Chapter 1 Fu Linglong and the Soul Binding Cage 3
I slowly opened my eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling in front of me, blinking.
“Beep, beep…”
The alarm clock on the bedside table started to ring. It was already 7:20 and it was time to get up.
I struggled to sit up from the bed and felt sore all over, as if I had run a marathon.
Did I get so hungry at night that I ran to the street to find food?
"Oh, stupid humans..."
A deep male voice sounded in my mind, and I hugged my head reflexively, looking around nervously.
After making sure I was the only one in the room, I lay down in frustration and covered my head with the quilt. What just happened doesn't count, get up again!
The second time I sat up, I pouted my lips in dissatisfaction and muttered, "Am I confused from sleep or hunger... I am even more stupid."
I was anxious to go out for food. I combed my hair hastily and washed up in a hurry. Just as I was about to go out, the man's voice rang in my mind again: "Human, you are so sloppy."
Hmm? Puzzled, I poked my head out the door and saw Ji Yuyao, who lived in the room next to mine, just coming back from her morning run.
"Going out so early?" Ji Yuyao smiled at me politely. Seeing that I was looking at her with suspicion, she greeted me very politely.
"Well, I'm going to buy breakfast. I'm leaving first."
I answered indifferently, closed the door, nodded at her, and walked downstairs.
I'm afraid I've known Ji Yuyao for longer than I have known Zhou Mian, but we've never been close. After I was personally selected by Chairman Nie, there was a subtle competition between us, and our relationship became even more complicated. I've never been good at handling such a relationship, and after I learned English and offered to help Nie with translation work in exchange for my monthly living expenses, I became an outlier among the sponsored people.
"Ah, otherwise I can go to Zhou Mian to have breakfast and visit Linglong by the way." I figured that since I missed yesterday's dinner sale, my food expenses this week would definitely exceed the budget.
After deciding where to get my brunch, I happily got on the bus to Zhou Mian's house.
"Ah... I should have drunk two more glasses of water before . I'm starving..."
I lowered my head and pressed my stomach, trying to control my hunger. But my stomach, which hadn't eaten for more than twelve hours, didn't give me any respect, and the gurgling sound became louder and louder.
" Fu Lingmiao? What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
A sharp female voice pierced my eardrums. I knew without looking back that the person was Ling Jiao.
"Fu Lingmiao! Didn't you hear me talking to you?" Ling Jiao chased after me from behind and grabbed me, "I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"
Seeing that I couldn't avoid it, I had to turn around and look at her. Ling Jiao was 1.68 meters tall, with waist-length curly hair fluttering in the wind, and her bright red long windbreaker made her look even whiter.
Before I could say anything, Ling Jiao interrupted me: "Why are you holding your stomach? It's so early in the morning. If you have a stomachache, don't go out. If you're hungry, go eat."
I finally found an opportunity to talk, but my stomach answered Ling Jiao on its own initiative, with a gurgling sound louder than ever before.
I had no choice but to hold my stomach tightly and smile awkwardly.
Ling Jiao rolled her eyes, took out a piece of bread from her bag and handed it to me, saying unhappily, "Eat it quickly. You know I hate you, but you still show up in front of me hungry." I hesitated and didn't take it. Although I had eaten a lot of the food Ling Jiao brought before, it was all given to me by Zhou Mian. Because of this incident, I was often glared at by Ling Jiao.
Ling Jiao tutted, stuffed the bread into my hand, and said impatiently: "You're lucky, I baked this for Zhou Mian myself. Anyway, you're going to go find Zhou Mian later, so instead of asking Zhou Mian to give it to you, I might as well give it to you first."
She clearly hated me, and she was always rude when she spoke, and she even said she hated me more than once. But her overly straightforward personality made it impossible for me to hate her.
I smiled awkwardly. After hearing what Ling Jiao said, I felt too embarrassed to go find laugh it off and turned around and walked back to the bus stop.
Forget it, there is not much difference between a piece of bread and the breakfast that Zhou Mian prepared, which required scolding. While thinking, I took a bite of the bread at random. Well, she is worthy of being the eldest daughter of the chain restaurant group. An ordinary piece of bread tastes so wonderful.
"Human, you are so grateful just because someone gave you some food. It's ridiculous."
The third time I heard this voice in my head, I couldn't help but wonder if I was mentally weakened and was hallucinating. I didn't look well rested when I woke up in the morning. My mind was fuzzy, and my body was sore. Was it because I didn't sleep well that I was hallucinating?
While eating the bread, I lowered my head and thought about whether I should see a doctor.
"Human, do you mean you can hear me?" The voice became a little surprised and a little urgent.
I was even more surprised. Was the voice in my head talking to me?
Am I so hungry that I'm going schizophrenic or developing a second personality?
Is the second personality still a man?
"Ha...haha, impossible, impossible...this bread tastes really good. It's still early, why don't we go to the night market...haha..."
"Human, are you ignoring me?"
"Haha...ha, the wind is so strong today...let's go take a walk by the river, good idea, haha..."
"Are all humans as stupid as you?"
"Hahaha, you haven't done the translation work yet... Yes, yes, I almost forgot, thanks for reminding me... That's right, because I'm alone most of the time , I have this habit of talking to myself! Yes, talking to myself..."
