Chapter 67 The luckiest thing is meeting you

The firewood went out at some point. Ye Man felt cold in her sleep and kept snuggling into Xu Huaiting's arms.

Without fire in this kind of weather, people could be frozen to death.

Xu Huaiting wanted to go over him and reignite the fire, adding some more firewood.

He had just moved a little when the person in his arms let out a sound similar to sobbing and hugged his waist tightly with sobs, as if leaving him for a moment was a serious violation of the heavenly law.

Xu Huaiting froze in an awkward posture, looking at Ye Man.

Just like that night on the boat.

Ye Man himself probably didn't know that when he fell asleep at night, he was like a sticky rice dumpling. Anyone who touched him would be stuck to him.

And the morning they spent at his house before, Xu Huaiting was holding him at first, but then he fell asleep and Xu Huaiting almost couldn't leave, so he had to ask Secretary Chen to rebook the ticket.

Xu Huaiting raised the corner of his mouth.

He held the man tightly in his arms with one hand and moved towards the fireplace with great effort. Fortunately, his arms were long enough, so if he moved a little closer, he could reach the firewood.

It was not convenient to operate with one hand, not to mention that he could only raise half of his body. He also had to be careful not to move too much and bump into the person or wake him up. After the fireplace in the attic was reignited, Xu Huaiting carefully led the person back to lie down, and he was sweating from the torture.

The temperature rose, and Ye Manyu felt warm even in her dreams. She rubbed her face against his with satisfaction, as if it was a silent compliment.

The wind and snow outside the window were very strong, and the windows in the attic were rattling. The sound would not stop until the sky cleared. Normally, Ye Man found it difficult to fall asleep in such an environment. Even if he fell asleep, he would have nightmares. When he woke up, he only felt more tired and his head ached terribly.

But this time, he slept soundly.

Surrounded by a unique sense of security, all dreams are easy and comfortable.

He dreamed of the Arctic, and in his dream he saw the aurora, glaciers, polar bears, and whales.

There was always an unknown person accompanying him. He remembered that he was sitting on a boat out to sea, reaching out to the sea surface. A whale swam by, creating a wave and he almost fell in, but was pulled back by the person next to him.

He turned around and thanked her with a smile, and she came over and kissed him on the face lovingly.

In the most wonderful and happy moment——

He heard a voice saying something to him. He listened carefully, and the voice was intermittent, like a rusty old radio.

"Little...Man...you..."

Listening carefully, the sound becomes clearer.

A panicked female voice shouted at him at the top of her lungs:

"You know nothing! Consider this my plea! You didn't see it, you didn't see anything, don't say it, you really can't--"

"......Police......blood......"

"Xiao Man, be quiet."

All the joy and happiness, along with the colors of the whole world, faded away like the tide, leaving only endless darkness.

Ye Manhun trembled all over.

Xu Huaiting soon noticed that something was wrong with Ye Man. The person in his arms had been like a cat comfortably warmed by the heater a second ago, lazily resting his head in his arms with steady and long breathing. But the next second, he was shivering with cold sweat on his head.

The stretched body curled up, as if enduring some kind of pain.

Xu Huaiting looked solemn. Curling up was a self-defense posture. The survival instinct would make people cover their most vulnerable parts when they were in danger and pain. Ye Man had done this when he and Ye Man had just met. It was because Xu Huaiting wanted to touch his belly.

He had judged from experience at the time that he had been beaten - more than once.

Did he dream that he was beaten?

...No.

The current situation looks different from that time.

Xu Huaiting tried to wake him up, but Ye Man seemed to be trapped in a nightmare and could not wake up. His breathing became more and more rapid. Suddenly, Xu Huaiting's pupils contracted.

Ye Man let him go, and with a look of pain on her face, she used her hands to strangle her own neck.

My mind is completely blank.

He turned over and pinned the man down, controlling his hands, and the whole set of movements was smooth and flowing.

When he regained consciousness and breath, Xu Huaiting had already pinned him down, holding his hands tightly around him without daring to let go, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

In the dim light of the fire, he saw the person under him frowning uncomfortably, with a little moisture on his eyelashes. He opened his mouth and breathed in small gulps.

Still not awake

"Ricardo..." A voice as thin as a mosquito whispered his name.

"I am here."

“Uncomfortable…”

Xu Huaiting felt a pain in his chest, and he didn't dare to let him go, fearing that he would do something dangerous if he let go. So he just held on to him, leaned over to hug him, kissed him and told him, "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid."

Although Ye Man was a bit clingy before, this was the first time she was like this.

