Whether it was Xiao Jiali’s sincerity or not, his constant talking to the statue made the World Administrator, far away in the Ninth Outer World, incredibly annoyed.
It was a regular day, just like any other. Xiao Jiali, who had long been used to cleaning the chairman’s office every morning, was humming a tune as he unlocked the office door with his fingerprint. He was about to place breakfast on the desk when he suddenly noticed something was off. He heard very soft, steady breathing coming from the lounge. His nose twitched, catching an unfamiliar man’s scent in the office.
Xiao Jiali’s head filled with feathers as he froze, his steps stiffening. He quietly retreated from the door.
The chairman’s office only recognized two fingerprints: Xiao Jingfeng’s and his own. The password lock had been recently updated and connected to Xiao Jingfeng’s terminal. Xiao Jiali realized that the unfamiliar man must have been brought into the office by the chairman… brought into the lounge to sleep…
No, that couldn’t be right. Xiao Jiali stood frozen in confusion by the door, but then he heard someone calling his name and turned to see his mentor, Hedgehog, approaching with his usual nonchalant gait.
“Xiao Li, are you here to serve the White Donkey?” Hedgehog asked.
Xiao Jiali quickly gestured for Hedgehog to hush and whispered, “Keep your voice down.”
Hedgehog furrowed his brow and lowered his voice, “What’s going on?”
“There’s someone,” Xiao Jiali gestured, “I don’t know him, a man, sleeping in the chairman’s lounge.”
“Oh, really? Is the old tree blossoming?” Hedgehog’s curiosity was piqued. “Is he just an ordinary person?”
Xiao Jiali thought for a moment. “Probably… an ordinary person.”
Within ten minutes, rumors spread throughout the organization about Chairman Xiao Jingfeng bringing a handsome duck he met at a nightclub into the office to spend the night. According to a reliable informant who diligently cleaned Xiao Jingfeng’s office, seven condoms were found on the bed, all used up.
—A forty-something unmarried S-level radiant guide, thirstier than ever.
The result was obvious: Xiao Jingfeng punished Hedgehog, the informant, and Xiao Jiali, trembling in fear, finally witnessed the legendary ‘snake stick’ that Xiao Zhenyun had often spoken of.
“Dad, I’m scared of guides. I won’t date guides anymore. QAQ”
After dealing with Hedgehog, Xiao Jingfeng went to confront the stranger in the office with a stern face.
With him were a bunch of curious tactical team members, including Xiao Zhenyun and Si Di, who were leading the group. Even Deputy Chief Agent Duan Fei, who had a meeting in the union, showed up in his crisp military uniform, having heard about the chairman’s scandalous affair.
To prevent the rumor from spreading further, Xiao Jingfeng unlocked the door. Indeed, there was someone on the bed, still asleep amidst the chaos.
Xiao Zhenyun raised an eyebrow slightly and asked Si Di in the spiritual link: Is he awake yet?
Si Di squinted: Nope, still asleep, his breathing sounds pretty light.
Xiao Jingfeng walked over in confusion. He approached the bed and looked down to see a young man’s face, with soft black hair scattered on the pillow, sleeping on the side.
“Hey, wake up.” He nudged the young man’s shoulder, and soon, the man let out a low murmur and slowly opened his eyes.
Beautiful violet eyes.
“Who are you, and why are you sleeping here?” Xiao Jingfeng asked. “How did you get in?”
The young man didn’t answer right away. His jewel-like eyes scanned the room, finally locking onto the black-haired guide.
In the moment that Xiao Zhenyun’s gaze met the stranger’s, he felt a sudden and deeply nostalgic sensation. The young man’s eyes seemed familiar, and what’s more:
“!” Xiao Zhenyun’s surprised smile froze.
Si Di noticed the gaze of the young man and instinctively shielded Xiao Zhenyun with his body. In a split second, he heard Xiao Zhenyun’s astonished thoughts through their spiritual link—Xiao Nian! Si Di, this guy is Xiao Nian!
“!!” Si Di’s hostile expression stiffened, long-lost embarrassment creeping back.
Si Di: Are you sure?? How can you tell?
Xiao Zhenyun: His face is unfamiliar, but his aura, mannerisms, everything… doesn’t it resemble him?
Si Di: Now that you mention it, he does resemble Xiao Nian…
Xiao Zhenyun: It’s definitely him. If he’s not, I’ll be punished for a month without sex.
Si Di: …Would you mind not dragging me into this? I really like sex.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jingfeng was still questioning the identity of the young man. Xiao Zhenyun gritted his teeth and stepped forward, “Sorry, Chairman, this is my friend’s younger brother.”
Instantly, all eyes turned to him, and Xiao Zhenyun improvised, “Yesterday, when he came to find me at work, he got lost and somehow ended up locked in the office.”
A few murmurs of disbelief followed.
“Wasn’t Han Bang the one who locked the Chairman’s office last night?” Xiao Zhenyun deflected smoothly, “It’s not unusual for Vice Captain Han to make such mistakes, right?”
This statement made sense, and no one argued.
Xiao Jingfeng seemed to sense there was more to the story. He turned to the young man, who nodded and obediently called out, “Uncle Xiao.”
With the truth revealed, whether it was the ‘truth’ or not, the others quickly dispersed to avoid the chairman’s wrath, leaving only the young man, Xiao Zhenyun, Xiao Jingfeng, Xiao Jiali, and Si Di, along with the very awake and curious Hedgehog, and Duan Fei, who was hesitating between staying and leaving.
Xiao Zhenyun gestured for him to come in, and Duan Fei decisively stepped into the room, locking the door behind him.
“Xiao Nian,” Xiao Zhenyun chuckled lightly, “What are you doing back? Offering after-sales service?”
