Chapter 100 Chapter 100 (2/2)
The quiet car, the noisy city. It reminded Ji Yushi that he was finally back.
Song Qinglan: “It was Teacher Ji. He wanted to ask how you were and was reassured when he heard that you’re with me.”
Ji Yushi maintained the same position as when he was asleep, “So he wouldn’t be reassured if I wasn’t with you?”
The lights turned green.
Song Qinglan let go of Ji Yushi’s hand and moved his hand back onto the steering wheel, “Who said that? I think you’re quite relaxed, to even fall asleep so courageously. Not afraid that I would do something to you?”
“Will you?” Ji Yushi blinked a few times, “You have been secretly watching me for so long, but I’ve never seen you take action.”
He was talking about the things Song Qinglan did after he left the world in 1439.
After returning to Ouroboros, the two had constantly been rushing around. In order to make the cycles overlap, they had to appear again and again before each other before the paradox occurred and they didn’t have any time to talk about these things.
Those cycles, those intricate connections that existed before the two even knew about it, had given them something that felt like a destined fate.
Ji Yushi said, “The pervert I mentioned staring at me at the bar, that was you, wasn’t it?”
Song Qinglan’s long and slender fingers tapped at the wheel. From Ji Yushi’s perspective, he could only see his firm jawline. He heard him chuckle, “Damn, you even remember that? I sat there for many days and only saw you once.”
Song Qinglan had been following Ji Yushi for a long time.
At that time, Ji Yushi was twenty years old, still a university student who liked to go around alone.
But perhaps it was because his attitude towards his sexual orientation was too calm or perhaps because his social circle was lacking, he thought of going to a gay bar to see what people of the same sexual orientation were doing.
That night, the theme was a masquerade party, so they all wore masks.
Ji Yushi sat in the corner, ordered a glass of wine and rejected three men who came over to strike up a conversation, before leaving the bar having gained nothing.
Song Qinglan stood on the other side of the dance floor for a long time.
Through the crowd of people dancing and partying, he greedily watched Ji Yushi for over forty minutes.
That was also the longest time he was able to see Ji Yushi during his traverses. Who would have thought that he was the ‘pervert’ in Ji Yushi’s memory?
Ji Yushi quickly choked up. He forced the dampness in his eyes back, “Because I only went there once. Are you stupid?”
“I am.” Song Qinglan found it funny. He looked back at him and said meaningfully, “When I went back, I was caught by your father.”
This was also a topic the two hadn’t spoken about.
Ji Yushi was already awake, and the way back was still long. Song Qinglan very simply explained to him everything that happened after Sheng Yun appeared.
He spoke of the prototype of the so-called ‘Tianqiong of all eras’. When he spoke about when Sheng Yun said that Ji Yushi’s death wasn’t the final ending, Ji Yushi sat up.
He adjusted the seat, drank some water to clear his mind and thought over those words for a while, “That time and space hijack…..could it have been what we originally thought it was?”
First the seventh squad was hijacked.
Then, in order to rewrite Ji Yushi’s fate, they once again returned to the moment they were hijacked.
Which came first and which came later?
Song Qinglan had also thought about this question before. Ji Yushi’s reaction was something he had expected. He said to Ji Yushi, “A circle going around another circle. A perfect coincidence.”
“No.” Ji Yushi shook his head, “This is not a coincidence, nor did it happen in accordance to the developments.”
Song Qinglan, “What do you mean?”
“We thought that under the operation of the parent system, there would be no distinction between cause and effect, before and after. A sequence of events could be considered as everything happening at the same time.” Ji Yushi explained, “In fact, have you ever thought that it was in fact manipulating us to perfect this cause-and-effect relationship? It needed a starting point and also needed a closed cycle, or it would be unable to remain consistent.”
Song Qinglan followed his thoughts and frowned slightly, “You mean, your death in 1439 was probably also an originally planned event?”
“Yes. My death was the reason behind his motivation to delve deeply into developing a time anchor.” Ji Yushi said, “If I am not wrong, perhaps this was the reason why we could survive in the Super S-level missions. Without a time anchor, completing missions like Ouroboros would be impossible with just us.”
Song Qinglan’s eyebrows were deeply furrowed, “Then Sheng Yun knew…..”
His tone suddenly became colder. The anger contained in it was very obvious.
Ji Yushi grabbed his arm and slowly spoke, “I can understand why he did it.”
It was another red light.
Song Qinglan pushed down on the brakes and turned on the automatic driving mode.
He turned and touched Ji Yushi’s face. He seemed to be almost heartbroken, “He is your father! His most basic responsibility as a father is to care for you and protect you as you grow up, not to make sacrifices for the sake of the world or for the big picture. You are not his pawn! He can’t be regarded as a great man, he’s a madman!”
Ji Yushi said, “If it was me, I might’ve done the same.”
Song Qinglan’s eyes contained even more anger. He gritted his teeth, “I won’t——”
“From the moment humanity came into contact with the secret of time, regardless of whether or not they wanted to, they had already become deeply involved.” Ji Yushi said, “In a broad sense, he was also a chess piece. All his choices and everything he did was predetermined.”
People who engage in science are all madmen.
Those who try to control time were all madmen. Those who try to correct it were also all madmen.
Ji Yushi would always have clearest thought process. He rubbed his face against Song Qinglan’s hand, “Looking at it from another angle, he had rewritten everything.”
That was why a larger time anchor was set up.
This was a blessing amidst all the misfortunes. It was the best a father who had no other choice could do for his child.
Song Qinglan lowered his head. He pressed his forehead against Ji Yushi’s forehead.
At this moment, he hated Sheng Yun and he also hated Ji Yushi’s calmness. He would rather Ji Yushi cry and be upset than hear him make such a rational analysis.
But it was precisely this calmness of Ji Yushi’s that made him so hopelessly attracted. This was the true Ji Yushi.
Song Qinglan was lost for words.
Ji Yushi said, “You can think of it from another angle.”
Song Qinglan snorted coldly.
Ji Yushi just continued, “Think about it. If it weren’t for these things happening, how could I have cats?”
Song Qinglan, “………”
He also made three love rivals.
Ji Yushi kissed the tip of his nose and spoke solemly, “Song Qinglan, thank you for sending the cats to my seventeen-year-old self.”
He stretched out his arms and wrapped it around Song Qinglan’s neck, “Having seen my seventeen-year-old self, what were your thoughts?”
It sounded almost coquettish.
Or to be more accurate, it was a form of temptation.
Song Qinglan knew that Ji Yushi was secretly changing the topic.
But at this moment, he couldn’t help but fall for it. His throat bobbed, “Thoughts?”
In the rainstorm, he actually didn’t see the other person clearly, but he didn’t mention it.
Song Qinglan almost couldn’t hold himself back. All the trials he had experienced in his entire life had not been as difficult as that moment when the seventeen-year-old Ji Yushi called out to him.
He grumbled, “I fucking almost died holding back.”
There was a lot of space in the car.
But at this distance, their lips were almost touching.
They could feel the heat from each other’s breaths.
The moment they were about to touch, Ji Yushi retreated back and asked, “So, Cap Song who lets Ji Minyue feel reassured, where are you taking me now?”
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Anyway, is the uncensored version which I managed to dig out huehuehue.