What kind of question was this?

Wen Chu was stunned for a moment, thinking Xiu had mixed up the subject.

Shouldn’t it be whether he would make Xiu dislike him? Why would he dislike Xiu out of the blue?

Wen Chu fell into deep thought, and the room went quiet for a moment.

Xiu lowered his eyes and started walking out.

“I just said it casually, you don’t need to mind. Let’s go to the commercial district…”

“I don’t dislike you!” Wen Chu hurriedly said.

He finally realized what Xiu was referring to. Flustered and anxious, he stammered, “How could I dislike you? I like you the most. You, you, you, you’re talking nonsense!”

Xiu paused in his steps.

The wall in front of him began to twist. Xiu could almost imagine how anxiously Wen Chu was gesturing.

He wanted to laugh a little and curled his lips slightly.

“Really?”

“Really!”

Wen Chu wished he could dig out his heart for Xiu to see.

“You don’t know how much I like you. When I first saw you, I deliberately slipped over to your side just to make you fall down. Where did I act like I didn’t like you?”

Wen Chu carefully recalled where he had gone wrong and then said, “I didn’t mean to leave you alone. I really thought you were fine. If you mind, I’ll stay with you from now on.”

As for the three people at the subway station, he could just control the thorns remotely to draw blood; there was no need for his consciousness to follow them.

Xiu’s voice was tinged with laughter: “Including just now, did you like me very much?”

Wen Chu choked and became bashful.

“…Liked you even more.”

“Pfft.” Xiu finally couldn’t hold it back and laughed out loud.

He remembered the favorability panel at this moment. Although he already believed ninety percent of Wen Chu’s words, he still pulled up the panel to take a look.

【Current Favorability: 90%】

Xiu was surprised.

It was 80% before; when did it go up again?

He recalled and was certain he hadn’t heard the favorability panel notification just now.

Then it could only be last night.

Wen Chu had already answered with his favorability last night, but Xiu had slept too soundly to see it.

Xiu suddenly felt his earlier conflict was quite unnecessary. He said to the wriggling door in front of him, “Sorry, I was overthinking just now.”

Wen Chu, afraid he wouldn’t believe him, repeated, “I really like you; you have to believe me.”

And clearly, he was the one who should be worried about being disliked.

Xiu smiled. “I know. I believe you.”

Saying this, he walked out of the bathroom.

It was strange to say, but he had never experienced such conflicted emotions before. This kind of emotion seemed more like something Wen Chu would have.

Getting tangled up in his own thoughts and overthinking things.

Xiu had thought he would be like this in the small world only because of the conditions of his identity, but to this day, he still fell into such conflicts.

Returning to the room and looking at the neatly arranged fruit and water glass on the bedside table, Xiu suddenly felt it wasn’t so strange anymore.

Caring about someone meant infinitely amplifying emotions related to that person.

He cared too much about Wen Chu’s opinion of him, to the extent that he would lose his composure.

That silly little rabbit had taken root in his heart unknowingly long ago.

Xiu changed into clean and tidy patient clothes and looked at the wall. “Are we still going to the commercial district?”

Wen Chu hesitated. “Can you manage?”

Xiu nodded. “The medicine is very effective; I’m fine.”

What he said was true. The hospital in the dungeon was very unreasonable; wounds on the waist and abdomen healed quickly, recovering rapidly after the ointment was applied.

It rivaled Wen Chu’s healing ability.

Oh… that wasn’t right either. Now Wen Chu was the dungeon. In a sense, this was Wen Chu’s ability.

Seeing Xiu moving freely, Wen Chu stopped agonizing over it and immediately said, “Okay, let’s go to the commercial district now.”

His thoughts were too chaotic last night, and he hadn’t seen what the commercial district looked like yet.

Since his body had basically fully recovered, Xiu successfully processed the permission to go out at the front desk and walked out of the hospital with Wen Chu wearing patient clothes.

Although his crotch was empty, this was surprisingly the most he had worn since entering the dungeon.

