Chapter 65 [Update 3, 4] Crispy Pork Belly, Shen Yuntang's Favorite...

Shen Zhizhe lowered his head, his whole body shaking violently.

He thought he was playing Shen Yuntang, but he didn't expect that Shen Yuntang was actually playing him.

Shen Yuntang knew that he was lying to her so early on.

His breathing became sluggish, and the thought made him a hundred times more painful.

"You went to that world at a very subtle point. It was after the system asked me if I had become more and more concerned about the fate of the characters in the book." She paused, "You were afraid that I wanted to change their fate, so you came, right?"

"Then you come and explain." Shen Yuntang sat back in the chair, crossed his arms and said, "What is your purpose? Tell me everything."

This question should not be difficult to answer.

She has explained everything very clearly. As long as Shen Zhizhe still has a conscience, he should not hide it from her anymore.

But it seems difficult.

To reveal those thoughts that had been buried for too long was like opening his heart and digging out the seeds that had taken root and rotted inside.

What’s more, he was facing Shen Yuntang.

He wanted to show her his most shameful side, to let her know how he had planned such an elaborate plan against her, just to realize his shameful delusion.

How difficult it is.

Shen Zhizhe could hardly speak.

He would rather die.

She would rather have never been adopted by the Shen family, starved to death or died in an accident, or grown up in poverty and hardship in some corner struggling to survive, than to let Shen Yuntang describe her as a "scheming villain".

…

But he is now.

Shen Zhizhe's heart sank.

He had obviously imagined the worst outcome, that if Shen Yuntang found out that he was planning this, he would never talk to him again, never see him again, regard him as an enemy, and get angry and want to drive him away.

I also thought that in order to seize the opportunity to really get what I wanted, paying such a price was acceptable and he deserved it.

But he never expected that Shen Yuntang had his own lover in this world.

She accepted her husband and took in the life of this world.

This means that there is not much for her to miss in her original world.

This is the greatest punishment for him.

He reaped the fruits of his own action.

After a long time, Shen Zhizhe was able to speak with difficulty.

"You are so likable no matter where you are." He lowered his eyes, not looking at her, but just looking at his gradually whitening knuckles. "I originally planned for you to be like the original owner, to be retaliated by the male protagonist and the male supporting role, to divorce, and to leave the Huo family."

"I want you to have another life, so you know that I am the most protective of you."

“Anyone can hurt you, distrust you, and keep you from living the life you want.”

"I'm the only one who will never reject you."

"I will appear when you are at your most desperate. This time, I will save you."

"I want you to be away from me."

He smiled and said, "But no one will hurt Shen Yuntang."

"I miscalculated."

Shen Yuntang looked at him quietly.

It seemed as if he was not talking about how to arrange his own life, but telling other people's stories.

She rarely looked at Shen Zhizhe so carefully.

He still had Xie Yunting's face. After looking at it for a long time, she had almost forgotten what the original Shen Zhizhe looked like.

The original Shen Zhizhe had indeed become distant and unfamiliar.

Does desire change people? Or is it true that people will be troubled by things they could not get when they were young, as the saying goes?

What on earth is he obsessed with?

Shen Yuntang felt that Shen Zhizhe's feelings could not be attributed entirely to love, or even to secret love. His emotions were very complicated, from childhood deprivation, childhood dependence, later ignorance and self-restraint, to the torture of shame and sense of betrayal, he was repeatedly pulled into what he is now.

She even felt that Shen Zhizhe was worshipping her as a deity.

He didn't want his god to come into contact with other mortals.

He even wanted to recreate a new world for her to maintain her divinity.

But.

She hates a life that is arranged for her, and especially hates people who try to control other people's fate.

She is not the only one being manipulated.

"What about Zhuo Mei?" Shen Yuntang asked him calmly, "Zhuo Mei later appeared in Tschaburg. Is she related to you?"

