Yes, the person standing at the door was Chi Yuan, his sister.
Even though they had never had any brothers or sisters, Chi Ting’s brain autonomously gave this conclusion the moment they met.
Obviously, this was a judgment made from his current perspective as ‘Ah Ting.’
Chi Yuan saw that Chi Ting was still standing there and became anxious, “What’s wrong with you recently? You seem to be in a trance. It is because you’ve been under too much pressure at school. Let me take a look. I hope you’re not feeling unwell.”
As she spoke, she walked over and tried to touch Chi Ting’s forehead, but Chi Ting dodged sideways.
Chi Ting told her, “I’m fine.”
“I’m just making sure you are okay.” Chi Yuan looked at him with concern and continued to urge him, “Breakfast is already on the table for you. Hurry up, and don’t be late again.”
She looked Chi Ting up and down before her eyes fell on his chest. “Where is your school uniform tie? Go to the closet, find it, and put it on. Get ready to go. I also have to get ready for work, so hurry up.”
“Yes, okay.”
Chi Yuan still seemed a bit worried, but she didn’t say much and turned to leave.
The bedroom became quiet again.
Chi Ting stared in the direction she left as if thinking about something.
The mechanism of this instance still wasn’t clear, but judging from her expression, the concern shown by his sister didn’t seem to be fake. In addition, judging from the sentence ‘What’s wrong with you recently?’ Ah Ting had indeed become abnormal as the records in his diary became more and more chaotic.
So what exactly was this ‘it’ that he was looking for?
Chi Ting didn’t hesitate for too long. He walked towards the closet.
Judging from what Chi Yuan said, this should be the place where he usually put his school uniform tie.
He reached out to open the closet. Then Chi Ting saw a shadow suddenly fall into his field of view and was about to fall on him. He immediately stepped back quietly to avoid it.
The thing that fell out of the closet fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and finally stopped when it hit the chair next to it.
Chi Ting showed a hint of surprise when he clearly saw what it was.
It was a pink bow that was full of girlishness, and the gorgeous puffy dress that he had seen in photos before. Wasn’t this overly familiar doll the female version of the bunny gentleman in a princess dress?
After the disappearance of the entire system panel, everything after entering the instance seemed to have become the same as in normal life. Even the storage space for storing items could no longer be used.
Then why was the rabbit gentleman here?
Chi Ting walked over, picked it up, and fiddled with it tentatively. He eventually confirmed that it was just an ordinary doll, not the high level item he originally received as an instance reward.
But…
Chi Ting’s gaze fell on the doll’s wrist.
What was tied on it was obviously the handkerchief that belonged to the little girl called Su Lili in the Throw Throw Throw the Handkerchief instance.
What was going on in this instance?
“Hiss!” A sudden piercing pain rose from the depths of his mind. Chi Ting’s grip loosened, and he almost dropped the doll in his hand to the ground. He held the doll’s ears with one hand and held the table next to him. He covered his head with his other hand. After closing his eyes for a long time, the piercing pain in his mind and the tinnitus in his ears finally subsided.
He could vaguely hear Chi Yuan calling from outside. “Ah Ting, are you still not well?”
“I’m coming!” Chi Ting responded. He looked down at the doll in his hand, and placed it on the table. Then he turned around and walked to the front of the closet. He found the tie that belonged to his school uniform.
As he wore it, he took off the choker around her neck and put the temporarily ineffective strange stone into his pocket.
During this time, he didn’t forget to use the mirror on the table to observe it.
Sure enough, even the marks on the back of his neck had disappeared.
Obviously, what he was using now wasn’t his own body.
Ah Ting.
He was now Ah Ting.
Chi Ting went downstairs and had breakfast with Chi Yuan. Before leaving, he asked a question casually.
“Oh, you mean the rabbit doll?” Chi Yuan replied with a smile. “Didn’t you bring it back last time when you went out with your classmate? How could you forget about it? At that time, you thought it was pretty, but your classmate thought it was ugly. The two of you had a big fight over it. But you really liked this toy. After you came back, you kept it very carefully. You didn’t even let me touch it more than once.”
“Oh, I see.”
Chi Yuan glanced at the time and said, “Okay, let’s go. The time is just right. I’ll take you to school before going to work.”
The two of them went out one after the other.
The elevator outside was on the first floor. They pressed the button and it slowly rose up.
Chi Ting heard some noise nearby and turned around to see the door next door open.
Wait, wasn’t this…
At almost the same time, Chi Yuan’s enthusiastic voice was heard. “Hello, Gloria. Are you going to school too?”
