IJRELD: Hide and Seek (End)

MAY 28, 2023 ~ KIWII

The moment Song Qingshu saw the moon in the water, he dispelled all thoughts of coming here.

He walked to Moon in the Water and looked at Moon in the Water who was half-drinking the wine in his hand. The bottom of the liquid was blood-red, spiraling upwards, and the color became lighter and lighter until it turned orange.

He didn’t drink often, and couldn’t recognize the name of the wine. He pointed to Moon in the Water and said to the bartender, “Same as him.”

The bartender glanced at him, then at Moon in the Water, and quickly the ordered wine was handed to Song Qingshu.

Song Qingshu held the wine glass up to his nose and smelled the wine lightly. He felt that it was sweet wine, like the smell of some fruit drinks, and it seemed delicious. He took a sip without thinking too much.

As expected, the alcohol was slightly fruity and sweet.

Moon in the Water looked at Song Qingshu’s rolling Adam’s apple and slightly raised white neck when he swallowed alcohol, his eyes darkened, he suddenly felt that the surrounding temperature was a bit high, and the rising temperature in his body made his tongue a little dry.

He looked down at the wine in his hand, lowered his head and took a sip, trying to relieve this feeling, but after drinking it, he realized that it didn’t seem to be of any use.

Moon in the Water stared at Song Qingshu, and asked him after a while, “Since there is such a fate, can I ask your name?”

Song Qingshu raised his eyebrows, and replied, “Can you say it first?”

He was so defensive, Moon in the Water smiled helplessly and said: “Of course, hello, my name is Qin Shuiyue. Can I have the honor to know your name now? It’s okay if you don’t want to tell me. I will call you sweetheart.”

Song Qingshu: ……

“Song Qingshu” he said and stretched out his hand and shook Qin Shuiyue’s hand politely.

“It doesn’t matter if you are called by your name in reality, but you don’t need to be called by your name in the game. Like Han Wanshu……” At this point, Qin Shuiyue seemed to have remembered something bad, so he stopped talking.

Song Qingshu knew that he must have thought of the dead Yan Ruyu.

Song Qingshu stopped continuing the topic just now and changed his words: “I’ll take you to meet Picking Mulberries Picking another day. You guys can get to know each other.”

Clinking Song Qingshu’s wine glass, the liquid in the two glasses of wine made shallow ripples in the slight collision.

Song Qingshu pointed to the noisy surroundings and said to Qin Shuiyue, “Do you often come here to spend time?”

Qin Shuiyue shook his head and said, “Once in a while during the holidays.”

Song Qingshu gave him a weird look , and asked curiously: “I really want to know what you do? I always feel that your work is inseparable from this game. So how much money did your boss spend to hire you for such a dangerous job? Is it convenient to say?”

Qin Shuiyue didn’t answer and asked deliberately: “What about you? How much did your boss pay to hire you to play this game?”

Thinking of that unscrupulous boss and the 10,000 yuan, Song Qingshu showed an extremely forced smile, he almost gritted his teeth and replied: “I simply like this kind of game, it’s fine if it’s inconvenient for you to answer.”

Qin Shuiyue looked at Song Qingshu’s unnatural expression, He smiled generously and said: “It’s nothing inconvenient, it’s okay to say, but the place is wrong now.”

Song Qingshu got up after drinking and was about to leave, when suddenly his eyes turned dark lightly. He stood there for a while before he got better, but his head was still dizzy.

His first thought was that someone had drugged him, but the wine in his hand obviously did not leave his sight. The only explanation was that it had a high alcohol content and reaction.

Song Qingshu felt a little better, and raised his legs to walk out. Before he could take the steps, his arms were held by someone.

He turned his head and saw that it was Qin Shuiyue.

Qin Shuiyue knew from the time Song Qingshu asked the bartender for the drink that Song Qingshu was not a regular visitor here, and it was probably his first time here, otherwise it would be impossible not to recognize the wine in his hand.

The glass of wine in his hand is the signature of this place, very famous. The wine not only looks good and tastes good, but its biggest feature is its high alcohol content and strong reaction.

He watched Song Qingshu ask for wine in silence, and drank it in one gulp…….

When Song Qingshu stood, he knew that the alcohol was acting.

It is not uncommon for a man to take another man out of the bar. When Qin Shuiyue helped Song Qingshu out of the bar, not many people noticed.

“Where is your home? I’ll drop you off.” Qin Shuiyue supported Song Qingshu to prevent him from falling to the ground, then took out his mobile phone and called a taxi.

Song Qingshu said a few words unconsciously, but Qin Shuiyue couldn’t catch them after listening carefully. He had no choice but to ask Song Qingshu if he brought his ID card. There was a star hotel near the bar, and Qin Shuiyue wanted to send him there.

Song Qingshu didn’t answer for a long time, Qin Shuiyue looked away from the phone, turned his head and found that he had fallen asleep.

This person really can’t handle alcohol, if he knew it earlier, he would have stopped him from drinking it all, Qin Shuiyue suddenly regretted it.

In the end, Qin Shuiyue reluctantly took Song Qingshu, who was asleep, back to his home.

