BaiZe stood in the ruins, and the people and rescue team in the distance seemed so small.
In his heart, the Second Master was omnipotent, but he didn't dare to make such a confident guarantee this time.
LiShuang couldn't wait for his answer, so she lowered her head and her shoulders trembled.
"Today is his birthday..."
"He ate my longevity noodles..."
"He lied to me..."
"He asked me to believe in him…"
LiShuang finally couldn't control her emotions anymore, and her voice was swallowed by sobs.
LuJiuqian and HeiFeng brought people over after receiving the news.
But no matter how powerful the core was in the distance, it was just a small and fragile body that kept trembling. Everyone tacitly did not approach it and arranged to join the rescue.
BaJie stayed with them quietly the whole time, and after a long while, he suddenly spoke.
[Master, you are safe now. Live well from now on. I seem to...]
LiShuang seemed to know what it was going to say and shook her head while crying.
"Don't want..."
BaJie: [...]
LiShuang's tears washed down her cheeks more violently than the rain outside.
"Don't go…"
Really, don't do this...
BaJie: [...]
[Goodbye, Mom. I'm going on a long voyage tonight…]
Its voice was still childish, and one could hear the reluctance. After it finished speaking, the cutest smiling face appeared on the small screen.
LiShuang felt as if her heart was being squeezed by an invisible big hand, making her continue to sink into suffocation.
She seemed to have nothing again...
LuJiuqian smoked in silence: "She has been there for a long time, should we bring her here by force?"
BaiZe shook his head.
"I can't persuade you, and I can't pull you away."
No one dared to mention ShenJi's name, as if if they did, they would have to face the fact that no results had been found after several hours of searching.
LiShuang had stopped crying.
After her tears dried up, she sat there with her knees hugged and her head buried deep in them.
"Pigsy..."
She had been crying for so long that her lips seemed to be stuck with glue, and when she finally made a sound, there was no response.
LiShuang's eyes became moist again. She slowly stood up and rested for a while. Now she felt pain all over her body.
"Fuck, it'll be ruined if we don't take care of it." Seeing her moving stones again, LuJiuqian threw away his cigarette and rushed into the rain.
LiShuang's arm was pulled by him and she was almost thrown out.
"Come with me."
"I'll wait for the result here." LiShuang struggled to break free from his hand. Her voice sounded dry and grainy, like a desert blown by wind.
LuJiuqian couldn't open his eyes because of the rain.
"If the Second Master is still alive! Do you want to tire yourself to death first?"
When he was mentioned, LiShuang raised her red and swollen eyes to look at him. Her eyes were covered with complex emotions and lacked some liveliness. She asked in a hoarse voice.
"He's still alive, isn't he?"
LuJiuqian has always been a talkative person.
This time he didn't know what to say.
"Woof—Woof—"
The black butterfly kept calling, and it lowered its head with its nose moving slightly as if it was looking for something. It also rubbed its claws on the stones and circled in place.
LiShuang and LuJiuqian looked at each other and rushed over tacitly.
LuJiuqian shouted to the distance: "Come over here!"
LiShuang was forcibly stopped aside.
She watched with a clenched heart as the stones were cleared away bit by bit, looking forward to the result yet fearing it at the same time.
The huge and deformed iron box was hoisted out.
The moment LiShuang saw ShenJi, she was exhausted, felt dizzy, and fell down after taking two steps.
…
[Hello host, I am the [Better to live than die] system. You have been poisoned to death in real life and have not been rescued. You have been reborn as a character in a book with the same name and appearance. You are now locked up here because you drugged ShenJi and climbed into his bed.]
…
LiShuang was afraid of the black butterfly, so she hid in the corner, listening to the childish little voice chattering in her ear, not very smart, and blurted out.
[BaJie, shut up! ]
[It is better to live a miserable life than to die] The system blinked: [Who is BaJie? ]
LiShuang sat in the corner with her knees hugged and smiled, unable to help teasing it.
