She sensed something was off, especially when the couple kept making jokes about her and the person who had invited her.
Their jokes were quite risqué, but Zhao Xuning subtly distanced himself from that person.
She avoided the alcohol, but little did she know that the man had drugged the water.
It is a drug containing hallucinogenic components.
At first, Zhao Xuning also thought it was a problem with the water, but after checking again, she found that it was a problem with the water cup, so she applied the medicine to her water cup.
Just after the couple left, Zhao Xuning was kept behind by them under the pretext of guiding their research project. Zhao Xuning actually wanted to leave, but she was half-pulled, half-shoved and kept inside.
She noticed something was wrong with her body as soon as the couple left.
But the drug was indeed very effective; she was even weaker than the other person.
For a few minutes afterward, she mistook the other person for Shen Hui.
However, at the crucial moment, she was able to identify the other person by their scent. Just as she was about to push the other person off the bed, Shen Hui pushed the door open and entered.
Then, Shen Hui was so provoked by the scene that she ran out and collided with a motorcycle.
She was only slightly hit and fell, but who would have thought she was pregnant?
Zhao Xuning explained the whole story to Liang Shi several times, and she asked again and again, "What did I do wrong?"
"If I had known that something like that would happen that night, I definitely wouldn't have gone."
After listening, Liang Shi simply handed the cup to Zhao Xuning and said, "Drink some hot water, or you'll catch a cold tomorrow."
//
Liang Shi's words proved prophetic.
Zhao Xuning really caught a cold; he had a cold for five out of his seven-day annual leave.
However, after sobering up, Zhao Xuning moved to another place, and then moved back to the top floor.
The place where I used to live with Shen Hui.
On the day she finished moving and tidying up, Liang Shi went to her house and cooked a meal, taking Xu Qingzhu out for hot pot.
Of course, there's also Lingdang and Shengyu.
Two little girls were playing cops and robbers upstairs and running around in the living room.
Zhao Xuning fell silent after watching for a while, but soon returned to normal.
After living in the same neighborhood as Zhao Xuning, the group became much closer.
However, Liang Shi and her husband were a young couple, while Zhao Xuning was alone and busy with work. Liang Shi saw Zhao Xuning going to work the night shift several times.
When she goes downstairs for a run in the morning, she will run into Zhao Xuning returning from the hospital, and the group will go out for breakfast together.
Liang Shi didn't dare to ask her about her relationship with Shen Hui again, nor did he mention Zhao Xuning and Shen Hui to Xu Qingzhu.
One day, feeling particularly moved, he asked Xu Qingzhu, "Do you think Shen Hui still loves Zhao Xuning?"
Xu Qingzhu nodded without hesitation: "I love you."
Liang Shi sighed softly: "Then why can't people who love each other be together?"
Xu Qingzhu suddenly stopped and asked in return, "Did you know that they fell in love at first sight?"
"Hmm... I guess I know."
"It seems like they didn't have a period of adjustment and went straight into the honeymoon phase," Xu Qingzhu said. "I only heard Dr. Zhao mention it once; their relationship is a bit different from the normal process."
Liang Shi said, "Doesn't that prove they're a match made in heaven?"
Xu Qingzhu slowly shook her head: "How can people not get along? They just hadn't encountered any major events. Later, when they did, they became somewhat extreme, and they definitely broke down."
“Because when you’re immersed in love, you can’t care about anything, and you don’t even know what the other person’s true personality is like. It seems like you understand them, but you don’t.” Xu Qingzhu said while thinking, “They skipped the process of getting to know each other during the hazy period. They were together too passionately, and then for many years, they really loved each other, but they were also really conflicted.”
Both of them have somewhat extreme personalities.
Zhao Xuning is the epitome of brooding.
To say she didn't love Shen Hui? That's impossible.
But she really isn't good at expressing herself, nor is she willing to back down or bow her head.
I don't know how they've managed all those years, but she's always so quiet about such important matters.
If she had apologized, softened her stance, and apologized to Shen Hui, given how much Shen Hui loved her, they probably wouldn't have broken up.
But she didn't.
Shen Hui represents the ultimate pride.
Her arrogance is ingrained; she can overlook small things, but on important matters you must yield, or she'll fight you to the death.
What she wanted was precisely what Zhao Xuning didn't have.
