CH 21

Chapter 21

Guan Xi’s body hurts all over. Xu Ruì, who used to be gentle with him, was particularly rough with him today, as if venting his anger on him.

He didn’t know if it was because of the recovery of his memory or because his brain had been tampered with, but Guan Xi’s head also hurt. He laid panting on the bed, while Xu Ruì, who stood by the bed, got up indifferently, picked up his clothes, and left the room, leaving Guan Xi alone here, completely ignoring him.

Guan Xi’s tears welled up immediately.

He regretted it so much.

It was all because of the system, it was the system’s fault. It deceived him into doing the task, deceived him into getting close to Kou Lì, and even deceived him into hiding his memories.

“System! Come out, come out!” Guan Xi shouted in his mind, repeatedly calling out to the system, but after a while, the system didn’t respond.

After his anger had subsided, Guan Xi began to panic again.

He had no clothes on him, and the cold was already setting in. He quickly pulled the blanket over himself and shouted for the system again.

Although his tone had changed, gradually becoming pleading, there was still no response in his mind.

It was as if the thing which claimed to be the Anti-Pairing Self-Rescue System had never existed.

Guan Xi realized something, and his face turned pale.

He wrapped himself even tighter.

He had no points, his identity had been exposed, and even the man he had conquered showed no pity for him.

He was useless, he had lost his value.

He had been abandoned by the system.

“Ah–” Guan Xi screamed, feeling pain and despair all over his body and in his heart.

From now on, he would never see the light again.

He had no future.

The sudden scream from Guan Xi scared Xu Rui, who then opened the door.

Xu Rui looked very upset, quickly walked to the bed, and stared at Guan Xi with both shock and anger. He coldly threatened, “I advise you to be quiet. You should know what situation you are in now. Everyone is looking for you. If they find you, will they give you such a comfortable environment? Clear your mind!”

Guan Xi stared blankly at the patterns on the bedspread.

Comfortable?

Is being imprisoned comfortable?

He had experienced real comfort before and knew what it was like.

But now, being with Xu Rui was actually his most comfortable choice.

Except for using him as a punching bag, Xu Rui would provide him with food and drink, and he wouldn’t subject him to any horrible experiments, nor would he send him to jail.

He should be grateful.

But, but–

He could have avoided all of this.

As long as the system hadn’t locked away his memories.

As long as he had stayed away from Kou Li from the beginning of the second round, and just lived as an ordinary person who looked similar to Bian Yi. None of this would have happened to him.

Why did he end up with the same fate, the same ending?

Bian Yi had already escaped, and it wasn’t even his fault! Why did everything have to be retaliated against him?

It was all because of that damn system!

In the first world, the system also gave Guan Xi a plot, but it was different from the second world’s.

At that time, the system gave him a book, with Bian Yi as the protagonist. The theme of the book was scum top and cheap bottom. The protagonist, Bian Yi, couldn’t stand being attacked day and night by the top and went on strike.

So the system brought Guan Xi in to replace him.

Guan Xi believed that he had seen this kind of nonsensical transmigration novel before, and he thought that Bian Yi, the protagonist, was just like him, a colleague in the transmigration bureau or quick transmigration department.

He had no psychological burden and took on the job.

At first, Guan Xi thought that Kou Li was cold on the surface, but actually cared a lot about him.

He didn’t share a bed with him – Guan Xi understood this, after all, the previous protagonist had run away from the top.

But whenever he saw Guan Xi get hurt, Kou Li’s expression would become very nervous, and his angry look also made people feel scared.

Guan Xi was indeed scared, but felt more of an unprecedented sense of pleasure.

This man, such an excellent man, was cold as ice to him on the surface, but couldn’t stand seeing him even slightly hurt, even if it was just a small cut on his finger, the man would be so angry that he wanted to kill everyone.

For a long time, Guan Xi thought this way.

He indulged in Kou Li’s paranoid love and began to capture other men. As he wished, he saw more expressions on Kou Li’s face that made him both scared and excited.

Until one day, he went to an amusement park with Kou Li and his son.

Kou Li, who had never touched him before, slapped him hard in the middle of the crowded amusement park.

That slap made Guan Xi sober.

He saw endless hatred in the man’s eyes.

Kou Li searched for something in the amusement park all day, and the people with him didn’t understand what he was looking for.

But Guan Xi, sitting beside the central square of the amusement park, covering his half-swollen face, knew exactly what he was looking for.

He was looking for the previous Bian Yi.

At that time, Guan Xi looked at Kou Li’s eagerness and madness, which he had never seen before, and his heart was extremely unsettled.

He didn’t think he was occupying someone else’s life. They were all colleagues, just playing the same role. Why should you be able to get everything just because you came first?

He even resented Bian Yi very much. Why did he come back? Just to show off in front of him? Was he showing off that Kou Li was his target, and that he was the only one who had feelings for him?

After a long time, while trapped on the island, Guan Xi finally understood.

It turned out that Kou Li cared about him because he wore the shell of a Bian Yi.

