It had a cool, crisp scent, like cedar, that made his nose feel cool.
"What kind of life did you lead in your sect before?"
Before Gao Yang returns, it would be incredibly awkward for the two of them to lie together in silence like this.
Ye Bugui decided to break the awkward silence.
"Me?" Although Lu Shi was somewhat surprised that Ye Bugui would suddenly be curious about his life in the sect, he still gave him a direct answer.
"My sect is located in an extremely cold region, where ice and snow never melt. Apart from practicing martial arts, what the disciples love most is meditating in the snow!"
"Meditate?" Ye Bugui even doubted that he had heard correctly. Perhaps Lu Shi meant that they were playing in the snow!
“Cultivation is very difficult.” Lu Shi’s expression was very serious: “It’s not something you can achieve just by sitting in a room and looking at cultivation techniques and secret manuals every day. If you want to achieve something, it is very important to temper your mind and body.”
"I guess I'm not suited for cultivating immortality." Ye Bugui subconsciously tried to turn over, but as soon as he turned to the side, he saw Lu Shi's face.
This face must be the most beautiful he has ever seen in his life.
If Lu Shi wanted to enter the entertainment industry, Ye Bugui could easily make him a global superstar with his money.
"Besides achieving immortality, it seems there are no other benefits to cultivating immortality." Lu Shi didn't notice Ye Bugui staring at his face in a daze. "Your world is much better than the cultivation world."
"It would be much better if this lousy game didn't exist," Ye Bugui sneered.
Lu Shi didn't reply this time. Of course, he knew how disgusting and hopeless this game was for players who were forced to enter it.
But without this game, Lu Shi knew he would never have had the chance to be reborn, let alone come into contact with this new world.
Fortunately, their silence didn't last long, and familiar footsteps came from the doorway.
Gao Yang pushed open the door, looking very tired.
He turned on the light, and this time without even checking the room, he collapsed onto the bed.
"Hello..." Gao Yang picked up the phone, his tone impatient: "I told you, I'm not going home! I have money, I've saved a lot of money from my work!"
Ye Bugui certainly didn't dare to make a sound at this moment, lest Gao Yang discover him. However, he still gently touched Lu Shi beside him with his hand, trying to communicate with his lips.
By reading his lips, Lu Shizhen understood what Ye Bugui was saying: "family."
Gao Yang suddenly slammed his fist on the bed board. At that moment, Lu Shi and Ye Bugui both felt a violent shaking above their heads, as if an earthquake had struck.
Fortunately, the bed board was quite sturdy. If Gao Yang had punched it so hard that it would have collapsed, and when he fell down and saw Lu Shi and Ye Bugui, I wonder if he would have fainted on the spot.
"I'm not going home! Just forget about me, your son. You were the ones who kicked me out in the first place!"
Gao Yang stared at his phone screen with bloodshot eyes, his voice trembling with anger:
"I like women's clothing, I like boys, and I won't change for you! If you can't accept me as I am, I won't come back! I advise you to have another child as soon as possible!"
Gao Yang threw the phone away.
Ye Bugui clutched his chest, feeling extremely distressed. He was worried that Gao Yang had used too much force and broken the phone.
Gao Yang probably realized this too, and quickly got out of bed to pick up his phone.
But the unexpected happened here...
Gao Yang threw the phone at the door.
If he had bent down and glanced at the ground while picking up his phone, he would have definitely spotted Lu Shi lying on the side closest to the door.
Both of them realized this. The only way for Lu Shi to avoid Gao Yang's gaze was to lie down on the other side, but Ye Bugui was lying there now.
Ye Bugui was extremely anxious. If Lu Shi were discovered, he would definitely be the culprit.
If it weren't for him, Lu Shi would have already gracefully turned around and lay down.
Although Lu Shi knew that he was in a dangerous situation, he remained relatively calm.
He was confident he could take care of the other party before Gao Yang could call a waiter, although Lu Shi was very reluctant to do so.
At this moment, Ye Bugui grabbed Lu Shi's arm, and Lu Shi's calm eyes widened slightly in that instant.
Then he felt Ye Bugui exert force and forcibly pull him over.
When Lu Shi first lay down under the bed, he discovered that the height was just right for one person to fit.
Now, he was forcibly dragged over by Ye Bugui and pressed against Ye Bugui's body.
Putting aside whether he hurt Ye Bugui, the most important thing is that the height of the two of them stacked together was already touching the bed board.
Surprisingly, the bed board was of exceptionally high quality; despite their efforts to support it, it didn't break without making a sound.
In order to minimize the height of their overlap, the only thing Lu Shi and Ye Bugui could do was to stick together even closer.
Lu Shi almost buried his face completely in Ye Bugui's chest. The 1.9-meter-tall man had a broad chest, enough to cover Lu Shi's slightly flushed face.
