"Bang ......"

The kettle clattered to the ground, and some of the splashed water droplets were sprinkled on the hem of Lin Xue's skirt, and some of them were suspended in the air, and they were stopped.

Lin Xue, who was originally standing like a person in the painting, quietly walked out of the painting, her eyelashes moved slightly, and she woke up.

Lin Xue's eyes changed from sluggish to smart, she looked at Mu You in front of her, looked at her outfit, and then looked at the familiar but unfamiliar environment around her.

After a brief moment, she quickly came to her senses.

"By the way, we walked into the time cage together......"

Lin Xue's usual reading and knowledge reserve are much larger than Mu You's, and the reading range is even more jaw-dropping, astronomy and geography, chemistry and medicine, mechanical physics, and even flower potted plants, clothing design and other miscellaneous disciplines, she has been involved.

"In addition, if there are two people, you can do some ...... on a regular basis More interesting things...... to ...... as a dispensing"

"Xiaoxue?"

If they are injured, depending on the severity of the injury, the wound will slowly heal within a few seconds to an hour, and even if it is a near-death injury, it can quickly heal as before.

Therefore, in this world, it is impossible to commit suicide by physical means, and the only way to die here is to have a mental breakdown and then be dissolved by the rules of the cage.

"What's next? Do you plan to stay here, or ......" Mu You asked Lin Xue's opinion.

The two hardly communicate much during the day, and rarely bother each other.

In this world, everything that has been artificially altered cannot be restored, so the garbage must be disposed of as soon as it appears, otherwise the whole city will soon become a mess.

Mu You smiled dryly, he admitted that Lin Xue's somewhat ambiguous words just now, combined with her demeanor, successfully made him think crookedly.

He believed that Lin Xue also had a similar feeling, a hazy emotion, which gradually took root in the hearts of the two, but both of them invariably did not pick it out, let it sprout and grow in their hearts, and still maintained the relationship of old friends on the surface.

"With the consent of the woman...... Only...... There won't be a sense of guilt, will you......" Lin Xue said, her voice getting quieter and quieter.

In addition, there is another thing that surprises Mu You: with Lin Xue joining the Stopping Realm, the number of readable books in the whole world has increased significantly.

At this time, he had to be glad that Lin Xue didn't have mind reading skills in this, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

“…… Let's study the rules of the stop together, how about it? Lin Xue hesitated in the first half of the sentence, and suddenly had a serious face in the second half of the sentence.

"Anyway, I'm more relaxed now." Mu You smiled with relief.

Lin Xue was a little pleased, and looked up at Mu You again, but noticed the vicissitudes in his eyes that had not completely dissipated, and was stunned: "How long have you been here alone?" ”

"So long......"

Until one day, Lin Xue took the lead in breaking this calm.

She knew that Mu You had good intentions, but from the moment she decided to follow Mu You in, she was ready to accompany him from beginning to end.

Lin Xue glanced at the left and right with novelty, and already recognized that this was the back garden of her grandmother's house, and it should have been a few years ago.

The two familiarly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, sorted out the dining table, packed the garbage, said goodnight to each other, and walked towards the homes on both sides.

These simple logs, which only had a few lines recorded every day, Lin Xue read them for three months.

In a charming atmosphere, Mu You suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Lin Xue's hand.

"Huh?" Mu You still didn't understand for a while.

"You're right, and a regular routine helps to keep your spirits up."

"Ahem, nothing ......"

"Really?"

One day three months later, Lin Xue turned the last page, closed the notepad in her hand, exhaled, took off her glasses, and there was some emotion in her eyes, as if she had really accompanied Mu You through the 76 years.

Another example is that a lighter cannot be lit here, but it can be used to ignite an actual combustible material such as a match or a stick.

Lin Xue didn't answer in a hurry, walked through the garden first, and went to the direction of the main house.

In short, Lin Xue's arrival has brought a lot of changes to Mu You's originally boring life, since Lin Xue appeared, that sense of emptiness has never appeared, and there seem to be many new things waiting for him to do every day.

Mu You got up and went to the bookcase to rummage through some notes that he had taken casually before.

……

The two of them will stay in the hall downstairs during the 'day', doing their own things, and rarely communicate, but even if they don't talk to each other every day, just occasionally look at each other, and think that there is someone with them in this world, the loneliness caused by the stop will naturally disappear.

And then there's the study of themselves.

Only at 'night' each day, the two would meet in the open-air restaurant downstairs to prepare dinner together and share their experiences of the day at dinnertime.

"Of course, I have studied the rules of the boundary......

