In a trance, Lin Xue opened her eyes.

In front of it is a staircase passage leading to the underground, and judging by the signboards on both sides that are shining with colored lights, it is an old underground arcade hall.

"So, the core of this dream is the arcade?" Lin Xue pondered for a moment, and without much hesitation, she walked down the stairs.

The moment you step through the door of the game hall, you feel like stepping into an isolated space.

Dim lights flicker in the compact space, creating a mysterious and oppressive atmosphere, with a faint smell of tobacco and alcohol wafting through the air, mixing into a unique smell that is somewhat disliked.

The arcade is full of people, the sound effects of video games, the shouting of players, the tapping of keyboards...... Noisy sounds mingled and filled all corners of the hall.

Lin Xue let go of the crowd and stepped into the hall in the darkness, her eyes searching the crowd.

Vivian said that she would enter the dream of the person she knew, Lin Xue was not sure who among the people she knew liked to come to this kind of place, in short, the primary goal at the moment was to find the owner of the dream first.

Finding the owner of the dream was not as difficult as she imagined, Lin Xue swept around the figures in the hall at random, and her eyes quickly locked on a little boy wearing a peaked cap.

Unlike the other players who were grouped together in twos and threes, the little boy was the only one in the entire hall, sitting alone in front of a game console in the corner.

Of course, the number of people doesn't say anything, the more obvious feature is actually the style of painting: the other players present will only do those few repetitive actions and lines, like the lazy NPC in the game, only this little boy is a real player, and his every move is revealing the agility of a living person.

Obviously, the owner of the dream doesn't have the extra CPU to create these background characters, and his attention is all focused on the protagonist, which feels like the only color character in a black and white comic, and it's hard not to notice.

"Little boy?"

Lin Xue frowned, a little boy of this age, she only knew Lin Hai when she was a child, but the Lin family's tutor was very strict, and Xiaohai should not have a chance to come to this kind of place.

Lin Xue approached with curiosity.

The little boy sat cross-legged in the chair, grasping the handle in his hand, his fingers pressing the keys quickly, staring at the screen with a very serious expression, and his little face flickering with the flickering of the screen.

On the way to Lin Xue, it had been confirmed that this boy could not be Lin Hai, but could this familiar eyebrow and eye outline be ......

Lin Xue had already guessed something, and it happened that there was a little boy's schoolbag next to the video game table, and his identity was clearly marked on the tag of the schoolbag.

Songhai Elementary School.

Eight classes in three years.

Mu You.

Sure enough......

The corners of Lin Xue's mouth curled slightly, stepped forward, and sat down on the seat next to the boy.

The little boy who was immersed in the game realized her presence, temporarily detached from the game, and turned his head to look at her in surprise.

Seeing Lin Xue's dress, a trace of vigilance flashed in the boy's eyes, and he hurriedly got up and looked left and right, picked up his schoolbag with some weakness, blocked his name, and then left his position and changed to another unmanned seat not far away.

The flush that floated across the boy's face before he left did not escape Lin Xue's eyes.

The corners of Lin Xue's mouth couldn't stop smiling again, she actually didn't like children very much, but for some reason, she suddenly met Mu You when she was a child, and this shy performance, compared with Mu You's usual mature and sophisticated appearance, this contrast was so interesting that she couldn't help but want to tease it.

Lin Xue got up, chased after the boy, and sat down next to Xiao Muyou again.

The little boy saw that she was still coming over, and his eyes were even more flustered, but this time he didn't change his position, the child also has self-esteem, and he ran three times and twice, and others thought I was afraid of you.

"How do you play this?"

Lin Xue saw that the boy began to bury his head in playing games again, and couldn't help but ask for help when he looked at the keyboard and game screen in front of him. Like Lin Hai, she didn't have a chance to touch this kind of thing.

"Drop a coin here, click here to start." The little boy's tone was impatient, and he gave a cool point, then withdrew his hand, and did not look at Lin Xue the whole time.

"Oh......"

Lin Xue naturally couldn't play without game currency, but she didn't leave, she just sat in her position, crossed Erlang's legs, and watched Xiao Muyou's operation fixedly.

The little boy seemed to be staring at the screen intently, but he could also feel the gaze behind him, and for a while it was like a man's back, and the movements in his hands were gradually deformed, and the game characters jumped like convulsions, and eight of his ten lives soon died.

Seeing that the game currency was about to run out, the little boy was a little unable to fill the fat man, so he got up and prepared to continue to change positions.

As a result, Lin Xue suddenly spoke: "Little friend Muyou, what are your wishes?" ”

The little boy's body was shocked, and he suddenly picked up his schoolbag, withdrew from his position, and took a few steps away before he looked at her vigilantly.

