Chapter 105: CH 105

After so many years, Lu Zhi Wei returned to the same small rented flat she started out with.

There was a piece of paper taped to the door, with four big words written in marker: There is someone inside.

Lu Zhi Wei stood at the door, quietly looking at this piece of paper.

She still remembered when Lao Wu first saw this paper, he thought someone was pranking her.

In the blink of an eye, she has unexpectedly returned to the start.

She turned to look at the person beside her.

—— But this time, the start isn’t lonely.

Sang Wan Ci held Lu Zhi Wei’s hand tightly, afraid she would disappear again if she let go.

She couldn’t forget the scene of watching Lu Zhi Wei jump off the moon-viewing cliff with her own eyes, she would never be able to forget it.

Watching as the person you loved jumped to their death, it was too upsetting. She didn’t want to experience it a second time.

Now that Lu Zhi Wei didn’t forget about it, she had to explain this to Sang Wan Ci.

Properly.

She wasn’t allowed to go anywhere.

Feeling her hand being gripped even tighter, Lu Zhi Wei didn’t panic.

As long as she could continue being with Sang Wan Ci, she would accept any scolding or beating.

Lu Zhi Wei reached out and tore the paper off the door.

Since the perverse double-layer structure didn’t exist anymore, then there was no further need for this piece of paper.

From now on, this was a brand new, normal world.

She opened the door and took out the slippers.

Similar to before, Lu Zhi Wei gave the only pair of slippers in the house to Sang Wan Ci.

It was autumn, so the floor wasn’t as cold as when it was in winter.

Sang Wan Ci didn’t stand on ceremony with her this time.

She put on the slippers, closed the door and sat down, pulling Lu Zhi Wei onto her lap.

She wrapped her arms around Lu Zhi Wei’s waist, with a domineering air of “you’re not allowed to go anywhere aside from by my side”.

“Lu Zhi Wei,” Sang Wan Ci called her full name in a rare occurrence, her face stern, “give me a logical explanation.”

Why did you have to leave secretly.

Why did you abandon me and commit suicide.

Why didn’t you tell me about your worries.

Did you never think about how upset I would be to lose you?

You clearly said you’ll be with me forever……

Sang Wan Ci thought about the sight of Lu Zhi Wei falling from the moon-viewing cliff again, her eyes turning red as she lifted her head and stared at Lu Zhi Wei.

Not daring to let go, not daring to let Lu Zhi Wei leave her sight for a single second.

A beauty is beautiful in any scenario, even looking incredibly moving when her eyes were red.

Lu Zhi Wei couldn’t bear to see her like this the most, feeling pained.

This was also an ending she didn’t expect.

She thought she would die and leave the world, unable to see Sang Wan Ci again.

She thought that Sang Wan Ci wouldn’t remember her anymore, and would be able to have a new love that she chose.

She thought Sang Wan Ci would live blissfully, happily.

She had only never expected Sang Wan Ci to be sitting here and asking her with red eyes: why did you leave me, did you never think I would be upset?

Thinking about what happened just now, Lu Zhi Wei’s heart felt pained.

She reached out and hugged Sang Wan Ci, unwilling to let go again, wanting to let Sang Wan Ci listen to her heartbeat.

—— This is a heart that only beats for you.

“Wan Ci……”

She lowered her eyes and said softly: “I thought you would forget me, I thought you would have a new beginning, I thought as long as I died, you would be able to live freely, I thought…… that to you, I was just a liar.”

Sang Wan Ci didn’t understand: “Why would you say that?”

Lu Zhi Wei stayed silent for a moment, then decided to be honest with her about the world and the system.

“Wan Ci, I don’t know if you’ll believe me, I’ll be honest with you, our world is actually a world that’s under control, like a novel.

“You are this world’s female protagonist, I’m the ‘male protagonist’, but the original male protagonist is Qiu Luo. I got the protagonist halo by accident, but not only that, I still have a system.

