TRYMBPIETM: Like a Ghost Story(1)
by LotusOn a well-known pink forum, a post was published and within a few minutes, it had hundreds of replies.
[Has anyone heard any news about “Scenery Along the Way”? It is said that in the next episode, they plan to invite the illegitimate child cqz as a guest. 】
Main post: Is there anyone who knows someone inside the program crew? Is this rumor true?
1st floor: No way? The people in the “Scenery Along the Way” program crew are dogs, but they shouldn’t be so inhumane, right?
7th floor:? ? ? Is this news serious? cqn is a regular guest of “Scenery Along the Way” and has been there since the first season.If CQZ is invited as a guest in the next season, wouldn’t that mean the illegitimate child will perform right in front of the legitimate child. No matter how bad the program crew is, they can’t have no bottom line, right?
19th floor: So who is this unknown celebrity cqz? I know cqn is the second son of the Chi family, but what is this cqz?
22nd Floor: Who else could it be? It could only be Chi Qingzhou, the unknown 38th-tier celebrity who always claims that he is a member of the Chi family.
35th floor:Disgusting! Regardless of whether it is true or not, the fact that this news has been spread means that Chi Qingzhou has been sucking blood from cqn. It is shameless for an illegitimate child to be so rampant!
Floor 57: “”CQZ truly understands that black and red are both shadesof red,[1] and he’s bold enough to take advantage of CQN whenever he can. The Chi family couldn’t be bothered to deal with him, which only made him more arrogant.”
Floor 62: Can the Chi family control this illegitimate child? Isn’t it said that Chi Qingning is very favored? Why is Chi Qingzhou still causing troubles?
Floor 64: After all, he is Mr. Chi’s illegitimate son. Even if cqn and his brother ( eldest son)want to take care of him, they probably don’t have the power to do so.
Floor 65: cqz is as disgusting as his shameless mother! Only a despicable person like this would steal someone’s sperm and get pregnant. How come he and his mom haven’t been dragged by a car yet?
Floor 73: What? It turns out that Chi Qingzhou wasn’t born because of Mr. Chi’s mischief? This is even more disgusting! This mother and son are so shameless!
Floor 78: So does anyone know whether this news is true?
Floor 90: My best friend works in the “Scenery Along the Way” program team, I’ll go ask her.
Floor 92: It’s up to you, Jimei[2]!
Floor 106: My best friend said that the program team invited Chi Qingzhou to be a regular guest for the second season, and the contract has been signed. The official announcement will be made tomorrow night at the latest.
107th Floor: It’s fake, right? ? ? ? ?
Floor 113: Is this the power of capitalism? It’s really disgusting!
Floor 128: Damn, aren’t the production crew afraid of karma by doing this? !
Floor 142: The program crew is dead! If they dare to invite Chi Qingzhou as a regular guest, I will boycott their show! !
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Chi Qingzhou sat on the sofa in the interview room with his legs together, holding his mobile phone in both hands, and carefully reading every reply in the post.
The setting sun cast a ray of light through the window, stretching his shadow very long.
His handsome face was gilded, making his outstanding facial features even more delicate. His soft and affectionate peach blossom eyes were not quite clear in black and white, as if they were always shrouded in a layer of hazy mist.
It was picture perfect, yet also devoid of any life.
System No. 16594 carefully observed his expression, and when he saw him purse his lips slightly, he immediately asked a question.
[Host, aren’t you angry? The post you are seeing now is just one of the many posts that slander you. There are many more nasty words. Are you really willing to be slandered like this? 】
Chi Qingzhou scrolled through the forum pages without answering.
The system continued: [You are obviously the real young master of the Chi family, and Chi Qingning is the fake young master who was switched at birth. Why do they insult you like this? 】
【You have been adopted into the Chi family, but your parents and elder brother are afraid of affecting Chi Qingning’s career, so they refuse to acknowledge your identity to the outside world, allowing outsiders to misunderstand that you are an illegitimate child. Aren’t you angry? 】
【Chi Qingning is fanning the flames behind the scenes. It was clearly your parents who asked you to participate in this variety show, but everyone thinks that you participated just to annoy Chi Qingning. Do you really want to let them continue? 】
【You are a star, are you just going to watch your reputation suffer? Chi Qingzhouread the post to the end, his eyes calm and without any ripples.
It was as if those vicious insults had nothing to do with him.
The system kept chattering: [It’s you who suffered, it’s you who had your career ruined, and they didn’t even bother to give you a word of clarification. Are you going to endure this? 】
【Don’t you want the love of your parents and brother? Don’t you want your fiancé to only have you in his heart? Don’t you want to be in the spotlight? 】
【Host, be reborn! 】
【As long as you are reborn, I can help you slap the scumbag in the face and help you take back everything that was stolen by Chi Qingning. ChiQingzhou put down his phone, tilted his head, and was a little angry.
“System, stop talking. If you continue to slander my parents and brothers like this, I will be angry. They are not scumbags.”
System: [……] Its bewitching mechanical voice was stuck for a few seconds, and it asked in a compromising manner, [So are you going to live with the scandal of being an illegitimate child? Chi Qingzhou blinked, revealing a wonderful smile, and two dimples appeared on his cheeks.
He answered cheerfully: “It’s okay, it’s just a misunderstanding. When I appear on the variety show, everyone will know what kind of person I am.”
System: […Aren’t you afraid that if you appear on the variety show, Chi Qingning will do bad things behind your back, and your reputation will be even worse? Chi Qingzhou’s smile faded :
“You said bad things about my brother again. I have said it many times, my brother is a good boy, I will be really angry if you do this again.”