"Auntie, are you really a human trafficker?"

“……”

Lin Xue, who thought that she had pinched the little boy, was killed by the little boy with a word, messy in the wind, and came back to her senses after half a sound.

"If I were a human trafficker, you would be in a sack by now......"

Lin Xue glanced at him: "Change 'aunt' to sister, I can help you fulfill a wish...... If you don't believe it, forget it. ”

The little boy looked at her suspiciously, hesitated for a moment, and then tentatively spoke: "That...... Can you buy me ten coins? Sister ......"

Lin Xue got up with satisfaction and walked to the front desk.

When he came back a moment later, he didn't have the game currency in his hand, but a small plastic bucket.

Lin Xue threw the bucket on the table, and it was full of game coins, at least seven or eight hundred.

The little boy's eyes straightened. Children who can usually come to the game hall to play, who doesn't use pocket money, a coin and a coin carefully calculated flowers, how can there be this kind of buy a basket, is this the legendary local tyrant play?

"Come on, ten chances, as long as you can win me once, I'll let you play enough." Lin Xue sat down in her position, threw ten coins at each of the two positions, and pressed the battle button.

Seeing that the game started, the little boy had to hurriedly return to his position, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to show the local tyrant sister his real skills with high spirits.

……

Ten minutes later, the little boy looked at the dimmed screen in disbelief, this was already the tenth game he had lost, and in ten games, he was beaten ten to zero.

Except for the first game, when Lin Xue struggled for a while because he was not familiar with the mechanism, the other games were all killed within half a minute, and he died faster and faster.

The little boy had a skeptical look on his face.

"How is that possible...... You're definitely playing a lot! The little boy looked at Lin Xue and said firmly: "I have never seen a girl who is so good at playing games......"

"More powerful than your 'Xiaohui'?" Lin Xue suddenly asked with interest.

"You, do you know Xiaohui?" The boy was a little surprised, and his eyes wandered unconsciously.

Lin Xue didn't ask any further, and glanced at the dreams around her that didn't show any signs of dissipation.

"Say, what else do you want?"

"That'...... You're going to give me ten more chances? The boy asked cautiously.

Lin Xue shook her head: "I can continue to play with you, you can play a hundred or thousand games, but if you keep hiding in here to escape, the person you really want to see will never appear." ”

Lin Xue has the ability to read minds, she understands a dream much easier than others, as long as she sees the owner of the dream, she can easily see the deep logic in the dream through the appearance.

In just a few minutes of contact with Xiao Muyou, she had already read the true wish of the boy's heart: he had a girl he liked, named Xiaohui, who was the class flower in the class, and the family seemed to open a game hall, so she was particularly good at playing games.

Children at this age don't have any concept of confession, so simple that they just want to hide and practice their game skills until they become teachers, and one day they become blockbusters, and then let the girls he likes impress him, that's all.

The little boy was stunned when he heard this, and was a little dazed: "Sister, what are you talking about?" I don't understand ......."

Lin Xue shook her head and continued to mention: "If you like it, just say it directly, maybe it will have a miraculous effect." ”

The boy fell silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

The ground shook suddenly.

One by one, pixel monsters began to pour in from the door of the arcade hall, and in the hall that was still giggling just now, there was a sudden chaos, and the crowd screamed and scattered in all directions, and many people died directly in the mouth of the monster.

"Oh no, run!"

The scene changed very abruptly, and the little boy was also startled, subconsciously picked up his schoolbag and fled to the back door.

Lin Xue was pulled by Xiao Muyou and rushed to the back door with the flow of people, but she smiled: That's right!

The dream scene begins to crumble, indicating that he has finally begun to face his heart.

These monsters are the obstacles that he needs to face when he sees that girl in his heart, turning the original troubles of teenagers in the arcade hall into the story of a brave man breaking through the interception of many monsters and killing to rescue his beloved princess in the Demon King City, which is much easier to understand and easier for Lin Xue to deal with.

Otherwise, she would have to stay to teach the little boy an adolescent emotional lesson and teach him how to chase girls, which is too troublesome, not to mention that she hasn't talked about it herself, how can she teach people?

Xiao Muyou pulled Lin Xue out of the game hall and came to the street.

The streets covered in night were also covered with all kinds of huge pixel monsters, roaring and chasing pedestrians.

Lin Xue swept her eyes, these monsters are basically monsters in those arcade games, which are very in line with the theme of the 'game hall', but there are also some private goods mixed in there, such as alphabet beasts, homework beasts, protractor beasts or something......

Many of the monsters chased after the two, and the little boy took Lin Xue's hand and ran desperately in one direction.

This detail still made Lin Xue very satisfied: even at such a tense moment, he didn't think about leaving himself and running away alone.

