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The first stage is finally over, and I can happily enjoy some more romantic daily life moments.

The recent surge in updates is primarily to maintain a smooth reading experience during the story progression. Once the daily tasks begin, the update schedule will return to a more normal pace. If all goes well, the game will be released in a few days, and there might be another surge in updates upon release!

Chapter 68 Review

2023-01-04

By the light of the moon and the screen of her phone, Yu Luying carefully examined Zhou Qi's abdominal injury—there was a bowl-sized wound above her navel. In addition to bruises caused by the blow, there were also burns from the high temperature. The redness and swelling of the wound could be vaguely seen to be a ring, or rather, a horseshoe-shaped brand.

Compared to Yu Luying's composure, Shen Jie seemed to want to watch but dared not.

She peeked her little head to the side, half-covering her eyes, and made a "hissing" sound.

"Let me see." Xiao Xiong and Xiao Yao walked over, but Yu Luying suddenly pulled Zhou Qi's clothes down: "What are you boys looking at!"

As she spoke, she rolled her eyes slightly.

Xiao Yao wasn't offended at all; in fact, he found Yu Luying's action rather cute. Xiong Ji, on the other hand, stuck out his tongue and muttered under his breath, "Old nun."

"Shut up." Xiao Yao lightly kicked Xiong Ji, while Yu Luying flipped open her phone and pressed the numbers 120.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yao was startled and snatched the phone from the girl's hand.

"Call for emergency help? The burns aren't too severe, but we can't assess the damage to the internal organs—"

"Are you a bookworm? Have you gone stupid from reading too much?" Xiao Yao said, "Our group showed up at school in the middle of the night and found our long-lost classmate with such serious injuries. How are you going to explain this to the police?"

"Then... should we just leave it as is?"

“Shen Jie,” Xiao Yao turned to Shen Jie, “Your family has a lot of connections, you should be able to contact a trustworthy private clinic, right? Take Zhou Qi there first, and tell them not to call the police yet, we’ll deal with it slowly—”

Shen Jie nodded and said, "No problem, I'll arrange it."

“Xiong Ji, you—” Xiao Yao continued to instruct.

"Who's there?" A middle-aged man's voice came from downstairs, accompanied by a bright beam of light from a flashlight: "Is anyone there?"

Oh no! It's the night patrol security guard!

The group looked at each other, their eyes searching for a suitable hiding place.

The security guard's footsteps and the bright beam of his flashlight approached very quickly, and Little Bear made a snap decision and hid in... the women's restroom.

Xiao Yao subconsciously reached out to grab Shen Jie's hand, but inexplicably grabbed nothing. Without thinking, he braced himself against the windowsill at the end of the corridor, flipped over, and landed gently on a small platform extending out of the window.

Then, Shen Jie also came out, and the two of them huddled together, pressing their heads down below the windowsill.

Just looking down made his legs go weak, and Xiao Yao subconsciously closed his eyes.

"Oh no, where are Yu Luying and... Zhou Qi?" Xiao Yao asked in a low voice.

Shen Jie didn't speak. Xiao Yao opened his eyes and looked at her. He saw the girl raise her right index finger to her lips and mouth the word "I don't know".

The heavy footsteps of the security guards and the annoyingly bright flashlights were already echoing on this floor of the principal's office. Xiao Yao held his breath.

Fortunately, the footsteps and bright light gradually faded away after a few minutes.

"Have they left?" Shen Jie asked in an extremely soft voice.

"The security guard should be gone." Xiao Yao knelt outside the window, cautiously peering into the corridor. "He should be."

"Let's go," Shen Jie said decisively.

Xiao Yao and Shen Jie climbed back into the corridor through the window. Yu Luying had already helped the unconscious Zhou Qi out of the shadows: "Let's go quickly, where's Xiao Xiong?"

"Where's the women's restroom?" Xiao Yao asked. "You scared me to death! Where did you and Zhou Qi hide? There were two grown men like that. Was the security guard blind?"

Yu Luying did not answer Xiao Yao's question. The three of them called out Little Bear and then hurriedly went downstairs and left "Zhongshulou".

Instead of going to the playground, they climbed over the wall from the abandoned staff bicycle shed behind the school.

The wall wasn't very high, and climbing it from the top of the carport was easy for Shen Jie.

Taking advantage of her light stature and long legs, Yu Luying successfully climbed up.

Xiao Yao had never climbed it successfully before, but today he inexplicably reached the top with ease. He didn't know if it was because he was sharing Yu Luying's status or because of the combat experience he had accumulated in the hall.

It wasn't easy to pull Xiao Xiong and the unconscious Zhou Qi up, but luckily they had plenty of manpower.

Then, Shen Jie was the first to nimbly jump down from the wall, and then helped Yu Luying down.

Yu Luying and Shen Jie helped Xiao Yao up. After Xiao Yao stood still, he took Zhou Qi from the bear and finally put the bear down.

Standing on the brightly lit street again, Xiao Yao finally felt alive again—or rather, he rediscovered a sense of reality.

"We really came out of the mirror, right?" Xiao Yao asked a question that even he himself found a little silly.

He examined his body—only now did Xiao Yao realize how wonderful it was to have an uninjured body!

