Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Zhuang Li held on to the railing and relaxed his body but was not in a hurry to get down from the rooftop. It would take some time for the new consciousness to combine with the old body.
When he exhaled and was finally ready to climb down the railing, a group of policemen kicked open the iron gate and rushed into the rooftop, shouting, “Young man, don’t jump. Let’s have a good chat. You are still young, there is nothing you can’t overcome!”
The reporter following the police took a few photos without saying a word.
Zhuang Li, whose long legs were already half-crossed over the railing: “…”
Half an hour later, Zhuang Dahai rushed into the police station to pick up his son.
When Zhuang Li saw this familiar fat face, he was stunned.
“Dad?” he shouted in disbelief.
“Son! How could you run to jump off the building? You just owe money, right? Dad will sell the house and car to help you pay it back!” Zhuang Dahai took out two property certificates from his bag and choked up, “Look, Dad is ready. Dad will support you in everything, don’t be afraid. Everything will pass, we are still young, we can start all over again!”
Zhuang Li looked at him in a daze, then strode over and gave him a big hug.
This familiar, all-encompassing fatherly love, this all-giving without hesitation, who else could it be other than his silly father Zhuang Dahai?
“Dad, thank you.” He gently stroked Zhuang Dahai’s slightly gray hair, and rubbed his big belly, his eyes unknowingly wet with tears.
“Is this a parallel world to the first world?” Zhuang Li asked confidently in his mind. He didn’t need to search the Internet for information. He understood everything after just one look.
7480 pretended to be dead silently.
“Where is the bifurcation point between this world and the first world?” Zhuang Li continued to ask.
Each world would split into a parallel world because of different choices. For example, if you pass by a lottery betting station and buy a lottery ticket on a whim, it may win the prize or it may not win the prize.
The future without winning the lottery was one world, and the future with winning the lottery was another world.
The point where you win the lottery was the bifurcation point between two parallel worlds.
Similarly, there must be such a point between this world and the first world.
Why was Zhuang Li so sure that the two worlds were not the same? Because the original owner was jumping off the building, which was an obvious fact. The original owner’s fate had changed.
7480 knew that he could not hide anything from the host, so he had to confess honestly: “Dr. Zhao in this world is not dead.”
Zhuang Li nodded, knowing the current situation of this world. Without the interference of the tasker, Dr. Zhao survived successfully, thus forking from the first world.
“Is Xuan Ming still here?” he asked in a hoarse voice.
“Still.”
Zhuang Li suddenly hugged Zhuang Dahai tightly, buried his face in his neck, and shed hot tears.
If Xuan Ming hadn’t died, if everything could start over again… This thought had appeared in his mind countless times, making him toss and turn, unable to sleep all night. For the first time, he experienced what regret meant, and for the first time, he understood the feeling of being loved by someone and then suddenly losing them.
He never wanted to experience the same thing again, but luckily he went back to the past and had another chance to start over.
“System, thank you.” He said sincerely in his mind: “You know, I like you a little bit now.”
7480 was so scared that his guts broke. He quickly waved his chubby hands to refuse: “No, no, no, Master, please don’t like me! I was wrong!” No one who was liked by the host would have a good ending! It was scared!
Zhuang Li laughed even more cheerfully.
Zhuang Dahai felt the heat on his shoulder and patted his son to comfort him: “Don’t be afraid, son. Dad will hold you up even if the sky falls. Let’s go home.”
“Yes, hurry home with your father, and sit down as a family to discuss anything. There is nothing in this world that cannot be overcome. When you are old and look back, you will find that as long as you keep moving forward a few more steps, the darkness will pass. You are now just stuck at the intersection of darkness and light, and you will be fine if you hold on a little longer.”
An old policeman escorted the father and son out of the police station, waving his hands repeatedly: “Go, don’t think too much. Look at your father, he still has to worry about you at such an old age. If you really leave and leave him alone, can you bear it?”
“I know I was wrong, and I will be filial to my father in the future. Thank you for your guidance.” Zhuang Li held his old father’s hand tightly, bent down and bowed to the old policeman to express his gratitude.
Although he was arrogant, he could distinguish between good and bad.
“That’s good. Look at your dad, he’s sweating all over. Go buy him a bottle of water.” The old policeman handed over the phone that had been taken away from the original owner.
Zhuang Li took the phone and went to buy some water. A young policeman followed him, fearing that he might become depressed.
After the two men walked away, the old policeman said to Zhuang Dahai, “Your son has mental problems. He refused to say a word when we took him to the police station. If we hadn’t gotten his phone and done a background check, we wouldn’t know what happened to him. Keep a close eye on him during this time and don’t let him run around. As long as he’s still alive, there’s hope. If debt collectors come to your house to smash and rob, you can call the police. This is my business card, keep it.”
“Oh, hey, hey, thank you. Thank you so much for today.” Zhuang Dahai stretched out both hands to take the business card, his eyes already red.
In fact, both of them knew that the phrase “as long as there are people, there is hope” was just a pale consolation. That was 180 million yuan, and they were born in grassroots families and would never see so much money in their lifetime. What could they use to pay it back?
The original owner had no choice but to jump off the building, because when a person died, his debts were wiped off.
On the other side, Zhuang Li, who had obtained the phone, quickly accessed the Internet and searched for all the information of the original owner. It took him five minutes to walk a few hundred meters back and forth, and when he returned to Zhuang Dahai, he had found out everything.
“Tu Si is the child of destiny in this world?”
7480: “…”
“Does he have memories of the previous world? Otherwise, he and I have never met before and have never had any contact. Why would he spend a year setting me up and trying to kill me? I must be just a nobody in his eyes, right?”
7480: “Master, I really don’t know anything. Every time I travel through time, I will receive a script that records the future direction of this world and the identity of the child of destiny, but I really can’t detect their specific golden fingers. Master, when you travel through time to a small world in the future, I can tell you the relevant plot of the original owner, so that you don’t have to be in the dark.”
7480, who was unable to resist, gradually became obedient.
“No, I don’t need to know that useless information.” Zhuang Li unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, handed it to Zhuang Dahai, and rubbed his old father’s round belly lovingly.
Zhuang Dahai drank a few sips with red eyes, then held his son’s hand tightly and took him to the roadside to get a taxi. He was afraid that if he let go, his son would be gone.
7480 finally showed his courtesy but failed to get the host’s affirmation. So, he felt a little disappointed: “How can the plot direction be useless information? If you know the future, you can deal with it calmly, master.”
“The unknown future is called the future, the known future is called the setting, and things that run according to the set program are called machines, not humans. No one can control my destiny except myself.”
7480 was stuck.
It thought of the two worlds that the host had destroyed one after another and was speechless. Indeed, the Lord God’s script was completely useless to the host. The host could have whatever future he wanted, and no one could control or destroy it.
“Master, do you want to know Xuan Ming’s future?” 7480 asked in a low voice.
Zhuang Li chuckled and didn’t answer.
Just as 7480 was about to ask again, he suddenly said, “Whether in this world or in every future world, he has only one future, and that is me. So I don’t need to know about his future. My future is his future. We are connected as a whole.”
7480: “…Okay, Master. Come on, Master!”
When the host cracked the killing game for the first time, it had already decided to be a bootlicker in this world, hoping that it would have a chance to turn the tables in the next world.
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