Chapter 333: He Has to Find Su Zhaozhao
“She’s probably having a reunion with her family right now,” she told Xie Huaizheng. “Of course, congratulations on passing the assessment. I’ll send you to her now. This is the final step. If you can find Su Zhaozhao, then congratulations—you’ll be able to travel between the two worlds from now on!”
She laughed.
She had the same appearance as Su Zhaozhao, but her demeanor was completely different.
Xie Huaizheng hadn’t expected that the final task, the one that would decide if Su Zhaozhao could return to visit her parents, would fall to him.
After this version of Su Zhaozhao finished speaking, Xie Huaizheng felt the world spin, and soon, he appeared in a strange new world.
The streets bustled with people and a ceaseless stream of cars.
Everywhere he looked, there were skyscrapers and lightly dressed men and women.
Xie Huaizheng was stunned. ‘Is this the real world she described to me?’
‘But where am I supposed to find Su Zhaozhao?’
When Su Zhaozhao returned to her own world after fainting, she too was stunned.
‘How did I… transmigrate back again?’
‘Why does it feel like I’m just transmigrating randomly all the time now?’
‘One moment I’m here, the next I’m over there.’
‘And that injury I just got wasn’t even serious. How could that be enough to send me back?’
At that moment, Su Zhaozhao’s parents were still with her; time had picked up right where it had left off.
They looked at Su Zhaozhao, their faces full of worry. “Zhaozhao, no matter what you do, Mom and Dad will support you.”
“Dad, Mom, I just went back again,” Su Zhaozhao told them. “But you didn’t feel anything, did you?”
Su Zhaozhao’s parents looked at each other, then shook their heads. “No. You transmigrated?”
Su Zhaozhao was getting confused herself.
She stood up and made a video call to her friends.
‘There probably won’t be enough time to meet them in person.’
Su Zhaozhao thought this transmigration feature was completely insane.
She had no idea when she would be sent back to the other world, or when she might return to this one.
‘All in all, I’d better be careful.’
Su Zhaozhao took out her phone and called each of her friends.
She told them she had found happiness but might not be able to contact them for a very long time.
Transmigrating into a book was such a bizarre concept that Su Zhaozhao only dared tell her parents. As for her friends, it was better not to.
Telling them something like that would probably just scare them.
So she was deliberately vague, just saying she might be moving abroad and might be hard to reach.
She also told them that if they missed her, they could let her mom and dad know.
In the end, Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but ask them to visit her parents from time to time in the future, if they could.
As Su Zhaozhao said this, the rims of her eyes reddened uncontrollably.
‘My parents worked so hard to raise me, and what am I doing now?’
‘Now I have to leave them for another world.’
‘What will happen when my parents get old?’
Su Zhaozhao knew her parents both had pensions, and given where they’d worked, things like medical care were nothing to worry about.
But she was still very worried that when they got older, they wouldn’t even have anyone to talk to.
‘What am I supposed to do when that time comes?’
This was what worried Su Zhaozhao the most right now.
“Zhaozhao, the way you’re talking, it sounds like a final parting. Even if you really are moving abroad, it’s just moving abroad. It’s not like you’re passing away. Why do you sound so sad, as if you’ll never see your parents again?”
One of Su Zhaozhao’s good friends couldn’t help but tease.
Hearing her friend’s exaggerated complaint, Su Zhaozhao managed a laugh. “Well, actually, it’s not that different. The place I’m going is pretty remote, the signal is bad, and it might be hard to come back. So, Zhenzhen, I’m counting on you.”
Li Zhenzhu sighed. “You’re really hiding a lot from me. But we grew up together, Su Zhaozhao. I get you. So, of course, I’ll do what you asked.”
After hanging up, Su Zhaozhao looked at her parents, who also wore sad expressions.
“Mom, Dad, I don’t know if I’ll just disappear if I go live in the other world. But you said you don’t want to forget me. I’ll have a serious talk with the system about it.”
Su Zhaozhao figured that if it wouldn’t let her travel back and forth, maybe it would at least be reasonable about this.
Still, she didn’t quite understand why she had suddenly been sent back.
She looked at the sky outside. “It’s so late. Let’s not cook today; let’s eat out! Mom, Dad, how about we go to a five-star restaurant?”
‘Since this might be my last meal in this world, I have to eat everything I’ve always wanted to try but never had the chance to.’
“Okay, Zhaozhao. Whatever you want.”
Father Su and Su’s mother exchanged a glance. By now, they had both concealed their sadness.
‘Our daughter has found happiness. We should be happy for her. There’s no reason to be sad.’
The family of three drove to the five-star hotel in the city center.
The place overlooked a beautiful river.
Su Zhaozhao ordered many high-end dishes she had always wanted to try. Even though the meal cost tens of thousands, Su Zhaozhao didn’t even blink.
After all, she had worked for many years and had a decent amount of savings.
‘I’ll just transfer all my savings to my parents later. It’s not like I can use them where I’m going.’
The family avoided any more talk of parting and began to eat slowly, chatting about everyday neighborhood matters.
After eating, Su Zhaozhao dragged them out to do more shopping.
She bought all the things she had always wanted to give her parents.
“Alright, alright, Zhaozhao! Are you acting like there’s no tomorrow?”
“Well, I might not have a tomorrow *here*. So, Mom, Dad, I want you two to live well. That way, I can rest easy.”
After saying this, Su Zhaozhao pulled them into a clothing store.
「Meanwhile」
Xie Huaizheng was walking aimlessly through the streets.
That other Su Zhaozhao had told him he had to find Su Zhaozhao here, and that *his* Zhaozhao might not look the same as she did in their world.
But only by finding her and proving their love was real could he get the system to allow them to travel between the two worlds.
Xie Huaizheng waited on the street from afternoon until night, but he still didn’t see Su Zhaozhao.
He scrutinized every girl who looked remotely similar or was around the same age.
But alas, he still hadn’t found Su Zhaozhao.
‘Where on earth could she be?’
As time passed, Xie Huaizheng grew more and more anxious.
He was running out of time.