Chapter 52 (Final Chapter) ^……
That night, Lin Jingyang arranged accommodation for them.
After what happened tonight, Yan Sui didn't dare to gamble with Yan Zhaoting's conscience anymore, nor did she dare to take any risks. Yan Sui asked Sui Yuling to call the Ping An siblings' school, falsely claiming a family emergency, and pick them up.
To prevent any accidents, Yan Sui asked Sui Yuling to take a long vacation for the three of them.
While she and Tian Ji were planning to surrender themselves, she was also helping Sui Yuling and the lawyer to prepare for the divorce lawsuit.
Yu Shuli put several intimate photos of Yan Zhaoting and Ran Shuyi in the file bag she gave her, as well as a certificate written in black and white with a fingerprint attached, in which Yu Shuli, as Ran Shuyi's son, proved that Yan Zhaoting and Ran Shuyi were in a romantic relationship.
In addition, there are several original records of Yan Zhaoting's remittance to Ran Shuyi.
Yan Sui didn't know where Yu Shuli got these things, but there was no other place to get such private things except at Ran Shuyi's house.
With the certificate provided by Yu Shuli, Sui Yuling changed her mind and proposed with her lawyer to negotiate with Yan Zhaoting again.
It takes more time than divorce through litigation, so if you can reach a divorce by agreement, that is the best way.
Yan Sui also agreed with Sui Yuling's idea, because her and Tian Ji's plan needed to be implemented after Yan Zhaoting and Sui Yuling divorced, so that the impact of Yan Zhaoting's imprisonment on their family would be minimized.
Now her goal is not only to get her family out of trouble, but also to bring Yan Zhaoting to justice.
Moreover, she didn't think Yan Zhaoting was willing to go through the divorce litigation route, as he didn't have that much time to spend in China.
He would come to the school to find her, hoping to use her to threaten Sui Yuling. She knew he was very anxious about this matter and was willing to break the law to resolve it as soon as possible. So he would definitely find a way to divorce Sui Yuling before leaving the country.
When the lawyer put these evidences in front of Yan Zhaoting, the matter was already settled and Yan Zhaoting knew that he could not delay any longer.
Sui Yuling pushed the divorce agreement in front of him and said, "Please sign this, and also the agreement giving up custody of our three children. I don't want the marital property you've transferred over the years. All I want is for you to return the money my parents gave me before we got married."
As she spoke, her emotions were unusually calm, not as sad as she'd imagined. Sui Yuling had originally thought she'd lose control and lash out at Yan Zhaoting. But when she actually faced him, she suddenly felt like she was too tired to even give him a single ounce of emotion.
This time, Yan Zhaoting did not fight with her for custody.
After signing his name, he handed the document back to Sui Yuling: "Yuling, we are husband and wife, why do we have to make such a fuss? Even if we don't marry, we still have three children, so we can still be family."
Sui Yuling sneered, "Relatives? Are you worthy enough? Is there any father like you who wants to kidnap his own daughter?"
Yan Zhaoting shouted angrily, "Who said I was going to kidnap my own daughter? I just wanted to have a word with Sui Sui and ask her to persuade you! How can you call it kidnapping?!"
"You can just lie to yourself." Sui Yuling was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. After seeing the lawyer pack up the documents, she stood up and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, Sui Yuling suddenly turned around, looked into Yan Zhaoting's eyes and said, "We've been married for more than 20 years. Back then, you had nothing, but I married you despite my family's objections. I believed in you, but what happened to me?"
Yan Zhaoting opened his mouth to say something, but Sui Yuling turned her head abruptly and said softly, "Just transfer the money directly to my account. Yan Zhaoting, take care of yourself!"
After coming back, after listening to Sui Yuling's story, Yan Sui gave her a hug.
She hugged her mother tightly and rubbed her face against hers gently: "Mom, we will be fine. I won't let you cry again."
Afterwards, the system asked Yan Sui why she wanted her mother to voluntarily give up the property that Yan Zhaoting had transferred out.
Yan Sui said: "We can't be sure whether the money is clean or not, but the only thing we can be sure of is that the money my mother had before her marriage was definitely clean."
Yan Zhaoting and Sui Yuling divorced, and the custody of their three children all belonged to Sui Yuling.
After completing all the formalities, the lawyer sent Sui Yuling home. Before leaving, she took the initiative to shake hands with Sui Yuling and said, "Congratulations on your new life."
