A white, glowing phantom suddenly appeared in the pure white space, and a mechanical voice rang out from its location, "No need to say anything, I already know."

Jiang Xu sighed, "One after another, they have no patience at all. Listening to other people's happiness might make you happier too."

The system paused for two seconds, then said, "Being love-struck is really deadly."

Jiang Xu sighed deeply, "Sigh, you don't have a girlfriend, right?"

System: "That's enough, host."

Jiang Xu's joking mood vanished. With that address, things were on the right track. "No, I am not your host."

System: "Isn't this what you just said about becoming my master?"

Jiang Xu: "You said it yourself, it was just now. The me just now was who I was, and I don't want to become who I am now."

System, "6".

Jiang Xu: "Besides, there are some conditions for us to bind, just like that unlucky guy before. By the way, is he alright?"

The system said, "Actually, there aren't any conditions. The people from before are still alive, so you can bind with me without worry."

Jiang Xu said, “There are many definitions of being alive. For example,” he said with a deep gaze, “a person in a vegetative state is one, isn’t it? You probably wouldn’t let him talk nonsense like that.”

The system changed the subject as if by default, saying, "You're probably overthinking it. Those are your own choices, and I won't force anyone. You must have something you want, and I can make it happen for you."

Jiang Xu, "So what benefits do you need? What task did he say he would help you complete?"

The system replied, "It's just a small matter, definitely less than what you've put in."

Jiang Xu said jokingly, “I have a friend who says he’s not one to suffer losses, nor does he want others to suffer losses. I think he’s quite right.”

He said with a gentle smile, "Now, he's my boyfriend."

The system felt it should solidify into a physical form so it could more clearly express its speechlessness: "You've really gone too far."

Jiang Xu said, "So, I think that most interests are reciprocal, but people like you who are capable..." He thought about his words, "...can only benefit yourself." He felt that saying 'things' sounded bad, so he thought about it and changed it to a more euphemistic word.

The system said, "It's kind of you to think this way."

Jiang Xu: "It's alright, how about we stop beating around the bush?"

The system said, "Since you're unwilling to believe me, I'll show you some sincerity. Actually, I've already demonstrated some sincerity before."

Jiang Xu thought for a moment and then spoke smoothly, "At the time, I was thinking about what Jiang Xu's memory fragments would appear?" He pointed with his finger, "And this chair?"

The system said, "You are very smart and meticulous."

Jiang Xu: "You're quite meticulous, keeping an eye on me in every way."

The system replied in a flat, mechanical voice, "Thank you for the compliment."

As the words of thanks faded, Jiang Xu felt a warm glow in his mind, followed by a flood of memories.

These were fragments that Jiang Xu had no recollection of, yet he felt as if he had participated in them from a third-person perspective.

The first boy to appear was a black-haired boy who looked exactly like himself when he was a child. Behind him followed a bouncy little boy who kept calling out, "Brother, brother, what are we going to play today?"

The black-haired boy turned around and gently patted the jumping boy, "Let's play something you've never played before."

The little boy said, "Brother, that's what you said yesterday."

The black-haired man smiled. "Didn't you ask that same question yesterday?"

Jiang Xu thought that Jiang Chen had grown up but was still the same as when he was a child. As soon as he spoke, he recognized him. This was Jiang Xu.

The mechanical system voice sounded again: If you guessed it, you don't need to test me. This is what you wanted to ask about: another exchange. Consider it my sincerity.

Jiang Xu listened casually, and the next moment he saw a very familiar face and said, "Don't make a sound, go to the side."

The red-haired youth's refined and sharp eyebrows and eyes blended slowly with the boy's softer and more childlike eyebrows and eyes, and the black-haired boy's eyebrows and eyes were already beginning to show their current flamboyance.

The moment Jiang Xu saw the black-haired boy turn his head, he knew that the lonely boy sitting on the seesaw was Gu Li!

When the name came to mind, Jiang Xu's lips curled up slightly. Then he thought, "What a pity, he has absolutely no memory of this."

He looked at himself as a child; the two boys were staring at each other, as if carefully examining one another.

He remembered Jiang Chen saying that he was 10 years old at this time, and that 10-year-olds are at a good age to make friends. Jiang Xu thought he should be able to make this friend.

After all, that seesaw looks fun, and we just happen to be short one person, don't we?

As expected, the 10-year-old did not disappoint Jiang Xu. He smiled at Gu Li, who was sitting on the seesaw, and then turned to Jiang Chen and said, "Let's play on the seesaw today."

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Okay, bro." Then he tilted his head, a little puzzled, "But didn't we just come here to play a couple of days ago?"

Jiang Xu said very naturally, "No, you're mistaken."

Jiang Chen, "Huh?" He followed his brother with confusion, "Really? But I definitely played it before, I really don't remember wrong." His voice turned into a low mutter at the end.

Jiang Xu walked up to Gu Li and said, "Hi there, wanna hang out?" He smiled broadly, as if to say, "We're good friends."

Gu Li kept watching Jiang Xu walk over. He couldn't really see the boy he was talking to clearly; he could only vaguely make out the boy's features. He thought he should take his medicine again, but the boy was surrounded by a warm glow, so he gently reached out to touch him.

Jiang Xu interpreted this as a gesture of goodwill, so he reached out and took the boy's hand. "Let's play together then."

Gu Li was taken aback when the boy's hand was grasped. The boy's hand was warm, and the pressure was as gentle as when his mother held his hand, unlike those other hands that would make Gu Li feel repulsed. He grasped the boy's hand back, "Okay, let's play together."

Gu Li remembered his mother saying that he should be friendly to the people he liked. He didn't understand what it meant to like someone. His mother said, "Treat each other well like we do, and that's what liking someone means."

He only understood 'like us', and Gu Li felt that he was quite like that now. He thought of smiling again and smiled at the boy.

Jiang Xu watched this scene and his heart softened terribly. His girlfriend was incredibly well-behaved when she was little, and he secretly gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.

Okay, as long as you have the aesthetic sense you had when you were a kid, that's fine. But when it comes to choosing friends, you're really something else.

The scene cuts off at the moment Jiang Xu steps onto the seesaw, and then the scene changes.

The young man grew rapidly, like a sprouting bud, slender and upright, his black hair forming a sharp arc, now fully embodying the word "arrogance".

That was Gu Li.