Nan Youxi pinched the bridge of his nose. Some of his doubts were resolved, but these answers could not give him any practical guidance.
He still didn't know how to conquer Liuli and Xiaojiu. Moyu didn't give him any advice, nor did she give him a miracle to break the deadlock.
He took the photo frame on the bedside table. The girl was smiling cutely under the light, but no light appeared on the photo and no prompt came from the simulator.
This stingy guy didn't even give Jing the time travel that time. Nan Youxi put down the photo frame.
If he could go back to his childhood, back to when Liuli and Xiaojiu were still just Liuli or just Xiaojiu, then he might be able to know more and form a deeper bond with the two girls.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
Is it just a matter of trying again and again
Lying on the bed, the images of Liuli and Xiaojiu flashed through Nan Youxi's mind. He thought back to his childhood and the summer vacation he spent with the two sisters.
The memory was already blurred, and Nan Youxi could not tell which was the real part and which was the part made up in his mind. He slowly closed his eyes in this half-true and half-false memory.
…
Another attempt was made a week later, when Minami Youxi got new paper cranes and paper stars and sat on the edge of the bed.
This week, he has been experimenting with one thing.
Mayu said that this world belongs to him and the girls, so he should be able to do what the girls can do.
If Liuli and Xiaojiu can split into two people, then he can do it too.
He had no interest in division, and when he said it was possible, he meant that miraculous means could be performed.
He bought a pocket watch, a palm-sized ring, and a copper coin tied with a thin string.
He loosened the button of the pocket watch, but the world did not stop for a second. He stared at the ring for a long time, but the ring did not lead to another space.
However, the copper coins successfully made Nao, Yuko and Mitsuki obedient, although they were very obedient to begin with.
He kept the copper coins and threw the pocket watch and ring into the trash can.
The copper coin tied with a thin rope swayed in his hand. He thought that by the time Liuli and Xiaojiu were willing to be hypnotized by him, he would no longer need this thing.
Throwing the copper coins on the bedside table, Nan Youxi opened the simulation interface.
He failed to trigger a miracle in the main world, so he took a step back and saw if he could trigger it in the simulated world.
[Simulation starts]
[Number of simulations remaining: 3]
[Simulation objects: Nan Liuli, Nan Xiaojiu]
[Initial relationship: Friendship]
Nan Youxi didn't look down. He stared at the simulation interface and projected his thoughts onto the translucent panel.
An unknown amount of time had passed, Nan Youxi didn't blink, her eyes were sore, and the text on the simulation interface finally changed.
[… Detected a player-built plug-in… Loading… ]
[Loading Successfully]
Is it really possible
Nan Youxi was surprised. He didn't expect that he could actually use his mind to influence the simulator.
Self-built plugins? What plugins did I build
Nan Youxi recalled his mental activities when he was staring at the simulator. He thought a lot at that time, and they were very complicated. He couldn't guess what effect the plug-in would have.
He looked down curiously.
[Information being corrected...]
[Perspective Corrected]
Perspective? Nan Youxi was puzzled.
[Please select the main perspective: Liuli/Xiaojiu]
Nan Youxi hesitated for a moment and clicked on Liuli.
A new interface popped up and new text slowly emerged. When he saw the first word, his eyes widened in surprise.
[I am not a serious child.]
[Rinrinka is a girl who is often called a 'tomboy' and a 'troublemaker'. When adults mention Rinrinka, they always say that she is a bad girl.]
[Based on the results of this year's quiz, I am not as good as Rin Rin Ka.]
[My grades are certainly not bad. I am in the upper middle of the class, and the same goes for Rinrinka.]
[However, in the eyes of adults, we are the two poles of a magnet. I am a good child, a hard-working good child, and Rin Rin Hua is a bad child, a naughty bad child.]
[When the adults in the village see me, they will talk to me in a gentle voice and give me snacks, but when they see Rinrinka, they will look at her with vigilance, just like looking at the stray dog in the village, and sometimes they will make sounds to drive away the stray dog.]
[At first, I felt uneasy about this differential treatment, and I felt that one of me and Rinrinka must have suffered injustice.]
[I don't want Rinrinka to be seen as a bad kid, because I like Rinrinka. I want to climb up the tree and touch the bird's nest like Rinrinka, and I want to step my clean shoes into the dirty muddy water with Rinrinka.]
[I hope that Rin Rin Hua will be praised and called a good child, so that adults may encourage me to climb trees on the playground and step on puddles on the dirt road, just like they encourage other children to learn from me.]
[I didn’t have the patience to wait for that day, so I became friends with Rin Rin Ka. ]
[It was very simple to do this. Rinrinhua was always alone, and the adults didn't allow their children to play with her. After I mustered up the courage for a month and took the initiative to talk to her, she stuck to me.]
[I waited for another month, and finally Rin Rinka offered to take me to play her game.]
[My skirt was torn by a branch, and the flute floated down the river.]
[My mother didn't scold me, but the adults were sighing that I was led astray by Rinrinhua, which became a strong argument that Rinrinhua was a bad kid.]
[I dare not speak my true thoughts. I am afraid of blame, unfriendly eyes and words.]
[Rinrinhua took everything on my behalf, and I felt guilty, so I gave the pocket money my grandma gave me to Rinrinhua.]
[Rinrin used the money to buy a toy gun. We broke a window, scared a dog and taught a boy a lesson for trying to steal our toy gun.]
[The boy came home crying and said that Rin Rin Hua bullied him, even though the plastic bullet that hit him was fired by me.]
[Rinrinhua was scolded as usual, and we met the next day and laughed at the funny expression of the boy when he ran away yesterday.]
[I am very grateful to Rinrinka. She liberated me and brought me happiness. ]
I thought our relationship would last forever.
[I don't know the reason for Rinrinka's transformation. Until now, I still don't understand why that tomboy could become a lady in just two years.]
[She pays attention to the hem of her skirt when she goes up the stairs, she is careful and tiptoes when she encounters puddles, she no longer laughs so loudly and unrestrainedly, and she has other friends.]
[The adults said that it was my credit that Linlinhua's transformation was a success. Good prevailed over evil, and I, a good kid, finally won the victory and successfully transformed the bad kid.]
[They praised me, Rinrinhua's mother also praised me, and even Rinrinhua would hold my hand and thank me with a very reserved smile. ]
[When we walked on the road, Rin Rin Hua would frown in disgust when she saw the boy stepping into the mud.]
[She is no longer my aura. ]
[Whenever I see Rinrinka, when I see the Rinrinka that has become a good child, sadness envelops me. ]
[I still have a glimmer of hope. I think she might change her mind. Maybe tomorrow I will see Rin Rin Flower on the tree. She will drop a small fish covered in mud and call me to come to the tree quickly.]
[Rinrinhua probably sensed the emotion in my eyes, and she stayed away from me. She has many friends now.]
[I became alone again. I was not old enough to feel lonely at that time. I felt that the suppression of desire was more painful than loneliness.]
[I want to run and jump, laugh and make noises without restraint, and say nonsense that others will scold me for hearing.]
[But I can't. My mother keeps telling me I can't. The adults keep hinting that I can't. In fact, they don't need to tell me. I know I can't. I never have the courage to take risks. I can only sit at home, read novels, and look out the window.]
[The Rin Rin Flower found many of me, but I can’t find another Rin Rin Flower.]
[Xiaojiu and his appearance were after this.]
[I have the Rin Rin Flower Promax, and I know what loneliness is.]
[Xiaojiu is my sister’s name.]
(End of this chapter)