Walking the Path of a Workaholic in Cliché Novels (QT) Chapter 45

“Ding, the regret value is 100, the task completion rate is 100%, and the tasker has three days to stay.” The system’s eyes flashed with radio waves, and an inorganic machine sound came from its mouth.

     An Yinong didn’t quite understand what was going on.

     “It’s over, it’s over, why is this Zhao Ze so unreserved? How can he regret it just because he says he regrets it?” The system angrily screamed.

     “What is the residence time?” An Yinong was dumbfounded. He suddenly remembered that when he first met the system, it said that the regret value did not need to be too high. It was not as good as too much. After that, it kept reminding him from the side to have fun in time and not to chase extremes.

     “When the regret value reaches 100, his protagonist’s aura is reduced to the lowest level. From now on, he will be just an ordinary person with a little more luck. This derivative world centered on him will also start to operate normally. But…”

     The system carefully looked at An Yinong: “As an outsider, you will be excluded. You will leave this world in an unexpected way in three days.”

     “…” For a moment, An Yinong’s mind went blank. “What do you mean?”

     The system whimpered: “I see that you, host, are not very interested in the task. You think it is impossible to get 100 points of regret. Regret is not a stone on the roadside. You can pick it up if you want.”

     The cold air rushed from the soles of the feet to his heart, and the body was frozen, unable to feel temperature. An Yinong squeezed the scarf in his handt. The veins on the back of his hand were stretched, and his eyes were wandering, not knowing where to go.

     “What you said before, that you can’t remind me, is it this?”

     “Yes.” The system nodded, with tears in his eyes, “To avoid affecting the enthusiasm of the taskmaster, I cannot take the initiative to say this. I’m sorry to the host, it’s all my fault.”

     “I have to go? Can’t stop it?”

     “Yes.” The system’s words broke his last hope.

     An Yinong was thinking about his songs, his concert, and his agreement with the people here. With Tang Yu, with Tao Ran, with Song Wei and the others… After a long time, he loosened his grip on the scarf and laughed. The laughter only stopped halfway.

     “Fortunately, I didn’t have time to say those words before, so I don’t have to worry about him when he leaves.”

     Listening to An Yinong’s inner words, the system’s heart ached. However, An Yinong only temporarily lost control of his emotions, and he quickly returned to his cold demeanor.

     “Three days doesn’t seem to be enough for me to find evidence of the poisoning and bring this person to justice.”

     Listening to the host’s emotionless tone, the system asked tremblingly: “Host, you don’t want to kill him, do you?

     “Although his protagonist’s aura has dropped to the lowest level in history, it does not mean that he can be killed by the taskmaster. This is absolutely not allowed! Don’t have such dangerous thoughts, there will be punishment, and life will be worse than death.”

     An Yinong ignored the system. His brain was running at high speed and his thinking was clearer than ever. He had to leave, but he left, but Zhao Ze did not. Zhao Ze was like a virus. As long as he was around, others were in danger.

     Tao Ran who committed suicide, Tang Yu who was in a car accident, and other cannon fodder who only mentioned by name, or didn’t even have a name… What could be done to eliminate this hidden danger?

     An Yinong carefully recalled the details of the journey.

     The surveillance downstairs had captured Zhao Ze. He called the police not long ago. According to the location of the police station and the current road blockage, the police would arrive in fifteen minutes at most.

     In addition, the neighbor next door could prove that Zhao Ze and he had conflicts, and some could also prove that they were a couple who broke up and had conflicts. Also, Zhao Ze had been in this house for so long, and his fingerprints had been left on the door handle and other places. In this room, there was only Zhao Ze and his fingerprints.

     “Yinong, maybe I have never forgotten you, but I am just too proud and have been deceiving myself.” Zhao Ze at the door didn’t know what the seemingly harmless young man in front of him had in mind. He softened his voice to coax, and even seemed a little pitiful.

     How easy was it for a ferocious wolf to reveal its fragile appearance and trigger overflowing love in some people? It’s just that An Yinong was never among them.

     He was thinking a lot in his mind, but in reality, only two minutes passed. An Yinong held the armrest of the suitcase and walked towards the door: “Zhao Ze, let’s talk. Just in time, there are some things I want to confirm.”

     Zhao Ze thought that his attitude had softened, so he took a step back: “I will tell you whatever you want to know.”

     “Ha.” An Yinong just laughed. He closed the door and turned to look at Zhao Ze who was already sitting on the sofa. His heart was unusually calm:

     If death was necessary, why not maximize the benefits of this death?

     Tang Yu, who was choosing a cat in the pet store, suddenly felt something. He raised his head and looked outside the door.

