"What are you thinking about, Xiaoliang?" Xu Er picked some wild berries, rinsed them in the river, and handed them to Zhang Chunliang. "Did anyone make you unhappy?"

Ever since leaving Ge Qiu Sheng's house, Zhang Chunliang has remained silent, as if he was thinking about some difficult puzzle.

He picked up a plum and put it in his mouth, then said to Xu Er vaguely, "I'm thinking about you."

So Xu Er's hand, which was about to feed berries to the big dog, stopped in mid-air.

The big dog tilted its head back and opened its mouth wide, but the sweet fruit didn't come for a long time. It woofed in displeasure. Then it boldly put its front paws on Xu Er's legs, stretched out its head and took the berries from his hand.

Logically speaking, it should be beaten, but someone has fallen into a weird fantasy and has no time to pay attention to it.

"You, what do you want me to do?" Xu Er was unusually nervous. He straightened his shoulders and looked at Zhang Chunliang. His cheeks were a little red, as if he had been exposed to the sun for too long.

"I'm wondering why you are here." Zhang Chunliang said to himself.

Why, in Xiaoping's ideological world, Xu Erhui has such a high status? He is above all the villagers and prison guards and is a person that everyone fears.

Could it be that Xu Er is also a prison guard in real life, and even holds a very high position, which is why everyone is afraid of him?

No, that's not the case. Xu Er is obviously different from Lai Zi and his group of outsiders. He was born and raised in Xiaohegou, and they are obviously in different camps. Not to mention that since Zhang Chunliang came, he has never seen Xu Er perform the duties of a "prison guard" and patrol outside.

That was even more strange. Was it because he was Xu Aiyong's child? Even if he was a childhood playmate, he shouldn't be so "fearful". Even Ge Qiusheng, who had saved him, was not treated like this.

Zhang Chunliang leaned against a tree, lazily moved to the side twice, and motioned Xu Er to sit next to him to avoid the sun. The noon time in this world was becoming more and more unbearable, and the heat was almost turning into a meteorological disaster.

This is Xiaoping's subconscious mind. The external manifestations of all things will have traces in real life. Rather than saying that the NPCs in this world are afraid of Xu Er, it is better to say... Xiaoping is afraid of Xu Er.

"Xiaoliang, what are you thinking about me?" Seeing Zhang Chunliang start to daydream again, Xu Er asked persistently. He lowered his body and put his face close to Zhang Chunliang, trying to see his expression clearly.

"I was wondering about you...Why did you bring me here? What are we going to eat for lunch?" Zhang Chunliang changed the subject.

Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, Xu Er was not disappointed. He leaned very close to Zhang Chunliang, and his sweet and sour berry-scented breath gently tickled Zhang Chunliang's cheek, making it a little itchy.

Xu Er stared straight at Zhang Chunliang, his eyes focused and persistent, and he refused to look away for a long time.

At this moment, he seemed to have the same paranoid aggression as when he first met Zhang Chunliang. Zhang Chunliang felt an discomfort that he hadn't felt for a long time. He held Xu Er's eyes with his hands and helped him turn the direction.

"There are shrimps in the river. The weather is so hot, I'll take you to touch the shrimps." Xu Er leaned forward obediently to allow Zhang Chunliang's palm to better fit his eyes.

"Let's wait until the sun gets cooler." Zhang Chunliang felt like he was petting a clingy puppy, and put his hand down with a bit of amusement, "Take a nap, and then get up to touch the shrimps."

The big dog came over with the empty basket in its mouth, and while the two were chatting, it secretly ate all the berries that Xu Er had picked.

Xu Er took the basket with his backhand, put it on the dog's head, and slapped it fiercely, venting his dissatisfaction.

So the big dog started to whimper in a pretentious manner, and suddenly threw itself into Zhang Chunliang's arms, splashing the dirty berry juice around its mouth all over his arms.

……

[Side Mission 5: This is the third year of Xu Aiyong and Xu Guifen’s marriage.

They have a lovely child.

With the help of his friends, Xu Aiyong got a well-paid job at the Xinxing Fireworks Factory.

However, this job requires him to work in a remote suburban area, and Xu Aiyong can only go home once a week.

Xu Guifen looked after her lovely child and listened to the villagers' gossip.

They said that Xu Aiyong had someone outside.

Can you help her find evidence that Xu Aiyong betrayed their love?

Limited time mission: one day.

If you fail to complete the task within the specified time limit, 70 life points will be deducted.

The first player to complete the task will be rewarded: 1 main task clue fragment]

"The health points deducted from missions are getting more and more severe." Lu Zhi closed the system panel unsatisfactorily and chatted with the players.

But no one was in the mood to talk to him now.

"Zhao Junxiang is dead." Li Zhuang raised his eyelids to look at him and said weakly.

Lu Zhi had been inquiring about information during this period and seldom met with the players, so he missed this important news.

He was startled and asked quickly, "How did he die?"

