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Arc 6 – Slag that Little Wolfhound
Chapter 144

The room was ridiculously quiet. Wen Yu could only stare dumbfoundedly at the sudden appearance of Chi Zhao and he seemed to have lost the ability to speak.

Chi Zhao straightened up. After a few seconds of silence, the corners of his lips twitched, “Who is Ji Zongcheng? Your friend?”

When he said this, the expression on Chi Zhao’s face was very indifferent. It was hard to tell what he was thinking inside. Wen Yu continued to stare fixatedly at him, his eyes filled with countless emotions ranging from shock to doubt to confusion.

Chi Zhao pursed his lips. Seeing Wen Yu like this, he probably didn’t even hear what he had just said. It would be silly of him to continue standing around waiting for his answer.

Chi Zhao took in a deep breath and turned around to get the water Wen Yu had asked for. Seeing that he was leaving, Wen Yu suddenly returned to his senses. He immediately sat up from the bed and grabbed firmly onto Chi Zhao’s wrist.

Wen Yu was still feverish and his body was like a soldering iron. That abnormally high body temperature travelled through to Chi Zhao’s heart from the place where the two of them are in contact, causing his heart to waver slightly.

Wen Yu’s hands were very dry, he was still ill and there was no sweat on his body. Chi Zhao couldn’t move forward so he could only turn back around.

He first looked at the hand that was grasping his hand tightly and then he looked at the owner of that hand, “What is it?”

Wen Yu continued to stare at him. Being asked that question, Wen Yu was returned to his senses and remembered that Wen Xijun didn’t like others touching him without permission.

Wen Yu quicky withdrew his hand like he was shocked. With that warm feeling suddenly leaving, the wrist felt a little empty.

The sick Wen Yu’s reaction was slower than usual and not as meticulous. It took him more than two seconds to gather his thoughts and slowly sit up, “Father, why are you here?”

“I came to participate in Tongying Company’s new product launch.”

Chi Zhao answered very quickly. Wen Yu frowned when he heard this answer.

He thought for a while before finally remembering which company Tongying was. The current Wen Yu’s actions were slightly slower than usual. Chi Zhao turned to look at the various medications on the bedside table but before he could reach out to throw them away, Wen Yu suddenly realised something and asked, “What…….time is it now?”

Chi Zhao looked at Wen Yu, the latter looking like a child, confused and distressed.

“Half past one. Lie down, I’ll get you some water.”

Wen Yu still wanted to say something but knowing that Chi Zhao was just going to get water and not leaving, he realised that there was no need to be so anxious. He sat quietly in bed for a moment and slowly laid back down again.

When Chi Zhao returned, Wen Yu was resting against the head of the bed, staring at the bedroom door unblinkingly, as if waiting for his return.

He passed the water over and Wen Yu obediently accepted it. After drinking half the glass, he returned it back to Chi Zhao.

Chi Zhao placed the glass aside. He reached out and pressed one of his hands onto Wen Yu’s forehead and the other on his own forehead.

Still hot.

Chi Zhao retracted his hand and saw that the loose hair in front of Wen Yu’s forehead had been messed up by him, so he gently helped tidy it up.

People are extremely vulnerable when sick. That cool and gentle touch lingered for less than a few seconds before leaving. Wen Yu suddenly felt a deep sense of loss inside. He had been ill many times and sick many times, but he had never been like this, longing for that person in front of him, wanting him to touch him a little more, care for him a little more.

As if his thoughts were heard, that person then proceeded to bend down, gently brushing away the hair in front of his eyes. He then stood back up and Wen Yu heard him say, “Sleep. Until you get better, you don’t need to go to the company.”

There were a total of three bedrooms here. Although the remaining two rooms have not been prepared, the cleaning lady cleaned them every day so it wasn’t a problem to make do for a night.

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Chi Zhao picked up the ice bag and medicine from beside Wen Yu and turned to leave. Wen Yu watched his back and wanted to say something but he didn’t know what he should do to make that person stay.

“……..Father.”

Chi Zhao’s footsteps stopped. He turned his head slightly and looked questioningly at Wen Yu.

