It couldn’t be said that Lan Xiu’er’s reaction wasn’t quick. When she heard Doudou’s first cry, she hurriedly hugged him to her chest and coaxed him.
When she had left, she had deliberately brought a bottle of honey from the cafeteria. At this time, she didn’t even consider hygiene and the unsanitary conditions, she just opened the bottle, dipped her fingertips in it, then placed her fingers into the child’s mouth.
The little brat was coaxed by the sweet honey and immediately stopped crying. His fleshy hands held Lan Xiuer’s index finger, and his mouth pursed as he sucked at it. His eyes, wet with tears, cleared and brightened, looking at them innocently.
Without the cries of the child and the sound of bamboo poles downstairs, the room became very quiet, quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
Lan Xiu’er was about to cry. Of course, she had noticed that the voices downstairs had stopped, so she felt both guilty and uneasy.
Doudou’s cry had attracted the attention of those “people”. If anyone had an accident, she would feel guilty and blame herself, but she couldn’t blame Doudou, who had caused it all.
He shouldn’t have had to go through this.
Shen Qingcheng brushed the curtains to the side and glanced down. Sure enough, smiling, flushed faces were staring at the direction of their room.
These “people” were male and female, old and young. In addition to Jin Da, he also saw several other familiar faces–players who had long since died in the illusion.
The corpses of the players who had disappeared turned out to be here.
Just as Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi were watching, the “people” downstairs moved.
They raised their slender feet, held braziers, carried wreaths and white flags, scattered paper money, and danced towards the small shops with an open door.
The rolling shutter door of the small shop closed too loudly, so they hadn’t closed that door when they went upstairs, only the door of the residence on the second floor.
The door was still closed now, but they didn’t have time to think about how the scarecrow had appeared just then, because the door couldn’t hold for long.
Shen Qingcheng looked back and saw the anxious, frightened expression on Lan Xiu’er’s face. He kicked the scarecrow on the ground, “It’s okay, don't worry about it.”
Lin Wen and Liu Shi’an had also noted the situation downstairs. Lin Wen said, “We can’t wait for them to come up, otherwise we might not be able to leave.”
Liu Shi’an also said, “We can’t go through the window.” He disapproved of going through the window: the streets below were crowded with a never-ending sea of “people” in white mourning clothes.
If they couldn’t go down through the window, they could only go through the main entrance, and fight head-on with the “people” blocking the way downstairs.
Lan Xiu’er quickly explained, “What I exchanged for isn’t an attack prop.”
Only Shen Qingcheng, Lu Qi, and Lin Wen had exchanged for attack props, and Shen Qingcheng’s silver needles could be written off.
Liu Shi’an had exchanged for a normal defense prop, while Lan Xiuer’s prop was special.
The prop she had exchanged her and Doudou’s survival points for could hide her breath from being discovered by ghosts and monsters. The duration wasn’t long, just 5 minutes, and the cooldown time was 24 hours.
Lu Qi quickly made arrangements, “Shen Meiren and I will go first to lead them away. Lin Wen will be second, and Liu Shi’an, you and Lan Xiu’er will go last. The town converges to the town hall, and it shouldn’t be difficult to find.”
After he finished speaking, he grabbed Shen Qingcheng’s wrist and walked quickly to the door. Before going out, he added, “You can refuse.”
He had just made what he thought were the most reasonable arrangements. The situation in the copy was special, and he didn’t have to be responsible for everyone’s life.
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Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi plunged into the sea of white “people” outside.
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On the streets of Fengshan Town, Shen Qingcheng was being dragged by Lu Qi’s hand on his wrist, running wildly.
The wind from the rapid running made Shen Qingcheng half-squint his eyes, and the dense “da-da” sounds seemed to be stuck to his back. He didn’t forget to pant and speak loudly to the man beside him.
“Lu Qi! Why do you call me by my first name and my last name? It feels so mismatched!”
Lu Qi didn’t speak, but took the time to glance in his direction.
