The system was scared all night, but when I heard the prompt sound today, it was completely healed.
At the same time, it remembered the 2 points from yesterday and perked up: “You’re right, there’s nothing to be afraid of with this face of ours!”
“You were the first one to rush in to save him yesterday, you scolded Lin Kecheng for him, and you even leaned on him, so he got 2 points!” It said happily, “See? It’s different when you figure it out. When you saved him before, he didn’t get any points!”
“Our group was filled with gloom yesterday, and the system even doubted whether anyone could succeed. Of course there was, and that was us, hahaha!”
Fu Xiuning pretended not to hear anything, maintained a smiling expression, and continued what he wanted to say: “No need, make more friends outside, so that you won’t be bored.”
The system quickly muted the sound so as not to disturb their conversation.
Xingshi looked at the person opposite him silently, thinking that this is not how your favorability value is expressed.
But Fu Xiuning has the ability to pretend that none of this happened.
He picked up the shrimp from the bowl and put it into his mouth. After he finished eating, he gently said, “Don’t look at me. Concentrate on eating your meal and have a good training this afternoon.”
Xingshi secretly said yes.
He rationally knew that he shouldn’t flirt with her, but he couldn’t suppress his desire to stir up trouble, so he asked, “Am I still your dear brother?”
Fu Xiuning said in a caring tone, “It’s because I love you that I want to let you go out and grow.”
Xingshi said “Okay”, calmed down, and played with his phone while eating.
Fu Xiuning naturally had no shortage of food for him, so after he finished eating, he would go and say hello to the restaurant and ask them to add him in.
The next moment, Xingshi handed the phone to him. He lowered his eyes and saw a photo of a person wearing cat ears.
【Didi】
[Current Favorability Value: 14]
Fu Xiuning: “…”
He felt that he should not have a conscience and looked across in silence.
Xing Shi looked innocent and harmless: “This is a photo I took before, does it look good?”
Fu Xiuning stared at him for two seconds, then praised him with a smile: “It looks good. If you wear this, you can come and have dinner with me every day.”
Xingshi finished his work and took back his phone with satisfaction: “No, I decided to go out and grow up.”
The two people ended this round of topic tacitly.
Xingshi didn’t ask about the “business” until after dinner.
Fu Xiuning dared to come to work with finger marks on his neck and didn’t care what others said about him.
Xingshi had guessed this a long time ago, and seeing that he really didn’t care, he nodded and prepared to go with him.
Fu Xiuning glanced at him and finally added his name to the dining area here so that he could come over at any time.
Xing Shi was immediately touched: “Brother, you are so nice.”
Fu Xiuning said “hmm” and did not take the opportunity to teach the other party to be more honest in the future, because he could see that he could not be relied on.
Xingshi followed him out of the restaurant and got off the elevator on the third floor.
Most of the trainees had finished eating and were basically staying in the leisure area. When they saw him come back, they all looked at him.
Xingshi found a seat and sat down, and started to narrate what happened: Lin Kecheng wanted to enter the entertainment industry, so he schemed against his boss. The boss confronted him, and he was left speechless, so he attacked and hurt people.
The trainees thought of many possibilities, but they never expected that the other party involved was someone they knew, and they were all shocked.
They met Lin Kecheng because of a school anniversary celebration and often chatted in the group. They had already become familiar with each other. They had no idea that the other party was this kind of person. He killed people when he was exposed. It was too beyond their cognition!
Yu Yi looked a little bewildered: “Then…what’s the current situation of Senior Lin?”
Xing Shi said: “Caught him.”
Everyone sighed for a moment and couldn’t help but recall Lin Kecheng’s performance in the group, trying to find some clues.
Feng Zifan gradually remembered something, and when no one was around, he asked, “The last time Gu Zheng and his men plotted against you, they did it because they read the message Lin Kecheng sent. Did he do it on purpose?”
Xing Shi said: “Well, I am close to the boss and he is not happy with me.”
Feng Zifan was simply amazed: “What kind of person is this!”
At the same time, Gu Zheng and his roommates also came to their senses. When they had planned to kill Xing, they thought they were on the first level. Unexpectedly, there was a force behind them. They were foolish and bewildered, and were used as pawns by others. They could not help but regret it again.