Wen Yu opened his mouth, “Ji Zongcheng is my business partner. This afternoon, I went to his company to discuss the next direction of cooperation and he saw that I was sick and unable to drive so he sent me back. He was too noisy so I soon sent him away.”

Wen Yu rarely spoke so much in one go. Chi Zhao listened to his words without showing much of a reaction but the young man in front of him continued to stare at him fixatedly, as if he would only feel better once he hears him say something in response.

Chi Zhao was silent for a moment. He then asked, “So, what do you want to tell me?”

Wen Yu wasn’t the type who would beat around the bush, but all those words earlier were clearly him beating around the bush.

Wen Xijun didn’t like listening to others talking about their lives in detail. Chi Zhao was now Wen Xijun so Wen Yu should already be aware of this.

Wen Yu was stunned, “I……..”

“I wanted to say…….”

We’re not friends.

So, don’t look at me with that look anymore.

That look was too distant, too calm. That calmness made him anxious, as if he was soon about to be thrown away.

“Rest up first. If you need anything, we can talk about it tomorrow.”

After waiting patiently for a while and not receiving a proper response, Chi Zhao seemed to no longer want to wait a second longer. He raised the corner of his lips to form a comforting smile and then quickly left the room.

Wen Yu who was left behind stared blankly in the direction of the door. After staring in that direction for a long time, he silently lowered his eyes and looked down at his left hand which still had medical tape.

……..

Randomly finding a guest room, Chi Zhao closed to door, sat down on the bed and proceeded to silently think over the current situation.

Ji Zongcheng had already appeared.

And from the looks of it, his relationship with Wen Yu was pretty good so they have probably become friends. Wen Yu’s explanation and his abnormal reaction earlier made Chi Zhao feel that there was more to it. After thinking about it for a while, Chi Zhao understood.

He probably didn’t want him to investigate Ji Zongcheng.

Protecting him like that, it seems that Wen Yu cared about this person more than one would towards someone who is just a friend.

System : “……..” Please use your head!

Chi Zhao let out a long sigh. Although he had already mentally prepared himself for this, Chi Zhao still felt uncomfortable when faced with this reality and his heart twisted with pain.

He also wasn’t quite sure what he was doing. He was certain that the protagonist was that person, so he had put all his energy on him as soon as he came, and he even regarded him as his lover inside.

However, if he was his lover, he should love him.

Before he met Wen Yu, Chi Zhao had made a decision. He wanted to stay by that person’s side for the rest of his life and his actions and plans were all thought out and done without pressure but that was because he thought Wen Yu was that person. Now that he couldn’t help but admit that he was the wrong person, Chi Zhao didn’t know what to do anymore.

He had difficulty understanding his current mood.

Was he feeling uncomfortable because he had mistaken someone else for his lover or was it because Wen Yu wasn’t that person?

After experiencing too many things and living for so long, Chi Zhao suddenly found that he had lost the ability to love passionately. It had been a long time since he had experienced his heart palpitating with excitement. His love and life had always been calm and quiet and because he had repeated that love too many times, he now no longer loved the other person based on the feeling in his heart, but by his identity.

If that person can always show up next to him, that was something he could accept naturally but what if he no longer showed up again?

Then would he not be able to live a good life anymore?

As soon as this thought appeared in his mind, Chi Zhao was taken aback for a moment before he let out a snort.

He was someone who always failed the task. It was already a mystery whether he could continue living yet he was worrying about a problem like this. He really was thinking too far ahead of himself.

After sighing, Chi Zhao called out to the system, “System, are you there?”

The system answered almost immediately.

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【Yeah.】

Chi Zhao discussed with it seriously, “I want to give up this world. Let’s go directly to the next one, how about it?”

【No.】

Chi Zhao was surprised. This was the first time the system rejected him so firmly. He blinked a few times, “Why not?”

【No why nots, you just can’t. In this world, you must stay until the very end. Any deliberate attempts to leave is not recommended.】

Chi Zhao frowned, “Can you tell me why?”

He had often used the method of suicide to scare the system before and every time it worked. It could be seen from the systems reaction that the method was indeed effective in allowing the host to leave the world but why was the systems reaction so different this time?

