There's no point shouting at the top of your lungs
The strong light gradually disappeared, and the person got closer and closer. Guan Shanyue could see the person's appearance clearly.
It's like looking in a mirror.
The man's features and eyebrows were almost identical to hers, like twins.
Guan Shanyue panicked a bit, took two steps back, and shouted to boost his courage: "Who are you?"
The other party seemed to be shocked as well, and stopped where he was, asking back, "Who are you?"
Guan Shanyue pondered what the system had said, his mind racing. He took a deep breath and tentatively asked, "Are you Guan Shanyue? The original Guan Shanyue?"
The other person was stunned. "Yes, my original name was Guan Shanyue. Later, something unexpected happened, so I changed my name. Now my name is Song Shixu." The other person paused, the hairs on his body standing on end. He asked in fear, "What do you mean by the original Guan Shanyue?"
Guan Shanyue probably understood the situation. She sighed and explained, "I traveled here from another world. In my world, yours is a novel. We look alike and have the same name. The system chose me to play the storyline, and you are the original heroine of this book."
"Heroine? Time travel? System?" The other person's face was full of confusion. "Are you serious?"
Guan Shanyue helplessly spread her hands. "You may not believe it, but it's just like that. It's ridiculous and hard to understand." She frowned, trying to quickly understand the situation. "The system wants us to swap. What's your current situation? We're sure we're a good match."
Song Shixu stood far away, not approaching her, and seemed hesitant: "Can you tell me about your situation first?"
Not knowing when the system would suddenly attack, Guan Shanyue could only make things short and condense the matter.
Song Shixu was silent for a moment, then firmly expressed his thoughts: "I don't want to exchange."
She smiled and told me everything about her situation. "Actually, I've felt something was wrong for a long time. My family used to be well-off, but then they suddenly went bankrupt, and my parents had an accident. Then I suddenly fainted, and when I woke up, I was in a deserted forest. Someone had gone into the mountains to pick mushrooms, saved me, and brought me home. The girl who brought me home was a teacher at a village school in Xi County. At the beginning, I was trying to escape my life, suppressing myself and shutting myself off. It was she and her students who helped me out."
"At first I just wanted to repay them, but later I really hoped that the children could one day leave the mountains and succeed in life."
"That county is very poor. Many girls have to marry off early if they don't study hard. However, there has been a kind-hearted person who has donated money over the years, so no child in the school has been unable to go to school because of lack of money."
Seeing Guan Shanyue stunned, Song Shixu patted his head and stopped talking: "Sorry, did I miss the point?"
Guan Shanyue shook her head and asked in disbelief, "Is it the Southern Province? The village primary school with the temple near the village?"
Song Shixu nodded blankly: "Yes, how did you know?"
Guan Shanyue suddenly laughed. The world was like a Mosby loop, where cause and effect circulated, guiding everyone to their destiny. She pointed to the tip of her nose and said, "I was the donor. I happened to see news about this county online, and I suddenly decided to go there."
Song Shixu quickly approached Guan Shanyue, his breathing quickening as he grabbed her hand. "So, can you think of a way to prevent us from being swapped back? I might have agreed before, after all, I still have my parents. Now I'm alone, and my child and Zhou Zhou are the whole meaning of my life. I don't want to leave them, nor do I want to return to my old living environment and be heartbroken."
Not knowing how long it would take for the switch to happen, Guan Shanyue pondered, "Previously, it might have been because the relationship between me and Shao Zizhuo, the male protagonist, had deviated beyond the plot's control, leading to the system's confusion and the plot being switched to her. Now, as both of us, the female protagonists, perhaps our combined will can reverse the system's decision?"
Song Shixu was momentarily overwhelmed by information and struggled to comprehend Guan Shanyue's words: "So what do I need to do now?"
Guan Shanyue was about to speak when the cold system voice reappeared. However, it wasn't the familiar voice, more indifferent and ethereal, like an irresistible authority: "Give up resistance, insignificant human. The emotions you rely on for survival are but a pile of loose sand. Under the catalyst of money and looks, they will be easily blown away. Only by operating according to the established plot pattern can we maintain the integrity and order of the world, rather than being swayed by so-called emotions and indecisiveness."
Guan Shanyue held Song Shixu's hand tightly and looked towards the void firmly: "No, you are wrong. Last time, you hoped that my relationship with Shao Zizhuo would run according to the track you had set, but it failed. The plot deviated, but we still got back together."
She held her head high, unwilling to accept her so-called "fate." "Emotions aren't what you say. In many cases, it's precisely because of emotions that humans have the courage to fight fate. I didn't want to accept your arrangements last time, and I don't want to accept them this time either."
Song Shixu stared at her blankly, as if a force surged through his limbs. He was suddenly filled with courage. He shook her hand back and shouted into the void like she had, "I don't want to do that either. I changed my name to my mother's, Shixu, because I wanted to start over. I've finally regained the meaning of life. I don't want a pathetic life with a predetermined trajectory."
