Chapter 205: Sweet and sour fish extra 2 [Combo] – Successful conclusion.

At the moment they met 008, Yu Ru Bing had led Tang Han Qiu to buy milk tea, and they were caught off guard by the familiar face along the snack street.

008’s temperament was still as calm, his face looked as delicate as ever. He was no longer wearing the uniform of a system, but instead had changed into a casual suit, exuding a clean air.

The moment she saw his face, the memories of the system were instantly awakened, and Yu Ru Bing couldn’t help but pause.

Tang Han Qiu also recalled those lonely fourteen hours.

But they were not sure whether this man was really 008 or not.

Was he still alive? Did he really come to see them in this world?

If all this was true, who was the woman next to him?

An artificial humanoid love story?

Yes, there was a woman standing next to the man who looked exactly like 008. Her beautiful sparkling sunny expression flashed with confidence, as if there wasn’t any problem in front of her.

She took a cone from the ice cream guy, handed it to the man, then said to him, “Try it?” After a pause, she then embarrassedly said, “Sorry, I forgot you can’t eat.”

The man smiled gently and said, “It’s okay.”

The woman shook her head with resignation, took a bite of the slightly raised tip on the double scooped cone, looking refreshed as if regarding winter as nothing.

While Yu Ru Bing and Tang Han Qiu were watching these two people quietly, the cameraman who was following behind to take pictures had a dazed expression.

Cameraman: What’s the matter? Why aren’t they moving???

Suddenly, the man seemed to feel a bit of sensation, and quickly turned his head to look at them.

Because they were filming a show, neither of them concealed their faces, and their appearance was clearly displayed in front of the man’s eyes.

The man froze for a moment, then slowly smiled, and raised his hand to say hello to them: “Long time no see.”

It’s him— 008.

The corners of Yu Ru Bing’s mouth could not help but rise up, and she started to lift her legs and walk towards him, her steps going faster and faster, when she was almost near him, she opened her arms to hug him, and then happily called out, “Good son! Come! Hug father!”

008: “…”

Why hasn’t she changed this habit of being a father???

Tang Han Qiu turned her head and said to the cameraman: “Don’t record now, we have to talk with an old friend.”

The cameraman made two dazed “oh, oh”, obediently turned off the camera, and then watched dumbfounded at Yu Ru Bing being a father.

The woman who ate the cone paused when she saw this scene, and then said: “Did you find them? That’s quite the fate.”

Tang Han Qiu came over and suggested to go to a place to sit down and talk.

The woman looked at her, said “wow”, and then said, “Young Miss, you look really good.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Ru Bing immediately let go of 008 and turned to embrace Tang Han Qiu, as if defending her ownership: “It’s not miss, she’s already married.”

When the woman saw this, she unexpectedly laughed and waved her hands again and again then said, “No, no, no, I’m not interested in women.” Then said, “You old friends go meet and chat, I won’t bother you.”

008 concerned: “Then you…”

The woman said: “I’ve finally taken a vacation, of course I’ll go shopping! Give me a call after you’ve finished talking, don’t run around, don’t increase my workload, got it?”

008 had a humble expression, and replied obediently: “Yes.”

The woman rubbed his head with satisfaction, took a bite of the ice cream, then strolled around leisurely.

Yu Ru Bing and Tang Han Qiu looked at each other before Yu Ru Bing asked, “She is…”

008 smiled and said: “Let’s find a place to sit down and talk slowly.”

……

The three of them chose a teahouse, asked for a small private room, ordered a nice pot of tea, sat down and chatted slowly.

Tang Han Qiu also gave the cameraman a short break, letting him relax by himself, and told him that they would call him when they’ve finished talking.

The cameraman was also happy that he could have this paid break squandering, he closed the camera and left it in the private room, then went to the snack street to eat.

008 with his expression hanging low looked at the misty tea in front of him, he didn’t drink it, nor could he drink it, he just touched the cup gently with his fingers, listening to the crisp tingling sound with his ears.

Everything felt so real.

“I’m here as a visitor.” He raised his head and said with a smile, “I promised a friend that I would come visit if I have the opportunity.”

His friend Yu Ru Bing.

He had properly kept half of the pair of earring Yu Ru Bing gave him in his room, and he would take it out to wipe it clean from time to time, so as not to stain his precious friendship with dust.

His gaze then fell on the two’s fingers that were wearing rings, and his eyes became gentle: “I’m relieved to see that you two are doing well.”

