Chapter 488 The Protagonist of the World
It was extremely quiet in a hall of the county government office. The sunlight shot in from the small window like countless golden arrows, illuminating the furnishings in the room.
"That note was given to You Wenzong by you, right?"
Without looking at Xu Suisui, Wei Changtian asked a question with his back to her.
The long silence confirmed his guess.
“.”
"Why, don't you have anything to say?"
Turning around, Wei Changtian had a calm expression, and there seemed to be some disgust in his tone.
Unlike the anger and threats he had shown before, this was the first time he spoke to Xu Suisui in this tone.
The latter finally opened his mouth, his voice was very small and difficult.
"Wei Changtian"
“I’m helping you”
I'm helping you.
This answer again.
Looking at Xu Suisui, Wei Changtian slowly took a half step back and shook his head.
Normally, he should ask Xu Suisui how the original plot developed, and then judge from that whether the latter was really helping him.
But he asked nothing.
Instead, Xu Suisui suddenly took a step closer and said hastily with an anxious expression: "Wei Changtian, you will understand later!"
"Yes, I admit that I do have my own selfish motives."
"But I won't hurt you!"
"Trust me, I can explain it to you."
"No."
Wei Changtian suddenly interrupted her with a wave of his hand.
"You don't have to explain to me, and I don't want to know."
"I only saw you trying to stop the imperial army from entering Niutou Mountain, that's enough."
“.”
His body suddenly froze, and the light in Xu Suisui's eyes gradually lost its luster.
She bit her lips tightly and asked tremblingly:
"B-and then?"
"What are you going to do to me? Are you going to kill me?"
"no."
With a slight sigh, Wei Changtian turned his head to look at the cloudless blue sky outside the window.
"No matter what your purpose is, you helped me in the previous incident at Zhenshan Camp."
"The two times offset each other, so now neither of us owes anyone anything."
"Go away. Whatever you do in the future has nothing to do with me."
"But if you do something hostile to me again next time and fall into my hands..."
The voice paused and Wei Changtian lowered his head.
"Then I won't be as generous as I am today."
“.”
From the time they met to the time they broke up, Wei Changtian and Xu Suisui experienced less than a month in total.
The red peppers jumping all over the ground seem to be still vivid in my mind, and the calls of "Comrade Wei" seem to be still echoing in my ears.
Wei Changtian has not yet fulfilled his promise to help Xu Suisui find a suitable husband.
And Xu Suisui did not fulfill his promise to help Wei Changtian invent stockings and miniskirts. When the "revolutionary friendship" that should have been unbreakable was shattered in an instant, Wei Changtian and Xu Suisui did not speak for a long time.
As a fellow villager, no, the word "fellow villager" is no longer appropriate nowadays.
It should be said that there is indeed an unusual emotional connection between the two people who are both "time travelers".
This is also the reason why Wei Changtian has always treated Xu Suisui with an attitude of almost "infinite tolerance".
Even after learning the truth about the latter's system, he still felt that the two of them should have common goals and could become trustworthy companions.
But the note written by Xu Suisui made Wei Changtian face the reality.
It turned out that real trust could never be established between the two of them.
If that's the case, then going their separate ways would be his biggest concession.
“.”
"I see."
The slightly trembling voice was very soft, and it was filled with unspeakable loneliness.
Xu Suisui stepped back little by little, then stopped at the door and slowly turned his head.
"Can I ask you one last question?"
“.”
Turning around, Wei Changtian was standing in the sunlight, his figure tall and straight: "Ask."
"good"
Xu Suisui hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "If you have the chance, will you go back?"
“.”
Wei Changtian had asked Xu Suisui this question before, and the latter gave a positive answer without even thinking about it.
But when Xu Suisui asked back, Wei Changtian did not answer.
At this moment, when his own situation had become "completely different", Wei Changtian roughly understood why Xu Suisui asked this question again.
Here, he is the "Master Wei" who is above everyone else, has tremendous power, and has many wives and concubines. He is the designated and unique "protagonist" in the novel.
When he returned, he was an ordinary person who worked 996 all day long and might not be able to buy a small house in a big city even if he worked hard all his life. He was just one of the thousands of "supporting roles" in the world.
Since Xu Suisui is aware of her "predetermined ending" in the novel, asking such a question at this time is undoubtedly to confirm whether her arrival has affected her "values".
Wei Changtian didn’t know what his “original” self had chosen, and he didn’t ask.
Faced with such a multiple-choice question that didn't seem difficult, he just followed his heart and gave the answer quickly.
An answer that was completely beyond Xu Suisui's expectations.
"meeting."
"I will definitely go back."
“.”
His eyes widened slightly, and Xu Suisui's expression was a little dazed for a moment.
"Why?"
“Here, you are the protagonist.”
“.”
Looking at Xu Suisui's reaction, Wei Changtian guessed what choice he made in the novel.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t go back.
At least what I said at this moment was the truth.
"main character."
Looking at Xu Suisui's complicated expression, Wei Changtian suddenly smiled.
"I think we've all got one thing wrong."
"In the book I read, Xiao Feng is indeed the protagonist."
