Infinite: Dawn Game

"what?"

Xu Han was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to ask more questions, he suddenly stopped and lowered his head somewhat guiltily.

"What I just said really didn't mean anything else..."

"I know."

He Lingling glanced at him and said, "Don't overthink it. My relationship with my mother isn't deep. To be precise, we've barely even met. Don't feel hurt or anything like that."

"But--"

She sat on the edge of the bed and yawned. "Alright, alright, let's rest for a bit now, we'll all have to go into the game soon."

"...Where's Brother Chen?"

Xu Han licked his lips. "Didn't Brother Chen say he'd join us for the next game instance?"

"Brother Chen knows."

He Lingling said, "They say it's been linked to you, so you can follow them as long as you enter the game."

"Seems to be."

Xu Han also thought of this. He suddenly threw off the blanket, jumped off the bed, and quickly knelt down next to Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu, holding the Coke bottle cap: "...?"

He Lingling, sitting on the edge of the bed: "..."

The chubby creature, sticking out its tongue to swirl its cola around in the water, seemed to be thinking: "? Meow???"

What are you doing, meow? Why did you suddenly kneel down, meow?

"I've thought it through," Xu Han said solemnly as he knelt down. He reached out and grabbed the fat cat's paw, which was resting on the edge of the sofa, and secretly stroked its soft, fleshy paw pads several times.

"From now on, I will definitely take good care of myself and feed Feifei lots of cola snacks and dried fish of all flavors!"

Fatty, realizing he'd been taken advantage of and trying to pull his paw back, thought: "..."

It paused in its pulling motion, then looked at Xu Han with a puzzled expression.

Xu Han: "...As long as you can stick with me more in the game instances, Fatty, how about it? Aren't you tempted?"

Fatty: "..."

Yu Shijiu snapped out of her daze, smiled, took Xu Han's hand, and said softly:

"Even though I know Fatty is cute and strong, it still needs to stay with me more often—"

"Shi Jiu!"

Xu Han immediately shifted his position and cried out to Yu Shijiu:

"What do you think of our relationship? Aren't we good brothers?!"

"..." Yu Shijiu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "It should be, right?"

After all, Xu Han shared his room with him, provided him with snacks and drinks, and even treated his wounds... He must be a good brother, right?

"I knew it, sob sob sob!" Xu Han grabbed Yu Shijiu's arm with snot and tears streaming down her face (fake) and kept sobbing (fake).

"Shi Jiu, you really are the best. I believe you will let Fei Fei come see me occasionally, right? Just occasionally, just occasionally is fine..."

"Is it okay, Shi Jiu?"

Xu Han pulled Yu Shijiu's arm and lowered his head, his shoulders shrugging.

Yu Shijiu: "..."

He felt something was off, but Xu Han had indeed been very good to him, and it didn't seem unreasonable to only let Feifei visit him occasionally.

There are ten minutes left.

Xiao Li's gloating voice rang out again: "[There are still ten minutes before the game starts. You'd better start resting or doing something else now!]"

Yu Shijiu's thoughts were disrupted. He shook his head, met Xu Han's expectant eyes, and actually agreed.

"can."

Yu Shijiu said, "But Feifei still has to be with me most of the time."

It's not about having Fei Fei share some of the danger, but simply about spending more time together.

Xu Han looked up instantly, beaming with joy, "Shi Jiu! Good brother! We're brothers for life!"

Yu Shijiu: "...Right?"

So is that really how the phrase "good brother" is used?

He Lingling, who had been silently watching the show, rolled her eyes dramatically.

Xu Han, that big idiot, has probably gone crazy from watching the game's dungeons these past two days. He's started randomly grabbing people to help him... Of course, He Lingling guesses that Xu Han himself knows that this is just a way to find psychological comfort.

However, this does indeed increase courage considerably.

Well, it's not easy being a "sports student" who's afraid of ghosts.

He Lingling thought.

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The asphalt road opposite the "Chrysalis Shop".

Anjie stood on the roadside at the edge of town, carrying a bucket of baby formula. After hesitating for a few minutes, she walked towards the "cocoon shop" on the other side of the road.

As soon as she walked over, she saw a woman holding a baby standing at the entrance of the "pupa shop".

The woman was very thin, physically thin, with sunken cheeks, a sallow complexion, and messy, dry, matted hair. Her clothes had faint milk stains on them.

But her features aren't actually ugly; you can tell she'd look much better if she gained a little weight—that's probably why she gets "customers" coming to her door.

Anjie stood quietly in place for a while, her back molars starting to itch.

She took a lollipop out of her pocket, popped it into her mouth, chewed it, and then continued walking forward with the milk powder in her arms.

The woman stood at the door holding her child, waiting. She was slightly disappointed when she didn't see Yu Shijiu's familiar figure appear, but she wasn't disappointed.

Yu Shijiu is already very good.

While watching the live stream, although the players around her were saying that Yu Shijiu was cold-blooded and even that his smile when killing monsters was like that of a madman... the woman always felt that it wasn't like that.

Besides Fang Zhi repeatedly saying that the other person was actually a very innocent child, there was also the reason that Yu Shijiu once threw a lollipop into her "pupa".

The woman didn't believe that such a person could really be the "madman" that others described.

Clearly, Yu Shijiu is quite kind—

"Shi Pei, who are you waiting for here?"

A man's malicious voice sounded from behind her. The woman was so frightened that she immediately covered the child's ears in her arms and turned around tremblingly.

"Brother Wang..."

"Are you waiting for Yu Shijiu here?"

The male player, nicknamed Brother Wang, was accompanied by two other men, both sporting identical mocking smiles.

"You don't actually think he'd send you baby formula, do you? That's ridiculous. That crazy guy is probably just trying to fool you out of pity. You think he'd actually keep his word?"

Shi Pei's face turned deathly pale. She took a step back, still holding the child, and shook her head hesitantly, "No, that child of his wouldn't lie—"

"Oh, I'm going!"

Brother Wang burst out laughing, pointed at Shi Pei, and said to the other two male players beside him with a smile:

"See? I told you women are simple-minded and easy to fool, didn't I? That crazy kid Yu Shijiu was fooled like this with just a few words. I'm laughing so hard. Shi Pei, I'm not trying to be mean, but lately you've been hanging around that middle-aged man with the missing arm. You don't really need us old customers anymore, do you?"

Shi Pei lowered her head, simply covering the ears of the child in her arms who couldn't understand what she was saying.

The child, with his bright, dark eyes darting around, giggled and reached out to grab his mother's hand.