Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 625 Healing

"Shi Jiu..."

Xu Han felt his head starting to ache. "The problem now is really not just about eating less or less—"

"unacceptable."

Yu Shijiu clenched his fists, his face full of anger: "I was wondering why I suddenly felt a little hungry."

"?"

Xu Han felt he finally understood the helplessness An Jie and Chen Yi had shown him when they were "teaching" him. His brow twitched, and he said again:

"I think we should talk about why it gets dark right now—"

call!

The window was suddenly pulled open by Yu Shijiu, and a gust of wind carrying the smell of seawater rushed in, making Xu Han squint into a slit.

"Shi Jiu!"

Xu Han finally couldn't help but raise his voice slightly, and with a helpless expression, he took out another chocolate from his pocket and said:

"If you're hungry, I have a chocolate here, do you want it?! What the hell are you trying to do, Shi Jiu?!"

Yu Shijiu, who was by the window, suddenly stuck his head and his entire upper body out of the window, startling Xu Han so much that he screamed.

Lu Chusheng, who was standing at Yu Shijiu's feet, quickly grabbed Yu Shijiu's thigh with his paws, his tail stiffening into a straight line.

Xu Han was so frightened he almost jumped out of his skin. Trembling, he staggered to the window, where he and Lu Chusheng each grabbed one of his legs, stammering:

"Oh my god, Shi Jiu, please don't get bewitched! You can't be bewitched like me! What will I do if you really get bewitched... oh wait, no!"

Xu Han belatedly realized something, and, clinging to Yu Shijiu's leg, muttered to himself:

"Oh right, I can use my talent skill to bring you back. Hey, you're overthinking it."

Lu Chusheng, sitting opposite Xu Han: "..."

Sometimes... he really had a hard time figuring out what was going on in Xu Han's head.

It's really hard to imagine.

In Lu Chusheng's opinion, the four words that best describe Xu Han should be... seemingly foolish but actually wise?

"...What are you doing?"

Yu Shijiu, who had pulled his head and upper body back from outside the window, looked down at his thighs, which were being held tightly by a person and a cat, and was very puzzled.

"I just went out to check if the lights were on."

"..."

Lu Chusheng stared at the boy's bright and clear eyes for a few seconds, then silently released his grip.

Xu Han couldn't believe it: "What? You stuck your whole upper body out of the window just to check if the light was on?!"

Isn't this a bit far-fetched, Shi Jiu?! Are they really trying to fool him?!

"...Not entirely, is it?" Yu Shijiu realized that her words weren't very good, and smiled as she said:

"I just saw a few crew NPCs come out on the first deck, and they stuck their heads out further?"

Xu Han closed his eyes, patted Yu Shijiu's thigh, and said unhappily:

"You scared me to death! I almost thought you were possessed and going to jump into the sea!"

"how is this possible?"

Yu Shijiu was very shocked and said, "I'm not a very good swimmer, okay? I definitely won't jump into the sea."

"..." Xu Han said quietly, "So if you can swim, you can jump into the sea?"

Yu Shijiu was taken aback and actually thought about it seriously—just as she was about to speak, Xu Han slapped her thigh again in anger.

There was a crisp sound of "pop".

Lu Chusheng's eyelids twitched, and he glanced at Xu Han with some disapproval.

Xu Han didn't notice Lu Chusheng glaring at him, and lowered his voice to say:

"You actually thought about jumping into the sea?! My God, Shi Jiu! Are you really not afraid of death?!"

Yu Shijiu also felt a bit of pain in her thigh. She touched the thigh that had been slapped twice and said unhappily:

"I don't want to die now, don't wrong me."

Lu Chusheng had a sudden thought and looked up at Yu Shijiu.

From his angle, he could see the boy pouting slightly, gently touching his thigh, and looking down with a hint of grievance and unhappiness in his eyes.

Yu Shijiu... said he didn't want to die?

Lu Chusheng's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

From their first meeting to the days he spent with Yu Shijiu, whether in game instances or in towns, Lu Chusheng was able to discern some of Yu Shijiu's hidden "thoughts."

...Yu Shijiu's desire to live, or even to be "reborn," was actually very low, so low that Lu Chusheng sometimes felt somewhat lost.

As a "veteran" who had been in the Dawn Game for a long time, Lu Chusheng had probably figured out the Dawn Game's requirements for recruiting humans—only those who had a strong desire to survive at the moment of death would be recruited into the town by the Dawn Game.

No one is an exception.

Including... Lu Chusheng himself.

But Yu Shijiu is an exception... He seems to genuinely not care about his own life or death, and his various actions also reveal that he doesn't care much about death.

But now, Yu Shijiu himself says—he doesn't want to die anymore.

No one could understand Lu Chusheng's current emotions, not even himself.

Is it because of Yu Shijiu's past... and their previous acquaintance?

Lu Chusheng was somewhat bewildered.

He didn't know either.

He...has not received any answers yet.

Compared to Lu Chusheng's struggle, confusion, and joy, Xu Han's thoughts were much simpler.

Xu Han muttered something and grabbed Yu Shijiu's shoulder, his face turning pale in a few seconds—

"What do you mean by wanting to die? Pah! Pah! Pah! Don't you know how to avoid such unlucky things?!"

Yu Shijiu genuinely didn't understand and asked curiously, "What do you mean by 'avoiding prophecy'—what are you doing?"

The warm sensation on his shoulder startled Yu Shijiu for a few seconds. He turned his head to look at Xu Han and, unsurprisingly, met Xu Han's suddenly pale face.

The latter sighed and shook her head helplessly: "What else can you do? Your shoulder is cracked, Shi Jiu, how painful must it be? You didn't even say anything..."

Xu Han kept rambling on, but his face grew paler and paler, so pale that Yu Shijiu frowned and tried to pull his hand away—

Then he was stunned by Xu Han's words.

"No, no, no! Don't move!"

Xu Han, his face pale, grinned and said, "If you touch me, this talent skill will be wasted! Please don't touch it! Don't worry, this kind of minor injury will hardly harm me, don't worry about me."

"..."

Yu Shijiu's hand froze in mid-air for a while before she finally nodded obediently, licking her lips as she looked at Xu Han's grimacing face.

His shoulder, which had been causing him continuous, excruciating pain, was now almost completely healed. A warm sensation spread from the broken part of his shoulder throughout his body, making his chest tremble slightly.

So heartwarming.

Yu Shijiu thought—it had been a very long time since he had felt this warm since his mother passed away.

The temperature inside the sanatorium was just too cold.