Don’t Covet the Beautiful System!! - Chap 117
The expressionless child wanted to refute it, but the child next to him pinched his face with a smile. He pinched it back and forth, so there was no chance to speak at all.
While pinching, Ji Tong excitedly reminded him, “Call me Big Brother.”
Pei Qingyuan couldn’t speak and looked down at him in silence.
Both of them should be five or six years older, but Ji Tong was only a bit taller than his three and a half form that had lasted for a year. He was half a head shorter and was thinner than Pei Qingyuan, who was the same age now.
Thus, Pei Qingyuan stretched out his hand and gently pinched Ji Tong’s cheeks before rubbing his head.
His movements were effortless compared to Ji Tong, who needed to look up at him.
Who was more like an older brother?
It was more than words.
Seeing this, Ji Tong’s happy expression froze little by little.
Fu Yinyin watched the children pinching each other and laughed so hard that she almost couldn’t stand upright.
At this moment, there was another sound beside them and it was accompanied by a childish voice.
“I’m going to die…”
Another child appeared out of thin air and sat on the ground in a dizzy manner.
Fu Yinyin handed over the motion sickness medicine prepared in advance and called him. “Xiao Hao.”
Fang Hao, who was five or six years old, was still for a while before raising his head. He still had the short cut hairstyle common to a child, very spirited facial features and dark skin.
Ji Tong first laughed. Then he instinctively said, “So you haven’t worn glasses at this age.”
Fang Hao had exchanged photos with him before. The elementary school student was around 10 years old in that photo and had already worn thick glasses.
Fang Hao heard him say this and immediately took out a mirror to take a look. He said in shock, “The default form refers to this? The teleportation process is so dizzying. How can I have the energy to change my form?”
Ji Tong’s attention was attracted by this and stopped tormenting the host. Pei Qingyuan also looked at Fang Hao with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
Fang Hao’s child form and adult form were completely different.
Why did Ji Tong say that Fang Hao didn’t wear glasses at this age?
The tall and handsome Fang Hao wearing a cap didn’t wear glasses.
Fu Yinyin was the first to notice that something was wrong. Before the two of them completely revealed something, she remedied it in time, “This should be the child form you used in other projection worlds. You forgot to reset it, right?”
Ji Tong and Fang Hao both froze in unison and also realized.
There weren’t only systems present today, but also a host who couldn’t discover the human identity of the system.
“Ah.” Fang Hao tried hard to contribute his poor acting skills. “How could I forget? It is so annoying.”
Ji Tong also started hastily acting. “I said earlier that wearing glasses in your form is… better looking.”
Fang Hao gritted his teeth. “Then wait for a pair?”
Pei Qingyuan’s eyes slowly swept over the two of them without speaking.
Seeing Ji Tong blinking at him frantically, Fang Hao decided to say something else to divert Pei Qingyuan’s attention.
He looked at Brother Pei, who had turned into a child, and spoke proudly with his neck stuck out. “Heh. You were quite cute when you were a child.”
Ji Tong: “……”
Pei Qingyuan: “……”
This was an unusually familiar tone.
This strange child was indeed Fang Hao.
Fu Yinyin covered her face. She couldn’t bear to watch any longer and decisively changed the subject. “Okay, everyone is here. I’ll take a taxi to take you home.”
Ten minutes later, the group was packed into a taxi.
The windows were open. The wind with just the right temperature poured in. Along the road was a winding coastline with tall coconut trees, intertwined with brilliant gold and deep green.
The time was around the new year but the city was located in the tropics. Therefore, it was the most comfortable season. It wasn’t too hot or cold. There was the feeling of spring.
Fu Yinyin was sitting in the passenger seat. In the back seat were three small children, sitting quietly side by side in a row. Their hair was disheveled by the sea breeze and the picture was quite interesting.
The taxi driver looked surprised. He couldn’t help talking to Fu Yinyin, who was relatively the oldest among the group of young guests. “Did you take your two younger brothers out to play?”
Why two?
It was because Fang Hao and the other three people didn’t have the same style at all. It was probably the difference between the fantasy style and realistic style.
Hearing him ask this, Ji Tong immediately turned his head to look out the window. He left the smile that was about to get out of control to the coconut trees.
