So, it still comes down to the same point.
What's past is past.
Liang Shi was generally quite open-minded.
But I felt a warm feeling in my heart, and even had the motivation to go to work.
Just as she was about to get out of bed, that familiar mechanical voice sounded again:
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have accumulated 80 luck points and successfully unlocked the right to use this body! Truly a cause for celebration! You are truly the most gifted host I have ever seen! Applause is warranted! (clap clap clap)]
[Meanwhile, the host unlocks two side quests: 1. Take a three-day, two-night trip with Xu Qingzhu. It's said that you're most likely to get closer to each other's hearts during a trip. You can camp together, share a room, see the sea, mountains, and deserts, and enjoy the sunrise and sunset. The quest deadline is October 31st, which is plenty of time to complete! Quest reward: 3 Luck Points or RMB 300,000.]
Friendly reminder: After reaching 80 Luck Points, announcements and side quests will be issued in ten tiers. The difficulty of accumulating Luck Points will double after that, so please assess the situation carefully.
[Side Quest 2: Go to an orphanage/nursing home with Xu Qingzhu. In such a place where love is spread, it's easier for others to feel your charm. Please seize the opportunity. This quest ends next Sunday at 24:00. You can choose to abandon it within 24 hours before the deadline. Abandoning it will not deduct luck points or accumulate bad luck points (whispering: the bad luck system will be offline for 30 days). If you do not choose to abandon it, it will be considered that you are confident in completing the quest. Failure to abandon the quest will deduct 2 luck points. The quest reward is RMB 50,000, which will be deposited into your account within ten minutes of completion.]
[PS: The two side quests are added based on the host's financial requirements. The host can choose to accept one or more. Once accepted, the side quest must be completed. Failure to complete it will deduct ten luck points. Please choose carefully.]
[P.S.: Unlocking access to this body does not mean you have the right to freely access the original body's memories. Due to the original body's closed nature, the Resentment Management Bureau will only transmit the information currently at hand to you. Please check your messages.]
[P.S.: If you choose not to transfer your body here, the Resentment Management Bureau will immediately sever its connection with you, making you a free person in this world. However, the Resentment Management Bureau will no longer be online, meaning—you will not have a second chance.]
[P.S.: Waaah, host, please think this through! Do you really want to abandon Xiao Tong?]
[Task announcement complete. Please accept the task as soon as possible and complete it diligently!]
The system has more tasks this time than before, and they are all selectable.
Liang Shi didn't expect to get 80 luck points in such a short time. She thought that if she could get 80 within three months, she would be lucky if she didn't die.
After all, her start was too hellish.
Fortunately, her target was beautiful and kind-hearted.
It must have been yesterday's public relations event that gave Xu Qingzhu a new understanding of her, which is why her favorability towards her increased.
It was immediately raised to 80.
It could also be because of Xu Qingzhu's sympathy, feeling that she had suffered too much in the past, so her favorability towards her increased.
Whatever the reason, Liang Shi has now unlocked the right to use this body, which is something to celebrate.
She doesn't have to die.
but……
"What place was that happy old home you mentioned before?" Liang Shi suddenly asked in a deep voice, "If my luck value accumulates to 100, and you transfer my body here and erase all traces of my existence in that world, what about the original body? Where will she go? Will she be imprisoned?"
The system is silent.
A few seconds later, the system said: [The Resentment Management Bureau has an interstellar prison; she will spend the rest of her life there.]
“But we’ve switched before,” Liang Shi said. “If I existed in this world, then she existed in that world. Why not let us switch back? Instead, why lock her up in an interstellar prison?”
System: [The resentment she's accumulated is too heavy. Releasing her back would endanger society, and your previous exchange was a mistake in itself. She had a great opportunity but didn't cherish it; instead, she became a magnet for resentment. Her resentment is now at the level of a 3S-class psychopathic killer.]
“But you haven’t even looked into why she became like this,” Liang Shi said, pausing for a moment. “Based on the evidence I have now, she was sent to be a pet by a wealthy family, treated as a sacrificial offering, suffers from bipolar disorder and sex addiction, and may have been abused. You can’t expect someone who has been severely hurt to continue being a kind person, can you? That’s too harsh.”
The system subconsciously said, "But aren't you one?"
"What do you mean?" Liang Shi frowned. "Who has hurt me so badly?"
The system fell silent again, then changed the subject after a moment: [If she gradually calms her resentment in the interstellar prison and restores her resentment level to normal, we will give her a new identity and place her in the world she should belong to.]
"Is this the place?" Liang Shi asked.
System: [Sorry, host, this is confidential information and cannot be disclosed.]
"Isn't there any other way?" Liang Shi continued to ask, "If I choose to stay in this world and let her return to her original world, is that not possible? Also, how many people in the interstellar prison can calm their resentment?"
system:【……】
After a long silence, the system replied: [None.]
Liang Shi: "..."
