I am weak and friendly

Chapter 362 [The Heart of the World Beats Again]

It was a bright and sunny morning, almost noon, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky outside the window.

The air conditioning in the ward was on full blast, and through the double-sealed windows, Tang Yiping could faintly hear the chirping of cicadas coming from outside.

Tang Yiping recalled that it seemed that the old man, Du Yuanshan, passed away on a morning like this.

He still remembers holding the old man's withered body in his arms.

Now, in the ward, a middle-aged man is crying in a low, suppressed voice, his head down and his face covered.

I don't know how long it's been.

On the other side of the world, in that cozy little home, there was no place for him to cry.

On this side of the world, facing the many things that need to be done for Du Yuanshan's funeral, he has no time to cry.

After delivering the cylinder to Tang Yiping, Du Yike felt as if he had let go of some burden and could finally cry.

Beside him, Brother Ban stood up, wanting to comfort Du Yike, but he didn't know how.

Although he is now middle-aged, as a middle-aged single man, there is still a generation gap between him and Du Yike, who is like a father and son.

He could only give Tang Yiping a look, hoping Tang Yiping would say something to comfort him.

However, what came to Tang Yiping's mind now were summer orange soda and cicada chirping, as well as a joke about cicada chirping that seemed to be related to a certain boy.

Oh my god, what am I thinking about at a time like this?!

Tang Yiping, you're such a jerk!
It must be because of those talents that I'm not such a cold-blooded and ruthless person. That's right, that's it!

But Tang Yiping is not Du Yuanshan himself, so he cannot empathize with him at this moment.

There is no such thing as true empathy in this world.

Fortunately, when men cry, they don't need comforting; you just need to let them cry it out quietly.

After a long while, Du Yike finally wiped away his tears and smiled sheepishly at Tang Yiping.

"Um, have some water... Please sit down, please sit down," said Brother Ban.

Du Yike sat down, his emotions calming down considerably.

“Sometimes, I can’t even remember how we had our disagreements.” Du Yike turned to look out the window, staring at a window of a building across the street. “When I think back on it, I always feel that the events of that time are very blurry. Sometimes I even wonder if it was all a dream or if it really happened.”

"I guess I've dreamed about this too many times."

Countless times, in the dead of night, I have been overwhelmed by immense regret and emptiness.

Then, when you wake up during the day, force yourself to be strong and not look back on your choices.

Over time, the line between reality and dreams seems to have blurred.

"Don't you ever feel that there are always things in this world that aren't what you want?" Du Yike asked. "Sometimes, when you look back, you don't understand why you made those choices, or why things turned out this way. What you pursue and what you get are always different, and you're powerless to turn back, unable to find your way back..."

Tang Yiping nodded firmly.

That's right, that's it.

【歧路】I give you a huge thumbs up.

You're also a victim of this "wrong path," brother.

No, uncle.

Hey, wait.

After this thought popped into his head, Tang Yiping vaguely felt that he had grasped something again.

He listened to Du Yike's rambling on and on while frowning and thinking.

Until he heard Du Yike mention his name again.

"Tang, if one day you need to make a choice, you must be careful and never make a choice that you will regret..." Du Yike said.

This was the only advice a person who had already learned from their mistakes would give to their juniors. "What a pity... unless you look back, who knows which choice was truly important?" Du Yike shook his head again.

"Tang, I won't disturb your rest any longer." Du Yike stood up. "I'm already very satisfied to have been able to see you."

"I think that old man would rather this thing be in your hands."

"I've told you all this nonsense, things I should have told that old man."

"I really want to tell him that in person!" he said.

"Uncle Du!" Tang Yiping called out to him. He opened his mouth to say something.

Uncle Du, I have a new guess about the truth between you and Grandpa Du. Would you like to hear it?
But he held back.

If Grandpa Du has already made his choice, and they have already made sacrifices, why should I try to bring it all back?

He said, "Thank you, thank you for everything you've done, Grandpa Du... He's very proud of you."

Du Yike's eyes widened suddenly.

His tears, which had already stopped, were suddenly interrupted by a torrential downpour.

After a long while, he wiped away his tears, nodded to Tang Yiping, and left without looking back.

Thank you, your battle is over, enjoy your life.

Then, Tang Yiping looked down at the cylinder in front of him.

Brother Ban pulled the table over from the hospital bed, then noticed some stains on it and put a sheet on top of it.

Then, Tang Yiping opened the cylinder and took out the contents.

Inside was a thick stack of rolled-up blueprints.

Once the blueprints were laid out, Tang Yiping couldn't take his eyes off them.

As an ordinary, soon-to-be sophomore coder who had not studied urban planning or architectural design, Tang Yiping should have been unable to understand it, but for him, it was as easy as eating and drinking.

"Can you understand it?" Ban asked, looking at the thin lines drawn with pencil and charcoal.

"can."

What is this painting?

"The city...the city on the other side."

How can someone draw the opposite city without ever having been there?
Is it possible for one person to possess such talent and gift?

But all of this was indeed laid out before Tang Yiping.

Tang Yiping looked through the blueprints one by one.

In fact, Tang Yiping is now able to obtain the map of the other world.

The importance of these maps has actually diminished.

When OIFU regained control of the entire Touchpoint Interconnection, it also regained control of all vending machines.

They even managed to regain control of the "monitoring booth" on the other side.

These "monitoring booths" scattered across the other side of the world not only contain detailed map information, but also show daily changes.

Therefore, Tang Yiping is now even able to monitor the negative entropy of the entire opposite world.

But when Tang Yiping turned to the last few pages, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

what is this?
How can this be?

Just as Tang Yiping saw this picture, another notification popped up:
—A heart that had stopped beating for countless years started beating again. Where did this heart come from?

Congratulations! Your [Stolen City Heart] has been upgraded to [Beating World Heart Again]

(End of this chapter)