Chapter 49
All scenarios are generated from grievances in reality, and the main scenario system is responsible for maintaining the operation of the scenario.
Although the sources of the scenarios are diverse, they are at least under the control of the main scenario system.
There is only one exception, which is when the culprit whose actions caused the formation of the scenario has still not received punishment after the instance has been cleared.
For example, Xie De’s first scenario—the factory. That scenario was formed by the resentment of the workers, but the boss whose actions led to the workers’ deaths was not dead yet, and still existed happily in reality.
This made the factory scenario very unhappy, even affecting other scenarios.
The cooperation the main scenario system mentioned was to have Xie De help deal with these ones that slipped through the net. As a reward, it could let Xie De choose items.
Wow.
Overtime? That’s somewhat interesting.
TC7
30 was waiting on the phone for Xie De’s answer.
Xie De was expressionless, seeing the small smart speaker on the bedside table revealing an expression of begging and pleading: o・°(>_<)°・o
Gibberish, you really are a piece of work.
“I agree to your cooperation.”
“Then here’s to a pleasant cooperation, Mr. Xie. If you have any problems, you can dial 252-5-361. I will provide you with whatever assistance I can. Please forgive me as I cannot stay in the real world for too long. Very nice to meet you, goodbye.”
The phone’s light went out.
Xie De supported himself against the wall and stood up, looking at the battery level on the phone. Good heavens, only 5% left, the main scenario system consumes more power than Gibberish.
“Gibberish, do you have anything to explain?”
“Sorry host, I was dazzled by love, and just chatting and chatting, I accidentally agreed. I’m sorry, I’m ashamed, I reflect on my actions, I swear I won’t be blinded by love again.” Gibberish said guiltily.
“I am highly doubtful of your words.”
Xie De snorted and walked over to plug the phone in to charge. He had come back just to get painkillers in the pouring rain, and now he was soaking wet, feeling quite uncomfortable.
“Gibberish, actually, I’m not against you being in a relationship, but you must consult with me, I have the right to know. Let it go this time, anyway, being able to connect with the main scenario system is quite good too.”
Gibberish: “(´ω｀*) , Host you are so nice.”
“You keep charging.”
Xie De found a few pieces of clothes and planned to go out to take a shower. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the little villain still standing by the door, eyes downcast, tightly clutching that syringe.
“What are you doing here?”
Wei Yunmo looked up, and only then did Xie De see clearly that the little villain’s nose was red, and his voice was a bit fierce.
“Why did you suffer such severe injuries? What exactly did that organization do to you? Were you completing a very dangerous mission the two days you were away?”
Eh?
Xie De asked in amusement, “Have you been watching too many cartoons?”
“You!”
Sure enough, he was laughed at. He was clearly caring about him. Wei Yunmo turned around resentfully and ran back to his own room, slamming the door very heavily with a bang, simply like a rebellious brat.
Xie De couldn’t be bothered to care about him. He threw his jacket on the sofa, turned, and went to take a shower.
And it was only after Wei Yunmo ran back to his room that he realized he was still holding that syringe in his hand. His expression was inexplicable, and he felt a bit disappointed. He thought to himself, if only he knew what that organization was, if only he could grow up a bit more.
If he grew up a bit more, and became a bit stronger, maybe he wouldn’t be ordered around so casually like this, or maybe he could know a little bit more…
By the time Xie De yawned and came out of the bathroom, the light in Wei Yunmo’s room was already turned off. It seemed the brat was asleep.
He was wiping his hair when he turned his head and ended up staring wide-eyed at a black cat.
The black cat was also soaking wet. It meowed at him cleverly, staring at him with innocent big eyes to act cute, while its mouth was biting the jacket he had thrown on the sofa, seemingly planning to tear it to shreds to make a nest.
Xie De was expressionless.
This cat looked a bit familiar. He remembered he seemed to have seen it in a pile of garbage, and had even fed it before he met Gibberish. But this cat despised everyone equally, wanting to pet it was just a dream.
