"I'm full," Vivian wiped her mouth until the last piece of barbecue was swallowed, and nodded gracefully and politely to Hao Ren and Lily, "Thank you for your hospitality."
Lily stared dumbfounded at the empty barbecue rack in front of her, and then muttered after a while: "Wow—this appetite is almost as good as mine... Do you want to be a great eating performance artist?"
Hao Ren and Lily had the same thoughts: When did Vivienne have such a huge appetite? Could it be that she is always starving herself at home
After hearing Lily's muttering, Vivienne's face turned a little red, and she explained with a little embarrassment: "I have been in a deep sleep for a long time... and I probably didn't eat before I fell asleep, so... so I need to eat more to replenish my strength... "
"Oh, I understand, understand," Hao Ren hurriedly tried to smooth things over, "Your appetite is actually not that big—you have eaten this meal for decades, and on average, what you eat every day is probably not as good as eating wind and drinking dew..."
Vivienne was even more embarrassed when she heard this...
The three of them had already finished introducing themselves and each other during the meal just now. The dog-male-female trio who usually knew each other for a long time had to get along like three strangers in this chaotic time and space. For those who knew the truth, Hao Ren felt that this stiff atmosphere was extremely uncomfortable, so he actively tried to find a topic after less than two seconds of silence: "Speaking of Vivian, what are your plans for the future?"
Vivienne glanced at Hao Ren. She still doesn't know the background of the two people in front of her, but the goodwill gained from a meal is still sufficient. It won't be the enemy—after all, the cost is too high, so I don't hide anything: "I'm a little confused now, I can't remember many things in the past, I don't even know what time it is now, and what the outside world looks like ... So I plan to find places where human beings live together to collect information first, and then think about how to live. Hao Ren, since you are my friend, you should know about my past, right? Do I have any arrangements before I fall asleep?"
Hao Ren knew that this was both a question and a test, and he had already prepared the answer: "You don't have any plans. When did you sleep well prepared? I knew you were fighting with someone in Siberia before you fell asleep this time. , I don’t know the details.”
"Oh... so that's the case," Vivienne pondered, then raised her head, "What about the two of you? What arrangements do you two have?"
"I'm going to the south to find a big human city!" Lily was the first to jump up impatiently, "There are a lot of delicious food in a big human city! After I go there, I want to be a..."
Hao Ren pressed her down before she finished speaking: There is no need to emphasize the great dream of the husky girl.
After seeing Lily's innocent and innocent behavior, Vivian frowned subtly: "You are so careless... Do you know what the human world is like? There are many hidden dangers there."
"Hao Ren told me!" Lily puffed out her chest proudly, "He also said that there are other alien races hidden in the human world, and there is a kind of guy called a demon hunter who will trouble us everywhere, but I'm not afraid, I will I have lived with humans since I was a child, so I know how to pretend to be a human!"
How dare a sloppy guy like her rush out of the woods to find someone to fight with her ears and tail on her back!
"Demon hunter? Are those lunatics still moving around?" Vivienne showed a gloomy look on her face, "He really is a guy who will linger in all ages. Little werewolf, you better not be so confident, those gang of demon hunters People's noses are smarter than yours, and the smell on your body is as eye-catching to them as the moon in the night sky, if you really meet those guys, you won't be able to hide even if you can pretend."
Lily nodded happily: "Oh, I see!"
Vivienne got angry for a while, and turned to look at Hao Ren suspiciously: "...does your new friend develop a... problem?"
She pointed to her head with a very secretive movement.
The corners of Hao Ren's mouth twitched: "Don't mind, she's always like this. By the way, you really don't recognize me?"
It has been several hours since I came into contact with Vivienne, but the other party still has no sign of recovering memory, which makes Hao Ren feel anxious: He can consider and anticipate all the links in the whole retrospective process, But the key step of "awakening Vivienne" is something that no one knows what to do. He doesn't know, not even the raven 12345 outside who "knows things like a god" doesn't know how to make Vivienne wake up. Wei An wakes up from a state of memory slumber? Seeing Vivienne who completely treated him as a stranger in front of him, Hao Ren became more and more uncertain.
After hearing what he said, Vivian showed a little puzzled look, and she took a few more serious glances at the man in front of her: "If I really want to say it... I'm a little familiar, I always feel like I've been with you for a long time, and It was a relationship of trust and trust... but I really can't remember it."
