Restricted fantasy invasion

Chapter 401 398 Rewind
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Just as Yan Huan was pondering the name Bai Yi and the change in her feelings towards him, Sakura Miyako suddenly launched the same deadly attack that An Le had just used on Ye Shiyu.
"It's all in the past. The president was just discharged from the hospital today after recovering, so let's not bring up things that will bring back bad memories, shall we?"

Upon hearing this, Anle frowned slightly and looked at Sakura Miyabi.

[Sakuramiya Hitomi: 23%]

Their attitudes toward Ye Shiyu are evident from their level of affection for her.

This resulted in the fact that although they all came for Ye Shiyu today, the demands they made were completely opposite.

Sakura Miyako only wanted to solve the problem of Ye Shiyu and Yan Huan living too close together, while Anle was thinking of digging up Ye Shiyu's dark history and putting her to death.

Perhaps it could be described as tacit understanding; Sakura Miyako's thoughts coincided perfectly with Yan Huan's.

"It's nothing, we were just looking at properties there."

"Properties?"

Wang Yulu was slightly taken aback and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Well, back then I was living in the South District, and commuting to work in the Jinghe District was quite stressful every morning."

Yan Huan glanced at Ye Shiyu beside her, and then explained,
"Although Ye's International also has employee dormitories, they were originally only available to full-time employees through a lottery system. It didn't feel right for us to use connections to move in directly. So we were thinking of renting a place nearby."

Hearing that Yan Huan and Sakura Miyako's stories were becoming increasingly consistent, Anle fell silent and stopped launching an attack.

Generally speaking, once Yan Huan speaks, she will no longer argue.

However, contradictions objectively exist, and sometimes it's not that there are no problems just because she doesn't speak up.

The longer Yan Huan spent with An Le, the more she understood this principle.

"Are you renting in Beihai District, or is it a villa?"

Wang Yulu's question was reasonable, and at this moment, Ye Shiyu, who felt Yan Huan's gaze, seemed to understand his meaning.

She glanced at Yan Huan, then at An Le and Tong Yingying, who had fallen silent opposite her.

After a moment's consideration, she spoke softly.

"Because of Anle, I'm also working at the comic studio that the Golden Lion Group has signed a contract with this summer, and the commute is stressful."
"Sister Tong Ying is actually a physical education teacher at our school, and she used to live in the South District."

"We all know each other, so why don't we share an apartment nearby?"

Upon hearing this, both Anle and Tong Yingying were slightly taken aback.

Clearly, they hadn't expected the other party to speak in that way.

Wang Yulu glanced at Yan Huan with concern and whispered,
"You guys are really too trusting of my Xiao Huan. After all, you're both girls, and he's a boy. Men and women shouldn't be so close. It's really inappropriate for them to live together."

So Yan Huan's mother is a very traditional parent?!

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Upon hearing Wang Yulu's words, Sakura Miyako, An Le, and Tong Yingying all flinched for a moment.

Clearly, this is far too late.

"Since Xiao Huan lives so close to me, I've found a suitable place for Anle and Tong Yingying to stay."

"That way, we can go to and from get off work together, and they can come over to visit anytime, anywhere."

Upon hearing Ye Shiyu's words, Sakura Miyako raised an eyebrow, while Anle and Tong Yingying finally realized what Ye Shiyu wanted to say and couldn't help but show surprised expressions.

Ye Shiyu was incredibly clever; she immediately realized that their aggressive attack was simply because they didn't trust her, who lived across from Xiao Huan.

Now, she directly suggests that since you're worried, you can move in with us.

Perhaps she hasn't found a suitable place yet, but saying she has now simply means they don't have to worry about the rent; she can cover it herself.

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Sakura Miyako took a satisfied sip of tea, while Anle and Tong Yingying reacted differently.

[Sakuramiya Hitomi: 31%]

[Peace of Mind: -91%]

[Tong Yingying: 3%]

However, in terms of the change in favorability, Ye Shiyu's words did indeed have an effect.

"That's great! We live nearby, and Auntie's been relatively free lately, so it'll be more lively if you come over often."

Wang Yulu was unaware of the intricacies behind this, while Ye Lan glanced at the girls present and showed a troubled expression.

Unlike Wang Yulu, who simply considered them as Yan Huan's "good friends," Ye Lan was aware of the ambiguous relationship between them.

But now she's unsure whether she should tell her best friend about it.

Forget it, I can't even manage Shiyu properly, so it's better to let Yulu worry about this herself.

With her watching over things, nothing bad should happen.
Right?
"Om~"

At that moment, the sound of a pressure cooker leaking steam came from the kitchen. Wang Yulu's expression immediately changed, and she got up to check.

"You guys chat for a bit, I'll go check on the dishes."

"Auntie, let me help you."

Anle glanced at Ye Shiyu again, remained silent for a second, and then followed Wang Yulu to the kitchen without saying anything more.

Areya was still watching cartoons and didn't participate in their discussion at all.

As Sakuramiya Hitomi got up to go find the bathroom, the living room suddenly became much emptier.

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Yan Huan smiled slightly and exchanged a glance with Ye Shiyu.