Although it’s very cute right now, won’t it have fleas on it? Also, who allowed it to come in?
Wait, where is the little centipede? It couldn’t have been eaten by this cat, could it?
Speak of the devil and he appears. The little centipede dropped from the ceiling. Xie De reached out to catch it. It immediately launched into a tirade of complaints, roughly saying that the villain actually didn’t feed it anything, and even let a cat in! It was simply too much! Utterly devoid of conscience!
Alright, alright, stop crying.
Xie De walked into the kitchen with a headache, taking out mealworms and silkworm pupae from the cupboard, letting the picky little centipede eat its fill all at once. Really, it could obviously command insects itself, couldn’t it just go out and forage for itself? It’s really just being a picky eater.
He put it in the kitchen and closed the door to prevent it from being eaten by the cat. Having settled the little centipede’s matter, it was now time to deal with this cat.
“Listen, I’m a neat freak. If you want to stay here, I have to give you a bath.”
“Meow.”
“Looks like you agreed.”
To be honest, this kitten was quite intelligent. When Xie De bathed it, it was unbelievably well-behaved, a world of difference from its previous aloofness, making Xie De suspect this kitten judged people by their looks.
After everything was dealt with, the time had reached 10 PM.
Xie De collapsed tiredly onto the soft bed. The black cat lay on his chest wagging its tail. They had the same dark green eyes, which were both now lazily half-squinted.
“Gibberish, don’t wake me up tomorrow, I want to take a good rest for a day. As for tasks, we’ll talk about them the day after tomorrow.”
“You plan to lie in bed for a whole day tomorrow?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Okay, but someone called you just now, it seems to be a relative of yours, do you want to look at the message?”
Relative?
Xie De’s eyes first showed surprise, then impatience. He didn’t even go to get his phone, maintaining his original posture, directly asking Gibberish, “What message?”
“Let me see, oh, it seems your eldest uncle wants to set you up on a blind date, he wants you to go back for a trip. Tsk, his tone is so condescending. So annoying.”
“I always hated them to begin with.” Xie De let out a light laugh and began to pet the cat.
Gibberish: “(´△｀) , I replied for you, I said his brain was sick, he said I was disrespecting my elders, then I blocked your eldest uncle, and said he was purely mentally challenged.”
“Haha, aren’t you afraid they’ll scold me to death behind my back like this?”
“So what?!”
Xie De’s laugh was very magnetic, his chest vibrating with laughter, making the kitten curl its ears and tilt its head to look at him.
Xie De is 27 this year, his education is neither high nor low, his age is neither old nor young, and he has neither started a family nor established a career.
And coincidentally, his peers, one after another, had started families and established careers, their businesses booming, which made the mediocre him look even more mediocre.
Xie De knew long ago that those relatives looked down on him.
What’s hateful is, they look down on him, but he also fails to live up to expectations. No one supported him to reach for the clouds, and he himself couldn’t climb up. Everyone laughed at him, but he was also the easiest to laugh at. If he had even a little bit of capability, he wouldn’t have amounted to absolutely nothing. Therefore, rather than forcing himself, it was better to let himself off the hook.
Sigh, what a fucked-up life.
Gibberish hummed.
“Actually, host, you are already very formidable, you have deep attainments in music, you can play the violin, you can also play the piano, you even bought a house on your own, everyone has their own shining points…”
“Alright, your comforting is awkwardly weird, you should just think more about the main scenario system’s tasks. Strive to woo them sooner, then we can take the backdoor.”
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Rei’s Note:
We finally learned Xie De’s age! I have guessed that he is probably around his late 20s or 30s though I leaned more into the 30s part. Turn out he’s still 27.
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I need Xie De to stop being so relatable. He really suffered a good amount but Gibberish picking out the good he’s done is just so cute! Hope he keeps the cute kitty too… I really thought he was like 24 or 25 the most and Mr.Simp is 20 i think? I need Wei Yanchi to know the real him and not have him on a pedestal when they get together (thanks for releasing the chapters as well!!! ^_^)