Fantasy Game: Infinite City

“Gurgle…”

Dai Lin sat on the sofa, hugging her knees with her hands, her stomach growling because of hunger.

Dai Lin, who had just been pulled out from under the bed by Han Zu like a rag doll, quickly explained in mid-air why he suddenly appeared in Han Zu's house and why he was hiding under someone's bed.

But after saying this, Dai Lin felt a little regretful. After all, following others out of curiosity and secretly hiding in someone else's house sounded like nonsense.

However, Han Zu just looked at Dai Lin and nodded, as if he agreed with her explanation. He put her on the sofa beside him, sat down himself, and started eating the braised pork ribs again. Fortunately, the ribs were not cold.

"hungry?"

"Um... a little..."

"Go get yourself a set of dishes and chopsticks."

"Oh...thank you."

Dai Lin trotted to the kitchen and got a set of bowls and chopsticks, but they looked more like basins to her.

Back on the sofa, Dai Lin picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in his mouth.

"Hmm... It's a great time..."

Han Zu shook his head helplessly. He didn't understand why the woman who suddenly appeared in his house would do this. However, if Han Zu wanted to, he could turn the person in front of him who was about 0.16 meters tall into about meters, so Han Zu didn't care.

Han Zu ate his meal while watching the video on his phone without saying a word. This was his habit, he didn't like to talk while eating, but if someone talked to him, he would still answer.

For example, Dai Lin who is showing off his pork ribs next to you.

"By the way, why didn't you call the police?"

After pausing the video, Han Zu swallowed the food in his mouth and spoke slowly.

"That's not necessary. If you bite me back, even though my innocence can be proven after investigation, I think they will believe you first, judging from our looks."

"Uh... don't say that... Then why do you believe what I said so quickly? Even though it's true, it sounds like nonsense to me..."

Han Zu put down his chopsticks, took a piece of paper from the napkin box on the coffee table, wiped his mouth, and pointed a finger at Dai Lin.

"Your glasses are only worth a cell phone to me, and the earrings on your ears, to put it bluntly, are enough to buy my life. You are obviously the silly daughter of the landlord. Apart from curiosity, I can't imagine how you can have anything to do with an ordinary person like me."

"What if I'm a thief? Maybe I stole everything on you."

"I don't think the thief would have stolen it by chance. You can tell from the looks of it that the clothes are tailor-made, and the material of your clothes doesn't look like the common stuff on the market."

"Uh...what if I'm a bad guy?"

Han Zu was amused by Dai Lin's words and wanted to scare her, but the two of them were not familiar with each other, so Han Zu chose not to do so.

"Bad guy?"

"Yeah! Really bad ones, like... like the vicious criminals in the videos you watch!"

"Guess how tall you would be if I really thought you were a burglar? And, can you survive until the police come and take you away?"

"Hiss... that makes sense."

Han Zu picked up his phone and checked the time. It was already past 9 o'clock in the evening.

"Eat quickly, and then call your family and ask them to pick you up. It's basically impossible to get a taxi here after 8pm."

"okay."

After a while, Dai Lin ate up the remaining ribs on the plate, including the soup, along with the rice. He rested for a while, stroking his full belly, then took out his phone, turned it on, and called his family.

Han Zuze cleaned up the tableware and washed the dishes in the kitchen.

"Du... Hello? My daughter? Why haven't you come home yet when it's almost ten o'clock?"

"Oh mom, I'm at... my friend's house. I stayed a little longer. Can you ask the driver, Uncle Liu, to lend me a cab? It's hard to get a taxi here."

"Didn't you drive out?"

"No, it was a last-minute decision, so I didn't drive."

"Then you take the position..."

Han Zu finished washing the dishes, wiped his hands, and took out a 2-liter Coke from the refrigerator. In his hand, it was the same size as the glass bottle of Coke in a roadside restaurant. He walked to the sofa and sat down.

"Want to drink Coke?"

"Ah? Thank you."

When Dai Lin's mother heard Han Zu's voice on the other end of the phone, the gossip fire in her heart suddenly ignited.

"Daughter, is there a man next to you?"

"Ah? Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's okay, give him the phone."

"what?"

"What?! I said give the phone to them!"

Dai Lin scratched his head and handed the phone to Han Zu.

"?"

Han Zu pointed at himself, also a little confused, but still took the call.

"Hello."

Dai Lin couldn't hear clearly what her mother and Han Zu said, but the call lasted for a long time. Han Zu, who answered the phone, wanted to say something, but seemed to be always interrupted by Dai Lin's mother. It was obvious that his mother gave Han Zu a headache, and Han Zu kept wiping his face with his hands.

"No, Auntie, I really... You say..."

"You misunderstood, I really..."

"I...ah...okay auntie, I get it."

"Well, good, you have a good rest."

