Chapter 161. Going Home

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

---

Chen You flew back against the wind, dropping feathers along the way, onto trees, the ground, the river, roofs, everywhere. By the time he reached Chang Qin, only a wisp of feathers remained on his head, his entire body had been completely stripped.

That feeling of not wearing any clothes, so embarrassing.

Chen You quickly flew to the bed, grabbed a corner of the quilt with his claws, and hid his entire body inside. He shouted to the man, there’s an earthquake coming! “da da da da!”

Chang Qin lifted the quilt and saw several bruises on black bird’s body. His expression suddenly turned cold and gloomy, “How did this happen?”

It didn’t matter, really. It was just a few rocks hitting him. Chen You frantically repeated, “da da da da!”

Chang Qin’s eyebrows were furrowed, but he only cared about one person and one thing, “Who did it?”

Chen You didn’t say anything, and even if he did, the other person wouldn’t understand.

Chang Qin came over with a laptop and said, “Write it for me.”

Chen You was speechless. When his man becomes stubborn, he can be unreasonable and scary.

Chang Qin pointed his laptop at the black bird, grabbed its two claws, and forced them onto the keyboard, “Type.”

Chen You rolled his eyes and poked the keyboard with his bird claws, typing a line of words: There’s going to be an earthquake.

Chang Qin didn’t care at all, as if it didn’t matter how many people died or who died. To him, the whole world could be destroyed as long as his lover was safe and sound, “I asked you to write who caused the injuries on your body.”

Chen You glared at his man. You’ve been with me for such a long time, how come you haven’t been affected at all? You heartless guy!

Seeing something in the black bird’s eyes, Chang Qin’s cold and terrifying face softened instantly. The corners of his lips curled up and he smiled, “My wife is really smart, and knows I’m heartless.”

He touched the black bird’s little head and said, “I only have you.”

Everyone has a heart, unless you don’t have a heart. Chen You flapped his bare wings, not caring about shame, and kept asking the man what to do, “da da da”

Chang Qin didn’t ask Chen You how he knew about the earthquake. He didn’t care. He just said calmly, “Everyone has their own destiny.”

Those four words were so cruel. Chen You fell down on the man’s arms, and the tuft of bird feathers on his head swayed. He sighed deeply, ai.

Natural disasters are terrible and they take away many lives every time.

Chen You remembers a relatively large earthquake. He was very young that year and could be carried on the old father’s shoulders to play everywhere. It was a carefree age. The earthquake happened at night, and his family, who had long since moved to another city, did not suffer much of a shock. Only the water cup on the coffee table shook and fell to the side, spilling water.

At that time, Chen You got up to urinate, and the old father was with him. When the father and son heard the sound of the water cup falling, they felt the floor under their feet shake before they could recover. It was only for a moment, and then everything was calm.

Some places were very tragic. They were visited directly by the god of death. With a cruel wave of his hand, the houses collapsed instantly. All the people living in them were taken away from the world of the living and thrown into hell in their sleep, and they didn’t know how they died.

The number of casualties in the earthquake was shocking. Chen You’s Jiujiu’s family and ErBo’s family all died.

When his thoughts came back, Chen You felt indescribable. He knew that a disaster was going to happen, but he could do nothing. He suddenly had a feeling that this supernatural area 120 was actually training him, making him watch others die, from being unable to accept it to being numb.

Chang Qin asked Chen You to lie down and applied medicine to the bruises on his body.

Chen You did as he was told, tilting his head to look at the man as if saying, I’ve accidentally become a bald bird. Isn’t that a bit ugly?

“No.” Chang Qin dipped a cotton ball in iodine and smeared it on the bruise on black bird’s body, “It’s very ugly.”

There’s really no need for such honesty. I can accept a white lie. Chen You twitched the bird’s beak. He’d stewed bird meat before, personally stuffing dead birds into buckets of hot water to press them down, removing every feather. So he knew what featherless birds looked like, some were darker, others more fleshy. Either way, they weren’t pretty.

Chang Qin then said, “I got used to it.”

Chen You, who had been forced to become ugly, stretched out one of his claws and scratched the man. Fearing that the other party might get scratched, he didn’t use much force, it was purely a playful move.

Chang Qin noticed a spot on the inside of the black bird’s wing that was bleeding. A murderous look welled up between his brows, and his voice was low and cold, “I told you to stay home, why didn’t you listen?”

Chen You was startled. It was boring.

Chang Qin closed his eyes and held the black bird with one hand, “Hold on.”

Chen You endured the stinging pain from the bleeding wound on his wing. He mentally called the system, “Old 4, everyone in the village saw me. They’re all going to die. Is it an earthquake?”

System said, “Hmm.”

Chen You immediately asked, “When? Tonight? Or tomorrow?”

System said, “I don’t know.”

“…” Chen You asked sadly, “There’s going to be an earthquake. Is there anything I can do?”

System said, “Pray.”

Chen You was angry, “It’s already this time. Can you give me something practical? Pray, pray. You keep saying this to me. Old 4, the situation is very critical now, don’t you know? The data hasn’t been repaired, and my mission progress is unclear. There’s a high possibility that I will die in the earthquake.”

He sobbed, “I remember you told me that I couldn’t fail a mission even once, otherwise I would be taken out of the mission world, all my efforts would be wasted, and I wouldn’t be able to return home, and I would become a wandering ghost.”

The big world contains the small world, and the small world contains the smaller world. No one knows where he will drift to. How can his man find him…

“An earthquake isn’t the end of the world. You won’t necessarily be buried. Besides.” System said, “Nearly two-thirds of the data has been restored. It will be done soon.”

Chen You asked without thinking, “Have all the viruses been cleared?”

System said, “The latest function developed by the superiors has built-in data search and small residual removal. A full scan is in progress and all viruses are being eliminated.”

Chen You listened, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable and suffocated, “I won’t talk to you anymore. Let’s just leave it at that.”

He looked at the man who applied medicine to him and uttered da da twice. What is happening? His eyes were sore and he wanted to cry.

Chang Qin lowered his head to examine the black bird’s body and saw two small wounds. His brows darkened with a terrifying gloom, and a murderous aura emanated from his entire body.

Chen You shuddered, flew into the man’s arms, flapped his wings, and pecked the man’s chest muscles with his beak.

Chang Qin held black bird’s butts and asked, “Where else does it hurt?”

Chen You’s body no longer hurt, only his heart ached, as if an old witch was stabbing him with a long, thin silver needle, and was not going to give him a quick death but was torturing him to death. He tilted his head back, and stared at the man with his small eyes.

Chang Qin raised his eyebrows slightly, bent down, and kissed the blackbird’s beak. His voice was gentle, but his tone was firm and unyielding, “Be good, lie down on the bed. I’m going out for a while and will be back soon.”

Chen You flew towards the door, but the man was quick and had already closed the door, and he almost bumped into it.

Why won’t you let me follow? Chen You kept scratching at the door. Something was on his mind, and he had a constant, uneasy feeling. He didn’t know if it was panic caused by an earthquake or the system’s explanation about eliminating viruses, which made him feel the pain too.

When Chen You couldn’t scratch any longer, he flew onto the table. His two claws were stained with blood. The fingers are connected to the heart, and the claws are the same to the bird, but he was completely unaware of it.

Very annoying!

Chen You sat down, his small eyes fixed on the door, in a daze.

In another garden, in a room, the atmosphere was bleak. Wu Wuwu and Chang Qin remained in a silent standoff until Chang Qin spat out a mouthful of blood. The stench of blood permeated every pore, breaking through the condensed air currents above one by one.

Chang Qin wiped the blood from his lips with a handkerchief, then cleaned his chest. There was a large stain clinging to his woolen coat, and there was no way to clean it off. He frowned, “Give me some clothes.”

Wu Wuwu went to the inner room and came out with a dark coat, “I’ve done my best.”

Without a word, Chang Qin put on his coat and set the blood-stained coat aside. He sat back in his chair, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea, washing away the fishy taste in his mouth before swallowing it.

Wu Wuwu glanced at the coat beside him and asked, “Should I take it out and throw it away for you?”

Chang Qin said, “No need, I’ll wash it later.”

Wu Wuwu was a little surprised.

Chang Qin said casually, “He chose it for me.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Wuwu showed a look of understanding. He was also puzzled. There was blood on the coat, which could not be wiped off by rubbing it casually. Moreover, Chen You, who had transformed into a black bird, recognized that the coat’s owner is his lover, but seeing the blood on it was another matter, and no explanation could easily get him away with it.

In any case, throwing it away is the best solution.

So when he heard Chang Qin say he wanted to wash it himself, he found it hard to understand.

Ultimately, love is something that has both advantages and disadvantages.

Wu Wuwu walked to the door and listened carefully to the sounds outside. After making sure there was no sound, he walked back and whispered, “I can only get you an si5 code from me, and the si0, si1, and si2 codes from a few of my friends. Whether you can get in with these four codes depends on your luck.”

Chang Qin clasped his hands together, interlaced his fingers, and placed them on his abdomen, “Where are the codes for si3 and si4?”

“si3 is out of date and hasn’t been updated yet, and si4 isn’t available.” Wu Wuwu rubbed his brow with his fingertips, “I told you last time that Si Sisi values his bonus like his life. He wouldn’t just sit there and watch it go down the drain.”

There was something Wu Wuwu didn’t say. Chen You is a special existence to both Si Sisi and this person.

He himself used to be a host. After completing the mission and returning to the real world, he was trapped in the mission world day and night, unable to leave. He missed his lover so much that he began to hallucinate, neither human nor ghost. When he got the opportunity, he signed up without hesitation and accepted the system’s work after being reviewed.

After working in that position, Wu Wuwu realized that the probability of cultivating an excellent host was too low.

Some people may seem ordinary, without any shining points, but they inadvertently achieve things that other outstanding people can not, making you look at them with new eyes. You may even look forward to the next time you see that kind of person. The longer you interact with them, the more novel and interesting they become, and you will never feel bored.

For example, Chen You.

After Wu Wuwu finished speaking, the man opposite him did not respond.

With a loud bang, Chang Qin’s fingers tightened, and the teacup in his hand shattered into pieces. Blood dripped from his palm, forming a small pool at his feet.

Wu Wuwu’s expression changed.

He and the man had both overlooked one thing, that is, the higher-ups are carrying out a mass extermination of their entire domain. Having learned from previous lessons, there would be no more accidents this time. The other party can not escape death and will be completely destroyed.

This person is now unable to control himself, his internal structure in disarray, and he will soon be unable to distinguish even those closest to him. If he doesn’t leave quickly, he will most likely be destroyed in front of his closest person.

If that happens, those who survive will experience unforgettable pain.

Even if you can’t remember everything and become mentally disturbed, the scars left behind will not be erased.

After a while, Wu Wuwu said, “Si Sisi won’t do anything to your little cutie for the sake of his bonus. I’ll talk to him at the appropriate time, don’t worry.”

Chang Qin smiled. Reassured? How could he be relieved? He held his forehead with his hand, his face full of gloom.

Even Wu Wuwu, who had experienced many lives, shuddered. Having seen and understood so much, he still felt that this person, which was neither human, nor ghost, nor monster, was exceptionally terrifying.

After all, people have an instinctive fear of the existence of ignorance and unlimited power.

Standing up from his chair, Wu Wuwu walked to the window and reached out to touch a potted plant. It was freezing cold outside, desolate and barren, but the pot was lush and green, full of vitality. Everyone had their own life. He sighed and said, “Say goodbye to Chen You properly.”

Chang Qin turned the ring on his ring finger without saying a word.

Wu Wuwu felt a chill run down his back. Without turning back, he said, “Chen You’s soul imprint is also stored in the main program.”

It is a warning and a reminder.

No one knows how powerful this person is. Maybe he can escape at the last moment, but the main program will definitely be destroyed. The impact on the soul imprint contained in it is immeasurable, and no one dares to take the risk.

The current situation is that you have to choose between your own death or the death of your loved one.

Chang Qin spun the ring around, “There’s going to be an earthquake around 2:00 a.m. tomorrow night. You can leave in the afternoon. There’s a house on XX Road in D City. Please take good care of him for me until he leaves.”

Wu Wuwu’s tense body relaxed, “Okay.”

When Chang Qin returned to the room, the wounds on his palms had all healed, and he looked no different from a normal person. He immediately saw the black bird sitting on the table, including the two bloody bird claws.

Chen You was awakened from his daze by the sound of a door being pushed open. The man had already strode over, his palm wrapped around the injured bird’s claw, “How did this happen?”

Chen You hung his head, pointed toward the door with a bird’s claw. Scratched at it.

Chang Qin saw the scratches on the door and his forehead jumped. He picked up the black bird and held it in front of his eyes, “What’s wrong?”

Chen You sighed and was about to call out da da when he realized the man wasn’t wearing the coat he wore when he went out. He blinked and realized that he was not mistaken. What was going on? Where had he been? Even offered a coat?

Chang Qin remained calm, “My coat is dirty.”

Chen You didn’t suspect anything and rubbed himself in the man’s arms. He felt very uncomfortable without the bird feathers.

Chang Qin stayed in the room with Chen You all day, doing nothing but holding his bandaged claw and thinking.

“You’re 182cm tall, weigh 74kg, have a mole at the corner of your eye, and the tail of your eye is upturned like your mother’s. You also have a cinnabar mole on each wrist, is that correct?”

Chen You lay on the man’s lap, his head resting on his head. Yeah, why did you suddenly bring this up? “Da da da da da da?”

Chang Qin touched the tuft of black bird feathers on his head, his fingertips weaving through them, caressing them absentmindedly, and repeated the question, “What school do you attend?”

Chen You rolled over, belly up, facing the man, squinting his eyes as he probed something. He flew up and poked at the computer.

Chang Qin glanced at the computer screen. A line of text appeared on it: Tune this! I attend a junior college called xxx Technical College. My major is Tourism Management. I live in xx Community, Unit 1, Building 30, House 601. Is there anything else you want to ask?

After taking in the important information and noting it down word by word, Chang Qin lifted the black bird away from the keyboard and said with a smile, “Turn into a human quickly. I want to make love with you.”

Chen You, “…”

Around eleven o’clock in the evening, Chen You woke up from another nap, groggy and realizing the man wasn’t in bed. He flew up, wandered around the room, and out the window, spotting a tall figure in a pavilion not far away.

Before he even flew over, Chen You’s eyes were stung by the smell of cigarette smoke. He flew into the pavilion, calling out da da.

Chang Qin put out his cigarette and asked, “Why are you coming out instead of sleeping in the room?”

Chen You rolled his eyes, ai Gege, shouldn’t I be the one asking you this? Late at night, you weren’t staying in bed, but were out smoking. The cigarette smell was so strong.

Chang Qin opened his arms, his eyes full of tenderness, “Hairless myna, come into your master’s arms.”

“……”

If Chen You were human, he would have pounced on the man and pressed him down to make a scene. Unfortunately, he couldn’t control his transformations. A gust of wind passed by him, and he shook his bald head before rushing into the man’s arms.

Chang Qin sat in the pavilion, holding the black bird, “Do you see the moon in the sky?”

Chen You was dazed. He saw it, a big round pancake. Add some green onions and wrap it in ham. It would be even more delicious.

Chang Qin touched the black bird’s back and said, “I’ll sing a song for you.”

Chen You’s eyes widened, and he couldn’t understand. Honey, earthquakes can happen at any time. This place is very close to the village and is really unsafe. Why are you still so leisurely?

Chang Qin was in high spirits. He sang 《Tomorrow Will Be Better》 which Chen You had been singing for the others, and suddenly felt inspired.

Chen You’s soul was baptized, and he was no longer sleepy. He followed the man’s rhythm and shouted da da.

A man and a bird were in the pavilion, under the moonlight, silently showing their love, regardless of the cold wind, the surrounding flowers and trees, and the goldfish in the pond looking for a sense of existence.

The next morning, Chen You was favored by the Almighty Lord. After consuming his man’s saliva, he quickly became a handsome man again. He had just gotten out of bed, and before his feet could even reach his slippers, a large hand pulled him back in.

It wasn’t until around three in the afternoon that the work was done.

Chen You lay back on the bed, yawning profusely. He was exhausted, forcing himself to keep his eyes open. First, his sixth sense told him an earthquake was coming, and second, the man had carried him to the shower and had come out right after. This was very strange, normally, he would have stayed there for several hours.

“Where are you going?”

Chang Qin buttoned his coat and said, “Going to do something.”

Hearing what the man said, Chen You suddenly sat up from the bed. His body stiffened violently. Aiyo! Crap, my waist is broken.

Chang Qin frowned, walked over and pushed the person onto the bed, “Lie back down.”

I won’t lie down. This time Chen You refused to cooperate. He pulled the man’s sleeve and said, “Take me with you. I want to go with you.”

Chang Qin pulled the quilt back and pressed his lips against the young man’s neck, pressing them firmly. His mouth was filled with the taste of blood, sweet and warm.

Chen You’s body tensed in pain, gasping for air. He gripped the man’s hair tightly, “Gently, gently! Are you trying to kill me?”

Chang Qin stepped back, pressing his thumb against the latest mark on the young man’s neck.

The man didn’t say anything. Chen You glanced at him, and then again. He hugged the man’s waist tightly and said, “My waist hurts. Can you rub it for me?”

Chang Qin rubbed him and said, “Have a good sleep later.”

Chen You said, “You sleep with me.”

“Don’t make trouble.” Chang Qin scratched the tip of Chen You’s nose and said helplessly, “Wife, I really have to leave.”

As he spoke, he pushed the person in his arms out.

Holding the man’s big hand, Chen You was about to cry. He used his mobile phone to search the Internet, but there was no news about an earthquake happening in the near future and the relocation of certain places. This meant that it could not be detected. The residents nearby would suffer, and it was not known how large the scope of the impact would be.

“Do you really have to go now? An earthquake is going to happen soon. It’s so unsafe to run outside. Can’t you just wait until the earthquake is over?”

Although everyone has their own destiny, he couldn’t remain indifferent.

“It’s urgent and I must go.” Chang Qin kissed the young man on the lips and whispered in his ear with a smile, “Don’t be afraid, baby. I said I would go with you.”

Chen You glared, “Come back!”

Chang Qin’s back froze. When he turned around, he looked a little helpless, with a doting look in his eyes. He went back and kissed the young man again, “Be good.”

Not sure what’s wrong, but Chen You just doesn’t want to behave today, “I beg you, if you have anything to do, wait a couple of days. Don’t go out.”

Chang Qin was silent for a few moments, “It won’t do.”

Chen You’s eyebrows knitted together, “Why not? If you leave, you are not allowed to touch me for a month.”

Chang Qin stared at the young man and laughed, “One month, okay.”

Chen You, “…”

WTF! Is this still his man? He actually promised not to have sex with him for a month. This is more incredible than gold falling from the sky.

Chen You pulled the man’s face. It was real, not fake. It seems like there’s something important that needs to be done, “When will you be back?”

Chang Qin said, “Not certain but I won’t keep you waiting too long.”

Chen You listened, feeling a little strange. How long could the wait be? Isn’t it just going out to do something? He squeezed the man’s fingers and said, “Try to come back asap.”

Chang Qin said okay, then turned and walked out of the room. The moment he closed the door behind him, his face was covered with a layer of haze, all gathered in the depths of his eyes.

More than half an hour later, Wu Wuwu appeared and asked Chen You to follow him.

Chen You was naked, his hair was messy, and his mind was even more confused. He said, “I won’t leave until Chang Qin comes back.”

Wu Wuwu said, “We are going to Chang Qin’s residence in City D.”

Chen You didn’t get the answer he wanted. He was about to wave away Wu Wuwu’s outstretched hand when a mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind, “Ding, all data has been restored, your mission has been completed, and the countdown to leaving is twenty hours.”

The mission was indeed completed, but Chen You was far from happy, “Old 4, Mr. Wu wants to take me away, but I don’t know where Chang Qin went.”

System said, “Your mission has been completed. There is no need to care about other people’s affairs.”

Damn it, is this caring about other people’s business? He’s my man. Chen You didn’t feel like arguing with the system, “Can you help me check Chang Qin’s location?” He called Chang Qin, but the number was out of service, completely disconnected.

System said, “I’m powerless to do anything about this.”

Chen You’s head hurt so much, and he asked without thinking, “Is all the virus cleared?”

System replied, “It has been completely eliminated.”

Chen You started crying. He wiped his face and sat there in a daze. He felt strange. He just suspected that there was a conflict between Chang Qin and the system, but it had not been confirmed. Why did he cry uncontrollably when he heard the system say that?

I have gone insane.

It’s just removing a virus, why am I so heart-broken? I’m almost dying from grief. Chen You covered his face with his hands, tears streaming down his face. His crying habit had long since vanished. What the hell is this?

Wu Wuwu saw this, with a flash of astonishment in his eyes. Chang Qin, if you saw this scene, you would be very happy. Even if your little cutie didn’t know your identity, he is sad because of some invisible bond.

The car drove out of the gate. Wu Wuwu in the back seat lowered the window, looked back, and said his final goodbye to the place where he had lived for more than ten years. He and his lover held hands. Anywhere is fine, as long as you are there.

Everyone has his or her own destiny. But they are not considered human beings. They know when natural disasters will occur, they will not be hurt by it. They are immortal, naturally, they will not be trapped by it.

They arrived at City D at around seven in the evening. Chen You, who loved snacks the most, didn’t eat anything. He lay on the bed in a daze. There was still no news from Chang Qin. He comforted himself that as long as the golden man is there, nothing should happen.

To hear Mr. Wu says that this house belonged to Chang Qin, Chen You was uncertain. He looked around and found that the furnishings were very familiar. Wasn’t this the bedroom where Chang Qin lived when he met him in the first world?

At that time, Chen You and Chang Qin, also known as Big shot Qin, were having sex for the first time in the house. It was a stormy night with thunder. The other party had psychological trauma, so he took advantage of the opportunity.

Chen You’s memory was a mess, a mass of clumps, without any marks, and he couldn’t match them up. He just recalled the previous worlds in a chaotic manner.

The timeline of the mission world is different from the real world. Otherwise, when he completes all the missions and returns, he will be gone, his father will be gone, and the Earth might even be gone.

At around two o’clock in the morning, the God of death does not sleep and comes out to reap lives. No matter whether they are men or women, young or old, good or evil, they will all be taken away, even a baby who has only been born for a few days will not be spared.

Chen You was taking a shower in the bathroom. His stomach was empty and he felt dizzy. He only felt his body shaking.

As he came out, Chen You’s body suddenly stopped. He hurriedly put on his clothes and pants, dragging his slippers along, and ran out, nearly stumbling and falling.

The lights in the living room were on. Wu Wuwu was playing chess with his lover. He glanced at the young man who had just emerged and asked, “What’s going on?”

Chen You’s chest was heaving violently, his hair was dripping with water, his face was pale, and so were his lips. There was an earthquake, there was an earthquake just now, and he didn’t know how many homes were lost. His stomach shook and churned, and he started vomiting as soon as he ran outside.

Wu Wuwu asked the butler standing beside him to pour some water. He handed it to the young man and said, “Have a sip.”

Chen You took the cup and took two sips, then said in horror, “Mr. Wu, there’s an earthquake.”

Wu Wuwu’s voice was calm, “Well, it should be.”

Chen You’s eyelids twitched and his gaze swept across the man in the long gown in front of him, then looked at the butler and the man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes sitting on the chair. They had one thing in common, they were all equally indifferent.

It seems that after seeing so much birth, old age, sickness and death, nothing can cause any fluctuations at all.

Chen You felt bitter in his mouth. He didn’t ask anything and went back to his room with his head down. Everyone was acting weird, except him being the only one panicking. They looked at him as if they were looking at a child who didn’t understand the world.

Wu Wuwu sat back down and continued playing chess with his lover. Holding a white piece, he said to the butler, “Go to bed.”

The butler took his leave.

Chen You rubbed his face, don’t sleep, don’t sleep, don’t sleep at all. You have to stay awake and wait for Chang Qin’s call. However, after an unknown amount of time, he fell asleep. His soul seemed to have floated out of his body, but it also seemed to be gone. His state was very strange and had never happened before.

There was a voice, and more than one.

“You used the rules to drive that person crazy and almost killed him.”

“He is mine, I won’t harm him.”

“Not admitting? Then you deceived him and tried to use that declaration to anger that person, causing internal chaos within it, giving the higher up an opportunity to exterminate it.”

“I didn’t force him.”

“The declaration must be voluntary. It’s not that you didn’t force him, but you knew you can’t force him.”

“I chose him, nurtured him, valued him, and made exceptions for him time and again. I won’t allow anyone to ruin the work I’m most satisfied with.”

“Don’t forget, you signed a life and death agreement. You must treat every host equally. There can be no exceptions.”

“Not very good now, everything is back on track and everyone is happy.”

“That person has been shattered. Let him go home.”

“There are still two tasks left.”

“According to the data recorded by the main program, he has already completed ten missions. Why would you force him to stay by your side just for your own selfish reasons?”

Chen You was drowsy. Who is talking? It’s so noisy. Get out of here. All of you, get the hell out of here for LaoZi. Chang Qin, please drive them away. It’s too annoying. I don’t want to hear those noises.

He suddenly opened his eyes and shouted, “Chang Qin——”

The phone was still in his fingers, sticky and stained with sweat. Chen You’s dilated pupils gradually came into focus. He looked around. He was the only one in the room, no one else. Where did those sounds come from?

To hell with it.

Chen You tapped his temple. Yeah right, what was that conversation? Why couldn’t he remember it at all? His head was splitting.

Sitting at the head of the bed, he covered his face with his hands, feeling very sad. The countdown was getting shorter and shorter. Maybe if he closed his eyes again, he would be gone. And Chang Qin? Why hadn’t he come back yet? Did something happen to him?

Chen You lay down. The only people who had accompanied him in many worlds, besides Chang Qin, were the system. He could only look for him.

System was offline, and only automatic replies were available.

Chen You prayed, hoping the disaster would pass quickly and everything would be fine.

The earthquake in the early morning had a terrible impact on Y City. The number of casualties is still being counted. The country has also taken timely rescue measures and is racing against time to save as many people as possible.

Chen You grabbed his phone and called Chang Qin every once in a while, and checked the news. He was afraid of seeing a familiar name on the death list, but he was also annoyed that there was no news.

System really didn’t leave him much time.

Wu Wuwu came over to Chen You and handed him a box, “This is for you.”

Chen You opened the box and saw what was inside. It was a silver ring, one of a pair, the other of which was wrapped around his finger. His throat rolled and he made a sound with difficulty.

“What do you mean? Mr. Wu, is Chang Qin, he…”

Wu Wuwu patted Chen You’s shoulder and said, “He gave me this ring before he left yesterday and asked me to give it to you.”

Chen You didn’t care about the ring. He repeated what he had just asked, almost pleadingly, his eyes red, “Mr. Wu, please don’t hide it from me.”

Wu Wuwu shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”

Before the destruction, that person broke through numerous obstacles, forcibly entered the program network, and modified the young man’s task progress, erasing eight and changing it to ten. On the one hand, it was to allow the young man to return home smoothly after the end of this world, and on the other hand it was out of a terrifying possessiveness.

Because once that person is destroyed, if the young man wants to complete another mission in the future, the target will be someone else, and the other party will never tolerate anyone other than himself touching him.

Besides, that person would not let the young man have any contact with Si Sisi again.

What is to be done will be done, and no one can stop it.

Wu Wuwu felt that the man was so madly in love with the young man in front of him that he wouldn’t give up easily, so he simply replied that he didn’t know.

Love is the most profound word, one no one can fathom.

Chen You didn’t wait for response, and his favorability towards the handsome man in the long gown plummeted. Wu Wuwu found it rather amusing.

Si Sisi had always believed that emotions were superfluous and useless, and that most of his hosts were sentimental. He finally found someone who was different, and in the end, he still developed feelings for his target.

Humans are not plants or trees. No matter how many rules there are, it is impossible to control a person’s heartbeat.

Therefore, someone who is contemptuous of love, can understand my…

Erasing the last word and there was no swear word, Wu Wuwu patted Chen You’s shoulder and said with the tone of someone who had experienced it, “Be strong, look forward and move forward, you will get better and better.”

Unexpectedly, Chen You was fed a bowl of chicken soup by this man for the second time. This time, he didn’t drink it. Good or bad, he won’t know until he leaves. He’s still waiting for his man.

As soon as the door was closed, Chen You put the ring on the ring finger of his left hand, but then took it off after thinking about it, letting the other person stay with his fellow buddy. Two rings, one big and one small, on the same finger, to be honest, were a bit heavy.

But who can make him reluctant to leave it behind?

I didn’t manage to see the person, but I saw the ring that the other party valued very much. What is this? Chen You scratched his head, cursing at the air, feeling like he had gone crazy. One moment he was in pain, his face full of tears, and the next moment he was comforting himself, and succeeded in it, laughing like an idiot.

Mr. Wu was a quiet man, and Chen You couldn’t tell anything from his face. Besides him, it was even more impossible for anyone else here to tell.

Don’t know what the situation is with Chang Qin, he didn’t even inform him.

Chen You was suddenly stunned. Yesterday at that time, Chang Qin informed him saying he was leaving…

Fuck, I’m about to cry again.

Chen You rubbed his eyelids and slapped himself in the face. What are you crying about? Your man is not dead. It’s okay, it’s okay. There’s a big golden man. Nothing will happen.

The countdown time was rapidly decreasing. Chen You paced back and forth in the room anxiously. He bit his finger, and the wound scabbed over and bled again. Chang Qin, if you dare to break your promise, I will never forgive you.

When the ten-minute countdown hit, all ten of Chen You’s fingers were bloody, a horrible sight. He was tired of gnawing, his mind blank. He searched the system in his mind and begged desperately, “I’m leaving soon. Can you please let me take the ring with me?”

System was still offline.

“Chang Qin is missing, and you’re missing too. Damn it, you’re both making me worry.”

Chen You sat on the floor, his head resting on his hands. There was only one minute left on the countdown, he was about to leave. Would Chang Qin still exist in the next world?

Yes, Chang Qin said that he would go with him.

With eight seconds left on the countdown, a line of words suddenly appeared in the void: Congratulations to Host 11110000 for completing all tasks with quality standards. You will be granted the opportunity for rebirth mentioned in the agreement. With three seconds left on the countdown, you will return to your original world. I wish you and your family happiness, good health, and a happy and fulfilling life. Goodbye.

Before he could react, Chen You suddenly lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, he was in an internet cafe, with two silver rings lying on the table.

---

TN:- This arc is over. And the next update will be after 2 weeks as I need some time to prepare for the next arc. 

---

---

---

Chapter 160. Thank You For Liking Me

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

---

As the car hit the highway, Chen You felt something was off about the man driving next to him, but he couldn’t quite place what it was. He had a habit of getting his legs shaking more and more when he couldn’t figure something out and became more anxious.

This is a very bad habit.

Chen You’s legs were shaking. He pulled out his phone and opened the Express News, hoping it would distract him.

The categories in the Express were all in the front row. Chen You’s first priority was to check the local news. With the Lunar New Year approaching, there has been an increase in robberies. Some were marking locations, figuring out the homeowner’s movements, and waiting for the right moment to break into the house and rob.

What’s frightening now is that it’s not just women traveling alone who are unsafe, men are also becoming victims.

Chen You looked at a news report. It said that at around 11:00 last night, a vicious gang attack occurred on xxx Road. A man in his early thirties was forcibly dragged away by several men ten meters outside the residential complex.

Fortunately, no tragedy happened. A man in his twenties rushed up and wrestled with those people, making a lot of noise. Passersby heard the screams and immediately called the police.

Police lights can cause some effect on the other party, so stop publishing it. This happens all the time. Publishing it without blurring them properly. People who are familiar with them can still recognize them.

Chen You immediately recognized the victim as the cowardly, tearful DaShu Qi Rui, and the brave young man who stepped forward to help was Zhang Zhi.

There’s another photo later, showing Zhang Zhi, who has the cutest height difference, putting his jacket on Qi Rui. They’re clearly just colleagues, and they’re not doing anything else, but there’s a warm and ambiguous feeling that’s sure to make fujoshi scream and slap their faces.

Who did this? This scheme looks familiar.

Chen You thought of a possibility. He clicked his tongue. Tsk-tsk, to facilitate Gong, teenager Cheng Mingtian is online, the throne of the mentally retarded person is about to be handed over.

Chang Qin turned the steering wheel, “What are you looking at? Why are you so happy?”

Chen You briefly described the news to the man, “Luckily, Zhang Zhi was there, otherwise Qi Rui would be in dire straits.”

Chang Qin asked, “Who are those?”

Chen You rolled his eyes. This person truly didn’t care about other people or things at all. He’d just mentioned it before bed last night, and the other person had completely forgotten it, “Unimportant people.”

Chang Qin said, “Then don’t worry about it.”

Classmate Chen You, who has been devoted to gossip for billions of years, said, “Oh.”

After reading the express news for a while, his legs stopped shaking, his head stopped hurting, and he was no longer groggy. Now he was as quiet as a chicken and wanted to sleep.

Just as Chen You’s eyelids were about to kiss, a mechanical sound, ding, suddenly rang in his mind. He shuddered as if he had been electrocuted, and instantly woke up. He asked the system in his mind, “What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”

System said, “The data has been partially restored and your help is needed.”

Chen You was shocked, “You need my help? No way! You’re already in such a bad state? I’m a mentally retarded person, aren’t you afraid of getting infected?”

System,”……”

Chen You stopped teasing him and said, “Tell me, how can I help?”

System said, “Read it aloud as it says, and then stamp it with a soul seal.”

Just as Chen You was about to ask what the soul seal was, what was it like to split the soul and then stamp it? A passage of text appeared in his mind, the content of which was a form of declaration.

【I am Chen You. My only goal is to return home. I will never develop feelings for anyone in the mission world. Everything is just an act, just to complete the mission. 】

System urged, “Hurry up.”

After reading the last sentence, Chen You felt terrible. He felt like a little wife being forced to betray her husband, “I won’t read it!”

System said, “Don’t want to go home?”

Chen You said, “I want to go home, but I don’t wish for this trick.”

He was very annoyed, “Besides, what does my reading this have to do with data repair?”

System said there is, “Every host must sign a copy, and the accumulated belief value will be recorded in the data network to be used to defeat the virus.”

Chen You chuckled, “Bullshit! Do you really think I’m retarded? Old 4, I don’t care what you’re up to or what trap you’re setting for me. Let me tell you this, unless you bring the other hosts to me and I can personally confirm it, I won’t believe it.”

System replied, “It’s just a declaration and a stamp. Your man doesn’t know about it, so why are you so agitated and have such a big reaction?”

Chen You said, “You’re just a machine, a system that issues tasks, what do you understand? If I do this, it is a betrayal. My man doesn’t know, but I do, and I will not forgive myself.”

System, “Heh.”

Chen You also chuckled, “What’s so funny? Let’s not talk about this anymore!”

System went invisible and came out again, “Chen You.”

Chen You was stunned. This seemed to be the first time in his memory that the system called his full name. During the initial communication, it called him Mr. Chen. Later, it either omitted it directly or called him an idiot or mentally retarded.

He calmed down and asked, “What is it?”

System said, “I am disappointed in you.”

Chen You didn’t know what to say. He had come all the way here, through wind, rain and snow. The first few worlds were full of bumps and bruises, but the two most recent worlds were relatively easier. No matter what, the mission was successfully completed, wasn’t it?

Hell with disappointment! Even using the tone of an old father talking to his unfilial son.

System said, “I told you before that many hosts are emotionally involved and mistakenly regard the mission world as the real world. You are no different from them now.”

Okay, I know what you are going to say. Chen You was very annoyed. He was silent for a while and said, “Old 4, I don’t want to do it either, but I fell in love. What can I do?”

System said, “It’s that I expect too much from you.”

“I valued you and cultivated you, thinking you would become the best host. I never expected that you would choose to evade the belief that other hosts could achieve it.”

Chen You felt a little sad and aggrieved. What was going on? This topic was so serious, and that declaration was even more disgusting, and even trying to provoke Laozi. Something flashed through his mind, and he cursed, “Fuck, you’re not trying to mess with my man, are you? Old 4, what the hell is that bullshit declaration?”

System simply said, “Pray.”

Chen You hurriedly said, “Hey, don’t go, Old 4, come back, damn it, explain yourself clearly!”

System went offline and prompts that it is busy.

Chen You was furious. He scratched his face and turned to look at his man. Did he really not know about that declaration? He felt that in that brief moment just now, he had stood before the gate of life and death and chosen life.

The atmosphere in the car was very strange, as if a boiler had been turned upside down and a bunch of fireballs had fallen in. He was caught off guard and buried by the fireballs, his whole body was burning and crackling.

It’s hot, so hot.

Chen You took a breath, still feeling stuffy. The man was clearly driving with his eyes fixed straight ahead and an expressionless face, but he felt as if someone was looking at him, messing with him, trying to fuck him to death.

There was a rest stop not far ahead. Chang Qin drove the car in and parked in a relatively secluded location, “Get out and go to the back.”

Chen You was confused, “Huh?”

Chang Qin took off his seat belt, opened the car door and went to the other side, pulled the young man out of the car, pushed him into the back seat, bent down and carried him in, and then closed the car door.

The space in the back seat was much larger, with ample room for hands and feet, making it suitable for playing cards, eating, and having sex.

Chen You felt dizzy. He grabbed the man’s short hair with his hands and dug his fingertips into it, “Isn’t it just this morning…”

His words were swallowed by the man’s hot breath.

