【Congratulations to Host No. 202, Bai Jiao, for completing this redemption mission. You have been automatically assigned to remain in this world. We wish you an enjoyable stay.】
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Mu Huazhuo did not plead for leniency on Wei Li’s behalf, leaving everything to Bai Jiao’s discretion yet Bai Jiao ultimately let Wei Li off, stating only that the life saving favor between him and Mu Huazhuo was now settled.
Wei Li neither agreed nor disagreed. On the day he packed his belongings and left the club, the laws of the world sent rain falling just for him.
Mu Huazhuo stood by the floor to ceiling window, watching as he walked step by step out of the club’s gates.
“There’s no need to worry about him anymore.”
Bai Jiao wrapped his arms around him from behind. Mu Huazhuo immediately turned around and kissed him eagerly.
“Jiaojiao… I was really scared before,” Mu Huazhuo said indistinctly.
“Scared of what?”
“That something might have happened to you because of the drug.”
Of course, Mu Huazhuo didn’t want Bai Jiao to have any involvement with Wei Li but what worried him more was Bai Jiao’s health. The origin of that drug was unknown, whether it might harm the body was something no one could predict.
When he heard that Bai Jiao had refused hospitalization, he had been frantic with worry.
“I knew what I was doing. Nothing would happen. Besides…” Bai Jiao lifted him up and pressed him against the one way floor to ceiling glass. “Didn’t I already have you as my antidote?”
Thinking back to that day, Mu Huazhuo’s gaze shifted uneasily. Only when Bai Jiao began undoing his clothes did he panic, pressing a hand against Bai Jiao’s chest. “Jiaojiao, what are you doing…?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” Bai Jiao’s hands did not pause.
“This is your office, someone could come in at any time.” Mu Huazhuo’s resistance was weak.
“No one will come in.” Bai Jiao casually used Mu Huazhuo’s tie to bind his hands. “Baby, we haven’t seen each other for days. Don’t you want this?”
That gentle “baby” made Mu Huazhuo feel as though his soul had drifted away. “I do…”
Of course he did. When he had been alone, his mind had been filled with Bai Jiao. No matter what, his own hands could never compare.
“Mm. Then just think of it as the effects from before still lingering and now you’re helping me deal with it.”
After all, no matter how vivid a screen was, it couldn’t compare to real touch.
Only when Mu Huazhuo tried to wrap his arms around him did he realize his hands were bound. “Then… why did you tie my hands?”
Bai Jiao remained composed. “To stop you from moving around.”
As he spoke, he turned Mu Huazhuo around and pressed him against the one way glass, allowing him to clearly see the silhouettes of people passing outside.
“Mm… Jiaojiao, don’t… ah… I want to look at you…”
…
Time passed like a fleeting stream. Bai Jiao accompanied Mu Huazhuo through an entire lifetime. It did not seem long, just a blink and it was over.
This time, after inquiring about Dr. Yao’s situation and learning that he was still busy, Bai Jiao did not return to the origin world. Instead, he moved directly on to the next one.
He knew.
His lover would be waiting for him in the next world.
Waiting for his redemption.
“Beep… beep… beep…”
“What’s that sound? Wasn’t the patient in this bed already declared dead?”
“Dr. Lu refused to give up on resuscitation. This… this is… vital signs have returned!”
“Damn it, I just reported back to the main star, what are you people doing? You told me the Major General was dead? Believe it or not, I’ll have all of you dealt with!”
“A miracle, this is a medical miracle! Quick, send the patient back into emergency care. Go get Dr. Lu!”
“Major General, hold on, we will do everything we can to save you!”
…
A small, white winged orb hovered in the air, looking down at the person on the hospital bed with visible distress.
The host was unconscious. What should it do? It had already finished transmitting the world information just now but there was no way to know whether the host, after taking the recovery agent, would still remember any of it upon waking.
886 drifted over to the bedside table, watching the constant flow of doctors and nurses coming and going. Bored, it began counting the feathers on its wings one by one.
It wasn’t that it wasn’t worried about its host. There was simply no need to worry.
As the world data finished loading bit by bit, 886 completed reading it as well and then fell into silence.
This was bad…
Once its host woke up and learned the identity of the “cub” in this world, would he explode in rage and blow the entire world apart?
…
This was a world with six genders: female guides, male guides, female sentinels, male sentinels ordinary men and ordinary women.
