Today, I Have Yet to Become a Doll

This feeling was very peculiar.

From childhood to adulthood, he rarely interacted with women. The women he occasionally came into contact with were mostly composed, generous, dignified, and elegant female elders. He never expected to associate the word "cute" with a grown woman.

Previously, he only associated that word with his niece, who was not yet five years old.

However, Bai Youwei's affected manner was not much different from his five-year-old niece…

Thinking of this, Shen Mo couldn't help but smile, feeling a little amused.

His emotions were keenly perceived by the woman in his arms—

"What are you laughing at?" Bai Youwei questioned him fiercely, "Are you secretly laughing at me in your heart? Do you think I'm happy to have you carry me? If you hadn't dismantled my wheelchair…"

Shen Mo changed the subject, "Is the new wheelchair I found for you suitable?"

Bai Youwei was stunned for a moment, then snorted disdainfully, "Hmph, it smells like disinfectant…"

But she didn't say it was bad.

That was the wheelchair Shen Mo had gone all the way back to Hangzhou to get from a hospital there.

…

Back in the tent, the night was still quiet.

Everyone was resting, and no one noticed that the two people in the tent had left.

The two lay side by side, sometimes thinking about the rewards from the dollhouse game, sometimes thinking about the destination they were about to reach, neither of them feeling sleepy.

Bai Youwei turned over, lying on her side facing Shen Mo, and asked softly, "After you meet Professor Song, what are your plans?"

Shen Mo looked at the top of the tent, and after a moment of silence, said, "…Maybe, I'll try to find my family."

"Where will you look?" Bai Youwei asked again.

Shen Mo slowly shook his head.

In this world without electricity, internet, or any means of communication, finding someone was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

He turned his head to look at her, "What about you, have you ever thought about finding your parents?"

Bai Youwei answered quickly, "No."

Shen Mo: "…"

Bai Youwei explained to him, "Think about it, they've either had an accident, or they haven't. If they've had an accident, there's no need to look for them at all; if they haven't had an accident, they must be living a hard life, and a daughter with disabled legs suddenly coming to rely on them, wouldn't that be an even greater burden for them?"

Shen Mo smiled, "You're so considerate."

Bai Youwei answered frankly, "I just don't like being a nuisance."

"Not afraid of me finding you annoying?" Shen Mo asked with a smile.

Bai Youwei heard this, narrowed her eyes slightly, and her expression became dangerous, "…Then, do you find me annoying?"

This question was a bit delicate, and it was difficult to answer in just a few words, it would either sound perfunctory or ambiguous.

Just as Shen Mo was pondering, Bai Youwei suddenly said, "Oh, suddenly I'm so sleepy… Slept, slept."

She turned over and made no more sound.

Shen Mo looked at her for a while, then closed his eyes as well.

The night became even quieter.

…

From Hangzhou to Shanghai, it was 177 kilometers, and if they drove a little faster, they could arrive in 2 hours, but in order to avoid the sections with doll games, they spent a long time on the road.

When they arrived at the Hu-Min Elevated Road, they found many strange road signs on the road.

For example: 1.2 kilometers ahead, game, triggered number 12, 2119-7-30, A05.

nbe probably referred to doll games, the string of numbers after that was the date, and the final A05 was temporarily unknown.

It seemed that the road signs were very friendly, providing free safety reminders for passers-by.

They continued to move forward and found more similar road signs, some pointing to the left and some pointing to the right.

Yan Qingwen reached out of the car window and waved to the back.

Two cars stopped one after the other.

Yan Qingwen walked to the SUV and said to Shen Mo, "It seems that Shanghai is fine. These road signs don't seem like individual behavior, there should be an organization of a certain scale that investigated and put them up."

After a pause, he added, "We didn't find any fog ahead either."

Teacher Cheng sat in the car and asked in confusion, "Shanghai has such a large population, why is there no fog?"

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