Chapter 44 Lou Yuncheng

Because of the 30% discount, Shu Fu was already in the Jialefang Supermarket at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of that day.

There is only one Jialefang Supermarket in the entire Louyun City. Coincidentally, she has memories of this supermarket in her brain.

This supermarket is located in the area where "Shu Fu" used to live. The original owner "Shu Fu"'s life before going to college was the same as that of every ordinary girl. "She" was born in Louyun City, and attended elementary, middle and high school in Louyun City.

From childhood to adulthood, "she" moved twice with her parents. The second move was when she was in junior high school. The new home was close to several relatives' homes, and "her" parents often took her to Jialefang Supermarket, where she would occasionally meet relatives who happened to be shopping for groceries.

"She" lived there until she graduated from high school, when her parents died unexpectedly.

"Her" parents are not only children, there are brothers and sisters in the family. The older generation always favors one or the other. In addition, "she" is a girl and does not have the conditions to carry on the family line according to the outdated concept, so "her" parents are not the ones favored by the older generation.

Even later, when several relatives wanted to bypass "her" and deal with "her" house and money issues in the name of taking care of "her", because they saw "her" refusal attitude, they even took advantage of their seniority and pretended to educate "her" well.

"Shu Fu" was already eighteen years old at that time. Although she had little experience, she was not someone that everyone could step on. She pretended to please and sent away the relatives who wanted to suck her blood. Then she found someone to clean up the house herself, took her money and luggage, changed her mobile phone number, and ran to Suicheng where the university was.

When Shu Fu came back this time, she actually thought that she might meet Shu Fu's former relatives in Louyun City. She didn't care much about it. It didn't matter whether she met them or not. It had little to do with her anyway.

But obviously, the purpose of this progress bar task is to Shu Fu's past life and the people in his life.

Otherwise, why would we need to set this task at this time and place?

Today is Saturday afternoon. When Shu Fu used to accompany her parents to the supermarket on Saturday afternoons, she would occasionally run into relatives who also came to the supermarket.

Jialefang Supermarket is also a large supermarket with a complete range of goods. Shu Fu wore a baseball cap and a mask. After entering the supermarket, he took a cart and went to the fresh food shelf first with the mentality that since he was already here.

Probably because it was already afternoon, the only common fruits on the shelf were apples and oranges, so she was not picky and took a bag of each, and also a box of eggs and some vegetables. Then she pushed the cart around the supermarket casually, while keeping an eye on her surroundings to prevent any sudden incidents.

But Jialefang Supermarket has always been harmonious. It is far from the east of the city, and many refugees from other places cannot come to this area at all, so the probability of noisy troublemakers is very small. Moreover, Louyun City has just experienced a hurricane and huge waves, so the probability of catastrophic weather in a short period of time is even smaller.

It was 3:27 when Shu Fu was pushing her shopping cart past the snack shelf when she suddenly saw a few familiar faces. It had been more than four years since she last saw them. Normally, a person's hairstyle, temperament and appearance would change slightly after four years, and the same was true for the three people in front of her.

But Shu Fu recognized them the moment she saw them. The younger woman was in her forties, the wife of Shu Fu's uncle - her aunt. There was also a brother and sister who were two or three years apart in age, her cousins.

Shu Fu felt a little strange. The memory of her original world told her that she had never seen them before today, but she had very clear memories of these three people in her mind.

Especially the cousin pair, the boy and girl had changed the most in appearance. They hadn't seen each other for more than four years, and there was a distance between them. Logically, she shouldn't have recognized them so quickly, but in fact, the moment her eyes scanned their faces, her brain told her the answer.

It felt like it wasn't that she recognized them, but that her "memory" told her directly.

It was like a very high-resolution machine extracted the information and transmitted it to her. This feeling made her feel a little uncomfortable.

But Shu Fu still pushed the shopping cart and walked over slowly. After that, she kept a certain distance from the other group, waiting for any accidents that might occur.

There were quite a few people in the supermarket on Saturday, and everyone's attention was focused on the shelves. It was normal for someone to push a cart behind them. Shu Fu followed them all the way through the supermarket, and then followed them to the checkout counter to line up to pay.

But nothing happened until the three of them paid the bill and left.

It was already past four in the afternoon. She thought about it and was considering whether to give up paying the bill and just leave to follow them, but her left wrist suddenly shook.