Pushing open the hospital doors, the two prepared to head towards the subway station.

However, when stepping onto the road, Xiu’s footsteps paused slightly.

“Are there flowers blooming by the roadside?”

Xiu looked at the thorns by the road.

Wen Chu leaned over to look, and sure enough, flower buds had grown among the spikes of the thorns.

Thinking about what he had done with the thorns, Wen Chu felt a bit guilty. “Probably… following my repair progress, the plants in the dungeon are also growing?”

Xiu nodded, not suspecting anything.

He merely regarded the dungeon as part of Wen Chu and subconsciously observed every slight change in him.

As long as it wasn’t a negative change, there was no need to make a fuss. Besides, the vegetation on both sides of the road was quite monotonous; blooming flowers were nice.

The two walked into the subway station, and Xiu went to the ticket machine to buy tickets.

The originally dim “Shopping Center Station” had been lit up.

The Shopping Center Station was located at the intersection of subway lines 1 and 2, which was also the center of the dungeon. Therefore, Xiu didn’t need to transfer; he could arrive directly by taking the westbound line 2.

Xiu selected the Shopping Center Station, and the ticket machine displayed the price.

【Price: 2ml】

It seemed the subway ticket price was calculated based on distance.

A measuring cup was pushed out. Xiu was about to bite his finger to pay, but Wen Chu hurriedly stopped him.

“I’ll pay, I’ll pay!”

He was now terrified that Xiu would overthink things and ask, “Do you despise me?” He paid incredibly quickly. Before Xiu could pick up the measuring cup, the subway ticket had already been spat out from the ticket slot.

Xiu was a little worried. “Do you still have money?”

Wen Chu glanced at his balance.

340ml remaining.

Not only that, since he wasn’t in a hurry to repair the dungeon, Wen Chu had transferred all the progress Xiu contributed just now into the other party’s account.

A full 230ml.

It could be said that both he and Xiu were a little rich now.

Wen Chu patted his chest and declared, “Don’t worry, I have money. I found a way to make money.”

As he spoke, to reassure Xiu, he pulled up both of their balance panels to show him.

Xiu was stunned when he saw his balance, then immediately realized where it came from, and silently blushed at the tips of his ears.

“…Mn.”

They checked in and got on the subway again.

This time, he finally didn’t have to walk onto the subway almost completely naked, and Xiu was able to sit on a chair.

However, when his skin touched the chair and he felt the cold sensation, Xiu regretted his decision.

…It was too strange.

It reminded him of the exceptionally lewd memories on the chair.

Xiu pursed his lips and was about to stand up when he suddenly felt his waist tighten.

Wen Chu’s hand extended from the chair and clasped his waist.

Xiu instantly became alert. “What do you want to do?”

Wen Chu said matter-of-factly, “I want to see if you’re really healed.”

He had thought about it and felt he didn’t care enough about Xiu.

Just because Xiu said he was fine, did it mean he was fine? He should at least check and confirm.

Xiu: “…”

Xiu held back his shame. “No need to check; I’m really healed.”

Wen Chu didn’t believe him, and his hand was already sliding down along the loose patient clothes.

Xiu’s buttocks were indeed not red or swollen anymore, but Wen Chu worried that the inside hadn’t healed thoroughly, so he reached in to check.

The glass window of the subway honestly reflected this scene.

Xiu looked away, not daring to look at himself in the glass window. He suppressed the panting that reached his lips and compromised, “…Check when we arrive at the station.”

“It’ll be quick.” Wen Chu was still exploring.

The ointment had only repaired the traces but hadn’t restored Xiu to his original state. Wen Chu’s fingers entered smoothly.

He explored Xiu thoroughly, even adding an extra finger for a comprehensive check, before finally preparing to withdraw with peace of mind.

It seemed he was really healed.

Then check the front…

Just as Wen Chu had withdrawn halfway, his fingertips suddenly sensed a warm flow.

Squelch.

A sticky sound rang out.

Wen Chu looked at Xiu in astonishment, only to find that the blond man had begun to twitch his lower abdomen at some point, his eyes blurred and head lowered.