“Yes.” The girl dressed as a Lolita replied. She stared at Chi Ting throughout the whole process with the very vigilant look of an enemy.
Chi Ting also looked at her without moving.
It wasn’t just the rabbit gentleman, but also Gloria.
He turned around and looked at the number plate of his ‘home.’
Room 1202.
It was exactly the same as inside the Love Apartment.
But it was different from the instance at that time. His neighbor at that time wasn’t Gloria. Her room number should be 1301.
Everyone entered the elevator together. No one spoke as it slowly descended, which made the entire atmosphere seem unusually subtle.
Chi Ting walked out of the apartment lobby and looked around.
Without the overwhelming pink color, this wasn’t the Love Apartment.
Chi Yuan took Chi Ting to the parking space. She waited until they were far away enough before speaking, “Ah Ting, don’t tease Gloria anymore in the future.”
“Hmm?”
“You always like to tease her. Now the little girl doesn’t even say a word when she sees you.”
Chi Ting: “……”
So this was why Gloria was afraid of him?
He paused before asking, “Sister, do you know the residents on the other side of the 12th floor?”
Chi Yuan was puzzled. “What do you mean the other side?”
“Room 1203. Is there a resident there surnamed Lou?”
Chi Yuan answered him in an even more puzzled voice, “Room 1203 has no tenants. It has been empty since the previous owner moved out. It hasn’t been sold yet.”
“Oh, I see,” Chi Ting replied. It was as if he was really speaking casually.
“It is parked right in front. We are almost there.”
Chi Yuan quickened her pace as she spoke. Her high heels made clear sounds as they stepped on the ground.
Chi Ting followed behind, still thinking about what had just happened. He looked up and saw someone walking his dog downstairs.
In such a peaceful era, it wasn’t a strange thing to keep a few pets. What Chi Ting focused on was that these dogs weren’t wearing collars but bracelets emitting a dark metallic color.
They were heavy and complicated. The material and style were enough to remind people of the demons disguised as residents in the Lost Treasure instance at that time.
“What are you thinking about? Why aren’t you getting in the car?” Chi Yuan’s attention drew Chi Ting’s attention back.
He looked twice more before withdrawing his gaze.
After getting in the car, Chi Yuan drove him all the way to school.
On the way, Chi Ting’s eyes were fixed on the outside of the window. He observed all the way and found that every tree and blade of grass here seemed very real. Even the sunlight falling on his body was full of real warmth.
There was no virtual barrier that should be seen on the map boundary. Both the vehicles and pedestrians coming and going seemed to be busy with their own affairs. It looked so plain and fulfilling.
Looking only at all his experiences from waking up to now, this was undoubtedly a very ordinary day, but—the Throw Throw Throw the Handkerchief, Love Apartment, and Lost Treasure instances… one after another, people and things related to past instances appeared. This was enough to add a bit of a frightening chill to such a dull life atmosphere.
Sometimes, it was precisely because it was too quiet that it seemed even more eerie.
Finally, Chi Ting got out of the car. He looked up and saw the pink building looming behind the school campus in the distance.
He asked Chi Yuan, “Sister, that’s…”
“Oh, hasn’t this new building been built for quite a while? It is called the Love Apartment. Why? This isn’t the first time we’ve seen it, and I have never seen you ask about it before.” Chi Yuan put one hand on the car window. She smiled and said teasingly, “Don’t you always dislike pink? I asked you about it before, but you rejected me. Now, are you suddenly interested in it? In fact, the apartment types in that building are really good. It just so happens that it hasn’t been officially put on sale yet. If you have any ideas, let’s go and take a look together when you are free.”
Chi Ting caught the key point. “It isn’t officially on sale yet?”
Chi Yuan nodded. “It was built not long ago. It will be done soon.”
“I see.”
The fact that the apartments hadn’t been put on sale meant that no one had moved in yet. It couldn’t be the place where Lou Yueren lived.
Chi Ting didn’t say anything else. He said goodbye to Chi Yuan. Then he lifted the school bag on his shoulder and walked towards the busy school gate.
Soon, the tall figure blended harmoniously into the background.
He was still unclear about where the others were or even whether they had come to the same instance world as him, but what he obviously needed to do now was to continue playing his role well.
He was called Ah Ting.
He was a very ordinary male high school student.
What he needed to go through next was an ordinary day for an ordinary male high school student.
Thinking of this, a look of vague expectation appeared on Chi Ting’s face when he stepped through the school gate.
It might be a bit inappropriate to say this, but to be honest, he had never experienced this type of peaceful life in peacetime since growing up.
The daily campus life of a boys’ high school was truly a very rare experience. He was actually looking forward to it a little bit.
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