Chapter 71: Return
"...Woof woof woof woof——"
"... Didi - beep -"
"You are my little apple~ I can never love you too much~ Your little red face warms my heart~ It lights up the fire of my life~"
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The barking dogs downstairs, the honking of cars, and the loud music of square dances, all kinds of noisy sounds poured into Levi's ears.
The consciousness that fell into chaos gradually began to regain consciousness.
"...well..."
Slowly opening his eyes, he felt as if he had just woken up from a hangover. His head felt as heavy as lead, and it ached like being pricked by countless needles.
"...Huha...huh?"
Levi, who was not yet fully awake, yawned and scratched his navel again, as if he still didn't know where he was.
...Eh? Why do I sleep on the floor? Feeling sore and backache all over?
The memory is still not coherent. Is it because my brain is not working well, or is it because I stayed up two nights in a row playing games?
After sitting up from the floor, Levi first rubbed his temples, then shook his head vigorously, trying to sort out his chaotic thoughts.
The first thing that catches the eye is the ceiling painted white, with an eighty-watt non-energy-saving light bulb. Then there are the large anime posters posted on the walls, as well as figures and models scattered everywhere, fully showing the atmosphere of an otaku. Next, there were many dirty clothes, plastic bags, empty instant noodle bowls and fast food boxes scattered everywhere, filling the narrow room with an unpleasant sour smell.
In addition, there is a lingering smell of cigarette smoke, making this messy room as mixed as a doghouse.
Staring at this messy and dirty little space, carefully savoring the familiar scenes around him that he had seen since childhood, Levi suddenly felt that his eyesight went dark, and then, like strange lights, various colors flashed past, and scenes appeared in the scene. The wonderful experiences of medieval Europe passed quickly... Finally, after a moment of silence, he couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and let out a long and long sigh - yes! I seem to be back? !
He got up from the floor and opened the dusty curtains, and the bustling night scene of Harbin's summer streets suddenly appeared before Levi's eyes.
Looking out the window at the various pedestrians in suits and ties or T-shirts and shorts coming and going, Levi suddenly felt like he was in another world. Yesterday, I was still negotiating with priests in robes and knights in armor, or chatting with ladies from all over the world in complicated long skirts; today, I have come to the modern society of feasting and feasting, listening to all kinds of popular music. Music is playing on the street, and you can see all kinds of luxury cars flowing on the street, and there are many beauties in fashionable clothes dangling in front of you. This strong contrast can simply make those fragile people schizophrenic.
Of course, Levi always considered himself mentally tough, but he couldn't help but fall into some indescribable confusion and melancholy.
——The nights in modern metropolis are always filled with confusing lights and feasting. Looking from the window of this old-fashioned residential building from a distance, the car taillights on the road converge into a torrent of red, white and yellow light. , I don’t know where to start from, and I don’t know where to go. It just keeps flowing on the road. Once it drives on the road, every car will be involuntarily carried by the road to an unknown distance, as if it is being shelved. Goods waiting to be packaged on a conveyor belt. Colorful neon lights turned on and off, car horns honked and stopped, and I didn’t know where the sharp sound of tires rubbing against the ground came from when braking suddenly, or whether the whining sound was from a police car or an ambulance. .
For some reason, despite the busy traffic on the road downstairs and the deafening music of street dances, Levi still vaguely felt in his heart that he was just a bystander in this busy metropolis, and everything that happened was Things are very far away from me. Across a road is like a world. A corridor or a door is like being in another time and space. The roads and buildings of modern cities not only make the land under our feet orderly, but also cut the space between people into densely packed small hives. Everyone lives and works in their own little nest, which is boring. And they spend this life tiredly, with few memorable interactions between them.
On the contrary, as soon as he closed his eyes, he felt as if he had returned to the quiet manor on the outskirts of Marseille. The croaking frogs replaced the rumble of the car engine, and the small plants lying among the roots of the swamps and rivers Amphibious creatures, fluttering their round gills, announce themselves to the world. existence, the chirping bugs seemed to be mocking the arrogant frogs, so these angry rangers stuck out their long tongues to teach them a lesson, while the sunflowers looked down at the show at their feet. When there is a drama, the smile on the flower plate is as bright as day...