At the same time, a voice suddenly sounded in Yan Sui's heart:
Dear host, congratulations on completing the "Main Mission: Save the Family" and earning 150 points.
[The phoenix rises from the ashes, reborn from the nirvana. You finally get rid of the darkness and welcome the sun. Congratulations, Yan Sui.] After Sui Yuling's matter was resolved, Yan Sui and Tian Ji began to prepare for the final blow to Yan Zhaoting.
Yan Zhaoting was still unaware of Tian Ji's betrayal and was busy trying to escape the country. When it came time for the factory's legal transfer, Yan Zhaoting still set his sights on Tian Ji.
But Tian Ji asked for some money to settle down, and Yan Zhaoting agreed to it.
On the day the money arrived, Yan Sui and Lin Jingyang were sitting at Tian Ji's house.
She looked at the packed luggage around her, then looked at Tian Ji who was silent beside her: "Have you told them about your situation?"
Tian Ji glanced at her and suddenly smiled: "Sometimes, I really doubt whether you are really only seventeen years old."
Yan Sui didn't say anything.
"I've already told their mother, but the two little ones don't know yet, so there's no need to tell them," Tian Ji paused, his voice suddenly lowering, "Let's still be a father in their eyes!"
After completing the final handover, Tian Ji sent them to the car.
Before leaving, Lin Jingyang suddenly rolled down the car window and said, "I'll send someone to take care of them in the days ahead."
Tian Ji was stunned for a moment, then waved at them: "Go away! Let me stay with them for one last night."
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The next day, Tian Ji took Tian Shan to the police station to confess Yan Zhaoting's crime of molestation, and also told the police about Yan Zhaoting's crimes over the years.
Tian Ji had a lot of evidence in his hands, and there were already people who had been targeting Yan Zhaoting, but they just didn't have the evidence. Tian Ji's appearance undoubtedly solved their urgent problem.
Not long after, Yan Zhaoting was arrested by the police at Ran Shuyi's home.
When the court session began, Yan Sui also went there with Lin Jingyang.
When the judge announced Yan Zhaoting's life sentence, Yan Sui felt a weight of relief settle. She felt like she should just laugh it off. But even as she laughed, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
The years she spent being ruined were so hard, so hard.
She didn't even dare to stop, for fear that she would fall down and the people behind her would be left without support.
Lin Jingyang hugged her shoulders and said, "Finally, I can have a good sleep, Yan Sui."
Yan Zhaoting's matter was concluded, and the points for the additional tasks were delivered to Yan Sui.
When she came out of the court, she saw Yu Shuli waiting at the door.
Yan Sui was a little surprised. Since Yu Shuli handed the file bag to her last time, he had never appeared again.
Lin Jingyang didn't seem surprised that Yu Shuli was here. He took the information from Yan Sui's hand and patted her shoulder gently: "I'll wait for you in the car. Come to me directly when you're better."
Looking at Lin Jingyang's departing back, Yan Sui vaguely felt that something seemed to be happening between them.
She walked towards Yu Shuli: "Are you waiting for me here?"
Yu Shuli hummed, took out a still-warm sweet potato from his pocket and handed it to Yan Sui: "This is for you."
Yan Sui lowered her eyes and stared at the sweet potato in her hand, her expression unclear.
"I remember that on the day we were together in the premonition dream, I gave you a sweet potato."
Yan Sui blinked her eyes fiercely, and when she raised her head and was about to say something, Yu Shuli suddenly interrupted her: "Yan Sui, I will not study in Sushan for the second half of high school."
Yan Sui was stunned.
"My brother's job has been transferred to Jiangnan, and we're going to move there soon. I heard you say before that you'd leave once this is over, and our lives would get back on track," Yu Shuli smiled at her slowly, "I'll go! You stay here. The second year of high school isn't the time to change your environment frequently. You want to take the exam this time, okay?"
Yan Sui understood what he meant.
Yu Shuli took the advice that the two of them shouldn't get too close and that separation would put things back on track.
So he chose to let her stay, and he left and went to an unfamiliar environment.
Facing Yu Shuli, Yan Sui suddenly didn't know what to say.
She had said so many harsh and soft words before, but at this moment, she couldn't say a word.
She thought back to that night when she raised the knife to stab his chest and heart, the weapon he picked up to fight back was the words "How are you doing?"