The man had long known that he was not Bian Yi.

Kou Li and even Guan Xi himself believed that this body belonged to a Bian Yi, and that only the soul had been replaced.

Therefore, Kou Li was extremely cautious and caring towards him, but also very cold.

Therefore, Kou Li’s way of killing him was not to do it directly.

As long as that Bian Yi returned, he could survive on the island.

But if it was Guan Xi, he would undoubtedly die.

At the brink of death, upon Guan Xi’s pleading, the system spoke.

It said, “Bian Yi is not your colleague, he is a person of this world. However, Bian Yi has already died, two minutes ago.”

“You are also about to die, probably in two minutes.”

“So useless, I guess we have to find a new host.”

“Make a backup.”

“This human is really hard to deal with.”

It didn’t avoid Guan Xi, after all, he was about to die. Guan Xi listened, and in his confused mind, he was still guessing who the human the system was talking about was, probably Kou Li.

Another minute passed, and Guan Xi’s death was one step closer.

At this point, he heard the system speak again.

“How come…”

He didn’t know what it was questioning, but he saw a screen appear in front of him with his blurred vision.

It was a piece of text.

[After checking, all the protagonists in this world have died. The world will reboot in three minutes!]

That was the last thing Guan Xi saw before he died in his first round.

His last thought as he died was: Kou Li actually died before him.

……

The system that was cursed and resented by Guan Xi had now transferred into the new host’s brain.

It had already made a backup, and the energy couldn’t support another backup, so this new host was particularly important.

However, this new host named Jiang Shi seemed to be quite different from Guan Xi.

This time, the system chose not to reveal itself and lied to Jiang Shi, claiming to be the book.

Jiang Shi was alone in the room when he saw the words that appeared in his mind, and he wondered, “Are you the book?”

The words appeared again: “Yes.”

Jiang Shi closed his phone and shook his head as he walked towards the bathroom, muttering to himself, “You’re not a good thing.”

The system replied, “??? “

Jiang Shi ignored it completely, undressed while talking to himself, “Did I have some hallucination due to too much pressure, or did I really awaken my superpowers?”

“If I really awakened my powers, can I block them? It would be too distracting if words suddenly appeared in my mind when I’m on stage performing…”

“Um…should I go see a doctor?”

The system was angry and typed a long sentence, but Jiang Shi completely ignored it and became more determined to go see a doctor.

What kind of thing was this?

The system stopped communicating. It wanted to switch to a new host, but it didn’t have enough energy and had to stay here for now. There was no rush; it had plenty of time. It was confident that it could win over this new host as long as it showed him the benefits.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shi was unaware of these events. In the afternoon, Bian Yi, Kou Li, and Xiao Shu took photos together and planted a small tree in the yard. They spent the whole afternoon playing and had dinner together. When they watched cartoons with Xiao Shu, he fell asleep.

Kou Li carried the child back to his room, while Bian Yi helped him change his clothes and tucked him in. After leaving the room, Bian Yi smiled lightly. Later, Nie Fang called and asked if Bian Yi wanted to attend a charity banquet in two days. Bian Yi agreed, but when Kou Li asked if he could go with him, Bian Yi didn’t answer.

There was a moment of silence, and then Bian Yi hung up the phone with a slightly angry expression, brushed past Kou Li, and went into the bathroom to freshen up. Kou Li didn’t get angry and just looked at the silhouette on the frosted glass, smiling.

Seeing Bian Yi so angry was like going back to the past. The word “past” flashed through Kou Li’s mind, and his expression turned fierce. He quickly took off his glasses, rubbed his forehead, and left the bedroom. He came back with a glass of water and a pill in his palm.

He put the water cup on the table, leaned against the wall with his eyes closed, and relaxed for a while.

“It will be okay, there’s still time this time.”

He has already come back.

Half an hour later, Bian Yi was lying on the bed with Kou Li again.

The light in the room was on and had not been turned off for a night since Bian Yi returned.

Bian Yi looked at the warm light, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this moment, Kou Li, who was occupying the other half of the bed, suddenly said, “Guan Xi has escaped.”

Bian Yi frowned and felt his heartbeat.

There was clearly something else mixed in with anger.

Joy? Relief?

Why? Guan Xi escaped, and Kou Li caught him, but without evidence of the experiment that Jian Yi did.

Ha.

Kou Li’s voice soon rang again, and he handed him a tablet: “Jian Yi has put a locator chip on him. Don’t worry, he can’t escape.”

Bian Yi sat up and took the tablet.

He looked at the red dot on it, staying in a certain place in X city. Even if it was enlarged, the range of movement of the red dot was very small.

Bian Yi looked at the address, recalled it again, and smiled.

It’s Xu Rui’s place.

Yes, just as Kou Li said.

Guan Xi couldn’t escape.

From one prison, after all the hardships, he only escaped to another prison.

How pathetic.

“Don’t catch him.” Bian Yi said.

Since he chose it himself, Guan Xi, I hope you can bear it and enjoy it slowly.