"I've figured it out now. The perfume exhibit she left in Zhaborg is almost identical to the one of the master in the real world, but there is an additional kind of freesia. I think she is hinting at you."

Shen Zhizhe most often uses freesia.

"Is she in the real world?" Shen Yuntang asked.

After a long time, Shen Zhizhe closed his eyes and nodded.

After hearing his confession, Shen Yuntang finally understood the whole story.

But Shen Zhizhe still lied to her.

He said it was a book he had written.

But Shen Yuntang knew that it was not the world in the book, but another parallel world.

Shen Zhizhe obtained a system that can modify parallel worlds. As if he saw hope of escaping the secular gaze, he decided to modify a story himself to fulfill his long-cherished wish.

From the moment he made the revision, each character was given the "personality" he created.

Huo Yuyan turned into a cool and domineering CEO.

Huo Xihuai became a sinister boss.

Everyone changed their life trajectory and lived according to Shen Zhizhe's ideas.

But sudden changes will always make some people feel something is wrong.

Zhuo Mei is that one.

She had great confidence in her own character and wisdom, and felt it was outrageous that she would marry Shen Anguo.

From this moment on, she realized that she was being controlled by something and would always make the most abnormal choices at critical moments.

This is not right.

This is not her life.

There was no way she would give up her career and be deceived by a fool, there was no way she would ignore her daughter and let her grow up badly, and there was no way she would die of illness.

She was assigned a "fate trajectory" and she couldn't resist.

Zhuo Mei began to record the trajectory of her own destiny.

Because of her awakening, the plot collapsed for the first time.

Shen Zhizhe began to tinker with the plot, trying to set up the causes of the personalities of important characters to prevent them from discovering differences from the details of life and thus awakening.

Until the day Shen Yuntang came into the world.

He began to close the net.

"I understand." Shen Yuntang nodded.

The background of the world was clear, but he still didn't explain how Zhuo Mei entered and exited the two worlds.

Taboo symbolizes secrecy.

The secret is the point.

The confession was finally over and Shen Zhizhe breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his head and looked at her with a complicated and dark look.

Shen Yuntang didn't lose her temper with him. She didn't even have much emotional reaction, as if she felt that this was not the end yet.

"Do you want to go home or stay here and see how the story develops?" he asked.

Shen Yuntang paused.

"I want to see Zhuo Mei." She said confidently.

Shen Zhizhe was silent for a moment.

She is actually not interested in what is happening in that world at the moment?

Doesn’t she... like Huo Yuyan?

Shen Zhizhe looked at her quietly, his heart gradually sinking, and he gradually felt unbearable pain.

He couldn't guess what she was thinking now.

I don't know what she is thinking.

I don't know when she will explode.

But even so.

No matter how deep the gap between them is, Shen Yuntang can never go back to that world.

He will be completely pushed away by Shen Yuntang, but Huo Yuyan will never have the chance to get close to him again.

He stared for a long time before slowly nodding and saying, "Okay."

During the time he was confessing to her, Shen Yuntang did not look back at the screen behind him once.

She really didn't seem to care what happened in that world.

Shen Zhizhe left the enclosed space, and Shen Yuntang continued to sit at the table drinking tea.

Until he came back with another person, Shen Yuntang was still in the same posture as when he left.

Shen Zhizhe has returned to his original appearance, but it seems that he is not much different from Xie Yunting.

He paused, looked behind him, and said, "Go in."

Behind him, an old woman walked in.

She sat opposite Shen Yuntang.

Shen Yuntang stared at her for a long time before saying, "Auntie."

He was indeed the only perfume master she trusted in this world.

She is Zhuo Mei.

Tears gradually welled up in Zhuo Mei's eyes.

"I miss you very much." Shen Yuntang said.

Zhuo Mei nodded slightly, holding a small bag in her hand and placing it on her knees. She seemed to be so overwhelmed by the joy of reunion that she was unable to speak.

