Chapter 62: Teasing Doudou |
Seeing her Ancestors, some running, some sneaking away.
Younger Sister looked at Huang Niangmu, worried.
“Grandma, what do we do now?”
“Don't worry. If something really happens, they won't just leave us to fend for ourselves.
Besides, if it really comes down to it, we'll just Call the Police.”
Huang Niangmu said with a chuckle, seemingly unconcerned about the powerful Ghost her Grandfather had mentioned coming after them.
However, Huang Niangmu's words surprised Younger Sister.
“Call the Police?”
“Of course.
Otherwise, why do you think Grandma was arrested back then? It's because you can't afford to provoke them…”
Hearing Huang Niangmu say this, Younger Sister felt relieved.
But after turning away, Huang Niangmu's brow furrowed.
She had lived her whole life and had never encountered a situation like today's.
Could there really be such a powerful Ghost in this world, or is it someone like her, with an Inheritance?
But on her own turf here in Binhai, she knew exactly who was around.
Unless they were an outsider.
For a moment, Huang Niangmu's thoughts raced, and she was filled with worry.
In reality, however, they were worrying for nothing, because Shen Siyuan couldn't get a straight answer out of Doudou at all.
She would say it was to the east one moment, then to the west the next.
In the end, Shen Siyuan had no choice but to give up asking.
At that moment, he suddenly missed Yin Xingyue a little.
Although that girl wasn't much older, she was meticulous and patient, with a remarkably mature personality, not unreliable like Doudou.
Well, Doudou is only a three-year-old kid, after all.
It's understandable.
He wondered how her visit with her Grandmother went.
She still hadn't returned.
“You should go home.
I'm going to rest,” Shen Siyuan said, putting down the towel and lying on the bed.
But Doudou stood rooted to the spot.
Seeing Shen Siyuan looking at her, her big eyes darted around, avoiding his gaze. She then reached up to scratch her head, putting on a little act of 'I'm fine, I'm really fine'…
“Is there something else?” Shen Siyuan asked.
“Hee hee, I want to watch cartoons. Banner Master Big Brother is the best…”
At such a young age, she had already learned how to suck up.
“Don't your Mom and Dad let you watch?” Shen Siyuan asked, rather speechless.
“The TV at home is full of commercials, and they're all shows I don't like.
I've been a very good girl, you know. I didn't Manifest Form to make Dad change the channel for me…”
This little one was even asking for praise by the end of it.
“Alright, what do you want to watch?”
“I want to watch Paw Patrol.”
“Alright.”
It wasn't really Doudou's fault for wanting to watch TV at Shen Siyuan's place, mainly because Shen Siyuan used
“Banner Master Big Brother, can I have a little Doggy too?” Doudou asked pitifully.
“You'll have to ask your Mom and Dad about that.
I can't raise one here.”
“But I want to raise a Ghost Puppy,” Doudou said, letting her little hands droop and sticking her tongue out.
Shen Siyuan was amused by her.
“You can, but only if you can find a Ghost Dog.”
Animal Spirits aren't easy to find. Because their intelligence is too low and their thoughts are relatively simple, most of them dissipate with the wind after death.
Shen Siyuan hadn't seen many in all this time.
Hearing this, Doudou stopped watching her cartoon, rode a Yin Wind, and rushed out, hastily going off to find a dog.
But Shen Siyuan felt she was probably on a fool's errand. After all, with Netherfire flaring from her body, any Ghost Dog that saw her would turn and run in an instant.
“This little one…”
Shen Siyuan said this, but his mood had already improved.
It felt like he was raising a child of his own.
Damn it, how come I don't even have a Girlfriend, but I'm already getting the feeling of being a father?
Shen Siyuan grumbled to himself, picked up his Mobile Phone, and saw he had received a Message.
He thought it was from Jiang Tingyu, but when he opened it, he realized it wasn't.
It was from his friend, Hong Wenqing.
Also known as [Mary Oh], the one he played games with.
Because Shen Siyuan hadn't been online for several days, he had asked him on WeChat why, wondering if he had quit the Game.
He also told Shen Siyuan that he got an extra [White Fox] Mount in a Lottery Draw and would give it to him when he came online.
Wow, a three-thousand-yuan Mount, given away just like that. Shen Siyuan didn't really believe his story about getting an extra one.
The Game Companys have gotten smarter these days. For non-repeatable Fashion items like this, once you draw it, it's usually removed from the prize pool.
It's impossible to draw a second one unless you use a different account or buy one from another player.
He didn't know how Hong Wenqing got this [White Fox] Mount, but he knew why he was doing this.
The reason was actually very simple: he didn't want to lose a friend he could play games with.
Some might find this reason absurd, but it was truly that simple.
In the journey of life, it's not easy to find a "like-minded" person to play the same game with.
In the beginning, many people would run Dungeons together, fight in the Arena together, and do Player Killing together, just like a couple in the honeymoon phase of a romance.
Every day, their minds would be filled with these things. But along the way, they would drift apart, and slowly, you'd be the only one left, still standing there alone…
Shen Siyuan had felt this way before.
The game he was playing now, many people played it together in college, but gradually, for their own reasons, they left one by one…
Back then, Shen Siyuan had wanted to convince them to stay, but he knew he couldn't. A game was just a game, after all; it had to make way for reality…
This is also why professions like Game Companions emerged.
Gaming is never just about the game itself; you also need others to provide you with Emotional Value.
Hong Wenqing was probably in this state of mind right now.
If Shen Siyuan chose to quit the game, he would probably become a truly Lonely Person in the game, and who knows how much longer he could last. That's why he wanted to make Shen Siyuan stay.
“Been busy with some things the past few days, couldn't get online,” Shen Siyuan replied to him.
Hong Wenqing replied almost instantly.
“So, coming online now?”
“Nah, I'm already in bed. How about this Saturday? I'll come find you then, and we can grab a meal together.”
Shen Siyuan had wanted to say tomorrow night, but then he remembered he had promised Jiang Wenxin he would go on a Blind Date tomorrow night.
And thinking about how Hong Wenqing had always given him a lot of in-game items, he decided to ask him to hang out on Saturday and treat him to a meal.
“OJBK.”
Hong Wenqing sent a sticker directly, clearly very happy that Shen Siyuan had no intention of quitting the game.
After Doudou ran out, she didn't come back that night. It wasn't until the next day, when Shen Siyuan went to the Company, that he saw her trotting happily behind her mother.
Her mother was on the phone, and she was circling around Jiang Wenxin. Upon seeing Shen Siyuan, she immediately ran over.
“So, did you catch the puppy?” Shen Siyuan asked, somewhat amused.
Hearing this, Doudou got very angry.
With her hands on her hips, she asked, "You knew all along, didn't you?"
“Knew what?”
“That the doggy would run away the moment it saw me,” Doudou said, puffing her cheeks.
Shen Siyuan spread his hands and smiled, "Who's to blame for you not trying harder to control the Netherfire on your body?"
As he spoke, he reached out and patted her little head.
She shook her little head in dissatisfaction, but her bottom wiggled along with it.
This made Shen Siyuan laugh out loud as he walked into the Company.
Jiang Wenxin, who was on the phone, wanted to call out to him, but she thought about it and gave up.
She just reminded the person on the other end of the call, "Don't you forget about tonight's matter."
“Second Sister, I know.
You've already said it three times. I definitely won't forget.
I'll be there on time,” the person on the other end swore.
Only then did Jiang Wenxin hang up the phone and let out a long sigh of relief.
Then she reached her hand out to the side, as if to hold a hand, and a gust of Yin Wind instantly wrapped around her fingertips.