Chang Qin did not answer, but held the back of Chen You’s head with one hand and pressed it against his lips, passionately and madly, using his actions to respond with I want you, and I want you right here right now.

Chen You has seen a lot, but he is still a child in front of his man. Once the other party gets serious, he can’t stand it at all, and he has to rely on the hoarse voice in his ears to control his brain.

Despite this remote location, people still pass by, smoking and relaxing, but no one leans over the car window to look. Even if they did, they wouldn’t see anything and wouldn’t know the two men inside were in the middle of exchanging blows.

The thin one was knocked down, his hair was grabbed by a big hand with distinct joints, his neck tilted back, and he kept making sounds of begging for mercy. The strong and tall one was on top, his muscles stretched, full of powerful strength. He raised his half-closed eyes slightly, and there was something golden in them that flashed by at a terrifying speed, and then it seemed like there was nothing there.

It is unknown how long it took, but the battle in the car stopped. The two people who had fought to the death finished their fight, looked at each other, and there was smoke in the air.

Chen You was dying from the fight.

What happened anyway? It was like the other party suddenly took stimulants. When the man did it to him, it was very scary, as if he wanted to take his soul out of this body.

Not only that, but he was laughing the whole time. Just think about it, your man is having sex with you while laughing, isn’t that creepy? Anyway, Chen You was scared, so he hugged his man tightly and asked, can you not laugh?

How did his man respond? He said no with his corner of lips lifted, feeling happy in his heart. Even laughed in his ear when he was done and said he was very well behaved.

Chen You crossed one leg and let the wind blow on him, mainly to dry it out and get rid of the smell.

Chang Qin got out of the car and said, “Follow me to the rest stop.”

Chen You shook his sweaty hair, “I’m done peeing.”

Yes, that’s right, he wet his pants, and the pair he was wearing was just changed. His man was very considerate and bought him many pairs of pants. This time when he went out, he brought dozens of pairs of pants. The other party also said that he would bring a little bit first and buy him some more when he got to the place.

Hehehe, he has nothing to say and wants to hit the person.

Chang Qin threw the coat next to him over Chen You, and with his slender fingers quickly buttoned his shirt, “Let’s go eat.”

Chen You was really hungry. He perked up and jumped out by grabbing the car door. He was hugged by the man standing next to the car. He freed the hand from his waist and said with a cough, “There are a lot of people outside.”

Chang Qin frowned, “Is it embarrassing to be with me?”

Chen You adjusted the collar of his coat, “How could that be? It’s because you’re so handsome. You attract fans wherever you go, and I’m afraid of being spitted to death by them.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a hand reached out, held his hand, and interlocked their fingers.

Crazy, crazy, crazy!

Chen You was led to the rest stop. He lowered his head, not daring to look at the strange looks from the people around him. Yesterday in the ancient town, wearing the same clothes was exciting enough. But today, something even more brutal came.

“When you got out of the car, did the door squeeze your brain?”

Chang Qin stopped, pinched Chen You’s chin, and kissed him on the lips.

Chen You’s brain froze for a second. Thousands of birds flew in from afar, chirping and shouting. He couldn’t hear anything. He just felt a rush of hot blood to his face. His face must be super red now. He asked the monkey to borrow his butt and stuck to it.

What’s going on? The man has a strong attitude that he doesn’t care about the whole world and just wants to be with him. His heart is beating so fast that it jumps into his throat.

Came out of the closet at a rest stop without realizing it.

Chang Qin ignored the commotion around him and held the person in his arms, “I’m very happy, Chen You, thank you.”

Chen You was confused. Why say thank you to him? The next moment, he heard the man say, “Thank you for liking me.”

While eating, Chen You’s face was still red and his heart was still beating fast. He took a spoon and scooped food into his mouth, stealing glances at the man opposite him while eating. It was abnormal, too abnormal.

Chang Qin picked out a carrot and offered it to Chen You, “I don’t like this, but you do. Look, we’re a perfect match.”

Chen You made an hmm sound. That’s right, he absolutely loved meat, but the man didn’t like it, so there’s no such thing as a plate of meat that’s not enough. You know, these days, a plate of peanuts can cause a couple to quarrel, break up, and never talk to each other again.

Chang Qin stared at the young man and called his name, “Chen You, as long as you love me and never give up, I can find you no matter where you go, even to hell.”

Chen You felt uneasy when he heard this, “Chang Qin, you are hiding something from me.”

Chang Qin said yes, “I can’t say.”

Chen You made an oh sound. It was the same as his. He also had matters regarding the task that he couldn’t tell this person about, that he just had to go back, “You just said that no matter where I go, you can find me. Is that true? If I believe it, you won’t have a chance to regret it.”

Chang Qin said, “No regrets.”

He reached out and ruffled the young man’s hair, “I hope you will trust me, only me.”

Chen You twitched his lips, really domineering, “No, I have a dad, I have to listen to him, I am a filial son.”

Chang Qin’s face twitched and he looked unhappy.

Chen You rolled his eyes, ai gege, you are really amazing. You are even jealous of my dad. When you go to the real world with me and see me laughing and joking with those three guys in the dormitory and playing with my little apprentice in the game, you will be jealous to death.

“Will drinking too much vinegar cause indigestion?”

Chang Qin continued to eat, “It may not be indigestion, but it may cause other symptoms.”

Chen You immediately asked nervously, “What are the symptoms?”

Chang Qin raised his eyebrows and smiled, “For example, I can’t control myself and want to make love.”

WTF! This is really enough, it’s absolutely insane. Chen You’s butt was in pain, so we can’t have fun together, really.

Chang Qin’s tone was very gentle, “Eat, wife, why are you shaking?”

Chen You curled his lips and took a bite of most of the beef meatball. It tasted good. The food at the rest stop was surprisingly good. This supernatural zone 120 was very unusual. As he was thinking about this, he saw several men and women at the next table talking and laughing. He didn’t know what they were talking about.

The man and woman next to them were very young, both wearing black couple hats. They were a couple. They suddenly had a fierce quarrel, and the words they used were “your ba and your ma”, “my ba and my ma”, and “berothal gift”. It seemed that the conflict between the two families was caused by the marriage.

The woman pushed the man away and said, “Go to hell!”

The man angrily walked out the door with his arms and legs swinging, and the accident happened. He took big steps and didn’t pay attention to his feet, so he slipped and fell backward, and the back of his head hit the corner of the table, causing blood to splatter.

The woman’s face was blank. After a while, she screamed and rushed over, crying and hugging the man who was spitting blood.

People were talking, laughing, eating, drinking, and walking around, and their footsteps kept passing by the two people.

Chen You’s eyelids twitched. He asked Chang Qin which rest stop this was. After finding out, he took out his mobile phone to search and saw a news report from ten years ago. The male and female protagonists were the two people on the ground.

It turned out that the man was already dead when he was sent to the hospital. The woman felt that it was her words that harmed the man, so she jumped off the building and committed suicide the next day.

The two loved each other very much and were originally planning to get married on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. However, they could not reach an agreement on the betrothal gift. The people in the two regions had different customs. The girl’s side said that the betrothal gift for marrying off a daughter is almost the same in every household and it can only be higher, not lower. They think the betrothal gift given by the man is too little and not enough for saving face, and they will be laughed at by relatives.

The man’s side disagreed, saying they had given everything they should have and even bought the house, but the in-laws were still asking for more. They said that marrying a daughter is not selling her. They said it was not a matter of money, but that they could not accept the in-laws’ attitude.

The result was hardship for the two children caught in the middle, turning a happy event into a tragedy, and both families regretted it deeply.

At that time, the rest stop was deserted for a while. After all, a bloody incident had happened. Driving long distances on the highway is not safe. No one wants to get dirty, and it is best not to have bad luck.

Chen You sighed, and at the same time, he was also a little worried. The old father didn’t know he was gay and was instilling in him the idea of wanting to have grandchildren.

If a relative had a baby, it would be even more outrageous. After the old father went to give a red envelope and came back from dinner, he would shamelessly hang around Chen You’s room, talking about how cute the child was, how small their hands and feet were, not even as long as an adult’s finger. He would say all sorts of things, whether true or false, and then wipe his face, looking very stern, and say, “Youyou! If you see a girl you like at school, you must chase her and bring her home for Dad to see.”

The old father would show off his vicissitudes of life, pat Chen You on the shoulder as usual, and earnestly recite the first rule of the family, “Remember, start a family first, then build a career.”

Chen You didn’t dare to imagine what the situation would be like when he told his old father, “Dad, I’m gay.” It could probably be summed up in eight words – chaos and blood splattered on the spot.

The road is so difficult to walk on. He hopes his man can go home with him. If a fight really breaks out, it will be at least two against one. The old father was a MMA fighter when he was young. He really can’t handle it alone.

Ai, Chen You was certain that his father would never have the grandchildren he wanted, and it was impossible to even adopt one.

The man in his family is so stingy that he can only tolerate cats and dogs hanging around him, and definitely can’t tolerate children. He couldn’t do that either, because he didn’t want someone to share his man with him.

Perversion can also be contagious.

Chen You looked again. The couple had started arguing again. It would soon start to flare up. He twitched his lips and said, “Let’s go, let’s eat somewhere else.”

Without asking anything, Chang Qin stood up and took Chen You away.

The two of them ate and went to the restroom before getting in the car. The situation in the men’s restroom was exactly the same as the women’s restroom. There was a long queue in the women’s restroom, but the men’s restroom was sparsely populated. You could see everything at a glance once you went in.

Chen You stood in front of the urinal, ready to pee, and Chang Qin asked him to go to the cubicle.

Why go to a cubicle to pee? Chang Qin was just emotionally excited and wanted to do things inside.

The smell from the toilet was definitely not good. It kept lingering in his nose and wouldn’t go away. Chen You said in a low voice, “My butt still hurts.”

Chang Qin said, “What are you thinking? I just asked you to come in and pee.”

Chen You glanced at his man, then said, “That’s the funniest joke I’ve heard since the beginning of the year.”

Chang Qin, “…”

Chen You didn’t follow the man’s thrill and just pissed in the toilet bowl. He could hear heavy breathing above his head. Oh, the tiger in the zoo had escaped and was going to eat people.

Chang Qin lowered his voice and said, “Squat on the toilet.”

Chen You glared at him, don’t think I don’t know what you want to do, shameless, “What if it breaks?”

Chang Qin’s eyes darkened, and his throat rolled over, “It won’t.”

After pressing the toilet lid to make sure it was firm, Chen You slowly squatted on it, so that from the outside, looking from both sides, one could only see a pair of shoes.

Every once in a while, there were footsteps in the toilet, the sound of flushing, and the sound of conversation. No one noticed the innermost cubicle with the door always closed. After all, people came to the rest stop to rest and had no time to stay.

The door of the cubicle opened, and Chen You came out. He scooped up a handful of water from the sink to rinse his mouth. He turned his head and glared at the man with wet eyes, “Not fair!”

Chang Qin’s posture was lazy and sexy, “Hmm?”

Chen You was very unhappy. Usually, when he and this man fed each other, the difference was huge. He looked aggrieved, like he had been abandoned by the whole world, and said that he lasted less than a minute each time, “And you! On the other hand, take a long time each time.”

Chang Qin shrugged and chuckled, “That’s your personal problem, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

“……”

Chen You gritted his teeth in anger and kicked him on the butt.

When they arrived at the place, the car stopped and Chen You followed Chang Qin inside. The butler led the way and took them to a garden in the east.

As Chen You walked and looked around, he felt as if he had traveled through time and space, from the modern era to the ancient times. The flowing water under the small bridges, the bamboo gardens, the servants walking back and forth, the servants in long gowns, and the quaint buildings, everything was full of unique charm.

The butler stopped in front of the semicircular stone gate of the garden and said, “Mr. Chang, the inside has been cleaned. Please let me know if you need anything.”

Chang Qin raised his head and asked someone to bring the luggage in. He took Chen You to the bedroom and said, “Take a shower and have a good sleep. You will meet a friend of mine later.”

Chen You asked, “Is it the one you mentioned last time?”

Chang Qin, “Yeah.”

Chen You looked at the furnishings around him, the bed, the quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks, the mahogany furniture, the screen. Holy shit, isn’t it really in ancient times? He pinched his thigh and muttered strangely, “It doesn’t hurt. Am I dreaming?”

Chang Qin’s forehead twitched slightly, “Wife, you’re pinching me.”

Chen You looked and saw that his hand was still pinching the man’s thigh. He laughed dryly, “Hahahahahaha, and I said, why didn’t it hurt?”

Chang Qin held his forehead with his hand, “How could I fall for such a…”

Chen You’s ears were very sharp, “What?”

Chang Qin said, “Lovely person.”

Chen You snorted, took off his coat, and headed for the bathroom, commanding his man with full energy, “Get me some clothes, a towel, shower gel, shampoo, and a scrub ball. I’m going to take a shower.”

Chang Qin looked at the tall and thin back of the young man and said, “Lawless.”

He clenched his fist with one hand, put it against his forehead and smiled, “Never mind, just be stupid, I’ll just keep a close eye on you, as long as you don’t get kidnapped.”

After taking a shower, Chen You fell into a deep sleep feeling refreshed. He had a dream, the same dream he had every day in the past few days. In the dream, it was still that handsome man with phoenix eyes. He was standing in the same position, not speaking, not crying or laughing, just a cold face with a very beautiful mole.

Some people are born not to like to laugh, just like Chen You who never cries in the real world. He understood it this way because the man in the dream looked at him with complicated eyes, as if he was expecting something, telling something, or commanding something.

Chen You slept until dark. He stretched and somersaulted, “Chang Qin?”

No response.

Just as Chen You was about to shout again, the door was pushed open from the outside. Chang Qin was standing at the door, “Put on your clothes and follow me out.”

“Won’t your friend be disgusted if we come over here with all our luggage?”

Chen You flipped his turtleneck sweater, “One more thing. This place looks like ancient times. It felt unreal when I came in. Does your friend like ancient things?”

Chang Qin put his hands in his pockets and said, “To answer your first question, he won’t be disgusted. As for your second question, he doesn’t like it, it’s a habit.”

Habit? Chen You pondered the word and guessed a possibility. The owner of this place was an actor who had performed in an ancient TV drama and was completely immersed in it. Thinking about it this way, it made much more sense.

When he saw the man, Chen You was slapped in the face by his own guess. He came to this world and paid attention to entertainment news. The handsome man in a deep blue gown in front of him looked very unfamiliar. He was sure that he was not an actor.

Looking at his clothes and every move, he looks just like a young master from ancient times, or from a wealthy family. His fingers are white, slender and beautiful, without any touch of water.

Chen You stared at the man.

Chang Qin’s face was gloomy. He pulled his wife to his side and said to Wu Wuwu, “Let’s eat.”

Wu Wuwu raised his hand and asked the servant to serve the dishes.

After Chen You sat down, he would still steal a glance. He had lived in ancient times and had come into contact with many nobles, such as Master Hu, but compared to the man in front of him, they all seemed much more vulgar.

This handsome guy has an elegance in his bones.

Wu Wuwu spoke softly, “This is steamed sea bass. It doesn’t have many bones. Try it.”

Chen You met his gaze and blushed. Really pretty, and very friendly, a completely different type from the one next to him, “Okay, okay, Mr. Wu.”

After taking a bite of the fish, Chen You sipped the soup in his mouth. It was delicious and the texture of the fish was also great. He flatly called Mr. Wu, and said that the fish was steamed to perfect temperature.

Wu Wuwu covered his mouth and coughed lightly, trying to suppress his laughter.

Chang Qin, who was sitting next to him, pressed the corners of his lips, and his veins popped out.

Realizing that his man was emitting dark energy, Chen You kicked him under the table, what are you doing? Be polite and don’t scare people.

Chang Qin tilted his head and asked, “Is the fish delicious?”

Chen You said it was delicious, and then he looked at Wu Wuwu, his eyes curved with a smile, “Mr. Wu, can I see your closet tomorrow? I want to ask for your advice.”

He controlled his voice and said to his jealous man, “You don’t like meat, but fish can be eaten a little. Wait for me to learn and cook for you.”

Wu Wuwu didn’t miss the gentleness and joy that filled Chang Qin’s face when he heard those words. He smiled at Chen You, “Okay, no problem.”

That saying is really true, there is always someone better. No matter how capable you are, you can still show some childish side in front of certain people.

Wu Wuwu had seen Chen You in advance through the phone, so he didn’t show any curiosity. What interested him was how the other party got along with Chang Qin, which was fun.

Especially when Chang Qin was humiliated, perhaps only Chen You could do it.

The meal was finished in a relatively relaxed atmosphere. Chang Qin went to answer the phone, and Wu Wuwu accompanied Chen You to drink tea and chat.

Chen You looked at the pastries on the table, remembering Flower Spring’s cooking. They were just as exquisite. Holding them in his hands, he couldn’t bear to eat them. No, was it Spring or Autumn? Ai, his memory was so confused.

Oh, remember now, it’s Spring, Spring Peach.

Chen You picked up a piece of cake and took a bite. It was soft, sticky and sweet, “Mr. Wu, the buildings here look like those in ancient times.”

“Mr. Wu…”

Wu Wuwu changed the subject naturally, without a hint of awkwardness, “I just did some research on ancient architectural designs. I felt that the ideas of people back then were very different from those of modern people. The more I studied, the more fascinated I became. That’s how I came up with the houses we have today.”

Chen You’s expression resonated with him. He understood. It was just like when he was playing games, studying a piece of equipment, becoming obsessed with it and wanting to steal it from the store by using his mind and throw it into his backpack.

Wu Wuwu propped up his head and asked, “It must be very hard, right?”

Chen You didn’t understand. He hesitated for a moment and asked, “Is Mr. Wu talking to me?”

Wu Wuwu chuckled, “You’re really interesting.”

No, you are more interesting than me, really. Chen You chose a universal skill, which is to respond to all changes with the same method.

Wu Wuwu said, “Don’t retreat when faced with difficulties, and don’t be discouraged when faced with setbacks. As long as you persevere, run in one direction, and strive for one goal, you will definitely reach the finish line and achieve final victory.”

He paused, rubbing the jade ring on his finger, “Standing at the end, don’t look back. Keep moving forward. Otherwise, if you look back, it will be impossible not to be nostalgic and unable to move forward.”

Chen You was caught off guard and fed a mouthful of chicken soup.

He has a wild imagination, there’s nothing he can do about it, he is open minded. His last name is Wu, and he said so many weird things. Could Wu be a homophone for 5? 444’s colleague 555?

Chen You blurted out, “Mr. Wu, do you know 444?”

Wu Wuwu looked puzzled, “444? What’s that? Are these three numbers the sign of a building?”

Chen You was a little disappointed. It turned out that it wasn’t. He shook his head and said it was nothing, just a casual question. As for the sign of the building, the imagination was quite good.

Wu Wuwu said, “Chang Qin really likes you.”

Chen You said to himself, I genuinely like him too, he is as true as gold.

Without continuing the conversation, Wu Wuwu asked, “Are the pastries delicious? The one on your left isn’t too sweet, so you won’t feel sick of it.”

Chen You took a piece to try. It was indeed not very sweet, nor greasy, but it broke into pieces while he ate it, making it difficult to clean up. He rolled his eyes and looked around the hall, feeling that everything here was very exquisite, the plates, vases, tables and chairs, all of which seemed to have been taken directly from a certain dynasty.

This illusion is very strange.

Wu Wuwu looked at the young man, obviously exploring, yet not causing any dislike, “I used to be a determined person. I once thought nothing could shake my resolve. However, despite all my calculations, I still miss.”

Chen You listened. He didn’t want to interrupt, so he waited quietly for what was to come.

Just then, the voices of the butler and servants could be heard from outside, respectfully calling someone Master.

A tender look crossed Wu Wuwu’s face. He put down his teacup, stood up, and said to Chen You, “Excuse me for a moment.”

Watching the handsome man in a long gown walk out of the hall, Chen You finished the pastry in his hand. Chang Qin had not come back yet, and he was too lazy to go out. He was unfamiliar with the place, it was dark, and he was a poor navigator. It was better not to cause trouble and just wait here.

After finishing his cup of tea, Chen You yawned and mentally called the system, saying he’d just encountered a strange individual who spoke like someone from ancient times, “I only know his last name is Wu, but I don’t know his full name. How about I ask one of the servants?”

System was silent.

Chen You said, “That’s enough already. How long are you going to be angry at me? I didn’t argue with you about that crappy declaration, did I?”

System said, “I’m doing this for your own good. Follow the rules, complete your mission, and go home. That’s what you need to do.”

Chen You said, “Am I not doing it right now?”

“My memory may be confused now, but it hasn’t been cleared. I remember that the target of every mission in every world was my man. This didn’t stop me completing the task while being with him. Old 4, don’t always treat me like an idiot.”

Without waiting for the system to reply, Chen You said, “Let me know when the data is repaired.”

System sent an automatic reply, “Pray.”

Chen You was lying on the table, playing with the crumbs of pastry. He heard footsteps coming from the door and knew it was his man, “You went to answer the phone. What took you so long?”

Without a word, Chang Qin pulled Chen You up and held him in his arms. He lowered his head slightly, burying his face in the warmth of the other’s neck.

Chen You felt his head resting on his shoulder getting heavier and heavier, “Stand still, don’t act like a spoiled child.”

Chang Qin tightened his arms, holding him close to him, “Wife.”

Chen You was stunned, “Hmm.”

Chang Qin’s voice was low and hoarse, his lips pressed against Chen You’s ear, “Let’s go back to the room.”

Chen You, who thought he could have another bowl of chicken soup, “…”

The teacher often taught that no matter what you do, you must concentrate and not be distracted, otherwise you will accomplish nothing. Chen You kept it in mind, so he was wholeheartedly working with Chang Qin and forgot to ask what Mr. Wu’s name was, and also forgot to ask whether that master was his lover.

There’s a saying that goes, if you don’t cherish the opportunity right in front of you, you’ll miss it.

Chen You was screwed over and over again. After dawn, he stood at the head of the bed, shaking his feathers in sorrow. Suddenly, he was back to being a big black bird. He wanted to express his feelings but couldn’t. He couldn’t say it. He regretted it so much that it made his intestines turn green.

The man was still asleep when Chen You flew over him, his left and right talons flailing simultaneously, slapping him awake, “da da!”

Chang Qin touched it and found it wasn’t delicate skin, but rather fluffy bird feathers. He woke up.

A man and a bird looked at each other.

Chen You fell onto the man’s arm, speechless and choking.

Chang Qin touched the black bird’s feathers, kissed it on the forehead, and held it in his arms, rubbing it vigorously with his big hands, “Don’t fly around, you will be able to turn back soon.”

The few bird feathers that Chen You had left were all messed up, and several of them fell off, which was really sad.

Not sure if Chang Qin had informed the other people early, but Chen You noticed that he didn’t come out of the garden with Chang Qin, and Wu Wuwu didn’t feel surprised. Even the butler and servants didn’t whisper to each other. A very high level of professionalism.

In the morning, Chen You flew out of the house and went to play nearby.

There was a village nearby. Chen You flew over it and saw some children playing with snowballs. He flew to the top of a tree and stopped.

A child pointed and said, “Look, there is a black bird on the tree!”

The other children also watched and made wow sounds.

Dead Bird Chen was completely petrified.

Soon, people in the village came over after hearing the noise. They said it was a crow and it was unlucky, so they picked up stones and threw them at the crow, shouting that they wanted to kill it.

Chen You was hit several times and was scared to death.

An entire village is about to die. Could it be a natural disaster, a mudslide? Given the surrounding conditions, that’s unlikely. So… an earthquake?

---

---

---

---

Chapter 159. Number In The Eyes

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

T/N:- Triple updates.

---

The sudden bright light made Chen You close his eyes, feeling uncomfortable. When he opened them again, the man had found a cigarette and was holding it between his lips.

Chang Qin clicked his metal lighter and took a drag, “Tell me, what did you dream about?”

Why on earth is this happening? I’ve never seen you so concerned about my dreams before. Chen You’s eyes were evasive, feeling guilty. He coughed twice and made up a story without blushing or beating his heart, “It’s just a dream of something dreadful.”

Chang Qin’s face was obscured by smoke, “Something dreadful?”

Chen You shuddered for no apparent reason and said, “Too dreadful. Fortunately, it was just a dream.”

As he spoke, he hugged himself tightly, rubbed his arms, and rubbed himself against the man’s arms, trying hard to look frightened.

Chang Qin narrowed his eyes slightly and asked casually, “What is it that scares you so much?”

Chen You blew, clearing away the cloud of smoke. Quickly, he tried to see the man’s face and make his next move based on his expression.

The man’s face was clearly visible, but he looked expressionless, like a big shot in a horror movie, ready to tear him apart at any moment.

After a while, Chang Qin chuckled softly, his voice muffled and low, “Why don’t you say anything?”

Chen You was about to cry. Say what? I’m just afraid you’ll kill me.

You don’t know that when you’re not up to something, you’re both gentle and domineering. But when you are, you become a complete pervert.

Chang Qin raised a hand, placed it on the young man’s forehead, and rubbed the hair, “Wife, be good, okay?”

The bedroom suddenly became quiet.

Chen You couldn’t stand the creepy atmosphere anymore. He surrendered, discarding his poor acting skills and simply speaking the truth. After all, stretching his neck would result in a knife wound, and retracting it would also result in a knife wound. His little tricks were simply not enough.

“I lied. Actually, I dreamed of a man.”

Chang Qin smoked his cigarette, seemingly unconcerned, “Oh?”

Chen You didn’t dare look at the man’s expression. A short pain was better than a long one, so he closed his eyes and said in one breath, “The man had his back to me. I thought it was you, so I pounced on him. But when he turned around, I realized it wasn’t you.”

Chang Qin asked, “Do you know him?”

Chen You shook his head, “I don’t know him.”

Chang Qin put down his cigarette and tapped the ash into the ashtray on the bedside table, “What does he look like?”

Chen You couldn’t guess what his man was thinking. He didn’t know if it’s casual or if he had some sort of idea, “He has narrow eyes, a mole on his face, hair is combed back, and wearing a black suit and tie.” He added silently, so handsome, so tall, so cold.

Chang Qin put out his cigarette and pressed his lips against the young man’s, his movements passionate and intense.

Caught off guard, Chen You inhaled another fistful of secondhand smoke, the smell of cigarettes in the man’s mouth. He half-closed his eyes and felt a little dizzy from the kiss. He wanted to stop, and also didn’t want to.

The suffocating feeling surged like a tide, coming on fiercely but fading slowly, gnawing at a certain string in his brain bit by bit. Before Chen You could even catch his breath, the man beside him had already turned over and pressed on him.

It was the dead of night, and not sure where the excitement came from, but it was very extreme and high-pitched.

Chen You hurriedly called the system in his mind, “Old 4, give me a few tubes of ointment.”

System said, “Out of stock.”

Chen You whimpered, “What should I do? I’m so afraid of pain. My man is so overbearing. I can’t handle it.”

After a moment, System said, “The last one.”

One is better than none at all. Chen You was moved to tears, “I know you still love me. Good night, see you tomorrow.”

System was invisible.

Chen You wasn’t worried about the system seeing his business with his man. The other party had told him many times that everything below the eye level was blocked. He’d always forgotten it at first, but now he remembered it.

It was late at night, past two in the morning. Outside the villa, there was silence. Inside the bedroom, every speck of dust floating around was together, forever and ever.

Chang Qin saw that the time was about right, so he got his homemade rice water to feed Chen You. It was a secret recipe, thicker than regular rice water, rich in nutrients, and had beauty and sleep-inducing properties, and was also easy to digest.

One drinks, the other feeds, and time passes by fast and slow.

Chang Qin fed him too hastily, and Chen You shook his head, backed away, swallowed it, and continued drinking.

Eating late at night had become a normal part of Chen You’s life. He was used to having two mouthfuls, but tonight his man fed him a bit too much, one mouthful after another.

In the end, Chen You was drunk.

A little rice water accidentally stained the bed. Chang Qin wiped it off with a tissue and went to the bathroom to wash his hands.

Chen You had eaten and drunk his fill, and logically, he should have felt sleepy and had a good night’s sleep. However, as he lay down, his mind was filled with the person in his dream. Strangely, after just a bowl or two of rice water, he could no longer remember the person’s appearance, figure, or clothing. It was as if there was some existence sabotaging and forcibly erasing the dream.

However, Chen You still remembered a mole and a pair of phoenix eyes.

Those two features seemed like indelible marks, unknowingly etched deep into his memory.

The eyes resembled those of Big shot Qin , the same phoenix-shaped eyes, long and narrow, sharp and cold, making one dare not look directly at them. He couldn’t remember what the person in the dream looked like, but he remembered the mole on the left side of the other person’s cheek, which was just right and very beautiful.

Chen You scratched his head, closed his eyes, then opened them again. Holy shit, this is fucking weird. I remember those phoenix eyes and the mole so clearly.

How clear is it? It feels like even if he returned to the real world, forgot all his experiences in the mission world, and was confined to a sanatorium with mental problems, he would still be able to recognize anyone with those eyes and a mole on their face at a glance.

Chen You patted his face and said, don’t think about it, don’t think about it. Go to sleep. You’ll definitely forget it when you wake up tomorrow.

Dreams aren’t anything new, everyone has them. No matter how horrible a nightmare or how blissful a dream, they will soon fade away.

Chang Qin returned to the bedroom and took out a pair of clean pants from the closet, tossing them to Chen You, “Put them on before you go to sleep.”

Chen You fished out the wrinkled pants he had worn before from under the quilt and threw them directly to the end of the bed. He grabbed the pants Chang Qin had tossed and stuffed them into the quilt. The moment he looked up, he wanted to curse. Damn you, what the hell is so good about these pants?

Chang Qin didn’t think so. He watched with gusto, sniffed it, and said with a smile, “You should eat less mutton, otherwise you will suffer from excessive internal heat.”

Chen You, “…”

Being able to do something perverted so gracefully is a skill.

Chang Qin lay back on the bed, feeling quite cheerful. He reached out his arm, scooped the young man up into his embrace, and caressed his shoulders, “From now on, if you have any problem, you can tell me.”

Chen You thought to himself, I don’t want to hide anything from you, I have restrictions, and there are many things I can’t say.

After a moment, Chen You rolled over, resting his head on the man’s arm. Looking at him from such a close distance, he was so handsome that there was nothing to say. Although his memory was a bit messy, he could still remember that the other person’s face had never been ugly, and his appearance had always been on point, much higher than the average level, which others could not catch up with even with cheats.

Chang Qin kept his eyelids closed, “Once more?”

Chen You rolled his eyes. Gege, don’t you know you’re incredibly gifted? One time is worth a dozen times of an average person’s time. Do it again, and it’ll be dawn.

He didn’t want to sleep, so he pinched the man’s Adam’s apple for fun, using very light pressure, “Have you seen it online? It’s common for men to only last a few minutes at a time. How can you last so long?”

Chang Qin’s Adam’s apple rolled. He grabbed the young man’s hand and put it under the quilt, “I’m not an ordinary person.”

Chen You snorted, “Then what are you?”

Chang Qin chuckled in his ear, “I’m your man.”

Chen You twitched his lips, unconvinced, “If you say so. I’m not an ordinary person either, so why don’t I even last a minute each time?” It was heartbreaking, even the speed of a roller coaster couldn’t keep up with him. Swish, swish, swish, it’s over.

Chang Qin said nothing, but sighed deeply, his meaning clear and a hint of sympathy.

Chen You glared at him angrily, “Go to sleep!”

After waking from his sleep, Chen You still remembered the phoenix eyes in his dream, and the face that was blurry but with a very clear mole. Strangely, he was a little distracted while drinking porridge.

Chang Qin asked Chen You to eat more salted duck eggs, “What are you thinking about?”

Chen You poked a piece of egg yolk with his chopsticks and ate it, mumbling, “It’s just that dream from last night.”

Chang Qin rolled up his sleeves a little, “Why?”

Chen You yawned, “Nothing. I just think a mole on the face looks nice. I want to get one, too.”

Chang Qin curled his lips, “Don’t you have one? In the corner of your eye.”

Chen You was stunned, and it took him a while to realize that the man was talking about his real self. Yeah, he did have it. But the location wasn’t great, and the name was even less so. It was called something like tear mole, which sounded melancholic.

God knows what he lacks most is melancholy.

Aiya, having said that, he and the person in his dream have a connection. They both have moles on their faces. If they weren’t from the same family eight hundred years ago, they might be from the same family eight hundred years later.

The weather is bad today, it’s chilly and looks like it’s going to snow again.

Snow weighed down the branches. A playful bird deliberately flew over and pressed down with its claws, causing the branch to bend slightly, and a handful of white snow fluttered down.

That morning, Chen You slumped back in his rocking chair, his brows raised lazily as he watched his man fiddle with a painting. It was painted by the other party himself yesterday, using the ink he ground himself. The painting shows a big black bird with beautiful black feathers, bright and lively eyes, and it looks lifelike. There is also a poem on the side.

The bird was painted by Chang Qin, and the poem was written by Chen You. The couple collaborated on several paintings.

Chen You’s head rested on his shoulder, “It’s crooked.”

Chang Qin then moved the painting to the left, and once he was sure it fit perfectly, he fixed it on the wall and went on to hang another one.

Chen You hummed, his legs shaking. He had no idea how his mission was progressing. Last time, the system said the data was paralyzed, and nothing had been done since. He stared at the man’s back and asked the system in his mind, “Has the data been repaired?”

System’s unchanging mechanical tone gave the illusion of a low mood, “Still paralyzed.”

Chen You asked anxiously, “What should I do then?” He couldn’t see the progress of the mission, and he now extremely doubted that he had already completed it. After all, Chang Qin loved him, even the smallest dandruff is loved, and that love was profound.

System simply said, “Wait.”

Chen You grabbed a handful of walnuts and ate them, “If I finish this mission, can I go home?”

System said, “According to the rules, you can’t.”

Chen You stroked his fur, “My dear Old 4! Don’t be like this. Rules are dead, but people are alive. Don’t be so bureaucratic. It’s very inhumane. Please be more flexible.”

System said, “Can’t stretch it.”

Chen You, “…”

System said, “Pray more, and the Lord will bless you.”

Is this the system’s aunt Flo not planning to leave and stay longer? His tone is getting more and more sarcastic day by day. It’s confusing. Chen You stuffed the broken walnuts in his hand into his mouth. Forget it, he still has to rely on his man, who has a big gold man. He still loves him and will definitely take care of him.

On the day before Christmas, a car pulled up outside the villa and two employees in blue uniforms got out. They unloaded a large Christmas tree, covered in small ornaments like stars.

The Christmas tree was placed in the garden, so bright that it dazzled even the birds.

Chen You came out of the living room and hung some small items he had bought online, on the tree. Inside one of the small cloth bags was a pair of rings, waiting for Chang Qin to open them.

The ring was silver. It wasn’t that Chen You was stingy, but he didn’t have a job, so Chang Qin took care of everything he needed for food, clothing, and daily necessities. He could have a lot of pocket money, or none at all, depending on how much he wanted.

The money for the ring was earned by Chen You playing cards with Chang Qin, not by asking for it. He secretly registered an account and placed the order, fearing that the other party would find out.

In the previous world, the Director had done this before. The wedding rings were meticulously designed, with the date of their acquaintance engraved inside. It was the day he met the big shot for the first time in the private room of Gold. After completing his mission and leaving, he didn’t bring the ring with him.

Chen You also wanted to do it once, to give the person he liked a surprise. That must feel great.

Reflecting on his thoughts, Chen You looked at the Christmas tree. His sharp eyes caught sight of a white corner. He pulled it out from the tree. It was a pure white card with a small figure on it. It was very abstract, so there was an arrow next to it, labeled with three words: Mentally Retarded Chen.

The writing is neat and must be typed, not handwritten.

That’s not the point. What the hell is this Mentally Reatarded Chen? Chen You looked astonished. He took the card and went to find his man, demanding to have the family discipline enforced.

On the second floor, Chang Qin was on the phone, not sure who was on the other end, but his lips pressed together, his jaw tense, and a look of anger settled between his brows. When he heard footsteps coming up the stairs, he ended the call.

Once he found the person, Chen You turned the card over and showed it to him.

Chang Qin took the card and asked, “You want me to write something for you?”

Chen You grumbled, hmph, write what? You threw a card in the Christmas tree, that’s fine, at least write ‘Merry Christmas, I love you, honey’ on it. But you drew a little man on it and wrote ‘Mentally Retarded Chen’ next to it. What do you mean? Are you breaking up with me, or what?

Chang Qin pinched the back of Chen You’s neck, “Stop snorting, pig.”

He flipped the card over, and said, “The Christmas tree is here, right? Be good and go open your presents.”

Chen You casually glanced at the card, and his eyes widened. He held it up to his face as if he had seen a ghost, staring at it left and right. There was no mention of a little figure, not even a single word. It was so clean and white that he felt dizzy and questioned his life.

This world is a haunted place, with ghosts aplenty and lurking everywhere.

Chen You took a breath and tucked the card into his pocket as casually as possible. He turned and walked towards the stairs. The man’s voice came from behind him, “Give me the card.”

He swallowed, turned around, and asked, “What?”

Chang Qin stepped closer, reached into Chen You’s pocket, and took out the card with two fingers, “I’m writing you a Christmas greeting.”

Chen You was afraid something strange might appear on the card again, so he tried to snatch it back, “Just tell me directly.”

Chang Qin lowered his head and kissed Chen You on the lips, “Behave.”