The vibration made her a little confused.

What's going on?

Mission - accomplished?

**

Twenty minutes later, in the cubicle of the supermarket restroom.

Shu Fu looked at the black notebook in his hand with a puzzled expression.

[Complete the check-in task at Jialefang Supermarket between 3:00 and 4:00 this afternoon, and obtain the 5% progress bar of level 3 of the raft. (Current progress of level 3 of the raft: 75%)]

There was no additional progress bar bonus and no lottery reward, but the task had indeed been completed.

At the same time, another new line of black text appeared below the line that had turned light gray.

[Complete the Dongfu Noodles dinner check-in task between 5pm and 6pm today to get a 5% progress bar for level 3 raft. (Current progress of level 3 raft: 75%)

Note: Failure to complete this task will deduct 30% of the progress bar. 】

Shu Fu: ...

She felt like she was playing a very new task.

Twenty minutes later, Shu Fu, who had put the fresh food bought from the supermarket into the trunk of the jeep, returned to the shopping mall where the Jialefang Supermarket was located. She was also familiar with the Dongfu Noodles, which was located on the first floor of the shopping mall. After coming out of another passage of the Jialefang Supermarket, she would pass the passage where the noodle shop was located.

There are many shops on both sides of the passage, including snack bars, mobile phone stores, clothing stores, beverage stores... It is like a commercial street built inside a building.

Shufu had eaten at this Dongfu Noodles restaurant several times before with her parents, and the taste was ordinary, not as good as the one she had specially stocked up on before. But the task clearly stated that it was a dinner check-in task, so she would naturally complete it according to the requirements.

The store is not big, with only seven or eight tables. She ordered a bowl of beef noodles and chose a table in the corner, but she deliberately chose a sideways seat facing outwards.

Sitting in this position, people passing by outside would not be able to see her at first glance, but she only needs to turn her head to see what is happening inside and outside the store.

It was not yet official dinner time and there were not many customers in the restaurant. The noodles arrived quickly. The bowl was very large and red chili oil was floating on the red soup. Shu Fu took off his hat and mask, took out a pair of in-ear Bluetooth headphones and put them on, then took out a pair of disposable chopsticks and started eating the noodles.

She pretended to eat while browsing her phone, taking each bite of noodles very slowly.

After all, the mission would take an hour, so she would have to stay here until at least six o'clock.

Other customers came to the store one after another, and soon a familiar face appeared among the new customers: "Shu Fu's" aunt and her two children.

The woman went to the front to order food. The cousins ​​took the shopping bags from the woman and turned back to find a seat.

There were many empty seats in the noodle shop, but the problem was that it was too empty. When they turned around to check, their eyes happened to sweep across Shu Fu's face.

She frowned slightly, ready for a bloody drama, but strangely, their eyes swept over her but did not stay on her. Instead, they locked onto the empty table next to her and walked over.

Shu Fu subconsciously touched her face. Because she was eating noodles, she was not wearing a mask or a hat. They could clearly see her at such a close distance, so why was there no expression on her face?

Didn't either of them recognize her?

Four years have indeed passed, but the "Shu Fu" four years ago has not changed much from her now. They met "her" frequently back then, so it doesn't make sense that they would have no impression of her at all.

Shu Fu frowned and turned her gaze to Aunt Shu Fu, who had already ordered and turned to walk towards the next table. Because she didn't know where her children had chosen seats, her first action after turning around was to glance around the store.

Shu Fu felt the gaze passing over her again, but just like the cousin pair, the other person's gaze passed by her but did not linger.

She saw her two children sitting at the next table, and quickly walked over, put the receipt in her hand on the table, and started taking out tissues and hand sanitizer from her bag. While wiping the table, she reminded the two of them to disinfect their hands with hand sanitizer. Then she scolded them for insisting on eating noodles, which was a waste, as there was already food for lunch at home.

Shu Fu looked sideways at her. The other person was just like the person in her memory, a little mysophobic and fond of nagging, but very good to children. She was so good to him that she didn't care about her aunt's face and wanted to take away Shu Fu's house.

Although the house is small, it is a school district house. Shu Fu's parents bought the house and moved there for this reason.

At that time, Aunt Shu Fu's youngest son was about to go to middle school, so the house naturally became her target. However, relatives from Shu Fu's mother's side and her uncle also had their eyes on the house.

