The system never seemed to question Wen He's choices.
It knew Wen He would always choose the well-being of the world over getting rich and enjoying life.
"I want to know, if I had chosen the other option, would it have come true?"
Even after making the choice.
Wen He still wanted to know what the other answer would have been.
Would they really have found happiness?
【It would not have come true. Among the five hundred million people saved by your songs are Cheng Yudie and your friends.】
【If you had chosen the other option, reviving Cheng Yudie and becoming a wealthy man, then I would retract all timelines after you started singing, including all memories of it.】
【You would not have met Cheng Yudie and the others, nor would you have been able to cure them. Your lives would have completely diverged.】
【She would have no friends by her side, her depression would have worsened, and Gao Chongting would not have been able to let go, drowning his sorrows in cigarettes and alcohol every day.】
【Most importantly, I would not have allowed you to become a wealthy man.】
【There are many who want to become wealthy, many who want to be with their loved ones forever, many who are more miserable than you, and many who are more miserable than you and yet still harbor goodwill.】
【So why would I choose you? What qualifications do you have to be chosen by me?】
【No matter what happens, no matter how much suffering you endure, your dream has always remained the same, never wavering even slightly.】
【You are the only one in the world. That is why I chose you.】
【If your dream becomes ordinary and commonplace, I will not appear, because everyone wants to become wealthy.】
Although this was not quite what Wen He had imagined, it seemed that things were indeed as the system said.
Among the people healed by his songs were Cheng Yudie and Gao Chongting, among others.
According to the system, if he could really choose the second option, then it would retract all timelines, pulling time back to when he had just received his terminal lung cancer diagnosis.
Imagine, if the system had sent money instead of music back then...
What would have happened...?
In fact, given Wen He's desperate situation at the time.
Wen He might have secretly used some of the money at first.
But under his parents' almost pathological control, this secret would have easily been exposed.
And at that time, he simply didn't have the ability to resist.
Even with immense wealth in his hands, his fear of his parents was still deeply ingrained.
So, in the end, he would most likely have become his parents' ATM.
All the money the system sent would eventually have ended up in his parents' pockets.
Wen He would also not have met Cheng Yudie and Gao Chongting.
At most, it would have only been in a small group chat.
She wouldn't be Cheng Yudie, but [Stinky Cat Head].
He wouldn't be Gao Chongting, but [Is She Okay?].
Xiao Huang would continue to wander, perhaps dying in some cold winter, never finding warmth and love until death.
Wei Qiao would fall into the water while riding her bicycle late at night, and this time, Xiao Huang would no longer be there to save her, ultimately dying in the icy river.
Yun Yun, who had experienced misfortune, would continue to attempt suicide, perhaps succeeding the next time her parents discovered her too late.
Everything that had happened would be completely disrupted.
Those trapped in despair would not be illuminated by light.
Like the butterfly effect, even a slight change could cause earth-shattering changes in the future.
Of course.
Wen He hadn't thought about so much.
He only felt that if he had to sacrifice the well-being of the world in order to gain happiness, to gain a happy life with Cheng Yudie.
Then he would never be able to obtain happiness.
And Cheng Yudie would definitely not like such a Wen He.
What she loved was precisely that gentle and kind Wen He.
And not that Wen He who abandoned the world to pursue his own happiness.
"System, how much longer can I live?" he asked.
【Seven days.】
【She traded her life for you to live until the flowers bloom.】
【Seven days later will be your birthday, her seventh day memorial, and the time when the flowers bloom.】
The system gave a very precise time.
Wen He felt that this time was a bit too long.
If he could.
He wanted to leave this world now and embark on the road to the afterlife with Cheng Yudie and Xiao Huang.
But…
The life Wen He currently possessed was not his own, but was exchanged for by Cheng Yudie with her life.
He couldn't just waste it so easily.
He should live a little longer first.
There were only seven days left anyway.
After his birthday, he would die on the stage under the spotlight.
This was what Cheng Yudie said before she left.
"System, can you tell me, does reincarnation really exist in this world?"
【Host, I don't know.】
The system paused.
It turned its gaze to the people around them.
Fireworks blooming in the night sky.
Happy and joyful cheers.
Children chasing and playing.
Lovers embracing each other.
Dreamers making sincere wishes.
The system then focused its gaze on Wen He.
He alone bore endless suffering, yet he showered the world with warm light and happiness.
【If there is, I hope you can truly have happiness.】
The system's words made Wen He slightly stunned. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he only said two words.
"Thank you…"
Wen He raised his head and looked at the brilliant night sky filled with fireworks.
The familiar feeling of loneliness blew into his heart with the cold wind.
He slowly took out his phone, looking at the group photo of two people and a dog in the snowy landscape on the screen.
Wen He and Cheng Yudie were on either side, both smiling shyly, together making a heart shape with their hands.
In the very center of the photo, Xiao Huang was showing a happy smile.
Behind the photo was the ugly snowman that Wen He and Xiao Huang had made together.
His thoughts were pulled back to that trip to Harbin.
Remembering that happy day, the corners of Wen He's mouth slightly turned up, uncontrollably revealing a smile.
"Xiao Huang, Yudie…"
Wen He wanted to reach out and touch them in the screen.
But before he could touch it, two inexplicable raindrops fell on the screen, making Xiao Huang and Yudie's faces blurry.
It's raining…?
Wen He was stunned.
He subconsciously raised his face to look at the sky.
At this moment, another drop of water fell on his hand.
When he lowered his head, raindrops like a torrential downpour gradually wet the phone screen.
Only then did he suddenly realize, constantly wiping away his tears and drying the screen.
But when he saw the group photo on the screen, his gaze became blurred again.
"Have you guys finished talking? We brought delicious meat for Xiao Huang, and also bought a lot of fireworks. We're going to set off fireworks later."
At this moment…
Gao Chongting's voice came from not far behind Wen He.
"Hey? Why is only you here? Where's Cheng Yudie? Did she go to the bathroom?"
Gao Chongting and Wen Ze walked over together.
However, they didn't see Cheng Yudie's figure.
When he turned around, Gao Chongting and Wen Ze's hearts sank suddenly, and they froze in place.
They saw Wen He with a strange smile on his face, tears gushing out like a spring.
His face was filled with happiness that had not yet faded and bottomless pain.
"Wen He? What happened? Where's Cheng Yudie?"
Gao Chongting looked around at the empty surroundings, and a sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
"It's nothing…" Wen He quickly forced a smile, seemingly unwilling to tell them this sad news.
"Maybe the wind lost its way and accidentally crashed into my eyes."