Shen Yuntang glanced and saw Shen Zhizhe was still standing at the door with no intention of leaving, as if he wanted to eavesdrop on their conversation.

Maybe he was afraid that she and Zhuo Mei would have a confession.

Shen Yuntang wanted to ask a lot of questions, including how she entered and exited the two worlds, what evidence Shen Zhizhe had, how she could escape his control, whether she could return to her original life trajectory, and what the timeline was like. But as soon as she opened her mouth, Zhuo Mei exhaled and said, "Ms. Shen, don't ask anymore."

She paused.

"It's not easy for anyone to get to where they are now." Zhuo Mei lowered her head. "Everyone has their own reasons and obsessions. After all, this is the real world. It's best not to change the status quo."

Shen Yuntang raised his eyebrows and continued with her words, "Yes."

Shen Zhizhe still looked at them.

Zhuo Mei seemed to be trying to stop her from exploring further, but the more Shen Yuntang listened, the more she wanted to laugh.

Zhuo Mei is really a very interesting lady.

She clearly knew how Shen Yuntang viewed herself, but she deliberately said such resigned words as a form of irony.

Zhuo Mei is a very, very smart person.

Everyone has their own reasons. What reason did Zhuo Mei have to ask Shen Yuntang not to ask questions? It can only be because he was controlled by Shen Zhizhe.

Everyone has their own obsession. Zhuo Mei's obsession is very simple, which is to find her original life back. Who else has an obsession? Shen Zhizhe.

In the real world, it is best not to change the status quo.

What about the parallel world? Is it possible to change?

Zhuo Mei sighed softly, lowered her head, took out a bottle of perfume from her bag, and handed it to her from the table.

"During the time you were gone, I made a lot of perfumes. This one is my favorite. Now I can finally give it to you."

Shen Yuntang took it, tried it, and found the taste was very unique.

She raised her eyes, looked at Zhuo Mei and said, "Thank you, Auntie."

Zhuo Mei sighed again and said, "If you have made it clear, go home early. Zhizhe has been looking over and over the things you gave him these days and he can't bear to put any of them down."

I read it over and over again these days.

This means that Shen Zhizhe has not only been in a parallel world recently, but can also return to the real world.

No wonder he is always so busy that he is nowhere to be seen.

Then he must have a way to go back and forth between the two worlds.

After Shen Zhizhe confessed that he was the mastermind behind the incident, he still tried his best to hide the secret from her, even at the cost of surveillance and threats to Zhuo Mei.

——This must be the method.

Shen Yuntang smiled slightly.

"I understand." She paused, and said word by word with certainty, "I will definitely be back soon."

Zhuo Mei also smiled a little.

She looked at Shen Yuntang admiringly, stood up, and said, "We'll see you at the dinner table next time."

"good."

This means that Zhuo Mei can also return to that world with her.

Zhuo Mei had been in for less than ten minutes, but not a single word was wasted.

Until she left, Shen Zhizhe sat down in front of Shen Yuntang. She was still thinking about every word of Zhuo Mei.

"You saw it?"

Perhaps he had given up and Shen Yuntang did not pursue the matter, so Shen Zhizhe's attitude finally became as calm as before.

"I believe Zhuo Mei didn't die of illness." Shen Zhizhe said, "I didn't harm her."

Shen Yuntang nodded and continued to ask: "If I leave that world, how will the out-of-control plot develop?"

Shen Zhizhe's throat moved and he said, "They will continue along the changed route until the world in the book completely collapses due to the huge changes."

What happens after the collapse?

The collapse of a book implies that the characters will disappear.

But Shen Yuntang knew that what he said was bullshit and the system was also talking nonsense.

That is not a book at all, it is a real world with its own operating logic. When a person's destiny changes, many things will naturally change to match him.

The world will continue to function after accommodating all unexpected events and will not collapse.

Only humans can be tampered with.

