Xue Qing also cared about him.
As soon as this idea appeared in Qi Yuyang's mind, he became so happy, he could no longer control his emotions. He opened the car door and quickly strode over to Xue Qing.
But when he arrived before Xue Qing, Qi Yuyang realised that Xue Qing's expression had returned to its usual look. It was as if everything just now was just an illusion. Qi Yuyang could only swallow the words he wanted to say back down again and look at Xue Qing silently, unable to speak.
After a long pause, he slowly smiled, "I'm here to pick you up."
Chi Zhao didn't drive his car so he returned home with Qi Yuyang.
Looking at Qi Yuyang's profile, Chi Zhao couldn't help but frown.
He had always felt that Qi Yuyang's symptoms were gradually worsening. When he first came to this world, Qi Yuyang wasn't like this. Although he was constantly attached to him at that time, he was never as humble as he is now and would put himself in a position that is equal or even higher than the original owner. He would've never put himself in such a grovelling situation like this.
This current state of his didn't seem quite right and this was why Chi Zhao was worried about him. It was never mentioned in the plot that Qi Yuyang's symptoms would worsen. If this was also because of the butterfly effect, then he must find a way to resolve it.
Psychological illnesses could range from being mild to severe. It was better to be safe than sorry. If it were to worsen to an irreversible degree and result in unforeseen consequences, everything may be too late.
The system asked Chi Zhao what unforeseen consequences he thinks could happen. Chi Zhao thought about it and concluded that there were two possibilities.
One, Qi Yuyang going crazy and killing him.
.....
Or two, Qi Yuyang still going crazy but killing himself instead.
...….
At night, Chi Zhao discussed with the system what he should do next as he laid in bed.
"In the first world, you pushed the plot ahead. If I manually pushed the plot to advance faster, would it work?"
[What do you mean? How do you plan to do that?]
"Cheng Ran has already appeared anyway so why don't we let Qi Yuyang start his treatment early? With that, Qi Yuyang would be able to have his condition under control and my identity can be revealed sooner. Everyone will benefit."
[There are still plot points in the middle. Don't forget, you have to first get together with Qi Yuyang and when your relationship develops to the right point, Cheng Ran will come in and cure Qi Yuyang's illness. Only after that can Qi Yuyang send you to prison.]
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Chi Zhao scratched his head, "Things have changed. What's more, didn't you say it before? This is a world that can be successfully cleared even while lying down. Since I can clear it so easily, skipping over a couple of plot points shouldn't be a problem."
As soon as it heard this argument, the system got angry.
[That's what you said in the last world! And you also did it in the last, last world! And the result? Wuwuwu, my rewards. They're all gone!]
Chi Zhao: "You can't blame all of that on me. It was the protagonist who started it first..."
The system responded quite confidently.
[If I don't blame you, who can I blame? It's not like I live in the protagonist's head!]
Chi Zhao: "...….."
Chi Zhao also understood the saying three strikes and you're out. As the saying goes, one shouldn't give up so quickly and the third time's the charm. If he were to fail once again this time, Chi Zhao would really fall into despair.
He was in a bad mood and his tone turned for the worse, "Then what do you want me to do? The protagonist likes me, but I can't just sew his mouth together and dig out his heart to stop him from speaking or falling in love. You think I'm not anxious about completing this mission? You will only lose your chance of getting a reward but if I fail, I lose everything!"
[That's why you can't go on like this! Just like today, what were you worried for? The protagonist has been in pain for many years and one more morning won't kill him. The meaning of the protagonist's life is to suffer first and then acquire a chance for a new life later. I remember in your human culture there are examples of this too, the most famous example being Jesus. Wasn't his life experience like this? Look at how powerful he became in the end. He became humanity's saviour! Once this protagonist suffers enough, he will also become someone like that!]
.....That was all complete nonsense.
Chi Zhao: "I just don't understand why your protagonists have to all be so miserable and each is worse than the other. Tell me the truth. You're actually not a slag shou system but actually a protagonist abusing system, aren't you?"
The system was angry.
[You can disrespect my logic, but you can't disrespect my title!]
Chi Zhao: "..."
He didn't know which bottom data line he had struck but the usually good-tempered system had suddenly exploded. Its voice was filled with anger and there was also a hint of grievance in this anger.
[My mission is to lead each host to play out the role of a slag shou and obtain the corresponding success points. This is a very sacred and great role so don't insult it! Don't think that just because you're a host, you can maliciously slander me. Us systems also have a temper! We just try not to get angry. As soon as we get angry, we——!!]
Chi Zhao's head hurt as the system threw out harsh words. As he waited for the system to finish raging so that he could gently coax it, the system suddenly stopped. Chi Zhao's act of rubbing his temples stopped and he called out in surprise, "System?"
"Are you still there?"
The system was still there. It was just so shocked; it had crashed for three seconds.
[O-oh my god——-]
Chi Zhao nervously sat up, "What's wrong? Something happened?"
[How is that possible? That can't be true. No, I have to check it again——-]
Chi Zhao's heart almost stopped, "What on earth is the matter?!"
[OMG, it's true! I—I-I-I-I-I——]
"What the hell is going on with you?! Hurry and tell me or I'll go watch a horror movie!"
...Even Chi Zhao got anxious to the point that he started to use profanities.