They were the first people who resisted the system, and were also the ones who taught him to resist. The things that happened to them was worth remembering forever, and he would never forget it.

They had suffered a lot because of the system, but it doesn’t matter, the hard times were already over, they had their own lives now, and also had each other.

This was enough.

Yu Ru Bing looked at her lover, her lips curved, and then she looked at him and said, “How are you now? The Space and Administration didn’t make things difficult for you, right?”

008 shook his head: “No, the artificial humanoids have been consolidated by the Space and Time Administration, we now belong to the Space and Time Administration and work for the Space and Time Administration.”

As he said this, he subconsciously placed his finger on his temple: “My chip has also been fixed.”

The artificial humanoids left by First Generation embodied scientific and technological progress, they could do more things than humans could imagine.

Moreover, they did not choose to help the villain themselves, it was an involuntary choice after their chips were modified, therefore, the Space and Time Administration did not punish them, but gathered them all, revised and corrected their chips, removed the shady data inside, and continued to use First Generation’s theoretical data allowing them to treat the Space and Time Administration like the First Generation.

Because the Space and Time Administration discovered First Generation’s theoretical data was very suitable for artificial humanoids, and that her theoretical data allowed artificial humanoids to maintain their own disposition while also preserving a gentle goodwill— to absolutely never betray.

Yu Ru Bing listened to 008 as he continued to say: “It’s just that I almost ‘died’.”

He was the only one of the artificial humanoids who developed self-awareness due to a damaged chip—he was very special.

It was also this particularity that prompted him to take the initiative to make the choice of exposing the system to the Space and Time Administration in order to protect Older Sister’s painstaking efforts, and to cooperate with the Space and Time Administration to rectify the system, incorporate the artificial humanoids, and punish the Second Generation.

The Space and Time Administration had considered whether to modify his chip to be like the other artificial humanoids— to remove the self-awareness and just follow the chip.

But that would mean killing the him right now— this artificial humanoid who maintained his own goodwill towards the world.

And he was already a little bit like a person. Killing a person for no reason was something that no one wanted to see, moreover, this person has never done anything wrong, and even helped the Space and Time Administration.

If his self-awareness was stripped, then everything that had happened would become meaningless to him, those things he had pondered about, was entangled with, and determined would become a blank sheet of paper, and he must accept this kind of world again.

Even the significance of this friend, Yu Ru Bing, would change into something shallow— he wouldn’t have come here as a visitor.

While saying this 008 laughed, revealing a light band on his wrist, and said: “It was the captain who saved me.”

Both of them listened very carefully, and upon seeing this, Yu Ru Bing asked, “Is it that lady just now?”

008 nodded lightly and told them the specific circumstance.

He helped the Space and Time Administration to complete the integration of the system, and helped the Space and Time Administration correct the chips of his companions, after everything was completed, he began to quietly wait for his own verdict.

He was already self-aware, and he also understood that for human beings, an artificial humanoid with self-awareness could never stay.

His heart was broad, he was aware what he would be facing, and he sat in his room waiting for the verdict of his destruction or modification to come.

He didn’t even hate that the Space and Time Administration wanted to kill the donkey when the grinding was done¹, because he didn’t want to be a threat to others.

He still maintained the goodwill he had towards other, which was what his Older Sister taught him— don’t be a threat to good people.

Then he waited for the woman who looked like Older Sister— Gao Min.

Gao Min asked him if he wanted to die, but he didn’t know how to answer this question.

If he would become a threat to good people, he was willing to die. If he wouldn’t become a threat, then he also wanted to live on, and learn to ponder on even more questions— like a person— like Older Sister.

Gao Min saw that he wasn’t talking, she snorted and told him to stretch out his hand, then she “slapped” on him this strip of light band, at the same time she also held out her hand, revealing exactly the same strip of light band, and said, “Live well then, it’s rare to find such a good pair of hands to use.”

Then she rubbed his head fiercely, pointed to the light band and said, “Don’t cause trouble and increase my workload, or I will immediately blow you up!”

008 stroked the light band, and with a gentle voice: “She used these two strips of light band to save me.”

He knew that as long as these pair of light bands were worn, they couldn’t be removed. The strip in Gao Min’s hand was the master band, once the master band was triggered, she and him would be killed immediately.

But Gao Min used this method to save him from her superiors. Once he does something that was detrimental to mankind, Gao Min also couldn’t escape death, she had been willing to pay the price for her choice.