     “Sir, do you want to raise a cat? I wonder if you have a favorite breed?” The clerk came over.

     Tang Yu looked away and looked around at the kittens in the cattery: “Do you have any lion cats here? It’s best to have a friendly personality and not be too aggressive.”

     Back at An Yinong’s house.

     He didn’t know when some of the lights in the house broke, and the lights were dim. But An Yinong didn’t care very much. He glanced at the clock on the wall, quickly looked around, and then stopped at the fruit knife on the plate on the coffee table.

     It was a steel knife. He had polished it a few days ago. It was extremely sharp and it must have saved people some pain.

     Then An Yinong put the suitcase aside and the scarf in his hand. He looked away from the scarf: “How did you get in?”

     Zhao Ze did not expect that he would ask this question: “You told me where the spare key is.” This was a special kind of trust. At that time, he only regarded ‘Ke Yinong’ as the shadow of his dream lover. Didn’t care at all.

     “Really? Speaking of which, this is the second time you have stepped into this house.” An Yinong felt as if his brain was split in two, half to deal with Zhao Ze, and half to complete the ‘plan’.

     “The first time, it was to threaten me. The second time, was to sneak in?” Seeing that Zhao Ze wanted to explain again, An Yinong made a quiet gesture, “Listen to me.”

     “Okay.” It was the first time that Zhao Ze was so weak in front of someone. He had never even been so wronged by the lover of his dreams.

     He didn’t know what was wrong with him, that he had to compromise like this for mere love. It was only when he saw the dazzling ‘Ke Yinong’ on the stage today that he realized that the person he once owned and then discarded was a treasure.

     That emotion made him very uncomfortable. Especially when this treasure was discovered by another person who had the ability to protect it, Zhao Ze finally realized that he was really going to lose this person. All confidence collapsed at this moment.

     An Yinong looked at Zhao Ze’s uneasiness indifferently, and analyzed the other person’s mental state at the moment through the changes in his expression: “Back then, you were the one who ordered that person to poison me, right?”

     Zhao Ze’s heart suddenly became cold: “Did someone say something to you?”

     Zhao Ze was the first to suspect Tang Yu because he himself was such a person who would eradicate his love rival as soon as possible.

     An Yinong smiled: “No one, I found out. I also found out that Director Zhang of “My Show My Way” is yours. That contract was also prepared by you for me? In order for me to die without a burial Earth, you are really a waste and a pain in the heart.”

     An Yinong’s ridicule pierced Zhao Ze’s heart like an arrow. He didn’t know what to do and couldn’t find the direction. His mouth opened, but he couldn’t tell a lie that could cover up the truth.

     “You said you regretted it, but I don’t believe it, Zhao Ze. How can a person like you regret it?!”

     Facing Zhao Ze’s panic, An Yinong behaved like a disappointed old lover, his anger was burning, but his heart was a solid ice. He was not angry because he had no feelings for Zhao Ze. But that didn’t stop him from using words to ignite conflicts between them.

     “If this kind of thing can be forgiven, then killing someone is not a fault.”

     “Yinong, I know you won’t believe anything I say right now. In fact, I am even surprised that there is such an embarrassing day in my life. If time could be reversed, I would like to kill the old me.”

     Zhao Ze stood up, took a few steps to An Yinong, and looked at him sadly and affectionately: “But in Yinong, no one can avoid making mistakes. Give me a chance, and I will pay the price for my stupidity.”

     “Roll!”

     The two pushed each other several times, and seeing that the atmosphere was in place, An Yinong suddenly said: “You want to atone for your sins, right? Okay, here is a knife. Give yourself a knife, and I will believe that you really want to atone for your sins.”

     Looking along his line of sight, Zhao Ze saw a sharp fruit knife. Although it is a fruit knife, it is made of steel and has a sharp tip.

     Zhao Ze turned around and found that An Yinong just looked at him coldly with a sarcastic look. A sense of shame and anger that he didn’t know came from made him pick up the knife. But to attack oneself, this kind of behavior does not require ordinary courage. Zhao Ze did not move for a long time.

     An Yinong glanced at the wall. Ten minutes had passed since he came in, and the police were almost here.

     He stood up, put one knee on the sofa, held Zhao Ze’s knife hand with both hands, and said with a smile on his face: “You don’t dare. Your regret is just a whimpering cry, cheap and hypocritical. “

     He held the hand and turned the direction the tip of the knife faced.

     “What are you doing?” Zhao Ze saw that the tip of the knife was pointed at An Yinong’s heart, and he suddenly felt something was wrong.

