"Could it be that Ouyang Huanshi's feelings for Qiu Feishuang have always been unrequited, leading to a love-hate relationship? Is the reason his favorability towards men—including men like Gong Yitian and those who appear essentially flawless to outsiders—so low because Ouyang Huanshi actually likes girls?"
"NONONO, it should be said that Ouyang Huanshi's favorability towards girls other than Qiu Feishuang is even lower, including his own mother, which is negative—"
"..." Chu Shangli held his forehead and said, "Is this to show that Ouyang Huanshi is very devoted? Or is there some other reason...?"
"If this can be considered as devotion—" the system laughed, "Well, if distorted attention can be considered romantic, then perhaps Ouyang Huanshi can indeed be considered as that kind of devotion—after all, ever since I met her, her favorability towards Qiu Feishuang has never fluctuated, neither rising nor falling—"
"You used to...?"
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you. My previous masters all lived to a time further back than this, so I can say that I've known you for a long time—but your personality is quite different from the one I've met before, so we can't consider you the same person."
"So—do you also know my ending?"
"Your ending?" The system paused for a moment, then replied softly, "If it doesn't refer to the ending where your fiancé was killed and you disappeared, then I wouldn't know—"
“…”
Chu Shangli complained in his heart, "Don't you know it very clearly?"
"So where did I go after I disappeared?"
"Aren't you a reborn person? Then shouldn't you know where you went after you disappeared better than someone like me who doesn't want to casually read other people's pasts? Why are you asking me? Could it be that your rebirth has caused some loss of memory?"
"No……"
"Then there's no need to waste time on such meaningless topics."
"No, I want to know the story from a different perspective. Of course I know where I went after I disappeared, but what did it look like to the outside world? Was I dead? Or...?"
"Most people probably think you're dead, while a few believe you were taken to a laboratory—but neither side has found any actual evidence." The system asked curiously, "So, where did you go?"
"birdcage--"
"Birdcage?" The system was silent for a moment, then said faintly, "Oh, I see. It's still an experimental facility, right? It's just... a new place they opened, and I can't find the parts I saw when I was with my previous owner. So it seems that my two previous owners thought they had gained the trust of the higher-ups, but were actually just abandoned pawns—"
"No, I'm not sure if it's a testing ground, but personally I feel it's more like private confinement."
"Private imprisonment? With the entire empire under surveillance—with everyone's every word and action transmitted to the terminal—how could private imprisonment go undetected?"
"I don't know how I did it, but the fact is that I was completely cut off from the outside world. It was like standing inside frosted glass. Only I could see the outside through the glass, but people outside the glass couldn't see me. I couldn't contact anyone at all—"
Chu Shangli smiled bitterly and said, "In the beginning, I was really hoping someone would discover me, but after a few years, I've completely given up on that idea..."
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