Chapter 289: Ghost Sakura
"Strange..."
Li Mo felt that he really should find a chance to go to the hospital. There were more and more strange things happening recently, and he couldn't make head or tail of it.
Could it be that he had a mental illness? How was that possible? My lifestyle is so healthy...
Back home, it was the same old routine. Li Mo was still the main chef.
After dinner.
Beichen was resting in bed.
Rin watched TV with Li Mo in the living room for a while, then went back to her room to fiddle with something.
Li Mo himself was busy copying homework.
He didn't need to do the questions he knew, and he didn't need to do the questions he didn't know even more.
Let it be. Anyway, Sister Beichen had connections, she just didn't want to use them much.
That night, the moon was high, and the sky was misty and gloomy.
Li Mo lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. The moonlight shone in, particularly gentle, like a pair of slender jade hands, caressing his flesh and blood, reaching into his heart, and gently holding it up.
A peaceful day was about to pass, and tomorrow would still be peaceful.
"When the weekend comes... I'll post more missing person notices. The previous ones didn't get any news. Sakura is probably not in this city. I'll try expanding the scope to the surrounding cities."
The Far East was just that big. Li Mo believed that as long as Sakura was still alive, it was very likely that she would be found. The reward in the missing person notice was not low. At least it was much more cost-effective than buying a lottery ticket.
"I'm a little sleepy. Let's go to bed."
Li Mo closed his eyes, emptied his mind and body, and his thoughts gradually calmed down.
"..."
"..."
"Am I not asleep? It feels like a long time has passed. Am I having insomnia?"
Li Mo opened his eyes again and found that he was still awake, but he still felt a deep sense of fatigue in his mind.
This meant that his spirit was tired, but why hadn't he fallen asleep?
"Wait, this is... huh? Am I having a lucid dream? This lucid dream is quite special. The starting point is in the ruins after an earthquake."
Li Mo said self-deprecatingly, while clenching his fists, the corners of his mouth lifted into a wild arc.
"I will only throw one punch and I will definitely blow up the bricks and tiles above my head. I can't hesitate. If I blow it up, I live. If I don't, I will die."
With that, Li Mo quickly punched forward.
"..."
"..."
"¥%...&*!" After one punch, a large amount of Shenzhou profanity spewed from Li Mo's mouth.
His right hand was in extreme pain, as if his bones had fallen apart, trembling. The skin near the joints was broken, revealing the tender muscle layer. Fresh blood flowed from the wound and dripped onto the ground along his fingers.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch. Is this really a dream?" Li Mo fell into deep suspicion. He took a deep breath and considered whether he should leave this situation now.
"Emmm... the permission to leave is still there. As long as I want, I can leave with a single thought," Li Mo heaved a sigh of relief. This feeling was very strange. He didn't know if the other students in his class had similar experiences.
"Since I have a choice, I'm not in a hurry to leave. I'll experience it properly and see what the world outside the ruins is like."
Li Mo no longer acted rashly, but very cautiously pushed away the wooden boards and tiles on his body.
Fortunately, the houses here were not made of reinforced concrete, otherwise he would not have been able to save himself at all.
"Heave-ho—! Heave-ho—!"
Li Mo struggled to stick his head out of the hole, opened his mouth, and greedily breathed in the fresh air outside.
The next second, the rich fragrance of cherry blossoms rushed into his nasal cavity like a tide without any obstruction, with a strong smell of blood and rain.
On the road outside the village, it was covered with thick dust. Occasionally, a few fallen leaves were gently blown by the wind, making a slight rustling sound, but they were soon swallowed by the night. A faint smell of soil permeated the air, and occasionally a hint of the coolness of the night could be smelled.
The forest seemed to have been forgotten by time. Everything was so quiet, so dead silent. No lights, no human voices.
Li Mo supported his body with both hands under the ruins.
Especially when Li Mo saw clearly who the other party was, ......
Sakura knelt in front of the head, holding Li Mo's jaw with both hands, as if it were a long-awaited rain after a drought, having obtained the most precious treasure in the world.
Li Mo kept shaking his head, trying to stop this farce from happening.
But he still underestimated Sakura's determination.
The cursed blade was thrown aside, and both hands firmly held Li Mo's head.
"..."
Time passed minute by minute. Li Mo had no strength to resist, and even the muffled groans from his throat gradually disappeared.
Sakura: "..."
"..."
"..."
Li Mo: "..."
