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Chapter 27: Sleepwalking Tiantian

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[System prompt: The building planning task has not been completed yet, please continue.]

"..."

Tiantian, lying on her bed, had fallen into a deep sleep, and a vague electronic sound was faintly heard in her ears.

Tiantian, whose consciousness had entered the most relaxed stage, did not care about the chaotic sound in her ears. She just uttered a soft "hmm" then she rolled up the silk quilt under her body with her calves comfortably, turned over, and continued to fall asleep.

[System prompt: In order to avoid Miss Tiantian's psychological panic, and to keep Miss Tiantian healthy, this system has given up the plan of injecting bioethanol after hard thinking and correction. Change the method of adapting to the other world to: Sleepwalking Journey.]

[During the sleepwalking journey, Miss Tiantian will be like being in a dream. The pain and fear values ​​will be reset to zero, and if the body and mind are stimulated, the excitement will increase. Thus avoiding psychological harm to the player.]

"...hng."

Tiantian vaguely responded to someone talking in her ear, smacked her lips slightly, stretched out her hand, pulled the quilt on her body, and turned over again.

*swoosh—*

There seemed to be wind blowing in her ears, the pleasant smell of pine wood in the house was slowly changing, a little disinfectant alcohol and clean lily fragrance slowly entered her nostrils.

Tiantian rubbed the mattress under her with her back, not knowing if it was a sensory confusion. She seemed to feel that the soft spring mattress under her became a little cold and stiff.

Not only that, the hazy moonlight was caressing her eyelids like a veil, and in the light cloud consciousness, she slept on the horizontal line where the sky and the lake met.

The lakeside was her bed, and the moonlit sky was her soft quilt, the surroundings were transparent and windproof, but there was no sense of uneasiness. The surroundings were so quiet and peaceful, and the stars and the moon seem to be singing a serenade for her affectionately.

"Go to sleep... go to sleep..."

The soft and hypnotic voice was very pleasant, and the slightly hoarse voice carried a hint of youthful brightness and freshness.

Accompanied by the humming that could almost be called a whisper.

Tiantian seemed to feel that she had returned to the summer vacation when she was six years old.

In the yard in the countryside, she and her grandma lay on the bamboo mat in the yard, staring at the twinkling little meteors above her head with open eyes. Grandma lay beside her, kindly holding the fan in her hand to drive away mosquitoes for her.

The two of them were in the yard blowing the cool breeze to cool off, watching the meteors above their heads whizzing past their eyes.

Every meteor that could not be seen in the city was a proof that the hero who once protected this country had returned to his homeland.

That flickering light was their eyes.

Tiantian saw them, and they were also looking at Tiantian.

"Go to sleep... go to sleep... The children by the bridge have returned home..."

The cool humming continued.

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Tiantian's eyeballs moved under her eyelids.

She was like a traveler walking in a dream tunnel, following the Japanese songs that she could not appreciate, and slowly walked towards the direction of the glimmer.

When she reached the place, her eyes opened.

"..."

Tiantian observed the environment in front of her.

No wonder she always felt that something was shaking her eyes, because not far away from her was a large double-door window.

The most hateful thing was that the window was equipped with a translucent curtain like a torn gauze, which basically did not block the light. The window was still half open, and the cold wind made her head buzz.

Tiantian squinted her eyes, and her heart was unusually calm.

She turned her eyes slightly and found that the bed in front of her was slightly sunken, and a man in white sat there.

"..."

Tiantian raised her head slightly, blinked her eyes, and looked again.

This strange experience reminded her of her childhood nightmare.

At that time, she dreamed that she was lying in a boat that was swaying in the wind and rain. The boat was swaying and felt as nauseous as if she was carsick. When Tiantian opened her eyes again, she found an old lady with a fox face sitting in front of her bed, stretching out her hand to feel her pulse.

At that time, the scene directly woke her up.

But now, although the scene was very strange, it was far from the extent of scaring her awake.

Because to be precise, it was not a man in white.

It was a boy who was humming a lullaby with his back to her.

The boy had short white hair and wore a white short-sleeved shirt. His skin was pale like albinism under the reflection of the moonlight. From head to toe, he exuded a subtle morbid beauty.

When her eyes met the slender and upright back of the boy, the pleasant smell of light lily fragrance went into her nose.

Did this man spray perfume or something?

Tiantian frowned, and her pupils gradually focused on the boy.

"...sleep... sleep... the children are enjoying the cool breeze by the stream..."

The boy tilted his head slightly, revealing his graceful profile; his white and slightly trembling Adam's apple.

There seemed to be something with a marker drawing circles on his cheek near his mouth. As the boy slowly began to hum, the mark on his mouth slowly moved in Tiantian's sight.

The boy's eyes were an uncommon purple, and he was very lucky to have a very high-grade light purple eye. When the eyes were facing the moonlight, they looked like a semi-crystal pierced by a searchlight, looking both expensive and textured.

"Hmm?"

Tiantian hummed softly, and a low hum came out of her chest.

Without thinking, she reached out and patted the boy's arm.

*tap*

"!"

The boy was startled suddenly, his pupils shrank, and his whole body was alert.

