Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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You Xu’s consciousness didn’t belong to this world; so Duan Min could only control her body, not her mind.
Because of this, You Xu was able to consciously observe the drama unfold with the system.
She watched Duan Min meticulously care for her every day, feeding her, bathing her, changing her clothes, grooming her, and tending to the jasmine plant she had given him.
At first, the experience was quite novel, but later, her heart became indifferent, and she only wanted to speak.
Finally, when Duan Min asked her, “Are you afraid? Do you hate me?” You Xu felt a surge of excitement, thinking that she finally had a chance to speak, a chance to prove her innocence, stand firm, and reassure the big boss. If she performed well, perhaps she could regain her freedom.
You Xu quickly drafted her answer in her mind, but before she could even utter a single syllable, she heard Duan Min command her to shut up, his face displaying a vivid “I won’t listen, I don’t want to listen, I just won’t listen” expression.
“…”
You Xu shut her mouth, only two words echoing in her mind—”Damn it.”
Then she saw his dejected and forlorn expression, like a literary youth whose every hair was etched with the pain of youth.
Of course, he also looked more like a stray dog abandoned by its owner.
You Xu thought, “Can you stop with the drama? Give me a chance to speak, okay? I can shout—’My loving father is great! Dad loves you!'”
But she couldn’t utter a single word.
It was obvious that from that day on, Duan Min’s mood had plummeted. He would sometimes drift into thought, his expression hesitant, and he would wake up at night. Only when he saw You Xu would his eyes light up slightly.
After observing him day by day, You Xu finally understood and gave up the struggle. With loving eyes, she said, “He’s an empty-nest old man, he needs someone to accompany him. I’m willing to sacrifice myself.”
“…” the system said casually, “Can you stop with the drama too?”
Moreover, the sacrifice she spoke of was definitely not the kind of sacrifice it understood.
Life on this side was trapped in a vicious cycle. Duan Min spent all his time with You Xu, doing only things related to her. The two of them stayed together in this room, a place like an isolated corner of the world, unaffected by anything outside. They were alone in the world, only the two of them.
It seemed beautiful, but it had become a stalemate, difficult to break without a catalyst, and the plot progressed slowly.
“How can we break this deadlock?” You Xu, though lacking ambition, didn’t want to remain stuck like this.
The system sighed, saying helplessly, “Actually, the mission in this world is already dead. To break this deadlock, you have to wait for You Qi to appear, for Duan Min to fall in love with You Qi, and then follow the original timeline. After failing the mission in this world, you can leave this world and go to the next one.”
It didn’t sound like a big deal, and You Xu said, “Whatever.”
The system glanced at her, continuing indifferently, “You need to complete the missions of five worlds to return to your own world. For every world’s mission you fail, you have to redo five more.”
The implication was that if she continued to languish, she would never be able to return.
“It’s not that I want to play it safe,” You Xu sighed, “it’s just that there’s no opportunity to break this deadlock.”
But that very night, an completely unexpected opportunity arose.
You Xu was asleep when she felt a sharp, dragging pain in her lower abdomen, followed by a wet, sticky sensation.
She was still mentally calculating the date when Duan Min reacted even faster, sitting up abruptly, pulling back the covers, lifting her leg to look, and then freezing in place, his face and neck flushed red, his ears practically bleeding.
You Xu: Wait a minute, shouldn’t I be the one feeling shy?
Yu Xu was a little overwhelmed: “How could there be such a melodramatic plot!”
The system, forced to take a break, was already practicing Tai Chi in her mind, euphemistically calling it self-cultivation, but she didn’t understand what a rough stick figure could be good at for self-cultivation. “If you were dismembered, this plot wouldn’t happen; the world would proceed according to its own cause-and-effect settings.”
“Actually, from the moment you transmigrated into this world, the plot began to deviate, followed by a series of reactions, a new direction emerged, and coupled with the characters’ complex and ever-changing emotions, and their skill in hiding their true feelings, the direction the system speculates on can only be used as a reference.”
“White Crane Spreads Wings.” The stick figure slowly raised its two wooden hands and one stick leg.
The old-fashioned and long-lasting music slowly lingered in her mind.
“Playing the Pipa.” The system leisurely struck another pose, looking extremely calm and composed.
“…” Is this fu**ing insane?
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System: I am a system that cultivates character and am not ordinary.
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