Chapter 46 Peace and Death
Following Yan Sui's usual habit, Lin Jingyang sent her to the gate of the community and then parked the car in a roadside parking space.
He shifted gears and stopped the car before turning back to look at the person in the passenger seat.
Yan Sui sat quietly, her body slumped in the chair, her eyes closed, but her brows still furrowed.
Lin Jingyang didn't call out to her. He pulled the cigarette case from his pocket and shook it gently before pouring out a cigarette. His knuckles pressed against the cigarette, his calm eyes fixed on it, watching it sway gently in his hand.
After a while, there was a rustling sound beside me.
He stopped what he was doing, held the cigarette to his lips and bit it.
"Are we there yet?" Yan Sui moved and turned her head to look out the window.
"Yeah." Lin Jingyang responded vaguely.
"Then I'll go back first."
"Wait—" he suddenly called her.
Yan Sui turned her head, with tears hanging on her eyelashes, and the corners of her eyes were a little red, as if they had been rubbed by someone.
Lin Yangyang paused, then took the cigarette out of his mouth and tossed it into the car's trash can. "I had an argument with my husband today."
Yan Sui was stunned for a moment: "Your old man?"
"My dad."
“…”
Yan Sui: “Oh.”
She paused, and seeing that Lin Jingyang still didn't speak, she spoke again: "So, are you feeling better now?"
Lin Jingyang snorted and laughed: "Probably, still no!"
"That?"
He opened his arms towards Yan Sui: "Can you give me a comforting hug, Yan Sui?"
Yan Sui sneered, but still retracted her outward leaning body and moved closer to the driver's seat.
Lin Jingyang took advantage of the situation and hugged her shoulders, leaving enough room for maneuver in his arms, and his palms rested lightly on both sides of her arms.
Yan Sui was about to say something to comfort the other person when she suddenly felt a pair of hands gently patting her arms. At the same time, a warm breath fell beside her ears.
“Things don’t always go as expected, but it’s amazing that you’ve made it this far.”
The moment she finished speaking, the warmth from her body faded away.
Lin Jingyang returned to his original position, staring at her with a smile in his eyes.
"You just—"
Lin Jingyang shrugged: "I didn't say anything just now."
For some reason, seeing the other party's look of trying to hide something, Yan Sui suddenly felt relieved. Her slightly wrinkled brows slowly relaxed, and her tense shoulders drooped.
She curled the corners of her lips and whispered "thank you".
Yan Sui walked to the door of her house and just as she took out the key from her pocket to open the door, the cell phone in her hand vibrated twice.
She stopped what she was doing, picked up her phone and saw a new text message.
Lin Jingyang: I have a friend who's a lawyer, quite famous in the industry. If you're willing, I'd like to take you to meet him sometime.
Lin Jingyang: Of course, that's my advice. After all, having a lawyer by your side in a divorce case is much more convenient. But if you have other plans, just stick with them. After all, what I just said came from the heart. You're already very capable.
Lin Jingyang: (^V^)
Seeing the emoticons in the last text message, Yan Sui smiled inexplicably.
She put her hands on the phone keyboard and started typing
: Didn’t someone say that he didn’t say anything?
Buzz——
Lin Jingyang: oo
Yan Sui curled the corners of her lips and replied
: At your age, are you still trying to imitate others and send cute expressions?
Lin Jingyang: What? Targeting older people?
Yan Sui: No, I’m targeting you.
After pressing send, Yan Sui didn't even look at the other party's reply message. She inserted the key and opened the door.
It's rare that I feel a little better.
When she finished washing up and lay back on the bed, her body relaxed and the surroundings became empty. Looking at the empty room, Yan Sui's mind once again replayed the scene she saw at the entrance of the clothing store.
A sour feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.
Yan Sui turned over and buried her face in the quilt, forcing herself not to think about it anymore. But the nerves in her brain seemed to be against her, and kept replaying that scene in her mind.
The woman's face and Yu Shuli's face flashed back and forth, and finally only Yu Shuli was left standing in her mind. She couldn't help but think of Yu Shuli's appearance when they separated in the previous life. He said that he was going to pursue a better life while avoiding her gaze.
So, did Yu Shuli in the previous life know about this?
Did he break up with her because of this incident, or did he really want to pursue a better life?
Once there is a hole in a person's relationship, there will be someone who will try his best to fill it for him.
Yan Sui remembered what the system had been emphasizing, took a deep breath, and buried her face deeper.
At the same time, a sound of radio connection suddenly came from my mind.
The system is back.
"Host? I'm back."
Yan Sui was still buried in the quilt, not saying a word.
The system spoke again: "Host, why do I sense that your emotions are fluctuating so greatly?"
