"Who are you?"
These words imdiately made Xu Zisheng's heart sink heavily.
But then he thought again, perhaps this was actually a good choice for Gui Yi.
Forgetting wasn't so bad either.
Staying companions with soone like him, covered in curses, wasn't exactly a good thing.
If the original ga rules didn't penalize them for exploiting loopholes.
Then Gui Yi would at least get an A rating for this dungeon run, and with a bit more luck, maybe even an S rank.
He would receive generous dungeon rewards, giving him so ans of self-protection when entering adventure dungeons in the future.
But right now, he still couldn't dissolve their Origin Contract.
He still didn't know who was behind the Eyeless Eyes, or why Gui Yi was in this half-human, half-ghost form—all these things needed further investigation later.
He could handle it alone.
Xu Zisheng contemplated many things in that brief mont.
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[This ga adventure dungeon will end soon. Please write your final answers, players—]
"Hahahaha, what kind of expression is that?..."
[Gui Yi]'s naive, clueless expression didn't last long. He quickly couldn't maintain it anymore and burst out laughing.
He slowly sat up, shaking his head slightly.
His newly revived mind was still sowhat muddled, preventing him from fully recalling what had happened before.
Xu Zisheng's gaze instantly changed, his eyes becoming deep and intense as he pressed his thin lips tightly together.
As mories gradually returned and [Gui Yi] realized what had actually happened, the smile on his lips froze.
Then he tried to brush it off casually, "Haha... don't be so serious—"
He patted himself up and down, finding himself completely intact without any missing flesh, "I'm alive?"
Xu Zisheng replied indifferently, "Yes, not just now, you'll continue living well in the future too—"
[Gui Yi] sensed sothing off about his mood and didn't dare continue the topic.
He looked around, feigning confusion, "So, how's the ga dungeon going? Where are we? What happened to that damn fatty?"
"The ga is about to end, we'll clear it soon. As for that guy, he's been... amicably dealt with."
Xu Zisheng continued answering calmly, but the calr he was, the more nervous [Gui Yi] beca.
"That's really great..." Under Xu Zisheng's intimidating gaze, [Gui Yi], being a college student, knew how to read the situation well. His voice imdiately softened, becoming extrely well-behaved.
Xiao Gui'an complained quietly in his mind, [System, why is he so fierce?]
[Probably thinking reviving a foolish cannon fodder NPC suddenly doesn't seem worth it?] the System speculated.
Xu Zisheng finally slowly revealed a gentle smile, but that tender expression carried an unfathomable chill.
He reached out and pressed his hand on Gui Yi's head.
The pressure made Xiao Gui'an feel like he might die again, his head about to be crushed. He heard the other say quietly, "You're truly an idiot—"
"Ouch ouch ouch! I was wrong! I was wrong!..." [Gui Yi] didn't quite understand what he'd done wrong, but regardless, he apologized first anyway.
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Still chattering incessantly, still that sa cowardly yet brave guy—this outco might actually be pretty good.
Then Xu Zisheng rembered that the [Writer] was still nearby. When he looked over, he found the other watching their roughhousing like a gentle elder.
He wasn't usually this undignified.
Xu Zisheng pretended nothing had happened and withdrew his hand.
[Gui Yi] also noticed there was soone else present. The seemingly steady and gentle [Writer] gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"Who's that?" [Gui Yi] asked quietly.
"The one who saved you. Don't you..." Xu Zisheng answered, about to tell Gui Yi not to be so rude.
Unexpectedly, the other scrambled up, then directly grabbed the [Writer]'s right hand resting at his side, shaking it up and down vigorously as if greeting a leader.
The black-haired youth appeared deeply moved, completely ignoring the Scavenger behind the Writer, "Are you my lifesaver? You look so impressive and extraordinary, clearly very powerful!..."
[Writer] let him shake his hand, his calm smile unchanged, appearing imnsely tolerant.
"I wouldn't call it a lifesaving favor. Young friend Xu never gave up. Speaking of help, Young friend Xu actually helped more."
"Okay, okay, thank you..." [Gui Yi] smiled, revealing his small canine teeth, his round black eyes showing no trace of doubt or wariness.
Then he accidentally glimpsed the Scavenger coiled behind the [Writer], imdiately feeling his legs go weak.
His recently recovered soul almost flew away again, "Holy crap, what the hell is that?!" He imdiately dashed back behind Xu Zisheng.
Suddenly feeling that reviving him was a mistake, Xu Zisheng tried to facepalm. The Cursed Child's normally calm and composed mindset seed to have shifted slightly.
He thought of a relatively appropriate, not-too-bad term to describe Gui Yi, "Sorry, Mr. Yan, Gui Yi is just... rather excitable. Please don't mind him..."
"It's fine." [Writer] gently shook his head, "The ga is ending. Go write your answer."
After Xu Zisheng briefly explained everything that had happened to Gui Yi, he told him to go write the answer.
"So that's what happened..." [Gui Yi] gave Xu Zisheng a deep look, then hugged him like a good buddy, "Thank you, bro! What would I do without you?!"
"Ahem, it was nothing..." Xu Zisheng, tightly hugged by him—the Cursed Child who rarely got this close to anyone—was contemplating whether to say sothing to demonstrate their friendship.
But the other, as if not hearing him, directly interrupted him excitedly, "We write on that blackboard over there, right?"
[Gui Yi] released Xu Zisheng without any hesitation and ran toward the small blackboard by the rooftop, seeming utterly heartless.
Xu Zisheng: Clenching. Fists are clenching.jpg
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'Xiao Qiao' wasn't her full real na, but a nickna.
The pink plush rabbit had told them the whole truth.
That [Real Ghost] girl's na was 'Qiaoqiao'.
As for her surna—
She surely wouldn't acknowledge the surna that later scumbag wanted to give her.
She would still retain the 'Han' surna.
Therefore, her true full na was [Han Qiaoqiao]—
[Ding— One of the [Real Ghosts] correctly identified!!]
The two little girls hiding behind the rooftop door peeked out cautiously. The [Real Ghost] girl finally saw her na written on the small blackboard again.
"Papa... that's Qiaoqiao's na... that's my na, Han Qiaoqiao..." The [Real Ghost] 'Xiao Qiao' showed a dazed confusion, as if awakening from a long dream, mixed with a hint of cautious disbelief.
"See, Writer really is a good ghost..." The girl with pigtails holding her little hand said. During the earlier chaos, staying close to 'Xiao Qiao', one of the [Real Ghosts], had helped her avoid disaster.
Moreover, as soone protected by the dungeon rules, she was now gradually being reset and restored.
"I know... I know..."
Whether it was Writer, or that troubleso big brother...
They stood up for her, ending her endlessly repeating nightmare—
Writer said, if they didn't like it, they shouldn't be forced.
That troubleso big brother, he... she didn't know what he did, 'Xiao Qiao' only knew that the guy who made Mama cry would never return.
They even recovered her original na—
The na Papa gave her.
The purplish-blue marks on the girl's face gradually faded away. Her lifeless pupils slowly regained their sparkle, the blood vessels gently receded, and the ugly patterns hid beneath her pale skin.
In the future, could she go downstairs to play?
In the future, could Mama stop crying?
In the future, would she no longer be like a shadow only able to peek?
Even if everything was just stolen—
The two small figures finally silently lted back into the darkness, leaving behind only a very, very soft childish voice of thanks.
"Qiaoqiao is so happy..."
"Thank you..."
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