I loaded the dream game

Chapter 597 What Xia Zhi wants to protect

On a quiet night, the faint moonlight falls on the canvas of the tent, casting a hazy shadow of light and shadow.

Although it is a two-person tent, its width is only a little over one meter at most. Although it is not so close that they can be close to each other, it is within the distance that they can touch each other by turning over.

I don’t know if it’s because I was woken up just after falling asleep, but listening to the clear breathing of the girl behind me, Xia Zhi now finds it difficult to sleep.

"...Yukino." He thought for a moment and tried calling the girl's name.

"Ok?"

After waiting for a moment, the girl's response came from behind.

You didn't sleep either?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

After thinking for a moment, he did not ask the girl why she came here, but changed the subject and said:

"Although it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, I brought something fun."

Fun stuff?

Listening to the boy's words, Yukino felt a little confused. Before she could ask the question, she saw the dim world in the tent suddenly light up.

Star-like dots of light filled the entire field of vision. The sky was full of stars twinkling with dreamy light, densely covering the black curtain. Countless silver dots of light gathered into a faint Milky Way, spanning the starry sky.

Being in this gorgeous starry sky, the girl felt as if she had fallen into a dreamy galaxy.

"..."

Looking at the bright and brilliant starry sky in front of 297, Xueno was lost in thought for a while, then turned around and looked at the boy beside her.

I saw that next to him, there was a small box with a glass lampshade with many densely packed small holes. It seemed that the stars in the sky were projected by this device.

It's a starry sky light.

"How is it? Is it beautiful?" Xia Zhi asked with some pride.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" The girl did not answer him, but asked back.

Summer Solstice:…

Didn’t I just take it out to play because I couldn’t sleep?

Xue Noi chuckled and turned her gaze back to the starry sky in front of her. After looking at it quietly for a long time, she spoke again and whispered, "Thank you..."

"?"

A question mark popped up over Xia Zhi's head, not quite understanding why the girl suddenly wanted to thank him.

Not noticing the confusion on his face, the girl continued to whisper softly, "I feel like Xia Zhi has been saving me since we met."

From their first encounter at the shopping mall, to his unexpected illness and fever, to his return to danger for her, who had become a burden, and even giving her his only antidote...

And later... just to fulfill the agreement and promise he made to himself, he even overturned the world line and saved his sister from the world outside of existence...

Although he never told me the specific details, I can tell from thinking about it that it must have been a very difficult thing, right?

"In fact, just a word of thank you is far from enough to compensate for everything you have done for me..." the girl said softly.

"Well..."

Xia Zhi turned his head away somewhat embarrassedly.

He actually felt that Yukino didn't need to care too much about this matter. After all, he had received corresponding compensation...even though it was not paid by her herself.

"So... what gift do you want for Xiazhi?" Xueno turned over slightly and stared at his profile quietly. "Although what I can do is limited, as long as it is what you want, I will try my best to find a way."

Facing Xue Noi's rare promise, Xia Zhi slightly turned his eyes away: "I don't really want anything in particular..."

By the way, I was thinking of preparing a Tanabata gift for Yukino, how come she is the one giving me a gift now? He couldn't help but think in his heart.

"...That's right." Yukino breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "After all, compared to the summer solstice, what I can do is still too insignificant."

but……

"Even though you have such extraordinary power, why do you still maintain your normal life every day?"

Why did we suddenly get to this topic?

Xia Zhi thought about it and did not answer her question, but asked: "What does Xue No want me to do?"

"Eh?" Yukino was slightly stunned when asked this suddenly.

Is this something you can decide on your own?

"Then let me ask it in a different way?" Xia Zhi changed the topic and asked:

"What do you think I should do, Yukino-san?"

Yukino couldn't help but fall silent.

Rule the world? Destroy the world? No, if it were her, she probably wouldn't do that, right?

"The so-called power is actually not as great as others think." Xia Zhi did not care about the girl's silence and continued.

"In essence, power, like money, status, authority, and other such things, is just a tool to achieve a goal."

People will pursue power in order to achieve their goals, but if in the process they regard power as everything, then it would be putting the cart before the horse.

After all, no matter how important it is, power itself is just a tool.

"I don't deny that everyone in this world has their own ideas. Some people want to live forever, some want to transcend everything, and some want to be above everything... But what happens after achieving these goals and doing these things?"

What will you do when you become truly immortal, transcend everything, and stand above everything? You can't just live a life without regrets and then die right away, right?

Xia Zhi himself didn't have so many lofty ideas. After all, didn't he say that at the beginning? He actually considered himself a person who had lost his high tastes, so for him, all he could think of was to go back and continue doing what he wanted to do.

So, what does Xia Zhi want to do?

"As for me, I cherish my current life very much." Xia Zhi said softly.

That's why he maintained his original life even after gaining the power to change everything.

"After all, the so-called 'daily life' is actually not that simple. The seemingly ordinary daily life may be a series of miracles, which is something that many people long for."

