Fu Xiuning received Qi Changyi’s message without any surprise.
By the time he finished explaining, the person around him had also drunk the honey water and stood up.
He observed that Xing Shi swayed slightly with the first few steps before stabilizing.
The system also found that he swayed twice and asked, “I’ve finished checking. Can you listen now?”
Xing Shi was very calm. “Speak.”
The system said, “Yu Shu, a male, 22 years old, a contracted artist of June Culture, a singer and an actor. He is currently filming a TV series and will participate in a variety show later…”
Xing Shi held onto the sideboard beside him. “You should talk about it tomorrow.”
The system: “……”
Without the interference in his mind, Xing Shi slowly regained his balance.
He went to the bathroom to take a quick shower and went to bed after getting ready.
Perhaps it was the effect of the alcohol, the good sound insulation of the room, and the quiet environment of the community, or perhaps it was that his long-term physical fatigue had finally reached its limit. He slept very deeply this time and felt refreshed when he opened his eyes.
At around six in the morning, he got up, washed up, and went out for a run.
He might be a newcomer but he could easily plan a suitable route with the system.
The system thought that he didn’t gain weight despite eating so much every day due to the huge amount of exercise. It read Yu Shu’s information while watching Xing Shi run.
Xing Shi asked, “Do you think he is a host?”
The system replied, “I don’t know. What are you going to do?”
“I’ll just ask.”
The system was afraid that he would cause trouble again, so it advised, “With our strength, we don’t need to form an alliance with others. Besides, there are several hosts who have transmigrated from another world like you and their origins are unknown. What if they aren’t good people? That would be troublesome.”
Xing Shi responded casually. He ran a lap and went back to see that the aunt was already cooking.
The aunt had received Fu Xiuning’s message and knew that someone was going to move in. She just hadn’t expected him to be so handsome, so she smiled more kindly.
Xing Shi greeted her politely and walked out with a bottle of water.
Fu Xiuning came out at this time.
Before Xing Shi could see him, he heard the notification sound.
[Ding.]
[Currently favorability value: -5.]
Xing Shi and the system weren’t surprised. They just thought it had jumped back up again.
Fu Xiuning also heard it but turned a deaf ear. He walked forward a few steps and saw the person coming out of the dining room.
Xing Shi was wearing sleeveless sportswear and had just finished his morning run. His forehead was wet and sweat slid down his cheeks to his neck. His skin was slightly red.
[Ding.]
[Currently favorability value: -4.]
Xing Shi: “……”
The system: “Tsk.”
Fu Xiuning: “……”
Xing Shi opened the bottle cap and met his eyes. “Morning.”
Fu Xiuning remained calm. “Morning.”
Once the two of them greeted each other, one went back to the room to take a shower, and the other went to the living room.
Today was Sunday. Xing Shi went to the company for training after eating.
He asked for leave yesterday afternoon and didn’t come back until the evening. Feng Zifan and Yu Yi took advantage of the break to talk to him about the new things they had learned and then chatted about gossip.
Feng Zifan said, “Several people from Class 1 filled out the form yesterday and confirmed that they will enter the factory.”
Xing Shi had heard Fu Xiuning saying this and just hummed.
Feng Zifan lowered his voice. “You really aren’t one of them?
Xing Shi answered, “I don’t know anything yet.”
Feng Zifan disagreed. “There were also people who didn’t know anything in the talent show last year and were just handsome. Now they are filming, right?”
Xing Shi told him, “I still want to take it slow and steady.”
Feng Zifan looked at his posture of slumping against the wall and felt that this wasn’t stability but laziness. He said helplessly, “You really are… do you know how low the debut rate of trainees is?”
Yu Yi was curious. “How low?”
Feng Zifan saw them turning to him and looked at the two faces. “Forget it. You don’t have to know. No matter how low the probability, it has nothing to do with you… Wait, that’s not right.”
He suddenly realized something and said to Xing Shi, “After debuting, you won’t have to train so hard. It should be easier, right?”
Xing Shi was quite satisfied with the current simple environment that only required the consumption of physical energy.
The trainees might compete fiercely for the debut quota and occasionally played tricks, but no one dared to provoke him for the time being. He was living a comfortable life.
However, his purpose was to dismantle the system. If the other hosts were all artists, it could be a different matter.
He said, “Let’s talk about it later.”
The break was over, and they continued to train.
Xing Shi received a message from Fu Xiuning during the third break.
The boss didn’t work on Sunday, so he asked someone to buy a desk as agreed yesterday.
The living room was large enough to set aside an area for a study. The assistant did the work. In addition to a long, solid wood table, he also built a bookcase. This matched the overall style of the living room.
XIng Shi looked at the photos sent to him by the other person and replied: [Very satisfied. Thank you, Brother!]
Fu Xiuning asked: [Do you want to put the books there yourself when you come back, or should I ask someone to put them there for you?]
Xing Shi: [You put them there.]
Fu Xiuning: [Yes. Director He and his team will take a flight this afternoon. We will have lunch together at noon. Did he tell you?]
Xing Shi: [Yes.]
Fu Xiuning: [Then I’ll pick you up at noon.]
Xing Shi: [Okay.]
Fu Xiuning put away his phone and signaled for his assistant to put the books there.
The box of books was placed in the living room yesterday. Someone dragged the suitcase into the room and was busy with other things, so he forgot to move it in. The assistant saw the box and asked him a question, so he asked Xing Shi.
At this moment, the assistant got the answer and moved the box over. He placed the books on the bookshelf one by one.
Fu Xiuning casually took out a high-level mathematics book and flipped through it. He saw the calculation paper inside and found that it was the questions of the latest chapter. He thought that this kid was really listening to the class.
