“Hoo-hoo.”
Chi Nu was not annoyed. She just put her hands behind her back and smiled brightly at Luo Ling with her silver teeth slightly showing.
She was still the same as before, with a pair of white bare feet stepping on the ground, and only when the bells on her ankles rang could one realize that her ghostly steps had begun.
I don’t know why, but even though Chi Nu walks barefoot all year round, there are no signs of damage or dirt on her feet. This was already the case before she awakened.
It seems that it can only be attributed to Chi Nu's strange talent.
"Let's go quickly, or it will be curfew if it's any later."
Silver bells rang softly, and Chi Nu grabbed Luo Ling's hand and pulled her out the door. Every step she took seemed to be a light leap.
At this moment, the stunningly beautiful woman looked back slightly, and her brilliant smile was imprinted in Luo Ling's mind almost forever.
This scene made Luo Ling feel a little dazed. A certain dusty part of his mind seemed to be revealed, but it soon disappeared with the clear and loud laughter of the naked girl.
"Hehe... Luo Ling, why are you acting like a shy little girl? Why haven't I seen you like this before?"
"You always talk about the past... I see you haven't made any progress since then."
Luo Ling was confused. It was obvious that she hadn't changed at all. For her, only a few days had passed. How could there be any change
"How can I not grow? I am taller than you now."
Chi Nu's smug look is almost the same as when she was a child, only a little more touching.
"Just a little higher hair tip..."
Luo Ling wanted to say a few more words to defend herself, but Chi Nu was indeed taller than her by more than just a few hairs.
The so-called prosperous Chaoge City actually just had a few more people than the abandoned city, and there were a few more noisy voices, but when Luo Ling looked around, he could not see a trace of life.
There's not even any sadness to be seen, just plain numbness.
Disasters from ghosts and gods will always be a sword hanging over this world.
Not to mention, the former Human Emperor Ci Chi Di Nu occasionally deliberately pulled the sword downwards, which brought about indescribable fear and pressure.
Chi Nu, however, could not understand all this. She just thought that everyone in the city was alive and well, and that it was already very good that they were not like the old soldiers in the abandoned city who had been eroded by the wounds of ghosts and gods and became unrecognizable.
Occasionally a few shops would open, and there would be occasional hawking sounds in the messy streets, but Chi Nu found everything new to her, even though she had lived here for thirty years.
Luo Ling accompanied Chi Nu from the south of the city to the north, and they sat together on the rotten bridge near the city gate, watching the almost dried-up river squeeze into the distance.
"Luo Ling, I'm very happy." Chi Nu leaned back slightly, supported by her arms, and swung her smooth feet on the bridge. "I haven't been this happy for a long time. Sister Yao Ji asked me to stay in the city and not to move around. She said she had something important for me to do and I had to prepare well."
"...Is that so?"
Luo Ling responded, but his expression was calm.
"Fortunately, there are a lot of fun things to do in the city, so I'm not bored on weekdays. Occasionally, I run to the city gate bridge and see fish swimming in the water."
Chi Nu tried hard to stare at the stream under the bridge, which had become no different from a small ditch, as if she was trying to see a few small fish so that Luo Ling could also see this interesting scene.
“… … .”
Luo Ling didn't say anything. She turned her head slightly to look at Chi Nu and opened her mouth slightly, but nothing came out of her lips. She just slowly closed her mouth.
Chi Nu didn't notice Luo Ling's abnormality and just continued to speak.
“No one is with me on weekdays. The city is fun, but everyone has their own things to do. They won’t even listen to a few words I say and will leave in a hurry.
"I can't find any friends to meet, so I can only go back to my room and write a letter to Sister Yaoji, and by the way, change some clothes for you."
Speaking of this, Chi Nu suddenly remembered that Luo Ling seemed to mind her mentioning this matter just now, so she secretly glanced at Luo Ling.
Fortunately, Luo Ling seemed not to have heard it, or did not react for a moment, and had no expression. Chi Nu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
"How many times have you seen Yao Ji in these thirty years?" Luo Ling asked.
"Let me calculate..."
Chi Nu twisted her white fingers, muttering something to herself, and then said dejectedly, "It seems... it was only twice.
"Once, he brought me to Chaoge City, saying that this was the most prosperous capital of the human race, and asked me to enjoy myself here... Oh, it was to rest and recuperate, and prepare for the big things that were to come.
"As for the other time, it was about ten years ago. She suddenly came back to see me. I thought she had finally finished her work, but she only stayed for a few days and left in a hurry."
"... I see.
Luo Ling's gaze slowly shifted away, a complicated look flashing across his face.
Yao Ji... what exactly are you planning
Although Chi Nu said from the beginning that she had not seen Yao Ji for a long time, Luo Ling just thought that Yao Ji was too busy and could not stay with Chi Nu.
But from now on...
The truth is somewhat different.
Luo Ling looked towards the city. It was almost curfew and many candles in the city had been extinguished, making it dark and quiet.
"If the most prosperous capital of the human race only has a population of a thousand or so... it's really a bit sad."
Luo Ling has already sensed that there are only a thousand or so people in the city of Chaoge.
The so-called prosperous capital city could only be believed by someone like Chi Nu, who had been living in the uninhabited wilderness since she could remember and had never seen anything.
This capital city exudes weirdness from the inside out, the most obvious one being...
No one in the city paid special attention to Chi Nu, and they just treated her as an ordinary woman.
This is absolutely impossible.