To be honest, Zhao Junxiang has been very unlucky recently. Ever since they left the game in the open-air cinema, Zhao Junxiang has been constantly targeted by NPCs, and in the game, he is always the first one to be attacked.

Li Zhuang met him some time ago when he was about to go out - you know, the players can't get out of the ditch.

"It's right at the entrance of the village. They say there's a vendor selling peach cakes." Zhao Junxiang, who has one eye blind, covered his eyes and said to Li Zhuang impatiently, "The old man in the house where I live keeps asking for peach cakes. Yesterday he hid under my bed and kept calling for peach cakes all night. If I don't buy him some, he'll probably die."

Li Zhuang then watched him run to buy peach cakes and never saw him again.

"Just now, after I received the mission, I passed by Zhao Junxiang's house on the way and wanted to call him..."

But he saw a scene that still makes him feel sick to his stomach.

Zhao Junxiang was still wearing the Zhongshan suit he had worn when he left, hanging straight in the middle of the yard by an iron hook, without any movement.

He was surrounded by villagers, who were happily shouting to Zhao Junxiang's fellow villagers to exchange peach cakes.

The villager collected eggs and sugar from other people, and handed them sweet and crispy snacks at an equal price with a smile - those snacks were Zhao Junxiang's body.

"He turned into a human-shaped peach cake, without any flesh or blood. I watched helplessly as the group of people took away his limbs and flesh."

Li Zhuang described it with a trembling voice, his eyes filled with the sorrow of a rabbit dying and a fox mourning.

"I know why he's been so unlucky recently." Wang Er, who had been listening for a while, interrupted, "He killed NPC Luo Zi and was sanctioned by the system."

It took everyone a while to react before they remembered who Luo Zi was.

The masked weirdo who was exchanging movie tickets with people outside the open-air cinema had some disgusting quirks.

"After the movie was over, I was very interested in the colorful flags surrounding the venue, so I went back to take a look. I accidentally saw Luo Zi grabbing a child's arm and doing something bad."

Wang Er's description was light, but everyone understood what she meant.

"Zhao Junxiang arrived before me. He hacked Luo Zi to death with a prop."

Wang Er still remembers that when Luo Zi was teasing the child, Zhao Junxiang was the one laughing the most happily, so happily that it was even a little abnormal, but she never expected that Zhao Junxiang would be so crazy as to kill the NPC.

"His son is the same age as the kid who was bullied." Wang Er looked a little reluctant. "Zhao Junxiang and I met outside the dungeon. I know that he entered the game because he killed seven or eight people..."

This information was enough for everyone to guess something, so everyone fell silent for a while.

Li Zhuang coughed twice and changed the subject: "Speaking of which...what's wrong with Xu Aiyong? Aren't we here to learn from his spirit? Why is he so spiritually corrupt? He even dares to cheat?! I want to criticize him!"

Zhang Chunliang took out a pocket watch, which was given to him by Xu Er, and checked the time. He stroked the watch case with a strange expression.

"The host Yingzi hasn't appeared yet." He said to everyone.

The system task had been issued for more than half an hour, but Yingzi, who hated being late the most, disappeared.

"It's the Hongmen Banquet, a definite Hongmen Banquet." Lu Zhi murmured, looking at the dilapidated hut in front of him.

This was the former home of Xu Aiyong and Xu Guifen. No one knew what happened here. The small courtyard was burned to pieces by fire. The basic outline of the house has been lost, and there are broken walls and ruins everywhere.

"Let's go in and take a look." Wang Er sighed and took the first step forward.

"What is your relationship with that woman!" Xu Guifen was no longer the innocent girl she used to be. She was wearing a brown cotton-padded jacket stained with rice crumbs, her hair was messily tied up on top of her head, and she was shouting at the top of her lungs.

"Keep your voice down! You'll wake the baby up!" Xu Aiyong's tired voice came from the direction of the main room.

As soon as Zhang Chunliang entered the yard, all the dilapidated scenes disappeared, replaced by a brand new and spacious bluestone cottage.

He was in the westernmost room at this time. When he raised his eyes, in front of him was a fair and tender baby still in swaddling clothes, about to cry.

Zhang Chunliang immediately realized that the child was the newborn Xu Er!

I saw that he had opened his little mouth and was about to cry.

In order not to alert the enemy, Zhang Chunliang quickly stepped to the side of little Xu Er, held up his colorful cotton jacket, and covered his mouth and nose with his hands. Little Xu Er was stunned for a moment, and then began to struggle.

It can't be blocked too tightly, or the child will feel uncomfortable, Zhang Chunliang frowned and thought, then gently loosened a gap.

He had a premonition that the child was about to cry loudly, and he wondered with some headache how to avoid Xu Aiyong and Xu Guifen.

But suddenly I felt a soft touch on my hand.

Little Xu Er grabbed Zhang Chunliang's hand, pouted his little lips excitedly and kissed it.

After a while, he seemed to be unsatisfied, so he whimpered and opened his little hands, asking for a hug.

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