The hosts who traveled through time and space were all in a state of amnesia. It wasn’t known if they could understand it… His eyes fell to the end of the formula as he was thinking. He saw that the final value was crossed out and there was a question mark next to it. He paused slightly before understanding.
So after spending half a page calculating it, he ended up with the wrong answer?
Fu Xiuning smiled and put the book back.
The place set for lunch wasn’t Linlan Garden, but a different cuisine.
There were only four people this time. Xing Shi stepped into the private room and found that Director He and Qi Changyi had already arrived.
Qi Changyi shook his head. “Someone was asking about you and found me.”
Xing Shi raised an eyebrow. “Hmm?”
Qi Changyi asked, “Didn’t you send out your training routine this morning?”
Xing Shi nodded. Their personal accounts were temporarily managed by the company, and they would post something regularly. Today, he was arranged to shoot a video of over ten seconds.
Qi Changyi saw that he looked calm and asked, “So you didn’t see the response?”
Xing Shi wondered, “It can’t be on the hot search again?”
Qi Changyi smiled. “Not really.”
It was just that the timing was too coincidental.
The talent show would be held soon. Various entertainment companies were watching each other’s movements. Other companies would naturally pay attention to the trainees of June Culture. The director team was among them.
Therefore, when Xing Shi’s video with his new hair color came out, the director team saw the hot comments area and contacted Qi Changyi.
“Almost all the lists of various companies have been submitted. The director knows that you aren’t on the list, so he asked me if I could push you in.” Qi Changyi asked with a smile, “What do you say?”
Xing Shi refused. Recording the talent variety show required staying in the factory for too long. This was too time-consuming.
Qi Changyi didn’t persuade him, but lowered his head and started to reply to the message.
Director He waited for him to sit down, handed him the menu, and motioned for him to order.
Xing Shi had never been to this restaurant before, so he looked at Fu Xiuning in an inquiring manner. They had eaten together a few times and their tastes were similar. Generally, the things Fu Xiuning approved of tasted very good.
Fu Xiuning said, “You can order whatever you want at this place.”
Xing Shi understood that this meant that the chef’s level was online, so he ordered whatever he wanted to eat. He asked the opinions of the other three people and submitted the order.
Director He looked at his son. He first chatted about family matters before asking, “How do you get along with the other trainees in the company?”
Xing Shi replied, “Very well.”
Director He wondered, “You are so handsome. Don’t they envy you?”
Xing Shi said, “Of course, but no one dares to show it.”
Director He glanced at Fu Xiuning across from him and thought, ‘Yes. There is such a good relationship with the boss. Who would dare to offend him?’
He suppressed the heavy thoughts in his heart and observed. He saw that Xing Shi’s temper was still the same as last time. It wasn’t that he was in a bad state that day and was too lazy to argue with people.
He went to Z College in the morning to ask about his son’s situation. The teacher’s feedback was very good. He also looked through the school’s forum but didn’t find any clues. His son just became like this for unknown reasons at an unknown time.
He had a heavy heart during the meal.
After the meal, Qi Changyi used the excuse of going back to the company and took over the task of sending Xing Shi back. Director He got into Fu Xiuning’s car and went back to the hotel. Then he asked, “How long have Xiuning and Sui Sui known each other?”
Fu Xiuning told the truth. “Not long ago. We met after he signed a contract with the company.”
Director He tried to speak in a relaxed tone. “This kid used to be very noisy during adolescence, but his temper finally improved after going to college. He was like this when you met him, right?”
Fu Xiuning’s mind was racing. He couldn’t figure out whether this person had noticed that his mind was switched, but Fu Xiuning had just been placed under his nose. It wasn’t appropriate to make trouble. He just hummed and said, “You have to rely on yourself when you go out. Anyone would definitely grow up.”
But… he finally asked, “What was he like before?”
Different souls behaved differently. Sometimes he would wonder what type of expression this face would show if the original owner was still there. Would it disappoint him or exceed expectations?
If he met the original owner on the day of the class division, would he take the initiative to get to know the other person?
Now he was always affected by that face. How much of it was related to the soul inside?
Director He said, “He used to be cooler and made people think he wasn’t easy to mess with, but it is just his appearance. He was actually too lazy to pay attention to people. Usually, he would fight back when others messed with him.”
Fu Xiuning asked, “How did he fight back?”
Director He laughed. “There were many ways. It was endless.”
He was halfway through laughing when a haze of gloom rose in his heart again.
He would rather Sui Sui was still the same as before, making trouble with high spirits and making him choke up by acting wantonly and ostentatiously.
It didn’t matter to him. It was his incompetence and neglect for not accompanying his son over the years. He could continue to apologize and coax until Sui Sui calmed down instead of growing up overnight like now.
What good things could happen to make him grow up overnight?
Director He secretly sighed. “Now… he has changed a lot.”
Fu Xiuning calmly tested it. “Does he look like someone who has been switched?”
Director He laughed. “That isn’t the case. It is just that his personality has changed.”
Fu Xiuning couldn’t suppress the bad feeling in his heart. “Really? Are you so sure?”
Director He said, “Of course. Parents will recognize their children. I can recognize him even if he changes his face.”
Fu Xiuning sent Director He back to the hotel and drove home.
He slowly stopped at the red light while thinking about this sentence.
‘Impossible,’ he thought.
He heard with his own ears that Xing Shi had transmigrated to this world and was bound.
But… Xing Shi had so many exceptions. What was impossible?
The red light turned green.
Fu Xiuning stepped on the accelerator and drove straight to the company.
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