I turned reality into a romantic comedy

"Then why cancel that summer trip?"

Even though nearly two months had passed, Zhu Wenyun still couldn't express the complex thoughts that had arisen in her heart back then in concrete words when faced with Chen Junqian's question, which seemed to bring up old matters again. Just like her latest chapter, which had changed readers' opinions drastically during those two months of serialization and dropped out of the top three in the voting rankings.

"If we could only have one summer trip together, I would prefer it to be the year I finish my senior year of high school at eighteen."

Well, here comes another irrelevant and baffling answer.

Even for Chen Junqian, who frequently interacted with Zhu Wenyun, it was impossible to understand the thoughts of this incredibly rich and literary young woman at every moment. So, for now, he could only offer his comments objectively:

"But no one has stipulated that the two of us can only have one summer trip. You're overthinking it."

"Because some things are truly unpredictable. It's only much later that you realize you've done that thing for the last time and seen that person for the last time."

Hearing this, Chen Junqian thought that Zhu Wenyun had also been infected with the Yoyo virus at some point, but the next second he heard her speak again:

"For example, the fact that we two are not even in the same school now."

"No, no, no, this was to be expected, since the school district rezoning will put your house in the Jinzhong area."

"...But this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't moved."

"So you really do care about someone being in Tsunaka, huh?"

"if not?"

For the first time, Zhu Wenyun showed a terrible side of her personality to Chen Junqian. Even in the new junior high school, she still had the habit of running to the corridor after class to squat and observe the girls. She just stared at the blank paper in front of her, as if she was gazing at the existence on the other side of the mountain with a livid face, which gave her fantasy a zero score.

But just like when he faced Xu Youwei and Lin Mu at school, Chen Junqian once again came up with the solution of clubs. It can only be said that if these girls are not given something to do, they are indeed capable of causing trouble. Even the usually quiet Mu Mu is almost corrupting Xu Youwei.

"Clubs? Can students from other schools join?"

"Anyway, I'll be the minister then, so just tell me if you're willing to participate or not."

By forcefully seizing control of the conversation, Chen Junqian extended his invitation to the other party.

"……Come."

Zhu Wenyun really had no reason to refuse, after all, Lin Mu and Xu Youwei had already joined. However, she subconsciously thought that this was just another copy of a study group.

Even so, it's definitely worth participating.

Because she was also afraid, afraid that the relationship between the two of them would be like that described in so many melodramatic coming-of-age stories in magazines, where they would gradually lose contact after childhood and eventually miss each other.

Of course, this is also impossible.

Because in Chen Junqian's own club plan, Zhu Wenyun is indeed an indispensable and important figure, and the most important chief writer position must be her.

Even after being reborn for more than three years, Chen Junqian still hasn't figured out what career he wants to pursue in the future.

But one thing is certain.

He should... definitely never go back to working with words.

The achievement titled "[The Battleground is in Progress]" is also flashing a faint, bloodthirsty light today. Standing from God's perspective, it has once again noticed another domino in the chain, and it is still waiting for the day when everything is overthrown.

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On the first weekend after the start of the new school year in September, Chen Junqian had two main things to do.

One of them is the production accident that was originally scheduled to happen tonight in the third workshop of the wear-resistant factory, which would change his entire fate in his previous life.

Frankly speaking, since he wasn't present in his previous life and was quite young, the adults naturally tended to gloss over the accident itself. However, judging from the casualties at the time and the fragmented marks of injury that Chen Junqian himself could still see after his parents were dressed and made up before cremation, it was likely that an employee made a mistake while operating a large machine and was accidentally caught in the accident. His parents were the victims of the accident, since both of them were long-time employees in the factory, and the former was the workshop director. They wouldn't usually operate the machines themselves.

The factory's announcement afterwards also mentioned other issues such as the machine's inherent aging problems and inadequate safety measures. The machine was at considerable risk at that time, or it was likely to reach its carrying capacity limit that night. So even though his parents were no longer at their posts in the workshop, there was a high probability that other victims would appear. This was the key reason why Chen Junqian chose to do this.

