How to Easily Capture a Long Aotian [Quick Transmigration] 94

Chapter 94: The Otherworldly Friend of the Manga World’s Number One Protagonist (Part 6)

His cheeks were warm, and the window seemed to be still snowing. The whistling cold wind was blowing, and it brought a hint of coolness to the warm bed. Yu Lin opened his eyes, and what he saw was Xu Zhouyan’s face.

Xu Zhouyan’s features were distinct, and his eyelashes were very long, and the lines of his face were clearly visible. He was a man of few words, and he usually did not speak, and he looked very cold. But when his eyes were closed, he looked gentle.

Yu Lin looked at him, reached out, and suddenly touched his cheek.

Xu Zhouyan’s eyelashes moved slightly, and he opened his eyes to look at him.

He had just woken up, but there was not a trace of sleepiness in his eyes, and they were clear.

A few days ago, at the Tourist Hotel, the space was spacious, and the two of them had slept in separate beds. Now, the hotel was narrow, and the bed could only accommodate two people on their sides, so they were close together. So in this world, it was the first time Yu Lin had seen him so close.

Yu Lin’s fingers were lightly pressed against his cheek. This action had crossed the boundary of friendship, but neither of them felt that it was wrong. They were silent and did not speak, and their gazes met quietly.

Xu Zhouyan did not move, and he looked up, and his fingers maintained the posture of resting on the young man’s waist when he had fallen asleep. He had an overly silent personality, and the things he did far exceeded the words he said, and he always did not know what to say.

He didn’t know what Yu Lin was thinking. He raised his hand, and after a moment of silence, he ruffled Yu Lin’s messy hair as if he had learned it on his own, and he asked him in a low voice, “You have time today. Do you want to go out and play for a while?”

Hearing this, Yu Lin looked up at him, and after a moment, his eyes curved into a gentle arc. “Okay.”

Xu Zhouyan saw him smile, and he let out a light sigh of relief, and he nodded. “Okay.”

The two of them had finished dressing, and they had gone downstairs to prepare their supplies. The owner was leaning against the counter and was watching them, and she was talking eloquently at the front desk. “Ice fishing, oh. You have to go to the Buro River. There are not many people playing, but there are some. Some people specialize in this business, and they will drill ice holes and sell fish food, but it’s very expensive.”

The owner was beautiful and had a strong aura. She picked up a rag and wiped the dust on the table. After thinking for a moment, she said to the espers who were warming themselves by the fireplace, “But I suggest that you all prepare your food and money in advance before you go there to play.”

“Why?” Someone found it strange and asked her loudly, “Isn’t it enough to prepare food? Why do you have to prepare money? Is ice fishing so fun that the fish food you bring will not be enough? Then you can just bring more when you go?”

The other’s voice was very loud. The owner laughed when she heard it, and her thin eyebrows were lightly raised, and she looked over with a half-smile. After a pause, she suddenly blurted out a complaint, “You haven’t forgotten what world this is, have you?”

She said, “Of course, you have to bring your own life-saving money. How much can fish food be sold for? If the things in the river rush up, how many lives are enough for them to eat? Don’t you have to ask someone to help you?”

The person who had spoken was stunned by the fireplace and was completely silent. “…”

The others also looked up in surprise and looked at the owner who had said something shocking. For a moment, the fireplace was quiet, and there was only the sound of the crackling fire.

While the crowd was talking, Xu Zhouyan was preparing food on his own and was not interested in the discussion.

Yu Lin was wearing a scarf by his side and was watching him choose his tools. It was cold on a snowy day, and they were warming themselves by the fireplace while they were packing, and they were listening to the others talk and the owner’s complaints.

The wind and snow were raging outside the window, and the owner’s cheeks were red from the fire. She looked at the dazed crowd and suddenly said, “In this kind of world setting, just stay put, okay?”

She had said it casually. Yu Lin turned his head to look at her, and for a moment, he had the feeling that the manga author was using the NPC’s lines to make a narration and a complaint.

When Yu Lin was in high school and was bored, he would draw manga on his desk, and he had liked to use this kind of paneling. To hear it in the real world, he still found it interesting, and he couldn’t help but smile a little.

Xu Zhouyan put on his backpack, turned his head to look at him, and his cold gaze was gentle. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Yu Lin said, and he glanced at the gray sky of this world, and he said softly, “Let’s go.”

Xu Zhouyan nodded. “Okay.”

