Sun Chengcheng couldn't figure out the logic behind this, so she went along with Liang Shi's words: "What are you wondering? It's just a dream, do you really think it's real?"
“It was a dream,” Liang Shi said. “But the dream felt so real. Gu Yixue in the dream was very beautiful.”
Sun Chengcheng: "...What does this have to do with me? I don't know any Gu Yixue at all."
"By the way," Liang Shi said, "that's an ABO world, how did you get there?"
"If you fall asleep..." Sun Chengcheng was impatient and caught off guard, so she answered her question subconsciously. She realized something was wrong halfway through her sentence, stopped immediately, and then added, "You have everything."
“Didn’t you dream about it? Then keep dreaming about it after you fall asleep,” Sun Chengcheng said.
She yawned. "I'm going to sleep. You can go now."
"It's still daytime," Liang Shi said. "Do you like sleeping that much?"
Sun Chengcheng: "..."
"Is it because you can go to that ABO world after you fall asleep?" Liang Shi asked again.
Sun Chengcheng: "..."
She grabbed a handful of her hair in frustration. Liang Shi's guess was getting closer and closer, and she felt like she was on fire. She couldn't let Liang Shi discover her secret.
Liang Shi continued, "Is that world any better? Are people who like girls not considered perverts, but rather a normal phenomenon?"
Sun Chengcheng: "..."
The barrage of questions broke down Sun Chengcheng's defenses, and she completely lost it, yelling, "Yes, yes, yes! Whatever you say is true! Every day after I fall asleep, I go to another world, where I fight monsters and level up. Not only that, I also saw you, and I even acted with that Gu Yixue you mentioned, and I had to work with you again! What bad luck!"
Liang Shi: "..."
She suppressed her rage.
She told herself: It's a dog, she can't stoop to its level.
After a moment, Liang Shi said, "Do you know Xu Qingzhu?"
Sun Chengcheng's expression changed drastically... Wasn't this the character card she had just unlocked?
Did Liang Shi also unlock some kind of system? Does he know her main mission?
Sun Chengcheng was inwardly panicked. Her acting skills were still immature, and she couldn't calmly show an indifferent expression. She looked at Liang Shi with extreme astonishment.
Liang Shi then understood that this meant he knew.
But Liang Shi didn't know why she knew, so she could only proceed cautiously and probe step by step.
This is a very troublesome process.
All Liang Shi wanted to do was to have Sun Chengcheng pass on a message.
Liang Shi acted as if she were vulnerable and confused. She paused for a moment before saying, "My dream is very strange. It's just a series of fragmented things that don't connect. But I heard a voice telling me to find you and pass on a message to Xu Qingzhu."
Sun Chengcheng: "...?"
What kind of magical world is this?
But judging from Liang Shi's expression, it all seemed to be true.
Sun Chengcheng didn't dare to respond. Since Liang Shi knew Xu Qingzhu, Sun Chengcheng suspected that her system and mission had been exposed. She could only wait quietly.
Liang Shi said, "That voice said if we don't deliver this message to Xu Qingzhu, you and I will both die, and we will die a terrible death."
Sun Chengcheng asked in fear, "Wh...what?"
Liang Shi racked his brains, then tapped his head. "I can't remember much after I woke up. Wait a minute."
She took out her phone and read from the note: "That sentence is—Xu Qingzhu, Liang He told you to wait a little longer, everything will be alright, don't cry."
Sun Chengcheng was confused: "Liang He? Who is Liang He?"
Liang Shi shook his head blankly: "I don't know. Anyway, I've already conveyed my message. It's up to you whether you do it or not. The voice said that if I didn't come to see you for three days, my hand would get injured... I didn't intend to come at first, but my hand did get injured on the fourth day."
Liang Shi handed over his hand, which was indeed wrapped in bandages.
However, she was distracted while cooking and accidentally injured herself.
Sun Chengcheng was terrified. She stammered, "If... if I don't deliver the message, will we all die?"
She didn't want to die; she was afraid.
Liang Shi nodded: "Maybe, but I've already died once, so it doesn't matter. It's up to you now."
The pressure was completely placed on Sun Chengcheng.
Liang Shi said casually, "I've delivered the message, I'll be going now."
As she reached the door, Sun Chengcheng suddenly stared at her retreating figure and asked, "Aren't you going to ask me why I'm allowed to go to that place?"
Liang Shi had his back to her, his expression slightly ferocious.
She suspected that Sun Chengcheng was deliberately trying to anger her.
Liang Shi wanted to ask, but Sun Chengcheng wouldn't tell him.
And we also basically know that Sun Chengcheng goes there when she sleeps and becomes the Sun Chengcheng there.
Qi Jiao, on the other hand, came here after losing all her memories in that world, and now has a happy and fulfilling family.
There is no pattern to follow.
