Chapter 382 Tonight, stay in the basement~ (4k)

Commitment is like taking a shit. Within the moral code, it will be strictly followed, but once it goes beyond the scope of the constraint, the bottom line will be immediately lowered infinitely. In simple terms, it is like holding it in in other situations, but in the toilet, it will be released in one fell swoop…

Of course it is very casual to make any promise in a dream. Dreaming itself does not consider rationality, so do I have to abide by any rules and regulations?
At most, Qingyou promised Xiaotong in his lucid dream that he would elope, which is equivalent to the process of thinking to himself. When a person thinks about future strategies in his brain, he certainly does not need to be responsible for the object of his thinking.

But now the situation has gone awry. If lucid dreaming is really Xiaotong’s superpower…

“Senior, are you feeling unwell?”

“It’s okay. I’m a little carsick. I’ll sleep for a while by the window.”

“Yes, ok, Senior. I’ll call you when we get to the station.”

Lucid dream.

You can sleep.

Hitomi Shimamura only learned this setting after using “Dream Wanderer” for a while.

My senior likes to sleep leaning against the glass when riding in a car, especially a shaky bus. Most people would feel uncomfortable if they leaned their heads against it, but Qingyou, on the contrary, really enjoys the feeling. He says it’s like using a massager, which is better than what the bloggers on the Internet recommend.

At the same time, the vibration of the car can conceal micro-expressions, so Hitomi Shimamura did not notice Qingyou’s abnormality.

From the hotel to the restaurant, eat something and go back, replenish your energy before doing interesting things.

Hitomi Shimamura was a little absent-minded. She was thinking about how to reveal as little as possible, so she looked a little nervous.

Qingyou, on the contrary, is becoming more and more normal. It may be that the unfortunate superpower accidents have happened to him too many times and he has become desensitized.

The so-called deductive method is to first assume a conclusion. If it can be logically connected with all the clues encountered previously, it proves that this assumption is likely to be the fact.

The place where we eat is a teahouse.

I tried hard to search my memory. It seemed that Qingyou had described this traditional restaurant with representative Lingnan characteristics in detail to Shimamura Hitomi. She seemed quite interested in drinking tea and eating dim sum, especially the coconut milk cake, shrimp dumplings and chicken feet.

Qingyou ordered these three items, as well as her favorite steamed Chencun rice noodles with beef brisket. Shimamura Hitomi still had a docile expression, but she showed no curiosity at all, and seemed to be worried about something.

Damn, the more I look at it, the more they look alike.

So the reason why I had this dream seems to be very clear.

Hitomi Shimamura regards the elopement and honeymoon that Qingyou promised as an important matter, so she tries to experience it in her dream first… or test it, it doesn’t matter, anyway, it’s probably the EA stage before the game is released, it’s a two-way effort between game players and game manufacturers, Qingyou thinks this is a very advanced function. If lucid dreams can be promoted, young couples before marriage can have an early experience of their honeymoon, which can reveal the inappropriateness of the couple in advance, and they will not be so hasty in entering into marriage.

What a perfect business plan.

To be honest, if the evidence was more conclusive, Qingyou would really like to discuss the specific operational procedures of lucid dreaming with Shimamura Hitomi. His favorite movie in his previous life was Inception. Although Leo in that movie has gained weight and is not very handsome, the plot and special effects are really exciting. So much so that every time Qingyou went to the hospital for an IV drip as a teenager, he imagined that he was entering the dream world at the same time as the dream-stealing gang.

Fortunately, Bai Jinyu helped call the nurse to remove the needle, otherwise it would have been a little dangerous if he had fallen asleep.

Several sets of snacks were served, and Qingyou made tea with the pot on the table. Xiaotong drank it slowly and chatted with Qingyou cautiously. Qingyou also responded gently. Everything seemed to be no different from usual, but both parties were keenly aware that something was wrong.

Senior… did you see the flaw? If the details in the dream were too unreliable, it would weaken the sense of reality, but Qingyou should be able to make a few jokes easily. Now Qingyou seems a little too gentle.

Or did he finally realize that something was wrong with the dream?
Her thoughts affected her appetite, and even made Hitomi Shimamura lose the desire to think about that.

When paying the bill, Qingyou’s hands naturally rested on her waist and back. Shimamura Hitomi’s body was tense and she felt uncomfortable.

