No. 118 Melon
One is about to disappear and cannot be caught, and the other seems to be able to be caught and has not left. Chenzui finally made a choice.
The world was spinning around him, and he was immersed in his own world. The moment he opened his eyes, the pungent smell of formaldehyde rushed into his nose, and the drops of medicine hanging by the bed fell down one by one.
He struggled to get up, but all his muscles and bones felt like they were broken, and he was filled with pain, soreness and fatigue.
After lying in the hospital for more than a year, the organs and muscles that had long lost sensation are slowly recovering, but recovery is a process and his body has not yet adapted.
Chenzui looked up to see his parents, relatives, and friends gathered around his bed, all looking at him with tears in their eyes. Even little Jindoudou had returned from abroad, having skipped a book signing with her favorite comic book author to lie on the bedside, staring at Chenzui.
Only when I was immersed in this moment did I feel the reality of returning home.
Before this, the doctors in the hospital and even experts in brain science thought that Shen Zui would never wake up.
Chenzui once thought that he would never be able to come back and see his loved ones again.
I never thought that I would come back one day.
Rehabilitation was on the agenda. For someone who had been bedridden for a year and was declared brain dead, this was not easy. Fortunately, Shen's parents had previously hired a caregiver who massaged Shen's muscles every day, so he recovered well.
A few months later, Chenzui was discharged from the hospital, but he did not join the company as his parents arranged. Instead, he chose to join Lu Yanyan's Tianyao Entertainment and continue acting.
His appearance was like a dark horse in the entertainment industry. He quickly became famous and popular, becoming the hottest star in the entertainment industry.
Everything was fine, except... he would never see Lin Cha again.
Chen Zui once harbored a glimmer of hope. He felt that since he could return, there was a good chance he could find a way to do so. But this hope grew increasingly elusive the longer he stayed in his original world.
The voices that once appeared in his head disappeared, never to reappear. Whatever happened to him in the other world left no trace on him, only his abnormally good acting skills reminded him that his departure was not a dream.
Chenzui also investigated Lin Cha in this world.
Although they had never met, the information he obtained from his investigation was enough to prove that the two were not the same person. The girl was arrogant, domineering, and a little vicious, completely different from Lin Cha. Chen Zui quickly lost interest in her.
Later, at a dinner party, Chenzui met "Lin Cha".
Even though they had the same face, they were different people. He passed by Lin Cha like a stranger.
At this time, "Lin Cha" was notorious, and took the opportunity of the party to get close to Chen Zui, hoping to use his popularity to create a couple.
Intoxicated avoided.
He didn't want to see Lin Cha's pretty face doing something he hated.
But "Lin Cha" still found ways to get close to him and set up a trap to let the two of them stay in the same room.
Originally, the relationship between the two might have developed further, but at the moment when "Lin Cha" was almost intoxicated, she blinked, and the stupidity and malice in her eyes disappeared, replaced by sincerity and curiosity.
"Time Travel"
Chenzui's head buzzed and he suddenly looked at "Lin Cha" with a look of disbelief.
"Oh, no." Lin Cha shook his head. "You were originally from this world, but you accidentally traveled to another world."
Chen Zui's heart was filled with heat. He rushed forward and grabbed her arms tightly. "You know I'm a time traveler. Can you let me go back to her world?"
Lin Cha looked into Chen Zui's eager eyes, examined them carefully, and shrugged helplessly, "There's nothing I can do."
I was intoxicated and choked.
His Adam's apple rolled, and the hopes in his heart disappeared little by little.
He loosened his grip on Lin Cha, his calves softened, and he fell to the ground, looking dazed.
He seemed to be talking to Lin Cha, but also to himself, "I really will never see her again."
"Aren't you already back?" "Lin Cha" squatted down, his eyes level with Shen Zui's, tilted his head and said the most heartbreaking words in the most innocent voice, "Could it be that you still hope she will come here to find you? What are you dreaming about?"
"I..." Chenzui was speechless.
He had indeed thought about it and hoped so.
But all this was a foregone conclusion after he came back.
Chenzui didn't ask "Lin Cha" anymore. He got up dejectedly and walked in the opposite direction.
Lin Cha stared at Chen Zui's back, his eyes showing no emotion. After Chen Zui walked about ten meters away, Lin Cha suddenly said, "Hey! Although it's inappropriate to ask you for help now, if I want to use your popularity to hype up a couple, is that okay?"
This kind of thing didn't matter to Shen Zui at all. He didn't even look at Lin Cha, but just waved his hand in agreement.
"Thank you very much!"
"Lin Cha" stood behind him and thanked him loudly.
Then, she curled the corners of her mouth slightly and called upon the artificial intelligence in her head.
"Tongzi! Isn't it bad to owe others a favor?"