Shen Qingcheng quickly got Lu Qi’s meaning from his inscrutable eyes, “I call you Lu Qi, but I also call you Lu-dage, and you haven't done anything like that!”
“Hu, I’m so tired.” Shen Qingcheng glanced behind him, “We’re far enough, right?”
Running and talking loudly, he was exhausted. If it wasn’t for the sake of the little brat, hmph!
“We’re almost there.” Lu Qi said, and then squatted down in front of Shen Qingcheng.
Lu Qi didn’t need to say anything: Shen Qingcheng jumped on the man as soon as he saw that pose, and when the man stood up with him on his back, he asked strangely, “What are you doing?”
Lu Qi: “…”
“Hold tight,” Lu Qi said.
After Shen Qingcheng hugged his neck tightly, he immediately accelerated, going more than twice as fast as when he had been pulling Shen Qingcheng before. The “people” chasing after him were immediately outpaced.
That wasn’t all: when passing a shop with a shed selling cold cakes, he stepped on the table, grabbed the shed roof with both hands, and quickly entered the second floor through the open window.
Shen Qingcheng, who had remained firmly on his back, was stunned.
Lu Qi didn’t stop there. He climbed out of the window on the other side of the house and landed quietly on the next street.
He did this two or three times, until the sound of bamboo poles could no longer be heard, and the two stopped in a bedroom.
In the bedroom, on the bed, there was a , red pillows and red quilts. It was a new house.
Shen Qingcheng sat on the bed covered with red sheets, his hands neatly placed on his thighs, his eyes were fixed and staring at the other man.
After the intense exercise, Lu Qi’s breathing was unsteady, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. He turned to face Shen Qingcheng, his eyebrows, nose, and lips all perfect lines and deep contours.
The beads of sweat gathered into a single drop and fell from his forehead, and he tugged up the hem of his shirt to wipe at it.
Shen Qingcheng snuck a quick peek, “!”
In the next second, the beautiful scenery was covered by the man who had reacted and released his clothes.
He saw it, it wasn’t a loss at all.
He recalled the heroic appearance of Lu Qi carrying him over the eaves just then, and he couldn’t help sighing, “Gege is so handsome!”
The man twitched, looked back at him unreadably, and asked solemnly, “What did you call me?”
Shen Qingcheng immediately sat in a more well-behaved manner, “Ge.”
Lu Qi: “What did you call me?”
Shen Qingcheng glanced at him, “Look at the way we are now, do I look like Yazhai-xianggong, who was snatched away to get married?” They were just missing him directly saying that he would make him a woman.
Lu Qi-xianggong took two steps towards him.
Shen Qingcheng quickly changed his words, “Lu-dage, you’re so handsome!”
Lu Qi gave him an enigmatic look, then heading to the bathroom to wash up.
Their luggage had been left in the house where they had temporarily settled. There was no shortage of clothes in the town, and this new house also had them.
When Lu Qi came out of the bathroom, he had already changed into the clothes of the original owner of the room. Shen Qingcheng was observing the situation downstairs by the window, and when he heard the sound, he turned back to greet Lu Qi and invite him to come over and watch together.
“Lu Qi–”
Shen Qingcheng looked at Lu Qi and fell silent.
Lu Qi approached when he didn’t speak, “What?”
The original owner’s clothes obviously did not match Lu Qi’s usual style. Lu Qi always liked loose clothes that were easy to move around, but now he was wearing a white shirt.
A white shirt that hid Lu Qi’s original lines of muscle.
The person in front of him had immediately changed from a fierce hunter in the jungle to a ruthless president who had just taken off his suit after a dance, which was a bit of a contrast.
Shen Qingcheng recited twice in his heart: Lu Qi is so handsome! Then he pulled him to the window, “Look.”
The empty streets downstairs were already crowded with “people” jumping around in mourning clothes, and they had resumed their interrupted ritual after losing Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi.
Shen Qingcheng: “There seem to be a lot of those things and they’re sensitive to sound. How can we avoid them and get to the town hall?”
