Monster Escape Room Re-Employment Chapter 25
byTrue colors revealed (1)
Who can see me.
Who comes to see me.
The young man grew up in a halo, enjoying favorable conditions and the favor of his family.
Everywhere he passed, there was only applause and admiration.
No matter how naive the work is or how sloppy the results are, they will be patted on the head and said, “You have worked very hard.”
Because there is an older brother who works hard, the younger brother can live a leisurely life.
This was a good intention not to put a heavy burden on his shoulders. He had no reason to be picky, nor was he qualified to be picky.
Because of this, because of this…
——The boy has no expectations from anyone.
What is the meaning of being the young master of the group?
What is the meaning of being a younger brother?
This is just winning the genetic lottery. This position is not necessarily his.
As a “Lian Shuhuai”, what is the meaning of this human being?
Nowhere to be found.
Anxiety and fear are like tiny spikes poking out a small black hole in the young man’s heart.
This is more hopeless than malice——
Empty.
If one day, he loses his halo…
By then, he might be like a bubble in a fairy tale, bursting at the touch of a button.
No one will look at this insignificant me.
No one needs this weak me.
…
Lian Shuhuai lay on the bed in the single ward, not daring to move, as he would bump into the exaggerated big bump on the back of his head that he didn’t know where it came from. When he didn’t get used to it at first, he often turned over suddenly, and the pain made him want to cut off the scalp to avoid future troubles.
Family members and fat and thin people often come to visit him, and the culprit who wears glasses and looks like a gentle scum also comes occasionally.Lian Shuhuai looked the same as usual, a playboy who didn’t care about anything, but in his heart he was most looking forward to the appearance of that guy he didn’t like.
It all started with that secret room escape. He still remembered that he and Pang Mei teamed up to solve a puzzle in the teaching building. He got the compass in the teacher’s office and was suddenly attacked by NPCs from behind. Although rationally he knew that this was all a performance, he was still emotionally scared to death and couldn’t even move his legs to escape.
At that time, Pang Mei suddenly rushed over and pulled him out.
Perhaps he was too nervous. When he was going down the stairs, his feet stumbled and he was about to roll down. But his eyebrows protected him and acted as his flesh pad, holding him tightly in his arms.
With Lian Shuhuai’s identity, it was not difficult to find bodyguards willing to sacrifice themselves for him.In previous physical education classes, many people volunteered to be a protective wall when the basketball flew towards him.
However, they are protecting the young master of the iF Group, not the young man Lian Shuhuai.
When Lian Shuhuai was protected by Pang Mei, he didn’t feel any flattery from this idiot.
The body temperature, as hot as the sun, still remained in his chest.
Even if the person in danger is a little rabbit, he will definitely do this.
When the store manager Jiang Lingyi came to visit, he said that the thick-skinned and thick-skinned eyebrows were not injured, but Lian Shuhuai was still a little worried.
However, he would never say these words in front of Pang Mei.
Even if he said it, Pang Mei would definitely be confused.
Lian Shuhuai was completely unaware that these were distorted memories that never existed.
It was an illusory dream that Lou Xian fabricated using his own materials based on his “good memories that he wished to have” after peeking into his heart when he was unprepared.
There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and he couldn’t help but look forward to it. When the fat man and the thin man appeared at the door, he couldn’t hide the disappointment on his face.
The two young attendants looked at each other and stood beside the hospital bed worriedly: “What’s wrong? Your head hurts again? Or is the food not to your taste? Do you want us to buy it for you again?”
Lian Shuhuai held a breath in his chest, feeling depressed and unable to express himself. He didn’t know what was wrong with him. They usually followed him around like a matter of course, asking for help, but now it was hurting his heart dully.
“What can he have? It’s that the young master is ill.”
Another figure slowly appeared by the door, and Lian Shuhuai’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Pang Mei clasped his hands behind his back and walked in, waiting for Lian Shuhuai to return as usual.
What he didn’t expect was that Lian Shuhuai clenched the sheets tightly with both hands, lowered his head and said nothing.
“Hey, why are you so good as a rabbit?” He put his head under Lian Shuhuai’s head.
Lian Shuhuai slapped him away: “Am I familiar with you? Who wants you to come?”
Pang Mei breathed a sigh of relief. He was still the arrogant and domineering Young Master Lian. He couldn’t help but look sad for spring and autumn. It really made people’s skin crawl all over.
He sat down on the edge of the bed, took out a bag of oranges hidden behind him, peeled them off, and muttered: “It’s a shame I’m still worried about you. I’m so kind to feed the donkey’s liver and lungs.”
Lian Shuhuai’s heart was beating fast, and the words “I’m worried about you” kept echoing in his mind.
Pang Mei concentrated on peeling the oranges and knew nothing about the second young master’s little Jiujiu.
“Actually, you don’t have to be so polite—”
Lian Shuhuai pretended to be polite and stretched out his palm to catch the orange. Unexpectedly, Pang Mei quickly threw one into his mouth, and his cheeks suddenly bulged.
Lian Shuhuai: “…”
Fat man and thin man: “…”
Pang Mei: “…?”
Lian Shuhuai was furious and pushed his shoulders hard, almost pushing him to the ground: “Get out! Get out!”
“Ouch! What are you doing?” Pang Mei struggled to swallow the orange. He didn’t even drink any water all the way here. Is it okay to eat an orange to quench his thirst?Doesn’t the rest belong to him?How stingy.
“Hey…” The thin man pulled the fat man aside and whispered, “Do you think the second young master is a little strange today?”
The fat man looked confused: “Huh? What’s so strange?”