The place that was most shocked by the Lin Kecheng incident was the school.
Both people involved are very famous, especially Fu Xiuning, who had three incidents in the first half of this year alone.
First, he was harassed by a girl with an extreme personality and they both had a car accident. Then, he was assassinated by the girl’s pursuer in revenge . Now, he was plotted against and hurt by his former subordinates. When thinking about the various events that happened last year… There is really something about this physique. They all hope that Fu Xiuning can go to the temple to worship.
Xingshi heard his classmates discussing this matter, and curiously looked through the group messages, and happened to see this sentence.
He chuckled and turned off the screen, thinking that it was useless to worship, so he could just dismantle the main system.
On the other hand, Fu Xiuning was reminded by his classmates that he could try metaphysics, and similar words flashed through his mind.
However, before the two college students had a chance to discuss their next strategy, final exam week arrived. For a time, all conspiracies and plots had to give way to the exams.
Although Xingshi doesn’t remember what happened before he traveled through time, he still remembers some common sense. It’s a pity that after staying in the different world for several years, he has basically forgotten all the knowledge-based content.
He had to learn math, physics and chemistry for his major. At first, looking at this pile of textbooks was like reading an incomprehensible book. Fortunately, after a few months back, as he gradually came into contact with them, the knowledge points slowly took shape in his mind and he could see a possibility of passing the exam.
In comparison, English is truly despairing.
Along with the exam week comes the CET-6.
He used to be a top student, having passed the Level 4 exam in the first semester of his freshman year, and all the people in his dormitory had passed it. This semester, three of his roommates signed up for the Level 6 exam, so he followed the crowd and signed up as well.
Now that the exam is approaching, the only thing he can do to struggle is to open his vocabulary book and start memorizing from the word abandon.
Fu Xiuning is also taking an exam recently.
He did not go to his own study, but instead brought a chair and placed it in front of the long table in the living room, sitting opposite Xingshi, reviewing in a relaxed manner while watching a certain returnee from another world struggling with the textbooks of various subjects, and it was quite entertaining to see the usually easy-going little bastard now frowning.
During this period of time, Xingshi had received 3 extra points from him. She knew that he was just watching the show, but she didn’t have time to care about it. She focused all her attention on reviewing.
The system felt a little distressed when it saw that he shortened his morning jogging time, went to bed late every day, and read books whenever he had free time during the day.
Seeing him yawning in front of his vocabulary book, it advised: “Why don’t you go to sleep? You haven’t slept enough recently. Go to bed early today and replenish your energy. If it doesn’t work, I will give you the answers and will never let you fail the exam.”
Xing Shi said: “No, I want to take the test myself.”
The system asked, “Why bother?”
Xing Shi said: “No.”
The system won’t advise anymore.
Fu Xiuning finished reading the review materials and was about to go back to her room, but when she looked up, she saw him sleeping on the table.
Just as he was about to wake the other person up, he heard a low murmur: “abandon…”
The outstretched hand paused in the air. He looked at the head in front of him and couldn’t help laughing. So, you’ve been carrying it on your back for several days, but it’s still in abandon?
【Didi】
[Current Favorability Value: 18]
Xingshi suddenly opened his eyes.
The system hastily reminded: “Wake up! Don’t let yourself get carried away and ask Fu Xiuning why he gave you a higher favorability score.”
Xing Shi said: “I know.”
Fu Xiuning saw him looking up at her, still a little sleepy on his face, and said, “If you feel sleepy, go back to your room.”
Xingshi rubbed his face, looked at the vocabulary book on the table in silence, and decided to give up.
The next afternoon was the Level 6 exam. He had only memorized two pages of vocabulary and entered the examination room with these two pages of vocabulary.
The entire exam was based on my taste. I just chose the option that I liked. I finished the exam in a hurry, left the exam room, found a quiet place to sit down, and lay there motionless.
The system asked: “Not going to eat?”
Xingshi closed his eyes and slumped on the bench: “Take a break.”
The system said: “Then find a shade tree.”