"What do you want to do?" The system popped up, floating next to "Lin Cha" like a ball of light, his mind full of question marks. "We are still on a mission. Are you serious about getting another Lin Cha?"
Lin Cha shrugged nonchalantly, "I've almost completed my mission. Being kicked out of the Lin family, despised by the wealthy, and scorned by the entertainment industry's top stars... If I can't succeed even with this assist, I'm unworthy of being the female lead!"
"That's true..." the system muttered softly, "But the main system hasn't commented yet..."
"Almost there! As long as that Lin Cha plays it safe and does nothing, this thing will almost certainly succeed!" Lin Cha vowed. "I just got an urgent job on the forum a few days ago, and I'm trying to figure out how to finish this work quickly. Why don't you try to summon another Lin Cha over? We can make some extra money together."
"What if they don't want to come?" The system was still a little worried.
"Lin Cha": "Oh! Give it a try! There are millions of dollars in extra income! I'll have a wife already!"
The system was extremely tangled, but thinking about his wife...
“Fuck!”
After sending a signal to Lin Cha in another world, "Lin Cha" looked up and looked at Chen Zui who looked lonely at the party.
The young movie star who was once full of vigor and vitality now looks like he has lost his soul.
"I've already got her here for you," Lin Cha whispered to the figure, "but whether you can get her to stay is up to you."
*
"You really couldn't stay then?"
The car stopped at the gate of Zijinhua Community, intoxicated and silent, without answering Lin Cha's question.
But Lin Cha felt that she already knew the answer.
People are selfish after all.
Lin Cha didn't think there was anything wrong with this selfishness. Chen Zui hoped that she would give up everything and come to his world. She also didn't want Chen Zui to give up everything and stay in her world.
It is not appropriate to make the other person give up everything because of love. A person's life is so long, and there are many other things besides love.
Before getting off the car, Lin Cha said to Shen Zui, "I don't know how long I can stay here, but I have a feeling it won't be too long."
"Instead of thinking about things so far ahead, why not just finish this relationship happily before I leave, okay?"
As he finished speaking, the snow stopped, and a bright full moon slid out from behind layers of dark clouds, covering the earth with a layer of silver frost.
Chenzui hugged Lin Cha tightly and left a kiss on her lips as light as a dragonfly touching the water.
"good."
*
That night, Lin Cha did not stay overnight.
The next day was the last episode of "Leisure". Lin Cha needed a good rest, and Chen Zui also had a schedule for the next day. The two of them hugged and kissed goodbye downstairs in the community like countless young couples in love.
After going upstairs, the lights on the large flat came on.
Compared to the mess before, the living room was now tidy and clean, as if the decadent life of the past two days had never existed.
Lin Cha lay comfortably on the bed, recalling what the system had told him before.
The system only expected her to play badly, not to expect a comeback. Lin Cha didn't think she'd made a comeback, but honestly, based on the novels she'd read, she expected Lin Churou to marry the handsome He Yunji and achieve instant fame. Both of these goals were still a long way off.
Well...but this is Lin Churou's own fault, it has nothing to do with her!
She should be able to return safely!
Lin Cha took a shower, lay comfortably on the bed, set the alarm, put on an eye mask, and prepared to rest for the final recording tomorrow.
Suddenly, a "ding" sound rang in my ears, followed by the voice of the AI that I hadn't seen in a long time -
"You haven't been back for two months. You should have been disliked by everyone and kicked out of the entertainment industry... Holy shit! How come you're still living in such a nice house?"
As soon as the system returned to this world, it came looking for Lin Cha. What it saw was Lin Cha lying comfortably on the soft bed on the large flat, almost falling asleep.
"Is there something wrong!!!" the system roared.
Lin Cha heard the familiar voice and scrambled to his feet. "You're back!"
She looked around, but saw no one. Then she remembered that the system only had sound, not substance. So she put on the blindfold and continued to lie in bed, communicating with the system in her mind. "The plot is indeed a bit crooked, but I feel you can handle it!"
system:
It's so broken, not to mention him, even the author's mother can't handle it!
The entire system's data was in disarray, and I hurriedly opened the records to check the previous situation.
Seeing Lin Cha receive the Blue Wind Bell spokesperson resources, the system frowned, something was wrong... but it was still within range!
Seeing Chen Zui come to find Lin Cha and become the male lead in the movie that Lin Cha starred in... It's nothing, this is something he and the previous host had already thought of! Chen Zui's joining is not enough to change the plot!
When I saw Lu Yanyan and He Yunji getting engaged... well, well, well... this is also the plot of the novel...
but!!!
Wasn't the original plot about He Yunji realizing that Lin Churou was his true love, giving up the engagement and leaving the engagement party with Lin Churou in his arms? How did it become him jumping into the water to save Lu Yanyan now?
No! It's totally wrong!
How could He Yunji possibly like Lu Yanyan! His true love should be Lin Churou!