Chen You watched helplessly as his man took the mysterious card. He wondered what was going on. He felt uneasy, as if something terrible was about to happen. He rubbed his hands together and jumped up and down on the spot. Should he ask the system? Or maybe not. He was afraid of being affected because his aunt Flo was also here.

In the study, Chang Qin leaned back in his chair, smoking, with the card on the table.

A cigarette burned a third of the way down when Chang Qin picked up the card. His face was expressionless, his eyes half-lidded. Something flashed in his dark pupils, too fast to be captured by the naked eye.

Black lines and words slowly appeared on the originally blank card, restoring themselves one by one.

The card contained a small figure labeled “mentally retarded Chen,” and a golden seal in the lower left corner, indicating Si.

Chang Qin’s lips curved slightly, a terrifying arc. He sneered, dropped the card into the ashtray, and pressed the cigarette butt into it. The burnt hole in the card grew larger and larger, until only a pile of ash remained.

In front of the Christmas tree, Chen You silently prayed.

——Almighty Lord! I am your most loyal child, and I hope for world peace.

When Chang Qin went downstairs, he saw the young man cutting apples in the kitchen. He went over to take a look and saw that they were all cut into small pieces.

Seeing the man’s questioning look, Chen You said, “Tonight is Christmas Eve, and the birds celebrate too.”

Chang Qin raised an eyebrow, “They told you?”

“I often play the bird, so I listen to what they say.”

Chen You fed the man a piece of apple and said, “I have something to tell you.”

He smiled, very proudly, “Those birds used to think you were their idol, but now it’s me.”

Chang Qin shook his head, “Their vision has regressed.”

Chen You, “…”

He hooked the man’s neck and angrily ate the apple that was still in his mouth.

Chang Qin’s eyes dimmed slightly as he took a piece and put it in his mouth. He bent slightly and leaned closer, a smile on his face.

Chen You pushed the shamelessly approaching face away and went to play.

Chang Qin sighed, ate the apple in a few bites, and followed the young man with his hands in his pockets, “Did you open the gift I gave you?”

Chen You then said it hadn’t been opened yet, “I’ll do it later.”

He carried the bowl filled with apples out and placed it on the bench. A moment later, a freckled bird flew over and pecked away a piece of the apple.

Chen You recognized it. It was the Green Tea Bitch.

I haven’t seen you for a few days and you’ve lost weight. It seems you’ve succeeded in losing weight.

The freckled bird relied on its personal charm to defeat several competitors and win the hearts of the bird king’s circle. It is now the queen.

The bird king went on a secret visit somewhere else, and the freckle bird was in charge here. It took the lead, and the birds behind it lined up and flew one by one to get the apples.

Chen You turned his head and saw the man taking a cloth bag from the Christmas tree, the same one he used to put the rings in.

There were so many things hanging on the tree, and you actually managed to strike it in one shot. So lucky, hn! You would be doing yourself a disservice if you don’t grab red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

Chang Qin opened the cloth bag and saw the ring inside. He was stunned.

Chen You’s heart was pounding, probably like the legendary deer’s fluttering heartbeat?

He licked his dry lips, his face burning. Even an old couple would feel shy about engaging in such activities.

“I estimated the ring size by secretly pinching your finger. Try it on to see if it fits.”

Chang Qin raised his eyes, his gaze gentle, “It fits.”

Chen You was stunned, “How can you tell without trying?”

Chang Qin put the larger ring on his ring finger. It was neither too tight nor too loose, just right.

The other ring encircled Chen You’s finger, also fitting perfectly, as if measured with a ruler.

He smacked his lips. He was worried about returns before buying this thing online. It turned out that he was overthinking it.

After a touching moment, the two of them hugged each other, looked into each other’s eyes, and then kissed.

Well, this is the time!

Chen You held the man in his arms, expressing his thoughts without the wit to embellish them with eloquent words or to make them more artistic.

“When I was a child, I rescued a wounded bird in the fields. As I grew up, I had a fascination with birds.”

“In the past, I only liked watching birds fly, and I didn’t like being pecked by birds. I still feel the same way now, but I like your family’s big black bird. I like it to peck me, and I only like to be pecked by it.”

These words are sincere and straightforward, aren’t they? Absolutely original and unique. They weren’t found online, nor were they ripped from TV.

After Chen You finished his longest confession ever, he took a breath. I’m so nervous, damn it! He hoped that man would no longer think that he liked watching the animal world. He really couldn’t fall in love with everyone like lions and tigers.

Chang Qin was struggling with a specific question, “Is the bird I raise black?”

Chen You said, “It’s not white anyway.”

Chang Qin, “…”

Chen You pulled him and said, “The color doesn’t matter. What matters is the size. The bird you raise is the most…”

Chang Qin glanced at him and asked, “Have you seen a lot?”

The smile on Chen You’s face froze, “If I tell you the truth, will you kill me?”

Chang Qin smiled, “No.”

Chen You escaped, “Do you think I’m stupid? I won’t fall for it!”

Chang Qin’s temples throbbed, “Come back to me.”

Chen You didn’t even turn his head, “Don’t want——”

He had already run out of the iron gate, but was still caught and brought back to the villa. Under coercion and inducement, he confessed a shocking figure.

It’s over! It’s over! It’s over!

Chen You was slapping the little pervert in his heart. After he realized that he was not a serious person during his freshman year, he started doing things that were not serious.

Whenever he had no classes, Chen You would go to the restrooms in the dormitory buildings and teaching buildings, and he would also go to the bathhouse.

When he went to that place, he couldn’t just look around without taking a bath, so he went there frequently and used up his water card quickly. Every time he went to top up the money, DaShu looked at him with a weird look that said, aiya young man, others are playing with their lives, but you are using your life in taking a bath.

After seeing so many things, Chen You felt tired and wanted to find a harbor to dock, and then his man appeared.

The atmosphere in the living room was not very good.

Chang Qin held his forehead, looking frightened.

Chen You moved closer and asked worriedly, “Are you okay?”

Chang Qin smiled and said, “Quite good.”

Chen You, “…” Who would believe that? Black energy is starting to come out of your body.

He moved aside.

Chang Qin’s tone was very gentle, “Will you watch it in the future?”

Chen You shook his head vigorously, “Absolutely not.”

Chang Qin put down his hand and pulled the person into his arms, “Besides watching, what else have you done?”

Chen You said, “Nothing else, really.”

Chang Qin asked, “Have you touched it?”

Chen You felt guilty.

Chang Qin’s face was expressionless, “How many times?”

Chen You counted on his fingers, but he couldn’t count on both hands.

This is embarrassing!

Chang Qin closed his eyes and suddenly laughed, “I’m really curious about you in college.”

“Just a pathetic nobody.”

Chen You chuckled, hehe, Gege, please stop laughing like that. I’m getting scared.

Chang Qin sighed and stroked the young man’s hair, “What’s in your head?”

Chen You blurted out, “You, and your family’s myna.”

Chang Qin had a headache because his vocabulary was too different from that of ordinary people.

Chen You grabbed the man’s hand and played with it, spinning the ring around and around. He said, “I just like you.”

Chang Qin’s ears turned red.

The birds that flew to the balcony were eating apples when a handful of dog food was thrown towards them, drowning them.

On Christmas Day, Chen You and Chang Qin went out and visited the ancient town in City D.

It is unknown when it started, but young people in China also consider Christmas as an important holiday. Eating, strolling, shopping, setting off firecrackers. That’s perfect.

The ancient town is very lively, with a wide variety of food, drinks and entertainment.

There was a couple holding hands walking in front, and Chen You and Chang Qin walked behind, winning by their long legs, couple scarves, and matching outfits.

The streets are full of couples showing affection, kissing in public, hugging, being affectionate, all kinds of things.

Come on, let’s see who makes the other sick to death first.

There were too many people, and Chen You didn’t dare to take out the hand with the ring on it. He was afraid that the ring would be stolen. It was not expensive but meant a lot to him.

People still have to be careful. After all, when a girl is listening to music, her phone can be stolen. Anything is possible.

Nowadays, those who are carefree may not necessarily be unlucky, but those who are unlucky are definitely those who are carefree.

After walking around for more than an hour, Chang Qin’s brows were furrowed. He took Chen You out of the dirty, messy and noisy place and went to a nearby restaurant.

Perhaps God saw that Chen You had been performing well recently, so he arranged a play for him as an appetizer before the meal.

There are quite a few actors who appear in the show. Don’t talk about the extras, let’s just talk about the three main actors.

One is Cheng Mingtian’s fuckbuddy Zhang Zhi, one is the weak bottom Qi Rui who Chen You helped make the decision to get rid of the scumbag gong in that side quest, and the other is Cheng Mingtian.

Among these three people, Qi Rui seems to be the most out of place, and he is very likely the root cause.

Chen You craned his neck, peering through the glass window, his face almost touching it.

Across the street, Zhang Zhi went to a restaurant with several colleagues from the company. He had just joined and knew some concerns among colleagues, so he treated them to the meal.

Everyone drank a lot, and Zhang Zhi had the best alcohol tolerance, so when he came out, his steps were steady and he was sober.

Qi Rui was walking nearby and was not paying attention when he was bumped by a middle-aged man coming towards him. Zhang Zhi was closest to him and reached out to help him.

This help happened to be seen by Cheng Mingtian who was not far away, and things started to get going.

Cheng Mingtian came to do business with people from the club. The customer was an old man with several layers of fat on his belly and a greasy face, and was older than his father.

After he finished his business, he vomited up the food he had eaten the night before.

He originally planned to find a place to sleep and then go to the bar to play later, but he didn’t expect to meet Zhang Zhi, who he had lost contact with, here.

When Cheng Mingtian reacted, he had already walked up to Zhang Zhi and slapped Qi Rui in the face.

Qi Rui was stunned.

Several colleagues were half sober and looked at each other, wondering what was going on.

Zhang Zhi’s face was filled with anger, “What’s your problem nutjob?”

Cheng Mingtian laughed, “I was wondering why you changed your number and I couldn’t find you. It turns out you got someone else!”

He looked at Qi Rui with contempt, “This DaShu, you look malnourished and skinny. Can you handle this? Zhang Zhi’s requirements are tremendous.”

Qi Rui’s face turned pale.

Several colleagues looked at the staggering Qi Rui, the terrifying Zhang Zhi, and the simple and pretty stranger boy, and understood something, all with disgusted expressions.

It turns out both of the new recruits are gay. How disgusting.

Zhang Zhi took a deep breath. It looked like he had to change companies. He glanced at Qi Rui guiltily.

There was a palm print on half of Qi Rui’s face. He noticed something and gave Zhang Zhi a look that said it’s okay.

Due to his personality, Qi Rui would not lose control on the street, and he even didn’t want to stay there any longer.

Cheng Mingtian caught this brief moment of one or two seconds and was about to make another sarcastic remark.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhi grabbed Cheng Mingtian by the collar and pulled him aside.

“Tell me, why are you looking for me?”

Cheng Mingtian grabbed Zhang Zhi’s hand and said, “I miss you so much. Do you miss me?”

He had never spoken softly to Zhang Zhi, nor had he ever said such ambiguous words.

This is the first time.

Zhang Zhi stared at the boy intently and said after a moment, “Cheng Mingtian, you still haven’t grown up.”

Cheng Mingtian’s face looked ugly. Grow up, grow up, fucking grow up, why do you all say that? Have you ever thought about my wishes?

I don’t want to grow up at all. Growing up is too painful and too hopeless.

“Zhang Zhi, will you accompany me growing up?”

Zhang Zhi remained indifferent.

He once thought that teenager is ignorant and things will be fine when he grows up, so he waited.

Later he realized that the boy would never grow up because he refused to mature.

Cheng Mingtian’s fingertips trembled when he didn’t get the desired response from the man. He bit his lip, his eyes moist, “Zhang Zhi, let’s start afresh.”

Zhang Zhi pulled the boy’s hand away and said calmly, “Start afresh? You’re mistaken. We never started.”

“Mingtian, I don’t care what you want from me, I can’t give it to you.”

Cheng Mingtian’s face twisted, and he said with drooping eyelids, “I don’t want anything, I just want you.”

Zhang Zhi said calmly, “That’s enough.”

He pinched the boy’s chin, “You never look me in the eye when you lie.”

Cheng Mingtian’s body stiffened.

Zhang Zhi said, “Even after what happened in your family, you haven’t changed at all.”

Cheng Mingtian pulled Zhang Zhi’s hand, but was waved away. He had never been treated like this before, so he immediately dropped his disguise and revealed his true face.

“That person is much older than you and looks very sick. Are you not worried about sending him to death?”

Zhang Zhilian didn’t even want to explain. This boy seemed like a stranger to him.

He didn’t say a word, just turned and left.

Cheng Mingtian shouted at the man’s back, “Zhang Zhi, if you take another step forward, I’ll rush to the road and let the car run over me to death!”

Zhang Zhi paused, but continued walking, “As you wish .”

He apologized to Qi Rui, stopped a taxi, and got in with the other party.

Cheng Mingtian stood there crying and laughing like a psychopath.

No matter how difficult these days were, he managed to get through it, thinking of Zhang Zhi.

As long as Zhang Zhi appeared, he had 100% confidence that he could make the other party follow him wholeheartedly.

There was Zhang Zhi, who could help him pay off his debts. This way, he won’t fend for himself.

Cheng Mingtian murmured to himself, “Nothing, nothing left.”

But he still didn’t want to die.

Why is this happening? Cheng Mingtian asked himself countless times. He knew the answer, but he just didn’t want to admit it. This was his own fault. In the restaurant, Chen You withdrew his gaze and continued to eat steak.

Chang Qin didn’t order anything and just drank boiled water.

Chen You continued eating, “Do you believe in retribution?”

Chang Qin said, “I don’t believe it.”

Chen You almost choked, “Why?”

Chang Qin put down the cup, leaned back in his chair, crossed his fingers, and was silent for a few moments.

“No reason.”

“……”

This answer was quite willful, and Chen You had nothing to say.

The two did not return to City M, but booked a room in a hotel here.

It was not as hygienic outside as at home, so they didn’t immerse themselves in a warm bath, and just simply washed.

Chen You said he wanted to blow dry Chang Qin’s hair, “Sit down.”

The tone used was that of puppy training.

Chang Qin sat on the chair and said, “No need, I can do it myself.”

Chen You had already turned on the hair dryer, “You usually do it for me, and I also want to treat you well.”

Chang Qin’s eyelids suddenly twitched.

Chen You imitated the man, ruffling his hair, “Be good, okay?”

Chang Qin’s face was dark.

Blowing hair is a mindless job, and Chen You finished it in just a few minutes.

He grabbed the man’s short hair and said, “I saw Cheng Mingtian last night. I heard that his family is in a very bad situation. Was it you who did this?”

Chang Qin said calmly, “I just run a restaurant, I don’t have that ability.”

Chen You said, “How humble.”

Chang Qin smiled and said, “So-so.”

Chen You was speechless. He was massaging the scalp of his family’s shameless man. He had done this to his father many times before and was very skilled at it.

His father always says that daughters are little cotton-padded jackets and sons are military coats, which are thicker and warmer.

Chen You’s answer was no good, saying dad wanted a daughter but couldn’t get one.

Coming out of his memories, Chen You gathered his emotions and said, “I almost met with a mishap that time. It was Cheng Mingtian who did it. I already guessed it.”

Chang Qin closed his eyes, neither denying nor admitting.

“I can’t figure out how Cheng Mingtian got in. And those people, could they possibly shrink?” Chen You muttered, “Aren’t you surprised?”

Chang Qin said, “If you can’t figure it out, don’t think about it. You are slow-witted to begin with, so don’t be foolish.”

Chen You, “…”

He leaned forward and said, “Honestly, the New Year is coming soon, and there are a lot of thieves. I don’t think the villa is safe.”

Chang Qin opened his eyes and said, “Don’t worry.”

Chen You said to himself, I have to worry. There are no neighbors around, and it’s such a big house. It’s just you and me. If something happens, no one will help me even if I scream at the top of my lungs.

“How about we move? Live somewhere else.”

Chang Qin said, “Okay.”

Chen You grinned and bit the tip of the man’s nose. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, “Chang, Chang Qin, I seem to see numbers in your eyes.”

Chang Qin’s expression remained unchanged, without any change, “How can there be numbers in a person’s eyes?”

He laughed out loud, “You must be dazzled.”

Chen You was just about to say maybe, when he saw it again, whizzing by.

Could it be his blurred vision this time?

Chen You’s breathing stopped for a beat and became rapid. He held the man’s face.

Chang Qin leaned back, “What?”

Chen You shouted in panic, “Don’t move!”

Chang Qin simply didn’t move, letting the young man come closer to look at him, and put his arm around his waist to prevent him from falling.

Soon, Chen You’s eyes became cross-eyed.

Chang Qin was helpless, “Don’t look anymore.”

Chen You rubbed his eyes and turned his eyeballs back to their original position. He was dazzled. He hoped so. It must be so.

Before going to bed, Chen You was still worried, so he leaned close to Chang Qin’s face and pulled his eyelids upwards.

Chang Qin let the young man do whatever he wanted.

Chen You asked his man seriously, “Do your eyes feel uncomfortable? How about your head? Does it hurt?”

“No, I’m fine.” Chang Qin grabbed the person in his arms and said, “Don’t think too much. Go to sleep.”

How could Chen You sleep? He hugged Chang Qin, smelled the scent he liked, and called the system. But before he could say anything, he was stopped by a ding sound.

System’s aunt Flo seemed to have left, and was in a good mood. To be more precise, he was in such a good mood that he wanted to sing.

“A new function has just been released, and it is currently performing a full anti-virus scan. The data should be restored soon.”

Chen You said, “I no longer believe you.”

System said, “Let’s see the results.”

“Do you still remember your goal?”

Chen You felt the system was strange. He said, “Go back home. I remember.”

System said, “Very good. Keep it up!”

Chen You called out to it, “Tell me, can numbers appear in a person’s eyes?”

System said yes, “It’s in science fiction movies.”

Chen You, “…Good night.”

In a daze, Chen You seemed to hear a voice in his ear, saying in a promising tone, “I will go with you.”

The next day, Chang Qin took Chen You back to City M, packed his clothes, and went to Wu Wuwu’s.

---

---

---

---

Chapter 158. Do You Think I’m Dead?

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

---

Without being forced, Chen You had personally promised not to cry while swinging, and whoever cried would be a puppy.

In the end, Chen You was slapped in the face.

In less than half an hour, he became a puppy. It’s really cold, damn it!

It’s freezing and snowy, and the temperature was several degrees below zero. It’s not suitable for anything. He should just stay in bed, pillow his teddy bear, hold his man tightly in his arms, and sleep soundly, feeling warm.

What are you running out for? Will you die if you wait all night and then go out to swing tomorrow? Are you stupid MF, are you stupid?!

Chen You was shivering with cold. Liars, all of them are liars. He had been deceived by those fellow students in the real world.

Back then, those couples held hands, kissed, and did little things under the bright moon and white snow. It felt so romantic and joyful.

Chen You sniffed. What the eyes see and the ears hear are not necessarily true.

You can’t believe anything, you have to experience it yourself!

The force from behind kept pushing Chen You forward, maintaining a steadily increasing rhythm. He sat on the swing, swinging higher and higher each time. Even the stars and moon couldn’t stand it and were running around to warm up. He cried like a dog, arguing with his man to go back and not swing in the snow anymore. Even his butt was crying from the cold, tears streaming down.

MF, his man is laughing at him. How shameless!

The swing’s arc gradually narrowed, and two sets of shoe prints appeared in the snow. One set was smaller, in front, and the other was larger, in the back, creating a close distance.

Coming down from the swing, Chen You was trembling, his legs shaking. He had swung too high, and he was frightened. He cried and begged, “I can’t take it anymore. It’s too cold. I’m almost frozen into a popsicle. Let’s go back! Gege, I was wrong.”

Chang Qin curled his lips, kissed the tip of Chen You’s nose, which was red from the cold, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, “Shout twice.”

Chen You nuzzled into his man’s warm chest, rubbing his cold nose, eyes, and mouth against them. While thinking about freezing to death, he said with great backbone, “Not shouting!”

Chang Qin had a smile on his face, gentle yet somewhat expectant, “Shout or not?”

The snowy air in Chen You’s mouth trembled, “No… I won’t shout…”

Chang Qin hugged him and pushed him on the swing, “Then let’s stay here.”

Holding onto the man’s arm, Chen You was pushed forward feeling the wind and snow pounce on his face. Tears welled up in his eyes as he said, “No, let’s go back. Let’s go back and continue playing, cat and mouse, big bad wolf eats little white rabbit, anything is fine.”

Chang Qin repeated what Chen You had said earlier, “Going back would be so boring. We’ve played upstairs and downstairs. It’s nothing like playing in the snow.”

Chen You felt another mouthful of blood stuck in his throat. MF, is this fun? Where’s the love?

He really likes swinging. Every time his man pushed him up into the sky, he would swing higher and higher. The blue sky and white clouds were right before his eyes, as if he could reach out and touch them, as if he were about to fly.

But it’s really not fun out in the snow. Everything is icy. It’s better to go out on a sunny day. Snowy days are not suitable for going out. A gust of wind blew, and Chen You got goosebumps all over his body. He held on for two seconds, but had to bow to the evil forces and called out softly, “Woof…”

Chang Qin pushed him hard and said, “I can’t hear you.”

Caught off guard, Chen You, sitting on the swing, screamed and nearly fell off, landing on the ground in a doggy-style crawl. He glared at the man in grievance. You pervert, just you wait, after entering the air-conditioned room, I’m a tough guy again. Just wait and see how I deal with you.

“Woof! Woof! Woof!”

Turning to look at his man, he gnashed his teeth and panted heavily, as if to say, if you dare to say you can’t hear me, I will kill you.

Chang Qin’s chest vibrated, and he pulled him into his arms and laughed hoarsely, “Wife, are you a puppy?”

At this point, let alone a puppy, I could be anything, a kitten, a pig, or a turtle. Chen You grabbed the man’s shoulders and said without hesitation, “I am.”

Chang Qin scoffed, “Hn?”

Chen You hooked his arm around the man’s neck, put his mouth close to his ear, and shouted three times in a loud voice, “I’m a puppy, I’m a puppy, I’m a puppy, woof woof woof!”

Aiya, after barking once, it wasn’t so hard to say. It’s true, the first time is new, the second time is familiar, and the same goes for losing skin.

After a moment, Chang Qin carried the person down, turned him over, and faced him, “Will you behave yourself next time?”

Chen You nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice, his voice trembling as he said, “Yes, yes, yes, I promise to do what I say. If I lie, I’ll be…”

He was used to saying that he will be a puppy. To show his sincerity, he swallowed the last word and said, “Grandson. I am a grandson!”

Chang Qin straightened Chen You’s pajamas and jokingly said, “I don’t want to be your Yeye.”

The corners of Chen You’s mouth twitched. What the hell? Speaking as if I would definitely get slapped in the face, “So what do you want? Tell me, I want to hear it.”

Chang Qin pretended to think seriously, “If you have another impossible situation, just call me husband.”

Chen You rolled his eyes, “You should just be my Yeye, Ok!”

Chang Qin, “…”

A faint scent wafted through the air, carried by the wind and snow in four directions, eager to share with the flowers and plants in the garden. Come on, everyone, don’t be shy, everyone has a share. This is the master’s family’s greatest treasure, a true private possession.

Opportunity knocks but once.

In the snow, the tall, muscular figure looked down, while the much slender figure tilted his head upwards. Their eyes met, the former silently radiating an overwhelming might, while the latter was defeated and in disarray.

Chen You coughed, his hands tucked into the man’s pockets, “Well, personally, I think ‘husband’ doesn’t sound nice. How about I call you Old man?”

Chang Qin teased, “I’m an old man. What are you? An old woman?”

Chen You, “…”

He kicked the man with his slippers, his eyebrows furrowed and then relaxed. He couldn’t bring himself to call him husband. Let’s talk about it later.

Chang Qin bent his back, lowered his head, and rested his chin on Chen You’s shoulder. He laughed hoarsely, “I don’t want to go back. It’s fun in the snow.”

Not good! His man was already perverted enough, and now some hidden point might have been ticked. Chen You wanted to cry. He didn’t want to go out and play on a snowy day anymore. Damn it, he was just digging his own grave.

Let you be troublesome!

Chen You begged for mercy, kissing the man on the lips, “I was wrong, I was really wrong. Look at me, my butt is frozen. I’m going to get frostbite.”

Chang Qin raised his lip, “I have medicine.”

Chen You smacked the lips on the man’s cheeks several times, “That would leave scars, too. Don’t you like my butt the most? Saying it’s beautiful and looks good. If it gets scars, it won’t look good.”

Just as Chang Qin was about to speak, something suddenly flashed across his eyes. He picked up Chen You and strode out of the garden.

There were footsteps approaching from the iron gate.

Cheng Mingtian was sneaking around outside, tiptoeing over. He groaned. He could have walked right in last time, so why couldn’t he this time?

Seeing the surveillance camera, Cheng Mingtian’s face paled. Something wasn’t right. There wasn’t that thing last time. He remembered it clearly. If he had seen it, he wouldn’t have been so foolish as to sneak in.

Is he hallucinating at this moment?

Cheng Mingtian squatted down, dug a small stone out of the snow and threw it over. He heard a bang. It wasn’t an illusion. The surveillance camera was real. Perhaps… Chang Qin had installed it recently?

Because of the surveillance, Cheng Mingtian didn’t dare approach rashly. He stood there for a long time before inching closer, keeping close to the wall. He peered through the iron gate. The garden’s streetlights were on, but there wasn’t a single person, not even a bird.

Just as Cheng Mingtian was about to look away, he spotted footprints in the snow not far away, clearly left by two people.

One is Chang Qin, and the other is that young man?

Cheng Mingtian’s hand on the iron gate trembled, he didn’t know if it was because the gate was too cold, or for some other reason. He widened his eyes, trying to look through the garden to the lighted living room to see what the people inside were doing…

If the suspicions he’d raised on the road turned out to be true, Cheng Mingtian stumbled and fell to the ground in the snow. He might as well contact the families of the six missing men and report them to the police to find out what exactly happened that night.

No, the police will find out about him.

He deliberately seduced those people into coming over to ra*e that young man. If this behavior is discovered, he’ll go to jail, right?

By then, there will always be some idle people online who will take the time to dig out his personal information and all his smurf accounts on the forum. In that case, many sides of him will be exposed and spread to the school.

Even worse, if Chang Qin could single-handedly take out six people and cover up the incident, given his ability, there’s a good chance nothing would happen in the end, and he would be the only one to suffer.

The clearer Cheng Mingtian’s thoughts became, the colder he felt. He shivered constantly, his teeth chattering.

Suppose there were surveillance cameras in the villa that night that he hadn’t noticed. Chang Qin would have known he was there, and everything he had done to the young man would have been returned to him. That’s why he suffered such inhumane treatment, and his family company went bankrupt, leaving them with a huge debt.

These disasters all make sense.

Surviving a great disaster does not necessarily mean good fortune in the future. Perhaps an even greater disaster awaits.

“No, I can’t just go back like this. I want to see that young man with my own eyes. Maybe I’m just overthinking it.”

Holding onto a last glimmer of hope, Cheng Mingtian walked back. He zipped up his down jacket, snapped on the hood, and leaned against the wall to wait for daybreak.

The villa was warm, and the cold outside was forcibly blocked out. No matter how much it raged, it couldn’t get in at all.

Chen You sprawled on the sofa, remote in hand, changing channels. He cycled through over a hundred channels several times before finally returning to a movie channel to watch a martial arts film.

There was a lot of fighting on TV, with white knives going in and red knives coming out. The actors were professionally biting the blood pouch in their mouths and spitting out blood. The sofa was very warm.

Chang Qin was shaving Chen You’s back. Before they knew it they had arrived at this magical development.

The two of them had originally planned to have some fun after returning from the snow, but Chen You took off his thick pajamas, and the sleeves of his thin shirt underneath were lifted slightly. He accidentally glanced at it and felt very uncomfortable.

The grass on the grassland is indestructible, and will sprout again with the spring breeze. Even the hairs on Chen You’s body didn’t need to wait for the spring breeze, they sprouted rapidly.

His mood was greatly affected, and his obsessive-compulsive disorder kicked in. He had to shave his hair clean before he would play.

Chang Qin had no choice but to go get him a razor.

The TV commercials started playing, and the scene where the heroine and hero were about to kiss was stuck. Chen You asked Chang Qin to shave his armpits as well.

This world is so weird.

When he was a black bird, he shed feathers constantly, handfuls at a time. But when he became a human, the hair on his body didn’t fall out, but grew back instead, at a rate that made him suspect he’d been fed hormones in his sleep.

Chang Qin not only shaved Chen You’s armpits, but also shaved all the hair on his body, leaving no area untouched.

Chen You, “…”

You’re so gentle and considerate, what else can I say? I might as well give you a sky rocket and send you flying up to heaven.

The next morning, Chen You was woken up. To be exact, he hadn’t slept at all. Last night, he and Chang Qin played games, completing one dungeon after another, until late at night and into the morning. He only took a nap in the middle of the game, and he was exhausted.

Boss Chang, on the other hand, was full of energy, switching between skills. He was about to deliver a roundhouse kick to Chen You, then activate a formation, continuously accelerating.

Chen You’s voice was hoarse, “Hero, please spare my life.”

Chang Qin’s face twitched slightly, his posture languid, “Call me husband.”

Do you have any shame? I haven’t even spoken yet, and I’m not going back on my word. Chen You’s mouth twitched. All the equipment on his body was damaged, and it might take some time to repair it, especially the smallest ones, which were all red. He pinched the flesh on the man’s arm and called out husband in a mosquito voice.

Having gotten what he wanted, Chang Qin smiled happily and exited the game world.

Chen You is too lazy. He’s not the type to shower or scrub himself clean every day. In the middle of winter, when he doesn’t sweat much and doesn’t feel dirty, he definitely won’t shower. It wastes both water and time. Now he showers multiple times a day, especially in the morning, when he absolutely has to.

After the bathtub was filled with water, Chen You dismissed the slave at home, “Get out! I don’t want you to help me wash.”

Chang Qin didn’t even raise his brows, “Don’t make trouble.”

Chen You looked at the man’s long legs, smacked his lips, and said, “I’m not afraid to tell you, now I know your tricks. You’ll wash me for an hour or two.”

Chang Qin smiled and said, “Not this time. This time I’ll be washing for three or four hours.”

Chen You went into the bathtub and died.

Chang Qin was different from the little liar in his family. He kept his promise and never missed or exceeded the three or four hours he promised.

By the time Chen You was able to stretch, kick his legs, brush his teeth, and wash his face like a normal person, it was already noon.

There was a noise in the kitchen, his man was cooking.

Chen You’s lips curled up unconsciously, his face brimming with happiness. Dad, there is someone who cooks for your son, warms the bed, mops the floor, is very good at bed matters, and sometimes even puts shoes on your son. Moreover, he is a big shot, and no one will dare to bully your son when he goes out, so cool.

“I’m coming back. Chang Qin will also come with me. He said he would go with me.”

Chen You muttered to himself. When he got home, he would break his habit of playing games all night long. He had to break it. He had to study hard, make progress every day, graduate successfully, find a stable job, earn money, save money, and support his family.

At home, he would have a man who loved him, a father who loved him, and a little yellow dog, and the four of them would live a wonderful life.

Chen You sighed. How wonderful!

After washing up, Chen You went back to the kitchen. Smelling the delicious food, he said to the busy man, “Rinse the lettuce with water. It will be more tender and fragrant.”

Chang Qin placed the sliced lettuce on a plate, added water as Chen You had instructed, and tossed the lettuce in, “Go out now. I’ll call you when it’s ready.”

He touched the young man’s waist, “Does it hurt?”

“That’s nonsense! My waist isn’t made of plastic.” Chen You rolled his eyes, “How about you also experience what it’s like to have back pain, leg cramps, and a cold butt when the wind blows.”

Chang Qin raised his eyebrows, “If you are brave enough, you can try it.”

Shuddering, Chen You rolled his eyes at him. What are you so proud of? Back in the real world, you won’t be able to act so arrogant anymore. Although I’m still a student, I will grow up. In ten years, I’ll be twenty-nine, and everything will be different from when I was nineteen. Then we can compare our skills.

The meal wasn’t ready yet, so Chang Qin asked Chen You to leave. There was someone nearby who was still restless. He was afraid that if he got distracted, he would mix up the salt with the sugar, or the vinegar with the soy sauce.

In the end, Chen You just blew him a kiss before leaving, and he scooped a spoonful of sugar and threw it into the dish.

The stir-fried pork with lettuce was inedible.

Chang Qin held his forehead and decided to redo it. He pulled the glass door shut, preventing the young man from entering.

Chen You took an apple from the table, washed it, and ate it as he walked outside. The sky cleared up, and the snow scene in the garden became even more beautiful. The plum blossoms popped out, and the next few days would be their exclusive show.

After eating the apple, Chen You went to the open space to build a snowman, intending to make a pair. Suddenly, he glanced in the direction of the iron gate. Hn? Why does it feel like someone is watching?

Frowning, Chen You threw the snowball he had just gathered in his hand and walked over. He didn’t open the iron gate directly, but instead looked around through the gap.

There were footprints on the ground, many of them, some deep and some shallow, all from sneakers. It was most likely Cheng Mingtian, coming to see if he was dead or alive. Chen You narrowed his eyes, brushed the snow off his hands, and hummed the melody of the Leekspin Song(Ievan polkka) as he walked towards the garden, continuing to make snowballs.

“Ala cha cha lali lali ling, la ba li gang ding gang ding gang duo…” ~

Leaning against the wall, Cheng Mingtian was gasping for breath. The expression on his face was one of despair or horror. It was that young man, and nothing had happened to him.

This time, I can’t even comfort or deceive myself.

Cheng Mingtian reached out and slapped himself once, then again. He bit the back of his hand and let out a suppressed, tiny whimper. He was wrong, he was wrong. He regretted it so much.

He didn’t realize that jealousy was ruining everything.

With no other options, what would he do next? If he apologized to that young man, would Chang Qin let him go?

Cheng Mingtian’s face gradually became distorted again. Damn it, he had been screwed and almost died. The experience of those few days was responsibility for his behavior. He admitted it, so the matter is over. What else did he want?

Why didn’t they even spare his family?

“Chang Qin, you will be punished for your bad behavior!”

Cheng Mingtian stayed there for a long time, his legs numb and his vision blacking out. He took a step forward when a sharp pain suddenly hit his left shoulder. He screamed and squatted on the ground, clutching his arm. The clothes on that shoulder were torn and bloody, and a piece of flesh had been shaved off.

There was a sharp object at his feet, like a fragment of something, but also something else. He didn’t know where it had fallen from. Cheng Mingtian broke out in a cold sweat, shaking with fear. If he had taken even a step closer, the fragment would have pierced his head.

Is he just too lucky, or is God deliberately not giving him a happy ending?

“God, I only made one mistake. I know it was wrong and I regret it. Why won’t you let me go?”

The pain intensified, and the muscles on Cheng Mingtian’s face twitched. His down jacket was torn, and the goose feathers inside were exposed and scattered on the ground, many of which were stuck to a piece of bloody flesh.

Holding back his nausea, Cheng Mingtian covered his shoulder with one hand and stumbled away.

On the gas stove, old hen soup was simmering. Chang Qin planned to give his little liar some nourishment. This thing was easy to make. Just rinse it with water, throw it into the pot, cut two slices of ginger, and add a little salt when it is stewed. Don’t worry about anything else.

The phone in his pocket rang. Chang Qin glanced at the caller ID and held the phone in one hand, “Hello.”

Wu Wuwu’s voice came from the other end, “Please follow the rules.”

Chang Qin poked the chicken with the chopsticks to see if it was done, “If you have something to say, just say it.”

“I know you disregard the rules, but you can’t be too disrespectful.” Wu Wuwu said, “Don’t forget, this is Supernatural Zone 120, and the person in charge is Lu Xiliu. He’s a hard-nosed, ruthless, and very principled person. Reasoning with him, even appealing to personal relationships, won’t work. Don’t mess with him.”

“You’ve already stripped the natal chart from those six people. Your anger should have subsided. I’m reminding you one last time. The existence of District 120 is because everyone has their own destiny and their own natal chart. Cheng Mingtian is one of the hundred tangent points in this district, and can not be touched.”

“He achieved success in his youth, enjoyed happiness in his middle age, and suffered misery in his later years. This fate is already determined. If you destroy it, it will alarm Lu Xiliu.”

Chang Qin scoffed, “Did I touch him?”

Wu Wuwu said, “Do you think I’m dead?”

Chang Qin put down his chopsticks and turned off the heat, “He will be alive.”

“I know you blamed him for touching your little cutie, so you changed his natal chart. He was saddled with enormous debts in his youth, leading to a life of lowliness and misery. He regretted his actions until he became chronically ill and no one cared about him. So stop interfering again.”

Wu Wuwu said, “If you still want your little cutie to go home after this world ends, stop going against the rules.”

Chang Qin’s face was gloomy, “Who was the first to break the rules, attempting to use Chen You’s death to force my own destruction?”

Wu Wuwu said, “That’s not the case.”

Chang Qin repeated those words verbatim, “Do you think I’m dead?”

Wu Wuwu, “…”

There’s no way to chat, no matter how hard he tries.

After a while, Wu Wuwu said, “I suggest you contact Si Sisi. If you can convince him to let your little cutie go home early, everyone will be happy.”

