So after realizing that his daughter had a conflict with another child, Siegfried, who had never experienced anything like this, instinctively felt a little overwhelmed, scratching his head and saying, "What should I do?"
"Cold dish." Yufan said lightly.
"Don't stand here and gloat over your misfortune. Help me think of a solution."
"What are you afraid of? Your daughter is not the type to be bullied easily. Let the children solve their own problems. As a father, you just need to help her do a good job of covering the bottom line." Yufan touched his chin, and a hint of interest suddenly appeared in his eyes. "Besides, the child on the other side doesn't seem to be the kind of child who is completely unreasonable."
During the time when Yufan was speaking, the two groups who were confronting each other suddenly seemed to have reached some consensus. The boys and girls each divided themselves into an equal team and stood at different points on both sides of the net. The remaining children stood in a circle around the volleyball court, and the childish cheers of encouragement came one after another.
...In the end, did these kids still choose to use beach volleyball techniques to communicate?
Looking at the two teams that were eager to win, Yufan suddenly kicked Siegfried's calf lightly: "Hey, why don't you go and watch?"
"What are you looking at? Aren't they having fun?" Siegfried put his heart back into his stomach and showed a puzzled expression.
"You underestimate the desire of a child to win. Listen to me. If you don't want your daughter to spend her life feeling guilty, go and help her." Yufan said calmly, "Don't let a good game of beach volleyball turn into a murderous volleyball."
Chapter 4: Psychological Counseling of Wuliangta Jizi (k)
As soon as the confused Siegfried left, Himeko, who had changed into a swimsuit, walked out of the changing tent.
She looked at Siegfried's receding back, and a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes:
"I didn't expect you to know the current leader of Kaslana. How come you have connections in this world?"
"It's not a connection, just an acquaintance." Yufan shook his head, "Besides, his current situation is not that good."
"Really? I saw that man having fun playing with his daughter, didn't he?"
"That's only because he values his daughter so much that he can't give up his current life, nor can he vent the anger and depression suppressed in his chest without restraint." Yufan shrugged.
In the eigenworld and most world bubbles, Siegfried plays the role of a hero, but Yufan has never felt anything like admiration for Siegfried, because he knows that behind the hero are tragic scenes where important people are all killed and injured.
Yufan is not against heroes, but from beginning to end he is not the kind of person who can stand from the perspective of justice and watch important people leave one by one.
If there is a world that can only be saved if a hero is persecuted, then Yufan can only conclude that this world was not worth saving from the beginning.
Fortunately, he is a cheater. If there is a city called Fuyuki City in this world, and the Holy Grail War happens to be going on in that city, then the role he plays in this war will never be a Master or a Servant, but only the wishing machine itself, or even more likely the restraining force or something like "【】".
Therefore, most of the time, he did not need to face the dilemma between important people and the world. If someone dared to give him a difficult train problem, he would dare to twist off the person's head and let the children kick it like a ball.
...Well, with the exception of the girls' "Will you choose me or her?!"
"Angry and depressed?" Ji Zi chewed on the two words, and glanced from a distance at the big man who had naturally blended into the group of children at some point. For a moment, she felt a little confused and didn't understand why Yufan came to such a conclusion.
...It's really funny. A normal father should be furious and teach these bad kids a lesson after seeing his daughter being excluded by other children. But when he ran to the volleyball court and saw his daughter showing off her prowess among the children with the excellent talents of the Kaslana family, this guy actually ran to the boys' side and became their backbone, beating his daughter to a pulp.
The beach volleyball was crushed into various irregular shapes by the two Kaslana warriors. The piercing sonic booms kept echoing in the whirlwind that was almost turning into a sandstorm. Waves were stirred up on the calm sea surface. The adults and children nearby were staring blankly at the two childish guys' mischievous behavior in the oncoming shock waves.
Seeing the happy smiles on Siegfried and his daughter's faces, which showed a strong desire to win, Jizi smiled absurdly: "How come I can't see it at all?"
"That's because he has something that can cover up his anger and depression. No matter how strong a father is, after having a daughter, he will control all his resentment in order to let her live a happy life. Even if his heart is bleeding every second because of the departure of his lover, as long as he sees his daughter's face, he can endure all the grief and anger and show a sincere smile to the child."
As for the result, at least in this bubble of world, although Siegfried also lost his lover, he never lost his own daughter. This is probably the only luck that this man, whose life is full of misfortunes, has grasped.
"Forget it. It's a rare date, so let's not talk about these things that will spoil the fun." Yufan turned his head to look at Ji Zi, focusing on the swimsuit on her that could only be described as a few pieces of cloth, and nodded seriously, "Not bad, the swimsuit suits you very well."
