Chapter 172 The closed loop in the dark

On Jiang Fei's side, a quarter of an hour passed after she called the system before the system finally arrived.

"Host."

Jiang Fei had a lot to say, and when she heard the system's voice, she started throwing out all the questions.

"Will the system automatically correct the plot?"

The system said, "I know what you're suspicious of. If the system can automatically correct the plot, then what are you hosts for?"

Jiang Fei's mind was full of questions. "But after Princess Anping fell into the water and I rescued her, she still had a miscarriage according to the original novel. I was wondering if the system would automatically correct the plot. Now Jiang Rulin is marrying into the Marquis' Mansion according to the original novel. Isn't this the result of the correction?"

The system explained, "These events are certainly not the result of system corrections. According to data analysis, Pei Jing's actions did, to some extent, push the plot back toward the original storyline. However, this wasn't system intervention; it was the result of the character's own choices."

Jiang Fei was silent for a moment, and suddenly it dawned on her, "I understand."

"What do you understand?"

Jiang Fei analyzed, "If I hadn't traveled through time, Wei Mingzhen would have married Jiang Rulin according to the original plot in the book. However, given Wei Mingzhen's meticulous nature, if he had married Jiang Rulin, even if it wasn't sweet, he would have at least treated her with respect and wouldn't have neglected her, leading to her cheating. In other words, if I hadn't traveled through time, the plot wouldn't have been able to proceed according to the original novel, like the chicken and the egg."

The system said, "I checked Wei Mingzhen's favorability towards you. It was stuck at 90, but it suddenly shot up to 100 last night."

"Sure enough, what you can't get is the best." Jiang Fei said: "Because of my interference, Wei Mingzhen had someone else in his heart, so he ignored Jiang Rulin after marriage. Jiang Rulin mistakenly thought that Wei Ciying and I were good friends, so she tried to harm Wei Ciying. Wei Ciying was reborn and knew that Jiang Rulin would harm her, which led to the plot of the two fighting in the original novel. It's like a cycle of cause and effect, but we don't even know where it started."

The system pondered for a moment and said, "Your analysis is correct. This indeed forms a perfect closed loop. If you hadn't come, Wei Mingzhen wouldn't have been attracted to you. If he hadn't been attracted to you, he wouldn't have ignored Jiang Rulin. If he hadn't ignored Jiang Rulin, there wouldn't have been the grudges and entanglements in the original novel."

"There is another key figure here."

"Pei Jing."

"That's right," Jiang Fei laughed. "Pei Jing's kidnapping of the bride seems to break the plot, but in fact it fills in the blanks left by the original novel, forming the paradox of 'seemingly changing but actually completing'. It seems that we changed the plot, but in fact, it accidentally facilitated the occurrence of the original plot."

The system's mechanical voice was rarely filled with emotion: "It's like a Möbius strip. You think you're changing your destiny, but in fact you're fulfilling it."

Jiang Fei travels through time and becomes entangled with Pei Jing. Wei Mingzhen falls in love with her. Pei Jing steals the bride, and Jiang Rulin marries in her place. Wei Mingzhen neglects Jiang Rulin, and Jiang Rulin turns evil. The plot returns to the original novel, and this chain connects from beginning to end, just like the infinite loop of a Möbius strip.

Jiang Fei sighed and said, "I traveled through time and space, thinking I had changed something, but in the end, I became a key part of the plot."

The system was silent for a moment: "Are you happy or sad now?"

"Of course I'm happy." Jiang Fei suddenly chuckled, "Now that things are back on track, can I just give up and do whatever I want?"

"You're celebrating too early," the system said. "Have you forgotten there's also a Wei Ciying? It's because of your intervention that the storyline can proceed as planned. But if you just leave it alone, do you think Jiang Rulin can defeat Wei Ciying? Will Wei Ciying marry Jiang Linyuan?"

Jiang Fei rested her chin on one hand and thought for a while. "The previous part has already been told according to the original novel. Only Wei Ciying and Jiang Linyuan are left, and the Jiang family is wiped out. This is also good news. At least I don't have to marry Wei Mingzhen and let Wei Ciying and Jiang Rulin fight. I can get out of the story and hide in the dark to control it."

The system said: "That's right."

Jiang Fei nodded. "After traveling through time and space, I finally understand the rules of this game. Since this is a Möbius strip, it means..."

"What does it mean?"

"It means that every 'change' may be part of the plot, and every 'accident' may be destined."

Jiang Fei picked up the chopsticks again and turned them in a beautiful arc on her fingertips. "In that case, I might as well make a complete 'variable'."

Jiutao and Wenzhu stared blankly at Jiang Fei, frowning, holding her chin, sighing, and giggling, and the hairs on her body stood up.

Jiu Tao tugged at Wen Zhu's sleeve and said, "Miss, is she crazy?"

Wen Zhu swallowed and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense, Miss, this is, this is..."

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Fei suddenly put down his chopsticks and started clapping, which scared the two of them. Just as they were about to speak, Jiang Fei picked up his chopsticks and started eating voraciously, laughing as he ate.

"This is..." Wen Zhu finished the rest of the sentence blankly, "It seems like there's something wrong with his brain."

After analyzing with the system, Jiang Fei’s biggest dilemma was solved.

As her wedding date was approaching, she had been suffering from insomnia for several days and had not slept well for many days. Today, she was happy and relaxed, so she fell asleep as soon as she got into bed after dinner.

The next day at noon, Duan Jiu came back from outside and went back to his room to report to Pei Jing.

"Jiang Rulin has already married Wei Mingzhen, but Marquis Dingyuan couldn't swallow this anger and has already gone to the palace to report the truth to the Emperor. The Emperor wants the prince to return and apologize, and that's the end of the matter."

Pei Jing leaned back in his chair, playing with the folding fan in his hand, and said lazily, "Just tell me that I know."

"When will the prince go to apologize?"

"No." Pei Jing said, "Knowing is one thing, apologizing is another."

He is still as willful as ever.

Duan Jiu nodded and was about to leave to pass on the message when Pei Jing suddenly asked, "What did she eat today?"

"Miss Jiang Er hasn't eaten anything today."

Pei Jing paused, sat up straight in his chair, looked at Duan Jiu and said, "Does this mean that I have to prepare a menu for you for every meal before she can eat?"

The tone sounded calm, but Duan Jiu seemed to have heard the volcano about to erupt beneath the calm.

Duan Jiu didn't dare to say anything, and quickly explained: "It's not that I don't want to arrange it, it's that Miss Jiang Er doesn't want to eat, she——"

Pei Jing threw the fan onto the table with a thud. "Good! Good! She's so naive to think that I'll let her go just by going on a hunger strike!"