As soon as he spoke, everyone except Si Di looked at the stranger as if they’d seen a ghost, turning their heads abruptly towards the young man.
“Yeah, I’m back. Xiao Jiali, how’s life?” Xiao Nian accepted the scrutiny of everyone present.
“Is it really you, Nian Nian?!” Xiao Jiali exclaimed with excitement, his hair surrounding his temples puffed up with feathers. “Is this how you originally looked? So this is what you look like!”
Xiao Jingfeng and Duan Fei belonged to the same type of people. Faced with unexpected situations, their first reaction was to calmly assess and judge the situation. Both of them frowned and quietly observed the so-called ‘Xiao Nian.’
As for Hedgehog, following the twisted logic of a Dark Sentinel, he eagerly approached and asked Xiao Nian about job openings in their company, how one could apply, and what the benefits were like.
“Your department head wrote a sequel to this world’s story, with Xiao Jiali as the main character, and we all should strictly follow the plot,” Xiao Zhenyun said jokingly. Tired of standing, he sat down on the nearby sofa.
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Nian shot him a complicated look.
After a long silence, Xiao Nian sighed, clapped his hands, and produced a hardcover book. “Xiao Zhenyun, do you know that your mouth is often unreliable when it comes to good things but all too accurate with bad ones?”
Xiao Zhenyun: “…”
“Just kidding.” In an instant, Xiao Nian snapped his fingers, and the hardcover book vanished. “This is a script from another world.”
Xiao Zhenyun: “…”
Tian Lu appeared behind Xiao Nian and gave his back a hard bump with its horn.
“So you came back to this world to see us before heading to the next world for a new mission?” Si Di asked.
“Uh-huh.” Xiao Nian nodded.
“Are you leaving again? Will you come back?” Xiao Jiali quickly interjected. “Nian Nian, thank you. I’ve always wanted to thank you properly. I know what you’ve done for me goes beyond a simple ‘thank you’. This ‘thank you’ is sincere.”
“That’s enough, that’s enough. I’ve heard millions of ‘thank yous’ from you. My ears are calloused from hearing them,” Xiao Nian pretended to be impatient.
“…” Xiao Jiali’s face turned red. “That statue… you really heard it.”
“Why is your face so red?” Hedgehog wondered. “Did you do something perverted to the statue?”
Xiao Nian: “…”
“No!” Xiao Jiali hurriedly retorted.
Seeing this bad snake bullying his son, Xiao Zhenyun frowned. “Do you think everyone is like you? What kind of perverted things are you saying?”
Hedgehog sneered, “Can I be as perverted as you?”
“My perversion is just for the plot; it’s all an act,” Xiao Zhenyun retorted. “Your perversion, however, comes from the heart—authentic and genuine.”
Duan Fei had never heard direct explanations about the origins of the world from anyone. Up until today, everything had been built from occasional remarks by informed individuals combined with his own guesses, forming a vague concept in his mind. But now, countless supernatural ideas beyond common sense had suddenly been poured into his mind, leaving even the smartest person in the room struggling to digest them.
“Now we have a complete set,” Xiao Zhenyun chuckled suddenly. “Apart from the two main protagonists, Si Chu and Ye Feiran, who have no idea about the existence of the world script.”
He had never seen such pitiful protagonists in his life.
Originally, Xiao Nian should have hurriedly left due to the new mission at hand. Xiao Zhenyun felt a slight regret, expecting a repeat of his disappearing act, ascending to heaven.
However, Xiao Nian didn’t seem to be in any rush to explore the new world. Instead, he settled in comfortably, showing no signs of leaving anytime soon.
“Tell me the truth, were you kicked out?” Xiao Zhenyun couldn’t help but ask. “You don’t seem to be leaving.”
Xiao Nian clicked his tongue. “It’s not like that. Monitoring activities in the new world is actually quite simple. I don’t need to stay long in that world. So why should I linger there? And I just got back, and you’re already rushing me to leave?”
“Dad isn’t a bad person,” Xiao Jiali quickly intervened, trying to mend the strained relationship between his brother and father. “Nian Nian, stay as long as you want.”
“That’s right,” Si Di chuckled. “Besides, you must have gotten a salary raise.”
“It wasn’t raised, but my year-end bonus was gone,” Xiao Nian sighed.
Xiao Jiali was indignant. “Why? You have been diligent and kind. You deserve a promotion and a raise.”
Xiao Nian pretended to hold a report in his hands, lifting them and speaking in a serious tone: “Regarding the status report on the World 7405’s original plot and its changes in reality, the Management Bureau states that the completion rate is 62.54%. The reason for the significant discrepancy is due to damage to the world barrier, which allowed a soul from World 9471, who had died, to enter and replace the character ‘Xiao Zhenyun’ from the original storyline of World 7405. This soul inadvertently revived 1, 2, 345678 graveyard grasses, including the male protagonist’s brother, a brother of an important supporting character, one major antagonist, one minor antagonist, and one chaotic neutral bystander. This explains the current situation.”
“Your leader seems quite reasonable,” Si Di commented. “They only deducted your year-end bonus instead of firing you outright.”
“Uh, uh, let’s not talk about these unhappy things,” Xiao Jiali interjected to ease the awkwardness. The little bird was working hard for the family. “Since everyone is off today, how about going out to have some fun? Is there anywhere you’d like to go?”
He received three “no” responses.
Reluctantly, Xiao Jiali had to seek help from his mentor, Hedgehog, which turned out to be a very wrong move. The next moment, Hedgehog eagerly joined this chaotic family and suggested:
“Let’s go! There’s a new large amusement park on the outskirts of the city. I’ve heard the rides there are quite thrilling.”
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