After arranging everything, Wei Yutang went downstairs and happened to hear this sentence. He then sat down opposite Xia Xia.
"What do I have to worry about?"
Xiaxia snorted and moved closer to her father with the fruit, showing him no respect whatsoever.
In the story, the protagonist rises step by step by absorbing Wei Yutang's luck and leveraging his power. To put it somewhat inappropriately, Wei Yutang was the strongest chosen one before the protagonist appeared.
Without the protagonist, who was like a time bomb planted in their lives, Chu Qing's inspiration seemed to return.
Xiaxia was admitted to one of the best universities in the country. After graduation, he took over his father's company. Wei Yutang personally taught him until he was able to take on the responsibility on his own and then retired without hesitation.
With no more worries about his career, Wei Yutang wanted to dedicate every last second of his remaining life to his beloved.
Chapter 38
Wei Yutang retired very decisively, but Qi Yuan'an was very reluctant to let Chu Qing go. After trying to persuade him to stay repeatedly without success, he could only hope that he would come back to visit often, even if it was just to teach the new employees in the company.
After being taught by his father for so long, Wei Xia was very happy when he took over the company, and he only wanted to carry out his plans well.
He and his father shared the same views on most things, but subtle differences led Wei Xia to want to do things his own way after taking over.
But he never imagined that taking on all the responsibilities himself would be so exhausting. After just one month, he couldn't help but ask his father if he could come back and work overtime.
While Wei Xia was working himself to the bone every day until midnight, often just managing to get some sleep at the company, he came across a post on his father's WeChat Moments.
They were vacationing at a romantic estate abroad, where lots and lots of lavender grew, and the father, still gentle despite his age, was playing the guitar with his head down.
The exhaustion from working overtime reached its peak when I saw this post on my father's WeChat Moments.
After calculating the time difference, Wei Xia decisively sent a message to her father to inquire.
[Father, you and Dad must have had a tiring vacation. Why don't you come back...]
Wei Xia felt happy just thinking about letting his father come back to manage the company and him going on vacation with his dad.
After a long time passed and still not seeing a reply from her father, Xiaxia couldn't help but urge him. When she sent another cute emoji, she saw on the screen that he had enabled friend verification.
Chu Qing lived a very fulfilling life in this world. In the end, when they got old, they returned to the retirement villa that Wei Yutang had prepared for them long ago.
As their hair turns white and wrinkles slowly creep onto their faces, they lie in rocking chairs and sway gently, reminiscing about their youth. Even if it's just a small thing that happened when Xiaxia was a child, they can talk for a long time.
After returning to the system space, the system reminded the host several times to start the task settlement, but Chu Qing selectively ignored them all.
He sat there in silence for a long time, sorting out his chaotic thoughts before raising his head and staring at a point in the void.
The system was certain that, in order to protect the system's security, the host would never see it in the system space, but now it had a strange feeling that the host's gaze was fixed on it.
"Host, it's time to start the next mission."
Chu Qing placed her hand on the table, her index finger lightly tapping the surface, and a cool voice echoed in the system space.
"He is me, right?"
The system was so shocked by the host's words that its internal operations paused for a moment. After the program finally returned to normal, according to its data calculations, the host believed that this was the default in its eyes.
"Oh no, I should say that the Chu Qing at the beginning was me, but the one later was not me."
Chu Qing noticed many suspicious points while spending time with Wei Yutang. It didn't seem like they were dating for the first time. Their relationship developed naturally, more like that of a couple who had been together for a long time.
Many other details corroborated Chu Qing's conjecture.
For example, in the rented room that Wei Yutang took Chu Qing to, there was a book on the bookshelf with a wisteria flower tucked inside.
During the naive years of junior and senior high school, many people would press flower petals or leaves between their books as bookmarks, as if this would preserve a piece of time.
Chu Qing loved wisteria flowers, but ever since he transmigrated, everything has been telling him that the original owner hated wisteria flowers the most.
How can someone's preferences change so drastically?
Furthermore, Chu Qing recognized many of the irregularly shaped design drafts in that book; they were his style.
It belongs to him, not the original owner.
"At first it was me, then it wasn't me, then it was me, then it wasn't me, and finally I became me again."
Chu Qing had been silent for so long, thinking about the relationship between them. After sorting it out, he told the system, but a long time had passed and he still hadn't heard an answer from the system.
"I guessed right, didn't I? Wei Yutang has only ever loved me."
If Chu Qing hadn't vaguely realized this in the previous mission world, he would never have agreed to be with Wei Yutang so easily.
He is very picky about relationships and has a severe case of emotional fastidiousness. He feels that he will probably never be able to accept a partner who has had another person in their heart.
Unless... it was him from the beginning.
"It should be that someone wanted me to stop being who I am, but I discovered Xiaxia's existence and went back for a short period of time."
This is the most plausible conclusion Chu Qing deduced. At this point, the system had completely lost the ability to speak and was crying out for help in its heart, calling upon the master who created it.
What kind of monster is this?!
No wonder the master is willing to pay him such a high salary! Since it became a system, it has never seen such a perceptive host.
God knows that at the very beginning, when the host started to compromise and be with Wei Yutang, it even thought that the host might be love-struck.
This time, Chu Qing not only didn't get an answer, but even the system that he vaguely sensed had completely disappeared.
Unable to start the next task, I can only stay there and continue thinking.
