Can You Hold Me? Addicted to the Game

The three of them, Eccentric Song, and the others, all heard the conversation between Fatty and me clearly.

I said to them, "Brothers, I'm sorry."

They, however, said there was nothing to be sorry about and that perhaps this was a good thing for me. They were just worried if I could handle danger in the future, a point I myself wasn't sure about.

Eccentric Song finally said, "It's fine. It's as if we're still by your side. Didn't that damned Fatty say it? We owe our abilities to you; you possess the full strength of all three of us, don't you?"

Do I?

I asked myself in my heart.

"Time's almost up. Since you've made your decision, let's begin," Fatty said with a plastered smile.

Xu Qiuyan nodded, "Okay."

I also nodded.

For some reason, I felt a pang of loss, like experiencing a separation of life and death.

I suddenly called out, "Fatty!"

"Call me Buddha Lord. My name is Baozhengfo. I hate it when people call me Fatty," Fatty glared at me.

"Alright, Fatty," I nodded earnestly.

Fatty rolled his eyes, "What do you want to say, you rascal?"

"You said earlier that when I truly possessed all their abilities, they would disappear. I don't want them to disappear," I said truthfully. I had grown accustomed to their presence. In my heart, each of them was like family, like brothers.

Fatty frowned, "That's hard to say. It depends on you."

I was a bit confused.

Fatty said calmly, "They were born because of you, and they will perish because of you. Whether they disappear or not is entirely up to your will. Understand?"

Xu Qiuyan held my hand, squeezing it gently, then looked at me and nodded.

She was also telling me that whether Eccentric Song and the others could continue to exist was something only I could decide.

I smiled and said to Fatty, "Okay, let's begin then."

Fatty placed both his hands on my head and Xu Qiuyan's. I felt a powerful warm current surge from his palms, initially like a spring breeze, then like high summer, and finally like being in a furnace.

The heat was almost unbearable.

Suddenly, my mind went "boom," as if I saw a flash of lightning. Afterward, it was like falling into an ice cave. I shivered, and my closed eyes snapped open.

Fatty had already withdrawn his hands.

Is that it?

I glanced at Xu Qiuyan. She said softly, "I can't feel their presence anymore."

I also tried to sense them, and I couldn't feel the presence of those three guys either.

Just then, Xie Xiaotang's side also finished.

She walked up to Fatty, "Buddha Lord, send me on my way!"

"Xiao Tang!" Gu Song cried out, his voice choked with tears.

Xie Xiaotang turned her head and gave him a faint smile, "Live well, take care of Xiao Tian. See you in the next life."

Gu Song wanted to rush over and grab her, but I pulled him back, "Perhaps this is the best ending for her."

Fatty said to Xie Xiaotang, "Sister Xie, let's go."

With that, he turned and left first, with Xie Xiaotang following behind him.

Gu Song sobbed uncontrollably. I gently patted his shoulder, "The dead cannot be brought back to life. Besides, can you bear to watch her suffer in the mortal world? Do you know that if it weren't for Fatty this time, she would have ended up completely annihilated? At least now she has a chance to be reborn. You're not really that selfish, are you?"

Gu Song finally calmed down.

"You've already made a mistake once," Xu Qiuyan said.

Gu Song looked at her. She continued, "You turned your own child into a Kuman Thong, essentially imprisoning his soul forever, preventing him from reincarnating. Have you ever considered that while you were alive, he had you to rely on? But when you're both gone, what will happen to him? At that point, he'll have no restraints and could very well harm the human world. Ultimately, his fate might be complete annihilation. Honestly, your selfishness has stripped him of his chance to be reborn."

Gu Song's face was filled with shock.

It was clear that neither he nor Xie Xiaotang had considered this issue before.

"Then what do we do?" he finally couldn't hold back his composure.

I sighed, "We'll have to deal with it when it comes."

Xu Qiuyan said, "Let's go back."