Before Xingshi could answer, he was keenly aware of someone approaching. There were few people here, and he was not sure if the other person was just passing by or asking for his WeChat to chat up with him, so he opened his eyes and looked over.
He was a very thin boy, wearing a light-colored T-shirt and jeans, a baseball cap and a mask, and he didn’t feel hot.
The two people’s eyes met in the air. The boy pulled down his mask, revealing a handsome and clean face. It was Yu Shu, whom he had met once.
He smiled and said, “I felt like you from a distance, but I didn’t expect it to be true. What a coincidence. Long time no see.”
Xingshi immediately became alert.
Yu Shu’s identity had been suspected by them in the group before, so he had been living a low-key life, just acting like a star in a proper manner. The crew never came to find him after the filming was completed.
It has been delayed for so long, and the system was even offline in the middle to divert everyone’s attention, and it was not until today that we created an encounter.
He stood up in surprise and asked knowingly: “Brother Yu? Why are you here?”
Yu Shu smiled and said, “I’m not afraid of you laughing at me. I’ve dreamed of getting into Z University since I was a kid, but unfortunately I’m a poor student and I’ll never have a chance in this life. I just happened to pass by today and on a whim I wanted to come in and take a look, just to make my dream come true.”
He looked at the schoolbag on the chair and said in surprise, “Are you a student here?”
Xing Shi said: “Yes.”
Yu Shu looked envious: “As expected, you are the boss’s younger brother. Like him, you are a top student. But you got into Z University, why did you become a trainee?”
Xing Shi said: “Love.”
Yu Shu nodded in agreement: “Yes, with your conditions, it would be a pity if you don’t make a debut.”
He asked, “I just saw a lot of students coming out of the teaching building, all holding transparent document bags in their hands. Do you have an exam today?”
Xing Shi said: “CET-6.”
Yu Shu asked, “How did you do on the test?”
Xing Shi thought to himself that you were really asking for trouble, and sighed, “Not very good, I guess you won’t make it.”
Yu Shu comforted him: “It’s okay. If it doesn’t work this time, there’s always next time. How about being my tour guide? Just walk around and relax.”
Xingshi agreed and stood up with his schoolbag.
The system didn’t know what he was going to do, so it advised him in advance: “Lin Kecheng is out, and no one knows you are the host. You must not jump out again this time. If you form an alliance, the other party will definitely look at your favorability value, and that will be bad.”
Xing Shi said: “I know what’s going on.”
The system prayed that he was telling the truth and watched them walk around the campus with trepidation.
Xingshi found a must-visit attraction when visiting Z University and took people for a tour.
It was dinner time, and Yu Shu pretended to take two photos, then said he was hungry and wanted to treat him to a meal.
Xing Shi politely refused: “No need, Brother Yu, I have to go back.”
Yu Shu joked, “No, you can’t be my tour guide for free. If the boss knew that I was exploiting his brother, wouldn’t he teach me a lesson?”
Xing Shi said: “Not for long. I have a dinner appointment with someone, so I really don’t have time today. I appreciate your kindness.”
Yu Shu had a system in place, and knew that this was not the truth, but he did not insist, and smiled and said, “Well, I’ll make it up next time when I have time, and I can’t put it off any longer.”
Xingshi said hello obediently, said goodbye to him, and turned to go to the cafeteria.
The system was shocked: “You actually refuse to eat?”
Xing Shi said: “Things that are too easy to get are not valuable. With my status, I have to tell him that it is not easy to approach me. Only then will he value me.”
He said with some curiosity: “Do you think he is a native or a time traveler?”
They have read Yu Shu’s information and found that his personality had changed more than a year ago, but as an aboriginal, Lin Kecheng’s personality has also changed, so this point is not of reference value.
The system said: “Unless the personality changes too much, it is difficult to guess.”
“But one thing is certain,” it said, “Although we don’t know the identities of the other hosts, we know that the proportion of hosts who have traveled through time is large. The number of hosts in each batch is basically maintained at around 6 people. The ratio of the travelers to the natives is at least 1:1, but this situation is rare. Most of the time it exceeds, such as 2:1 or even 5:1.”