Chang Qin said coldly, “I’m not familiar with him.”

Wu Wuwu blurted out, “Not really. After all, you both have feelings for the same person…”

He realized he’d let something slip and immediately changed the subject, “Here! My family called me. Talk to you later.”

Chang Qin’s brows furrowed, and the next moment he threw his phone away.

Hearing the noise, Chen You rushed in, “What’s going on? Why did you throw your phone?”

Chang Qin pinched his brows and said, “I didn’t throw, I dropped it accidentally.”

Chen You was speechless. Okay, if you expect me to be mentally retarded right now, then I’ll be mentally retarded for five minutes. He picked up the phone case and battery one by one, went to the living room, put them back together, turned them on, and it was still working.

He rested his chin on his hand, staring through the glass door at his man, whose back was to him in the kitchen. He mentally called the system, “Old 4, my man doesn’t seem to be in a good mood. What do you think I can do to cheer him up?”

System said, “I’m not in a good mood either.”

Chen You followed with hehe, “Tease me.”

System said, “Why, only your man is allowed to be in a bad mood?”

It was a mechanical sound, completely flat, yet it gave off a sense of both grievance and anger. Chen You clicked his tongue, tsk-tsk, were they all playing melancholy together? Should he get one too, like Fight the Landlord?

After sighing, Chen You asked his family’s old 4 what was going on, whether his bonus had been deducted.

System did not respond.

Chen You was completely at a loss. It was difficult to comfort a friend who couldn’t be seen or touched, only heard. He thought for a moment and said, “Why don’t we play a singing game? I’ll sing a line, and you sing a line.”

System said, “Childish.”

Chen You didn’t want to talk to the system anymore, so he went to accompany his man. He just went to give a kiss when he heard a voice in his head, “What about playing a singing game?”

Are you messing with me? Chen You took the chopsticks from the man and rummaged through the chicken stock, poking a large piece of meat from a chicken leg. He leaned over to blow on it and played a singing game with the system, starting with his favorite song, 《Nunchucks》.

Who knew the first line was wrong? He was singing fast, and the system responded hahahaha. What the hell? They’re in multiple worlds together, and he even got his signature song wrong. Unimpressive.

System said, “Retarded.”

Chen You responded, “Hmm!”

Ssystem replied, “Nothing, just calling you. Remember to pray, and the Lord will bless you.”

Chen You twitched his mouth, “Need to tell you, I pray every day, even for you. The Lord will bless you, too.”

System was silent for a moment and then said, “Dunce.”

That’s enough! Don’t you know there are some things you shouldn’t say? Chen You was eating some chicken when he suddenly felt someone’s gaze locked on him. For some reason, he felt a chill run down his spine, and the chicken in his mouth no longer tasted delicious.

Chang Qin looked down at Chen You with half-closed eyes, his expression devoid of any emotion.

Chen You’s restrictions hadn’t been lifted. He couldn’t discuss the system or the tasks. He was a little scared, his scalp was numb, and he asked weakly, “Why are you looking at me?”

Chang Qin closed his eyes, a hint of emotion in them, his voice as gentle as usual, “Wash your hands and eat.”

Chen You uttered an oh, glancing at the man from the corner of his eye. He had a feeling that the other person was angry, but restraining himself from getting angry. He hopes it is an illusion.

The clearest thing in his messy memory was the scene of this man getting angry. He couldn’t think, felt nauseous, wanted to vomit, felt weak all over, was terrified, and doubted his life.

The atmosphere was weird during the meal, and it was still weird after the meal.

Chang Qin stayed in the study. Chen You knocked on the door, but there was no response. So he curled up on the sofa, watched a movie, ate snacks, and laughed along with the funny characters in the movie. That’s how he spent the entire afternoon.

“Old 4, help me analyze this. My man and I had sex in the bathroom this morning, but he became quiet at noon. Why do you think that is?”

System said, “I don’t know.”

Chen You said, “And analysis?”

System said, “I’m not familiar with your man.”

Chen You was shocked when he heard a sneer. What is this? One after another, it’s like both of them’s big aunt is here, and have to endure unspeakable pain. It’s so abnormal.

Poor Chen You, he has no job in this world and doesn’t even have a friend to offer advice. Ai.

Unlike the last world, there was still Dr. Zhou to chat with.

At five o’clock, Chen You went to the kitchen to make noodles with scallion oil. He and Chang Qin, a bowl for each, topped with two poached eggs, a few slices of ham, some diced tomatoes, and a sprinkle of chopped green onions. When he was done, he went to the study and called out, “Chang Qin, come out and eat noodles.”

There was no movement in the study.

Chen You grasped the doorknob and turned it gently. The door opened. He was stunned. It wasn’t locked. If he had known, he would have come in to play in the afternoon. God knows how bored he must have been in the living room alone.

As soon as he entered, Chen You was hit by the strong smell of cigarette smoke. The lights in the study were off and the curtains were drawn. Fortunately, there was light behind him, leaking in from above, below, and to the left and right of him, so he didn’t lose his way.

The man sat deep in his chair, his long, straight legs resting on the desk. This was the first time Chen You had seen such an uninhibited side of him. He had mostly seen meticulousness and strict discipline.

Seeing the man’s eyelids closed, as if he were asleep, Chen You walked over and was about to pinch his nose, but the other person immediately opened his eyes.

Those eyes were dark and devoid of any warmth, filled only with coldness and murderous intent, chilling to the bone. Chen You’s limbs were stiff, his face pale.

His pupils flickered as Chang Qin rubbed his forehead, looking at the young man with gentle eyes, “How did you get in?”

Chen You hadn’t recovered from the extreme fear yet. He couldn’t utter a sound, and his hands, hanging by his sides, were still trembling slightly.

It was embarrassing to say it out loud, but he was truly afraid of his man. There seemed to be an invisible chasm between them, dividing them into two areas, the upper and the lower. It is impossible to know everything and lay it all out for each other to see.

Ultimately, it’s because he can’t see through it.

Chang Qin frowned, pulled the person closer, and took his hand, “Why are you shaking?”

Chen You told the truth, “I’m afraid of you.”

Chang Qin raised his eyelids and looked into the young man’s eyes. The black and white were clear and transparent, without any adulteration, “It’s understandable that others are afraid of me, but why are you afraid of me? Am I not treating you well?”

With the last sentence, his voice dropped, and his aura was no longer gentle, but rather sharp, even a bit bloodthirsty.

“Not bad,” Chen You said quickly, “I just feel like you’re hiding a lot from me.”

Chang Qin chuckled, “You haven’t?”

Chen You was speechless.

He does have it, but that’s a restriction, not that he’s unwilling to talk about it.

Chang Qin lowered his head, pressed his lips against the young man’s palm, and kissed him on the line of life, “I’m the same as you.”

Chen You was stunned. What did that mean? He couldn’t say it, right? He just sighed, “Damn it! Go eat your noodles! They’re going to be soggy!”

As he spoke, he pulled the man up and dragged him out the door.

After asking what kind of noodles he made, Chang Qin started walking faster than Chen You, “You made scallion oil noodles. Why didn’t you call me?”

Chen You wanted to spank the man. MF! I haven’t even asked you yet. Why didn’t you play with me this afternoon? Why are you smoking alone in the study and looking so gloomy? It’s scary, okay?!

The two of them ate a bowl of noodles, then took a walk in the garden, looking at the snowy scenery. After a few strolls, they kissed each other, and everything was fine again.

A few days later, before the snow had completely melted, another layer of snow appeared.

Cheng Mingtian was in the hospital with a shoulder injury, unable to move. His parents came over every day. They had only one son, and they doted on him from birth. They didn’t even have a second child, fearing he would be neglected or become alienated from them.

Everything has its limits. Cheng Mingtian’s parents spoiled him too much, giving him everything he wanted. They thought that he was just young and frivolous and that he would naturally be sensible when he grew up as long as he didn’t do anything outrageous.

Unexpectedly, the family encountered a sudden change, and before their son could mature, the smooth road they had paved for him was broken.

Cheng Mingtian’s father was peeling tangerines and mentioned something to his son when his wife went out to heat up some food, “Your Mingxing Jie transferred one million yuan to me. This favor is on your head. When you become successful, you must repay her.”

Cheng Mingtian, who was scrolling through his phone with one hand, suddenly looked up, “When did this happen?”

His father said it happened a few days ago, and sighed, “Your Mingxing Jie didn’t let me tell your DaBo and DaMa. I understand what she meant. Just keep this to yourself, and don’t spread it around. Ba is telling you this so you’ll remember your Mingxing Jie’s kindness.”

Cheng Mingtian lowered his eyelids and continued to scroll through his phone. Suddenly, he asked why Jie didn’t come to see him.

“She works at a restaurant and is probably quite busy. She might not have time. I will ask for you.” His father handed the peeled tangerines to him, “I’m going to go check on your ma. She’s gone out heating up some food.”

After the door closed, Cheng Mingtian went to look through his call logs, dialed a number, and then abruptly hung up. He then sent a text message: Jie, come to the hospital this afternoon. I have something to tell you.

After that conversation, which left both of them feeling unhappy, he stopped calling Cheng Mingxing, Jie. This was the first time since their falling out.

In the afternoon, Cheng Mingxing came over.

There was no one else in the ward. The siblings sat there, one lying down and the other standing, facing each other in silence.

Cheng Mingxing didn’t sit down, her bag slung over her shoulder, clearly intending to leave quickly and not stay any longer. Seeing the boy picking at his fingers without saying anything, she spoke first, “I heard from ErShu about your injury. Be careful.”

Cheng Mingtian said, “Jie, the restaurant is so busy, and I still make you come all the way here?”

“It’s okay.” Cheng Mingxing said calmly, “Actually, I no longer work at the restaurant.”

Cheng Mingtian’s body trembled as he understood the reason. He opened his mouth and took a long time to say, “I’m sorry.”

Cheng Mingxing looked inquiringly.

Cheng Mingtian pursed his lips and said, “It’s Chang Qin.”

When Cheng Mingxing heard the name, her nerve endings trembled, and her grip on the bag strap unconsciously loosened. The bag slipped off her shoulder and fell into her hand, “What do you mean?”

She wasn’t sure what was going on, but Cheng Mingxing had an inexplicable feeling that she didn’t want to know what the boy was going to say next, but she couldn’t move a step.

Anything related to that man, no matter how small, would be magnified several times over when it came to her, and she couldn’t help but pay attention to it.

Feeling a bit cold, Cheng Mingtian slid down into the quilt. He heard his own voice recounting the entire story, remaining calm from beginning to end.

Cheng Mingxing stared in disbelief at the boy lying on the hospital bed. He was thin and frail, with handsome features. Who could have imagined that beneath such a handsome exterior resided a soul filled with malice?

“You……”

She didn’t continue her words. To the boy, it was meaningless. She smiled and shook her head. No wonder Chang Qin had said it was because her last name was Cheng.

How much must he hate the surname Cheng to fire everyone with the same surname, including her?

Perhaps it’s because one is dying, one becomes more open-minded and indifferent to everything, lacking the time to dwell on it or delve into it. Cheng Mingxing recovered from her shock and looked at the boy, “You can’t use your youth and ignorance as an excuse. Mingtian, you will end up hurting yourself and others because of your evil intentions and extreme thoughts.”

“I was wrong. It’s all my fault.”

Cheng Mingtian told everything. Someone shared some of his burdens, and surprisingly, he felt less depressed, “Jie, you’ve worked under Chang Qin for so many years. Please speak up for me. Tell him I know I’m wrong, that I’m a beast, and that I deserve to die. Ask him. If he’s willing to forgive me and let this matter go, I’ll do anything.”

He had made up his mind. Whether it was kowtow or a beating, he would agree. He was afraid of death, of having nothing, of living in poverty where he couldn’t hold his head up.

Cheng Mingxing’s eyes were filled with pity and amusement. ErShu, ErShen, this is your child, lovingly raised, “Do you realize where you went wrong?”

Cheng Mingtian’s eyes flashed, and he said he knew.

His mistake was not checking the villa’s surveillance cameras. If he had noticed in time, he certainly wouldn’t have been so foolish as to go in. He could have waited for the young man to come out and then found an opportunity to deal with him.

Cheng Mingxing had previously thought she understood this boy well, that he was just too playful, lived too affluently, and too ungrateful. But then, after he’d proposed a bet with her, and after what he’d just said, she realized she didn’t understand him at all.

But now, she saw a hint of resentment in the boy’s eyes and realized that she understood him.

No matter what happens, he always blames others first and never looks for the problem in himself.

Cheng Mingxing was nearing death. What she could say and do was feeble. Ultimately, she still wanted to give the boy a knock, “Mingtian, ask yourself, from childhood to adulthood, was there anything you ate or wore that wasn’t good? You’ve always had smooth sailing, without any setbacks or blows. Compared to other kids your age, you’re better off than them all.”

“In junior high, you played around at school. Your ba paid someone to find connections and got you into the best high school. You often skipped classes and hung out with students from other schools. Three months before the college entrance exam, you started reviewing, making a final sprint and focusing on the key points.”

She spoke slowly, “You’re very smart. Once you have a goal, you’ll strive for it and work hard to achieve it. With your persistence, you could have had a bright future, but you ruined yourself. There’s no regret medicine in the world. You don’t know where you went wrong, and even now, you’re still blaming others.”

“How sad would your parents be if they knew that the whole family was ruined because of your jealousy?”

Cheng Mingtian’s expression grew increasingly grim, “After saying so much, why don’t you think that what Chang Qin did was illegal?

“I just went to the forum and found a few people, plotting to r*pe that person. But he just killed them. Of these two actions, which one is more serious? You know it, don’t you? Don’t push me too far. The worst that can happen is that both sides will be destroyed!”

Seeing the boy’s face filled with resentment and ridicule, Cheng Mingxing sighed in disappointment, “Do you feel guilty towards your parents? You don’t, right?”

Cheng Mingtian’s face turned pale, and he was so embarrassed that he couldn’t utter a word.

“I won’t take back the one million, and I won’t tell your parents about what happened today. You should tell them that yourself.”

Cheng Mingxing slung her bag over her shoulder and said before leaving, “Mingtian, whether you’ll live on your feet or crawl is up to you. No one can help you. Never count on luck to come your way, because your luck has been taken away by God and will never come back.”

Cheng Mingtian clenched his hands tightly on the quilt. No, he still had Zhang Zhi. Even if everyone in the world ignored him, Zhang Zhi would not abandon him.

With this in mind, Cheng Mingtian hurriedly made a phone call with trembling hands, but the number was temporarily unavailable.

He called over ten or twenty times, and got the same prompt every time. He was so angry that he threw his phone on the bedside table. Zhang Zhi wouldn’t give up on him.

When Cheng Mingxing reached the apartment door and opened it with her key, she fainted.

She woke up in the hospital, not on the cold ground. Cheng Mingxing was dazed. She had expected things to be like at home, with no one to even help her up. She was wondering if a neighbor had seen her and taken her to the hospital when she saw the door open and someone come in. It wasn’t a neighbor, it was someone she didn’t want to see.

Wen Wen closed the door behind him and said, “You’re sick. Go get checked later.”

Cheng Mingxing said there was no need, “It’s just low blood sugar.”

Wen Wen, one hand in his trouser pocket, said in front of the bed, “I didn’t leave that morning. I just went to buy you breakfast.”

Cheng Mingxing’s eyelashes twitched. She knew because she saw the man’s watch, tie, and cell phone by the bed. He didn’t look like he had discovered that he had had sex with her and left in panic.

“I’ve been thinking a lot these past few days.”

Wen Wen took his hand out of his pocket, supported himself on the edge of the bed, leaned forward slightly, and said, “I like you.”

Cheng Mingxing’s breath hitched.

“I went to your apartment to find you just to tell you this. Then, seeing you fainted on the floor, I took the liberty of carrying you to the hospital.” Wen Wen pursed his lips, “Mingxing, can I call you this?”

Cheng Mingxing seemed to be in a daze.

Wen Wen couldn’t help but reach out and gently brush aside the woman’s curly hair that fell on her shoulder, “Neither you nor I are ten years old. We both know what we want and won’t be easily moved by things. However, once we are moved, we won’t forget it easily.”

“Mingxing, I was moved by you the first time I saw you. Can you give me a chance to love you?”

Cheng Mingxing remained silent.

Wen Wen’s brows knitted together as he stared at the woman’s overly pale face, feeling distressed and worried, “With me here, your burden will be much lighter. I will work hard to give you the best life, even if it’s just a trial, okay?”

The man repeatedly gave in, even making humble pleas.

A tear fell from the corner of Cheng Mingxing’s eye, and she wiped it away with her hand before the man could catch her. She said, “Wen Wen, we are about the same age and have similar work backgrounds. Maybe we would be a good match. It’s just…”

She smiled softly, “By the time we met, it was too late.” 

Wen Wen said, “It’s not too late.”

Cheng Mingxing shook her head. It was too late. If the medical report was wrong, and she was healthy and had a long way to go in life, she might try to slowly forget Chang Qin and start over with Wen Wen, or someone else.

But it was too late.

God felt that she had been dragging her feet all these years, liking someone but not even confessing her feelings, and was disappointed in her. He would not give someone like her any more time to waste.

It’s a shame we met too late, these words popped up in Cheng Mingxing’s mind. She paused for a moment, then met the man’s nervous and expectant gaze, “Wen Wen, you’re successful in your career, well-spoken, attractive, and come from a good family. I believe you’ll meet someone you’re compatible with, develop a unique love for each other, and have a harmonious and happy family.”

“I bless you.”

That was the last time Wen Wen saw Cheng Mingxing. He went to his teacher’s home to inquire about the situation, but all he knew was that Cheng Mingxing had left City M and was traveling far away alone. As for where she had gone or what her new contact information was, not even her parents knew.

After the New Year, a piece of news appeared on Weibo, causing quite a stir in the Cheng family.

The protagonist of the news was a beautiful woman under 30 years old, who was carried unconscious on a stretcher.

Cheng Mingxing fell ill on her way to see the sea and passed away soon after. She chose to be alone, quietly enjoying her final moments. Without the sound of her loved ones crying, without worries, without pressure, without complaints, she felt completely at peace.

Mother Cheng and Father Cheng cried breathlessly. Their only daughter was gone.

Cheng family’s relatives came to comfort them, but Mother Cheng sat on a chair, slapping her thigh and sobbing. She said her daughter was just stubborn and didn’t listen to her. If she had found a boyfriend, married and had children, and not worked so hard, how could she have gotten sick and passed away so young?

Relatives can’t offer much help beyond a few words of condolence. Everyone understands that the dead can not be brought back to life, but when it happens to themselves, it’s harder to accept, and it takes some time to process.

No matter what, life must go on.

Wanting to keep a low profile, Cheng Mingtian won’t go to dating forums or Weibo.

He never got through to Zhang Zhi on the phone. He went to his company to ask, and they said Zhang Zhi had resigned. Okay, he ran away, right? What he said back then was bullshit.

Cheng Mingtian lived in constant fear, even sleeping with a knife under his pillow. He felt insecure, constantly worried that Chang Qin would send someone to kill him.

Not only that, he was also worried that word of his work at the club would spread back home, and that he might catch the disease if he ran into a customer and didn’t take safety precautions.

Or maybe he’s afraid of the police. If he’s identified as the instigator and imprisoned, and his family can’t afford to bail him out, he’ll reveal his worst side in prison.

All these things were on Cheng Mingtian’s mind, making him paranoid.

He’d researched online and secretly visited a doctor. He knew he had a mental illness, but he couldn’t change it. Medication hadn’t helped, and his condition was only getting worse.

Death brings liberation.

Cheng Mingtian thought so every night when he woke up from a nightmare, but he couldn’t do it. He didn’t want to die.

He wanted to live, even if it meant living a life worse than death.

Cheng Mingtian was on the street when he received the call from home. His first reaction was that it was a joke. Cheng Mingxing was dead. How could that be possible? When she lectured him in the hospital last year, she was full of energy.

“Ma, what nonsense are you talking about?”

“I’m not talking nonsense. Your Mingxing Jie is really gone. Please come back. Your DaBo and DaMa are very sad.”

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Mingtian took a taxi home. Only then did he realize that Cheng Mingxing, who had told him not to count on any good luck and looked at him with disappointment, was truly dead.

It happened suddenly, without any warning.

No, it wasn’t that there were no signs. Cheng Mingxing kept it a secret. She didn’t want to see all those Cheng family relatives when she was dying. She’d had enough of the gossip.

Cheng Mingtian leaned against the door, his ears buzzing. He couldn’t tell who was crying or talking. His legs gave way, and he slumped to the ground in a daze.

A living person, gone without a sound.

It’s as easy as breaking a cup, tearing a piece of paper, or kicking over a trash can.

On the balcony, a big black bird fluttered its wings and flew around. It had been there for quite a while, and no one noticed its presence.

Chen You continued to fly, waiting for Cheng Mingtian to come out, then flew up and squatted above his head.

Cheng Mingtian lit a cigarette and walked forward aimlessly, completely unaware of the black bird hovering over his head.

After defecating on Cheng Mingtian’s head, Chen You discovered that Cheng Mingtian couldn’t see him, not even a feather or a puff of shit, which showed that he had a long life ahead of him.

This is reality.

Good people don’t necessarily live to be a hundred years old, and bad people don’t necessarily have a tragic end. The death of a good person isn’t necessarily a disaster, and the survival of a bad person isn’t necessarily happiness.

Everyone has their own destiny, no one can predict it, God has already made plans.

Chen You flew back to the villa, filled with emotion. He swallowed Chang Qin’s saliva and transformed into a human. He then mentioned Cheng Mingxing’s death.

Chang Qin didn’t even raise his eyebrows, not caring about the lives of others.

Chen You sighed. How could he possibly have fallen in love with someone so cold-blooded and heartless? He scratched his face. Speaking of his face, in one world, he was an ugly bastard so ugly it shocked the heavens and earth and made the ghosts weep.

In other worlds, most of the time, he was just pretty, far from being peerless or stunning.

His body changes over and over again, but his soul remains the same. So, is it because his soul is too charming?

Chen You leaned on the man’s shoulder, “Why do you like me?”

Chang Qin was writing calligraphy, “I want to know, too.”

Chen You gently tugged at the man’s ear, breakup for ten minutes, goodbye.

He went to play in the garden and saw that the birds were all nestled in the trees, motionless. They looked extremely lazy. Spring had just arrived, but they were already sleepy.

Clearing his throat, Chen You sang, “Wake up! I no longer want to be a slave. This is the most dangerous time——” ~

The birds were startled and flew out of the tree in all directions. What the hell is this damn thing?

After singing a song, Chen You also showed off his breakdance in the garden.

The birds flew back again, watching intently, and the man’s position in their hearts wavered slightly at this moment.

Chen You stretched his muscles during the day, and then played with Chang Qin for over two hours that night before falling asleep. He had a dream about a very handsome figure. He happily pounced on him, hugged him from behind, and called him husband.

The figure turned around, and it wasn’t his man, but a handsome stranger with phoenix eyes and a mole on his face.

Chen You woke up in shock.

The day before yesterday, a bird flew into his arms. He played with it and even fed it. At that time, Chang Qin was smiling, which was very scary, as if he wanted to kill the bird.

If Chang Qin knew that he dreamed of another man and hugged him, would he rip off both of his arms?

It’s okay, it’s just a dream. No matter how overbearing Chang Qin is, he won’t know his dream. Chen You felt relieved and was wiping his sweat when a voice suddenly rang in his ear, “Did you have a beautiful dream?”

Chen You immediately said, “Nightmare!”

After a click, the bedroom light turned on. Chang Qin leaned against the headboard, his eyes clear, without a trace of sleepiness.

---

---

---

---

Chapter 157. Don’t Cry

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

---

As Cheng Mingxing finished speaking, she saw the big black bird lying on the table suddenly stand up and turn its head to face her.

She looked closely into the black bird’s tiny eyes and realized it was different from the myna she kept at home, nor did it resemble any other species of myna she knew.

Maybe it’s a rare species.

However, the color of this myna’s feathers isn’t very good, it’s rather sparse, and has even fallen out in several places. It’s clear that it has a serious feather loss problem.

Normally, Cheng Mingxing would have played with the myna, teaching it a few words or two, but at this moment, she wasn’t in the mood to relax. Perhaps it was because, from the day she got the report back from the hospital, everything around her had dimmed.

The man behind the desk was feeding the black bird water, his expression gentle.

The black bird stuck its butt out, lowered its head, and drank sips of water. Perhaps it was enjoying the drink, so it pecked the back of the man’s hand with its beak.

The man wasn’t annoyed, the lines on his face softened, and his gaze gave the illusion of doting, as if he was indulging the black bird even if it was arrogant.

Cheng Mingxing saw this and couldn’t help but feel envious. She found it funny that she would envy a myna.

What’s even funnier is that she can only envy.

Years ago, when Cheng Mingxing learned the restaurant’s name was Chang Xiang Si, she was sensitive enough to understand that there must be a hidden story behind Chang Xiang Si, one deeply connected to the restaurant owner’s heart.

Gradually, she began to envy the person who had never appeared, who was lucky enough not to be forgotten by her boss.

One day a few months ago, the boss showed up at the restaurant with a young stranger. Cheng Mingxing saw them and was envious. Why could a man have what she longed for? She even dreamed about being with the boss, thinking it was a blessing from God.

Now, for some reason, the young man hadn’t appeared in a long time. Seeing how much the boss cared about black bird, Cheng Mingxing was still envious.

She is always envious.

After thinking about it, maybe this has something to do with her personality. When doing something, she will think over it over and over again, thinking about what will happen if she does it, and what will happen if she doesn’t do it. She always has to list the consequences of every choice, overthinking it. Ultimately, her courage wears off, and she can only sneak around and hide.

To be honest, the atmosphere in the office is quite subtle.

Chen You knew that the fact Cheng Mingxing could see him meant she was near her death and might not survive the New Year. Neither Chang Qin nor the person involved knew about this. As the only one who knew, he couldn’t say or do anything and could only remain a bystander.

Everyone has their own destiny.

After drinking enough water, Chen You flew into Chang Qin’s arms who held his butt with one hand to prevent him from falling.

Cheng Mingxing’s expression was slightly startled. A sudden, absurd thought flashed through her mind. The man treated black bird in the same way he had treated the young man.

Could it be that the young man was transformed from this bird?

This was too bizarre. Cheng Mingxing thought it was because her sleep quality had been too poor these past few days that her entire thinking had deviated from normal logic. However, she really felt like an extra person, blocked by the small world formed by the man and the black bird.

After a while, Cheng Mingxing said, “Boss, the reason you gave, I can’t accept.”

Chang Qin said, “Whether you accept it or not is up to you.”

Cheng Mingxing pursed her lips, her face paling slightly, “Boss, can you please give me a reasonable excuse, considering I’ve been working for you for so many years?”

She simply didn’t believe the man wanted her to leave because her last name was Cheng. How could that be possible? She had never heard him mention that he had some kind of aversion to the surname Cheng before.

So there must be another reason, such as the man discovering her thoughts towards him other than as a superior and subordinate.

Chang Qin stroked the black bird, which had several patches of feathers missing, “You have good management skills.”

Cheng Mingxing’s body trembled violently. She raised her head, unable to conceal her surprise. She had never dreamed that this man would acknowledge her. The next moment, she heard him say, “Too bad your last name is Cheng.”

“It’s not just you. Chang Xiang Si won’t keep anyone with the last name Cheng.”

Chen You, rubbing against his woolen coat, was startled. Only then did he understand something. Why did Chang Qin want to fire Cheng Mingxing? And everyone with the last name Cheng? Why did he make such a big deal out of it? He thought about it and could only think of one possibility. It was Cheng Mingtian who had caused trouble that night.

It must be!

Chen You despised himself for not suspecting that guy at all.

It’s not his fault either. That dude is just an ordinary college student. Bah, he was wrong. The other person is not ordinary at all. He knows how to have fun.

Anyway, he has never seen anyone who can play better than that dude.

But no matter how good a person is at playing, he couldn’t easily enter and exit a private villa, and even let six men in. Chen You couldn’t figure it out. Fuck it! If that guy didn’t have a cheat code, then someone must have let him in and deliberately arranged this to kill him.

Who could that being be, even more overbearing than his man?

Chen You didn’t listen to what Cheng Mingxing said. He hurriedly asked the system, “Since I came to this world, so many people have died. What’s going on?”

System said, “Are you foolish? I’ve told you several times, this is Supernatural Zone 120. If no one dies, there’s something wrong.”

Foolish Chen twitched his beak. Okay, he really had forgotten, “Everyone won’t die, right?”

System said, “I don’t know. This area is not under my jurisdiction.”

Chen You asked, “Who’s in charge of this? All are colleagues. Can you please help me ask if my man will be okay?”

System said, “In reply to your two questions. First, I have no co-worker relationship here. Second, no one cares about whether your man dies or lives.”

Chen You said, “Is it because he’s too overbearing?”

System said, “I’m not familiar with your man.”

“…” Chen You said, “Old 4, can you tell me how overbearing my man is? Is he the coolest guy?”

The system did not respond.

Just as Chen You was about to urge him, a loud bang suddenly occurred in his head. The loud explosion gave him a headache.

This was, system telling him to go die.

Chen You sighed. Oh my Old 4, this isn’t how you use slang, explode on the spot. Don’t use it carelessly, okay?

When he came to his senses, he and Chang Qin were the only ones left in the office. Cheng Mingxing had left at some point, probably because she hadn’t resolved the doubts in her heart.

Fired by the boss because of her last name. How funny!

Fate is something that is hard to predict.

Chen You looked up and asked Chang Qin if it was Cheng Mingtian who did it, “da da da da da da da da?”

Chang Qin said, “I don’t understand what you are saying.”

Chen You flew over to the desk, picked up the resignation letter signed with three characters Cheng Mingxing, and threw it to the man. Tell me, if you fire Cheng Mingxing, where are we going to find a suitable person to be the manager?

“Opening a restaurant was just in boredom of waiting for you.”

Chang Qin chuckled and said, “Even if the restaurant closes, I can still support you.”

Hearing the man say this, Chen You rolled his eyes, I have nothing to say to someone as cocky as you.

Chang Qin stood up and walked to the window. His gaze seemed to stop at one spot, but it also seemed as if he was looking at nothing at all. His eyes were empty.

Chen You squatted on the man’s shoulder and asked him what was wrong, “da da da?”

Chang Qin rubbed his brows and simply said, “I want to eat the scallion noodles you make. When can you become a human?”

As long as you let me have a little bit of your saliva, it will take only a few minutes. Chen You flew in front of the man, closed his eyes and raised his beak. Come on!

Chang Qin raised his hand and poked black bird’s forehead with a finger, “Don’t flirt with me, ok?”

Chen You flapped his wings. Just flirt!

He flirted for quite a while, until almost fell asleep. The man didn’t do anything to him, and didn’t want to kiss him at all.

If it wasn’t a dead bird, but a human, it would be a completely different matter. Chen You wouldn’t do anything, and the man would shamelessly come up to him, staying for hours, and couldn’t be driven away even if he kicked him.

This is definitely discrimination against species.

A light snowflake slowly began to fall from the sky, drifting and swirling down into the city, unconcerned with whether anyone accepted it or not, forcing its way across the sky and earth.

Chang Qin held up a black umbrella and strolled down the street with his long legs.

Under the umbrella, a black bird huddled inside his coat, its small black head visible, white air puffing out of its beak.

Even though it’s snowing, the streets are still crowded. Taking advantage of the snow and bringing their significant other out to experience the romantic atmosphere. Holding hands, hugging, and kissing passionately amidst the falling snow is truly wonderful. It will linger in memories for a long time and won’t fade away.

Chen You wanted to do the same with Chang Qin, but unfortunately he couldn’t transform into a human now. He would wait and see. He was determined to play in the snow.

During his freshman year, one day Chen You finished evening study and went to the school cafeteria to buy a bowl of pickled mustard greens and shredded pork noodles. He packed it up and took it back to his dormitory to eat. On the way, he passed a small bamboo forest behind the teaching building and heard strange noises.

It was snowing heavily at the time, and the ground and trees were all covered in white.

Chen You secretly hid in the corner and watched. When the two classmates finished their business and walked out of the bamboo forest as if nothing had happened, the pickled mustard greens and shredded pork noodles in his hand were completely mushy and cold.

Starting the next day, Chen You skipped evening self-study. He also didn’t invite his three roommates to join him. Instead, he wandered around the school’s various secret hiding spots, broadening his horizons and enriching his experience, and he attended several classes for free, which was quite risqué.

After a week, Chen You discovered a phenomenon, the worse the environment and the greater the challenge, the higher the students’ enthusiasm.

He had always wanted to try it, but due to various factors, he didn’t enjoy it enough in the prison world.

This time was different. He could do whatever he wanted in the garden at home and no one would care if he rolled around in the snow. Chen You pecked Chang Qin’s chest, thinking of finding an opportunity to steal the saliva while the other was asleep, and turn into a human as soon as possible.

In less than half an hour, five people cast curious glances at the black bird. One was a muscular, hip-hop-inspired young man with headphones dangling from his neck, one was a middle school student with a backpack and a bruise at the corner of his eye, one was a young girl dressed like a hooker, one was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, preoccupied with his thoughts, and the last was an adorable baby in a stroller, wearing a thick hat.

Chen You was filled with nothing but ruefulness.

According to what the system told him, only those nearing the end of their lifespans, imbued with the deathly aura of the underworld, could see him.

There are many people in this world, whether good or evil, male or female, old or young, disabled or healthy, they will all follow their own destiny, and no one can be an exception.

Passing by a cake shop, Chen You wanted to eat cake, “da da da da.”

Under the shy gaze of the shop assistant, Chang Qin folded his umbrella and entered the cake shop. When he came out, he was holding a small fruit pudding cake, only 6 inches in size, big enough for a bird.

With food, Chen You’s heart wasn’t so heavy anymore. He flew over the umbrella and then flew in again, flicking the snow off his body into Chang Qin’s face.

Chang Qin grabbed the black bird by the tail. It was always so playful. Only when he tired it out and it was unable to move would it become obedient and lie still.

He scooped the black bird into his arms, his lips curled into a smile, “Oh you!”

Chen You shuddered. He felt an unspeakable feeling about those two words, the unique tone, and the smile. How should he put it? Everything else was fine, but he had this conditioned urge to pee.

The snow came gradually, and by the afternoon it had already become goose feathers. If it continues, the city would be dressed in new clothes.

After Cheng Mingxing left the restaurant, she drove around the city alone. She saw snowflakes drifting onto the windshield and was momentarily dazed until a shrill horn blew, jolting her awake.

Life is fragile, and it’s easy to give up on it.

However, when you want it, it is extremely difficult. No matter how much you pray, God will not show mercy.

Cheng Mingxing parked the car on the side of the road, leaned back in her seat, lit a cigarette and started smoking. Over the past few months, she had been smoking more and more. If she didn’t control it and care about herself, others would not care even more.

Her family only cares about her relationship. Has she found a boyfriend? Why hasn’t she found one yet? Is it interesting to be so picky? Does she still want to live a good life?

It seems that for them, having a boyfriend is the only criterion for whether her life is good or not.

Among those relatives, whoever heard that she didn’t have a boyfriend would look at her in surprise, saying, “Oh my God, this is impossible. You’re almost thirty years old and you don’t even have a boyfriend?”

She has a house and a car, and she’s pretty, so why doesn’t she have a boyfriend? This is so strange, there must be something wrong with her. So the relatives will discuss her with the utmost malice, smacking their lips and saying nothing but annoyance.

Her thoughts suddenly returned, and Cheng Mingxing was choked by the smell of cigarettes. She dug a tissue from her bag and wiped away the tears streaming from her eyes. It wasn’t that she was picky or self-righteous, not taking those men seriously. It was just that she was too lazy and tired.

After finishing a cigarette, Cheng Mingxing got on the highway and went to xxx Hospital in City A for a checkup.

She checked into a hotel in City A and went to the hospital right after receiving a call from there. The test results this time were the same as last time, and the diagnosis was confirmed.

Some people have been living perfectly well, without even catching a cold, only to suddenly develop an incurable disease, only to discover it’s too late. This type of situation has been occurring more frequently in recent years.

The doctor, having dealt with this kind of situation before, knew that words of comfort would be meaningless at this moment. He simply told Cheng Mingxing to get hospitalized as soon as possible and cooperate with the treatment.

Cheng Mingxing calmly put the report into her bag and calmly walked out of the consultation room.

The hospital was noisy, and some people would glance over and admire the woman with a pretty face and a great figure.

Cheng Mingxing crossed the first floor and stood on the steps at the hospital entrance. She gathered a loose strand of curly hair and tucked it behind her ear. Perhaps after her last checkup, she had been mentally prepared, so the diagnosis wasn’t a major emotional upheaval this time.

Luck has always been a luxury.

Cheng Mingxing walked into the snow without an umbrella. Her head and body quickly turned white. The snowflakes melted, and the coldness seeped in. She shivered unconsciously, and suddenly felt that her life was very oppressive and pathetic.

She had never been in a relationship before, and had spent over ten years on an unrequited love. Now that she knows she won’t live long, she doesn’t dare to do or say anything.

Cheng Mingxing got into the car, her hands and feet frozen. She didn’t know how long it took, perhaps tens of seconds, or a minute or two, before her fingertips began to tremble. Slowly, her arms, shoulders, and then her entire body. She covered her face with her hands, sobbing helplessly with grief.