No, if this continues…

Hitomi Shimamura looked at Qingyou’s face. His smile was as bright as the sunshine outside at the moment, but what was hidden behind the smile? Hitomi Shimamura’s heart trembled constantly. She had never been able to guess Qingyou’s thoughts, but she was extremely afraid that her dark side would be discovered by Qingyou.

It turned out that dreams were not a completely solid fortress. She suddenly realized that everything she had was built on deceiving Qingyou and monopolizing Qingyou’s sleep. But if Qingyou realized her meanness, then even this monopoly would no longer be possible.

After all, Senior often sleeps with Airi now, and their relationship has improved. Woohoo, I’m so envious.

Confused thoughts were brewing in Hitomi Shimamura’s mind like a storm. She could no longer hold on and chose to cut off the dream.

“…As expected of her.”

Qingyou sat up straight from the bed, holding his thighs and quietly breathing the country air that carried the scent of grass leaves, with Ai Li sleeping beside him.

Every time Qingyou returned to reality from a lucid dream, he would feel as if he was in another world, so he rubbed his temples with his thumbs, got out of bed and got a glass of cold water from the refrigerator.

Gurgle, Gurgle…

The mind becomes active again.

Well, it was a very rare lucid dream that was interrupted suddenly and ended without any of that kind of elements…

Combined with Xiaotong’s strange behavior in the dream, Qingyou felt that his guess was probably 99% correct. His intuition was always very accurate.

“Waste management.”

“Hey, Master Host!” The reply came in seconds. If nothing else, the response speed of this system was reassuring.

“Let’s buy all those comedian raffles and props in the mall.”

“Uh, you mean… those that increase Qi and blood properties? But didn’t you say that your body is already good enough, adding those would have the opposite effect?” “Times have changed.” Qingyou sighed, his voice full of desolation, “None of the girls around me are normal anymore, I have to be prepared for the worst at any time.”

The so-called worst-case scenario preparation.

That would naturally be a repeat of the mistakes of the previous life… Of course, the so-called repeat of the same mistakes is actually divided into several stages. The last stage is when Qingyou turned into Qingyou’s remnant. Qingyou thought it would be better not to do it, but if the girls’ spirits fell into extremes for a short time, it would never be wrong to strengthen their abilities in that area.

The system chuckled and helped Qingyou exchange the corresponding items. Most of the accumulated energy points were consumed immediately, but soon, Qingyou felt that his body was undergoing obvious changes.

Looking at the extra items in the inventory, Qingyou nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly felt much more secure.

“Hmm~ Where’s my husband?!”

In the bedroom, Ai Li felt someone moving around. She waved her arms clumsily and touched next to her. She found the bed was empty. She woke up quickly and jumped up. She glared at Qing You who came back with ice water.

Originally, I wanted to act coquettishly, but when I found that the person was gone, I instantly thought of bad things. As a result, before I could get rid of the depressed mood, Qingyou appeared in front of me again, and the heart-wrenching gloom turned into coquettishness.

“You disappeared while you were sleeping and didn’t even tell me!” Ai Li threw herself into Qingyou’s arms, feeling grumpy after waking up in the early morning.

“Be good.” Qingyou didn’t bother to care about the logical errors in her words. He patted her back gently and rubbed Ai Li’s head with his other hand.

Judging from Aili’s physical feedback, she probably likes having her head rubbed. Psychologists usually say that this is a sign of lack of security, but Qingyou feels that Aili may just be more immature in her social personality.

The so-called naivety simply means that the experience is not rich enough… The girls in the island country are all green tea. Most girls have been tossing around in various small groups since childhood, and have long developed a vicious heart as hard as iron. However, Ai Li did not experience the painful youth. She devoted her energy to business theory and practice early on. Perhaps this made her a precocious and qualified executive of a consortium, but she was indeed lacking too much in terms of emotions.

Faced with such a complicated emotional situation with Qingyou, Ai Li can no longer bear it. The expectations of her fake husband, best friend, and father… She finds that she is increasingly unable to control her emotions recently, and her thinking is often shrouded in a layer of terrifying fog.

“I thought you were having a tryst with Ayano again.” Airi pressed her face against Qingyou’s chest and spoke in a muffled voice.