“And there’s a natural attraction between the halos, to amplify the good points of the other person. So the me that you see, isn’t the real me, just the me that’s been exemplified……”

Hearing it, Sang Wan Ci’s face showed her astonishment.

Seeing it, Lu Zhi Wei grew even guiltier.

As she spoke, her head got even lower, guilty but unable to control her unhappy complaints.

“So what am I?

“I’m just someone who accidentally got the protagonist halo. If I didn’t have it, I wouldn’t even have the chance to walk into your world.

“That’s where your attraction to me comes from. You think I’m good, but it’s only because you’ve been blinded by the protagonist halo. Without it, I’m nothing.

” —— I’m just a despicable person who used underhanded methods to obtain your feelings.’

“I’m sorry……”

Lu Zhi Wei apologetically lowered her head, tears streaking down her face.

She knew someone who wanted freedom as badly as Sang Wan Ci definitely wouldn’t be able to accept it if she had fallen for Lu Zhi Wei because of the protagonist’s halo.

But it was fine, even if Sang Wan Ci asked to break up now, she would accept it, because it was what a liar deserved……

Sang Wan Ci raised her hand and wiped away Lu Zhi Wei’s tears.

Their eyes met.

Sang Wan Ci suddenly leaned forward and kissed her.

It wasn’t distant, it wasn’t reprimanding, but more like it was drawing closer, like how it was when they first confessed to each other.

—— As long as you tell me that you love me too, I will happily run towards you.

Lu Zhi Wei was surprised by this sudden kiss, but reciprocated.

Sang Wan Ci held onto the back of her neck and offered up her love, every action showing how much she loved Lu Zhi Wei.

This was a very gentle kiss.

Lu Zhi Wei was slowly comforted by it.

She realised she might have thought wrongly……

“Zhi Wei, you’re not a liar.”

Sang Wan Ci’s eyes shimmered, as she looked at Lu Zhi Wei seriously and gently.

“I said it before, you’re my choice. I’ve never regretted loving you for a single second, I only feel a little regretful for not being able to meet and love you earlier.”

Lu Zhi Wei was happy hearing it, but also a bit lost.

What does that mean?

Lao Wu clearly said that Sang Wan Ci had no system, that she couldn’t see the real Lu Zhi Wei, then what…… was happening now?

Most importantly, how could she also remember what happened before?

Sang Wan Ci interlocked their fingers calmly, then slowly said something Lu Zhi Wei never expected ——

“Zhi Wei, I have a system too, I always had it.”

Lu Zhi Wei :”?

“Ah?”

What did she just say?

Did something go wrong with my ears?

I thought I was the only one with a system, but you turned out to have one too?

Sang Wan Ci was calm and composed.

“Zhi Wei, I’ve had a system longer than you.”

Her system had appeared when she was young.

But at that time, this system employee had only patiently lurked beside her, observing her.

Because of the system’s existence, so everybody had been the same to her ever since she was small. She could see transparent people, and she could find Lu Zhi Wei’s letter.

When she grew up and had the ability to choose right from wrong, the system officially appeared.

The system was friendly and told her all about the world, honest about everything that normal people would have found outrageous, including the double-layer structure. In the end, the system asked if she wanted to cooperate.

This cooperation would be to attack the double-layer structure and dismantle this ridiculous structure, helping them return to the first layer to live normally.

Obviously, this system chose the right person.

Sang Wan Ci was not someone who liked to be restrained by nature. The fact that her life had been arranged, and Meng Lang Cheng forcing her had brought out every rebellious bone in her body.

So they agreed to work together.

The system would use her as cover and attack this immature world after planning.

The original male protagonist halo was probably “knocked” off Qiu Luo during the first attack.

But nobody had expected it to land on Lu Zhi Wei.

Hearing it, Lu Zhi Wei’s tears stopped.

At this moment, her tears didn’t know whether to continue falling down or not.

“So,” she asked uncertainly, “the me in your eyes is the normal, unvarnished me?”

Sang Wan Ci nodded, her face certain.

Lu Zhi Wei was slightly surprised: “Then you didn’t lose your memories, is it also because of the system?”