【No way.】

Chi Zhao: “……….”

Continuously being rejected without being given a proper reason, Chi Zhao also got angry, “If I really want to leave, you can’t stop me.”

【Yes, but I can restart this world. Again and again, you will be send back to the time before you left, unable to leave.】

From the system’s tone, Chi Zhao could tell that it was serious. Chi Zhao’s expression changed several times, and he could only eventually say, “This world is that important?”

The system didn’t speak.

Chi Zhao pursed his lips, “I understand.”

If he couldn’t leave, then he coudn’t leave. It would be the same even if he left. If he still couldn’t find the person he was looking for in the next world and he still couldn’t bring harm to the protagonist, he would end up in the same situation as now.

The system looked at the changes in Chi Zhao’s brainwaves and was silent for a moment before it spoke up to explain.

【When you leave this world, you will know why. I can’t tell you the reason now, but you just have to remember, I won’t do anything that will harm you.】

Chi Zhao agreed with those words. He smiled, “To bind to a host like me, it must’ve been hard. Am I considered an useless host on your end? To have not even completed a single task properly, it’s really horrible. Don’t talk about those worlds where I got full points, I know you guys did it to boost my morale.”

Chi Zhao’s words just now was just a joke, but they were also what he truly thought. The system was unable to speak for a while.

After a long time, Chi Zhao heard the system’s response.

【Do you think that……we are philanthropists?】

【Chi Zhao, you are a human and I am a system. We are two completely different existences in the first place. Although us systems want to integrate into the human society, we are aware of the differences between us better than anymore else. We wish to integrate into the human society not to become human but to make better use of humans or add some fun into our lives.】

Chi Zhao’s expression changed into a look of surprise. This was his first time hearing the system speak about it so directly.

【Do you think my words sound very inhumane? That’s right, I am a system, I originally don’t have any humanity in me. You think that I am good to you and think that I am cute, but these are just what I am programmed to do by the factory. Data life and genetic life are not the same. Even though we have been studying human emotions, we still cannot fully understand them.】

【So, it is not me being good to you nor us being kind, it is just that you are useful to us and that is why you get so many exemptions. There are many differences between systems and humans but there is one thing where we are similar; we also focus on benefits. Fortunately, you can bring us benefits otherwise when you failed the first world, the main system daddy would have used his privileges to kick you out.】

The more the system spoke, the colder Chi Zhao’s heart became. He understood that the system was speaking to truth but having the cloak of peace suddenly ripped open, revealing the cold bones inside, Chi Zhao for a moment had difficulty accepting it.

And he also didn’t understand. Why was the system telling him this?

The system also felt a little upset inside. Even since it was born, it had been different from the other systems. It had a lot of difficulty understanding human emotions. No matter how many times the engineers modified it and updated its database, it couldn’t seem to perfectly digest the information. It however was also a system that could integrate with humans the easiest out of all the systems.

 The way the other systems and hosts interacted was different to how they interacted. To use a human idiom, they treated each other as honoured guests.

The system didn’t know what it lacked in comparison with the others. If the main system was here, he could probably help answer this question.

It wasn’t that something was missing, it was because it had something others didn’t have.

It couldn’t digest the information because it had its own database which was used to record the emotional changes between humans and from there, it slowly learnt these changes itself.

That was why the main system shared his database with this small system. The main system was considered to be the most successful system in existence, but he could only at most imitate humans and cannot truly understand them.

The system said these things today firstly, because they were soon about to be separated and secondly, because it didn’t want Chi Zhao to think that it was a good system. In fact, it was never a good system.

If it weren’t for Chi Zhao’s own abilities to make No.6 pay attention to him, such a kind Chi Zhao would have long been thrown away by the main system. It was just a system that was ignorant to the world and couldn’t even come first place in the singing competition; it couldn’t do anything to help him.

The system sadly bundled itself up into a ball. Several data strands fell out. It silently picked them up and placed it back onto its body before it continued.

【That’s why, you don’t need to continue belittling yourself. In the eyes of us systems, you are not useless at all.  You are already the most powerful host to us. Really.】

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