NOVEL NEXT Chapter 5: Can Anyone See Me?
This time, he didn’t use the magic of this world. The mind-reading spell was also put on the block list. He may never use the magic of this world again in his lifetime.
What a useless thing…
The system’s built-in skills are still reliable. After using the mind-reading spell, Sui Li’er’s thoughts appeared in the form of bullet comments, popping out of her little brain:
( Weird… Why am I not dead? )
( Could it be… there are gods in this world? Did a god save me? )
( Does the god not want me to die? )
Chen Ling was speechless. Just because of this, why was he able to earn so many points?
If it was someone else, they would probably only get one point at most. But he was not worried now. No matter how many points he earns, as long as he violates a rule, all his points will be cleared.
At that time, he could just find someone, show off a little, and tell them that he is a god.
Sui Li’er sat on the ground for a while, then stood up in a daze. She looked up at the sky. Her thoughts appeared in front of Chen Ling again:
( God…)
( Can you see me? )
( Can you hear me? )
( This world is full of people, but no one’s world includes me… )
( Why do you torture me…)
( Did I do something wrong? )
( I’m sorry…)
( If I did something wrong, can you forgive me…)
The bullet comments kept flying, Chen Ling sighed lightly. Suddenly, the system’s voice sounded.
〚 Ding~ The target feels sad, points deducted: -1000. 〛
〚 Current points: 303,000. 〛
〚 Ranking: 1. 〛
This Sui Li’er not only earned a lot of points, but also lost a lot. Just by her feeling sad, he lost 1000 points.
Sui Li’er aimlessly walks on the street, “Can anyone see me?” she whispered. “Can anyone hear me?” she looked around slowly and shouted. Her voice began to tremble. “It seems that no one can…” she murmured softly, very softly. Chen Ling felt the endless loneliness from her.
The world, as usual, ignores her. After a while, she opened her mouth again, “Can anyone see me?”
“Um…if not, I’ll come back later and ask again! Hehe…” Her tone became a bit playful.
Suddenly, the voice of the system sounded:
〚 Ding~ the target feels sad, score -1000 〛
〚 Current score: 302,000 〛
〚 Ranking: 1 〛
Chen Ling looked up and found her rubbing her eyes. He took two quick steps and walked to her side. At this time, she was gently wiping away tears. Is it a forced smile? Chen Ling couldn’t help but sigh.
“Can anyone see me?” The voice sounded again, now a bit choked. The score dropped by another thousand.
〚 Current score: 302,000 〛
Chen Ling didn’t even need to look at her memories to guess that she might be like this every day. Aimlessly wandering on the street, looking for and hoping for someone to respond.
She is 17 years old this year. The curse took effect when she was 6 years old, and she has been lonely in this world for 11 years. Today, she chose to end it but was saved by Chen Ling.
At this moment, Chen Ling felt that she could endure so many years, she was really strong… If it were anyone else, they would have died long ago. The thing people fear the most is loneliness…
Forget about having friends, she doesn’t even have anyone to talk to, no one in the world even knows she exists, and the curse will follow her for the rest of her life, she probably knows that herself.
If that’s the case, what is there to hope for…
There’s no hope in something that’s impossible, so why bother to persist? This is something that Chen Ling doesn’t understand.
He has been following her for hours, as Sui Li’er wanders around aimlessly, constantly calling out. Chen Ling has even forgotten how many times her voice choked up. Tears flowed several times.
During this period, Chen Ling’s points decreased by more than 20,000.
〚 Current points 275,000, rank: 1 〛
In the current situation, even if he did nothing, his points would slowly decrease. But he couldn’t help but become curious about Sui Li’er. Since he had nothing else to do, he stayed hidden and followed her around.
Late at night, the cold wind on the street grew stronger, and the number of pedestrians decreased. Sui Li’er was wearing thin and plain clothes, holding her shoulders and shivering with cold.
When she passed by a restaurant that was still lit, she stopped and hesitated for a moment before slowly walking in. Chen Ling quickly followed.
Sui Li’er pushed open the door, and the people in the restaurant looked over when they heard the door open. A cold wind blew in, making everyone shiver.
“Is the wind really that strong? The door was even blown open.” They couldn’t see Sui Li’er and thought it was just the wind.
“So cold, so cold.” They also hugged their arms like Sui Li’er.
“Phew~” The temperature inside the restaurant made her breathe a sigh of relief.
“I’m sorry to bother you…I’m just too cold…” Sui Li’er said softly, even though she knew no one could see or hear her. But she still said it.
She found a corner with no one around and squatted on the ground, staring blankly at the ground in front of her. Chen Ling observed her again.
Although her hair was pink, it was very pretty. But it looked like it hadn’t been taken care of. It was a bit messy. She couldn’t see herself, even in the mirror she couldn’t see herself, so naturally, she couldn’t take care of herself.
Her clothes were a bit dirty too. But when worn on her body, no one else could see it, and she couldn’t see it either.
“Gulu gulu.” Her stomach suddenly growled.
“Um…” She moaned, holding her stomach with her delicate hands.
She looked up at the people eating, her eyes staring blankly at the food on the table. She couldn’t help but salivate, but in the end, she only bit her lip, closed her eyes, and stopped looking. After a while, she fell asleep on the ground. Her stomach occasionally growled.
Late at night, those people also finished work.
“Let’s go, we’re closed! Finally, we can go home.”
“I’m so tired every day.”
“I really love this kind of work, working hard and lowly, and only getting two thousand a month.” One of them said something strange, causing everyone to burst into laughter which also woke up Sui Li’er.
She opened her tired eyes, saw them about to leave, and quickly shouted:
“Ah! Wait!”
But those people couldn’t hear her at all. Sui Li’er tried to stand up from the ground, but her legs were numb and she couldn’t stand up.
“Ah…it hurts so much…” Even the pretty eyebrows wrinkled.
Seeing this, Chen Ling raised his finger and had a thought.
〚 Using repair body function on target. 〛
The next second, Sui Li’er suddenly felt that her leg had healed, she was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled her leg and ran. Before they closed the door, she squeezed through the crowd and successfully rushed out of the restaurant.
“Wow… that was close! I almost got trapped inside.” Sui Li’er patted her almost nonexistent chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
But the cold wind outside instantly made her feel less fortunate.
( So cold, so hungry…)
The thoughts suddenly appeared in Sui Li’er’s mind.
Chen Ling looked at her thoughts in the form of bullet comments and felt that her decision to come out was not a good one. If it were Chen Ling, he would choose to stay in the shop and use the remaining ingredients to make himself a good meal.
Why did Sui Li’er run out?
She continued to hold herself tightly, rubbing her arms constantly as she walked slowly. On the street at two o’clock in the morning, there was no one else.
She no longer shouted or searched, just aimlessly walking on this street. Chen Ling had no idea where she was going. Because there was nothing in her little brain right now. She seemed to have forgotten even the cold and hunger.
Like a zombie, walking in this silent city.