The reason Xia Xia was left with a knot in her heart, and the reason she could never quite accept Wei Yutang, was probably because someone else wanted to take over his body, and Wei Yutang discovered the abnormality.
Having sorted out all the relationships, Chu Qing closed her eyes, intending to rest for a while and see how long the system, this coward, could keep up its act.
Before Chu Qing had to wait long, a person wearing a military green combat uniform appeared out of thin air in the system space.
The woman looked very young, with short, stylish hair. She walked up to Chu Qing step by step and stretched out her hands to him.
"Hello, Mr. Chu Qing, Chief Commander of the Federation. I am Bai Yuan, the creator of the system."
Chu Qing stood up and took her hand, then let go after a brief exchange of pleasantries.
"Hello."
Chief Commander? Federation? These terms were completely unfamiliar to Chu Qing.
Since arriving at this place, Bai Yuan's attention has been focused on Chu Qing. As expected of the Federation's commander known as a prodigy, she originally thought that Chu Qing would only realize something was wrong after a few mission worlds.
Unexpectedly, just as things were beginning, Chu Qing had already figured out the whole truth based on those minute details.
The system she created does not possess the ability to think independently, and Chu Qing has probably already determined the truth of the matter after such a long time.
There was nothing to hide about this matter, and after a moment's thought, Bai Yuan decided to tell Chu Qing the truth.
Chu Qing is a genius commander of the Federation, but he fell into a deep sleep on the battlefield due to the mental power of the Zerg. After many diagnoses, it was discovered that the Zerg Queen was attempting to take over Chu Qing's body through mental invasion.
"And... what about Wei Yutang?"
“Mr. Wei is the Marshal of the Federation and also your adjutant. Xiaxia is the seed he created to save you.”
Even Bai Yuan hadn't expected that the seed of salvation would appear in their mission world in such a way.
"Marshal, how did you become an adjutant?"
Chu Qing was certain that he had no memories related to this matter, but he had a strange sense of familiarity, and a voice in his heart was telling him that this was the truth.
"Marshal... Marshal said, 'Those who are near the water get the moon first.'"
After Bai Yuan finished speaking, she cleared her throat, not really willing to admit that such a perverted person was actually her boss.
That's all they could tell the commander. In addition, there were some things the marshal had previously revealed to them, saying that they were afraid that if Commander Chu was too outstanding, others would like him.
Only as an adjutant can one stay by Commander Chu's side at all times.
In the previous mission world, Chu Qing always felt that there were some strange things. It was not difficult to understand that same-sex marriage was possible, but he was the only one who could have a child, and no one around him even thought there was a problem with it.
"Commander, please rest assured that most of these missions were personally selected by the Marshal. Some things that seem unbelievable to you are just the most basic settings in the mission world."
Bai Yuan patiently explained to Chu Qing, afraid that she might not have explained things clearly enough and that the Marshal would come back and hold her accountable.
"The Zerg Queen, does she want to replace me?"
"Yes, in your world, she was discovered to be abnormal by the Marshal before she even began, and was banished to these mission planes."
"It's that outsider who wants to take over your body, and there's another part of the energy that's distributed among the protagonists of each world."
"Commander, if you wish to end this not-so-pleasant mission as soon as possible, you might consider adhering to the original owner's character settings, which can speed up the mission's progress."
Before coming, Bai Yuan glanced at the task progress bar displayed on the system. In the previous world, Chu Qing's completion rate was not high.
After Chu Qing nodded, Bai Yuan brought up another equally important matter.
"To ensure the accuracy of mission completion, your memories will be temporarily locked before entering each mission world."
"good."
The system waited until its master had discussed everything with the host before it timidly appeared before the host, its mechanical voice carrying a barely perceptible hint of flattery.
"Honey, shall we begin the next mission?"
"Let's begin."
Bai Yuan only came to explain to Chu Qing, but did not return Chu Qing's memories from the Federation to him.
After hearing what Bai Yuan said to her, Chu Qing's desire to regain her memories became more and more urgent.
After the brief feeling of weightlessness passed, Chu Qing opened her eyes. At this moment, the system, following its master's instructions, transmitted all the plot of this world, the original owner's memories, and the mission requirements to her in one go.
The sudden influx of so many things into her head made Chu Qing frown slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.
This is a world where the main storyline revolves around live variety shows in the entertainment industry. Originally, it was just an ordinary reality show about raising children, but it later turned into a sweet romance show as the relationship between the main characters, the bottom and the top, intensified.
In this world, the original owner was the first love of a famous movie star on a TV show. She used her child to blackmail the movie star into participating in the show, hoping to cultivate a relationship with him through the program.
The original owner was willful and lazy, and didn't want to do anything. In the variety show, she was the perfect contrast.
The protagonist is obedient, well-behaved, and sensible, while the original owner is spoiled and has a bad temper. Even after Wei Yutang clearly expressed his dislike for the original owner several times, the protagonist still tries to stick close to him.
Finally, due to an accident on the show, he fell off a bridge, and Wei Yutang was not far from him at the time.
Xia Xia, who witnessed this scene, regarded Wei Yutang as an enemy. In the end, it was Pei Zhou, the protagonist who looked somewhat similar to the original owner, who appeared and slowly comforted Xia Xia, helping him to get out of that shadow.
"Host, in this world, we hope you can act according to the original owner's character settings."
"Why?"