At that moment, her extremely hard knife turned into a soft knife and stabbed back into her chest.
He never had the thought of hurting himself, but he had raised the knife against him countless times.
Looking at Yu Shuli with gentle features in front of her, Yan Sui smiled gently and put the sweet potato in her hand back into his.
She said, "Have a good rest, Yu Shuli."
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After Yu Shuli left, the progress bar belonging to Yu Shuli suddenly appeared in Yan Sui's mind.
The progress bar rose to 99%, and suddenly got stuck there and stopped moving forward.
The next moment, Yan Sui's thoughts were pulled into another time and space.
After crossing numerous dimensions, she opened her eyes again and found herself in the intravenous drip area of the hospital, with an IV drip still in her hand. The pungent smell of disinfectant in her nose told her that all this was not a dream.
Being thrown here inexplicably, Yan Sui couldn't help but frown and began to call the system in her heart.
The system popped up at the right moment: "I'm here, I'm here, host. The latitude of time and space travel is too fast, and I'm a step behind you."
Yan Sui caught the words "time travel" in its words and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean? I traveled through time? What about my previous world?"
"Don't be nervous, host. This is the last level of your side quest."
Yan Sui didn't understand what the system meant.
The system said, "Host, after you said that to Yu Shuli at the entrance of the court, did the task bar stop moving after it reached 99%?"
Yan Sui: "Yeah, it's the same as Lin Jingyang's mission, it's stuck at ninety-nine. I'm still wondering if I missed something crucial and haven't dealt with it yet."
"No, host. In fact, the final step of Yu Shuli's mission is not the separation of your physical body and his, but the separation of your spirits."
"What's the meaning?"
The system gave Yan Sui a list of conditions, which roughly meant that their life data was in conflict. Even if their bodies were separated, her feelings for Yu Shuli would remain. The mission would never be completed.
A relationship has its causes and consequences. If you want to completely change the consequences, you should change the causes.
So the last step of this task is to change the causal relationship between the two.
After hearing what the system said, Yan Sui was silent for a while: "So what should we do now?"
"Host, you are now at Sushan Hospital on July 20, 2011. This is where your karma began."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Sui suddenly noticed that a couple with a child were arguing with a boy not far away.
After seeing the boy's face clearly, Yan Sui's mind suddenly flooded with this past event.
During the summer vacation after the high school entrance examination, she was hospitalized for three days on intravenous drip due to acute gastroenteritis.
On the third day, a theft incident occurred at the IV drip. A couple lost a red envelope containing 3,000 yuan. They suspected that a boy sitting next to them had stolen it. The boy insisted that he had not stolen it, and the two sides started arguing in the hospital.
Yan Sui was also sitting here receiving an IV drip like she is now. After listening to them arguing for a long time, she couldn't help but speak up for the boy and asked them to call the police to retrieve the surveillance footage.
But the couple turned their attention to her and started cursing at her.
Yan Sui was not a tolerant person, so she started arguing with them.
In the end, the red envelope was picked up by someone else under the chair, which proved the boy's innocence.
Yan Sui saw the couple count the money carefully after receiving it, and after confirming that there was no problem, they turned around and wanted to leave. She couldn't help but say, "You just framed him for so long, and now the money has been found, and it proves that he didn't steal it, and you don't even say an apology?"
The couple refused to give in and blamed the boy, saying that if he hadn't been the one who bumped into her all the time, they wouldn't have suspected him.
The boy was so angry that his eyes turned red and he said he didn't have it.
His clothes were torn apart by the couple, and his hair was messed up in the shoving. He stood there alone and helpless, surrounded by onlookers.
Yan Sui glanced back and forth at both of them, and asked the couple one last time, "Will you apologize?"
"Why should we apologize if it's not our fault? You're just a kid, don't meddle in other people's business."
Yan Sui nodded immediately and pressed the "110" button in front of them: "If you don't apologize, I will call the police. I just saw the whole process of you pushing and hitting him. Assaulting a minor, let's see what the police will say when they get here!"
When the couple heard that Yan Sui was going to call the police, they finally panicked. After yelling at Yan Sui for a while, they softened their tone and said "I'm sorry" to Yu Shuli, then fled.
After the couple left, the boy came over and asked her name. Yan Sui was a little embarrassed to say her name, so she quickly typed the word "coriander" on her phone and handed it to the boy.
