I will be stronger after the remake

"Let's end things between us so I can go back to being myself and stop causing trouble for others."

"Why revert to the way things were before instead of moving forward? Weren't you the one who took the initiative yesterday?"

"If you're willing to accept an apology, I'll apologize as many times as you want."

"So why apologize? I can't think of anything that requires your apology?"

"So what exactly do you want me to do?" Yuan Ji said somewhat angrily, "I'm stupid, I can't understand your clever people's roundabout ways!"

Tang Ping smiled and said, "It's simple. Just date me. That's a way of putting an end to things."

"What!" Yuan Ji was so shocked he couldn't speak. "Are you... are you an idiot?"

"Didn't you just say I was a smart person?"

"A smart person in terms of IQ but a fool in terms of EQ—why would a normal person say something like that, besides..."

"Besides, do you think I won't fall for you?"

Yuan Ji nodded and turned his face away.

Tang Ping said sincerely, "You underestimate yourself. I think you are very charming. Your appearance is impeccable, and your personality is also very good."

"What's so good about my personality? Not to mention I can't get along with my superiors, I don't even have a single true friend among my peers," Yuan Ji said self-deprecatingly.

"That's someone else's loss. Besides, isn't it normal not to have true friends? The world is complicated, and people's hearts are mixed. True friends are not so easy to find. My sister doesn't have any. Don't be fooled by how she can talk to anyone. It's all just superficial."

"But I can't even do a good job of superficial appearances."

"If you can't do it well, you can't do it well. Who says that doing a good job on the surface is the right thing to do? Looking at it from another angle, isn't this just being true to yourself? In modern society, everyone lives behind a mask, so being true to yourself is a rare quality."

"You're just saying nice things to comfort me; who knows what you're really thinking?"

Tang Ping almost burst out laughing. Under the influence of her lie-detection ability, the other party's expectation of "praise me more" was clearly evident.

He thought for a moment and said, "There was a guy in my college class who was really good with words. He would call girls his own age 'beautiful' and girls older than him 'sister.' He was very popular with the opposite sex, and his male classmates envied him. But I was not like that, and I never thought of learning from him because I couldn't get over my own mental barrier. Even if I had a knife to a girl's throat, I wouldn't call her 'beautiful.' Smart people can still be tongue-tied."

"Oh, so you have this side to you too." Yuan Ji sighed.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tang Ping turned the other woman around, his gaze intense, and said, "Beautiful lady, I admire your genuine nature. Will you be my girlfriend?"

After a moment's thought, Yuan Ji's face turned bright red. Because of her ponytail, not only were her earlobes clearly red, but her neck and back of her neck also showed a faint red tinge.

"You, you're not good with words at all! I never believed your lies!"

Tang Ping laughed and said, "You've always been reasonable, so I'll analyze it for you now. You're good at fighting but not good at using your brain, while I'm the opposite. In terms of our strengths, we complement each other perfectly. Just like your spirit is a tiger and mine is a fox, we're a perfect match, like a fox borrowing the tiger's power!"

Yuan Ji felt he couldn't hold on any longer and could only manage to say, "Didn't you suspect that your spirit was being manipulated? The spirit most suitable for you is not the fox."

"To make us a couple, even fate has been reversed. Isn't this destiny?"

"God willing……"

Yuan Ji murmured repeatedly, as if trying to convince himself, "Since it's fate, there's nothing we can do about it, right?"

"Of course, I'm way past the age of being a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) who used 'defying the heavens' as a cool slogan."

"...Although I am not good enough for you, since it is the will of God, I can only obediently comply."

As if he had found a reason to feel at ease, Yuan Ji gave up all resistance, a smile appeared on his lips, and with the blush that had not yet faded on his face, he was as beautiful as a newly blooming flower bud.

Tang Ping reached out and pulled the beauty into his arms. He felt her body stiffen, but he ignored it and, as if to retaliate for what happened last night, kissed her forcefully.

Chapter 118 Traditional Women

Snapped!Snapped!

