Chapter 2 I Really Don’t Have a Wife

Didn't the system notice the sense of disharmony in Yin Jiu?

Noticed.

For example, why does a poor student whose parents have both passed away go on vacation abroad during the summer vacation? Why don’t the two protagonists become lovers? How can the protagonist, who is set to be gentle and tolerant, become rebellious?

It is difficult for the system to ignore this character. Apart from the name, everything else about Yin Jiu is completely different from the settings in the novel.

But...it makes sense, doesn't it?

If everything was still on track, there would be no need for it to come in and fix the plot now.

The more serious the collapse of Yin Jiu's character is, the more it can explain why the plot is distorted.

As for why the core characters have personality deviations, the system doesn’t care much. Even well-set programs can go wrong, let alone living people.

It's like playing the Sims game. If you're not careful, the character you control will let go and you won't know what he's doing.

It’s no big deal if the one you love becomes your enemy and you’ll never see your loved ones again.

The system said that it had seen a lot of the world.

At worst... I can just restart everything.

If the mistake cannot be corrected, go back to the beginning.

The system thought grimly, of course, if it could be completed in one go, it wouldn't want to go through the trouble.

"Excuse me." Yin Jiu was lying on the flat airplane chair, and said in his heart: "Your system can be invisible, right? You almost dodged me, can you be invisible?"

The system - the glowing ball flashed unsteadily, feeling that the host it bound this time was a little too disrespectful to it, but as a mature system, it still considerately lowered its own brightness.

Yin Jiu closed his eyes and slept soundly.

After a while, when he was half asleep, the system suddenly said, "Aren't you worried?"

Yin Jiu replied in a daze, "What are you worried about?"

The system looked at the dark night sky outside the window and said, "I'm worried that your wife's innocence will be in jeopardy."

Yin Jiu chuckled and looked at it with a half-smile in his eyes.

The system couldn't understand what he was laughing at, and reminded him: "Although the process is important, the beginning and ending of the novel are the core plot points. If you can't catch up, you may face severe punishment."

Yin Jiu's face darkened: "You didn't mention any punishment before."

System explanation: "Don't get me wrong, this is not a punishment from the system, but a punishment from world consciousness."

Yin Jiu raised one arm and said, "Tell me more."

System: "In the low-dimensional world, any existence that disrupts the world line will be punished by the world consciousness. You can understand it as a kind of self-purification from the world consciousness."

Yin Jiu: "So I am a virus, right? According to what you said, I failed to save Li Xinzhu tonight, which means I messed up the world line. Then Li Xinzhu's world line is messed up, and many people's world lines are messed up. They should also be punished, right?"

“No.” The system gave a negative answer: “They are different from you. Those who are unaware will not be punished.”

Yin Jiu smiled, showing no dissatisfaction: "This is the real reason why you came to me, to let me know, and then use the world consciousness to control me? It turns out that you are waiting for me here."

"You don't seem surprised?" The system was quite surprised.

Yin Jiu shrugged and said nothing.

It can't be said that he is genuinely suspicious of everything in the world.

Yin Jiu asked: "What will be the punishment for not catching up with the core plot points?"

System: "You will probably die."

Yin Jiu said in a confused tone, "What a pity."

His tone revealed a nonchalant indifference.

"Aren't you worried?"

The system asked this question again, but it was no longer joking about "your wife's innocence is at risk", but was really curious.

Aren't you worried? You might die.

The system feels that the biggest violation of this host is that his emotions are too stable, or should I say, too bland.

It deliberately traveled a day in advance to tell him the truth about the world, leaving him enough time to digest it, and even enough time to follow the plot and get everything back on track.

This host...

Surprised? I guess so.

But not much.

So much time, what is the result?

He first skied for two hours, then went back to the Snow Mountain Hotel to soak in the hot springs, have a big meal, pack his luggage, and fall asleep.

The next morning, we slowly headed to the airport.

Yin Jiu didn't just brush it off this time. He raised his hand and shook his phone, saying, "Although I'm not in South City, there is a legend about me in South City."

System: “?”

Yin Jiu was somewhat amused, and showed a little patience to this foolish yet intelligent system, explaining: "I may not be able to catch up, but it's OK as long as my people can catch up."

System: “Did you hire anyone?”

"Hmm." Yin Jiu said, "It's obvious that I can't catch up, but you don't seem to be in a hurry. Don't you want to see me miss the time and then regret it?"

How come? I'm not that kind of person.

The system went silent.

There was a coldness in Yin Jiu's eyes. What should he do? It seemed like his rebellious gene had broken out.

