Chapter 49 When you see him, you mustn't lose your sense of novelty towards me.
Jiang Xiliu was sleeping too soundly to hear System 0777's desperate cries.
System 0777 had no choice; it was afraid of waking the young lady. After calling out twice and seeing that she still didn't respond, it could only obediently curl up into a ball and hide in her mind.
When Jiang Xiliu woke up, she was the only one left in bed.
The young lady reached out and touched the side of her. Her room was always kept at the most comfortable temperature by an intelligent temperature control system, so she naturally couldn't tell whether the blankets were cold or hot by touch, let alone judge how long Jin Zhao had been gone.
She withdrew her hand and sat up, wrapped in the blanket.
[System 0777: Miss, it's me! 777 is back~]
The ball of light in her mind brightened, rolled around merrily in her head, and before it could return to its starting point, it was grabbed by Jiang Xiliu. The young lady's surprised voice rang in her ears: "You haven't been formatted yet?"
System 0777 suspected that its sensory system was malfunctioning, otherwise how could it only detect the young lady's curiosity but not her concern?
[System 0777 (Self-Deceiving): No, Miss! Waaah, I was forcibly recalled by the main system. It happened so suddenly, I didn't even have time to tell you before the system was automatically switched to managed mode.]
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiliu sneered, "What? Too late? In this world, there's only whether you want to or not; there's no such thing as too late."
The blue light of System 0777 dimmed somewhat. It dared not respond and could only quietly watch the young lady get up, wash, and change her clothes. Only when Jiang Xiliu seemed to be in a better mood did it cautiously ask again.
[System 0777: Miss, don't you want to know why I was recalled by the main system this time?]
Jiang Xiliu didn't care. She casually replied, "What? Is this little world about to explode?"
【System 0777: !!!】
[System 0777: Not quite, but pretty much. The small world we're in has awakened a world consciousness. Like you, this world consciousness also needs system guidance after awakening, otherwise it will cause trouble in the small world.]
The system is an external energy source, and is naturally rejected by the small world. However, once the small world awakens its world consciousness, things change. In order to maintain the world consciousness, the main system can interfere in a wider range than before.
In order to better maintain the balance and stability of the small world, the main system can help system 0777 apply for entity intervention permission.
In other words, after all 777 are completed, it can appear in physical form next to the young lady.
Jiang Xiliu frowned, her focus shifting again: "The world consciousness can become human?"
[System 0777 explains: No, world consciousness is ethereal and cannot materialize, but it can subtly influence people's emotions, causing chaos in the small world and leading to its collapse.]
"Oh." Jiang Xiliu felt it had nothing to do with her. She wasn't the kind of person with a weak mind. Even if she were unlucky enough to encounter the world's consciousness, she was confident that she wouldn't be affected by it.
[System 0777 hasn't finished speaking yet: The main system called me away because it discovered traces of the world's consciousness. And after these past few days of tireless analysis and research, I've finally discovered that our little world has actually restarted once. In other words, without our knowledge, this little world has already exploded once.]
Jiang Xiliu found it uninteresting. She opened the door and felt her legs were still a little sore. Annoyed, she kicked them twice in the air.
"Good morning, Miss." The housekeeper was busy cleaning.
Jiang Xiliu responded and asked, "Auntie, do you know where Jin Zhao is?"
"Mr. Jin is in the kitchen downstairs."
The neglected system 0777 is heartbroken. Why doesn't the young lady care at all about the world exploding?
With her like this, will it still be able to successfully issue tasks?
What's the use of Jiang Xiliu caring? If the world explodes, then we might as well all die together.
She should be more concerned about what she eats for breakfast.
[System 0777 weakly: Young Miss~]
Jiang Xiliu didn't go to the kitchen to look for someone, but went straight to the dining room.
She hadn't been sitting down long when Jin Zhao came over.
The young lady, with a croissant in her mouth, watched Jin Zhao approach with a blank expression.
She felt like laughing just looking at his face. Jiang Xiliu suppressed the corners of her mouth and looked up at him: "Jin Zhao, what did you make in the kitchen?"