System No. 16594: [……]
It looked at Chi Qingzhou’s determined expression and finally collapsed.
[Chi Qingzhou, are you mentally ill? ! ! 】
Chi Qingzhou, is this child okay?
It’s absolutely ridiculous! !
What sin had it committed that it did not seriously reflect before choosing such a host???
How could he be a poor little thing that needed to be reborn and take revenge?
If only it could switch to a different plane, it would definitely change its target immediately!
System 16594 became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. The code started to become disordered, and the mechanical sound was so stuck that it sounded like it came from the ghost section of a video website.
Chi Qingzhou tilted his head again, his expression still as well-behaved and gentle, but his eyes were filled with a hint of teasing.
This thing that calls itself the Rebirth Revenge System is really interesting.
Three days ago, he was bound indiscriminately by this thing.
He was watering the flowers at the time when this thing suddenly penetrated into his soul and forced a contract upon him without even asking any questions.
It claims to have detected that the host is in a dangerous situation surrounded by scum, and as long as he is reborn, he can start the route of face-slapping and take back his stolen life.
Perhaps to stir up his anger, or perhaps to better seduce him, the system also played some fragments of his memories, expressing indignation that he had lived a miserable life in the past.
For the first time, Chi Qingzhou looked at his past from the perspective of an observer. The strong sense of novelty dispelled his idea of immediately pulling the system out of his soul.
He has read quite a few novels and has accounts with tens of thousands of yuan in spending at a certain website. He is very familiar with the existence and settings of this system.
But this was his first time encountering a living system, how could he not be curious?
Although it was a bit annoying that the system kept persuading him to be reborn, compared to the fun of studying the system, it was just a minor flaw.
However, what he didn’t expect was that the system actually felt this deeply, even to the point where its soul was slightly separated from his.
It’s really fun.
Chi Qingzhou couldn’t help but smile.
His handsome face became more and more harmless, even revealing a bit of naivety.
The system didn’t realize that it failed to truly read Chi Qingzhou’s thoughts. It thought that Chi Qingzhou was happy because it stopped saying bad things about Chi Qingning, and became even more angry and frustrated.
It has never seen such a self-degrading host.
Think about it. It has been in System Forum for many years and across countless planes. Which host would not be happily reborn immediately after being bound?
Only Chi Qingzhou, who had a miserable past and was unloved by both his biological and adoptive parents, insisted that they wanted just to toughen him up and that everything they did was for his own good, and he refused to be reborn.
If the host does not agree to be reborn, it will not be able to bypass the barrier of this world’s will, let alone reverse time.
Seeing that its mission could not be accomplished, how could it not collapse?
It wished it could just beat Chi Qingzhou to death.
The system stared at Chi Qingzhou’s cheerful expression for a while and sneered secretly.
Since Chi Qingzhou doesn’t know what’s best for him, don’t blame it for being unkind and unjust. Just issue a mandatory task directly.
If the task is not completed, the host will be punished with electric shock.
Quickly flipping through the task library, the system thought that it must choose a task that Chi Qingzhou could complete without rebirth.
The door hinges of the interview room creaked, and someone pushed the door open and walked in.
Chi Qingzhou tilted his head and saw a thin, tall young man walking towards him with a photographer. There was a hint of blue under his eyes, which made him look even colder and more impatient.
Their eyes met, and a hint of surprise flashed across the man’s eyes.
He had heard about Chi Qingzhou’s deeds before coming here, and he had a very bad impression of Chi Qingzhou.
He thought that with such a crazy mother, Chi Qingzhou would be a gloomy and depressed type, but he didn’t expect that he looked so well-behaved and gentle.
The man knew very well that there was no absolute connection between personality and appearance, but Chi Qingzhou’s appearance still shocked him.
He is so well-behaved, even a little naive.
Suppressing the subtle feeling in his heart, the man nodded at Chi Qingzhou and walked quickly to him.
“Hello, Teacher Xiao Chi, I am Qi Ming, the host of “Scenery Along the Way.”
Chi Qingzhou stood up and shook hands with Qi Ming. His eyes were clear, like ice water in summer.
“Hello, Teacher Qi. I’m not a teacher. You can just call me Xiaochi or Qingzhou.”
The cold temperature suddenly touched Qi Ming’s fingers. He shivered involuntarily and his face changed slightly.
He tried hard to keep his expression steady as his mind flashed through the strange things that had happened recently. He subconsciously touched the Buddhist beads on his wrist, then pretended to withdraw his hand naturally and sat down on the sofa opposite Chi Qingzhou.
“Then I’ll take the liberty of calling you Xiao Chi. You get ready, and we’ll record your solo interview in five minutes, okay?”
Chi Qingzhou glanced at his forced smile, his eyes moved around the black mist that almost covered his ( Qi Ming) entire body, and replied with a smile: “It’s up to Teacher Qi to decide, I have no problem with it.”
Qi Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The system looked stupidly at Qi Ming, who was covered in negative energy and resentment,and all the codes came to a standstill due to panic.
Isn’t this an ordinary modern technological plane?
Why is there a ghost behind that person?
Didn’t anyone tell it that there were supernatural elements here before it came? !
Footnotes:
- black and red are both shadesof red,: two things that seem different or opposing can actually be part of the same category or have a shared foundation. ↑
- Jimei: Jimei” (姐妹) is a Chinese term that translates to “sisters” in English. It can refer to actual biological sisters, but it’s also commonly used to describe close female friends who share a bond similar to that of sisters, often in a supportive or sisterly way. ↑