He was very difficult to coax at this time. When asked what happened, he refused to reveal any information.

Xu Huaiting just kept holding him like this, telling him over and over again that he was here, until Ye Man fell asleep again.

When Ye Man woke up, he felt refreshed. The only light in his field of vision was the warm glow of the fireplace, which was no different from before he fell asleep.

The only difference was probably that he found himself lying on Xu Huaiting, with the other party pinching his wrist.

Ye Man turned his wrist and tried to pull his hand out, but was immediately grabbed by the other party. Ye Man: "...Let me go."

"No." Xu Huaiting answered vaguely before he came to his senses.

I looked at him carefully, making sure that he was really awake and would not do anything that could scare people to the point of having a heart attack, before I let him go.

Ye Man was still muttering in his heart, wondering what was wrong with this guy and why he liked to sleep holding other people's hands, and was about to get off Xu Huaiting.

When he was halfway to the side, he was pulled back by someone, who grabbed the back of his head and pressed him down.

With a vengeful mentality and a bit of fear, Xu Huaiting pinned the man down and bullied him for a long time before he let him go. "Xiao Man, you... last night..."

"Host, you show me this as soon as I come back?" A resentful voice echoed in my mind.

Ye Man uttered an "ah".

Stayed for a while.

Then, a cry of surprise and joy broke out in my mind: "Brother Tong!"

“Wuwuwuwawawa——”

Ye Man burst into tears in her heart.

"I'm telling you, because you weren't here, I went to sleep in the closet. I'm a blind man, and I have to go to the Arctic to do a mission," he complained hastily, "I can't see the aurora, I can't see the polar bears, I can't see anything... woo woo woo wow wow wow wow..."

"......"

Pop.

After the silence, there was a familiar crisp sound.

"Woooa wooa wooa!" The system then let out a burst of whistle sounds.

"Uoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"That's really pitiful, host!"

Ye Man: "If you disappear without a word again, I will...I will sleep in the closet every day for you to see!"

He couldn't think of a better way to threaten her, and these words didn't sound intimidating at all.

The system responded softly and gently: "This is too severe a consequence. I will never do this again next time."

It cares about him, so small and insignificant things to others can be used as threats.

For someone who doesn't care about him, even very serious matters may be ignored.

Ye Man's eyes suddenly turned red.

Xu Huaiting stared at him for a while, and suddenly asked: "Are you talking to that system in your mind now?"

Ye Man blinked blankly.

The system named: "......"

“Aaaaaaah!”

......

Chi Yan stood at the stairs leading to the attic and looked at his watch.

Twelve hours have passed.

He frowned, and finally couldn't help but went up and knocked on the door.

After waiting for a while, just when he was almost ready to break down the door, the door opened by itself.

It was Xu Huaiting who opened the door. The man was not surprised to see him. He had been alone in a room with his brother for twelve hours, and yet he could still smile at him calmly.

Chi Yan looked behind him the first time. Ye Man must have been told by Xu Huaiting in advance who the visitor outside the door was. He walked out from behind Xu Huaiting with an awkward expression, wearing Xu Huaiting's coat.

Xu Huaiting was tall, and the coat he wore covered him completely, so it was impossible to see what was inside.

"Brother." Ye Man called out hesitantly, his expression somewhat awkward and stiff.

Chi Yan looked him over from head to toe.

His eyes felt a little colder when they touched Ye Manling's messy collar and hair.

"Come down and have dinner." Chi Yan said in a deep voice.

He didn't ask why his brother, who had agreed to sleep with him, ran to the attic and stayed there all night with another man, nor did he ask what he did last night.

Xu Huaiting first sent Ye Man back to her room to tidy up. After they both packed up and changed their clothes, they sat downstairs.

When the two of them went downstairs, Chi Jue and Meng Yao had already sat down at the table, and the atmosphere between them was a little subtle.

"Xiaoman, you're awake." Chi Jue greeted naturally. He paused only for a moment when he saw Ye Man pulling Xu Huaiting, but soon turned his eyes away naturally, pretending he saw nothing.

Ye Man's face was filled with tension.

He was worried about being questioned; they must have noticed that his behavior earlier was strange.

The calm at this moment was like the calm before the storm to him.

It's really that quiet.

After one night, Chi Yan's cooking skills improved miraculously. The butter toast she baked filled the house with the aroma of milk, and she could also fry a perfectly soft-boiled egg.

Chi Jue took a bite and secretly glanced at his elder brother’s face, which was indistinguishable from his emotions. The dark circles under his eyes were very noticeable.

