His son

Seeing that Tao Yi remained silent for a long time, Li Wufang seemed to understand something.

After a moment of silence, he said "thank you" and turned to leave.

After he left, Tao Yi remained standing there, lost in memories. Suddenly, Hong Lin appeared behind her, looking in the direction Li Wufang had gone, her expression complex.

"Is this the person who gave you the Lottery Ticket?"

Is Li Wufang his son?

Tao Yi suddenly woke up with a start, looking at her best friend in astonishment and saying, "A'tu, you found out?"

Hong Lin smiled, but that smile carried countless emotions.

"Yes, I already knew, but since you didn't want to say, I didn't ask."

You little fox thought you had done something foolproof, but you forgot that there used to be something called Surveillance Footage.

Anyone would be suspicious if they found a winning lottery Lottery Ticket in their clothes, let alone these two businessmen who had been in business for many years and had seen all sorts of dirty tricks.

At first, they thought someone was setting a trap, until they saw you acting suspiciously on the Surveillance Footage.

I didn't know any of this at first. It was much later, one night when I was still awake, that I overheard their conversation.

They worry that you might be taking the wrong path to raise this money, but they also feel that even the most unethical path couldn't possibly raise 6 million in six months...

So they asked someone to investigate, and eventually they found the man who gave you the Chip.

"!!!"

Tao Yi was shocked. She grabbed Hong Lin's hand and said, "You know who he is?"

This overreaction surprised Hong Lin, and she immediately shook her head, saying:

No, I asked, but they didn't tell me.

My mother said that no matter what the other party's purpose was, at least you weren't hurt, and I survived because of it... Since my benefactor doesn't want anyone to know about this, then let's leave it at that.

They spent money to erase all traces, and in the second year after the company was saved, they donated every penny of that money.

I didn't tell you any of this because I was afraid you'd think it was wrong for them to investigate you; I didn't mean anything by it."

"Um."

Tao Yi responded softly, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to tell her best friend the "truth" about the matter.

She wasn't sure if her guess was correct, but if it was, then this the Fated... perhaps had already connected the threads of [Destiny] before the [Faith Game] even began.

He is not Li Wufang's father.

Hong Lin visibly breathed a sigh of relief, since she had only guessed. "That's good, otherwise I wouldn't know how to face this teammate."

He is Cheng Shi's father.

"Oh, so he is..."

?????

Who!?"

The Big Cat bristled, grabbing Tao Yi's hand and glaring at her with wide eyes, "Whose father are you telling me?!"

Tao Yi pursed her lips and repeated the two words.

Cheng Shi.

"!!!"

Hong Lin's breathing stopped. She seemed unable to believe what she had heard, her mind blank for a long time until her expression began to contort before she came to her senses and realized that the little fox wasn't teasing her.

The person who saved her entire family was indeed Cheng Shi's father.

She had no doubt that the man's age matched Cheng Shi's, because she knew that Cheng Shi was an adopted orphan.

So, before the game even began, had he already guided himself onto the path of [Destiny]?

Hong Lin looked at her best friend in shock, and after a long while, her expression suddenly became interesting, and she said in a strange tone:

"Is that why you fell for him, because of his father?"

Tao Yi looked away, turned her head, and shook her head, saying, "I'm repaying his father's kindness."

"To repay him with your body?"

Can you be serious for once?

"Ha, you want me to be serious now?"

When your mind is full of the Fate Weaver, why aren't you serious?

"..." Tao Yi pursed her lips and remained silent.

Hong Lin was extremely curious. She was eager to know how the little fox had determined the relationship between Cheng Shi and that person. Tao Yi no longer hid anything from her. Since the matter was out in the open, she told her everything that had happened back then.

Hong Lin heard the man say that Tao Yi should repay his son, she asked him with a strange expression:

"You didn't add this part yourself, did you?"

I haven't forgotten that you've become a screenwriter now. Is this how the script was written in your Memory, hmm?

Tao Yi fell silent.

She did tell a lie; the original script wasn't like that. But she didn't change the script; she just concealed parts of its contents.

That night, as the two figures walked further and further away in the rain, she could still vaguely hear the rustling of the cold wind.

"Where did you get a son? I don't know him."

"I have no son at all. I'm just lying to her. What kind of charity is it to give money but no hope? If there's any hope, the little girl can go further."

Besides, a little girl sitting on the ground crying and whose brain is full of useless information is not good enough for my son.

"So where did you get your son from?"

"... Why can't you understand? I'm just making a hypothesis, a hypothesis, you understand!"

I can't explain it to you, so shut up, or I won't pay you next month.

"I don't want money, I want a son."

"... nerve."

The perspective shifts to the other side, where his son is standing next to the [Chaos Divine Steps], patiently waiting for Li Wufang's arrival.

Katarro stood An Jing beside Ultraman, his face full of piety.

Cheng Shi wasn't curious about what Li Wufang was going to do at the Gathering Place; he was only curious about where the [Chaos] in the Temple had gone.

The God of Merriment has disappeared.

When Cheng Shi returned to the Rest Area after the initial gathering, he thought he should first meet with His Lord of Grace and talk to Him about the "true and false [Destiny]" and also test whether this was another of His plans.

But God of Merriment didn't respond.

Cheng Shi didn't give up. He tried every way he could to contact his Lord of Grace: [Truth], [Chaos], and even [Time]... If he weren't afraid of being too blasphemous and being reprimanded by [Destiny], he would have crushed the Dice in his hand.

Fortunately, although the God of Merriment did not respond, Katarro was still faithfully performing his duties in the Temple. So Cheng Shi arrived at the [Chaos] Temple Cheng Shi time to await the meeting with [Order].

He told Katarro that he would be taking a Believer of [Order] to visit [Order] in prison later, and asked Katarro to make some preparations in advance.

When Katarro learned of this, he opened his mouth as if to ask: Does my Lord of Grace know?

But after thinking about it, I still didn't ask, and I even swallowed back the words of advice I wanted to give.

Regardless of whether Cheng Shi's actions were right or wrong, Katarro only recognizes one principle: when the Lord of Grace is absent, Cheng Shi's words are considered "divine pronouncements."

This is the path of piety for Katarro, and the foundation upon which it survives in this era.

Praise [Nothingness], praise the Lord of Grace, praise Mr. Cheng Shi.