Lin Yuan had a very absurd dream. The dream was very beautiful, like a fairy tale he had read as a child.
Although she no longer remembers whether she had read those books as a child, there are still many picture books about princesses, princes, knights and dragons in her room.
The house was filled with colorful picture books, dolls and wind chimes.
When she slept in that room, she always felt that she might have been a loved little girl when she was a child.
Lin Yuan saw the blue sky and the sea in his dream. The clouds in the sky were actually white, like milky white marshmallows.
On the golden sandy beach, there lies a mermaid.
Lin Yuan thought, I know this story. The little mermaid turned her tail into legs, walked on the beach despite the severe pain, and got closer to the prince. But in the end, she didn't get a good ending. Her lover ran to another princess, and the mermaid tragically turned into bubbles in the water.
It was not until he got closer that Lin Yuan realized that this was not a mermaid.
The back lying on the beach with his back to her was very familiar. The lines of the shoulders were very beautiful, with smooth lines all the way down and suddenly tightening at a certain point.
The skin on his back was stained with yellow sand and covered with scars of varying sizes, but it did not look ugly and was filled with a wild aggression.
Lin Yuan searched in his mind and found a suitable adjective, which was sexy.
She began to admire herself for being able to use such complex vocabulary so accurately.
Lin Yuan was confused and found that his hand had pressed on the man's shoulder just like last time. There was a long scar there, running diagonally downward across the protruding shoulder blade.
When the fingers touched there, the person lying on the beach trembled slightly.
Lin Yuan did not turn him over like last time.
She realized who this person was in her dream. This time he was not dying, but lying alive in front of her.
He was a very strong warrior, brave and fearless, but also gentle at heart. Although he had fallen into such a naked situation, Lin Yuan thought that he should retain his respect for him.
"It hurts so much." The man said softly, with his back to her. He didn't turn around, so she couldn't see his face clearly.
"It hurts so much. It's so painful. It hurts so much." He said this over and over again.
His legs were soaked in sea water, and there were serious wounds on his calves, almost exposing his bones, which was a shocking sight.
Lin Yuan subconsciously reached out, held the ankles, and gently stroked the wounds.
"It hurts. It hurts so much." The man's voice kept repeating.
Lin Yuan stroked it over and over again. She had never been so patient and careful.
Tight arches, bulging ankles, and flexible Achilles tendons.
Wherever her fingertips passed, Yue Jiyuefu under her trembled slightly with her movements. Lin Yuan knew that she had to restrain herself, but she liked this feeling a little.
"It hurts." The man continued to whisper. The sound gradually became quieter. He finally stopped feeling pain.
The men under him collapsed.
Lin Yuan knew what a powerful warrior he was. He could leap onto a wall dozens of meters high, and he could cut a group of monsters in half with one sword.
But now he was limp in his hands, like a puddle of water, emitting some meaningless whale noises.
Lin Yuan suddenly woke up from his dream.
She had trouble sleeping and often had some messy dreams. Sometimes it was a fire, sometimes it was an avalanche. Today's dream was a bit absurd.
It was still early in the morning when they arrived at the clinic, but she slept until late at night.
The lights in the clinic were dimmed. The sentry closed his eyes and floated quietly in the green treatment cabin.
Lin Yuan sat on the sofa, woke up, and recalled the absurd dream.
The ground at my feet was dimly lit and empty, and there was no one lying there like in the dream.
Only one tentacle came out at some point and was hanging there, its skin was moist and it looked very satisfied.
Seeing Lin Yuan's inquiring gaze, it shrank back into the dimensional space guiltily, as if it had eaten something secretly.
Thinking of food, Lin Yuan immediately felt a strong sense of hunger. She had slept all day and was starving. She put the absurd dream and messy thoughts behind her and went out to look for food.
When the doctor came in, the sentry in the treatment cabin had already opened the hatch and sat up from the treatment cabin.
The doctor checked his physical data and was very satisfied. "I told you so. As long as you lie down in this machine, there is no patient that cannot be cured."
