"You, you have to explain this clearly to me! What on earth is going on?" Ji Chengxuan was still struggling desperately, insisting that Yun Que'er give him an explanation.
For some reason, Yun Que'er suddenly felt a bit guilty under Ji Chengxuan's questioning. She stammered as she spoke.
"What... what's wrong? Am I wrong?"
"You're so silly!" Ji Chengxuan helplessly supported his forehead. "The system and the host are an inseparable whole. It's true that the host will be affected by the changes in the system, but it's not that exaggerated. I think the so - called whole - body organ failure and being on the verge of death is just the system temporarily going into hibernation. I would just hibernate too. Is it really necessary for you to do this? Even trying to repair my system..."
Yun Que'er stared at Ji Chengxuan with wide eyes, feeling that what he said was nonsense.
"Are you crazy? You yourself said that the system and the host are bound together. What if the system breaks down? Won't you die too? Is there something wrong with me trying to repair your system?!"
Ji Chengxuan suddenly had nothing to say. Actually, both of them made sense. It was nothing but a big gamble.
One was gambling that his system wouldn't completely crash, while the other was gambling that even if their system degenerated to its original, most useless state, they had to ensure this person's survival.
But on this matter, Ji Chengxuan didn't want to argue with Yun Que'er anymore. He agreed with what Yun Que'er said.
After a long while, Ji Chengxuan said in a low voice.
"Thank you."
"Huh?" Yun Que'er was a bit dazed.
Was this still the Ji Chengxuan who had just lectured her a whole bunch of things? And, he actually said thank you to her?
"My goodness, did you have a change of heart after being seriously ill?" Yun Que'er quickly reached out to touch Ji Chengxuan's forehead. His body temperature was normal; he wasn't running a fever.
But why did it feel like Ji Chengxuan was a bit different from before?
"You're really thanking me, right? Otherwise, say it one more time. I can't quite believe it!"
Ji Chengxuan snorted, rolled up in the quilt, and proudly showed Yun Que'er his back.
"I don't repeat good words."
"Hey, how can you be like this?" Yun Que'er poked Ji Chengxuan, but Ji Chengxuan still ignored her.
Yun Que'er sighed. "It's really hard to get you to say something nice to me. But it's okay now. We're the same. From now on, we'll just muddle through together."
Yun Que'er sat back on the small stool. All the commotion had ended smoothly, and Yun Que'er finally felt relieved.
At this time, Ji Chengxuan spoke softly again.
"I said, thank you."
This time, Yun Que'er heard it clearly. She grinned.
"You're welcome. It's all I should do."
Ji Chengxuan snorted. "But have you ever thought about another thing? If the matter of you prematurely initiating time travel before temporarily bound our two systems together, then you repairing my system means they're completely bound."
"What?" Yun Que'er was a bit dazed. "How can there be such a function? And because I repaired your system, we can't end time travel prematurely. Why do our systems have to be completely bound?"
Ji Chengxuan let out a long, long sigh. Sometimes he really suspected that there was something wrong with Yun Que'er's brain. But today, he not only suspected that there was something wrong with her brain but also thought that she was a careless person.
He turned his head and looked at Yun Que'er meaningfully. When Yun Que'er started to feel nervous, he finally spoke.
"Didn't you read the instruction manual that came with it at that time? Repairing someone else's system is equivalent to binding the two systems together. That means we now share one system."
Yun Que'er was completely shocked. "This... this... you're not kidding me, are you?"
"Absolutely. No deception," Ji Chengxuan said seriously.
Wow, this really opened Yun Que'er's eyes!
Yun Que'er always thought that the guiding lady had introduced everything clearly when she installed the system. Moreover, the system had a voice - based customer service. She could just ask it if she didn't understand something, so she didn't read the instruction manual.
Who would have thought that there were so many additional terms in the instruction manual? Sure enough, this system was a trap!
"Let's check quickly!" Yun Que'er quickly jumped up. "If we share one system function, won't the functions be reduced?"
Ji Chengxuan was also worried about this. So the two of them checked. Fortunately, this didn't happen.
They did share one system, but they only shared the same core program. They still had their own functions, except that from now on, their favorability points would be accumulated together.
"Do you think this is a blessing or a curse?" Yun Que'er said.
"I don't know." Ji Chengxuan shook his head.
But he was becoming more and more certain about another thing.
Yun Que'er was the fated partner for him.
But he couldn't tell Yun Que'er these things for now.
Ji Chengxuan stayed in the hospital for three days, and Yun Motan also stayed in bed at home for three days.
Fortunately, both of them recovered well and soon became no different from normal people.
After Ji Chengxuan was discharged from the hospital, he came specifically to visit Yun Motan. Yun Motan had mostly recovered. It was just that the wound on his forehead still needed a few more days to heal, but that didn't matter.
Yun Jianzhou was quick - tongued and told the story of how no one was willing to take Yun Motan to the hospital when he was seriously ill that day.
Yun Motan was silent for a long while after hearing this. He didn't say anything, but presumably he understood in his heart.
After Ji Chengxuan greeted Yun Motan, he went to find Yun Que'er. His first words were:
"You've been really idle these two days. Haven't you done any proper things?"
Sure enough, that mouthy Ji Chengxuan was back.
"Can't you talk properly?!" Yun Que'er got a bit anxious. "What do you mean I haven't done any proper things? Isn't it a proper thing for me to stay at home with my father every day?"
"Staying with your father isn't quite proper enough." Ji Chengxuan shook his head meaningfully. "Yun Que'er, don't you think there's a big problem with your father's injury this time?"
Reminded by Ji Chengxuan, Yun Que'er finally noticed something. These days, everyone had been busy taking care of Yun Motan and had forgotten many details. Only now did they remember.
Why did Yun Motan go to the back mountain for no reason that day?
Yun Motan had been away for a week. He must have been eager to get back home to see his children. Logically, he would have taken a direct route. How could he have detoured to such a far - away place on the way?
Yun Que'er got a bit anxious and quickly ran over to ask Yun Motan.
Yun Motan couldn't explain clearly either. He only said that he suddenly saw a lot of people running on the road that day, saying that there was a fire in the back mountain.
Yun Motan looked up and sure enough saw black smoke rising from the back mountain. He also heard someone in the crowd calling him and asking him to go help put out the fire.
Yun Motan was a kind - hearted person. And since he was riding a bicycle and thought he could move fast, he rushed over in a hurry.