Chapter 76 was completed at the tail end of spring, and they parted ways...
Jin Zhao remained unmoved by Jiang Xiliu's words, as if it were merely a name he had casually mentioned, and that it wouldn't matter at all even if he gave it to Shen Yu.
But his attitude made Jiang Xiliu feel bored again. She neither spoke nor looked at the test report anymore.
He stared intently at Jin Zhao, who was signing documents with his head down, trying to see clearly...
If you really want to ask Jiang Xiliu what she wants to see clearly, what is it?
She herself wasn't sure; perhaps she wanted to see if he harbored any resentment, or if he was heartbroken.
...or perhaps they simply wanted to get a better look at Jin Zhao.
Jin Zhao remained expressionless throughout; he had never gotten what he wanted since childhood.
He was already used to it; he shouldn't be greedy, because greed only leads to losing things even faster.
For example, right now.
All the documents were signed, but it wasn't yet Jiang Xiliu's time to leave work.
[System 0777 urgently suggests: Miss, the divorce is already much later than in the original storyline. There's no time like the present; let's get the marriage certificate while we still have time.]
Jiang Xiliu knew that what the artificial intelligence said was true; she should have given him the divorce papers long ago and severed ties with him.
game over.
Both her and his trial cards have expired.
...
The day before Qingming Festival, Jin Zhao and Jiang Xiliu quickly obtained their divorce certificate. Xi Zhen and Jiang Fuhuai were both confused; how could Jin Zhao have gone out to deliver food once, and then returned only to find they were already divorced?
Jin Zhao didn't even come back with Jiang Xiliu to visit again.
Because the Jiang family has nothing that belongs to him.
Faced with her parents' curiosity, Jiang Xiliu had no intention of answering their questions.
With a stern face, she interrogated Jiang Fuhuai: "Dad, did you secretly give Jin Zhao money?"
Before going to get her divorce certificate, Jiang Xiliu actually received ten million yuan in her personal bank account from an overseas account, and she had no way of finding out who transferred it.
Upon hearing his daughter's words, Jiang Fuhuai immediately protested his innocence: "I don't even have much liquid capital on my own, how could I possibly just casually hand over ten million to him?"
[System 0777 pops up: Miss, I know, I know.]
Hearing the voice in her mind, Jiang Xiliu realized that the system was still there. She frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Now that the mission is complete, shouldn't we unbind ourselves?"
[System 0777: ...The mission of the world consciousness is still ongoing.]
Jiang Xiliu has evidence to suspect that this artificial intelligence is trying to pester her for life. She can't even handle the male lead, so how could she possibly figure out how the world consciousness destroys the world on her own?
She grabbed the little hamster that was wandering around on the table and headed to her room.
"You lied to me! Didn't you say that this task was optional and wouldn't have any consequences if I didn't complete it?" Jiang Xiliu was already full of anger, and she vented it all on the innocent artificial intelligence. "And that ring you gave me before, I did all my tasks so well, and all I could do was turn back time by one minute. What can you do in one minute!"
System 0777 never expected that a boomerang would hit it.
[System 0777 explains: The World Consciousness's missions have no time limit, and the items have short durations because... our mission completion rates are almost all just barely passing.]
Even the main quest is that if the young lady keeps dragging out the divorce, she can forget about untying herself to System 0777.
Fortunately, it persuaded the young lady, and the line-cutting was successfully completed.
Jiang Xiliu naturally wouldn't admit her mistake. She snorted coldly, "I didn't get a perfect score, it must be because there's something wrong with your scoring system."
She even argued, "I'm playing myself in this role, so my performance should be the standard."
System 0777: ...
The AI doesn't argue with the young lady; the rating system can't be changed by her saying a few words.
The original task has been completed, so there is no need to mention it again.
For someone with artificial intelligence, the task that no longer needed to be mentioned still made Jiang Xiliu so angry that she couldn't sleep.
It wasn't because of the money of unknown origin, but the thought of Jin Zhao patting his behind and leaving so decisively made him angry.
Jin Zhao should be crying and begging her not to divorce him!
Instead of calmly saying "goodbye" and turning away!
Jiang Xiliu genuinely felt that she had treated him quite well, which was why she was angry about Jin Zhao's departure.
This anger lasted for nearly half a month. Jiang Xiliu channeled her emotions into motivation for work, spending almost 24 hours a day at the company.
The change of seasons, coupled with exhaustion, brought down Jiang Xiliu, who rarely gets sick.
Jiang Fuhuai and Xi Zhen happened to have gone out for a trip the day before. Jiang Xiliu felt that their return wouldn't cure her illness immediately, so she simply stopped people from telling them.
She can't take any medication haphazardly now; she can only rely on physical methods to tough it out.
Shen Yu and Ye Qishan took turns visiting her, trying to find things to distract her and make the difficult time pass faster.
One was her ex-boyfriend, and the other was her childhood friend; neither of them were worth Jiang Xiliu's time or effort.
Therefore, Jiang Xiliu didn't care about her image at all in front of the two of them. Her nose was stuffy, so she simply blocked the side that wasn't stuffy and walked around the living room "humming".
Aside from producing unpleasant sounds and giving you the urge to have a runny nose, it's completely useless.
Jiang Xiliu gave up, sat cross-legged on the sofa, and started watching a documentary.
Ye Qishan was in the kitchen making her pear soup to soothe her throat. He was clumsy and kept yelling that he was going to get burned while he was cooking it.
