Chu Zhuo returned to the system space and was greeted by a large bird: [Host, in the last world you actually grew old with the villain?]

The voice was 001. Chu Zhuo understood and replied, "You're asking me? I don't quite remember."

001 then remembered that the host's memory would be blurred after completing the task, and he sighed with worry.

Chu Zhuo looked up at it: "Is this your body after storing energy and taking form? A bird? What kind of bird?"

The large bird had an indigo belly, fiery red wings, and long, golden tail feathers that trailed to the ground.

001 shrunk in size and perched on Chu Zhuo's shoulder: [It's a Chongming Bird, host, sob sob sob. When I transformed, I searched my database for countless ferocious beasts, like Qilin, Bai Ze, and Zhulong—so majestic! But it turned out to be just a bird.]

Chu Zhuo glanced into its eyes and, sure enough, saw two pupils. She then reached out and stroked the palm-sized bird on its shoulder: "001 is quite cute now, too. Its colors are so bright; I really like it."

001 shifted its claws, shyly moving closer to Chu Zhuo's fingers: [Hehe, I'm glad the host likes it. Does the host want to rest?]

Chu Zhuo's heart stirred slightly, a thoughtful look flashing in her eyes. She shook her head and said, "No need. Let's go to the next world."

001 flapping its wings: [Okay, capturing the client's request. Host, get ready, the Chongming Bird is about to depart!]

*

Chuzhuo experienced university military training as soon as he arrived.

For a full fifteen days, I was wearing camouflage every time I opened my eyes. I was practically half dead. Even being an NPC didn't involve this much work.

001 offered words of comfort: "Things will be better after today. Good luck, host! It's your group's turn to perform. I'll fly over and wait for you."

After fifteen days of rigorous training, Chu Zhuo was selected as a model worker. His outstanding abilities and his handsome face won everyone's approval.

After the military training performance in the afternoon, there was a departmental dinner in the evening. Chu Zhuo had a few drinks and his face flushed slightly.

On his way home that evening, he reviewed the client's requests.

The client's mother was a world-class ballet dancer who had high hopes for him and nurtured him from a young age. Before the age of eleven, the client did indeed live a very structured life.

At the age of six, he won the gold medal in the children's group of an international ballet competition. After that, he participated in more competitions and won many awards. He was even exceptionally young, at the age of nine, and entered the junior group to compete in the youth group, winning the gold medal. At the age of eleven, he participated in the youth group competition and won the gold medal again. The ballet world says that he is a very talented little genius.

His repeated successes led his mother to place all her hopes on him, believing him to be a once-in-a-century ballet talent.

Unexpectedly, the client felt increasingly empty inside. After winning the gold medal, he felt no sense of satisfaction and did not like ballet.

He was initially influenced by his mother and pushed forward until he won an award in the youth group. Then he realized that he didn't like it and preferred classical dance.

It's possible to study two majors in dance at the same time, but it requires more effort. The client's mother felt that studying other majors would hinder her child's specialization in ballet, and wouldn't it be better to put twice the effort into ballet? So she strongly rejected her child's request.

When it came time to choose a major for university, the client firmly chose only classical dance, which infuriated his mother. She stopped his living expenses and tuition fees, threatening him to switch back to ballet.

Fortunately, his maternal grandfather paid for his tuition and living expenses, allowing him to continue studying classical dance.

In the second semester of freshman year, students can change their major. The client's mother was waiting for this opportunity. During this time, she forced herself not to think about anything related to her son. Unexpectedly, a year later, the client won an international award for classical dance.

But the mother didn't feel proud; instead, she was extremely angry, believing that her child was rebellious and deliberately going against her. She even said that if the child had focused all her energy on ballet, she could have done even better.

She forced the client to change her major, but the client refused. Unable to resist her mother's demands, the client went on a hunger strike. When her grandfather heard the news, he rushed over to mediate.

But he was involved in a car accident on the way.

The mother blamed the client, saying that the grandfather's accident was caused by his hunger strike and tantrums, which made her worried about him.

