“I never knew there was someone in this world who looks so much like me.” Yu Ce drew his sword from his side, its tip tracing a deadly sword aura, and he stared coldly at the impostor. “Ah Qi, he’s fake. Come over here.”
“You’re the fake one.” The other Yu Ce beside Shen Tanqi also drew his sword, pushed Shen Tanqi aside, and charged forward without hesitation. “You disgrace the daemon race’s honor and dignity by serving the Shen family!”
Swords clashed, sword auras collided, and a thunderous roar echoed like a dragon’s roar and a tiger’s growl. The atmosphere above the Shen family’s mansion suddenly changed, and lightning in the dark night flashed like a serpent probing through thick clouds, heralding an impending storm.
Shen Tanqi watched the two of them fight fiercely outside without holding back, every move deadly and dazzling.
Now he couldn’t tell which one was the real Yu Ce.
“Damn.”
He muttered under his breath. At this point, everything became clear. The Yu Ce who had been by his side was actually a fake!
No wonder he felt something was off about ‘Yu Ce’ today; he should have realized it earlier.
But who exactly is this impostor, and why did he approach them? Could it be that someone from the demon clan is wearing a disguise to intentionally infiltrate his side with sinister motives and schemes?
Yet, this fake Yu Ce spent the whole night doing nothing useful except taking care of the children.
No, that’s not right.
If it were a demon in disguise, Taro Ball, with his cultivation at the Nascent Soul stage, couldn’t possibly fail to discern it. At the very least, it proves that this impostor, Yu Ce, is definitely not a demon.
Shen Tanqi couldn’t figure it out. He looked up at the sky where two white dragons were still fiercely entangled, and a terrifying thought suddenly crossed his mind.
He quickly contacted the system through internal voice communication, urgently asking, “System, has the main system discovered any plot breakdown?”
There was a buzzing sound for a while, and it took a long time to finally connect to Shen Tanqi. The system transformed into a physical entity beside him, saying, “No, no one informed me.”
Shen Tanqi pointed to the sky, pursing his lips. “…then what’s going on?”
Following his finger, the system saw the two male leads fighting in the sky with sword energies, nearly causing it to crash on the spot. “One of them… one of them is the original male lead from the book!”
In the system’s view, both Yu Ce’s heads were brightly marked with the words [Male Lead].
It had heard that if there was a breakdown in the small world, the main system wouldn’t inform the system but would directly press the button to fix the bug, leaving other systems to handle the plot breakdown in the small world.
It could be new time-traveling personnel sent in, or… original book characters sent to replace the broken characters.
It seems that the current situation is the latter.
The system’s face turned ashen. “It’s sent by the main system. That original book Yu Ce must have been sent to eliminate the bug!”
To eliminate the bugs meant to eliminate Goldfish, Taro Ball and Sandan.
Even though he had mentally prepared himself earlier, Shen Tanqi’s face still turned pale.
It was just a slight change in the plot; he won first place in a trial, yet the main system detected it so quickly.
He tried to calm himself down and said, “Stay calm. If he is the original Yu Ce, he must hate me now.”
But judging from the performance of the original Yu Ce tonight, he didn’t seem to have the immediate intention of exterminating their whole family.
There must be a way. He is the original Yu Ce; there will definitely be a way.
“Stop fighting.”
Shen Tanqi grabbed a long sword from his room, flew with spiritual energy, and stood between the two of them.
As soon as they saw Shen Tanqi coming out, the two Yu Ces immediately separated their swords.
Seeing them stop, Shen Tanqi sighed helplessly, “Can’t we talk things out?”
Both of them glanced at him and replied in unison, “No!”
After spending all night working hard outside, refining pills, all he could think about was returning home to affectionately embrace Ah Qi. But when he arrived, he saw an impostor, pretending to be him, occupying his place and holding his loved one. How could he possibly endure this?
The other Yu Ce was even more furious, looking down on this world’s Yu Ce, feeling both pity for his misfortune and anger at his lack of resistance. How could he willingly humble himself before Shen Tanqi of the Shen family, who had grievances against him, abandoning even his dignity?
Fallen! Shameful! Complicit!
As the words fell, they stared at each other, burning with intense anger in their eyes, their swords clashing fiercely, neither gaining the upper hand.
The clash of blades and the dragon’s roar echoed nearby, waking Goldfish and Taro Ball from their sleep in the adjacent room. They climbed out of bed and looked out the window, where Fang Wenxun was still fast asleep beside them.
“Huh?” Goldfish rubbed his eyes and pointed outside at the two Yu Ces flying in the sky. He lazily said, “Brother, look, I’m dreaming that two fathers are fighting.”
