Chapter 47 Once Again
If the system wants to stop Yu Shuli and Yan Sui, it must make Yan Sui give up on Yu Shuli before returning.
Its authority is not enough to control a person's emotions. It can only guide them. No matter how many truths you tell a person, it is not as good as letting her experience it herself.
The system wants Yan Sui to be reborn without any distractions, so that in her third life, she can have a life of her own without any conflicting emotions or a family destroyed by her so-called father.
It advanced the timeline when Yu Shuli knew that his mother was one of the masterminds in persecuting Yan Sui's family, and used the system authority to create a dream for Yu Shuli, allowing the things of his previous life to enter his brain in the form of a "dream".
The future? Dreams? And reality. These three worlds, driven by the system, successfully entered Yu Shuli's mind. It guided the course of events, controlling Yu Shuli's emotions.
Finally, as it wished, Yu Shuli chose to leave Yan Sui after the "dream" ended.
He knew that precognitive dreams were too fantastical, but everything that happened in the dream was too close to reality. The moment he saw Yan Sui lying on the hospital bed, Yu Shuli suddenly didn't dare to bet on whether this thing would actually happen.
Everything that happened to Yan Sui was related to him. He was the one who brought nightmares to Yan Sui.
At the last moment of the dream, Yan Sui lay on the bed and murmured:
"The kite fell down and can't fly anymore."
Yu Shuli knew that the person who caused the kite to fall was himself.
"The kite has fallen down, so it's hard to fly again."
But fortunately, he knew these things earlier than himself in the dream.
So, he pulled the kite string in advance, pulling himself, the source of all evil, away from Yan Sui.
After leaving Yan Sui, Yu Shuli set out on a journey to a foreign country alone.
Until he left this land, he did not dare to tell Yan Sui the truth of the matter.
No one knows all his emotions and all his entanglements.
After the incident, the system began to look for opportunities to separate Yan Sui of this life from the world.
However, the host can only be separated from the world when the host's consciousness is weak or dead. Like when she first appeared in front of Yan Sui, she was in a seriously ill state.
In this life, Yan Sui's body hadn't weakened due to those events, so the system had no chance to enter her body. It could only wait, waiting for an opportunity to pull Yan Sui out of consciousness.
So, the system "settled down" next to Yan Sui.
It observed Yan Sui's life on the other side of the screen, sensed her emotional changes through various data displays, watched her graduate from college and enter the society, watched her being plotted against and almost losing her job when she first entered the workplace, and finally watched her drink her job back with glass after glass of wine at the table.
The system watched her life unfold, working day and night, from intern to project leader. Even after work, she took care of her mother in the hospital, managing both her work and her family.
Even when her position as a supervisor was taken away and her mother attempted suicide, she did not give up, but picked up her burdens and continued to move forward.
It couldn't help but admire Yan Sui. Whether in her first life or this life, she would never give up until the last moment. Just like she wrote in her blog post on the tree hole -
Everyone wants me to lose, but Yan Sui will never lose.
When the system selects a task and starts, the points will increase little by little over time. Originally, it was intended that after the points reached a certain amount, it would be exchanged for a task that would unexpectedly separate Yan Sui from this world and take her to start the third life.
But after six years of companionship, the system's thinking has changed from "mission" at the beginning to "hope she is well" later.
When it saw Yan Sui trying hard to live, it actually felt reluctant to tear her away from this world.
It even thought about spending the rest of Yan Sui's life as an observer.
Although the longer the timeline stretches, Yan Sui may not agree to its task of "restarting her life" after her life gets better, but it still cannot bear to pull her away from this world while she is trying hard to live.
The data composed of letters and numbers is a cold string of numbers, and it is not allowed to have any emotions. If the terminal detects any inappropriate emotions during the mission, it will be punished.
But the system code-named 1839 developed an emotion beyond numbers when facing this extremely ordinary human being. It wanted her to be well and to be happier.
So when it saw that her life was getting better little by little, it did not use its points to pull Yan Sui away from this world.
Until Yan Sui was 28 years old, perhaps because of the unpredictable butterfly effect that changed her life trajectory, a "car accident" that had never happened in her life happened to her.
As she watched her car crash into another car, the system in front of the screen sighed, generated code from the data, and activated the "Restart Life" option.
"Dear host, I am a system generated by data code from a future imaginary world, codenamed 1839. I currently have a mission called 'Restart Your Life'. Do you want to go back to the past and change your family's tragedy?"