It had just returned, and it didn't even have time to digest the memories of Yan Sui stored in its brain.
As he spoke, memories flooded into the system's database like a tide, synchronizing all of Yan Sui's memories and emotions.
When it saw the scene in front of the clothing store, the noisy system did not make a sound for the first time in reviewing the task.
Yan Sui was silent for a long time without seeing the system speak, and the answer in her heart became more and more certain.
She slowly turned over, her stuffy nose suddenly taking in a large breath of fresh air. Yan Sui lay on her back in bed, staring at the dim ceiling for a long moment before she said, "So when you said that Yu Shuli and I couldn't get close, was it because of this?"
The system didn't speak.
"You keep emphasizing this, saying that being with Yu Shuli won't have a good outcome. Actually, you're trying to keep me from finding out, right? You don't want me to know that the mother of the boy I like is a mistress who's inserted herself into my family, right?"
The system gently called out "Host" and said, "That's one reason. But more importantly, we've extrapolated our internal data and used formulas to deduce the outcome between you and Yu Shuli. You two aren't from the same dimension, and your data and his are mutually exclusive. Forcing yourselves together will not bring happiness to either of you."
Yan Sui sniffed. "Why? Why do you and he both think I would vent my anger on him because of his mother's affairs? The relationship between him and his mother is different from that of a normal mother and son. He wasn't raised by his mother, and he didn't enjoy any of the benefits his mother brought him. We're not close to each other, so why do you think I would vent my anger on him because of this?"
"Host, it's not like you haven't experienced the ending of being with Yu Shuli."
Yan Sui was stunned.
The system said, "When the terminal assigns us a mission, our system can choose its own host. You are not the only one in this world experiencing this kind of suffering. Among the many missions, I saw you sitting on the hospital bed in a hospital gown. That was you, 35 years old.
"Actually, your image at that time was an insignificant presence among the many dynamic images of survivors engaged in apocalypse, revenge, and palace intrigue. The points awarded for the mission were only one-tenth of those for other missions. It was merely a lead-in mission pulled out in this peaceful era to meet data calculation requirements, and it wasn't taken seriously by the terminal.
"The selection process between the system and the host has always been a two-way street. If the host refuses a chosen mission, the terminal will lock the system in a dark room for ten years. Therefore, everyone tries to choose a host with a stronger desire to survive. This helps complete the two-way selection process between the system and the host. However, your dynamic image at that time showed a very weak desire to survive. In your human terms, you were in a near-death state."
Yan Sui stared blankly at the ceiling. For a moment, she seemed to see the scene described by the system through the ceiling -
The 35-year-old me was sitting on the hospital bed in a daze.
The system, codenamed 1839, has lived in an illusory digital space ever since it was granted the ability to think independently by the terminal. Its first host mission was a man living in the apocalypse, but he rejected its offer, believing it offered no assistance. Because of this rejection, the terminal imprisoned it in a dark room for ten years.
The second host mission was about a woman who was assassinated in ancient times. She hated all the rules of that world and refused to accept the chance of rebirth. She rejected the system. Thus, she was imprisoned in a small dark room by the terminal for the second time.
The third time he came out was to re-select Yan Sui's batch of hosts.
It has been rejected twice. If it is rejected for the third time, it will no longer be locked up in a small dark room, but its data will be erased by the terminal, and the system code-named 1839 will no longer exist.
The system originally intended to find a host who was more conservative and had a stronger desire to survive.
But just as it was about to choose another host, Yan Sui on the other side of the electronic screen unexpectedly raised her head and looked in its direction. Although she knew that from her perspective, her angle was just a wall.
But the moment their eyes met across the screen, the system suddenly saw a hint of tenacity in her eyes.
Like it, this was her last chance. If she wasn't chosen by the system, her fate would never be changed.
After staring at the other party quietly for a long time, it still chose to press Yan Sui's electronic interface.
In an instant, it arrived at Yan Sui's ward, and Yan Sui's memories emerged in the system library.
In this life, Yan Sui and her lover went from wearing school uniforms to wearing wedding dresses.
At the age of 27, Yan Sui paid off her family's loan and agreed to Yu Shuli's proposal. There was no wedding ceremony, but relatives and friends from both sides gathered together for a meal as a wedding banquet.
In the second month after the marriage, Yu Shuli transferred the small house he had bought with the money he had saved over the years to Yan Sui's name, as Yan Sui's private property.
The two of them were decorating their home while working. Although their mother's condition did not improve, it was stable.
Although the first year of marriage was not hard, Yan Sui felt happy from the bottom of her heart.
Twenty-seven-year-old Yan Sui feels that although her marriage is not prosperous, she and Yu Shuli are of one mind and can definitely create a home of their own, a home where they will not suffer betrayal.