"You're too slow to react. You're totally unqualified as a gentleman." Ji Zi rolled her eyes at Yu Fan and complained in dissatisfaction, but she subconsciously hugged her chest with her arms and the corners of her mouth rose slightly unconsciously. "I'll forgive you for your sincere tone."
So coaxing.
No, should I say that being favored is always a way to be fearless? Yufan couldn't help but think.
He is somewhat aware of how low his emotional intelligence is. For Yufan, whose only experience in love is to risk his life to save and rescue people, making girls happy has never been his strong point.
Compared to the kind of tug-of-war relationship, he is better at this simple and rough way of getting along.
Whatever you want to do, I will accompany you. Whatever you think will make you happy, I will be by your side and do it together. Although Yufan thinks that this stupid method has nothing to do with the word "romance", fortunately, the girls around him basically have very strong independent personalities. Most of the time, these girls do not need him to worry about how to make them happy.
Because they like me, they will take the initiative to tell him about their hobbies. Because they like me, they will take the initiative to tell him what specific methods to use to please them.
When he thought of this, Yufan couldn't help but rub his aching waist and smiled bitterly in his heart.
Although he doesn't have to spend a lot of time guessing what these girls want, sometimes, he still hopes that his wives can let him go...
This subtle movement did not escape Ji Zi, who used to be a vigilante. She glanced at Yu Fan's hand quietly placed on his waist and was silent for a moment: "You ask me to come out alone and go back to the store later. Will Guan Xing and the others cause trouble for you?"
"Yes." Yufan said frankly.
"You just admitted it like that..."
"Why is it so hard to admit it? Being jealous is a good thing. Being jealous means that they still have strong feelings for me. It would be troublesome if they stopped being jealous of me one day." Yufan glanced at Jizi, "It's just like you always complain about my nagging and that I treat you like a child, but if I really don't nag you one day, you will also feel uncomfortable."
"Who feels uncomfortable?" Ji Zi turned her head away unnaturally and said angrily, "Please don't be so self-indulgent."
"Oh~" Yufan raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and said meaningfully, "Really?"
"Of course it's true!"
"Is it really true?"
"Ah! Really! Can't you take care of other people's girlish hearts?" Ji Zi glared at Yu Fan angrily, "The atmosphere that was just getting a little better was ruined by you!"
Yufan didn't say anything, but just smiled silently, staring into Ji Zi's eyes with calm and gentle eyes.
The two sides stared at each other for a long time, and finally Ji Zi was the first to give in. She lowered her head slightly, and her voice became a little trembling: "...Can you please stop looking at me like that? You are obviously just an underage kid, why do you always pretend to be mature in front of me?"
"I just think you should need it." Yufan said softly.
"I don't need it!" Ji Zi gritted her teeth slightly, "If you really want to make me happy, treat me as an adult woman! Don't you claim that you are very lustful? Well, now become my boyfriend, and I will take you to the hotel to get a room right away!"
"You've been suppressing it for too long. It will be much better if you find a chance to vent it out."
"How could I be depressed? I did whatever I wanted these past two days. I drank when I wanted to drink, went shopping when I wanted to go shopping, and even slapped my boss countless times before I resigned. I looked radiant and happy, okay?!" Ji Zi couldn't help but shout.
"You dropped your little pearl."
"I..." Ji Zi subconsciously raised the back of her hand to the corner of her eyes and wiped it randomly, but found that there was no moisture at all.
She was fooled, completely - but just as this thought came to her mind, a warm and wet feeling suddenly went against her will and spread out from the corners of her eyes uncontrollably.
"But, damn it." Ji Zi wiped her tears and began to cry. "...You bad guy, is this how you tricked Guanxing and the others into your hands?"
"I would do the same thing if they needed it."
The corners of Ji Zi's mouth moved, and she forced out an extremely stiff smile: "Even if it's a lie, at this time, can't you just coax me and say that I'm special? You're so stupid..."
Looking at Ji Zi sobbing softly, with a hint of guilt in her heart, Yu Fan sighed quietly in his heart.
Although she looked positive and optimistic, and even flirted with him as the manager in the coffee shop, Yufan knew that Ji Zi's mental condition was definitely not healthy.
This world is located in Canghai City, and the current time is 2006.
The year 2006 was also the year when Ji Zi's last relative in this world died.
In the Eigenworld, if history had continued to develop along the normal trajectory, she would have undergone surgery to implant artificial stigmata in the near future, shortening her life span to less than twenty years, while at the same time, she would have joined the stormtroopers of Destiny without hesitation.
Even for the already quite special Valkyrie Corps, the Stormtroopers are an extremely special team, because they are always responsible for undertaking special missions with the most severe combat conditions - in other words, they are a suicide squad.
Since 2006, Himeko Murata of the Eigenworld can be said to have been on the path of self-destruction. Although she had a seemingly legitimate reason of "investigating the cause of her father's death", after her father's death, Himeko's series of actions and choices were completely unbalanced in the trade-off between risks and benefits. The purpose of "investigating the cause of her father's death" itself can be said to have made no progress at all.