"In the book you read, I am indeed the protagonist."
"But for this world, there has never been, and there will never be, a so-called protagonist."
"Or in other words, everyone in this world, regardless of their status, is actually the protagonist of this world."
“.”
At the Wei residence, Wei Qiaoling, who had two pigtails on her head, had just finished a morning of practice and was now complaining to the little black dog beside her with a bitter face.
"Big ghost, training is so boring."
"You need to grow up quickly so I can ride you again."
"I don't know what good things happened to Daddy and Mom these days. They are smiling all day long."
"Oh, and my elder brother and sister-in-law, I haven't seen them for a long time."
"Ah! Xiaoqing! Spit out Xiaohui! Don't eat Xiaohui!"
In the Floating Cloud Inn, the sun shone on the large brocade quilt, vaguely outlining Xu Qingwan's beautiful figure.
This time she slept for quite a long time, and it was already noon and she hadn't woken up yet.
In the haze, Comrade Xiao Xu's mouth corners curled up slightly, as if he was having a good dream.
In the dream , there was Wei Changtian, his parents, and countless silver.
Halfway through the sweet dream, Xu Qingwan turned over in a daze and suddenly flipped over half the width of the bed.
However, even with such a big movement, she still held a small bundle tightly in her arms and never let go.
After all, this small bag containing banknotes and small change is her treasure.
In the Shu army camp, a soldier named Li Erzhu was practicing his sword skills. Sweat ran down his slightly tender cheeks and fell drop by drop into the soil.
After experiencing several major battles, Li Erzhu has successfully transformed from a new recruit who could not even hold a weapon steadily to a veteran with some battlefield experience.
And maybe it was because of good luck, but he not only survived as Wei Changtian predicted, but he even made military achievements. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be promoted to sergeant soon.
Although sergeant is the lowest official in the army, he only has four or five people under him.
But Li Erzhu is only fourteen years old after all, and he feels that his future will be bright.
After the battle, he could go home to visit his parents, buy a few more acres of land for his family, and buy some beautiful clothes for his sister. Under the scorching sun, Li Erzhu kept imagining the scene of "returning home in glory" in the future, and he felt that his hand wielding the sword seemed to have more strength.
Then at some point, he suddenly thought of Wei Changtian, whom he had only met once.
I don’t know if I can be as powerful as Master Wei one day. Just as Wei Changtian said.
There has never been a so-called protagonist in this world, and the world will never revolve around just one person.
To Wei Qiaoling, he was the elder brother she had not seen for a long time.
But in her world there are also Wei Xianzhi, Qin Caizhen, a big ghost and a group of strange animals.
To Comrade Xiao Xu, I am the husband to whom she entrusts her life.
But her world is still rich and there is still countless money waiting for her to earn.
To Li Erzhu, he is an "idol" who once gave him encouragement.
But his world also includes his relatives and the youthful ambition of "returning home in glory".
Not just them.
Including Chu Xianping, Liang Qin, Yang Liushi, Wei Xianzhi and everyone else, I may have a very important position in their hearts, but I am definitely not all of them.
And this is actually the relationship between oneself and the world.
What protagonist, what fate? These are just limitations of thinking caused by "traveling through a book".
To this world, no one is special, and everyone is indispensable. When Wei Changtian learned that the old woman was not actually waiting for him, and when he saw with his own eyes the hundreds of thousands of people who died in Niutou Mountain, he finally understood this truth.
So. "Is that why you didn't ask anything?"
After a long silence, Xu Suisui asked silently.
"yes."
Wei Changtian still had a smile on his face, and his tone was somewhat casual.
"What does it matter if you know the original plot?"
"Fulfill the script?"
"Or do I have to deliberately change all this?"
"Both of these are really stupid."
"So I would rather not know about the so-called destiny and just do what I think I should do at the moment."
“.”
"I understand."
"Thank you"
Looking at Wei Changtian standing in the sun, Xu Suisui was stunned for a long time and suddenly said something inexplicable in a low voice.
However, Wei Changtian did not answer, but turned his head to look out the window again.
The Shu soldiers in green armor hurried through the courtyard, their faces filled with long-lost relaxation and comfort. They discussed in low voices when they would be promoted and rewarded, and when they could go home to visit their families.
A little further away, in front of a newly opened restaurant outside the county government office, several waiters were loudly soliciting customers, several jugglers were dancing with swords and guns on the street, and gongs were beating like thunder, attracting loud cheers from the onlookers.
The copper coins fell into the clay bowl with a clanging sound. One of them fell outside and was secretly picked up by a beggar in the blink of an eye.
He used the copper coin to exchange for a steaming bun at a nearby stall, then broke off a small piece and gave it to an old yellow dog with a lame leg. All of this would never have anything to do with Wei Changtian in the novels that Xu Suisui had read.
But they exist extremely realistically and together constitute this real world.
Including the young man who traveled through time due to electric shock in his previous life, and countless people like him. They are actually the protagonists of the world.
The cloudless sky was clear and blue.
A few birds frolicked among the branches, and then flew away to higher places under Wei Changtian's gaze.
(Volume 5, End)
(End of this chapter)
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