Chapter 360 : Green Plum Meets Wine 11 (1/2)

Shi Sheng had a dream.

It wasn’t about her, but Sheng Xia.

The scene was set at a villa, where a little girl was standing before railings wrapped in flowering vines. She craned her neck to peer at what was going on.

In the distance, a family was currently busily packing up to move.

A boy stood in front of a car, his head lowered.

The little girl watched him, but he didn’t raise his head to look at her.

Only once he was called after everything had been packed onto the car did he raise his head and slowly turn to look at the girl.

That gaze…was as vicious as a viper’s.

The little girl was scared into backing away. She then turned and ran stumbling back into the villa, as if a monster was hot on her heels.

The scene suddenly faded away and Shi Sheng sat up on the bed.

[Side Quest Unlocked: Memories in Time. Auto-accepted.]

Shi Sheng was completely woken up from her drowsy state by System’s icy-cold robotic voice.

“What memories in time?” ‘The hell is that?’

[Uncover Yu Jiu’s past and the reason why Sheng Xia’s parents died.]

Shi Sheng, “…” ‘Wut? Didn’t her parents die in a plane accident? And what’s with Yu Jiu’s past?’

System, if you stop randomly issuing quests and adding to the story, I’ll thank your whole development team.’

System didn’t say anything. ‘Well, since Host is so amazing, she’ll be able to solve it just by thinking for a bit…

I’ll just quietly be a system over here…’

……

Only when Shi Sheng got up from bed did she realise something was off. ‘Why’s the room so tidy? Did Sheng Xia have a habit of cleaning things up in her sleep???’

Though that was clearly not the case.

‘That idiot Yu Jiu must’ve come in! Where’s my(lz) sword?!’

Shi Sheng left and found the living room to be very tidy too. But the silence indicated that no one was home.

Her sword was still lying on the table in the living room, so Shi Sheng went over to pick it up. ‘Forgot to take it back after beating up that fellow.’

As it turned out, Yu Jiu really wasn’t home. The door to his room was open, while his luggage was still placed beside it.

Shi Sheng curled her lips before opening the fridge to look for food.

Gu Yan did employ a part-timer to come clean up the house and restock the fridge every three days.

Shi Sheng found that she’d somehow pretty much emptied the fridge. She sighed and decided to just go out to find something to eat.

Shi Sheng didn’t really bother with touching up on her appearance or anything; she roughly straightened out her somewhat crumpled clothes before leaving the house.

Once she’d had her meal, she strolled around Curio Street with the Treasure-Hunter’s Phone for a bit. By the time she returned, it was nearly 9pm.

When she got out of the lift, she saw Yu Jiu leaning against the door to the house, some items lying near his feet.

“Xiaoxia-meimei, I was beginning to think that you just didn’t want to open the door for me.” Yu Jiu raised his head and gave her a smile.

“Even if I was home, I wouldn’t open the door for you.” Shi Sheng nodded.

Yu Jiu, “…”

Shi Sheng took out the keys and unlocked the door before strolling back to her room, not sparing Yu Jiu a single glance.

“Xiaoxia-meimei, have you eaten yet?” Yu Jiu asked before she managed to get in.

Shi Sheng turned to look at him and, seeming to think of something, began to stalk aggressively towards him. She stood on a chair, so that she could glare down on him. “Who allowed you into my room?!”

Yu Jiu, “…”

‘You’re not tall enough, so you use a stool[1]? Lil green plum, you have great ideas…’

“Uncle Gu.” Yu Jiu lifted his head slightly. His rather long hair parted to reveal his smooth forehead.

Shi Sheng reckoned that if he curled his hair a bit and dyed it chestnut, he would probably be bursting with cuteness.

But…

Shi Sheng thought of the boy in the dream. He unknowingly began overlapping with the current Yu Jiu.

‘This guy isn’t as harmless as he appears…’