Eh? When did I, a vulgar poor citizen, suddenly become so bourgeois?
He sighed with a wry smile, lowered the curtains, turned around and sat at the computer desk in the room. While chewing on the emotion of returning from another world, he glanced at the lower right corner of the computer screen - the time on the computer was naturally accurate. That was true, but when he thought about it carefully, Levi couldn't remember exactly what day his time travel took place... which made him wonder if everything that happened in medieval Europe was just a long dream.
However, it was really a wonderful and exciting dream!
——The coldness and fighting in the infinite space, the bloodshed of the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the knight's swansong at the Battle of Crécy, the terrifying waves of the Black Death, the warmth and sweetness of family and wife, and the powerful Doraemon, all moral integrity is lost. The time-traveling predecessors can be called the absurd "angel's arrival"... Immersed in these incredible and wonderful memories, a smile couldn't help but bloom at the corner of his mouth, but then his face suddenly became stiff.
Wait, is this really just a dream? ! ! Thinking of this, Levi's heart couldn't help but tighten.
After a moment of silence, he began to frantically search for any evidence that could confirm the medieval time travel, but unfortunately found nothing - he was still wearing the same dirty synthetic sweatshirt and cotton pajamas. Instead of a medieval-style silk shirt, the Samsara watch on his wrist was nowhere to be seen. When he looked in the mirror, he still had the same messy bird's nest-like hair and a mixed-race face with slightly Western characteristics. The muscles on the body are still so flaccid and weak, instead of being strong and tight after long-term exercise and hunting...
——Because Levi had accumulated enough points and left the main god system of the infinite space directly, he didn’t bring anything out. Even his clothes became the same as before——the gold, silver and gems he hid in his pockets. All the private money like that was naturally gone.
In desperation, he wanted to call Wang Qiu and Ma Tong, but then he was even more helpless to find that the small notebook where he recorded phone numbers and other trivial matters was gone: So, Levi suddenly became even more flustered - damn Yes, I must have really just had a daydream! Not to mention those wonderful encounters and wealth gained, could it be that even wives, sons, and lovers in medieval Europe only existed in dreams?
And the powerful Doraemon and the time traveler seniors are virtual characters imagined in daydreams?
Oh, this is a completely unfunny joke - God! Are you trying to kill me?
Due to such a huge psychological gap, it really tests the human heart. Comrade Li Wei, who was already in poor health, suddenly became so angry that his eyes darkened and he fainted... until he regained consciousness again. , it was already bright outside the window.
He sat on the floor blankly, staring at the sun outside the window for a long time. After a long time, he stood up because he could no longer bear the sticky sweat stains on his body - hey, no matter whether all the memories in his mind were true or false. , let’s take a shower first.
So, Levi dragged his heavy steps out of the living room, opened the lid of the washing machine, took off all his clothes, stuffed them into the washing bucket, and then went directly into the bathroom. After squeezing some shower gel and shampoo, he washed his body and hair hastily, and adjusted his mentality at the same time, he turned off the faucet and walked out of the bathroom, picking up a large towel to wipe the water droplets on his body and wet hair.
At this moment, the landline phone in the room rang... Levi couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, took a deep breath of the foul air in the room, picked up the phone calmly, and then I was so shocked by the familiar voice coming from inside that I almost dropped the microphone to the floor!
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"...Hey, brother Levi, what's going on with you? Your phone has been turned off all the time. QQ has always been showing online, but there is no response no matter how many calls you make, and it took three times for someone to answer the landline... You Nothing happened over there? Are you home safely?”
Wang Qiu's complaining words came from the other end of the phone. Although the tone was very unpleasant, in Li Wei's ears, it was no less than the sound of nature! !
——This is of course not to say that Li Wei is a masochist, but because he finally happily confirmed that everything in his memory was not a false fantasy. His wife and children, as well as those entrusted to Wang Qiudai for safekeeping, That batch of gold and silver jewelry (the pockets on Li Wei's clothes had limited space and could not carry too many gold coins, and there were also considerations of being cunning) were not all just a daydream!
Wow! I, Levi, am now a winner in life with a wife and assets! But...that little brother Wang Qiu couldn't have swallowed my money!
