I, enter the zero world, change the ending

"Brother Sikong, what are you doing here?"

"Ah, something suddenly happened."

"Then you..." Bai Ju paused, as if gathering up courage, "Are you going back to Yangyan Village tonight?"

"I don't know. I shouldn't go back. Why?"

Bai Ju's body trembled suddenly when she heard this, and the strength of her arms around him quietly increased. "If you don't go back, I...I will stay here tonight too."

"That won't do." Zhiyao said helplessly, "You have to go home, otherwise mom and dad will worry."

"It doesn't matter. They never cared about me."

"That was in the past. It's not the case now." Zhiyao continued to persuade carefully.

"That's because of you and Mr. Matsumoto that I changed. Anyway, I would rather stay with you than with them." Bai Ju insisted.

After thinking for a moment, Zhiyao suggested: "How about this, I'll take you home tonight and pick you up from the village early tomorrow morning. Is that okay?"

The implication of "coming to pick her up tomorrow morning" is that she will not leave tonight. Thinking of this, Bai Ju breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then you must come tomorrow morning, preferably right after dawn."

"Then I might as well stay up all night." Zhiyao couldn't help laughing, and then promised solemnly, "I will definitely come early in the morning. If I don't come, I'll be a puppy."

At this point, the gloom on Bai Ju's face completely dissipated, and she smiled again, as if the sky had cleared after the rain.

……

Deep in front of the main hall, Zhehuo and other children were still practicing hard, while on the right side against the wall, Zhiyao and Baiju each had a cushion, and Baiju was leaning against Zhiyao intimately.

The little girl was still so clingy, Zhiyao was really helpless and pushed her away calmly.

The next moment after pushing it away, Bai Ju came back on.

"Bai Ju, girls should be independent and not too clingy." Zhi Yao preached seriously.

"I'm just clinging to him." Bai Ju ignored him and let it go in one ear and out the other. "I like Brother Sikong. From now on, I'll follow Brother Sikong wherever he goes."

If the nearly 100-year-old female ghost said this, Zhiyao would definitely be surprised and think about the love relationship. However, the person in front of him was a six-year-old human child, so he naturally would not think about those things.

"What are we going to play this afternoon?" Bai Ju suddenly asked.

Zhiyao pinched her little nose and shook it left and right, "You came to me and you want me to decide?"

"I really haven't thought it through." Bai Ju touched his head.

However, Zhiyao already had a place he wanted to go, and he also secretly made a plan.

This plan is related to whether or not they can return to the future, so he doesn't plan to tell Bai Ju. Although he has just made an agreement with Bai Ju, the same thing still applies - returning to the future is the first priority, and under this premise, everything must give way.

Guessing that Shuiyun should have finished washing the clothes, Zhiyao was about to call her when he saw Shuiyun enter the main hall from the door on the right.

Standing up, Zhiyao hurried over to Shuiyun and informed her, "We've been waiting for you for a long time. Let's go to the Katashiro Shrine."

The three of them walked from the main gate of Yuzhi Palace to the backyard of the Katashiro Shrine. Zhiyao then opened the nearest door and, using his memory of the interior, led them to the doll room. The shrine looked unusually clean, and he concluded that someone must have been cleaning it regularly.

"There is a puppeteer living here." Shuiyun volunteered to be the commentator.

Zhiyao turned to her, and Shuiyun suggested, "Mr. Sikong, Youzhi Palace is full of girls, so it might not be convenient for you to stay overnight. You can stay here temporarily."

Zhiyao really didn't expect Shuiyun to offer to let him stay overnight. He had originally planned to talk to Ms. Kuang about it later.

Now that someone has brought it up, that’s great.

"Are you sure I can live here? You have the final say on this matter, right?" he tried to confirm.

"Of course you can. The puppeteer went out of town a few days ago and said he wouldn't be back for more than three months." Shui Yun dispelled his doubts and added, "It was Lady Yuune's idea to let you stay overnight. I was just passing on a message."

At that moment, for some reason, Zhiyao began to feel uneasy.

Chapter 124: [Aren’t you going back yet?]

Yume, another priestess of Mount Hijo, appears in the Water Palace and Yui House in the game.