No matter how you look at Chi Nu, she is extraordinary. With her appearance, even if she is just walking on the street, she will attract countless gazes.
Therefore, Luo Ling suspected that the people in the city... were not human at all.
But this is just a guess. She can't use the Puppet Rumor ability now. Otherwise, she could use the spores to explore and find out the truth.
However, given the current situation, Luo Ling's speculation is probably not much different...
It is for this reason that Luo Ling was puzzled by Yao Ji's behavior.
Were they worried that the situation of the Red Girl would get out of control, so they specially built a fake city to restrain the Red Girl
Or is there another reason
Luo Ling did not tell Chi Nu these words directly, because she knew that even if she told her, Chi Nu would never believe it. Instead, she would have unnecessary arguments with her because of it.
not to mention...
Luo Ling believed that Yao Ji would not harm Chi Nu.
It wasn't like Yao Ji found out later that Chi Nu had the talent to embark on the path of "doomsday". In fact, it was because she discovered this that she kept Chi Nu by her side all the time.
In this case, how could he be so harsh to Chi Nui just because she had awakened this power
Therefore, under this premise, the answer may not be important.
Thinking of this, Luo Ling's expression became much more relaxed.
"By the way, Chi Nu, I remember you mentioned before that you wanted to eat what I cooked, right?" Luo Ling said with a chuckle.
"Before?" Hearing this, Chi Nu was stunned. "Have you mentioned...?"
"It was when we first met." Luo Ling reminded, "You made some broth, and I thought it was bland..."
"Oh, it's been so long, and you still remember it."
Akane blinked, "Or... for you, it was just a short time ago?"
She had already guessed a little about Luo Ling's situation.
"That's about right." Luo Ling nodded slightly.
"That's great." Akane said enviously, "I also want to sleep for thirty years, and after waking up, I can still remember the memories from a short while ago... and my appearance."
"What? Isn't it enough to have improved?" Luo Ling raised his eyebrows.
"Growing up isn't always a good thing," Chi Nu said with her chin held high in her hand, "Before, even if Sister Yao Ji told me repeatedly, I would still go out to play.
"But now I know that Sister Yaoji is already very tired. I can't cause her any more trouble. I have to stay in the city obediently."
Chi Nu is a person who doesn't like being bound by anything. When she says that the city is fun, it's just self-consolation.
The situation was the same in the past. When he met Luo Ling for the first time, he dared to boldly cross the barrier of the abandoned city, without worrying at all whether Luo Ling was a terrifying existence like a ghost or a minion.
She asked when she got closer and realized that Luo Ling smelled like Yao Ji. She hadn't thought about it this way when she left the city.
"Yao Ji should like your progress." Luo Ling chuckled and joked.
"She likes it, but I don't." Chi Nu pouted and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about these sad things. Let me taste your cooking. It happens that I haven't eaten for a long time."
"Don't worry, no one will say anything bad about the food I cook!"
Luo Ling rolled up his sleeves and said excitedly.
"really?"
Chi Nu said suspiciously. Seeing Luo Ling's attitude, she inexplicably felt something was wrong in her heart.
"really!"
Luo Ling's tone was quite confident. Anyway, the people who had eaten her food were not here, so it had to be true!
Besides, she has also made progress compared to her past self.
You know, Luo Ling has rehearsed it in his mind thousands of times, just waiting for an opportunity to show off his skills.
"Okay, I have cooking utensils in my room, and I'll go to Butcher Liu's house and get some meat."
The naked girl jumped off the bridge. She was clearly stepping on shallow water, but she did not cause any splashes. After a few light leaps, she entered the city.
Luo Ling followed closely behind.
It won't take a moment.
Chi Nu's face was filled with sorrow.
"Are you sure no one said anything bad?"
Chi Nu's pretty face was almost squeezed into a piece. This was the first time in her life that she felt she had no idea where to start eating when faced with food.
"Just tell me if it's not bland." Luo Ling said calmly.
“… not bland, but a little too exciting.”
Chi Nu's hand holding the spoon was trembling slightly, and she was thinking that she might as well just give some meat to the beasts raised by Old Li next door.
But with such a character, she always felt that even animals could not eat it.
Who is the Asan cuisine that Luo Ling learned from? How could they make food so colorful
Chi Nu was puzzled.
"Forget it, let me do it."
Chi Nu sighed softly and drove Luo Ling away from the cooking position with a very tough attitude.
"Hmph, still as dull as before."
"It's better than your...Asian cuisine."
"It's just a slight mistake this time. Let me try again. It will definitely work!"
"... I wonder if Old Li next door will suspect that I am trying to poison his beasts.'
Luo Ling could only stay for a few days, during which time she stayed with Chi Nu.
Watching Chi Nu writing a letter to Yao Ji, playing around in the city, sitting on the city wall watching the sun rise and the moon set, and then dusk fell.
A few days later, Luo Ling felt sleepy again.
"Chi Nu, let me stay in bed and rest. I suddenly thought that it's not a bad idea to let you take care of me." Luo Ling's eyelids were fighting. "Change clothes if you want. You've changed clothes for thirty years anyway. I'll just let you change clothes for another thirty years."
The naked girl next to him was still reluctant to leave.
"You...are you going to sleep again?"
She didn't dare ask if she would sleep for a long time.
It seemed that if she didn't ask, it would be just like a normal sleep.
"yes."
Luo Ling twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, but his consciousness was gradually becoming blurred.