Infinite: Dawn Game

The woman smiled slightly upon hearing this and said somewhat shyly:

"Yes, generally speaking, the types of game dungeons will change randomly, and there will always be a time when you get a hidden game dungeon."

"Hopefully."

Yu Shijiu stretched, his eyes lingering for a moment on the male players sneaking closer not far away, before casually reaching out and squeezing the baby in the woman's arms again.

Did you get pregnant during the Dawn Game?

His touch was very light; the baby felt no pain and just giggled. Because of his thinness, his eyes appeared even larger, somewhat resembling the strange, bruised infant in the villa.

Yu Shijiu: "..."

He couldn't help but cough, instantly banishing the subconscious thoughts from his mind.

It just doesn't feel very auspicious.

That said, the grotesque baby didn't have much screen time; it was probably just a scene the young lady created to create a scary atmosphere. While it was indeed somewhat disgusting, the grotesque baby was also quite pitiful in some ways.

"No."

The woman shook her head, then lowered her head to touch the baby's forehead and sighed.

“I died on my way to the hospital. My baby was a few days over a month old. I was planning to go to the hospital for an oxytocin injection, but I was unlucky and died on the way.”

As the woman spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she quickly wiped them away from her face.

"I'm sorry, I can't control myself, I just feel a little sad when I think about it."

Afraid that Yu Shijiu would dislike her, the woman quickly explained.

"fine."

Yu Shijiu didn't care about crying. If you're in pain, you should cry; if you're feeling down, you should cry. Aren't these normal things? Why should he apologize?

That's what he thought, and that's what he said.

The woman's expression went blank for a moment, then she lowered her eyelids wearily, her voice trembling slightly.

“...Here, crying will make you look bad.”

Yu Shijiu frowned.

The woman realized that her words were ill-timed, so she quickly wiped away her tears and gave Yu Shijiu a fawning smile.

"Look at my brain, did I take up your time? Uncle Fang probably won't be out for a while, so if you have something to do, please go ahead and take care of it—"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Yu Shijiu raise his chin towards the back of her.

Are you very familiar with those people?

Yu Shijiu asked.

The boy's voice was clear and bright, with a slight curling sound as his tongue moved, which left the woman momentarily bewildered.

"What--"

She turned around and met the eyes of several men who were frantically turning and running towards the crowd.

The woman recoiled in terror and stepped back—only to be caught by Fatty, who braced her against her lower back.

Meow meow meow meow meow meow!

This is the second time, meow! Watch your step, meow!

Fatty was a little unhappy, especially when he made eye contact with the baby in the woman's arms, who clearly didn't know what had happened. The baby let out a happy laugh and even tried to tug at Fatty's beard—

Fatty dodged it.

Although I hate to admit it, it still hurt a little when this little guy pulls hard, meow!

"what happened?"

Yu Shijiu could roughly guess some of it, but he didn't say it outright. He just narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the male players frantically squeezing into the crowd.

"It's alright, it's alright." The woman steadied herself, her face pale, and she shook her head repeatedly while tightly holding her child.

"Ok?"

"Are you really okay? Judging from the way they look at you, it's not like you're okay."

Yu Shijiu doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. If it weren't for the fact that the child in the woman's arms looked somewhat like the strange baby in the villa, he wouldn't have asked any questions.

...That's not necessarily true.

Yu Shijiu actually felt that the baby looked a bit like himself from the beginning.

Yes, this is me, just escaped from a sanatorium.

He had seen himself in the mirror in the man's villa bathroom; he was just as thin with sunken cheeks and big eyes.

The woman's pale face gradually turned ashen under Yu Shijiu's questioning gaze. She stammered for a long time, and her face gradually turned red.

Yu Shijiu: "?"

He was truly confused now.

Before Yu Shijiu could even say "never mind," the woman in front of her seemed to have made up her mind, lowering her head and whispering:

"...They, they are, they are my, my, my, guests..."

It seemed she had said something extremely shameful and painful, and the woman's tears, which had just stopped, instantly started falling again.

"guest?"

Yu Shijiu was stunned; he truly didn't understand this time.

What is a customer? This woman, with nothing of value to be found on her body, what could she possibly sell?

Yu Shijiu's thoughts froze for half a second.

Even though he didn't know much about things because he had been confined in the sanatorium for too long, he vaguely sensed something was wrong when he saw the woman's face was flushed and she looked as if she had done something extremely shameful.

His intuition told him not to ask any further questions.

Yu Shijiu decisively gave up on asking any further questions.

"Why are you crying?"

He reached out and pulled the woman's arm, not too hard, but he took the baby from her arms.

The woman was startled, and then she saw Yu Shijiu clumsily mimicking her movements to hold the baby properly, and say something.

"I'll take you to buy some food."

After Yu Shijiu finished speaking, he picked up the baby and walked towards the store outside the cocoon shop.

The woman behind him was stunned for a while, but finally, she was tugged at by the fat man next to her and stumbled to follow Yu Shijiu forward.

Upon arriving at the store, Yu Shijiu hesitated for a long time before finally buying only a boxed lunch and handing it to the woman.

The "pupa shop" is crowded and noisy, so even if it's for the woman's sake, Yu Shijiu won't buy her many things.

That's all I could afford to buy her was a boxed lunch.

"you eat first."

Yu Shijiu said, "The shops around here don't have baby formula, so I'll buy some for you from a shop in town later."

"No need, no need! This one box of rice is fine, that's enough."

The woman never expected Yu Shijiu to buy her food. She felt extremely embarrassed, as if she hadn't done anything wrong and yet she dared to eat someone else's food; she was utterly ashamed.

But she eventually accepted the boxed lunch.

She can go hungry, but the child cannot.

I need to eat something so I can produce breast milk to feed my baby...

She usually picks up customers herself... and can only get some water and bread to sustain her health; she wouldn't even dare to look at a boxed meal at that price.

Only after the woman wolfed down the entire boxed meal, even licking the cold soup clean, did Yu Shijiu return the quiet child in his arms to her.

"Let's go back."

Yu Shijiu said, "I will send the milk powder over."

Before the woman could refuse, Yu Shijiu quickly left with the chubby girl who kept turning back to look at him.

The woman held her child and watched his retreating figure for a long while before returning to the "cocoon shop" with her child in her arms.