If Zhiyao didn't need to be on guard in front of Kuangnu because of her gender, now that it's Jienu, she has to be careful.

The reason is that it is the duty of the shrine maiden to preside over the marriage between the shrine maiden and the outside man.

The key point is that the witch involved in the marriage is dead, and the foreign man cannot escape death regardless of success or failure.

Imagine that the priest in charge of marriages offered to let someone stay overnight when the two of them were not particularly familiar with each other. Isn't this suspicious and doesn't require vigilance and caution?

For example, did that guy have some bad intentions and want to marry me to the witch?

Although Zhiyao did not deny that he might be thinking too much, although he knew that the prerequisite for marriage was to be attracted to the shrine maiden, and although he firmly believed that under the dual protection of Yaobaji and Hōhōcho, Yume could not do anything to him.

As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry. No matter what, it's always better to be cautious.

"I want to stay overnight too." A soft and sweet child's voice came.

"No." Zhiyao rejected it flatly, "We agreed to go home at night."

"Woo woo woo." Baiju then pouted her little mouth.

"There's no point in acting like a baby."

It seemed to have no effect. Bai Ju turned her face away sullenly and said angrily, "Then next time. If next time doesn't work, then the next time."

Hearing this, Zhiyao glanced sideways with a complicated expression.

The little girl wanted to live here so much, but she didn't know that her soul would become the owner of this place in the future, and even the coffin she lived in would be buried under this place, in a place called the Tainan Cave.

When Zhiyao inadvertently thought of the little girl's final outcome, he couldn't help but feel pity and asked himself from the bottom of his heart if he was too heartless.

Bai Ju has never felt love before. Ever since she found it from me, her words and actions have revealed that she regards me as the only one. But I am going to use her to get back, and I am hiding the truth, not giving her time to prepare mentally.

Although the situation might get worse after telling the truth, Bai Ju would inevitably be hurt whether she tells it or not.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the door of the puppet room. Zhiyao calmed himself down, forced himself to put aside all distracting thoughts, and opened the door.

Compared to the future, there are not so many puppets inside now, but the display stand used to place the puppets and cover the entrance to the cave already exists here.

"Wow, so many dolls." Baiju was the first to run in and looked around excitedly.

Staring at her at the door, Zhiyao felt a little dazed at that moment. This feeling came without any warning. In view of the two previous experiences, he immediately became alert.

This may be a sign of an impending time travel.

In an instant, he swallowed his saliva and subconsciously closed his eyes.

Half a minute passed and he opened his eyes. He was still standing there without saying anything. Bai Ju and Shui Yun were still staring at him.

"Brother Sikong, are you not feeling well?" Bai Ju asked with her little head raised.

Shuiyun put her hand on Zhiyao's forehead to feel the temperature, but the next moment it was as if she had touched a hot iron plate, and her hand suddenly retracted.

Although the touch was only for a moment, she could still see what the other party was planning, which made her uneasy even though she originally thought she was just here for fun. However, she could roughly guess what the other party was worried about, so she didn't dare to expose it and could only pray silently that it would not succeed later.

Speaking of which, my mood has been up and down like this today.

Zhiyao on the opposite side also noticed something, cast an intriguing look at Shuiyun, and then put on a smiling face at Baiju.

"I'm not feeling uncomfortable."

"No? That's good." Bai Ju immediately dispelled her doubts and raised the half-body puppet in her hand to show Zhiyao, "Brother Sikong, look."

Zhiyao was puzzled, "What's wrong with the doll?"

"I found it, huhu."

"Is that so? Do you like it? If you like it, take it back."

"How can that be possible?" Bai Ju resolutely retorted, "You can't take other people's things without their permission."

"So you know this." Zhiyao was immediately relieved and rubbed her head. "Since you are so well behaved, I might as well buy it and give it to you as a reward."

Bai Ju's eyes lit up instantly.

"Really?"

"When has Brother Sikong ever lied to you?"

"Well... then thank you, Brother Sikong, and I... by the way, I want to return the gift." Bai Ju said and waved.

Thinking she wanted to whisper something, Zhiyao leaned forward, and then felt a soft touch on his cheek, which shocked him so much that he was speechless.