Feeling his smile, Ye Shiyu blinked.

They didn't have time to exchange words, because the next second, Yan Huan looked at Tong Yingying and invited her...

"Come on, Sister Tong, shall we go up to the rooftop for a stroll?"

"Okay."

Since Yan Huan had invited her, she got up and left with her.

"Click~"

"Hey, weren't we going to the rooftop? How did we end up here?"

The two went up the stairs, but instead of reaching the rooftop, they went to Yan Huan's room.

Yan Huan smiled helplessly, ignoring the question, and instead turned around to ask,
"Sister Tong, even if Ye Shiyu helps Anle rent a house nearby, you won't come to live there, right?"

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Upon hearing this, Tong Yingying's expression softened slightly.

She took a deep breath, sat down on Yan Huan's bed without any hesitation, and crossed her legs, saying...

"Forget it, I don't get used to living with other people, and I guess Anle will be the same."

Just now, after Ye Shiyu made that suggestion, Anle's favorability rating increased by 9 points, but Tong Yingying's only increased by 1 point.

Clearly, the proposal held no appeal for her.

That makes sense. As for the others, Hitomi Sakura and Aria are already young ladies, so they definitely wouldn't come and stay.

This proposal may be very attractive to Anle, but Tong Yingying is not short of money, so why should she compromise herself?

Yan Huan sat down next to Tong Yingying and asked,
"That's why I wanted to ask, Sister Tong, do you have any plans to open a branch of Tongyao in the Jinghe District?"

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Upon hearing Yan Huan's words, Tong Yingying couldn't help but glance at him.

With her red lips slightly parted, her fingers moved closer to Yan Huan through the folds of the bed sheet.

“I do own other shops in the Jinghe District, and they're not far from where you work.”

"You're so rich!"

"It's still inferior to yours~"

"Come on, before my mom came back, I was living off your relief food, Sister Tong. I don't know what my mom was thinking."

"Why, you're still not happy?"

"I don't think so."

Yan Huan shook her head and simply said,
"If my mom hadn't raised me in poverty, I might not have met you. Thinking about it that way, raising me in poverty for eighteen years was totally worth it."

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Upon hearing this, Tong Yingying blushed, and her hand, which had been some distance away from him, immediately grabbed his waist.
"Grumpy."

"Hiss! Sister Tong, spare me!"

"Come on, you're still living off my welfare. How long has it been since you last worked for me? Are you just drawing a salary without working?"

"It's not my fault."

"Stop talking nonsense and kiss me."

"what?"

Yan Huan opened her mouth, not expecting Tong Yingying to suddenly make such a request.

Turning her head away, she saw that Yan Huan's eyes were darting around, and although she spoke like that, she seemed to be waiting for Yan Huan to take the initiative.

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Looking at her lips without lipstick, Yan Huan was slightly taken aback, but the next second she kissed her without hesitation.

"Boom~"

"Well"

As soon as Yan Huan came close, Tong Yingying let out a sob, then closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Yan Huan's neck.

Between kisses, Tong Yingying unconsciously collapsed, looking weak and helpless.
"what"

She nudged Yan Huan, blushed furiously, covered her mouth, and announced that it was time to rest.

Compared to Emperor An Tian, ​​Tong Yingying was far too weak. Perhaps to hide her embarrassment at being utterly defeated by Yan Huan's kiss, Tong Yingying could only pant and change the subject.

"The shop issue is easy to resolve; there are readily available options."

"I let it go before, since I know the modding issue is very serious."
"But the modding issue is fixed now. If I move here after this, you won't have to come to work."
"Just you wait, the day you step out the door after get off work you'll be chopped into mincemeat!"

Finally, Tong Yingying, her face slightly flushed, warned him fiercely.

".good."

Upon hearing Tong Yingying's words, Yan Huan blinked.

He covered his face, but couldn't help thinking about the host of that modifier.

"By the way, Sister Tong, could you please help me look up someone?"

"Checking for someone? Do you think I'm Aladdin?"

"...You're the only person I know who has connections, Sister Tong."

"Who are you investigating? Male or female?"

"A woman?"

"Hehe, go find someone else. See if Sakura Miyako can help you investigate."

"No, no, no, Sister Tong, don't misunderstand! I don't even know her!"

Hearing this, Tong Yingying finally relaxed a bit and asked,
"Then why are you still investigating her?"

"But I vaguely remember that she might be related to the game editor. And..."

Caught off guard by the question, Yan Huan paused for a moment, but still managed to voice the faint thoughts that still lingered in her mind.

"I always felt that she was very important to me?"

"Go to hell!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than Tong Yingying, who was lying on the bed, kicked Yan Huan in the chest.

“Didi. Ta-da.”

"Gululu~"

At a certain time, at the Linmen Gate.

The sky was covered by an endless, unclean pink mist, but even so, one could still see the phantom images of huge, writhing tentacles descending from the sky.

The entire Linmen building was rotten and covered with countless tentacles that resembled ivy, making the walls seem to come alive, wriggling up and down with each heartbeat.

"This is the best I can do for you."

