But what Liang Shi really wanted to ask was—
"Was this a spur-of-the-moment decision, or was it something you'd been planning for a long time?"
Chen Liuying raised an eyebrow: "Is there a difference?"
Liang Shi nodded: "Yes."
Chen Liuying thought for a moment, then took out the fingers she had used to clean her ears and blew on them, making her look sinister.
With a slight smile, she called out softly, "Liang Shi."
Liang Shixing replied, "Hmm?"
"Back when you stole my thunder on set, when you deliberately stole my scenes, why didn't you ever ask yourself..." A hint of resentment flashed in Chen Liuying's eyes, "Was it a spur-of-the-moment thing or something you had been planning for a long time?"
"So you just hate me?" Liang Shi was not provoked by her words and asked calmly.
Chen Liuying scoffed lightly: "No."
Liang Shi frowned: "What else?"
Chen Liuying pressed her tongue against her teeth, staring coldly at Liang Shi for a long time before finally saying, "I also really like Xu Qingzhu."
“A woman like that,” Chen Liuying said, “who wouldn’t want to have her? She’s smart, capable, and beautiful. It’s just that I’m a little annoyed that I’ve fallen for her, but…”
"Then why did you still hurt her?" Liang Shi asked, seizing the opportunity. "You knew perfectly well that she had PTSD."
Chen Liuying was taken aback.
Her stunned silence lasted for a long time, as if she couldn't answer Liang Shi's question.
The air was so quiet it felt like it was frozen.
Suddenly, Chen Liuying spoke up, asking in a bewildered tone, "Right? Why?"
Liang Shi: "..."
Chen Liuying said, "It's like this thought just popped into my head—so I did it."
Chapter 137
After leaving the police station, the wind picked up even more.
Liang Shi hurried a few steps before getting into the car.
I inserted the car key and turned on the heater, which finally kept me out of the strong winds outside.
The wind howled, swirling up the city's damp, withered branches and decaying leaves. People on both sides of the road braved the wind as they walked, their hair blown into a mess.
Liang Shi, who had just experienced a fierce storm outside, was no exception.
Liang Shi used his ten fingers like a comb to casually tidy up his somewhat messy hair.
Chen Liuying's words were still echoing in my mind.
—It seems like I just had this thought in my head, so I did it.
—Who knows?
—No one encouraged them, and no one thought about the consequences.
Do I regret it? I don't know, it's already like this.
Chen Liuying's tone was confused, but she became firm again later, because she said, "Even if I regret it, you can't let me go, so why should I regret it?"
Chen Liuying said, "My only regret is not removing your glands."
Liang Shi then asked her, "Why are you so insistent on removing my glands?"
Chen Liuying was once again confused by her question and asked again, "Yes, why?"
But she didn't say anything more to Liang Shi.
After she had gotten through her period of confusion, she yawned widely and said with a smile, "Why should I tell you?"
Liang Shi: "..."
"What do you want to know from me?" Chen Liuying scoffed. "I'll never let you know."
Liang Shi hadn't expected Chen Liuying to be so vigilant.
It's also possible that Chen Liuying simply disliked her.
Liang Shi replied, "Why do you hate me so much? Is it simply because I stole your limelight? But in the entertainment industry, there are so many people more talented than you, and so many people competing with you at the same time. Why... why me?"
After speaking with intonation, Liang Shi tried to lead Chen Liuying into her rhetoric trap.
As a result, Chen Liuying remained unmoved, saying, "Think what you want."
One sentence shut down Liang Shi's overflowing thoughts.
But what Chen Liuying had said earlier was enough to make Liang Shi's mind wander.
The system once said that important plot points would not be changed.
Now, she has essentially changed part of the outcome. Chen Liuying, who was supposed to have her glands removed, is imprisoned, while she has not had her glands removed. Incidentally, she also did something that wasn't in the original book—temporarily marking Xu Qingzhu.
Furthermore, Xu Qingzhu's glands were still intact, and she had never considered removing them.
Two major plot points in the original book were actually changed.
Any changes will inevitably trigger a butterfly effect.
