Lu Shi, standing to the side, was even more surprised. "Really? Was it when you were in the wilderness? But in the wilderness, no one would care about good mornings, right?"
Lu Shi is right, the wilderness is a place of great suffering.
Here, all your emotions will ultimately be labeled as affectation.
Survival is the only constant theme in the wilderness.
As for "good morning"? Many people there have long since lost the distinction between day and night.
"No," Ye Bugui said decisively, looking at Lu Shi, unsure whether he should say what he was about to say.
They were all being watched, and what he said would be heard.
If he were to think about it alone, he would at most be punished. But telling Lu Shi now would be tantamount to dragging him into the mess as well.
Ye Bugui couldn't bear it.
"Is it something you can't say out loud?" Lu Shi cleverly countered, "Is it the kind of thing that you could get arrested just for thinking about it?"
This time, Ye Bugui did not deny it. He clenched his fist and hummed in agreement: "Yes, so let's not talk about it."
“I’ll take you somewhere.” Lu Shi’s expression suddenly became lively.
Although Ye Bugui didn't know where Lu Shi was going to take him next, he still followed without hesitation.
Because he really wanted to know what place Lu Shi was talking about.
Could this be Lu Shi's secret base? He couldn't imagine that someone as sunny and innocent as Lu Shi could have secrets.
They left in the sphere of light and returned to the park.
"Where do we go next?" Ye Bugui walked through the brightly lit park and realized for the first time that the 24-hour uninterrupted sunlight here was not a good thing.
At the Dream Come True Group, it seems they've even been deprived of the right to be melancholy.
Then Ye Bugui's chip stung it again, serving as another warning.
“A place that only I know about.” After Lu Shi said this, he realized something was wrong first.
Yes, the chairman will know about every idea they have.
Therefore, in theory, no place in the Dream Come True Group is exclusively theirs.
Ye Bugui didn't care about these details; he only heard the pounding of his heart in his chest.
They came to a field where employees like Blackjack wanted to farm.
Lu Shi then stopped in front of a stone door leading underground, which was covered by weeds.
“This is the wine cellar of one of my guests. His dream is to become a winery tycoon.” Lu Shi smiled. “I’ve used his beer to make cakes, and they tasted pretty good.”
These words suddenly reminded Ye Bugui that he had forgotten to take out the gift he had carefully prepared for Lu Shi.
But they've been gone for so long, has the cake he put in the box already melted?
"Are you scared?" When Lu Shi opened the stone door by rotating it, he found Ye Bugui standing there in a daze.
His reaction immediately led Lu Shi to mistakenly believe that Ye Bugui was afraid to go any further.
"How could that be?" Ye Bugui shook his head, immediately denying it. "I just didn't expect there to be a door here. So, are we going to steal something from the wine cellar?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Shi sternly reminded Ye Bugui, "Stealing will get you arrested!"
Ye Bugui hummed in agreement and followed Lu Shi up the stairs to the bottom of the wine cellar.
Aside from seeing a few barrels of sealed wine, Ye Bugui did not discover any secret passages.
He looked at the landing site with some suspicion, wondering if it was a joke being played by the other party.
However, Lu Shi told Ye Bugui to continue following him. He walked to a wall and placed his hand on a stone.
Then something unexpected happened to Ye Bugui: the stone could actually be removed.
After the stones were moved, a passage appeared in front of them, just wide enough for one person to pass through.
This time, even Ye Bugui couldn't help but gape. "Have you been inside?"
“It’s a very deep passage,” Lu Shi admitted. “I wouldn’t dare to go all the way to the end alone. But with you here today, perhaps we can take the risk?”
Ye Bugui agreed, as he was also very curious about where this passage would lead.
A crazy and terrifying thought even popped into his mind.
Could the end of the passage lead to a wilderness?
In the past, the mere thought of the name "Wilderness" would have filled Ye Bugui's mind with fear.
But for some reason, when Ye Bugui thought about the climate of the wilderness today, he wasn't so afraid anymore.
He even began to doubt his own memories, wondering if the so-called wilderness was all... fake?
"ah!"
Lu Shi turned around and found that Ye Bugui, who was following behind him, had suddenly collapsed.