When Tang Ping and Yuan Ji returned to the Public Security Section, they were greeted with fireworks by the Ma siblings.

Tang Ping chuckled and said, "Where did you buy these paper firecrackers? You bought them way too fast!"

“Congratulations to you both,” Ma Feiyan said, then explained, “This was left over from the last celebration of the release of ‘The Invisible Guardian’.”

"You haven't used it yet! How many did you buy?" Tang Ping asked again. "Are you so sure I'll be able to confess my feelings successfully?"

Ma Yiming said, "Of course, you are the strategist. When the strategist makes a move, it is always a sure thing... Although I really want to say this, actually I saw you two holding hands and coming back with affection through an out-of-body experience, so I told everyone to hurry up and prepare to celebrate. Otherwise, I would have to go drink a sad drink with you."

“Where, where is this talk of mutual affection!” Yuan Ji blushed again.

Ma Yiming exaggeratedly said, "A relationship crisis has already occurred after just starting to date?"

"Those are two different things."

Hu Ze walked up to the two of them and sighed, "I never expected you two to become a couple. Life is truly unpredictable."

Yuan Ji glared and said, "This doesn't sound like something a leader should say, does it?"

“Now you remember I’m the leader,” Hu Ze said with a headache, but still advised kindly, “Try to rein in your angry young man’s temper, otherwise even if Tang Ping can tolerate you for a while, she will get annoyed after a while.”

Tang Ping said, "Actually, I think this is just true nature, and it's quite interesting sometimes. It's not about being tolerant."

Yuan Ji earnestly corrected him, "I'm just stricter with my superiors, after all, they are supposed to set an example."

“Be a little more lenient with your superiors,” Hu Ze said helplessly. “You two are such a perfect couple, it makes me look like a worthless villain.”

Finally, it was Yu Shujiang's turn. She approached the two with a stern face and said dryly, "Congratulations to you both... I would never say such a thing!"

She pointed at Yuan Ji and said angrily, "Don't expect me to call you sister-in-law. As long as we're not married, there's still a chance!"

"Whoosh—" Ma Yiming whistled, never one to miss a good show. "They've only been dating for a short time and a relationship crisis has already occurred. The three of them are in a stalemate. This budding love is on the verge of collapse due to the strong intrusion of a third party. Will they hold on to their initial feelings, or will they part ways? Their future is shrouded in mystery. To find out what happens next, please watch the next episode."

Tang Ping said, "Don't use this old-fashioned TV drama forecast tone. I can't believe you came up with this. There aren't many people watching TV dramas these days."

"Haha, maybe I'm just a sentimental person."

Hu Ze said disdainfully, "I know you two came back to inform everyone. Now that the notice has been delivered, you should leave quickly. Anyway, you've already asked for leave. Staying here will only be an eyesore. The workplace is not a place for you to flirt."

Yuan Ji nodded and said, "Indeed, we shouldn't talk about romance in the workplace."

Even when she's in a relationship, she still maintains a very rigid and methodical style.

Tang Ping accepted everyone's kindness: "We'll be leaving now."

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Yu Shujiang murmured, "I thought the little bird couldn't fly across the ocean because it didn't have the courage. Now I realize it's not that the little bird couldn't fly across, but that there was no one waiting on the other side."

Ma Feiyan, who had initially felt a little disappointed, felt relieved after hearing this and laughed, "It seems that heartbreak can not only make people grow, but also turn them into poets."

Yu Shujiang said expressionlessly, "This is what I found this morning when I was searching for lines for the game characters."

Ma Feiyan was speechless: "I thought it was your own opinion."

"Hmph, birds are so weak, of course they can't fly across the ocean. But it's different for immortals. They can not only cross the sea, but also move mountains and overturn seas," Yu Shujiang clenched her fist. "If we give up now, the competition will end prematurely."

Do you want to play basketball too?

Ma Feiyan had obviously heard such a famous line.

Yu Shujiang said indignantly, "I want to become a Super Saiyan, all I need is a friend to sacrifice to the heavens, can you help me?"