Everything is moving in a positive direction now, so where does this butterfly effect manifest itself?
Liang Shih's mood was not very good after meeting Chen Liuying.
There's a kind of inexplicable stuffiness about me.
Since Xu Qingzhu was temporarily marked and it was said that he would take responsibility, what he will have to do next is definitely to clash with the righteous Alpha Lu Jiayi.
That is the most important line.
Lu Jiayi, as the female lead, is far superior to her in both appearance and inner qualities.
Anyway, it's much better than the original owner.
Liang Shi had never met Lu Jiayi, so he made no comparison.
If Xu Qingzhu, one of the female protagonists in the book, is already so outstanding, then the other one who can rival her must not be much worse.
Compared to the other party's fluency in seven languages and master's degree from a prestigious overseas university, Liang Shi's lack of a university education is like heaven and earth.
I came to see Chen Liuying today to find out whether it was because Chen Liuying harbored great hatred for her because of her series of actions that she wanted to do this, or because of the uncontrollable forces in the original book that led her to kidnap Xu Qingzhu and stubbornly want to remove her glands.
It now seems more likely that the latter is the case.
In order to fight against the irresistible force of Chen Liuying, she was slashed across her collarbone and arm with a knife. Although it was not as painful as having her glands removed, it was still a price she paid.
She was also teleported back to her original world and stayed there for half a month.
All signs indicate that if she wants to bring about change in the world, she will inevitably have to pay a price.
Just like the balancing mechanism mentioned earlier in the system.
Her appearance brought about changes to the original world, so she must bear the corresponding consequences.
The consequences will certainly be severe.
Liang Shi was very unhappy with this perception.
But there was nothing they could do.
As she was lost in thought, a strange mechanical voice suddenly rang in her mind.
Thank goodness, the electric current that sounded like an electric drill finally stopped ringing in her mind.
The system has returned: [Ding! Congratulations, host! You have completed all main and side quests in the other world. Your target's affection for you has skyrocketed! You can now continue the storyline!]
[Currently, all portals to other dimensional worlds are closed and undergoing repairs. Rest assured, the current Xiaotong is no longer the buggy version! After this upgrade, Xiaotong possesses the latest chip in the universe, containing knowledge from millions of dimensional worlds, and can provide you with comprehensive services.]
[PS: Although you have completed the main quest, Xiao Tong will continue to accompany you as you grow because you have not yet completed the side quests you chose.]
After the system broadcast a long series of announcements, Liang Shi asked directly, "When you say 'following the storyline,' do you mean I should leave Xu Qingzhu and give the space to the Alpha from the original book?"
Liang Shi asked very seriously, with a hint of worry in his voice, as if afraid that the system would say yes.
The system remained silent.
She remained silent for a long time, so long that Liang Shi thought she had disappeared.
But then it suddenly appeared.
System: [The current storyline is chaotic, all the nodes are intersecting, and events not present in the original book have occurred, so the situation is currently unknown.]
To give Liang Shi a more intuitive understanding, the system generously transmitted the complete storyline of the original book to her.
Liang Shi: "..."
That's fucking ridiculous.
It's to the point where I want to swear.
When Liang Shi first arrived here, he was completely clueless and had only a vague understanding of the world.
All that is known is the major settings and milestones in her own storyline, as well as the major milestones and settings that Xu Qingzhu will experience later.
She's been working so hard for so long without knowing anything, and now the system is finally willing to give her the original book?
...
I'm so angry.
But no matter how angry you are, you have to understand the original storyline first.
Everything was almost exactly as Liang Shi had known before, except for some added details.
For example, Xu Qingzhu and Lu Jiayi met at a banquet. At that time, Xu Qingzhu was tricked by a villain and pushed into the swimming pool. Lu Jiayi was the first to jump in and save her.
After a while, the two got to know each other.
Lu Jiayi is from Kyoto. She has many siblings and many people covet her family's wealth. As the first in line to inherit the Lu family's fortune, she is surrounded by wolves and tigers, making her a true beauty, strong, and tragic figure.
No one can resist a beautiful, strong, and tragic character who is powerful, gentle, and gentlemanly.