     “I told you on the phone that day that I would fight tooth and nail for my career. Do you dare?” An Yinong raised the corners of his lips and exerted force with his hands.

     The tip of the knife can easily pierce the thin down, the sweater underneath, and penetrate the skin layer…

     The moment the knife went in, An Yinong felt no pain. He only felt cold, very, very cold. This location is the location of the blood vessels connecting the heart and lungs. An Yinong is so familiar with it that he has dreamed of it countless times.

     As long as there is a rupture and bleeding, blood will rush into the lungs and block the respiratory tract, and he will die in a few minutes. And here is an old area. It takes a few minutes to reach the hospital, and it is not enough for an ambulance to arrive.

     “This is not enough.” He thought, grabbing Zhao Ze hard with his nails to leave enough skin tissue between his nails, and then pushed Zhao Ze’s hand and the knife away.

     The knife left An Yinong’s body, the blade was bloody and the tip was dripping with blood. The wound was not blocked by the knife and began to bleed crazily. If the knife remained in place, he still had hope of being rescued, but if the knife was pulled out, he would definitely die.

     This series of things happened in just one breath. Zhao Ze didn’t even realize what happened. He only saw An Yinong falling to the ground, and the blood gushing from his chest stained the floor.

     “Ambulance, ambulance.” Zhao Ze threw away the knife in his hand. His whole body was shaking. He didn’t dare to help him, so he could only take out his mobile phone and prepare to make an emergency call.

     However, at this time, he suddenly thought, what if… what if they decided that he was the murderer… Zhao Ze’s face turned pale and red. He was holding the phone and couldn’t press the button no matter what.

     An Yinong sat on the ground leaning on the sofa and looked at him, and couldn’t help but laugh: the police will be here soon, maybe downstairs. At this point, it was too late to destroy the evidence.

     The blood in his body was constantly draining, and his breath smelled of blood.

     “It feels like the blood is slowly flowing out of the body. It’s so cold.”

     As his vision gradually blurred, An Yinong saw Zhao Ze looking at him and the knife on the ground.

     He may have considered destroying the body and removing traces of it. An Yinong even wanted him to destroy the body and eliminate traces of it, but he happened to be caught by the police and took away the stolen goods. However, in the end, Zhao Ze just said ‘I’m sorry’, turned around and left the room without looking back.

     An Yinong smiled as he watched Zhao Ze walk out of the door and step into the trap he had set. Fear prevented Zhao Ze from calming down.

     Surveillance, fingerprints on the handle of the knife, skin flakes between fingernails, police calls…all the evidence will point to Zhao Ze. If Zhao Ze doesn’t leave, it might just be manslaughter, but if he left, it would be intentional homicide.

     “Xiao Qi.” He called the system’s name for the first time in his life.

     “Host, wuwuwu…” The system had never seen such a cold host, so cruel to him. But when he was so cruel, it began to feel distressed.

     ‘Jade and stone will perish together, fish will die and the net will fall apart’, An Yinong taught the little girl at that time. At that time, the system should have realized that he himself was the kind of person who was cruel to others and himself.

     “I’ve been very happy these past few months, thank you. Meeting an uncooperative host like me must give you a headache, right?”

     “No, I’m very happy.” System cried.

     “Xiao Qi, after I die, just untie me…it hurts too much, I’m afraid of pain.” An Yinong’s fingers twitched slightly.

     The system cried louder: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

     An Yinong heard something from these “I’m sorry” sounds, and a deep feeling of powerlessness made him close his eyes. The overwhelming pain was even greater than the physical pain.

     He suddenly banged his head on the floor like crazy, banging bang bang bang as if questioning fate, tears fell into the blood: “Why me?”

     The system did not answer.

     “I know.” For a long time, he seemed to give up, but then seemed to cheer up. He stretched out his hand to slowly wipe away the excess tears from the corners of his eyes.

     He reached for his phone and turned on the video function with difficulty.

     “Look for Zhao Ze. He once ordered someone to…poison me.” He gasped heavily, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and continued, “All the money in the card will be donated to Tao Ran as…the cost of treatment. In addition , the copyrights of all my songs are transferred to Tang Yu free of charge.”

     When he mentioned this name, An Yinong’s face flashed with tenderness and melancholy that he couldn’t even notice.

     He tried his best to smile and said in a broken voice: “Tang Yu, tonight, the moonlight is… so beautiful… I’m sorry.” After all, he was selfish.

     At this moment, the sound of the door opening sounded in his ears. An Yinong tried his best to open his eyes and saw two figures. The phone slipped from his hand and the world entered darkness.