What are you talking about?
She was already full of resentment, how could you possibly calm her down by putting her in a place like a prison?
Arabian Nights.
Liang Shi said helplessly, "Is there really no other way? For example, to erase her memory and start over?"
System: 【…You're making things difficult for me.】
Liang Shi: "I am just trying to give everyone a chance. I came here, which is equivalent to taking her place. I just happened to find that her badness was not innate, but because she was abused. So why can't she have a chance to start over? You are being too arbitrary."
System: [...So you're still too kind.]
Liang Shi: "??"
A moment later, the system said: [The original owner's soul contained too many vile genes; her base points for greed, selfishness, and irritability were far higher than normal, therefore...]
The system paused, then the eerie mechanical voice announced: "Her fate is sealed."
Liang Shi knew there was no room for negotiation, so she accepted the two side quests.
The system also reminded her that she had an additional task that she hadn't completed, meaning she now had three tasks on her.
...The pressure is immense.
//
Meanwhile, at the Liang family's old residence.
After finishing her meal, Qiu Zimin turned on the TV, only to find that a TV drama about finding one's relatives was playing.
She only glanced at it before turning it off.
I feel so choked up.
So I searched online again for the previous Dongling City abduction case, and the online discussion about that incident had decreased.
The major abduction case from twenty years ago has come to an end, and many people have found their lost children.
But Qiu Zimin searched for her daughter in secret for a long time but could not find her.
Seeing those people online reuniting with their lost relatives made her feel uneasy.
After finishing his meal, Liang's father came over and saw her with tears in her eyes. He immediately knew what she was thinking and said gently, "Don't worry, we'll find it."
Qiu Zimin sighed, and just as she was about to speak, Liang's father's phone rang.
She had no choice but to keep watching.
Mr. Liang answered the phone, and a few seconds later he suddenly said, "We've found a lead on my daughter?"
Chapter 63
These words immediately perked Qiu Zimin up.
She stared intently at Liang's father, wishing she could rush forward, snatch his phone, and answer the call for him.
After his initial agitation, Mr. Liang calmed down and simply responded to the person on the other end of the phone.
Two minutes later, Liang's father hung up the phone, and Qiu Zimin immediately asked, "How was it? Any clues?"
Mr. Liang frowned. “We found out that it was bought by an outsider, but after buying it, the person went back to his hometown. At that time, there were too many new buildings in Haizhou City, and too many outsiders came to work. Tens of thousands of people came and went at the station every day, so it was very difficult to find specific clues.”
After hearing this, Qiu Zimin was greatly disappointed and sighed, "Isn't that the same as having no clue at all?"
“However…” Qiu Zimin suddenly paused, turned to look at Liang’s father, “You said she was bought by an outsider? Isn’t that just a poor migrant worker? Why would he buy our daughter? He must be broke. Our daughter must have suffered all these years.”
Mr. Liang sighed silently.
Ever since Qiu Zimin and Liang Shi confronted each other at home, everyone knows that a girl had gone missing from the family, and that Liang Shi was an adopted child.
No one mentioned Liang Shi at home anymore.
One evening at dinner, Lingdang said she missed her aunt, and Qiu Zimin's expression immediately changed.
Sun Meirou was so frightened that she kept giving Lingdang meaningful glances.
But how could a five-year-old understand? So he said with a pitiful look, "Will I never see my aunt again?"
Before anyone else could speak, Liang Xinhe said, "Why not? I'll take you to see her on your day off."
Qiu Zimin was so angry that she put down her chopsticks and went upstairs.
Lingdang blinked and asked, "Is Grandma angry?"
Liang Xinhe reassured her, "It's alright, go eat."
After that, people avoided talking about it at home.
They always discuss things behind closed doors.
Only Liang's father and Qiu Zimin no longer hid from everyone and openly discussed how to find their daughter.
Originally, Qiu Zimin's heart had died in the long search for her daughter, but the recent cracking of the Dongling City child abduction case has reunited so many families and caused a great stir online. Every day when she opens her phone, she sees those news stories, and it's hard not to be moved.
So my mind started to wander again.
She thought that her daughter might also be involved in that abduction case.
But her daughter was stolen; this abduction case mainly involved children aged 4-7.
Other people already have some memories, but her daughter was only a few months old when she was stolen and has no memory of anything.
Who knows, they might still be calling someone's mom and dad at someone else's house right now.
And they were two poor migrant workers.
The more Qiu Zimin thought about it, the more heartbroken she felt, and she couldn't help but shed a few tears.
Just as Liang's father was about to comfort her, Liang Xinzhou's voice suddenly rang out from inside the villa, "Dad, are you busy right now? I have something to tell you."
It was a very businesslike tone.
Mr. Liang glanced at Qiu Zimin, patted her shoulder, and said in a low voice, "We've waited all these years, so just relax. If we can't find her, it's just our fate."
After saying that, he got up and walked towards the study.