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On the other side, You Tianding sat in a casual tea room specifically for chatting.

Tea is a must-order upon being seated, starting at 28 yuan per pot. Normally, You Tianding would definitely complain about being ripped off, but now...

He glanced at the pre-made pastries he had taken from the Western restaurant and compared their prices, feeling that the tea house owner was more conscientious.

The phone vibrated again. You Tianding saw the cheers from [Night Pearl] and couldn't help but shake his head.

Considering the previous sentence where [Night Pearl] wondered who was secretly traveling behind her back, it's clear she didn't heed his earlier warning.

"She still doesn't intend to treat Jiu Chonglou and Ji Mo as leaders." You Tianding shook his head, not intending to impose his values ​​on her. "Perhaps this way of life is better for her."

With Chen Zhuzhu acting as a stimulant, the previously lifeless work group was temporarily revitalized, and the topic unconsciously shifted towards a travel sharing session.

【Night Pearl】: Are there really rooms where you can't leave without having sex?! Hmm, I have a feeling it'll end up being broken through the wall?

[White Moonlight]: Girl, you'll have to pay 1000 million for damaging the amusement park rides!

[Night-Shining Pearl]: So expensive?! Is this legal?!

[White Moonlight]: Only in this way will everyone stop forcibly leaving the room. It's a pity that some people are completely clueless and don't understand at all~

[A Sad Song]: If you need it, I can also artificially create this kind of room.

[White Moonlight]: Let's not talk about us, where did you guys go to play again?

She's trying to change the subject...

You Tianding thought about it and felt that it wouldn't be good for him to pretend to be invisible when everyone was chatting nonsense.

Perhaps it wouldn't be bad to occasionally learn from Chen Zhuzhu; it might even be helpful in getting the boss out of a tight spot.

[35-year-old Da Xi Wang]: I've been going on blind dates lately.

[Night-Shining Pearl]: ?

[White Moonlight]: ?

[A sad song]: ?

This series of question marks also left You Tianding puzzled.

Jiuchonglou is one thing, but Ji Mo is also questioning?

Was his answer strange?

[35-year-old Da Xi Wang]: Is blind dating a strange thing?

【Night Pearl】: I always feel that Uncle You is saving people everywhere when he is at work, but he can't rest on his days off and has to deal with blind dates. There is a very subtle difference.

[35-year-old Da Xi Wang]: As long as our extraordinary deeds remain unknown to the public, we will eventually live the life of an ordinary person, going to work, getting married, and having children.

You Tianding has a tendency to sweat easily. After typing this, he shook the sweat from his palms and added in his mind, "Only in this way will Mother feel at ease and think that everything is on the right track."

Even though he felt that blind dates were a meaningless waste of money.

You Tianding felt a pang of heartache whenever he thought about the cost of living in the places he discussed on each blind date.

Even after the negotiation fell apart and he packed up his order, he still received a questioning look from the woman.

When You Tianding saw Chen Zhuzhu say she was taking her parents on a trip, he regretted not using the money he had saved for the blind date meal to take his mother on a trip.

But when he thought of his mother's worried look in his eyes, and felt that he would definitely be rejected in the end, she would either tell him to buy something to please the girl or to save it in case something happens in the future.

To distract himself from the awkward feeling in his heart, You Tianding typed quickly.

[The 35-year-old King of the West]: Only in this way can we avoid becoming heretics in the eyes of our acquaintances.

[35-year-old Da Xi Wang]: In a few years, you will also face your parents' pressure to get married. What reason do you want to give to refuse?

You can't exactly say you're a superhuman with a long lifespan and no rush, can you?

You Tianding doesn't need to say certain things directly; he can trust that Chen Zhuzhu on the other side will understand.

As for the other two?

You Tianding suddenly felt a little guilty. He had forgotten that both leaders were orphans when he said this, and hoped that they would not think too much about it or blame him for reopening old wounds.

Just as he was lost in thought, he noticed a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

"here."

The visitor was about the same age as You Tianding and they were childhood friends.

Today's meeting was suggested by his childhood friend, and You Tianding agreed because he hadn't been in touch with people from his hometown for a long time.

"My goodness," his childhood friend exclaimed in a low voice, having also seen the tea price list when he arrived, "a pot of tea this expensive? Are they robbing us?"

My childhood friend was wearing a faded old jacket today, and his hair was all messy. In contrast, You Tianding's new outfit, which his mother had forced him to wear, really made him look like a nouveau riche who had suddenly won the lottery.

His childhood friend clearly noticed his unusually well-dressed appearance, his eyes lighting up instantly. His earlier complaints about the price vanished in a flash, and he leaned forward, lowering his voice with a hint of anticipation: "Is everything alright with Auntie?"

"Yes," You Tianding nodded, the slight discomfort he felt due to his clothing being mentioned lessened by the topic, "The surgery went smoothly, and he's recovering well."

"That's good, that's good!" The childhood friend nodded repeatedly, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief, but then an obvious look of difficulty appeared on his face. "Tianding, I... I came to you this time because my child is about to start high school, and I need to borrow some money to tide me over."

They can't even afford high school tuition; it seems they're really in trouble.

You Tianding thought it better to lend the money to his childhood friend than to use it for a blind date dinner: "How much do you still need?"

"Five...five thousand."

"Five thousand?" You Tianding paused, his hand holding the cup still, and looked up. "What kind of public school is so expensive?"

My childhood friend sighed, his wrinkles deepening. "Ugh, don't even mention it. The kid's not smart, his grades are terrible, he can't get into a public school. We can't just let him start working at such a young age, can we? We have to find a way to get him into high school, so... we found that private school..."

You Tianding's face darkened.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to lend the money, it's just that the reason... his childhood friend's child would most likely make the money go down the drain.

