Ruan Jiujiu was haunted by a nightmare.
Of course she remembered, this was the scene before she traveled to the world in the book. She stayed up late to read the entire book, full of desire to complain, but she was too sleepy to open her eyes, so she decided to take a nap and talk about it in the morning.
After waking up, she came to the world in the book. The magical reality forced her to quickly accept the reality and live together with Cheng Juan temporarily.
after that-
"Jiujiu, what are you thinking?" Lao Meng asked with concern from above his head.
The meeting broke up, and Ruan Jiujiu still sat in the chair without moving. She covered her head with one hand, clenched her hand into a fist, and tapped on the top of her head to wake herself up.
Ruan Jiujiu's voice seemed a bit muffled: "Lao Meng, tell me, is this world real?"
When this topic was brought up, Lao Meng stepped forward with interest, pulled up a chair and sat opposite Ruan Jiujiu.
"Why do you think so suddenly? Do you think like me that we are actually being manipulated by people. Maybe we are just some small characters in Sims, with different settings and unexpected mods (enhancement programs) , can have different endings, but... "
"Then what if you travel to a game?"
"Sword Art Online?"
Ruan Jiujiu smiled helplessly: "I'm not discussing anime with you."
Lao Meng was a little disappointed: "Okay, but the sword is really a masterpiece."
Ruan Jiujiu: "..."
The originally serious atmosphere was completely destroyed by Lao Meng's successful use of a few words.
Lao Meng asked curiously: "Why did you think of this? Are you thinking about the new setting of the game? If you have a good idea, you might as well tell me and let me hear it."
"Ah, it's nothing, it's just random thinking."
"Very good. To do this line of work, you need to think wildly and unconstrainedly." If you want to say unconstrained and unconstrained, it is definitely Lao Meng, and he started rambling, "Traveling to the game is a three-dimensional character traveling to a two-dimensional world. Can be God, if it is me... "
Lao Meng was chattering beside his ear, and Ruan Jiujiu was rubbing his head depressedly as the background noise.
She lay back on the chair, closed her eyes: "Old Meng."
Lao Meng, who was talking eloquently, stopped: "Huh?"
"Could you put that little gadget that wards off evil spirits in my office for a few days first?"
"What's wrong? What the hell?"
"That's right. Some of them can't sleep well, maybe they want to leave their souls."
Ruan Jiujiu said it seriously, but Lao Meng didn't take it as the truth. When he heard what Ruan Jiujiu said, he couldn't help being amused, and thought that Ruan Jiujiu was too busy recently, lacking sleep and suffering from nervous breakdown.
"Lihun can't do it. I'll put my auspicious beast on your desk later, but can your family agree?"
Ruan Jiujiu was stunned for a moment: "Cheng Juan?"
Why did you suddenly mention Cheng Juan
Lao Meng suddenly realized that Ruan Jiujiu didn't know that Cheng Juan asked him to take back the evil gadget. He patted his mouth and said with a smile: "Look at my nonsense. It's okay, I'll get it for you right away. If you can't sleep well recently, use some essential oils, maybe the effect will be better."
"Well, I see."
Lao Meng took her affairs seriously, which made Ruan Jiujiu very grateful. Sure enough, not long after, when she returned to the office, there was already a small unicorn made of jade on the table. Ruan Jiujiu picked up the little unicorn and stroked it with his palm, it felt cool and slippery to the touch.
The scene in her dream resurfaced in her mind.
Ruan Jiujiu thought, could it be that there is an omen in the dark, as Cheng Juan said, there are "ghosts and gods" who are coming to arrest her and return her to another world
"..."
Thinking of this, Ruan Jiujiu became even more worried.
At night, when I got home, Ruan Jiujiu was a little absent-minded when cooking, and mixed salt and sugar, making the dishes as unpalatable as they wanted. After Cheng Juan took a bite, he glanced at her, and continued eating without saying a word. If Ruan Jiujiu hadn't tasted it, he would have thought she had made such a delicious dish.
"Bah, bah, bah..." Ruan Jiujiu quickly spat out a piece of meat. This piece of meat was sour and salty, and it was unpalatable. After she spit it out, she immediately poured cold water to make the strange taste in her mouth subside.
Cheng Juan took another bite calmly.
Ruan Jiujiu wiped the corners of his mouth and looked at him with surprise: "Why are you still eating?"
"It's a waste not to eat."
Ruan Jiujiu: "..." Some people are typical people who want nothing but food.
"Don't eat it, don't eat it, so much salt is not good for your health, and you will die of thirst later." She wiped the water stains from the corners of her lips, sighed, a little annoyed, "Let's go downstairs to eat something, whatever Eat a little, don't eat these dishes."
Cheng Juan's eyes still stayed on the food on the table.
"..."
Ruan Jiujiu was very suspicious whether Cheng Juan's sense of taste had deteriorated and he couldn't taste sweet and salty. But he could clearly tell that the soup downstairs was not fresh enough when he was eating, and he must have used additives such as big stick powder, and his slow words were full of disgust.
Ruan Jiujiu, who was at the same table, drank a few sips of the soup, but there was nothing wrong with it, and he thought it tasted good. She couldn't help but asked depressedly: "Then why didn't you tell me when you ate today? You can eat such salty dishes."
Cheng Juan: "It's delicious."
Ruan Jiujiu: "Liar."
A man's mouth, a lying ghost.
Cheng Juan didn't argue whether he was really lying. He took a mouthful of rice and asked slowly, "What's the matter today?"
"Ok?"
