Chapter 14: Another Unwanted Encounter
The computer configuration in the internet cafe was not good. The computer homepage only had a few video games that Lu Zhiyin had never seen before, probably multiplayer games unique to this world.
Ignoring these things she didn’t understand well, Lu Zhiyin opened her browser. She casually found a small game website. Ouyang Qing also fumbled with the mouse awkwardly, imitating her.
Just moving the mouse cursor on the screen made Ouyang Qing feel novel. She reached out to touch the mouse cursor through the screen, but of course, she couldn’t touch anything.
Soon, Ouyang Qing’s curiosity about the mouse cursor disappeared, and she began to observe the dazzling game icons on the website.
Lu Zhiyin didn’t like playing small games very much. She just quietly watched Ouyang Qing operate the computer, occasionally offering a few pointers.
After Ouyang Qing found a game she wanted to play, Lu Zhiyin stopped guiding her and turned to look for novels she liked.
“…”
Falling into silence, Ouyang Qing concentrated on playing a fighting game she had chosen.
The tense and exciting BGM made her blood boil, and the various special effects dazzled her eyes. Soon, Ouyang Qing was immersed in the world of the game.
For someone accustomed to advanced video games, the casual web games she was playing were really unremarkable.
Lu Zhiyin glanced at Ouyang Qing, who was immersed in the game, and felt a sense of relief.
Fortunately, Ouyang Qing didn’t know much about the human world. Otherwise, such small games wouldn’t be enough to satisfy her…
Lu Zhiyin put on her headphones, read her novel, and listened to music.
A gentle melody filled the air. The singer’s deep voice and beautiful lyrics painted a story that could bring tears to one’s eyes.
“The waves wet your white dress, no one will help you up…”
Muttering the lyrics to herself, Lu Zhiyin shook her head.
The melancholic story touched Lu Zhiyin. She took off her headphones and stopped looking at the lines of text on the screen.
Lu Zhiyin stood up and left the internet cafe. She stood at the entrance of the internet cafe, quietly looking at the sunny street.
On both sides of the street, there were continuous streams of customers at barbecue stalls. The smell of spices wafted into her nose, and the sizzling sounds were constant.
Lu Zhiyin felt a bit dazed. More and more people were gathering, and this world was becoming more and more like reality.
She no longer saw only violence and sexual assault, but why couldn’t she be happy?
As she walked further and further down the path of a scumbag, could she still turn back?
Lu Zhiyin closed her eyes.
When she came to her senses, she went to a nearby barbecue stall and bought the cheapest grilled potato.
Lu Zhiyin sat down on the gentle slope in front of the internet cafe and looked at the distant street.
Someone was restocking a vending machine.
From a distance, she could see long brown hair, a very common hair color. Lu Zhiyin didn’t pay much attention to it.
She just ate the grilled skewer in her hand in small bites.
The song she heard in the internet cafe made her inexplicably sad. Could she still be saved? Could she return to her original world and resume a normal life?
She felt lost about her future. Deities were uncontrollable and could break their promises at any time. Thinking about it made Lu Zhiyin feel like she was walking on the edge of a cliff, with falling rocks that could crush her at any moment, making her constantly apprehensive.
Her sense of security gradually disappeared. Lu Zhiyin hugged her legs and buried her face in her knees.
She hadn’t felt such extreme insecurity for a long time.
Tears flowed silently down her cheeks. She tightly pursed her lips, saying nothing.
Most people who passed by saw her curled up and gave her strange looks. Among them was one of the people she least wanted to see.
“…Is that… Lu Zhiyin…”
Leng Qing Qiu, who had just finished restocking the vending machine, stopped on the opposite side of the street. She stared blankly at the white ball of fluff huddled in the distance.
The school uniform was exactly the same as in her memory, the white hair was the same, and even the posture was the same.
Leng Qing Qiu put down the box she was holding, walked across the street blankly.
“Excuse me, are you in trouble?”
The girl’s fragile appearance reminded Leng Qing Qiu of her deceased childhood friend. She subconsciously wanted to help the person in front of her.
“…”
A familiar voice echoed in her ears. Lu Zhiyin looked up.
Her eyes were slightly red, and there were still traces of moisture in her red eyes.
In her blurred vision, Lu Zhiyin recognized the person in front of her.
Leng Qing Qiu, that perverted murderer.
At this moment, this guy was wearing a brown jacket, stepping on a pair of Martin boots, and her black eyes held an unreveignable gaze.
“No.”
Pushing all the sadness back into her heart, Lu Zhiyin stood up.
She was much shorter than Leng Qing Qiu, but her face, which was exactly the same as in the past, and her icy tone, which was completely different from the past, still made Leng Qing Qiu feel a strange sense of pressure.
“…Lu… Lu Zhiyin…?”
Leng Qing Qiu had already refused to believe that Lu Zhiyin was dead, but after personally witnessing the girl’s burial, she had no choice but to believe it.
Now, seeing the same face, she once again denied the fact that had convinced her.
Her Lu Zhiyin was not dead!
Thinking this, Leng Qing Qiu reached out to grab Lu Zhiyin’s wrist, but Lu Zhiyin dodged her.
She was no longer the cripple who could be manipulated as she pleased before.
“I don’t know the person you’re talking about.”
Glancing coldly at Leng Qing Qiu, Lu Zhiyin took two steps back and returned to the internet cafe.
“Impossible, you’re lying to me.”
Without any hesitation, Leng Qing Qiu chased into the internet cafe.
She grabbed Lu Zhiyin’s wrist and pulled Lu Zhiyin into her arms with force.
Her nose was filled with a familiar light fragrance, and the figure of the girl in her arms was exactly the same as before. Leng Qing Qiu was sure she hadn’t made a mistake.
Although she didn’t know how her childhood friend’s legs got better, it didn’t matter.
Holding the girl in her arms tightly, Leng Qing Qiu soon burst into tears.
“Why are you hiding from me? You saved me, and you promised to be with me afterwards…”
She poured out her emotions to herself.
“I already told you I don’t know you, are you crazy?”
Being held by Leng Qing Qiu only made Lu Zhiyin feel disgusted.
She struggled hard. Before Leng Qing Qiu could finish speaking, she broke free from her grasp.
After breaking free, she slapped Leng Qing Qiu without mercy.
*Slap…* The crisp sound of the slap was extremely clear. The surrounding people all turned their attention to Lu Zhiyin and Leng Qing Qiu.
“I don’t know the Lu Zhiyin you’re talking about. My name is Lu Shiyu, OK? Stop harassing me, or I’ll call the police.”
After issuing a stern warning, Lu Zhiyin returned to Ouyang Qing’s side, leaving Leng Qing Qiu standing blankly in her original spot.
If she still had the interest to pretend with Qin An and Long Qinxin, towards Leng Qing Qiu, she only felt pure disgust.
Leng Qing Qiu was the person who had caused her the most harm, both physically and psychologically.
“…Why, why am I still entangled with these people even after dying once…”
Returning to her seat, Lu Zhiyin muttered to herself. She clenched her fist and angrily slammed the keyboard in front of her.
She hated Leng Qing Qiu, intensely.
“…”
Looking at Lu Zhiyin slumped over the keyboard from a distance, Leng Qing Qiu didn’t know what she said, nor did she care about the slap from Lu Zhiyin.
She had already decided that the girl in front of her was her childhood friend. As for the truth? That didn’t matter.
Silently leaving the internet cafe, Leng Qing Qiu touched her face.
She was a lunatic, and she always had been. She was determined to make her childhood friend return to her side.
