Chapter 38

Chapter 38

Wen Er was sitting at his desk. He looked at the cut-out and plastic-sealed illustration, and he couldn't get back to his senses.

"I've read the incident report."

Pu Ying closed the journal and tidied the desktop: "It can be determined that it was a premeditated data theft."

He knew Wen Er's purpose.

For the person in charge of the general research institute, the characterization of this incident is not only related to the attribution of responsibility, but also related to the subsequent handling plan.

The nature of the data theft and damage is very serious. The Ministry of Science and the Security Department are investigating. The investigation team will not leave the main research institute until the official results are obtained.

If found guilty of malfeasance, Wen Er is likely to lose his position as director and person in charge.

At this time, anyone will feel uneasy and nervous and try to use some more direct methods to obtain inside information in advance.

For example... take the back door.

Pu Ying has met many such people, and he was not surprised that Wen You would come: "The investigation has not officially started yet. I don't have enough information to give you any more answers."

"But Director Wen, please believe that we will ensure a sufficiently objective attitude in the ruling."

Pu Ying: "According to regulations, we should not have private contact with the staff of the General Research Institute. We also ask Director Wen to cooperate..."

Pu Ying stopped talking: "Director Wen?"

Wen Er came to his senses and raised his eyes.

Pu Ying: "Is there any problem?"

Wen Er squeezed his palms unconsciously.

He couldn't even find the energy to do it. Like every time, he felt uncomfortable because of Pu Ying's business-like indifferent attitude.

He didn't even pay attention to what Pu Ying said, the photo kept flashing in front of his eyes.

It shook him so much that he couldn't calm down.

The figures in the photos were all too familiar to him.

Even though Luo Ran is now almost completely different from the one in the photo, when Wen You stood behind the monitor countless times and monitored Luo Ran from a distance as he entered the electronic storm, he could still see the original scene in the time and space distorted by the strong magnetic field.That Luo Ran's shadow.

...But why did Pu Ying deliberately save Luo Ran's photo?

Does Pu Ying know Luo Ran?What is his relationship with Luo Ran? Does he know what he is doing with Luo Ran?

Does Pu Ying know... what crazy things she is doing to save him?

Wen Er looked at the photo, and the expressions hidden in his pupils kept changing.

"...Are you looking at this?"

Pu Ying noticed his gaze: "Director Wen knows this person?"

Wen Er's eyes twitched slightly.

He quickly controlled his emotions and smiled: "...just thinking of some things from the past."

"Do you remember? When we were kids... you also liked taking pictures."

Wen Er said: "Auntie bought you a camera, and you hold it every day."

Pu Ying frowned slightly.

He didn't like Wen Er bringing up the past so naturally.

Those past events were completely unfamiliar to him. No matter how others mentioned them, made insinuations, or went straight to the point, he had no relevant memories and could not recall any feelings.

He occasionally feels that he is actually just a shadow left behind after the original "Pu Ying" was stripped of all vitality and emotion. He actually knows what he is.

A cold, heartless monster.

"I don't know him." Pu Ying lowered his gaze, "I only know that the name he used to publish the photos is S.t."

Pu Ying: "The journal said that the name comes from strom."

Wen Er knew the meaning of this word.

He didn't know whether he was relieved or more nervous. He didn't speak rashly and just nodded.

Storm, storm.

Luo Ran was once a storm chaser who specialized in photographing extreme weather. His photos were published in many journals. The year they first met, Luo Ran even showed them to him excitedly.

These journals have always had a backlog of manuscripts, and it’s not surprising that it has been delayed for several years. Perhaps it’s just that this issue has opened a skylight, so I have selected acceptable ones from the old manuscripts to fill the space.

Pu Ying's mother is an artist and is very interested in photography... Pu Ying will keep this photo, maybe she just saw it accidentally and wanted to ask the photographer if he had more works.

Wen Er convinced herself and felt a little calmer.

He regained his usual rationality and slowly recalled what Pu Ying had just said. He had realized that Pu Ying did not like this kind of personal relationship at work.

Bringing up the matter of data theft again will only be counterproductive, not to mention... there is no need for Pu Ying to be prejudiced against him because of this matter.

Wen Er didn't want to make the atmosphere between them too tense, so she looked at the closed journal: "Are you interested in geography now?"

"It's okay." Pu Ying said.

"If you are interested, feel free to tell me and I can find out more."

