The weather was fine the next day, and the spring breeze blew through the rose vines, creating layers of green waves.
The rose petals were dotted with morning dew, and drooped down under the weight, dripping onto the nose of the dog that came over to sniff.
Its servant then helped it cut the rose it had chosen and put it in the wicker basket it was holding in its mouth.
Bright roses were piled up one by one, filling up the basket one bunch after another. Yuanzi returned to the villa with a full load, wagging his tail.
However, this time it did not cling to Lu Shizhen who was preparing breakfast in the restaurant as madly as in the past. Instead, it was very attentive to Xu Shiyue who was about to come down from upstairs, and it was impossible to stop it.
"Why did you pick so many roses?" Xu Shiyue looked at Yuanzi standing in front of her with the basket in her mouth enthusiastically, and picked up one at random.
"I don't know. Today, Yuanzi seemed to like these roses very much. He dragged me to the flower garden early in the morning. At first, I didn't know what he meant. Later, when I saw him using his paws to pull at the flower stems like a servant in the greenhouse, I realized that he wanted these flowers." The servant who was responsible for taking care of Yuanzi smiled and rubbed Yuanzi's head. "He is a very smart puppy."
"Yes." Xu Shiyue lowered her eyes and glanced at Yuanzi, her eyes slightly curved into a smile, "Are you going to give it to Qiuqiu?"
"Woof!" Yuanzi still held the basket in his mouth. His voice was vague, but somehow seemed a little anxious.
The tail that was originally wagging easily became more and more frequent. It looked like it wanted to signal something to Xu Shiyue, but it was so anxious that it didn't know how to express it.
Xu Shiyue half-lowered his eyes, and the smile at the corner of his eyes changed slightly.
The bright sunlight flowed down the stairs and filled every corner of the first floor of the villa. Not far away, Lu Shizhen and Aunt Sun were setting up breakfast in the restaurant, and they looked very harmonious.
Xu Shiyue held the roses in one hand and rubbed Yuanzi's head with the other hand, saying: "Good boy, I accept this bouquet of roses. Give the rest to Qiuqiu, she will like it."
"Woof." Yuanzi whimpered, her dark eyes showing confusion as she couldn't understand the complicated words.
But as Xu Shiyue's guide dog, it still unconditionally trusts and obeys Xu Shiyue's words.
So the man and the dog went downstairs side by side, one carried a basket of flowers and walked towards the pet room, and the other walked towards the restaurant.
"I thought you would not wake up until very late today after finishing your work." Lu Shizhen said as he considerately served breakfast to Xu Shiyue.
"I'm used to it." Xu Shiyue replied calmly, "Thank you."
Just before going to bed last night, Xu Shiyue received a call saying that there was a problem with a project and she needed to handle it remotely.
It was already early morning when she finished. Thinking that Lu Shizhen was already asleep, she did not disturb her but returned to her room.
"Why are we still saying thank you to each other?" Lu Shizhen was very dissatisfied with Xu Shiyue's polite behavior. He pursed his lips and said, "Actually, you can be a little lazy."
"Maybe there will be a chance in the future." Xu Shiyue said and put the rose in her hand aside.
After breakfast was ready, Aunt Sun left tactfully.
They were the only two people left in the restaurant. However, they were alone for only a few seconds before a connection request came from the main system.
The white ball of light gradually expanded under the sunlight, occupying the entire restaurant bar.
Although she was just a ball that looked emotionless, her voice contained human emotions: "I'm very sorry, Miss Xu. I wasted some time last night and just finished the algorithm. Please put your watch on the table."
Xu Shiyue took off his watch slowly and asked the main system: "What happened?"
The white tentacles slowly stretched out and wrapped around the watch on the table.
As the main system was working, it said, "The Lord God has noticed my betrayal. When I returned from meeting you yesterday, I found that she had disconnected from me, and the God was gone with her."
"She erased all traces of herself in the system, as well as all signals, as if she had exiled herself."
Xu Shiyue frowned slightly as she listened: "Why would your system judge her behavior like this?"
"Missing." The main system said, "If the main god is missing for too long, the main system has the right to determine that she is unable to continue to preside over the world, and will replace her."
"If this is the case, can your Lord God still survive?" Xu Shiyue asked.
"Theoretically, it is not possible." The main system said, "According to the rule of one thing growing while the other shrinks, the main god will die in the wilderness, and the gods who protect her will also disappear with her."
After hearing this answer, Xu Shiyue smiled: "Do you think she is so stupid?"
The Lord God knows much more than the Main System. She cannot be unaware of this. The Main System certainly does not think that her Lord God would be so stupid: "It's just that I don't understand. According to the Lord God's personality and her abilities, after she discovered my betrayal, she should have destroyed me and even this world, instead of messing up more than half of the world and then disappearing..."
"Why does it feel like a child throwing a tantrum?"
Before the main system could further express its doubts, Lu Shizhen suddenly interrupted.
