DTBS – Chapter 79
Chapter 79: A Mouthful of Dog Food
Blending in among a group of monsters, Tao Qiuyun quickly found what she was looking for and prepared to head to the next mission point.
"Qingshang, what's your mission?" Tao Qiuyun asked her.
"I'm too scared," Qin Qingshang reached out and grabbed the sleeve of the woman in front of her, looking at her with expectant eyes. "Qiuqiu, can you take me with you to do your mission? I ran away without even hearing what the mission was, so can I team up with you and have you take me out?"
She had figured it out during the time Tao Qiuyun was exploring with her...
Yes, it was true that she and Tao Qiuyun were going to divorce. It was estimated that after this romance reality show ended, she would join a crew to finish filming the rest of 《Fluttering Butterfly》, then take on a few more jobs or another drama, and then likely fulfill the agreement and divorce Tao Qiuyun.
But! This was a romance reality show now, and it didn't matter how intimate they acted! After all, wasn't the sweeter the better for a romance reality show?
Regardless of whether they renewed their contract or divorced later, during this period, they could set aside their identities and interact without any reservations.
So she might as well turn the fake into reality and show her affection without any concealment. Don't ask why, just say her acting is good. This is called "when the fake is treated as real, the real is fake," playing a game of nesting dolls!
"Okay," Tao Qiuyun smiled. She couldn't ask for anything more. "Then let's do the mission together."
After speaking, she led Qin Qingshang aside and reached out to take off the sheep mask. However, her movement paused for a moment when she touched the strap at the back of her head. She said, "Qingshang, can you help me untie the strap at the back? It seems to be getting tangled in my hair."
"Okay." Cat nodded.
Tao Qiuyun turned around. The fingertips of the woman behind her brushed against her neck unintentionally. When her fingertips touched the back of her head, it felt like a tiny electric current passed through, a slight tingling sensation shooting straight to the top of her head. Her body tensed up unconsciously.
"Done!" Qin Qingshang took off the scary sheep mask. When the woman in front of her turned around, she smiled and said, "It didn't get tangled in your hair. Qiuqiu, you're still very beautiful."
Tao Qiuyun was startled. In that instant, she felt that Qin Qingshang in front of her seemed to have changed a lot, but she couldn't pinpoint where the change was. She could only say dryly, "Uh, thank you."
There was indeed no knot. She knew perfectly well how she had tied the strap herself. This was just an excuse to have more contact with Qin Qingshang.
The two walked together, going to the mission location to pick the spider lilies and give them to the old woman in front of the Three Lives Stone.
【Although the lighting was dim before, the scene where Sister Qin went to pick the flowers was really beautiful!】
【Ahhhhh, Sister Qiu's gaze is killing me, wuwuwu she's so affectionate】
【These two are dating, right? Right?】
【Get married as soon as you come out, thank you!】
【Don't know if they're dating, but they're definitely not innocent with each other (dog head)】
【They have an indescribable sense of chemistry, I even feel like they've known each other for a long time】
【Maybe they've already slept together! Definitely! Hahahaha, I'm not crazy! Not crazy!】
"It's this, it's this!" The NPC old woman was clearly a young woman deliberately acting old, but she was very professional, even hunching her back. "This is my favorite thing. What a pity, what a pity. As the ancient poem says, 'Flowers bloom on the path, butterflies flutter, the land is still the same, but the people are gone.' In the end, things and people have changed!"
After speaking, she handed a comb to Tao Qiuyun and said choked up, "Take this, find the bluestone tablet, and place it in front of the grave. Consider it fulfilling an old woman's wish! Child, thank you! Thank you!"
The old woman was just about to leave and rest...
Just then, someone in the control room spoke to her through her earpiece: "Attention, there's a slacker in front of you."
A slacker?
The old woman looked at the two women in front of her...
But isn't this one in front a player? Oh, right, this is a single-player mission, how could two people come together? She thought they were a couple in love who couldn't be separated, deliberately playing together, but it turns out one of them is a slacker?