"The croissant you're eating now." Jin Zhao sat down next to her.
The young lady can sleep in her house until the sun sets, but Jin Zhao is visiting for the first time, so he definitely can't stay in bed.
He had set an alarm in advance, but probably because he had something on his mind, Jin Zhao woke up before the alarm went off.
The first thing Jin Zhao did after waking up was to look at the young lady in his arms who was sleeping rather restlessly.
That night, Jiang Xiliu rolled around in bed, and even though the bed was big enough, Jin Zhao was still worried that she would fall off.
He simply reached out and pulled her close, letting her move around peacefully in his arms.
Jiang Xiliu treated him like a big pillow. Jin Zhao carefully removed her hands and feet, and only after seeing that she hadn't been woken up did he feel relieved enough to get out of bed and wash up.
As he passed the table, his fingers involuntarily pressed the screen of his phone.
Yes, he just wanted to check the time.
6:34.
His gaze, however, fell first on the dialog box below, specifically the one in the upper left corner that caught his attention; the message notification had changed from 2 to 5.
What he could see was: "I bought you a gift you'll like, in exchange for another chance to come in, remember..."
Her unrequited love wanted to turn back.
Jin Zhao calmly put her phone back in its place and casually grabbed something to cover it.
He thought he had gotten up early enough, but he didn't expect to run into Jiang Fuhuai and Xi Zhen when he went downstairs.
After winning the bid for the Linjiang project, Jiang Fuhuai has been very busy, and Xi Zhen's newly launched resort hotel is in trial operation, so there are many things that require her attention.
After greeting them, Jin Zhao had a meal with them.
At the dinner table, the only topic the three of them could talk about was Jiang Xiliu.
Jiang Fuhuai then mentioned that Jiang Xiliu liked to eat that kind of crispy bread.
Jin Zhao was not going to leave Jiang Xiliu's side today. He didn't plan to go to school. After Jiang Fuhuai and Xi Zhen left, he simply went into the kitchen to figure out what breakfast to make for Jiang Xiliu.
The Jiang family's pastry chef assisted them, and they quickly finished a batch.
"Wow." Jiang Xiliu looked at the croissants on the plate. "No wonder the croissants are so delicious today."
Jiang Xiliu's casual remark left Jin Zhao somewhat dazed.
But thinking of her excessive demands yesterday, she quickly pursed her lips and deliberately put on a stern face: "Liar."
The young lady had a whole bunch of fallacies: "As long as I believe you and you believe me, it's not a lie."
Jin Zhao's barely concealed smile shifted to the young lady's face. After finishing the remaining half, she added, "But I'm telling the truth. Even if neither of us believes it, this croissant is still delicious."
This time, Jin Zhao truly didn't believe her anymore.
[System 0777 pops up again: Young Miss...]
Jiang Xiliu patted her pockets: "Jin Zhao, didn't you say you'd help me find my phone this morning?"
Jin Zhao was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "What do you need a phone for?"
Jiang Xiliu: ? ? ? What is he saying?
Jin Zhao's question was quite baffling. Although she wasn't usually glued to her phone, who these days could go 24 hours without touching their phone unless absolutely necessary?
The young lady was very clever; she immediately realized what was going on: "So, you hid my phone?"
Jin Zhao immediately denied it: "I didn't."
[System 0777 pops up: Miss! I'm reporting you! Your phone was on the table, Jin Zhao saw it but didn't give it to you!]
Jiang Xiliu slapped it away. It was one thing to keep showing up and trying to get attention, but it also interrupted when Jin Zhao was talking. It had no manners at all.
"Go find it and give it to me." Jiang Xiliu wanted to see what was on her phone that Jin Zhao was willing to hide.
Jin Zhao probably realized he was being unreasonable: "Hmm."
But the person didn't move.
Jiang Xiliu kicked him: "Go quickly."
He then snatched the phone from his hand, saying, "Until you take mine, your phone is mine to play with."
The young lady slid up.
Wow, it even has a password.