"Excuse me." The sentinel sitting in the green healing fluid whispered, "Please find me a set of clothes."
"No hurry, no hurry," the doctor was still excited. It was rare for him to take on such a big business.
After using so many expensive medicines, I want to carefully observe the effects of those medicines that people usually don't want to use.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I've seen a lot of patients' bodies." The doctor waved his hand carelessly, "When that girl brought you in, you had nothing on you but a small piece of…"
Before he could finish his words, he shuddered for no apparent reason.
It is pressure, pressure from the sentinel's mental power.
The doctor was both angry and amused. This was the first time he saw a patient who had just crawled out of the hospital bed dare to use intimidation against the doctor.
Just to get a piece of clothing to put on earlier.
The doctor had to find a random set of clothes for Ni Ji.
A very ordinary T-shirt and shorts looked a little trendy for some reason when worn on the sentinel's broad shoulders, long legs and explosive body.
"Who is that person to you?" The doctor couldn't help but quietly ask Ni Ji, "You must be very close friends, right? She is so kind to you, willing to spend so much money to save your life."
Ni Ji did not answer. He did not want to say that it had only been two days since he and Lin Yuan officially exchanged their first words.
Their friendship was very shallow, but he already owed her so much.
"You may not know this because you are young, but money, an external thing, can best reflect a person's true heart at certain critical moments."
The doctor has been here for a long time and has seen all kinds of people who show their true faces in the face of money.
Sometimes, the sentry was lying in the treatment cabin, dying, but his so-called brothers outside told him not to meddle in other people's business.
The middle-aged doctor printed out the receipt for the payment and handed it to Ni Ji, "Treasure her, such a friend is rare. She did not hesitate when transferring the money and was willing to use only the best medicine."
He saw the young sentry holding the thin bill between his fingers and looking at it for a long time.
Standing there, he finally said softly, "I will return it to her."
"It would be best if you can pay it back," the doctor said as he put away the various instruments and medicines on the table. "The most frightening thing in life is to owe a debt that you can't pay back."
The middle-aged man looked at the tall and thin young sentry beside him, patted his chest with his hand, and made a shameless joke.
"Agree to what?" Lin Yuan's head popped out from the door at this time, holding a pile of various foods in his arms and a soft and sticky mochi in his mouth.
When she saw Ni Ji coming out, she gave the food in her arms to Ni Ji.
Most of the things she held were sweets. Ni Ji guessed her preference and only took away the least sweet pancake.
"The food here isn't very tasty." Lin Yuan swallowed the mochi and opened a pack of soda candy. The taste of saccharin was very strong. She ate it expressionlessly. "I still like the ones wrapped in red paper."
"If you like tribute candy, we don't have it here." Ni Ji said as he bit the cake Lin Yuan gave him, "But I know where to find it. I will find it and bring it to you when you return to Kyoto."
Lin Yuan's eyes lit up and he licked his lips lightly with the tip of his tongue.
Ni Ji smiled in her heart. She liked sweets, the kind that were handmade using traditional methods.
Two people came out of the clinic and walked in the dimly lit alley.
It rained not long ago, and the ground was a little damp, with puddles of rain water.
Ni Ji was wearing a short T-shirt and shorts, revealing a pair of long legs in the cool autumn weather, but he didn't care at all. His half-dry wet hair hung down, softening the unique sharpness of a sentry.
Lin Yuan was holding a pile of food and walking side by side with him, his cheeks puffed up as he munched on the candy.
This style is too casual, making people's hearts soften like the night breeze.
It seemed as if all those thrilling, bloody scenes, those twisted monsters, and the overwhelming black hands were just a nightmare from another world.
It was as if I could temporarily forget the blood and hatred that burned my body day and night, and the fire and fog that lingered forever in my heart.
Relax and just take a slow walk with a good friend with whom you have a tacit understanding.
Show your wrist and add your partner's personal terminal. Eat food together and talk about which candy is sweeter.