Ordinary people were just like the humans Bai Jiao had encountered in his previous worlds. Guides and sentinels, however, possessed mental power and spirit entities that ordinary people did not.
Among them, sentinels symbolized strength. Their mental power was aggressive and their spirit forms were typically fierce beasts or birds of prey but they also had their weaknesses.
Every three months, sentinels would enter a berserk state, losing their humanity and turning into irrational “beasts” with extreme aggression and destructive capability.
When a sentinel fell into this state, they required a guide’s soothing. That was the purpose of guides. Their mental power was gentle and inclusive, capable of regulating the nervous system and even mental energy, providing relief and stabilization to these sentinels.
There were many methods of soothing. Remote mental guidance was the most common, though physical contact was also used. The most effective method, however, was intimate union. Because guides were rare, this last method was especially sought after. A single guide could even marry multiple sentinels.
Bai Jiao’s current identity was that of a high ranking male guide. Born into a prestigious family, he had no interest in indulgence and instead focused wholeheartedly on building his own career. Because he already had a fiance, he had always kept himself strictly restrained, never entangled with anyone else.
On the battlefield, the original host had pushed himself beyond his limits to provide support his strength could barely sustain. In a state of extreme weakness, he was ambushed by the enemy and died.
He had no regrets and left behind no wishes.
When Bai Jiao first realized this identity came with a fiance, a trace of discomfort arose in his heart. He planned to return, break off the engagement and then go find his lover, barely managing to suppress that unease.
However, once he finished reading the world information, that discomfort instantly turned into anger, jolting him awake from his unconscious state.
The good news: he knew where his lover was.
The bad news: his lover was his own brother’s fiance in this body and, worse still, a slow reacting fool who didn’t even understand when he was being bullied.
“The Major General is awake!”
“The Major General is finally awake! Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”
“Major General, you’ve worked so hard! It’s all our fault for failing to protect you, sob, sob…”
A group of burly sentinels stood around Bai Jiao’s bed, crying like children.
Bai Jiao’s gaze was distant, unfamiliar. He had no intention of maintaining the original host’s gentle, white lotus persona.
When the doctor arrived, he simply pretended to have amnesia, leaving the system with no way to determine any violation.
This only made the already guilt ridden sentinels feel even worse. Every day, they stood outside Bai Jiao’s ward, wailing like ghosts.
“Too noisy.”
Bai Jiao uttered the words coldly, which only deepened their self reproach.
Just look, after brushing against death, even their gentle and kind Major General had changed! It was all because they hadn’t protected him properly!
Ignoring their anguished expressions, Bai Jiao said flatly, “I’m returning to the capital.”
“Return! We’ll go back immediately! This damned place isn’t fit for human beings!”
The news that Bai Jiao had survived only spread after he had fully recovered and returned to the capital.
…….
Capital City, Bai Residence.
“What? You’re saying my brother didn’t actually die? And he’s already on his way back?”
Bai Feng shot upright from the bed, unable to conceal the joy on his face.
Le Shan, who had been sleeping beside him, was jolted awake as well. Upon hearing the news, he seemed stunned, as though struck senseless, tears immediately falling.
“What? Jiaojiao isn’t dead?”
Le Shan scrambled to find his communicator. When he checked it, there were no messages from Bai Jiao at all. “How is that possible? If Jiaojiao isn’t dead, why wouldn’t he contact me?”
“He’s lost his memory,” Bai Feng replied instinctively.
“Jiaojiao lost his memory?” Le Shan sat up. “I’m going to find him right now.”
Only then did he realize he was completely naked, his body covered in ambiguous marks.
Memories from the past few days flooded back, making him wish he could simply crash into a wall and end it.
After learning of Bai Jiao’s death, Le Shan had drowned his sorrows in alcohol for days. By accident, he had triggered a berserk episode, only to be encountered and soothed by Bai Feng and the two of them had ended up entangled together.
Bai Feng was Bai Jiao’s older brother and also the fiance of Le Shan’s own older brother, Le Zhuo.
Le Shan felt his head throb. He didn’t even dare turn to look at the person beside him, nor did he know how to face Bai Jiao, who had returned from the dead.
Clearly, Bai Feng had also come to realize the situation.
Although he had long been dissatisfied with his foolish fiance, he had never once intended to seduce his younger brother’s fiance…
As they sank into an awkward silence, neither of them noticed the bright, spirited young man sitting on the crooked tree outside the window.