The system voice was cold and resolute: "We cannot go against the plot, and we cannot let our emotions get in the way."
"three······"
Guan Shanyue held Song Shixu's hand tightly and closed her eyes to resist the burst of strong light.
"two······"
The huge suction force was pulling, and Guan Shanyue almost couldn't keep his body steady, but his heart was extremely determined. No, he couldn't let the system succeed. For Shao Zizhuo, for Zhenzhen, he had to hold on a little longer, hold on a little longer.
"one······"
In an instant, Guan Shanyue and Song Shixu disappeared together.
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The system's voice gradually faded, like the afterglow of a final struggle after mutual destruction: "The host's will is too strong. The heroine of the original book has developed an extremely strong personal will. The system is unable to compete. It can only perform a body swap. It cannot continue to promote the plot and cannot bind to the host. Beep, beep, beep..."
In the ward.
"Shao Zizhuo, I handed the person over to you, but that's not for you to treat her like this." Yu Yang's face was full of resentment. He looked at the person lying on the hospital bed and questioned Shao Zizhuo with regret.
Shao Zizhuo gently teased the corner of the quilt for the person on the bed and ignored him.
Yu Yang was even angrier. He walked around the bed and rushed to Shao Zizhuo: "If you can't take good care of her, I don't mind her marrying me with Zhenzhen."
Shao Zizhuo raised his eyes and looked at him coldly: "She needs to rest."
Yu Yang felt a sullen breath stuck in his heart, unable to go up or down. He sat on the sofa sulking without saying a word.
"No, no!" The person on the bed suddenly sat up, still in shock, sweat running down his face without him noticing.
The two men came over eagerly.
Shao Zizhuo reached out and wanted to touch her head: "How is Yueyue? Are you feeling unwell?"
The person on the bed shrank back and dodged his hand: "Who are you?"
Shao Zizhuo's hand froze in place. The person on the bed was terrified and uneasy. She looked at him as if she were a stranger. Her face was still the same, and she was still the same person, but for some reason, she didn't feel like Guan Shanyue herself. He asked tentatively, "Yueyue, don't you remember me?"
The person on the bed trembled and dodged.
Yu Yang placed his hands on the shoulders of the person on the bed, turned her around, and asked expectantly, "What about me? Do you still remember me?"
The person on the bed was startled, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and grabbed his hand: "Yu Yang, why are you here? Have you returned to China?"
Yu Yang was stunned. The person before him vaguely resembled the figure from many years ago. An incredibly bold idea slowly emerged in his mind. He didn't dare ask, fearing to disturb her, but he also wanted to know the answer. His mind was in a thousand twists and turns, and in the end, he only said one sentence: "Yes, I'm back."
"Bang!" The sound of porcelain falling to the ground was heard instantly, and hot water splashed out, splashing on Shao Zizhuo's arm. His eyes were bloodshot, but the panic in his heart completely took away his attention from the pain in his arm: "You are not Guan Shanyue, where is she? Where did she go?"
Yu Yang stopped Shao Zizhuo from grabbing Song Shixu's hand and stood in front of her. The joy of regaining what he had lost was almost overflowing, but he tried his best to suppress it. He didn't dare to show his joy. He was afraid that Shao Zizhuo would hurt her: "Mr. Shao, calm down a little and let her talk slowly."
"Guan Shanyue?" Song Shixu suddenly looked up, jumped up from the bed, stepped onto the ground barefoot, walked past Yu Yang, and eagerly wanted to talk to Shao Zizhuo, "Are you Guan Shanyue's lover, the Guan Shanyue who traveled through time?"
Shao Zizhuo's pupils constricted: "What do you mean?"
He didn't dare to think about it too much. Although he knew Guan Shanyue's origin, he never thought that one day Guan Shanyue would disappear from his side and be replaced by another person inexplicably. So what about her? Where would she go?
Song Shixu was still in a daze, completely unaware of the situation. She felt weak and held onto the edge of the bed, almost on the verge of tears. She recounted the key points of what had just happened, and finally emphasized with tears in her eyes: "Go to Xi County, go to Xi County to find her and bring her back. I want to get her back!"
The more Shao Zizhuo listened, the more silent he became. At the end, he suddenly stood up and left.
Song Shixu seemed to have used up all her strength and fell down exhausted. Yu Yang quickly hugged her and carried her to the bed: "You are still weak. You have to trust Shao Zizhuo. He will be able to find you safely..." He suddenly didn't know how to call her, nor did he know how to call the other "her".
Song Shixu smiled weakly: "I changed my name. Now it's Song Shixu." She raised her head and looked at Yu Yang pleadingly, "Please, take me to Xi County. I want to go back. The children are about to take the high school entrance examination. And Guan Shanyue, I want to find her."
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