Watching the person in front of him choose "Accept" without hesitation, the system remembered what Yan Sui said in his first life six years ago -
“No matter what time I am in, I will choose to go back to the past.”
The system generates the code again and officially starts this task.
"Then, dear host, let me take you on a new journey."
"I will do my best to help you complete your mission."
"Help you stay away from the people you want to stay away from."
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"So, the person who really wants me to stay away from Yu Shuli is not you, but myself, right?"
After hearing what the system said, Yan Sui finally realized why the system had been telling her to stay away from Yu Shuli. This wasn't a task it had given her, but a task she had given herself.
"Yes, host. In your first life, after you learned the truth of this matter, you had to face the grief of Yu Shuli's death while being forced to accept it. The accumulated inner torment caused you to fall ill. You knew Yu Shuli was right, but you couldn't be with him without any scruples. And then accept his feelings."
Yan Sui closed her eyes, and two lines of tears rolled down the corners of her eyes.
Yes, she couldn't accept this without hesitation, even though she knew that Yu Shuli and his mother were not close, and that even if Yu Shuli didn't exist, there would be another Ran Shuyi.
She couldn't do it, and neither could Yu Shuli.
So in his second life, he took the initiative to leave her. He didn't break up with her because he fell in love with someone else and wanted a better life. He didn't know how to face her and didn't want her to know the painful truth, so he chose to bear this torment alone.
Thinking of this, Yan Sui suddenly opened her eyes, lifted the quilt and walked to the computer.
The system asked her what was wrong?
Yan Sui did not answer. Every second of waiting for the computer to start up was torture.
Booting successfully.
She moved the mouse and her eyes fell on the folder named "Coriander".
With shaking hands, she typed her name on the keyboard and pressed the Enter key without a moment's hesitation. The next second, the screen flipped to a file, revealing a series of dated, illustrated diaries.
Yan Sui clicked on a few articles, and without exception, they were all about her.
"I went to the temple with Xiangcai to pray today. I hope Yansui can be happier this year..."
"Xiangcai's birthday cake! But she forgot about her own birthday. When I took out the cake, she asked me why I wanted to buy a cake. What an idiot..."
"I discovered that cilantro doesn't like cilantro?!"
"I took a picture of cilantro, planning to secretly hide it qwq..."
“…”
"Randomly pick up something from your past life that can answer your questions."
Not long ago, that mechanical voice sounded in her mind.
It turned out that this document was to answer her question.
—
Yan Sui took the time to take Sui Yuling to meet with the lawyer recommended by Lin Jingyang.
The lawyer said that divorce is not a problem, but it is difficult to get back the transferred property. If Yan Zhaoting is to be considered the party at fault in this marriage, more powerful evidence of infidelity is needed.
While asking Sui Yuling to cooperate with the lawyer to file for divorce, Yan Sui was thinking about how to obtain more powerful evidence.
Lin Jingyang listened to her narration and suddenly said, "If there's no progress on his side, we can use that woman as a starting point."
Yan Sui shook his head: "I've thought about this a long time ago, but there's no useful information over there."
Hearing this, Lin Jingyang curled his lips and smiled: "Yan Sui, everyone needs to socialize."
When he said this, Yan Sui was stunned for a moment, and then she suddenly realized.
She was so anxious to find a breakthrough that she forgot this entry point in the heat of the moment.
Ran Shuyi and Yan Zhaoting were in cahoots, so she wouldn't expose Yan Zhaoting. However, her friends weren't too deeply involved, so it would be much easier to get evidence of their infidelity through her friends than directly from them.
Similarly, the same goes for Yan Zhaoting's social circle.
As long as there is more evidence to prove that Yan Zhaoting cheated, the lawsuit will not be lost.
Seeing that she understood what he meant, Lin Jingyang smiled knowingly: "Smart kid."
Yan Sui: “?”
"Child?"
Lin Jingyang raised an eyebrow. "Didn't someone mock me for my age last time? If twenty-three is considered old, then aren't you a child at seventeen?"
Yan Sui was caught off guard but couldn't utter a word in rebuttal.
After all, this was what I meant when I said those words to Lin Jingyang last time.
She could only quietly complain in her heart, "I am obviously 28 years old."
After teasing Yan Sui for a while, Lin Jingyang got back to the point: "Leave the matter you just discussed to me, okay?"
Yan Sui was stunned.
"You seem quite busy? This matter can't be delayed. Go and do your thing. I'll help you find this piece of evidence."
Yan Sui subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Lin Jingyang seemed to have anticipated her thoughts and spoke first: "I am half your ally now, right? Do you think you should refuse help from allies?"