As for why he didn't inform the factory beforehand, it can only be said that before the specific incident actually occurred, the words of a kid like him who had never been to the workshop even once didn't carry much weight. Moreover, according to the accident investigation results, the employees at the time also had improper operation, and the combination of the two led to the accident. Therefore, in Chen Junqian's plan, there was still a small probability that the machine would malfunction tonight but no one would be hurt, and it would just be the same as before, where people would report the problem for repair.

If that's the case, then it's definitely the best.

Since the verification wouldn't be available until the evening, Chen Junqian held onto this thought or wish in a relatively relaxed manner while starting to deal with the second thing he needed to do that day, which was to buy a bicycle as promised to Xu Youwei.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, he often went grocery shopping with any of the three girls, but they bought different things. However, in the past year or so, he did go grocery shopping the most with Xu Youwei, since the two of them had to prepare for the end of the world.

When December 21, 2012, actually arrived, and before the rumors of the end of the world were truly proven false, the two of them would tacitly continue playing this role-playing game that they had been playing for almost two years.

"Qinqin, good afternoon—"

When it came to buying bicycles with Chen Junqian, Xu Youwei had completely shaken off the gloom she felt at school. She had transformed back into the energetic girl she knew best, the one who would take her all over the city after elementary school. As soon as she met Chen Junqian, she greeted him with great enthusiasm and then jogged over to stand beside him.

"Where to? Where to?"

"Let's find a brand's exclusive store. After all, we'll be using it for at least three years, so I feel like we should buy a sturdy one with good quality. Anyway, the budget my mom gave us is definitely enough."

"Yes, and please bring a seat!"

"Of course, let's go."

"By the way, I heard that if you ride a tricycle a lot, you might find it a bit difficult to learn to ride a bicycle. Is that true?"

"There will definitely be a little bit, since the two have different balance methods. But I'm pretty good at riding a bicycle. I can take you after I buy it today, believe it or not?"

"I believe you. As long as Qinqin dares to take me, I will definitely ride with her. When you were riding your tricycle around the countryside, I just rode with you. What's there to be afraid of?"

Speaking of this, Xu Youwei herself fell into thinking about a certain issue.

"But should I sit straddling or sideways later?"

"So that's what you were worried about?"

"Yes, because sitting straddling someone makes you look like a little kid. But the advantage is that I can hug Qinqin's waist from behind. Sitting sideways is a bit dangerous, but it makes me look more like an adult, and it looks better in photos."

"If it were today, I think Youyou should sit sideways."

"why?"

Faced with Xu Youwei's question, Chen Junqian did not answer immediately. Instead, he reached out and held the girl's shoulders, and with a little force, turned her around. Her pale yellow skirt fluttered playfully in the wind with this movement.

"Because Youyou wore a very pretty dress today."

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Chapter Six: What You Know and What You Don't Know (Two Chapters)

The time in Gu Linguo's family is always out of sync. Although the three people live under the same roof, it is as if they live in different time zones on opposite sides of the ocean, especially for her father and mother.

However, it was only much later that Gu Lingguo realized that even without the time discrepancy, the two adults were intentionally avoiding each other.

While Father ate, Mother went to do other things.

She would only start eating after he left the table, and she always insisted on sitting at the opposite end of the table, as if she didn't want to sit in the chair her husband had just sat in.

He was on the balcony, and she was inside the house; he was inside the house, and she went up to the balcony. It was as if the two of them were enormous creatures far beyond what Gu Lingguo could observe. Whenever they stood together, their limbs would bump into each other uncomfortably, and there wasn't enough air above their heads for the two of them to share.

Even so, the two of them still lived under the same roof as husband and wife, forming a family of three together.

In fact, Gu Lingguo hadn't seen the two of them argue or quarrel for a long time. Just as she had described before, the result of such a thing would always be that both of them would forget what they were arguing about in the first place. Every time, her mother would treat her the same way, falling into the kind of situation where she would never apologize or speak, and would only watch the other person suffer to torment herself and the other person, dragging the situation into an unsolvable dead end.

