CH 33

no matter if xiao nian admitted it or not, he had a bit of pride as the world’s administrator. he always felt like he was doing things exceptionally reliably, living his life with stability. of course, there was also the factor of xiao zhenyun’s constant accidents; whenever the storyline started, this transmigrator would either mess things up immediately or lead to a disaster soon after.

but now, looking back, if he was really as reliable as he thought, how did xiao zhenyun’s restless soul accidentally end up in this fictional world in the first place?

take the present moment, for instance. he believed he was seamlessly disguising his illness, but who would have thought that si di would see through his act with a single glance, turn away with a cold expression, and leave. while xiao nian’s acting skills were questionable, he wasn’t completely naive and he didn’t take chances. the moment he saw si di’s expression, he knew something was wrong, and suddenly, all his ailments vanished. he hopped off the examination bed, apologized to the doctor, and quickly sent a message to xiao zhenyun.

the doctor had seen all sorts of strange patients during her years of practice, including kids like xiao nian who pretended to be sick to scare their parents. she chased after him, a mixture of amusement and frustration, calling out to si di, “the child is still young. when you go back, don’t kill him, okay?”

si di paused in his steps, suddenly realizing something. he rushed back and promptly confiscated xiao nian’s device, silencing any means of communication. then, he used one arm to secure the boy around his waist and walked away, holding his head high.

when he came, he had gently cradled xiao nian like a princess, but as he left, he tossed him into the car like a ragged sack.

“why did you do this?” the sentinel’s voice was as cold as ice. “what was xiao zhenyun’s intention in sending you away?”

in the blink of an eye, xiao nian’s mind raced as if it had a fast-forward button. he swiftly considered over a dozen answers.

frankly, as the world’s administrator, his duty was to sustain the foundation of the world and ensure the restoration of the plot. xiao nian had never been a fan of xiao zhenyun’s and si di’s relationship in the first place. he wanted to disrupt it, and his desire to meddle was uncontrollable. he wanted to say, ‘big brother si di, don’t go back qaq. dad is still clinging to his old feelings. although he has decided to let go, seeing si chu getting engaged still makes him uncomfortable. he can’t easily part with years of deep affection. he’s just using you as a substitute!!’

but if these words, which were essentially betrayal, reached xiao zhenyun’s ears in the future, the consequences would be unimaginable.

xiao zhenyun didn’t have the same strong sense of responsibility for this world. he was a carefree person who didn’t like to be bound. making him obediently follow the plot was already a difficult task. asking for more was impossible.

moreover, xiao nian knew that xiao zhenyun had never been able to sincerely connect the novel’s plot and the world’s fate. he had his own deep-rooted worldview. if he felt unhappy and wanted to disrupt the plot, he wouldn’t hesitate.

although xiao nian was the world’s administrator and xiao zhenyun was just a unruly soul who had entered by mistake, if they were at odds, xiao nian couldn’t do anything to xiao zhenyun.

for such a transmigrator, he had to go along with it, had to cooperate.

“i, i acted on my own…” xiao nian stammered, making up a random excuse. “dad doesn’t know about this. we had a quarrel, and i didn’t want to come here, so i pretended to be sick to leave early. big brother, i was wrong. let’s not go to the hotel. can you take me home instead?”

after all, he was an eight-year-old child. no matter how bright he was, there had to be some reason to be willful, right?

si di cast a sidelong glance at him but remained silent. xiao nian found it difficult to accurately gauge his thoughts from his currently indifferent expression.

just as xiao nian was about to fabricate another vivid argument for their quarrel, a video invitation suddenly popped up. si di lowered his head, and on the screen, a yellow and white dog’s head was spinning.

“…” he closed his eyes briefly, calming his emotions, and activated the vehicle’s autopilot function before answering the video call.

“bro, where are you?” si chu’s face appeared on the central floating screen. “little uncle got drunk!”

he turned the camera, capturing xiao zhenyun leaning on ye feiran’s shoulder with hazy eyes, his hand playfully tweaking si chu’s pointed ear.

drunk people don’t hold back, and si chu almost winced in pain. “hey, hey, little uncle, stop, it hurts!”

