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Chapter 258 Meeting in a Dream
"Did I wake you?"

A slightly mature female voice came from behind me.

Not Elori?
Chen Xuan suddenly became alert, turning around with his abilities activated, only to find that the speaker was actually Liu Li. She was still dressed in the same tight vest and short skirt, but the white veil, hat, and long sword were placed aside. Her lips were slightly parted, her cheeks flushed, and she looked at Chen Xuan with a smile, her eyes seemingly brimming with tears.

The affectionate look in her eyes stunned Chen Xuan.

"Hiccup~" Liuli covered her mouth.

Hiccup?

His gaze shifted and landed on the table next to the other person—on which were a dozen cans of beer and two bottles of dark-colored craft beer, both of which were already empty.

Okay... she wasn't being affectionate at all, she just drank too much!

This room was undoubtedly Elori's residence, consistent with the goal Chen Xuan had set before falling asleep. Judging from the scene, the Dream Weaver had replicated it quite accurately—the cramped space, the dolls on the bed, all identical to those in his memory. He hadn't even expected that the ability would replicate N21 as well.

But he didn't see Elori.

Chen Xuan immediately tensed up. Could it be that because she was unconscious, she would no longer appear in his dreams?
"Do you know where Elori went?" he asked Liuli, who was completely drunk.

"That girl went to the supermarket. Didn't she say she was going to buy groceries and cook for you herself?"

"I see..." Chen Xuan blinked. So his dream had this kind of setting?

It seems that the dream creator emphasizes logic, and can lay out the cause and effect for even the most unusual scenes.

"Then I'll wait."

"Hmm," Liuli responded, then added reproachfully, "How long are you going to leave me here? My stability is limited."

Judging from the meaning alone, it sounds a bit like a threat, but when she said it, it was very soft, like an older sister's complaint.

Chen Xuan suddenly remembered that there was such a thing as stability.

"What is it now?"

"That's your human way of measuring things, how would I know?" Liuli snorted lightly. "All I know is that I've been here for a long time, it's no different than being in the temple's treasury. If I can't play my role soon, be careful I don't lose control at any time."

Chen Xuan's lips twitched. The artifact needed frequent use when not in dormant mode—this was a "rule" he'd heard from the other party. And N21's symbol was that of a swordsman, its purpose was killing; ordinary people truly couldn't master such an artifact. "Don't worry, I'll consider your needs."

This feeling is so strange... He was actually comforting a strange object in his dream.

“Actually, there are other ways to make me feel at ease…” Liuli said, slightly tipsy.

"what way?"

She put down the beer can she was holding, staggered over to the crib, and said, "Come here, I'll tell you."

Chen Xuan walked over out of curiosity, but unexpectedly, the other party grabbed his arm and pushed him down!
Then Liuli rolled onto the bed, lay face down on him, her long, silvery hair falling down and brushing against his face.

Chen Xuan's computer crashed.

This dream doesn't seem right, does it?
Although Liuli always wears a smile in real life, is she actually indifferent and only interested in wielding a sword to kill enemies? Especially her pair of bright and clear pupils, which are like ancient ice emitting cold air, can make people subconsciously back away when they stare at them.

But although her appearance hasn't changed, the feeling she gives off has completely changed.

"What...are you going to do?"

Chen Xuan tried to move, but the other person grabbed his hands and pressed them to either side of his head.

That's too domineering. He felt that their positions should be reversed.

“Didn’t you ask me for the method…” She lowered her body and bit his ear. In that instant, Chen Xuan felt the hairs on his body stand on end. “Although I am not human, I possess everything that humans have… so doing soothing things can also make me feel at ease.”

After speaking, Liuli's lips moved down her neck to her collar, then she took the zipper into her mouth and moved it downwards.

Wait... we can't show the area below the neck!
Just then, the door opened!

"I'm back—ahhh!" A scream rang out.

The two turned their heads to look, only to see Elori standing in the doorway in shock, the plastic bag she was carrying falling to the ground with a thud.

"What...what are you trying to do?!"

Judging from the angel's shifty gaze, she was clearly asking a question she already knew the answer to.

However, Elori didn't stand there in a daze for long. She quickly ran up and pulled Liuli away, saying, "Have you drunk again? I told you not to get drunk!"

"I'm not drunk, how am I drunk?" Liuli muttered reluctantly, "It's only a few bottles of wine..."

"Sorry, I didn't scare you, did I?" Elori said apologetically. "She's not usually like this... she only changes her personality when she's drunk."

"pity……"

"What?" she blinked.

"No, it's nothing." Chen Xuan coughed twice. Ugh... this was clearly a dream. No matter what happened in the dream, they would all disappear upon waking, and only he would know what had happened. "When did she start liking to drink?"

“I don’t know… I got her a cell phone so she could order what she liked to eat, but she started buying alcohol all the time.” Elori sighed helplessly. “Miss Liuli is great in every other way, except she’s prone to overdrinking.”

"I didn't," Liuli defended herself. "I know exactly what I'm doing, and it's all for your own good. If I lose control in the city center, the consequences will inevitably be bloodshed."

Their relationship... is practically like that of sisters.

Chen Xuan suddenly asked curiously, "How long have you been living together?"

“Shopkeeper, you really don’t care about me at all.” Even Elori complained slightly this time. “You brought her here from the Temple Treasury, have you already forgotten when that was?”

“Seven months and twenty-five days,” Liuli replied with a smile. “During this time, you’ve only been here twice, hiccup…”

More than half a year?
But in reality, they went to the Temple Treasury in early January, so it's been at most half a month. As for this place... Chen Xuan remembered that the angel mentioned that the Temple Treasury fell on June 1st, so if it's been 7 months... He turned his head to look at the calendar on his desk and found that it was indeed January 26th.

Wait a minute, January 26th? Doesn't that match the time in Jiangcheng?

Could this be a coincidence?

“So it’s been that long…” Chen Xuan murmured.

Even though Elori changed the outcome of the apocalypse in reality, she didn't rest. Instead, she decided to stay in the future to explore the key factors that led to the change. But in her dream, she returned to her cozy little home and lived with Ruri for half a year.

It's almost like watching an "if" scenario.

It's important to know that none of these settings were his decision; he merely envisioned the environment in which he would meet Elori. He never expected that the Dream Weaver would actually create a complete and traceable past.

"It seems you didn't go to the future... That's good." Chen Xuan paused mid-sentence. No, according to Lin Qing, he should try to convey to Elori that they were trying to save her. The problem was, how could he steer the conversation back to this topic when faced with a healthy Elori?

"Huh? Mr. Manager, have you lost your memory?" Elori picked up the plastic bag on the ground and began to select the ingredients inside. "Of course I've been to the future. You were the one who invited me to go with you."

Chen Xuan was slightly stunned.

"You've only been here twice during this period."

Liuli's words resurfaced in his mind.

"The last time was... in June?"

“Otherwise,” Elori shrugged. “Since we stopped the devil’s plan, we should at least go and see if it worked. Besides, I was injured that time, and I only escaped thanks to the shopkeeper.”

Chen Xuan felt his heart pounding.

This is it...

The dream weaver actually managed to read Elori's memories and reproduce them in her dream!

(End of this chapter)