Clearly, he looked like he had been played with until he was satisfied.

“You…” Wen Chu was astonished.

How could he be so sensitive?

He really just wanted to see Xiu’s specific condition and hadn’t thought in that direction.

At least, not until just now.

Xiu pursed his lips. “Shut up.”

Wen Chu refused. His other free hand moved to Xiu’s front.

He held it and stroked it as Xiu had taught him.

“I’ll check if the front is normal too,” Wen Chu said guiltily this time.

Xiu didn’t answer anymore.

Not tacit consent, but because he pursed his lips tightly, afraid that if he opened his mouth, excessively shameful sounds would come out.

The lights in the subway station were bright, and beside them were public facilities usually used by people.

Even knowing there was no one here, doing such a thing in the subway station was no different from doing it in public for Xiu.

The squelching sound became more obvious.

When Wen Chu increased to three fingers, Xiu finally trembled and released completely.

At the same time he released, Wen Chu was still stroking him.

The pleasure arriving simultaneously from both sides made Xiu’s scalp numb. He finally couldn’t hold back, leaking a moan like a low sob from his throat.

A glistening sheen appeared on the chair.

Wen Chu watched the water stains on the chair and his hand gradually disappear, while Xiu’s balance gradually increased. He said slowly, “Xiu, you have so much.”

After this encounter, Xiu’s balance reached 260ml.

Xiu bent over in shame, head lowered, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

However, the subway didn’t give him a chance to escape.

Almost a few seconds after it ended, the subway arrived at the Shopping Center Station.

Accompanied by the beeping sound of the subway doors opening, Xiu stood up hurriedly as if escaping and strode out of the subway car.

Wen Chu hurriedly chased after him. “Wait for me.”

Xiu’s face was flushed, but he still slowed down.

The subway was built directly on the negative first floor of the shopping center; exiting the subway station led straight into the mall.

The negative first floor sold small accessories, a dazzling array of them.

Small leather whips, plush ears, electric toys… In short, nothing decent.

Xiu was already ashamed, and seeing these made him bury his head extremely deep.

Wen Chu was quite interested, reading the signs one by one carefully.

“Realistic, temperature changing…”

“This one can be controlled by thought.”

“Eating it will grow puppy ears and a tail for a day? What’s the use of this?”

Xiu wanted to escape quickly but was afraid Wen Chu would get lost, so he eventually accompanied Wen Chu past each shop.

Hearing the last sentence, Xiu, who had been playing ostrich, finally raised his head.

“What color?”

Wen Chu was looking at the transformation pills on the stall and answered casually, “White.”

Unexpectedly, Xiu actually walked closer.

Wen Chu looked forward expectantly. “You like it?”

Although it wasn’t an insertable tail, just growing ears and a tail, if Xiu was willing, that would be very cute.

Xiu narrowed his eyes and looked at the transformation pills in front of him. The sign next to it depicted fluffy white ears and a tail.

They looked like the ears and tail of some large white dog.

Soft and silly.

Xiu smiled meaningfully. “I like it very much.”

Perhaps because this thing wasn’t dirty enough compared to other goods on the negative first floor, the price was only 10ml.

Xiu bought it decisively and put the pills into the shopping bag under Wen Chu’s expectant gaze.

“Not eating it?” Wen Chu stared at Xiu expectantly.

Xiu lowered his eyes and curled his lips. “I’ll use it later.”

Little rascal, he really thought he bought it for himself.

Wen Chu gave an “Oh” and didn’t urge him anymore.

If Xiu didn’t want to eat it, then he wouldn’t. Eating it when they got home would be the same.

The negative first floor of the mall piqued Wen Chu’s interest, and he continued to follow Xiu upwards.

The first floor of the mall sold clothes. The variety of multifunctional clothes amazed Wen Chu.

Full-body latex suits that could restrict breathing at any time, suits that looked serious but actually contained two automatic devices inside…

The clothes in the living area paled in comparison to the mall.

