Quick Transmigration: Leisure

Chapter 423 Heartless in a CEO Novel (3)

The puppy is not in good condition.

Xia Youmi's condition is even worse.

Yu Li had to run between two places, personally overseeing the puppy's treatment, arranging for the customization of pet equipment for the home, and also paying attention to Xia Youmi's emotions.

If it weren't for the fact that the first week of work mainly consisted of getting to know people and attending system courses, Xia Youmi could have managed to get by.

She seriously doubted she was going to be fired.

He always hides to the side, lost in thought, when everyone is socializing, looking absent-minded.

Fortunately, her acting skills in maintaining a blank expression were quite good. Besides, it seemed that Manager Kim had no intention of interacting with her much. Apart from being more enthusiastic on the first day, she was quite friendly with the other pretty interns in the following days.

The way they address each other as "sister" and "younger sister" doesn't feel like the cold, impersonal workplace at all.

Mingming noticed that the atmosphere in each department was very serious during their visit. Even the receptionist, who was dressed the most flamboyantly, had a cold, businesslike expression.

Even though she didn't devote much attention to her work, Xia Youmi still felt something was wrong.

However, they come back every year.

Those things became unimportant.

"Woof, woof woof..."

Xia Youmi couldn't help but cry as soon as she saw Niannian. At first, Niannian didn't have the strength and could only make weak sounds.

Communication in my mind is always intermittent.

It seems that every year, her ability is linked to her physical condition; when she is weak, even relaying messages is difficult.

Its current puppy is too small, it looks like it hasn't been weaned yet, but it's already covered in scars.

Xia Youmi didn't want to spend her energy explaining the ins and outs every year, so she could only anxiously wait for her injury to heal with a somewhat unclear answer.

It wasn't the same dog I saw on the WeChat official account that day. Soon after, the black and white puppy was also adopted.

Xia Youmi didn't go to check.

You could call it selfish, because she only cared about Niannian's safety.

The numerous rescue operations she carried out in the past, while partly out of her instinctive pity for those creatures, were also largely driven by her intuition to find Niannian among them.

She lived in this world for twenty-two years.

However, she did not carry the memories of transmigrating into the book and always believed that she was a real, naturally grown person.

Aside from some dazedness and concern for stray animals, she felt that everything was flawless.

Until she recognized and met Niannian.

Those past memories instantly returned. Although the memories were not entrusted to the transit space for safekeeping, many things faded naturally over time, and she didn't remember everything.

But it concerns the year after year, and the transmigration into books.

This is an existence that will not be easily diminished; it will only deepen with each departure from the world.

Last time, they were still inside the space, studying together how to walk with their paws. It seemed that just as Niannian had finally had enough fun and was preparing to revert to her physical form, the teleportation channel suddenly opened.

Caught off guard, I entered a new world.

She lost direct contact with Niannian, was born as a normal person, and grew up, went to school, worked, and fell in love at a normal pace.

If it weren't for Nian Nian, perhaps we would have gone through marriage, childbirth, raising children, and growing old.

But there's a condition: unless she doesn't get involved in the main storyline.

After Niannian's health gradually recovered, Xia Youmi learned the plot.

At that moment, Yu Li was combing Niannian's long fur with Xia Youmi, discussing the dog's name. She was immersed in her happy life, and even though Niannian could communicate, she still didn't ask about the original plot.

The growth trajectory of this world influenced Xia Youmi.

She was more lively and a bit more spoiled than before.

“I’ve made up my mind! I’ll call her Xia Youyu!” Xia Youmi entered the name into Niannian’s personal medical insurance information.

"The hospitals all fill in 'every year'."

"A formal name and a nickname don't conflict!"

“But…” Yu Li hesitated.

"Yu Li! What do you mean? Don't you like our lovely Xia Youyu?" Xia Youmi hugged her puppy Niannian tightly, ready to start a pillow fight with Yu Li.

"No, it's a misunderstanding, Youmi. I don't dislike it." Yu Li patted Niannian's puppy head and said in a strange tone, "I also feel that I'm inexplicably a bit like it, which is weird."

Xia Youmi and Niannian both looked at the hesitant Yu Li.

"No, I didn't mean to compete with it for attention," Yu Li quickly waved her hand. "I wouldn't be jealous of a dog."

"Then why are you unhappy?" Xia Youmi asked, hands on her hips.