If expected, the end of the road that the boy led should be where his 'crush' girl is.

Next, she only needs to escort the little boy all the way to the girl, and then create a chance for him to 'hero save beauty', and this dream should be considered a complete success.

Seeing that the road in front of her was also blocked by several monsters, Lin Xue did not hide anymore, and directly manifested the Death Scythe, jumped in front of the boy to lead the way, and when the scythe danced, all the monsters along the road were killed by her like chopping melons and vegetables.

It was rare for the little boy not to make a fuss like an ordinary child, but just silently followed her, but Lin Xue could feel the direct gaze cast behind him.

Without looking back, she could guess that the boy must be looking at her with surprise and adoration at the moment......

Lin Xue had to admit that this felt good, in reality, she was always ahead of Mu You, and there was a sense of powerlessness that no matter how hard she tried to catch up, she would never be able to catch up, and now she finally had the opportunity to be looked up to by him, which was quite rare, and Lin Xue couldn't help but enjoy this kind of gaze.

……

"Thorny ......"

Mu You pushed open the gate of the village, and the old iron gate emitted an ugly wail, which was particularly harsh in the quiet night.

The little girl behind her was frightened by this voice, and hurriedly moved closer to Mu You, pulling the corner of his clothes tightly.

Mu You expanded the light technique in his hand a little, and the warm light illuminated more darkness, finally reassuring the little girl.

Mu You took the little girl into the village, and the whole village was quiet, there was no sound of insects, and the needles could be heard.

As the two of them entered the village, ghosts suddenly appeared in the surrounding houses, which were larger and more distorted than the ghosts on the mountain road.

Mu You condensed the fireballs as usual, threw out the magic one by one, and killed all the ghosts that appeared as soon as possible.

This village is indeed a deserted village, and there are no people in it, only ghosts.

Halfway just now, he had actually guessed that Xiaoya didn't want to go home, but he still insisted on taking Xiaoya back to have a look, because he needed to confirm Xiaoya's true heart and situation, otherwise he would have no way to help her.

Mu You followed Xiaoya's guidance and quickly found her 'home' in the village.

However, there was no family in her so-called home, only a few more vicious ghosts poured out of the doors and windows, pounced on them with teeth and claws, and were finally burned to ashes by a fire curtain created by Mu You.

"Xiaoya, are you afraid to go home?" Mu You dispelled the surrounding ghosts, squatted down, looked at the girl and asked.

"Because...... I'm going to be beaten ...... when I get home."

The little girl's tears fell, she squatted on the ground, covered her arms, and her little body couldn't stop shaking.

At this point, Mu You has completely understood.

In Xiaoya's heart, there are no 'people' in her family who are good to her, only 'ghosts' who are very bad to her.

That's why dreams of running away from home are often born......

Now that I think about it, in fact, the little girl made it very clear from the beginning when she met him.

"I'm afraid to go home...... It's too dark......" was the little girl's answer at the time.

Mu You subconsciously thought that it was 'because it was dark, so I didn't dare to go home', but in fact, this sentence was understood separately, 'it was too dark' and 'I didn't dare to go home', not a causal relationship, but a dilemma that existed at the same time.

'I don't dare to go home' because home is a terrible place in her heart.

'It's too dark' because she can't get out of the mountain. She had never seen anything beyond the mountains, and naturally she could not generate a way to the outside of the mountains in her dreams, so she could only be trapped on the edge of the mountain, crying all night long.

It is hard for Mu You to imagine what kind of pain it is to be a home that should be a safe haven when it becomes a place that he wants to escape from in his dreams.

Thinking about it carefully, Xiaoya does rarely mention her parents and family, and stays in the city almost all year round, only leaving for a few days during the New Year, but she will come back soon, and there are a few times when the time is so short that Mu You feels that she hasn't gone back at all, and she has hardly seen her talking to her family.

Mu You didn't ask much about this, just because she was not used to contacting her family in front of people, but now it seems that there is another hidden meaning in all this......

Seeing the little girl holding her arms and crying silently, Mu You suddenly felt very distressed.

For so many years, he has always thought that he knows Xiaoya very well, but he never knew that she still had such a painful past.

However, he was powerless to change.

All this he sees now is actually something that has already happened, not to mention, this is just a dream, no matter how much he changes in the dream, when Xiaoya wakes up, her situation in reality will not improve in any way.

But even so, Mu You felt that he should leave something.

When people have no hope for a long time, they will gradually become numb until they are regulated by reality, accept their situation, and no longer have the heart to resist.

Therefore, he wants to leave a hope for Xiaoya before this dream ends.

A seed of hope that is deeply rooted in her heart and will help her get out of her nightmares in the future...... (End of chapter)