NCCnovel Chapter 253 You're Very Strong
Chapter 253 You're Very Strong
The next morning, Yan Xun's parents placed the letter that had fallen into the room on the dining table.
"New instructions." Dad spread out the letter.
"Don't go out on foggy days?" he repeated this precaution.
He handed the letter paper to Yan Xun and the others, saying, "You should be careful at home and not go out on foggy days." He then looked back at the sunlight outside. It was summer vacation, and Yan Xun and Shuangshuang were on holiday and didn't need to go out. "Maybe you shouldn't go out."
He then said to Yan Xun and Shuangshuang, "Didn't you exchange phone numbers yesterday?"
"Should we tell Shu Fan?"
“No,” Yan Xun refused. “The sun is shining so brightly outside, there won’t be any fog.” He then looked at Shuangshuang sitting opposite him. “Right, Shuangshuang?”
Shuangshuang nodded, "I want to go."
Fortunately, Dad only mentioned it casually, while Mom gave Shuangshuang some more precautions.
Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan, who was beside him, looked at the newly delivered letter together.
Please do not go out in heavy fog. If fog suddenly appears when you go outside, please return indoors as soon as possible.
Before entering the house, check the color of the roof.
“It didn’t say that I had to go back to my own home,” Yan Xun said.
"They just told us to pay attention to the color of the house."
"It seems that the fog appeared not only suddenly, but also very quickly."
Otherwise, they could easily run back to their homes as quickly as possible—the rule says so, which most likely means that the fog appears randomly and spreads very quickly, so if players want to get back to their houses, it will definitely be too late.
In this way, the different colored roofs correspond to the players living in the five houses.
They need to go to a house like their own when the fog comes.
“Strangers probably wouldn’t let us in,” Yan Xun said. “So this copy also suggests that we need to establish connections with other neighbors.”
For example, the black-roofed neighbor they encountered before who was walking his dog.
Yan Xun did not try to hide his voice, but neither his parents nor Shuangshuang seemed interested in what he was saying.
Now Yan Xun was even more certain that there were two types of NPCs in this instance: one type was like his own family, obviously playing the role of a family member with the player; the other type was an NPC who hid his identity and pretended to be the player.
Soon, Mom and Dad finished their meal, said goodbye to Yan Xun and the others, and drove away from the house.
Yan Xun put the remaining dishes into the dishwasher in the kitchen. Shuangshuang skipped off to the game room, while Lou Yanchuan followed behind Yan Xun and stayed in the kitchen with him.
“I feel something is strange,” Yan Xun said. “If he wanted to cause trouble for the players, he could have simply set up only one type of NPC.”
“For example, setting us as friends? Young people sharing an apartment.” He pointed to himself, then to Lou Yanchuan, “A family of five, including a primary school student, doesn’t look like it could be made up of players.”
The system has never tried to hide this fact: the remaining three members of Yan Xun's family are all NPCs.
“Perhaps it has something to do with this house.” Lou Yanchuan sat in his wheelchair, looking at the accessible facilities inside the house. “Families in the community will be moving in and out soon.”
"The butler said they left because they had made a fortune, but unfortunately, he was a liar."
The previous owners of this house most likely didn't leave because they made a fortune; the real reason is still waiting for Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan to discover.
It's 9 a.m. now, a little while before the time they agreed to meet with Shu Fan.
“I’ll go find someone with a white roof and knock on their door,” Yan Xun said.
Lou Yanchuan looked at him, "What's your opening statement?"
He looked Yan Xun up and down. "You look like you're going to collect a debt."
Yan Xun chuckled, "It wouldn't look the same if I took you."
Lou Yanchuan: "...?"
"Uncle, be smart." Yan Xun bent down and looked at Lou Yanchuan. "Can you cooperate with me?"
……
Xiao He first heard a dog barking, then a soft apology and the young man's wailing—
"Uncle, please!"
"This is not our home!"
Xiao He was a little puzzled, so he walked to the door, pushed it open, and saw a young man with a helpless expression, and a man sitting in a wheelchair, insisting that the other man push him to his house.
"...What is this?" Xiao He looked at the young man.
The other person's hair was quite long, probably because it hadn't been touched up in a while; the black hair on top and the bleached yellow hair below had formed a clear dividing line.
He apologized to Xiao He somewhat awkwardly.
"I'm sorry," he said to Xiaohe, "my uncle hasn't been doing well lately."
Upon hearing this, the man he called "Uncle" slapped his arm in displeasure, seemingly unhappy with the young man's assessment of him.
"Uncle! It hurts!" The young man grabbed the hand of the person in the wheelchair. "You're being disobedient again."
He was about to push the wheelchair in another direction when the other person grabbed one side of the wheelchair and said, "I won't move!"
"This is my home."
He looked at Xiao He and asked, "Who are you?"
"Get out of my house."
Upon hearing this, the young man's expression became even more awkward, and he couldn't help but apologize to Xiao He, "I just moved here. I'm Yan Xun, and this is my uncle."
He pointed to a white-roofed house in the distance, "That's our home."
“My uncle’s condition is sometimes good and sometimes bad…” The young man said, then looked down at his uncle. “When he went out, he probably only remembered that our roof was white.”
"When my uncle saw your house, he insisted on coming in."
Xiao He quickly understood the situation. Seeing the young man's embarrassed expression, and knowing that the uncle in the wheelchair still wanted to go into the house, he thought for a moment and then said to the young man—
"Come in."
"We're all neighbors."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xun immediately showed a grateful expression.
He looked down at Lou Yanchuan and said, "Uncle, please stop being so willful."
"I haven't slept at all these past few days while taking care of you."
"Look at my dark circles."
Xiao He listened and then carefully examined the dark circles under Yan Xun's eyes... They were indeed very obvious. He nodded to himself, it seemed that he was indeed a bit tired.
Lou Yanchuan stared at Yan Xun for a long time.
"Do not."
He patted the wheelchair, saying, "You have to take care of me!"
"Push me home quickly!"
Yan Xun sighed again and said to Xiao He, "...I'm sorry."
"He is somewhat difficult to communicate with."
Xiao He immediately felt sorry for the young man named Yan Xun, "You look very young."
He gestured for Yan Xun to push the wheelchair to his home.
But he soon remembered that his home did not have accessible facilities, and the three steps at the entrance would be difficult for the other person to push up in a wheelchair.
Just as he was about to offer his help, he saw Yan Xun move himself, wheelchair and all, onto the wooden floor of the front porch.
Xiao He: "..."
"What?" Yan Xun looked at Xiao He.
"It's nothing," Xiao He hesitated for a moment before saying, "You're very strong."