But the next year, Yu Shuli was suddenly taken away from the company by the police.
Yan Sui was on a business trip at the time. When she got the news and rushed back, Yu Shuli had already been confirmed guilty of "aiding and abetting a crime."
Yan Sui learned from him that he had lent him his bank card at his mother's request, but he didn't know why he was inexplicably implicated in this crime. Yu Shuli didn't know, and neither did Yan Sui.
But that card was indeed Yu Shuli's, and he gave it to his mother.
The accusation was true, but he couldn't understand why his mother wanted to harm him.
Yu Shufeng regretted what happened after he knew about it and told Yu Shuli the truth of what happened.
When their parents divorced, Yu Shuli was still a child in need of a guardian. However, both parents did not want to take care of a child, so they unanimously decided to send Yu Shuli to his parents' home in the countryside. As the older brother, Yu Shufeng, upon learning about this, offered to take Yu Shuli with him.
When Yu Shuli first started living with him, he would always carefully ask him if his parents didn't want him anymore.
Yu Shufeng couldn't bear to tell his brother the truth and decided to hide the fact that his parents had abandoned him. He only told them that his parents were too busy with work to take care of him. But they cared about Yu Shuli and would send money to Yu Shufeng on time.
The fact is, since Yu Shuli was taken to his place, his parents have never paid any support or cared about Yu Shuli's situation.
But Yu Shufeng's lie made Yu Shuli very happy and he no longer felt burdened.
Yu Shufeng thought, as long as his brother was happy, that was all that mattered.
He did not tell his brother about his parents' misfortune, but instead locked him up in a place to protect his self-esteem.
His brother's lies did not make Yu Shuli feel repulsive to his parents. Occasionally, when Ran Shuyi contacted Yu Shuli, he would feel happy.
But later, Ran Shuyi went abroad, and Yu Shuli's contact with her gradually became less and less.
Until a year ago, Ran Shuyi used the excuse that his business was in some trouble and asked Yu Shuli to lend him his credit card.
After Ran Shuyi cried out, Yu Shuli lent her the credit card without thinking too much.
He thought that his mother would never harm him.
But in the end, he was thrown into jail because of this trust.
Yu Shuli was sentenced to one year and three months in prison.
Yan Sui sold the newly renovated house and used the proceeds to pay the fine.
She stood up from the predicament again, just like what happened to Yan Zhaoting back then.
It used to be for her mother and younger siblings, and now it’s for her husband.
But I don’t know if it was fate’s trick or something else, but at the same time, Sui Yuling’s condition worsened and she passed away in the ICU not long after.
Ten years of persistence did not bring about the day when Sui Yuling woke up.
On the day of Sui Yuling's funeral, the sky was covered with dark clouds and it soon started to rain heavily.
Yan Sui stood in front of the tombstone, staring at the photo on it. It was a family photo taken with Sui Yuling when she was seventeen. In the ten years since then, there hasn't been a proper photo of Sui Yuling.
She stared quietly at Sui Yuling's smiling face in the photo, tears mixed with raindrops streaming down her face. The constant downpour made her feel like she was suffocating. But she still didn't leave.
After standing there for an unknown amount of time, Yan Sui softly called out, "Mom."
"I tried so hard, but I still can't pull you back."
After Yu Shuli was released from prison, Yan Sui wanted to have a meal with her relatives and friends.
But Yu Shuli refused. He stared into Yan Sui's eyes for a long time and suddenly said, "I want to go out for a while."
He said he was going out to find Ran Shuyi.
Yan Sui knew how miserable he was. During the year he was in prison, neither Ran Shuyi nor his father came to see him.
She promised him.
As time passed, Yu Shuli boarded a flight to the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
Yan Sui didn't know what Yu Shuli had been through over there. He had returned from there in just two days. His luggage was lost, and his emotional state was not very good.
Yan Sui guessed that things were not going well over there, but she had no right to say anything about the relationship between mother and son.
She wanted to give Yu Shuli a hug, but was pushed away.
She was a little surprised and asked, "What's wrong?"
Yu Shuli seemed to have come to his senses at this point, and quickly apologized to her, saying that he was not in a good mood.
Yan Sui expressed her understanding and asked him if he wanted to go find his brothers.
Yu Shuli refused, so she took him home.
The two of them finished their dinner quietly. Yu Shuli didn't have the energy to go out for a walk, so Yan Sui stayed at home with him watching TV. During this time, Yu Shuli suddenly asked about Sui Yuling's situation.
He said, "I haven't visited my mother for a long time. I'll go to the hospital to see her tomorrow!"