In a building covered in blood and flesh, a black-haired girl wearing a cloak and holding a torch and a long sword stopped in her tracks.

As she spoke, she turned around and looked at the person behind her.

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Behind them, a girl wearing a cloak, whose beauty was still undeniable despite her disheveled hair, was holding a pocket watch.

Yes, Bai Yi.

"Thank you, Ye Shiyu."

Ahead, the black-haired girl with a weathered face and weary eyes was Ye Shiyu.

Hearing Bai Yi's thanks, Ye Shiyu gripped the knife and shook her head.
"You're welcome. Go now. If Anle finds out, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"Gululu~"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi swallowed hard.

She couldn't help but look up at the "sky" that had come to life above, where countless tentacles coiled around the center, and the faint sound of chanting could be heard.

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After just one glance, Bai Yi dared not look again, and simply said,

"I will definitely save Yan Huan!"

"Xiao Huan."

Upon hearing this name, Ye Shiyu, whose face was etched with the marks of time, couldn't help but feel her eyes darken.
"Are you crazy too? He and his mother have been gone for so long, what's the point of talking about saving them?"

"No, I"

Bai Yi was about to explain when a phantom white cat with golden eyes suddenly spoke from her shoulder.

"Time's almost up, meow, Baiyi."

“Didi. Ta-da.”

Bai Yi glanced at his pocket watch and saw that the time was already 4:40.

She said no more, simply nodded, and bid Ye Shiyu farewell.

Ye Shiyu didn't say anything, only told her to take care, then picked up the knife and turned to walk in the other direction.

"Gululu~"

"Little Joy!!"

Above the sky, the chanting grew increasingly distorted, eventually transforming into more and more frequent, terrifying shrieks, causing Bai Yi to quickly cover her ears.

At the same time, she lowered her head and began to turn the hands of the clock on her hand.

"click"

As the clock hands began to turn, a tiny, illusory image of a pendulum clock appeared on her hand.

“Didi. Ta-da.”

Beneath the pendulum clock, the pendulum swayed slightly, as if weaving a golden river composed of countless golden threads beneath it, like a loom.

There are also very clear time markers beside the river.

Year, Month, Day
However, there was no specific timeframe.

Beside the silk thread were countless dots of different colors, as if they had branched off from a river.

One of the points seemed to be the very point where she was located.

"Finally, we made it to the second day."

As the final moment approached, Bai Yi took a deep breath and said this.

Hearing this, the white cat on her shoulder glanced at her and said helplessly.

"I already told you, meow, the more you try to change established things, the greater the resistance will be. That's why these transitions into the 'if' line have become increasingly dangerous!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi simply puffed out her cheeks and said in a very optimistic manner,
"Hmph, they've made it through! It's just that Yan Huan hasn't appeared in several 'what if' scenarios, and I don't know what will happen in the real timeline tomorrow."

"I'm warning you, meow, you're walking through the real past timeline! If others realize you've crossed timelines, especially if your past self or Yan Huan finds out, you're going to be annihilated!"

"I'll just sneak a peek at him first~"

Bai Yi pouted, angrily poked the white cat on her shoulder with her finger, and said,
"That was our first meeting! Although... he didn't know that I originally planned to draw him after I finished drawing Zhou Bin's face."

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The white cat, with its dead fish eyes, didn't say a word.

Bai Yi, meanwhile, nodded and began to daydream.
"Oh dear, if only I had known earlier that Yan Huan was actually my fan."
"At that time, Anle hadn't acknowledged him yet, he still hated Spencer, and Ye Shiyu was even more of a mess."
"Hehehe, if Sakuramiya Hitomi keeps spying on me and dropping bombshells, I don't know how I'm going to lose!"

Just thinking about it like that is wishful thinking on Bai Yi's part.

She waved her small fists, her starry eyes sparkling, and even fantasized triumphantly about beating them up and winning.

"Hmph, then Yan Huan will definitely pursue me relentlessly and confess her feelings to me. Yan Ye, tell me, should I reluctantly agree, or should I reluctantly agree?"

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"Yan Ye?"

Beside them, the white cat had already tucked its tail between its legs and quietly walked away.

"Swallow Leaf!"

"It's almost time, meow."

"You guy!"

Bai Yi puffed out her cheeks, instantly turning into a pink pufferfish.

She grabbed the chubby white cat and hugged it tightly in her arms.

“Didi. Ta-da.”

And before us, as the time approached 4:44, a door to the real world suddenly opened.

Inside, one can vaguely make out the Totsuki Academy, where the spring semester's opening exams are held.

"Well, why bring this up again? After tomorrow, he probably won't even remember me."

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"Tell me, Yan Ye, can I save him?"

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Yan Ye didn't answer the question, but simply wagged its tail and said softly,

"He will remember your cat."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi's face revealed a beautiful smile.

She affectionately rubbed her face against the fluffy white cat in her arms, and the next second, the white light in front of her suddenly became dazzling, completely engulfing her.

“Didi. Ta-da.”

"Kakakaka!!"

And this world, swallowed by tentacles, seemed to rewind, returning to 4:45 a.m. the day before.

(End of this chapter)