When Mei asked that, Li Pu finally understood. Mei did not want to Cosplay Lu Qinghou; she was probably confused by his seemingly numerous different identities.
Of course she was confused.
Anyone on the outside looking in would be confused. Without the system, no one could understand it.
Even Li Pu, who had the system, did not understand how it worked.
"Don't get hung up on one fixed idea," Li Pu said. "Mei, I don't know why you suddenly asked these questions, but I want to advise you—"
"Don't fixate on one single idea."
"My name is Li Pu. I am Li Pu," Li Pu said with certainty. "No matter what you think the connection between me and people like Cecilia and Artoria really is."
"One thing you need to understand is that those people are all people of the past."
"And I am a person of the present, standing here."
"I will not be anyone from the past."
"I am simply myself," Li Pu said. "A cleaner who had just found a job, who merely went from cleaning the academy to cleaning a ship."
Was that really so?
Mei said nothing, and Li Pu could not figure out what she was thinking.
"Is this because of Kiana?" Li Pu asked again.
"No." Mei waved a hand. "You may have misunderstood."
"Misunderstanding or not," Li Pu said, "that's simply how things are. Though I don't know why you suddenly asked such a strange question."
"But that is the truth. Give up all illusions."
"We are coworkers."
Of course, if their relationship developed further in the future, they might have another kind of relationship.
For example, husband and wife. Or husband and wife. Or perhaps husband and wife.
Li Pu would be more than happy with those kinds of relationships.
Could