This obsessive-compulsive, out-of-control, suicide-seeking path was only barely stopped when Jiko from the original world joined St. Freya's Academy.
However, at that time, even if Ji Zi regained her goal of survival and started looking for ways to prolong her life again, her hope was already very slim.
Yufan didn't know why Jizi in the Eigenworld suddenly changed the trajectory of her life after joining St. Freya's Academy, because even before he traveled to this world, the "Honkai Impact 3rd" game he knew never described what happened during that period. But if his guess was correct, the reason why Jizi was able to break free from this pilgrimage that forced her to die should be closely related to the captain of the stormtroopers, the legendary Ragnar Rodbrok.
The situation encountered by Ji Zi, who was born in Canghai City, is very similar to that of Ji Zi in the Benzheng world.
They both lost their only family members in the same year.
Of course, since the cause of death of Ryusuke Muliangta in this world is very clear, and even comes with a Yang sit-up that Yufan can't figure out why he died with him, the Ji Zi in Canghai City has not yet reached the stage of implanting artificial stigmata in her body. The reason she joined the Valkyrie team has also changed from "tracing the cause of her father's death" to "wanting to devote herself to things that are beneficial to society like her father."
But even so, the pain of losing a loved one would not be reduced in the slightest.
Yufan had no intention of restraining Jizi. If Jizi really wanted to step into the world outside and travel through different worlds like he did in the past, he would not stop her. He could even use his identity in this world to transfer the "Hyperion" in "Canghai City" to Jizi and transform it into a space-time ship that could travel through the quantum sea, allowing her to personally take charge of this spaceship that had a great connection with her in the intrinsic world.
"Although I can support you to the best of my ability on your upcoming journey, I'm sorry to let you leave the bubble in your current state. I can't let you go." Yufan said softly, "Before coming to Canghai City, you told me that you wanted to give an explanation for your past dreams. That's good, I won't object to that, but I also hope you can think clearly. Even if you embark on a journey and wander around different worlds, there will still be people waiting for you to come back."
"Do you want to be my family?" Ji Zi sniffed slightly and said in a low voice.
"Whether it's a cafe or a space-time ship called Hyperion, its ultimate goal is to provide a shelter that can be called 'home' for people who have lost their place to stay."
"You speak better than you sing. After all, isn't it still the Crystal Palace where you can do whatever you want?" Ji Zi pursed her lips, wiped the tears from her face, and puckered her lips. "My makeup is all ruined. It's all your fault! You had to tear open someone else's wounds on a good date..."
Chapter 4: Captain Jizi's Departure Ceremony (k)
A cool sea breeze blew towards her, slightly lifting Ji Zi's fiery red bangs. On the volleyball court, the game between the older boys and the younger children was still in full swing. On the edge of the beach, the sound of the Titan mecha working could be heard.
The open-air stage of the music festival was built quickly with the cooperation of each mecha.
"I don't have many memories of my parents." Ji Zi stared at the sea in a trance and said softly, "My mother passed away when I was very young. At that time, my father was still working at the Aerospace Research Institute. Every time he went on a business trip, he would not be able to return home for a long time. It was not until I joined Tianming that I found out that he had actually become the director of Tianming Saint 7308 Research Institute a long time ago. This job required absolute confidentiality and required him to leave his family."
"In fact, I blamed him a lot when I was a kid. Captain, you know that I am a complete idiot when it comes to cooking and I have almost no ability to take care of myself. Although I won't starve to death, as long as I live alone for a period of time, my room will inexplicably become a mess."
Jizi took a deep breath, squatted down, wrapped her arms around her knees, and buried her face in them:
"Looking back now, it's not that I couldn't learn to tidy up my room. It's just that I wanted someone to take care of me since I was a child. As a result, after I grew up, I couldn't change this bad habit of not being able to take care of my living environment."
"Then I thought, if I can't stand by my father's side as a daughter, then if I work hard and get into the best university in the world and get into my father's unit, can I work with him as a colleague?"
"I'm not bragging. I found myself learning things much faster than other children since I was young, so I studied very hard and even skipped several grades just to get into the Aerospace Research Institute earlier. So when I heard that the Tianming Space Base began recruiting astronauts to live in the space station for a long time, I rushed over and signed up as soon as possible."
"In order to stand by my father's side, I spent a lot of time and energy preparing for this test. In the end, I passed all the tests smoothly. But under such circumstances... my father just said to me lightly, 'You are still too young', and eliminated me from the candidate list."
Ji Zi laughed at herself and said, "I was really angry at that time. I felt that my whole life was denied for no reason. So I had a big quarrel with my teacher in front of him. I also used the printer of the institute to print out a dropout application and signed my name on it..."