Wen Er's tone was very calm: "...Pu Ying."

Pu Ying frowned without trace.

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not... I'm really not here to have a relationship with you today."

Wen Er said: "I just haven't seen you for a long time and wanted to come and see you."

Pu Ying asked: "Look at me?"

Wen Er met his gaze, paused, and her expression returned to normal: "If you bother me, I'll leave right away."

Wen Er stood up and walked out of the door.

Pu Ying still sat quietly. It wasn't until he reached for the office door that he finally said, "Wait a minute."

Wen Er stopped at the door.

Pu Ying lowered his gaze and remained motionless.

Nothing could be reflected in his pupils, not even the sunlight streaming in through the window could bring out even the slightest warmth.

...Everyone told him that when he was a child, Wen You was the one who took care of him the most.

The Wen family and the Pu family are family friends. The two families take turns at the helm of the financial group. They have been married for generations. The children of the family have grown up together.

People of the same age and equal status have mostly settled down since they were young. They go to school together, receive training from their families, and decide together the path they want to take in the future.

His grandfather told him that after his disappearance, residual trace electron pulses were detected in the canopy of the tree where they were playing hide and seek.

Only people caught in an electronic storm would leave that kind of pulse after disappearing.

Since college, Wen Er has plunged crazily into the study of electronic storms.

It was also because Wen Er discovered in his research that the pulse frequency caused by each person when involved in an electronic storm was slightly different, which allowed the Ministry of Science to perfect an identification system specifically for searching for people and let the Pu family find him.return.

"After the Pu family found me, my grandfather didn't tell you immediately."

Pu Ying said: "It's because I don't remember anything, and I'm afraid you'll feel disappointed and won't be able to bear this blow."

Wen Er knew that Pu Ying would explain this to him, so he was not surprised. He turned back to look at Pu Ying and said in a gentle tone: "I know."

...Wen Er was indeed hit hard.

According to the Pu family's plan, they would first arrange for Pu Ying to join the Science Department so that Wen You could get the notification from official documents and have a psychological buffer, and then try to make Wen You gradually accept that "Pu Ying is completely different from the past."

No one thought that Pu Ying would also go to that banquet.

Even the Pu family themselves didn't expect it, so they failed to prepare in advance and let them meet at the banquet in such a hurry.

Wen Er went crazy.

"That day." Pu Ying asked, "What did you do after you left the banquet?"

Wen Er was about to speak, but was stopped by his question.

...He drank a lot of wine and went to see Luo Ran, thinking that Luo Ran was Pu Ying to vent his anger.

Luo Ran wanted to escape home, but he met the person he specially arranged to stop Luo's father and mother Luo from greeting each other, and heard the conversation.

He pretended to have forgotten everything and went to pick up Luo Ran - from Luo Ran's perspective, he might indeed have forgotten everything.He was drunk and was too drunk to be sober, so he did some stupid things and wouldn't remember them when he woke up. This makes sense.

Luo Ran was easily coaxed by him, took him home, and became Pu Ying's stand-in.

…

Of course Pu Ying would not know these things.

Puying knows nothing and doesn't care about anything... Puying now is just a heartless monster.

For a moment, Wen Er almost wanted to tell this matter to see if it would make Pu Ying even the slightest bit dissatisfied or conflicted.

Wen Er lowered his gaze, tried his best to suppress his crazy thoughts, and readjusted his expression.

"I drank a lot..." Wen Er said, "I drank a lot and did some things."

Wen Er asked: "What about you? What did you do after returning from the banquet?"

Pu Ying said nothing.

"I know you can't do anything."

Wen Er already knew: "For you, it's just an inexplicable stranger you met."

"Not exactly." Pu Ying said.

Wen Er smiled.

He knew he should control his emotions, but Luo Ran's anomalies and one after another derailment were constantly tingling his nerves. The photo of Luo Ran on Puying's desk pushed him to the edge of losing control.

Wen Er's tone was filled with uncontrollable sarcasm: "Not exactly?"

Pu Ying was about to speak when he met Wen Er's gaze and paused slightly.

...After returning from the banquet, Pu Ying locked himself in the study room and read the diary, photos and audio-visual materials belonging to the original Pu Ying all day and night.

Pu Ying searched through every trace, trying to find his original self and return it to these people.

He just couldn't do it.

Pu Ying originally wanted to explain this matter to Wen Er, but he suddenly didn't want to talk anymore.