"0601." Jin Zhao gave the password without hesitation, appearing quite open and honest.
Jiang Xiliu paused for a moment, then looked up at him after successfully unlocking the device by entering the password: "When did you change it?"
June 1st is Jiang Xiliu's birthday. Jin Zhao didn't answer, but turned around and went upstairs to get her phone.
Deceiving is pointless; telling the truth is tantamount to telling Jiang Xiliu when he fell in love.
She would probably laugh at him if she found out.
Jiang Xiliu showed no awareness of invading people's privacy. After Jin Zhao left, the first app she opened was WeChat.
Jin Zhao has quite a few contacts on WeChat.
Jiang Xiliu looked down and saw Jin Zhao's lab advisor trying to sober him up, saying, "Establish your career before starting a family. Once you become more outstanding, what kind of girlfriend can't you find? Going to work is better than getting married. By the way, that girl I recommended to you last time..."
Jin Zhao's reply was even more interesting: "Teacher, thank you for the drinks that night. We've already registered our marriage." He even added an old-fashioned clasped hands emoji at the end.
His teacher genuinely cared about him; she sent a congratulatory transfer and said nothing more.
However, Jin Zhao did not accept the transferred money.
Many of the chat boxes were about part-time jobs and software, and it seemed like they were all talking about work. Jiang Xiliu wasn't interested and just glanced at them.
Scrolling further down, Jiang Xiliu discovered that Yi Sile had recently contacted Jin Zhao.
Once Jiang Xiliu clicked in and finished reading, the corners of her mouth never left her lips.
She finally understood why the main storyline's progress had fluctuated so much during that period.
—It was all thanks to Isle's help.
This kid is really something.
Jiang Xiliu could only say: No wonder he's got the makings of a protagonist. At such a young age, he's already learned to subtly showcase his strengths and has really angered Jin Zhao, who hasn't replied to several of his messages.
Just as Jiang Xiliu was about to continue reading, Jin Zhao returned.
After the young lady got her own phone, she didn't return Jin Zhao's phone to him.
Jin Zhao stood beside her, watching her movements.
He chose a clever position; he could not only see Jiang Xiliu's expression clearly, but also her phone screen.
Jiang Xiliu opened WeChat and moved her finger to Ye Qishan's chat box, which already had "99+" messages.
Jin Zhao watched calmly.
She didn't click on it, and her finger scrolled down again, finding mostly meaningless invitations.
As I was looking at it, another notification popped up at the top of the screen.
"Ye Er, the owner of this silly dog: I've been waiting for you outside for two hours, get ready..."
Jin Zhao's breathing became heavier.
Jiang Xiliu hadn't planned to open it. She looked at Jin Zhao, but Jin Zhao's face was tense and he didn't say a word.
She clicked in completely indifferently.
Shen Yu is a very thoughtful person. Even though he came back to find Jiang Xiliu because he knew that she had registered her marriage with someone else, he didn't mention her marriage registration at all in the messages he sent.
Instead, he acted as if nothing had happened, talking about how big and beautiful pink diamonds he had bought for her, how he wanted to see her so he flew back from Berlin overnight, and how he would wait outside until she was happy to see him.
Those who don't know the situation might think they're a couple in love who's having a tiff.
Jin Zhao looked down at her unhappily, and he rarely expressed his emotions so bluntly: "Jiang Xiliu, I don't like him talking to you like that."
Jiang Xiliu's eyes lit up, and she tilted her head curiously, asking, "Why don't you like it?"
"Today is only the second day since we got our marriage certificate." Jin Zhao stood in front of her, his face extremely grim. "You can't just give up after three minutes of enthusiasm..." He didn't want to say the rest.
After pausing for a few seconds, he spoke softly in a firm tone: "In the future, I will learn more things to please you, and you are not allowed to lose interest in me."
Jiang Xiliu laughed out loud.
Before Jin Zhao could run away in anger, she grabbed his hand and asked, "How about we go see him holding hands like this?"
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Author's note: Tongtong777 (Just got back and really needs attention): Does anyone care about me at all?
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