Yu Li understands her, and she understands the other person just as well.

The look in his eyes as he looked at Niannian clearly showed hesitation.

“Let me be frank! Xia Youmi!” Yu Li mustered her courage. “I feel that the name Youyu is what I want to leave for my future child.”

"what?"

"But seeing that you thought of this beforehand and like it so much, then it's fine to let it use it. Anyway, it can also be our child." Yu Li started to use childish antics to cover up her true intentions again.

He clearly cares a lot.

"Pfft-"

Xia Youmi laughed loudly, and even year after year, she was playing a "woof woof" laugh.

"Is this your only option?" Xia Youmi asked Yu Li in return.

"of course not."

"Who else?"

“Centimeter…” Yu Li said while observing Xia Youmi’s expression, and added, “It’s not that I didn’t plan to only have one, but I thought about it a bit more. Our combination only has a few good-sounding words.”

"Haha!" Xia Youmi laughed even louder, almost choking on her own breath.

Although Yu Li was a little embarrassed, she felt relieved when she saw that the other party did not seem to mind.

Amidst the laughter and merriment, it gradually realized something. It buried itself in Xia Youmi's arms, daring not to reveal any of its feelings.

I didn't want to disturb her happiness.

but,

After seeing Yu Li off, Xia Youmi returned to her expressionless state.

It seems that the image of a happy woman during the day is just an illusion.

She went to the balcony, pulled out a soft floor-standing sofa, and mixed herself a glass of sparkling wine. Gazing at the view outside, she sipped it one after another. Nian Nian had originally planned to remind herself of the main storyline later.

I don't want this vibrant person to be restricted by rules and will.

But when it approached the other person, wanting only a simple hug, it heard Xia Youmi say:

"Nian Nian, tell me... the plot."

"You have rice." Nian Nian's tone was filled with heartache.

"It's okay, how about we play a game? Let me guess, hmm? Is it true that I didn't end up with Yu Li in the original story?"

"Ah."

"Is he some kind of supporting male character? The kind of angelic character who silently cares for the female lead, treats her well, and helps her solve all her troubles?"

"Ah."

"Heh, so does that mean the company I joined is the battlefield between the male and female protagonists?"

"Yes."

"Was I not destined for a good ending in the original story?"

“Youmi! We’ve been through so many worlds together, we should have believed in ourselves long ago. With your efforts, the male and female protagonists and the main storyline of the original novel can be made completely unrelated. They overcome their obstacles, and we are ourselves,” Niannian said seriously.

"Hehe, but year after year, my memories of this world are too vivid." Xia Youmi was slightly tipsy. "All my feelings are real, love is real, and so is distress and pain. Those past versions of myself seem like a dream, or like Xia Youmi with an extraordinary will existing in a parallel universe."

"I don't think I can be that carefree now," she murmured. "I no longer feel completely indifferent to losing someone important."

"I won't feel like I'm being inexplicably drawn into the main plot, and I'll make detached choices by isolating myself from real-world factors."

"I seem to sense a jumble of emotions and am caught in a state of panic."

"If this is the punishment the original world wanted to give me, to punish my past indifference to ordinary life and to forcibly give me more emotions of love and hate, then they have won."

"There's rice!"

“Youmi, you won’t give up! Your emotions are perfectly normal. Being a little indifferent or a little lively is perfectly normal; it’s all just those people’s pointless charade. We can recognize this and temporarily submit to our true emotions. But we cannot give up to those thugs who forced us into their rules!” Niannian emphasized. “Youmi! That’s what you once told me.”

"Me." Xia Youmi was suddenly jolted awake by the blow.

Yes, that's what she said.

Even though Nian Nian was originally programmed with a "positive emotion system," she almost had a virus injected into her during her long journey of transmigrating into books due to a counterattack by the interstellar firewall.

That's a kind of decadent and depraved attribute that's completely opposite to willpower.

It almost couldn't hold on any longer, but Xia Youmi revived it.

"We accept our emotions and govern them. Instead of giving up the fight because of occasional weakness, we allow weakness and we allow leveraging others, but we never give up on ourselves."

Xia Youmi murmured and slowly closed her eyes.

Thinking she was asleep, Niannian silently bit the blanket next to her and adjusted it to a suitable angle to cover her.

They are each other's most loyal partners.

From life and death,

Even something as simple as covering yourself with a blanket is perfectly reasonable.