The system's voice sounded pleasantly surprised.
[I received success points from the first two worlds!!!]
Chi Zhao was also shocked, "What?! Where is it? Hurry and show me!"
The system acted quickly, and it immediately pulled up a panel in Chi Zhao's mind. It had Chi Zhao's name written on it as well as his age. There was a column at the bottom showing the points acuminated and there were two numbers in there. The first said 6 and the second said 2. At the end of the page was a total of 8 printed in bold, black writing.
The success points corresponded to the first two worlds. Like the system, Chi Zhao also began to stutter, "Thi-thi-thi-this, how can this be…Didn't I fail?"
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[I'm going to ask the main system. The signal isn't very good in this world so it's difficult to communicate. You don't need to wait for me, go get some sleep.]
The system then disappeared, leaving Chi Zhao sitting in bed dumbfounded.
"..."
Are you kidding me? How could he still sleep in this situation?!
The system left for more than two hours. When it returned, it was already past one in the middle of the night. Chi Zhao laid in bed faking sleep while feeling extremely anxious inside. When he finally heard the ringing of the system, Chi Zhao quickly asked, "How was it? Did they make a mistake?"
This was what Chi Zhao was most concerned about, so he didn't dare celebrate too early. He was afraid that it was just a mistake and the points would soon be taken back again.
[No mistake, no mistake. The main system said that these are the success points you earned but there were some problems in the middle of processing, so it was given to you a little late.]
Chi Zhao was stunned. The system's voice was very excited. Chi Zhao felt that the system must be dancing around in celebration in his mind right now.
[Although the final ending was a failure, you completed several plot points before that. Those plot points, and taking into consideration the protagonist's pain and suffering, resulted in rewarding you with six points from the first world and two points from the second world. The points for the second world was low because the plot had collapsed from the very beginning and the protagonist basically had a smooth life that wasn't too uncomfortable.]
[But the first world was different. The main system said that you had made the protagonist suffer greatly and, for a certain period of time, the protagonist's inner pain and suffering actually surpassed that of the original plot! This was something that has never happened before so even if you failed, they felt the need to give you some points for it!]
Chi Zhao heard this and was confused. He interrupted the chattering system, "Wait a minute. Why are the success points also associated with the extent of the protagonist's suffering? So, the more miserable the protagonist is, the higher my points?"
[Something like that but it isn't that simple. You must make him suffer but you also need to let him develop a new insight to life. The suffering for the protagonist must also be mental and psychological suffering, not physical. We haven't seen a case like this before, so it took a long time for the headquarters to change the point calculation method for you. Although you didn't follow the plot line, at the end of the day, the protagonist still went through a certain change in mood and so, to a certain extent, you can also be considered as successful.]
So complicated.
Chi Zhao frowned, "So to say....."
The system spoke again and seemed to be extremely excited.
[In other words! It doesn't matter if the mission fails, you just have to abuse the protagonist to death! Make him sad, make him upset, make him wish that he was dead! Abuse him! Go, go, go!!]
Chi Zhao: "....."
Chi Zhao still felt like this was all just a dream. He looked at the success point bar in his mind. Like this, it seems that he can slowly accumulate his points until it reaches one hundred points, but it will take a long time. He didn't know whether he would be able to do it before his body is completely gone.
After a long trance, Chi Zhao expressed, "I finally understand."
[Huh?]
"You systems really have deep enmity towards the protagonist."
System: "....."
The situation had changed too quickly. Chi Zhao got back up and re-worked his battle plan with the system, "In that case, then I won't hold back."
"The original plan remains the same but, because the plot was manually pushed ahead, the plot in the middle had been cut off. In order to make up for these missing plot points, we can only take another approach."
After saying that, Chi Zhao chuckled. The system who saw this was startled.
[What are you going to do?]
Chi Zhao deliberately spoke succinctly, "Very simple. Just dump him."
The system was skeptical.
[You can't even let him endure on his own for half a day but now you're saying that you're going to dump him and make him depressed?]
"Why can't I?" Chi Zhao spoke with confidence, "I don't like him in the first place so being with him is not possible. If I stay together with him and he remembers what happened in the past later on, he would probably vomit with disgust. Short pain is better than long pain. I didn't mention this before because I didn't want the relationship to be too awkward with the protagonist but since the plot has been pushed forward, it doesn't matter anymore."
Chi Zhao was soft-hearted but that was on the basis that he didn't hurt others for no reason. Now it wasn't for no reason. There has never been a rule that says that if a person likes another person, the other person must respond to that person's feelings and treat them well.
Whether they treat them well or not was their own business. Others cannot force it.
Returning kindness was right but it was also not wrong to not return the feelings with kindness. Chi Zhao isn't a holy father who would offer to sacrifice himself without hesitation when he sees others being hurt.
Besides, knowing that the other person likes himself but not responding or refusing and continuing to hang their heart over a fire, slowly roasting it, was the behaviour of a true scumbag.
Thinking this, Chi Zhao became resolute, "Tomorrow I will have a showdown with him and then I'll make him see a doctor."
[You think he'll go just because you asked him to? Cheng Ran would rather chat with you than say hello to Qi Yuyang.]
"What are you afraid of? I'm here." Chi Zhao patted his chest with confidence, "With me around, I can guarantee that the plot can be put back onto its original tracks."