It seems that the villain is targeting me.

It was already daybreak and she could hear birds singing outside the window. She opened her eyes and took a moment to figure out where she was.

She is lying on the bed.

The touch of the quilt rubbing against my skin was very comfortable, like being wrapped in a thick cloud, and even my fingertips were warm.

This seems to be... a bird's

bed.

I was lying on the bed where Xiao Niao had slept.

She realized this and thought back to everything that happened yesterday.

Not a dream.

Everything in the room clearly bore traces of another person, proving that this was not just his illusion.

After experiencing so many reincarnations, she found her little bird.

Her throat moved slightly and Chen Xiaoyue swallowed carefully. There seemed to be a wonderful warm fragrance on the quilt (psychological effect), which made her dare not even breathe too hard.

She was the only one in the room. She was sleeping so soundly that she didn't even notice anyone leaving the room.

Chen Xiaoyue sat up from the bed in annoyance, supporting her still dizzy head with her hands.

Is it because of that dream?

Under normal circumstances, she would not be so unvigilant - she has always been a light sleeper, and even in her sleep, she can be easily awakened by noises from the outside world.

The bedding roll Xiao Niao left behind from sleeping on the floor last night was not far from her bed. Logically speaking, at this distance, she would definitely be woken up...

How long had she slept?

Chen Xiaoyue looked up at the sky. The sun had already moved above her head. It looked like it was almost noon.

Xiao Niao should be busy with work now, right?

It's the beginning of the semester now, and the new young teacher will definitely be very busy...

Chen Xiaoyue looked at the desk not far from the bed - it was also the only desk in the entire apartment - on which was the breakfast that Xiaoniao had left for her: eggs, soy milk, and rice balls wrapped in fried dough sticks.

After being left out for a whole morning, all the food is now completely cold.

Chen Xiaoyue had no appetite and reached out to take the note under the soy milk cup.

"I'm going to work. Eat breakfast when you wake up," she whispered, reading the words on the note. "Don't run around."

The room was quiet for a few seconds.

A few seconds later, Chen Xiaoyue fell back onto the bed with the note in her hand. She buried her head in the pillow and muttered, "I won't run around..."

She didn't realize she was laughing—if the doctor had a tail, it would be lashing wildly like a propeller by now.

"I'm not a child anymore," Chen Xiaoyue said helplessly, "Teacher."

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"I'm thinking about a question."

At the beginning of lunch break, Xiao Niao said this to Tongzi.

System: [Huh? What's the problem... What's for lunch?]

Xiao Niao: "...No, I was thinking, if the doctor was accidentally dragged into this world by me during my time traveling, then how on earth am I going to bring her back?"

Do I use items? Do I spend points? Or do I need to discuss this with the controller?

"Shh... I've never encountered this situation before," Tongzi said hesitantly. "The manual doesn't mention a similar case either. I guess this is probably some extremely low-probability event."

"But we can try the item cards first," it suggested.

[Contract Card, Transfer Card, Team Up Card... Ah, no, no, these are for 'players'...]

Tongzi muttered to himself as he searched through the system mall.

Xiao Niao pricked up her ears and listened for a while, and found that the other party was saying only some strange terms, so she temporarily emptied her mind and waited for the system to notify her after it had found it.

She taught classes for the entire morning - basically, she was in meetings, writing lesson plans, and assigning classes - and it was no surprise that Xiao Niao was going to teach first grade, and Chen Xiaoya's class was among them.

She had a lot of things to do in the morning, so she didn't go to visit the little boy.

But judging from his condition yesterday, he should have adapted well to the new school, so there is no need to worry too much.

I wonder how the doctor is doing now, Xiao Niao thought, well... I'll bring some lunch back to see her. She must be bored staying in the room alone for so long.

Xiao Niao then packed lunch boxes for two people from the school cafeteria - she spent two meal coupons for this, and was once again saddened by the rapid loss of living expenses.

Xiaoniao didn't have much money left in her pocket to begin with. It was barely enough for her and Chen Xiaoya to budget carefully and make it until payday. They could only eat a limited number of meals in the cafeteria.

If you add in the food, clothing and other expenses of an adult, the money will not be enough.

Ugh……

Xiao Niao picked up the packed lunch box and walked towards the teachers' apartment while sighing.

Halfway through, the system's voice rang again.

"Okay, I found it. There are two feasible ideas," Tongzi shouted excitedly. "It just so happens that there are suitable prop cards in the system warehouse of No. 4 - we can try both methods."

"How to try?" Xiao Niao asked while walking up the stairs.

【First, the first method——】

"You have two systems," Tongzi reminded him. "As long as you bind Number Four to Chen Xiaoyue, you can take her out with you after the mission is over."

Theoretically, only those classified as "insiders" by the master controller can freely move back and forth between the small world and reality.

In other words, only the system as the 'harvester' and the host as the 'operator' have the power to return to reality.

of course

All of this must be supported by causal points - all acts of crossing require the consumption of causal points.

[Anyone in reality has the qualifications to be able to bind to the system.]

Tongzi said, "This can also confirm whether Chen Xiaoyue is from the real world—if she can't bind, then she's lying to you."

Xiao Niao thought for a while and said, "It's a good idea indeed. This way, we can also verify the authenticity of the doctor..."