For some reason, the moon in the night sky tonight was a little green.
Li Mo was also considering whether to leave directly. After all, the freedom to leave was with him. But facing the familiar dream again and again, Li Mo decided to figure it out.
The absurd freedom of entering and exiting dreams and reality, he had to figure it out properly, what was going on.
As for some choices that could not be resisted, he would just let nature take its course. There would always be a way out.
(A certain Kiana: ?)
"Mo-kun..."
Sakura reluctantly let go of her lips, her eyes flashing, her eyes hiding extremely complicated emotions.
But she hid it well, not exposing that possessiveness and madness. All Li Mo could see was apology and tenderness.
Li Mo: "Get me out first. Also, I'm a little thirsty."
Sakura picked up the cursed blade. With just a gentle wave, several sharp blade lights cut all the wooden blocks near Li Mo's head into dust, while Li Mo's head was intact, not even a single hair had fallen.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't do such a dangerous move. What if you cut me? Although this move is very cool."
I really want to learn it! Li Mo was extremely envious in his heart.
Sakura slowly stepped forward and hugged Li Mo, tilting her head and pressing it tightly against Li Mo's shoulder. Her fingers grasped and stretched forcefully, as if she wanted the two of them to become one.
"How could I bear to hurt Mo-kun in the slightest..."
"Sakura loves you, loves you very much."
"So... can Mo-kun not disappear without a word again? It's empty here, only Sakura is alone. Sakura is very scared..."
Sakura's voice was delicate. She took the initiative to lower her posture and clung to Li Mo, trying to obtain a sense of security.
Li Mo didn't understand what was going on. Although there was a beautiful thunder sister sticking to him, expressing her love with all her heart and soul, her identity was really too special.
It was like... one day, the goddess he had been thinking about suddenly said she wanted to marry him. The first reaction would definitely not be joy, but why?
Adhering to the principle that there was no such thing as a free lunch, Li Mo decided to figure out what was going on first.
It was best to hurry up, because he had been kissed all night, and he was really sleepy...
He didn't know how much time had passed in the real world.
"It's okay, Sakura. I swear, I will definitely not disappear without a word. Even if I disappear, I will come to find you as soon as possible. You don't have to worry about me leaving forever. We will only be apart for half a day at most," Li Mo began to coax Sakura like a scumbag.
Sakura was silent for a moment. Her tempting lips spat out a few words that made Li Mo stunned on the spot.
"Since Mo-kun left last time, I have been waiting here for seventeen years."
Seventeen years?
Li Mo was dumbfounded. He remembered that he had woken up at six and gone to bed at eleven.
In other words, one hour in the real world corresponded to one year in the dream?
This was too exaggerated. My brain must be fried to simulate such a realistic dream...
Or was it... this wasn't actually a dream, but another reality?
From a scientific point of view, it was impossible, but from a ghost's point of view, everything seemed very reasonable.
Then the Sakura in front of him was actually a ghost? Then in reality, was Sakura already...
dead.
Thinking of this, Li Mo felt a pang of bitterness in his heart. His expression also became unnatural. For the first time, he took the initiative to hug Sakura.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I will spend more time with you this time. Before that, can you tell me what's going on in this world?"
Li Mo said, while gently stroking Sakura, as if stroking the soft back of a small cat.
He didn't tell the other party that he had come here through a dream. Li Mo didn't want Sakura to think that this was a dream. If she thought so, it would only prove that this world was false, the people were false, and her main body was already dead.
"Mmm, I will explain everything to Mo-kun, but... I want to get a reward from Mo-kun."
The corners of Sakura's mouth lifted slightly. She put her hands behind her back, leaned over slightly and tilted her head, watching Li Mo with a smile.
The brilliant sunlight behind her cast a beautiful golden veil on her. Standing in the light, it was impossible to look away.
"What reward?" Li Mo asked.
Sakura stepped forward without saying a word.
"Wait a minute?" Li Mo was a little shocked, ......
This wasn't asking for a reward, ......
No, Rin said you were the representative of a traditional and conservative woman from the Far East, this...
Li Mo didn't speak anymore, and remained silent.
Seeing this situation, from a perspective that Li Mo couldn't see, Sakura's mouth faintly cracked open, revealing a sly and dark smile.
A person's bottom line would always be lowered after compromising and deceiving themselves again and again.
When they reacted, their mind had already fallen, and they could not return to their original appearance.