There’s no one who is not afraid of death.

Cheng Mingxing’s mind was in turmoil, her thoughts racing. If she told her parents what the report said, they wouldn’t be able to handle it, right! If that man knew about her condition, would he pay more attention to her? Accepting treatment would only be a struggle, a torment, and even a burden to her family. If she endured the pain, would God grant her a special favor and let her live a few more years? Ten more years?

If she doesn’t get special care, what else can she rely on to persevere?

In the end, Cheng Mingxing realized that nothing she did could change the fact that she had a fatal health problem. Isn’t there a saying that goes, when a person is unlucky, even drinking water gets stuck in their teeth?

Just misfortune, what can be done?

After a moment, Cheng Mingxing took a deep breath, composed herself, and drove to a bar in the city.

She rarely comes to the bar. Whenever she comes, she’s with a few friends to celebrate holidays. This is the first time she came alone, doing nothing but drinking.

The roar of the subwoofer was deafening, and the bar was ablaze with color. The lighting designer was a master, adjusting the lights to the rhythm of the music. Even a vicissitudes of life song, influenced by the lighting, could give people a sense of sensuality.

Cheng Mingxing sat in the corner, her coat off, revealing a slim-fitting black dress that was both sexy and charming.

Every age group has its own unique charm. Women of this age have a unique appeal.

Cheng Mingxing didn’t respond to the wanton stares. Her eyelids drooped, a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. Suddenly, she felt a sense of desolation. There were so many people here, both men and women, but she didn’t even have anyone to confide in.

Well, this is a bar, a place for fun, not chatting.

Cheng Mingxing stood up from the sofa, swayed a bit, and sat back down. She reached for her bag and flipped through her phone, trying to make a call. She scrolled through it several times but couldn’t find the contact list.

A young man approached and said considerately, “Miss, you’re drunk. Tell me where you live and I’ll take you home.”

As he spoke, the person took Cheng Mingxing’s coat and purse from the sofa in a familiar manner, put his arm around her waist, and couldn’t hide his excitement on his face.

Cheng Mingxing was hugged by the young man and walked outside. She wanted to break free, but she was too weak. Her throat was burning and she could only speak softly, “Let me go.”

“I let you go, how can you walk?” The young man blew into the woman’s neck, “Beauty, you know, as soon as you came in, many men in the bar wanted you. But I’m different from them. Not only do I want you, I even get hard.”

Cheng Mingxing’s brows furrowed, her stomach churning, “Aren’t you afraid I have AIDS?”

The young man laughed heartily, “To die under the peony flowers, even as a ghost, is romantic. Don’t mention it even if you have mugwort spirit, I can take care of it tonight.”

When someone looked over, he shrugged, making a show of being earnest, and said, “I’m such a disgrace making everyone laugh. But I made my girlfriend mad yesterday, and she wanted to break up with me, so she came to the bar by herself.”

Cheng Mingxing was led out of the bar by the young man and was about to be pushed into a car when her arm was grabbed and a familiar surprised voice reached her ear.

After a few moments, Cheng Mingxing remembered that the voice belonged to Wen Wen, the man she had met at the last blind date.

She was about to say something, but the alcohol took over and the world was spinning.

Wen Wen was drinking coffee with a friend across the street. When he saw Cheng Mingxing through the glass window, he immediately ran out of the cafe, crossed the street, and grabbed her arm, his fingers clenched.

Someone shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan. The young man’s face turned very bad, asking who you are!

Wen Wen said calmly, “This is my girlfriend.”

The young man’s face twitched, and he sighed, “If you say so, then it is! Stop kidding, okay? This is my girlfriend. Plenty of people in the bar can vouch for it!”

Wen Wen frowned, thinking that this woman had a boyfriend after the blind date with him. He glanced over and caught the rejection and disgust on the woman’s face, as well as the struggle. She was saying something, but she was just a little confused because she was drunk.

After some thought, Wen Wen’s expression changed. He tried to pull the woman into his arms, but was stopped by another force. He lowered his voice, “Do you know her name?”

The young man couldn’t utter a single word.

At this time, onlookers had already approached, and seeing that the young man was silent, they began to doubt his identity.

Wen Wen looked at the drunken woman and lowered his voice, “Mingxing, can you hear me? I’m Wen Wen. We’ve met before. Come with me, okay?”

Cheng Mingxing was talking drunkenly, her words incoherent.

Seeing this, Wen Wen took advantage of the young man’s moment of distraction and pulled the woman into his arms.

The cooked duck flew away. The young man cursed with a sullen face, kicked the trash can hard, and walked away unwillingly.

Wen Wen hadn’t expected to meet the woman in City A. He closed the car door, unsure where to drive, “Ms. Cheng, I’m sorry. I had to say that. I hope you don’t mind.”

Cheng Mingxing tilted her head. She was fair-skinned, and when she did that, the blue veins on her neck were clearly visible.

A drunk person cannot respond.

Wen Wen’s brow furrowed as he pressed his temples, muttering, “Why would a woman go to a place like that to drink, and drink so much…”

The next day, Cheng Mingxing woke up in a hotel bed. She looked at the messy bed and the clothes scattered on the floor, and her head was splitting with pain.

The fragments of last night were all cluttered in her mind, disorganized. She suspected that she had called out Chang Qin’s name more than once when she was with Wen Wen.

Everyone is an adult, there was no coercion, it was consensual. To put it bluntly, there’s no real reason to explain it.

Cheng Mingxing sat at the head of the bed, staring blankly at the white quilt. She was completely unaware of the two bloodstains under her nose. When she looked again, she saw several more blood-red flowers on the quilt.

After a moment of daze, Cheng Mingxing hurriedly stood up and rushed to the bathroom, leaving a trail of red dots on the floor.

Wen Wen simply went downstairs to a nearby breakfast shop to buy breakfast. When he opened the door and came in, the woman was no longer in the room.

Wen Wen was startled when he saw the blood-red quilt. He immediately took out his phone and dialed the number he had memorized, but the number on the other end said it was turned off.

Wen Wen placed breakfast on the table. He tugged at his collar, feeling inexplicably anxious.

He wanted to talk to the woman about what happened last night. He had everything planned out. He would confess and tell her his true thoughts. He hoped she would give him a chance and try to date him.

He would not delve into the details of the man named Chang Qin.

Who knows whether the person is gone or something happened. Wen Wen couldn’t figure out how the woman would react after waking up, or what her attitude towards him would be.

He smiled bitterly, “Disgust, I guess.”

Wen Wen was more worried about the woman’s body. There was blood not only on the quilt but also on the floor. He frowned and called the teacher to ask tentatively, but unfortunately, he got nothing.

Cheng Mingxing returned to her hotel and slept all day before picking up her car from the bar and driving back to City M. Her apartment was rented and close to the restaurant. Her life had been turned upside down by a medical report.

Putting money and health together is ridiculous.

In the evening, Cheng Mingxing turned on her phone. Before she could check her text messages, the phone call from home came, “What’s wrong with you? Your phone is off all the time. Ma has done nothing all day but call you!”

Mother Cheng ordered, “Mingxing no matter where you are or what you’re doing right now, come home!”

Cheng Mingxing had just finished showering, her hair still wet, “What’s wrong?”

Mother Cheng said, “Something serious has happened at your ErShu’s home. Hurry up! It’s hard to explain over the phone. I’ll tell you in detail when you get back.”

(*ErShu= Second uncle)

Throwing her phone on the bed, Cheng Mingxing went to get a hair dryer to blow dry her hair. She looked at the woman in the mirror, who was also looking back at her. She was less than thirty years old, and her face showed no signs of aging.

After a while, they both laughed.

Cheng Mingxing’s home was some distance from the apartment. When she arrived home, it was already past nine in the evening. She hadn’t eaten much all day, and her stomach was churning.

As soon as she entered the house, Cheng Mingxing was pulled into her room by her mother, who told her about her ErShu’s family. As she listened, she felt that life was unpredictable.

It’s the case with ErShu’s family as well as with her.

After a long sigh, Mother Cheng got to the point, “Mingxing, I’ve discussed this with your ba. Although we’re close to your ErShu’s family, it’s only natural for us to lend a hand if there’s anything we can do. However, it depends on the nature of the matter. Your ErShu’s family is bankrupt, their house is about to be confiscated. They owe such a huge debt. We’re powerless, and can only worry about them.”

“In short, remember this, help when you can, and don’t try to be too righteous when you can’t.”

In the final analysis, it means to clean the snow in front of your own door and not worry about the frost on other people’s roofs.

Mother Cheng knew her daughter was quite capable. She worked as a restaurant manager and had never been in a relationship. She had lived alone for years and had saved a considerable amount of money. She owned a house and a car. She was worried that Cheng Mingtian’s family would come after her daughter and try to scrape away some of her belongings, so she hurriedly called her back and gave her a heads up in advance, fearing that her daughter might feel pity for the family and give away all her belongings.

For Mother Cheng, doing so was absolutely unacceptable. She felt that no matter what, her family should never be affected by the affairs of others.

Cheng Mingxing said, “I understand. Ma, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go back.”

Mother Cheng pulled her hand, “It’s so late. Why go back? Just sleep at home and leave tomorrow.”

Cheng Mingxing looked at her mother and suddenly fell silent.

Seeing her daughter seemed to have something to say, Mother Cheng suddenly thought, “Mingxing, could it be that Mingtian has already contacted you?”

“No.” Cheng Mingxing said, “Ma, please make me some egg fried rice. I want some.”

“It’s already so late, why eat egg fried rice? It’s too oily and hard to digest if eaten at night. I’ll ask your ba if there’s any leftover food in the fridge. Wait.”

Just as Mother Cheng was about to stand up, she turned around and grabbed her daughter’s back, “Mingxing, why are there so many hairs on your coat?”

Cheng Mingxing’s face paled briefly, “I’ve been staying up late, so I’ve lost a lot of hair.”

“Staying up late, staying up late! How old are you? You still stay up late! Those who die suddenly die from staying up late.”

Mother Cheng nags, “You don’t listen to me. I told you long ago that a girl should find a boyfriend early, get married, have a child, and then stay home to cook, wash clothes, and take care of the child. Nothing better than that.”

Cheng Mingxing felt a little dizzy. She held her forehead with her hand, her lips pale. She was originally thinking about telling her family about the test results in the evening, but now she was speechless. She even wanted to explode, wanting to vent all the resentment she had been hiding for so many years.

Until the end, Cheng Xingxing didn’t say anything.

Seeing her daughter wasn’t happy to hear this, Mother Cheng said a few unpleasant words and left.

In the room, Cheng Mingxing heard her mother taking her anger out on her father for no reason. Her head hurt even more and she staggered to her feet, grabbing the corner of the table. She took just two steps before falling to the ground.

Outside, Mother Cheng was still arguing with her husband. There was nothing much to argue about, just the same old trivial matters, your problems, my problems, your family’s problems, my family’s problems. They were arguing until their faces were red and their necks were thick. The words they said were getting more and more unpleasant. They would not stop until their death.

Cheng Mingxing regained consciousness, but she was still on the ground, and her parents were still arguing.

It’s impossible to have a bowl of egg fried rice tonight.

Cheng Mingxing went to wash her face. When she came out, her eyes were red, but her mind was clear. She took her cell phone from her bag and called, “ErShu, I heard about what happened these days. Give me your card number and I’ll transfer one million to you.”

The person on the other end burst into tears, “Thank you, Mingxing.”

Cheng Mingxing thought to herself, there’s nothing to thank her for. This little money isn’t even enough to cover a fraction of the enormous debt. Her abilities are limited, and her time is running out. This is all she can do.

If she could still pray for the people in the world of the living from the underworld, she would pray that Cheng Mingtian could withstand the pressure and live a strong life, no longer pursuing pleasure, no longer falling into depravity, and no longer being ignorant.

People always have to grow up.

Just as Cheng Mingxing was comforting her ErShu, Cheng Mingtian emerged from a club, limping and cursing. A bloody mark ran down his neck, evidently from a beating with terrifying force, nearly tearing the skin off.

A man rushed up from the left. It was Zhang Zhi. He grabbed the boy and asked, “MF, what the hell are you doing in this place?”

Cheng Mingtian scoffed, “Receiving patrons! Can’t you tell?”

Zhang Zhi’s eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost. He cursed with trembling lips, “Damn, what a piece of shit! Cheng Mingtian, if you don’t get fucked for a day, you’ll die, right? Huh?!”

Cheng Mingtian swatted the man’s hand away. Seeing him glaring at his neck, he felt a burning pain in the wound, much more painful than when he’d been beaten. Embarrassed, he said something nasty, “LaoZi do what he wants. It’s none of your business.”

Some people stopped and whispered around.

It’s normal for a man and a woman to be pulling each other, but it’s weird if it’s two men acting like they’re in a love-hate relationship.

Zhang Zhi gasped in a rough voice, “I’m cheap.”

He smiled mockingly, squeezing out a line through his teeth, “Cheng Mingtian, I can’t stay this cheap forever. If I stop being a cheapskate, I wouldn’t even bat an eye if you were killed on the street.”

What do you know? You know nothing, you just keep talking nonsense. Cheng Mingtian looked at the furious man and said, “We are not the same kind of people at all. Leave me alone, and I won’t harm you. Let’s end it here, Zhang Zhi.”

There was a raging anger in Zhang Zhi’s eyes, which gradually faded away and turned into a dead silence. He took two steps back and said good twice in a row, “Cheng Mingtian, take care of yourself.”

After the man left, Cheng Mingtian pulled up his collar and headed home with his tens of thousands of yuan. While waiting for a ride, a muscular man he didn’t recognize approached him. He ignored him until he was standing right in front of him.

When Cheng Mingtian heard the unfamiliar muscular man explain his purpose, a strange expression crossed his face. It turned out that the other person was the friend of the person he met on the forum that time. The other person said that the man had not returned for several days.

Cheng Mingtian didn’t quite understand. “What does this have to do with me?”

The muscular man snorted coldly, looking at the boy with hatred and hostility, “I logged into his account and saw a chat log. I checked the IP address and found a high-ranking account. I asked a friend to check and found it was you.”

Cheng Mingtian’s face twitched. He forgot that there is a special group of people in the world who specialize in this kind of thing, “It’s me in the chat history, but the person you’re looking for isn’t me.”

“Don’t talk nonsense to Laozi. Who else could it be but you?”

The muscled man got angry and grabbed Cheng Mingtian by the collar, cursing, “You’re like a dog, how dare you be so mean?”

Cheng Mingtian’s breathing was disordered. He had said a lot of disgusting things in order to get some strong people to deal with the young man.

His face was cold, and he spoke each word with great emphasis, “I’ll say it again. The person your friend wanted to see that day wasn’t me. It was someone else.”

The muscular man stared at the boy, “Who is that?”

Cheng Mingtian didn’t answer but instead asked, “Has your friend not shown up these past few days?”

The muscular man said, “People have been disappearing since the 12th. It’s not just him. There are several posts on the forum about other people disappearing on the same day.”

Cheng Mingtian struggled to break free, quickly logging onto the forum with his phone. He easily found the post the other person was referring to, floating on the front page. All of them had been posted today. He read through them one by one, his expression growing increasingly strange, bordering on horror.

There were six people in total, all the same ones he hooked up with on the night of the 12th, not one less.

What’s going on?

Could it be that those people killed the young man and, afraid to come out, they found a place to hide or ran away?

Cheng Mingtian’s face paled. If someone died and those people escaped, would the police find him? He panicked. His family’s situation was no longer the same as before, and he didn’t even have the money to hire a lawyer.

The muscular man said, “Boy, if you don’t give me an explanation, I’ll upload the chat history to your school’s forum!”

Cheng Mingtian didn’t hear clearly. He hurriedly got into an oncoming taxi and told them the address of the villa, wanting to go and see it for himself.

At a red light, Cheng Mingtian called Cheng Mingxing. He didn’t mention family matters or anything else. He simply asked directly, “Has Chang Qin been to the restaurant these days?”

Cheng Mingxing’s answer was equally direct, “Yes.”

Eyes widening, Cheng Mingtian began fidgeting in the taxi. Before hanging up, he said, “That young man hasn’t left. He’s been staying at Chang Qin’s place.”

Cheng Mingxing’s voice changed, “How did you know about this?”

The phone has been hung up.

Cheng Mingtian clutched his phone, his expression changing over and over again. That night, when Chang Qin came back, he must have seen the young man being rap*d, yet he still showed up at the restaurant as usual.

Does this mean that the young man was not in trouble, but those few people were?

Cheng Mingtian shook his head violently. Impossible. Those guys were all playful. Seeing that handsome young man, they would definitely lose their minds and pounce on him. If he didn’t die, it was because of the good fortune of his ancestors.

Besides, even if Chang Qin happened to run into those men when he returned after a long time, the most he would do is to attack them.

Chang Qin is just a restaurant owner, not the ruler of this world. He doesn’t have the ability to hold off six people alone and kill people at will.

So, what the hell is going on?

Thinking of the series of events that had befallen his family, like a natural disaster, Cheng Mingtian’s face paled even further. He muttered nervously to himself, “No, it can’t be like that. It has nothing to do with me!”

The driver in front glanced in the rearview mirror and saw blood on the boy’s neck, his face was frighteningly pale, his body was shaking, and his speech and behavior became strange. He hesitated for a moment, but still didn’t say anything. However, he was cautious, fearing that he had pick up a suspicious passenger.

Inside the villa, the garden lights were all on, illuminating the white snow on the ground in a warm yellow.

Chen You had consumed enough of Chang Qin’s saliva, so he instantly transformed into a human without even chanting a spell. He refused to play in the house and insisted on dragging Chang Qin out to play in the snow.

Chang Qin had no choice but to be dragged out. The two of them stood in the snow like idiots, looking at each other.

It was cold, and the wind carried snowflakes everywhere.

The moon in the sky is a crescent, the snow on the ground is very white, and it is really cold tonight.

Chen You came out wearing pink pajamas. They were thick, but they couldn’t withstand the freezing cold. He sneezed, put his hand into Chang Qin’s coat, and hugged him, his eyes dark and bright with excitement.

Chang Qin pulled the person into his arms, shielding him from the wind and snow, “Why did you drag me out here?”

Chen You looked down at his man’s little buddy, “Do me!”

“……”

Chang Qin chuckled, “Go to the room.”

“The room is so boring. We’ve tried all the fun places upstairs and downstairs at home. There’s nothing interesting about it.”

Chen You jumped up and down, warming up, saying, “Hurry, hurry, right here.”

Hearing this, Chang Qin touched Chen You’s forehead and said, “No fever.”

Chen You shook his head, swatting the man’s hand from his forehead, and muttered impatiently, “Can you be a manlier instead of dilly-dallying?”

He pulled the corner of his mouth and snorted, “I’m really not saying anything bad about you, but I finally became a human, and you don’t seize the time to play with me. I have to suspect that your love for me is not even enough.”

Chang Qin’s face twitched slightly, and he said in a deep voice, “Stop fooling around. It’s cold outside. Go back.”

Chen You was being naughty, sticking his butt out, challenging the man, “I’m not going back. I’m going to stay in the snow!”

Chang Qin’s eyes were full of understanding, his voice hoarse as he warned the person who had suddenly gone mad and acting recklessly, “Don’t cry later, crying is useless.”

Chen You said that he would never cry, and whoever cried is a puppy.

---

---

---

---

Chapter 156. Everything Was Ruined

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

!!!Warning!!! This chapter contains violence, rap*, and it can make you uncomfortable. Reader’s discretion is advised.

---

Chen You was taking a shower in the bathroom. He had many bruises on his body. It hurt when he washed it with warm water. He was scared. He almost became the legendary rag doll. No, he might not even be a doll, just a piece of rag.

Instead of using shower gel, Chen You used soap, which had a slightly better antiseptic effect. He rubbed soap on his arms, legs, chest, back, and everywhere he could. Chang Qin is a man with mysophobia and simply not a human being. If the other person felt he wasn’t doing a good job in cleaning, it is very likely that he’d personally rub a layer of skin off his body.

Chen You finished rubbing his neck and was about to rub his chest when he saw a cigarette burn, he cursed. There were too many people there, and two or three of them were smoking. He couldn’t remember which SOB had a psychotic episode and stuffed a cigarette into his clothes.

Thinking of that scene and his own predicament, Chen You felt a pang of pain all over his body. Ai, when he was a black bird, he was very well-behaved most of the time. He would not fly out of the garden but play in the villa. Even if he flew out, he would just silently look at the dying people and the dead people, sighing that everyone has their own destiny and he never caused trouble.

Let alone when he is a human, he barely left the house. He would just play games, watch movies, kiss, cook, mop the floor, sleep, and watch the sunset.

Really haven’t offended anyone.

Chen You felt depressed. He turned around and looked at his back in the large mirror outside the glass door. It was a sea of colors, like a palette. It was horrible.

This incident clearly illustrates how important it is to keep doors and windows closed and be vigilant when you are home alone.

Chen You scratched his head, ruffling it into a tangled mess. There was a pervert who liked to bury his face in his hair. Not only did he have a lot of stubble, but he also pushed his hair aside and nibbled at his scalp like an apple, constantly saying it smelled so good. He didn’t know how much of his saliva and teeth marks were on his scalp.

He didn’t even dare to think about what would happen if Chang Qin found out. He might even have those people’s scalps ripped off.

When it comes to who is the most perverted, if Chang Qin says he is second, no one dares to claim first.

Chen You stuck his head under the shower and turned up the water temperature to warm his hair and kill bacteria. He called out the system in his mind, “Old 4, why was it so easy for the villa to be besieged?”

System said, “You have amnesia? I told you, all data is paralyzed.”

Chen You didn’t want to be looked down upon. He tried to understand, but it was useless. He had no idea what it meant, “What does this have to do with my problem?”

System said, “Retarded, I don’t want to talk to you.”

Chen You angrily said, “Do you have any compassion at all? I was almost assaulted by a group of people. I was about to become a rag in a matter of minutes. And you didn’t even offer me a word of comfort or a hug. You even scolded me!”

System said, “That’s your man’s job. If I have to do it, why else would he be needed?”

Chen You, “…”

He curled his lips and muttered, “It’s different.”

“You are you, and my man is my man. You two can coexist. Why are you making things so embarrassing…”

System was silent for a moment and then said, “Moron, congratulations on escaping this disaster. Nothing will happen to you from now on. You can play games as much as you want without worrying about sudden death, because you are already dead. You can also play however you want. It’s easy to transform into a bird or a human. Just consume your man’s saliva.”

Chen You snorted, “Your way of comforting people is really unpleasant.”

He was suddenly startled, “Old 4, did you just say that if I consume my man’s saliva, I can become a human?”

System went invisible, sending out an automatic reply, “Pray.”

Chen You rolled his eyes, thinking, as long as you don’t secretly cause trouble with my man and fight to the death, I will still love you.

After rubbing for a while in the bathroom, Chen You was about to leave when the door opened and the man walked in, carrying with him the lingering smell of blood.

Chen You hadn’t even put on his clothes yet, and the injuries on his body were clearly visible to the man who entered.

The surroundings were still shrouded in mist, but in an instant, they turned into a world of ice and snow. A chilling chill spread from the man’s body, instantly filling the entire bathroom.

Chen You shivered. He hugged his arms and rubbed them, then quickly grabbed a large towel from the rack, wiped the water off, and wrapped himself up.

Chang Qin said nothing, but just pressed the corners of his lips together, “Put on your clothes and come out. I’ll blow-dry your hair.”

Chen You uttered an oh and followed his instructions.

His man was very calm now, didn’t get angry, didn’t ask any questions, and didn’t do any checks on him. This made him feel extremely uneasy. It was so abnormal.

The bedroom’s air conditioner was on, the temperature just right. The humidifier was emitting white mist. A string of water droplets shot up from the bottom of the computer screen. When Chen You walked over, he touched the mouse with his hand. The water droplets disappeared, and the game interface appeared. He was offline.

Chang Qin held the hair dryer in his hand and said, “Come here.”

Chen You walked over to the man, lowered his head, and let him blow dry his hair. The only sound was the whirring sound in his ears.

Neither of them spoke.

Chang Qin’s other hand weaved through Chen You’s hair, his fingertips rubbing against his warm scalp, repeatedly and gently.

Chen You felt sleepy. The psychological strain of the night had been immense. He yawned, and his eyelids began to slump together, like two young people, horny and thirsty, shamelessly looking for trouble.

Drowsily, Chen You opened his eyes and discovered the hair dryer was off. The man stared at him silently, his eyes downcast.

His Adam’s apple trembled slightly. Chen You had so much to say, but all he could say was, “I’m sleepy.”

The darkness in Chang Qin’s eyes faded, and he rubbed Chen You’s head, “Then go to bed.”

Chen You tugged at him, “What about you?”

Chang Qin said, “I still have some things to take care of.”

Chen You clung to him, refusing to let go, “Can’t you handle this tomorrow? Come sleep with me, okay?”

After a long silence, Chang Qin said, “Okay.”

He went to wash up, then lay down beside the young man and asked abruptly, “Are you scared?”

“I was scared at first.”

Chen You turned sideways and hugged the man in his arms and said, “But I knew you’re coming back, so I was not so scared anymore.”

This was true. Chen You subconsciously knew that his man is incredibly powerful, and those troublemakers would not get away with it.

Besides, there is a system.

Chang Qin sighed faintly and hugged him tighter, pressing him into his body with such force that he wanted to merge with him, “From now on, I’ll take you with me whenever I go out.”

Chen You twisted his fingers around the man’s robe straps, “You said that. I’ll remember it. Don’t go back on your word.”

He had originally wanted to suggest to the man that they hire some bodyguards, but then he remembered his own persona. He was too unstable, neither human nor bird, so he decided to give up.

Chang Qin turned off the light and said, “Go to sleep.”

Chen You found a comfortable position, one leg resting on the man’s lap, his arm across his body, and a large teddy bear leaning against his other side. He slept in the middle, feeling very safe.

Even before falling asleep, Chen You didn’t ask about the surveillance.

In the darkness, Chang Qin’s half-lidded eyelids suddenly fluttered open, his black pupils gradually dilating as dense numbers flashed by, forming into something, then disintegrating.

If someone were present at this moment, they would be scared to death.

Chen You had a dream. In it, he was being chased by several mad dogs, barking wildly at his heels. He ran desperately, but couldn’t shake them off.

After an unknown amount of running, Chen You ran out of stamina. He stumbled to the ground, and the mad dogs rushed over one after another.

“Ah—”

Chen You woke up screaming, and it was already dawn.

Shit, this really was a fucking nightmare! He gasped for air, his face filled with a look of satisfaction, concealing his fear and horror.

Puppies are such cute little animals, why do they become so scary in dreams?

A few minutes later, Chen You touched his face with shaking hands. It was wet with cold sweat from being frightened. His body was also wet. His throat was dry, his nose was stuffy, and his head hurt a little. It felt like he had a cold.

He’d sweated so much that the quilt was damp. When Chen You stretched out an arm, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

When he was taking a shower last night, he remembered there were pinch marks on his arm. He swallowed and looked elsewhere, not knowing what to say.

Now he was certain that after he fell asleep, the man threw him into the strawberry field, and covered his whole body with strawberries.

It was understandable that the man would do this, but Chen You himself didn’t feel anything at all. He murmured, “I am dead or what?”

“Old 4 what happened last night?”

“I’ve told you so many times, everything below the eyes is shielded. Can you please remember this?”

“I’m sorry. I was wrong.”

Chen You felt quite aggrieved after being scolded. It was not his fault, okay? Normally, the shielding was from the neck down. This was the first time he had heard of shielding below the eyes, so he had never remembered it.

“How much longer do I have to stay in this world? I want to go home. Old 4, I’m going to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. I miss my ba, my three little treasures in the dorm, my little room of just over ten square meters covered in cartoon characters, and my old-fashioned desktop computer.”

System was silent.

Chen You muttered to himself, “I don’t even know how far along the mission is now. If I go home, will I ever see Chang Qin again? What if I really go insane and forget everything? I feel so miserable. Life without memories is incomplete.”

He said whatever came to his mind, without any logic, but it was all from his heart.

Sighing, Chen You felt lost, “I told you, but you don’t understand. You’re a system. All you need is a command and a flip of a switch to make it work. You’re different from human.”

System said, “Did I ever say I am not human?”

Chen You was confused, “No way, are you human? Damn it, you’re trying to scare me? Seriously, I can’t accept that.”

System said, “Moron.”

Chen You didn’t want to play with the system anymore. He called out to the bathroom, “Chang Qin?”

No response.

Chen You propped himself up against the sheets and sat up from under the covers. He grabbed his clothes and stuffed them under the covers, warming them up before putting them on. Has Chang Qin gone out? That couldn’t be possible. He’d just promised him last night that he wouldn’t leave him alone at home.

Quickly pulling the sweater around his neck, Chen You pulled it down, grabbed his coat, jumped out of bed, opened the bedroom door, and went out.

The living room was just as usual, the floor clean enough to serve as a mirror. There were no pools of brightly colored blood, no bodies lying in pools of blood, their lives unknown.

It seems like everything that happened last night was just a dream.

Chen You slapped his face. Just as he was about to call for help, he glanced at the balcony. The man was outside, snipping at the flowers and trees in the garden with a pair of large shears.

The weather was nice and sunny, which is rare in such a cold winter.

Chen You changed into his shoes and went out, passing through a field of camellias. He looked around, fearing there might be several bodies buried underground. It wasn’t that he was overthinking it, but he knew the man’s inherent darkness and cruelty. He wouldn’t even frown if he killed someone, even if it meant crushing an ant.

What’s more, those guys last night were looking for death.

Based on Chen You’s understanding of this man, he wouldn’t just give up after beating someone.

He breathed a sigh of relief and wandered around the garden. He came to the man’s side and saw his hand touching a branch of plum blossoms. His slender, powerful index and middle fingers rested casually on the branch, a delightful sight.

“That, you didn’t put them…” He didn’t say anything else, but the point was clear.

Chang Qin held the plum blossoms with one hand and used a pair of scissors to cut off the unnecessary branches and leaves with the other, “Killing is illegal, you said once, and I remember it.”

Chen You was stunned. Did he say that? When? His memory started playing tricks on him again, twisting and turning like a tangle, becoming increasingly confusing. That’s right, he remembered. It was in the grove at the horse ranch.

This man kicked someone into a bloody mess for trying to mess with him.

Chen You breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment he heard the man say slowly, “Death is a relief, but a life worse than death is torture.”

“……”

Chen You’s eyelids twitched, unable to continue the conversation. He sneezed and, while rubbing his nose, noticed the man looking at him. He said, “My throat hurts.”

Chang Qin frowned, “Let me see.”

Chen You tilted his neck back, opening his mouth to show the man. He heard his voice in his ear, “Your throat is a little swollen. Don’t eat anything during the day. Drink warm water.”

“Got it.”

Chen You rubbed his hands in his pockets, but couldn’t help asking, “What are you going to do with those people?”

With a click, half of the branch brushed past the sharp blade of the scissors and fell without stopping.

Chang Qin slowly straightened up and saw the purple corners of Chen You’s mouth and the bruise on his left eye. He didn’t answer the question, but said, “Go brush your teeth and wash your face. There’s breakfast in the kitchen, including your favorite crab roe buns.”

Chen You pursed his lips, walked a few steps, and looked back. The man had gone to the side to prune again. He couldn’t bear to watch it anymore. Are the flowers and plants bothering you? They are growing so well, why the hell do you trim them bare?

Chang Qin raised his eyes, and Chen You quickly averted his gaze and trotted back to the living room.

Cheng Mingtian from xxx University sat in the back row of the classroom, his phone resting on his lap. His hands scrolled constantly, refreshing the forum posts and occasionally checking his secondary account.

It was strange. Among those people, two were mixed-race, one was a coach, and the other three were known for their quirks. They were all veterans of the forum and liked to share their fun stuff on the forum. Some were free downloads, while others were sold privately at varying prices. The young man was in very good condition and it was impossible not to do something fancy after messing around.

After browsing for a while, Cheng Mingtian felt inexplicably uneasy, but he didn’t know why.

Cheng Mingtian was startled by the elbow bump and cursed, “Damn it, what the hell are you doing?”

The deskmate next to him looked embarrassed and said, “The teacher asked you to answer the question.”

The classroom was filled with whispers. Cheng Mingtian stood up with a grimace on his face. He hadn’t listened to the lecture at all, his mind was completely focused on the forum.

The teacher at the podium said, “That one student, please leave.”

Cheng Mingtian chuckled and walked out of the classroom with his book in hand, under the gazes of the others.

He went to his dorm room and lay down, continuing to browse the forums. There were a few more posts. Some people hang signs around their necks, revealing their new ways of seeking friends for the benefit of the masses, while others propose exchanging sex partners, attaching their personal information and contact information, and wait to be contacted.

These are all common contents, and there will be quite a lot in a day.

Normally, Cheng Mingtian would enter in the forum to reply to the post, then pretend to comment and tease the original poster, but today he wasn’t in the mood.

He hadn’t stayed in a private villa before, so he had no idea what was the situation inside. When he entered last night, it went smoothly, as if someone had left a door open for him. There shouldn’t be any traces left, right?

While Cheng Mingtian was distracted, his phone rang. He saw the caller ID. He usually didn’t want to answer, but this time he needed someone to distract him so he didn’t have time to think about other things.

A moment later, in the xx Hotel.

As soon as Cheng Mingtian entered, he grabbed Zhang Zhi’s short hair and leaned in to kiss him.

Zhang Zhi wasn’t surprised by the boy’s unusual behavior. He simply chuckled briefly and pushed him against the wall.

Over an hour later, Cheng Mingtian sat limply on the floor, his legs shaking. During that time, his mind was blank, his soul trembling wildly. He had to admit that after having sex with many people, only this person could satisfy him.

Zhang Zhi leaned against the wall, smoking. He stretched out his long legs and kicked the boy on the ground, “Want a cigarette?”

Cheng Mingtian said hoarsely, “I want the one in your mouth.”

Zhang Zhi said no trouble, took the cigarette from his mouth, and handed it to the youngster.

Cheng Mingtian held the cigarette between his lips, his tongue sweeping across the pale yellow butt, stained with the man’s saliva. He smoked with his eyes downcast, his sweaty face revealing the youthfulness, childishness, boldness, and recklessness typical of his age.

Zhang Zhi lit another cigarette, “Is there something?”

Cheng Mingtian scratched his sweat-soaked hair and said, “What could possibly happen to me? Besides, even if I did, I wouldn’t be reduced to asking you for help. You’re just a small employee in the company, what can you do to help me?”

Zhang Zhi scoffed, “No ivory comes from the mouth of a dog. Little thing, you’re an adult now. Don’t keep doing wrong things, or you’ll regret it later.”

Cheng Mingtian taunted, “Even my parents can’t control me, so who are you?”

“Who am I?” Zhang Zhi flicked the ash onto the ground and smiled, “I’m the one who just made you kneel on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.”

Cheng Mingtian’s face flushed red and blue, “Bastard!”

Zhang Zhi, unperturbed by anger, squinted his eyes as he smoked. He’d stumbled upon a forum on a colleague’s computer. A quick glance had captured the teenager’s exuberant demeanor. From then on, he registered an account and began secretly following the other party.

One time, Zhang Zhi saw a teenager posting a message looking for a friend. The message said he had to submit a photo first, and only if he qualified would they chat privately. He submitted his photo as required, was selected, and successfully had sex with the teenager.

God knows, Zhang Zhi was completely lost in thought during those few days at work, his mind filled with the boy’s face, and he felt completely off.

But he soon realized that he was an idiot.

Have been acting like an idiot for so long.

In the past year or so, Zhang Zhi had seen the boy more than half the time, and had seen everything in the other party’s body.

Zhang Zhi knew it from the first time. He only had the boy, while the other party had multiple partners. It’s quite crazy.

Maybe his brain was kicked by a furnace, or maybe it was destined to be a disaster. Zhang Zhi tried many times, but he couldn’t change the person. It had to be this boy no matter what. He was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he still couldn’t control himself when he saw him.

Halfway through a cigarette, Zhang Zhi spoke up, “Cheng Mingtian, you can have fun when you’re young, but don’t overdo it.”

Cheng Mingtian laughed so hard he choked on his saliva, then fell on his knees and coughed, “What qualifications do you have to criticize me? Zhang Zhi, whenever you come close to me, you can’t wait to play with me.”

Zhang Zhi’s eyes were dark, “I’m not playing with you.”

Feeling uncomfortable being stared at, Cheng Mingtian sneered, “If this isn’t playing, what is it? Don’t tell me about love or feelings. Zhang Zhi, we’ve been friends with benefits from the beginning.”

Zhang Zhi exhaled the smoke, his tongue pressed against his teeth, his face filled with rage, as if ready to strike someone. He closed his eyes, put on his coat, and left without a word.

Hearing the door slam shut, Cheng Mingtian cursed and sat on the ground for a long time. He then slowly stood up, holding onto the wall, and continued to curse, cursing Zhang Zhi’s ancestors for more than ten times before he stopped.

Every time that person messed with him, he never showed mercy, just like an enemy.

Young people have good health. Cheng Mingtian was half-dead in the morning, but full of energy in the evening. He was going to a party organized by some people on the forum. He wasn’t going there for a blind date. There was no need to inquire about everyone’s identity, work, income, or home address. He just wanted to put aside all worries and enjoy himself.

Cheng Mingtian’s appearance was striking, and he immediately attracted the most attention. He cast a subtle, interested glance at a man, but didn’t do anything else. That’s all it needed.