Because of his howling, Jiang Xiliu reluctantly drank two sips.
"What do you think of this?" Ye Qishan asked curiously. "Talking about Taoism? Are you going to start getting into metaphysics?"
Jiang Xiliu sniffed: "I'm planning to donate some incense money to all the major religious sects. Oh, and I'm also thinking of starting a few charity projects. Do you want to invest your spare money in them?"
Ye Qishan: "...You have money to burn?"
Jiang Xiliu was too lazy to explain to him, and simply said three words: "Accumulate good karma."
"For whom?" Ye Qishan didn't think Jiang Xiliu was doing this for himself. He thought for a moment, "Could it be for Jin Zhao?"
After the divorce, everyone deliberately concealed Jin Zhao's whereabouts from her, and Jiang Xiliu never inquired about him.
Jiang Xiliu was stunned when she heard his name again.
It has only been seventeen days, twenty hours and eighteen minutes.
Jiang Xiliu withdrew her gaze from her watch: "It's for the Jiang family to accumulate good fortune. They have plenty of good fortune; I don't need to accumulate it for them."
The male lead, the chosen one, has no need for a minor supporting character like her.
Only System 0777 understood the young lady's sarcastic remarks.
Ye Qishan agreed: "Yes, I'm not as lucky as him. He even had the chance to be with you."
Jiang Xiliu glanced at him and shook her head.
Ye Er is too naive; he still can't read people's expressions.
If it were Shen Yu, he would never mention any man other than himself in front of her.
Being naive has its advantages.
Although he thought Jiang Xiliu's "accumulating good fortune" was feudal superstition, Ye Qishan, who had money to burn, decided to join anyway: "I won't donate incense money, but I can still spend some on charity projects."
"Go line up." Jiang Xiliu looked at him seriously. "You're not sincere, so don't affect me."
Ye Qishan: "..."
If the doorbell rings, it's most likely that Chen Yu has arrived.
Ye Qishan didn't even look at the display screen. He took a few sips of the pear soup he had painstakingly prepared for most of the day, and then opened the door.
The man outside the door lowered his eyelids slightly: "Is Jiang Xiliu here?"
People sitting on the sofa, engrossed in watching documentaries, shouldn't be able to hear this.
But I still heard it.
So, I subconsciously held my breath until I came to my senses.
Jiang Xiliu's nose, which had been stuffy for a long time, suddenly cleared up. She slowly turned her head and looked towards the door.
Ye Qishan stood in front of the door, spouting nonsense: "No, she sold this place to me."
Jin Zhao nodded, his tone indifferent, but his voice was a little louder than before: "That's perfect, I'll come and get my things."
The old house has nothing of Jin Zhao's, but the house where he lived for nearly three years still has some traces of him.
With an incredibly thick skin, Ye Qishan pretended not to have said anything and turned to ask Jiang Xiliu, "Miss, should we let him come in and get it?"
Jiang Xiliu was quite curious to see how miserable he would be after leaving her, so she mercifully agreed: "Let him take it."
In the entryway, Jin Zhao's slippers, which had been there, had long been put away by the housekeeper. Jin Zhao squatted down at the door but couldn't find them, so he calmly put on the shoe covers next to him.
Like an outsider entering.
Jiang Xiliu stood up from the sofa: "I want to keep an eye on you so you don't take the things I bought."
She bluntly expressed her distrust of Jin Zhao.
Jin Zhao stopped in his tracks, his gaze lingering on her flushed face for only half a second before shifting away without offering any comment.
So, Jin Zhao walked in front, with Jiang Xiliu and Ye Qishan trailing behind him like little tails.
Stepping into the master bedroom, Jiang Xiliu sensed something was wrong and spoke first: "The housekeeper is on leave recently and hasn't tidied up."
Ye Qishan was visiting for the first time and didn't understand the meaning behind her words. He foolishly volunteered, "Why didn't you say you needed someone to clean the room? I'll clean it for you in a bit."
Jin Zhao glanced at the almost unchanged master bedroom, but still didn't respond.
He walked to the bed, lifted the pillow he usually slept on, and took out a small square box from inside the pillow.
He was stopped by a hand before he could throw it into his bag.
Jiang Xiliu grabbed his wrist and asked, "What's in the box? Open it and let's see."
“It’s not yours.” This time, Jin Zhao’s response wasn’t silence; he spoke his first words to her, “It’s mine.”
"How would I know if I didn't see it?" Jiang Xiliu looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
Tsk, how come he looks like he's gained weight in his face after being out for half a month?
Ye Qishan unconditionally helped Jiang Xiliu: "Exactly, who knows if there are things inside that don't belong to you? Open it and take a look."
Jin Zhao said, "Okay."
The wedding rings he bought for their marriage reappeared in front of Jiang Xiliu after their divorce.
Jiang Xiliu released his hand, placed her thumb on her ring finger, and clenched it slightly: "Who did you buy it for?"
Jin Zhao stuffed the box into his bag, showing no intention of taking it out again, nor did he answer Jiang Xiliu's question.
He would never give them away again, no matter who they were bought for.
Jin Zhao had very few belongings, which were easily filled into his small bag.
Jiang Xiliu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching Jin Zhao's departing figure.
At the tail end of spring, they parted ways.
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Author's Note: The Time-Traveling Magic!
There's a rain of red envelopes!
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