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    Chapter 11

    “What’s wrong, Xia Xia? Why did she suddenly stop moving?” Sensing Xia Zhou’s stagnation, Chu Yue turned to ask.

    It’s Lingle’s consciousness field!

    Is he out of control?

    “It’s okay, you go ahead and do your work first. I just suddenly remembered something…” Xia Zhou reacted quickly and immediately began to observe his surroundings. During his inspection, his eyes met Pei Yifan who was guarding the corner of the stairs.

    “Brother Pei, are you… upstairs?” Lowering his voice, Xia Zhou went up the stairs and asked calmly.

    “Well, be safe, I’ll be here to guard you.” Putting down the terminal in his hand, Pei Yifan’s answer was brief, but his calm temperament made him feel at ease.

    After going up to the second floor, Xia Zhou’s sharp eyes spotted the scrutinizing eyes hidden in the shadows of the corridor.

    That’s a black panther.

    The smooth body outline and solid-colored fur made it blend into the darkness perfectly. The slightly rotating ears clearly captured the various movements in the small building. Xia Zhou looked at it twice, guessing that it should be Pei Yifan’s spiritual body, and then turned his attention back to looking for Lingle.

    This small foreign-style building is an old-fashioned building. There is a small window at the end of the corridor. The sunlight passes through the heavy frosted glass, leaving only a blurry halo.That was the only light source in the corridor.

    “Ling Le?”

    Stopping in the narrow corridor, Xia Zhou gently pushed open the half-open door.

    The bright sunlight shines through the window sill, illuminating the indoor layout. This is a lounge, and there are items placed casually by the staff in the room, but Lingle is not here.

    Going all the way deep into the corridor, Xia Zhou finally came to the last door.

    “Ling Le, are you in there?” Xia Zhou asked softly after knocking on the door frame.

    Click.

    It was the sound of the door lock being unlocked.

    Looking at the door slowly opening, Xia Zhou felt relieved in his heart.

    It’s good that he is still conscious, but if Lingle has reached the point of mental dissociation, then the situation will be difficult.Silently anticipating the risks and situations he might encounter, Xia Zhou reached out to push the door open.

    Suddenly, a hand quickly stretched out from the darkness and grabbed Xia Zhou’s wrist tightly, and then the world started to spin.

    When he came to his senses again, Xia Zhou was already firmly locked in someone’s arms.

    “Call me Lingling again, why do you call me Lingle? Didn’t you agree to call me Aling? I already call you Zhouzhou, shouldn’t you also give me a unique title? Annoying guys, always bothering me and Zhouzhou, don’t they have a partner? Can’t sleep well…”

    As his vision gradually adapted to the darkness, Xia Zhou heard the muttering behind his ears and felt the arms tightening around his waist.

    “Ling…Aling, please relax, okay? You’re so tight that I can’t breathe.” Xia Zhou said helplessly, patting the arm around his waist soothingly.

    “Humph.” Hearing Xia Zhou’s discomfort, Lingle relaxed his strength slightly, but soon got involved again.

    “Can you give me a hug? I’m so tired, Zhouzhou. They don’t let me sleep. It’s annoying. It’s chirping, ticking, and walking around again. There are so many people when I come out. They all look at me. What do they look at? I look strange. I don’t have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. The smell is not good, it’s a mess…”

    With a coquettish expression on his lips, Lingle’s movements on his hands were unambiguous. He directly took the person in his arms and found a place to sit down, and also adjusted a comfortable posture.

    His body was trapped between Lingle’s legs, with a solid chest behind him. Warm breath spread faintly on his neck, causing Xia Zhou to unconsciously grasp the fabric in his hand.

    Through the thin fabric, Xia Zhou clearly felt the muscles in Lingle’s thigh tighten, and quickly retracted his hand in a panic.

    “Zhouzhou…”

    Lingle’s voice became hoarse, and where Xia Zhou couldn’t see, his eyes were full of unbearable desire.

    “Woof!”

    The happy barking of a dog suddenly sounded in the small utility room, breaking up the ambiguous atmosphere in the room.

    Xia Zhou, who was worried about what to do, looked at the Samoyed who suddenly appeared and breathed a sigh of relief.

    “You’re in good spirits, baby.”

    Samoyed’s plush head rubbed his calf, and Xia Zhou smiled softly.

    “Hmph, go ahead, Xiaobai, this is mine!” Blocking Yeye’s movement in disgust, Lingle buried his head in Xia Zhou’s neck and rubbed it angrily, as if he was declaring his sovereignty in this way.

    Xia Zhou, who was itchy, shrank his shoulders and rubbed Lingle’s head helplessly, “Why are you still angry with your mental body?”

    “You have never called me baby, and now you are calling it baby. Is this right!? This is not right at all! I’m angry! Comfort me!” A muffled voice came to his ears. Xia Zhou looked at Lingling’s difficult appearance and had no choice but to compromise.

    “Because I don’t know what it’s called. Okay, I’ll coax you. I’ll make you some delicious food when you go back. I’ll give you some counseling at night. I’ll watch you fall asleep before I leave. Is that okay?”

    “Huh, it’s agreed!”