Thinking this, she looked at Qin Qingshang.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's this one with the intelligent eyes. You happen to be her guide, quickly find a way to reveal her mission. She ran too fast before and completely missed the NPC giving instructions. After you reveal it, also motivate her to do the mission. It's not appropriate for her to keep following the one with the Daoist priest script. These two are too lucky, they drew the mortal enemy path, one is a Daoist priest and the other is the mastermind Boss. Only one of them can survive. Now they're sticking together, how are they supposed to clear the level?"
Old woman: ?
Here it comes, the most annoying thing for a worker: getting a task right before a break!
She thought about her generous salary and endured it.
She looked up at the two women in front of her, her mood very complicated:
Seriously, in the plot, you two should be killing each other, pitting against each other! How did the Boss become a follower! Did you even listen carefully to your background introduction?!
Oh, right, she didn't listen at all.
She naturally also knew that a player had run all the way to the finish line before, but unfortunately, no one opened the door for her to leave, otherwise she would have gone to scare people too, or guide them.
"Sigh~" The old woman suddenly let out a heavy sigh.
"What's wrong?" Qin Qingshang asked her. "Grandma, you're not going to make us play some guessing game first before you tell us where the bluestone tablet is, are you?"
The garden guard before insisted on making her and Tao Qiuyun guess riddles. Luckily, Qiuqiu was clever.
"Little girl, don't be a lovesick fool," the old woman began to elaborate, trying to guide out her identity and give the customer a sense of immersion. "This person beside you is a Daoist priest! She will kill you. I, an old woman, shouldn't speak too much, but I really can't bear to see you go down this road of no return. These Daoist priests cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness. There won't be a good outcome if you two fall in love."
"Huh?" Cat was confused. "So I have an identity?"
Tao Qiuyun fell into thought, looking at her and saying, "You didn't listen to any of the explanation?"
"Didn't I say before?" Qin Qingshang glared at her. "Those monsters scared me, I ran away without hearing clearly."
Tao Qiuyun: "..." Well, I really didn't expect you didn't hear anything at all.
"Little girl, listen to an old woman's advice," the old woman said earnestly. "Following a Daoist priest won't end well for you. She is here to exorcise demons. You take this..."
She handed Qin Qingshang a string of prayer beads. "After the Daoist priest puts the comb into the bluestone tablet, you wait for her to leave, then you put this string of prayer beads into the bowl in front of the tablet, and everything will be fine."
"Prayer beads?" Tao Qiuyun remembered what the old Daoist priest said at the beginning, her eyes deepening slightly. "My goal is to take the prayer beads from the fox spirit."
Old woman: Oh no, I completely forgot this person was here, I spoiled it!
She showed an awkward but still forced smile...
You can't blame her! She's played an NPC so many times, and she's never encountered a scene like this! Who just barges in without listening to the instructions? What exactly are you here to play?!
Are you here to play with us NPCs? You've really got some nerve!
"Can I see the prayer beads?" Tao Qiuyun reached out towards Qin Qingshang, asking for the string of prayer beads.
"Okay~" Cat had no guard up at all and placed the prayer beads in her hand.
Tao Qiuyun looked at the prayer beads, seemingly discerning something. She suddenly looked at Qin Qingshang: "You're the fox spirit?"
"Huh? I'm the fox spirit?" Cat was shocked.
She turned her head and asked the NPC old woman: "Grandma, am I the fox spirit?"
"Uh, well," the old woman was speechless for a moment. She looked at Qin Qingshang, then at Tao Qiuyun, pursed her lips, and finally said, "Yes, you are the fox spirit, the mastermind behind everything. Your mission is to activate the great demon's resurrection ritual. As for your girlfriend's script, she is a Daoist priest who saves the common people, and she has to kill you in the end."
Cat blinked...
Although it didn't sound like it would end well, this ending was too tragic. To actually be personally killed by Tao Qiuyun.