Han Zu returned the phone to Dai Lin, but Dai Lin's mother had already hung up the call.

"What did my mom...say?"

"Oh, nothing. She said she and your father went on a trip and won't be back for a month."

"Travel? When did it happen?"

"Oh, Auntie just said ten minutes later."

"what?"

Han Zu shook his head and took a sip of Coke.

"Call your friends and see who has time to pick you up."

"walk slowly."

Dai Lin made a round of phone calls, but almost no one answered. Judging from the time, most of them should be in the Infinite City, or happily playing games with their significant others.

Several friends who answered the phone were either out of town or working overtime as office workers, so they couldn't come.

"Forget it, I'll take you back."

Han Zu stood up and was about to go back to his room to get dressed when Dai Lin called him from behind.

"Um... I didn't bring my house key..."

"Key? Your house doesn't have an electronic lock?"

"No, my mom thinks electronic locks are unreliable, so she didn't install them."

"What about your other houses? You must have more than one house in your family, right?"

"Hmm... They're not electronic locks..."

Han Zu slapped himself in the face and gave Dai Lin a thumbs up.

"Beautiful, a Mary Sue plot from decades ago, waiting for me here."

Han Zu collapsed on the sofa, looking at the ceiling in a daze.

The room became awkward.

"Um... I want to ask, are you also a player of Infinite City?"

Dai Lin pointed to the game cabin next to him.

"Yeah, you too?"

"Is your game nickname "Tyrant"? "

"Yeah." Han Zu nodded.

"Do you know that you have become very popular recently? A lot of people are discussing your game matches, and even created a thread specifically for you on the forum."

"I don't know. I don't read forums very often because I don't want others to spoil the game content."

"Aren't you afraid of death? If you run out of rebirths and die in the Infinite City, you will also die in the real world."

Han Zu waved his hands and didn't care.

"It doesn't matter. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth and honor are determined by heaven."

"It's rare to find someone as open-minded as you."

"So why are you asking this?"

Dai Lin rubbed her hands.

"I want to... add your contact information. I want to team up with you to play a dungeon."

"Lack of a tank player?"

"Well... I guess so." Dai Lin nodded.

"Okay, I can do it."

Han Zu opened the Infinite City mobile app on his phone and logged into his account. As the saying goes, meeting is fate. Although the way he met Dai Lin was not so normal, it didn't matter to Han Zu.

"What's your ID?"

"Innocent Nerd Goblin."

"Pure Love... Your naming method reminds me of another game from 20 years ago..."

"Friend verification has been passed."

After accepting Han Zu's friend request, Dai Lin put down his phone and started chatting with Han Zu.

"Why do you live so far away?"

"Because this is one of the few places I can afford to buy in full."

"oh..."

Han Zu has a linguistic charm that can make a conversation die down no matter what.

"My name is Dai Lin, Dai for the wrong name, Lin for the dazzling array, what's your name?"

"Han Zu, Han in Han Zu, Zu in Han Zu."

"...You are really good at chatting...Why didn't you speak so straight when you were "flirting" with the Duchess..."

"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. I am not familiar with you, so how can I know if your boyfriend or girlfriend will come to trouble me in the future? Besides, it's late at night, in the suburbs, and I'm only wearing a towel. What do you think others will think when they hear these factors combined? Of course, I don't care."

"makes sense..."

Han Zu once again ended up talking so much that neither of them spoke this time.

"Forget it, go to bed early, I'll take you back tomorrow morning."

"Okay, where do I live?"

Han Zu looked at Dai Lin next to him and pointed to his bedroom.

"I'll just spend the night on the couch."

"Can I take a bath?"

"Whatever, but I don't have any pajamas here."

Dai Lin took a shower, wrapped herself in a bath towel, held her clothes, and quickly walked into Han Zu's bedroom and closed the door.

Han Zu was still lying on the sofa, facing the opposite direction, playing with his mobile phone.

The two of them rested separately and didn't talk all night.

Dai Lin didn't wake up until after 9 o'clock the next morning. Han Zu's bed was so comfortable. She didn't know where he bought it from.

After getting dressed, Dai Lin walked out of the room. Han Zu was lying on the sofa wearing only grey suit pants, smoking a cigar.

"woke up?"

"Well, thank you for bothering you yesterday."

Han Zu waved his hand, got up and went to the kitchen to make two bowls of pork bone noodles, and brought them to the coffee table next to the sofa.

"Eat it while it's hot. I'll take you home after you finish eating."

"Thank you."

After dinner, Han Zu sent Dai Lin back to his home in the wealthy area of ​​the city. Dai Lin went forward and knocked on the door. Sure enough, his parents were there and did not go out traveling.

Watching Dai Lin walk into the house, Han Zu lit a cigar, turned and left.

Dai Lin's parents leaned against the window, watching Han Zu's departing back.