After spending over four shameless days fooling around with Qing Mo in Y City, Lin Yu set off for home.
By now, he had already communicated with all three of them.
So, sleeping together in one big bed...
Bah!
It was time to put meeting up for a meal on the agenda.
After all, the date of Xia Yueshan's awakening was still uncertain.
It could be in a month, or it could be tomorrow.
Therefore, it would be best for him to get the three of them together to get to know each other first.
That way, when Xia Yueshan found out the truth and went crazy, he could bring out Sister Zhuzi to act as a shield for him.
However, Qing Mo had to fly to another city next to discuss a collaboration.
She couldn't return to H City at the moment.
In that case, he could only wait until she returned from her business trip in three days to find an opportunity to bring the three of them together.
Recalling his experiences over the past few days, Lin Yu was highly satisfied.
Qing Mo was indeed a very magical existence.
After hanging out with her for so many days, not only did Lin Yu not feel exhausted, but he actually felt fully energized.
It was like grinding dungeons in a video game.
The protagonist was a battle-hardened veteran, and although his equipment, skills, and stats were top-tier...
...grinding too many dungeons at once inevitably caused him to lose some HP.
Then, the protagonist entered a new dungeon.
He thought it would be another fierce battle that would cost him a lot of health, but unexpectedly, this seemingly powerful dungeon boss was actually incredibly weak.
During the battle with her, not only did the protagonist lose very little HP, but his high health regeneration almost completely restored his health bar.
It really made one want to give a big thumbs up in praise!
After the plane landed, Lin Yu felt a bit lost about his next destination.
Should he go find Xia Muzhu?
Or Tang Manman?
After thinking about it.
Lin Yu decided he should go find Xia Muzhu.
Both emotionally and logically, she needed him more than Tang Manman did.
Moreover, Xia Yueshan was there with her. Going over to talk to him more would also help with his awakening.
With this in mind, Lin Yu asked Qing Mo's assistant to drop him off at the hospital on the way...
...
It seemed it wasn't on the way at all.
But it didn't matter.
Even if it wasn't on the way, she had to make it on the way!
Upon arriving at the hospital, Lin Yu made his way straight to Xia Yueshan's ward.
Xia Muzhu was currently sitting on a stool by the bed, holding a freshly peeled apple.
Seeing Lin Yu arrive, she immediately offered him the apple she had just peeled for herself and asked softly:
"Do you want an apple?"
Having endured a bumpy flight for a long time, Lin Yu desperately felt the need for some fresh fruit flavor, so he didn't refuse. He took the apple and started eating.
Seeing Lin Yu eating happily, Xia Muzhu smiled gently. She turned around, picked up another apple, and carefully peeled its red skin with a fruit knife.
Lin Yu took a couple of bites of the apple, glanced at the clock on the wall, and realized it was already eleven o'clock. Remembering he hadn't eaten yet, he turned to Xia Muzhu and asked:
"Sister Zhuzi, have you eaten?"
Xia Muzhu shook her head:
"Not yet."
Hearing this, Lin Yu took another bite of the apple and asked with a muffled voice:
"Then how about we go out to eat in a bit?"
"The temperature has dropped again these past few days; let's go have some instant-boiled mutton to warm up."
In the north, winter had always been a great season for eating mutton.
Xia Muzhu thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
"Sure."
Xia Yueshan's condition had stabilized long ago, so there was no need for someone to watch over him every single moment.
After agreeing to go out for lunch, the two didn't leave immediately. Instead, they finished their apples before walking out of the ward and leaving the inpatient department together.
It snowed heavily in H City this winter.
So much so that it was somewhat unreasonable.
On average, there was light snow every three days and heavy snow every seven days.
Usually, before the snow from the previous snowfall had completely melted, fresh snow would drift down from the clouds once again.
Many elderly people who had lived in H City their entire lives often sighed, saying they had never seen a winter with so much snow in their lifetime.
Lin Yu originally liked snow a lot.
But after experiencing so many things this winter, he couldn't bring himself to like it anymore, and even developed a bit of a trauma regarding it.
At this moment.
It started snowing again.
Drifting snowflakes fell from beyond the line of sight, gently covering this city built of reinforced concrete.
Xia Muzhu reached out to catch a few snowflakes. Looking at the little things landing on her palm, she suddenly felt inspired, turned to Lin Yu, and asked:
"Where are we going for instant-boiled mutton?"
"The place south of the bridge?"
Lin Yu nodded.
That copper pot instant-boiled mutton restaurant south of the bridge had always been very famous in H City.
Not only were their ingredients fresh and delicious, but their prices were also quite reasonable.
Lin Yu and Xia Muzhu had been to many instant-boiled mutton restaurants, but ever since they ate there once, the two never went anywhere else.
They instantly became die-hard fans of that restaurant.
"Since it's the one south of the bridge, let's just walk there."
"It's not far anyway."
"It's a bit stuffy staying in the hospital, and I'd like to get some fresh air."
Xia Muzhu suggested.
In winter, the heating in the inpatient department was always turned up high.
They frequently needed to open the windows to let out the hot air!
Lin Yu, who had also accompanied Xia Yueshan in the hospital, deeply understood this feeling. Naturally, he didn't refuse and nodded, saying:
"Alright."
"Let's walk there then."
Seeing her small wish fulfilled, Xia Muzhu's eyes curved into crescents, revealing a bit of childlike happiness.
Lin Yu smiled gently at her and simultaneously reached out, intertwining his fingers with Xia Muzhu's soft, white hand.
Holding hands, the two strolled together toward the hot pot restaurant south of the bridge.
However, before they even left the hospital grounds, Lin Yu's hand, exposed to the cold wind, couldn't handle the freezing temperature anymore.
What should he do now?
Should he continue holding Xia Muzhu's hand and suffer the cold.
Or let go of her hand and shove his own hand into his padded jacket pocket to keep warm?
Between these two options, Lin Yu thought for a brief moment and without hesitation chose a third.
While holding Xia Muzhu's hand, he stuffed his own hand, along with her soft, white little hand, right into his jacket pocket.
He could have his cake and eat it too!
After Xia Muzhu felt her hand being placed into Lin Yu's jacket pocket.
She felt even happier.
Because she felt that this way, she seemed to become even closer to Lin Yu.
Being able to get closer to the person you like was something worth being happy about, and it was also something that made people feel truly blessed.
Filled with joy, Xia Muzhu leaned a bit closer to Lin Yu, resting her head against his shoulder.
While Xia Muzhu was feeling happy and blissful.
Things were not going well for Lin Yu.
He watched a familiar figure stepping off a bus not too far away. Amidst the ice and snow, he broke out in a nervous cold sweat.
Just as he was debating whether to use the thirty-sixth stratagem and run for it, Tang Manman seemed to have a telepathic connection and turned her head to look in his direction.
Her gaze met Lin Yu's eyes perfectly.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