Fang Hao said in a dissatisfied manner, “There are three!”
He thought he was handsome like he was.
He was just different from the other three!
“Oh, I’m sorry.” The taxi driver kindly explained, “I thought the three of them were siblings and you were a classmate of the other two children.”
Fang Hao: “……”
It was better not to explain.
He looked away with a stinky expression.
The taxi driver apologized to him with a smile, “I’m sorry, child. You are also very handsome. Your hairstyle is cool.”
Fang Hao continued not to look at him and snorted. “Tut.”
He still wanted to keep a straight face but the corners of his mouth couldn’t help curling up, as if he was satisfied with this belated compliment.
At this time, even Fu Yinyin and Pei Qingyuan laughed.
Ji Tong brought the camera that Fu Yinyin had given him last year. Since the atmosphere was just right, he quietly raised the camera and captured the scene where everyone was laughing.
The young version of the host in the camera looked to be in a good mood.
So he probably didn’t pay attention to the little episode before… right?
Ji Tong thought about it and felt that the host had no reason to doubt the explanation just now.
He felt relieved and continued with the original topic.
Ji Tong tugged at the corner of the host’s clothes and whispered, “I want to be an older brother.”
The real world was obvious so let his dream come true in the vacation world.
Pei Qingyuan looked sideways. He saw the anxious expression in Ji Tong’s eyes and thought for a while. “Are you sure?”
“Yes!” Ji Tong felt there was a chance and immediately looked at the host without blinking. “Is it okay?”
Pei Qingyuan said, “You really want me to call you Big Brother?”
The little friend who was half a head shorter than him nodded repeatedly. His eyes brightened.
Pei Qingyuan looked at him quietly, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he said indifferently, “Yes, Big Brother.”
The host finally really called him this!
Ji Tong excitedly recorded the historic scene and said excitedly, “Did you hear me? I’m an older brother!”
“……” Fu Yinyin was a level ten scholar of the crematorium world and faintly smelled a dangerous aura. Her tone was reserved. “Just be happy.”
Fang Hao was taking care of his cool, handsome appearance in front of the small mirror and didn’t feel anything. He said in a perfunctory manner, “Oh, congratulations.”
The taxi driver thought this group of children was playing some type of family game. He listened to the excitement very happily and agreed. “Yes, you are the older brother.”
Ji Tong harvested a circle of affirmation and happily approached the host. He emphasized, “Call me that for the next few days.”
“Yes.”
“Is it okay to call it again?”
Pei Qingyuan was unexpectedly easy to talk to today. “Big Brother.”
Ji Tong was happy but he inexplicably felt that the wind blowing in outside the window became a bit cool.
The temperature of the sea breeze was really fickle.
Half an hour later, the group arrived at their destination.
Fu Yinyin and her host lived in a mid-range community with a good environment. It was similar to the place rented by Ji Tong and Pei Qingyuan.
“I discussed it with Xiao Xia. There are many of you. We originally wanted to go to a larger, more spacious house temporarily for the new year. However, this community is more popular and there is a new year atmosphere. In any case, there are enough rooms.”
Fu Yinyin led the three children to the community. From time to time, a passing neighbor greeted her. “Yinyin is back? Yo, what cute little friends.”
She responded with a smile, “They are the children I taught. Their parents have something to do so they came to live at home for a few days.”
Ji Tong heard that there were other houses and asked curiously, “Why don’t you usually live in a big house?”
“Because it isn’t my own.” Fu Yinyin thought for a moment and corrected it vigorously. “The name Xiao Xia is on the house deed but it isn’t the case psychologically.”
Her host was called Chi Xia. She was 25 years old and she was the righteous older sister of the three children present.
Ji Tong was stunned. “Psychologically not? Does Sister Xiao Xia have amnesia?”
Pei Qingyuan understood. “Did someone else send it?”
“Smart.” Fu Yinyin praised him. “It was sent by a certain scumbag.”
Ji Tong still had PTSD about the word scumbag and instinctively retorted, “He gave a big house. How can he be a scumbag?”
“It is because it is the payment promised when the stand-in agreement was signed.”
