12dz Chapter 38 Punishment and Reward
Chapter 38 Punishment and Reward
The raindrops, accompanied by the trembling of the leaves outside, fell little by little to the ground, creating clear ripples.
The night was cool, and the dim moonlight streamed into the bedside. It was so quiet that only the soft sound of water could be heard flowing between my fingers.
Damp hair, a faint fragrance.
Sweet, gentle, unrestrained, and alluring.
A panting breath escaped her ear. Lu He's eyelashes drooped slightly, her eyes closed, and she gently bit the tip of the other's tongue.
The stinging pain made Xia Lan frown, but it was followed by tenderness and comfort.
"Xiaoyu..." After separating, Xia Lan gasped for breath, feeling as if she had almost suffocated.
"Hmm~ What's wrong..." Lu He gently tidied Xia Lan's wet hair and tucked it behind her ear.
"Xiaoyu..." Xia Lan could only call out her name.
"Don't call me Xiaoyu anymore, call me sister~" Lu He said in a gentle tone, using the most playful words.
Xia Lan hugged her neck tightly and hummed in her ear.
"Xiao Lan~" Lu He called her name in his magnetic voice.
"Sister...older sister...um..." Xia Lan managed to utter the address, but then couldn't speak again.
Lu He liked it when Xia Lan called her that. She leaned over and smelled the fresh scent of shampoo on Xia Lan's hair.
"I like... Sister..." Xia Lan's soft, sticky voice was so cute.
"Well then, that's enough for today's reward~" Lu He whispered softly in Xia Lan's ear, then playfully changed the subject: "Let's start your punishment~"
"Uh? What punishment?" Xia Lan's voice trembled involuntarily.
Lu He touched her chubby little face and kissed her: "That was the reward for winning today's event. Now, of course, it's your punishment for agreeing to the bet without permission~"
"What are you going to do..." Xia Lan's panic was visibly mixed with anticipation.
Lu He leaned over and gently kissed her forehead. The light rain was as soft as butter, and the grass was green but barely visible.
"You, you?" Xia Lan seemed to know what Lu He was about to do! She didn't even have time to react.
The bright moon is shining, and the clear spring stone is flowing.
Xia Lan felt her mind go completely blank. It was as if her body had lost control, and Lu He was completely manipulating every nerve in her body.
Lu He gently stirred every string in Xia Lan's mind, leaving her with only uncontrollable desire.
The clouds are dark and threatening rain, the water is still and misty.
Tonight's rain is fine and dense, tranquil and melodious.
Several hours later, Xia Lan was snoring softly in her sleep.
Looking at Xia Lan, who was fast asleep on the bed, Lu He couldn't help but smirk... a doting look rose in her eyes that she herself didn't even realize.
I'm not sleepy yet.
She walked to the balcony in the living room, lit a cigarette, and opened the balcony window halfway. Listening to the pitter-patter of the rain outside, like a throbbing heartbeat, she felt a little dazed for a moment.
How is she doing in the real world? Her family must have been devastated when they received the news of her death... Thinking of her parents, whose hair was already turning gray, a bitter feeling welled up in her heart.
As for her ex-boyfriend, I wonder if he'll shed a tear for her. Who cares? She doesn't care anyway; she never really loved him that much to begin with.
And... will that person ever find out about her death? Will they be sad? Will they regret not being able to withstand the pressure and leaving her?
I only heard that she went back to her city and got married, but we haven't been in contact even once since we broke up.
"System, are you there?" Lu He took a drag of his cigarette and muttered to himself.
"Yes, it's here." The system responded extremely quickly.
"Can I see my situation in the real world?" Lu He asked, somewhat saddened.
"...When you complete all the tasks and are resurrected, time will return to the day before you died from alcohol poisoning..."
“I know, but now that my death has already happened, I want to see what happens after that…” Lu He understood what the system meant, and she also knew that as long as she completed the mission, everything would be back to normal as if nothing had happened.
But she did know she was dead, so does that mean the world where she died no longer exists?
The system sensed her thoughts and said, "I understand. Now I'll answer your question. The world you returned to is indeed your original world. It's like the plot of your previous death was erased and rewritten."
"What does this mean? I can understand that the future can be changed, but why can the past also be changed?" Lu He didn't quite understand what the system meant.
"It's like you're changing the original plot of this world right now. You've erased some of the original plot and altered it, but these plots had already happened before you arrived. They existed, but from the point where you came here, everything after that was erased, and the story will be rewritten," the system explained.
"No, wait a minute, I can understand that this is a comic book world, but why can it be the real world too... Could it be..." A bold idea suddenly made Lu He feel terrified.
"I call the world you came to the real world just to make it easier for you to understand..." The system's voice boomed, "Actually, your world is no different."
"...What do you mean...Me? Am I also a person from the comic book world? Just not from this comic?" Lu He found it hard to accept the fact that she herself wasn't a real person?
“Uh…you can understand it that way, but it’s not entirely correct. It’ll be much easier to understand if you think of it as parallel universes.” The system pondered for a moment. “You are all real people, just belonging to different worlds. Under certain conditions, it’s possible to travel to other worlds. Does that make sense to you?”
Lu He is still experiencing brain overload.
"To put it another way, you've actually encountered people from other worlds who came to your world to complete missions," the system reminded you. "These are classified information. Only people like you who receive rewards to travel between worlds can know the secrets of this universe."
"A reward? What does that mean?" Lu He was overwhelmed with information and needed time to process it.
"It's not time to tell you yet. All you need to know for now is that the person who receives the reward has the opportunity to rewrite the story of the original world. The price is disrupting the original order of other worlds. This is due to the law of conservation of mass..."