In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

“I have nowhere else to go, so naturally I’ll stay here with you.” Tao Jingyang said, then turned and strode away without looking back.

This is not an escape, absolutely not; this is a strategic retreat.

Li Chengze: ...That's quite reasonable.

After the others left, and their footsteps reached the door of the side hall, Fan Wujiu asked in a low, whispered voice:

"Your Highness, should I find some time...?"

"What do you want? Can you beat her?"

Li Chengze now has serious doubts about where Fan Wujiu has been studying all these years.

"You've read all those classic texts?" Li Chengze stood up, straightened his back, and moved to a different seat.

Xie Bi'an stood still, but his eyes followed the Second Prince.

"Yes, I read them all."

"Oh, then I'll read less of that in the future."

"...knew."

After Li Chengze settled down and adjusted to a comfortable position, he lazily began to speak:

"Bi'an, how confident were you of winning your fight just now?"

"In the brief exchange just now, neither of us used our full strength."

"But judging from how easily she blocked my sword energy, her martial arts skills are probably no less than mine," Xie Bi'an replied thoughtfully.

After hearing this, Li Chengze did not reply, but instead rested his chin on his hand and recalled everything that had just happened.

"There are more and more interesting people in Kyoto, hmm...eek."

As Li Chengze spoke, he lay down, tilting his neck back and twisting it.

"You two go and rest for a while. She can have the guards keep an eye on things."

"Yes, I am resigning."

Two voices responded in unison.

A short while later, Tao Jingyang, who had already returned to his room, suddenly heard what sounded like two people coming out of the main hall.

They were whispering to each other as they walked, but their voices were deliberately lowered, making it very difficult to hear.

Meanwhile, Tao Jingyang, who was inside the room, had by this time almost completely "understood" this system.

Tao Jingyang walked quickly into the side hall, closed the door, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, he continued to summon the system in his mind.

"Don't hide anymore, everything's alright now."

Sure enough, a voice instantly rang in my mind: "Alright, host, I'm here."

Tao Jingyang didn't dwell on the system's invisibility at the crucial moment, but instead asked:

"Are you unable to log on all the time? Also, usually if there's a system, there should be tasks, right? What are my tasks?"

"Buzz...buzz...Hello host, this is the world of 'Joy of Life'. Your mission is to assist the character Li Chengze...buzz...buzz...to ascend the throne."

"Listen carefully, host. Once you complete your mission, you can return to your original world!"

The system's voice sometimes sounds like a "heartless" robot with an electrical hum, but at other times it sounds like a "compassionate" robot with a playful tone.

Tao Jingyang immediately sensed something was amiss, but another strange feeling spreading from the bottom of her heart made her unable to consider the system's voice at the moment.

"Go back? I have to go back to my original world?"

If anyone were in this room, they would surely find Tao Jingyang sitting at the table, muttering to himself.

"I've been awake all day, why haven't I... thought about going back at all?"

But as soon as she became aware of her original world, memories of her past life surged up like a tide in the depths of her memory.