Pu Ying was very familiar with Wen Er's gaze.

"Do you also think that I am an incomplete and defective product?" Pu Ying asked.

Wen You was suffocated.

Wen Er's face changed slightly. He always thought that he had hidden this thought very well, but he never thought that Pu Ying could see it: "I——"

Pu Ying nodded: "I think so too."

"I owe you." Pu Ying said, "Before coming this time, my grandfather told me about the two of us. If there had been no accident, according to the agreement between the two families, we should have formed a spouse relationship according to law when we were of appropriate age..”

"...Pu Ying."

Wen Er was stunned for a moment, then recovered: "You don't have to be like this."

Wen Er didn't want to talk about defective products anymore. He was eager to let this topic go and spoke a little faster than usual.

"What happened at the banquet was because I failed to control my emotions... I won't do it again in the future."

Wen Er: "Don't worry, I won't force you. I know this is hard for you -"

Pu Ying: "This is an obligation I should fulfill."

Wen Er: "..."

"If you want, when this investigation is over, no matter what the result is, we can go get the certificate."

Pu Ying: "I will learn the rules of the family and how to get along with my spouse."

"I can learn... human emotions."

Pu Ying asked: "Do you want to?"

Wen Er's light gray pupils shrank slightly.

Pu Ying looked at him quietly.

…

After a long time, Pu Ying nodded: "I understand."

"Pu Ying." Wen Yi came back to her senses quickly and walked back quickly, "Listen to me."

It's not surprising that Pu Ying said these words, he only thinks through logic.For Pu Ying, getting married is just like transferring to a department or accepting a job. It is nothing more than a thing to do.

But Pu Ying's expression suddenly made him feel uneasy like never before.

"It's not that I'm unwilling, don't get me wrong."

"I just don't want to use our childhood relationship to kidnap you into making any choices before you recover."

Wen Er stretched out his hand and held Pu Ying's arm, shuddering slightly from the coldness in his palm.

"I want to cure you first." Wen Er said, "If you believe me, I will soon find a way. I can cure you."

Wen You spoke very quickly, and his eyes showed a strange, almost paranoid excitement: "The research has already begun. If you wait a little longer, I will definitely let you change back to what you were originally supposed to be."Looks like..."

Pu Ying repeated in a low voice: "What I was supposed to be."

Wen Er squeezed his arm hard and nodded: "Yes, you -"

Pu Ying: "Is it up to you to decide?"

Wen Er was stunned.

He never thought that Pu Ying would ask this question. He looked at Pu Ying with some disbelief in his eyes: "...What did you say?"

Pu Ying lowered his gaze and looked at the photo on the table.

The real Pu Ying disappeared when he was six years old, and twenty years later, he was left to the Pu family and Wen Er as an incomplete and defective product.

What would the real Pu Ying be like when he grew up without being involved in the electronic storm?

Pu Ying couldn't find the answer, and he had no desire to get the answer. He just received a copy of the "World Geography" journal that was delivered to the wrong place when he arrived at the office this morning.

The deliveryman was careless and dropped the journal on the ground. When he picked it up, he happened to see the opened page.

…

Pu Ying looked away from the photo.

"Okay." Pu Ying said.

Wen You's face was still a little pale. He didn't calm down and asked in a low voice: "What?"

Pu Ying did not speak again.

Wen Er was responsible for taking care of him when he was a child. He came out of the electronic storm, and it was Wen Er's research that allowed him to return to the family smoothly.

Wen Er wants to decide what he should become, and that's fine.

Pu Ying stood up, took his arm out of Wen Er's hand, politely signaled to see off the guest, carefully put away the plastic-wrapped photo, and reopened the "World Geography" that he had not yet had time to finish..

All the things that should be discussed have been discussed, and he no longer wants to talk to Wen Er.

In the sea of consciousness, Yu Tang turned off the light screen of the online live broadcast.

At the end of the surveillance footage, Wen Er actually did not leave the office immediately.

He was already aware of his uneasiness. He tried several times to re-communicate with Pu Ying and explain what he meant, but failed.

For Pu Ying, the conversation is over when it's over.

"Host, Pu Ying has just agreed to marry Wen You, why doesn't Wen You agree?"

The system didn't quite understand: "Don't Wen Er like Pu Ying?"

Yu Tang: "I like it."

The system flashed a small red light and floated beside him.