“Haha, you’re thinking too much. How is that possible? I’ve already warned her for you.”

“?”

“I told her not to mess around, Aili is watching you.”

“…Oh, yes, you guys often chat privately behind my back.”

“How about I create a small group with just the three of us, and you can comment on it when we chat in the future.”

Airi has indeed been thinking about this question, because actually speaking, according to Airi’s philosophy of pure love, physical infidelity is not as deadly as spiritual infidelity. What she fears most is that Qingyou is particularly interested in Ayano and gets along well with her, as if they were a perfect match… Of course, this does not mean that the body is not important, but that the brain is more important.

She has ten thousand ways to forcefully obtain Qingyou’s body, but how can she ensure that she occupies the primary position in Qingyou’s heart?

she does not know.

Ai Li started crying again, Qing You quickly whispered in her ear to comfort her: “Don’t think too much, okay? We really didn’t…”

“Chihaya Seiyu! You’re always like this, treating me like a child and never answering my questions directly. Yes, I admit that I’m not as interesting as that woman who can draw, watch anime, and comment on all kinds of weird things. So, you can just flirt with her behind her back, right? Well, so what am I to you, Seiyu-kun? I give you the best material conditions and the most relaxed life, but doesn’t that mean I violate the contract and fall in love with you? There’s something wrong with liking you, right, Seiyu-kun?”

The young lady who is about to cry and the silent son-in-law.

The scene lasted for a moment, and suddenly Ai Li grabbed Qingyou’s clothes and dragged him to the floor.

“Hehe, Qingyou-kun, I have an excellent idea. You said that there is no strong relationship between you and Ayano that can pose a threat to me, right? Well, you, you come and help me do an experiment. When Ayano returns here tomorrow, the experiment will officially begin. However, the preparations for the experiment can be started right away, hehe… Qingyou-kun, don’t move, cooperate with me…”

Ai Li’s natural strength came into full play at this time. She dragged Qingyou by the collar, and Qingyou slid on the floor on her butt, enjoying the rare fun of sliding down the slide as a child.

Say something.

It’s not too late to run now.

When Qingyou was a child, he invented the art of escaping from his shell while playing in the park. When someone grabbed his clothes, he would just take them off and quickly get up from the ground and run away… This trick is of course useful, but the eldest lady is in a state of excitement now. Well, just let her go crazy. Disobeying her wishes will only stimulate Aili to further rebellious behavior.

Ai Li dragged Qing You to the depths of the country villa, to an inconspicuous corridor. She pushed aside the decorative shelves, revealing a dark staircase extending downwards. Qing You smelled a damp smell.

This is… a basement? ?
Qingyou’s face suddenly turned pale, and he began to dry heave without any warning.

If Qingyou simply knew that he was going to be dragged into the basement by Aili, it would be fine and he wouldn’t have such a big reaction. It is true that he had a lot of psychological trauma from the tragic experience at the end of his previous life, but he wouldn’t be so easily triggered by PTSD.

The smell is the smell.

The new yet old underground space, which had not been used for a long time, mixed with the sweet body fragrance of the girl next to him, combined into a special signal and converted into a neurotransmitter that conveys fear.

Seeing Qingyou like this, Ai Li was overjoyed. Oh my, it was Qingyou who looked weak and embarrassed. In fact, she always liked Qingyou who was in such a weak position. But before, she felt that if she deliberately put Qingyou into such a situation, it would be an abuse to him and a very inhumane behavior, which was completely inconsistent with the ninja code of a young lady.

Now, it’s different. It was you, Qingyou, who wronged me first, and then tried to get away with it with sweet words.

In recent days, Aili has been struggling over whether to indulge in Qingyou’s sweet words or just go all out and get hot with everyone.

Until this moment, looking at Qingyou kneeling on the ground retching and looking extremely embarrassed, the balance in Aili’s heart suddenly tilted and she gave the answer.

There is no need to put yourself in a difficult position anymore, hehe, Qingyoujun, maybe what you said is right, best friends, work, future, everything, are all right. I agree with you and will give you time, but I want to collect some interest in advance, hehe, Qingyoujun, if the interest can satisfy me, let us move towards the future you want together, no matter what is on your mind in this shameless head of yours, you can’t escape tonight, Qingyoujun.

Stay in the basement tonight.
(End of this chapter)