The four system warnings ended, and the huge room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Lu Shizhen leaned against the pillow behind him, with disbelief written all over his face.
She had been sick and hospitalized for many years, spending most of her time in the hospital. She had never experienced anything serious, let alone such a sudden punishment. She was a little flustered for a while.
Lu Shizhen suddenly felt her temples throbbing even more violently, and she defended herself by saying, "Xu Shiyue helped me back home because I was drunk, and we didn't do anything intimate! It's not like I haven't supported Xu Shiyue before, so why wasn't I punished then? Can you appeal?"
Qiuqiu also felt that the main system would not so hastily conclude that Lu Shizhen and Xu Shiyue were too close, so she quickly started to investigate.
After a few seconds, the fluttering wings paused, and Qiuqiu said thoughtfully: "It seems that the system's prompts not only refer to the physical contact between the host and Xu Shiyue, but also include the host's own words and deeds."
"Me?" Lu Shizhen was puzzled.
"You said you liked your legs, and then you guided Xu Shiyue to touch your legs." After saying that, Qiuqiu transferred last night's system records into Lu Shizhen's mind.
The fragmented memories were like pieces of a puzzle that were put back together again, filling in the gaps piece by piece for what Lu Shizhen had forgotten when she woke up.
She just watched herself raise her legs from her own perspective, and said drunken words that sounded somewhat ambiguous and socially dead.
What I like very much, what do you like or not.
The sound was vague yet extremely clear. Lu Shizhen couldn't help but curl her toes, leaving a long mark on the bed sheet.
She is a straight girl! A straight girl!
What are you talking about!
Just when Lu Shizhen thought that her social demise was about to end, she raised her hand to grab Xu Shiyue's hand the next second.
Then she pestered Xu Shiyue and asked her to appreciate these legs with her.
"… "
Lu Shizhen now felt that Xu Shiyue was really merciful by not deducting points from her yesterday.
"It is this behavior of yours that the system has determined to be overly intimate, and may have caused the plot to deviate."
Qiuqiu and Lu Shizhen looked at the memory together and analyzed it carefully for her.
Lu Shizhen just sat on the bed, her fair little face suddenly flushed.
This is not a 24-hour fair and impartial system monitoring function at all.
This is simply a public execution!
The originally broken memory was like a firework with the core lit, exploding in Lu Shizhen's mind with a bang.
What he said to Xu Shiyue, what he tempted her to do, every move were all clearly imprinted in Lu Shizhen's mind.
She felt that she could not blame the system for adding an exclamation mark to the judgment. She herself felt that the words she said to Xu Shiyue were extremely ambiguous.
"When will you think about being nice to me, Xu Shiyue..."
"Xu Shiyue, are my legs beautiful? Do you like them?"
"Xu Shiyue, do you want to touch it?"
The words you least want to face will remain most deeply in your mind. That drunken voice played in Lu Shizhen's mind over and over again. Lu Shizhen didn't even dare to recall what expression Xu Shiyue had at that time.
Lu Shizhen was completely disappointed. He looked up at Qiuqiu and asked, "Then do you know what my punishment is?"
Qiuqiu immediately showed an apologetic expression when she heard this: "Sorry host, I can't check the punishment the main system gave you this time. Because I was also punished..."
"Collective punishment?" Lu Shizhen asked.
"Negligence of duty..." Qiuqiu answered hesitantly.
Lu Shizhen frowned, and then thought about how he didn't hear Qiuqiu's reminder of the system warning all night last night.
She seemed to realize something and asked, "... Are you also drunk and blacking out?"
Qiuqiu flapped her little wings and slowly nodded to Lu Shizhen.
"Didn't you say that your system won't get drunk? How could it get drunk?" Lu Shizhen was particularly puzzled, "Or has it never been drunk when you were with the host before?"
Qiuqiu seemed to feel guilty when she heard this, and her voice was completely different from her usual confident tone: "Maybe each world has a different impact on our system... And I have never eaten anything with alcohol in it, or drunk any alcohol before. My senior companions didn't tell me this either..."
Lu Shizhen sighed when he heard this.
She could understand Qiuqiu's greed, after all, human food was indeed delicious.
Especially the large number of desserts and dishes prepared by Aunt Sun last night. She couldn't help herself and ate several small cakes without Aunt Sun's knowledge.
Now that I think about it, if it weren’t for those cakes mixed with real wine, she wouldn’t have gotten drunk after just a few sips of fruit wine… right
And things have already developed. Since there is no way to go back and change them, it is better not to avoid them, but to face them and accept them.
Thinking of this, Lu Shizhen pulled the quilt back onto the bed.
Accepting her fate of being punished, she chose not to leave her bedroom: "It's eleven o'clock in the morning, and I will be locked in my bed for the remaining twelve hours!"
"Host, you should go downstairs and have some lunch. You had a hangover yesterday, and your stomach is empty now. It's easy to have stomachache." Qiuqiu disagreed and reminded, "If the punishment comes at that time, your body will be hindered, and I'm afraid that the small punishment will affect the big one. Let's try to reduce the possible injuries caused by the punishment."
Lu Shizhen turned around and glanced at Qiuqiu, not really wanting to move.
Then her stomach growled, as if protesting its owner's neglect.
After moving a little, Lu Shizhen sat up from the bed and said, "Let's go."
She thought that a true warrior must have the courage to face danger.
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Lu Shizhen walked extremely carefully from the second floor to the first floor.
Either I feel that the living room chandelier is unsafe, or I feel that the cabinets containing various exhibits are unstable.
For a moment, she had the illusion that everything in the villa could fall down at any time.