Fang Hao was very unfamiliar with the elements and nouns in this type of emotional novel. “What is the stand-in agreement? Can I use a stand-in to fend off an attack when in danger?”
Fu Yinyin was amused by these words. “No, this isn’t an urban cultivation theme.”
“In the beginning, the scumbag tried his best to pursue Xiao Xia. After falling in love, Xiao Xia gradually found that something was wrong. Then she discovered that the scumbag was just looking for the shadow of another girl in herself. In layman’s terms, it is the white moonlight he couldn’t get before.”
“After being exposed, the scumbag gradually became unscrupulous. He took advantage of Xiao Xia’s liking and made it clear that if she could be used as a stand-in, she could spend his money however she wanted.”
“……” Ji Tong was stunned to hear it. “I’m sorry, I was wrong. He is still a scumbag even if he gives ten more houses.”
It turned out that this was the real stand-in literature.
Pei Qingyuan was also shocked and asked, “What happened later?”
“Later—” Fu Yinyin smiled. “Later, I got to know the host and slowly persuaded her to give up on the scumbag. There was more than one person who deliberately approached her after being unable to get the white moonlight. According to the requirements of the main mission, she simply turned the tables.”
The day she came to Chi Xia’s side was the most desperate moment in the life of the girl who trusted her lover.
Just a little later and her host would’ve completely disappeared from the world.
“Seeing a similar face and wanting to hurt an innocent person to satisfy their own selfish desires… how can it be done without paying some price? First is money and then sincerity.”
“Humans are strange animals who often have to lose something to cherish it,” Fu Yinyin said calmly. “After they couldn’t see the longing and infatuation in the eyes of the stand-in, they gradually realize who they love. But on the day they woke up, the stand-in died unexpectedly.”
She finally said, “Of course, it is suspended animation. The mission required it.”
Now was the plot node where her host’s escaping behavior through faking death was gradually discovered by the scumbags.
After listening to her, the three small children quickened their pace very neatly.
Ji Tong sincerely spat out, “The scumbag deserves it!”
Compared to these people, he wasn’t a scumbag at all.
“Which scumbag will come to the door first?” Fang Hao started to roll up his sleeves in indignation. “I’m going to beat them all up.’
Pei Qingyuan was focused on other aspects. “The main mission here sounds reasonable.”
As a result, Fang Hao patted him on the shoulder and said seriously, “You haven’t forgotten what I taught you, right? Let’s do it together later.”
“Is it still too late for me to learn quickly?” Ji Tong, who wasn’t strong enough yet, sighed. “Host, you have to beat them together. Then when I see the opportunity, I will pull the hair.”
Pei Qingyuan started to imagine the picture of children ganging up to beat up adults. “…Okay.”
Chi Xia, who had been waiting at home for her system to return with friends, opened the door and saw two children with indignant expressions and one child with an indifferent expression. There was also Fu Yinyin, a middle school student who stayed by their side like a little teacher.
What a cute picture.
The cowardice and inferiority of the past had faded in her. Now her temperament was gentle and tough. She looked gentle when she smiled.
Three pairs of brand new slippers were placed at the door.
“Hello, my name is Chi Xia. You are welcome to play.”
She smiled and invited the guests to come in. The room behind her was warmly decorated and the coffee table was filled with snacks, sweets and sweet milk for the children.
Seeing the scene in front of him, Ji Tong complained sadly and indignantly, “Sister Yinyin, you obviously knew that we would become children. Why didn’t you remind her earlier?”
This way, he could’ve increased his height a bit.
The middle school student peeled a jelly and handed it to the child’s mouth. “Don’t care about such small details.”
Ji Tong wanted to continue to complain but the jelly smelled too sweet. He opened his mouth to eat it indignantly. After eating it, he couldn’t help recalling the taste, “It is orange flavored and is delicious.”
Fu Yinyin rolled her eyes with a smile. “Another one?”
For the first time, she thought that the world restrictions were so much fun.
The house was quickly filled with a lively atmosphere.
Pei Qingyuan changed into slippers and thanked her politely.
He silently looked at the unfamiliar woman in front of him, a host who had a system just like him.