These are insights that are hard to come by in ordinary life.

His injured right hand and right arm were full of vitality again, and the wound on his head, the internal injury in his abdomen, and all the injuries he had suffered in the temple had vanished without a trace.

It truly deserves the title of "fully revived".

Yu Luying was wearing a white women's blouse with a cinched waist, a brown backpack slung over her shoulder, and light blue skinny jeans. The high-waisted design showed off her long legs. Her long hair, which she usually wore loose, was tied into a high ponytail. She was wearing her usual snow-white sneakers and plain white cotton socks—this was her outfit when I saw her at the school gate on Saturday morning.

Coincidentally, Shen Jie also had her hair tied in a high ponytail, wore a baseball cap at an angle, a black crop top, and loose khaki wide-leg pants. The long pant legs covered the white chunky sneakers with 10cm soles, with only the toes showing.

Xiao Yao was delighted that Shen Jie's limited edition shoes were back.

The girls showed no injuries, and their clothes were clean, tidy, and undamaged.

If it weren't for Shen Jie and Yu Luying supporting Zhou Qi on one side, Xiao Yao would have even begun to doubt whether everything he experienced in the mirror was a dream.

“Of course I came out, I smashed the mirror.” Xiong Ji chimed in, “Besides, I have to hurry home. I just came out to buy a bottle of soy sauce. It’s so late, I’m going to get yelled at when I get back.”

"Hey, you absolutely mustn't tell anyone about what happened today," Xiao Yao cautioned worriedly.

As Xiongji walked, he raised an OK sign, leaving behind only a dashing silhouette.

"I called a car to take Zhou Qi to the hospital. You and Xiao Yao should go find Father Yu and tell him what happened to us." Shen Jie put down her phone.

Yu Luying nodded.

The road was remote and hard to find. Shen Jie and Yu Luying helped Zhou Qi walk toward the main road, but Xiao Yao took three steps forward and took Zhou Qi's arm from Yu Luying: "Yu Luying, you go to the hall to find your uncle first. I'll take Shen Jie and Zhou Qi to the car and then come over."

Yu Luying looked at Xiao Yao suspiciously, then nodded and said, "Okay, be careful."

Xiao Yao accompanied Shen Jie to drive Zhou Qi to the main road, where they waited for the pre-arranged car under a conspicuous road sign.

The boy and girl chatted casually—for some reason, Xiao Yao felt that Shen Jie's attitude towards him had changed a lot since they left the mirror world.

How to describe it? Polite, friendly, distant, courteous, indifferent, businesslike...?

It's like waking up from a dream?

"I'm a little hungry..." Xiao Yao made conversation, "Are you hungry?"

"Have some chocolate first?" Shen Jie took out a Godiva dark chocolate from her pocket and stuffed it into Xiao Yao's pocket: "I'm fine."

“This looks like the one we drank together…” Xiao Yao said.

"um, yes."

An ambulance quietly pulled up beside the three of them.

While helping Shen Jie hand Zhou Qi over to the medical staff in the car, Xiao Yao asked in a seemingly casual tone, "Speaking of this chocolate... what we said on the way to the parent-child education center still stands, right?"

As Shen Jie straightened Zhou Qi's head, she asked in a nonchalant tone, "What did you say?"

“It was… what we said when we were drinking this chocolate together…” Xiao Yao’s heart sank: “It was something like… American community college, MBA… daughter… son-in-law successor, working hard to become king, and all sorts of other nonsense.”

"Wait for me, I'll go with the car," Shen Jie said to the driver, then turned to Xiao Yao and said, "I'll find a chance to talk to Dad."

"So, it still counts?" Xiao Yao helped the medical staff gently put Zhou Qi's stretcher down.

"Okay." Shen Jie nodded and made a phone call gesture: "I'm leaving now, we'll talk on the phone."

Xiao Yao wanted to hug her, but the girl bent down and climbed into the car, and the medical staff slammed the two doors shut.

With Zhou Qi's life hanging in the balance, getting her to the hospital was a matter of life and death, so Xiao Yao naturally couldn't be ambiguous at this time. He could only knock on the glass and say, "Be careful on the road, and call me immediately if anything happens!"

Shen Jie didn't say anything, she just nodded, and then the ambulance started moving.

Xiao Yao stood still, watching the ambulance with its siren blaring disappear into the night.

He hoped that Shen Jie would turn around and look at him again, or even just wave goodbye, but the girl didn't turn around at all.

Xiao Yao walked toward the church in a sullen mood, feeling a bit suffocated the whole way.

Why is this woman always like this?

Xiao Yao opened the email inbox where he was exchanging text messages with Shen Jie, then closed it, opened it again, and closed it again.

Upon arriving at the church, Xiao Yao could see from afar that the side door was ajar, with warm light streaming through the cracks. He walked in with practiced ease, went up to the second floor, and entered Father Yu's office without knocking.

"Is that what you mean?" Father Yu held a pencil in his right hand and was drawing something on an A4 sheet of paper. Several crumpled pieces of paper were already lying in the wastebasket next to him.

After finishing the drawing, Father Yu stood the A4 paper upright.