In the reception room of the Space-Time Administration, an elderly couple, over fifty years old, dressed in tattered clothes and with haggard faces, were crying to a group of taskers about their rebellious son.
It was mainly the old lady who was talking, while the old man had a gloomy face and nodded in agreement from time to time.
"I just can't understand it. I've been so good to him, giving in to him in everything, but ever since he was born, I've been so unyielding, letting him cause huge troubles without even lifting a finger.
Later, he grew up, got married and divorced, and had a baby girl, but he never took care of her for a single day. I was the one who took care of her. How could he do such a thing as kicking us out of the house and ignoring us? Our retirement funds are in his hands, and that house is our last refuge.
The taskers were silent, so the assistant had no choice but to bite the bullet and join in. He couldn't let the conversation get awkward. "He kicked your parents out of your house? And he's even taking your pension? He's really no good."
The old lady wiped away her tears. She should have been happy to hear someone share the same hatred for her son, but she was a little unhappy when this person said that her son was nothing. "You can't say that. Maybe... maybe the child has some difficulties. Who knows."
Seeing the old lady still covering up for the rebellious son, the old man got angry and slammed the coffee table in front of him, raising his eyebrows and scolding the old lady: "It's all because of you. When he made a mistake as a child, I didn't say anything, but you jumped on the bandwagon to protect him, not allowing me to beat him or scold him. If I had beaten him into being obedient since he was young, would the problems later have happened?"
The old lady saw that the old man put all the responsibility on herself, and he became a good person? She immediately burst into tears of grievance.
The atmosphere was awkward for a moment. Half of the idle taskers in the room were not interested in this case, and more than half of them left in a flash.
The assistant quickly tried to smooth things over: "So what are you two asking for in coming here? Look, the people who are still here are all top sales representatives in our bureau. Feel free to share any ideas you have. If they take your case, they'll definitely satisfy you."
The old man nudged the old lady, motioning her to speak. But the old lady, still feeling aggrieved by his scolding, turned away and said nothing.
The old man had no choice but to go up by himself. He first glanced at the taskers opposite him, then asked the assistant hesitantly, "Can you really make any wish?"
The assistant smiled and said, "As long as it's a reasonable request, our Space-Time Administration will satisfy you."
The old man rubbed his hands in embarrassment and cleared his throat. "This son has never been well educated since he was a child. He is naughty and has accomplished nothing. He is already in his thirties or forties, and he is still relying on me. All of my retirement salary is taken away by him. They say that raising a son is a way to prepare for old age, but this guy I raised is really worse than raising a dog..."
Seeing that the old man was about to go off track with his rambling, several taskers were losing patience. The assistant quickly brought the subject back to the topic: "Uncle, just tell me what you want."
The old man was a little unhappy about being interrupted, but after thinking about it, he realized that this was someone else's territory and he couldn't let himself run wild. So he said honestly, "This son is a waste. Don't you claim to be able to go back in time and reverse space? What? Tell your people to go back and give me another son, no, give me two good sons, for my Zhou family."
This time, not only was the tasker annoyed, but even the assistant was a bit annoyed: "So you've run out of practice on your main account and are just going to open a new one? Old man, this is not our business scope. Turn right out of the door and discuss your reincarnation with the King of Hell."
"What do you mean? Didn't you tell me to just tell you whatever I want? Then why are you so angry? If it doesn't work out, we can talk it over." The old man was flexible and his attitude softened immediately.
The assistant told him to give up on having a new child, saying it was impossible. The Time and Space Administration could reverse time and space, but they couldn't create something out of nothing. She said to the old man, "Please tell me about the existing ones."
The old man was listless. "That child is truly useless. I've long given up hope. Since you can't help my Zhou family have another child, do whatever you want to me. It doesn't matter. It's just that my wife won't give up. I've seen through it a long time ago. That evil creature is hopeless. No one can help her."
The old man gave up directly, but the old lady still had a motherly heart that had not yet dried up: "My son is not as bad as he said. He was a good boy before, but it was us who delayed him.
We both have little education and don't know how to teach children. When the children make mistakes, I do spoil them too much, but it's not good for an old man to just beat and scold them.
You have experience, so please help the child. I believe in you. I don't ask him to be rich or successful in his career, as long as he is down-to-earth and can support himself. That's enough."
The assistant closed the notebook with satisfaction and said, "No problem, Auntie. Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be satisfied." Then she looked at the taskers and asked, "Who's going?"
The old lady also looked eagerly at Lin Yi and the others. The taskers were indifferent and were about to draw lots to decide when Ling Shuang raised his right hand: "I'll go."
The assistant grinned and said, "Okay, but this is a two-person mission. Who wants the other spot?"
The remaining taskers tacitly stepped back, immediately revealing Ling Shuang and Lin Yi. The assistant smiled even more happily: "Okay, Team Leader Ling, then you and Lin Yi will go together. I will go prepare the contract."
Lin Yi: ...
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