Chapter 950: Chapter 954: Huo Wei’s Love (12)
Su Li strolled leisurely down the street, and this city was evidently much more grand than the original owner’s setting.
Just the extras numbered in the millions, after all, to fill such a vast city, it requires a tremendous number of people.
However, compared to the boundless universe, this amount of population is insignificant.
According to the news from Red’s side, Wasted Star No. 29 had not long ago undergone a resupply, so the operations in space were normal, and the vital supporting roles inside were unaware of any external disturbances.
As per the so-called script, this reality show narrated the legendary life of the business empire’s Zheng Kong.
Like the original owner, Zheng Kong was also bred using genetic engineering from the Ancient Mother Star by the show’s crew, and he was deployed on Wasted Star No. 29 from birth.
Once the actors playing his parents took over, the plot officially began.
Zheng Kong’s youthful experiences were also tragic.
But what was better for him than the original owner was that he enjoyed ten years of parental love, which he lost after his parents divorced and remarried, but at least he had it once, right?
However, he was worse off than the original owner in that he was surrounded mostly by intense malice, including from his biological mother.
Of course, he wouldn’t know that his biological mother wasn’t real; it was all an act. In his eyes, everything was real.
As per the storyline, he would enter a new blended family with his mother after turning ten.
He would have a stepfather and a stepbrother, and his mother would become a stepmother.
At just ten, the child was not welcomed in this family at all.
The stepfather’s attention was entirely on the stepbrother, and even his own mother’s gaze followed the stepbrother.
He ate the least and did the most work. Gradually, he developed a gloomy and inferior character until a ray of light in his life, Xu Tiantian, appeared, redeeming his empty and desolate heart.
Xu Tiantian, just like her name, smiled like sweet cotton candy—soft and sweet.
Because of her, Zheng Kong broke free from the unhealthy original family and soared to achieve a brilliant career.
Then he would have children with Xu Tiantian and live a happy life.
Though his happy days were short-lived, halting at the youthful age of thirty.
Watching his suffering wife and children at his bedside, he was reluctant but also fulfilled.
Exhausted, Zheng Kong rubbed his brow. He had arranged everything, ensuring that his wife and children could lead a good life even without him in the latter half of their lives.
Just as he wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while, the door to the ward was pushed open.
A beautiful, unfamiliar woman appeared before him.
This displeased him greatly.
He was in the city’s largest private hospital, which was also owned by him. Without his permission, no stranger could possibly appear in his room; they couldn’t even set foot on this floor of the hospital.
But why did this woman appear?
Alarm bells rang loud in Zheng Kong’s head, and he pressed the call button by his bed.
After waiting for a while, the woman who had barged in sat down with disregard; neither the doctors nor nurses came in, not even his security personnel reacted.
"Who are you?"
"Hello, Mr. Zheng."
Both Zheng Kong and Su Li spoke at once.
Zheng Kong pressed his lips together, insisting, "Please leave."
Su Li smiled, adjusting her posture, and said, "What would you do if you found out that your world is a meticulously designed game?"
A reality game for entertaining others.
"Let me put it another way, your life, including your life and death, is entirely in someone else’s hands. What you think is real is entirely false, like your impending death."
"What do you mean?" Zheng Kong’s mouth felt dry. He wanted to drive away the nonsense-talking woman before him, yet inexplicably felt compelled to voice his curiosity.
Su Li: "It may sound unbelievable, but your life is a joke."
"Your parents, relatives, friends..." Su Li paused, looking at Zheng Kong to ascertain that the protagonist of this reality show had a bearable psychological capacity, before continuing, "your wife, children, and subordinates... everyone you’ve encountered is fake."
Zheng Kong sneered, instinctively refusing to believe, "How is that possible?" He couldn’t doubt his wife and children, of course not.
"Haven’t you ever noticed anything unusual in your life?"
"No."
Su Li thought of how the protagonist before her, like the original owner, had been placed on the Waste Star from birth. What they saw and heard was reality to them, and they couldn’t see through it.
Su Li sighed, suddenly changing the topic, saying, "Your doctor announced that you’re about to face death, right?"
"What if I say that interesting things will happen if you keep living..." Su Li raised a malicious smile and said, "Let’s play a game."
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Xu Tiantian, carrying chicken soup she had personally prepared, pushed open the ward door, and said loudly with feigned cheerfulness, "Kongkong, I’m here. Today we’re having chicken soup, simmered for four whole hours."
Her husband once said that what he loved most was her bright smile; although now she was overwhelmed by immense grief and couldn’t manage a smile, Xu Tiantian forced herself to smile happily as usual to make her beloved husband’s last days a bit more bearable.
But she felt that her husband seemed a bit strange today.
Without overthinking, Xu Tiantian placed the thermos by the bedside, then gently held her husband’s hand and spoke of the children’s daily activities.
"Today Niuniu and Pipi bullied Tangtang again, those two naughty boys always love to make their sister cry, not behaving at all... so you have to get better soon, Kongkong. Once you recover, come home and teach those naughty boys a lesson, and see if they dare to bully their sister again."
"Okay, my health is starting to improve, you go home and tell those two naughty boys to wait for me; in a while, I’ll be able to give them a good beating." Zheng Kong said with a smile, his eyes fixed on Xu Tiantian, not missing a nuance of her expression.
Precisely because of this, Xu Tiantian’s slight frown at a moment of absentmindedness didn’t escape his notice, sinking his heart bit by bit to the bottom of the sea.
But soon, excitement and joy spread across Xu Tiantian’s face, and she grasped Zheng Kong’s hand more firmly, repeatedly asking, "Really, really?"
"That’s truly wonderful..."
Watching from the shadows, Su Li clicked her tongue in admiration, amazed at the superb grand production of the reality show. Even the quality of the actors here was of an entirely different caliber compared to those in the original owner’s environment.
Look at that swift response; quite the quick thinker.