Chen Mengli asked curiously, "But I remember... this seems to be the initial form of the system, right? Didn't you give it a shape you like?"
Hearing this, Gu Qingze looked towards the transparent ball, as if he saw Ling Xiao through the ball, his eyes full of affection. He said:
"Well... I want to wait until Ling Xiao comes back and then discuss it with him. The same goes for the name. It's something he and I own together, so we have to decide together."
Chen Mengli couldn't help but laugh and teased, "The look in your eyes...tsk tsk tsk, if someone who didn't know the truth saw it, they would think you were secretly in love with this transparent little ball. If I didn't know that you already had someone in your heart, even I would be fooled."
"Or....you want to give me some love in return because I just sprinkled some love on you?" she asked with a smile.
"What's going on?" Gu Qingze looked confused, obviously not following her train of thought, his eyes full of innocence.
Seeing him like this, Chen Mengli felt a little reluctant to continue teasing him, so she changed the subject:
"But then again, since you were able to get your own system after negotiating with him, it means the negotiation turned out pretty well for you."
"Yeah." Gu Qingze nodded and said sincerely, "Feng Ying is actually a very good person."
After hearing this, Chen Mengli couldn't help but murmur in her heart: "A very good person...?"
She recalled her negotiation process with Feng Ying. His serious and cold attitude still frightened her to this day, and she couldn't help but shiver.
This seems to be very different from the "very good person" that Gu Qingze mentioned.
"Senior Sister Shen, what's wrong with you?" Gu Qingze noticed her abnormality and asked with concern.
Chen Mengli shook her head and forced a smile: "...Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something."
She knew in her heart that the whole world was under Feng Ying's observation, but the degree of importance was different.
As a reformer, she and Gu Qingze, whom Feng Ying values, are undoubtedly the key targets of observation.
Even if the system shielding was turned on, at her level, facing a master like Feng Ying, the shielding effect was almost negligible.
What's more...she didn't turn on the system shield.
There was no way out. After reaching that unequal cooperation with Feng Ying, she had to follow his arrangements in everything.
Therefore, she must be extra careful and measured when communicating with Gu Qingze.
In short, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask, so as to avoid being discovered by Feng Ying. The consequences... will be unimaginable.
Although Gu Qingze was puzzled by Shen Mengli's sudden silence, he chose to respect her and did not continue to ask questions.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Oh, right, since I have a system and you have a system, why don't we add each other as friends, just like the time Feng Ying added me."
"I'm not very good at operating the system yet, so I can only trouble you to add me. This way, after we add each other as friends, we can still keep in touch when I leave for other worlds."
When Shen Mengli heard this, her mood suddenly became depressed. She lowered her eyes slightly, and after a long while, she gently shook her head, with a hint of helplessness in her tone:
"Junior Brother Gu, although we both have systems, yours was produced by the maintainer, while mine was produced by the modifier. Because the systems are incompatible, we can't add each other as friends."
After hearing this, Gu Qingze nodded in sudden realization and said as if he had thought of something:
"Oh, I see. It's just like WeChat and QQ, right? Although they are both social software, they can't add each other as friends because they are on different platforms."
Chen Mengli was silent for a moment, agreeing with his statement: "...It's not wrong to describe it this way."
She bit her lower lip lightly, her eyes revealing a hint of helplessness: "Besides...even if we can add friends, he won't allow it."
"Why?" Gu Qingze looked at her suspiciously and asked, "Also, when you say 'he', do you mean Feng Ying?"
Chen Mengli nodded and explained, "Because... I was carrying out a very secret mission, and he was worried that I would leak the information. Just in case..."
She didn't continue speaking, but just raised her head again and looked at Gu Qingze: "Do you understand what I mean?"
Gu Qingze nodded, showing his understanding: "I understand."
Then, both of them fell silent.
After a while, Gu Qingze asked, as if he wanted to confirm something, "Then after I leave this small world and go to other places to carry out my mission, will I never see you again?"
Chen Mengli gave a bitter smile: "Well, I'm afraid so. Then we can only... meet again if fate allows."
She didn't say it clearly, but Gu Qingze already understood what she meant. He didn't know how to respond and could only choose to remain silent.
Seeing this, Chen Mengli began to comfort him: "It's nothing, you have to learn to accept separation, and it's a permanent separation."
"Not only me, but also all the other friends you met in this small world. Once you leave this small world, you will never see them again."
She paused, then continued, "The speed of time in each small world is different. By the time you complete your mission and want to see me again, it may be too late..."
"Besides, every entry into a world requires approval, and it's not that easy to enter a small world."
"Once you become a missioner, you must not become too emotionally invested in this small world while carrying out your mission. Otherwise, when the day of separation comes, you will be deeply distressed. This is also... the conclusion I have reached after so many experiences."
Gu Qingze was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "I see, thank you Senior Sister Shen for telling me this."
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