CHAPTER 106: CHAPTER 106: SNOWY EXPANSE

Seeing him so cautious, even controlling his breathing to avoid making a sound.

Ruan Li sighed in her heart, thinking that this boy in front of her was also Xu Mo, and hoped he would be better once he recovered his memory and body.

"...You look very nervous?" By the time she spoke, Ruan Li only managed to ask a meaningless question.

The boy immediately shook his head, quickly glanced at Ruan Li with his upturned eyes, his reddened eye corners making the tear mole particularly captivating, "Not nervous, not nervous at all."

He didn’t know how to describe the thunderous heartbeat in his chest at that moment, only that each breath felt exceptionally scorching.

Ruan Li didn’t dwell on the issue, giving a kind smile, "What do you remember now?"

The boy thought for a moment before saying, "I remember some people, dressed in white clothes, and one person in yellow clothes, and lots of needles..."

Ruan Li sighed again; it seemed he not only remembered nothing but also lacked basic common knowledge.

On the dining table were the dishes she had just served, but the boy didn’t even know how to use chopsticks.

Ruan Li taught him hand-in-hand twice, and the boy’s eyes lit up, "I got it!"

After that, he enthusiastically grasped the chopsticks.

Ruan Li watched his awkward posture, thinking there was no rush.

The meal was barely touched, yet the table was littered with bits and pieces of food.

Xu Mo looked helplessly at the messy dining table, comparing it to the neat one in front of Ruan Li, sensing that he had made a mistake, even if he didn’t know that spilling food on the table was wrong.

Ruan Li saw his unease again and softly comforted, "It’s ok, it doesn’t matter if the table gets dirty, someone will clean it up soon."

Thick eyelashes trembled as he uneasily checked Ruan Li’s expression repeatedly, unaware that his glances had long been noticed by her.

"Mm, okay." He awkwardly placed the two chopsticks between his fingers, trying to grip the chicken in front of him.

Ruan Li finished her meal quickly, sitting at the other end of the table, watching the boy clumsily and comically stab the meat with two chopsticks, taking big bites.

Not too silly.

Xu Mo patted his full belly and covered his mouth as he burped, then looked at Ruan Li somewhat guilty but relaxed upon seeing her without any look of disdain.

Ruan Li spoke lightly, "If you can’t handle housework, remember to clean the table."

Xu Mo blinked and immediately stood up, "Okay, I’ll clean it."

Ruan Li looked up at Xu Mo standing straight, realizing his misunderstanding, explained, "I wasn’t talking to you."

Still puzzled, Xu Mo watched as a door opened and Ze entered holding a cloth and mop.

Ruan Li tugged on Xu Mo’s hand.

"Little Li, today is your birthday, I prepared a birthday gift for you," Ruan Ying’s voice came from the speakers.

Ruan Li glanced at the still-open door, "With the door open like that, aren’t you afraid I’ll run out?"

Ruan Ying’s voice sounded somewhat helpless, like a mother indulging a child’s tantrum, "It’s not about wanting to keep you in, but it’s too dangerous outside now. You’re only safe when you stay here."

"As long as you don’t act out, I won’t restrict your movements."

Ruan Li guessed that the danger she mentioned could be the Beastman regression and Evolved Ferocious Beasts appearing on M Star.

However, to attain the right to move freely, she behaved harmlessly, "If you don’t restrict my freedom, I naturally won’t cause trouble."

After cleaning the dining table, Ze went into the bedroom to continue tidying.

Ruan Li tugged on Xu Mo, heading outside.

To her surprise, outside the door was an expanse of emptiness.

Instead of cold, white walls of a research institute, there was a wide expanse of white snow.

Looking back, the entire plain housed only her residence, with its green roof emerging in the endless snowy world like the only green seedling in an icy snowfield.

Where exactly had she been placed?

No wonder Ruan Ying said she wouldn’t restrict her activities...

A cold wind blew outside, making Ruan Li shiver, and after a quick glance at the outside world, she hurried back indoors.

Xu Mo stepped on the dry soft snow, and apart from the footprints they had just left, the entire snowfield bore no trace of any life activity.

Ruan Li saw him in a daze outside, "Xu Mo, aren’t you coming in?"

Xu Mo replied, "I’m coming in."

A hint of doubt flashed through his mind but disappeared quickly.

Back in the house, Ruan Li wrapped a blanket around herself to warm up for a while and then focused on the diligently cleaning robot.

Ze’s appearance was that of a handsome man, but his expression and movements showed he didn’t move as smoothly as a real person, his actions too precise, leaving no extra movements.

Summarizing, not as realistic as Wen.

"Cleaning done, wish you a pleasant rest." After Ze uttered this phrase formally, he exited the room.

Trailing behind him, Xu Mo realized that just in the blink of an eye, there was no sign of the robot outside, not even extra footprints in the snow.

He shared this with Ruan Li.

"If the outside is just a fictional scene... it’s incredibly realistic," Ruan Li crouched by the doorway, cupping a handful of snow.

The snow’s texture resembled sand but felt softer, and after holding it for a while, she felt the melting snow water trickling through her fingers.

Xu Mo looked up toward the snowfield’s edge, seeing only an endless expanse of white meeting an immaculate clean sky.

"I’ll take a look around, it’s cold outside, you stay home and wait for me."

With these words, he left a trail of footprints in the snow as he walked.

Ruan Li wrapped the blanket tighter around herself, sniffled at the cold, and watched the boy intently.

In thin clothes, with a tall figure, the gusty cold wind billowed his clothing, and his hair danced with the breeze.

As he walked forward, his figure slowly shrank in Ruan Li’s sight.

To be honest, Ruan Li couldn’t tell whether the scene was real or fictional.

Could it be that even Xu Mo’s departing figure could be completely fabricated?

He was now a small red speck on the distant horizon.

Ruan Li squinted her eyes, enduring the chilly wind against her face, not daring to blink.

Rubbing her numb arms, she exhaled warm breath, watching as the little red dot on the snowfield seemed to rush toward her at great speed.

Getting closer and closer.

A fully-grown red fox appeared within Ruan Li’s view, her eyes slightly widened, stinging from the cold wind lashing her face.

Until the fox stopped in front of her, lowering its head, its fur wet with snow brushing against her forehead.

Ruan Li looked up, as her stinging eyes became misty, wiping away the moisture from her eye corners and raising her hand to stroke the fox’s mouth.

"Xu Mo..."