"There's nothing I can do to help."

……

Tang Ping and Yuan Ji walked hand in hand toward the dormitory. Seeing that the latter looked serious, as if he was thinking about something important, Tang Ping did not disturb him.

Once they arrived at the dormitory building, Yuan Ji finally spoke, "I remember, your sister isn't related to you by blood, is she?"

Tang Ping was taken aback: "Were you thinking about this the whole way?"

"Because this is a very serious issue. Siblings who are not related by blood seem to be the kind of setting found in romance novels."

"The younger sister in those romance novels could never be a chubby girl with a height-to-weight ratio of 160:130. Although Shu Jiang is on a diet now, her former appearance left a very deep impression on me. Plus, we grew up playing together since childhood, and I have never had any romantic feelings for her. In the end, only only only children would have unrealistic fantasies about younger sisters. Even if some people like someone they spend every day with, they would never choose a younger sister if they could choose a childhood sweetheart."

Yuan Ji asked nervously, "You have a childhood sweetheart?"

“No, and that’s not the point,” Tang Ping reassured her. “If my life were a dating sim, Yu Shujiang would be the irresistible, comedic character. I can’t imagine dating her—unless I’m out of my mind.”

After hearing this, Yuan Ji first breathed a sigh of relief, then slumped his shoulders and said dejectedly, "I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me. It's ridiculous how I'm so anxious and insecure... Becoming lovers with you should be something to celebrate, but I've made it feel like a burden."

Tang Ping gripped the other person's hand tightly and said softly, "I know this is precisely a sign that you value this relationship, and I'm just secretly pleased about it."

Yuan Ji looked up in surprise and said, "So you're really good at coaxing people?"

"From now on, you'll have exclusive treatment."

"Don't say such embarrassing things... or I'll be so happy I won't know what to do!"

The two looked at each other, both feeling embarrassed, yet unable to look away.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to say it earlier... Tang Ping, I like you."

"Don't apologize for this kind of thing."

The two kissed again, and with the experience from the previous times, this time it was easy for them. Their tongues intertwined, and they didn't separate until three minutes later.

Looking at her lover, who was now nestled in her arms like a little bird for the first time, Tang Ping asked a question she hadn't been able to ask before: "I'm very curious about something. Why do you praise me so highly, yet demean yourself to the ground?"

"You were already very capable. Before becoming a psychic, you were a top student. Despite having a privileged family background, you chose to be self-reliant. You talked about retiring and living a comfortable life, but you didn't choose the simplest way of sponging off your parents. After becoming a psychic, you thrived even more. Even though you advanced to a spirit level that wasn't suitable for you, you still progressed rapidly. You crossed over into a field you had never been in before and were able to create achievements that shocked the industry. Someone like you can succeed no matter what you do."

"So that's how you've always seen me. Why did you reveal your spiritual nature to scare me when we first met?"

Yuan Ji said somewhat embarrassedly, "Maybe it's jealousy. I'm the kind of stupid student who studies hard but can only get into the middle to upper class, while you're carefree, always laughing and joking, and playing games in your spare time but still got into a top university. I really want to be like you."

Tang Ping corrected, "I've been working very hard since I joined the Psionic Administration Bureau. I've even reduced my gaming time to one-third of what it used to be."

"Yes, that's why your success is even greater."

Tang Ping was completely speechless. He thought the other person would say that a true hard worker wouldn't waste time playing games.

"Okay, let's put my assessment aside for now and get back to yourself. By worldly standards, you are undoubtedly an elite person, so why do you rate yourself so low?"

“Perhaps…” Yuan Ji paused for a moment, then recalled, “it’s because of family.”

Tang Ping led the other person to a park bench, put her arm around him again, and asked, "Family?"

"Yes, my father is a university professor, my mother is a medical doctor, and my grandparents were also highly educated."

"A scholarly family."

