"Since we're here, let's make the best of it."
Perhaps because Emperor Xiu was too calm, 001 also calmed down a bit. After failing to connect to the main system again, it could only temporarily put aside the worst possibility and focus on the difficulties at hand.
He tugged at his useless ahoge (cowlick), fidgeted with his fingers hesitantly, and said somewhat guiltily, "But I can't access the world line, nor can I obtain the original owner's memories. What about the mission?"
"The first step in military operations is to familiarize oneself with the environment and occupy advantageous terrain."
Emperor Xiuzheng was about to go out to find someone to inquire about the situation when 001 was taken aback and suddenly overjoyed.
"This is a modern setting with advanced information technology, and most information can be found on the internet... Web scraping is my specialty."
Having gotten used to relying on the main system, he had completely forgotten about this.
Although Di Xiu didn't understand the meaning of most of the words he used, he roughly understood them and, knowing that Di Xiu had a way of understanding his surroundings, sat back down.
001 got motivated. Luckily, this was a study with a laptop on the desk. He connected to the network, quickly located his current coordinates, and followed the clues to find the original owner's identity and general life experience, and then continued to explore.
A ring of deep blue light shimmered in his obsidian pupils, as countless streams of data converged in his eyes, making them sparkle like sapphires under the sunlight.
"The original owner's name was Xia Hongfei, the mayor of J City, the place right here in front of us. He lost his wife eighteen years ago, leaving behind a daughter named Xia Xueqing, who was the whiny girl just now, and is also the female lead of this world."
—001 Although most functions are shut down due to insufficient energy, identifying the male and female protagonists is a basic function.
Di Xiu noticed the last two words he said and, recalling the abundant luck above the girl's head, tentatively understood their meaning.
001 summarized and reiterated the information they had found about the original owner.
"That guy was the original owner's butler, Zhou Lie. Tsk, a butler? He saw you were injured, why didn't he bring the first-aid kit... He also has a son, Zhou Xiuyuan. I looked at his character description, he's probably a childhood sweetheart, a devoted male supporting character. He was the one who went out to chase after the whiny girl..."
"Then there's Huo Ting, whom Zhou Lie mentioned. He's supposedly an orphan, but he's actually a runaway super-rich heir. The little green tea girl named Su Xiaoyue is his white moonlight's younger sister..."
"There's a high chance that Huo Ting is the male lead, and in my experience, this couple is most likely to have a tragic love story. However, there shouldn't be a body double plot. Apart from both of their names containing the character for 'snow,' they don't look alike at all, and their personalities are completely different."
Di Xiu listened for half the time before walking around to the laptop, gazing thoughtfully at the constantly changing large images and text on it.
001 doesn't doubt whether he can see the contents clearly, but...
"Master, can you understand these words?"
Di Xiu nodded and said, "Although the strokes have been simplified, the shape is still there. I can roughly recognize it based on what you said."
Thinking that the great god came from a world where immortals and demons roamed, he must have never seen someone who specialized in technology like this before, 001 enthusiastically taught him how to use the internet, ignoring the knocking on the door outside.
As darkness fell, the smart lights inside the house detected that the light level was below the set brightness and automatically turned on.
Zhou Lie knocked on the door again.
Tsk, you've already come all this way, and you didn't even bring a first-aid kit twice. That's so impolite.
The last time it was said that the young lady had been brought back; this time it's said that the young lady locked herself in her room and refused to come out for dinner.
At first glance, 001 quite liked Xia Xueqing, a soft and cute girl, but when he thought of the injury on Di Xiu's hand, he couldn't help but get angry.
If the expert hadn't been so agile, the shards wouldn't have stuck in his palm, but in his eye.
And so, the one outside actually wanted Di Xiu to coax that little troublemaker, 001 rolled his eyes so much that his bionic pupils were almost invisible.
As for whether Di Xiu made the first move, he selectively ignored it. Who wouldn't be biased and have double standards?
Of course, this butler is also quite annoying.
"By the way, are you hungry, Master? Humans will lose energy, get dizzy and lightheaded if they don't eat, and will starve to death if they don't eat for a long time. Why don't we go eat first?"
Although 001, as a system, needs energy rather than human food, the word "we" helps to build a closer relationship. Seeing that Di Xiu did not refute it, 001 silently gave itself a thumbs up.
When the door to the study was opened from the inside, Zhou Lie was still trying to act as a persuader; anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was Xia Xueqing's biological father.
Di Xiu went straight downstairs without looking to the side. From the stairs, he could see the restaurant, where dishes were already laid out on the table: nine dishes and a soup, which looked very appetizing.
Although Emperor Xiu didn't have a big appetite, his mouth had been dry for thousands of years, and he hadn't even had any saliva to drink. At this moment, he couldn't help but start to salivate.
The study was on the third floor, and Xia Xueqing's bedroom was on the second floor. A maid was trying to coax the angry little princess through the door.
When the maid turned around and saw Di Xiu coming downstairs, she assumed he was there to comfort Xia Xueqing and quickly said, "Miss, please don't be angry. The master is here, he's here..."
She was only halfway through her sentence when she realized that Di Xiu wasn't even looking in her direction. She stood there, her breath catching in her throat, her eyes filled with confusion.
As far as the eye could see, besides Zhou Lie, there was a handsome young man with refined manners and five maids in the villa. 001 watched their astonished expressions with great interest, and felt sorry for Xia Hongfei.
There was something he didn't tell Di Xiu: the formation of a traitorous person is 95% likely related to the people around them. Xia Hongfei's relationship with his relatives was average; he was an orphan and widowed. The most likely reason was that Xia Xueqing, his only daughter, had ruined him.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
