her, "Miss Chen heard about your affairs and came here to see you."
Miss's business
Miss, what’s the matter…
Xu Shiyue's usually smart mind suddenly froze.
Then the thin plate stuck in the gear was twisted off again, and she slowly started to think again.
Lu Shizhen is gone.
She threw out all her ashes two days ago.
But then she returned to her usual relaxed self without leaving any trace, looked at Chen Miaomiao's worried expression, and said to her: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
"How can I not be worried?" Chen Miaomiao said, and immediately held Xu Shiyue's extremely thin hand. "Your current affairs can be said to be well-known far and wide. Everyone knows that the newly-appointed young lady of the Xu family is decisive in killing. She immediately subdued a group of people with her thunderous wrist."
Xu Shiyue pursed her lips slightly, then slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip.
When her pale lips were slightly reddened by the heat and water, she said, "It's not that serious."
"Not really. I'm scared to death by what you've done." Chen Miaomiao's voice became uncontrollably louder as she spoke, rubbing her chest. "These people are really, they must have read too many Long Aotian novels."
Xu Shiyue did not agree with Chen Miaomiao's words, but just kept smiling calmly.
She thought that although what she had done was not as horrible as those people said, the quantity was much greater.
She was in no mood to negotiate with these people right now; what she wanted was peace as quickly as possible.
This world is not worth her spending so much energy. She hates this world, but she has to make this damn world a better place because of one person.
Otherwise she wouldn't be able to find her way back.
Chen Miaomiao was filled with righteous indignation, and she also noticed that Xu Shiyue still had a smile on her face, and she felt a little relieved: "I know you don't take these things to heart when I see you smile."
"My rapid rise to power certainly gave them unlimited room for imagination."
Xu Shiyue took a sip of tea, his voice extremely calm.
She saw it clearly, but she didn't care.
Of course, Chen Miaomiao didn't think so much. When she heard Xu Shiyue say this, she nodded and agreed: "Yes, the mouth is on other people's body, of course we can't control it. You are not as arbitrary and domineering as they say. We just need to feel comfortable and at ease."
"Yeah." Xu Shiyue nodded.
The night grew darker, making the world somewhat quieter.
Chen Miaomiao pursed her lips, looked at Xu Shiyue who was behaving normally, and said, "Shiyue, I'm going abroad next week. During the Chinese New Year, I received an admission notice from the music school in Country F."
“Click.”
The teacup that was put down suddenly hit the bone plate, making a crisp yet harsh sound.
The lanterns outside the window to welcome the New Year have been hanging for almost half a month, burning red in Xu Shiyue's sight.
She looked at Chen Miaomiao who was looking at her, and suddenly realized that a long time had actually passed.
Senior year of high school is really not a good time point, as everyone is destined to go their separate ways.
Chen Miaomiao is about to leave here.
She is going to leave me too.
Perhaps because she felt that she had made the atmosphere heavy, Chen Miaomiao put a large bag she had brought with her on the table and said, "This is a novel from my collection. I picked it out especially for you because it's a system novel that you particularly liked before."
"I won't be with you anymore, and I won't be able to take you out to play, but you shouldn't make yourself so tired. Read these novels when you have time to relax."
It would be best if you could put yourself into the novel, cry or laugh, and vent all the emotions that you don’t show to others.
Chen Miaomiao looked at Xu Shiyue and secretly added in her heart.
But after hearing what Chen Miaomiao said, Xu Shiyue just looked at the pile of novels in front of him with a fixed gaze.
The word "system" kept overlapping and reflecting in her pupils from the book, more dazzling than a burning flame.
After a pause, Xu Shiyue seemed to have readjusted himself, leaving his gentleness and calmness to Chen Miaomiao: "Okay, thank you."
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The next morning, Aunt Sun got up as usual and prepared to go to the kitchen to make breakfast, only to find that Xu Shiyue had already left the villa.
At first she didn't think it was a big deal. After all, Xu Shiyue was busy with work, and it was normal for him to leave early because of many things.
But when she went to the pet room to put breakfast for Yuanzi, she found that Yuanzi was also missing.
Aunt Sun's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.
Just at this time, the landline at home rang.
It was Shen Yanxing who called, and she said that she couldn't contact Xu Shiyue.
Xu Shiyue is missing.
This family has just undergone a drastic change and can no longer withstand the departure of another person.
Aunt Sun immediately mobilized everyone to look for Xu Shiyue, but no one found her after a whole morning. Finally, Lu Shien thought of a place.
The elevator, which was supposed to go up, stopped on the hospital's basement floor. Cold air came in through the tightly closed door before it was even opened.
The white light was spreading in the morgue, and there was a chill in the incandescent light. At first glance, it was so quiet that there was no sound at all.
Everyone walked forward following the signs. The light was calm and every place seemed to be copied and pasted.
And just as they turned a corner and reached another room, the copy-and-paste scene finally changed.
The platinum-colored dog was lying on the ground with its thick tail coiled up.
And sitting next to it was the suddenly missing Xu Shiyue.
The chill in the surroundings seemed to seep into one's bones, and the grid where the landing gear was originally parked continued to emit more and more cold air.
But there is only air conditioning left in here.
Xu Shiyue opened the compartment where Lu Shizhen was originally stored, rested his arms on the drawer, and looked inside with his head tilted.
The cabinet was covered with roses that came from nowhere, scarlet red with black edges, as if blood was oozing out from inside.
Xu Shiyue's eyelashes were half-closed, and her slender fingers indifferently rolled over the hot petals: "Lu Shizhen, the smell of burnt roses is not pleasant at all."
(End of this chapter)