Seeing his pale face, his childhood friend rubbed his hands together, his tone pleading, even carrying a hint of subtle moral blackmail:

"Tian Ding, look, in our village, you're the most successful and accomplished. Why? It's because you were so bright back then and got into a good university! I... I had no choice. No matter how bad the child is, he has to get into high school first so he can even get a chance to go to university..."

"..."

You Tianding couldn't quite remember when his childhood friend left or what expression he had on his face.

"Given our past relationship, he must be very disappointed..." After everyone left, You Tianding's inner turmoil intensified, his features almost contorting into a grimace.

He was upset and subconsciously wanted to smoke a cigarette to calm down.

Just as he took out his cigarette case, he suddenly heard voices around him. The familiar tone was like a bucket of ice water poured over his head, making him freeze on the spot.

Without realizing it, the surroundings were no longer those of a teahouse, but rather a place he was more familiar with.

My childhood friend's home.

The childhood friend's tone was completely different from the pleading and humble plea that You Tianding had just heard; it was full of impatience and deep disgust.

"...Mom, stop worrying! Why should we pay for it? You Tianding has already run off with the money, leaving his mother alone in the hospital to die! Why should we pay for someone like that? Wouldn't it be better if we spent the money ourselves?"

The mother's voice was hesitant: "But I just went to see Tianding's mother, and the doctor said that if he has surgery now, his chances of survival are very high..."

"What's the use of saving her! Who will take care of her after the surgery? What about her follow-up treatment?" The childhood friend interrupted his mother, his tone resolute. "Anyway, he doesn't want his mother anymore, that's a fact! Mom, don't be confused! Otherwise, she'll definitely cling to our family after losing her son!"

You Tianding's fingers tightened suddenly around the cigarette case, but the surrounding scenery changed abruptly before he could even process his emotions.

It was still the same home, only the person talking to his childhood friend was now his wife.

"Where are we going to get so much money? If we delay any longer, it will be too late to register." The wife of her childhood friend sighed, then suddenly looked at her friend as if she remembered something, "Do you remember You Tianding? After his mother's surgery, she not only changed into a new set of clothes, but also replaced a lot of furniture in the house. He must have a lot of money."

The more she talked, the more convinced she became of it, and her tone became reproachful: "If you ask me, when his mother needed surgery and they couldn't raise the money, if you had just done something to help, even just a few hundred, wouldn't that be a favor done for us today? If we asked to borrow money, wouldn't he appreciate it? But you, you just stayed far away!"

His childhood friend waved his hand irritably, his voice muffled: "How was I supposed to know he'd come back! Given the situation, if I'd gone to him then, wouldn't my money have been wasted?"

The childhood friend and his wife kept shifting the blame and complaining.

You Tianding listened to all of this with a cold face, waited for the scene in front of him to dissipate, and then returned to the tea room.

He brought up his personal panel and, unsurprisingly, saw that the [Vision] icon on the status bar was dimming.

Before this, You Tianding had experienced similar situations several times, which he treated as watching short video recordings.

This time, You Tianding cannot be used as a segment in a short video.

"No wonder they say that excessive exposure to the Void Corruption will either cause your brain to explode or drive you insane..." You Tianding muttered to himself.

Just as he was wondering how to vent his anger, his phone screen lit up.

While You Tianding was chatting with his childhood friend, the group chat went silent for a short time before becoming active again.

This is thanks to Jiu Chonglou's words.

[White Moonlight]: They're all extraordinary beings, so why do they still have to live the life of ordinary people?

[White Moonlight]: If you're struggling with the issue of marriage and having children, there are plenty of ways to resolve it.

【White Moonlight】: Cognitive manipulation, puppetry, or even finding a ghost story to get free stuff can solve the problem.

[White Moonlight]: Don't say things that are disrespectful to the person involved. You need to figure out whether you are willing to follow the life of an ordinary person because you want to live comfortably or because you want not to disrupt the normal lives of acquaintances.

[White Moonlight]: If you are the former, and you think the supernatural circle is too chaotic and the ordinary people's circle is your comfort zone, what's wrong with changing your perception to make yourself more comfortable? You're not changing other people's perception to the level of the male protagonist in Saya no Uta. In the future, the other person won't have to worry about your marriage. It's a win-win situation.

[White Moonlight]: If you are the latter... I think it's common sense that leveling up too fast, not having enough time to temper one's character, and being prone to acting impulsively and causing great disaster.

[White Moonlight]: Always suppressing yourself, are you really not afraid of developing inner demons? What if you suddenly wake up one day and find yourself standing in a pool of blood? Compared to changing your perception, this is what truly disrupts the lives of acquaintances.

[White Moonlight]: Why aren't you saying anything? Fine, I'll assume you're just like Old Man Ji, unable to bring yourself to do it.

[A sad song]: ?

【White Moonlight】: Go play somewhere else.

[White Moonlight]: Since you care so much about other people's opinions, and you don't want to solve problems by deceiving others, then deceiving yourself is fine, right?

[White Moonlight]: Come here, come to the show right now, and I will personally tamper with your perceptions, making you think that you have a system that grants you many children and many blessings or a system that returns ten times your property in divorce, guaranteeing that your desire to get married will be high.

[White Moonlight]: People are alive, problems are dead. Think more, and there will always be a way to solve them.

[White Moonlight]: Unless you don't want to solve it at all.

You Tianding quickly read through the text, then flipped back to where Jiu Chonglou had first spoken, and read it back and forth several times.

He lit a cigarette for himself.

"No smoking here!" someone shouted.

You Tianding glanced at the other party and used his newly learned illusion technique.

In that person's eyes, he had obediently followed the advice, put out his cigarette, and sat back down.

You Tianding: "..."

He took deep drags on his cigarette, remaining silent.