Lin Xue put on her glasses and read carefully in the sunlight on the desk in front of the window, page by page, feeling the changes in her mood every day before Mu You.

Reading seventy-seven journals is not a trivial task.

The rules of the stop are not unfamiliar to the two of them, but the time cage is not a stop in the strict sense, time here is actually flowing at an extremely slow speed, so the rules will be different from the serious stop boundary.

Lin Xue was following behind him, lowering her head and pulling the corner of his clothes with one hand.

Two years......

And this kind of thing is like a drug, as long as it starts, it is difficult to stop one day, even if the guilt is not traceable every time, and when it accumulates, it will sooner or later become a force that is enough to crush the heart.

didn't notice that Lin Xue in the rear looked at his embarrassed back and left, stuck out his tongue, and showed a sly smile.

The life of the two of them lived so plainly, like a bowl of water, plain but with a bit of sweetness.

"So here it is......"

In the normal world, wasting time is 'shameful', but here, wasting time is a virtue, slowing down the pace of life, and quietly killing time in various inadvertent ways is a necessary quality to live here.

Mu You's face was slightly strange, he knew that the 'girl' in Lin Xue's mouth was referring to those women in the Stopping Realm who were being stopped by time.

Lin Xue looked suspicious. In such a world where there is no regulation and constraint at all, there are countless beauties on the street to pick up, and it is hard to imagine that a man can resist this temptation for a long time and never cross the line for hundreds of years.

In just three days, the two of them have already explored the rules of this place, discovered many details and rules that Mu You hadn't paid attention to before, and developed some good usages.

In the evening of this day, the two dined at the table as usual, and Mu You, as usual, told Lin Xue the little story he had just written yesterday.

A thick stack of notepads was piled on the table, and Mu You used one every year, and now there are seventy-seven books.

Next, Lin Xue simply packed some clothes and personal belongings at home, Mu You rode a bicycle, and drove her back to the pet store.

Mu You came to the door of the pet store, just pushed the door open, suddenly felt something, and looked back.

In fact, if there was no Lin Xue, Mu You would have been alone from the beginning, and he might have been able to hold on longer, but because of Lin Xue's 'hope', whenever he felt lonely, the idea of 'waking up Lin Xue' would be like a magic spell, constantly circling in his mind, which indirectly weakened his willpower.

After being silent for a moment with her grandmother, Lin Xue got up and looked at Mu You: "Let's go, I'll go with you to your side." ”

Lin Xue thought about it and found that Mu You's current life system seemed to be the best solution for living here in a single state.

Lin Xue lived in the small building next to Mu You's house, renovated the building, and transformed it into her favorite residence style.

"Don't comment?" On the other side of the table, Mu You handed over a cup of coffee.

But neither of them is in a hurry, the last thing they lack here is time.

Gradually, Mu You felt that the relationship with Lin Xue became delicate, and the two still lived according to the relationship between neighbors, except for some greetings in the morning and evening, they did not disturb each other, did not interfere with each other, and left enough private space for each other, and when the two were alone, they never had any cross-border contact.

Decade......

Three-year ......

No matter how compatible the relationship is, it has remained unchanged for thirty years, and the two finally began to feel bored.

"That's your case, two people, it's completely different, the most important factor in surviving in this world where everything is static is to create change. And two people, just the verbal communication between people, can give birth to infinite possibilities. ”

In the shade in front of the main house, Lin Xue's grandmother sat in a rocking chair, holding a pu fan in her hand, with a kind smile on her face, and the direction she looked at was exactly where Lin Xue was standing just now.

Lin Xuemo rubbed the cover of the notepad and recalled what she had seen these days: "Moreover, there are many details in it, which are difficult for me to think of without actually experiencing them...... I can't think of anything to add for the time being. ”

Lin Xue paused as she spoke, her tone changed, her gaze quietly swept over Mu You, and then quickly moved away, playing with the long hair on her chest with both hands, and said pointedly.

"Do you want to...... See what really ......."

It's a new kind of fun that the two discovered a year ago, and every once in a while they write a story or share it with each other.

"......" Mu You looked at Lin Xue in a daze.

They are going to spend 5,000 years here, and it has only been less than a hundred years, and there is still time to get along, and it is impossible to live separately in two places, so there is no point in coming in together.

With Lin Xue's help, the two quickly experimented with more and more detailed rules: for example, most chemical reactions will not take effect here, but there are a few instantaneous reactions that are exceptions.

One year ......

In the long-term relationship, the two of them slowly noticed that their personalities were unexpectedly compatible: both of them were rational and mature people, emotionally stable, and even if there was occasional friction, they could restrain each other and give in to each other, so there were almost no major contradictions.