“little dog ears…” xiao zhenyun laughed. “the texture feels so real. where did you buy this headband? i want one too.”

si chu urged, “bro, please come back and take little uncle away; he’s starting to babble!”

xiao nian, “…”

why were si chu and ye feiran supporting xiao zhenyun?! didn’t he specifically arrange for waitstaff to handle this situation?!

he stared at the floating screen for a while, finally spotting a bewildered waiter in the corner of the shaking image.

“…”

the damn butterfly effect of the plot! in the original work, xiao zhenyun had no attachments, and it was normal for waitstaff to assist him when he got drunk. but now, people who were close knew that xiao zhenyun and si di had an unclear relationship, and they were even prepared to move in together. the two of them came to the banquet together, and seeing xiao zhenyun drunk, si chu’s normal reaction should indeed be to escort him away and notify si di to come pick him up.

“…” si di stared at xiao zhenyun, whose thoughts were unclear, with a deep, cold gaze. the electric shock collar on his neck was flashing red lights madly, and his wolf ears had also perked up. si chu couldn’t pretend not to know that his brother was angry. he quickly defended xiao zhenyun, “um, little uncle didn’t intentionally get drunk…”

“someone came to toast.” ye feiran calmly explained, “chairman xiao couldn’t refuse, so he had a few more drinks.”

“yes, that’s exactly what happened… ah, little uncle, stop pulling my tail!”

“how did the tail get attached?” xiao zhenyun puzzled, looking at the pants behind him and muttering, “interesting…”

si chu blushed, “little uncle, you… what are you talking about… all mixed up…”

“i’ll be there soon.” si di couldn’t stand it any longer, and finally spoke coldly, then hung up the call.

xiao nian cowered in the back seat, using the backrest to shield himself. he checked the completion status of the book plot, and to his surprise, all the xiao zhenyun-related plot points were marked in red, perfectly restored.

he suddenly regained his emotionless expression. okay, his task for today was already complete. what would happen next, and what did it have to do with him as an administrator?

drinking, and getting drunk. why did he have to drink? why did he have to drink at si chu’s engagement banquet? and why did he not hesitate to have xiao nian pretend to be ill to get him out, and even drink until he was completely drunk…

xiao zhenyun had told him clearly twice that he had put an end to that kind of feelings towards si chu, and apart from family, there were no other feelings. si di had also decided to trust his promise. if he wanted to have a deeper emotional connection with xiao zhenyun, he shouldn’t always be suspicious.

so he handed over his trust to xiao zhenyun without reservation.

he wasn’t afraid of being deceived by xiao zhenyun.

because he would make the deceiver pay the price.

twenty minutes later, xiao nian was taken away by xiao jiali, who had come specially to pick him up, and si di appeared in the hotel lobby. si chu, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately approached and handed him a room key. “i see that little uncle is not lightly drunk; it’s probably not good for him to go back, so i’ve opened a room for him on the fifth floor.”

seeing that si di hadn’t reached out to take it, he was worried that his brother was still angry. he forcibly placed the card in si di’s palm and whispered, “brother, i suspect that little uncle may have something on his mind. i heard from the waiter at his table that his drinking behavior was strange, as if he deliberately got drunk, mixing several types of alcohol, very odd… would you like to wait for him to wake up and talk to him?”

saying this, si chu lifted his head and saw si di gazing at him with a meaningful look.

“brother?”

“…it’s nothing.” si di reached out to pat si chu’s ear.

perhaps xiao zhenyun hadn’t lied to him; it was just… emotions were difficult to control. matters of the heart had always been beyond one’s will. xiao zhenyun thought he had long let go of the past, but when the person he had loved deeply truly left, he couldn’t help but feel a wrenching pain.

si di swiped the room card and entered the room with slow, measured steps.

the room was filled with a pungent smell of alcohol, and at first glance, there was xiao zhenyun’s wheelchair leaning against the wall. the silk quilt had mostly fallen onto the carpet, covering a pair of jet-black leather shoes. on the snowy-white, soft bed lay someone who couldn’t stay still even in a drunken trance, his inky-black hair scattered chaotically over the blanket. xiao zhenyun, in a daze, turned and opened his eyes to look at the newcomer.

he couldn’t see the person’s face clearly, but he could vaguely make out the familiar pointy ears on top of their head.