Soon, the man broke away from a few of his men and walked up to Cheng Mingtian, “I’ll buy you a drink.”

Cheng Mingtian accepted it with a smile.

After a glass of wine, Cheng Mingtian started chatting with the man. Their topic was nothing but the people around them, who were having sex with whom, who was good at having fun, and who had done it to death.

In the second half, after the man left, many people came to talk to Cheng Mingtian. He knew his charm and knew how to use it. If he wanted to, he could easily become the focus of the crowd.

So far, Cheng Mingtian has only failed once, and that was with Chang Qin.

His mood suddenly dropped to the bottom. Thinking about what happened last night, he thought maliciously, those guys are all good at playing games. By the time Chang Qin returned, even if his lover was not dead, he would probably be crippled.

No one would accept someone who has been passed down by others.

When Cheng Mingtian thought of this, he became happy again. He leaned on the sofa and drank, turning his head to look at a good-looking foreign man.

What happened after that is a blur.

Cheng Mingtian wasn’t sure how many times he’d been rap*d. When he regained consciousness, he found himself being rap*d by a square-faced man. He quickly lost consciousness. When he regained consciousness, the man before him wasn’t a square-faced man, but an extremely ugly one.

Time and again, Cheng Mingtian found that the faces he saw were never the same. He wanted to struggle, to curse, but he couldn’t.

It’s not like he hadn’t done this before when he was having a blast, but the situation and feeling were completely different.

It was two days later when Cheng Mingtian regained consciousness. He lay in an unfamiliar room, surrounded by a foul odor and a mess of things scattered on the floor.

He couldn’t move his body and was in pain from head to toe. There was not a single intact part of Cheng Mingtian’s body. It wasn’t just the bruises from pinching or traces on chest, his scalp was also painful, as if it had been scratched by something.

Even if he didn’t touch it, just the dust on it would make his body twitch in pain.

Cheng Mingtian’s face turned pale. If he still didn’t know what was wrong with him, he must be an idiot.

“Fuck!”

His body was in so much pain that tears welled up in his eyes every time he breathed. Cheng Mingtian gritted his teeth and lay there for a long, long time. No one came over, and it seemed he had been left here unattended.

The sky gradually darkened, then suddenly became bright without anyone noticing him.

Cheng Mingtian continued to lie there. The wound had already scabbed over, but he moved only slightly, and it split open again. Red and white fluid flowed out, and the air was filled with the smell of blood. The smell in the room became even more unpleasant and disgusting.

At this moment, Cheng Mingtian was still complaining about his fate. He hadn’t considered it a bit. The phrase “reaping what you sow” has never been in his dictionary.

Cheng Mingtian walked out with all his might, and found that he didn’t know where he was. He was sweating profusely from the pain, and he didn’t have money on his body, and his cell phone was gone.

“Oh my God, you’re playing LaoZi!”

Cheng Mingtian cursed at the sky, “Don’t have eyes! Laozi has never done anything immoral, so why would you…”

The voice stopped abruptly.

Cheng Mingtian’s expression turned strange. He bit the last few words into pieces and swallowed them. He subconsciously kicked the trash can, which agitated his wound and caused him to feel almost dead in pain.

The sound of a car engine approached from a distance. Cheng Mingtian looked up and saw someone in the car.

Zhang Zhi was passing through on business when he encountered a traffic accident. He had no choice but to use the navigation system and take an alternative route. Not only was it bumpy, but it also took a long detour. Feeling that it was not a good day for him to go out today, and that is when he found the youngster on the side of the road.

The atmosphere in the car was bad.

Cheng Mingtian’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he gritted his teeth to prevent himself from making a painful sound.

Zhang Zhi rolled down the car window and spat outside. He glanced in the rearview mirror at the boy, whose face battered beyond recognition. He said, “Where has classmate Cheng been playing? Making himself look like a ghost, what a talent.”

Cheng Mingtian turned his head, facing Zhang Zhi with the back of his head. In the face of his sarcastic remarks, he remained silent, which was unusual.

There was a trace of blood on the back of the boy’s head, suggesting a laceration to his scalp. Zhang Zhi honked the horn, spewing profanities. The car finally stopped shaking and returned to the asphalt road.

Cheng Mingtian felt better. He took a breath and said, “I’m not going home, and I’m not going to school either.”

Zhang Zhi said, “Then get out of the car.”

Cheng Mingtian said, “I’ll stay at your place for a few days. You decide how much it will cost.”

Zhang Zhi slapped the steering wheel, parked the car on the side of the road, and tugged at the boy’s arm, “MF, why can’t you just go to school and study properly? Why do you have to go out and play?”

Cheng Mingtian’s eyelashes were wet, “It is okay or not, give me a definite answer.”

His face was pale and bloodless, like a piece of water-soaked paper, “If it doesn’t work, I’ll just sleep on the street and see what fate has in store for me.”

Zhang Zhi loosened his grip and didn’t say another word.

Before reaching the destination, Cheng Mingtian fainted. Nearly an hour later, he was placed on a 1.5-meter bed, covered with a gray quilt, and was on the verge of collapsing.

After closing the door and leaving, Zhang Zhi slapped himself in the face, “Bitch!”

That night, Cheng Mingtian had a fever, his body was burning hot, and the wounds were all stained. Zhang Zhi saw that the situation was serious, so he quickly dressed him and carried him to the hospital.

After the examination, the doctor’s eyes changed when he looked at Zhang Zhi, showing disgust, anger and contempt.

Despite this, the doctor still said everything he needed to say, including the severity of the patient’s injuries and the precautions that needed to be taken, especially emphasizing that nothing should be touched for the time being.

Zhang Zhi’s face was tense, and his fists were clenched so tightly that they made a crackling sound.

Cheng Mingtian woke up in the hospital. Zhang Zhi was sitting in front of the bed, staring at him with a pair of bloodshot eyes.

“Mingtian, if you keep playing like this, there will be no Mingtian.”

This was the first and only sentence Zhang Zhi said. Cheng Mingtian didn’t hear anything else from him after that.

Cheng Mingtian wasn’t a servile person, nor was he willing to curry favor with anyone. He allowed things to happen as he pleased. He recuperated at Zhang Zhi’s place, and when he could walk again and no one could see any signs of a problem, he left a note for Zhang Zhi, took the change from the drawer, and took a taxi home.

When Cheng Mingtian got home, he realized that the whole world had changed during his absence.

While the Cheng family wasn’t a wealthy family in City M, they owned two houses, had a seven-figure bank account, and even started a company. Now, not only had they declared bankruptcy, they were also burdened with enormous debts.

Cheng Mingtian was confused, “Ba, Ma, why don’t I understand what you’re saying?”

Father Cheng looked much older, “Whether you understand or not, it doesn’t make any difference. Mingtian you just need to know that our home is no longer the same as before. Just be sensible and don’t cause any more trouble.”

Cheng Mingtian looked at his father, whose face was ashen, his mother, whose eyes were red, and the house filled with heaviness and despair, “Home? Is this still home?”

He took a few steps back and slammed the door.

Mother Cheng didn’t even have time to shout, “Old Cheng, do you think Mingtian, he will…”

Father Cheng said, “Will what? He’s 21, and besides fooling around, he can’t do anything else. Look at him, when he encounters something, his first reaction is not to face it, but to escape.”

“I still don’t understand why the company has encountered such a huge setback. Every year on New Year’s Day, we go up the mountain to worship Buddha and burn incense. What kind of deity have we offended that is going to destroy our Cheng family…”

Originally, he would not have owed such a huge debt. It was as if someone grabbed his neck and forced him to jump into a pit. By the time he realized what was happening, the situation was already irreversible.

He is old and can only do so little. He will have to rely on his son from now on.

Cheng Mingtian walked on the street in a daze. He was unaware of the fact that he bumped into people and was bumped into by people.

The reason why he can play like this is because his family is rich. He unconsciously feels that even if he doesn’t go to work after graduation, he will not have to worry about food or clothes. If one day he doesn’t want to play anymore, he can go to work in his family’s company and change his life.

Now there is nothing left.

This might not be so difficult for others, but for Cheng Mingtian, he couldn’t spend money lavishly or go wherever he wanted. He had already fallen into a dark period before he even graduated.

The rest of his life will be burdened with a huge debt that he will never be able to pay off, which is more terrifying than death.

After wiping his face, Cheng Mingtian squatted on the street and cried loudly. He felt that life was worse than death, but he was cowardly and did not dare to die, so he could only be forced to accept God’s will. He would never have a relaxing day in this life. Everything was ruined and it was over.

Cheng Mingtian could never imagine that he had any other options besides selling.

Passersby will stop, sigh, and be curious, but no one will step forward and lend a hand.

Every day in this world is full of drama, some are blessed with luck, while others suffer misfortune.

There is only so much a person can see, do, and hear. He can only manage his own piece of land. What other people’s land looks like, whether it is a bumper harvest or barren, has nothing to do with them.

On an ordinary evening, Chen You accidentally transformed back into a big black bird.

What happened was like this, Chen You snuggled in Chang Qin’s arms, looked at each other, muah muah muah, looked at each other again, muah muah muah. The two of them just kissed, nothing else. After a while, Chen You’s mouth became dry, he reached for the fruit plate, put his feet on Chang Qin’s legs, and ate the grapes happily, who knew that he had just put the grapes in his mouth the previous second, and the next second, his hand disappeared, replaced by a bird’s claw.

It was really sudden.

Dead Bird Chen was stunned for a moment, then flew up and landed in front of Chang Qin, “da da da da da.”

Chang Qin was used to his sudden changes, so he wasn’t surprised, “Huh?”

I want to consume your saliva, Chen You shouted several times, but seeing that the man didn’t react and couldn’t receive any signal, he decided to take the initiative.

Chang Qin looked at the black bird’s beak, which was long, thin, and pointed. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, so he lowered his head and touched the bird’s beak.

Is that all? Where’s the saliva? Chen You felt like dying. Why is it so hard to get some saliva? Last time, he could turn into a human just by eating mutton that had been eaten by the man, but this time, it wouldn’t work.

It is not clear whether the amount is too small or it has to be done at a certain time.

During dinner, Chen You stood on the table and pecked at the food in Chang Qin’s bowl. He pecked at it many times, but to no avail.

Chang Qin assumed Chen You liked it, so he simply offered him some food, “This dish doesn’t have much salt in it. It shouldn’t make the feather fall out faster.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen You dropped a handful of bird feathers.

Chang Qin, “…”

After dinner, Chen You flew around the living room, leaving bird feathers everywhere. Chang Qin didn’t have to do anything. He just held a trash can in one hand and wore disposable gloves to pick up bird feathers from the sofa, coffee table, floor, table, and even the picture frames hanging on the wall.

“Stop flying, find a place to squat.”

“da da.”

Chen You said no. He flew out of the lobby and walked around the garden, hoping to hear some gossip from his compatriots. Unfortunately, he didn’t see any of them. They must have been feeling cold and looking for a place to spend the winter.

When Chen You returned from the garden, all the bird feathers on his body were wet.

It’s not raining outside, it’s snowing.

Chen You flew to Chang Qin, flapping his big wings, trying to wipe it.

Chang Qin rubbed his brow. He noticed that the black bird’s back was missing a few feathers. It was all bald. If this continued, it would soon become a bald bird.

The snow didn’t last long before it stopped, leaving the ground completely uncovered.

Apparently, it came here to say hello and then will unleash its ultimate move later.

The business of Chang Xiang Si Restaurant is still very good. Cheng Mingxing was in a daze in the office. On Monday, she went to the hospital to get the examination report. The result of the examination was undoubtedly a disaster for her. Her hands were shaking when she held the report and she almost dropped it.

The doctor recommended that Cheng Mingxing get another checkup at XX Hospital in City A. She plans to go this week, hoping the situation won’t be that serious.

A lot of things happened at home, and Cheng Mingxing was too busy to take care of herself.

The landline on the table rang, and Cheng Mingxing went to answer it. Soon, she appeared at Chang Qin’s place.

After hearing what the man said and looking at the paper on the table, Cheng Mingxing’s breathing quickened. She couldn’t accept being fired for no reason, “Boss, can I ask the reason?”

Chang Qin took a sip of tea and said, “Because your last name is Cheng.”

Cheng Mingxing was stunned. What reason is this? It isn’t like she has just changed her surname. She has always had the surname Cheng and there has been no problem for all these years. Why is it no longer allowed now?

At this moment, a big black bird flew in from the window, landed on the desk, and lay down on its side expertly, waiting to be fed.

Cheng Mingxing was stunned for a moment. She asked, “Boss, is this myna your pet?”

---

---

---

---

Chapter 155. Babyyy

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

!!!Warning!!! This chapter contains violence, rap*, and it can make you uncomfortable. Reader’s discretion is advised.

---

Chen You wasn’t stupid. He knew his transformation into a human had nothing to do with the system, it was purely his man’s doing. He has the illusion that the world is teetering on the edge.

He sat on a stool, eating a box of blueberries while the man shaved his legs. The scene was incredibly beautiful!

With several blueberries stuffed in his mouth, Chen You moved his big toe, directing the slave at home, “There are a few on here too, shave them off for me.”

Chang Qin looked at Chen You’s big toe and frowned, worried about hurting him, “Just a few.”

“Uncountable,” Chen You said seriously, “I have obsessive-compulsive disorder.”

Chang Qin said, “Then shave it yourself.”

Chen You pursed his lips and leaned forward with a flattering smile, “Please help me shave. I like it when you help me shave.”

Like it, these two words have the built-in beauty function.

Chang Qin enjoyed it. After shaving Chen You’s calves, he placed his feet on his legs and bent down to shave a few hairs from his big toe. Suddenly, he heard a sigh, “Why are you sighing?”

Chen You continued eating blueberries, “Uh, my hot pot is gone.”

Chang Qin took his foot off and replaced it with another, “We’ll eat it tonight.”

Chen You said, “It’s all burnt. What the hell is there to eat!”

He noticed the man looking at him with a deep gaze, so he quickly clarified himself, blabbering away without blushing or beating his heart, “It was just a slip of the tongue. I don’t usually swear.”

Really shameless.

Chang Qin was too lazy to expose the issue, saying only, “Swearing, hmm. A foul mouth.”

Chen You glanced at the man and exhaled, “Not foul, it’s all blueberry flavor.”

Chang Qin shook his head. How could he have fallen in love with this old child with ADHD? And for several lifetimes, each one had started with curiosity and ended with love, with no life ending ever being different?

Chen You felt uncomfortable being stared at. What was going on? Had my head turned into a bird’s? Terrified, he reached out to touch it with trembling hands. No, it wasn’t a bird’s head. The nose, eyes, and mouth were all human.

After trying to hold it back for a while, Chen You couldn’t help himself anymore and asked the man, “Why are you staring at me?”

Chang Qin shaved his other foot clean, patting off any loose hairs with his palm, “I just find it fantastic.”

Chen You touched his face, “Are you saying I look fantastic now?”

Chang Qin raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, “I’ve doubted your IQ many times.”

Chen You, “…” Stop talking. So far, we can still have fun firing cannon.

He heard the man say, “Put your IQ in the game, you’d be equivalent to a basic monster, instantly killed in one move.”

Well, firing the cannon is out of the question.

Chen You glared at the man. It was impressive. He’d only played a few games with him and already learned something and applied it immediately. That was why he hated dealing with people with high IQs.

They weren’t playing together at all, he was the one being played.

Chang Qin went to put away the razor, which had just been unpacked. This razor would later be used to shave Chen You’s arms and legs.

Perhaps it’s because Chen You is a big black bird, but his hair grows so fast. If he doesn’t shave for a few days, he can comb it with a wooden comb. If he doesn’t shave for another half a month, he can tie it up with a rubber band.

How should he describe his mood? It felt like he’d been screwed by the whole world.

After finishing the last blueberry, Chen You grabbed a tissue and wiped his hands, “Chang Qin, the hot pot on the table is all burnt. Did you pour it out?”

Chang Qin was cleaning the toilet seat in the bathroom, “It’s not burnt.”

“Impossible.” Chen You walked slowly to the bathroom door, “We were in the room for hours, and the pot was left on. It wouldn’t burn unless it was remotely controlled.”

He closed his mouth, his eyes widening, “No no no, no way?

Chang Qin pulled his disposable gloves up to his wrists and continued to clean the toilet, “Nothing is impossible.”

After a moment of hesitation, Chen You’s epilepsy broke out. He rushed over and threw himself on the man’s back, hugging his neck and laughing out loud, “Honey, I just like to see you being cool to the point of defying laws human and divine.”

Chang Qin was helpless, “Behave yourself.”

Chen You scratched the man’s ear and whispered, “Chen You’s man. I like you so much.”

Chang Qin raised an eyebrow, “Just like.”

Chen You immediately changed his tone, fearing a spanking, “Love, love, love, I love you. Really. You’re the only one in the whole world.”

“Toothache.”

Chang Qin gave his assessment, took the person off his back, pushed him out of the bathroom, and closed the door.

Standing at the door, Chen You snorted. Hmph! Do you think I’m blind? Why don’t you look in the mirror? Your ears are so red that I can’t watch it anymore. Do you know that you have eight-pack abs?

He put on his thick pajamas and went to the living room. The hot pot on the table was indeed not burnt. Chang Qin had not lied.

Swallowing his saliva, Chen You excitedly touched the switch of the pot and sat on a chair, waiting for the pot to boil. Then he could eat.

When Chang Qin came out, his ears were no longer red. He saw the young man waving his chopsticks and sweating profusely while eating his steamed bun, “Your butt…”

Chen You glared at him, stopping the man from continuing.

Isn’t there Old 4! With so many products, there must be something to prevent constipation. Speaking of which, Old 4 hasn’t bubbled up in a few days.

Chen You was scooping up some fragrant mutton for his man when he suddenly paused and turned to the man, “That’s not right. You don’t eat meat?”

If he hadn’t been struck by cerebral palsy, he would have remembered seeing the other person eating mutton before he turned into a human.

Chang Qin’s expression was gloomy for a while.

Chen You was too frightened to ask any more questions. He had a feeling his man was causing trouble, the system was causing trouble too, and he was the only one left standing, humming and hawing, quickly use the nunchuks! This was no fun at all.

The hot pot meal that followed was unusually quiet.

Chen You was afraid of his man, a fear that had been there since their first encounter. Don’t be fooled by his usual unreasonable behavior and throwing tantrums, that’s just superficial. Really, as long as the other party frowns or presses the corners of his lips, he will become timid.

So scared that his soul was trembling, like controlled by a remote control, and unable to control.

Chang Qin half-closed his eyelids and ate enoki mushrooms with an expressionless face.

Chen You remained silent, silently scooping up food to eat. It felt as if what he was eating wasn’t the mutton, enoki mushrooms, and tofu, but a pot of sand stuck in his stomach, causing a slight indigestion. He lay on the sofa, barely breathing.

Hearing the clatter of pots and dishes being washed in the kitchen, Chen You quickly called the system and asked, “Old 4, what’s the progress on my mission?”

System said, “I don’t know.”

Chen You was terrified, “Why? That’s not how you answered before.”

System replied, “This is the only answer I have right now. All internal data is paralyzed.”

Chen You swallowed, “So?”

System said, “So my endocrine is imbalanced.”

Chen You’s scalp tingled as he heard this, “Don’t be so sarcastic. I’m panicking.”

System said, “Just get used to it.”

“…” Shit, LaoZi can’t get used to this. Chen You stood up from the sofa, paced back and forth around the coffee table, and asked hurriedly, “Hold on! Old 4, you can’t see the progress of the task now. Is it possible that I’ve already completed it?”

System said, “Ask me?”

Chen You rolled his eyes, “What do you think?”

System said, “I don’t know.”

Chen You was speechless. Such a serious matter, and yet he got such a nonsensical answer, completely lacking any heart. He sighed and said, “Am I the only one affected? Or are all the other hosts affected as well?”

System said, “All.”

Chen You was instantly comforted. That was good. Being alone is too hard, it feels different when everyone is together. With someone to accompany him, the journey to yellow springs would be easier. He then remembered something else, “Chang Qin has always been a vegetarian.”

“Maybe he’s gotten used to stench, so he’s not as averse to meat as before. Lately, he can only eat meaty dishes. Today, he ate a lot of mutton.”

System said, “Data is paralyzed.”

Chen You didn’t understand. Could Chang Qin’s sudden desire for meat have anything to do with the data? He bent down to drink from his glass of water when a sudden thought struck him, “Chang Qin is the data?”

System said, “I don’t know.”

Chen You was about to get mad. This supposedly omnipotent system had become completely clueless, like an automated response, might as well just change the name to I don’t know. He tentatively asked, “Is Chang Qin, like me, also completing quests in every world?”

System still has those three words, one more and one less makes no difference.

Chen You was speechless.

After a while, the system’s mechanical voice sounded, its meaning unclear, “Your man is really arrogant.”

Chen You thought, yeah, he really is that arrogant. I can testify to that. It’s absolutely true, and there’s no pretense at all. He said, “Old 4, listen to me. No matter what you’re doing, I hope everyone stays in harmony and doesn’t make things worse.”

System said, “Now it’s your man who wants to play tricks.”

Chen You could hear the snarl of a psychopath driven crazy, from the monotonous mechanical voice. You mess up, I mess up, everyone messes up. In the end, at worst we’ll all be finished together, so who’s afraid of who?

So thrilling, so strange. He felt that either there was something wrong with the system or with himself.

Glancing toward the kitchen, Chen You slipped back to the balcony, fearing the man would see him and detect something on his face. Keeping his composure was harder for him than eating bird shit.

“You pray for me, and I pray for you. We pray for each other. Maybe the Almighty Lord will hear us, find it refreshing, and take care of us.”

System, “…blockhead.”

Chen You’s face twisted, and he felt like cursing. When he heard the system’s response, he was actually relieved. He thought maybe the system could still be humorous, but not social.

The question is, is calling him a blockhead humorous? Not really.

A low voice echoed from the living room, accompanied by the creaking of stacked chairs. Chen You collected his thoughts and responded to the man with, “Hey!”

Chang Qin lowered his sweater sleeves, “I’m going out for a while. You stay home.”

Chen You casually asked, “Where are you going?”

Chang Qin picked up the coat on the sofa and glanced at him after hearing this.

Chen You curled his lips, feeling strangely like a pitiful housewife, worried that his husband would go out on a date with some mistress and he would be abandoned, “Forget it.”

Chang Qin put on his coat, his long fingers working down the sleeves, buttoning each button one by one, “I’m going to meet a friend.”

Chen You asked casually, “Male or female?”

Chang Qin fastened the last button and turned to look at the young man, “Male.”

Chen You said, “Oh.”

Okay, if you don’t tell me, I won’t ask.

He sneezed, and a coat was thrown onto him. The man’s voice rang in his ears, “Wear more clothes and don’t wander around. The air conditioning is set to the right temperature, the humidifier is on, and the computer is turned on. Go play some games.”

Being treated like a child, attentively cared for, was neither good nor bad. Chen You tugged at the man’s coat sleeve, pulling it down a little to fix his collar.

Chang Qin lowered his eyes, his gaze resting on the young man’s face. The other person was always like this, so attentive to every little thing, it made him look endearing. He pulled the person into his arms and whispered, “I’ll bring you a cake when I come back.”

Chen You blurted out, “Fruit pudding.”

Chang Qin agreed, his eyes soft and gentle, and tapped his forehead lightly, “Be good.”

Chen You was wearing his pink teddy bear slippers. When the man looked over, he raised his hand and waved like a virtuous wife, “Come back soon!”

Chang Qin hummed and closed the door.

Now alone at home, the house suddenly seemed so large, even the roof seemed so much taller. Chen You rubbed the goose bumps on his arms and wondered when he could go get a puppy with Chang Qin.

Aiya, it is out of question. He’s a rather unique species now, neither human nor bird, and he can switch at any time.

What if he is a bird and is seen by a puppy? Either the puppy will be scared or he will be scared. Forget it. A harmonious family is the key to happiness.

Chen You sighed and went back to his room to play games. At this moment, apart from games, what else could save him? Absolutely nothing.

He flipped through his friend list and saw the first player, ‘No.1 under heaven is awesome’, and he was quite pleased. He thought the name he had chosen for Chang Qin was exceptionally good, tailor-made for him, and that it couldn’t be applied to anyone else. It was the perfect name for Chang Qin.

When he discovered the level behind the player’s name, his eyes nearly popped out. Holy shit, when had Chang Qin secretly leveled up without telling him? It was already maxed out!

After making sure he wasn’t seeing things, Chen You angrily threw away the mouse. Without cheat codes and the little golden feather, playing any game is asking for abuse.

Chang Qin drove to City D, got off the highway after over an hour, and arrived at his destination, a small town, in about fifty minutes. He circled the town and parked the car in front of a house.

A man dressed as a butler came out of the door, “Mr. Chang, please come in. My master has been waiting for a long time.”

Chang Qin followed the butler to the back garden, where a strikingly handsome man was playing the piano. It was freezing cold, and not even the birds were willing to come out, but he was playing with great enthusiasm, feeling as if he were above everything else, as if nothing existed.

The piano music continued for half an hour before the handsome man finally stopped, “Why are you here with me instead of staying home with your sweetheart?”

Chang Qin put his hands in the pockets of his black trousers and said, “I have a question.”

He looked around the garden, “Wu Wuwu, your that one isn’t here?”

Wu Wuwu’s expression grew a little more tender, “There’s a dinner party.”

Chang Qin’s brows twitched. He had no intention of standing here and talking. Instead, he went straight to the living room, sat on a chair, picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup, blew on the few green tea leaves floating on it, and took a sip.

Wu Wuwu raised his hand. Someone came over with a basin of water. He washed his delicate hands in the basin, then wiped them carefully with a handkerchief. His pale lips moved, “Close the door.”

The butler nearby responded and ordered the door to be closed, meaning that no one would be allowed to visit today.

Wu Wuwu walked into the living room. He sat down in a rather unconventional position, not at the top, but across from Chang Qin. Their gazes were equals. This seemingly simple, even casual, gesture held a hidden meaning, one that could not be revealed to anyone else.

“The last time you came to see me was three years ago.”

Chang Qin folded his long legs, his posture languid, a flicker of memory in his eyes, “That was before I found him.”

Wu Wuwu asked everyone, including the butler, to leave and then asked directly, “Now that you’ve found your person, what is the purpose of your visit?”

Chang Qin laughed, “You don’t know?”

Wu Wuwu’s face twisted slightly, and he remained silent.

Chang Qin tapped his index finger on the armrest of his chair and said nonchalantly, “I want him to break away from the system after this world is over.”

Wu Wuwu’s face twisted again, but this time it was no more subtle than before, and it couldn’t be concealed. He remained silent.

Chang Qin said, “He wanted to go home so badly that he kept calling for his father in his dreams. I had no choice but to help him realize his wish.”

Wu Wuwu finally spoke up, “You can pamper your little cutie, but breaking the rules is not okay.”

Chang Qin said calmly, “What are the rules?”

Wu Wuwu’s face contorted for the third time, his entire face unbearable to look at. He was talking about rules with someone who never followed them. How foolish!

Now that everything is out in the open, there’s no need to hide it any further.

Wu Wuwu stared directly at the man across from him, who was going crazy and could turn the world upside down, “Si Sisi, that person values bonuses like his life. He’s devoted a great deal of energy to your little cutie, cultivating him. It’s said that he’s even given him special treatment and given him backdoors more than once…”

The voice stopped abruptly.

Wu Wuwu noticed a change in the man’s aura, a dark and menacing one. He had a guess and half-jokingly said, “Don’t worry. Everyone has signed a life-or-death agreement, including Si Sisi. He won’t have any thoughts about your little cutie.”

Chang Qin glanced at him and said, “That would be best.”

After a few seconds of silence, Wu Wuwu said, “According to normal procedure, each host is assigned ten tasks. You want your little cutie to leave without meeting the standards? Can Si Sisi just sit there and watch? If you push him too far, he’ll bite.”

Chang Qin remained indifferent.

“Everything is completely paralyzed now.” Wu Wuwu said, “I suggest you wait and see what happens. Don’t take any further action. Otherwise, the situation will be difficult to resolve, and your little cutie will inevitably be implicated.”

Chang Qin said steadily, “I still say the same thing. Let him finish in this world.”

Wu Wuwu said, “There’s nothing I can do.”

Chang Qin picked up his teacup and drank it calmly.

Time slipped by, and the living room grew incredibly quiet. A crow flew by, but it didn’t fly away. Instead, it perched on a tree in the garden and called out, “wa——wa——”

The sound was hoarse and shrill, like the sound of a hacksaw blade ripping through wood—very uncomfortable.

Not only that, it’s also sorrowful.

Wu Wuwu suddenly stood up, and the chair behind him fell backwards with a loud noise due to his excessive movement. His forehead twitched, and he reached for the chair to pick it up.

These noises interrupted the crow’s cries outside, and within a minute, the sound came in again. Wu Wuwu’s face turned green as he called to the butler to chase the crow away.

The butler responded and did as he was told.

Soon, the garden became quiet, and so did the living room.

Wu Wuwu’s expression softened slightly. He looked at the man across from him, who was still casually drinking tea, stuck here like a god of plague. After a moment, he closed his eyes and said, “I’ll do my best.”

Chang Qin put down his teacup and said, “Thank you.”

He left after he finished speaking. His goal had been achieved, so he didn’t stay any longer to avoid annoying each other.

Wu Wuwu’s right hand gripped the base of his left hand, exerting considerable pressure, “Found love, gained affection, became a human being, but the things he does are still inhuman.”

Chang Qin paused as he stepped out of the doorway, “What did you say?”

Wu Wuwu said, “Take care! I won’t see you out.”

Chang Qin turned around, raised his head, and said, “There’s one more thing.”

“……”

Looking at the shameless man, Wu Wuwu felt the urge to ask the butler to release the dogs. Although he thought so, he didn’t actually do it. He was afraid that the house he had carefully maintained would be destroyed by him.

The days are short in winter, and before anyone knows it, the sky becomes dark.

On the other side, Cheng Mingxing came out of the hospital with a nosebleed for no reason. She didn’t pay attention to this situation at first, but after it happened more than three times, she thought it might not be a problem of internal heat, so she came for a check-up. The report will not be available until next Tuesday.

The phone in her bag rang. Cheng Mingxing took it out and saw the caller ID. Her brows furrowed as she saw it. She didn’t answer and hung up.

The phone rang again, and Cheng Mingxing hung up again.

When the phone rang again, she answered it and said impatiently, “Ma, there was a problem in the restaurant today, and I’ve been busy dealing with it. If you have nothing to do, please don’t call me again.”

If it weren’t for her position, where she needed to deal with emergencies, Cheng Mingxing would have wanted to turn off her phone.

A voice came from the other end. It wasn’t Mother Cheng, but a man, “Ms. Cheng, Ayi gave me your number so I could contact you. Did I disturb you?”

Cheng Mingxing was stunned, “Not at all.”

The man introduced himself. His last name was Wen. Wen Wen which means cultured and refined. He also said that he had already arrived at the agreed place.

Cheng Mingxing pinched the palm of her other hand to calm herself down, “There’s a traffic jam here.”

The man said sympathetically, “It’s okay. I don’t have any other plans tonight. It’s okay to wait a while. Ms. Cheng, please drive slowly.”

Cheng Mingxing wanted to say something, but the other party had already hung up. Hearing the beeping sound, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This wasn’t her first blind date, but she had never encountered this type of person before. He seemed to have no temperament, but in fact, he was very opinionated.

When Cheng Mingxing arrived, she met the person on the phone. He was gentle and polite, just like his name. When he saw her walking towards the table, he politely stood up and pulled out a chair for her.

Good first impression.

When the man spoke, he would look Cheng Mingxing in the eye, so as not to give people a sense of disrespect.

Cheng Mingxing’s mind wandered, wondering what had happened in the restaurant that day. She wondered if the fight between the customers would spark malicious online comments and the impact it would have on the restaurant. She also thought about the hospital checkup, the results weren’t in yet, and she wondered if any of her health indicators were showing any abnormal fluctuations.

Wen Wen noticed the woman’s distraction and stopped commenting on the city. He simply picked up his glass, took a sip of red wine, and tilted his head to look at the window, where the woman’s figure was reflected.

Noticing the man had stopped talking, Cheng Mingxing came to her senses and smiled apologetically.

Life is so strange.

When passion is at its peak, falling in love with someone is a lifelong thing that can never be erased or replaced by anyone.

When it fades, you become numb to life, the people and things around you. Even if you meet the right person, you don’t have the urge to try. It takes a lot of courage to change the path, and you have to take the risk that this trajectory will be a dead end.

Cheng Mingxing didn’t have that courage, so she didn’t budge.

After the meal, the man and woman went in different directions, one heading west and the other heading north.

On the way, Cheng Mingxing turned to the supermarket to do some shopping. As soon as she got out of the car, her mother called, “Mingxing, your eldest JiuMa has confirmed the news. The man’s side is very pleased with you.”

Cheng Mingxing’s emotions remained calm, “Oh.”

“Oh, what?” Mother Cheng said, “What about you? What do you think? If possible, get along well with him. I’m not kidding, but that guy is really outstanding. Even if you put him next to your boss, there is not much difference.”

Cheng Mingxing pushed her cart toward the supermarket stairs, “He’s not suitable for me.”

Mother Cheng was displeased when she heard this, “Not suitable, not suitable? That’s the same answer you give me every time. Why? Is it because your ma is easy to fool? Cheng Mingxing, can you put yourself in your ma’s shoes?”

Cheng Mingxing said as she walked, “Ma, I’m at the supermarket. Let’s talk later.”

Mother Cheng was firm, “Just give me one word. Yes or no?”

Cheng Mingxing’s emotions were a little out of control, her chest heaving, and the next second she fainted.

When Cheng Mingxing woke up, she was next to the stroller. A few people watched from a distance, afraid to approach for fear of being blackmailed. Only a little girl squatted at her feet, grabbed her hand, and asked with concern, “Jiejie, are you okay?”

Cheng Mingxing said it’s fine, “Thank you.”

The little girl blinked and said, “Jiejie, are you sick? I get sick too. Every time I’m sick, my mama gives me very bitter medicine. You can drink it too. After you finish drinking it, you’ll be cured.”

Cheng Mingxing was about to speak when a middle-aged man came over and took the little girl away.

If the little girl hadn’t called out baba, one could easily mistake the middle-aged man for someone with ill intent.

Cheng Mingxing pressed her temples, stood up, and patted her black jacket. She hadn’t eaten much at dinner tonight, and fainted probably because of low blood sugar. She was thinking of buying a few boxes of chocolates.

The supermarket was next to xx Square. Cheng Mingxing stumbled upon a figure and recognized it as the man named Zhang Zhi, feeling somewhat surprised.

Zhang Zhi also spotted Cheng Mingxing and, from a distance, grinned and greeted her, “Mingxing Jie, what a coincidence.”

Cheng Mingxing had no good feelings towards this person. She gave a lukewarm hmm and pushed her cart across the shelves to another area. She heard footsteps behind her, the person was following her.

“Mingxing Jie, I haven’t seen Mingtian all day today, and I can’t get through on the phone. Do you know where he is?”

“Not sure.”

Cheng Mingxing was about to leave when a cart came over and blocked her way.

Zhang Zhi smiled and said, “Mingxing Jie, the thing is, I’ve been having some misunderstandings with Mingtian lately. I wonder if you have time to listen to a thing or two from me?”

Cheng Mingxing’s expression changed slightly, it looked like she wouldn’t be able to get rid of him anytime soon.

At this moment, Cheng Mingtian was in the villa. To be exact, he had already been there, but had been staying outside. Now he had gone inside.

The lights were on in the villa.

Chen You was playing with his team, wearing a microphone. He was too lazy to talk and the others didn’t make a fuss. Maybe they thought his operation was super awesome and that he was a low-key and unfathomable boss.

Chen You was so focused on playing the game that he didn’t notice someone standing at the door.

Cheng Mingtian was watching from behind, his face grim. He had watched the man’s car leave, thinking the villa was deserted. He had originally planned to sneak in, see what the man’s living place looked like, have sex with him on his bed, and then leave. He had no idea he would see the young man.

After not seeing each other for a few months, he thought the young man had been dumped long ago. Who knew he was completely wrong? The young man was living in the man’s house and was doing well.

So Cheng Mingtian couldn’t help but walk into the bedroom.

After a brief moment of daze, he realized his situation was dire and slipped out the same way he had come before being discovered.

Cheng Mingtian hid in a corner, logged onto a dating forum with his phone and posted a message about feeling lonely and empty, feeling cold in winter, and wanting a Gege to warm his bed.

He also said any number would be fine, and also wrote down the address, which was the location of the villa.

At the end of the post, Cheng Mingtian described the young man’s appearance and the clothes he was wearing in detail.

【The door is closed, I will play with whoever can come in from outside.】

After writing and posting the disgusting post, Cheng Mingtian couldn’t help but retch. He frequented this forum and knew some people liked this kind of thing.

Those people are usually not kind, they are willing to kill others, and have strange habits.

Soon, someone added the small account he had just registered, and he easily teased them and settled it.

After flirting with six people, Cheng Mingtian held his phone in his hand. The blue light from the screen made his youthful, childish face look somewhat sinister.

He glanced at the lighted room in the villa and said, you’ll feel good later.

After Chen You finished a round of fighting, he got up and went to the bathroom. When he came out, he heard a noise in the living room.

His first reaction was that Chang Qin was back.