"...Captain, you should know what happened after that." Ji Zi said in a low voice.
Not long after having an argument with a loved one, something unexpected happened and they passed away, leaving me with no chance to regret and my words of apology could never reach the other person's ears.
It's a rather cliché and simple story, but for those who have experienced it, it is a story that is deeply engraved in their minds.
Yufan was silent for a moment, then calmly sat down next to Jizi and asked softly, "Have you ever thought about seeing them again? You know I can do that now."
This statement is indeed true.
As the maker of new rules, Yufan’s control over the quantum sea and the world bubble is almost omnipotent.
Of course, due to the existence of the omnipotence paradox, there is no "omnipotence" in the strict sense in this world, but if it is just reversing time and reversing life and death, which even the Gram Wishing Machine and the armed puppet Tesla Zero can do, then the current Yufan is certainly no problem.
Ji Zi turned her face, which was buried in her arms, towards Yu Fan and twitched her nose slightly: "...What are you going to do?"
"There are many ways to do this, depending on how you think about it. Reversing time, summoning spirits, or the simplest and most direct resurrection can all allow you to reunite with your father and teacher." Yufan paused halfway through his words, "Although... I actually doubt that they are not dead at all."
"Huh?" Ji Zi blinked her misty eyes, her mind a little confused for a moment.
"Uh...how should I put it? I think I have given you some knowledge about the world bubble before."
Ji Zi hesitated for a moment: "Is it... our miniature worlds are actually, in a certain sense, just a projection of a larger and more perfect world... this thing?"
"Your teacher's name is Walter Yang. Because he found a signal that might be that of alien life, he and your father controlled the spacecraft named Cang Hai No. 9 and rushed into the unknown black hole where the signal came from, and they completely lost contact..."
Yufan repeated the news of the deaths of Wuliangta Longjie and Walter Yang in this world, his expression looking a little subtle: "Although I don't know your father very well, Old Yang is a master at playing with black holes no matter which world he is in. It is really hard for me to imagine that this guy would die in a black hole."
"...You mean, they might still be alive, but just teleported to some other dimension?"
"It's just a guess. After all, I'm not sure whether Old Yang in this world has inherited the ability of the First Lawgiver. Logically speaking, when Otto's old Biden was still alive, Old Yang should not have joined Sky's Fate. But he acted with your father as a physicist of Sky's Fate."
As he said this, Yufan couldn't help but reveal an expression as if he had a stomachache.
Although he can be considered omnipotent in the Quantum Ocean, he is not omniscient at all, because in many cases, he simply cannot understand why these weird world bubbles can still run normally with a lot of settings and common sense bugs...
For example, the history of this world, even the origin of the fucking destiny is a BUG, because the prototype here is just a port city from Shenzhou, and there are no other countries in this world bubble at all, there is no Europe, no North America, and not even the Far East. Where did destiny and anti-entropy come from?
This world bubble is still relatively good. Those world bubbles that seem to break the fourth wall are more suspicious than the other. And bugs like this are not just one or two, but as numerous as a fucking mountain.
To Yufan, these damn world bubbles were all like piles of shit codes that had been accumulated over hundreds of millions of years, with no documentation and no interfaces. Even though he had mastered all the skills of programming and could add new instructions to these shit mountains, he had absolutely no idea about these piles of bugs that could make trypophobic patients scream.
When a mountain of shit starts to run, don't even think about touching it, otherwise no one knows what the consequences will be.
In the end, Yu Fan, who had no idea how to explain, could only say in a tired tone: "In short, you just need to know that I just find it incredible that Lao Yang died suddenly in the black hole. I am not trying to comfort you."
"What? Such an ambiguous statement..." Jizi pursed her lips in dissatisfaction. She stood up straight on her knees and smiled. "Anyway, thank you, Captain."
"Hahaha - after talking about everything that's weighing on my heart, I feel a little relieved."
She stretched herself comfortably and suddenly turned her gaze towards Yufan: "You suddenly told me about Teacher Walter. Do you want to give me a goal to survive?"
"I guess so." Yufan did not deny Ji Zi's words. He glanced at Ji Zi's eyes and said, "Looking at your expression, have you figured it out?"
"Yeah." Ji Zi nodded frankly, her face suddenly reddened, "You have so eagerly declared that you are my family. If I don't take your words seriously, wouldn't it be too ungrateful?"
Ji Zi turned her head and looked at the endless sea, with a trace of yearning in her eyes: "However, my thoughts have not changed. After seeing the scenery outside the world with you, this small Canghai City can no longer satisfy my thirst for knowledge and adventure - ah, the desire for adventure here is actually the same as the desire for knowledge. It doesn't mean that I want to take the initiative to go to dangerous places, don't get me wrong."
