In the dreamlike reality, that night, after Jiangnan bound the system, he brought out Great Strength and beat Wang Lin to a pulp, resolving the crisis!
Only later, when the video of him headbutting a red brick was posted online, did Zhong Yingxue notice him. That led to his encounters with Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao!
But in the original reality, where he had no system, that encounter happened earlier...
Were the people meant to meet destined to meet, no matter what?
Jiangnan's eyes flickered. It was here that the two realities began to diverge!
In those two realities, Jiangnan's life took entirely different paths!
Jiangnan knew very well that his trash talent had only improved because the system gave him Marrow Cleansing Fruits. That was what let him rise to prominence!
But without the system, and without Marrow Cleansing Fruits, how had he managed to cultivate? After all, he'd seen that the version of himself without a system had also made it into space, and was far from weak!
Jiangnan kept watching!
At the night market, he met Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao, and reunited with Xue Xue. He was badly injured, so they took him to the hospital to get bandaged up!
Zhong Yingxue paid his medical bills, and Jiangnan told her about everything he'd been through over the years. He was a Space Element user, but had the worst talent imaginable...
But Zhong Yingxue didn't care. All she cared about was Jiangnan himself!
"You used to protect me all the time. From today on, I'll protect you..."
That was what Zhong Yingxue said to Jiangnan at the hospital...
Jiangnan still refused the money Zhong Yingxue offered him. She invited him to stay at her mansion instead of renting a room, but he didn't go!
Zhong Yingxue had