Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

When he saw the person in front of him, Hong Xiao showed a hint of hostility, but he restrained himself the next moment.

Last night he tried to get his other self to notice him, but was interrupted repeatedly by the other party, which made him a little angry. However, the other party's original self had a good relationship with his other self, so he could only reluctantly let the other party go.

Sensing the fleeting hostility from Hong Xiao, Xiao glanced at Hong Xiao, and seeing that there was nothing unusual about him, he turned his attention back to the acquaintance he was currently facing.

"President Qiao?"

After last night’s experience, Xiao became alert the moment he saw Qiao Huanxi.

Could it be that I am so lucky that the breakthrough is right in the academy?

Qiao Huanxi yawned and said, "Xiao? You came to the academy so early."

He had dark circles under his eyes and looked like he hadn't slept all night.

"Why is the president here?" Xiao asked.

"Don't mention it. I felt like I was possessed by a ghost last night. Your dean has a wood-attributed bloodline that is good at soul defense. I came to see him to see if there is anything fishy." Qiao Huanxi patted Xiao's shoulder. "I'm really sorry for last night. You repeatedly disturbed the rest of a wounded soldier like you."

"Did the dean see anything?" Xiao asked.

Qiao Huanxi shook his head: "Unfortunately, no."

Hong Xiao had been standing aside with his arms around his chest, as if he were a ball of air. At this moment, he suddenly spoke sharply, "If that old man could see this, the illusion would be out of control."

"How did you know?" Xiao asked in a low voice.

"intuition."

Red Xiao did not lie. Although his understanding of the Eclipse Dream World was the same as Xiao's, which was almost nothing, he subconsciously knew that he could not create uncontrollable characters in the fantasy world, otherwise something bad would happen.

Xiao and Qiao Huanxi exchanged a few casual pleasantries and then parted ways.

"It sounds like it's really a coincidence that he appears here." Xiao said speculatively.

Red Mandrill shrugged: "Who knows."

Afterwards, Xiao asked for a sick leave so that he wouldn't have to waste time in classes, but he wandered around the academy for the whole morning and didn't find anything suspicious.

The red sun hanging high in the sky was obscured by thick clouds, the weather turned overcast, and two young men appeared on the roof of the tallest building in the academy.

Xiao sat on the edge of the eaves with his legs dangling in the air, while Red Xiao stood beside him, overlooking the academy which was gradually becoming lively.

It's lunch time.

"Strange..." Red Mandrill muttered to himself.

Xiao looked up: "What's wrong?"

"Here, I can feel the power of the lion, but I can't find its source." said Red Goblin.

This was the first time he failed in his "hunt".

"Lion?" Xiao was stunned, then realized that Hong Xiao was talking about the messenger who had pulled him and the others into the Eclipse Dream World, and said, "You can feel His power because this is an illusion created by Him, right?"

"It's different." Hong Xiao shook his head but didn't continue. He didn't know how to explain this intuitive judgment.

Fortunately, Xiao had no intention of asking him further. Seeing that he was so sure, he stopped doubting and looked at the crowd rushing to the cafeteria below. He said, "There must be something we haven't noticed. Let's go ask others?"

"Can we believe what people in the illusion say?" Hong Xiao asked back.

“What if?” Xiao chuckled. “Besides, we’ve already searched everywhere we should, so this is probably the only solution now.”

Red Xiao turned his head and looked away: "Just make your own decision, don't worry about me."

Wherever you go, I go.

"Let's go." As soon as the words fell, Xiao's figure disappeared.

A light breeze blew by, parting the clouds, and sunlight fell on the empty roof.

He is not active in doing things and has problems with his thinking.

If you ask where the most people are during meal times and where it is easiest to find acquaintances, it would of course be the cafeteria. However, there are too many people and it is not easy to find them.

Before Xiao could find someone he knew, someone else found him first.

"elf--"

Hearing this voice calling him often when he was eating, Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Helan Liuying greeting him while holding Lian Jinying's hand at a table not far away that could seat four people.

Lian Jinying turned her head away, as if she didn't know her.

No way, you want to reproduce this too?

Xiao remembered the three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment that he had once deducted.

Although he didn't care much about Helan Liuying's teasing, he also didn't really want to be tortured by Sheniu - if he had a choice.

Xiao pretended not to see Helan Liuying and the others, and glanced around, trying to find other acquaintances, but failed.

Just at this moment, the red goblin started to add fuel to the fire.