"So what I want to do is simple... Protect my daily life and eliminate everything that might disrupt it."

...If our daily lives are a series of miracles, what Xia Zhi wants to do is to continue this series of miracles.

In this world where anomalies emerge one after another, this is not an easy task, but Xia Zhi believes that he can do it... After all, he does have the ability.

"...Is that so?" Xueno said softly, and after a pause, she continued:

"Student Xia Zhi has received new comments from me."

Xia Zhi: "...Can I choose not to listen?"

The girl chuckled and did not answer. Instead, she turned her head and looked at the gorgeous starry sky above.

He doesn't show off his power, nor does he deliberately hide his power. Although he says he won't cause trouble to others, he always has the attitude of "I'm sorry, I'll do it again next time". In fact, he doesn't care about other people's eyes and opinions at all, he just does what he wants to do...

Rather than changing the world, he cares more about the people around him...

"Classmate Xia Zhi is actually a more willful person than me." Xueno said softly.

Summer Solstice:…

You clearly said you didn't want to listen, but you still kept talking... From this point of view, you are more willful, right?

He complained in his mind.

On the other side, Yukino pursed her lips slightly.

But also, someone more real than me...

She thought to herself that she didn't think there was anything wrong with this. On the contrary, she felt that she understood the boy a little better, and her mood became lighter.

"Well... good night, Summer Solstice." She said softly with a smile, and gently closed her eyes under the starry sky...

Listening to the gradually calming breathing in his ears and feeling the faint fragrance coming from the girl next to him and lingering around him, Xia Zhi fell silent.

I was originally planning on getting Yukino up to chat with me, but how come in the middle of the conversation I'm the only one suffering from insomnia now?

Is there something wrong?

He couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

.......

Chapter 598: Does it count as entering married life early?

No wonder people always say that communication is the bridge that builds relationships between people and the bond of emotions.

Although it is impossible for people to fully understand each other, communication and exchange can narrow the distance between hearts separated by the wall of the heart.

After the conversation that night, Xia Zhi could clearly feel that the distance between him and the girl had become much closer.

The most intuitive manifestation is probably that... Yukino, who used to be a little concerned about me, has no longer avoided me in the past half month, at least when taking a bath.

This should be... a good thing, right? - After all, it is a proof of trust.

But for boys, isn't this kind of trust a little too contemptuous?

"Yukino-san." Xia Zhi looked at the black-haired girl in front of him who was wiping her hair with a towel, not caring that her action exposed a large area of ​​fair skin under the towel, and called her.

"What's wrong?" Yukino looked at him puzzledly.

"I'm a boy." Xia Zhi tried to emphasize.

"so what?"

The girl tilted her head slightly.

This question really stumped Xia Zhi. How should he emphasize to the girl that although he was her brother-in-law, they did not have a public relationship? Even if he did something to her, if no one knew about it, he would not be morally condemned.

"Don't stand there like an idiot. Help me blow dry my hair." Looking at Xia Zhi who was lost in thought, the girl wrinkled her nose and stuffed the hair dryer into his hands.

Xia Zhi: “…Oh.”

After fumbling for a few times, he turned on the hair dryer, lifted the girl's long black hair, and gently fiddled with it with skillful movements, slowly drying layer by layer.

In terms of feel, the girl's hair is very similar to Yang No's. The only difference is probably that her hair is much longer, so it's a little more difficult to blow.

However, since Xia Zhi's hair is about this length when let down, it is considered quite familiar to Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi thought to himself and glanced at the girl's profile at this moment.

The girl seemed to be feeling the gentle rubbing and touch on her head and seemed to be enjoying his actions very much. She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked like she was about to fall asleep.

Even in this respect, she is very similar to her sister... Should we say they are indeed sisters? Xia Zhi couldn't help but sigh.

"What do they look like?" Yukino turned her head slightly and looked at him puzzledly.

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned...Did I say what I just said? Probably not, right?

"I see..." As if realizing something, he nodded thoughtfully: "Is this what telepathy is?"

It seems that being too close to one another can sometimes be quite troublesome.

"What are you talking about?" Xueno looked at him and replied, "It doesn't take such advanced skills to understand your thoughts, right?"

After all, this guy has his thoughts written all over his face. Anyone who is slightly familiar with him should be able to guess what he is thinking, right?

Xue No thought about it and did not continue to ask. After thinking for a while, she changed the subject and said, "The ingredients I found in the last city recently are almost all gone."

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned. He really didn't pay attention to this matter.

But think about it, the space in the RV is limited after all, and they have been traveling on the road for almost half a month, almost a month. If they have three meals a day, it is normal for the food to be eaten up quickly.

"Then I will go on a hunger strike today?" Xia Zhi gave an answer after thinking for a while.

Is that what I mean?

Yukino rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

"I see."

Seeing the girl, who had always been very cold and indifferent to everyone at the beginning, now showing her little emotions in front of him without any hesitation, Xia Zhi chuckled, ruffled her hair and said, "Leave it to me."