After Catching a Cold, Someone Came to Say Goodbye in a Dream

The next morning.

A sound like an elephant with rhinitis and a cough broke the silence of the small cabin. The girl's thin blanket had been rolled into a ball and tossed onto a throw pillow. An arm, like a lotus root, stretched out from the thick cotton quilt and threw a wonton (a parabolic trajectory), landing precisely on the ground already covered in wontons.

"So cold..." the girl mumbled with a stuffy voice, then shivered all over. Her cheeks and the tip of her nose were slightly red, and her jet-black hair, damp from sweat, clung to her cheeks and the corners of her mouth.

If one ignored the wontons she occasionally wrapped, it would be easy to imagine she had been up to no good last night.

After yesterday's cold shower, things had gone unexpectedly wrong.

Hua Xin stared blankly at the ceiling, then slowly closed her eyes, her hands resting peacefully on her lower abdomen beneath the quilt.

???°?? Ascended to Heaven??°???

It seemed she couldn't do anything today. The weakness in her body made her have to lean against the wall just to walk to the toilet without falling.

Although she had dealt with the cappuccino sent by Auntie, due to the stimulation of the cold shower and Auntie's dual stimulation, this frail body, sustained by the Thirteen Spices element, had finally collapsed.

Since that was the case, she should... sleep first.

Even without eating, she was full just from drinking lava. Humans can live for a week without food, but not without water...

Sleeping for a day to recover wasn't a bad idea...

A thick wave of sleepiness washed over her, making her about to fall asleep again, even though it was only around nine in the morning.

Peaceful??.

Oh, right, did I take my medicine just now?

The sudden question made her struggle to open her eyes.

"Sigh..." With a sigh, Hua Xin reached out and fumbled around the bedside.

"Hmm, found it."

With dead fish eyes, she looked at the neatly arranged blister pack of small red pills. Not a single one was missing.

I'll take two at a time... maybe I'll get better faster.

Gulp...

Tearing open the packaging and swallowing the pills, Hua Xin picked up a tea mug, the kind only old people from the last century would use, and gulped down hot water.

"Blech." The girl stuck out her tongue cutely and closed her eyes??. The bitter taste made her uncomfortable??.

She once again peacefully burrowed back into the covers and lay down, turning over.

When lying flat, her nose would get blocked, making it impossible to breathe. But by turning over, one nostril would be clear. This strange phenomenon still puzzled her.

"I can breathe now..."

The girl hummed happily, then hugged her long, full-body anime pillow and fell into a deep sleep.

But whether it was due to her fever making her head overheat, or the intermittent waking and sleeping making Hua Xin a bit groggy.

Beneath a layer of wontons, the packaging of the medicine she had taken two hours ago lay quietly there.

The phone on the computer desk was constantly flashing. With its Do Not Disturb and silent mode on, it couldn't alert Hua Xin to what was happening, only being ruthlessly bombarded by messages.

"Money??... Lots and lots of money??..."

Bundles and bundles of cash rained down, submerging Hua Xin. The scent of freshly printed currency filled the girl with immense satisfaction.

"Hehe??, I have money now..., I can do whatever I want... I want to run the air conditioning all day, I want to eat the ultimate invincible six-hundred-layer cheese three-thousand-layer meat patty super-sized hamburger??..."

"I want the most expensive PS5 and 4090ti??, I want to buy?? 10086max1tb Cold Front Blue..."

But then, the countless dollars falling from the sky suddenly transformed into incredibly sharp and pointed needles, piercing Hua Xin, who was swimming in the money.

The girl lying in the cash was unable to move.

"Ahhhh?? Nooo, the girl's face instantly changed, and she cried out loudly: Tang San, I even voted for you with monthly passes (hinting) to help everyone revive Electrolux??, don't kill me with the Storm Pear Blossom Needles..."

"Ugh..." Hua Xin felt like she had been turned into a hedgehog??. Her head tilted, and she stopped breathing.

Then the scene shifted.

"Huh? I'm not dead?"

The girl looked at her fair, delicate hands with disbelief and let out a long sigh.

What a relief... I'm still alive.

Hachimi Hachimi Hachimi~ Hachimi Nannai Nuro~

Hua Xin hummed a tune and sat up. But then, looking at the incredibly noble and luxurious room before her, she realized a problem.

Where was she?

"Creak."

"Master, would you like to eat first, bathe first, or perhaps... favor someone first?"

An incredibly cute cat-eared maid walked into the room and said seductively. And behind her was... Kurumi... Kurumi?!

Hua Xin's eyes widened, and she stared at the scene before her in shock.

Seijin Hui, Eriri, Tsunade, Saionji Sekai, Ahri, Seraphine...

One by one, familiar 2D beautiful girls, who had provided Hua Xin with the majority of her mental comfort, walked in.

"Am I dreaming?? I'm really not dreaming??."

Drool trickled from the corner of Hua Xin's mouth as she excitedly looked at the neatly arranged characters before her.

"My harem... Is this all my harem??... I'm so happy, I'm so satisfied."

The girl tearfully stood up, about to collapse onto the soft, pale thighs before her, experiencing the ultimate scene she had fantasized about for nearly ten years.

"2D, here I come..."

"2D, here I come!!!?!"

Clearly, she hadn't remembered that her "tools" were no longer present.

"My wives!!!... Huh??"

All the stunning, beautiful wives had vanished. All that remained were wooden stakes riddled with sharp swords, dripping with a blackish-green liquid, clearly indicating a potent poison.

Her eyes widened, and she immediately wailed:

"Noooooo, I'm not going to 2D anymore!!!"

"Uncle, stop me! Please stop me! (desperate sobbing)"

Having already exerted all her strength for a leap of faith, the girl could no longer turn back. She could only watch as countless sword tips pierced her body, her blood staining the wooden stakes red.

"Ugh..."

Hua Xin's head tilted once more, lifeless.

"My foolish master."

Hua Xin's eyes fluttered open, and she found herself in a strange place once again.

It was a space of pure white, with nothing else.

"Who's talking? Am I not dead?"

Then, the girl looked up, attempting to survey the strange space, but her breath hitched immediately.

A being with wings was suspended in mid-air, looking at her with a look of relief.

"Seeing that you are well, I can depart with peace of mind."

"I am going to chase my own dreams and freedom. Do not feel guilty because of my departure. May all be well with you, and may you succeed..."

With that, the being flapped its wings and flew into the distance.

"Noooooo!"

"My!!!"

The girl watched it all happen with grief and helplessness in her eyes.

Hua Xin reached out towards the direction it had departed... and then...

She opened her eyes.

Ugh...

A familiar scene.

Her computer, a wall plastered with 2D posters.

Wiping away the drool, Hua Xin silently lifted the covers.

It was gone.

Large teardrops rolled down the girl's face.

Sobbing and whimpering sounds came from Hua Xin as she tightly clutched the covers:

"Goodbye, ."

"My ."