The young man received a call. He hurriedly lowered the volume on his communicator and answered cautiously.
“Hello? Who is this?”
A cold, clear and pleasant voice came from the other end.
“You’re my brother’s fiance, Le Zhuo, right? I can’t reach my brother right now. Come pick me up at the entrance of the military academy.”
The call ended just as abruptly, leaving Le Zhuo, who had been watching the drama unfold for days and still smelled faintly unpleasant, completely bewildered.
He stretched his stiff limbs, glanced once into the room, turned off the recording function on his communicator and then lightly jumped down from the crooked tree.
Who would send a fool to pick someone up?
That was far too strange.
Le Zhuo thought about it for quite a while before finally recalling, based on the way the other party had spoken, it should be Bai Jiao, the younger brother of his scumbag fiance.
Wait… wasn’t Bai Jiao dead?
Bai Jiao declined all the sentinels who had offered to escort him home. He stood beneath the large locust tree at the entrance of the military academy, waiting. Beside him was a large pile of luggage, most of it gifts his subordinates had taken the opportunity to stuff in.
He stood tall and straight, his bearing refined and striking. His silver hair, a symbol of his noble lineage, was especially eye-catching, drawing the attention of many passing sentinels. Some were tempted to approach him for his contact details yet none dared offend the Bai family.
When Le Zhuo arrived, what he saw was a tightly packed crowd. Only after squeezing his way through with difficulty did he catch sight of the dazzling figure at the center and for a moment, he froze in place.
The other person had the same silver hair as his fiance, Bai Feng yet carried far more presence. Even his figure was impeccable, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, long legs. As a guide, he was even taller than him.
When Le Zhuo drew closer and saw that peerlessly handsome face clearly, his heartbeat immediately began to accelerate uncontrollably. Hesitating, he felt too embarrassed to step forward and speak.
It was only when those warm, almond shaped eyes met his gaze that Le Zhuo finally shuffled forward slowly.
“Y.. you… was it you who asked Zhuozhuo to come pick you up?”
Le Zhuo’s sharp yet gentle eyes widened, making him look somewhat foolish.
Bai Jiao lifted a brow slightly. Looking at the familiar features before him, he gave a soft “mm.” “You’re my brother’s… fiance?”
He emphasized the last three words, his tone carrying a hint of sharpness that made Le Zhuo instinctively shrink back.
So beautiful… but he seemed difficult to get along with.
In Le Zhuo’s dreams, there had been no Bai Jiao, only a brief death notice that had left him flustered and at a loss. Now, he could only force himself to act dumb, putting on a smile.
“Yes! I’m your brother’s fiance.”
Bai Jiao looked away. “Where’s your car? Help me carry the luggage and take me home.”
Before becoming foolish, Le Zhuo had been an excellent soldier. He was well built and strong.
“I didn’t bring a car.” He glanced nostalgically at the military academy, his tone childish.
“Then how did you get here?” Bai Jiao asked.
“I ran here. I’m really fast!” Le Zhuo leaned closer to him ingratiatingly. “How about I carry you home? I can run really fast!”
There was no trace of disdain on Bai Jiao’s face. Instead, he followed his logic. “Then what about my luggage?”
“You carry the luggage and Zhuozhuo carries you!” Le Zhuo proposed eagerly.
“…Forget it. Let’s take a taxi.”
Bai Jiao chose not to argue with a fool.
Le Zhuo stood obediently beside him, staring at the pile of luggage with a conflicted expression. “But you have so much luggage. Zhuozhuo can’t carry it all.”
“Are you acting cute?” Bai Jiao turned his head, studying his expression.
“Huh? Zhuozhuo isn’t acting cute.” Le Zhuo looked utterly innocent and confused.
“Mm. Then you’re being adorable.”
Bai Jiao used his communicator to call a taxi.
Since the booking noted that the passenger was a guide, the car arrived quickly. The driver even got out enthusiastically to help carry the luggage, leaving Le Zhuo with nothing to do.
“Zhuozhuo isn’t being adorable,” Le Zhuo muttered.
“Get in or do you want to run back?” Bai Jiao opened the car door and glanced sideways at him.
“Oh, Zhuozhuo is coming.”
Truthfully, Le Zhuo felt a bit intimidated facing him but he couldn’t show it. After all, he was supposed to be a fool. He hurriedly squeezed into the car.
As soon as Bai Jiao got in, Le Zhuo caught a faint, pleasant fragrance. Unable to resist, he edged a little closer.