Chen You walked out of the bedroom and found that the lights in the living room were not on. He immediately had a bad feeling.

Oh shit, there’s a thief in the house.

Chang Qin, you big idiot! Don’t you know that it’s almost Chinese New Year and all these thieves are running out from all corners of the world because they need money?!

Chen You stepped back, a laugh echoing in his ears, “Babyyy, I found you.”

Fuck, what the hell?

Chen You was embraced by a pair of arms, and the man’s breath rose to him, partly the scent of betel nut and partly perfume.

His stomach churned and he felt like vomiting.

As luck would have it, another person came to the balcony and also started calling out ‘baby’.

He doesn’t know where this opening line came from.

What’s even more terrifying is that the two of them started messing right away.

It seemed as if Chen You was already very familiar with them.

Chen You was pinned down, unable to move. He wished he could turn into a dead bird and fly away. He frantically called the system in his mind.

“What should I do? I’m surrounded by two men, and they’re biting my neck.”

“The mission target is coming home soon.”

When Chen You heard that Chang Qin was coming back, he felt less panicked.

As a result, before Chang Qin returned, there were four more people in the house, making a total of six.

Six is a good number, it means everything goes smoothly.

Chen You had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat. While the six men were arguing over who would start first and how, he pushed the man on top of him hard and ran away, rushing into the bedroom like the wind and locking the door.

Leaning against the door, Chen You was terrified. Fuck, fuck, fuck, he almost got assaulted by a group of people.

Who the hell is messing with him?

Someone must be causing trouble. Those guys aren’t thieves. They broke in with a clear purpose, just to screw up! To screw up! To screw up!

Like who has communicated with them, set a time and place, to come and play together.

Chen You slapped himself to calm himself down. It’s okay, it’s okay. Don’t be afraid.

The villa has surveillance cameras, so they can tell who has been there.

When the time comes, Chang Qin will take action without him saying anything.

The six men outside stared at each other in amazement. They were all captivated by the beautiful young man. How could they possibly leave like that?

They kicked the door at the same time.

Chen You used his body to push against them, one man against six. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he felt powerless.

After only a dozen seconds of stalemate, a powerful force slammed the door open, sending Chen You sprawling forward.

A hand grabbed Chen You from behind, and he was pulled into a man’s arms, “Don’t be afraid, baby. Gege will take good care of you.”

Chen You had a look of suffering on his face.

The others were all laughing, thinking Chen You was doing this on purpose just to provoke some excitement.

“Okay, all Gege are here at the appointed time. We know you have a big appetite and are good at playing. Let’s go play some games together.”

The hand on his face didn’t move away and kept pinching him maliciously. Chen You felt disgusted and started to curse, “Play your mom!”

A slap came over, and Chen You saw stars. His face was deformed by the pinching, “It seems that the baby can’t wait any longer.”

Chen You was dragged to the living room.

The sound of the key turning in the door lock is only clear in silence. In the chaos, it will be blurred and negligible.

Chang Qin returned and saw several strangers in the living room. There was a foot wearing pink socks on the carpet.

Two pink teddy bear slippers were left on a potted plant.

The hand holding the key tightened, and the murderous and bloodthirsty feeling deep within Chang Qin’s soul suddenly erupted, filling the entire living room at a terrifying speed.

Danger loomed, and several men stopped their movements simultaneously. They looked back and saw a strange man.

Another one?

“Dude, just wait on the side.”

Chang Qin’s face was expressionless, and his eyes were blank.

Several men shuddered inexplicably, “No way! Could you have come to the wrong place?”

One of them pulled the person off the ground and said, “This prey is ours.”

Chen You’s scalp was hurting from being pulled. He was about to curse with his bleeding mouth wide open when he saw his man.

Their eyes met. Chen You did nothing when he was beaten, but now his eyes were red. He tried hard to hold back his tears.

Chang Qin glanced at the young man and saw that his pajamas were in disarray, with marks visible in several places.

The low pressure in the living room was terrifying.

Seeing the strange man standing there without saying a word, those people felt even more frightened and felt a chill on their backs.

They exchanged glances and went up together to take care of the extra ones first.

Besides, this one is very manly, so they are interested.

Chang Qin grabbed a man by the collar, picked up a valuable vase nearby, and smashed it against the man’s head.

There was a bang, like the sound of death approaching.

The remaining few people’s faces turned pale.

They didn’t know each other, but they often played like this. At most, they didn’t pay attention when they mess around, and left the other person half dead.

This bloody scene tonight is the first time they’ve encountered it.

Chang Qin threw the man he was holding to the ground and kicked the other man in the abdomen.

Those people went blank for a while, then pulled up their clothes and pants to leave.

But no one left.

Chen You widened his eyes, and in his pupils he saw the man’s anger and brutality.

Absolute madness.

In his mind, some bloody fragments emerged, slowly piecing together the man he was today.

Not sure how long it took, but all the sounds disappeared.

There was blood on the man’s shoes and pants. Several people lay on the ground, their lives or deaths unknown.

Chen You jumped over a few people on the ground, ran up to the man, and asked if he was hurt.

Chang Qin’s eyes were bloodshot, “Are you okay?”

Chen You said he is fine.

Chang Qin touched Chen You’s hair and saw the bruises on his ears, face, and neck. His face grimaced for a moment and he said, “I’m glad you’re okay.”

Chen You’s nose stung and he burst into tears, “I don’t know what happened. I was just playing a game on the computer, and when I came out I heard some noises. I thought it was you who came back, and I noticed a stranger in the house.”

He spoke incoherently, recounting the entire story, his tears streaming down his face.

Chang Qin just kept repeating, “It’s okay.”

Chen You was stunned. The man wasn’t talking to him, but to himself.

He noticed that the man’s fingertips were trembling, and there was suppressed emotion in his throat, not only anger, but also fear.

After a while, Chang Qin asked Chen You to go back to the shower. He made a phone call, asking someone to come deal with the people on the ground, and then went to check the surveillance footage.

---

TN:- Yes names are Wu Wuwu and Si Sisi(aka System 444). Each character in name is different but same homophones.

---

---

---

Chapter 154. Eating Pomelo

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

TN:- I was being stubborn and wanted to upload 3 chapters altogether. So updates  got delayed.

!!!Warning!!! This chapter can make you uncomfortable.

---

Passersby on the street saw a strikingly handsome man take out a tissue rubbing in front of him. They were curious. What was he wiping? He was wiping so diligently, with a frown on his face. There didn’t seem to be anything to wipe, right?

Chang Qin wiped the blackbird’s butt clean and said with a slight movement of his thin lips, “The feathers on the tail need to be trimmed.”

Chen You turned around, facing the man, look at your idea of taking my tail down? I’ll fight you to death, “da da da da da.”

“It’s fine if you don’t want to trim it,” Chang Qin raised an eyebrow, brooking no refusal, “Starting tomorrow, you’ll eat your feed honestly, and won’t eat the same food as me anymore.”

Chen You died.

Chang Qin stood up from the bench and threw the tissue into the trash can, “You’re losing too many feathers. If you don’t want to become a bald bird, just behave.”

Chen You squatted listlessly on the man’s shoulder, his bird head drooping, pecking at the windbreaker from time to time. Autumn is the season for falling leaves, so why is he also shedding a handful by handful in winter? It’s so abnormal.

A cold wind blew in from the street, moving recklessly through the streets, shamelessly lifting the girls’ skirts and ruffling the people’s carefully combed hair, causing men, women, young and old to look terrified.

The wind passed by the big black bird, carrying away a few of its feathers.

Inside the restaurant, Cheng Mingxing sat with her head propped up in a daze. The young man from that time hadn’t appeared in months. Logically, the two of them had separated, but she had looked around repeatedly and found no trace of depression or loss on the boss’s face.

Could it be that his love was not deep enough?

No, Cheng Mingxing denied herself. The look in the boss’s eyes when he looked at that person could no longer be summed up by the word “affection”. It was a kind of possession of private property, a declaration to the world——This is mine.

The coffee beside her was knocked over, and Cheng Mingxing came to her senses when she heard the employees shouting. She frowned and said she would clean it up.

She has been getting more and more absent-minded lately.

Cheng Mingxing cleaned up the bar and wiped away all the coffee. As she walked through the hallway, she heard whispers in the staff lounge.

“That good-looking young man hasn’t appeared in a while. You guys say, does the boss look like he’s heartbroken, hmm?”

“Doesn’t seem so. If you want to say who seems to be, it’s someone who acts like everyone owes her money all day long. Isn’t there a blunder? She even has an ugly face and a fake smile when she’s talking to customers. So unprofessional. It’s just a heartbreak, right? Who hasn’t been through a breakup these days?”

“Keep your voice down, don’t let her hear.”

“What is there to be afraid of? When we called her Lady Boss, she was just hoping we’d be louder, wasn’t she? Shameless, really thinks of herself as Lady Boss.”

“Ms. Mingxing is quite good and capable. Since I came to the restaurant, I’ve seen many people pursuing her. I don’t understand why she’s still single. Gradually left on the shelf.”

“Hehe, her standards are very high and she wants to meet someone like the boss, but how is that possible?”

“That’s right. There are those who are worthy but not good-looking, or those who are good-looking but not worthy. But those who are both are as rare as phoenix feather and unicorn horn. There are many people who covet them, but can’t get it no matter how hard they try. If it’s not yours, it’s not yours.”

“Let me tell you a story. That time, the boss had a reaction for some reason. Even I, a seasoned veteran, was horrified when I saw it. In my entire life, I’ve never seen anything bigger than that.”

“Hurry, hurry, hurry, tell your story!”

The whispers in the lounge turned into laughter and banter. Cheng Mingxing didn’t push the door open, but turned and left.

On her way home from work, Cheng Mingxing received a call from her family. She felt a surge of resentment and wanted to hang up, but she answered it anyway. It was her mother’s voice on the other end, “Are you off work?”

Cheng Mingxing drove the car, “Yeah, just left the restaurant.”

Mother Cheng was watching TV over there, the background noise blaring, “Mingxing, it’s almost nine o’clock. You always come home so late, and your boss hasn’t mentioned a raise yet?”

Cheng Mingxing didn’t answer but asked instead, her tone already filled with resistance, “Ma, is there something you want to talk to me about?”

“You kid, can’t I call you if I have nothing?”

After saying this in a bad mood, Mother Cheng’s next words were, “Well, this Friday night, get off work early. One of your eldest JiuMa’s students just returned to China. He’s a rich second-generation, good-looking, from a good family, single, and has no bad habits. I’ve discussed it with your eldest JiuMa, and have already made an appointment for you. It’s at xxx. Go have dinner with him and have a good chat.”

(*JiuMa= maternal uncle’s wife)

With a sudden slam on the brakes, Cheng Mingxing narrowly avoided an oncoming truck. Her heartbeat raced, and she leaned halfway over the steering wheel, sweat oozing from her palms. Her breathing became irregular.

At that moment, Cheng Mingxing’s pupils dilated. She felt as if she saw the gates of hell opening and closing again.

This was the first time she realized that death could be so close to her, so close that it could touch her in the next second.

Cheng Mingxing reached for her bag with trembling hands, fished out her cigarette case and lighter, and tremblingly took out a cigarette and put it between her teeth. She pressed the lighter several times before it clicked.

A cluster of orange flames leaped into the beautiful woman’s eyes, illuminating her panic.

On the other end of the line, Mother Cheng also heard the sudden braking sound. She stood up from the sofa and asked, “What happened, Mingxing? Are you okay?”

In the driver’s seat, Cheng Mingxing puffed on her cigarette for a while before speaking, her voice still trembling, “Ma, sooner or later, I will be forced to death by you.”

There was silence on the other end of the line for a few moments. Mother Cheng angrily said, “What nonsense are you talking about? Bah, bah, bah, you crow’s mouth! Isn’t it just for you to go on a blind date? Big deal! You have to be so melodramatic? You’re almost thirty years old or a child, hmm?”

Cheng Mingxing closed her eyes, the look of terror still lingering on her face. She rolled down the left window, flicked the cigarette out the window, and watched as a pinch of ash fell and was blown away by the wind.

“Ma, you know I’m almost 30. Can you please stop controlling me? Just live a good life with ba.”

“What’s the point of that? If your lifelong issue remains unresolved, then whoever passes away first, your ba or I, will die unhappy.”

Perhaps realizing her words had been harsh, Mother Cheng softened her tone and sighed, “Mingxing, you’re a girl. You should prioritize your family. You don’t need to invest too much energy in your career. Do you understand what I mean?”

Cheng Mingxing leaned back in her chair, smoke lingering on her face, “Ma, I don’t want to argue with you.”

Mother Cheng was nagging, saying, “Do you think I called you so late at night to argue with you? I’m just worried about you. It’s not just me, your ba can’t sleep because of this either.”

Cheng Mingxing smoked a cigarette, her eyes scanning the night outside the car window, silent.

“Your boss accepted the rice dumplings last time, which means he really likes them. I’ll make some in a couple of days, so you can take them,” Mother Cheng said, “Build a good relationship with your boss, and it’ll be easier for you to ask for leave if you need to.”

Cheng Mingxing’s face remained pale. The image of the man surfaced in her mind. She pursed her lips and said, “Forget it.”

“Okay, if you don’t want me to, I’ll make less and save some for the family.” Mother Cheng said, “By the way, your Didi got into a fight and is half-dead in the hospital. You should go see him sometime.”

Cheng Mingxing frowned, “When did it happen?”

Mother Cheng said it happened today, “His roommate took him to the hospital. We don’t know what happened. Your Shushu wouldn’t tell us exactly where he was injured.”

Cheng Mingxing didn’t ask any more questions, “I understand. That’s all.”

Before hanging up, Mother Cheng reminded her, “Don’t forget to have dinner with the person this Friday night!”

Cheng Mingxing sat in the car, finishing the last puff of her cigarette, stubbed it out, and got out, throwing it into a nearby trash can. She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her red jacket, suddenly feeling exhausted. Her love for this city had faded without her knowing when, leaving only a tiny sliver of it, stubbornly dangling, ready to break at any moment.

If it’s not hers, wait for another ten years, the result will be the same.

The next day, Cheng Mingxing drove to the hospital.

After asking the nurse, Cheng Mingxing found the ward. As she pushed the door open, she heard a slight noise from inside. Suspicious, her expression changed.

Through the door, Cheng Mingtian was forcibly held in Zhang Zhi’s arms and nibbled.

Yesterday, Cheng Mingtian ran into a foreign man at a bar who looked a bit like Chang Qin. He flirted with him and soon half-embraced him to get a room. Little did he know that Zhang Zhi would catch him red-handed.

After the foreign man had been kicked half to death, Zhang Zhi carried Cheng Mingtian onto his back and forcibly took him to his rented apartment. As soon as they entered, a fight ensued between the two men.

Cheng Mingtian was pinned to the ground and forced to have sex by Zhang Zhi, who didn’t clean up after the deed. He developed a fever when he returned to the dormitory and was carried to the hospital by his roommates. He protested and refused to have his wounds examined, only receiving an IV drip to reduce his fever.

“MF……”

Cheng Mingtian forcefully pushed Zhang Zhi away, roaring, “Scram for LaoZi!”

“Scram, what for? I came here just for you.” Zhang Zhi sneered, his rough hand gripping the boy’s fair chin, “Not satisfy you and let you hook up with others again, I won’t stand for that.”

Cheng Mingtian’s eyes were bloodshot, “We’re already over him!”

“Over? Who said that? You said it?” Zhang Zhi patted Cheng Mingtian’s face and smiled, “You wish!”

Cheng Mingtian was trembling all over. He had finally seen this man’s true face. He was a dog. He would bite him and couldn’t be kicked away, “What do you want?”

Zhang Zhi leaned over, smiled, and whispered something into the boy’s ear.

Cheng Mingtian raged in a low voice, “Zhang Zhi, SOB, why don’t you just die?!”

“Baby, if I die, who will be able to take care of you?”

Zhang Zhi bent his back, pinning the boy between the hospital bed and his chest. He brushed against the boy’s lips, which were always spitting out harsh words, and rubbed them with his thumb, sneering, “Heartless little thing.”

The entire corridor was deserted. Cheng Mingxing stood still, silent, and the sounds in the ward became even clearer. She could faintly hear Cheng Mingtian crying, and suddenly she pushed the door open.

This sudden happening left both Cheng Mingtian and Zhang Zhi somewhat bewildered. The former’s cheeks flushed, while the latter stepped back, tilting his head to one side, then back again, standing there as if nothing had happened.

Cheng Mingxing glanced at the stranger.

Zhang Zhi’s lips curled up, and he casually dropped a bombshell, “Mingxing Jie, right? I’m Zhang Zhi, Mingtian’s boyfriend.”

The ward was dead silent.

Cheng Mingtian’s face twisted for a second, “Get lost, you bastard! What nonsense are you talking about? Jie, Zhang Zhi and I aren’t like that. We’re just…”

Interrupting him, Cheng Mingxing said to the man, “Mr. Zhang, I want to talk to my Didi alone for a moment.”

Zhang Zhi remained calm, raised his chin towards the young man, and said with a grin, “Take good care of your injuries. I’ll come see you next time.”

After the outsider left, the sibling remained silent.

Cheng Mingxing was not a heavy smoker and had bought very few cigarettes in recent years, but she smoked a pack last night and now wants to smoke another one. She put the pack on the table and said, “Mingtian, I think I just figured out something.”

Cheng Mingtian’s expression changed slightly, and he looked puzzled, “What?”

“You suddenly changed your mind and didn’t go to City A with your classmates. Instead, you came to the restaurant. It wasn’t because of your family, but because of boss.”

Cheng Mingxing pulled out a chair and sat down, saying calmly, “Mingtian, I’ve never doubted your sexual orientation. It’s just that I haven’t paid enough attention to you.”

Without waiting for the boy to argue, she said, “Jie saw you hugging that man just now.”

“So what?” At this point, Cheng Mingtian gave up, his lips curled up, “Jie, you’re a graduate of a prestigious university and a restaurant manager. You’re well-informed and experienced. Unlike my parents and their generation, you can’t be so conservative, right?”

Cheng Mingxing said calmly, “Mingtian, I think your Jie, I, is ridiculous?”

Cheng Mingtian’s fake smile froze.

“The other day in the office, you told me that ‘if you like someone, you should take the initiative to say something and do something’.” Cheng Mingxing said, ” Mingtian, Jie must have disappointed you.”

“It’s normal for children to enjoy the hustle and bustle, but if you watch a show and it’s on your Jie’s head, that’s not very nice, what do you say?”

Cheng Mingtian gritted his teeth, his handsome face turning pale.

Cheng Mingxing said, “I won’t mention what I just saw to your parents. You’re an adult now and can take responsibility for your own actions. But I hope you can successfully complete your final year of college. You’ve been smart since childhood, and you still have a long way to go in life. Don’t make mistakes.”

“Heh.”

Cheng Mingtian smiled, “Jie, thank you for making the trip.”

Cheng Mingxing frowned. If she stayed any longer, she’d lose control of her emotions. So she stood up, grabbed her bag, and said, “Take care of yourself.”

“Jie, you know what? My ma calls me every day, and nine times out of ten she mentions you, telling me how amazing you are, how you’re a restaurant manager, how much you earn, what car you drive, and how many properties you own.”

Cheng Mingtian said, “She asked me to take you as a role model.”

“But Jie, besides these, it seems like you don’t have anything else. You’ve had a crush on someone for over ten years, and you didn’t even dare to confess. I’m not like that. If I like someone, I won’t stand in the corner and peep on them. I’ll just go up to them and get them by any means necessary.”

He smiled and said, “Jie, how about we make a bet?”

Cheng Mingxing guessed what the boy was about to say. She wanted to stop him, but a voice deep in her heart, tinged with a twisted mentality, kept her silent.

“Chang Qin has no one else around him right now, so let’s make a bet on who can get him.”

Cheng Mingxing looked at the boy and said, “You’re still too young.”

“What’s wrong with being young?” Cheng Mingtian smiled, “Sorry, Jie, I forgot. Chang Qin doesn’t like women. He likes men, especially the young one you mentioned.”

The implication is that you don’t even qualify to participate. How pitiful.

Cheng Mingxing’s expression was ugly.

Cheng Mingtian uttered an ah, as if he had just remembered, “There’s something I didn’t tell you. The first time I met Chang Qin was at the xx Teahouse. When he saw me, he eagerly grabbed my arm with such force that the mark still remains.”

Cheng Mingxing gripped the strap of her bag tightly, calming herself down, “Really?”

“My parents, and XiaoShu were all there.” Cheng Mingtian shrugged, “That was my first time meeting Chang Qin. Jie has been with him for over a decade, and knows him better than I do. Do you know what he meant by doing that?”

(*XiaoShu= Little Uncle)

Cheng Mingxing said, “I’m not sure.”

Cheng Mingtian said it was a shame. He blinked and said, “Jie, leave Chang Qin to me. I’ll work hard to make him a member of the Cheng family. I’ll invite you over when the time comes, and we’ll all have a meal together to celebrate.”

Cheng Mingxing smiled and said, “Then Jie will wait and see.”

As soon as the door closed, Cheng Mingtian threw the water cup off the cabinet. He gasped angrily, “Fuck it!”

Today’s events were unexpected. There’s no point in pretending now.

Having said that, Cheng Mingtian felt a little regretful. He had been completely pretentious. Chang Qin wasn’t interested in him and refused to let anyone get close to him. How could he possibly get him so easily?

Thinking of Zhang Zhi, Cheng Mingtian’s butt hurt. He was about to smash something again, and when he picked up a watch, he remembered the price and put it back with a painful heart.

The young man Chang Qin had brought to the restaurant was gone, which was a good thing. Cheng Mingtian lay back in bed, thinking about something.

The weather changes suddenly, from sunny to cloudy, and then to windy and rainy, and the process often catches people off guard.

There was thunder outside as a man and a bird prepared to eat hot pot.

Chen You didn’t dare fly around, fearing that bird feathers would fall into the pot and ruin the soup. He was even more afraid that he would accidentally fall into the pot himself, which would then ruin more than just the soup.

Chang Qin was washing enoki mushrooms in the kitchen. He liked eating them and always had them with hot pot, with an inexplicable obsession.

Standing on the table, Chen You smelled the aroma from the pot and asked the man if it was ready, “da da da?”

Chang Qin shook the water off the enoki mushrooms and brought the plate over, “You can’t eat it.”

Chen You didn’t care and just wanted to eat.

Chang Qin pushed the black bird away and said, “Move aside, be careful not to get splashed with hot soup.”

Chen You flew onto his shoulder, calling out, “da da.”

“This thing has a layer of red chili oil floating on it. It’s strong and will give you a sore throat.” Chang Qin divided the enoki mushrooms into three portions and put one in first, “You’ve been feeling internal heat lately. Do you still want your butt?”

Chen You rolled his eyes, Gege, can we just not play like this? We’re eating hot pot, and you’re talking about butt. It’s really ruining my appetite.

Chang Qin held the dead bird in his arms every day, falling asleep and waking up to the stench, cleaning up its droppings, combing the bird’s feathers, and following it like a top, picking up fallen feathers. Now nothing could bother him.

The soup in the pot was boiling. Chang Qin picked up a piece of mutton and blew on it.

Chen You opened his mouth unconsciously.

Chang Qin glanced at the black bird and threw the mutton into his own mouth.

Chen You, “…”

He flew up to the man’s legs in anger and scratched him with his claws. I’m going to break up with you for the duration of a hot pot meal.

Chang Qin asked not to make trouble and jokingly said, “If you do, I’ll lose control and do something to a bird.”

Chen You continued to scratch. Come on! Who’s afraid of who? I’m cast aside, you think you can get unscathed? Dream on! When the time comes, you’ll see a white light, a sign of the end of the world.

Unable to bear it, Chang Qin blew on a piece of dried tofu and placed it in a small bowl, “Come up and eat.”

Chen You was immediately delighted. He excitedly flew over to the table and pecked at the dried tofu in his bowl. After taking a bite, he called out “da da” to the man who was willing to give him the dried tofu.

The enoki mushrooms cooked quickly. Chang Qin scooped some out and ate them. They had been cooked in the broth and tasted delicious. He ate with a great appetite and went to get some wine. As he turned around, he froze, “You…”

Chen You was stealing a piece of mutton from the man’s bowl. He responded unconsciously, “Hmm?”

It wasn’t bird language, it was human speech. Chen You was stunned for a moment and looked down. Oh my god, Chang Qin, look! I’ve become a human again!

Chang Qin calmed himself down and turned to turn on the air conditioner.

It wasn’t a black bird, and the fluffy bird feathers were gone. Chen You almost reached for the steaming hot pot. He hugged his arms, shivering, twisting his neck and yelling, “Where are the clothes, Chang Qin? Go get me some first! The temperature of the air conditioner will take a while to reach my level!”

Chang Qin walked quickly and turned on the air conditioner. He didn’t take any clothes, but just took a blanket, wrapped the person in it, and carried him into the bedroom.

Chen You’s dark head emerged from the blanket, two bright eyes emerging. Time was running out, and wasting it was shameful.

Chang Qin kicked the door shut. He lowered his head, his breath thick and heavy. The next second, he pressed forward, kissing the person in his arms passionately and fiercely.

Chen You smacked his lips. The taste of enoki mushrooms and mutton, delicious. He grabbed the man’s short hair. Quickly, quickly, make haste, promise me, don’t dawdle, okay? Hurry up.

Chang Qin was not tormented by Chen You’s appearance of being unable to bear in his embrace, which was very alluring. This time, the other party kept scratching him, but he was still slow and measured.

Chen You kicked the man, but without much force. When he kicked again, his foot was grabbed and he was kissed until he felt dizzy.

For a long time, the two of them stayed in the room, eating pomelo instead of hot pot.

Pomelo is highly nutritious and won’t cause internal heat, but rather can reduce it. However, the pomelo that Chang Qin ate was different. The more he ate, the hotter he became. He peeled the thick-skinned pomelo, broke it in half, and ate it all by himself.

---

---

---

---

Chapter 153. Pray

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

---

The next day, Chen You was still a human being, not a dead bird.

Thank heaven, thank earth, thank fate, and of course, most importantly, thank Old 4 in his family.

There was a noise beside the pillow. Chang Qin stretched out an arm and rubbed Chen You’s hair. “Good morning, wife.”

Chen You said good morning, tilting his head back and kissing the man on the mouth. He had just finished showering at dawn, and had been feeling weak from soaking for so long, so he ate a piece of chocolate before going to bed. He hadn’t brushed his teeth yet, and was hesitant to kiss him too long, fearing he might be disgusted.

As soon as he pulled away, he was pulled back and kissed for a long time.

Chang Qin scratched Chen You’s nose and teased, “Why are you hiding? Are you shy?”

Chen You smacked his lips, which were swollen. He glanced at the man, a hint of seduction in the corner of his eye, “I haven’t brushed my teeth yet.”

Chang Qin chuckled, “Even if you don’t brush your teeth for a few days, a week, or a month, I can still kiss you.”

So can we still play together? Absolutely not. Chen You surrendered with a green face. “Alright, Gege, stop talking. I know you love me, but I dislike myself.”

Chang Qin pinched his chin and looked at him closely, “What do you look like?”

Chen You was stunned, thinking, aren’t your eyes open? Why are you asking me? But then he thought, realizing the question might be about the real him. This can’t be explained in just a few words.

“Me! One word: handsome. Two words: very handsome. Three words: very very handsome. Four words: very very very handsome.”

Chang Qin’s face twitched slightly, “Stop it.”

Okay, then I’ll give you a no-joke one. Chen You got serious, “I’m 183cm tall and weigh 72kg. I have a light-colored mole on the left corner of my eye. I don’t have any moles on my chest, but I have a cinnabar mole on each wrist. I have very little body hair, and my arms and legs are completely hairless.”

He lifted his legs from the covers, shaking them habitually, “My relatives and friends all say my eyes are like my mama’s, with the corners of my eyes sloping upwards. My nose is like my baba’s, with a high nose bridge. That’s what I’m most satisfied with. My lips are neither thick nor thin. The problem is that they get very dry in the winter, and they peel easily, so I have to use lip balm, men’s.”

“Okay, now come to the main point. My face shape is very defined. Really, I would be a puppy if I lied to you.”

Chang Qin closed his eyes, combining the data in his mind. Slowly, a face and a figure emerged. He chuckled, “Indeed very handsome.”

Chen You beamed with pride, “That is for sure. I’m the class grass.”

Chang Qin asked hoarsely, “Class grass, what are your hobbies?”

Chen You said, “You know, I like playing games, sleeping until I wake up naturally, eating snacks, drinking Coke, singing 《Nunchucks》, sometimes break dancing, cooking, writing calligraphy, playing the harmonica and guitar, flirting with girls. When I’m in a good mood, I’ll get out my sewing machine at home and alter some clothes or something.”

Chang Qin caught something and asked, “Flirting with girls?”

Chen You turned his face away, and squeezed the man’s shoulder like a lackey, “It was just a casual remark.”

Chang Qin’s face was expressionless.

Chen You cursed inwardly. MF! It was fine just now. Who are you showing off your deadpan face to all of a sudden? He pursed his lips and said, “Really? I’m gay.”

Chang Qin smiled, “Really?”

“No, no,” Chen You impressed. “I’m not gay. I’m only hard for one person.”

Chang Qin asked, “Who?”

Chen You said, “Of course it’s the guy I like. He’s got so many identities: a boss, a handsome boy, a general, a senior, a swordsman, a father, a director, and a restaurant owner. Pretty impressive, isn’t it?”

Chang Qin’s expression finally cleared up from the hailstorm, “Yeah, impressive.”

Chen You chuckled, reaching out and hooking his arm around the man’s neck, “My man has a big golden man. Super cool.”

Chang Qin was amused by his choice of words, “Rather like a kid.”

Chen You breathed a sigh of relief. The man is indeed a big kid, needing to be coaxed. Suddenly, he shuddered, remembering something serious, “System said that if I mess around with you, I’ll turn into a bird. I’ve been doing it with you all night, non-stop, and I haven’t changed. Do you think I’ll always be human? Or will I turn into a bird at some point?”

This is what Chen You said, and what came out was “da da da da da da.”

Damn it, the system is messing up.

How embarrassing! Chen You buried his burning face back into the quilt. He needed some quiet time and wanted to call the system to get some clarification.

System slowly replied, “Exceed ten times.”

Chen You rolled his eyes, carefully counting how many times he had done it last night. Five, or six times? He asked the system.

System said, “Everything below the eyes is blocked. How many times have I told you that?”

Chen You curled his lips, “Ge, I was wrong.”

He leaned over and asked his man, “Do you remember how many times we did it last night?”

Chang Qin actually gave a clear answer, “Eight times.”

How many? Chen You’s tongue was tied, “Eight-eight-eight-eight times?”

Chang Qin raised an eyebrow, “En?”

Chen You sighed deeply, “I simply lament that human limits are meant to be surpassed.”

He calculated his kindness value and found it was still quite high. He had used a dozen chrysanthemum spirits last night, and it had only decreased by a fraction.

Old 4 is very loyal to him. It gave him three side quests, which earned him a huge amount of kindness points, so many that he couldn’t even count them. It also found a backdoor for him to turn into a human.

He likes people with sharp tongues but soft hearts.

Chen You sent muah muah to the system, then rolled over to lie on the man’s chest, then rolled over to the other side. After a night of milk bathing, his brain was still intact and he still remembered where his slippers were.

Standing on the ground, Chen You felt a little dizzy. First, his legs were weak, and second, he had been a bird for several months, so it still felt a little unreal. He leaned against the wall for a while before going to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Chang Qin placed his hands behind his head, his gaze following Chen You intently, “Leaving now?”

Chen You snorted. Hmph, two more times, and I’ll turn back into a big black bird in front of you. I really don’t want that, so let’s just delay those two times. I’m sorry.

Chang Qin rubbed his forehead, threw back the quilt, got out of bed, and followed him to the bathroom.

The next moment, the sound of Chen You like butchering a pig rang out from the bathroom. It was over, it was over, it was over. Two times reduced to one, and the sense of crisis was overwhelming.

He was so angry that he bit the man hard.

Chang Qin groaned, grabbed Chen You’s hair, pushed him against the door, and pressed forward.

More than two hours later, Chang Qin emerged from the bathroom. Like a lion who had eaten a hearty breakfast, his eyes were filled with satisfaction. He went to the balcony to get a mop and said, “Stay inside and don’t move.”

The tile floor was wet, with puddles of water here and there. Chen You didn’t dare move around. He crouched over the sink, looking closely at the person in the mirror. It wasn’t stunning, but the combination of his features, pressed together against his face, was simply irresistible.

This is probably what is called beauty beyond words.

Chen You’s tongue hit his teeth. Damn, his tongue was broken, and his mouth was broken too. It was absolutely madness.

He pulled his pants up, then down again, carefully avoiding the water on the floor as he moved to the toilet. He’d been holding pee for so long that it had all been retracted, giving him the illusion that it was being absorbed, but in reality, it was still there, and his bladder was about to burst.

Holding pee is harmful to health. Cherish life and avoid it.

Chang Qin came to mop the floor and urged Chen You to brush his teeth and wash his face, “What do you want to eat?”

Chen You stuffed his toothbrush into his mouth, “I want some crab roe buns.”

Chang Qin’s brows twitched. This couldn’t be cooked. He pinched a patch of skin on the back of Chen You’s neck, planted some strawberries, and drove out to buy some.

After breakfast, the two of them stayed at home watching a movie and didn’t go anywhere.

To be a human or a bird, it all depends on one last chance. Chen You is determined not to let Chang Qin do it, and he refuses to agree no matter what.

Chang Qin had lived a life of abstinence for over a decade, but once his appetite was whetted, it was like a raging beast. It was impossible to satisfy him overnight. He grabbed Chen You’s ankles and pulled him towards himself.

Chen You struggled, unable to speak. This was a restriction. In desperation, he could only change the subject, “Have you cleaned the dung sheets?”

Chang Qin had already pulled the person over to him and kissed him on the cheek, “Throw it away.”

Chen You raised his head, his eyes wide. “Throw it away? Why would you throw it away?!”

“Haven’t you already…”

Chang Qin’s kiss on Chen You suddenly stopped. He raised his eyelids and whispered, “Will you change back?”

Chen You couldn’t nod or shake his head, he could only blink.

A deep gloom darkened Chang Qin’s brow, and his expression was terrifying, “It has to do with the number of times you’ve had sex. Is ten times a cutoff point?”

Chen You’s face was filled with admiration, and he couldn’t help but want to give a thumbs up. A genius is a genius, thinking of it so quickly. Yes, that’s right, so I can’t let you do it, at least not now. I just became a human, you let me relive the feeling of being human again.

I’m so afraid that if I act as a bird for too long, I’ll unconsciously reach into the dish and grab food when I get home, or even peck at things with my beak. That would be a tragedy.

A terrifying smile curved across Chang Qin’s lips, then vanished in an instant. He stood up and said, “Change your clothes and I’ll take you out.”

Chen You was dragged to the bedroom by the man. He grabbed a T-shirt and trousers from the closet and put them on. Suddenly, a curse echoed in his mind, like fuming from anger, “Psycho.”

He paused, adjusting his collar, “Who are you talking about?”

System said, “Your man.”

Chen You secretly glanced at the man combing his hair, “What’s wrong with him?”

System, “Tell him, if he makes trouble again, there will be no backdoor. If he can’t help it, he’ll just have fun with you, black bird. I wonder if he can still be happy, hehe, hehehe.”

Why are you laughing so perversely? Chen You’s eye twitched, and he said to the system in a gentle manner, “If you turn off my restrictions, I promise to give him compulsory home education.”

System said, “I can’t turn it off. I don’t have that authority.”

Chen You said gravely, “Then there’s nothing we can do. Let’s pray together.”

System,”……”

Chen You licked his lips. He had some self-awareness. He had no idea how much was in his man’s head. There is a huge gap in their IQs. He is not even qualified to be his opponent. He is too lazy to guess. It is a waste of time and useless.

Anyway, as long as he knows that his man loves him very much, that’s enough.

Chang Qin took Chen You out. With more people around, their attention would be distracted, and he could control it. If it were just the two of them at home, it would definitely be past noon by the tenth time.

Today is Monday, and the number of people wandering around the streets is the smallest on this day of the week. Just got through the weekend, and everyone’s busy.

Chen You put his hands in his pockets, a smile on his face, and looked lazy, which was very attractive.

Chang Qin frowned, regretting bringing this person out. He thought that just like when he was with the black bird, no one would see him.

Chen You pulled the man, “I want a Coke.”

Chang Qin bought him a small bottle, “Where do you want to go?”

Chen You unscrewed the bottle cap. “I’m fine with anything. I can even just walk down the street.”

Chang Qin couldn’t stand it. He couldn’t stand others staring at his treasure, so after a moment’s thought, he took the other person to a place like the acquarium or the zoo where there were few people.

The duration of a childlike innocence varies from person to person, but Chen You’s innocence hasn’t diminished even after several worlds.

Whether it’s an aquarium or a zoo, he can always find his own way to have fun, and it can infect those around him, making them unconsciously smile and join in the fun.

Chen You made a face at the gorilla on the rockery and said to the man, “Nature is amazing! Each species has its own language. You know, birds are straightforward. They eat, then poop, then poop, then eat again. Aren’t you curious about how birds spend their days?”

Chang Qin said, “I’m not curious.”

Chen You glared at the man with resentment. He hated people who didn’t follow the rules. He turned and said, “The birds in the garden are all obsessed with you, male and female alike. They treat you like a god and say you belong to everyone.”