    “Woof!” In this room, Xiaobai, who was disliked, circled around the two of them twice, but could not find any sign of his friend. At this moment, he could only squat on the spot aggrievedly, looking at Xia Zhou with wet eyes.

    Facing these puppy eyes, Xia Zhou had no resistance at all.

    “Come on, your little friend is here.” Xia Zhou said, holding the snowball in his hands, letting it solidify.

    “What do you call the new guy?” Looking at the ragdoll cat in Xia Zhou’s hand, Lingle curiously stretched out a finger and poked it gently.

    “This is my spiritual body. I have a lazy temperament. My name is Snowball.”

    Seeing the snowball tilted by Lingle’s poke, Xia Zhou tilted the little lazy cat in his hand in a funny way.

    “Oh, hello Snowball.” Lingle, who didn’t realize that he was disliked by the cat, grabbed the kitten’s front paw and shook it up and down.

    “Woof!” Before Xueqiu could react, Xiaobai on the side used his head to push Lingle’s hand away, then gently picked up the little white cat by the back of the neck and walked towards the corner.

    “Tch, you are so stingy, you can’t even touch her?” The cupped hand was still hanging in the air. Lin Le looked at Xiao Bai’s leaving figure and pouted, as if he didn’t even realize that a few minutes ago, someone was stingy enough to prevent Ye Ye from getting close to Xia Zhou.

    Seeing that Lingle’s right hand was on autopilot and was about to be clasped back to him, Xia Zhou immediately stretched out his hand to stop it, then clasped his fingers together, and then released his mental power.

    “Huh? If you want to hold hands, you can tell me, Zhouzhou, you can hold hands anytime you want, as long as…” As the mental power continued to be output, Lingling’s voice became smaller and smaller.

    Until Lingle’s breathing became steady, Xia Zhou did not loosen his tightly clasped fingers.

    Maintaining the twisted posture, Xia Zhou struggled to poke open the terminal between his wrists with his other hand.

    On the terminal, there was a message from Pei Yifan twenty minutes ago.

    [I have already told the program team that Lingle can be allowed to rest before the official recording in the evening. Also, the prepared potion has been placed outside the door.】

    [Okay, Lingle’s mood has basically stabilized. I’ll give him some quick guidance and he’ll be down in a while.】

    After replying to the message, Xia Zhou glanced at Xueqiu, who was nestled next to Xiaobai, and called softly, “Xueqiu, go and bring in the bag at the door.”

    Xueqiu, who was assigned a task, walked lazily to the door, jumped up, and accurately opened the door lock. Seeing this, Xiaobai on the side immediately excitedly took the bag at the door into the house.

    “Thank you for your hard work, Xiaobai.”

    Unable to hold back, Xia Zhou rubbed Ye Ye’s head again, took the bag, and dug out the calming potion.

    Due to the high force of the sentinels, most of the sedatives are designed as dissolvable microneedle patches. You only need to put the skin patch on the skin, and the microneedles will gradually begin to dissolve into the blood vessels and deliver the sedatives into the sentinels’ bodies.

    After estimating the time it would take for the medicine to take effect, Xiao Bai’s figure disappeared into the corner. Xia Zhou easily opened the arms that were tied around his waist, and then with a lot of effort, he carried Lingle into the lounge next door.

    Seeing the staff delivering another wave of equipment, Xia Zhou picked and picked, finally choosing a pair of soundproof earmuffs for Lingle to wear.

    “Snowball, please watch here.”

    Looking at the big man sleeping soundly with disgust, the elegant ragdoll cat walked around the pillow, finally found a soft spot, and then rolled itself into a ball.

    After confirming that everything was correct, Xia Zhou left the second floor.

    “You’re here, Xia Xia, come and help me with the ingredients, there will be seasoning to make later!” Returning to the lobby on the first floor, Xia Zhou immediately received Chu Yue’s call.

    “How’s it going?” Seeing Xia Zhou’s arrival, Pei Yifan, who was removing the entrails from the squid, stopped and asked in a low voice.

    “Much better. I’m lying down now. Thank you, Brother Pei.” After hearing Pei Yifan’s question, Xia Zhou didn’t forget to express his gratitude while replying.

    “Okay, I’ll leave this to you. I’ll go check out the dining car.” After confirming that Lingling was fine, Pei Yifan left with peace of mind.

    “Well, it’s better to be more comfortable with Xia Xia. Brother Pei’s aura of raising the knife with his hand and falling from the side really made my little heart skip a beat.” Seeing Xia Zhou taking over Pei Yifan’s position, Chu Yue immediately came up and complained in a low voice.

    “Really, thank you for your hard work. How are the ingredients prepared now?” After putting on his gloves, Xia Zhou removed the internal organs and cartilage from the squid in his hand, tore off the outer membrane, and then placed it on the chopping board. He cut the squid with a diagonal knife to make a cross pattern, which was considered a cut.

    “The scallop meat has been washed and marinated with cooking wine and ginger slices to remove the fishy smell. The vermicelli has also been soaked. The clams have been soaked in salt water and sesame oil and left to spit out sand.” Chu Yue’s tone became more relaxed as he took stock of the preparations that had been done. “What’s left is to process the live shrimp and crab legs. After processing these squid, you can make the seasoning!”

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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