Chapter 31: Story in Transition

Time skipped to five days later.

It rained in the small county town last night. The air was moist, and the early morning carried gusts of cool breeze, refreshing to the heart.

An elegant black cat paced along the windowsill, then stopped curiously at a certain household, its eyes wide open as it looked inside.

The furniture movers had just left. Wei Yunmo sat cross-legged on the newly bought sofa, engrossed in watching Happy Heroes playing on the TV. Hearing the noise outside the window, he ran over out of novelty and opened it. The two creatures stared at each other, big eyes to small eyes.

Then the black cat gave a haughty snort, refusing to let Wei Yunmo pet it, and jumped onto another roof.

At this moment, the bedroom door opened. Wei Yunmo ran back, extremely polite, like a little gentleman.

"Good morning, Mr. 39."

"Mm." Xie De had returned very late yesterday and looked as if he had just woken up. His soft hair was a bit messy, and his eyes were slightly narrowed. He sat down on the sofa, his slender hand reaching straight for the cigarette case on the table.

But when he opened the cigarette case, he found that all the cigarettes inside had actually turned into the fruit candies he had brought back for Wei Yunmo last night.

His mind instantly cleared up—from fright.

"Wei Yunmo, give me an explanation."

Xie De looked genuinely angry. Adopting the absolute posture of a superior, he leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, looking down at him from above with a massive sense of oppression, as if he could kill him at any moment.

Well, it probably wasn't "as if." Wei Yunmo knew Xie De's patience wasn't very good. He really might kill him on a whim.

But at the same time, Wei Yunmo also knew his own value. He understood that the man wouldn't hold a grudge over such a trivial matter, because the man belonged to another mysterious organization on par with the laboratory. If he killed him, wouldn't everything the man had done be in vain?

Therefore, Wei Yunmo grew bolder. Even facing the man's cold face and that terrifying sense of oppression, he forced himself to act as if nothing was wrong. After all, what he did hadn't crossed the man's bottom line.

"Smoking right after waking up in the morning is bad for your health."

As expected, Xie De said impatiently, "What's it to you? Where are my cigarettes?" You little brat, do you know how expensive that stuff is?!

Well, Xie De had never really shown him a kind face. It was only sometimes that Wei Yunmo inexplicably felt a hint of gentleness from the cold lord toward him. Perhaps it was pity for the weak.

Of course, it could also be because he was about to be sent off to that mysterious organization to be studied like a lab rat, which was why Xie De was exceptionally tolerant of him.

Anyway, Wei Yunmo didn't hate Xie De. He felt he actually liked him a bit.

"But even if you go out to the balcony to smoke, there will still be the smell of smoke in the air, and I don't like secondhand smoke," Wei Yunmo said aggrievedly.

"Can you please not smoke first thing in the morning?"

"Tsk." Xie De irritably propped his head with his hand, then stood up and walked into the bathroom.

"Before I come out, put my cigarettes back."

"You won't smoke after you come out, will you?"

"Mm."

Wei Yunmo smiled, his eyes curving into crescents, because he knew Xie De strictly kept his promises, and once again, as expected, had tolerated him.

Xie De stood in the bathroom biting his toothbrush, spacing out. He felt he really should send this little brat away, but send him where?

He had been quite busy these past five days. After disposing of the body and the bloodstains, he was still somewhat terrified. Fortunately, the police didn't come knocking. He and Gibberish unanimously agreed that it was because his thief skills were superb, and their tracks along the way hadn't been discovered by anyone.

So after that, he busied himself with getting some new furniture. During this period, because he was short on money, he sold a talisman paper on the player forum for the price of 550,000.

As for Gibberish, ever since Xie De discovered it was harassing the scenario system, its harassment had become more and more blatant. It had even evolved from a "greasy domineering CEO" style to a "melancholy poet" style.

"Ah, my dear,

You are a natural snow lotus,

Untainted by a single speck of dust.

My dear,

My beloved,

You are the dazzling sunlight,

Please forgive my shameless pursuit."

In short, it was still very cringy. How should he put it? The scenario system responded to every single one of its messages, but it was just a very robotic response.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean. You can ask using the following methods."

"For example, the growth method of the snow lotus? The distribution address of the snow lotus, etc."

What can I say? Nowadays, even mobile phone assistants don't have such a strong "AI" flavor.

But under Xie De's incomprehension, disrespect, and lack of blessing, Gibberish was acting as crazy as if it were possessed.

"It replied to me! How can this not count as liking me? Otherwise, why would it only reply to me and not to others?"

Xie De was too exhausted to even complain.

"I mean, is it possible that no one else would be bored enough to confess their love to the scenario system?"

"I'm not listening, I'm not listening, I'm not listening! It definitely has feelings for me too."

Goddammit, what a lovesick fool.

Gibberish's fighting spirit was now completely ignited. It absolutely had to make Xie De clear all the scenarios. It wanted to become a big-shot system, reach the pinnacle of system life, and finally win the beauty's heart.

Therefore, Xie De has been really busy lately.

Busy to the point of throwing up.

Only when he finally managed to get a little free time did he see Wei Yanchi's message.