“who… are you?”

xiao zhenyun’s throat was terribly hoarse, and after asking, he began to cough softly.

he heard the person ask him back, “who do you want it to be?”

alcohol had numbed xiao zhenyun’s thoughts, and when he heard this question, it was as if he heard and didn’t hear it at the same time. he was solely focused on identifying the person in front of him. he squinted, wondering why his legs wouldn’t move, and in his struggle, he accidentally pressed on his hair, causing him to gasp in pain. amidst the pain, his mind suddenly brought back a few fragments of memory.

he had crossed over into a book.

he was a somewhat supporting character in this book, and the protagonist of this book was…

“…si chu?”

si di didn’t want to stay any longer. he roughly picked up the fallen quilt and covered xiao zhenyun with it, then turned to leave.

until he heard this answer, he had thought of himself as an observer in his relationship with xiao zhenyun.

he was purely attracted by the 97% compatibility and the need to heal his spiritual domain damage when he cautiously approached xiao zhenyun. he could calmly and objectively assess the other party’s condition, and if he was dissatisfied with xiao zhenyun’s performance during this period after recovering from his illness, he would decisively leave.

but now, si di knew he couldn’t do that anymore.

because he was feeling sad.

he felt a secret joy when xiao zhenyun said, ‘i do have some personal motives,’ but he also felt sorry for mistaking the person.

in that instant when he turned away, a hand suddenly reached out from under the quilt and grabbed the tip of si di’s tail.

“si chu… little dog…” xiao zhenyun struggled to get his face out from under the quilt, and his voice became much louder.

si di angrily shouted at him, “i’m not si chu!”

“little dog!” xiao zhenyun stubbornly called him again, gripping the hand holding the tail with force.

si di felt ridiculous arguing about his identity with a drunkard here. he pulled his own tail back, saying, “let go.”

xiao zhenyun refused to release it and suddenly furrowed his brow, asking, “where’s your brother?”

“…?” si di’s struggling motion froze, and he suddenly raised his head.

“where’s your brother? go call your brother,” xiao zhenyun, for some inexplicable reason, suddenly sounded annoyed and spoke in an irritable tone, “i don’t want the little dog; go call your brother.”

si di slowly turned around, looking at him in surprise. seeing si di standing motionless, xiao zhenyun said angrily, “go on!”

the heart in the chest throbbed like a drum, and si di struggled to control his unsteady breath, dubiously asking, “…call him, for what?”

“…” this question seemed to stump xiao zhenyun. he thought deeply for a while, closed his eyes, and said, “i don’t know… find him first, then we’ll see.”

a faint smile curled at the corner of si di’s lips. just a moment ago, he was filled with anger, but now, he was being careful even with his breathing, afraid to disturb the person on the bed.

he sat down by the bedside, tucked xiao zhenyun in, and coaxed, “you tell me why you want to call him, so i can go find him.”

xiao zhenyun thought it made sense and nodded. “you tell him… i have a secret to tell him.”

“what secret?”

“why should i tell you?” xiao zhenyun retorted angrily. “you naughty dog! get lost! you’re so troublesome. i wish i could stew you in a hotpot tomorrow.”

si di suddenly found drunk xiao zhenyun quite amusing and suppressed his laughter as he asked, “you’ve changed. you used to like me.”

“nonsense! i’d rather like your brother,” xiao zhenyun opened up to drunk rambling mode, typical of someone under the influence.

“crying easily, jumpy, brainless, and just an a.”

“in this day and age, who dares to be the protagonist without a sss rank?”

“your brother is spicy.”

“s-class.”

“wild.”

“slender waist.”

“soft lips.”

“and a perky butt.”

“your brother is better.”

the author has something to say:

zhenyun: you didn’t expect this, did you? i’ve got a mouth now.

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