I was actually kissed by Bai Ju.

But the little girl doesn't usually socialize, so where did she learn this? He couldn't figure it out.

As if seeing through his thoughts, Bai Ju smiled mischievously and said slowly: "When I was in the village before, I once heard a sister ask a man to return a gift, and then she did it like this. Brother Sikong, are you satisfied with this gift?"

Zhiyao looked innocent, her eyelids fluttering as she sighed, "You're such a clever kid with a big heart...Okay, I'm satisfied this time, but don't let it happen again, thank you."

Shui Yun, who was standing next to them, looked at the two of them and subconsciously pursed her lips.

She thought maybe she should find a chance to try it.

Although I am a little shy, am I not as good as a child?

Thinking it was about time to get down to business, Zhiyao picked up Baiju and placed her on the display stand. He stepped back a few steps, pinched his chin to appreciate her, but he always felt something was missing. It took him a moment to realize what was going on.

Lack of temperament.

The person in front of him was indeed the real Bai Ju, but she lacked the tempering of time, so her temperament was completely different from that of the female ghost in the future.

The female ghost in the future will have a deeper visual perception of people's hearts, and her personality will become mature and stable with the passage of time. Therefore, when she sits on the booth, she gives people an unpredictable sense of mystery that cannot be underestimated, and her eyes look at people as if she is scrutinizing them.

The six-year-old child in front of me has eyes that are very suitable for his age, clear and innocent.

Zhiyao couldn't help but have doubts about whether this would succeed, and the reason why she resorted to this bad idea was because of her experience at the Himuro residence.

He wanted to follow the example of that time and let Shiragiku play the role of Komiya.

Never mind, let’s give it a try.

"Bai Ju, you do as I say next." Zhi Yao paused, holding Bai Ju's shoulders. "Count to five in your mind, and then say to me—why don't you go back?"

"Why do you say that?" Bai Ju was confused.

"No reason, I just... suddenly wanted you to talk about it."

Bai Ju still felt something was amiss, and soon realized something, "Brother Sikong, you... want to go back?"

Zhiyao tried to remain calm and said calmly, "No." At the same time, she silently apologized in her heart.

Bai Ju immediately stopped doubting and did as she was told.

Nothing happened, and Shuiyun breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bai Ju, you must pay attention to a few key points. Your eyes should be frivolous, your expression should be indifferent, and your tone should be relaxed. It's best if you can act like a little adult."

"I don't know how." Bai Ju looked embarrassed.

"If you don't know how, I'll teach you. Learn from me. For example, you treat me like a clown."

"Brother Sikong is not a clown."

"I know, I just want you to imagine it that way."

As we all know, a specific temperament needs to be formed slowly under the long-term dual influence of time and a specific environment. There is no shortcut. Even if you work hard to achieve a similar appearance, it is far from being similar in spirit.

"I'm so stupid, Brother Sikong, I'm sorry."

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't satisfy anyone. Bai Ju shrank her neck mischievously, her tone apologetic.

Shui Yun couldn't stand it any longer and stood up to speak out: "Mr. Sikong, I suggest you stop. There's no need to keep forcing this little girl."

What she said made sense. In fact, Zhiyao also thought that he was doing useless work, and began to think about giving up.

"Then... for the last time?"

After he finished speaking, he left the puppet room, opened the door and returned to the room a few seconds later, and slowly walked in front of Bai Ju. But the next moment, when his eyes met Bai Ju's, his eyes widened in vain.

He didn't know if it was because he suddenly got the idea or for some other reason, but Bai Ju's eyes were completely different from before, giving people the feeling that they were a bit similar to the female ghost in the game. Thinking that he was seeing an illusion, he blinked hard, and then heard a playful tone with a hint of joking.

"I said, aren't you going back?"

The taste was right. Zhiyao's heartbeat suddenly began to pound, and she swallowed nervously. Shuiyun, equally astonished, parted her lips slightly, suspecting the little girl in front of her was actually an adult in disguise.

Time flew by, a minute passed, and still nothing happened in the room.

"Brother Sikong, how was it just now..." Bai Ju broke the silence first and looked at Zhiyao with great anticipation.