"But I have a question," she said with a stern face, "Where on earth has Xiao Si gone now? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

Yes, number four hasn’t come back yet.

Originally, when it got lost yesterday, Xiaoniao and Tongzi didn't take it too seriously.

After all, the other party is not a real cat, so it is impossible for it to get lost and unable to return home.

It is also unlikely that the other party will be kidnapped or encounter danger - if something really happens, it will definitely send a distress signal to Tongzi or exchange props to try to deal with it.

[Yesterday, it exchanged for some random things...]

The system muttered as it searched through the purchase history: [But this isn't an escape kit, is it? Canned cat food? Cat food? Is it being offered as a sacrifice because it's surrounded by stray cats...]

[The location isn't far away, so it should be near the school.] Tongzi was puzzled. [Could it be that he's out playing?]

"Oh... then I'll find some time to look for it after get off work," Xiao Niao said. "Don't worry, it's still a long time before we go home."

[Yes, then let's try the second method ourselves first.]

The system suggested: [There's a card in Number Four's warehouse that can bind two people's location bands together. The principle is quite complicated, but you can simply think of it as teaming up in the game.]

[After all, Number Four and I are both your systems. If Chen Xiaoyue wants to leave this world, she must go through you.]

The system explained: [If her compatibility with you is too low, or the trust level is 0, then the binding will not be successful.]

Xiao Niao quickly understood: "I understand. When we return to reality, we will be identified as a team and then teleported back."

[Bingo,] Tongzi gave her some advice, [When you go into the room, don't say anything to her first. Just slap the card on her. That way you'll know right away if she's lying...]

This is also very easy to test: if the level of trust is too low, it can basically be automatically determined that the person is a liar.

Xiao Niao was somewhat helpless: "You are still doubting the doctor..."

As she spoke, she had already arrived at her room - she took out the key to open the door, then pushed it open and walked in.

Xiao Niao was nervous for a while when she entered the room, but soon she found that the doctor did not run away, but stayed in the room as she had instructed.

She breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.

"You're back, Teacher Xiao." Chen Xiaoyue sat on the chair, turned around and smiled at her.

Xiao Niao responded and stuck his head out to look at the desk: the breakfast he left on the table seemed to have been eaten by the other party, and the garbage had also been cleaned up.

Come to think of it, the floor and the surrounding furniture seemed to have become a little cleaner.

Was she cleaning the house while I was away?

[Pat her on the back,] the system muttered in its head, [Don't hesitate, hesitation will lead to defeat.]

The prop card has been thoughtfully exchanged into your hand.

Xiao Niao looked at Dr. Chen's trusting eyes and couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

No, that's not right. This is also to allow the doctor to return to reality with me...

Xiao Niao calmed himself down and made up his mind to walk towards Chen Xiaoyue.

She put the lunch box she had just bought on the table and chatted casually.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Xiao Niao lowered his head and paid close attention to the doctor's gaze. "I think I heard you talking in your sleep..."

"Dream talk?" Chen Xiaoyue was stunned. "What did I say?"

Well, no problem, her attention is completely on me.

Xiao Niao calmly maintained the topic, and on the other hand, he naturally put his hand on the doctor's shoulder - and slapped the card with special effects on it.

The shining card quickly seeped into Chen Xiaoyue's body like melting snow and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Niao looked at her nervously.

Five seconds...ten seconds...

Twenty seconds...

[How is it?] The system couldn't help but pop out a question, [Is it effective?]

Xiao Niao was very confused: "It seems no different from before...ah, wait!"

She suddenly discovered that a vague ball of light seemed to be forming on the doctor's body - the color of the light was red, giving people the first feeling of danger, which was completely different from the soft white halo on the card she had used before.

The doctor was obviously frightened as well. He reached out and tried to touch the halo, feeling a bit overwhelmed. "What, what is this..."

Xiao Niao instinctively grabbed her hand: "Wait! Don't touch it yet!"

And then, at that moment.

The red ball of light suddenly rushed towards Xiao Niao at an extremely fast speed.

——She couldn't even see how the light ball moved, she just watched

With a whoosh, it drilled into his body and disappeared.

It feels like putting two strong magnets together, then releasing one of them and letting it slam into the other magnet.

Xiao Niao subconsciously took a few steps back - because he retreated too quickly, the back of his head hit the wall almost the next second.

She let out a distorted sob.

"Xiao Niao!" Chen Xiaoyue stood up in panic, "Are you okay? What happened to you?"

Doctor Chen reached out to support the bird, but found that the bird looked a little strange: its eyebrows were twisted together, its teeth were subconsciously clenched together, and its pupils were slightly dilated due to shock.

The doctor looked at her worriedly: "Xiao Niao?"

Xiao Niao covered his stomach with his hands. His expression looked a little painful, but a suspicious blush appeared on his cheeks and ears.

She bent over unconsciously, her body arched tensely.

"Xiao Niao, are you okay? What on earth was that ball of light just now..." Doctor Chen felt extremely anxious. "Don't hide, let me see—"

Xiao Niao still wanted to retreat, his back unconsciously hitting the wall, his hands groping around in the place where the light ball had just disappeared, and even his breathing became a little panicked.

She looked at the doctor and stammered, "In...in..."

Chapter 96 She Finally Became the Adult She Hated the Most