Soul Patch

Chapter 10 Rewriting Life

Around noon, Wenjie ran to the cafeteria and grabbed three meat buns. He ate only one bun before the system was about to activate.

He stuffed the steamed bun into his pocket, went to the small park behind the office building, found a bench covered in greenery, and sat down.

The system has reached the patch selection screen. Wenjie had already decided to choose the brute-force patch, because the last brute-force patch was very effective.

But looking at the options on the interface, I was stunned:

Please select the patch type: A. Remodeling B. Retribution C. Destruction D. Collapse

There's no brute force type, so how could this be? Could it be that the system matches different types of patches depending on the time of day?

The punitive style sounds similar to the violent style, so let's choose the punitive style.

He forgot how domineering the system was, with the selection time for each option being ridiculously short.

The screen flashed, revealing a line of text that made you want to swear:

[Default selection: A - Remodeling Patch]

Default, default...

[System Test Question: Correction of Life Trajectory Due to Personality Defects, Patch Type: Remodeling]

——The Fifth Attempt————

Before he could even think, Wenjie found himself back on that country road in his hometown.

A thin boy carrying a schoolbag walked towards him, and smiled slightly as he passed him.

Wenjie turned sideways and watched as 12-year-old Zhao Xiaolong walked past, a blade of grass stuck to his schoolbag, bouncing with each step Zhao Xiaolong took…

As he approached the door of a house, a plump middle-aged woman who had been waiting in the yard waved to him.

Zhao Xiaolong lowered his eyes shyly and greeted, "Hello, Auntie!"

"Xiaolong, come here. I have half a basket of eggs. Could you take them to Xiaohui for me?" the plump woman said with a simple smile.

“Okay,” Zhao Xiaolong agreed without hesitation and followed the plump aunt into the yard.

A moment later, the plump auntie came out with a small blue basket slung over her arm. She patted Xiaolong on the shoulder and said, "You're too thin, kid. You need to eat more nutritious food. Go pick up some big eggs and take a few home so your mom can make you some steamed egg custard!"

Zhao Xiaolong smiled shyly again, looking down at his toes, rubbing his faded sneakers back and forth on the ground as he whispered:

"Thank you, aunt!"

Zhao Xiaolong, a small figure, walked away with his schoolbag on his back and a basket on his shoulder. Aunt Pang stood at the door watching his back for a long time, sighed, and turned to go back into the house.

Aunt Pang's compassion for the orphan and widow was evident as she watched Zhao Xiaolong's departing figure.

A warm feeling welled up in Wenjie's heart, but he was overwhelmed with guilt: he hadn't even figured out the situation, yet he thought Aunt Pang had impure motives and said those vicious things to slander her.

I am really rash, impulsive, fragile, and sensitive. I can't keep my composure when things happen, and I'm also prone to acting on my emotions.

No wonder the system initially determined that he lacked the basic ability to correct the life trajectory of a target individual or group.

Wenjie temporarily put aside his chaotic thoughts and followed Zhao Xiaolong. He watched as Zhao Xiaolong's figure suddenly disappeared as he walked through a patch of weeds.

The weeds grew wildly, with the tips of the grass reaching over a meter in height, and the branches stretched out wildly and lushly in all directions, making it impossible to see what was happening in the grass from the path.

Luckily, he followed closely and spotted Zhao Xiaolong's figure flashing past the bushes; otherwise, he would have lost him.

Fortunately, we didn't follow too closely, otherwise, if the other side had discovered us and dared not make any rash moves, this whole trip would have been a waste.

He quickly darted into the bushes and found a basket of eggs overturned on the ground. The eggs rolled into the bushes, some falling to the ground, with golden yolk flowing down the cracked shells.

Ignoring the obstruction of the weeds, Wenjie chased after them desperately through the tall grass.

Grass blades slammed into his face and body, and he frantically shoved them away with his hands.

He was running with great difficulty, and as he ran, he was also wondering in his mind how a girl could have such strength to abduct Zhao Xiaolong into the weeds.

He was running when he suddenly stopped.

There was not a sound around, and the grass showed no signs of being bent or crushed.

Oops... wrong!

Wenjie hurriedly ran back, and where the basket of eggs had been overturned, he saw a hidden path. It was completely inconspicuous compared to the large area of ​​flattened weeds on the other side.

Sure enough, pushing aside the weeds at the intersection, a winding path came into view. Wenjie looked along the path with suspicion, but there was no one and no sound.

It's urgent! If we can't find Zhao Xiaolong soon, that woman will succeed... This whole ordeal will probably be for nothing!

He took a step to chase after the path when he seemed to hear suppressed breathing behind him.

He suddenly turned around...

A heavily made-up face was less than a meter away from him. The face was painted with red, pink, and black, the colors applied haphazardly, like a palette. Above this "palette" was a thick head of long hair…

Wenjie raised his foot to kick that pervert!

Damn... he's doomed. His body didn't move at all in the video.

[Warning: Only selected patch types can be deployed]

This is really infuriating...

Should a patch be released?

[Patch deployed successfully]

Then I saw the stick swinging towards me, creating a whooshing sound!

Wenjie's vision went black, and he fainted...

A line of large, eye-catching text appeared on the screen:

[Test completed, total score: 50 points]

[Since the score is less than 60, the system cannot be officially activated, and no system rewards can be obtained.]

——Success Divider———

Wenjie logged out of the system. He was still sitting in the chair, staring straight ahead, his eyes unfocused...

He just stared blankly ahead!

His emotions were churning, and he couldn't shake off the shock of what had just happened: the person who attacked him was a man!

Dressed entirely in women's clothing, it's truly difficult to tell whether someone is male or female at first glance.

It's estimated that 12-year-old Zhao Xiaolong was knocked unconscious by her at first glance, so he took his anger out on the fashionable and well-dressed woman.

He could clearly see the other person's slightly rugged facial features compared to a woman's, and... and the Adam's apple bobbing up and down at the throat.

and many more……

What did the system just say?

Life trajectory successfully corrected, overall score 50 points... No reward!

Wenjie got up to go back to the office area, but saw a backpack next to him. "Is this my backpack?"

He didn't remember having such a backpack. After trying to think for a moment, his head felt like it was being pierced.

It was almost 1 o'clock when he picked up his backpack and ran back to the office building.

As I stepped out of the elevator, I hurried toward the office area and bumped into Bai Yu, who was returning from the tea room.

When Bai Yu saw him, his mouth dropped open in surprise: "What are you doing here? Looking for me?"

What? What do you mean I'm here? Don't I work here?

Wenjie was stunned by what he said and looked towards the far corner of the office area—the direction of his workstation.

There...there was a young man sitting there. Even from a distance, you could see that he had a clean-cut face and was dressed in a neat uniform!

A name popped into my mind: Zhao Xiaolong!

Who the hell is that but Zhao Xiaolong?

(End of this chapter)