The grandfather was hospitalized after a car accident, and the client felt very guilty, but had no choice but to listen to her mother.

Although he recovered from the car accident, my grandfather was old and his body couldn't withstand the strain of such a serious accident. He passed away in less than five years.

Before he passed away, my grandfather said, "Child, don't wrong yourself because of me."

The client was devastated and cried like a child.

Heeding his grandfather's advice, he once again expressed his dislike for ballet, but his mother maintained her tough stance.

During this period, the client participated in several domestic classical dance competitions. Although he danced very well, his ranking was always very low.

The client's friends, classmates, relatives, and everyone else started to persuade him.

Gradually, the client resigned himself to his fate, perhaps classical dance really wasn't right for him... and the client returned to ballet.

Unfortunately, he couldn't go back to his original mindset. At less than thirty years old, he couldn't break free from his initial feelings and was stuck in the same place.

The mother was puzzled. Her child's talent and brilliance had disappeared, and she even thought that the classical dance he had been involved in for several years had affected his mentality.

When his mother repeatedly showed him disappointment, the client felt a sharp pain in his heart. He put in many times more effort than usual, leaving himself covered in bruises, but to no avail. He gradually became withdrawn and developed depression.

He later learned by chance that the friends, classmates, relatives, etc. who advised him had been secretly bribed by his mother. Even the results of the later classical dance competitions were deliberately given low scores because his mother colluded with the judges.

The client went to ask his mother, who criticized him for making a fuss over nothing and didn't take it to heart. In a fit of emotion, the client broke a mirror in the dance studio one quiet night, picked up the shards, and committed suicide by cutting his wrists.

A life has been lost; the person was 32 years old.

The next day, when the mother opened the door and found blood all over the floor, she was stunned for a long time.

But she didn't think she had done anything wrong. She never thought there was anything wrong with her. It was just ballet. Her child was so talented, why did it end so tragically?

Decades later, in her twilight years, the stubborn old woman found herself all alone, and only then did she belatedly feel regret.

She seemed to have made a mistake, a terrible mistake, but unfortunately, no one responded to her anymore.

As for the timeline, it's a simple campus romance.

The main character, Tang Qiu, is also a dance major, studying folk dance, while the main character, Jiang Yi, is a mathematics major.

The client's last encounter with the two was the year he committed suicide, which left Tang Qiu with a sigh.

Tang Qiu lamented the passing of a genius: "What a pity. I remember he was very talented in college. I never thought he would be gone like this."

After graduating, Tang Qiu achieved greater and greater success in folk dance, while Jiang Yi rose through the ranks from university teacher to professor. The two held a wedding and were deeply in love, considered a match made in heaven.

Chu Zhuo took a deep breath, touched her slightly flushed cheeks, and felt a little dizzy.

001 The bird's claw massaged his temples: [The client's request is to live authentically, to stop being controlled by his mother, and to see what a free life is like. He doesn't insist on repairing family ties, but he hopes to save his grandfather so he doesn't suffer the pain of passing away in a car accident.]

During the last five years of his life, the client's maternal grandfather suffered from physical pain due to the aftereffects of a car accident.

Chu Zhuo hailed a taxi, opened the back door, got in, gave the school address, and said softly, "It's not difficult. He's a rather pitiful kid."

After being exposed to the wind all the way, Chu Zhuo's mind cleared a bit, and she headed towards the dormitory building: [I have a vague feeling that this mission is different from the previous two?]

001 was startled: [Host, didn't you have no memory?]

Chu Zhuo: [My memories are hazy, but my senses remain.]

001, realizing it had made a foolish mistake again, proactively said: "Haha, this is exactly what I was going to tell the host. It's a new feature after the upgrade; the selection range is wider. As long as their frequency is close to ours, and their mental power transcends the barrier of world consciousness, they can be captured."

At the corner of the hallway, Chu Zhuo stopped and praised him: "[001, you're great.]"

001 happily spun around in place.

At this moment, Chu Zhuo was unaware that someone had returned to the dormitory.

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