Same as Nine Righteousness, Why Are You So Beautiful

"Wei, this is the first time in my life I've been humiliated like this."

Even though a full day had passed, Qin Yunhai still found it difficult to calm down.

Wu Wei patted Qin Yunhai on the shoulder with a sympathetic expression.

This guy was indeed unlucky, but then again, Chi Yu was just being unreasonable; she didn't actually have any intention of harming Qin Yunhai.

Compared to the treatment he received from his three roommates who were all trying to kill him, Qin Yunhai's situation was hardly worth mentioning.

"Isn't it just being cheated on? Calm down. If you want to get through life, you have to wear a little green on your head."

"It's not the cheating that hurts, it's the verbal abuse. She's the one who cheated, yet she had the nerve to scold me?" Qin Yunhai trembled with rage. "How did I never realize before that Chi Yu was this kind of person?"

He recalled their previous conversation.

"My body is my own business. I'll give it to whoever I want. What right do you have to suspect me or investigate me?"

"You actually want to break up with me? What happened to promising to love me forever and never leaving my side? Heh, what a scumbag!"

"Qin Yunhai, I'll give you one last chance. Let's just pretend this never happened and get back together. We can be like we were before—I'll be your girlfriend, you care for me and cherish me, and if I occasionally cheat, I just won't let you find out."

Heaven knows how much willpower it took for Qin Yunhai to keep himself from lashing out.

They say breakups should be handled with dignity, and Qin Yunhai understood that, but only when it actually happened to him did he realize what that truly felt like.

Reason does not always prevail.

If Wu Wei hadn't called him at that exact moment, Qin Yunhai might already be at Six Fan Gate explaining the reasons for a homicide to the head constables.

"I always prided myself on having a good eye for people. Why am I so ridiculously wrong?" Qin Yunhai said in agony.

When a man encounters something like this, it is always hard to let go.

Wu Wei drank his tea calmly.

He wasn't good at comforting others, nor did he think comfort was useful in such situations.

Of course, the necessary words still had to be said.

"Yunhai, love is a luxury, not a necessity. It's just a breakup, a trivial matter. Is it really worth getting like this?"

"It's not about the breakup; it's about dignity and my inability to judge character," Qin Yunhai said earnestly.

Wu Wei stopped talking.

He understood now: this guy wasn't actually that devastated by the breakup itself; he was mostly just feeling humiliated.

Lan Meng was not as calm as Wu Wei.

Entrusted with a task, she felt obligated to fulfill it. She had accepted Qin Yunhai's request but failed to help him, and deep down, Lan Meng felt quite embarrassed.

So, she took the initiative to come over today and even tried to make excuses for Qin Yunhai: "Classmate Qin Yunhai, this actually isn't your fault, and perhaps it isn't even Chi Yu's fault. She might have been influenced by some irresistible factors."

Clearly, Lan Meng was talking about inner demons.

Glancing at Wu Wei, Lan Meng considered whether she should explain the situation to Qin Yunhai.

Wu Wei nodded.

The reason he came to see Qin Yunhai today wasn't to comfort him, but rather to confirm a few things through their conversation.

Then, Lan Meng told Qin Yunhai what she knew.

The shock Qin Yunhai received was even greater than Wu Wei's.

He was already in a state of extreme emotional volatility, and being suddenly hit by such a massive influx of information made it difficult for him to maintain his composure.

However, Qin Yunhai calmed down quickly and asked Wu Wei, "You would actually tell me about something like this?"

Even though Lan Meng said they would be close partners in the future.

But asking himself honestly, before they had gone through life-and-death situations together, it was necessary to keep some secrets from each other.

Wu Wei smiled and said bluntly, "Because I don't believe what Lan Meng said is true, so I need you to help me verify it."

If he could confirm that what Lan Meng said was true, he wouldn't necessarily have told Qin Yunhai right now.

He certainly trusted Qin Yunhai as a friend, but he would always love himself more.

And using temptation to test a friendship was something only a fool would do; Wu Wei would certainly never touch that.

After hearing Wu Wei's words, Qin Yunhai closed his eyes, remained silent for five seconds, then suddenly opened them, his tone now very firm: "I don't believe it either."

Wu Wei laughed in relief.

This was a case of great minds thinking alike.

Lan Meng was a bit anxious.

"Wu Wei, Qin Yunhai, I am not lying to you. I swear to heaven."

"I know you aren't lying to me," Wu Wei said in a very steady tone, "but you don't know if you are the one being deceived."

Lan Meng was stunned.

"Yunhai, do you remember a hypothesis I once mentioned to you?" Wu Wei asked Qin Yunhai.

Qin Yunhai nodded, agreeing with Wu Wei's point of view.

"A person is who they are because their memories tell them so. If those memories are tampered with, they could very well become someone else entirely."

"In a sense, as long as a person's memories exist and can be continuously transferred to other bodies, that person can achieve immortality. As technology continues to advance, we should be able to accomplish this in the near future."

Upon hearing Qin Yunhai's words, Lan Meng felt a chill run through her entire body.

"How is that possible? How could you have such unconventional thoughts? How can you call that immortality?"

Wu Wei glanced at Lan Meng and said indifferently, "This is, in fact, immortality; it is simply not the kind of immortality you are accustomed to. Geniuses break conventions to innovate, while the mediocre merely accept the definitions of others and remain bound by tradition."

This was the difference between Wu Wei, Qin Yunhai, and Lan Meng.

Wu Wei and Qin Yunhai were the ones who defined reality.

"Lan Meng's memories must have been tampered with. The motive is unknown, but the most likely purpose is to mislead you into making incorrect judgments," Qin Yunhai offered his speculation.

"Is it not possible that it really was a future version of you who sent me back?"

In truth, Lan Meng had already accepted the validity of Wu Wei and Qin Yunhai's discussion, but she did not want to admit that possibility.

Qin Yunhai asked very seriously, "If it were truly a boss from an opposing faction resetting the timeline, why not set it to the moment Wu Wei was born, or even before he was born? Wouldn't he be much weaker then?"

"Perhaps because resetting to that point would be more difficult and require greater sacrifices. That is entirely possible," Lan Meng argued.

Qin Yunhai nodded, agreeing with Lan Meng's perspective.

"Indeed, anything is possible. But at the end of the day, you know as well as I do that the possibility I proposed is far greater than the one you believe in. Stop deceiving yourself."

Lan Meng was left speechless.

"I once had a hypothesis: to invent an artificial intelligence, feed it a person's data model, and have it calculate the countless possibilities of that person's future development."

Wu Wei spoke, drawing the attention of both Qin Yunhai and Lan Meng.

"If we were to select one of those possibilities and implant it into that person's mind, do you think it would make them believe they had been reborn?"

Qin Yunhai's eyes lit up. "That is highly feasible. Wei, you truly are a genius. If we combine it with my genetic technology, we could even clone countless versions of the same person to verify the various possibilities calculated by the AI."

Lan Meng was completely bewildered.

I'm a top student, for heaven's sake! Why can I not keep up with the pace of these two big shots?

We all went through the same nine-year compulsory education; did these two secretly attend extra tutoring classes?