The next day was a bright and sunny day. As the sun rose, a light mist hung in the air, making the scenery hazy and indistinct.
Shi Jinzhe originally thought that Mu Bai and Bai Weishuang were still asleep, but when he opened the door, he was facing Mu Bai holding a water glass.
He followed Shi Jinzhe's example from yesterday, made himself a glass of juice, and saw the two of them coming back from outside, soaking wet. His gaze swept smoothly over Shi Jinzhe without any sign of anything amiss.
But Shi Jinzhe could tell from his father's self-centered and unquestioning manner that he understood everything.
After Mu Bai returned to his room, Shehe said from behind him, "I already told you you were being redundant."
Shi Jinzhe tried to justify himself, saying, "I created a psychological distance, not a physical one."
"You always have a point."
"Both of us have crossed the line of physiology, so neither of us is entirely right."
“I can tell.” Shekh walked past him, his hand sliding over the crease of Shi Jin’s trousers, leaving him behind. “After all, you’re pathologically infatuated with me.”
What kind of person would tell their partner halfway through that they could also turn into a snake's tail, and then repeatedly ask them like a devil if they want it?
According to her, Mu Bai's glance at him wasn't meant to convey any meaning; a tree acting as a snake was probably an insult, a sign of his treason.
Shi Jinzhe retorted as if he could hear her inner thoughts: "I am only Shehe Zhishang, not unfilial."
Shekh left a crack in the door for him. "Alright, you filial son, I'll give you a first-class bed. Come and sleep with me."
"I knew you couldn't live without me."
The two slept until noon. When they got up, they didn't see anyone in the room, but they saw a few pieces of paper on the table, which Bai Weishuang had left behind.
[He's gone, taking your dad out for some fun.]
Shi Jinzhe didn't react immediately, holding up the paper and asking Shehe, "What does this mean?"
She said she was superfluous here.
"...Won't she stay with me for a few more days?"
"I probably can't stand being with you anymore."
"...So you mean you're the only one who can stand being with me, right?"
"Look, this is why she left."
Every couple has their own secrets before and after sleep. If Mu Bai knows something, Bai Weishuang will definitely know it too if she asks.
Sheh picked up the papers below and said comfortingly, "If you want to meet, you can open a time portal to locate them. She misses you and Mu Bai. How long were you in her belly? How long did Mu Bai stay with her? It's normal for them to go and have some time alone together. Anyway, you said you could stay in this world in Mu Bai's place for a while, so why don't you go?"
"I just thought she would be more reluctant to part with me, and that she would think about breaking up again in ten days or half a month."
"I can't bear to part with you, but I won't wait for you to wake up and then hug you and cry to express my longing."
That's not something Bai Weishuang would do; she's the type to only report good news and not bad, and her actual emotions are very reserved.
Don't be fooled by how smugly you write this; you might be on your way back right now regretting it.
Sheh slumped onto the stool. “We can’t meet all at once. She has another family member. I’m so important to you, so Mu Bai must be important to her too.”
"That's a very comforting remark. It seems you value your marital relationship more."
Shekh admired his ability to grasp the key points, and pressed the blank sheet of paper against his chest, saying, "It means you're more focused on our relationship. If the focus isn't on you anymore, it's definitely because you haven't been treating me well."
"That's impossible." Shi Jinzhe saw a piece of white paper on Zhanping's body, covered with names.
These were players Bai Weishuang knew before her accident; they possessed both skill and integrity. She didn't know how many of them were still alive, but she could check.
There were 670 people in total on the three blank pages, including more than 500 advanced players. She wrote down the skills she had deduced and the personality traits of each person.
Shi Jinzhe: "Players who can catch Mom's eye would be suitable to be monitors of the Black Mist if they were alive, but we can't check each person one by one. I'll first split the [Merge] card and create a system to help with tasks."
Shekh: "After you've dismantled it, I'll give you a beating first."
Shi Jinzhe looked down at her and said, "My wife is so good."
Give them a beating to teach them a lesson and make them behave. If the new system develops its own consciousness in the future, there will be someone to keep it in check, so they won't resort to the most extreme methods to solve the problem.
After all, when it comes to erasing someone's personality, there's always room for negotiation rather than taking drastic measures.
Returning to the pure white space once again, Shekh picked up the glowing pyramid floating in the air to examine it. In just two and a half days, the number of anomalous areas in each world had increased, proving that pausing the instance had a significant impact.
"Time is running out, I have an idea."
"What?"
"Cancel the world hierarchy setting for the pyramids." Shekh slid the cube that formed the pyramids in the air and found a supernatural copy that was expanding outwards.
"It's unreasonable that while players are solving problems for other worlds, the safety of their own world is in the hands of others."
If she painstakingly completes a dungeon, only to find upon exiting the game that her home has become escalated due to incompetent players being unable to resolve their problems, she might feel an urge to kill someone.
"Let's cancel it. We can discuss the specific allocation later."
Shi Jinzhe divided the white card in his hand into three parts: [Instruction], [Coordination], and handed them to Sheh along with the [Combination] card, which was not completely divided.
Faced with two bewildered new systems, Shekh was very easygoing and beat them until they were terrified of him.
Shi Jinzhe was busy with other things and didn't see how she packed up, but whenever she saw the new system again, she felt like she had developed a psychological aversion to it.
"If they really have consciousness, it's definitely not because they've seen too much of the world."
Shekh: "You mean I hit him?"
Shi Jinzhe said, "I didn't expect that a doting mother would spoil her child. It must be because you taught him well."
“Get to your business,” Sheikh asked him, “how many of these people are still alive?”
Shi Jinzhe stretched out one hand, withdrew his thumb, and gave her a four.
"Only four left?"
"Yes, all four are advanced players, the longest-serving one has been in the game for thirty-four years."
This was the kind of situation that even Shi Jinzhe would want to curse Zhou Bapi for—he'd kill her if he couldn't kill her, no wonder he could do something like not letting Bai Weishuang go even when she was pregnant.
However, it has only been more than 30 years. Only an old fox could have survived this long.
He told Shekh, “Now I finally understand why some men want to be kept men; it’s because marrying a capable wife can make you rich overnight.”
Shekh is the trump card that breaks all the rules; whoever she chooses becomes king.
"You were born into a good family." Sheh didn't seem to feel much, only saying, "Mu Bai gave you advanced skills, and Bai Weishuang sacrificed the rest of her life for me. She's the first person to be kind to me without asking for anything in return, but..."
She paused for a moment and then continued, "You played your hand well, but having such parents doesn't guarantee success. If it were someone else, they wouldn't be able to upgrade their heart, let alone repay it in their entire life. And Bai Weishuang's feelings for me could very well become a shackle that binds me."
As for me, when I am at my most emotionally detached, I will kill anyone who tries to manipulate me. No one can go any further. Many people squander their good fortune. It's not easy for you. You can't gain anything just by pleasing me.
For example, when you first recognized Mu Bai, if you thought you were superior to me or could control me just because your father was a world boss and you had a "two-character card," then you were finished.
Shech pointed to himself and said, “The unknown is more difficult to deal with than specific dangers. In the predicament of having no way out and not knowing what lies ahead, it was you who steadily accepted the gifts they gave you.”
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