At this moment, Chi Xia was completely different from the former Xiao Xia in Fu Yinyin’s description. No matter whether it was the verbal description or furnishings in the house, there was no trace of her parents.
Even if the details of the story were different, the fate of him and Chi Xia was to fall down alone until the system appeared.
Fu Yinyin changed Chi Xia and Ji Tong changed him.
As for Fang Hao, he should’ve changed as well…
“Brother Pei.” Fang Hao coughed lightly, slightly embarrassed. “I want to eat spicy crayfish.”
…He changed the fate of crayfish that should’ve been well-fed.
Among the ‘three tutoring brothers’, the tallest Pei Qingyuan gave up the position of the boss. It was obviously impossible for him to call Fang Hao his older brother so Fang Hao naturally became the youngest.
The elementary school student’s actual age was only in his early teens and he didn’t care about this. He cared more about the crayfish that he couldn’t eat in ancient times and the modern beaches he had never been to before.
This tropical city was really good. In any case, he had already played in the snow in Ji Tong’s city. This time, he could have a warm winter.
Pei Qingyuan didn’t mind cooking. He cooked for Ji Tong at home every day during winter vacation but…
He now looked over six years old and wasn’t yet the height of the pot on the gas stove.
Ji Tong also thought about this and suddenly had an idea. “How about standing on Xiao Hao’s shoulders in a human pyramid? Put on a blanket on the outside and you will be two meters tall!”
Fu Yuyin laughed again. “What is going on in your mind every day?”
“……” Pei Qingyuan declined this strange offer. “I can step on a stool.”
“How can I let you guys cook?” Chi Xia shook her head. “Why don’t you guide me by the side and I will cook it? I don’t know how to make spicy crayfish but I can make some simple dishes. Just teach me the steps and seasoning.”
It was a room full of minors and only she was the adult. She naturally had to take responsibility.
Once an agreement was reached, everyone immediately took action.
The end of the year was approaching and there were many things to buy. Chi Xia and Fu Yinyin were dead and originally lived a peaceful life of two people. Neither of them had jumpy personalities and their days were inevitably a bit dull. Now it was suddenly livened up.
The sisters took three small children with different personalities to buy the holiday couplets, New Year goods and vegetables. The return rate was 100%.
Chi Xia liked them very much. She had heard from Fu Yinyin that only Fang Hao was a human child and Pei Qingyuan was even a serious adult human, but after being confused by the children’s appearance, she still regarded them as children.
Anyway, in terms of age, she was indeed their sister.
Which sister could resist the temptation to buy the same clothes for a row of children?
Ji Tong and the others could only stay for a few days but the clothes could be brought back to other worlds as gifts.
In the mall, Pei Qingyuan’s expression froze when seeing the three mini dinosaur-shaped clothes that Chi Xia and Fu Yinyin took back with great interest.
Why did shopping malls in every world sell dinosaur clothes…?
Ji Tong successfully spread the dinosaur trend to another world and was very satisfied. “Thank you, Sister.”
Fang Hao snorted coldly. “Childish. I won’t wear it.”
Chi Xia crouched down and coaxed him with a smile. “You will look very cute in it.”
Looking at the gentle and beautiful big sister for a few seconds, Fang Hao’s ears turned red and he stubbornly turned his face away. “Oh, just wear it.”
Ji Tong seemed to have discovered a new world and was amazed. “It turns out that Xiao Hao falls for this.”
He didn’t forget to take the opportunity to emphasize his artificial intelligence identity. “Or should I switch to a girl’s voice to talk to you in the future?”
Fang Hao ignored him. “Childish ghost, go away.”
Pei Qingyuan glanced at them strangely.
Back at home, Ji Tong and Fang Hao plastered the house with window paper cut outs and decorations like last year. This created an extremely festive Spring Festival atmosphere.
The lights of the city were just beginning to come on and the night was getting darker. A luxury car slowly drove into the community.
When the first scumbag came to the door, the first pot of spicy crayfish was about to be cooked.
The whole family was crammed into a fairly spacious kitchen.
Chi Xia wore an apron and held a spatula. Fu Yinyin was washing vegetables on the side while the three children dressed exactly the same performed their duties.