Damn it! She was clearly the female lead, how could she get the villain's script?!
And Tao Qiuyun, this background villain, actually got the protagonist's script!
Isn't this backwards?
"Qiuqiu, then I..." Cat hadn't finished speaking when the woman in front of her stuck a talisman paper on her forehead.
Qin Qingshang: ?
Cat was confused.
Tao Qiuyun's expression was solemn, and she said firmly, "Since ancient times, good and evil cannot coexist. I should send you to the afterlife."
Cat's eyes widened... What!
The old woman was greatly shocked and couldn't help but interject an aside: "Seriously! Why are you going against your girlfriend like this?!"
After speaking, she suddenly sighed with emotion: "You really are cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness!"
Maybe this is some kind of fun between couples. She was old and understood young people less and less. It was just a game, shouldn't the girlfriend be more important? Why are you so competitive?
"Qiuqiu?" Qin Qingshang was surprised.
"It should be so," Tao Qiuyun returned the prayer beads to her, her face serious. "However, as long as you keep wearing this string of beads, no Daoist priest can harm you."
Cat took the prayer beads, then snatched the talisman paper off her forehead and slapped it onto Tao Qiuyun's head, huffing: "Go live with your talisman paper for the rest of your life! You stinky Daoist priest of the Path of Ruthlessness!"
Bad girl! She scared her to death! She thought Tao Qiuyun was really going to sacrifice her for the game!
The old woman blinked, choked by a sudden mouthful of dog food, and said expressionlessly, "Turn left when you go out and look for the underground passage. It leads to the bluestone tablet, where you can find your final liberation."
These two should hurry up and leave. Whatever happens, happens. She needed to rest.
【Hahahahaha, I'm dying of laughter, dying of laughter】
【I really thought Sister Qiu was going to make a move, but in the end, she still lost to love (dog head)】
【Qin Qingshang (clear eyes): You want to kill me?】
【What a joke, the Path of Ruthlessness is actually full of affection】
【You have a typo, "晴" (clear/sunny) instead of "情" (affection/love)】
【They didn't refute that "girlfriend" just now, hey. Think about it, think carefully】
【QiuQing is real!!! Please propose as soon as you come out!】
"Shouldn't underground passages usually be in basements? Why is this one in a well?" Qin Qingshang looked at the stone well in front of her, which looked terrifying at first glance, and turned to Tao Qiuyun. "Maybe there's another way? Should we look around again?"
"Probably not," Tao Qiuyun shook her head, looking around. "The layout of this area is like this. The only possible way to go underground is through the well. Besides, there was indeed a mechanism sound here just now, wasn't there? I think we need to go down and check."
"...Down there," Qin Qingshang said with some worry, "There won't be something waiting down there to chase us, will there?"
"It's okay, I'll go down first," Tao Qiuyun held onto the edge of the well. "This well isn't deep, and there are steps inside. This should be the right place."
The woman was agile. In the blink of an eye for Qin Qingshang, she was already at the bottom of the well.
"Qingshang, come down." Tao Qiuyun's voice echoed from the bottom of the well.
Qin Qingshang peeked down, then sat on the edge of the well and reached her foot out to find the steps on the stone wall.
These movements were very simple. After all, the game design had to consider the physical condition of most customers and couldn't be too difficult. This height was quite easy for anyone with hands and feet.
As an actress, Qin Qingshang had many action scenes and had filmed fight scenes. Just now, she had been "charging straight through," knocking away a bunch of ghosts and almost reaching the finish line. It was clear she had a lot of athletic talent. Even if she was scared, it wouldn't be of going down the well, at most it would be of being chased by ghosts below.
When it came to the last step, Cat let out an "Ah," whether intentionally or accidentally. Her foot missed the step, and she directly fell into the arms of the woman in front of her, as if startled, holding onto Tao Qiuyun tightly.
"Are you okay?" Tao Qiuyun's voice was a little anxious. She held her tightly, wanting to bend down and check if her ankle was injured.
