"You've investigated me before, right?" Cheng Ye looked at him with raised eyebrows, looking at the breakfast in front of him that was exactly to his taste.

"I, I..." Tong Lu's hands trembled. The email originally sent to the secretary was sent to the financial director. He didn't have time to withdraw it, so he explained first, "I just want to know your preferences." Eat the things you like and go to the places you like, but it does not include getting close to the people you like.

Cheng Ye scooped a spoonful of oat milk into his mouth, and his eyes narrowed immediately: "This is the cereal I often eat."

"..." Tong Lu stared at the computer screen, "I just... accidentally saw your delivery. This store appears every three to five days."

Knowing Tong Lu's character, Cheng Ye did not think his perverted behavior was too offensive. On the contrary, he felt a little happy.

This is a manifestation of his love for himself.

"Oh, right." Cheng Ye stirred the oatmeal. "I was chosen by the system because of death. What about you?" It couldn't be a suicide for love.

Tong Lu's expression froze for a moment: "Do I have to tell you?"

"?" Cheng Ye raised his eyebrows. "Do we still have to keep secrets between us?" He was holding oatmeal in his mouth, and his voice was a little unclear.

Tong Lu heard the threat in it, shrugged his shoulders and compromised: "I told you not to be angry!"

Cheng Ye rolled his eyes: "When have I ever been angry with you?"

Yes, you won't be angry, you will just ignore me and stay away from me.

Tong Lu organized his words a bit and said frankly in the most tactful way: "I can't accept your death, so...so I made a deal."

"Transaction?" Cheng Ye had never heard of this before. He thought about it. 666 had never mentioned a transaction before. Apart from completing the task to obtain some energy, helping him to upgrade, he also wanted to help himself come back.

"Yes." Tong Lu sat down on the edge of the bed next to his shoulder and gently massaged his arm. "It's a very small deal."

"I'm quite talented in certain areas, and someone, or something, needs my talent. He can bring you back to life. We made a simple exchange."

Listening to his nonchalant narration, Cheng Ye was unable to suppress the turmoil in his heart, and he subconsciously grabbed Tong Lu's sleeve.

Tong Lu squeezed his palm and said with a smile: "It's very simple. I sell my wisdom and labor in exchange for what I think is most important. It's very fair."

"Fair?" Cheng Ye's nose felt a little sour. "Can I know more details?"

Tong Lu heard the tremor in his voice and patted his shoulder soothingly: "Of course, there are no secrets between us. Do you have a system?"

"Uh-huh!"

"666?"

"You know it?!"

"I am."

“!!!”

If it wasn't inconvenient, Cheng Ye could even perform a somersault for him on the spot!

"This... this is what you call fairness?" Cheng Ye's hand trembled slightly as he grabbed his.

"Relax, Leaf."

"Tell me, I want to know everything!"

"Before, a program from the higher-level world contacted me and asked me to help them, but I refused. After you got into trouble, they found me again and offered to hire me with your life as compensation. I agreed." Tong Lu spoke as if he were discussing something as ordinary as today's menu. "Their world is made up of all kinds of data, but for some reason, the energy that has been supporting that world has been cut off. They hope I can find the problem and solve it!"

"you……"

Tong Lu nodded: "It did take a lot of effort, but at least I found the key point!"

"You'll know later." He smiled and put his arm around Cheng Ye's shoulders. "They fulfilled their promise and protected your heart, but..." The smile became a little forced. Tong Lu leaned close to Cheng Ye's chest, listening to his healthy and lively heartbeat, and only then did he have the courage to continue. "You are not safe. I really can't concentrate on my work, so the progress is slow. They promised me to save you first."

"You've been sentenced...so I can only borrow their energy to keep you alive."

"Just like that, you became 666?"

Tong Lu nodded.

"Then why do you still..."

"I'm jealous, jealous to the point of going crazy. I can't stand you getting close to anyone. How can I watch you fall in love with them? I can't stand it..." Tong Lu laughed bitterly, "Maybe my obsession is too strong. My brain waves actually split into two. One exists in the form of 666, and the other... But because both mental fluctuations are too weak, I lost all my memories of you. No, to be more precise, I was afraid that my memories of you would be damaged while traveling through the world, so I deliberately put them in a safe."

His vision was a little blurry. Cheng Ye didn't know how much pain the other party had endured when he didn't know, nor did he know how much the other party had paid to prolong his life. His throat was blocked and he couldn't say a word. He could only choke and hold Tong Lu's hand tightly.

"Traveling between worlds also requires energy. In order to minimize my consumption, my protection may be weaker, so the impact I receive when traveling between worlds is greater. My memory of each world is incomplete. I'm sorry that I didn't remember you until the very end."

"No, don't apologize, don't apologize, okay." Cheng Ye couldn't help crying, and he buried his head deeply in Tong Lu's arms, "Don't apologize to me, you are not wrong, you were not wrong from beginning to end, why, why should you bear the responsibility, Tong Lu, why... I, I love you, I really love you, but I, I am not worthy, I really am not worthy."

"No, you are worth it. You are the world that I will protect with my life, Ye Zi. You are very important to me, more important than anyone, including you, can imagine."