008 whispered: “She looks exactly like Older Sister…”

Older Sister created him and bestowed him fundamental rights. And this person who looked like Older Sister used her own life to give him the right to become a person.

“But she is not Older Sister.” 008 clear-headedly said, “She is Gao Min, my captain, and a senior officer of the Space and Time Administration— not Older Sister.”

It’s just their faces happened to be exactly identical.

He had known this point since the day he first met Gao Min.

Both Yu Ru Bing and Tang Han Qiu noticed that 008’s mood was a bit lonely, and when the two of them were considering on how to comfort him, they heard him say with a smile: “Older Sister may be alive too, in another world.”

After all… she is so smart…

008 added: “No matter what choice Older Sister made at that time, I should respect her choice, now I only need to live well and protect the hard work she left behind, that’s already enough.”

He didn’t need to be consoled at all, he had his own ideas, his own goals.

Yu Ru Bing was relieved to see him like this, and couldn’t help but smile: “Yes, you should live well now, help her protect her hard work, and learn to be a person.”

“Also,” she pointed to the strip of light in his hand, “Don’t let Miss Gao down for everything she had done for you.”

Willingly using her life to protect him, no matter what, this friendship was already too precious.

“En.” 008 solemnly said, “I will work hard for her.”

The three of them chatted about other things for a while, anecdotes about shooting movies, how the two of them went public, and what the Space and Time Administration was like, they chatted from one topic to another, which was quite carefree.

But the three of them couldn’t talk for too long, because Gao Min was still waiting for 008, and Yu Ru Bing and Tang Han Qiu still had a show to film, and they were bound not to be able to talk till their hearts content.

Gao Min bought a lot of things, gave 008 both big and small bags for him to carry, while leisurely sipping a cup of milk tea as she walked ahead.

Before following Gao Min, 008 especially stopped and walked towards Tang Han Qiu, and sincerely apologized to her— for the system controlling her, and making her a vicious female supporting character.

Tang Han Qiu was an extremely excellent person, she should have lived her life well, but was forced to get involved in other people’s romantic affair and play a vicious role that didn’t have a good end…

This was really cruel to her.

Tang Han Qiu looked at the way he was bent down, and unexpectedly smiled, and helped him up: “It shouldn’t be you that should apologize.”

This was the Lord Goddess’ fault, they were just obeying orders and were made to become ruthless tools.

And the person who committed these evil deeds was now imprisoned for life by the Space and Time Administration, in addition she would experience a series of corresponding punishments.

Tang Han Qiu looked at 008’s clear eyes: “But I want to thank you for one thing.” She took Yu Ru Bing’s hand, “Thank you for bringing her to me.”

Blessing and misfortune were interdependent, the system was her misfortune, but Yu Ru Bing who was brought by the system was her blessing.

She often felt very grateful that she could meet such an adorable lover.

Yu Ru Bing stood by and looked at her with eyes filled with love, at this moment, only her lover in front of her was visible in her world.

She was also very glad to have met her, extraordinarily glad.

008 looked at Tang Han Qiu for a long time, and eventually smiled.

“See you again next time.”

……

Having sent their old friend away, they must continue to film the show, the cameraman also wasn’t that far away and was ready to start work.

Tang Han Qiu gently grasped Yu Ru Bing’s fingers: “Let’s go, Mrs. Tang.”

Yu Ru Bing smiled, and obediently followed her.

The two walked and stopped along the snack street, while Yu Ru Bing said: “Let’s put aside body management for now, let me be happy first and talk about it again later!” Then stuffed food in her mouth.

She didn’t feel that it was enough to just stuff herself, so she gave some to Tang Han Qiu too, she picked out a bunch of hot meatballs from the oden broth and blew on it, when it had cooled, she passed it towards Tang Han Qiu’s mouth: “Ah~”

Tang Han Qiu held her unfinished hot pearl milk tea in one hand, pulled back her long hair on the other hand, and leaned forward to bite the meatballs she passed over, the tender meat together with the scent of cumin rushed to the tip of her tongue, instantly satisfying her taste buds.

Yu Ru Bing wiped her mouth with tissue and asked, “Is it delicious?”

Tang Han Qiu chewed the meatballs while covering her mouth, and nodded.

— Damn it, isn’t this a romance variety show! How come it turned into a food show!

— I’ve already ordered takeaway

— I also want to eat oden, and I also want to drink bubble tea!!! And I want it iced!!!

