In the empty classroom, Lin Zhi held Jiang Yan tightly in his arms.
In fact, they were together in every world.
The System had arranged for Lin Zhi to play various roles in each world: Jiang Yan's nominal brother, an idle rich second-generation livestreamer, her childhood friend who grew up with her...
At first, the roles assigned by the System were relatively friendly.
Later, realizing their close relationship would hinder the progress of tasks, it deliberately tried to distance them, setting up roles that were supposed to have cold relationships. This led to worlds where they were a kept college student and sugar daddy, or an elf and a human.
But they would still end up together, every single time.
Although his appearance would change, Jiang Yan could always find him; even though he had no memories, Jiang Yan had an instinctive attraction to him.
The System's plans failed miserably. Jiang Yan could still complete tasks while escaping its control.
Now in this world, it was probably the System's last desperate attempt, forcing Jiang Yan to sacrifice herself for Qin Zhen in the role of a vicious female supporting character.
However, the biggest variable was that Lin Zhi had unexpectedly awakened.
One day, as he was going about his routine of eating, sleeping, training, and resting, he suddenly remembered he had a lover.
He recalled how Jiang Yan had gone from being wary and probing to trusting him in previous worlds, how they had been together so many times, and he felt immensely happy.
She fell in love with me, he thought.
Lin Zhi didn't know why they were wandering through different worlds; he was transferred by the System to play roles in task worlds.
So even after awakening, he simply went about his business, waiting for Jiang Yan to find him—like every time before.
But this time, he miscalculated. He had grown from an eager young recruit into a listless youth with many titles, and Jiang Yan still hadn't come.
He couldn't wait any longer. He began searching for his love.
Every time he passed through crowds of people, he would subconsciously look for her. Of course, he never found her.
As time went on, Lin Zhi began to ask himself: Will she still come?
He didn't know, but he stubbornly continued searching.
Until today, when he finally reunited with his love.
After hearing his story, Jiang Yan felt a bit upset. She hadn't expected the System to go to such lengths. While she was comforting Jiang Youbai, Lin Zhi had been searching for her in a corner of the world, without any hope, doubting if the world was even real...
"Come here, let me hug you. Don't feel sad anymore," Jiang Yan comforted him.
Lin Zhi embraced her, his joy now overshadowing all the grey memories of the past.
Jiang Yan thought for a moment before telling Lin Zhi, "Actually, I was looking for you in this world too. But something unexpected happened. In this world, there are two other versions of you. I found them first and didn't know you were here too..."
"You don't need to feel sorry. I know it's not your fault. Can you tell me why we're like this?" Lin Zhi asked. He didn't like his fate being arranged by nameless entities in the dark.
Just as Jiang Yan was about to explain about the System, they suddenly heard the sound of running footsteps from outside, getting faster and closer—
The door was forcefully pushed open, stirring up thick dust.
Jiang Youbai stood in the doorway, still in the posture of pushing the door, already laughing coldly, "Jiang Yan, you've found another one, huh! You're capable of playing around now, but you'll be capable of bearing the consequences later. There will come a time when you'll cry!"
Jiang Yan and Lin Zhi's actions on the playground had been too conspicuous. Moreover, almost all the alphas in Jiang Youbai's class had signed up, and this major event quickly reached Jiang Youbai's ears.
The issue with Lu Yang hadn't been resolved yet, and now a combat class instructor had appeared. Jiang Youbai was truly impressed by his girlfriend—impressed to death.