Ultimately, both of them had had an incredibly smooth life, both in terms of life and relationships.
After listening to Xu Qingzhu's analysis, Liang Shi suddenly had a sudden realization.
"And what about us?" Liang Shi suddenly asked, "It seems we... won't follow in their footsteps, will we?"
Xu Qingzhu glanced at her: "Haven't we been through enough major events together?"
Liang Shi: "..."
That's true.
//
When it comes to matters of the heart, only the person experiencing it truly knows whether it's hot or cold.
No one can make decisions for another person.
Even though Xu Qingzhu displayed her academic prowess, reading numerous books and watching countless dramas to thoroughly understand the issue of relationships, and even flipping through several psychology books to specifically learn about intimate relationships.
It's just that I can understand other people's feelings.
When it really happens to you, you'll just sit there numbly and wait for your death.
Occasionally, they will resort to some despicable means.
Liang Shi was quite moved. She later summarized to Xu Qingzhu that this was probably the nature of actors, who were always being swayed by the emotions of others.
But there was nothing she could do.
However, after Liang Shi returned to Xu Qingzhu's side, Xu Qingzhu's health was good. Liang Shi even accompanied Xu Qingzhu to the hospital for a follow-up examination. The ultrasound scan showed that she was carrying twins.
At that moment, Liang Shi didn't even have time to immerse herself in the joy of twins; instead, she was thinking—did she successfully exploit the bug?
Just as she was thinking this, the eerie mechanical voice suddenly appeared: "[Do you really think our algorithm is that bad? The laws of each dimension have been tested and calculated multiple times; how could you possibly exploit a bug?]"
Liang Shi: "..."
Then Liang Shi realized that even if it was a bug, it would have to be after a real divorce, and she had torn up the divorce agreement and thrown it in the trash after she got home.
So this isn't a bug, then who is suffering the consequences?
System: [Xu Qingzhu, Lu Jiayi also bore a part of the burden.]
Liang Shi: "..."
"So it's all resolved?" Liang Shi asked.
System: [Yes, after this major node ends, all events are rewritten.]
Liang Shih's understanding is that when faced with a fork in the road, one path is dangerous, while the other is absolutely safe, the path ordained by God.
The pain only lasts for the first few steps and the process of making choices; after that, it will be over.
Just as Liang Shi was pondering, the system's voice rang out again, somewhat cheekily: "[Oh right, according to calculations, the operational rules of the dimensional world were rewritten twenty days ago, and the balance rules have been corrected.]"
Liang Shi: "?"
Twenty days ago, roughly speaking, was the day she left the divorce papers.
Going back further, it's actually Xu Qingzhu wielding a knife at her, and then defying the will of the world by turning the blade towards himself.
The system stated that bug exploits do not exist, so it must be the latter.
Xu Qingzhu's decision at that moment, which went against the will of the world, almost resulted in the loss of their child.
Liang Shi felt that the balance of the dimensional world should not only have affected Xu Qingzhu and Lu Jiayi, but also the two children.
Individual will goes against the will of the world.
It seems impossible to even think about.
But Xu Qingzhu is good at creating miracles.
But she actually did it.
Liang Shi suddenly remembered that sentence—"I will continue to love you against my instincts."
This feeling made her heart ache and throb, and she really wanted to hug her.
The system then immediately rejected her request: "Host, how's your evidence gathering coming along?"
Liang Shi: "..."
[The original owner's body is well preserved in an interstellar ice coffin, while her soul is imprisoned in an interstellar prison. A recent hazard assessment determined it to be at a 3S-level danger. Under these circumstances, do you still wish to appeal on her behalf?]
Liang Shi nodded: "Yes."
System: [Then you need to gather evidence as soon as possible. We will continue to monitor the original owner's level of danger. However, the good news is that the original owner's awareness of danger has weakened and is expected to drop to 2S level within a month.]
Liang Shi commented: "That's good."
system:【……】
The system had nothing to say and went silent.
However, the appearance of the system left Liang Shi speechless for a while. She tried desperately to find bugs, but to no avail.
She was so angry that she didn't eat dinner that day.
However, when I woke up in the middle of the night, I ordered takeout with Xu Qingzhu.
The two ate while watching TV. When they finished, Xu Qingzhu casually asked, "When will your show be released?"
Liang Shi shook his head: "I don't know."