“What’s your name?” Bai Jiao asked, as if unaware of everything.
“My name is Zhuozhuo,” Le Zhuo replied, still playing dumb.
“I’m asking for your full name.”
“My full name is Le Zhuo, Le as in happiness, Zhuo as in Zhuo,” he explained, then asked curiously, “You’re Fengfeng’s younger brother, right? You’re so beautiful, why haven’t I ever seen you before?”
The original host had been frail as a child and rarely stayed in the capital, only returning during holidays and living in more remote areas. It had always been Bai Feng and Le Shan who went to visit him. Naturally, Le Zhuo had never met him.
“Very beautiful?” Bai Jiao ignored the question and instead asked with interest, “How beautiful?”
“Just… very beautiful. Super beautiful.” The foolish young man didn’t have the vocabulary for anything more elaborate.
“Then do you like me?”
Bai Jiao’s long, gentle eyes rested quietly on him, as though filled with endless affection.
“…” Le Zhuo almost lost his composure. After a pause, he forced out a silly grin. “I like you. Zhuozhuo likes pretty younger brothers.”
“Mm. I like you too.” Bai Jiao naturally took his hand and gave it a light squeeze.
His mental power silently wrapped around Le Zhuo’s wrist, slipping beneath his sleeve and spreading throughout his entire body. After confirming that the foolish young man was unharmed, he didn’t withdraw it immediately. Instead, he let it envelop him completely.
After entering this world, Bai Jiao’s mental power retained its original level, an unquestionable SSS class guide. Le Zhuo, merely an S class sentinel, had no awareness of it at all.
Still, hearing Bai Jiao say he liked him made Le Zhuo feel oddly uncomfortable.
Didn’t this person know he was supposed to be a fool? Was he teasing him? Or treating him like a child?
And why was he holding his hand? Wasn’t this a bit improper? But he was supposed to be foolish now, what should he do? What would his past self have done?
Le Zhuo felt thoroughly conflicted.
Guides in this world were extremely rare. Though he didn’t know much about Bai Jiao, he had heard enough, Bai Jiao was said to be as refined as a gentle breeze and bright moon. Now that he had met him in person, aside from the appearance, his temperament seemed nothing like the rumors.
“The doctor said I’ve lost my memory. I don’t remember anything from before,” Bai Jiao said as if it were only natural. “I’ll have to rely on you for everything later.”
Le Zhuo suddenly understood.
So Bai Jiao had lost his memory. No wonder he had asked him to come pick him up and was acting so strangely but… could memory loss really change a person’s temperament this much?
“Leave it to Zhuozhuo.” Le Zhuo patted his chest, making a solemn promise to Bai Jiao.
At this moment, he was filled with sympathy for Bai Jiao, thinking that the two of them were alike, pitiful victims wearing metaphorical green hats.
And in his dream, they had both ended up dead.
However, reality and dreams were still somewhat different. At this point in time, Bai Jiao should have been brought back as a corpse but instead, he had returned alive.
Seeing Le Zhuo like this, 886 grew anxious. 【Host, the kid really seems to have gone stupid. Do you think he can still be treated? Dating someone intellectually impaired is illegal.】
“…” Bai Jiao grabbed 886 by the wing. “This is what you get for throwing me into some trash tier small world.”
【Waaah, it was random transmission! I didn’t know the kid would turn into a fool!】
“Look at him. Does he seem stupid to you?” Bai Jiao felt that his own system was the truly foolish one.
【Not stupid? He looks very stupid from every angle】 886 stopped flapping and glanced doubtfully at Le Zhuo, who was clinging to the window counting birds.
“He’s pretending.”
Bai Jiao saw through him at a glance.
This guy clearly hadn’t run here, there was still the faint scent of body wash lingering on him. He had obviously taken a quick shower before coming.
Just now, when asked to help carry luggage, he had dodged the task in a roundabout way, showing no intention of helping at all. That was not something a fool would do.
886 chose to trust its host. 【But in the original story, the kid really was stupid. Why is he suddenly not stupid anymore?】
On that matter, Bai Jiao had his own suspicions but without concrete evidence, he chose not to draw conclusions.
Along the way, Le Zhuo pressed himself against the window, counting the little birds perched on telephone wires outside, while Bai Jiao sat beside him, continuing to sort through information about this world.