The look of anticipation on Hao Ren's face quickly faded. He knew that Vivienne's first half of the sentence was not polite, but that she really kept some impressions, but these impressions were too shallow, and they were not enough to wake up the memory. .
It seems that the conditions required to awaken memory are far more than simple "mutual contact", it may require a crucial medium.
Thinking of this, Hao Ren made up his mind: "Since you just woke up and your mind is still not clear, you have to rest for a few days to recover. We have a place to stay in the woods. Come with us—er , Lily, do you have any objections?"
Hao Ren remembered that the hunter's cabin in the woods was still the territory of huskies, so he hurriedly asked: He had always been the landlord and Lily was the tenant, but now it's a bit uncomfortable to have the status reversed all of a sudden.
"No objection," Lily certainly wouldn't care about such details. She had already been bought off by Hao Ren's fighting skills and a pack of spicy sticks, and she still wanted to let him be her big brother, so naturally she wouldn't raise any objections. "Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to get on the road. If I'm going to the south, I have to plan carefully. I plan to prepare food in the next few days. Everyone, why don't you rest at my side?"
Vivienne looked at the enthusiastic two people in front of her and hesitated, especially towards Hao Ren: "You... you should know that it's easy to be unlucky if you're with me, right? Are you sure you want to entertain me?"
She was also afraid that the "old friend" in front of her had forgotten her physique, so she reminded her.
"Don't worry, I'm prepared," Hao Ren patted himself on the chest, "I'm not even afraid of inviting you to dinner, what else should I be afraid of. Besides, in Siberia, where no shit , We are surrounded by hundreds of miles without even a single person, and the economic system does not exist, how can we go bankrupt? At most, hunting is difficult—but Lily still has a whole pack of wolves."
Vivienne was immediately moved when she heard Hao Ren's words, and she nodded seriously: "You and I must have been life and death friends in the past!"
Lily was confused, she didn't know how risky it would be to be friends with Vivienne, so she opened her eyes in confusion: "What are you talking about?"
Hao Ren waved his hand: "It's nothing!"
Soon, the three returned to the hunter's hut deep in the jungle.
The half-day of good weather seemed to be over, and a gust of cold wind was passing through the pine forest, whistling outside the hunter's hut.
Lily cleaned up the firepit and prepared to light a fire, while Hao Ren noticed that Vivienne had been playing with a small metal object since she settled down, and couldn't help being curious: "What is that?"
"I don't know." Vivienne handed the metal object to Hao Ren. "It seems to be a strange key. When I woke up, this thing was on me, so I guess this thing should be very important, but I have already thought about it." Can't remember what it is."
Hao Ren took the thing and glanced at it, his eyes suddenly froze.
As Vivienne said, it is indeed a key—but it is not a key that can be seen in this era.
It is only a few centimeters long and is a thin piece. Years of wind and frost have eroded its metal texture. Even though its owner subconsciously protects it in every possible way, this distorted time and space still makes this key appear in a severely weathered state. Its surface is covered with Rust and black mildew stains, some parts have been worn out to the point of being invisible, and the key itself still shows slight signs of bending, but Hao Ren still has a strong sense of familiarity with it.
He wiped the surface of the key vigorously, and finally he could vaguely see the trademark and words under the rust.
This is the key to the house, the key to the gate of the house!
Outside the hunter's hut, the wind was getting louder and louder, and the rolled up snow was falling down, and the wolves guarding the vicinity began to whimper uneasy.
"Do you know what this is?" Vivian looked at Hao Ren's actions curiously. From the other's actions, she could tell that this man was really familiar with this "key", and maybe even had special feelings for him.
"This is indeed the key... the key to our house..."
"The key to 'our' house?" Vivienne frowned, "Do I live with you?"
Hao Ren didn't speak. He finally had a vague guess of what the "medium" needed to wake up the other party was.
He opened the portable space, took out an identical key, and handed the two keys to Vivian.
Vivienne was still wondering what Hao Ren's words meant just now, and felt vaguely wary, but when she saw the two keys, her expression froze all of a sudden.
Although one of the keys was weathered and worn out, she could still tell they were the same.
At least it was impossible for Hao Ren to "forge" such a similar imitation before meeting her.
The wind and snow outside the hut was about to turn into a storm, the pine forest was roaring, and even the whole world was whining in a low voice. The roaring wind and snow were submerged, but inside the hut, the sound of the wind and snow outside seemed to be cut off by a thick curtain, almost inaudible.
Vivian finally raised her head.
"Why am I here? What happened?"