In other words, among the remaining five hosts, excluding Xingshi, whose identity is known to be a time traveler, at least two are time travelers.
Xing Shi was surprised: “Where did your main system get so many people?”
The system said: “I don’t know either.”
Xingshi just asked casually, not expecting it to know the answer.
He slowly arrived at the cafeteria and ordered a bowl of mixed noodles. Halfway through his meal, he suddenly remembered something: “I remember you said before that if the system wants to unbind, either the strategy is successful or the host dies. Lin Kecheng is an aboriginal, he is not dead, what would happen if it was replaced by a time-traveling host?”
The system said: “You will die.”
It said, realizing the ambiguity, and added: “I meant that this body will die.”
It explained patiently.
The system is not a product of this world, and similarly, neither is the host who traveled through time and space.
Each world has its own operating rules. Since the main system has brought the host in, it will be responsible for the aftermath. Therefore, if the host fails to capture the world, the system needs to take the host’s soul with it when it leaves.
On the other hand, there is no need to do so for the indigenous people, as they are originally from this world. All we need to do is clear their memories and ensure that the secrets of the system are not exposed. Forcibly erasing them would waste energy and is unnecessary.
Xingshi’s hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly.
He remembered that the system also said that the soul is an energy body. So does this so-called “taking away” really mean taking the soul with it, or does it forcibly absorb all the host’s soul energy before leaving?
He suppressed his doubts and asked, “If the host who traveled through time succeeds in his strategy, will he have to leave in the end?”
The system said: “It depends on the host’s own choice. If the strategy is successful, you will get the final grand prize. This is included in the reward. If you choose to stay, the main system will realize the host’s wish.”
It said happily: “So if you change to a love line in the future, you don’t have to worry about being separated from Fu Xiuning.”
Xingshi said “Oh” and went to the library after dinner.
He still has a lot of things he doesn’t know, and recently he has been reviewing them frequently with the top students in his class.
But he didn’t want to bother them all the time, so he would slowly collect a few questions and ask them all at once, and then buy them some milk tea from time to time as a thank you.
Fu Xiuning went to the library one day and happened to see him giving away milk tea to people one by one. One of the points was added in this way. It was difficult for Xingshi to convince himself that the other party was not gloating.
After Level 6, they entered the formal examination period.
My sleep time was compressed again. I worked so hard to finish the last subject and finally got relief. Although I didn’t know if I would fail the course, at least I could relax for a while.
He threw his stationery into his schoolbag and carried it to the dormitory.
Since becoming a trainee, he rarely lived on campus. Later, he moved to Fu Xiuning’s home and never came back to live there again.
The next semester will be his sophomore year, so he found time to check out of his dormitory and now wants to move all his things out at once.
This is easy. Leave all the accommodation and daily necessities provided by the school to your roommates, and the rest can be taken care of with just a suitcase and a backpack.
When he was cleaning the drawer, he found a cufflink in the innermost corner and picked it up to examine it.
The material is unclear and it is hard to tell whether it is valuable or not. There is a dark color on it, like… coagulated blood.
He called the system: “Where did this come from?”
The system looked up the information: “It seems that the original owner saved a person who was in a car accident, and the other person’s things were on him.”
Xing Shi knew that he was the original owner. He had also read the information, which was a brief description of life in words, and some events were recorded. However, there were too many events in the past ten years, and he didn’t remember many of them. He asked, “Who did you save? Why didn’t you return it?”
The system said: “It’s not written in the information. I guess it was just a casual rescue and we haven’t had any contact since then.”
Xing Shi secretly said, “Forget it, I’ll wait until I have a chance to recover my memory.” He threw the cufflinks into the suitcase, packed it up and left.
After this day, college students entered their happy summer vacation, and Xingshi started his career as a full-time trainee.
He had fallen behind in classes during exam week and now was struggling to catch up.
The system was in love with him: “Why don’t you just not debut? Aren’t you tired?”
Xing Shi said: “It’s not bad, it’s easier than the exam.”
The system thought to itself, exams are so demanding that it felt tiring just watching them.
Ever since Xingshi knew that he was the original owner, he has been training more seriously, because he is not sure why he chose this path in the first place and he does not want to let his past self down.