Pei Qingyuan instructed Chi Xia to cook the crayfish. Ji Tong handed her ingredients while feeding snacks to his brother, from jelly to sugar. Pei Qingyuan, who had no expression, accepted them all. He was especially cooperative.
Ji Tong was simply happy.
It was a wonderful feeling to be an older brother. The crayfish was so fragrant.
Fang Hao stepped on the stool, held a telescope and looked out the window, carefully observing the abnormal movements that might occur.
“There is a man looking upstairs with a strange expression,” Fang Hao suddenly said in a loud voice. “It is the type of expression like walking on the road and finding that you have stepped on a dog’s poop!”
There was a brief silence in the kitchen.
Fu Yinyin unceremoniously twisted his ears. “You aren’t allowed to use such adjectives.”
“It hurts. I was wrong!” Fang Hao repeatedly admitted his mistake before igniting his fighting spirit. “This person’s style is different from other passersby. He must’ve come to find Sister Xiao Xia! He is walking into the corridor. I’m going to beat him up!”
Fu Yinyin, who lowered her head to choose dishes, casually asked, “What are his characteristics?”
“He is white and clean and wearing very shiny earrings,” Fang Hao said contemptuously. “He isn’t as handsome as me and looks so weak. I can knock him down with just one punch.”
“Oh, it’s him.” Fu Yinyin and Chi Xia didn’t care too much and only had the crayfish and vegetables in their eyes. “You can beat him up casually.”
Ji Tong was curious. “Is this the number one scumbag?”
He called the person who initially deceived Chi Xia as the number one scumbag, showing a different status from others.
The number one obviously needed to be sent to the incinerator where the fire was the strongest.
“No, he could only be regarded as number three or four.”
“What is his name?” Ji Tong started to urge the host to prepare for battle.
“It isn’t important. It is the name of that style and I can’t remember it looking back since there are too many people.” Fu Yinyin’s tone was casual. “Let’s call him directly by his profession. It is more distinguishable.”
“What profession?”
“There is a singer, doctor, lawyer, president, e-sports player…”
Ji Tong couldn’t help sighing. “I haven’t seen much but these professions seem like classics.”
Fang Hao asked, “What is number one?”
“Of course, number one is the most classic,” Fu Yinyin said slowly. “The president.”
She looked at Pei Qingyuan and teased, “In a few years, you will also become the president. Don’t follow in his footsteps.”
Pei Qingyuan’s expression didn’t change. “No.”
He had always been a stubborn person.
He wouldn’t project his feelings onto another person just because of the similarity of his appearance.
He also wouldn’t let the one he loved to leave or disappear.
Just as Ji Tong was sneezing inexplicably, there was a knock on the door outside the house.
During the torturous time of waiting outside the door, the man wearing the stud earrings remembered the scene he had just seen from downstairs. The window with the window paper cut outs reflected the warm yellow light and the tempting aroma of vegetables that wafted out.
Countless thoughts flashed through his heart. Anxiety, joy and apprehension mixed together like ants gnawing at the heart, flowing to his limbs and bones.
It wasn’t until the moment the door opened and he saw a familiar face that he tried to suppress his emotions and put on a relaxed appearance. “Xiao Xia, I finally found you…”
The sentence he hadn’t finished suddenly stopped and his eyes showed incredible panic.
Behind Chi Xia, in addition to the sister he had seen before, there were three unknown little boys wearing exactly the same little dinosaur clothes. They were looking at him with quite hostile eyes.
The man blurted out. “Is this your child?!”
Once these words came out, the whole room fell silent. The hostility of the little boys gradually became a bit dazed.
Chi Xia and Fu Yinyin glanced at each other. They both looked at this nameless scumbag like he was stupid.
The panicked man himself realized that something was wrong. He looked at the three children carefully and hastily changed his words, “No, are these two your children?”
The family of five: “……”
“Why hasn’t he realized yet?” Ji Tong was dumbfounded as he asked the host, who was obviously shocked beside him. “He isn’t stupid, is he?”
“Can you count?”
Once again, the little dark child Fang Hao was excluded from the three brothers due to his style being out of place. He was furious. “Sister Xiao Xia has only been away for two years. Do we look like we are one or two years old?”
