SFS Chapter 248 Are you players too?
Chapter 248 Are you players too?
"The dungeon should only officially begin after all the players have met."
"This is our first meeting tonight; things might change tomorrow during the day."
Yan Xun leaned on the railing, looking at the rooftops hidden among the trees.
What do these roofs mean?
Yan Xun looked at the houses and found that, apart from the five houses where the players had moved in, the roofs of the other houses in the community were also colorful.
"I might only know after meeting them."
Lou Yanchuan spoke.
As the two were talking, a neighbor walking his dog slowly appeared on the road.
The other person seemed to notice the gaze from the balcony and quickly turned their head.
Yan Xun immediately smiled, and Lou Yanchuan beside him also showed a similar smile.
The other party responded with a smile.
"Hello," said the neighbor walking the dog, looking at Yan Xun and his companion. "Are you new neighbors who just moved here?"
“Yes,” Yan Xun replied, leaning on the railing. “We just moved in today, and we’re going to a welcome party for the new residents tonight.”
The man nodded understandingly. "I know."
“Whenever a couple arrives, the White House always hosts a party like this to help them get to know each other.”
He looked at Yan Xun and asked, "Are you brothers?"
"Of course not," Yan Xun said. "Do we look that alike?"
The other party seemed surprised by Yan Xun's words. He observed Lou Yanchuan in the wheelchair for a while, then looked at Yan Xun and said, "To be honest, it doesn't seem like it."
"What do you think our relationship is?" Lou Yanchuan asked with interest.
“We have a very close relationship,” he added.
The neighbor walking the dog was now completely embarrassed. He scratched his cheek with his finger, "Sorry, I didn't know you were..."
“We are relatives!” Yan Xun interrupted his neighbor’s next words decisively.
"He is my uncle."
"My father's younger brother."
The neighbor looked somewhat dazed. He stared at Yan Xun for a while, then at Lou Yanchuan.
After a long pause, he finally said, "I thought..."
He quickly realized that Lou Yanchuan had deliberately misled him. He didn't really understand why the other party would make such a joke, so he could only vaguely say, "You two look about the same age."
"So I thought you were brothers," he said again, as if explaining something.
"Hehe." Yan Xun patted Lou Yanchuan's shoulder. "Uncle, look at you, you're getting old and you don't watch what you say."
He then told his neighbor, "My uncle is quite old; he just looks young."
“That’s why he often talks nonsense.” Yan Xun looked at Lou Yanchuan with pity. “We brought him here so that he could recuperate properly.”
The neighbor was both surprised and incredulous. He looked at Lou Yanchuan, then at Yan Xun, and asked, "Is he very old?"
"Yes," Yan Xun said, "but he looks a bit young."
"I've done some more anti-aging treatments."
The neighbors were even more skeptical after hearing this.
The balcony on the third floor was very close to the street at the back door of the villa, and their conversation did not attract much attention from the three people remaining in the house.
Finally, perhaps feeling that she had stayed there too long, the neighbor glanced at her watch and said, "Sorry, I have to go back and cook."
He pointed to a house with a black roof in the distance, "That's my house."
"You are welcome to visit when you have time."
"I hope we can become neighbors in the future."
After saying goodbye to Yan Xun and the other person, he left with his dog.
“It seems the housekeeper was right.” Yan Xun said, watching the other person’s departing figure. “Families entering this community will all have a 30-day probationary period.”
The other party said they hoped to become neighbors in the future, which also meant they hoped the trial period would be successful.
……
That evening, Yan Xun and his family arrived at the welcome party in the white house on time.
Because Lou Yanchuan had difficulty moving around, they were the last to arrive.
As soon as Yan Xun entered the party venue, he felt being watched, some discreetly, some blatantly.
But soon, some of them turned their attention to Lou Yanchuan and Shuangshuang, as if they didn't understand why there were children and people with disabilities in this instance.
Some people probably realized that Shuangshuang was an NPC and began to suspect that Lou Yanchuan sitting in a wheelchair was also a disguise.
Mom and Dad soon met the remaining four families.
The housekeeper was nowhere to be found, but a woman in a uniform, with a smile on her face, introduced them to the remaining four residents.
Yan Xun pushed Lou Yanchuan, while also holding Shuangshuang's hand, following behind their parents in the dungeon.
They were soon introduced to a newlywed couple who were talking while holding two cocktails.
“We live in that red-roofed house over there,” Lin Wen said. “He’s my husband, and we just got married.”
"I am Fang Shuo." Fang Shuo greeted the family, but his gaze was fixed on Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan.
From the conversation, Yan Xun learned that one of the two men was a professional writer and the other was a photographer.
“My husband loves writing, and he likes quiet places. I heard this place is quiet, so we moved here,” Lin Wen said.
"What kind of novel is it?" Yan Xun asked.
Lin Wen looked at him, "A horror novel."
"What about you?"
“Me?” Yan Xun pointed to himself. “I’m a junior in college this year. I’m still in school. I’m just an ordinary student.”
"He is my uncle, and I heard he used to be an adventurer."
Yan Xun paused for a moment as he spoke.
Lin Wen waited for him to continue.
"Then I broke my leg while exploring," Yan Xun continued. "Now I stay at home all the time, like a shut-in."
"And you?" Yan Xun asked again, "Are you a nature photographer or..."
“I’m a nature photographer,” Lin Wen said. “So I don’t stay home often; my husband spends more time at home.”
She looked at Lou Yanchuan, then turned to look at Fang Shuo, "Maybe you two can be friends."
Yan's parents weren't surprised that they communicated so harmoniously—in their eyes, Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan were peers of similar age to the newlyweds.
It's normal to have common topics.
Yan Xun quickly realized that someone was tugging at his pants.
He looked down and found that it was Shuangshuang tugging at him.
“This is my little sister.” Yan Xun picked Shuangshuang up. “She’s in third grade this year.”
Lin Wen and Fang Shuo also greeted Shuangshuang with smiles.
Shuangshuang seemed to have a good impression of Lin Wen, and gestured to Yan Xun to help her strike up a conversation with this older sister.
Lin Wen noticed Shuangshuang's little movement and bent down, "Shuangshuang, would you like to go shopping with your sister? There's a dessert table over there, how about we go get some desserts?"
Shuangshuang nodded immediately and left with Lin Wen.
Yan's parents had also gone elsewhere, and seeing that only the three of them remained, Fang Shuo finally spoke, "You're players too, right?"
Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan exchanged a glance—
So reckless? A newbie?
Yan Xun thought for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."
"That's great." Fang Shuo breathed a sigh of relief. "Lin Wen and I are players too."