Taro Ball widened his eyes, instantly awake from his drowsiness. He grabbed his brother’s arm and ran outside, exclaiming, “Silly brother, it’s not a dream! There really are two fathers out there!”
He had to go out quickly to see what was happening. He knew that the ‘father’ during the day was very suspicious, but the dragon aura on him was identical to their real father’s. He had thought the other was an impostor, but couldn’t find any flaws on him.
If one of them was really a fake father, Daddy would be in danger!
As the two kids hurriedly ran out into the courtyard in their nightclothes, they saw Shen Tanqi, who seemed unable to intervene in the sky. They waved their hands desperately and shouted, “Daddy, daddy, are you okay?”
In midair, Shen Tanqi heard what seemed like two chirping voices coming from the courtyard.
But they were too far away for him to hear clearly. He looked down and saw that the chirping voices were actually Goldfish and Taro Ball.
His expression suddenly darkened, eyebrows furrowing as he said sternly to the two Yu Ces, “Stop it now, I’ll say it one last time.”
The two Yu Ces were deeply engrossed in their fight, both skilled and evenly matched in their martial arts, a rare and formidable opponent. They were in the heat of the moment and couldn’t hear Shen Tanqi’s words.
Seeing them ignore his voice, Shen Tanqi narrowed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and stepped forward, fists clenched—
Soon after, the two Yu Ces stood in the courtyard.
One of them had a big bump on his head.
“Ouch, it hurts.”
Feeling a throbbing pain on his forehead, Yu Ce felt as if Shen Tanqi had knocked him down. He muttered in grievance, only to receive a sharp glare from Shen Tanqi.
“Fighting in front of the kids? I’ll deal with you two first.”
When he was young, witnessing his parents fight had left him with deep psychological scars. Shen Tanqi didn’t want Goldfish and Taro Ball to suffer the same.
The original Yu Ce bit his lip, still feeling the pain from Shen Tanqi’s punch filled with spiritual energy.
But he wouldn’t bow down like this world’s weakling Yu Ce did under Shen Tanqi’s dominance.
He could endure this little pain.
Shen Tanqi bent down, hugged the two kids, and comforted them softly, “Goldfish, Taro Ball, why don’t you go back to bed? It’s too late tonight.”
Goldfish clutched Shen Tanqi’s clothes tightly, voice trembling as he asked, “Daddy, why is Father split into two?”
“… ” Shen Tanqi rubbed their heads as he held them in his arms and said, “He’s not split into two. Your father just didn’t have anything better to do, so he was practicing making duplicates of himself.”
“So, it’s a duplicate! That explains why there are two fathers!”
Goldfish nodded as if he understood, then turned to the two Yu Ces and said, “But Father, you can’t bully Daddy. You promised Dandan that!”
The two Yu Ces looked down at him. They couldn’t continue fighting in front of the children, so they reluctantly agreed with a soft response.
With Yu Ce’s promise, Goldfish finally relaxed, holding Taro Ball’s hand as they prepared to go back to sleep.
However, Taro Ball stood firm, his gaze shifting between the two Yu Ces’ faces. Through gritted teeth, he whispered, “Father, don’t let him hurt Daddy.”
He knew that with his real father here, Daddy would be safe.
But that despicable fake Yu Ce had deceived his feelings. He hoped his real father would give him a good beating!
The child clenched his fists tightly, still angry, and was dragged back to the room by Goldfish.
Dust finally settled, and the cumulus clouds in the night sky slowly dispersed, revealing a bright crescent moon.
Once the children were sent off, Shen Tanqi finally let out a long sigh of relief. His gaze wandered over the faces of the two Yu Ces.
He scrutinized them from head to toe, realizing they looked exactly alike, more like twins than Goldfish and Taro Ball.
The immediate task was to determine which one was the real Yu Ce and which was the original book’s Yu Ce.
Shen Tanqi quietly asked the chick at his feet, “System, do you have a way to distinguish which one is the real Yu Ce?”
The system hesitated, “I’m sorry, I can only see that both of them are marked with ‘Male Lead’ on their heads.” After a pause, the system had a bright idea and said, “But host, you can ask the two Yu Ce’s some questions. Only the real one can answer correctly, right? Then you’ll know who’s who in an instant.”
Upon hearing this, Shen Tanqi pondered for a moment and softly asked the two in front of him, “Yu Ce, what are the names of the eldest and second eldest?”
Both Yu Ces confidently replied,
“Goldfish and Taro Ball.”
“Dandan and Erdan.”
Shen Tanqi: …
Very well, he had distinguished them in an instant.
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