He glanced at Ye Bugui with some concern and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
"I felt a sting from the chip," Ye Bugui forced a smile. "I don't know what's wrong with me, I keep having these random thoughts."
“Then don’t think about it for now,” Lu Shi’s answer was simple: “until you can’t compete with the chips.”
“You make a lot of sense.” Ye Bugui nodded, removing his hand from his neck. “Where do you think the end will be?”
“Perhaps it’s an uncontrollable place,” Lu Shi said with a smile.
“How could that be?” Ye Bugui retorted, “This is the Dream Come True Group, and we are all under the chairman’s watchful eye.”
“With so many people, the chairman can’t keep an eye on everyone.” Lu Shi raised an eyebrow, looking more rebellious than usual today: “As long as we don’t think anything that might attract his attention, he won’t know what we’ve discovered.”
"Okay." Ye Bugui immediately agreed, slapping his cheeks hard to force himself to clear his mind.
"By the way, can you guess what the gift I gave you is?" Ye Bugui thought the best way to stop him from overthinking was to talk about some awkward topics.
"Yes." Lu Shi answered decisively. It's a cake, right?
"How did you know?" Ye Bugui was surprised. He thought Lu Shi would guess wrong four or five times!
“Um, the box you used was the one I used to hold the cake. It looks like it's the one you ate last time and didn't throw away,” Lu Shi said casually, unaware that Ye Bugui behind him was blushing. “And when you sat next to me, I saw flour on your cuffs. Maybe next time you make a cake, you can change your clothes before going out.”
"Um..." Ye Bugui felt he couldn't continue the conversation: "The cake I made is ugly, so maybe I shouldn't send it. I'll make you a different one next time."
"No need." Lu Shi felt he was nearing his limit, and his mood inexplicably brightened: "I like anything you make."
This direct shot hit Ye Bugui right in the heart, catching him off guard and leaving him nowhere to dodge.
In that instant, the hunter realized that he might have already become Lu Shi's prey.
He has now foolishly fallen into the trap that Lu Shi prepared for him.
"Um, is your 'liking' the kind of 'liking' I understand?" Ye Bugui couldn't help but ask.
“Of course,” Lu Shi finally mustered up the courage. “I like you, Ye Bugui. I liked you the first day I saw you. I don’t know why, but I always feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before.”
Ye Bugui was almost fainting on the spot in the corridor. He was breathing heavily and could hear his heart pounding in his chest.
Is this a confession of love?
At this moment, Ye Bugui finally recalled the dating skills that the company had taught them.
Yes, although the company does not allow employees to have children, it strongly approves of employees dating, believing it to be the best form of entertainment outside of their lives.
"Are you going to marry me?" Ye Bugui blurted out. This was a line his teacher had taught him in class, used to test someone's sincerity.
Because at the Dream Come True Group, once married, the couple cannot divorce until death.
Cheating is a capital offense, so marriage is equivalent to being bound together for life.
Lu Shi answered almost without hesitation, "Of course, I'm willing."
A note from the author:
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 63
☪ Dream Come True Group 9
"Then... I'm willing too!"
Ye Bugui was going all out.
Facing himself honestly wasn't so difficult after all. He could even picture himself and Lu Shi walking down the red carpet just by closing his eyes.
It was Lu Shi, who was the first to confess, who was stunned.
He had imagined Ye Bugui's reaction many times.
For example, rejecting him to his face, or even distancing oneself from him because of it.
Or they might politely refuse, and then find a reason to gradually distance themselves from you.
Lu Shi never expected that Ye Bugui would actually agree to his request.
"Shall we continue?" Lu Shi suddenly hesitated.
The indomitable courage they had just displayed vanished the moment Ye Bugui agreed.
He has a weakness.
Nobody knows what's at the bottom of the tunnel.
He used to be reckless because he only had one life to live; if he died, he died.
But now it's different. He's found someone he likes who also likes him. He's certain that Ye Bugui is his soulmate.
He couldn't just die like that; after all, he hadn't yet experienced the beauty of love.
"Of course." Ye Bugui's answer was so certain: "Don't you want to know what's at the end? I think we're close to the truth."
"the truth."
This word was like a small pebble that suddenly fell into Lu Shi's heart, immediately creating ripples.
He seemed to have stopped thinking about the truth in a long time; he didn't care about anything he could see.