Yan Sui didn't know where he came to this conclusion. He, a person who had nothing to do with this matter, became her ally. He felt like he was walking step by step into someone's trap and being led away by the other party.
She didn't like this feeling, it was too ethereal and empty.
But Lin Jingyang seemed to be able to see through her heart and added again, "The important thing is."
Yan Sui: “…”
Yes, she has more important things on hand.
Although Yan Sui didn't know why Lin Jingyang knew that she had more important things waiting for her to do.
But she is not a stubborn person, and she would not refuse if someone is willing to help her in this matter.
Moreover, Yan Sui thought that if Lin Jingyang was willing to help her, the chances of success would be greater.
But Yan Sui wouldn't pin all her hopes on him. She and Lin Jingyang had known each other for a limited time, and even if the system's unusual favorability and data showed that he wouldn't harm her, she still hoped to remain vigilant against everyone because of what happened in her previous life.
Sui Yuling and Yan Zhaoting's divorce was proceeding quietly in secret. Sui Yuling also began to cheer up, cooperating with the lawyer and providing clues as required by the lawyer.
Yan Zhaoting didn't know the latest situation at home, or perhaps he hadn't been back for a long time since the last incident.
On Friday, Yan Sui came to the school gate of Tian Shan's school again, and waited there for Tian Shan who had just finished school.
Tian Shan had not forgotten her and was very surprised to see her again. He called out in a reserved and intimate manner, "Sister Yan Sui."
Yan Sui removed the fallen leaves from her shoulders and asked about her recent situation: "I came to see you when I passed by. After the last incident, have people in your school bothered you again?"
Tian Shan shook his head. "No, they didn't dare come to me again after you warned them that day. My dad and mom went to school and told the teachers about it, and the school punished them. They haven't bothered me since then."
Yan Sui gently touched her face and walked towards the street with her.
After walking a distance from the school, Yan Sui thought of the previous topic and asked softly, "Look, the bullying they did to you is actually not as difficult to deal with as you think. As long as you are willing to speak up, the problem can be solved very easily."
Tian Shan lowered his head and said nothing, not knowing whether he understood what she meant.
Yan Sui stared at her head for a long time, remaining silent.
Her intention in coming to see Tian Shan today was not simple. She still wanted Tian Shan to tell Tian Ji the truth about the matter.
One reason is that keeping such things secret is not necessarily a good thing, as in the end only one person will get hurt.
The second reason is that Yan Zhaoting has not been home for a while. The last time Tian Ji came to see her, Yan Sui guessed another message from his words.
Yan Zhaoting was already preparing to flee. He had originally intended to find Yan Sui's mother as a scapegoat, but that plan was foiled by them. The next scapegoat would only be Tian Ji. He knew this all too well.
Yan Sui didn't understand why he wanted to be the scapegoat for Yan Zhaoting even though he knew the truth. She didn't intend to excuse Tian Ji, but Tian Ji was the most powerful person for her to bring down Yan Zhaoting.
So she still wanted to give it a try.
Yan Sui stared at the silent little girl in front of her, the words of persuasion stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter them.
She had promised Tian Shan that she would never speak out on her behalf if she didn't want to.
But Tian Shan remained silent, and Yan Sui, walking beside her, sensed what he meant. She sighed softly, thinking that if Tian Shan hadn't persuaded her, it would have been extremely difficult for her to persuade Tian Ji.
The system in my mind also said anxiously: "Host, this method doesn't work. We need to find another entry point."
Yan Sui lowered her eyes and replied in her heart: There is no time.
The system was silent for a moment before it said, "Host, if you can't complete this mission, you can give up. The additional missions later on won't affect your main quest. Besides, wasn't our original mission to get Mom and Yan Zhaoting to divorce? We're almost done with that."
Yan Sui understood what the system meant.
It simply means that this task is entirely up to her subjective will, and there will be no punishment even if she fails to complete it.
The system's words were not without reason. She hadn't thought too much about her original purpose of returning. She just wanted to save her mother's tragedy and let their little family stand up again.
"But I don't want him to have an easy time."
"The host is a wise man who knows the current situation. If you can't complete the task, give up as soon as possible. Tian Ji will obviously not be persuaded by us. It is better to use this time to collect evidence with Lin Jingyang and get your parents divorced."
But Yan Sui slowly let out a sigh of relief: "I don't want her to be trapped here like I was in my previous life."
system:"……"
The next second, a "splash" sound suddenly came from the pond outside the willow tree.