After landing cautiously, Shi Zhen finally reached the restaurant and saw Xu Shiyue sitting at the dining table eating from a distance.
She looked exactly the same as she did last night, except that the white skirt she often wore was now lavender, with a bunch of lavender embroidered on the white round collar. She looked cool and aloof, yet well-behaved.
Thinking about the awkwardness of last night, Lu Shizhen lowered his head and pulled the chair, then politely greeted: "Good morning."
"It's already noon." Xu Shiyue said.
Her voice was still cold, calmly reminding Lu Shizhen of the passage of time.
She sat down opposite Xu Shiyue and said, "Um...thank you for yesterday."
"You're welcome." Xu Shiyue said as he slowly put a piece of beef into his mouth.
Perhaps because there were nothing else to distract him on weekdays, Lu Shizhen didn't feel that sense of distance very clearly.
After what happened yesterday, Lu Shizhen now needs a little recognition from the other party to make herself feel at ease, but she can clearly feel the distance between herself and Xu Shiyue, and can't help feeling a little depressed.
Lu Shizhen's temples were throbbing as a fragrant and warm soup was placed in front of her.
Aunt Sun's face was full of worry. She placed Lu Shizhen's lunch in front of her and said, "This is a hangover soup. Miss, drink this first to warm your stomach before eating lunch."
"Miss, you were really in danger yesterday."
"How could you drink alcohol? And you took out such dangerous medicine. If Miss Xu wasn't here, I don't know how to explain it to my wife."
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Aunt Sun was really worried, and there was a lingering fear in her voice.
This feeling slightly soothed Lu Shizhen's anxiety. She picked up the spoon in the soup bowl in front of her and took the initiative to assure her: "Don't worry, Aunt Sun, there won't be a next time."
"That's good." Aunt Sun said and stopped nagging. She turned around and went to the kitchen to get the dishes that had just been prepared.
The autumn wind blew the fallen leaves across the yard outside the window, bringing a bit of coldness and desolation.
The room was filled with steam, making people feel warm.
But unlike the lunch times in the past, the table is now a little too quiet.
Xu Shiyue still looked indifferent, and Lu Shizhen did not dare to provoke her. She lowered her head and slowly drank the sobering soup made by Aunt Sun.
The restaurant was too quiet, and the spoon touched the edge of the bowl very gently, as if with a bit of caution.
Xu Shiyue was silent for a moment, and then he looked at the hazy shadow opposite him calmly. After eating a mouthful of bean sprouts, he took the initiative to ask, "What are the plans for today?"
"No plans. I'll go back to my room after dinner."
Lu Shizhen answered softly, and secretly added in his heart: Then wait quietly for the punishment to come.
But plans can never keep up with changes, not to mention that this is a somewhat rotten plan.
So as soon as Lu Shizhen finished speaking, Xu Shiyue made plans for her: "Make up for the physics tutoring that was not done last night this afternoon, and have normal tutoring in the evening."
Xu Shiyue's voice remained calm, like the surface of water without ripples.
But it was precisely this kind of silence that made Lu Shizhen feel something different.
It's rare that Xu Shiyue is willing to talk to me actively.
And this was after such an embarrassing thing happened last night.
In an instant, Lu Shizhen felt that his heart, which had been hanging in the air, seemed to touch the ground.
It's icy cold, yet extra solid.
Even if I have to review physics, which is my most difficult subject, I still feel happy.
The short breath came out of the nose, making a slight sound.
Feeling that the other party had made some movements, but had not responded yet, Xu Shiyue raised his head and asked: "Difficult?"
Lu Shizhen hurriedly shook her head, "No, no."
She was smiling, with the corners of her lips slightly raised.
Xu Shiyue felt it clearly.
The hot steam from the soup rose up into a white mist in Lu Shizhen's sight, outlining Xu Shiyue's figure.
Then she suddenly thought that the main system was designed to highly protect the heroine, otherwise it would not have been activated the last time Xu Shiyue got into trouble.
Then staying with Xu Shiyue might be able to alleviate my punishment!
Thinking of this, the smile on Lu Shizhen's face became even wider.
She sat up straight and added with a bright smile: "I'd love to, Teacher Xu."
Xu Shiyue paused.
The handle of the spoon touched the edge of the plate, making a crisp clicking sound in her heart.
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Although Lu Shizhen came down a little later than Xu Shiyue, she still finished her lunch very quickly at the same time as Xu Shiyue.
After a short rest, Xu Shiyue called Lu Shizhen to go to his room for physics tutoring as planned.
The sunlight shines through the windows of the stairwell, casting the shadows of two people walking side by side on the wall, creating a rare moment of quiet and peace.
Lu Shizhen felt that the room between them was a little too quiet and wanted to start a conversation with Xu Shiyue.
But before she could say anything, she suddenly felt that she could not lift her feet.
The strength in his legs was like water draining away bit by bit, and the feeling of weakness gradually crept up Lu Shizhen's body.
At this moment, the steady sound of the system machinery rang in her ears.
[Penalty begins, 5 minutes in total, countdown 4:59]
The announcement came down, and the countdown sounded ticking in Lu Shizhen's head. In an instant, her legs lost all strength.
But just as she was about to lift her legs to step onto the next step, she suddenly lost strength in her legs and fell backwards uncontrollably.
Out of the instinct for survival, Lu Shizhen subconsciously reached for the hand next to him to maintain his balance.
But the next second she realized that the person next to her was the invisible Xu Shiyue, and she took the initiative to let go.
But she didn't expect that the hand would hold hers the moment she let go of it.
(End of this chapter)