Shen Zhizhe pointed to the screen behind him and said, "You can take a look at their future lives."

Shen Yuntang turned his head away.

The screen zoomed in as she watched.

The person who appeared on the screen was Huo Yuyan.

This perspective is very strange, as if it is seen from someone's perspective rather than from a God's perspective.

Shen Yuntang folded his arms and read leisurely.

"I heard that you came to harass my wife before?" Huo Yuyan said. Perhaps because the angle of view was a bit far, the voice was not clear. "You also tried to break into a private house, right? I plan to sue you. Have you figured out how to compensate?"

Wen Yanyan looked at him tremblingly, and after a while she spoke: "I, I didn't mean it..."

Shen Yuntang understood that this was Wen Yanyan's perspective.

It seems that Shen Zhizhe can only observe that world from the perspective of the character he controls.

His range of control is limited.

This further confirms the conjecture that the world is not a book.

Wen Yanyan was quiet for a moment, and suddenly, as if stimulated by something, she said in surprise: "By the way! Mr. Huo! I can tell you a secret! I know a lot of secrets! This world was originally--"

She paused, and suddenly became confused, "What was it originally?" Why couldn't she remember it all of a sudden?

What was she going to say to Huo Yuyan?

As soon as Shen Yuntang saw her expression, he knew that her memory had been modified by Shen Zhizhe. Otherwise, why would she betray secrets in one second and forget the content in the next.

She glanced at Shen Zhizhe, who still had a calm expression and even nodded to her: "Look, this is the precursor to the collapse of the world. The roles are confused."

He said it in a very serious manner.

Shen Yuntang almost laughed.

But she didn't expose it at this moment and continued reading.

Huo Yuyan looked at Wen Yanyan with a very strange expression, as if he was looking at a monster possessed by a demon. "Why don't you tell me?"

Wen Yanyan looked embarrassed.

I was about to blurt it out just now, but why can't I remember it at all now?

Because there was no bargaining chip exchange and no mystification, the outcome of Wen Yanyan's negotiation was not optimistic.

After dealing with her, the perspective on the screen changed.

This view is in a guest room, and all you can see is the bed and quilt.

The door not far away opened and Huo Yuyan walked in.

"I'm here to help you vent your anger, Miss Shen." He sat on the edge of the bed with his back to the screen.

"Hmm." The voice said, "Wen Yanyan won't appear again, right?"

"No."

This perspective is the original owner.

She seemed to be particularly concerned about Wen Yanyan's fate, fearing that she would make a comeback.

"By the way, it will take a few days to finish painting the walls of the master bedroom, so let's stay here for the next few days." Huo Yuyan turned his head and said, "I don't know why these people are so slow."

"Okay, just a few days is nothing." The original owner said, "You care too much about me."

Shen Yuntang couldn't help but sneer.

Shen Zhizhe looked at her: "What's wrong?"

"I think it's funny." She said it flatly without blinking.

Shen Zhizhe pondered for a moment and nodded, "This is what happens when the world collapses. Characters will also be on the verge of collapse and do things that are contrary to common sense."

He looked at Shen Yuntang quietly for a long time before saying, "Don't be sad for him, he is just a character."

He seemed to think that Shen Yuntang was finding it ridiculous that Huo Yuyan couldn't tell the difference between her and the original owner, and Shen Yuntang ignored him.

She really wanted to laugh.

The little dog discovered something at first glance.

She even repaired the wall paint. How could there be any missing wall paint in the place where she lived?

It's obvious that he doesn't want this person to live there, and he has a lot of excuses.

From this perspective, Huo Yuyan's back suddenly became majestic.

He has his smart moments too.

Shen Yuntang is smiling.

The original owner stood up, as if he was going downstairs to eat.

As she went downstairs, the familiar spiral staircase, chandelier, carpet and curtains came into view.

Shen Yuntang lived here for nearly a year.