Lu Qi motioned for him to look at the building in the distance across from them, “Found it.”
Shen Qingcheng took a look, and he was right. A few blocks across the street, there was a four or five-story building that was obviously different from the surrounding buildings. It was most likely the town hall they were looking for.
He said, “What about the other people? They don’t have the ability to climb walls like you do.”
Lu Qi: “It’s getting dark, let’s wait until nightfall.”
The kitchen had ingredients, but in order to avoid making the noise by cooking, they ate instant noodles.
Instant noodles in a pot with eggs, tomatoes, and lettuce, cooked by Lu Qi.
As Shen Qingcheng was bored, he rummaged around in the room, but he unexpectedly found something useful for him.
He found cinnabar.
Cinnabar was a must for drawing talismans!
Shen Qingcheng didn’t have the issue of making his hands hurt by drawing talismans at all anymore, so he took the cinnabar into the kitchen like a treasure, and as Lu Qi cooked the noodles, he used cinnabar and wine to make fushui.
The noodles were cooked, and his fushui had just been finished.
He couldn’t find a writing brush After dinner, Lu Qi cut paper for him, and he rolled up his sleeves to draw the strokes and symbols.
After drawing hundreds of symbols, Lu Qi furrowed his eyebrows and grabbed Shen Qingcheng’s aching wrist, “Enough.”
Shen Qingcheng looked at the results of his battle and nodded with satisfaction, “Now bad, now if we are surrounded again, you don’t have to work hard to escape with me on your back. How tiring! Now we can burn them to death with a talisman!”
Lu Qi: “I’m not tired.”
Shen Qingcheng turned his head and asked, “I’m not heavy?”
Lu Qi: “Not heavy.” It’s was much different from the weight during training.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qingcheng shook his head in disapproval, “No, at this time, you should say that I am heavy, as heavy as the whole world.”
Lu Qi: “?”
Shen Qingcheng raised his eyebrows and smiled, “Carrying me on your back is like carrying your whole world!” He patted the man on the shoulder, “Remember, don’t forget to say this when looking for a partner in the future~”
Lu Qi: “…” He had no words.
It was dark outside the window. The “people” on the street had originally passed by once an hour, but now they had not appeared for two hours.
That showed that Lu Qi’s hunch was correct, and the scarecrows did stop moving after nightfall.
The two packed up their things, mainly the talismans drawn by Shen Qingcheng, and walked silently towards the town hall in the dark of night.
Except for the sad music, there was no other sound on the street. With a clear goal in mind, Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi quickly arrived at their destination.
It was indeed a town hall. A sign with the words “xx City Fengshan Town People’s Government” was hung on the outside of the building. The lights were not on in the building, the windows like a pair of dark eyes watching all the people passing by.
Shen Qingcheng had some slight night blindness and was afraid that he would not be able to see clearly later, so this time he took the initiative to reach out and grab Lu Qi’s wrist.
The skin under the hands had no warmth and was dry, thin, and rough to the touch.
He didn’t have to turn his head to know what ugly thing was beside him.
They hadn’t made a sound, how had they crossed paths again?
Shen Qingcheng thought about it, and said, “Lu Qi!”
Pls don’t apologise for the lateness, but thanks for the chapter. Our domineering CEO is truly too handsome and talented
I love these two. Thanks for the chapter!!
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😂oh my, I’m loving the steadily increasing spiciness. Keep it up🥰🫣
ahahaha funny thing later on Lu-dage does use the flirt on him 😂😂😂
Lolol why do I keep feeling that Lu-dage is 🤏 close to ✨️ biting ✨️ our Shen Meiren whenever Meiren “teases” him~ 😏
Thanks for the chapter!
And no need to apologize, because I know how much time translation takes and that you yourself have a lot of things to do.
Don’t overwork yourself 🤗
hmm how strange….
mmmm lu qi seems like he’s going to bite shen meiren someday 👀
thank you for the chapter!
Still wanna know how Lu Qi figured out it was an illusion