Chang Qin said calmly, “I’ll tell them when I get back. Thank you for your kindness.”

Chen You, “…”

Suddenly kissed on the mouth, he looked around quickly, thankfully no one saw him, “We’re outside, be careful.”

Chang Qin’s breath was slightly heavy, “Then let’s get in the car.”

Chen You looked at the man warily, almost crossing his arms, “No.”

Chang Qin pretended to kiss him, but he leaned back, still a little too thick-skinned, “Go, go, go.”

The two of them left the zoo and kissed and hugged each other for a long time in the car, but they didn’t do anything. Poor thing, desperately needed something for comfort.

Chang Qin brought Chen You a grilled sausage.

The grilled sausage had been kept in its bag, free of dust and looking very fresh. It was sprinkled with white sesame seeds and a generous amount of sweet sauce, and it looked very appetizing, unlike the filthy sausages you see at other places.

Chen You leaned in, a fragrant aroma hitting his nose. He opened his mouth and took a bite, smacking his lips. It was quite delicious, so he put most of a grilled sausage in and ate the white sesame seeds on it.

After finishing the meal, Chen You’s mouth was filled with the taste of grilled sausages. He forced Chang Qin to share the taste with him.

Chang Qin’s face darkened, “It smells terrible.”

Chen You snorted. Humph! It was obvious he had never tasted good food. Grilled sausage, doesn’t it taste like this? Could it possibly taste the same as chicken legs, roast duck, or roast goose?

He took a sip of water to moisten his throat and clear the taste in his mouth, “I’ll invite you to eat when we get home tonight, hmm.”

Chang Qin held up the young man’s head and said, “I don’t want to eat it.”

After tightening the bottle of mineral water and throwing it on the seat, Chen You leaned over the man’s broad shoulders, blew into his ear, and hummed grudgely, “Whether you are starving or not? You Ge will make you some grilled sausage…”

Chang Qin’s temples throbbed, and he immediately grabbed the mischievous person, pressed him in his arms and blocked his mouth.

After that, he remembered that the other person had just eaten grilled sausage, and was overwhelmed by the unpleasant smell again.

At noon, Chang Qin drove Chen You to Chang Xiang Si for lunch. As soon as they entered, the atmosphere of the restaurant changed.

Cheng Mingtian was leaning against the wall, scrolling through WeChat. He looked up when he heard the whispers. A casual glance nearly made his eyes pop out.

The man arrived, and he brought a beautiful person with him.

To others, this was just a friendship, but Cheng Mingtian, from the same community, didn’t see it that way. He smelled something familiar from the two people and it seemed that they were in a relationship.

Cheng Mingtian looked at the beauty with envy. He was so busy in the restaurant that he rarely had the chance to talk to the man. He had never expected someone to get there first, and the other person’s conditions were no worse than his own.

Ignoring the glances, Chen You propped up his chin and spoke to Chang Qin, asking for food and drink. This wasn’t his first time here, but it was the first time he’d sat properly in a chair, openly looking at people and being looked at.

After Chang Qin ordered the dishes, he let the employees go.

Before leaving, the employee took a look at the person the boss had brought with him. He was really good-looking.

Chen You hadn’t expected his transformation into a human to be any better. Imagine, he was originally a big black bird, dead, ugly, smelly, and dirty. It was lucky he wasn’t just a freak. He hadn’t expected the system to treat him well.

He winked at Chang Qin. How is it? I didn’t embarrass you, did I.

Chang Qin glanced at Chen You. This is because you don’t realize how much you’ve seduced me, that eating food is useless.

Chen You ignored him.

When two people have been together for several lifetimes, they will inadvertently reveal many clues of their deep love for each other, and they can’t hide it at all.

During meals, Chen You would give all the vegetables to Chang Qin, as he didn’t like them and only liked meat.

Chang Qin didn’t even raise an eyebrow as he ate the rice filled with vegetables on his plate. They were stained with saliva that didn’t belong to him, but he showed no disdain at all. Even his aura was gentle.

Chen You was also a real foodie. Once he got into a good meal, he would eat without paying attention to details like the water cup that might be knocked over or the soup near his mouth.

Chang Qin always handles it for him immediately.

People who were far away couldn’t hear what they were saying, but they only saw the two of them talking and laughing. The boss, who always had a blank expression on his face, looked at the beautiful person with tenderness, as if he was doting on a child, to an incredible degree. Even if the other party asked for a piece of his flesh, he would dig it out without hesitation.

This scene had already exposed their relationship. It was a world no one else could enter, just the two of them.

Cheng Mingxing, who had been standing at the corner and had not shown up, looked at the table. She tightened her fingers, turned around silently, and returned to her office. On the way, she passed by an employee and did not miss the other’s sympathetic look.

Cheng Mingxing was about to close the door when she heard Cheng Mingtian’s voice from her left, “Jie, you like the boss.”

His tone was firm, not questioning.

Cheng Mingxing’s eyes were still red, and she couldn’t hide her embarrassment, “What rubbish?”

Cheng Mingtian shrugged, “I’m not talking nonsense. You saw the boss making intimate gestures towards that person, and you were jealous, sad, and envious.”

Pulling him into the office, Cheng Mingxing, visibly irritated, lowered her voice and asked, “Cheng Mingtian, what do you want to do?”

Cheng Mingtian sighed and said, “Jie, I feel bad for you. How long have you been following the boss? That guy just showed up, right? How can he get what you want so easily?”

Cheng Mingxing lowered her eyelids, “I know my own limits.”

She warned, “Just mind your own business and don’t make things difficult for your Jie.”

Cheng Mingtian sighed again, “Jie, you’re just too passive. If you like someone, you should be more proactive.”

“You must do and say everything you need to do, otherwise how will the other person understand your feelings?”

Cheng Mingxing paused, “You’re still a child, what can you understand…”

She had been carefully hiding it all these years, fearing the man would find out, so she never dared to speak out.

If they can’t be lovers, they can always meet as friends or superiors and subordinates.

Cheng Mingtian’s eyes rolled, “Jie, although I’m younger than you, I’ve dated so many people I can’t count them on one hand.”

He smiled and said, “I hope you can be happy, Jie.”

“Not speaking anymore. I talk too much and you still think I’m annoying. I won’t be here this afternoon. I have a headache, so I’m taking half a day off.”

Cheng Mingxing shouted to the boy worriedly, “Mingtian, don’t tell anyone else about this.”

“Don’t worry, Jie. I’m your Di and I’m on your side.”

Cheng Mingtian didn’t turn around. His face was gloomy. He gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with resentment.

He had never failed before, so he didn’t want to give up so easily.

Cheng Mingtian went to the bathroom to smoke. A man like Chang Qin had an irresistible charm. Just smelling the other person’s smell could drive him crazy.

He will never meet another one like him again in his life.

Cheng Mingxing calmed down in the office, hesitated for a moment, and then came out, “Boss, who is this?”

Chang Qin said briefly and directly, “My lover.”

The smile on Cheng Mingxing’s face froze, then she forced it back on. She stammered, “I didn’t hear you… It’s not… boss… He’s… You both are…”

Chang Qin interrupted, “Mingxing, this is my personal matter.”

Cheng Mingxing’s face paled, “Sorry, I was rude.”

She bit her lip and greeted the person opposite her, “Hello.”

Chen You smiled, “Manager Cheng.”

Cheng Mingxing looked at the young man’s smiling face and pressed her fingernails on her palms, “Then I won’t bother you anymore. Enjoy your meal. Call me if you need anything.”

After the beautiful woman left, Chen You winked at the man, “You did it on purpose, didn’t you? You brought me here to spread some dog food to your employees and to fend off a bunch of peach blossoms.”

Chang Qin raised his eyes.

Chen You stretched out his foot and rubbed against him.

Chang Qin’s breathing became irregular, and his eyes suddenly darkened.

Thinking of the sausage he had just eaten, Chen You swallowed. Eating too much of that stuff wasn’t harmful, but it wasn’t good for the body either.

One was enough for today, and he didn’t want to eat a second one. He was afraid that if the man got excited, he would take him to eat, so he quickly got up and went to the bathroom.

Cheng Mingxing stood in the hallway, “Sir, can I ask you a question?”

Chen You said, “Ask.”

Cheng Mingxing asked, “How long have you known my boss?”

Chen You thought for a moment, “It’s been a long time.”

Cheng Mingxing, assuming the other party was lying, and casually gave a vague answer, her tone a bit harsh, “How long is a long time? A few months? A few years?”

Chen You thought, that’s long ago, several lifetimes ago. He has limitations and can’t explain it. He just said casually, “We’ve known each other since childhood.”

Cheng Mingxing looked up suddenly, meeting the young man’s clear black and white eyes, which were pure and without falsehood.

Her body swayed, and she couldn’t help but feel bitter. The only thing she was confident of winning at, she had lost. There was nothing left to say.

Chen You walked past Cheng Mingxing to the bathroom, and was greeted by the smell of cigarette smoke. He first met Jiejie, then Didi. Did the two siblings have an agreement?

Cheng Mingtian leaned against the wall, smoking, and through the smoke he glared at the young man who had entered, his gaze impudent and provocative.

Chen You didn’t really like being watched while he peed, so his interest in peeing suddenly disappeared. He just peed a few drops, cleaned up, and went to wash his hands.

A voice came from behind him, “You’re gay!”

Chen You washed his hands and didn’t respond. Dude, pretending you are struck from lighting. Be careful.

Cheng Mingtian walked over and pressed the young man from behind, “How close are you and my boss?”

Chen You was still washing his hands. He shook the water off slowly and chuckled, “Kid, who are you?”

“It doesn’t matter who I am.” Cheng Mingtian whispered in the young man’s ear, “Why don’t you try it with me?”

Chen You spat out a single word, “You?”

He turned around, pushed the boy back, glanced at him with disdain, and laughed heartily, “What to do with a kid who hasn’t even grown all his hair yet? You should go home and do a few exercises to calm down.”

Cheng Mingtian pressed forward again, but Chen You kicked him away, “When I was your age, I also did some bad things. Don’t be stubborn.”

Unprepared, Cheng Mingtian stumbled twice before regaining his balance, his face immediately filled with anger.

Chen You put his hand in his pocket and said slowly, “This is Chang Xiang Si. You’re an employee, and the one outside is the boss. Don’t blame me for not reminding you.”

Cheng Mingtian’s expression changed, he spat on the ground, went to pee in silence, and left without even washing his hands.

Chen You made a humph sound. There are people who are good to you, but your dog eyes are blind to them. You always think about things that are out of reach, and in the end you get nothing.

After that day, Cheng Mingtian never came to the restaurant again, as he started to make other plans.

Chen You didn’t care about anything else. Holy crap! He was just taking a shower and forgot to close the door, and in came a beast.

Halfway through the process, when they were trying to change their method, the long-legged beauty disappeared and a big black bird lay on the ground.

Chang Qin’s blood rushed to his head, his face turned extremely ugly, and his eyes were extremely terrifying, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Chen You called out to him, “da da da da da.”

Damn, is it my fault? You knew you couldn’t do it the tenth time. You couldn’t hold it for more than a month. Now, is it good, just sleep with the big black bird in your arms.

You’ll have to buy a new dung sheet, you say, will you do it or not?

Chang Qin closed his eyes and gave the big black bird a bath.

Dead Bird Chen shook his feathers, and his body was covered with the colored shower gel. He flew up, and the shower gel got all over the man.

Come on, let’s hurt each other!

Chang Qin’s veins popped out, but there was nothing he could do against a big black bird. He stepped inside and simply took a shower.

His anger subsided, and Chang Qin, holding the black bird, sighed, “Not satisfied.”

Chen You patted his chest with his claw. I wasn’t satisfied either. Let’s talk about it next time.

Threw away a batch of dung sheets and bird toys and bought another batch.

Chang Qin said Chen You would soon be able to transform into a human.

Chen You was a little scared, Gege, please stop causing trouble, okay? If you fight with Old 4, I…I will definitely help you.

But if you kill Old 4, I absolutely cannot sit idly by.

I am the one who will be in trouble.

After the scorching summer, autumn arrives. The temperature drops and the leaves turn golden.

Chen You and Chang Qin went up the mountain to see the maple leaves, which were a vibrant crimson, covering the ground.

He used his beak to talk to Chang Qin, “da da.”

Keep it! When I become a human, I’ll make you a photo album and put the maple leaf in it. It’ll look so pretty.

Chang Qin understood what the black bird meant and half-knelt to pick it up.

Chen You flew higher, taking in the mountain scenery. In the distance, he saw a girl sketching, and curiously flew over.

The girl wore black-framed glasses and looked very quiet. She was wearing a gray, chunky sweater and a knitted red and white plaid shawl draped over her shoulders. Her attire was a bit too thick for this season.

Chen You was lost in thought on the tree, wanting to leave. As he flew past the girl, he glanced over and saw a piece of drawing paper spread out on a green drawing board, secured at each corner by nails of different colors.

There was a tree on the drawing paper, and on the tree was a black bird.

Chen You was startled. He looked at the girl again and realized that she looked very bad, her lips pale.

At that moment, a middle-aged couple rushed over and said to the girl, “The doctor told you to stay in bed. Why did you sneak out again?”

The girl said, “Ma, ba, I want to get some fresh air.”

The two middle-aged people, one packing up drawing boards and the other helping the girl, chattered on and on, their eyes reddening.

Chen You thought, this person was probably seriously ill and wouldn’t live long.

He flew behind the three people and immediately displayed a puzzled expression when he heard the middle-aged woman mention a name.

The seriously ill girl is the cousin of the scumbag from the second side quest.

Chen You asked the system for an address and flew to the scumbag’s company. Coincidentally, the company was right across from Chang Xiang Si.

In the office, the scumbag sat on a leather chair, playing with his assistant.

He wasn’t depressed at all because of that man’s departure.

Chen You was flying around the office. He was a little speechless. It was so unfair that he couldn’t even see him. Everyone has their own destiny.

Who knows what God is thinking.

Chen You was afraid that Chang Qin would worry if he couldn’t find him, so he didn’t stay any longer and flew out the window.

The scumbag frowned, “Xiao Wang, what’s going on? Where did those bird feathers on the table come from?”

The assistant looked up, his red eyes opening wide. He didn’t see any bird feathers on the table. He thought the man was trying to embarrass him and was afraid he’d get hit.

“Gen, general manager, I’ll be leaving now.”

The scumbag said coldly, “It’s not nice to give up halfway. Finish it first and then leave.”

The assistant sniffed and continued working.

It had been two or three months since that incident, and Chen You was soaring through the air, the wind he breathed in carrying the distinct flavor of winter.

One morning, Chen You followed Chang Qin to the restaurant. With nothing better to do, he went to play across the street. He squatted on the front desk of the office building, counting people out of boredom.

There was a group of people waiting anxiously in front of the elevator. It was 8:58 and the elevator was still on the underground floor. If it didn’t come up, they would be late.

As for the issue of being late, it depends on the company’s policy. Some companies are okay, while others are more troublesome. At the very least, it will affect your mood for the whole day, and at worst, it will affect your mood for a month.

A man ran over in a panic, and as soon as the elevator opened, he squeezed straight in.

That man took a breath and said, “Luckily I made it in time.”

Just before the elevator door closed, Chen You noticed that person looking at him.

The two girls at the front desk were chatting, and one said to the other, “My WeChat Moments have been going viral today. Last night at 10 o’clock, an employee on the third floor committed suicide by jumping off the building.”

“I was shocked when I saw it. Fortunately, I work at the front desk and don’t have to work overtime until late every day.”

“It’s not just overtime, it’s all night long, not getting paid a yuan. Ai, who would jump off a building unless they have no other choice?”

“The general manager hasn’t arrived at the company yet. There’s going to be some trouble today.”

Chen You flew over to the girl and looked at her phone. The person in the photo was the man who had just squeezed into the elevator.

His scalp was numb. He was afraid that the scumbag would not have time to have fun this time.

Not long after, two middle-aged people entered the building and said they were the parents of so-and-so and had come to get their son’s things.

The front desk staff said to wait a moment, and she called to report that so-and-so’s parents were coming to pick up something.

A very fat man came down, but he was not the scumbag.

The father who lost his son said, “Boss, please pay my son’s salary.”

The overweight man said, “Your son worked ten days this month and was late for four days. According to our company’s policy, being late for less than fifteen minutes cannot exceed three times. Your son’s situation is a serious violation of the policy.”

What this means is that there is no money.

The old father’s wrinkled face was filled with anger, “My son worked overtime every day!”

The overweight man said, “DaShu, how can you say that? I’m telling you the rules are written in black and white. As for overtime, everyone signed a voluntary agreement.”

His expression softened, “To be honest with you, the rules were decided by the boss, DaShu. I’m also an employee, so I can’t make the decision.”

The old father wanted to say something, but the woman holding her son’s things shook her head at him and said, “Forget it, our son is dead, don’t make a fuss over this little money, lest our son remain in pain after death.”

God is watching what you do.

Not long after the parents left, the scumbag came to the company.

Chen You looked at him and found that he still looked like a human being.

The scumbag walked towards the dedicated elevator, but suddenly stopped and glanced at Chen You. His already gloomy expression became even uglier, and he roared, “Where did this dead bird come from? Get it out of here!”

The front desk staff looked at each other in bewilderment.

They looked around. Dead bird? There’s none.

Chen You flapped his wings. A few months ago he was cursing God, but it seemed it was all a misunderstanding.

God has his own way of measuring things, and everyone has to follow it.

Take it easy, everyone has a share.

Chen You flew out of the building, and his bird feathers kept falling off. Damn it, not sure if it’s because of the season, but his feather loss is very serious.

When he woke up in the morning, the first thing Chang Qin did was to stroke the bird feathers on his back and kiss him on the forehead. The second thing he did was to brush the bird feathers on the bed.

Chen You was worried. If this continued, he would become a bald bird.

At the restaurant entrance, Cheng Mingxing saw off an old customer. Just as she was about to go back, she saw a piece of black bird feather swirling and slowly floating onto the clothes on her chest.

Cheng Mingxing looked up and didn’t see any birds. She looked at the bird feathers curiously, and they were just ordinary bird feathers.

Watching the woman throw the bird feathers to the ground, Chen You was stunned for a long time. He flew to the restaurant’s bus stop and squatted there, asking the system in his mind, “Why can Mingxing see my bird feathers but not me?”

System asked, “How many did she see?”

Chen You didn’t understand, “Is there a difference?”

System said, “If there is only one, it means the person will not live for more than a year. If there are two, it means they will not live for more than half a year. If there are three, it means they will live for more than three months.”

Chen You was dumbfounded. “So, I, this, mere dead bird, is that godly?”

System said, “No, it has nothing to do with you. It’s the concerned party.”

Chen You, “…”

It was almost ten o’clock in the morning when Chang Qin came out of the restaurant and took Chen You shopping. He sat down on a bench by the roadside, put the bag in his hand aside and spread it out.

Chen You stood by the bag and ate the popcorn. It was fragrant and tasted like milk. The chef in that shop had good skills.

“da da da da da .”

“I don’t want to eat.” Chang Qin touched the black bird’s tail. Probably because the feathers on the tail were smooth and felt good, he couldn’t let it go.

Even the deathly aura of the black bird is not so annoying anymore, now feather loss is a big deal.

Chen You shuddered, damn, don’t be shameless!

Chang Qin withdrew his hand, folded his legs and browsed his phone, attracting the enthusiastic attention of the girls around him.

After pecking off a small portion of the popcorn, Chen You felt like going to the bathroom. He flew to the trash can next to him and said, “da da.”

Chang Qin stepped on the trash can and it opened upwards. Chen You flew over, spread his two claws, and took a dump in.

After he finished defecating, Chen You flew to Chang Qin’s legs, stuck out his tail, and asked him to wipe his butt.

He is a dead bird who loves cleanliness.

---

---

---

---

Chapter 152. Neither Dead Nor Alive

---

Arc 8: I am a dead bird.

---

---

Chen You stood on the tree, his claws numb. He was still a big black bird. He hadn’t turned into a half-man, half-bird, a goose, or a rooster. He was still a bird.

Is it missing a spell?

Chen You thought about the cartoons he had watched as a child. He spun around on the branch and raised a claw, “~Balala the fairies, transformation!”

No reaction.

Chen You pecked at the bird’s feathers. Was the spell wrong? He continued to think, and a white light flashed in his mind. This time it must be right. He used his claws to push away a leaf blown by the wind, quickly gathered his emotions, and put on a serious expression.

“~Gunala, the dark lord, woohoo, black bird body transformation!”

Still no reaction.

At this point, it was very embarrassing, really.

Chen You cried in the wind, howling at the big round cookie in the sky. If you’re going to follow the pattern, then do it properly! What’s with going along for a moment and not for next? He pecked at the branch non-stop, “444, come out.”

System, “Speak.”

Chen You said, “Why can’t I transform on a full moon night?”

System said, “You have been here for several months and have experienced the full moon night several times. When have you ever transformed? Retarded.”

Chen You said, “It was different before. This month, I got to be acknowledged by my man. We eat and drink together, sleep together, and wake up together. I’ve been nourished by love. There’s no reason why I can’t change my form.”

System said, “Then you continue to stand on the tree.”

Chen You said pitifully, “No, Old 4, where’s the back door? Can you open one for me?”

System said, “No.”

Chen You said, “I know you have it, you must have it!”

System said, “Yes, I have it, but I have so many hosts under me, why should I give it to you?”

Chen You said, “I’m the best.”

System uttered one of Chen You’s common catchphrases, “Forget it.” He used to be the most obedient, but now he’s been led astray and is becoming less and less obedient.

Chen You said, “Am I not being obedient? I haven’t caused any trouble in any of the mission worlds.”

System said, “So, you’re saying, everyone is screwing you?”

Chen You wasn’t the type to shift all the blame onto others just for his own sake, especially since that person was his husband. “That’s not the case. It takes two to tango. He and I are doing fine now. We didn’t do anything wrong.”

System, “Hah.”

Chen You, “…” Shit, suddenly sneering, it is simply sick, who is it trying to scare?

He shamelessly sang 《The Mouse Loves Rice》 to the system in his mind, over and over again, if you don’t help me, I’ll annoy you to death.

System was extremely annoyed, “Go stand at the highest position.”

The highest point? Chen You was confused for a moment, then remembered there was a building in City M. He flew and flew until he reached the top of that building. Well, this height was so high that even if he turned into a bird, he panicked.

“I’ve already reached the highest position. What then? Will a pillar of light or a bolt of black lightning appear from the sky and strike me? Will I be able to overcome the tribulation and become a human?”

System said, “Silence.”

Chen You fell silent, standing quietly on the rooftop. He was anxious. The man had said that if he didn’t obey, he would build him a cage and lock him in it. He had slipped out tonight while the man was out doing something.

Judging by the time, the man would be back soon. If he wasn’t home, it would be a disaster. The next few days would be filled with torrential rain, possibly hail, and heavy snow.

An unknown amount of time passed before Chen You began to stagger, almost falling asleep, when the system’s mechanical voice rang out, “Retarded, you can fly now.”

Chen You looked at himself. His claws were still there, his chest was still covered in fluffy black bird feathers, and the tail was still there, “Why am I still a big black bird?”

System said, “You go down first.”

Chen You did as he was told, fully expecting to transform into a beautiful young man, a beauty so outrageous, so tragic, so stunning that it would shock the heavens and earth and make the gods weep. He flapped his wings on the ground, “Why is there no follow-up?”

“I’m telling you, I’m risking my life right now, do you know? If Chang Qin returns and I haven’t, then I’m done for.”

System said, “You can fly back now.”

Chen You twitched his beak. He looked at the full moon and said, “Give me a back door, and I’ll be grateful to you forever.”

System said, “I’ve already given you two.”

Chen Yoy rolled his eyes, remembering it so clearly. “Then, including this time, I’ll remember you for three lifetimes. Don’t worry, Old 4, when I complete my mission and return to the real world, I won’t forget you either. I’ll use a brush to write your name on paper, frame it, and hang it above my bed.”

“I’ve already thought of the content, i.e, Old 4, Old 4 you’re awesome! Love you, love you, I love you.”

“……”

System had never seen anyone more witty than this one. “Complete all three side quests and I’ll give you the backdoor.”

Upon hearing this, Chen You quickly said, “Bring it.”

The next second, a screen appeared out of thin air in front of him. It was filled with thousands of side quests. It was so terrifying that his eyes hurt. He randomly selected three of them.

Chen You made a muah muah sound to the system, “Promise me that from now on, whether you have endocrine disorders or any other ailment, you’ll remember to drink plenty of water.”

System, “Roll!”

Chen You rolled, whooshing to a hidden corner and lying on his side. A few seconds later, his soul was torn out of the big black bird’s body and attached to an old man.

There are many surveillance cameras on the road, as well as many blind spots.

Old Man Chen was standing in a blind spot. He looked around and saw a car approaching from the left. He immediately jumped out and fell to the ground.

The young man in the car slammed on the brakes, his eyes wide open. Fuck! Can’t you be more professional when you’re trying to scam? I’m ten meters away from you, and you’re just lying there. Who are you trying to fool? Do you think I’m stupid?!

The car bypassed the old man and sped away.

Chen You got up from the ground and brushed off the dust on his body. Aiya, scamming people is a technical job. He backed up to the sidewalk and continued to wait for a suitable target.

After a while, a van pulled up. This time, Chen You didn’t rush out, waiting patiently. Damn it, the van was moving like a bomber, so fast that as soon as he jumped out, he was sprayed with exhaust fumes from the car.

Perfect miss, very good, great!

The passersby looked at the old man like an idiot, seeking his own death again and again.

They shook their heads, unable to sympathize or curse. They simply felt that the average age of those involved in the fraud industry had decreased, as had their intelligence.

Chen You felt bitter. He’d completed all those missions and had never been involved in scandals. He’d made friends in the real world. It was his first time, so the unfamiliarity was forgivable. But why were they all giving him a mocking look? Especially the system, which kept reminding him that his soul couldn’t be stripped for more than half an hour.

Moving to another blind spot, Chen You, using the body of a man in his sixties or seventies, rubbed his wrinkled face with his wrinkled hands, looking eagerly. Almighty Lord! Please give me a chance, and I will scam just this once.

Ten minutes later, an accident occurred at the intersection. Passersby called an ambulance and carried the collapsed elderly man onto a stretcher.

Chen You’s first mission, scamming someone, was completed.

He returned to the big black bird’s body, waiting for his second mission, and told the system, “That driver is unlucky. He’s bound to have to pay for medical expenses.” For the elderly, any bump or bruise is a big deal. Ten minutes ago, how should he put it? It could be called a scam, or not. In short, both the driver and the old man had bad luck.

System said, “It’s as it should be.”

Chen You didn’t understand, “What do you mean?”

System said, “The body you’re attached to was hit by a car while crossing the road last year. This driver was the one who caused the accident. He owed the old man some medical expenses and an apology.”

Chen You was stunned. This was really… a bit scary!

It seems people shouldn’t do immoral things. You might think God knows nothing about it, but God is keeping track of everything and may make you pay for it at any given moment.

A few minutes later, Chen You appeared as a man in his late twenties.

The man had several obvious flaws, cowardice, crying, and entanglement. On his high school graduation night, he was raped by a classmate, a painful love affair.

During college and at work, the man has always been with that person. He was so stupid that he thought he was the only one in the other person’s heart. Only a few years ago, he accidentally saw the other person hugging a young boy and kissing him.

After witnessing it with his own eyes, the man got himself drunk and cried bitterly. He made up his mind to have a face-to-face talk with the other party, wanting to hear the other party’s explanation in person.

As a result, that person came, said a few sweet words to the man, and then messed around. The man’s determination wavered again, and he even had the illusion that the other person loved him.

Facts have proven that a dog can’t stop himself from eating shit.

Less than a month later, the man was on a business trip. When he returned to his hotel, he saw that person walking into a room with a woman. He cried all night in the room. He wanted to knock on the door and confront him, but he was afraid it would become too ugly and there would be no way to resolve it.

At the beginning of this year, the man finally made up his mind to end his relationship with that person. However, the other party had an accident and broke his leg. He took care of the other person in front of the window and behind the bed, almost falling to his knees.

After the incident, that person hosted a party with his friends and came back very late, smelling of perfume and covered in lipstick stains.

The man was desperate. He told himself that he couldn’t hesitate any longer this time, so he took a leave of absence and returned home, figuring that if they didn’t see each other, the relationship would slowly fade. He also wanted to give the other party one last test.

Don’t know how that person’s parents found out about this, but they called that person. With a livid face, that person went over and took the man back to his villa, beat and scolded him, calling him despicable. Complaining to his parents saying he is a bitch. The insults were very harsh.

The man was rushed to the hospital and spent more than half a month in bed before recovering.

In a flash, he was still with that person. Ten years had passed, and he had only been left with a lot of illnesses and useless curses.

Chen You sighed. Scumbags are scumbags. Whoever loves scumbag can go ahead. Why do you have to be submissive? Is it worth the trouble?

Ai, there are many different kinds of people. Some people are truly indecisive and make decisions as if it were harder than climbing a mountain.

Chen You didn’t waste any time and rushed straight into the scumbag’s villa. That person was playing with a little beauty. Seeing him, the other party didn’t panic and continued to play.

The little beauty felt embarrassed and shrank shyly into the scumbag’s arms.

The scumbag frowned, “What are you doing here? Let’s talk tomorrow if you have anything to say. Can’t you see I’m busy?”

Busy your mom, you big scumbag! Chen You felt that compared to this person, his man was simply too good to be true. He said to the scumbag with a cold face, “Let’s break up.”

The scumbag didn’t take it seriously, “Break up, huh? Okay, I get it. Can you leave now?”

“There’s something else I’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t done with you.”

Chen You walked over, raised his arm, and slapped the scumbag, then spat at his feet, “See ya, no, never see you again. Bye.”

The scumbag was stunned, “Fuck, you’re courting death!”

Chen You dodged the incoming ashtray. He sneered, “You’ve slapped me dozens, if not a hundred, over the years. What? I can’t even hit you back once? You’re a man, and so am I. Why do you think I hit you? For you to carry on?”

The scumbag stared, speechless.

“If you don’t want to make a big deal out of this, to have it reported to your parents and known to everyone, then just end it here. I won’t appear in front of you again, and I hope you won’t appear in front of me either.”

Chen You glanced at the trembling beauty with a smile, congratulations on accepting a scumbag. Good luck!

As soon as he left, he followed the original owner’s decision and booked a plane ticket for tomorrow morning’s flight, leaving the city and starting anew.

The second task, to help those who are struggling to make a decision, was completed.

Completing two side quests so smoothly was fantastic. Chen You was already imagining himself being pressed against the wall, pinned down on the sofa, and handcuffed to the sink by Chang Qin. Just thinking about it made his blood boil.

After a while, Chen You’s final mission began.

This time, he was attached to a robber. Buddy’s apartment was rented, filled with bags of all kinds, of varying prices, styles, and age. They were all unzipped and messed up.

Chen You sighed sadly, found a large bag, and stuffed all the small bags into it, as many as he could fit. Once he was done, he hopped on the motorcycle and headed out. Following the system’s assigned address, he used the features to find each bag owner and return the bag to their rightful owner.

A young woman was walking down the street, wearing shorts. Her legs were incredibly long and straight, attracting the attention of men. As she walked, she saw a motorcycle coming towards her.

The man on the motorcycle had a fierce look on his face and a knife on his waist. She instinctively shouted, “Rob—”

A bag was put around her neck. The young woman was stunned for a long time. She took the bag off and looked at it, “Hey, isn’t this the bag I lost yesterday?”

As soon as she confirmed, the motorcycle was gone.

Chen You was exhausted. There were so many bags, and he had to return them one by one. The half-hour was almost up, and he had to return to the big black bird’s body to relax before coming out again. After a few attempts, he finally returned all the bags. Now it’s time for the gold jewelry, luckily there’s not much.

An elderly woman was pushing her granddaughter, less than six months old, out of the mall when the black smoke from a motorcycle hit her in the face. She opened her eyes and saw something golden in the stroller where her granddaughter lay. It was the necklace she had been robbed of that morning.

“Aiyo, God has opened his eyes…”

The woman excitedly held the gold necklace and spoke incoherently on the phone to her daughter on the street, but her vigilance remained unaffected.

Driving the motorcycle to the next intersection, Chen You returned a gold bracelet. He shook his head and thought that the owners of these gold jewelry were all DaMa in their forties. Why was this? Even if their sons and daughters bought these for them, they couldn’t wear them for a stroll on the street. It’s not safe.

After returning the gold jewelry, Chen You took the subway train carrying a bag and returned the phones to their owners one by one, stuffing them into back pockets, bags, and jacket pockets. He returned them the way they were stolen.

Before the subway arrived at the station, a magical scene happened, and many people had expressions of “I have been blessed by God” on their faces.

Chen You leaned to the side with his arms folded. If his cell phone was stolen and he could find it in his pocket one day, his first reaction would be that he was dreaming, and he would instinctively slap himself.

He saw at least five people do this.

Then they eagerly looked through their phone to see if the information inside was still there. Everyone in this carriage who had got their phones back was checking it, and he believed that people in other carriages were doing the same.

Chen You smacked his lips. Lucky kids, I just wanted to change into a human and accidentally helped you get your phones back.

Especially some of the new mobile phones, some of which were owned by freshmen, and some of which were bought with salary income, were stolen without anyone noticing.

The original owner’s memory showed that a buyer had been found, and the payment and the phone would be handed over tomorrow. If it was any later, it would be impossible to find it back. How lucky he was to have made it in time.

Chen You curled up the corners of his lips and smiled again, friends, ah, friends, I’m fine, you’re fine, everyone’s fine, that’s what’s really fine.

The third task, to return the stolen items to their original owners, was completed.

Chen You returned to the big black bird body. Cleverly, he flew to the villa’s garden and waited for the back door. Otherwise, he might have turned into a naked human outside. Without wings, how could he get back on his own two legs? That would be completely ridiculous.

He’s not that stupid.

“All three tasks are completed. Can you open the back door for me, Old 4? The lights in the villa are not on. My man must have gone out to look for me. When he comes back later, I will be beaten.”

System said, “It’s open.”

Chen You immediately stared at his bird body, and a miracle happened, really. His bird claws were gone, and turned into slender arms and straight legs. His bird tail was gone, and he reached back and found the butt.

The black bird feathers on his chest also disappeared, leaving behind a flat, white chest. Chen You looked down. Fortunately, everything was there, nothing missing.

“O, Ol, Old 4, I’ll be a human from now on, right?”

“No.”

“…” Chen You said, “How long can it last? Tell me everything clearly, don’t lie to me.” He remembered that the two backdoors closed after half an hour last time. Wouldn’t it be half an hour this time too?

Damn, what can he do in half an hour? It’s not even enough time for him to kiss Chang Qin.

System said, “If you don’t fool around, you will always be a human.”

Chen You said, “Playing with me.” How could he not fool around? He went through so much trouble to become a human being just to fool around.

System didn’t pay attention.

Chen You’s mood suddenly turned bad, “What if I mess around and turn back into a big black bird? Can I turn into a human again?”

“Also, when you said that if I fool around, I’ll turn back into a big black bird. Does it mean once or twice? There has to be a certain number, right? If I don’t exceed that number, I won’t turn into a bird, right?”

System said, “I only have that sentence.”

“Pray, right? Okay, needless to say, I’ll do one right away. Good night, sweet dream.”

Chen You walked to the door. The summer night wasn’t cold at all, but there were a lot of mosquitoes. He stood in a corner and was soon discovered by an army of mosquitoes surrounding him.

They must be thinking, come and see, hahahahahaha, where did this stupid c**t come from, running outside without wearing anything? We have midnight snacks and breakfast for tomorrow, eat quickly, go take a poop when you are full, and come back to continue eating.

Chen You wanted to die. After becoming a human, he lost his invisibility ability. He didn’t know whether he was dead, alive, or in between.

Anyway, he now had several large bumps on his arms, legs, chest, and back. The sound of a car engine came through the iron gate. The man had returned.

A beam of car light swept past the door, and Chang Qin in the car caught sight of a person, a strange face. He opened the door and got out, and the person ran towards him.

As they got closer, Chang Qin saw the person’s eyes. In a split second, he opened his arms and caught him firmly.

Nothing said, nothing asked.

Chen You hugged Chang Qin’s waist tightly, pressing his face against his chest. Damn it, if you haven’t come back soon, the mosquitoes here will be full to the point of bursting. 

Breathing heavily, the muscles tensed beneath the clothes, Chang Qin lowered his head, hunched his back, and held him in his arms with one hand while he grasped the back of his head with the other, pressing his lips against his eagerly and impatiently.

The two kissed passionately at the door.

The battle was so powerful that the mosquito army didn’t dare to get close and could only watch from the side.

By the time they entered the living room, Chen You’s legs had gone limp. He half-hung on Chang Qin, tugging at his black shirt, struggling with the buttons in a frantic frenzy.

I’ve been thirsty for so long, I could drink a whole tank of water.

Chang Qin kissed Chen You’s forehead, nose, lips, and ears. Deep colors swirled in his eyes, but his movements were slow, measured, and calm.

Chen You was about to cry, hurry up! Stop dawdling! I am holding my pee, so I thought about doing it first. He grabbed the man’s arm and whimpered like a little animal.

With a low chuckle, Chang Qin carried Chen You back to the bedroom and gave him a milk bath, which he soaked in all night.

---

---

---

---