Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Lu Huan thought about everything from beginning to end and then looked at the dish in front of him. Blood rushed to his head, and he was almost completely certain of the guess in his mind.
That person turned out to be the ghost god who appeared beside him…
Wah–
Then, that person, is he still by my side?!
When this thought popped up in Lu Huan’s mind, his dark eyes suddenly focused and his fingers clenched subconsciously.
The boy’s whole body was tense, his eyes were dark and bright, and there were some subtle emotions that even he himself couldn’t tell what they were, perhaps joy, anticipation, uneasiness, nervousness – he subconsciously looked around, but the house was empty, the rabbit lantern under the eaves was quietly lit with candles, it seemed that there was no one around him, but, what if?
What if that person is in the house?
Lu Huan’s throat was a little dry, and he tried hard to suppress the complicated emotions in his heart. He raised his head, not knowing where to look, so his sight fell on the swaying lantern hanging outside, and he spoke softly.
“Are you still there?”
This time it wasn’t a white bubble that popped up, nor was it the cub’s inner thoughts, but a dialog box that popped up.
Su Xi’s eyes widened outside the screen, and the words “WTF” were flooding her mind.
What the hell, what the hell, is the cub talking to her?!
The boy on the screen looked up through the window at the eaves, and his gaze was clearly not on her, but Su Xi felt as if he was looking at her through the screen. The pair of eyes on the baby’s face were clearly black and white, beautiful and clear.
Su Xi got goosebumps all over her body in an instant.
She really felt that this was no longer a game, but a feeling of two times and spaces intersecting across a screen.
Su Xi’s heart was beating fast.
Before she could react, the kid on the screen asked again.
“Are you here?”
“If you are still there…can you let me know…?”
Line after line of dialogues popped up on the screen, as if talking directly to Su Xi.
He held his breath, his whole body tensed, looking at the endless night sky. The lights fell on his face, bright and dim, like the trace of the intersection of two times and spaces.
There were some traces of hope and desire on his face, but this seemed to be just the tip of the iceberg. The surging emotions in his heart could only be seen from his tightly clenched, almost white fingers at his sides.
After waiting for a long time, still no one answered.
Lu Huan opened his mouth again and whispered, “You can’t make a sound, right? If you were still here, could you hold my sleeve, please?”
After his voice fell, he lowered his head, nervously waiting for his sleeves to be moved.
His snow-white sleeves were illuminated by the candlelight, casting a shadow on the ground.
But the shadow was quiet and there was no movement at all.
One second passed.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
….
Lu Huan couldn’t help but feel disappointed. He pursed his lips and thought, could it be that the man – no, his ghost – was not here at this time? Then, when would he come back next time?
Su Xi hesitated in front of the screen for a moment. The cub was really brave. Was he really not afraid? Could she really touch him when he was awake?
After hesitating for a while, Su Xi reached out and moved the cub’s fingers.
Lu Huan was still staring at the corner of his sleeve.
But at this moment, the fingers hanging by his side seemed to be touched lightly.
Lu Huan: “…”
It was a very gentle and unprecedented feeling, without the touch of skin, without temperature, but like a slight breeze, touching his hand and disappearing in a flash.
But then, the wind seemed to be trying to control its strength so as not to hurt him, and it cautiously touched the back of his hand tentatively—
Touch it again and take it back.
Lu Huan’s breathing became more and more rapid.
He stared at his hand and said in a hoarse voice: “It doesn’t hurt, it’s okay, you don’t have much strength.”
Then, the wind relaxed a little, wrapped around his hand, and moved his fingers, as if holding his hand and shaking it gently.
The shadow of Lu Huan’s right hand on the ground also shook, and it looked like a person’s hand was moving.
But Lu Huan knew that there were two people, and that person was holding his hand.
It was a very strange feeling, it was just wind without temperature or shape, but it was intimate and gentle, falling on the skin of Lu Huan’s hand, like an electric current, along Lu Huan’s fingertips, sparking and electrifying all the way to his heart.
His fingertips jumped slightly and his heart beat heavily.
Lu Huan’s eyes turned slightly red.
