The Ferris wheel was supposed to be a place for something to happen between the two of them, but the atmosphere became discordant because of the affairs of two "unrelated" people.
Zhuo Jin actually wanted to explain things clearly to him, so that even if he recovered his memory one day, he wouldn't overthink things because of that incident.
But because of their different personalities, she couldn't say it directly, making Chong Yan doubt if her values were skewed.
In his opinion, no matter how good a relationship two people had, or how much they loved each other, one person had no right to decide the life or death of another.
Especially not to kill someone.
Suddenly, the couple who were once role models in his mind had now landed in the legal news. If the two of them weren't dead, couldn't this be made into a suspense drama?
"Lost in thought again?"
He snapped back to attention and saw that Zhuo Jin didn't seem to care about what had happened earlier, which gave him a strange feeling.
"It's getting dark, what do you want for dinner?"
"I'm not hungry." He had eaten too many snacks earlier and didn't want to eat anything now.
"We..."
"Let's go soak in the hot springs," Zhuo Jin interrupted his next plan. "You must be quite tired these past few days. There's a hot spring ahead, it uses natural hot spring water and is very comfortable."
Chong Yan was somewhat tempted.
"After soaking in the hot springs, we can rest here for the night and go back to the hotel together tomorrow, okay?"
The body and heart were more honest than the mouth.
"Okay."
The two booked a room in the amusement park and then went to the hot springs behind.
Occasionally, men and women wrapped in bathrobes walked by, their faces ruddy and expressions relaxed, clearly satisfied with the services here.
Chong Yan also relaxed a bit. After they changed their clothes and headed towards their private room, they ran into the same two people they had seen at noon, or rather, a family of three this time.
They pretended not to see them, but the little girl suddenly pointed at Zhuo Jin and said, "She's that mistress!"
Sheng Jiangchen and the woman were clearly taken aback. After recognizing who they were, he remembered the incident at noon and looked sternly at his daughter. "Stop talking nonsense and apologize to the lady!"
The girl snorted and turned away, refusing to speak.
The elegant woman showed no malice and said apologetically, "Please forgive us, the child is just throwing a tantrum. We're truly sorry. I heard she almost bumped into you at noon. As a mother, I apologize to you on her behalf."
With that, she bowed towards them.
"You're too kind," Zhuo Jin looked at the little girl, puzzled as to how such a spoiled child could be raised by parents who were not bad people.
She said coldly, "However, she's not that young. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Little girl, do I look like a mistress to you?"
The little girl couldn't help but look into her eyes, deeply drawn by their calm, unruffled gaze. As she stared, a giant white divine bird emitting brilliant golden light, shot her back out.
"Ah!"
The little girl shrieked, thoroughly frightened, and quickly hid behind her parents.
Zhuo Jin glanced indifferently at the family of three and, with a blank expression, pulled Chong Yan away.
Only after they had completely disappeared from their sight did the little girl exclaim, "She's an alien! She's an alien!"
Sheng Jiangchen was a bit angry. "Are you done causing trouble?"
"You're not a three or five-year-old anymore. Your mother and I are very busy. We accompanied you out to play, and this is what you're doing? Deliberately causing us trouble? If there were alien administrators, they would have warned us long ago. You were the one who almost bumped into them at noon, and you called her a mistress. Now you're looking for trouble again. If it were someone else, do you think they wouldn't slap you? If you continue, I'll send you to your great-uncle!"
The little girl seemed frightened and remained silent for a long time.
The woman cleared her throat and said, "After I finish filming this movie, I'll spend more time with her at home. Lianlian, you were too much today. Apologize to your father."
The little girl pouted and remained silent, her eyes slowly misting over.
"No need, you take her along first. I'll join you later."
The woman sighed helplessly. "Okay."
After the two left, Sheng Jiangchen walked back into the scenic area management office.
This amusement park was owned by Wansheng Group, and he had the highest authority. He quickly accessed the surveillance video footage.
Everything before was normal until the woman said those words. The image on the screen clearly distorted, as if affected by a magnetic field.
Coincidence?
Where were there so many coincidences?
He took out his phone and opened an application.
A few years ago, the administrator 002, who had been serving them according to certain procedures, suddenly gained clearer human consciousness. Their work became more efficient, and they even provided a set of permissions for internal personnel like them.
As long as it didn't violate the public interest, they had the right to obtain information that others couldn't access.
For example, surveillance videos that seemed irreparable.
However, when he raised his question, the other party did not respond directly as usual, but replied with a line of bold red text.
[Involves high-level secrets, not displayed.]
Sheng Jiangchen stared at the line of text for a long time, then deleted the message he had sent and put down his phone.
High-level secrets?
This new administrator was much more formidable than the previous one. The previous one would seek opinions from above before releasing certain information and make adjustments based on the impact of the event.
This one was almost beyond anyone's control, and had repeatedly pushed the boundaries of those in power, forcing them to make drastic changes.
They possessed the same amount of knowledge, and the basic principles were set the same initially, yet this one understood human nature better, knowing when people would sacrifice a pawn to save the king, and when they would stubbornly fight to the death.
He should be fearless.
Unless...
Sheng Jiangchen shook his head, deeming it unlikely.
He was truly obsessed. Ever since he saw the two of them at noon today, their similar way of interacting, and the girl's speech and behavior, were too alike.
It made him somewhat dazed.
He picked up his phone and walked out of the monitoring room.
[Host, aren't you afraid he'll suspect you like this?]
"Why should I be afraid?"
System: [...] Right, who is their host afraid of?
"Where were you the past two days?"
The system snapped back to attention. Hearing the question, it immediately put on a pained face, its voice becoming aggrieved and sad. [Host, I think I'm... unemployed.]
"What do you mean?"
[The main system ran away.] Its voice was incredibly wronged. [There were rumors before, I didn't believe them. I was chatting with a neighboring system the other day, and they said that the main world is now ruled by those aristocratic families and military regions. The main system has run off to who knows where. For now, the interstellar main network is temporarily replaced by an artificial intelligence developed by the Zhang family. Why should he? No qualifications, no ability, why should he replace the main system? If he runs away, what about us systems created by him? Waaah...]