Tao Qiuyun, she's really reliable!
Qin Qingshang buried her head in the woman's shoulder, breathing in the familiar scent. She suppressed a smile and pretended to be wronged, saying, "It's nothing serious, it was just too dark, I wasn't paying attention for a moment."
Sorry, Qiuqiu! I didn't mean to scare you, I just really wanted to hug you.
She craved Tao Qiuyun's warmth, but this person really would never take the initiative to touch her unless she did. Even if they touched, she'd have to write some kind of report!
She wondered how many reports this person would write after this haunted house incident.
Fine, you like writing reports, huh? I'll touch you. Not just now, I'll touch you all the way. You write them for me!
【This project is too dangerous!】
【 Sister almost got hurt. Give a like to King of the Sea Qiu, I'll temporarily allow you to pursue my Sister.】
【The haunted house design has problems, suggest rectification, it's not customer-friendly】
【Already sent a letter to Lesheng Castle Haunted House, change your design】
【Seriously, am I the only one who thinks Qin Qingshang fell exactly into Qiu Yi's arms? Isn't that too much of a coincidence?】
【Yes, just you one billion (dog head)】
【Here's a joke: When Sister Qin acts in rock climbing scenes, she actually climbs】
【Tsk, scheming little couple. Luckily, I have sharp eyes.】
Haunted house staff: Seriously, that step is so long, and you still missed it? Are you deliberately trying to extort us?!
"What do you mean 'nothing serious'?" Tao Qiuyun was worried about her. She squatted down and held her ankle. "Did you twist it here?"
"Hiss—" Qin Qingshang cried out cooperatively, looking the part. "Don't use so much force."
Tao Qiuyun frowned. "I just held it lightly. Does it hurt a lot? You call this 'no problem'?"
"It's okay, I can walk." Qin Qingshang limped a couple of steps. "Much better. I think I just twisted it slightly, it'll be fine in a bit."
"That's 'in a bit'. We can't go up now, let's go forward first." Tao Qiuyun finished speaking and squatted down in front of Qin Qingshang. "Come on, I'll carry you."
"Ah, isn't that too much trouble? That's too hard on you." Cat hesitated.
On one hand, she did want to get close to Tao Qiuyun, but on the other hand, she didn't want to tire her out.
"I have good stamina, and you're very light. This distance is nothing at all."
Tao Qiuyun almost blurted out: Carrying you up that long spiral staircase before was fine, a flat path is simply effortless.
Fortunately, she changed her words in time, otherwise the entire live stream would know about their relationship.
"Then..." Cat softened her body and lay on the woman's back in front of her, whispering in her ear, "Thank you, Qiuqiu~"
Tao Qiuyun's breathing hitched. Hooking her legs, she stood up, her ears feeling warm. "It's nothing. Since I've decided to take you with me to do the mission, I should naturally be responsible for you."
Responsible! Responsible!
Now it's responsibility, and getting married is also for responsibility!
It's all responsibility, don't you have even a shred of feeling for me?!
Cat was depressed. She pressed her body even closer, her breath fanning against Tao Qiuyun's ear, and said in a slightly spoiled tone, "Qiuqiu, then you have to be responsible all the way!"
The softness behind her rubbed against her back. Tao Qiuyun was grateful for the dim lighting, so no one could see her embarrassment.
Qin Qingshang actually said something with such ambiguous meaning. Did she know...
Her palm was against the thigh of the woman on her back, and she couldn't help but tighten her grip slightly.
Did she know that this sentence was giving her some unrealistic hope?
It was like stirring up wind and rain on the already turbulent lake of her heart, making her...
Itch with unbearable longing.
"When the fake is treated as real, the real becomes fake" - 《Dream of the Red Chamber》
"Flowers bloom on the path, butterflies flutter, the land is still the same, but the people are gone" - Su Shi, 《Three Poems on the Pathside Flowers, Part 1》
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