“Although he has always been willful and prone to losing his temper, he has never been so unreasonable! He smiles and curls his lips sometimes, and you have no idea whether he is happy or unhappy!”
The fat man thought: “Yes, it’s not like he can’t afford oranges…”
“Eat, eat, eat, you will know how to eat!” The thin man hated the iron, and rolled his eyes a few times, trying to search for clues in his meager experience. The fat man looked at him suspiciously, and the latter gradually showed a look of enlightenment, but seemed to be shocked by his own conclusion.
“Stop being so pretentious and just say what you have to say, okay?”
“I guess he is…”
Fatty Gulu swallowed his saliva: “Is he…?”
“There’s something wrong with my brain!”
The thin man was confident, “My uncle was like this. He fell down once and forgot about it for half a month.”
Fatty: “…”
“Get out! You guys get out too!”
Lian Shuhuai frowned angrily. He had just listened to what he thought was a quiet cricket without skipping a word.
“It’s time to take some gunpowder…” Pang Mei muttered, casting sympathetic glances at them.
The fat man and the thin man were not angry, but retreated a little dejectedly.
“Are you deaf? Didn’t you hear me telling you to get out?” Lian Shuhuai squinted his eyebrows.
The latter peeled another orange with a smile and handed it to him like unfolding petals.
“Huh? Why are you standing there stunned? It was your head that you fell, not your hands, right?” He clapped his hands and suddenly thought of something, “Every time you go to the hospital, it’s because of a bag on your head, haha!”
What…this is like looking for trouble!
Lian Shuhuai stared at his face that was so clear that it was almost stupid, making him so angry that he wanted to be beaten to death. He felt regretful and ashamed that he had expected a visit from such a person just now.
“Oh, I hope you’re fine anyway, really…”
In order to detect whether there was any magic left in Lian Shuhuai’s body, Pang Mei held his right hand without warning.Although there is a way to detect without contact, it requires the deployment of a magic circle. Jiang Lingyi told him that this is strictly prohibited in front of humans.
“…!!”
Lian Shuhuai was suddenly startled and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but he held it tighter.
“Don’t move, this is also to confirm your safety…”
Pang Mei’s hand was slightly larger than his, and she held his palm firmly on her palm.
The vague temperature in the memory was gradually replaced by the real touch of the moment.
Lian Shuhuai wanted to throw away this hand, just as easily as he could say bad words to him… So far, he has used this sharp spike to drive away most people who tried to get close to him, even those with good intentions.
However, his arm seemed to have become limp as if it was broken, and he could no longer use any strength at all.
No, it was because his brain simply couldn’t issue the command to shake off his eyebrows.
Maybe Fat Man and Thin Man were right, something in his brain was broken.
“Huh, it looks like everything’s fine.”
Pang Mei didn’t feel any traces of Luo Su, so she let go of her hand, not noticing the slight twitching of Lian Shuhuai’s fingers.
He stood up, pulled the sheets that were a little messy where he sat, and showed a bright smile.
“Get well soon, otherwise I won’t have any acquaintances in school. How boring! Fat and thin people also care about you. Just quarrel with me. If you quarrel with them, they will be sad!” He patted him on the shoulder in an old-fashioned way, “Young people, you must cherish the hard-won friendship!”
Is it your turn to teach me what friendship is?You friendless fellow!Lian Shuhuai was speechless.
How could he not understand.However, what he really cared about, Pang Mei would not understand.
A spontaneous, carefree man like him… wouldn’t understand.
“You…” He spoke out incomprehensible words under his breath.
“Me?” Sensing that he seemed to have something to say, Pang Mei also stopped and turned to leave.
“You——”
“Aren’t you and I… friends…?”
Lian Shuhuai’s voice became trembling.
Is the answer he wants to get yes or no?Even he himself doesn’t know.
Pang Mei didn’t think about this problem at all, so she couldn’t help but start thinking about it seriously.
When it comes to the friendship between the earth and visitors from other worlds like them…he naturally thought of Jiang Lingyi and Lou Xian beside him.As slow as he is, he also knows that what Jiang Lingyi embraces for Lou Xian is not “friendship.”But to compare the employees in the store with Jiang Lingyi, it seems that it is not a friendship… but more like some kind of contractual alliance.
So, is the way I treat Lian Shuhuai the same as the fat man and the thin man treating him?
When he was attacked by Lian Shuhuai, who was possessed by Luo Su, he didn’t have any blame or anger… just great worry and regret for not being able to protect him.
Pang Mei, who has never lied, decided to express her feelings truthfully.
“…That, I don’t know.”
Lian Shuhuai lowered his arms again, this time not because of nervousness about being shaken, but because of disappointment.
“Since I don’t have human friends, I don’t know if our definition of friendship is consistent…”
“Stop perfunctory with me. What a human friend you are? You’re talking like a chuunibyou.”
Wait, is Pangmei really so pitiful that he can only be friends with small animals and plants so far?Although it was rude to think so, Lian Shuhuai was still concerned about this possibility, and felt ashamed for his gaffe, and his tone couldn’t help softening.
The clumsy-tongued Pang Mei really didn’t know how to convey what he meant, so he had no choice but to hold Lian Shuhuai’s hand again – this time, completely wrapping his palm with both hands.When he did this just now, Lian Shuhuai didn’t feel disgusted.
He looked directly into Lian Shuhuai’s eyes: “I only know that I want to talk to you, play with you, and I want to see you all the time.”
These words were no less than an explosive confession for the young man.
Pang Mei is always the same even in reality and “illusion”.
Even though it didn’t touch his heart, he still said the words that Lian Shuhuai longed for most.
Ah, this person must–
If it was this person——
You must be able to accept your small and weak self.