Sang Wan Ci nodded: “Mm, the system protected me and let me return unharmed to this origin point.”

Lu Zhi Wei blinked: “…… So your headaches are?”

Sang Wan Ci smiled: “The price that I needed to bear.”

Nothing ever comes easy.

When the system told her that attacking the world would more or less implicate her, Sang Wan Ci had confidently accepted.

And to avoid interfering with her day-to-day life, the system had chosen to attack and find weaknesses in the world when she was resting.

There was even once when they had broken through space and time and almost sent a monster here……

Lu Zhi Wei covered her mouth in surprise: “No wonder your headaches were so sensible!”

Case solved, so the invader was on their side!

Sang Wan Ci looked at her and said: “I didn’t like people arranging my life for me, so I had the intention to avoid the male protagonist from the start, Qiu Luo, and I didn’t like his personality anyway.

“But I didn’t expect that you were the ‘male protagonist’, I avoided him but I didn’t avoid you.”

That’s why she looked surprised just now.

She had never thought that Lu Zhi Wei was the current “male protagonist”.

The system and Sang Wan Ci had thought Lu Zhi Wei was just a transparent person harmed by the double-layer structure. Because of the first time attacking the world, her status had changed and she now had a bit more of an existence.

As for being able to see another transparent person, they had just chalked it up to a coincidence.

Lu Zhi Wei could escape her identity as a transparent person and the little monster could almost come for a holiday because of an error while attacking, there were so many unexpected scenarios here, what was one more case of seeing another transparent person?

But she didn’t feel repulsed by this “male protagonist”.

On the flip side, she was very satisfied with her and she liked her a lot.

A lover given to her by fate was much better than one arranged by the system.

She looked at Lu Zhi Wei emotionally: “So Zhi Wei, stop thinking that you’re a liar, and don’t think that you lied to get my feelings.

“Because of the system, we see each other as our most true selves, and our hearts were the ones who chose each other.

“Our feelings are mutual and reciprocated, this is an unchangeable fact.”

Sang Wan Ci’s eyebrows knitted together tightly as she finished speaking and stared at Lu Zhi Wei, as if afraid she wouldn’t believe it and would abandon her again.

“Zhi Wei, nobody can match up to you in my heart, you’re what my heart wants. I love you, I only love you, do you get it?”

Hearing her say that, Lu Zhi Wei slowly came back to her senses.

She got it, how could she not?

During this time, she had been so desperate to hear someone tell her: Sang Wan Ci likes you for you, not because of the halo.

But she didn’t expect this person to be Sang Wan Ci herself.

Now, Sang Wan Ci was sitting in front of her, confidently expressing her love.

“Got it, I got it……”

Lu Zhi Wei’s eyes were red as she nodded, happy yet wanting to cry.

“I love you too, only you.”

Until today, she still felt that being able to meet Sang Wan Ci was the luckiest thing in her life.

After experiencing so much, she finally got her good ending.

But Sang Wan Ci still didn’t let go of her, looking at her with a burning gaze as she held on tightly.

“Zhi Wei still hasn’t told me, why did you jump off the cliff.”

Actually, Lu Zhi Wei was also a bit shocked: “How did you know I jumped, weren’t you……”

“I watched you jump with my own eyes,” Sang Wan Ci held her hand tightly, eyes filled with pain. “Zhi Wei, I watched you leave me with my own eyes……”

She had arrived too late.

She didn’t even have a chance to save her.

She had been filled with unprecedented despair at that moment.

She had even thought of following her. Regardless of whether it was heaven or hell, she had to find out why Lu Zhi Wei did it.

“Because my system said that as long as the protagonist died, the second layer would collapse and the world would go back to normal. But I would be eliminated by the system and nobody would remember me……”

Lu Zhi Wei looked at her.

“I want to help every transparent person regain normality, and I wanted to help you obtain true freedom. I couldn’t bear to let you do such a thing, so I did it……”

But she never thought Sang Wan Ci would see it.

