Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 728 An Encounter in the Plaza

Players outside of game instances are not much different from their real-life selves.

For example, right now, Yu Shijiu is planning to stroll around the town square at the sincere invitation of He Lingling and Xu Han.

Yes, Xu Han said he would treat everyone to afternoon tea.

After cuddling with Feifei on the sofa for about an hour, Yu Shijiu finally went out.

Fatty seemed a little unhappy about being woken up. Yes, it had just woken up, but it was also looking forward to the afternoon tea that Xu Han had mentioned. In the end, it yawned and followed Yu Shijiu outside.

"Fatty".

Yu Shijiu took out his key and locked the door—although he felt it didn't matter whether the door was locked or not, since there was nothing valuable inside.

"There should be cake in the afternoon tea, right?"

Fatty meowed and rubbed its head against Yu Shijiu's waist.

Does this mean it exists?

"Meow!"

There definitely is, meow!

Yu Shijiu smiled as she put away the keys and headed towards the shop where she had arranged to meet Xu Han and He Lingling.

There were hardly any people on the roads in town today, probably because the guild tournament is about to start, and there have been many more players entering game dungeons recently.

As Yu Shijiu passed by the square, he casually glanced at the seats, which were much less crowded than usual, and slowly searched for the shop where afternoon tea was being served.

"Shi Jiu".

A very familiar male voice sounded behind her, and Yu Shijiu's eyelids twitched almost imperceptibly.

He is Feifei's other "owner".

Yu Shijiu reluctantly turned her head and saw a tall man, still wearing a neat and smart uniform in town, walking towards her.

"Want to come out and watch the live stream?"

Lu Chusheng awkwardly adjusted his hat and smiled slightly at Yu Shijiu:

"What a coincidence."

Yu Shijiu: "..."

Are these two sentences in the wrong order?

Feifei was extremely happy and rushed over to lick and rub against him, which made Yu Shijiu feel a little jealous.

unacceptable.

Fatty has never been this enthusiastic towards me before!

Completely forgetting that Feifei had been rubbing against her just now, Yu Shijiu snorted in annoyance.

"No."

"..." Lu Chusheng looked at the undisguised displeasure on the boy's face and immediately understood the reason for his unhappiness.

He bent down, both amused and exasperated, to stroke the large orange cat rubbing against him, and said gently:

"Are you not familiar with the way? Where do you want to go? I'll take you there."

“No—” Yu Shijiu subconsciously wanted to refuse, but her gaze suddenly fell on the hat on Lu Chusheng’s head.

Doesn't this baseball cap... clash terribly with Lu Chusheng's uniform?

Lu Chusheng usually looks impeccably dressed, so why is he so bad at matching clothes and hats?

These two thoughts flashed through Yu Shijiu's mind. His gaze was fixed on the slightly bulging area under the baseball cap, and he felt that the place looked a bit strange...

Lu Chusheng, feeling a sudden chill run down his spine, looked up abruptly and met the gaze of the boy who hadn't yet looked away.

Lu Chusheng subconsciously raised his hand to adjust his hat—the boy opposite him looked at his hat-adjusting hand with a puzzled expression and asked in surprise:

"Are you balding because you're old?"

Otherwise, why would you care so much about the hat on your head?

Lu Chusheng: "..."

Lu Chusheng's brow twitched, and he said helplessly, "I'm only in my twenties, how could I be bald?"

"Not always."

Yu Shijiu stepped forward and pulled the chubby guy who was still rubbing against Lu Chusheng's thigh back, saying nonchalantly:

“Sometimes young people also experience hair loss, let alone Captain Lu. You have so many things to worry about every day, it’s normal for you to experience hair loss in your twenties.”

Lu Chusheng: "...I really didn't—"

"No need to explain."

Yu Shijiu grabbed the chubby ears and rubbed them "forcefully," saying in a sarcastic tone:

"Compared to me, Captain Lu is already quite old."

"..."

Lu Chusheng was speechless.

Yu Shijiu liked seeing him speechless like this, and unconsciously laughed.

—That's true, Lu Chusheng is already quite old.

He wasn't wrong.

Lu Chusheng looked at the smug boy opposite him with a bit of a headache, feeling helpless yet finding the other person utterly adorable.

cute.

Lu Chusheng was momentarily stunned by the adjective.

By the time he realized what was happening, Yu Shijiu had already suddenly walked up to him.

"hour--"

Lu Chusheng was about to speak when he suddenly felt a chill on the top of his head.

"See, I told you you'd be bald—"

Yu Shijiu, who had originally intended to mock Lu Chusheng for being bald at such a young age, froze on the spot. He stared in shock and confusion at the orange cat ears that suddenly stood up and swayed on both sides of Lu Chusheng's head, and for a moment he was speechless.

Cat ears?

Cat ears?!

Lu Chusheng has grown cat ears on his head?!

Yu Shijiu took a step back, staring incredulously at the orange cat ears on the man's head, looking completely bewildered.

Humans, humans can grow ears too—no, can they grow cat ears?

Something felt off about him.

Lu Chusheng, whose hat was suddenly removed, froze on the spot and remained motionless for a long while before slowly closing his eyes under the bewildered gaze of the boy opposite him.

"side effect."

Lu Chusheng pursed his lips, countless excuses and justifications flashing through his mind:

"I recently entered a game instance. The monsters in this instance were related to cats. After I came out, I had residual side effects because of my high level of contamination."

The implication is that the side effect is that he now has cat ears.

"Ok?"

Yu Shijiu subconsciously asked, "What game instance lets you grow cat ears? What's it called? Can I go in and play?"

Lu Chusheng: "..."

He felt a chill run down his spine as he was pressed for answers, but he forced himself to continue, giving a half-fabricated, half-true account:

"It's called 'Cat Village,' but you can't go in."

Yu Shijiu was somewhat displeased: "Why?"

“Shi Jiu,” Lu Chusheng said, suppressing the intense shame of lying, “All game instances between towns are interconnected, and players in the same town can only experience one instance at a time, except for newly entered trial instances that are likely to refresh the same instance.”

"do not you know?"

Yu Shijiu was stunned for a moment, and just as she was about to say she didn't know, Xiao Li's cool voice suddenly rang in her mind:

[I told you, and that female player named Anjie also told you.]

Yu Shijiu: [? ? ?]

When did you say that? I don't remember at all.

Xiao Li scoffed: "You were too busy eating, what else could you possibly remember?"

However, it seems that it only mentioned it casually to Anjie at the time, and Yu Shijiu was busy fighting with Xu Han and He Lingling for the last piece of braised pork cooked by Chen Yi... so it probably didn't hear it.

But is it possible for Xiao Li to explain?

That must be impossible!

Xiao Li snorted again silently, speaking in a condescending manner:

Be more attentive next time; I won't repeat myself twice.