[That's you. This will be your nickname from now on! BaJie BaJie, idiot!]
[A good death is worse than a miserable life] The system thought about it: [Why is it called BaJie? ]
LiShuang said with a smile: [BaJie means "Eight Great Things Are Empty", which is a very cool name! ]
[It is better to live a miserable life than to die] System: [Authentication successful! From now on, I am BaJie! ]
BaJie: [Master! ]
…
BaJie: [╰ (‵□′)╯ You are the bastard! Get your dirty hands off my master's hair! ]
…
BaJie: [I second the proposal] ( ⃔ * ' ㅅ '*) ⃕
…
BaJie: [Ahhhhh! Stop it! I'll log off!]
…
BaJie: [The master is smart~]
…
BaJie: [ ( ≖‿≖ ) ✧It 's sent! Two hundred and ten million! ]
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BaJie: [The master of connections. ]
…
BaJie: [Goodbye, Mom…]
…
LiShuang found that the things in front of her were moving away from her. She raised her hand to grab them but all she saw was nothingness. Her tears fell to the ground like silver threads, as if they were dripping into the sea.
"Uncle?" ShenJi's voice suddenly appeared behind him, and LiShuang turned around suddenly.
He stood in the light, dazzling and yet unattainable.
LiShuang walked closer in disbelief: "ShenJi..."
ShenJi handed her a cigarette: "Do you need one? Li Xiaogou."
LiShuang walked up to him and gently touched his cheek with her fingertips, and she couldn't stop crying again.
ShenJi gently wiped her tears.
"Why are you crying? By the way, I have something to tell you."
LiShuang nodded with moist eyes, unwilling to look away for even a second.
ShenJi gave a ruffian smile and lowered his head close to her ear.
"I want to say that I like you, but it's more than just like, maybe I love you very much."
Every time he said something, LiShuang would nod.
"I know, I know, I know..." LiShuang raised her hands to hug him, but her hands were empty.
She turned around and saw that the place where she had just stood in silence had fallen into darkness.
LiShuang suddenly opened her eyes.
"Drip—drip—drip—"
The sound of the instruments penetrated her eardrums, and the unique smell of the hospital penetrated her nose. She felt something pressing down on her limbs, and she had to use all her strength to lift them up.
[It feels like the soul of the Great Sage has been transported to the place of the Five Finger Mountain on his back.]
LiShuang finally sat down on the edge of the bed. Her heart felt empty, as if there was a huge mountain pressing down on her, making it hard for her to breathe.
LuJiuqian noticed her through the half-closed privacy curtain.
"Miss Li, are you awake?"
LiShuang turned around stiffly and saw LuJiuqian lying on the bed next to her. She didn't care about the pain in her body, and staggered to the other side and opened the privacy curtain.
The man was wearing an oxygen mask and lying there quietly.
Seeing that he was not taken away for cremation, some people cried with joy and their eyes became red.
"Stop crying, your eyes are so swollen that you can hardly open them." LuJiuqian said softly.
LiShuang sat beside ShenJi's bed: "How is he?"
LuJiuqian: "Fortunately, the Second Master was in the elevator. At the moment of the explosion, a large rock hit the wall of the narrow corridor and got stuck there, so the elevator car was not completely crushed. It was mainly his head that was hit. It depends on when he wakes up."
LiShuang nodded silently.
As long as I'm alive...
When I think of life, I think of the chattering BaJie.
She thought about it.
LuJiuqian looked at her exhausted face and asked, "Do you want to sleep a little longer?"
LiShuang shook her head.
LuJiuqian stood up tactfully: "Then I'm going to smoke a cigarette, you keep an eye on the Second Master."
LiShuang nodded, and waited for LuJiuqian to leave before she lay weakly on the quilt against his chest.
[So tired]
[I'm really tired…]
"When you wake up and pay me back what you owe me, I'll consider accepting you, okay?"
LiShuang murmured and closed her eyes.