"Wen Er's favorable impression of Pu Ying has been stable at above 95 for more than three years."

Yu Tang brought up the light screen: "Very high."

…It’s even so high that it’s a little abnormal.

Even ordinary lovers may have quarrels, misunderstandings, and estrangements that affect their favorability.

Sometimes, nothing even happens, and just because of the ordinary passage of time, the favorability will slowly and unknowingly decline.

But Wen Er's favorable impression of Pu Ying has never been lower than 95.

Yu Tang still had some impressions and opened the history record: "At the banquet, during the ten minutes when Wen You had a conflict with Pu Ying who had lost his memory, his favorability towards Pu Ying soared to 100... which should be the upper limit of the value that the system can detect.Just 100."

After the banquet, Yu Tang was knocked to the ground by Wen You, who smelled of alcohol. Even because Wen You's favorability level greatly overflowed, even his energy bar as a stand-in tool also fluctuated briefly.

The system racked up data: "...the favorability detector is broken again?"

Yu Tang smiled, took out the snack gift bag he just bought from the mall, and gave it to the system and Xiaohong Card.

Of course the favorability detector is not broken.

Wen You is not satisfied with Luo Ran, nor is he satisfied with the current Pu Ying, but he does have a strong and almost paranoid favorable impression of "Pu Ying".

"If I'm not wrong."

Yu Tang said: "Wen You is so persistent that he is pathologically ill, and the one whose favorability is consistently above 95 is the 'Pu Ying' he constructed himself."

The system was stunned: "He even thought of a partner for himself?!"

Yu Tang: "...Don't always imitate Luo Ran."

system:"……"

Yu Tang was actually just speculating.

He has been reading "Human Behavior" for the past two days. If he guessed correctly, Wen Er should have sketched out what a "Pu Ying" should look like when he grows up through his memory over the years.

Wen Er was almost paranoid about this fictional Pu Ying. He first asked Luo Ran to become like this, and then hoped that the current Pu Ying could become like this.

In the plot line of the original work, Pu Ying has been brought into Wen Er's logic before she has any real emotions, or even has time to notice the conflict.

"The consciousness that has been lost in the electronic storm for too long has lost its instinct as a 'human being'. Early guidance is crucial."

Yu Tang said: "What others teach, they learn."

The system peeled off a lollipop and held it in its mouth, and couldn't help but wonder: "Has the host encountered other lost consciousnesses?"

Yu Tang didn't answer. He looked at Xiao Hongka, who was looking at it helplessly. He took out an orange-flavored lollipop, peeled off the candy wrapper and popped it in.

The system hesitated for a while and then changed the question: "The host gave Pu Ying the journal "World Geography" to guide him before Wen You?"

Yu Tang nodded: "Yes."

After all, the first main task this time is to make Pu Ying develop feelings.

Both the Pu family and Wen Er have tried this countless times.

They showed Pu Ying the video records of the past, took Pu Ying to the places he had been to, and asked the old servant to tell the young master what happened back then.

Those pictures and videos spelled out a carefully cultivated family heir who was quiet, calm, and extremely well-behaved.

The system flashed a small red light: "That's true."

The genre classification of this book is a bit old. The system helped Yu Tang sort out the plot. He had seen Pu Ying’s genius character as a child: “Pu Ying has been receiving tutoring from tutors. He can play the piano at the age of three and play under the age of four.Go, you can learn calculus at the age of five..."

Yu Tang nodded: "Then why was he on the two-story tree behind the villa when he disappeared?"

The system was stunned for a long time and could not answer.

Yu Tang opened the mall interface and looked at Luo Ran's cards.

Luo Ran is a part of Pu Ying that was stripped away—this part was by no means created out of thin air.

The little Puying who had not accidentally fallen into the electronic storm back then was definitely not as young and mature as the family elders remembered, well-behaved and steady, and never caused trouble or mischief.

Pu Ying was six years old when he fell into the electronic storm. According to records, excluding Luo Ran who was accidentally stripped out, he stayed in the space distorted by the electronic storm for nearly twenty years.

It's not very long, not long enough to completely annihilate all obsessions.

If there is anything that can wake up Pu Ying, it must be Luo Ran - in the original work, Pu Ying didn't even have time to see Luo Ran, and didn't even have time to learn about Luo Ran's existence.By the time he knew it, Luo Ran had disappeared forever in the storm.

But this time, because the relationship with his son had eased, Luo's father finally plucked up the courage and sent the photo to World Geography.

