Reunion, farewell

Cheng Shi first realized something was wrong when he saw the sick old man that Old Jia had encountered in front of a casino.

It seems reasonable for people suffering from illness to sympathize with each other, but at that moment, he suddenly remembered the childhood experiences that Nangong had told him, and he froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

For the first time in his Memory, he left Old Jia behind, wandered into that alley, and then saw Xiao Nangong huddled in the alley, waiting for his grandfather to return.

Cheng Shi recognized the other person at a glance, only then belatedly realizing that the uncle who helped Nangong's father win the casino was actually Old Jia!

From this moment on, Memory become extraordinary.

Not long after, he saw the same leather jacket that Li Wufang had worn on Old Jia.

A leather jacket might not evoke many memories, but when Old Jia appeared before the young and naive Tao Yi wearing it... Cheng Shi knew that this was no coincidence.

Especially when the Old Jia left in the rain, he casually uttered that sentence:

Go and repay my son.

Cheng Shi stood on the street, his face filled with astonishment, almost blending into the torrential rain.

Old Jia at the time had no son, so this was at most a joke, but... was it really a joke?

If Cheng Shi had no ulterior motives, perhaps he would have, but at this moment Cheng Shi felt that this Memory was strange in every way, so he did not think it was a joke. The so-called repayment did not seem to be for any repayment, and the words did not seem to be said to Tao Yi.

But apart from Old Jia, Aunt Sun, and Tao Yi, there were very few passersby at the scene. Who would he be talking to?

It can't be...

At that moment, Cheng Shi clenched his fist, and some guesses flashed through his mind.

As he Memory, Old Jia encountered Li Wufang again while traveling between cities.

Although it was a chance encounter, Old Jia's movements that day were actually a bit strange.

The small square where Li Wufang was located was in the east, while Old Jia was originally walking in the north. However, when he was crossing the road, the red light at the intersection was broken, and the countdown was stuck at 99 seconds. Impatient, Old Jia changed his mind and walked towards the small square in the east.

He walked to the newsstand and saw Li Wufang in the pond. Listening to the newsstand owner tell the boy's story, he felt sorry for him and casually called over a passerby who was also reading a newspaper next to the newsstand. He then staged a scene with the passerby.

It's funny, after giving out some money, Old Jia stopped caring about the reactions of passersby and wasn't afraid that they would just take the money and leave. It was as if as long as he did a good deed, it didn't matter to him where things ended up afterward...

Fortunately, the passerby was very Order. Having unexpectedly received a windfall, he only wanted to play his part well so that he could keep the money safe.

And so, Li Wufang saw the leather jacket that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

That year was also the year Old Jia "retired from the business." Originally, he did not intend to leave the industry, but his health would not allow him to continue.

In a high-stakes Chip game, Old Jia, who was about to win everything, lost his hand due to severe pain and was caught red-handed. Only then did people realize that the so-called gambling king was not a gambling king at all, but a master gambler!

As expected, Old Jia was cornered in the casino and nearly beaten to death. It was Sun Yuying who rushed into the crowd with all of Old Jia's assets and begged several familiar business owners to save Old Jia's life.

But from then on, there was no longer a place for Old Jia in the casino.

Those who deceive others will always be deceived in return; those who engage in fraud never have a good end.

Disheartened, Old Jia finally realized he had gone Wrong Path. He left the south, dragging his injuries and illnesses with him, and disappeared without a trace.

And so, the story of "The King of Gamblers" came to an end. The South was no longer home to a legend named Old Jia, but Xiao Cheng Shi found his own luck in the orphanage.

When Cheng Shi stood outside the orphanage with Old Jia and looked at "himself," he was reunited with his father.

It turned out that the old man had been eyeing him for a long time.

You have a good eye.

Cheng Shi laughed and cried at the same time, watching once again as this old man, who was good at pretending and acting, tricked her into saying the name "Cheng Jia" in the adoption room. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and strode away.

That's enough, it's time to say goodbye.

Regardless of who he is or what his name is, all I know is that he is my father, his name is Cheng Jia, and my name is Cheng Shi.

Cheng is the Cheng of Cheng Jia, and Shi is the Shi of honesty.

Cheng Shi strode out of the land of Memory. He was now fairly certain that there was something wrong with Old Jia's Memory, but he knew the Dragon King couldn't erase Memory. So, it seemed that only [Memory] and... [Deception] could tamper with these Memory?

[Memory], which has always abhorred smearing, probably wouldn't do that, so after thinking it over, it still has to be [Deception].

From the people Old Jia has met, it's clear that they were all friends who were brought into his life by Destiny.

And [Deception] is [Destiny].

Furthermore, along the way, with Cheng Shi's keen sense of various hidden clues, he discovered that these friends had inherited Divine Throne that was not close to the will of [Deception]. At least in the course of past eras, they had not always stood on the side of [Deception].

Decay, Order, [Prosperity]...

Could it be a coincidence?

Probably not. It seems more like a backup plan by someone. Could it be Deception to gain more support and voting power?

The problem is that these voting rights didn't come near Him when [the Deception] was present; they only came near Him after He left...

Etc!!!

Are these backup plans reserved for ourselves?

Cheng Shi's eyes widened suddenly. If that were really the case, it meant that this mysterious contingency plan had already decided on the ownership of certain Divine Throne from the very beginning. Could there be something wrong with the people on those Divine Throne?

Cheng Shi went over his experiences with Hong Lin, Li Wufang, and Nangong in his mind again and again, and rejected this guess.

Even if the world has problems, at least the Big Cat won't have problems.

She's willing to sacrifice herself for her friends; such a person would never betray them.

Therefore, there is no problem with the Divine Throne or the Divine Throne; the problem lies with the mastermind behind the erasure of Memory.

When his perspective was limited to the Cosmos, the only "mastermind" Cheng Shi could think of seemed to be [Deception]. But once his perspective broadened, and he thought about the "truth" he feared, an absurd yet bold conjecture arose in Cheng Shi's mind:

Only gods can erase Memory, so could this god be... [Origin]!?

As the Creator, [*He] doesn't need to do anything; He only needs to write "inevitability" into the Blueprint at the time of "creation," wouldn't the Destiny of all living beings then be predetermined?

This idea startled Cheng Shi himself. Just then, he broke free of his Memory and returned to the Memory Archive. Seeing Cheng Shi's solemn expression, Li Jingming's face also became serious.

"Did you see that? What did you find?"

The Dragon King didn't ask about the past or his feelings, but instead asked what he had discovered, which means he had also found clues in this Memory.

Cheng Shi nodded, but he couldn't voice his conjectures about [Origin] and the Experiment; he could only ponder them silently.

Li Jingming did not ask any further questions, but instead said in a somewhat uncertain tone:

220.

Cheng Shi was taken aback. "What?"

"Time." Li Jingming said with a somewhat complicated and apologetic expression, "I'm sorry, I've reviewed this Memory many times and found some unusual things. Of course, it's also possible that I'm being paranoid."

However, Predestination the established course of events, I dare not be careless.