But they will still play badly when they need to, and just lie there when they need to rest.
After being a full-time trainee for three days, Director He came to City Z.
His work came to an end, and he did not ask his assistant to arrange any other schedule for him. He decided to spend the summer vacation with his son.
Because he had never forgotten his son’s previous condition, he was always worried about it and felt uneasy.
He knew that his son had training, so he chose to contact him at noon, and the first thing he did after lunch was to take the other party to see a house.
Xing Shi came with Fu Xiu Ning, and said, “No, it’s fine for me to live in his house, right, brother?”
Fu Xiuning nodded slightly.
Director He advised: “You are going to live here in the future, so it would be better for you to have your own house.”
He was also happy to see his son making friends, and added: “You can continue to live in Xiuning’s house, and slowly renovate the house to let the smell go.”
Xing Shi thought about it and thought it was okay, but he really didn’t want to watch it himself, so he asked his father to find a job: “My time is limited, so how about this, you watch it first, and call me when you find something good, and I’ll go when I have time.”
Director He naturally had no objection and started helping his son look for houses.
There are not many high-end residential areas in Z City. It only took him a week to select three suitable houses. Xing Shi looked at them all and chose one of them. That was it.
Director He paid the deposit by swiping his credit card, and when he saw the bank message on his phone, tears welled up in his eyes – his son was finally willing to spend his money again.
He said, “It’s done. Let’s have dinner together tonight. I see you’re tired after so many days of training. How about taking a day off tonight?”
Xing Shi was moved: “Okay.”
Director He then looked at Fu Xiuning and said, “I haven’t been to your place yet. If it’s convenient, why don’t we choose a restaurant outside? Why don’t we eat at your place? I’ll buy some food and cook it over there so you can have a taste of my cooking skills.”
Fu Xiuning had wanted him to see the environment over there so that he could rest assured to leave Xingshi to his care, so he nodded in agreement and said gently, “It’s OK as long as you come, I’ll arrange the rest.”
Director He waved his hand: “Let me do it. The taste is different when I make it myself.”
Fu Xiuning did not insist and said “OK”.
Then he found that things were not simple.
Director He bought two large bags, one bag was food, the other bag was a small amount of food, and the rest was all wine.
He immediately understood the other party’s thinking: Director He didn’t know what happened to Xingshi, and couldn’t find out the reason, but he was worried that Xingshi really had an accident somewhere he didn’t know about, so he chose to get him drunk and wanted to talk about life to prevent it from developing into more serious psychological problems in the future.
Sure enough, after Director He put the food on the table one by one, he generously opened a bottle of wine.
He filled up the cups in front of them and said, “It’s a rare opportunity for us to get together, let’s drink.”
Fu Xiuning: “…”
They are indeed father and son, even their methods are the same.
Xing Shi could of course understand his father’s intentions and began to seriously praise his brother: “My brother is so good to me. Look at the desk and bookcase in the living room, they were bought especially for me!”
Director He saw that he was happy and was very grateful to Fu Xiuning, so he toasted him.
When the elders toasted him, Fu Xiuning could not refuse and drank it.
Xing Shi continued, “There’s also the snack cart. He doesn’t usually eat snacks, but he buys them for me regularly. The company’s cafeteria has a dining area specifically for leaders, and he lets me in whenever I want, and he even takes time to watch anime with me!”
Director He was even more grateful and toasted with another glass of wine.
Fu Xiuning picked up the cup and drank it, then looked at a certain bastard in silence.
Xing Shi felt that all the gloating he had experienced a while ago had found a way to pay him back, and he said, “There’s also the popular talent show right now. One of the trainees that our company pushed forward was originally someone else. When he heard that the director had specifically named me, he was worried that I would squeeze out his spot, so he wanted to push me down the stairs and hurt me. When my brother found out, he removed me from the list without saying a word, and announced it in public!”
Director He was horrified when he heard this: “Why didn’t you tell me about this? Are you hurt?”
Xing Shi said: “No, I stood firm in time, and then my brother helped me vent my anger!”
Director He felt a little scared and immediately filled Fu Xiuning’s cup again.
Fu Xiuning: “…”
