[It didn't come at a great cost. The host's safety is the most important thing. Thank you for sharing the points, but you don't need to give me half.]
Everyone was shocked. "Host! Could it be one of those mission-oriented systems from novels?"
[You're welcome... wait, I remember where I am, isn't this the Shang Family's private hospital? Oh no, do Shang Family know I fainted? Will they notice something's wrong with me?]
While drinking water, Shang Shujue glanced in the direction of the door, as if he saw something, yet also as if he saw nothing. He put the cup on the bedside table and then went to the bathroom.
Shang Shuchen held the support pole for him and escorted him there. Only after hearing his inner thoughts did he recover from the shock. His younger brother really wasn't his younger brother anymore, but this younger brother seemed quite well-behaved... sobs
Why are you worried about this, host? Just treat this world as a parallel world. You are Shang Shujue, and Shang Shujue is you.
Although I used the original Shang Shujue's name to distinguish your different personalities from the two different upbringings, you are still you.
The other side of you has now become a silver-medal strategist in our Quick Transmigration Bureau. This guy truly deserves his three years of experience pursuing Su Youchuan.
In the world of strategy guides, he's a piece of cake. Dungeons that take others a month to complete, he finishes in a week.
What would take a week to complete, he finished in a day; what would take three years, he finished in a year.
Moreover, everyone is devoted to him. I took a moment to ask him if he wanted to come back and see his family.
It's unclear whether the system sensed their presence and deliberately guided Shang Shujue to discuss the topic in his mind, thus revealing the general situation to them.
The Xiao Jue they raised from a baby has now signed a contract to become a strategist in the Quick Transmigration Bureau, and seems to be doing quite well. But what's with this three-year experience chasing after Su Youchuan?
And what exactly did that brat answer? Did he go home to see his family? I'm so curious!
[This kid is really something else, he's been like a cheat code since he awakened. I told you I'm incredibly charming, cough cough, enough with the narcissism. What did he say? Is he coming back?]
After relieving himself, Shang Shujue zipped up his pants, buttoned them up, and went to wash his hands. He rubbed the hand that had been used to give him the injection against his fingers and palm, which were not bandaged with tape.
Shang Shuyu and the others stopped standing outside the door and came in to sit down. When Shang Shuchen saw how neatly they were arranged, he knew they were listening and quickly gestured with his lips to tell them not to be too obvious.
He said, "No! With you here, everything can be handled," and then went to run a dungeon. Oh, before he left, he gave me something—a bottle of Body-Protecting Life Pearl.
It's said that you should find a suitable opportunity to have a blood relative or someone you care about undergo a blood oath ceremony, and then wear the item every day to protect them. This will not only protect them, but also ensure that after they pass away, the HR from the Quick Transmigration Bureau will come and take them away.
[Holy crap! This filial son! He's already in management? And he's even recruiting for the Quick Transmigration Bureau, specifically targeting his own family members. Oh my god, I guarantee the first thing his family will do when they get there is to grab him and beat him up, really badly...]
Nuomi's voice stopped there, as if she had finished explaining to the Shang Family and no longer made any noise.
Shang Shujue was completely unaware of this. He felt both annoyed and amused, and his complaints were tinged with schadenfreude. However, his thoughts stopped abruptly when he saw the rest of the Shang Family.
It took the Shang Family quite a while to recover from the overwhelming amount of information they received from Shang Shujue.
What followed was a mix of anger and amusement. It was infuriating because this brat had already found them jobs, but it was also amusement because this brat really deserved a beating!
"Cough cough... Mom, Mom... What brings you here?"
This was the first time Shang Shujue had called someone "Mom," especially a mother with a real blood relation. It made him a little embarrassed, and when he called Yun Yuanmei, his tone was somewhat unclear, like a baby learning to speak.
"You brat, if your uncle hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known what you'd been up to behind my back! You really scared me to death this time!"
Yun Yuanmei, however, felt no distance between them. She went over and hugged him, patting his shoulder while complaining that he had kept it from her. Her attitude was intimate and unambiguous. Since they were both her sons, they were both her sons, and there was no difference between them.
"Mom, I'm sorry, please don't be angry. I'm perfectly fine, don't get upset and ruin your health."
That one hug seemed to tear away the thin membrane that separated Shang Shujue from them. He suddenly felt both moved and sad; even as an orphan, he now had a family.
"You brat, if you know you're annoying, then stop making me angry. You're always causing me trouble. Your second brother is the same; only your eldest brother and two older sisters are easy to deal with in the family..."
Yun Yuanmei started chattering away to Shang Shujue, while her hands were busy serving him chicken soup, afraid that he would get hungry, since he hadn't eaten for so long.
"Mom, let the attending physician check on my little brother first. Besides, he just woke up, and it's not really suitable for him to eat such greasy food. I'll buy him some porridge later..."
Shang Shuyu finally spoke up. As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Shunan volunteered, "Besides porridge, what else can we eat? I'll go buy it."
Shang Shujue had no say in the matter and was being pulled around by the attending physician for various examinations, while Shang Shunan had already gone downstairs to buy food that Shang Shujue could eat.
After a while of fussing, Shang Shujue finally got to eat. He also took the opportunity to find an excuse to give them the Body-Protecting Life Pearl, which they then wore on their wrists after binding them with their blood.
After learning from Nuomi that Lin Jinhao had been eliminated from the live stream, Shang Shujue took care of him all night and all morning, and then went with his parents to get a paternity test, the reason being that he looked too much like Li Zhenhua...
Aside from this incident, Nuomi has noted down all 21 people who were eliminated during the live stream. There's no gossip about them for now, but if there's anything that needs his attention, like Lin Jinhao's situation, Nuomi will definitely remind him.
It seems that the Nuomi consumed too much energy this time, so he has temporarily lost the entertainment activity of eating melons. From now on, accumulating merit will depend entirely on triggering crisis warnings.
Once Nuomi recovers, they can eat melons again. As for how long it will take him to recover, he doesn't know.
Shang Shujue stayed in the hospital for another half day before being discharged. This time, he didn't return to the training camp but went directly back to the Shang Family family villa. He didn't participate in the live stream, which was considered a forfeit and elimination.
Shang Shujue didn't intend to perform on stage; watching from the audience was just as good. After all, her first solo performance was over, and there would be three more public performances, culminating in the final.
Throughout this period, people have been eliminated one after another. This time, although Nuomi consumed a lot of energy, it also removed many of the limitations.
Even by doing small things within his ability, Shang Shujue can now accumulate a little merit. However, he still needs to earn points by successfully changing the fate of others and inheriting karma.
He hadn't planned to go to the training camp; he just wanted to focus on things at the company and worry about why Song Yanqing wasn't contacting him. But Yu Yang and the others seemed reluctant to let him go and kept asking him to come over, even if it was just to play backstage.
He couldn't refuse their hospitality, and finally decided to go check on them occasionally, hoping to catch a glimpse of something interesting...