On the Seven Towers

Li Jia slept very uneasily that night. He dreamed that a wild beast was chasing him from behind. He didn't dare to look back, but just kept running. But the beast was chasing him closely. Every time he felt that he was about to escape, a low roar would appear behind him. He ran and ran, and he didn't know how long he ran. Finally, a building appeared in front of him. He ran all the way into the building, hastily fastened the big iron door, and saw a group of crimson shadows rushing over. It was a huge wolf with crimson hair and slightly orange eyes.

It seemed to be staring at Li Jia, and its eyes attracted him like a magnet, making him both afraid and eager. Suddenly, the red wolf jumped up and pounced on the iron door. The rusty iron door was knocked down at once, and pressed towards Li Jia with the red wolf...

Li Jia sat up suddenly, but his body was tripped by the sleeping bag and fell down again. When he got out of the sleeping bag, he found that he was sweating all over as if he had been caught in the rain.

It was already light in the sky. He opened the crack of the tent and looked out. Everything seemed normal in the camp. Most people hadn't gotten up yet. Only the cook, Lao He, was cooking porridge in a large pot. Li Jia sneezed several times when the cold wind leaked in from outside.

Xiao Chen in the sleeping bag next to him seemed to have heard the sneeze. He mumbled twice, turned over, and continued to drool.

Li Jia dressed neatly and walked out of the tent. He was about to take a look at Serinda's tent, but he saw Lao He, who was cooking porridge, waving a large soup spoon in his hand and running towards him. Old He is almost 60 years old, a little thin, and is a chef in the school cafeteria. He is usually honest and dull, and he is the type who can't fart for a long time. But today, he showed his yellow teeth, grinned, and was very enthusiastic, "Xiao Li, Xiao Li, oh, you got up so early, why don't you sleep a little longer, young people? Don't catch a cold wearing so little, come here, my porridge is almost ready, come and eat first."

As he said, Old He grabbed Li Jia's arm and dragged him to the big pot, and served him a bowl of porridge. Then, he rummaged in his bag for a while, took out a bag of something, and ran to Li Jia in a veiled manner, "Xiao Li, this is my treasured Fuling pickled mustard, I brought it from there, eat one less, you can take it all."

"This, this is better for you to eat. I just need to drink some porridge." Li Jia said in confusion.

"How can I take it? I can't let anyone lose you." Lao He poured half a bag of pickled mustard into Li Jia's bowl without saying anything, and even grabbed the chopsticks to stir it, "Eat, Xiao Li, you don't know, you and my son are really alike. But you are taller, more handsome, and much better than him. You can study for a master's degree in this top university, and even in this... this other world, you are doing so well! Oh, if only I had a son like you."

Li Jia was a little scared by Lao He's look, and he started to eat porridge without saying a word, but Lao He put too much pickled mustard, which made him roll his eyes and greatly delayed the progress of finishing this bowl of porridge.

"I have already discovered that you have a crush on that girl called, what's called Serinda, right?"

Li Jia snorted and laughed twice, and continued to eat porridge.

"What's there to be embarrassed about? I, Lao He, support you. Xiao Li, come on, give birth to a fat baby as soon as possible, to be my grandson. We are old and have come to this world, and there is nothing else to look forward to. We just hope that you young people can find something for us to do..." Lao He smiled with his eyes narrowed into slits, and he looked like a grandfather who was looking forward to his grandson.

Li Jia choked and spit out a mouthful of porridge into the bowl. Lao He hurried forward to pat him on the back, "You kid, why are you in such a hurry to eat? There is plenty of porridge. I will cook more after you finish eating! I will serve you another bowl!"

"I'm really full, Uncle He, I have something to do, I'm leaving first, leaving first!" Li Jia put down the bowl and fled from Lao He. He ran a long way and stopped only when he was sure that Lao He could not see him. He thought to himself: Lao He is not possessed by evil spirits?

Li Jia stood there in a daze, and suddenly someone hugged him from behind. The hug was fierce and firm, and it hurt Li Jia's arms. He struggled and shouted, "Who is it? Let me go."

"It's me, Li Jia. You left quietly last night. Are we still good brothers?"

It turned out to be Shi Hao. Li Jia said angrily, "What's wrong with you? Let me go."

Shi Hao loosened his arm, but put one hand on Li Jia's shoulder, pinching it, making Li Jia feel uneasy. "Xiao Li, I don't know why, I haven't seen you all night, and I feel uneasy. I don't deserve you. What's so good about that native woman? Why do you keep staring at her? Even if she doesn't want you, you still have us brothers, right?"

"You, didn't you support me yesterday?"

"Of course I support you, but then I think it's not worth it. It's better for us brothers to drink and chat together than to chase that woman in a humble manner? Don't you think so?"

Li Jia felt that Shi Hao's eyes were glowing green, as if he wanted to eat him. He broke Shi Hao's hand off his shoulder, forced a smile and stepped back.