When this photo was taken, the pitter-patter little red hair had not yet turned into a little red card.

Luo Ran spent a lot of effort, finally waiting for the most suitable weather, found a fixed point to set up a tripod, set it to automatic continuous shooting mode, and selected the most handsome and striking one from more than 300 photos.

After the photo was developed, Luo Ran was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. He calmly walked into the study and pretended to accidentally drop the photo on the desks of Father Luo and Mother Luo.

…

Yu Tang didn't believe that he couldn't hit Pu Ying.

"Enable real-time monitoring of Wen Er."

Yu Tang said: "The fifteen days of vacation have been used up. I will go back to detect electronic storms tomorrow... Wen You is under investigation. If he wants to complete the database, all his hopes are on Luo Ran, and he will definitely go to the scene in person."

The system is a little worried: "Is the host in danger?"

Yu Tang moved his wrist twice in the sea of consciousness.

The system’s concerns are not unfounded.

The electronic storm will not harm him, but Wen Er may not.

Wen Er couldn't allow anything around him to get out of control.

Over the past few days, everything has gone off the rails again and again. In addition, Pu Ying's vague abnormality this time should have stimulated Wen You to a certain critical point. There is no guarantee that he will not do anything unexpected.move.

"It doesn't matter."

Yu Tang made up his mind: "We will continue to use magic to defeat magic."

Yu Tang reached out and covered Xiao Hongka to prevent Luo Ran from hearing: "Have you sorted out the PUA quotations?"

System: "...Okay."

"Get me some clothes."

Yu Tang said: "Strictly follow the style of the heir of the Pu family...according to Wen You's imagination, the style Pu Ying would wear."

System: "Okay."

The system asked: "Does the host want to completely play Pu Ying?"

"Yes." Yu Tang said, "He wants to turn Luo Ran into Pu Ying, so I will give him Pu Ying."

What Wen Er is chasing is an illusion that does not exist at all. He is crazy for this illusion, immersed in himself, and uses whatever means necessary. Everyone will be involved by him and be crushed to pieces.

He asked Luo Ran to become what Pu Ying should be in his mind. Luo Ran was destroyed by him, and he suddenly woke up.

Pu Ying would go to Luo Ran's parents and request that he be their son on Luo Ran's behalf. This would not just be a solution he deduced through logic.

Yu Tang looked at Pu Ying's single plot line.

Wen Er doesn't love anyone or anything he can get. He will only fall in love with illusions.He got Pu Ying, so Pu Ying's illusion was no longer important - until Luo Ran died, the illusion completely became Luo Ran.

Everyone was ruined by him.

On the contrary, Wen Er seemed to be standing on the commanding heights, affectionate, sacrificial, and desperate.

…

There is no such thing as a good thing.

Yu Tang turned off the light screen, let go of the dizzy little red card, peeled off a lychee-flavored lollipop, and put it in his mouth.

The efficiency of the mall has always been very high. Within a few minutes, the ordered products were gathered in the form of data and all stacked in the system warehouse of the sea of consciousness.

Yu Tang bit the lollipop and unpacked it one by one.

In order for Wen You to completely defeat the enemy and pay the price for what he has done, he must be the first to do Pu Ying's enlightenment work.

Yu Tang is sure of this, and he has prepared a complete and thorough plan.

The system was really curious, so it pulled Xiao Hongka and peeked at the warehouse door: "Host, host, what did you buy?"

Yu Tang: "Abnormal Psychology."

system:"……"

"I didn't buy it." Yu Tang patted it, "Pu Ying is very resistant to all psychology books, so we have to use a roundabout way."

The system asked: "What roundabout way?"

Yu Tang: ""10 Days to Teach You to Learn Photography", "Photography from Beginner to Master", "Practical Skills of Photography", "College Entrance Exam Tutorial for Photography Majors"..."

Yu Tang flipped through the shopping cart: "A medium-format high-end professional digital SLR camera."

System: "...Host."

Yu Tang knew that he was wrong, so he reflected in advance: "The camera is expensive, so I should choose a cheaper one."

"It doesn't matter, we can cheat for experience points again."

The system's little red light flashed quickly, trying its best to keep up with the host's thoughts: "But how are we going to give these things to Pu Ying?"

Yu Tang: "..."

system:"……"

"Wait a minute." Yu Tang said, "I'm going to create a temporary sack."