Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Two months later, Le Zhengming ascended to the presidency without any dispute.
Zhu Jianrui and Gong Xuanlin were both imprisoned on charges of treason. The scandal dealt a devastating blow to Gong Xuanqi’s reputation and prestige, and the conservatives were inevitably affected as well.
A party that could cultivate traitors was not a good party. For a time, the conservatives’ polls plummeted. After three days of painful struggle, the candidate they nominated for the second time still withdrew from this presidential election.
Le Zhengming won without fighting.
On the night when the president was being sworn in, Zhuang Li stood in the audience and looked up at his lover, the light in his eyes brighter than the stars in the sky. This was what he wanted to protect, and he did it.
On the stage, when Le Zhengming said “I will defend my country and my people with my life”, he suddenly looked straight at the curly-haired young man standing in the crowd, his thin lips tightly pursed, but his eyes were filled with firm love. He would also defend this person with his life, without the slightest hesitation.
The two men looked at each other from a distance, one clapped with a smile, and the other raised his hand and gave a standard military salute.
This oath was for both the honor and faith in one’s heart.
Their belief was to live well for each other.
After the ceremony, there was a grand banquet. Le Zhengming, who walked down from the stage, was quickly surrounded by a group of dignitaries. Zhuang Li did not go over to join in the fun, but raised his hand, made an m500 gesture, and silently mouthed with his lips: “I’ll wait for you at the hotel.”
Le Zhengming nodded slightly, his face was still very serious, but his ears had turned red. He loosened his tie, tilted his head back to drink, and began to feel eager anticipation.
Zhuang Li walked outside along the winding corridor and met many people along the way, all of whom were noble politicians. They nodded to Zhuang Li one after another, their attitudes natural and intimate, as if they had a good relationship with him. But God knew, Zhuang Li couldn’t even call out their names.
That was the benefit of a position of power.
When you are unknown, no one cares about you; but when you rise to a high position overnight, everyone in the world is your good friend. The warmth and coldness of human nature and the fickleness of the world were also hidden in these faces with friendly smiles.
Zhuang Li had no feelings about this. He could solve any problem with his own brain without relying on others. In the past, spending time in the laboratory was the happiest thing for him. Now, playing with guns on the bed with Le Zhengming could bring him the same happiness.
He felt that this kind of life was great. He didn’t need anyone’s love. Just Le Zhengming was enough.
But 7480 was deeply touched by this. It almost choked up and said, “This scene should have happened to Gong Xuanqi. He was the president appointed by the Lord God, and he should get all the glory.”
“Haven’t you recovered yet? This is the reality, you have to accept it.” Zhuang Li smiled sarcastically.
“I can’t accept it!” 7480 retorted, relying on his ability to travel through time.
“Then how about you pick a more difficult world for the next one?” Zhuang Li suggested in a gentle tone.
7480 gritted his teeth and said, “Don’t worry, Master. I will choose a deadly game without you telling me! Just clean your neck and wait!”
“Very good.” Zhuang Li nodded with a smile, then walked towards the parking lot step by step.
Although he knew that the next world would be full of dangers and life-threatening situations, he was not panicked at all. Instead, he was quite looking forward to it, because he said that on purpose. He knew that the more dangerous it was when he passed through, the more murderous intent Le Zhengming would encounter. If he wanted to protect Le Zhengming, he had to go to the most dangerous place.
Poor 7480 was fooled by the host again, but he was still complacently thinking about how to choose the next world.
At this moment, a notice suddenly appeared in 7480’s communicator – [Ding Dong, a gold finger has fallen, please collect it immediately, notice to all nearby systems.]
“Golden finger?” Zhuang Li raised his eyebrows.
7480 immediately played dumb: “What golden finger is this? I don’t know! I’m also a newbie and I don’t understand many of the rules.”
Zhuang Li thought for a moment and understood: “Today is the day Zhu Jianrui was to be executed, right?”
7480: “…”
Although he was a minor, Zhu Jianrui’s crime was treason, and it did cause significant economic losses and casualties to the country, with uncontrollable social harm. The military court also had a heated debate on whether to keep him or shoot him.
Finally, the investigation report on the attack was submitted, and it turned out that hundreds of people died because of him, including those in car accidents, medical accidents, and train collisions… If he was not shot, how would these lives be compensated? Who would bear such a heavy legal responsibility?
After careful consideration, Zhu Jianrui was fortunate enough to become the youngest criminal sentenced to execution in Chinese history. He set a new record in Chinese criminal history, and this treatment was originally arranged by the Lord God for Le Zhengming.
Sensing the system’s frustration, Zhuang Li smiled and said, “This golden finger belonged to Zhu Jianrui, right?”
7480 pretended to be dead silently.
“His hacking skills are a consciousness that the Lord God has placed in this world, right?”
“It’s just that this consciousness has been deprived of its own self, unlike your system which still retains its sanity. I guess it originally belonged to a hacker.”
“This hacker angered the Lord God and was killed. The Lord God stripped away the extremely valuable skills and knowledge in his brain and input an additional command to attach itself to the Son of Destiny, and then released it into the small world.”
“People who accidentally obtain this consciousness body will become very smart and possess a variety of superb skills. The Lord God’s instructions will silently influence them through the consciousness bodies and prompt them to deal with my lover?”
“The so-called golden finger is actually a lower-level system. It has no intelligence, no program, and only a single skill.”
“After the golden finger drops, the system nearby has the priority to pick it up. You can put the golden finger in the system mall to earn points or credits. If there is no system nearby when the golden finger drops, it will be picked up by someone else.”
“Then the person who possesses this golden finger will inexplicably become very powerful and attack my lover inexplicably. The disgusting things that Zhu Jianrui did will happen again.”