His reason was different. He wanted to get married and use the house as his wedding house. The reason for the fight was also very simple. When Shu Fu's mother bought the house, she took money from home. In that case, the house belonged to them.

However, all these words were empty talk. The parties involved were no longer around, and there was no IOU. Aunt Shu Fu was not willing to give in.

A group of people were fighting over Shu Fu, not treating her as a real person. She was just a decoration...

The memories in her mind were clear and distinct, and some scenes could still make her feel uncomfortable when she recalled them. She was as familiar with the other person's face as he was with hers. So Shu Fu didn't understand why the other person had no reaction to her even though he had clearly seen her.

It’s like... I don’t know him at all.

She thought about it, stood up and went directly to the next table, lowered her head and smiled at the three people at the table: "What a coincidence, long time no see!"

Her gesture of greeting was somewhat abrupt and eye-catching. Even though they really didn't see her clearly before, this time, she stood so close to them and took the initiative to speak. Unless the other party had Alzheimer's disease, it was impossible for them to ignore her.

However, Aunt Shufu looked up at her for a moment, but revealed a somewhat bewildered expression: "You... who are you?"

Shu Fu was once again ready to face a melodramatic family recognition drama:... ?

"You don't remember me?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know you. You must have the wrong person." Shu Fu's aunt gave her an apologetic and distant look.

Shu Fu's memory was familiar with every expression on this face. She remembered that the other party used this face to talk about the ownership of the house and the long speeches about caring for "her" and feeling sorry for "her".

She also remembered how much Shu Fu hated this hypocritical and pretentious face. She remembered how she wanted to slap him every time she saw him.

However, the scenes of intense emotional collisions that existed in her memory now seemed like a one-man show.

There was only strangeness and vigilance in the other person's eyes when he looked at her.

Shu Fu turned to look at the brother and sister, leaning against the table and lowering her face: "Don't you remember me either?" The moment she asked this question, Shu Fu already knew the answer from their eyes.

As expected, the brother and sister looked at her blankly, their eyes not only showing alienation, but also wariness and fear. The sister even pulled her mother's hand, called "Mom", and asked her what was going on.

“What exactly do you want—” The woman’s expression suddenly turned bad.

She was about to chase them away, but Shu Fu took a step back and said to them with an apologetic look on her face: "I'm so sorry, I recognized the wrong person. Sorry for disturbing you."

She didn't stay any longer, nor did she go back to her table. She just turned around and walked out of the noodle shop.

That was enough. She had completely confirmed that the other party did not fail to recognize her, nor were they pretending not to know her. They really did not know her.

To the three of them, she was a stranger they had never seen before.

When she realized this, a subtle and strange chill crept up Shu Fu's spine, making her scalp numb, and a slight vibration came from her left wrist again.

A moment later, Shu Fu returned to the jeep and opened the black notebook.

[Complete the Dongfu Noodles dinner check-in task between 5pm and 6pm today, and get a 5% progress bar for level 3 raft; get an additional 5% progress bar bonus; and get a wheel lottery: 3 times. (Current progress of level 3 raft: 85%)]

**

That night, Shu Fu made herself a cup of black coffee, sat cross-legged in front of the coffee table, opened the notebook she used to make plans, and began to review the day's events.

First of all, today's mission is different from the past. There are two missions in one day, but the content of these two missions seems to be similar. And for some reason, the way to complete the mission is also different from the previous missions.

The first time she didn’t get any bonus or lottery reward.

The second time, she didn't have the feeling that she had completed the task as before, but judging from the bonus of the prize, she had indeed completed the task very well.

What puzzled her was what the focus of these two missions was and what she had done to make the bracelet judge that she had completed the mission?

Also, why would someone who might be related to the mission not know her at all?

After analysis, there are only two possible guesses.

First, there was something wrong with her face. The real "Shu Fu" was someone else, and she was just a time traveler who borrowed and recorded the memories and identity background of "Shu Fu".

Second, the existence of "Shu Fu" is false. Lou Yuncheng has never had a "Shu Fu", nor has there ever been an original "Shu Fu" who looks exactly like her. The bloody past that exists in her memory is also false.

No matter which of the above situations is true, it confirms one thing, just as she guessed on the day of awakening, all her memories before Suicheng are just a memory.

