The system paused for two seconds: 【Just copy it~】
It's that cloying tone again.
Liang Shi put all the evidence into a USB drive, but she didn't know how to copy it from the system.
Two minutes later, the mechanical voice announced: "Copying complete."
Liang Shi's USB drive had not been touched.
Afterwards, the system said it would report the progress of the matter to her and would try to give the original owner a chance to be reborn.
After saying all this, Liang Shi suddenly asked: "Why did you punish the original owner of this body instead of someone like Qiu Zimin?"
The system remained silent for a moment.
While trying to answer her question, I suddenly remembered that I had told her this once before.
Because it involved certain unspeakable things, her memories were erased when she was sent back to this world.
Now Liang Shi is asking this question again.
After careful consideration, the system answered in a way that humans could understand: "Because some voices were heard by the gods, they bestowed upon you fortune, but also brought you misfortune. Everyone will accept the laws and regulations of this dimensional world, but only those who were chosen will accept interstellar constraints."
Liang Shi: "..."
Therefore, she and the original owner were the humans whose voices were heard by the gods.
That's true.
She once wished for lots and lots of love.
What about the original owner?
So much money?
This was merely Liang Shi's speculation.
Thinking that he would have no further involvement with the system after resolving this matter, Liang Shi asked the system directly, "Can you tell me what sound we made that God heard?"
Now that things have come to this, the system no longer hides anything and transmits an image into her mind.
The video contains more than just her childhood and the wishes she made every year.
There is also another person's childhood.
That person had the same face as her. Her father was mute, and her mother had a long scar on her face, so she always wore a veil.
They were the poorest family in the village, and she was always ridiculed when she was in school for her unfashionable clothes and living in the worst house in the village.
Her biggest wish is to have money and live in a new house.
When she learned that she could make a wish on her birthday, she made several wishes.
"I hope Dad can start speaking."
"I hope Mom's face gets better."
"I hope Grandpa's legs won't hurt on rainy days."
"I hope Grandma won't have to work so hard."
When she was seven years old, her parents went shopping on her birthday but were unfortunately involved in a car accident.
She became an orphan from then on.
Her status as an orphan did not bring her any preferential treatment; she remained isolated in class.
She goes to school on time and leaves school on time, carrying her schoolbag home.
But on the street, she would hear people calling her: "Misfortune! Broom star!"
Her parents' car accident resulted in her family receiving 200,000 yuan in compensation.
The day she couldn't resist getting into a fight with her classmate, her grandparents discussed moving.
They moved to another village closer to town and built a new house.
When she was eight years old, she cried and made a wish while facing a candle.
She said, "I want lots and lots of money."
And so, the wish was heard by God.
She and she switched places.
One got the money, the other got the love.
And all their bad memories were erased, allowing them to start anew.
This is God's favor upon them.
Little did they know, this was also the beginning of other nightmares.
This is the original owner's story.
Liang Shi was moved to tears several times when he watched this video.
After watching it, my heart felt like it had been stuffed with something, a sour, numb, and painful feeling.
With a choked voice, Liang Shi asked the system, "So why us? Life is already hard enough."
The system remained silent for a moment. Whether it was Liang Shi's imagination or not, the mechanical voice seemed to carry a hint of human hesitation: "Many things don't have a why, they can only be attributed to you."
Just like people always wonder: Why me?
Why did it turn out this way?
Why is my life so terrible?
Why can't I have both money and love?
Why do I have to suffer so much?
Often, what leaves us most helpless is the lack of a reason.
Because it's your life.
Some people's lives are dazzling, but some people never get a ray of light in their entire lives.
The original owner's life was like this, and Liang Shi's life almost followed suit.
Fortunately, they are trying.
Strive to run towards the distance.
Try to let the light in.
Since we are powerless and cannot ask why, we should struggle to change ourselves.
As Liang Shi was sleeping that night, he held Xu Qingzhu in his arms and suddenly said with great emotion, "Thank you."
Xu Qingzhu was confused and touched her face: "What's wrong with my teacher Liang again? She looks so pitiful, and she's even crying."
Xu Qingzhu leaned over and kissed her: "Were you watching some TV series again?"
Liang Shi shook his head: "It's even worse than in the TV series."
After thinking for a while, she still told Xu Qingzhu about the original owner of the body.
Because she had never met her parents there, but judging from their photos together, they were two very kind people, just like her grandparents.
If they were still alive, they would have given Liang Shi a lot of love.
Xu Qingzhu remained silent after hearing this.
Liang Shi hugged her, looking aggrieved and pitiful: "That's why I want to thank you. You've brought light into my life."
Xu Qingzhu lay flat, her fingers slipping into hers, their fingers intertwined. "No, you took care of me first."
Hsu Ching-chu said, "If it weren't for you back then, I might have died in that kidnapping case."
Liang Shi paused slightly, "Then I have to thank Qi Jiao. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be so strong."
Talking about Qi Jiao brings back painful memories.
Liang Shi placed his hand on Xu Qingzhu's stomach, as if covering the ears of two children.
Liang Shi's voice was soft yet gentle. She said, "These things are more like snow falling in the world; everyone has their own hidden and bright aspects."
Yang Jiani was like that, yet she raised a little angel like Qi Jiao.
Qi Jiao is gentle and beautiful, so she met Chen Mian, who brought her light.
But Chen Mian didn't live to see her Qi Jiao grow up.
Qi Jiao, who never grew up, went to another place, where Gu Xingyue, who had been stolen by human traffickers and then dumped at the gate of an orphanage, lived a life of quiet endurance in her place.
Because the Gao family, whose home was destroyed by human traffickers, ended up with their family ruined and everyone dead, Gu Xingyue took revenge on her enemies.
The original owner attracted Zhou Yi'an, but they didn't end up together because of the rules of this world that prevented couples from dating, or other reasons.
Zhou Yi'an relentlessly pursued Xu Qingzhu, but the original owner's love turned to hatred, ultimately leading to a tragedy.
The book follows the main storyline, while people outside the main storyline are also experiencing their own lives at the same time.
Their joys and sorrows, their loves and hates, all happened at the same time.
Xu Qingzhu nodded: "Yes, cause and effect, reincarnation, sometimes you have to believe in fate."
Liang Shi chuckled: "That's true."
The two reminisced for a while longer, and then Liang Shi took out a book from the drawer and read a story to Xu Qingzhu.
"The stars we see with the naked eye may have exploded and died billions of years ago. The fact that their light reaches my pupils now is the most mysterious accident..."
“Baby.” Xu Qingzhu suddenly interrupted her, her eyes lightly closed, her voice cool yet gentle: “You said that on the star where the Little Prince lives, besides the rose and the fox, are there any others?”
“And there’s the castle and the king, right?” Liang Shi said.
Xu Qingzhu paused slightly, "Is the Little Prince's planet farther from us, or is your planet farther from us?"
Liang Shi said, "I don't know."
"Are there people on all the stars we can see with the naked eye?" Xu Qingzhu asked, "Just like on the star you are on."
Liang Shi shook his head again: "I don't know, but there should be other dimensions that exist."
"What do you mean?" Xu Qingzhu said, "It means that time is moving forward in many places at the same time, and in another place there are people just like us, they also have their own lives, right?"