Suppressing his anger, Liang Shi said coldly, "Everyone has their own privacy. Why should I ask?"
Sun Chengcheng: "..."
Liang Shi said, "I was only responsible for delivering the message. If I hadn't actually been punished, I wouldn't have come to you."
Sun Chengcheng bit her lip: "Will there really be a punishment?"
"Why would I lie to you?" Liang Shi said, "I don't even know who Xu Qingzhu is."
—The one who knows is his wife.
Liang Shi apologized to Xu Qingzhu in his heart.
She raised her hand. "Anyway, my hand is injured. You can try it if you don't believe me."
After saying that, she opened the door and left.
Sun Chengcheng was left there bewildered.
Is this something I can try?
//
Sun Chengcheng is terrified of death, extremely terrified.
So after she returned, she immediately took out her prepared strategy to win over Xu Qingzhu.
The family she came from was relatively wealthy, but it couldn't compare to a family like Xu Qingzhu's. She couldn't possibly invest in Xu Qingzhu like Lu Jiayi did, as mentioned on the character card.
There's no other way but to take the shortcut.
The character card shows that Lu Jiayi is still in Kyoto. Going to a distant place instead of nearby is definitely not feasible, so Sun Chengcheng will definitely have to find Xu Qingzhu first.
She was afraid she would forget, so as soon as she arrived, she wrote down the sentence on her phone, afraid of making a single mistake.
After all, saying the wrong thing could get you killed.
Moreover, Sun Chengcheng thought about it for a long time after Liang Shi left.
Because Liang Shi said that she only had an incomplete dream and did not mention much about that world, just Gu Yixue and Xu Qingzhu, these two people happened to be the characters she drew for the strategy. When she was with Gu Yixue, the difficulty was relatively easy.
But now that Xu Qingzhu is involved, there are two people appearing at once, and they complement each other and need to be won over, which makes it more difficult.
Just when she was at her wit's end, Liang Shi came to her door.
It's highly likely that Liang Shi provided her with clues about the mission, which could be considered an assist.
Thinking about this, Sun Chengcheng felt that the system was really kind to her.
After waking up the next day, Sun Chengcheng put on light makeup and picked out a refreshing outfit from her wardrobe. In the cold season in Haizhou City, she wasn't dressed warmly, and she shivered as soon as she stepped outside.
Sun Chengcheng drove to the Minghui Jewelry building, but the receptionist said she couldn't enter without an appointment.
She could only stand downstairs and wait. Despite repeatedly telling the receptionist that she had something to say to Mr. Xu, the receptionist ignored her and arrogantly replied, "Everyone who comes here to see Mr. Xu says the same thing."
Sun Chengcheng was secretly angry, but there was nothing she could do about it.
After waiting all morning, Sun Chengcheng was almost ready to give up, but the thought of the punishment forced her to keep going.
Fortunately, her efforts paid off. She waited for a beautiful woman who looked aloof in the lobby and immediately went up to her: "Mr. Xu, hello. Someone asked me to pass on a message to you."
Zhou Yi'an: "?"
Zhou Yi'an has been very lazy lately. She doesn't come to the company in the morning, and when she comes in the afternoon, she just clocks in, finishes her work, and leaves.
This was a privilege granted to her by Xu Qingzhu.
The main reason is that she is very efficient at her work.
Zhou Yi'an never imagined that she would be mistaken for Xu Qingzhu one day in her life.
She paused for two seconds, then thought of saying that he had mistaken her for someone else, but because her face was so sour, she tried to walk away, but the other person immediately clung to her.
Zhou Yi'an: "..."
It's so annoying.
Zhou Yi'an frowned and said coldly, "What?"
Sun Chengcheng immediately replied, "Someone asked me to pass on a message."
Faced with Xu Qingzhu's cold face, Sun Chengcheng was somewhat intimidated by her powerful aura. She secretly admired her as a discerning investor, but she had to complete the task.
However, what surprised Sun Chengcheng at the same time was that she had already used the favorability buff on Xu Qingzhu, so Xu Qingzhu should like her a lot. How could this be... It seems that 20 favorability points are not enough to make her irresistible. She will have to work harder to complete the mission in the future.
In a short time, Sun Chengcheng thought about many things. At the same time, she quickly read the sentence aloud: "Xu Qingzhu, Liang He told you to wait a little longer. Everything will be alright. Don't cry."
She finished speaking fluently, as if reciting a text, and then bowed to "Xu Qingzhu" and said, "I'm sorry to bother you. The person who relayed the message is a friend of mine. I have delivered the message and will be leaving now."
If this news is important to Xu Qingzhu, then she will definitely come back to find him.
This is called—playing hard to get.
If it's not important... then it's useless.
Sun Chengcheng almost bumped into someone as she turned around. Before she could even get a good look, she apologized to the person, whose voice was both anxious and cold: "Who is your friend?"