This was a world derived from a BL novel titled “Forbidden Love.” It was an NP story that told of the protagonist, Le Shan, who, after learning of the death of his beloved white moonlight, fell into despair and began entangling himself with various guides.
His official boyfriend, also the primary “shou”, was Bai Feng, the older brother of the identity Bai Jiao now occupied.
In the story, Le Zhuo’s role was that of Bai Feng’s foolish fiance. Daring to compete with the protagonist, Le Shan, for affection naturally cast him as a vicious supporting character.
He had originally become foolish while saving Bai Feng. The gratitude Bai Feng once felt gradually turned into disgust. Later, Le Zhuo was schemed against by Le Shan and in saving Bai Feng once again, died a second time. In the end, all that remained of his legacy was a faint sigh of regret.
When a former hero becomes a fool, no one remembers his past achievements. They only remember that he is a fool and when a fool dies, no one finds it a loss.
At this thought, Bai Jiao’s gaze darkened. His grip on Le Zhuo’s hand tightened, drawing a cry of pain.
“Waaah, you’re hurting me.”
Le Zhuo inwardly wondered what kind of madness had seized Bai Jiao but on the surface, he put on a pitiful expression, struggling to pull his hand back.
Just then, the car stopped. Bai Jiao released him, his expression indifferent. “Sorry. Get out.”
Faced with his sudden coldness, Le Zhuo froze for a moment, almost instinctively wanting to cling to him but forced himself to hold back.
Was Bai Jiao suffering from a split personality? Why was he getting stranger by the second?
Grumbling inwardly, Le Zhuo quickly followed him out of the car, still making no move to help with the luggage, only sneaking glances at him.
Such a beautiful person… but perhaps a little unwell.
Fortunately, the butler had already been informed and was waiting at the entrance, directing the servants to carry Bai Jiao’s luggage upstairs.
“Young Master, you’ve returned. Master, Madam, the eldest young master and your fiance, Mr. Le, have all been waiting for you.”
“Mm.”
Bai Jiao naturally took Le Zhuo’s hand and led him inside, leaving everyone momentarily stunned.
After all, Le Zhuo was, nominally, his brother’s fiance.
“Zhuozhuo, lead the way. You’re the one I’m most familiar with here,” Bai Jiao said, giving Le Zhuo’s hand a light swing.
Le Zhuo: “…”
He nearly lost his composure, his face even flushing slightly.
But then he thought, Le Shan had stolen his fiance so brazenly, so what was wrong with him stealing Le Shan’s fiance in return?
Knowing how much Le Shan liked Bai Jiao, a new method of revenge suddenly formed in his mind.
“Okay! Zhuozhuo will lead you!”
He swaggered forward, holding Bai Jiao’s hand as they entered the main hall. As expected, everyone inside turned to look, their expressions filled with disbelief at the sight.
“Jiaojiao, how can you be holding your brother’s fiance’s hand…?”
“Be quiet. Jiaojiao has lost his memory.”
“Jiaojiao just came back, who dares criticize him?”
“Jiaojiao…”
“What is going on?” Madam Bai directed a questioning look at the butler, who shook his head, indicating he was equally unaware.
“Isn’t this my fiance?” Bai Jiao said calmly, not releasing Le Zhuo’s hand. “Today, at the entrance of the military academy, I had someone send a message to my fiance and my family to come pick me up. Only Zhuozhuo came.”
He was clearly lying through his teeth. Le Zhuo was startled but as a fool, couldn’t show it.
Le Shan, seated on the sofa, could no longer sit still. The moment he saw the figure he had not seen for so long appear before him, the warmth in his chest turned into panic.
“Jiaojiao, I’m your fiance! Le Zhuo is my brother and your brother’s fiance. I just had something to do this morning and didn’t see your message. I… I didn’t receive anything from you…”
He hurriedly pulled up his communicator to prove it, only to find that, at some unknown point, several messages from Bai Jiao asking him to pick him up at the military academy had appeared in their chat.
Le Shan rubbed his eyes in shock, unable to believe it. “How… how is this possible?”
Bai Jiao didn’t spare him a single glance. Instead, he pulled Le Zhuo into an embrace.
“I like Le Zhuo as my fiance. Since that’s the case, Mom, Dad, help me switch fiances with my brother.”
Father Bai: “…”
Mother Bai: “…”
Bai Feng: “…”
Le Shan: “…”
Le Zhuo: “…”
Was this something that could just be switched so casually?