Song Qingshu felt a headache when he woke up, and he sat on the bed for a while to relax. The pain in his head subsided and realised that he was in a strange room.

The layout of the room didn’t look like a hotel, it was more like someone’s home, so someone brought him back to their home last night.

Song Qingshu thought about it carefully, and only remembered one person—Qin Shuiyue.

When he got out of bed and walked into the living room wearing slippers, he met Qin Shuiyue coming out of the kitchen in pajamas, with steaming tea in his hand.

Looking at each other, Qin Shuiyue opened his mouth first: “You’re awake?”

The deep voice was a little hoarse, with a unique sexiness, like a feather gently passing Song Qingshu’s ears, a little itchy.

Song Qingshu quickly looked away, lowered his eyes and stopped looking at him, “Well, thank you for last night.”

“No matter what you say it, we have a lifelong friendship, so don’t be so polite.” Qin Shuiyue sat casually on the sofa in the living room, blew on the tea in her hand, felt that the temperature was almost up, and took a sip.

Song Qingshu was noncommittal.

“Didn’t you say you really want to know what I do?” Qin Shuiyue said.

“Is it convenient for you to talk now?” Song Qingshu asked.

“We are employees of the National Cyber Security Department. A year ago, we detected that some holographic games would cause people to die or enter a deep sleep state, so we wanted to eradicate these games.

However, it was later discovered that in order to completely eradicate this type of game, the only way to break through the game is to select some employees with better qualities in various aspects to enter the game and find a way to eradicate them.

[Daydream] is the last remaining holographic game of its kind. Of course, besides the two of us, there are other group members who went in this time, and they should be assigned to other copies when entering the game.

If you want to say who our boss is………” Qin Shuiyue rubbed his teacup, smiled, and then said seriously: “Serve the people.”

Song Qingshu: ……

Seeing Song Qingshu’s dazed expression, Qin Shuiyue laughed out loud. This person’s reaction was indeed……very cute.

“So do you want to join us?” This is what Qin Shuiyue really wanted to say, after observing Song Qingshu in the previous level, he felt that Song Qingshu was very suitable to be his teammate.

If he goes through one level and two levels of training and teaching, he will definitely become a powerful helper in the later stage.

Song Qingshu frowned slightly, but did not directly agree to him, “I’ll think about it.”

“Agree to it, you can’t escape anyway, you still have to enter the game in the future, instead of challenging the BOSS alone, why not join us.

This kind of game is very difficult for one person to break through the last level, and even if you break through, you will not be able to get the card that can make daydreams come true, because we will definitely eradicate this card in the last level.

It will be different if you join us. Not only can you increase the chances of getting out alive, but you will have a formal establishment after eradicating this game. You don’t need to find a job, and you can directly get a house. Although it’s a bit small, it’s no problem for two people to live in.”

On the surface, Qin Shuiyue was helping Song Qingshu to analyze the pros and cons, but in fact, he was trying to scare and lure.

Song Qingshu thought for a while and felt that Qin Shuiyue was telling the truth. If he didn’t have to continue to pass the customs at all, he wouldn’t even think about such things if he was killed. How nice it is to be alive.

But the reality is that he has to go to that crazy game every few days, and he will die at any time.

The most important thing is that if what Qin Shuiyue said is true, he will get a house after he comes out alive, which means he doesn’t have to pay back the mortgage!

Thinking of the monthly mortgage of tens of thousands of yuan for his house, Song Qingshu immediately nodded and agreed to Qin Shuiyue.

Seeing that Song Qingshu agreed, Qin Shuiyue got up and went to the study to get a few pieces of paper, and put them in front of Song Qingshu: “This is the contract, take a look, and sign it if there is no problem.”

Song Qingshu picked it up, flipped through it, felt that there was nothing wrong with it, picked up a pen and signed his name on the corresponding place.

Qin Shuiyue glanced at the three words floating on the paper, and he felt more fond of Song Qingshu in his heart.

After putting away the contract, Qin Shuiyue came back and sat in front of Song Qingshu, and solemnly said to him: “From now on, we are colleagues, and I will be your direct supervisor.

Your next task is to go through other levels with our team until the game is completely eradicated. I hope you can obey my orders and cooperate with my command during this time.”

Song Qingshu: ……Why does he feel that he has been cheated?

After saying this, Qin Shuiyue had a tricky look on his face, like a cunning old fox.

Song Qingshu suddenly felt that Qin Shuiyue was just a vixen, the kind who combined IQ, beauty and high morals. If this lived in the Shang Dynasty, Su Daji might not be his opponent.

“Are you happy to have a boss like me?” Qin Shuiyue wanted to tease him, and asked him in a mean tone.

Before Song Qingshu could answer, he immediately said: “I can tell by your expression, you must be very happy in your heart, after all, it is very difficult to find a boss as handsome as me in this world.”

After finished speaking, Qin Shuiyue really saw Song Qingshu’s deflated expression, and he thought that the days to come would be more interesting than before.

Of course, Song Qingshu didn’t know that Qin Shuiyue deliberately made fun of him, so he said with a blunt smile, “I’m really happy……” Shit.

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kiwii: The first instance ends here~