She is a complete outsider, which eliminates the possibility that she is a unique type of reborn person with confused memories.

Suicheng is where she was born. Before the waterway from Suicheng to Louyuncheng was opened, whether it was the four years when she regarded herself as an indigenous person because of this memory, or the sober her who remembered her native world after awakening - since she came to this world, she has only stayed in Suicheng.

She was always trapped there, which fits the logic of lighting up the map with the mission.

However, new questions arise.

Since she was already in Suicheng at that time and had no relationship with the people in Louyuncheng, why should she be given such an identity? Wouldn't it be simpler and more reasonable to just give her the identity of a Suicheng University graduate?

If Lou Yuncheng's fake memories hadn't existed at the beginning, she might not have spent four years awakening, and might have awakened earlier.

Since she is needed to complete the mission, why should we delay the possibility of her awakening?

From another perspective, the two missions today were obviously related to Shu Fu's former relatives. If memories could really be implanted, why not implant the same memories into these "relatives"? Why leave such a loophole?

After all, as soon as the two parties meet, it will be easy to discover that the other party doesn't know her.

It's like a BUG appears during a mission. It's obviously a BUG that is easy to find, so why keep it?

Continuing to speculate, since a bug has already occurred, even if the task is completed, she shouldn't get an extra progress bar bonus...

It's like a person who works overtime but goes to the wrong company to work overtime. This is a problem of principle. How can he get overtime bonus?

Unless - Shu Fu had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and a sudden idea gave her goose bumps all over her body.

Going to the wrong company does not count as overtime - unless the act of going to the wrong company itself is the actual content of overtime!

In other words, the real purpose of today's two missions... is most likely to let her discover the existence of this BUG? !

Shu Fu immediately sat up on her knees, supporting herself on the coffee table.

If so, it all makes sense!

Why did the first mission go by so quickly? Because she completed the mission, but none of the three people on the other side saw her face. She was wearing a mask and a hat at the time, so they didn't recognize her and she didn't find it strange, so she didn't notice the existence of the bug.

But the second time, she was surprised by the change in the form of the task, and also out of temptation for the task, so she not only showed her face, but also took the initiative to step forward and speak, allowing the other party to see her face clearly, which also made her realize that in the other party's eyes, she was just an unrelated stranger.

She thought back and realized that the task completion notification vibrated after she realized that she was just a stranger in the other party's eyes - that is, after she discovered the BUG.

Therefore, the object associated with today's task is not Shu Fu's aunt, but herself!

This feeling, upon closer thought, was extremely terrifying. It was as if the bracelet was trying to convey some message to her through this mission...

What message?

Overturn the identity background given to her by this world?

Make her once again deeply aware of the abnormality of her existence?

Tell her that there was no original owner at all, and that all the tasks she had done before had nothing to do with the original owner?

Remind her that this isn't the real world?

Tell her that she is in a huge controllable virtual world?

Or... is it just to express the bracelet's own opposition to this world?

Thinking further, could it be that her awakening day - the day when she recalled her original world - was not a coincidence?

Is everything arranged?

What is the purpose?

Outside the world, who is watching her?

…

Shu Fu's head began to hurt again. It wasn't real pain, but confusion caused by his too many complicated and messy thoughts.

She closed the notebook, leaned back, relaxed herself on the sofa, and closed her eyes gently.

The last time her mind was so confused about a mission was during the second and third missions. However, perhaps because of her experience, she was not as persistent this time, and her mind was pulled away faster than last time.

The analysis that needed to be analyzed was done, the key points and speculations were all recorded, so she decided to let herself go for now.

Anyway, today's task progress bar has been moved from 70% to 85%, which is another big step towards the level 3 raft, which is really cause for celebration!

So in order to relax, she decided to draw the lottery first.

Shu Fu was happy when she thought that there were three chances to draw a lottery for such a simple task.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s not or not, with three draws, she can win by quantity!

Shu Fu opened her eyes again, climbed back onto the sofa, sat cross-legged in a comfortable position, and then took out the lottery wheel.

First turn, green fourth prize: one-week electricity card.

Shu Fu said: I'm lucky, keep up the good work!

Second turn, blue fifth prize: raft fence x 1

Shu Fu was overwhelmed: ...

Last Chance – Blue Third Prize: Split Level Space.

Shu Fu: What is this?