She held her chin up and said to Yiren Yitong thoughtfully: "Do you think there is a possibility that the Lord God simply does not want to conflict with us and wants the main system to return to her side?"
The main system was puzzled: "Host, what do you mean by this?"
"I think you understand better than me. You have been together for more than 30 million years. She must care about you, even though she is a paranoid child." Lu Shizhen rubbed his hands, his tone a little too relaxed, "Children are like this, aren't they? They deliberately make some noise to attract the attention of adults. As long as the adults are willing to focus their attention on her again, she will be obedient again, right?"
Having said this, Lu Shizhen paused.
She looked up at Xu Shiyue and the main system, and the fork in her hand casually and slightly stabbed the small cake in front of her, "... Do you think you can give her a chance?"
As soon as the words fell, the restaurant shrouded in sunlight suddenly became quiet.
It was eerily quiet.
The rose on the table was picked up, and its heavy petals hung on the person's fingertips.
Xu Shiyue did not comment on this sentence. The main system paused and asked: "Do you mean to give the Lord God another chance?"
"It depends on your opinions. I just said that casually." Lu Shizhen also felt that his imagination just now seemed to be a bit too wild. He spread his hands and tried to use a smile to ease the awkward atmosphere he created. "The main thing is that I think as long as you teach her carefully in the future, and with Xu Shiyue and me, the two bugs that can really destroy her if she doesn't obey, she will be restrained and will definitely not act recklessly like before."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Shizhen turned his gaze to the main system and asked like throwing out a fishhook: "Right?"
"indeed."
How is it possible to say that we have no compassion? Emotions always guide us to think about important people and things in a positive direction.
The main system took the bait, and the transparent white body ran the algorithm program according to the assumption made by Lu Shizhen: "Just as many things have constraints in their operation, so do people. As the saying goes, a piece of wood will be straight if it is tied to a rope..."
The sunlight poured down, and the rose slowly turned in this beam of light.
The soft fingertips pressed against the sharp thorns, suppressing a trace of white blood. Xu Shiyue hadn't said a word the whole time, just sitting there with half-closed eyes, listening silently.
The brief discussion did not produce any results, and the system had not yet been completely cleaned up. After another reminder sounded, the main system said goodbye to the two and went back to clean up the mess that the main god had deliberately left for her before disappearing.
Summer is coming, and the sunlight is getting warmer and brighter day by day.
After breakfast, Xu Shiyue went for a walk in the yard at Lu Shizhen's invitation.
The breeze blew across her face, gently wrapping her, and then Lu Shizhen's voice rang out: "Shiyue, what are you thinking about? You haven't said much since just now."
"What else could it be? It's just the Lord God's business." Xu Shiyue said calmly and stopped by the swimming pool.
"Are you worried that the Lord God will suddenly appear in our world and do something to you and me?" Lu Shizhen asked.
The wind ruffled the clear surface of the swimming pool, rippling the human figures reflected on it.
The pool reflected the ripples of light. Xu Shiyue just lowered her eyes and watched. She did not answer Lu Shizhen's question, but threw the question back to her: "What about you?"
"I don't think so, right?" Lu Shizhen said, "She exiled herself and deliberately left a mess for the main system. Isn't she just acting like a child and waiting for the main system to coax her?"
"In that case, there's no point in her attacking us. It would make her look too much. Wouldn't she lose her main system by then?"
"Is that so?" Xu Shiyue asked back in a calm voice, her fingers touching the watch on her wrist unintentionally, and she repeated thoughtfully: "It's meaningless..."
Seeing Xu Shiyue lost in thought, Lu Shizhen leaned closer to Xu Shiyue with his hands behind his back and said, "Besides, you see how good it is now. The world is at peace, there is no need to use force, and no one will die. Everyone is happy."
"Yes, everyone is happy." As if moved by Lu Shizhen's words, Xu Shiyue whispered in agreement with Lu Shizhen.
There was a hint of joy in Lu Shizhen's eyes, and Xu Shiyue also raised her smiling eyes and looked at her.
The slender fingers went around her wrist and tapped lightly on the skin inside her wrist.
Lu Shizhen felt Xu Shiyue's fingers and said with a smile: "Why did you suddenly think of using Braille?"
As she said this, she clasped her hand with Xu Shiyue's, interlaced their fingers and said, "I love you, too."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Shizhen saw that Xu Shiyue's smile became even more intense in her sight.
The sunlight was bright, but it couldn't clearly illuminate the smile in Xu Shiyue's eyes.
Suddenly, the sun moved upwards in Lu Shizhen's sight.
She was completely unprepared and was suddenly pulled back by the force that clamped her tightly.
The spring wind suddenly turned cold, and the sudden change made people's hearts stop beating.
Lu Shizhen's dark pupils dilated, and all that filled them was Xu Shiyue's gentle and harmless smile.
And she deliberately lowered her voice close to her ear: "Stop pretending, you are not her."
(End of this chapter)