The only drawback was that they were too expensive; the cheapest cost 300ml.

In contrast, simple clothes without any functions were so cheap they were practically free.

Under Wen Chu’s regretful gaze, Xiu braced himself and walked past rows of messy clothes, selecting a set of silver armor with certain defensive capabilities.

It was similar to his original set of clothes, except this armor could offset 50% of physical damage and 20% of magical damage.

Outside, the effect of this armor would be considered heaven-defying, and it wouldn’t be surprising if it was auctioned for a high price.

But in the dungeon, because it wasn’t dirty enough, it only cost 50ml.

Roughly equivalent to being given away for free.

Xiu bought it without hesitation, then spent another 10ml in the clearance section to buy three sets of daily change clothes that had no effect but were normal enough to make one tear up, and spent 5ml to buy two pairs of ordinary shoes.

Carrying bags big and small, he actually still had a balance of 195ml.

Xiu immediately decided to change out of his patient clothes first, carrying the shopping bags to find a fitting room randomly.

As for Wen Chu who followed him in—

Anyway, what should have been seen had been seen, so Xiu let him be.

Wen Chu was now regretting it so much his intestines were turning green.

If he had known the mall sold ordinary clothes, he should have come earlier and disposed of all the decent stuff.

Now it was great; Xiu had clothes to wear, and he would never see Xiu wearing weird things again.

It was all because of those three people locked in the subway station.

Wen Chu unreasonably shifted his anger and decided to go to the subway station to get some more money when he had time later.

Meanwhile, inside the subway station.

The three people who hadn’t slept all night looked at the subway arrival screen displaying the words “Arriving Soon” again, revealing expressions of despair and breakdown.

They were really about to be driven crazy by this endless mental torture.

The giant beast appearing on time, the tangled thorns, the weird everything—whatever it was, it had completely exceeded their understanding.

“Go?” The King spoke, his voice hoarse, his eyes filled with a madness of mutual destruction.

The two assassins beside him nodded repeatedly, their bloodshot eyes staring tightly at the light screen.

They had decided.

Rather than waiting for death in this weird hall, it was better to enter the giant beast’s belly when the long snake arrived.

Wherever this giant beast took them, hell or death, it was better than living in constant fear and enduring endless torture here.

Especially this morning, for some unknown reason, the thorns binding them tightly loosened slightly.

Although it wasn’t enough to free them from the thorns, they had tried their best to bite through the thorns with their teeth and could drag the thorns on their bodies to rush towards the train.

“Beep—beep—”

The sound of the train arriving rang out. The three held their breath and stared intently at the reappearing white giant beast.

The giant beast’s door opened.

They rushed into the carriage in a swarm.

.

Inside the mall.

Xiu had changed into normal clothes, carrying shopping bags, and came to the second floor with Wen Chu.

The second floor sold various advanced props.

Iron cages, wall mounts, wooden horses, black boxes, and leather whips with soft thorns.

Xiu skillfully skipped past various sky-high priced props and found a long sword in the corner.

Although his sword wasn’t broken yet, it was just an ordinary long sword, difficult to play a big role in actual combat.

But the long sword in his hand was different.

Not only was it enchanted with magic, but because of the special crafting material, there was a certain probability of triggering a fire effect when attacking, bringing a small-scale fire explosion.

It could be said to directly upgrade the hero’s 1v1 melee combat to 1vN group attack.

And such a weapon only cost 80ml.

Xiu bought it without hesitation.

Wen Chu couldn’t help but whimper. He looked eagerly at the dazzling array of goods and whispered, “Really not buying anything else?”

Xiu refused. “No.”

Buying them back would just mean they’d be used on him.

Spending money to let Wen Chu play with him—that would be miserable.

Wen Chu bit his handkerchief and persuaded unwillingly, “You’re in the dungeon and don’t need so many weapons and equipment. Just buy a little something else.”

Xiu stroked the newly bought sword, lowering his eyes. “No, I can’t hide in the dungeon forever. I still have some unresolved troubles outside.”