Mu You looked at his watch at this time: "It's time, okay, let's get here today." ”

Therefore, since Mu You entered the Stopping Realm, he has been strictly restraining his various evil thoughts, trying to keep himself in a low-desire Buddha state all the time.

If it weren't for the quiet surroundings, Mu You might not be able to hear the second half of the sentence at all.

……

Day after day, a year passed quickly, and both of them gradually got used to life here and each other's presence.

Along the way, Mu You had already briefly told her about his experience during this time.

At the same time, all burning must only be carried out when they are close to the combustible, otherwise it will only be a flame that has been stopped from time to time, and will not emit heat.

The feelings of the two people are really different. At the moment of waking up Lin Xue, his whole person seemed to come to life suddenly, his tired and dusty mind instantly became refreshed, and his sense of novelty in life also returned to his body again.

For example, all devices involving electricity cannot be 'resurrected' by them here, but mechanical devices can, as long as they are not too large or complicated, and they can resume operation after direct contact with them.

Mu You read it silently, looked at the girl opposite, and swallowed: "What do you mean?" ”

"But even then, I lasted less than a hundred years...... The cage of time lives up to its name. Mu You sighed.

“……”

The two began to live as neighbors.

"Nope."

Lin Xue walked up to the white-haired old man, half-squatted down, and grabbed the old man's wrinkled palm with both hands.

There seems to be no consequence of doing this kind of thing in the Stopping Realm, but every time you accumulate a certain amount of guilt in your heart.

The two of them calibrated the clock time, got up on time every 'early morning', had breakfast, and then went out to do what they liked or planned, such as reading, going to the city to collect usable supplies, cleaning up household garbage, and so on.

Mu You quickly shook his head calmly: "No." ”

Time flies like water.

Eight o'clock in the evening is the time for them to go home and rest.

Mu You is not in a hurry, during this period, he continued to live at his previous pace, working during the day as usual every day and resting regularly at night.

Lin Xue lowered her head, and her bangs blocked her face, but Mu You still saw the red ears on both sides of Lin Xue through the gaps in her hair.

In terms of doing research, Lin Xue is more professional than Mu You.

"More Interesting ......"

There was silence between the two, and the sound of needles falling around them was more and more reflective, but the sound of their breathing and heartbeat increasing at the same time was more and more reflected.

Lin Xue covered her mouth in surprise, and said in her heart that her place was so difficult to find?

It can be said that Lin Xue alone brought a library to the city, most of which were content that Mu You had not read, and these books alone were enough for him to spend a considerable amount of time.

The objects of this world and the people who are stationary cannot be restored after being destroyed, but the two of them can.

"For example...... Take this opportunity for the two of us to ...... together."

"What's wrong? Why do you seem so disappointed? Lin Xue tilted her head and looked at it, looking a little puzzled.

But Mu You often feels that if you look at it from an outsider's perspective, they are now more like an old couple whose feelings have been sublimated to the point where they have returned to their roots, and they can understand each other's needs without even verbal communication in many things.

Thirty years......

When Mu You's narration came to an end, when it was Lin Xue's turn to speak, Lin Xue suddenly held her chin, looked at Mu You, and asked him a surprise question: "Have you lifted the skirts of other girls?" ”

But then she realized that it was not her remote location, but that Mu You had not woken her up, probably hoping to delay as much as possible so that her time in the cage would be shorter in the future.

"76 years ......" Mu You did not hide it and told it truthfully.

"You are too reluctant to force yourself, you don't have to be so ......" Lin Xue sighed and shook her head.

And now in addition to repetitive and monotonous work, he has a new fun, which is to observe Lin Xue.

In Mu You's faint smile, Lin Xue was bored, fiddling with a piece of steak on the plate with a knife and fork, wandering out of the world.

At the same time, the long time is like a clear spring, which has washed the hearts of the two, and the only cracks in the two personalities have also been washed away and blended with each other, seamlessly.

Mu You shook his head calmly, this is true, not that he is a decent man, but that he understands that indulging lust is the first step in the degeneration of the soul.

A comfortable and tidy living environment also helps to stabilize their mood.

"Guilty...... Lin Xue played with the food, muttering to herself, no longer asking.

After returning home, Lin Xue came back to the logs he had recorded, saying that he wanted to read them from beginning to end, this was the fastest way to integrate into his life.

Five-year ......

Lin Xue's hand trembled, but she didn't refuse, and let the strength of this hand bring her into the house.

The door then shut......

(End of chapter)