When they walked out of the hotel, they were met with a whistling wind and snow. The northern land was desolate, and most of the people in the vicinity were espers who had rushed here. There were not many local residents. When the two of them went out, a group of people were already walking towards the Buro River.

They were going to play, and also to scout the situation.

The city in the sky had descended in the middle of the frosty forest, and the surroundings were covered in a thick fog, and it was impossible to enter. The periphery was guarded by the Esper Association, and only the nearby Buro River was open. In a few days, many people had gathered.

In a world full of crises, people were precarious, so they valued their lives particularly. But there were also bounty hunters who were licking blood on the tip of their blades by the Buro River, and they were holding signs with a clear price, and they were acting as guards for the rich who cherished their lives.

There were one-day, three-day, and even personal escorts after entering the city in the sky. Because it was life-saving money, the price was quite high, but the market was very good, and the people around were constantly asking.

Nine out of ten of the people who came here were for the news of the legendary city in the sky. Occasionally, there were lone ones, and it was also because their strength was not enough, and they wanted to find a companion to team up with to enter the city. Almost no one was here to play.

Only Xu Zhouyan, with a clear purpose, had come to the side of the Buro River, and he had ignored the gazes of the others. He had scanned the surroundings, and after confirming the direction, he had led Yu Lin through the various people, and he had come to an open space, and he had taken out a tool to drill an ice hole.

There were ordinary fish in the Buro River, but there were more uncontrollable things. To prevent losing control, the ice holes on the river surface were not too big, only the size of a fist.

After Xu Zhouyan had drilled the ice hole, he had handed the fishing rod to Yu Lin. He was half-kneeling on the ice, and his expression was cold and handsome. He pressed his lips together lightly, and he turned his head to look at Yu Lin, and he said, “You can try it.”

Yu Lin looked at him, and his eyelashes lifted slightly. He pulled his scarf, and then he also squatted down like him, and he looked at the fist-sized, dark ice hole on the ice.

He had put down the special fishing rod and bait. Not long after he had put down the rod, he had felt a weight.

Yu Lin blinked, and he lifted the fishing rod up. He did not use too much strength, and he had lifted up a wet baseball cap.

A green heart was hanging on the cap.

“…” Yu Lin blinked lightly and looked at Xu Zhouyan with confusion. “A hat?”

Xu Zhouyan was silent for a moment, and he picked up the hat and threw it to the side, and he said to Yu Lin, “It’s fine. It’s trash. Continue.”

The ice fishing on the Buro River was like opening a blind box. After half a day, Yu Lin had respectively caught a bag of trash, a bottle of drink, and also two transparent glass fish.

The fish were a treasure, and they were casually kept in a plastic bag by Xu Zhouyan. Their wide tail fins were swaying, and they were emitting a brilliant luster under the sky.

Yu Lin looked at the harvest of half a day, and his eyes were curved, and he felt that ice fishing was interesting.

The last rod was very heavy. Yu Lin had used a lot of strength, but only a little of its head had emerged. It was ice-blue, and it was as transparent as a slime, and it was some kind of living creature.

Yu Lin looked at it with curiosity, but it had just shown a little of its head when it had bared its teeth. When Xu Zhouyan had seen it, he had kicked it down with one foot.

The ice lake was calm, and there was only the wind with snow particles. Yu Lin blinked lightly.

There was not just their team ice fishing around them, but the others had another identity, called treasure hunters.

There were countless wealth and dangers in the river. Ordinary people would risk danger to come into contact with the monsters in the river, and their purpose was to get a multiple of the profit, not to play.

At first, when Yu Lin had caught the glass fish, the people around had just shown a look of envy, but it was nothing. It was common for a treasure hunter to become rich overnight, but it was even more common to die in the morning and evening.

It was not until Xu Zhouyan had lightly and casually kicked the thing in the river down that someone had seen his strength, and they had become serious.

Before long, someone had come over to team up. It was a young man with a bag on his back, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was young and enthusiastic, and he said with a smile, “Hello. Do you want to go together?”

He had waved the fishing rod in his hand. “You guys are very strong, but you lack experience in treasure hunting. We can cooperate, and we’ll split the profits fifty-fifty afterwards. How about it?”

As he had spoken, he had squatted down, and he had calmly shown the two of them his backpack, which was a bright, glazed color, and it was of a very high value.

Yu Lin’s fingers, which were holding the fishing rod, were a little cold. He had switched to his other hand and had looked at Xu Zhouyan. “Do you want to cooperate?”