He immediately turned his head and looked at Tiantian in shock. The white, beautiful and clean little face suddenly broke into Tiantian's sight.

The boy didn't look old, about fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Donut, what's wrong? Do you want to go to the bathroom?"

After the boy stabilized his emotions, he lowered his voice. He gently patted the quilt next to Tiantian's arm with his palm and asked Tiantian in a slow voice.

"..."

The boy approached, and his snow-white short-sleeved collar and his clean skin with almost no pores were simply a color scheme.

Only the pair of bright and clear purple eyes dotted the snow-white with brilliant and eye-catching colors.

Tiantian was silent, she frowned and looked at the boy's other hand. The boy's other hand was gently holding a red head mask.

Just now, while the boy was humming, he seemed to have been holding the headscarf, thinking about something, her eyes were dulled.

For some reason, she always felt that this boy and the red head mask in his hand gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It was just a familiar piece of cloth, but she thought it was a head mask.

"Whose child are you? Why did you come to my place in the middle of the night?"

Tiantian asked, while reaching out to touch the boy's mouth.

"And what is this on your mouth? Is it painted or tattooed?"

As she asked, she slowly thought in her mind, whose children in the surrounding neighbors and the community looked like this.

But Tiantian's thoughts were as soft as cotton and twisted together. She couldn't sort them out at all, and she couldn't come up with anything after thinking for a long time.

"!!!"

The boy was slightly stunned, and the skin touched by her fingers quickly dodged as if it was electrocuted.

He stepped back, and his snow-white cheeks were covered with a strange light color. The fresh blush lightly stained the end of the boy's eyes, but because of his clean and youthful aura, he did not look vulgar; instead, he looked cute.

Tiantian: "..."

Seeing this scene, Tiantian not only looked puzzled, but also had questions in her heart.

Why did this little boy look so much like a little girl?

"Donut, you are confused again..."

The boy looked a little tangled, but his eyes were staring at her sincerely. As soon as the boy spoke, his clear voice instantly swept away the vague femininity just now.

"I... this is a cursed mark, not a tattoo... and I am... Toge, Inumaki Toge."

Toge pointed to the two symmetrical "wrinkles" around his mouth, looked at Tiantian seriously, and introduced himself to her.

"Oh..."

Tiantian narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

"...your surname is Gou... Your surname... is quite rare. Catching up with the intangible cultural heritage, the only one who can fight with you is probably the one with the surname in the neighborhood next to us." [1]

Tiantian lay comfortably on the pillow, without any doubts, weirdness or uneasiness about her current situation. On the contrary, she felt unusually calm and unexpectedly peaceful in her heart.

She even chatted with the boy named Gou Juanji with great interest. [2]

"Do you know? They gave birth to a son last June. I heard from the old man who was guarding the door that his child was named Si Mida."

As soon as the voice fell, Tiantian stretched out her hand from the quilt and pointed at the sky, her voice was a little dissatisfied.

"If you ask me, the old Si family is really unkind. You can't give names randomly. You said that your surname is not good to begin with. When naming a child, you should pay more attention to Feng Shui and the eight characters. What's the matter with Si Mida? Isn't this irresponsible for your own children? This doesn't pay attention to the things passed down by our ancestors."

"...Donut, what are you talking about?"

Toge looked at Tiantian lying on the bed and gesturing randomly, stretched out his hand to grab her exposed arm, and gently put it back into the quilt.

"By the way... is there really anyone with the surname Si? And my surname is Inumaki, not Inu." [3]

The boy smiled helplessly and patted the quilt on her body gently as if coaxing her to sleep.

"..."

Tiantian frowned and looked at Inumaki with a strange look on her face.

"...last name Inumaki? Are you Chinese?"

How could there be a person with the last name Inumaki in this country?

Toge: "..."

Very good, this question hits the nail on the head.

"I'm Japanese..."

The boy answered innocently.

Tiantian: "..."

Her dark blue eyes turned in her eye sockets, as if she was thinking about something.

"Oh... Japanese... That's not surprising."

It was said that there were people with the last name "Abiko" in Japan. [4]

Tiantian seemed to be relieved, but then, as if she had discovered some blind spots, she turned her head and frowned at Toge.

"Japanese? Then you speak Chinese well. How long have you been in China?"

Her voice was full of admiration from the heart.

Toge: "..."

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[1] Toge's surname, "Inumaki 狗卷" contains the word of "inu 狗" which means "dog", "狗 gǒu" in Chinese. Remember, it's common for Chinese to have one character as surname, so Tiantian thought (and probably being little sh*t she is) "狗; inu; gǒu; dog" is Toge's surname.

[2] Again, what Tiantian hear and speak is in Chinese, and what Toge hear and speak is in Japanese. Toge's name in Chinese pronounced as "狗卷棘 gǒu juǎn jí" in Chinese, here, Tiantian (mis)heard his name as "狗卷鸡 gǒu juǎn jī", which translate as "dog rolled chicken".

[3] In note paragraph [1] Tiantian said "Gou", and what Toge heard is "Inu".

[4] Abiko also a name of a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. If you use Chinese translation, it will translate as "my grandson".


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