The smell of the soap on Ye Bugui's body grew stronger under the sun, just like the heat of his body, making Lu Shi feel as if he had been thrown into a raging inferno.
He desperately wanted to retort to Ye Bugui, "You're quite suited to cultivating immortality; being a cultivator with a fire elemental root would be excellent."
Ye Bugui was no better off. In his desperation, the only solution he could think of was to have Lu Shi lie on top of him.
He had considered that Lu Shi might crush him to death if he lay down on him. After all, Lu Shi looked like he exercised regularly, and his thin body at first glance probably didn't look light.
Who knew that after Lu Shi actually lay down on him, Ye Bugui had no time to feel his weight at all.
He found it very difficult to get used to.
Even through their clothes, he could still feel their skin interacting intimately.
He could sense Lu Shi's body temperature, he could hear Lu Shi's every breath, and he could feel as if a fire was burning in his chest.
Even more strangely, his heart was racing.
This is very abnormal. His heart wasn't beating this fast even when he was in a really scary dungeon before.
If Lu Shi hadn't been holding his hands down, Ye Bugui would have wanted to check his stats; his sanity might have dropped by more than half.
Gao Yang never expected that his simple act of picking up his phone would elicit such a strong reaction from the two people under the bed.
He did bend down to pick up the phone, not intentionally, but he still glanced at the floor under the bed out of the corner of his eye.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he held his phone and lay back down on the bed.
The two who were standing close together quickly separated and did not say another word.
However, the live stream chat exploded.
[Supreme Demon Lord's Livestream]
"Help, am I watching some cheesy horror movie? The male and female leads are so nervous and clingy when they're being chased by ghosts?"
"I can accept being fed dog food in real life, but why do I have to see couples sticking up in the tense and exciting infinite game!"
"The sugar daddy and his demon lord bodyguard, ladies, who's the one who's shipping them?!"
"kswl, these two are a perfect match!"
"This couple's duo queue is so sweet! Keep it up, streamer, you have to survive to the end! You've given me the motivation to live again when I was in despair!"
...
Lu Shi remained silent, not because he was recalling the feeling from just now, but because he was thinking of an old story.
He recalled that he had once witnessed two men embracing in a hot spring while he was still in the sect.
In his youthful ignorance, he thought the two were trying to keep warm by embracing because the hot spring water was too cold. Understanding this, the thoughtful Lu Shi even used his magic to heat the hot spring.
I later learned that it was dual cultivation.
Of course, Lu Shi did not generalize from one instance to another.
After hanging up the phone, Gao Yang didn't listen to ghost stories like he did last night. Instead, he got up again and went to the wardrobe.
The noise when he got up alerted Ye Bugui once again.
Compared to him, he suddenly realized how nice his roommate was, who sat at the table studying the whole time without moving an inch.
For example, right now, his roommate is completely unaware that the person under his bed is missing, and continues to study diligently as always.
As Gao Yang walked to the wardrobe, he seemed to suddenly remember one of his great hobbies because of the phone call he had just received.
Women's clothing, that's right. The dresses that Lu Shi once found in the closet were actually bought by Gao Yang for himself.
His hands moved back and forth among the row of skirts, as if he didn't know which one he should wear today.
Ye Bugui also saw Gao Yang's actions through the gap under the bed.
Does he like wearing women's clothing? Although Ye Bugui couldn't quite understand his hobby, he didn't discriminate against Gao Yang.
When he was penniless, he was discriminated against by too many people. Ye Bugui knew all too well how painful it was when those malicious eyes fell on him.
As far as Ye Bugui is concerned, he doesn't object to a person's hobbies as long as they are legal.
He just thought that Gao Yang was kicked out of her home because she dressed as a woman, which is why she moved into this apartment.
Ye Bugui's eyes lit up. He turned to the side, only to find that Lu Shi was also looking over.
This time, Ye Bugui communicated with Lu Shi using mouth movements again, and Lu Shi understood without much effort.
It's quite simple; they both thought of the same thing this time.
Lu Shi realized that they had overlooked a very important piece of information: why their roommates wanted to live in this apartment, and why they were staying there permanently.
And what are the true identities of these players?
The identities the system gave them were clearly fake.
If they figure all this out, they might be able to find a way to clear the dungeon.
Gao Yang put an end to his indecision and chose a pale yellow dress.
Gao Yang, who already has delicate features, looks no different from a girl when she wears a dress.
He looked at himself in the mirror and finally smiled with relief.
"Knock knock knock!"
A series of urgent knocks sounded at the door, which made Gao Yang, who was still wearing a skirt and looking in the mirror, feel very embarrassed.
He didn't have time to change his clothes, so he ran to the door and looked out through the peephole.
Ye Bugui and Lu Shi also curiously watched the commotion at the door, wondering who could be knocking so late at night!
"It's me, Gao Yang." The person at the door was Xiao Lang from across the hall, carrying a suitcase.