He did not know the rules of this world, but he could see that the young man was sincerely seeking cooperation.

Xu Zhouyan’s expression was cold and handsome in the vast ice and snow. He was half-kneeling, and he was silently changing the bait on Yu Lin’s fishing rod. The knuckles under his black gloves were long and slender, and they were powerful.

His eyelids were lowered, and his voice was cold. “No need.”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and his mouth was slightly open. He still wanted to struggle a little. “Uh… you guys are very strong. If we cooperate, the profit of one day can at least be multiplied several times…”

“We are not treasure hunters.” Xu Zhouyan had lifted his eyelids to look at him and had said placidly, “We’ll just play for a while and then leave.”

“Play for a while… and then leave?” The young man was stunned, and he couldn’t believe it. “No, just play for a while…?”

Are you playing with your life?

Yu Lin was confused. His chin was buried in his scarf, and he looked at the two of them with confusion. His eyes were clear, and his expression was quiet.

As they were talking, he had caught another monster. It was dark black, and it was emitting a faint light. Before it had even shown its head, it had been casually slapped back by Xu Zhouyan.

The treasure hunter looked at the two of them, and after a while, he felt that it was a little fun, and he was also confused. “You’re not doing this for money. What’s so fun about this?”

This time, Xu Zhouyan had not replied, but he had just kept putting new bait for Yu Lin.

The treasure hunter looked at him, and then at Yu Lin, whose face was slightly young. For some reason, he had a flash of inspiration. “Are you trying to take a child to play?”

Yu Lin’s action of pulling up the fishing rod had paused, and his eyelashes had lifted slightly. Xu Zhouyan had not spoken, but he had lifted his eyelids to look at him.

The treasure hunter had understood that he had guessed correctly, and he had recommended with great interest, “Then it’s so boring to always be ice fishing. I know a few fun places in the city. Do you want to go and see?”

He had kicked the water monster down with one foot. This was not an ordinary person, and he still wanted to make friends with the bigshot.

Xu Zhouyan usually had no entertainment activities. After a moment of silence, he had asked, “The ones you mentioned… are they very fun?”

The treasure hunter had said with great interest, “Of course!”

Xu Zhouyan was silent for a moment, and he turned his head to look at Yu Lin. “I’ve never played… do you want to go and play?”

Yu Lin looked at him, and then at the carefully prepared fishing rod in his hand, and his eyes curved slightly. “I want to play this.”

Xu Zhouyan nodded. “Okay.”

Then he did not speak again.

Seeing that the two of them had their own arrangements, the treasure hunter did not ask for trouble anymore and turned to leave.

Not far away, the crowd was surging, and it was noisy and lively. The clean white ice surface was boundless, and it extended into the distance. Gradually, everyone had gone away, and only Yu Lin and Xu Zhouyan were left.

The two of them were not professional treasure hunters, and the items they had caught were of varying quality, and there was even a handful of pink waterweeds.

The already dim sky in the north was getting darker, and the wind with snow particles was blowing. The two of them were holding the harvest of a day and were slowly walking back.

As they were walking, and when the dim yellow lights of the hotel were in sight, Yu Lin raised his hand and found that the ring on his knuckle was slightly shining in the dark night.

“Xu Zhouyan.” He suddenly called Xu Zhouyan’s name and asked softly, “What is this?”

Xu Zhouyan looked at him, and his eyes were dark, and he did not speak.

Yu Lin looked at him, and his gaze was gentle and quiet in the daylight. He said softly, “I asked the hotel owner. This is not an ordinary item. Xu Zhouyan, why did you do this?”

Xu Zhouyan looked at him, and then at the ring on his hand. He pressed his lips together slightly, and after a moment, he said in a hoarse voice, “I don’t know.”

He didn’t know either. He was alone, and he was walking alone, and he had a manga to accompany him. Later, the person in the book had come to his side, and his features were curved, and he had called his name.

Xu Zhouyan could not describe his emotions. It was cherish, it was care, it was like, it was heart-stirring.

It was a strange and indescribable faint light that had lit up in the night.

He had nothing else to ask for, and he just wanted to help this person go home.

Under the flickering lights by the hotel, Yu Lin looked over and asked softly, “Xu Zhouyan, what are you thinking about?”

Xu Zhouyan looked up and met his gaze, and after a moment of silence, he only said, “I don’t know. I just want to make you happy.”