Without a doubt, the statement "The only places you can cry are the bathroom and your father's arms" is a complete fallacy for Gu Linguo.

If we apply this to her family situation, it should be that 'the only place for Dad to cry is the bathroom.'

Even Gu Lingguo herself couldn't remember when it was, but she had heard her father's voice there once when she got up in the middle of the night.

It was the low, hoarse, quiet, and weary cry of a middle-aged man.

Therefore, from this perspective alone, the family's share of tears should have been used up by the two adults long ago. With no tears to store, no place to cry, and no reason to cry, Gu Lingguo has lost the ability, or rather, the right, to cry.

However, starting this month, Gu Linguo sensed something was amiss.

Because the two of them started having unnecessary contact again, like masochists who know the outcome will be the same but still rush headlong into it.

To be frank, the cause of the incident is related to her.

After all, she was the only one in this family who could create a slight connection between the two of them. Just like in the promotional pictures of a family of three, the parents always hold the child's hand on one side. Gu Linguo was very suspicious that if the child in the middle and herself were removed, would they continue to hold hands or simply part ways?

Just as Gu Linguo had anticipated, her mother would certainly not hesitate to give her a big credit for Chen Junqian's sudden appearance.

In fact, sometimes even Gu Lingguo herself couldn't understand the other person's thought process.

If her grades improve, it's because the tutoring class she attended worked, the money she spent worked, and she herself worked.

If her grades decline, then all the intermediate steps are omitted, and ultimately it becomes Gu Lingguo's own problem.

Gu Lingguo thought about it for a long time and felt that she should have gotten full marks in every subject from the very first exam since she started school, and become a genius who was born with knowledge. Maybe then the other party would be willing to share some of the credit with her.

However, after celebrating her birthday a few times, Gu Lingguo felt that even if that were the case, her mother would probably just openly attribute the reason to her excellent genes.

Of course, the mother probably doesn't know anything about genes. She would probably still say, "A child is a piece of flesh that fell from the mother's body after ten months of pregnancy," so the credit for the flesh naturally goes to the mother.

Okay, let's get back to the topic. The beginning of each school year is a time for Gu Lingguo's mother to mobilize everyone, especially for her daughter who has made progress in the last semester's final exams. On the one hand, the middle-aged woman highly praised her daughter for not forgetting to study during the summer vacation and for frequently holding study sessions with Chen Junqian. On the other hand, she naturally hoped that her daughter could continue to work hard to achieve even better results in the next school year, while also acknowledging her own role in the process.

But it was at this moment that the father, who had never spoken before at such a time, spoke for the first time:

"Don't put too much pressure on your child, take it slow."

To be honest, even Gu Lingguo herself was a little surprised that her father would suddenly say such things. For a moment, she even wondered if he had gained some confidence or found a way to deal with her mother.

But she was soon disappointed again, because the other party was still helpless against her mother's usual tricks.

However, this is a classic scene in their family. Over the past few years, this father and daughter have become accustomed to their wives/mothers skipping the crying and tantrums stage and threatening to hang themselves. So what does that last sentence mean?

Much later, Gu Linguo heard her father's last words before he left:

"Guoguo, Daddy has gone to work."

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If there were a second person besides his mother who could bring Chen Junqian into the wear-resistant factory, it would undoubtedly be the girl sitting sideways on the back of his bicycle right now.

It's not that all the employees in the huge wear-resistant factory knew that the other person was the chairman's daughter. It's just that for a long time in the past, Xu Youwei, who was unwilling to go home alone, would often linger here until she went home with her father. So, the gatekeepers and security guards in various places basically knew her, and it was no problem for her to bring Chen Junqian in by showing her face.

Returning here after nearly a year, Chen Junqian did indeed have a strong urge to visit the old house where he had lived for twelve years. However, since he himself did not know the exact time of the accident, he thought it would be better to go to the scene of the accident and keep an eye on it first.

