Chapter 114
Chapter 114
But who was Qi Qi? She was Qingqing’s best friend!
Would she care if her boyfriend passed out?
She would, but not enough to be truly worried.
After all, according to Qingqing, anyone who could make it through a lap around the amusement park without fainting was already qualified to challenge a world record!
So she grabbed her boyfriend with one hand and, with a perfectly clear conscience, began admiring the scenery.
Meanwhile, Zhang Bei was welcoming someone he had not seen in a long time.
“How have you been feeling lately?”
Zhang Bei bent down and looked at the little girl, who had put on a bit more weight compared to last time.
There was a faint light in the little girl’s eyes now, but when she saw Zhang Bei, she still shrank behind Yu Yingzong.
Old Yu had been treating her for so long that he understood what she meant from that single movement.
“She thinks you’re a little scary, boss. She wants to find that big boy from last time.”
Zhang Bei nodded. Judging from the little girl’s reaction, her depression had improved a great deal.
“Li Yang, get out here, you’ve got a customer!”
Li Yang, who was currently being pinned to the ground and absolutely wrecked by several people, silently crawled back to his feet.
“What’s up, boss?”
The words had barely left his mouth when a thin little girl appeared in his line of sight.
“It’s you!”
The little girl clearly wasn’t afraid of Li Yang. In just two steps, she was right by his side.
Zhang Bei waved a hand. “Take her to play. Let Gu Yue handle the new attraction for now.”
“Boss!”
“Chef Li is stewing fish tonight!”
“Mission guaranteed!”
Li Yang took the little girl’s hand and asked gently, “What do you want to ride?”
The little girl glanced around, and her gaze quickly locked onto the Hot Air Balloon.
Her eyes filled with pleading as she looked at Li Yang.
The doctor had told her that if she wanted to come here again, she had to take her medicine properly and accept her psychological treatment properly.
So for the sake of coming one more time, she had obediently listened this whole time. She had even helped the doctor revise his thesis bit by bit.
The medicine was especially bitter. During therapy, she had to talk for so long every single day.
The thesis was also terribly, terribly difficult. But in order to come back again, she had endured all of it.
Li Yang rubbed the little girl’s head. “I’ll take you.”
A rare trace of a smile appeared in the little girl’s eyes. “Th-thank you, big brother!”
Compared to last time, Li Yang felt that this little girl seemed more like a living, breathing person now.
Since Zhang Bei had nothing else to do, he asked about her condition.
Yu Yingzong thought for a moment before saying, “The girl has started taking an interest in some things. We completely stopped her medication a few days ago.”
“So she’s almost better?”
Yu Yingzong sighed. “How could it be that easy? She has too many knots in her heart. They’re practically tangled into a Chinese knot by now!”
“At least we can see hope now.”
Yu Yingzong nodded. “Yes. At least there’s finally some hope.”
Li Yang picked an empty Hot Air Balloon and led the little girl aboard.
As the Hot Air Balloon slowly rose into the air, tears gradually began to glimmer in the little girl’s eyes.
“Dad took me on one a long, long time ago too.”
“Do you miss home?”
Li Yang helped wipe away her tears, feeling a little emotional himself.
Now this was what a normal child was like!
Little Cao, kids with autism, all of them were nutcases!
However, the little girl’s mood did not last long. Soon, she was once again drawn in by the seaside scenery.
The vast, magnificent ocean stretched out below them, and from time to time, a few seagulls skimmed past.
Li Yang was also quietly admiring the view when, all of a sudden, the voice beside his ear was like a bone-chilling gust of wind.
“What’s this rope for?”
“Don’t!”
The moment he shouted, the little girl had already tugged on the rope.
In the span of a few short seconds, Li Yang experienced a round of high-altitude bungee jumping.
The little girl stared at the pale-faced Li Yang, completely at a loss.
“I-I’m sorry!”
Li Yang was still Li Yang, after all. He had only recently endured half an hour of bungee jumping, so a height of seventy meters really wasn’t enough to faze him.
“It’s fine. Don’t worry. I’ve ridden this several times over the past few days!”
Hearing Li Yang say that, the little girl finally stopped worrying.
The two of them spent a full hour taking in the view before finally returning to the Amusement Park.
Seeing the reluctance in the little girl’s eyes, Yu Yingzong took her hand.
“Once you’re better, I’ll let you come play every day, okay?”
The little girl looked at Li Yang beside her. “Big Brother, wait for me to come find you, okay?”
“Okay. I’ll definitely be waiting for you!”
Li Yang kept watching as the little girl left the Amusement Park.
That kid had more or less fulfilled his longtime fantasy of having a little sister.
Smart, cute, and so sensible on top of it.
It was just that the scars on her wrist made his heart ache every time he saw them.
Zhang Bei knocked Li Yang on the head. “Three years minimum, death penalty maximum. Your classmates are about to leave!”
“What are you even talking about?!”
“Hurry up and go see your classmates off!”
Rubbing his head, Li Yang rushed off toward his classmates.
Zhang Bei looked at his retreating back, inexplicably a little worried.
Three years minimum!
That was no small matter. Should he have Chi Fu come take a look at this kid’s psychological issues someday?
But then he figured those two probably wouldn’t have many chances to meet anyway, so Zhang Bei set his worries aside.
After handling everything, he leaned back in his chair and sank his consciousness into the System.
Without a doubt, Space Roam counted as a large-scale facility.
The trial mission rewards for this kind of facility were usually pretty decent.
Zhang Bei quickly found the reward for this mission.
[Space Roam Trial Mission: Completed. Reward: A Not-So-Ordinary Invitation.]
Zhang Bei: ???
The entire invitation was bright red, with the lettering printed in gold.
At the very top was a national emblem carved entirely by hand.
[Time: 3:00 PM on the 23rd.]
[Location: Third floor, Guili Grand Hotel.]
[Special Note: Please do not bring any photography equipment!]
Zhang Bei scratched his head. What exactly was this thing for?
There wasn’t the slightest hint. It didn’t even say what he was supposed to go there for.
Still, since it was a reward from the System, Zhang Bei carefully put it away.
One invitation allowed him to bring one person along, so Zhang Bei planned to find someone who had attended a gala before.
At the very least, they could tell him what he needed to watch out for.
There were still five days left, so there was no rush.
Meanwhile, Ding Ye, who was still on Space Roam, woke up groggily after only three minutes.
After spending so much time at the amusement park, he had long since built up a tolerance.
He didn’t even need a doctor. Under his girlfriend’s death-glare, he forced his eyes open.
“Qi Qi, listen to me. I really didn’t do it on purpose this time!”
“So last time, when you followed behind me pretending to be an NPC to scare me, that was on purpose?”
“No, listen to me!”
“I’m not listening!”
As soon as she finished speaking, Ding Ye felt a soft warmth against the corner of his mouth.
Although it lasted only an instant, both of them, who were in their first relationship, still flushed red.
“If we can’t meet again with blushing faces, can we still blush…”
A perfectly timed phone ringtone rang out.
The young couple beside them hurriedly apologized and hung up the call.
After that interruption, whatever atmosphere there had been was gone. Ding Ye could only sigh inwardly at the pity of it.
Soon, Space Roam ended, and two people with unidentified objects stuck to their faces walked down the stairs.
The first thing they saw was Zhang Bei’s unforgettable smile, aimed straight at Qingqing.