Infinite: Dawn Game

"Shi Jiu?"

Anjie's voice came from beside my ear, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

Yu Shijiu snapped out of his daze, blinked, and shook his head:

"I didn't think anything of it."

Anjie glanced at him. "Let's go. I'll walk you part of the way."

"what?"

Yu Shijiu was somewhat surprised and subconsciously refused, "No need, it's not far, Feifei and I can manage—"

“I also need to take a walk to digest my food,” Anjie interrupted him with a smile. “The bag is quite heavy; your stomach must still be a little upset, right?”

Yu Shijiu touched his stomach and nodded honestly.

“That’s fine then,” Anjie raised an eyebrow. “Let’s go. After you get back, take your medicine and go to bed early. Don’t stay up late. You’ll get better soon.”

"alright, I got it."

Yu Shijiu responded obediently.

"Even though it's summer, we still need to be careful not to eat too much cold or icy food..."

Anjie walked ahead, rambling on about common sense, while Yu Shijiu and Feifei walked behind, casually admiring the surrounding night scenery.

...Well, sometimes An Jie would be just as talkative as Xu Han...Yu Shijiu suspected that Xu Han had learned it from An Jie.

He hadn't forgotten that Anjie's initial image was one of reliability, cheerfulness, and generosity...

It's around 8:30 PM in town now. There are quite a few players out for a stroll to get some fresh air, gathered in twos and threes, some chatting and laughing, others walking with blank expressions...

In short, it does indeed resemble a nighttime scene in real life.

"...I'll leave you here."

Anjie's voice slowly faded away. She turned back to look at Yu Shijiu and handed him the plastic bag in her hand.

"Alright, go back and get some rest."

Yu Shijiu took the plastic bag and said with a grin, "Sister An, you've said that several times tonight."

Anjie chuckled, "It's because you're all too young..."

Yu Shijiu smiled and said, "Then Feifei and I will go back to sleep first. Sister An, you should also go back and rest early."

"Okay, sweet dreams."

Goodbye, Sister An.

"..."

After Anjie's figure disappeared at the end of the road, Yu Shijiu and Feifei turned around and walked towards their "house".

Click.

When the door of the detached house was turned open, Fatty was the first to squeeze through the crack in the door.

Yu Shijiu walked in carrying a full bag of things and reached out to turn on the light.

The warm light gradually illuminated the entire room. Yu Shijiu narrowed her eyes slightly, then turned and closed the door.

In that instant, Yu Shijiu seemed to see a somewhat familiar figure standing not far away.

But when he opened the door and looked closely, he saw nothing.

It's as if that figure never existed at all...

"Meow!!!"

A chubby bark came from behind him, and Yu Shijiu looked away and continued closing the door.

boom.

The sound of the door closing, neither too loud nor too soft, echoed in the otherwise quiet area, subtly startling the birds and insects that had been dormant.

From the shadows opposite the house, Lu Chusheng emerged from the corner.

He stared quietly at the house with its lights on for a while before turning and leaving.

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Time for rest and relaxation always flies by.

Nearly ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

When Yu Shijiu woke up again, Feifei was already lying on the sofa, holding an apple and biting into it, the apple oozing sweet and sour juice.

"?"

Yu Shijiu was shocked, "Feifei, you actually ate alone behind my back?!"

Fatty glanced at him, then lowered his head to continue biting into his apple, making continuous gurgling meowing sounds in his throat.

"..."

Yu Shijiu yawned, stretched lazily on the bed, and then slowly got out of bed to go to the bathroom to wash up.

The doorbell rang just as the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

Fatty, who was busy biting into an apple: "..."

It took a big bite of the ugly apple it had gnawed on, jumped off the sofa, and went to open the door.

When the door opened, Xu Han's face, with its silly smile, was revealed.

Feifei grinned and was about to close the door when she saw He Lingling peeking over with a huge piece of dried grilled fish in her arms.

"Oh, Fatty!"

He Lingling exclaimed, "You're amazing! You can even open doors!"

This blatant flattery made Fatty extremely happy. It arrogantly raised its chin, refusing to admit that it was only willing to make way for the sake of the huge dried roasted fish in the other party's arms.

"Meow meow meow!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, He Lingling and Xu Han squeezed into the room, and the latter immediately shouted:

"Shi Jiu! Shi Jiu, are you awake? Shi Jiu—uhhhh—"

"Keep your voice down."

He Lingling slapped Xu Han's mouth with the tail of an oversized dried roasted fish, frowning:

"Your neighbors will come and complain about the disturbance later."

The fat man following behind the two suddenly widened his eyes, looking very unhappy at the dried fish tail that had just slapped Xu Han in the face.

...Won't this get dirty, meow?

Xu Han, completely unaware that he was being disliked by an orange cat: "???"

"No," Xu Han exclaimed in shock, "You can even file complaints in towns?"

“Just vote if you want,” He Lingling said casually. “Don’t take it too seriously, I was just saying.”

Xu Han: "..."

Sometimes he really feels an itch to touch his hands...

"?"

Yu Shijiu, who was brushing her teeth in the bathroom, poked her head out when she heard the noise, "Why are you guys here?"

Yu Shijiu mumbled something indistinctly, then hurriedly turned around, spat out some toothpaste foam, rinsed his mouth, and said:

"Wait for me, I'll wash up first."

"No rush, no rush," He Lingling quickly said, "We can sit and wait for a while, it's fine."

"Then let Fatty play with you for a while..."

Yu Shijiu said something casually, then turned and went into the bathroom to continue washing up.

In the living room, He Lingling sat on the sofa holding a huge dried fish, and laughed as she looked at the fat man across from her who kept "killing" her with his eyes.

Why are you glaring at He Lingling?

Before He Lingling could speak, Xu Han spoke first.

He plopped down next to Fatty and touched the other's head, asking in confusion:

"Did He Lingling do something to offend you? Really? We just arrived."

Fatty: "..."

It gave Xu Han a look of utter disdain, then whimpered and jumped off the sofa, running towards He Lingling.

He Lingling was startled at first, but as she stepped back, she stopped in her tracks as if she had just remembered something.

She glanced down at the enormous dried grilled fish she was holding, hesitated for a moment, and then handed it to Fatty, who had run over.

Fatty was instantly delighted. He carefully inspected the transparent packaging bag on the surface of the dried grilled fish and nodded his head in satisfaction.

Then... He Lingling and the other person saw Feifei use its front paws to paw at the tail part of the dried fish several times from a distance.

He Lingling and Xu Han: "..."

The latter couldn't believe it, while the former suddenly realized what was happening and burst into laughter.

“Damn it!!!!”

That was Xu Han's roar.