The store owner auntie looked at these two women who had an air of publicly displaying their affection within their gestures, then looked at the cameraman behind, then at the little girls who wanted to come forward to say hello but didn’t dare to disturb, and finally couldn’t help but ask: “Are you celebrities?”

Tang Han Qiu said truthfully: “She is, I am not.”

That was not her job.

The auntie oh’d, and then asked, “What show are you filming?”

Yu Ru Bing bluntly said: “Romance variety show.”

The aunt obviously froze.

Tang Han Qiu calmly held Yu Ru Bing in her arms and introduced her: “En, she is my wife.”

Yu Ru Bing proudly showed off her ring to the stall owner: “Look, this is our wedding ring.”

The stall owner did not quite understand their feelings, so after a moment of silence she said, “Why do you like a woman?”

In today’s society, the younger generations were somewhat more tolerant of homosexuality, but many older generations didn’t understand it, Yu Ru Bing and Tang Han Qiu understood this.

In this regard, Tang Han Qiu answered very seriously: “Because she also happens to be a woman.”

She loved Yu Ru Bing because “she was Yu Ru Bing”, not because she was a woman.

In love, gender is never a criterion for liking a person, it was just a “coincidence”.

— I like you, and your gender just happens to be the same as mine.

Just that.

— Face god’s words makes me feel inexplicably moved

— President Tang is right, it just happened to be so, nothing more

— I hope I can be as brave as them one day!

— To be able to ship you two, my life was worth it!!!

The auntie made a half-hearted oh, carefully analyzing: “You two look so good, and you are also together, many boys would be sad.”

Yu Ru Bing raised her eyebrows: “Maybe they are shipping us off the ground.”

For example, a certain young master of the Qiu family.

The auntie was at a loss: “Huh?”

What did that mean?

— Is there really a male fan? Male fans come and take two steps out!

— The male fan is here, not only do I have to take two steps, but I have to take two more steps and walk grandiosely²!

— Hahahahahahaha Yu Bu Ru Bing, enough of you, don’t spy on my life!

— She’s right, there really are men who ships the two of them off the ground!

— Are you monitoring my home?

— This thing cannot do without my big brother’s name @Arte@Arte@Arte

After eating oden, the two of them went to the game center to casually play for a while, and they stayed outside until dark, ensuring that the materials for the show were absolutely sufficient, before they packed up and went home.

It was also because the temperature was getting colder at night, and Tang Han Qiu was worried that Yu Ru Bing could not stand it, so she proposed to call it a day and went home.

The cameraman followed them to the door and then stopped, after checking the camera, he said goodbye to them and returned to Hua Yao.

Although it was the weekend and Hua Yao was off, people from the Project Department did not join in having a weekend, so he must send the materials as soon as possible to avoid losing it.

The two have eaten and drunk enough outside, so they skipped today’s dinner.

After coming back, Yu Ru Bing slumped on the sofa, seeming to lose her desire to move for an instant.

Tang Han Qiu sat on the edge of the sofa looking at her, and asked, “What’s the matter? Too tired from playing, or are you cold?”

Yu Ru Bing stretched her fingers apart, put them back, retracted them into her sleeves, then a voice came from behind the scarf: “Cold.”

The temperature would sharply drop at night, cruelly torturing her cold salted fish, and suddenly returning to the warm room, she felt so comfortable that she didn’t want to move.

Tang Han Qiu pulled the blanket on the sofa to cover her, and coaxed: “Why don’t you take a bath? It won’t be cold anymore after a shower.”

Yu Ru Bing blinked, burying her face deeper: “Qiu Qiu go wash first, this salted fish wants to be paralyzed for a while.”

Tang Han Qiu discussed with her: “Will you wash after I’m done?”

Yu Ru Bing obediently nodded her head.

And as Tang Han Qiu was about to get up to take a bath, she was pulled back by her.

Yu Ru Bing pulled at her scarf, revealing her face: “Kiss before you go.”

Tang Han Qiu smiled then bent over and kissed her.

— The dog is killed, the dog is killed!

— Let’s distinguish what should be prioritized, wash together!

— Person on top, are you ghs³?

— Today’s sweet and sour fish is too sweet 👍

After Tang Han Qiu finished washing, Yu Ru Bing slowly got up, dilly-dallied held her for a while, before she willingly went to take a bath.

After hearing the sound of water coming from the bathroom, Tang Han Qiu poured herself a cup of hot water, sat on the sofa, held it to warm her hands, waited for it to cool before drinking, and picked up her mobile phone to check if there was any message from work.