Finally, Zhuang Li clapped his hands and smiled, “Your Lord God really knows how to play! I like this game.”
7480: “…”
Damn it! Who wants to play games with a big devil like you? We are a system that does serious tasks!
“Let’s go and retrieve the golden finger.” Zhuang Li got in the car and asked the driver to go to the prison.
7480 huddled in the small dark room, not wanting to say a word. It gave up the recovery of the gold finger despite the pain, but it didn’t expect that the host would still find out the truth. Lord God, if you know in heaven, please let the host be infected with meningitis! I want him to become a fool!
Zhuang Li was a popular figure around the new president and had great prestige in the military. He was also Zhu Jianrui’s adoptive father. So when he said he wanted to come and see his adopted son’s body, the people in the prison naturally would not stop him.
The morgue was located in the basement, where the temperature was much lower than outside. The lights on the ceiling were old and flickering dimly, making the place look even eerier.
Zhuang Li walked forward with a frown. Before he got close, he heard a heart-wrenching cry and faint words like “Mom is so sorry, she shouldn’t have divorced.”
“It’s Zhu Jianrui’s mother.” The prison guard explained in a low voice.
Zhuang Li nodded calmly, then opened the door and walked in.
Zhu Miaomiao, who had not been seen for a long time, was lying on Zhu Jianrui’s body, shaking her son’s shoulders with both hands desperately, as if trying to wake him up.
After being imprisoned by Gong Xuanqi for several months, she finally saw the light of day, but everything outside had changed beyond recognition.
Gong Xuanlin, who she thought would bring her wealth and glory, was thrown into prison; his brother, who she thought would become the president of China, was dismissed from his post and disgraced; her son, who she thought would always support her, made a big mistake and died.
Everything had changed. The happy life she had imagined turned into hell in the blink of an eye.
After being placed under house arrest, Gong Xuanlin took back her credit cards, and her savings had long been squandered in various department stores. The villa where she lived was registered under Gong Xuanlin’s name. After he was imprisoned, Gong Xuanqi took his anger out on her and sent someone to kick her out. The only property that belonged to her was the small apartment bought by Zhuang Li, but she generously gave it away for free when she divorced.
Now she had nothing, even her only son who she could rely on was dead.
Why was this happening?
Thinking of the carefree life she had led during the years she was married to Zhuang Li, and also thinking of the embarrassment and disasters of the past few months, Zhu Miaomiao regretted it.
She regretted so much that she was heartbroken and wanted to die. If she had known that she would encounter this after leaving Zhuang Li, she would not have divorced and taken away her child no matter how powerful the Gong family was!
Zhu Miaomiao cried even louder, not knowing whether it was for her son or for herself.
Zhuang Li walked in at this moment, gently brushed Zhu Jianrui’s eyes, which were unable to close, with his left hand, and withdrew the golden finger without anyone noticing.
Seeing his actions that seemed to be comforting the dead, Zhu Miaomiao could not help but feel a little hope, and approached him cautiously, trying to win a hug with pity. Zhuang Li was now a senior official in the Presidential Palace. He was rich, powerful, and had status. His situation was completely opposite to that of the Gong family. He could be her lifelong support!
Thinking of this, Zhu Miaomiao started crying again. The feeling of regret was like a knife, cutting her vain and impetuous heart.
It was a pity that this time there would be no one to hug her when she was in trouble, comfort her when she was sad, and give her hope when she was hopeless. The person who could give everything for her had already been killed by her own hands.
Zhuang Li just frowned in disgust, and two prison guards came forward and forcibly separated Zhu Miaomiao from him.
“I just came to see if Zhu Jianrui is dead.” Zhuang Li adjusted his tie impatiently and said coldly: “I don’t have the habit of recycling garbage. You’ll have to endure the days to come.” After he finished speaking, he turned and left.
Zhu Miaomiao looked at his resolute back and suddenly collapsed on the ground with exhaustion. The word “endure” perfectly described her painful and hopeless life ahead. She was alive, but she had already become a walking corpse.
As he walked, Zhuang Li put the golden finger into the energy tank, turning it into fuel for traveling through time.
[Advanced Hacking Technology], this was the system’s identification of the golden finger, but it was completely useless to Zhuang Li.
7480, who originally had no intention of obtaining the golden finger, still had a heart attack for a while. It had never seen a host so generous as to use a golden finger as fuel.
Damn it, I am so unlucky to have a host like this! 7480 started to complain about himself again.
Zhuang Li walked out of the eerie prison, only to see Le Zhengming, who had rushed over from the banquet and was now standing by the car, waiting anxiously.
“Have you seen Zhu Miaomiao?” he walked up and asked nervously.
Zhuang Li smiled with his eyes curved: “The person who married her was not me, the me now is me, and this me belongs to you completely.” He gave a hint.
Le Zhengming didn’t understand what was said, but he still laughed sincerely.
In public, the two could not hug each other, but they embraced each other with passionate gazes, their hearts filled with tenderness and tranquility.
“If I give you a time limit, how long do you want to be with me before we break up?” Zhuang Li suddenly asked without any context.
“Can we never be apart?” Le Zhengming stared into his eyes, his tone very nervous.
Zhuang Li smiled again, gently tapped the medal on his boyfriend’s left chest with his finger and said firmly: “Okay. I promise we will meet again even in the next life.”
Le Zhengming’s heart twitched violently for a moment, as if it had been hit by a bullet, but what suddenly exploded was not flesh and blood, but overwhelming joy. This was not a joke, but a promise for life and eternity. And inexplicably, he believed this very much.
7480, who was hiding in the dark and watching, almost vomited.
Damn, it’s so unfair! Why is the host a sweetheart to Le Zhengming, but a big devil to me?
In the next world, I will definitely kill the host!
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