The three of us got into the car. Yin Wuyu had been sitting in the car the whole time, in the back seat, holding a mobile phone and playing a game.

"Is it fun?" I asked him.

I glanced at his phone. This guy was playing Honor of Kings and was completely engrossed, showing no interest in me.

Xu Qiuyan drove us back, and I sat in the passenger seat.

Checking the time, it was already past two in the morning. Old Du had booked our flights for eleven in the morning, and we had to leave for the airport at nine. We'd still get a little sleep if we went back now.

But I lay in bed, unable to sleep, feeling an emptiness in my heart.

"Knock, knock!"

I heard the sound of knocking on the door.

When I opened the door, Xu Qiuyan was standing outside.

She came in and closed the door behind her, "I couldn't sleep."

I looked at her and said, "I couldn't sleep either."

She pulled me to the bedside, "Then let's just lie on the bed and talk for a while."

I nodded, and we lay down on the bed. We were pressed close together, and I could smell her jasmine-like scent.

She was only wearing a thin nightgown, and I could even see her snow-white skin.

We were so close that we could feel each other's heartbeats.

"Can you hold me?" she whispered, her voice trembling slightly. I could tell she was very nervous.

I was also very nervous, with a hidden sense of anticipation. It would be a lie to say I didn't want anything to happen in this situation.

"I miss Sister Hong and the others."

Just as I was lost in thought, she suddenly said this.

Actually, I missed those three guys too.

My greatest pleasure in the past was listening to them bicker.

My mood instantly sank, and I lost any amorous thoughts.

"Do you think, without them, will I become like I was before? I'm scared, really scared."

Xu Qiuyan buried her head in my arms, and I gently patted her back.

Wasn't I scared too?

All along the way, it was those three guys who gave me confidence. Even when facing any danger, I could handle it calmly because I knew I had a trump card. But now, that trump card had been pulled out from under me.

"It's okay, don't you still have me?"

Hearing me say that, Xu Qiuyan managed a smile, "Mmm, having you here makes me feel very secure."

I don't know when we finally fell asleep. We talked about many things from the past, but she didn't remember some of the things I said clearly, and I had no impression of some of the things she said.

The next day, we were woken up by Gu Song knocking on the door. It was already half-past eight.

We hadn't even heard our phone alarms.

Xu Qiuyan and I woke up and looked at each other. Then, a hint of shyness appeared on her face. She quickly jumped off the bed, opened the door, and ran towards her room, forgetting that Gu Song was still standing outside.

Gu Song bumped into her, and after a moment of surprise, he looked at me with a strange expression.

I said awkwardly, "It's not what you think!"

Gu Song smiled, "What do I think? I'm not thinking anything. You're lovers, sleeping together is a very normal thing. But you need to hurry up and get ready to leave, or you'll miss your flight."

"Where's Fatty?" I asked.

He had shared a room with Fatty last night.

"That kid played games all night and is still playing now. I don't know where he gets the energy."

My eyes widened. I regretted giving him that phone.

After getting ready, we rushed to the airport.

We didn't drive this time; Old Du gave us a ride.

"We've made arrangements over there, and someone will pick you up. The person picking you up is Wu Lun, nicknamed Half-Immortal Wu," Old Du said.

I asked, "Is he from the Ninth Bureau too?"

"Yes, like me, he's only responsible for external logistics and won't be involved in your specific actions."

As Old Du drove, he glanced at me in the rearview mirror, "Why do I feel like you're a bit different from before?"

I asked, "How am I different?"

"I can't say exactly, it's just a feeling."

Not long after the plane took off, Xu Qiuyan, who was sitting next to me, fell asleep first. I looked at Gu Song and Yin Wuyu in the back seat. Gu Song was engrossed in a book, and Yin Wuyu was also asleep.

If the flight attendant hadn't said we had to turn off our phones, that kid would probably still be playing games.

This gave me a headache. He seemed completely immersed in the game, ignoring me when I spoke to him, with only the occasional reaction.