Xu Youwei was a little surprised that Chen Junqian wanted to go to the production workshop, but she didn't pay much attention to it. It seemed that some boys were indeed interested in such a huge, rumbling machine. Moreover, it was common for employees who worked the night shift to bring their children, who were worried about being home alone, to come in. After all, the factory's machines were in continuous production 24 hours a day, and every shutdown would be a huge loss.

Why did Qinqin want to come here?

"Because my dad worked in this workshop before he was transferred to Tangshan, and I need to write an essay about my father recently, so I wanted to come and see his previous work environment."

Faced with Xu Youwei's question, Chen Junqian simply made up an excuse to brush it off, his full attention still focused on the several production lines in front of him, trying to find the one that was most likely to have an accident tonight.

To be honest, this was probably one of the most tense moments for Chen Junqian since his rebirth. After all, the system's "versatility" didn't include workshop safety and production knowledge. The machines in front of him were completely unfamiliar to him. He couldn't figure out where the problem was, nor did he know how to solve it.

Little by little, I dug out the useful information from the memory I least wanted to recall, trying hard to remember the conversations between the blurry figures and faces swaying under my parents' portraits, and the factory's subsequent investigation report and results announcement.

"Nearby employees did not press the emergency stop button immediately... The crusher's protective cover interlock device failed to be repaired in time, causing it to malfunction... To save time, they chose to manually remove the material stuck at the crusher's outlet..."

Emergency stop button.

Even though he was accompanied by the factory's "young lady," Chen Junqian didn't ask her anything because she seemed to be visiting such a place for the first time. Instead, he went over and asked another employee who was passing by.

As it turned out, the other person seemed to think he was young and assumed he was going to press the wrong buttons randomly, so they just laughed it off. It just goes to show that there are too many kids who randomly press things like fire alarm buttons in public places, which left Chen Junqian feeling a bit helpless.

Fortunately, after wandering around for a while, Chen Junqian ran into a coworker who was familiar with his father. He successfully got the information he wanted from the coworker and also found out where the crusher production line was located. Then he dragged Xu Youwei, who still didn't understand what he was doing, over there.

Around 8:15 p.m. that evening.

Gu Yong, who had been working six consecutive night shifts since the beginning of this week, was forcing himself to continue working on the production line. The high intensity of repetitive work and his tired mind caused his judgment and reaction ability to decline significantly. As a result, when the machine in front of him jammed, he did not follow the procedure to stop the machine, but instead opened the protective cover directly.

If the machine's protective cover interlock device were operating normally at this time, then such behavior would only be an improper production practice aimed at saving time. However, at this point in time, the interlock device, which had reached a certain limit, had stopped working and could not automatically trigger the safety function of opening the door and cutting off the power.

At the same time, the machine is not equipped with a second infrared emergency stop system, so it cannot automatically stop when a human body is detected approaching.

That's why, when the tired middle-aged man naturally reached halfway in and put his right hand into the innermost part of the machine, the blade inside was still spinning at a super high speed.

Each production line in the workshop continued to perform its duties, and no employee noticed the accident.

But Chen Junqian was clearly not among them.

"Pull your body out!"

Almost instantly, the sound erupted at a volume several times louder than during the stampede two years ago. Chen Junqian's shout almost startled Xu Youwei, who was standing next to him, and she quickly followed his gaze.

Just as he spoke to stop him, Chen Junqian's finger swiftly and decisively pressed the emergency stop button next to him. In that instant, all the machines on the entire production line shut down, the conveyor belts slowly came to a stop, and all the employees in other sections looked up in astonishment, wanting to see what had happened.

Gu Yong, who was half inside the crusher, was now fully awake, and a cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

At this moment, the sharp blade had already left two bloody scratches on his forearm and palm. If he hadn't instinctively pulled back after that shout, and if the rotating blade inside hadn't stopped instantly, he didn't dare to think about what would have happened next. He collapsed to the ground almost completely exhausted, his bright yellow safety helmet also bearing several glaring white marks.

"what happened?"

"What's going on over there?"

"problem occurs?"