Chapter 215

After asking, she realized that Lan Ze couldn't answer her question with simple actions, so she narrowed the scope and asked: "Did you come to the real world to find me?"

The door frame behind her suddenly made a sound.

She turned her head, looked at the position of the door frame, and asked excitedly: "Can you come out of the game world?"

'Knock knock'.

The door frame was knocked twice.

"No... Then, why can I see you..." Qiao Suisui frowned and thought, remembering the dropped-frame phantom when she first saw Lan Ze, and asked: "So are you still in the game world now?"

'Knock knock'.

It was still a negative answer.

Not in the game world, and not in the real world... Qiao Suisui's breathing became tense, and she asked: "You don't know where you are either, but this place can see me, and can also lead to your world?"

'Knock'! Qiao Suisui's eyes showed shock. She stretched out her arms, like a blind person, and reached toward the door frame. But she touched nothing.

She frowned and thought. Lan Ze could touch objects, but she couldn't touch him.

Qiao Suisui found paper and pen for Lan Ze, letting him write down what he wanted to say.

After a while, the paper was covered in crooked symbols like those drawn by a Taoist priest. No one could tell what it meant, but Qiao Suisui recognized at a glance that it was Interstellar script—

【Are】

【You】

【Well】

Qiao Suisui's nose ached, her eye rims slightly red. She smiled and said: "I am well. How about you?"

A few intermittent words appeared on the paper again.

【I】

【Miss】

【You】

Qiao Suisui looked at those floppy words, finding it hard to imagine how he wrote them. She suddenly recalled Lan Ze sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the library; his eyes were a calm ocean, his brow always carried light sorrow and melancholy, but every time he smiled, it would turn into a gust of wind in spring, blowing down flower petals.

After experiencing so much, all the anger and estrangement had faded. Lan Ze was her first friend in that world, and she didn't want to let this memory lose its color.

Perhaps it was because he waited for a long time without hearing Qiao Suisui's response, and words began to appear on the paper one after another.

【They】

【Have been waiting】

【For you】

【I came】

【After a long time】

【Over】

Qiao Suisui read these words one by one and pieced them into sentences. When she read 'They have been waiting for you', her brain felt like it had been punched.

"Are you talking about Luka and the others?"

A simple checkmark appeared on the paper.

Qiao Suisui suddenly felt that breathing was a bit difficult. She thought it was all just a game, just settings; she logged out, and they would sink into silence like a normal game, but Lan Ze said... they had been waiting for her? She summoned her courage and asked a question that had been in her mind many times but she forced herself not to care about: "After I left, what happened?"

This time, no words appeared on the paper, but images.

A sword, with a cross drawn behind it. A snake, with a rectangular object behind it.

A sun, followed by a bullet.

A pair of gloves, with handcuffs drawn behind them.

Finally, what leaped onto the paper was a dragon, but it was only half-drawn when the pen, which was standing in mid-air, suddenly 'clattered' and fell onto the paper, rolling by inertia to under the table and landing on the ground.

"Lan Ze?"

"Lan Ze..."

Qiao Suisui waited for more than ten minutes, but no traces appeared on the paper again.

She held the paper and examined it for a long time, guessing back and forth, only guessing some irrelevant developments. The sword represented Luka, but what was the cross? Could it be that Luka had an accident? The snake was undoubtedly Zongfang, but as for that rectangular object, Qiao Suisui could never see what it was. The sun referred to Ash, but what did the bullet represent? Could it be that he was in danger? The gloves made her a bit confused, but through the process of elimination, she knew it was very likely Ka'er, and handcuffs meant supervision and prison, indicating that Ka'er must have had an accident. The final dragon referred to Sang Yan, but Lan Ze didn't finish drawing it... Qiao Suisui sat on the ground, hugging her knees, her mood suddenly becoming a bit heavy.

Lan Ze's sudden appearance completely disrupted Qiao Suisui's state of mind.

In the following days, not only did Lin Xixi find her restless, but even when interning at Zhenge, she made several low-level mistakes.

"Baozi, what is wrong with you?" Lin Xixi, wearing a facial mask, leaned on her and asked: "If you have something on your mind, tell me."

Qiao Suisui's throat tightened, she hesitated for a while, and said: "If, I mean if, your family and friends are all here, and your future career is very likely to develop here, but there is a place that makes you always unforgettable and very concerned, how would you choose?"

Lin Xixi held up a finger and said: "Adults don't make choices. I go there on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, come here on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and rest on Sunday."

Qiao Suisui was amused by her unreliability, "Then what if you can't have both?"

"Then it depends on what is most important to yourself. For example, me, I want good skin, but I can't quit staying up late, because staying up late is super happy, so I instinctively choose what makes me happy, even if it's short-term happiness. So I paid the price of getting acne, but I accept it."

Lin Xixi sat cross-legged on the sofa, smoothing the mask on her face like a master of Zen, saying seriously: "People, when they have choices, are actually the happiest. As long as you don't regret it after choosing and dare to bear the consequences, you are a great adult!"

After speaking, Lin Xixi didn't hear Qiao Suisui make a sound for a long time. She opened her eyes and looked over, seeing her staring straight at herself, and was startled.

"What? Want to borrow money?"

Qiao Suisui looked at her and smiled, saying: "Do you know what your charm is?"

"What is it?"

"It's looking very unreliable, but occasionally very open-minded."

"Haha, I specialize in contrast!"

The two girls laughed and played on the sofa. Qiao Suisui lay on Lin Xixi's lap and said softly: "Thank you for being my friend. Xixi, you are the best person in the world."

Lin Xixi smiled and said: "Because you are worth it. In my eyes, you have always been shining."

Perhaps this is the meaning of friends; no matter how many masks you have in front of outsiders, you can always sincerely be yourself in front of each other, and not be afraid that you are not doing well enough.

Qiao Suisui had always treasured this beauty in her heart and couldn't bear to end it.

The next day.

Qiao Suisui made an appointment to see Ye Xi.

"You said you want to return to your save file?" Ye Xi was a bit surprised.

Qiao Suisui nodded: "I don't want to restart."

Ye Xi considered for a while, adjusted her glasses, and said: "That's impossible. Once a player logs out, the world they are in will automatically lock, and the game ending cannot be changed."

Ye Xi saw Qiao Suisui's eyes dim. She took a sip of coffee, smiled at her, and said: "But I am a person who likes to challenge the impossible."

Guess the picture, who can guess what Lan Ze drew? The game world will reveal the answer tomorrow. Please vote, sorry for the trouble, I don't have anything impressive, I'll use some sweet chapters to give back later. (End of chapter)