There was none, it was very peaceful.

Then she turned on the TV to watch the news, looked at the financial channel, or otherwise watched Yu Ru Bing’s show, until Yu Ru Bing came out of the shower.

As usual, Yu Ru Bing drilled into the blanket as soon as she came out, laid in her arms, and hugged her tightly not letting go.

Tang Han Qiu intimately pulled the blanket towards her: “Is it still cold?”

Yu Ru Bing shook her head and said solemnly: “It’s not cold anymore, I just took a shower, so I am a warm woman now, and I am especially here to warm you up.”

Tang Han Qiu: “…”

Such messy words?

— Hahahahahahahaha she is poisonous

— Mother-effing warm woman

— President Tang: Then I thank you

— This atmosphere is heading towards destruction!

Tang Han Qiu touched her face with her hand that was just holding the cup, making her eyes bright, and she hurriedly grabbed her hand not allowing her to leave: “Thank you, it’s warm!”

Tang Han Qiu smiled and hugged her into her arms.

Yu Ru Bing leaned in her arms, feeling so comfortable that she started to become motionless again.

Tang Han Qiu seeming like a child stroked her long hair while browsing her phone.

No one spoke, they accompanied each other tacitly and quietly.

After a while, Yu Ru Bing took the lead to break the silence and called softly: “Qiu Qiu.”

Tang Han Qiu’s gaze immediately moved from the phone towards her: “Hmm?”

Yu Ru Bing raised his face to look at her, smiling brightly and said, “I am also very glad to have met you.”

“I’m so lucky to be able to accompany you and watch you get better and better.”

She had never regretted coming to this world, she felt very fortunate to be able to meet Tang Han Qiu, and to have been able to accompany her all the way till now.

She was the luckiest person in the world!

Hearing these words, Tang Han Qiu slowly put down her phone, and gently caressed her face: “I am lucky to be liked by you.”

Fortunately, the one she liked was her.

Fortunately, her Mrs. Tang was her.

Fortunately… it was her.

— I’m also lucky to have gotten to know you two boo hoo— You two must be good 1551⁴

— Mom, I believe in love again QAQ

— Boo hoo hoo why is the daily lives of these two such an idol drama? I really like, more!

— Do more, trick more dogs into slaughter!

……

The three days of recording passed quickly, then on the last night, the two of them sat in front of the camera and had a serious conversation with the audience.

Finally, with their heads resting against each other, Yu Ru Bing cupped one fist in the other hand and said, “I hope everyone can support our Hua Yao.”

“Let our face god President Tang become a pride of the Tang family!”

— OK!

— Face god, Hua Yao charge!!!

— Yes, I will, I will always support Hua Yao, and will accompany you all the way!

Immediately afterwards, Yu Ru Bing suddenly put away her mischievous smile, looked at the camera seriously and said: “Thank you for supporting us, and thank you for not rejecting us.”

She looked at Tang Han Qiu, intertwined their fingers, and looked at the camera together: “We will work hard to make ourselves better and better.”

Tang Han Qiu responded softly, “I wish for everyone to become better and better.”

Yu Ru Bing smiled gently and said to the camera: “We will love you forever.”

Everyone who supported, defended, and believed in them deserved to be treasured and cherished.

Tang Han Qiu glanced at her tenderly, then retracted her gaze again, gently looked at the camera, smiled and said: “En, forever.”

To always be sincere to everyone and live up to everyone’s likes.

With this the first episode of Hua Yao’s romance variety show had come to a successful conclusion.

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The author has something to say:

They’ll love you forever ~

008 came to visit friends, Gao Min is not Older Sister.

Well, that’s all for the romance variety show!

Will write an extra about another salted fish tomorrow.

Next time, I’ll think about writing about raising children~ give them a little sun.

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TRANSLATOR’S NOTES:

1. 卸磨杀驴: to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful ↩
2. 六亲不认的步伐: an internet meme, referring to a very grandiose and arrogant walking posture, this posture came from (Ultimate Fighting Championship) famous contestant Connor McGregor, and his iconic posture. It is characterized by raising the head when walking, swinging the arms left and right, and shaking the upper body. ↩

3. ghs: Internet term, English acronym of 搞黄色 literally means engage in yellow, which means engaging in indecent stuff ↩
4. 1551: 噫呜呜噫, means crying with an air of being cute and coquettish ↩

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