Before the engagement, He Yunji and Lin Churou should have had some interactions, and there should have been signs of an ambiguous relationship between the two... But according to the records, the hero and heroine met for the first time at the engagement party. How could this be possible?
The system took a closer look. Lin Churou could have had a chance encounter with He Yunji, but during the Blue Wind Bell incident, she used Fu Xinghan to discredit Lin Cha, leading to Lin Zhaoyi grounding her... As a result, she lost the chance to meet He Yunji later and develop a relationship, and they only met at the engagement party!
system:
how so!!!
Lin Cha said cautiously, "The plot has gone astray, it has nothing to do with me."
She thought about it carefully. She had never done anything against Lin Churou. The only thing was that Lin Churou deliberately dragged Lu Yanyan into trouble at the engagement party. She spoke up for Lu Yanyan. After that, she and Lin Churou had no more interactions.
"How can it have nothing to do with you?" the system's voice trembled with anger. "You didn't do anything, but the people around you did!"
"Ah," Lin Cha scratched her hair in confusion, "But haven't you already made it so that everyone hates me? How could anyone help me?"
The system paused.
Oh, right, didn't the previous host already make Lin Cha disliked by everyone? How could he have made a comeback? Lin Cha only had a melon-eating system in his hands, how could he have gone from being disliked by everyone to being where he is now?
The system immediately checked the parameters and found that the melon-eating position switch that he had accidentally turned on was on the melon-eating system list.
system:
No... this function is not to allow the person to be read. It's good enough that Lin Cha didn't get scolded to death by turning on this function. Surprisingly... he is getting better and better.
The system was shocked, the system didn't understand, the system felt that its entire life had been turned upside down.
He quickly told Lin Cha about the melon-eating position.
Lin Cha was even more confused, his head was about to explode.
"You mean, you accidentally turned on the "meat eater" switch, so that my voice can be heard."
"Yes!" the system was distressed. "Theoretically, shouldn't you be even more disliked? How can you turn the tables on others? How does that work..."
Lin Cha gritted his teeth.
This stupid system still has the nerve to think here, and actually turned on some bullshit switch. Now Lin Cha just wants to kill him!
Lin Cha thought so, but unfortunately the other party could only make sounds, and Lin Cha couldn't touch him at all.
But after having the thought of "destroying the other party", suddenly, the system appeared in front of him - in the form of a ball of light.
system:
Lin Tea:
The next moment——
“Ahhhhhh!”
"Let me go! I'm the system! How could you do this to me?"
"Ahhh! I'm not a ball! Don't hit me! No, help me!"
"Ahhh! I was really wrong! Auntie, I was really wrong!!"
"Aunt, please forgive me! Help me! Wuuuuuuu... I really know I was wrong!!!"
…
Ten minutes later.
The system was still a ball of light, but with a bandage on its head, and an emoji-like expression with a sad face, it looked at Lin Cha in horror.
"Don't, don't hit me...it really hurts! Let's, let's have a good talk!"
It was also the first time that Lin Cha knew that this strange life form actually had expressions and could even get hurt.
One man sat on the bed, temporarily putting an end to hostility.
"Internal strife is pointless!" the system's voice trembled. "The key now is to continue the storyline! Help Lin Churou achieve both instant fame and a happy ending. That way, I can complete the mission, and you can return safely!"
"Oh..." Lin Cha stretched out the last syllable, controlling the rhythm of the conversation. "This is your business. Don't bring me into this."
"Don't you want to go back?" The system widened its eyes.
"It's okay," Lin Cha said deliberately. "Don't think I don't know. You used 'going back' to lure me into working for you, but this isn't my responsibility."
system: "……"
It’s over. Why does it feel like this temporary time traveler has become smarter and is no longer easy to fool?
Lin Cha added, "Besides, in this novel, my role is only a temporary villain. Lin Churou's real counterpart is the eldest daughter. What good would it do to ask me for help?"
After thinking about it carefully, the system realized that it was indeed the case.
"Only by dealing with Lu Yanyan can Lin Churou truly succeed!" A small fist emerged from the system's small light ball and clenched it tightly.
"But," Lin Cha rested her chin on her hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is a heroine who needs external support to succeed really a heroine?"
The system was stunned and speechless.
“Shouldn’t the heroine work hard and overcome difficulties?” Lin Cha has played many heroines, and in her understanding, a heroine should be like this.
"Lin Churou worked really hard in the past!" The system composed its words, trying to praise the heroine of this world. "She almost succeeded! And it's all your fault!"
"Her past success was also due to the hard work of your former host to support her," Lin Cha added.
system: "……"
The system was completely bewildered. He didn't know what to say. He was just a small ball of light, unable to comprehend all this. He simply followed whatever missions were assigned to him. When Lin Cha asked this, the system looked bewildered, and the entire ball panicked.
