As soon as Qin Jingxu finished speaking, Qin Yansen said, "How could that be? Even if Grandma is willing to part with you and Qin He, as well as my father and second and third uncles, she wouldn't be willing to part with me and Qin Song, or Grandpa."

Qin Jingxu turned to look at his older brother, whose face had somehow become several layers thicker, and curled his lip: "How dare you say such a thing? You should try to stop upsetting Grandma."

In Qin Jingxu's eyes, Qin Yansen and Qin He were the most troublesome members of the entire Qin family.

Qin Yansen quickly retorted, "I've never made Grandma angry. I always listen to Grandma."

Who would have thought that the seemingly cold, serious, and composed older brother would start bickering with his younger brother like elementary school students at home in order to win his favor?

Qin Jingxu was almost laughing in anger. He really wanted to record a video of Qin Yansen and hang it on the big screen in the company building tomorrow so that everyone could see the childish face of this "good older brother"!

Lin Qingqing frowned slightly as she watched her two grandsons bickering nonchalantly.

They shouldn't have reacted like that!

Qin Yansen smiled and looked at Lin Qingqing: "Grandma, come and eat! We've all been waiting for you. Why are you still standing there?"

Lin Qingqing stepped down the last step, her steps heavy, and walked slowly toward Qin Yansen.

When she finally reached Qin Yansen, she spoke with difficulty, "Aren't you surprised to see how I look now?"

Qin Yansen was stunned for a moment: "Grandma, what are you saying?"

Lin Qingqing then turned to look at Qin Haishan, Shen Qiuyue, and finally fixed her gaze on Qin Jingxu: "Take a good look at me, look closely..."

Qin Jingxu looked at Lin Qingqing's face carefully: "You are still my grandmother, there is no problem at all."

"No, look at me now... I look different from before, can't you tell?"

Lin Qingqing could never bring herself to say the word 'getting old,' because it had become a scar on her heart, and saying it would cause her great pain.

A shrewd glint suddenly flashed in Qin Haishan's eyes. He smiled and nudged Shen Qiuyue, who was sitting next to him, with his elbow: "I know, Mom is wearing makeup today. She's testing our eyesight! I don't know anything about women's cosmetics. Qiuyue, come and take a good look at what Mom is wearing today and see if it's any different from usual."

Lin Qingqing: "..."

Finally, Lin Qingqing said helplessly, "I've gotten old, haven't you noticed? I've gotten old!"

Qin Yansen put down his tablet and looked at Lin Qingqing in confusion: "Old...old?! Grandma, what are you saying? You're younger than me now, how can you be old? If you say that, then wouldn't Second Uncle and Second Aunt be even older?"

Shen Qiuyue continued, "That's right, Mom, you're not old at all. How could you feel old? You're just like an eighteen-year-old girl. How could you be old?"

Lin Qingqing felt that Qin Jin must have secretly colluded with them to deliberately make her happy.

But she doesn't need this fake happiness.

Now that she's back, she's made ample mental preparations. Although she still can't accept getting old, she doesn't want her family to lie to her or say things she doesn't mean.

A lump formed in her throat, and she turned to leave, but stopped abruptly at the door.

Wait a minute... why does she feel like she's not walking like before, like her legs are unsteady?

Moreover, he was full of energy, as if he could beat up hundreds of Chen Zhongluns.

Lin Qingqing quickly looked down at her hands... Her skin was fair and smooth, without a single wrinkle, completely different from her wrinkled hands just now!

She took out her phone again, turned on the camera's selfie mode, and looked at her younger self in the camera. She was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a long time.

She hadn't even had time to accept that she was getting old when she turned back to her old age. What happened?

How did she turn back?!

The next second, a weak voice suddenly echoed in her mind: [Host, I'm back...]

Lin Qingqing closed her eyes and vaguely saw in her mind a dilapidated little iron block with exposed wires.

"You...you're the system?" She rushed forward, frantically stuffing the wires into the metal box. "What happened to you? Who did this? I'm going to settle the score with them!"

She had been spending several months with the system, and in her heart, the system was no different from her best friend.

Especially before she knew that she was the original owner of this body, she regarded the system as the only person she could trust in this world.

Later, the system brought her husband over, accidentally giving her the chance to save her whole family and restore her youth. Now, in her heart, the system is the best friend she should be most grateful to.

She had gotten used to the system's presence, and even chatting with it from time to time was quite nice.

But today, their first meeting, the system has turned out like this; she simply can't accept it.

The system spoke weakly: "I made a mistake. Heaven's punishment is to take back your reward and restore order to this world. Bringing you into this world was my own mistake. I didn't want to drag you down, so I went back to accept my punishment… I… I came back this time to see you one last time, to say goodbye… I… I'm dying…"

It's just a set of data, and its host is just an innocent ordinary person who got caught up in it. If it's gone, it's gone. If the host's reward is taken back, she will die.

Its host loves her family so much, she must be very reluctant to part with them.

Lin Qingqing had long guessed that aging would be a punishment for the system's mistake, but she did not expect the system to sacrifice itself to save her life.

The system had disappeared before, and she thought it would be the same as before, that the system would just go back to report and solve problems, and then it would come back safely as if nothing had happened.

Tears streamed silently down Lin Qingqing's face, blurring her vision. She casually wiped her eyes, her voice trembling with tears, yet she tried to sound calm as she asked, "How do I reconnect all these wires? I should have learned how to do this..."

She looked at the various colored threads, but had no idea what to do. Every time she tried to insert one into the system, it would emerge from another broken hole.

Lin Qingqing gradually lost her patience. She sniffed her red nose and pouted, "Why are these threads so disobedient?"

[Host, don't waste your energy, it's useless... I'm just a set of data... Don't be sad for me...]

The system gave a weak laugh and comforted Lin Qingqing with words she used to say: "[It's alright, you're just a worthless life anyway, you'll be a hero in the next life...]"

Lin Qingqing's eyes grew redder and redder. She retorted, "You're just data, not human, so you definitely won't die! Tell me quickly, how can I help you!"

"It's no use, my data has been completely destroyed. Just being able to hold on until I saw you has exhausted all my strength..."

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