"Right, everyone thinks so, so they think that I, who inherited excellent genes, will definitely be a top student. Even I think so myself. I was excellent in both character and academics since I was a child and was praised as a top student. Unfortunately, this perception was ruthlessly shattered when I entered high school. Every student in the school was a top student, one in a hundred. I was exposed in the first midterm exam. After that, I studied twice as hard and even gave up all my entertainment time, but my grades dropped instead of improving. I clearly felt the ceiling called talent."

Yuan Ji sighed and said with shame, "In junior high school, I encouraged those students with average grades, saying that as long as they studied hard, they would be rewarded. Now that I think about it, I was too arrogant. Not everyone is good at reading and taking exams. Some people just don't have the talent in this area, and no matter how hard they try, it's meaningless. What you think is a simple question may be like a foreign language to others."

Tang Ping said, "But didn't you later get into a top university through martial arts? There are many paths to Rome. It's not that you lack talent, but that you focused on martial arts, and your talent in martial arts was even terrifying. There's no rule that studying and taking exams is the only right way. Otherwise, what about those athletes who win glory for the country?"

With that almost cheating martial arts intuition, he felt that unless the difference in physical qualities between the two sides reached an absolute crushing level, Yuan Ji could grasp the situation with just a 10% chance of winning, relying on his intuition.

“In other families, they might think the same way, but in my family, the elders all think that martial arts is not the right path. It is a laborer who sells his body and accumulates injuries. It may have had some value in the era of cold weapons, but in modern society, it is of no use to the country or society except for posing and entertaining the audience.”

"I can't say whether their extreme values ​​are correct or not, but even if we use their values ​​as the standard of evaluation, as a psionicist, you are undoubtedly a valuable talent who has contributed to the country. As long as your parents are not experts in their own field, your value is undoubtedly above theirs."

“Yes, it would be great if they were scholars who study psionic energy,” Yuan Ji said with regret.

Tang Ping choked upon hearing this. Even if ordinary people knew about psychic abilities, they would gradually forget about them. In the minds of Yuan Ji's parents, their daughter was probably someone who entered the system by relying on her youth, wasting her time and achieving nothing.

Only scholars who study psychic powers, because they are reminded of it every day, will not forget it due to the influence of the overall atmosphere.

Thinking about it more deeply, if Yuan Ji could become a fourth-level psychic, powerful enough that even the country would have to appease her, then even if Yuan Ji's parents forgot about psychic abilities, as long as they saw that the regional ministers and high-ranking officials in the central government had to give their daughter face, even the most foolish person would realize that their daughter's status and position were extraordinary.

Unfortunately, this wish was shattered the moment Yuan Ji was promoted to the unique position.

Even though Tang Ping felt that Yuan Ji's strength was among the top tier in the third rank, the second rank was still the second rank, and he was inevitably looked down upon. Only by advancing to the third rank could he gain attention.

"Let's not talk about these depressing things." Yuan Ji clapped his hands and stood up, pretending to be cheerful. "Today is a day worth celebrating. Let's do something more meaningful."

Tang Ping thought for a moment and suggested, "How about we go out for a big meal?"

"No, we'll eat at home. I want to show you my charm as a woman and keep you firmly tied to me."

Tang Ping exclaimed in surprise, "You can cook?"

It wasn't that he was being sarcastic; it was simply that his impression of him was vastly different from what he had previously thought.

"Hmph, that's the kind of reaction I wanted."

Yuan Ji immediately pulled Tang Ping towards the market, and then, like a housewife, skillfully selected fresh vegetables and meats, and bargained with the vendors, leaving Tang Ping dumbfounded.

Back in the dormitory, Yuan Ji put the vegetables in the kitchen, tied on an apron, and got ready to get to work.

Tang Ping suggested, "How about I help? Although I'm not an expert, I do have basic cooking skills. I can help with chopping and washing vegetables."

"No need. The man should just stay in the living room, watch TV, and wait for me to serve the food. His job is to praise me and provide emotional support."

"If you say these words, you'll probably be attacked by a mob of feminists."

"Don't pay any attention to those parasitic things; they've ruined women's reputations."