Watching the person you love commit suicide, this was undeniably a huge blow.

Her heart hurt as she hugged Sang Wan Ci guiltily, saying again and again: “Sorry Wan Ci, sorry……”

“I didn’t have any other choice, I could only do that.

“But I didn’t want you to see it and remember, I thought you would forget everything……”

It was only then that Sang Wan Ci knew that there was another way to destroy the second layer, by a protagonist killing themselves.

But according to her system’s personality, it was normal that they wouldn’t tell her about this method.

As an empathetic and kind person, how could they convince someone else to die? Like Lu Zhi Wei.

Thinking about it, her heart suddenly felt sour.

When her Zhi Wei decided to do this, she must have been in pain and felt lonely too……

“You can’t do this anymore,” Sang Wan Ci hugged her. “Zhi Wei must live well, continue living with me.”

Lu Zhi Wei nodded through the tears, happy, even looking obedient when she was agreeing: “I won’t, with Wan Ci, I’ll definitely live well. And jumping into the sea is really painful……”

Talking about it, she suddenly felt even more aggrieved, as if her pain-fearing nerves were being stepped on again.

She hugged Sang Wan Ci and lowered her head, looking like a child who was complaining to their parent: “Wan Ci, it really hurts, really really hurts……”

Then, she couldn’t help but start crying.

With this feeling alone, she would definitely live well.

It wouldn’t happen again.

The world was back to normal anyway!

She cried so painfully that Sang Wan Ci felt pained as well while listening to it.

She gently wiped away Lu Zhi Wei’s tears and kissed her, consoling her.

Regardless of whether Lu Zhi Wei had purposely gotten close to her after obtaining the halo, everything that Lu Zhi Wei did now was enough to prove that she was genuine.

And it was because of her that Lu Zhi Wei decided to jump off the cliff. Being so determined to die even when fearing pain, this sincerity was moving and whatever happened at the start was no longer important.

Now, she just had to make up for it with everything and treat her well.

From today onwards, she wouldn’t let Lu Zhi Wei be alone again.

Lu Zhi Wei cried for a while.

With the person she liked next to her and comforting her, she could be wronged whenever, even the pain wasn’t much anymore.

Her sacrifice was worth it. Everything that she had got in return proved that she made the right choice.

Lu Zhi Wei finally stopped after crying for a while, even suddenly hiccuping.

She covered her mouth awkwardly.

Sang Wan Ci couldn’t help but chuckle.

The atmosphere lightened immediately.

Seeing her smile, Lu Zhi Wei suddenly thought of something and mentioned it: “Zhi Wei, do you know the first mission the system gave me?”

Sang Wan Ci’s eyes were filled with gentleness as she brushed back Lu Zhi Wei’s long hair and asked softly: “What?”

Lu Zhi Wei said; “They wanted me to say ‘I like you’ to you, right when we met for the first time.”

She had felt it was ridiculous at the time, forget about doing it, she hadn’t even reacted in time.

But now, she wanted to finish that mission.

“Wan Ci,” she confessed again solemnly, “I like you. I really, really like you.

“I like you until I’m willing to do anything for you. Even though this sounds a bit cliché, I still want to say it. Even if you wanted the stars and moon, I will pluck them for you.”

Sang Wan Ci looked at her.

After a moment, she held Lu Zhi Wei’s hand.

“I already have them, it’s you.”

I love you.

The stars and moon are you.

Lu Zhi Wei finally smiled amidst the tears, hugging her happily as she vocalised her love in Sang Wan Ci’s ear.

After this, their love for each other had become even stronger.

—— Everything in the world can’t match up to you in my eyes.

Having just escaped death, the two of them couldn’t bear to leave each other. Even hugging each other didn’t feel like it was long enough.

After a while, Lu Zhi Wei suddenly thought about two serious matters.

Lao Wu couldn’t have broken the rules, could he?

Her girlfriend’s system…… couldn’t be Bai Zhi, could it?!

She asked about the second thing straightforwardly.