However, the street was too short and the road soon came to an end.
A jeep stopped at the street corner, and Shen Fei, Xiao Mu and others from the Dongbin sentry jumped out of the jeep.
Xiaomu brought back the injured sentinels and learned that Lin Yuan was still trapped in the contaminated area. They set out from Dongbin again and came all the way to look for Lin Yuan.
"Great, great, Guide Lin, you're okay." Shen Fei, the sentry leader of Dongbin, saw Lin Yuan and ran over. He held Lin Yuan's hands tightly and shook them back and forth. "What did I say? Guide Lin will be fine."
If Lin Yuan wasn't a guide, he almost wanted to give her a big hug.
"Sister Xiaoyuan," Xiaomu only called out her name, and her voice choked up. She lowered her head to wipe away her tears.
"Outside the exit is the sea. I can't wait for you on the sea, so I have to send Brother Dahu and the others back first. You haven't come back for so long, I thought those words you said were just to coax me."
A young lion appeared at Lin Yuan's feet and rubbed his legs affectionately. It was the spirit body of Sentinel Rachel.
At that time, the spirit body that Lin Yuan fished out of the sea was young and weak. Now it looks much stronger and bigger, with a beautiful coat of golden fur.
"Oh, why did you come out too?" Lin Yuan touched the little lion's golden head.
The last sentry got off the back seat of the jeep. He was very tall, with soft blond hair tied into a braid behind his back, and deep blue eyes the same color as the sky.
When he saw Lin Yuan, he put one hand on his chest, bent down and performed a very unique salute.
"This is their family's traditional etiquette, only for those they are most grateful to." Shen Fei and Lin Yuan introduced the situation.
"After Rachel woke up, he heard that something happened to you and insisted on coming out with us to look for you."
"Actually, everyone wanted to come and see you. Xiaoniao just woke up and struggled to roll off the bed, but I held him down." Shen Fei smiled from ear to ear, "I told you, you'll be fine."
Lin Yuan felt happy that the sentry who had been tied to the hospital bed and was on the verge of death a few days ago recovered so quickly after his mental counseling.
It has even reached the point where one can carry the spiritual body with him when traveling.
She had always lacked confidence in her spiritual counseling, and this was the first time she found confidence.
"You recover quickly." Lin Yuan said to Rachel.
Rachel walked forward. He was a very gentle man. His light blue eyes stared at Lin Yuan, filled with sincere gratitude and joy.
"I still remember it all. I remember it was you who brought me back from the abyss."
"Luckily, nothing happened to you."
Lin Yuan asked about the conditions of Xiaoniao, Dahu and others, and learned that they had all received timely treatment and were out of danger.
Shen Fei and others asked Lin Yuan what happened and how he escaped from danger.
After experiencing the ordeal of life and death, they met again with friends. They chatted with each other and it was very lively. They all walked to the car while talking.
Lin Yuan suddenly remembered that he had left Ni Ji behind. When he looked back, he saw Ni Ji alone, still standing at the street corner where they had just walked.
"Do you want to go to Dongbin with me?" Lin Yuan asked.
There were many friends standing around her, and it was very lively.
"No." Ni Ji stood alone at the entrance of the alley. The snow-white street lights shone obliquely on his shoulders, making his thin body look a little deserted.
"See you back in Kyoto." His voice was the same gentle and calm as before.
[The little fish seems very lost]
[Does he have anything else to say?]
You shouldn't touch that kitten.
[I felt that he was deeply concerned about something, perhaps it was related to money.]
"Oh, yes. I forgot." Lin Yuan patted his head and called out to Ni Ji who was about to leave.
Ni Ji turned around and looked at her, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
"I still owe money to the people in your team. 50 Imperial Coins per person, right?" Lin Yuan opened his personal terminal.
[Ah, he is even sadder.]
What did you do to make him so sad
[You don’t understand, he actually can’t bear to leave me] said a tentacle.
(End of this chapter)