There were only two people, Shu Xiaonan and Yu Xing, on the terrace of the restaurant. The sky was reddish, which made it a bit eerie.
The young man in front of him is holding a light, and behind him are brightly lit lights. The chatter and laughter of tourists filter through the glass door, making the terrace quiet and hidden in the illusion of excitement.
Yu Xing smiled, walked to Shu Xiaonan in a few steps, and lay down on the balcony railing, just in time to see the back of Qu Xianqing leading Guo Tingting to the small supermarket next door.
He watched the two people enter the supermarket and the shadow disappeared from sight, and then asked: "Have you ever expected that there is another side to this world?"
Shu Xiaonan said cautiously: "Yes."
She vaguely felt that she was approaching some terrible truth, and maybe what she heard today would change her life.
But she actually...
The little girl scratched her head and continued before Yu Xing answered: "I thought about it most when I was in junior high school. In adolescence, you will always fall in the second grade. What's more, I am indeed... a little different from others."
"At that time, I thought, if this world is full of crises, I would definitely be the protagonist, the one who pretends to be cool and slaps the face."
"Oh?" Yu Xing heard what she meant and was very interested, "You don't want to think about it now?"
"I met Tingting in high school. We have been roommates since the first year of high school. For three years in total, we have almost never been apart." Shu Xiaonan also smiled, "We agreed to go to the same university, and we did it."
"She likes to watch handsome guys, and so do I; she likes to play games, and so do I; she wants me to join her when she encounters good things, and so do I. She helps me identify the bad guys, considers my outfits, and never takes photos.
Don’t forget to give me a beautiful face too.”
These little things are so common that Shu Xiaonan was a little embarrassed to talk about them. She laughed out loud: "We have a lot in common, but there is only one difference - she is very timid."
"So I thought, this world should not be full of dangers. It's better to be the same on the outside and inside, and all dangers exist in the cognition. Otherwise, Tingting would be so scared."
The night wind was gentle and freezing.
But the restaurant turned on the air conditioning, and warm air squeezed out from the cracks in the glass door, giving the terrace a little warmth.
Yu Xing nodded lightly: "This kind of friendship is valuable and enviable."
"So, so." Shu Xiaonan felt that the preparation was almost complete, and she mustered up her courage, "If you want to tell me some truth hidden behind the world...can I not listen?"
"Anyway, this is how I have survived all these years. I have no parents, and the grandmother who raised me has passed away. I only have one friend, Tingting, who I... cherish."
Seeing that Yu Xing stopped talking, Shu Xiaonan said sarcastically, "Well, of course, you saved me. It's natural that you want me to do something for you. If I must be exposed to this, I will not refuse!"
"Ha, don't be nervous." Yu Xing reached out and patted her shoulder, "Originally I wanted to ask you, but now I have a chance to let you see the other side of the world. It is extremely dangerous, but it can give you what you can't get in reality.
, do you want to join?"
"But now it seems that you have predicted this topic and made your choice. I don't need to ask."
Looking at this little girl with straight bangs, Yu Xing sighed a little.
Both parents are dead, with special luck, sharp thinking, stable mentality, and good looks. This is really a perfect template for the protagonist.
But Guo Tingting is not a tool supporting role, nor is she a vicious best friend, nor is she a character with secrets that can be explored in the plot. Her existence is not necessary for the "protagonist", but is dispensable, and even drags down the protagonist's uniqueness.
But——Shu Xiaonan was willing.
Reality is not a novel. Guo Tingting does not need functionality. She is a living person. What she has is the feelings accumulated over time.
This is the life that real "people" have.
There are no routines, no world consciousness that controls everything, everyone should live according to their own ideas.
Shu Xiaonan was also too sober. She had long understood her choice, so she turned a blind eye to the obvious abnormalities in herself and forced herself to integrate into the group.
Some people are eager for power, while others are eager to stay in a corner for stability.
Everyone has their own choice, there is no need to force it.
Shu Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you."
Yu Xing added: "But, since you don't want to know the other side of the world, you can only repay me now. After all, it is unknown whether I will meet you again in the future."
He had been waiting in the snowy mountains for several days just for this.
Shu Xiaonan perked up and said, "You tell me! Murder, arson, and sex are illegal. You can't do anything else! You can mention the rest!"
Yu Xing looked at her seriously and said clearly and firmly: "I want you to say a word."
This girl's luck is conserved, but the power of the spirit is extremely powerful.
He had no intention of doing so, but now that he had encountered it, he couldn't just miss it. He needed a word.
Shu Xiaonan's heart skipped a beat. She knew that if she said something particularly outrageous or got involved in something complicated, what she said would come back to her in some way.
The greater the resistance, the stronger the backlash when it is realized.
But Yu Xing is her savior! He is good-looking and has a gentle personality, how could Shu Xiaonan refuse?
She straightened her body and looked as serious as if she was rushing to the battlefield: "Which sentence? I said it!"
Yu Xing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "In this city where I died, all the gods are fake."
Shu Xiaonan:?
She was stunned for a moment, then realized that this was probably something from the "other side"!
But, what does "death" mean?
However, she agreed, and Shu Xiaonan had just said that she didn't want to hear that kind of secret. She glanced at Yu Xing with some worry, and suddenly felt that there was a dangerous sense of destruction in this savior.
In fact, it should be said to be a "sense of fragmentation", but there is no trace of fragility in the young man. Instead, he has the ability to make others fragile and fragile, so she used the word "sense of destruction".
Now, Shu Xiaonan wanted to do something for Yu Xing, so she could only do it.
"Here, here I am..."
"Shh." Yu Xing interrupted, "Change the names."
"...In this city where you died, all the gods are fake." After Shu Xiaonan finished speaking, he suddenly felt depressed.
This feeling came suddenly, as if her energy and energy had been sucked away by something in an instant. This had never happened before.
The limbs were empty, as if they were gone.
The whole body is like a fallen flower and willow, which will be broken if the wind blows.
There seemed to be several indescribable sights projected from a distant place, and a giant eye was torn open in the sky, and the eyeballs were turning wildly, looking for the person who touched the fate.
Shu Xiaonan shivered like an ant hiding in the ruins.
"Thanks."
Suddenly, a voice broke the nightmare-like illusion, and a warm hand covered her head, blocking all those eyes that were still scanning her.
The feeling of being looked for and being watched also dissipated, except for the chill on my head.
Yu Xing left a mark of curse power on Shu Xiaonan's Tianling Cap, completely disconnecting Shu Xiaonan from what he just said, and turning all malice towards himself through the mark of curse power.
He is the one who wants to challenge the rules, so you have to go to him.
"Oh my god." Shu Xiaonan's legs were weakening and her eyes were weak, "I seemed to have seen my grandma just now."
She may have even appeared at the door of Yama.
"Ha, it's okay now, and you won't suffer any backlash." Yu Xing comforted her, because the backlash would directly come back to him.
On the other side, Qu Xianqing and Guo Tingting came out of the supermarket carrying bags.
Qu Xianqing raised his head and looked at Yu Xing from a distance through the wind. When their eyes met, Qu Xianqing knew that Yu Xing had already figured it out.
She walked back with Guo Tingting.
Yu Xing also turned around and said to Shu Xiaonan: "Okay, you have repaid my life-saving grace. Don't think about it in the future. Just enjoy life with your best friends."
"We've already played in the snowy mountains. Let's go home early."