"...Ah, everything is fine here! I am at home in Harbin now... How are my wife and children?"
With the above-mentioned chaotic conflicts, worries about gains and losses, Levi said urgently and somewhat incoherently, "...and the gold coins, jewelry and gems I entrusted you to keep...are they all okay? Have they been exchanged for cash?" ”
"...Hahaha, Brother Levi, will I still not worry about your affairs? My sister-in-law has been discharged from Doraemon's 22nd Century Maternity Hospital! She is taking your son to live in Ma Tong Senior Sister In my house, the little guy looks quite smart! And those gold and silver jewelry... you tell me. What are you talking about? It’s so sentimental! Are you afraid that I will take away your little life money? Don’t worry! Your share of gold coins, jewelry and gems are all good. It hasn’t moved at all! If you don’t believe it, you can come and count it in person!”
Wang Qiu replied, "...I also went to inquire about the place in the city that collects gold and gems. The price they gave was too bad. I thought about it and decided to wait for you to come over before disposing of it. Now they have all been handed over to me. Sister-in-law Zhao Na’s safekeeping must be foolproof”
But Li Wei's eyes darkened when he heard it... It's over! My little treasury! The extravagant pastime of my dreams? It's all hopeless now!
——After being a couple for so many years, he still doesn’t know Zhao Na’s temper? He has always been very strict about money matters, and is very stingy. He has to keep accounts for even the smallest amount of money, so it was not until Zhao Na left the medieval European world to go to the hospital to wait for childbirth that he began to have room for stealing... This Damn it, all the private money collected in medieval Europe has gone into the hands of his wife, and I am afraid that I will fall into the "hep-control" family again!
In addition... "...Wait a minute, brother Wang Qiu, you seemed to have said that you wanted me to come over to you from Harbin? What are you doing here?"
Levi, whose mind hadn't turned around for a while, couldn't help but asked in surprise, and then heard an even more surprised roar from the other side:
"...What are you doing here?! Of course I'm taking your wife and children home! Brother Levi, don't you plan to eat up your sister-in-law and not admit it? You don't have this plan? That's fine! Men should be responsible A little bit, and at the same time, you have to be a little more proactive... Besides, your wife is different from you. She cheated with her pregnancy to escape from my main god space, so she is I still have my ID card and other things in the dormitory of my original employer. It is difficult to buy train and plane tickets. It is too dangerous to take a long-distance bus with a baby in my arms - from Jiangnan to Harbin in the northeast, there are more than 2,000 people. It’s a long way! And your son is just one month old! By the way, you don’t have to pay for the trip? Do you need me to pay for it?”
"...Ah! Thank you so much! Please call me as soon as possible so that I can book a flight. The money will be deducted from my share of gold coins!"
After touching the shriveled wallet in his coat pocket and recalling the approximate number remaining in his bank account, Levi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"...Don't worry too much about this small amount of money. I will send you 20,000 yuan right now. Please tell me your bank card number..."
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After a moment, Levi put down the phone with a look of relief, looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and couldn't help but reveal a knowing smile.
Although it is somewhat unsatisfactory, at least my wife and children are here, and my private money has not been lost (even if it was kept by my wife). Compared to those fellow reincarnators who lost their lives and the seniors who washed away the memory pops naked, they were already many times lucky.
And in this way, I can be considered to have a family, a career, and a successful career, which is enough to comfort my parents in heaven!
He closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, then looked around at the messy little kennel that was filled with peculiar smell, and suddenly couldn't help but frown - what would happen if his wife saw such a sloppy scene? ? And you can’t let your baby live in such a dirty place, right?
So, using the last moment before heading south, Levi found a broom and a rag and started cleaning his old house...while he collected and hid all the anime posters and figures - as a winner in life, he Someone who thinks he has graduated from being an otaku says...
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PS: The next volume is going to describe the great battle at the end of the Ming Dynasty, "Lingao Qiming", "Late Ming", "Stealing the Ming", "New World 1620" and so on, let's all come together!
Readers, please open your imagination and think about what a passionate scene it will be when so many groups of time travelers collide with each other! Then, when they were crushed by the urban management army and taught how to behave, what kind of joyful scene was it? !
By the way, Comrade Levi will continue to appear again!