Yan Sui and the others suddenly looked over and saw someone splashing in the water not far away.
Someone fell into the water!
Yan Sui hurried to the shore and observed the surroundings and the person who fell into the water. It was a child.
She estimated in her mind how much strength she would need to pull the other person out of the water, and while taking off her coat, she said to Tian Shan behind her, "Go find the adults quickly."
Then she jumped into the water and swam towards the person who fell into the water.
The child who fell into the water struggled for a while, but now he has no strength left. His hands were waving weakly on the water surface, and his head was uncontrollably diving into the water.
Yan Sui swam to the child with great effort, trying to support her from behind.
But the floating water surface increased the resistance, making her movements slow. Yan Sui grabbed for a long time before she successfully grabbed the shoulders of the drowning person, walked around her and grabbed her shoulders from behind.
Holding the body of the person who fell into the water in front of her, Yan Sui pushed the water around her with one hand. Her vision was blurred by the mist. She struggled to identify the direction to get ashore in the water. After determining the position, she dragged the girl who fell into the water and swam towards the shore.
During the dragging process, the girl choked on the water twice, and her hands and feet began to struggle unconsciously due to her instinctive will to survive. Yan Sui's swimming speed also slowed down, and she was also dragged along and choked on the water.
After a short distance, her strength slowly drained away. Yan Sui used all her strength to drag the little girl to the shore. When her fingers touched the rough stone surface of the steps on the shore, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The shouting had already attracted people to the shore, and they were waiting there to help. Yan Sui lifted the girl up underwater. Just as she was supporting the girl by her knees, the girl's foot accidentally stepped on her shoulder. The person next to her was in a hurry to pull the girl up, and stepped on the back of her hand that was on the stone steps.
Yan Sui's hands on the stone steps loosened subconsciously, and her body sank down due to gravity. She suddenly plunged into the water and choked.
Her heart tightened, and just as she was about to call for help, her body was swept into the water by the waves on the surface and then plunged back in.
Just as she watched herself drift away from the shore, uncontrollably, someone grabbed her struggling hand and pulled her out of the water.
The feeling of suffocation disappeared, and air rushed into her nostrils. Yan Sui gasped for breath, and with the strength of the man holding her hand, she climbed up his arm and moved a little higher on the stone steps.
People on the shore also came to help and pulled Yan Sui out of the water.
The moment her knees touched the stone surface, the last bit of strength in Yan Sui's body disappeared.
Just as her body began to fall to the side, the person whose arm she had just grabbed caught her in front. Immediately, a piece of clothing was draped over her shoulders, tightly wrapping her soaking wet body.
Yan Sui supported herself on the ground with both hands and took two breaths. When she wanted to look up to thank him, she suddenly heard the voice of the person in front of her: "Hold on tight, I'll take you to the car."
Before Yan Sui could react, the scene before her eyes flipped, and she felt empty underneath her, as someone had already picked her up from the ground.
She subconsciously grabbed the other person's front and looked up at him in shock: "Why are you here?"
Lin Jingyang glanced down at her and continued to walk quickly forward: "Just passing by."
Yan Sui: “?”
"Passing by again?"
Lin Jingyang hummed, paused, and added, "Then I saw someone's glorious act of bravery."
Yan Sui didn't have the energy to chat with him, so she gave up and let Lin Jingyang carry her to the car.
For some reason, the moment she saw Lin Jingyang, Yan Sui's heart suddenly calmed down.
The joy of surviving the disaster made her even more exhausted. She sat in the car, soaking wet, for a long time before she could even breathe. Lin Jingyang offered to take her to the hospital for a checkup, but Yan Sui refused.
She thought of the girl she had just rescued and was concerned about her situation, so she wanted to get out of the car to check on the situation.
But Lin Jingyang ordered her to sit in the car and he went to take a look for her.
After a while, Lin Jingyang came back: "She's awake, and her parents are here too."
Yan Sui felt relieved and nodded.
The car heater was on, and Yan Sui sat quietly in the car for a while, her thoughts slowly coming back to her. She suddenly thought of Tian Shan and whispered again: "Have you seen Tian Shan?"
Lin Jingyang paused, then asked instead, "Do you know who the girl you rescued is?"
Yan Sui was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what the other person meant: "Tian Shan's sister?"
"Well, when I went there just now, Tian Ji's wife and Tian Shan had already taken the child to the health center."
"That--"
Knock knock knock——
There was a sudden knock on the car door behind me.
Yan Sui turned around suddenly and saw Tian Ji, who was also shocked, outside the car window.
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