She knew exactly how many steps there were on the stairs below her feet, how many steps it would take to reach the restaurant, and what color plates Ji Liang would use today.

The one year she spent in that world left her with memories that were even clearer and more vivid than the twenty-two years she spent in the real world.

When Shen Yuntang first arrived in that world, she thought about coming back because she missed home.

But she couldn't clearly say who she was thinking of.

In short, he can’t be the biological father who loves his stepmother, stepsister and family, nor can he be those fake friends who drink tea and check in together.

Perhaps the ones who can be called relatives are Zhuo Mei and Shen Zhizhe.

But now, Zhuo Mei is originally from that parallel world, and Shen Zhizhe has become like this, and is playing a game with her.

Is there any need for her to stay in this world?

Shen Yuntang calmly watched the original owner's vision move forward until Butler Li appeared on the screen.

"Ms. Shen, the flowers are growing well today." He said with a smile, "I have watered them this morning, and the gardener will come to prune them this afternoon. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Let it be. It's not great anyway. It's okay as long as it's tolerable." The original owner looked down on her picky and arrogant appearance.

Butler Li was stunned for a long time before he agreed: "Okay, okay."

It seems that Shen Zhizhe's training of the original owner was not adequate.

However, no one in the world can be her.

Shen Zhizhe saw that she was fascinated.

He turned around and looked at these trivial daily things, feeling slightly confused.

Eating, drinking water, watering flowers, what is there to see on a day like this?

Shen Yuntang should like the scene of spending money like water and living a life of luxury.

Is she still attached to the people in that world?

Why on earth could those empty characters attract her?

This thought was lingering in Shen Zhizhe's heart and was almost becoming his inner demon.

Why, how could this happen, I can’t figure it out.

He stared at the Huo residence on the screen. When he thought about how Shen Yuntang had completely left his world here and had his own family and lover, he felt so painful that his breathing became difficult.

What kind of magic is this place? It can even keep Shen Yuntang.

Why can he be stopped by such an ordinary life when he can't keep it?

Shen Zhizhe's throat tightened, he looked at the screen and whispered, "They are all characters, created things, and they have no nature of their own."

"They can be tampered with, Shen Yuntang. Don't be too attached to them."

Seeing that she was indifferent, Shen Zhizhe tightened his jaw, the back of his hand trembled slightly, and he reached into his coat pocket calmly.

"Don't place too much emotion on them." He slowed down his voice and coaxed, "They are not real. They are just characters that will be completely unrecognizable after a few changes."

Ji Liang on the screen was serving food. Shen Zhizhe glanced at him and whispered, "I can make him cry."

Following his voice, Ji Liang on the screen dropped the tray and burst into tears without any warning.

"You can also make him laugh." Shen Zhizhe said, and Ji Liang stopped crying and burst into laughter.

His hands were clenched in his pockets, and his eyes were fixed on Huo Yuyan who was having a meal.

"I can make him like you."

…

"That's fine. Let him like someone else."

On the screen, Huo Yuyan, who was originally quite a distance away from the original owner and had a strange attitude, suddenly paused, raised his hand, and picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to the original owner.

"Eat more." His face was empty and his voice was numb. "You like this."

"Did you see that?" Shen Zhizhe turned his head. "He can't even tell you apart from the original owner, and he can't follow his own thoughts. He is not a real person."

Shen Yuntang folded his arms and looked at the screen without saying a word to him.

Huo Yuyan was like a fool, or even like he was possessed by a demon. He kept picking up food for the original owner mechanically. The original owner's bowl was piled high with food, but he didn't stop.

His eyes were empty, even confused, but he couldn't stop moving.

Shen Yuntang looked at it for a long time and suddenly smiled.

"Do you know what dish he picked up?" Shen Yuntang asked.

Shen Zhizhe was stunned for a moment.

"It's crispy pork belly." She looked at Shen Zhizhe and said, "It's my favorite."