"Here, the acquaintance you're looking for." He raised his chin towards the direction where Helan Liuying was, and looked at his other self with a joking expression, "Why don't you go and ask?"

Xiao gave Red Xiao a look that asked "Are you sure?" The latter was originally pretending to be watching the show, but when he saw him looking at him, he returned an encouraging look.

elf:......

Xiao let out a sigh of relief, walked towards the two girls as if he had accepted his fate, and sat down in the empty seat opposite them.

"Xiao, I heard from your classmates that you took a leave of absence. I didn't expect to meet you here. What's the matter? Do you not like the food at home and prefer the food in the cafeteria?" Helan Liuying asked impatiently as Xiao just sat down.

"I suddenly remembered something and came to the cafeteria."

"what's up?"

"..."

Seeing that Xiao was unwilling to answer, Helan Liuying did not ask further questions, but said: "Okay, is it done?"

Xiao nodded: "Yeah."

Helan Liuying said again: "Have you eaten yet? If not, just eat here."

Xiao lied casually: "I have eaten."

Helan Liuying did not give up and continued to persuade him: "Eat more. Only by eating more can you grow taller."

elf:?

He stared at Helan Liuying in silence.

Xiao: You’re not much taller than me.

Seeing Xiao like this, Helan Liuying originally planned to tease him again, but as soon as she had this thought, she felt the temperature around her suddenly drop, and she seemed to fall into an ice cave.

What she couldn't see was that sitting on the only empty seat was a young man who looked very similar to Xiao. He gave off a bad aura and was staring at her with a half-smile.

She shuddered, and the teasing that was on the tip of her tongue turned into something else.

"So you're leaving now?"

Xiao was slightly stunned. Helan Liuying's intention to tease him was written all over her face. He didn't expect that the words she opened her mouth would be normal.

He didn't care whether this was Helan Liuying's new trick to tease people, and directly used his sincerity killer move: "I have something else to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Helan Liuying asked.

"Are there any strange rules in the academy?" Xiao paused and explained, "I just came to the academy not long ago, and I want to understand some of this to avoid making mistakes in the future."

"You mean there can't be anyone on the bed and there can't be garbage in the trash can?" Helan Liuying said.

Xiao was stunned. Why did these words sound familiar?

Soon, some dead memories began to revive.

Xiao: No way, this broken rule has even been followed to another world?

Helan Liuying suddenly laughed and said, "Looking at your expression, you didn't really believe it, did you? I was just kidding. I saw this in a storybook. I don't know how the writer of this storybook came up with such an outrageous rule. Maybe he was gifted and had a unique way of thinking."

elf:"......"

During the time in Licheng, he would read some storybooks. Especially after he was forced to dress up as a woman, he would often run into Swift Cangque and the author of "It Turns Out You Are Not Human Either" chatting in the arena, and he had heard some interesting plots, but he had never heard of settings like "no one can be on the bed, no garbage in the trash can".

Then, there is only one answer.

The Eclipse Dream World read his memories of his past life and integrated them into this illusion.

It was the first time that Xiao realized that his underwear had been stripped by an outsider, and he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

It doesn’t matter that the red goblin can read people’s minds. After all, he is one of us. What kind of people does it matter to give orders?

He subconsciously glanced at Red Xiao, who gave him a puzzled look in return.

Red Mandrill was a little confused.

The other self seemed angry. Who did that? Was it a joke? No, that's not right. The other self was not someone who got angry easily, but nothing else happened...

He felt a little bald. Although he could touch and hug after separation, he could no longer read minds.

The current situation can only be said to have both advantages and disadvantages, and I don’t know if there is a way to have the best of both worlds.

Lian Jinying on the other side noticed that the atmosphere seemed to be awkward, so she coughed dryly and changed the subject: "There is no strange rule, but there is a strange rumor."

"You're talking about that, right?" Helan Liuying continued, "It's rumored that at midnight every night, a tight door will appear out of nowhere in the public toilet of the academy, and no one knows what's inside."

"Toilet?" Xiao raised his eyebrows.

What an interesting rumor.

"Yes, why are you asking this?" Helan Liuying asked.

"Nothing." After getting the news he wanted, Xiao stood up from his seat. "It's almost time to meet with President Qiao. I'll leave first."

After that, he left the cafeteria.

Although I don’t know why this illusion has not restored Helan Liuying’s good chatty side, it is better to leave early to be on the safe side.