"I can't say anything for now, but what I want to say is… everything is a lot more complicated than it looks like. Your history with God Han Ye is difficult and toxic. That's why everything became messed up. It's your fault at first, but you did the necessary thing."
"Trust me, this is your chance of redemption."
Pupa didn't want to sugarcoat it. Father Admin had restored all its memory, and Pupa found out about the truth of Spicy chicken Yunyu and God Han Ye.
After its computer brain processed the most logical step, Pupa decided not to tell Yunyu about it, at least not yet. It just wanted Yunyu to clear the world before they talked about it.
Yunyu scoffed full of irony, "I don't understand what you're talking about, Pupa. There is nothing to redeem in here. Han Ye Gege should be happy by himself."
"Bai Yunyu… he is your husband. You had a son with him. You're actually committed to one person and bound with marriage. At least if you want to leave him, at least divorce him legally first," Pupa said. Of course, it didn't make sense because they weren't married in a court or something.
But Pupa didn't want all the hard work that Yunyu did get wasted because of his downheartedness.
"Well, I will still do the mission in this world since I already promised myself that I'd rather go in a difficult world than live in a hell created by Han Ye Gege. It was too torturous for me to live through," Yunyu said. He had given up on chasing for Han Ye Gege, and he didn't want to do anything with him, not anymore.
"You know that the male lead will always be Han Ye's soul, right?"
"Yeah, but wait, how about the male lead of this world? As long as he doesn't have the memory of Han Ye Gege from my previous life or the real God Han Ye, then I'm down with the mission."
"Well, lucky for you, the male lead in this world also has no memory of what happened. He is basically as clean as a white sheet," Pupa said. "So much in fact, because in this world, you will be adopting a very young disciple."
"Huh? That's interesting. Tell me the plot, husband~."
"Don't call me husband, that's disgusting," Pupa scorned, but it proceeded the program and created a hologram of a long text for Yunyu to read.
Yunyu started reading the text in the hologram, and it turned out the plot was relatively simple. But what shocked him was the name of the character and how everything just connected in his head, because albeit the plot was really familiar for him, the character was switched!
This was the story of Han Shun, a little boy from a medium-sized town called Xun Town. He had no family as he was born from the belly of a prostitute, then was thrown to the orphanage since he was a baby.
He was kicked out at the age of 7 because the orphanage was full, and older kids had to get kicked out to make space for younger ones.
Han Shun became a street kid who lived by rummaging through the trash or begging for food from one shop to another. He lived a life full of hardship, illiterate, and dirty as he never actually showered other than taking a bath in the river. He also had no spare clothes, so his current one was torn.
But his life changed instantly when he met with a man in his twenties, handsome, with the elegance of a scholar. He often wore a white robe with silver embroidery.
His name was Bai Shijue, and he was a scholar from the big city that set up a new tea shop near the residence he had just built. From his clothes, bearing, and the fact that he could afford to build a nice-looking house with two courtyards, this young man named Bai Shijue must have come from a noble family.
Yet, he claimed nothing about such nobility and didn't seem to be eager to chase the ladies. He just set up the tea shop and spent his days sitting inside his tea shop, drinking tea while reading some books.
One day, the nice scent of freshly brewed tea attracted Han Shun, who was already eight years old. He had spent a year living as a street kid, and as usual, he knocked on a shop to beg for food or whether he could do something to work in exchange for food.
The tea shop attracted him, and he politely knocked on the door. Then, he saw a gorgeous man. He was a mix of handsome and beautiful at the same time. His facial feature was perfect without any dent. Han Shun thought he was seeing a god for a second.
Bai Shijue smiled at the small and scrawny kid, and he asked, "Do you need something, little guy?"
Han Shun was stunned for a while because the moment the handsome man lowered his back to talk with Han Shun, he could smell a scent of a fresh morning in a garden of flowers wafted in his nose.
"Little guy?" Bai Shijue asked again. "Do you need something?"
"A—AH, um… handsome Gege, can you give me something to eat? I haven't eaten since yesterday. Just a leftover would be okay. I'm hungry…."
"You're hungry, huh?"
"Yes…" Bai Shijue smiled and shook his head. "I'm sorry, little guy. I cannot give you any food unless you work with me."
"T—Then, please give me work! I will work with anything as long as I can eat, Gege!" Han Shun begged. He knelt in front of Bai Shijue, ready to give a kowtow to beg for a job because he knew a job would give him at least the whole day of food, so he didn't need to search through the dumpster.
Bai Shijue grabbed Han Shun's arm to prevent him from kowtowing and smiled, " You shouldn't kowtow to random people. Come in. I need someone to wipe a few tea glasses. I will pay you with a day of food and water after you're done."
"T—Thank you, Gege!" Han Shun was so happy that he wouldn't starve today. He quickly entered the tea shop and did the job that Bai Shijue gave.
After he was done, he sat near the door, waiting for his food. So Bai Shijue came with a bowl of dumplings and water. "This is your breakfast for helping me today. I will give you lunch and dinner if you continue working here."
"R—Really?! Gege, you just gave me a bowl of dumplings. Can I eat more?" Han Shun asked excitedly. It was very rare for someone to let him eat so much. The bowl of dumplings that Bai Shijue gave was big enough to fill his belly for the whole day. But if he could get more, of course, he would take that!
"Yes, I can give you more for lunch and dinner. Just make sure to eat it all," Bai Shijue said.
"Yes, thank you so much, handsome Gege!" Han Shun bowed his head politely.
Bai Shijue smiled and asked, "What is your name?"
"Ah—my name is Han Shun! Please don't ask me how to write my name because I don't know how to write, hehe," Han Shun joked. "How about you, Gege? May I know what is your name?"
"Bai Shijue.. You can call me Bai Gege if you want."