Then Sang Wan Ci said: “Mm, it’s her. How did Zhi Wei know?”

Lu Zhi Wei: “……”

She didn’t expect it to be true……

She scratched her nose: “My system guessed it. Because he likes Bai Zhi, so he’s familiar with her.”

Sang Wan Ci raised an eyebrow, understanding.

Lu Zhi Wei suddenly changed the topic: “Then can you ask her to help save my system?

“I broke the world setting and I should have been eliminated by the system, but I’m still alive now. I guess it’s most likely because he went against the system’s rules to save me. Their main computer is so perverse, he must be in trouble!

“So can I ask her to help save him?

“He’s called Wu Jun Sheng, he used to be in the same system as her. The two of them were even good friends, she should remember him!”

As she spoke, she felt like her guess was right, so she was more and more worried Lao Wu was in trouble.

He had even said that the system had a department of cyborgs to deal with rulebreakers, and the main computer wasn’t a good person……

Lao Wu, you wouldn’t really have given up your life for mine, right……

She was incredibly worried.

Seeing her anxious face, Sang Wan Ci held her hand and said calmly: “Don’t worry, Zhi Wei, Bai Zhi has long since gone to think of a method to save him.”

Lu Zhi Wei was surprised: “Long since? She already guessed it was Lao Wu?”

Sang Wan Ci nodded: “It seems like it.”

Lu Zhi Wei was taken aback.

The chemistry these two had when it came to recognising each other, it was strangely similar……

Forget it, who cares!

As long as Lao Wu is fine!

“Wan Ci, if it’s successful, will she come back and tell you?”

“She will. She told me that our world is now within the sphere of protection under the Space and Time Administration, we don’t have to worry about the system coming back.”

“That’s good……”

Hopefully Lao Wu could also be safe.

Lao Wu, you have to be alright……

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It was empty in the dimly-lit prison cell, there wasn’t even a table or chair.

There was one person inside.

He was shackled with electronic restraints on all his limbs and his hair was a mess. His body was full of wounds and his clothes had long since been dirtied from all the blood.

Wu Jun Sheng sat pitifully by a wall, he already didn’t look like he used to.

His lips were pale and the light in his eyes seemed to have been forcefully removed, never to shine again.

He had been continually tortured for days.

The main computer was outraged by what he had done, and there would be cyborgs coming by every day to give him new injuries, planning to let him use his life to slowly remember the consequences of betrayal.

Not only was the main computer planning to carve this lesson into his bones, it was also to intimidate the other administrators.

But he didn’t care.

He had already done it, what was the point in regretting?

Even a transparent person knew how to rebel against an unfair destiny, did a high-ranking administrator like him still need to continue to mindlessly follow instructions and aid the evildoers like a dog?

At most it was death.

Thinking about it, exchanging a life for a life, he wasn’t losing out.

The floor was cold, making his wounds hurt.

His labored breaths made him feel that he didn’t have much longer to live.

He slowly closed his heavy eyelids, quietly accepting his tragic fate.

His only regret was not being able to see the person he liked one last time before he died.

The airlock door to the prison cell suddenly opened.

Footsteps rang out in his ears.

He opened his swollen eyes, turning his head stiffly to take a look, but in his blurry vision, he saw a familiar silhouette.

It looked like…… It looked like Bai Zhi.

He paused for a moment, suspecting he was about to die so his mind was wandering and he was starting to hallucinate.

Or else why would he be seeing Bai Zhi?

That person slowly walked closer in his blurred vision, stopping by his side and squatting down slowly.

He struggled to open his eyes, trying to see more clearly.

The two of them looked at each other.

The person in front of him was beautiful with a head of neat, shoulder-length hair. There was a small mole under her right eye.

From the eyebrows to the lips, there was not one feature that he was unfamiliar with.

“Bai Zhi……?” He opened his mouth in disbelief, his voice hoarse.

He watched as the person in front of him smiled slightly, brightening the room.

“It’s me.

“It’s been a long time, I’m back to bring you away.”