“They chased me into the deep mountains and old forests, even almost discovering you. Who knows which day you will be found? Before that, I have to deal with them first.”

Wen Chu asked tentatively, “Do you mean the King and those assassins?”

Xiu said noncommittally, “The assassins are secondary; mainly the current King.”

Wen Chu felt guilty. “…Then if someone killed the King in advance, what would be the consequences?”

Xiu thought for a while. “There shouldn’t be much disturbance.”

“He is the youngest son of the former King and has three older brothers. That’s why he is exceptionally suspicious and suppresses his brothers to the extreme.”

“As long as he is eliminated, we don’t need to act. His three brothers will naturally cover up this matter to take over the throne.”

Wen Chu felt a little relieved. “Oh, so that’s how it is.”

Xiu found it a bit strange. “Why do you ask this suddenly?”

Wen Chu changed the subject. “Nothing, just a little curious. Hey, look Xiu, there are magic scrolls over there.”

Xiu wanted to ask more, but his attention was quickly drawn away when he saw the magic scrolls.

Aphrodisiac-type special magic scrolls cost as much as 100ml, while in the clearance section next to it, explosion, teleportation, and other magic scrolls were all at clearance prices.

Only 1ml.

What was the difference between this and giving them away for free?

Xiu immediately went forward to choose, picking and choosing, spending another 35ml.

20ml of which was spent on invisibility scrolls.

Obviously, the use of this scroll was not judged as very decent in the dungeon.

At this point, Xiu only had a final balance of 80ml left.

Seeing the balance drop below three digits, Xiu finally stopped his shopping speed and looked at Wen Chu. “Don’t you have anything you want to buy?”

Since just now, Wen Chu had been accompanying him, buying nothing.

Wen Chu whispered, “I want to buy everything, but I’m afraid you won’t be willing…”

And the things he wanted to buy were particularly expensive, easily costing hundreds or even thousands.

Plus the commission from Xiu’s spending, he only had 384ml in hand.

This pitiful balance was not enough in the mall.

Wen Chu sighed. “I’m so poor.”

Xiu was amused by his pitiful appearance. “No rush, save up slowly. If you can afford it, I can play with you too.”

“Really?” Wen Chu became happy again.

“Really.”

Xiu said, adding slowly, “But you can’t go too far.”

That was what he said, but the definition of “too far” was too flexible.

Wen Chu didn’t realize at all that Xiu was making empty promises and happily followed Xiu to the third floor.

The third floor was mainly restaurants. Since they were here, Xiu, who had been drinking bland porridge for two days, spent 10ml to eat a normal barbecue meal before walking out of the mall.

It was already afternoon.

“Where are we going next?” Wen Chu asked.

Carrying bags big and small, Xiu walked towards the subway station, feeling the pleasant afternoon sun. “Since the hospitalization fees have been paid, stay in the hospital for a few more days? But the sun is nice today. Let’s put these things back in the hospital first, then go out for a stroll?”

Having been here for so long under various crises, he hadn’t taken a good look at Wen Chu’s dungeon yet.

Wen Chu had no objections. As long as he was with Xiu, he was happy, so he agreed readily. “Okay.”

The two walked slowly into the subway and headed for the security checkpoint.

Walking through the long corridor, Xiu heard the system alarm from afar.

“Warning! Warning! Fare evasion detected! Please pay double the subway fare, otherwise the subway station will take coercive measures!”

“Warning! Warning…”

Xiu paused in his steps.

There were others here?

Wen Chu’s heart also skipped a beat. He quickly checked Living Area 2 subway station where the three were locked up.

Sure enough, the subway station was empty.

Those three had escaped.

Wen Chu was angry and panicked at the same time. He immediately controlled the thorns to drag the people back, while speaking to try and stop Xiu. “Wait—”

However, Xiu had already walked towards the subway station one step ahead.

Amidst the alarm, the blond hero in a clean shirt and trousers met the gaze of the King wrapped in thorns.

“It’s you?” Xiu exclaimed in surprise.