"How good was it when you, me and Du Mei were together? Now that Du Mei is gone, we two have to live well. In fact, isn't a good life just about being with people you like? Don't go, Li Jia, let's go hunting together? I haven't felt so good since the Du Mei incident."

Li Jia ran away. Shi Hao's way of speaking almost made him vomit all the porridge. He turned around several tents in a row and was about to go around to call Xiao Chen. He guessed that the abnormal behavior of these people was related to the magic last night.

People who saw him along the way greeted him with a much more enthusiastic attitude than usual, and some even wanted to pull him over and have a good chat. Li Jia became more and more scared. He ignored these people and kept running towards Xiao Chen.

But when he was a few steps away from Xiao Chen's tent, a bouquet of flowers suddenly appeared in front of him. The red and white wild flowers were tied together by a grass stem, as big as a washbasin.

"For you!" A head appeared from behind the bouquet. It turned out to be the girl Catalina. Catalina seemed to be dressed up today. She was not wearing leather armor, but a long skirt. Her hair was tied into two braids, which made her look very cute with her rosy cheeks.

"Even you..." Li Jia held the bouquet of flowers stuffed into his arms and looked at the other party with some horror.

"I went to the river this morning and picked some flowers." Katrina blushed as Li Jia stared at her, but she still looked at him bravely, "I like you, Li Jia, although I didn't realize this before and was foolishly thinking about others, but I suddenly realized that you are the one I really like."

Are you kidding? This is a magical accident! No, I have to find Xiao Chen to solve it quickly. Li Jia turned around and was about to leave. At this time, Katrina took advantage of his daze. She rushed over and pushed Li Jia to the ground. Her petite body fell on Li Jia, holding his face and kissing him hard.

Li Jia screamed, Katrina's skills were rusty, and she failed to hit the target under Li Jia's struggle. Her forehead hit Li Jia's teeth and broke his lip. Li Jia took the opportunity to grab her head and shouted: "Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, come and save me, everyone here is crazy. Help!"

This scream attracted many people, but no one could help Li Jia. Instead, there were voices like this:

"Wow, Li Jia looks so handsome when he was pushed down."

"Today I found out that he is so cute."

"Li Jia, I want to give birth to a baby for you."

"Bitch, get off Li Jia!"

Chen Hansheng and Kalanda arrived at this time, and the two of them seemed to be unaffected. Kalanda quickly pulled down Catalina who was clinging to Li Jia, and Chen Hansheng helped Li Jia up.

"What's going on? Are they all possessed?" Chen Hansheng asked in confusion.

"This, this is not much different from being possessed by evil spirits. It may be related to the failure of Xiao Chen and I to tinker with the charm technique last night. Hey, Lao Chen, how are you okay?"

"I wasn't in the camp last night, hehe." He glanced at Kalanda who was talking to Katarina, "We went to have a private class yesterday, and Katarina came back first..."

"Alas, I suspect Xiao Chen has charmed everyone! We originally only wanted to charm Serinda alone." Li Jia said in a low voice with a bitter face.

"Charm?" Chen Hansheng obviously didn't understand, but someone else did.

"Charm! So that's how it is, no wonder my amulet is broken." Serinda's voice came from behind Li Jia.

"Sai, Serinda." Li Jia's face flushed with embarrassment. He stood up and stood in front of Serinda like a child who had done something wrong. "I, I shouldn't have such a crooked idea..."

Serinda's face showed no emotion, "Tell me why you want to plot against me."

"It's not a plot! I definitely don't want to hurt you!" Li Jia said anxiously, "I just like you too much, but I'm afraid you don't like me enough."

"You are really bold this time to use charm on me. But do you think the feelings you evoke through charm are real?" Serinda asked coldly, "Will the love that Catalina has for you be sincere?"

Li Jia glanced at Catalina. She seemed to be struggling and trying to come over here. Karanda helplessly pressed her hand lightly on the back of her neck and knocked her unconscious. He clenched his fists and lowered his head, "I'm sorry for you, sorry for everyone."

"Hmph! Sorry is the word I hate the most..."

"But, but I'm sincere! I can prove it to you!" Li Jia suddenly raised his head and rushed towards Serinda. Serinda was caught off guard by him and then kissed on the lips.

Li Jia could feel that Serinda was pushing him, and even felt a familiar mental fluctuation, which was a precursor to Serinda's release of magic. However, at this time, he didn't care about these. There was only one thought in his mind, I will prove it to her, regardless of everything.

Li Jia was like a baby who tasted honey for the first time and discovered the most wonderful taste in the world. He was surprised and greedy, even a little manic. He was like a brave knight who knocked on the barrier of Serinda's lips and teeth and explored the sweet place. Maybe anger made Serinda cold as ice, but no matter how cold it was, it would melt under such a hot emotion. Serinda's resistance became weaker and weaker, and finally she began to respond awkwardly, and the two hugged each other.

At this time, Xiao Chen's tent was opened. Xiao Chen, who was sleepy, scratched his head and saw this scene. He grinned and said, "I'm really not kidding. It really worked."