Sakura was like this, and Li Mo would be no exception...
Both of their ideas were very simple. Sakura wanted to give Li Mo an experience and feeling that others could not give, to make him addicted to it and never want to leave.
Forbidden, twisted, crazy.
Sakura wanted to destroy Li Mo's lofty moral bottom line that had been disciplined by social culture and school education. When he left this place, he would find that his desires could not be satisfied, and thus he would crave for a bottomless love.
Step by step, she would induce him, step by step, she would satisfy him, until Li Mo could no longer leave her...
And Li Mo's idea was—
I'm already here!
I've already kissed!
I've already rushed!
Sakura squatted on the ground, preparing to go for a big one, but Li Mo noticed and immediately pulled her up.
"Ahem, Sakura, let's talk about serious business first. That... are you sure there are only the two of us in this world, right?" Li Mo asked with a guilty conscience, not daring to look directly at Sakura's playful eyes.
"Yes, Mo-kun. Apart from you, there is only Sakura in this world... this is a world that only belongs to the two of us."
Sakura emphasized the "two of us," letting Li Mo clearly know that no matter what he did here, no one would know. His body and mind would unconditionally submit and obey. Even if Li Mo did some twisted things, he would not be morally condemned.
Li Mo heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. He was a little happy in his heart, but this joy was quickly worn away by the desolate village.
The desolate village, apart from the few destroyed houses where he was, had no traces of human habitation at all.
He hadn't figured out the relationship between this place and reality yet, but if Sakura wasn't lying, and one hour in reality was equal to one year here, then in the past three years that she had disappeared, how long had she been wandering here?
In this deserted place, where not even a single creature could be seen...
Thinking of this, Li Mo couldn't help but tightly hold Sakura's hand, "It's been hard on you. There's still some time. Let's walk around the village. I want to have a look."
Sakura smiled sweetly, a brilliant smile, "As you wish, my lord."
Li Mo coughed lightly and turned his head with a guilty conscience, "But before that, let's go to a place with water first. Wash your hands..."
The more Li Mo spoke, the less confident he became, and his voice became weaker.
Afterwards, he was blushing. He held Sakura's hand and started to walk. Standing still would only make him die of embarrassment.
Sakura did not respond.
Li Mo found it strange. He carefully looked back, just as he was about to see why Sakura was silent, a pair of strange eyes flashed with a faint light.
Although it was under the brilliant sun, Sakura's eyes did not see much highlight and were full of melancholy.
But she had a smile on her lips. Under Li Mo's gaze, ,,,
Suddenly, the flow of time in the world seemed to slow down by 0.5 times.
Cherry pink, ,,,
Li Mo: "?"
Because of curiosity and the taboo, in broad daylight, Li Mo saw the whole process clearly.
At some point, a small tent was set up in the village, but it was quickly suppressed by rationality.
Li Mo, ah Li Mo, you are an upright person...
The relationship should stop here. It can't go any further. Otherwise, when I find Sakura in reality, how should I face her?
Li Mo kept admonishing himself in his heart not to try to cross that bottom line.
Because a person's moral bottom line was like a rolling stone on a mountain top. Once it took the first step of rolling, it could never go back.
Not everyone was like Sisyphus, who could stick to their original intention and push the huge stone back to the top of the mountain day after day for ten years.
This was a natural law, human nature, and a rule... an existence that was countless times stronger than human will, not just bizarre rules, but natural rules as well.
No matter how much he restrained himself afterwards, once his inner bottom line was broken, all kinds of transgressions would not be too shameful in his mind. It was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
"There is a small stream outside the village. Mo-kun, do you need to go wash now?"
"Of, of course. Let's go. This kind of thing can't be delayed. Girls have to make sure they are clean."
While I can still hold on.
Li Mo urged Sakura.
The Sakura who had changed her personality was particularly obedient to Li Mo in this aspect. She did not make any more transgressions along the way.
Her eyes pierced through the misty morning, wandering in the bright morning light, focusing on the dark woods. Her mouth was slightly open, and she watched the blooming or withering flowers nourished by the morning dew with a thoughtful look.
When walking on the stone steps, she would occasionally look down to avoid the grass and trees growing in the cracks of the stones under her feet.
The sky was bright, and the road ahead became brilliant. But Sakura rarely left the shadows. Only when there was no sunlight shining on the trees and casting shadows on the road in front of her would she have to stand in the sun, squinting her eyes from the dazzling halo.