The thing he hated most in his life was being forced.

Forget it, just bear with it. What's wrong with being alive?

Except a bit boring.

Everyone calmed down.

It was already late at night when the plane landed. There was someone outside the airport to meet us. He was a very silent middle-aged man. Except for calling me "Mr. Yin" when we met, he was unusually quiet at other times.

Yin Jiu occasionally sent a message or two, but the screen was facing away from the system.

The system doesn't even bother to peek. The noble system does not need to condescend to understand low-dimensional paper people.

Yin Jiu received the surveillance information. As soon as Li Xinzhu came down from the bar stage, he was taken into a private room by the supervisor. When asked whether he wanted to stop it, Yin Jiu gave a negative answer.

He has always been a person who doesn't like to meddle in other people's business and respects everyone's choice.

The surveillance information was continuous, including when Li Xinzhu entered the private room, when he left the private room, how many times he went to the bathroom, how many people approached him, how many contacts he added, no matter how big or small the details were, all sent to him.

Yin Jiu also felt speechless and replied: You are asked to protect people, not monitor them.

The other side replied: I understand, I get it, but brother, this kid is a bit fanciful!

How to spend and to what extent.

Yin Jiu didn't care because she was not his wife.

Over there, Li Xinzhu had already finished get off work. He vomited in the roadside green belt and then fell to the ground unconscious. After a while, a sneaky man walked over there, but before he passed, two men in suits walked over, carried Li Xinzhu and walked towards a nearby hotel.

The man wanted to stop him, but after looking at the big man's physique, for some hidden psychological reason, he finally didn't go forward.

After a while, a staggering young man fell drunk on the ground beside him. The man didn't want to get involved, but when he accidentally glanced at the other person's face, he suddenly felt itchy and after a struggle, he walked forward.

Messages were sent one by one.

Yin Jiu is neither a good person nor a bad person.

Some things are okay if you haven't seen them, but if you have seen them, you can't pretend to be blind.

According to the system, Li Hsinchu will be picked up by someone tonight. That person not only drugged him but also took photos. If this is true, we can only say that evil will be punished.

After making sure everything was going as planned, Yin Jiu flipped over his phone, resisted the urge to sleep, and spoke to the system to wake himself up: "Do you know the exact time when Li Xinzhu will be reborn?"

The system flipped through the original book: "The book doesn't describe it in detail, it just says that he woke up briefly in the hotel, then struggled to call you and told you the hotel room. At the critical moment, you rushed to the hotel and beat the scumbag away."

Yin Jiu was about to yawn, but stopped when he heard this: "Call me?"

The system looked at him, wondering what he was up to next.

"But I changed my number after taking the college entrance exam, so he probably doesn't have my number."

Everyone looked at each other.

I never expected that this plot would not work from the beginning.

So, who can Li Hsin-chu call?

Never mind, it doesn’t matter. Nothing will happen to anyone anyway.

Yin Jiu: "The plot has already become like this, do I really have to see him tonight?"

"It can be seen that although the male protagonist is late in every crisis, his appearance is crucial and an indispensable link. Even all crises are meant to pave the way for the male protagonist's appearance."

Yin Jiu thought this was interesting and nodded with a smile: "Okay, this plot can't be done without me."

Half an hour later, Yin Jiu got off the car at the door of a hotel. He waved and said to the driver, "Send the luggage back to my apartment, and you can go home. Thank you for your hard work."

After closing the car door, Yin Jiu took the room card handed to him by the bodyguard, put one hand in his pocket, and walked towards the hotel elevator.

Fortunately, the elevator just came down and was not closed yet.

A boy who looked quite young was standing in a daze in the elevator. Yin Jiu glanced at him casually, but didn't see any floor number light up, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He probably forgot to bring his room card.

Quite a silly kid.

While waiting, Yin Jiu held the room card between two fingers and tapped it lightly on the side of his leg, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, with no fixed rhythm, as if he was teasing something.

He stood there, a simple black shirt outlining his slender waist, and his smooth profile was so dazzling under the bright light that it seemed as if it was coated with a layer of light, revealing a hazy feeling.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the boy beside him looking up at him. Yin Jiu smiled and ignored him.

Handsome people always attract more attention.

Yin Jiu didn't even look at it until the elevator reached the designated floor.

The elevator stopped with a ding and Yin Jiu walked away quickly.

The back of her dress seemed to be hooked by something, but the force was so light that it seemed like an illusion.

It's quite interesting and bold.

This was Yin Jiu’s only thought.