"Since morning till now, I have been absent-minded."
Ruan Jiujiu, who was poked at the center, licked his chopsticks and remained silent for a while. She wasn't at all sure if it was hallucinations or the stress of being too busy lately. What if it's just overthinking? Even if he didn't think too much about it, telling Cheng Juan would only make him unable to sleep at night.
Cheng Juan's anxiety was much scarier than she had imagined. If he stayed up for days and nights like before, sitting on the sofa and guarding her, Ruan Jiujiu might suffer even more than now.
She holds chopsticks.
In the box, you can still clearly hear the noisy voices from the next door, loud laughter, and the crisp sound of the glass wall slamming. The whole world cannot be more real, how could it be just an insignificant passer-by in a book.
Tu Nan, Lao Meng, Gu You, Bai Long, Xu Biying... which one is not a living existence.
Ruan Jiujiu's tone was erratic: "It feels like everything I have is like a dream."
Cheng Juan picked up a small piece of watermelon and stuffed it into Ruan Jiujiu's mouth: "Then continue dreaming."
"… makes sense."
Life is just passing by. At this time last year, how could she have imagined that she would become a real husband and wife with a straight diamond man who is rich and handsome but can eat.
Ruan Jiujiu's cheeks were full, and he kept chewing on the cold watermelon in his mouth.
The two ate quite a lot during this meal, and Ruan Jiujiu was so full that he asked Cheng Juan to pay the bill first, while he went to the bathroom by himself. When he came out of the bathroom, he raised his eyes, and the white brick wall in front of him turned into some yellowed wallpaper, and Ruan Jiujiu couldn't help but froze in place.
She walked out of the bathroom in a daze, and saw the proprietress of the noodle restaurant whom she had not seen for a long time, greeting the guests.
The outdoor seats are full of people. In the previous life, Ruan Jiujiu loved to come to this noodle restaurant to eat a bowl of noodles before going back to bed when he was hungry.
The proprietress passed by Ruan Jiujiu and asked with a smile, "Xiao Ruan, have you eaten yet?"
"Eat, eat..." Ruan Jiujiu replied subconsciously.
"That's good!"
Ruan Jiujiu stood in the middle of the noisy crowd, as if he had been abandoned, at a loss.
Her mind was as confused as a mess.
wait.
Ruan Jiujiu suddenly opened his eyes wide - where is Cheng Juan? !
"Cheng Juan!"
She ran out of the noodle shop quickly, attracting a group of diners to look at her in surprise. Ruan Jiujiu looked around in a panic, but he could only see the dim night under the street lamps and the deserted streets.
For a moment, her heart almost stopped beating.
She thought she had returned to the original world, and everything was just a dream.
Cheng Juan's voice came from behind: "Jiujiu?"
Ruan Jiujiu was taken aback and turned around. The sight in front of her froze, and she instantly froze at the entrance of Jianghucai's restaurant, which was the noodle restaurant she ran out of. There were no seats on the side of the road, and the store was busy. Cheng Juan had his pockets in one hand, and was wearing a thin black hoodie and trousers. His fair and beautiful face was hazy and beautiful under the moonlight, and his brows were slightly frowned.
"Have you had a bad stomach?"
Ruan Jiujiu: "..."
The two worlds are changing rapidly, and Ruan Jiujiu almost thinks that he is really out of his mind. Under Cheng Juan's gaze, Ruan Jiujiu pointed at the night sky with one hand, and said angrily, "You're playing with me! Is it interesting?"
"Boom—"
There was a muffled thunder in the silent night sky, and a broken silver bottle frightened Ruan Jiujiu for a second, and plunged into Cheng Juan's embrace. Cheng Juan was caught off guard, staggered, and almost fell to the ground. He hugged Ruan Jiujiu tightly and patted her stiff back to calm her down.
She was still cursing the sky one second, and the next second was the present report. Ruan Jiujiu was really afraid that God would be angry, and a thunderbolt struck her and Cheng Juan so that she and Cheng Juan could be sent to the urn for burial without cremation.
Ruan Jiujiu's voice dropped a few degrees in an instant, and he said weakly, "Don't let people complain even if you complain?"
Just as I was talking, the dripping raindrops fell on the eaves, leaves and the ground, making a splashing sound.
I don’t know who yelled that it’s raining, a startling arc of white light suddenly lit up in the sky, half of the hazy sky was brightly illuminated, and there was another bang, accompanied by the sound of dripping raindrops, the sound of the rain became more and more rapid, but after a while, the Was drenched in a layer of dampness.
According to the current posture, it is estimated that the rain will only get heavier and heavier.
"Hurry up!" Ruan Jiujiu hurriedly grabbed Cheng Juan and ran back.
The two trotted back, their cheeks were covered with dripping rain, blurring the whole world, only Cheng Juan's hand was holding her wrist tightly, only he was the most real in the rainy world exist.
Running downstairs in the rainy night, there was finally a place to shelter from the rain, the two stopped, Ruan Jiujiu breathed rapidly, and put his hands on his knees to calm her heartbeat.
Standing opposite Cheng Juan's hair was soaked with water, his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, so dark that he couldn't see clearly.
Ruan Jiujiu recovered most of her energy, and she couldn't help shivering from the cold clothes. She was about to go up the stairs, but he grabbed her wrist tightly, and was taken two steps back by his strength, leaning her back on the cold tiles, Ruan Jiujiu raised her head in amazement.
His face enlarged, getting closer and closer.
Then, the whole world was left with only the bottomless blackness in Cheng Juan's eyes.