After reading it, the boy nodded, said "thank you" to her and left.
After the boy left, Yan Sui picked up her phone and saw that she had typed her name wrong because she was too anxious. She typed "Yan Sui" as "芫荽".
But she didn't care much about it at the time, and she didn't know who the boy was. After she went back, she quickly forgot about it.
Traveling back to this point in time, Yan Sui discovered that the boy who was falsely accused in the hospital was actually Yu Shuli. She suddenly realized what the system meant by "cause and effect".
Because she had intervened in this matter, Yu Shuli got to know her and had a crush on her before the choir.
Then, as long as she doesn't interfere in this matter this time, Yu Shuli will not recognize her because of this incident.
So Yan Sui stopped paying attention to that place and forced herself to look away.
She looked up and stared at the IV bottle, hoping that the water in the bottle would drain faster.
The system chatted with her in her mind: "Host, just sit here and wait quietly for the bottle of water to be finished. Then our mission will be over."
Yan Sui also knew.
But the increasingly loud noise over there always drew her attention to the IV bottle.
The noise grew louder and louder. Suddenly, a "clang" sounded in her ears. Yan Sui couldn't help but look over.
Yu Shuli was pushed down on a chair. The couple in front of him pointed at him and cursed: "If you don't hand over the stolen money today, do you believe I will make sure you can't leave this hospital?!"
"I didn't steal it!"
Yan Sui's hands on the armrest suddenly tightened.
After a struggle in her heart, she decisively pulled out the needle in her hand, squatted down and searched, and finally found the red envelope under a chair.
She placed the red envelope on the nurse's table, picked up her backpack and walked out of the IV room.
The system kept asking her in her mind what to do, but Yan Sui did not answer.
She walked straight to the information desk in the lobby and said, "There's a fight going on over there with the IV drip. The nurse isn't here, and no one's trying to break it up."
The staff at the service desk quickly called the security department to check the situation.
Yan Sui did not follow him, but walked out of the hospital gate and sat down on a stone pillar.
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Shuli was escorted out by security. When he passed by Yan Sui, their eyes met for a moment.
However, the next second after their eyes met, she and he both looked away.
The system remained silent in her mind for a long time before it said, "In fact, you still have him in your heart, right?"
Yan Sui was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked, "Is it time to end?"
The next second, a familiar mechanical sound rang in her mind.
Dear host, congratulations on completing the "Side Quest: Stay Away from Yu Shuli" and earning 50 points. You will be returning to your original world shortly. Please be prepared.
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When Yan Sui opened her eyes, she found herself still standing at the door of the court, but Yu Shuli, who had just walked in front of her, was gone.
She asked the system: "When cause and effect disappear, what will be the butterfly effect?"
The system said two words.
Yan Sui's eyes paused for a moment.
In early spring, when the cold has not yet dissipated, students in the second semester of their second year of high school start school early.
Stepping back into school, her state of mind was completely different from the previous semester. The tension had loosened, and she could finally put aside her family affairs and prepare for the college entrance examination.
"Good morning! Sui Sui!" Downstairs of the teaching building, Tan Shu greeted her while holding a broom.
Yan Sui approached, looked at the broom in her hand and couldn't help but teasing her, "Why are you on duty on the first day of school?"
"Who knew I would be so unlucky? A student on duty in the previous group transferred to another school, so I had to take his place."
Yan Sui subconsciously asked, "Yu Shuli?"
Tan Shu looked surprised: "Huh? How do you know? Do you know Yu Shuli?"
Yan Sui paused, then quickly reacted, smiled and shook his head: "I don't know him, I've heard you mention him before."
"Really? I totally forgot about that. Then hurry up and head to the classroom! I'm ready to go home after I finish cleaning."
"Yeah, bye."
After parting with Tan Shu, Yan Sui stepped onto the stairs, and the scene at the door of the court appeared in her mind again. She asked what the butterfly effect caused by the severance of the system's cause and effect was.
The system says——
disappear.
Yes,
The erase button was pressed on both of their lives.
Yan Sui raised her head, and from her angle she could just see the view outside the window.
It is a blue sky with the sun shining brightly, suitable for rebirth and farewell.
Goodbye, Yu Shuli.
He still has his life trajectory and social circle, but she is no longer among those people.
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