Xiaoman and Xu Huaiting stayed in the attic and didn't come out. The eldest brother probably couldn't sleep the whole night and was thinking about how to cook.

Chi Jue’s problem is easy to solve.

System: "I checked the records. Not long after you went to the attic, Chi Yan knocked on Chi Jue's door and told them to go back to their own rooms. However, the two of them stayed alone for a while."

"You don't know, I was shocked and suddenly some points popped up."

"...Thank you, host. You have worked so hard these past few days. You are so amazing that you have completed the mission by yourself."

Ye Man's face turned slightly red due to the compliment.

"I didn't actually have much hope. It was just for you that I did everything I could to get you back. Who made me like Brother Tong so much?" His voice was full of pride, and he even said some nice words to flatter the system.

"I'm happy, Ye Man." The system's voice softened.

"Meeting you is the luckiest thing in my life, really."

Ye Man was coaxed into being even happier, and was in high spirits.

The system did not lie to him. The fact that he was able to return so quickly and smoothly this time was indeed due to Ye Man's seemingly useless efforts.

Its mission is to assist Ye Man in becoming the vicious cannon fodder that was destined to be, to promote the protagonist's career and love, and to provide appropriate compensation in exchange.

Ye Man's missions had always failed, the plot had long since collapsed and could not be reversed, and the system had no need to exist. Points were deducted again and again, and since it was no longer necessary, it would naturally leave - the system was uncontrollably moving away from Ye Man.

Maybe if Ye Man is forced to complete the task, at least the plot can be kept roughly the same, and it can hold on here for a while longer.

But Ye Man said that he didn't want to do this anymore.

If I continue to stay here, I will wait for my points to be used up and I will be forced to leave. The system looked at its remaining balance, gritted its teeth, and decided to use the remaining savings to exchange for a chance to enter a "closed world".

- Close this world and stop any external forces from forcing Ye Man to interfere with his fate, and then eliminate the plot inertia that could lead to Ye Man's death.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for Ye Man to be kicked out by the Chi family, and he will not have a car accident, break a leg, and be sent to a mental hospital.

The system has reason to doubt that even if Ye Man stood at the gate of the Chi family and said that he wanted all the property of the Chi family, no one would stand up to object.

What's more, Xu Huaiting is protecting him.

But plot inertia does exist. To put it in a more old-fashioned way, it's called fate, or the butterfly effect.

In other words, if he was not hit because of this incident, he would be hit because of that incident, and there was no way to avoid it. Without the system to change his fate, Ye Man might have to live with the threat of an accident and death at any time for the rest of his life. He really didn't have long to live.

Ye Man can escape from the system and gain freedom, but the system must solve this hidden danger.

If the task is not completed, there will be no reward to be given, and it can only use its own deposit balance to redeem such an opportunity for him.

In fact, it will never come back again.

Everything is over, the system will leave here and continue to assist the next vicious cannon fodder, and from then on, the road will return to the same path.

The system calmly looked at its string of numbers that turned into zeros, waiting for the next task to begin.

People say that all good things must come to an end.

It is a great blessing to be able to accompany you for a while.

It played replays of its missions in this world, which were utter failures, over and over again.

It should have gotten used to being separated from its host.

The system is not a novice system, it is a sophisticated system that has experienced many hosts.

However, looking at the screen in front of it, the system suddenly issued a series of "beeping" alarms.

Ye Man's world slowly closed up.

And it can no longer do more.

Amid the sound of alarms, a 1 magically popped out from the rows of zeros.

In the following period of time, this string of numbers grew rapidly.

A prompt popped up at the last minute: "You have previous tasks to complete. Do you choose to abandon the current task and go to the next world?"

The system stared in disbelief at the numbers that were suddenly growing rapidly - the vicious cannon fodder Ye Man's mission points were increasing.

It's obviously gone.

Ye Man was the only one there.

The lens is broken and covered with a layer of mist.

One thousandth of a second later, the system burst out at the loudest volume in its life: "No! No! I choose no!"

......

Ye Man would never know in his life that the system's lens had once been filled with mist for no reason.

He just did what he did at every important moment in his life, trying his best to grab everything he wanted, and he couldn't learn to let go, let go, or compromise.

The stupid little liar was still smiling foolishly and asked him, "You won't leave again this time, right? Am I really that powerful? I can still save the situation."

He no longer mentioned not wanting to do bad things.

The system mist condensed again: "This time it was just an accident. What's the matter with constant malfunctions? Don't underestimate me. I have fixed it this time. Don't worry. I, your brother Tong, will not leave again."