It turned out to be a ghost that appeared beside him. So he had been accompanied by it all along?
There was complete silence all around and the earth was quiet. Lu Huan stood still, staring at his hands with his head lowered. He could only hear the violent beating of his heart in his chest.
Time almost stood still.
He finally felt that person’s presence…
He couldn’t describe the emotions that surged in his heart at this moment. He grew up alone and was content to just be alive. He never expected that someone would appear by his side, accompany him, communicate with him, or show him kindness. He never coveted playmates, relatives, or friends, and he didn’t care much about them.
He never thought that one day, a person would appear in his life, holding a dim rabbit lantern, slowly clearing away the dark and sunlight-free fog around him, and come to ferry him across, unlike the mortals in this world.
…Has that person been by his side all along? Watching him? Accompanying him?
That person… no, not a person, but even if he was a ghost, he was his only ghost.
Lu Huan lowered his head quietly, the skin on his neck was cool and white, but the blood in his heart was surging wildly, and his eyes were like obsidian, shining with a fine, never-before-seen brilliance.
He felt the wind on his fingertips and tried his best to suppress his ecstasy, but he was unable to control it, so his eyes and eyebrows were bright.
…It’s like walking alone in the dark for a long time, always looking at the light, and now finally touching that light.
He remembered something, so he looked up, looked at the empty side, and asked softly: “No wonder you didn’t come to the appointment that day. It’s not that you didn’t want to come, but you couldn’t show up, right?”
“If it’s ‘yes’, you hold my left hand, if it’s ‘no’, you hold my right hand.”
Lu Huan said implicitly, and for some reason, his ears turned slightly red.
Su Xi outside the screen never thought that communication could be done in this way. Wouldn’t that explain why she had missed the date that day?!
She became excited and of course immediately held the cub’s left hand.
——Although I can’t touch the soft little hands, just a poke of them will make the old mother’s heart melt!
Sure enough, the cub on the screen no longer had the melancholy look on his face as he sat at the doorstep at a 45-degree angle looking up at the sky. He had become visibly happy. Although he tried his best to hold it back and keep a straight face, a sparkling little heart suddenly appeared on the top of his head.
Lu Huan coughed and asked again: “So, you didn’t blame me for suddenly asking to meet, right?”
His left hand was gently tickled.
Lu Huan had been hanging for eight days, and his restless heart finally settled down. He breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask –
Before asking this question, he paused, trying his best to pretend that he didn’t care and asked casually.
“Well, why did you save the Second Prince? Did you want to lend him a hand?”
His right hand was pulled.
No.
Lu Huan’s heart sank, and his voice became a little hoarse. After hesitating for a moment, he asked, “So, it’s out of kindness? The Second Prince is indeed a dragon among men—”
But before he could finish his words, it was his right hand again.
Su Xi quickly slapped the cub’s right hand away.
Lu Huan was stunned by the strength of that person. Suddenly, he had a guess in his mind. When this guess suddenly appeared in his mind, his eyes lit up and then became brighter and brighter.
“That’s because…” Lu Huan didn’t say anything else.
But the brush on the table suddenly turned in a different direction and pointed at him roughly.
“Is it because of me?” Lu Huan’s voice dropped.
The pen on the table was slapped twice, “Pa pa”, it’s because of you, nothing wrong with it.
Lu Huan had never thought that it had something to do with him. Because although he wanted to enter the Imperial College, he had never told that person. But could it be that that person, no, his ghost guessed what he was thinking, so he saved the second prince just because he didn’t want to delay his entry into the Imperial College?
Surprisingly, it was all for him——
Lu Huan tried his best to keep his expression straight. But the corners of his mouth kept rising higher and higher, and he couldn’t control it anymore.
Su Xi, who was outside the screen, saw that suddenly a row of little hearts appeared on the screen, jumping above the cub’s head as if they were about to explode.
The cub was super happy. Su Xi outside the screen finally explained it clearly. She also covered her face and was super happy. What a damn aunt!
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The cub: Wait, when I was taking a shower, could it be that you also——
Su Xi: This mom is poor and I don’t have any in-game currency.
The cub (disappointed): Oh.
Su Xi: ???
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