"President, a primary school in the mountainous area has sent a thank-you video."

The secretary came in with a tablet.

In the video, the children, carrying their new schoolbags, shouted in unison to the camera, "Thank you, Dad Jin Nian! Thank you, Mom Zi Xi!"

Zi Xi's eyes instantly reddened, and Mo Jin Nian silently held her hand. Everything they had done was worthwhile.

*

[Host~ Congratulations on completing the sixth world. Emotional detachment in progress...]

[You have won the undivided love of the male lead, Mo Jinnian, and are rewarded with 1,000 points.]

[Fulfill the original owner's wish, reward 5,000 points!!]

[Wow! Host! You! Are my! God!!]

[My ranking has moved up another place!!]

The system was so excited it bounced around in Zi Xi's mind, and even the electronic voice was distorted with excitement.

"Just a little splash!"

Zi Xi leaned lazily against the sofa, her red lips slightly upturned, her fingertips gently twirling the ends of her hair.

I've become increasingly adept at completing tasks lately.

Those obsessive male protagonists who used to give her a headache are now like tamed little wolves, none of them can escape her grasp.

but……

Zi Xi suddenly frowned.

Recently, she's had a strange sense of déjà vu in several mission worlds.

The male protagonists seem to have very different personalities, but some of their subtle actions are surprisingly similar.

When nervous, he unconsciously rubs his left wrist, and when kissing, he likes to gently bite her lower lip first.

"How is this possible..."

Zi Xi shook her head and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

How could these people possibly be connected?

It must be that I'm hallucinating from doing the task.

After all, there are only a few templates for the character of the obsessive male protagonist, so it's normal for them to have similar settings.

"System, what do you want to say..."

Zi Xi swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

What's the use of this naive and simple system?

What could it possibly know?

Why are you suddenly spacing out, Host?

The system displayed a question mark emoji in confusion.

"It's nothing~"

"Get ready for the next world! This time I'm going to challenge myself and achieve a perfect clear!"

Having already treated the mission like a game, Zi Xi stretched and threw those absurd thoughts to the back of her mind, continuing her frenzied spending spree in the system shop.

*

The winter of 1975 came early and fiercely.

Zi Xi and a few others huddled in the corner of the tractor trailer, watching their breath condense and dissipate in the air.

Her fingers were already numb with cold, but she still clutched the canvas bag printed with the words "Serve the People." Inside were all of the original owner's belongings: two sets of clothes, a Little Red Book, half a tube of toothpaste, and a family photo tucked inside the title page of the Quotations book.

"Willow Gully is just ahead!"

"You kids are unlucky to have been assigned to this remote mountain village!"

Mr. Wang, the tractor driver, shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice mixed with the roar of the diesel engine.

The other five educated youths in the truck bed looked up when they heard this, their faces all showing similar bewilderment.

Zi Xi wrapped the scarf tighter around herself and squinted at the distance.

Amidst the hazy mountains, wisps of smoke rose crookedly, like someone casually sketching a few lines on rice paper with a brush.

Under the crooked old locust tree at the village entrance, one can vaguely see a throng of heads.

This was the era of 1975.

The tractor slipped on the icy road, and Zi Xi's forehead slammed hard against the guardrail.

As the warm liquid flowed down her brow bone, she heard her companion gasp.

Master Wang cursed and pulled a filthy towel from under the driver's seat, throwing it over.

"Hold on! This lousy road is going to shake your guts out!"

Blood seeped into my eyes, blurring my vision with a reddish hue.