Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

When she woke up, she saw Qi Yu painting by the swimming pool on the terrace.

A huge canvas and a messy pile of brushes and paints lay at his feet.

"Is this the town you drew?"

"you're awake?"

Qi Yu turned around with the paintbrush in his hand and looked at the girl who was still a little sleepy.

"Just woke up."

"Aren't you sleepy?" Xia Jiumeng saw that he had finished most of his painting. She was afraid that he had been painting without sleeping.

It was already noon when she woke up. Could this guy have stayed up all night?

Only after hearing Xia Jiumeng's question did Qi Yu feel sleepy.

"Now that you mention it, I feel a little sleepy and a little hungry."

He put down his paintbrush and wiped his paint-stained hands with the wet towel beside the easel. He walked over, took Xia Jiumeng's hand and said with a smile, "Miss Bodyguard, you must be hungry too. Let's go eat together."

"Uh, won't you catch up on some sleep?"

Wow, Iron Man, he never sleeps!

"I'm not sleepy anymore, and I'm in good spirits. Let's go out for dinner first."

Qi Yu said this and wanted to pull her out.

Xia Jiumeng could only sigh at how good his physical fitness was.

However, Xia Jiumeng hurried back to her room before going out.

He was fully dressed but she was still in her nightgown!

Qi Yu's eyes lit up when he saw her coming out in a sea-blue dress.

"very nice."

"Thank you, what are you going to eat?"

"What do you want to eat?"

"Hmm, seafood porridge."

She remembered that Xiaoyu liked to eat seafood, and it was already noon, so seafood porridge was just right.

"Okay, then let's go eat seafood porridge."

Qi Yu used his mobile phone to search for the most highly-rated seafood restaurant in the town and took her there.

*

When Xia Jiumeng was passing a street on the way back after dinner, her hunter detector, which had been silent all the time, suddenly started to sound strangely.

"Abnormal energy fluctuations?"

Seeing the fluctuations on the detector approaching dangerous values, Xia Jiumeng asked the driver to let them down.

"Why do you want to get off the bus suddenly?"

"There are abnormal energy fluctuations here." Xia Jiumeng showed him the interface of the detector.

Qi Yu didn't quite understand these data, but he was also keenly aware of the unusual aura.

His expression turned serious. "I'm with you."

He knew she was going to investigate.

"it is good."

The two followed the detector's guidance and came to a somewhat shabby shop.

"Thrift shop?"

She didn't expect that it was the strange energy fluctuations coming from here.

After exchanging a glance with Qi Yu, they pushed open the door and walked in.

"Ding~"

A crisp bell rang, and the boss sitting behind the counter shouted without even raising his head.

"Please help yourself. If you like something, you can come directly to the counter to pay."

The two of them said yes.

"Qi Yu, you go from that side and I'll go from this side." Xia Jiumeng said, pointing to the container on the left.

"Okay, if anything goes wrong, you can always call me."

The two of them started searching separately, and soon Xia Jiumeng found the source of the strange energy, which was a necklace locked in a cabinet.

"The little girl has good taste."

A white-haired old man walked up to her side without her knowing when.

Feeling her gaze, the old man explained, "I'm the owner of this store, just call me Old Man Liu."

"Most of the things in this shop are old things and pawned items left behind by people who have left here."

"Is there anything you like?"

Although he asked this, the old man already knew what Xia Jiumeng wanted when he saw her standing in front of the cabinet for so long.

As the old man expected, Xia Jiumeng pointed to the necklace on the counter.

"Excuse me, can you open it and let me see?"

"Of course." Old man Liu took out a small bunch of keys from his waist, opened the cabinet door and took out the necklace.

When Xia Jiumeng took the necklace, the detector sounded again.

"So she's a hunter. Was this young lady also attracted here by the strange energy?"

The old man didn't seem surprised and just smiled calmly.

"also?"

"Do you often have hunters come here?"

"Often. There are quite a few pawned items here. Some were brought from the old city, and naturally they also carry some special energy."

During the catastrophe, human civilization was almost destroyed and most cities fell. Many cities now are either being cleaned up and repaired or completely rebuilt.

But there are still many places that have been abandoned, and some people who go out in the town will pawn them when they find interesting things.

"Is that so? Do you have a lot of these here?"

"There used to be a lot, but now... there are only a few."

The boss shook his head and walked forward with Xia Jiumeng.

The shop was not big and was open to both sides, so when they walked towards the counter, they saw Qi Yu standing motionless in front of a somewhat faded painting.

"Your friend seems to like that painting very much."

"Well, he likes painting very much." Xia Jiumeng said as she took a few steps closer to Qi Yu.

Look at the slightly yellowed painting with him, which depicts a beautiful coastline and island.

The light golden sunlight makes the beach sparkle, and the light blue waves gently hit the shore, creating layers of white foam and making pleasant sounds, as if telling the story of the sea.

At the center of the painting, a small island stands quietly on the sea, like a pearl lost in the depths of the ocean. The island is full of greenery, with lush trees and colorful flowers complementing each other.

You can even see the strange colors of the sea water around the island, with light blue, dark blue and emerald green intertwined together like a dazzling ribbon. You can also vaguely see colorful corals and some small fish swimming around.