Yan Sui's expression froze, and after a long pause, she said, "I didn't tell you before because I was afraid you would be sad inside. My mother passed away at the end of last year."
Yu Shuli was stunned.
"She's persisted for ten years, she's already very capable," Yan Sui smiled at him, "Let's just let her go."
Yu Shuli blinked and quickly looked away: "Is that so."
"Um."
Speaking of Sui Yuling, Yan Sui's mood was also a little depressed. She did not notice Yu Shuli's mood.
After a while, the man next to her suddenly hugged her shoulders, his arms restraining her body, and holding her tightly in his arms. His body was trembling, and the trembling was transmitted to Yan Sui from the hug.
Yan Sui grabbed his arm and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Yu Shuli didn't say anything, just hugged her tightly.
Yan Sui thought that he had not recovered for a while because he had experienced too many things after being released from prison, so she patted his shoulder gently and hugged him back.
Yu Shuli was in a strange mood because of what happened outside. Yan Sui didn't know what to say, so she could only give him a little strength in this hug.
The two of them hugged each other on the sofa, letting the clock hands move from the number "seven" to the number "ten" without letting go. Yan Sui felt a little sleepy and leaned on Yu Shuli to rest.
Before she lost consciousness, she seemed to hear the word "sorry" in her ear.
But before Yan Sui could respond, her consciousness dissipated.
When Yan Sui woke up the next day, she found herself lying on the bed in the bedroom, and Yu Shuli was nowhere to be seen.
She was about to pick up her cell phone to make a call when she found a letter on the bedside table, which was pressed by the cell phone.
Yan Sui opened it and scanned the paper, her face slowly turning pale.
At the same time, the phone in her hand rang, and the piercing ringtone fell on the room like a death curse. Yan Sui saw the caller ID, her fingers trembled violently, and she subconsciously pressed the answer button.
"Sui Sui, Shu Li committed suicide."
When Yan Sui was 28 years old, Yu Shuli committed suicide by jumping into the lake.
The suicide note he left at home was full of remorse. He hated himself for trusting Ran Shuyi too much, hated himself for destroying the small family he had worked so hard to build, and hated himself for making his brother worry all the time.
But what he hated most was that he was the one who destroyed Yan Sui's family.
He said that during his freshman year at the school gate, Ran Shuyi came to pick him up from school, a rare occasion. Yu Shuli was particularly happy and pulled her aside to talk for a long time. When he saw Yan Sui and her father walking in front of him in the car, he happily pointed out to Ran Shuyi that this was the girl he liked.
At that time, Ran Shuyi didn't notice Yan Zhaoting. After he pointed it out, she asked, "Where?"
Yu Shuli pointed forward again: "There."
At that time, Yan Zhaoting and Yan Sui were parked in front of a car.
Ran Shuyi recognized the price of the car at a glance. She looked back and forth between the car and Yan Zhaoting. Finally, she tilted her head and asked, "You just said that the girl's name was Yan Sui, right?"
Yu Shuli nodded and said with a smile: "She is very powerful and excellent."
At that time, Yu Shuli didn't know that when he introduced the girl he liked to his mother, he personally helped Ran Shuyi find a curious object, and indirectly dragged Yan Sui's family into an abyss.
He only found out about this when he arrived at Ran Shuyi's house after flying for more than ten hours.
Ran Shuyi smiled and told him, "Shuli, if you hadn't introduced me to your mother, I wouldn't have known your Uncle Yan!"
When his mother cheated him out of a bank card loan, Yu Shuli was still wondering if she had any difficulties. So he came here in person to verify it and ask if Ran Shuyi was really cheating on him.
But Yu Shuli didn't expect that the result of this flight was not only his mother's deception, but also that he knew that he was the culprit who caused Yan Sui's family to fall into the abyss.
Yan Sui was very surprised to see it coming, but after the system's explanation, she happily accepted this mysterious thing.
The system was also surprised.
Yan Sui simply said, "I live here now, and everyone says I have mental problems. But I always know what is true and what is false. And you are the real one."
Yan Sui did not refuse the task issued by the system, but made another request.
But she made another request. She wanted to give the right to be reborn to her younger self.
Her request was ridiculous, but it did not violate the rules set by the terminal.
She is still her, just at a different age.
So the system came to the 22-year-old Yan Sui again, but it could not rashly extract Yan Sui from this world, because Yan Sui in the first life had asked it to stop her from being with Yu Shuli.
She said that he and I were like two kites that couldn't get close to each other. We were accidentally blown together by a gust of wind, but we didn't evacuate in time, and ended up with both of us suffering.
The system immediately calculated the numerology of the two of them and came to the following conclusion:
Stay away and you will be safe, get close and you will die.
If their digital codes come together, it will result in total death.
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