Lin Cha watched the ball of light bobbing up and down, its expression flustered and quite amusing. She reached out and rubbed the ball of light, smiling broadly, "I was just saying it casually! Don't overthink it! Just do what you need to do!"
As for whether Lin Churou can succeed, Lin Cha doesn't care. In her opinion, not all the protagonists of stories will succeed. Isn't there a genre called be in the world?
*
The next day, Lin Cha came to Qingchuan Village.
The last recording had a beginning and an end.
As soon as he entered the leisure courtyard, Lin Cha felt a strange atmosphere.
Unlike in the past, Jiang Mingkai and Zhou Zexu did not greet her in the courtyard, and Chen Xianzhi and Liu Mingqian did not invite her to come over for tea as enthusiastically as before. Everyone showed a complicated expression when they saw Lin Cha.
Lin Cha is a professional actor and she is the best at noticing these micro-expressions. But even so, she still did as usual. When she saw Jiang Mingkai's cooking was about to burn, she took the initiative to step forward to help.
"Brother Kai, let me do it."
She put on an apron and took the spatula from Jiang Mingkai skillfully.
Before she even touched the spatula, Jiang Mingkai had already avoided her with disgust, his voice cold, "I can do it myself."
He deliberately avoided Lin Cha and kept a long distance between them.
Lin Cha frowned.
Jiang Mingkai took the wrong medicine
Lin Cha went to find Zhou Zexu again.
Usually at this time, Zhou Zexu would take care of his hair and prepare various teas that could help grow hair.
But as soon as Lin Cha approached him, he avoided Lin Cha's gaze, his eyes full of disgust.
Lin Cha did not continue to test, she already felt something was wrong.
"System! Come out!" She called out to the inanimate object in her head, "What on earth have you done?"
"Hehehe"
A yellow ball of light appeared, and an emoji emoji was beaming with pride. "This is the prop I finally managed to get. It amplifies the influence of the heroine's aura, allowing all the characters in the small world to embody the emotions of the corresponding time in the novel! In the novel, they hate you at this moment!"
"Of course, I'm not doing this to target you! Because during this period of time..."
"He Yunji likes Lin Churou." Lin Cha took over what he wanted to say.
The system was surprised, "How do you know!"
"Because it's useless to embarrass me," Lin Cha said calmly. "The only thing you really want to embed is He Yunji's emotions. Making He Yunji fall in love with Lin Churou is just a tool's power; it can't embed the emotions of a single person."
“Bingo!”
The system snapped its fingers. "As long as He Yunji falls in love with Lin Churou, our story will be back on track! The world won't collapse, and you can complete the mission and return to your world!"
"What if..." Lin Cha narrowed his eyes, a sly look in the corners of his eyes. "Even so, Lin Churou still failed."
system:!!!
"How is that possible! Don't talk nonsense!" The system was so nervous that the whole ball was shaking.
There was a tinkling sound coming from the wind chimes in the courtyard.
Lin Cha looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the door of the courtyard was open. A man and a woman dragged suitcases and walked into the leisure courtyard.
The guests of the eighth episode are Lin Churou and He Yunji.
Lin Cha narrowed his eyes slightly, "You brought these two people here"
"That's not the case!" the system said smugly. "Your show has been very popular recently. I want Lin Churou to become even more famous, so of course I'll have her on your show! And if I bring He Yunji along, we can even foster a relationship!"
Lin Cha smiled, "Are you sure?"
She didn't think that doing so would really be useful. Even if the system was embedded with the emotions of the characters in the novel, this ability would definitely be temporary.
"Indeed, simply embedding emotions and having these two guests is definitely not enough, and the effect only lasts for 24 hours!" the system said seriously. "But, I've awakened He Yunji's storyline, and I've also awakened Lu Yanyan's storyline. When they realize they're fictional characters and reconnect with their past feelings, what choices will they make?"
Lin Cha frowned.
Awakening to the plot in the novel...
She looked at He Yunji. After awakening the entire script, He Yunji would undoubtedly realize how much he loved Lin Churou. Coupled with the effect of emotional embedding, when the two entered the courtyard, he protected Lin Churou the whole time. His deep brown eyes looked at everything coldly, but when he looked at Lin Churou, he was full of affection.
As for Lu Yanyan... in the novel, she was madly in love with He Yunji, but lost to Lin Churou. But now, with the emotional embedding and the blessing of the novel's plot... she will undoubtedly hate Lin Churou and love He Yunji...
Lin Cha sighed, "You are so cruel!"
"Hehehe, shouldn't you be praising me for turning the tide and saving the plot?" the system said smugly. "The supporting actress keeps doing evil, and the hero keeps defending her. If we maintain this emotional state, how can our plot not recover?"
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System: I designed it so cleverly, how could our story not be restored?
Lin Cha: Sorry, I really can’t ^^
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