Will the plagiarism girl be a substitute for the preference for women?

China wanted to stop him, but Su Shi's eyes showed no hesitation as he continued to untie the ropes for China.

"Chika brought me to play this game, she must have something in mind, right?"

At this moment, Ross in the game holds up a clay figure and a wooden puppet, placing them on his father and mother in front of him respectively, expressing his hope that the family will not fall apart.

At the same time, the words "Please select the character you want to control" will be displayed at the top of the screen, which means that the two puppets will be the characters controlled by the two players.

“Yes,” Chika answered truthfully, then changed the subject, “Untying me means you know what might happen, right?”

Su Shi was aware of that possibility.

However, the person in this room is someone with a similar family background and many shared feelings that I can talk to.

Turning her gaze from the television screen back to Qian Nai's face, Su Shi said calmly:

"I know, Xiao Qianna just said she took her medicine, so she'll play games with me happily from now on, and nothing else will happen."

After untying the knot, Su Shi placed her knees on the cushion between Chi Nai's legs to get closer. She grabbed Chi Nai's arm with one hand, pulling her body closer to her, while with the other hand, she held the rope and circled it around Chi Nai, untying the rope one loop at a time.

"Would it be convenient for you to take a look?" Su Shi whispered in Qian Nai's ear.

"sure."

After obtaining China's consent, Suze bent down and unbuttoned a few buttons on the bottom of China's clothes.

Slightly opening the pajamas, several light red bruises were visible around the abdomen from the tight binding.

Su Shi gently stroked the marks with her middle and ring fingers and blew on them a few times.

"Will this be better?" Su Shi asked, looking up.

China's abdomen contracted slightly: "Hiss~ It's a little cold."

"That's it."

Su Shi then breathed out a few breaths of hot air over the marks on her clothes before buttoning them up again.

Then she took a deep breath, closed her lips slightly, pressed her chest, and after preparing herself mentally, raised China's left hand.

The scars were clearly visible; running my thumb along the veins, I could feel the slight bumps.

"Does it still hurt?" Su Shi asked worriedly, holding Qian Nai's wrist. Even though she had overcome her fear to visit her, she still showed a hint of apprehension.

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

China gently shook her head and smiled slightly to reassure Su Shi.

"I've been applying silicone gel recently, and the scars will gradually fade away."

"Won't you get new scars?" Su Shi asked again.

"No, it won't happen." China said with unwavering certainty.

"You promised, so don't go back on your word."

Su Shi untied the rope binding China's left hand to the armrest.

The remaining ropes, which tied China's legs (without her toes touching the ground) to the handrail, were the key to restricting China's movement and ensuring the safety of others from being injured by her.

Su Shi stepped over Qian Nai's legs, placed her hands behind her knees, and slowly lifted herself up. She then clamped her legs together and began to untie the ropes, one loop at a time.

China chuckled softly, "Actually, I can lift my leg myself."

"Won't your legs get sore if you lift it yourself?" Su Shi asked with meticulous concern. "Xiao Qianna has her thighs tied up in an extra complicated way. It will take a long time to untie it."

After all, being able to keep oneself from moving is the most crucial step in giving people a sense of security, so the most effort was put into binding the legs.

With both legs untied, it meant that China was no longer restricted.

She got up from the chair, rubbed her legs which were a little numb from being constricted, and stretched her arms.

"Ah~ this feeling of freedom is so comfortable."

Su Shi suppressed a laugh, then picked up the controller and looked at the TV. Although there were clear operation instructions on the screen, she still asked...

"China, what should we do next?"

Chika pointed to the D-pad on the controller: "Use the left and right buttons to select the character you want to control."

Su Shi pressed the left and right keys, and the cursor jumped between the two puppets.

"So, after I make my choice, the remaining character will be controlled by Chizuru?"

As she spoke, she sat back down on the cushion.

"Hmm." China pushed her chair away, grabbed another cushion, and sat down next to Suze.

"Well... let Chizuru choose first," Su Shi suggested.

"I'm having some trouble making a choice."

"That's it..."

Su Shi manipulated the cursor, moving it between the puppet and the clay figure, and ultimately chose the puppet.

After both parties pressed the confirm button, another game animation was inserted.

At this point, the story has moved to another time period.

In a small living room, a girl named Rose sat in the middle of the dining table, hugging her elephant doll and humming a cheerful tune with her head down.

Her mother and father sat on either side of the table, watching the girl's happy expression, hesitant and silent.

Because they knew that what they were about to tell their daughter would upset her.

"..." Upon seeing this, Su Shi unconsciously tightened her grip on the handle.

Several years ago, it was the same. At the dining table in this small living room, my mother and father sat opposite me, seemingly having something unspeakable to say.

……

"Hmm... Rose..."

At this moment, Cody, who plays the father in the game, stammered to Ross, as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat.

"Honey, what we have to say is... that Dad and Mom have decided to separate."

As a mother, Xiaomei swayed slightly with unease and helplessly revealed the truth.

Ross did not show extreme sadness or cry out "Don't go!"; he only frowned slightly.

Su Shi was in a similar state at that time, without any intense emotional fluctuations, just thinking in a state of confusion.

She was too young to know why her father left, or if it was because of her.

Will my mother leave one day?

She felt that she was someone who was easily abandoned, and she was afraid of being abandoned, so she always thought about being good to her mother in order to keep her mother with her.

Even if the ideas I had when I was young seem naive and vague now, just like they were at that age.

But the habit of trying to please others has already taken hold.

So, even though she was a daughter, she listened to her mother's complaints about going to work like an adult, offered comfort, and cooked for her.

She thought that as long as she tried her best to care for others, she could keep them with her.

But the disbandment of Crychic dealt her a heavy blow.

Su Shi glanced at Qian Nai, who also looked at her at the same time.

Both seemed to have something to say, but ultimately remained silent and looked at the screen.

……

Can I go back to my room to play?

After receiving a half-hearted approval from his father, Ross put the elephant doll back in his bedroom, picked up the two other dolls, and went into the storeroom.

There was a book she had hidden in the warehouse.

"Dr. Hakin, you have to help me!"

She held up the book, praying to it that her family would not be torn apart.

Then he opened the book's title page, pointed to the book, and spoke to the two puppets.

"See, love requires effort; we can't just give up like this!"

"Dad, Mom... I hope you can be friends again..."

After a sob, Rose's tears fell onto the two dolls.

Seeing this scene, Su Shi frowned, and a wave of sadness welled up in her heart.

At this moment, China also grasped Su Shi's hand. Although there was some sadness on her face, she still managed a smile.

"The game is about to officially begin!"

“Mm,” Su Shi replied with a smile.

Chapter 63 Relax

Seeing Rose's tearful eyes and her longing for her family to stay together in the game, Su Shi also felt a deep sadness.

But unlike Ross's statement that parents have to put in more effort to maintain the family, Su Shi at that time attributed the family's breakdown to herself.

But at that time, how much of a decisive role could an ordinary child, who was still young, play in whether a family could be maintained or broken up?

However, even setting aside the people-pleasing personality formed by immature ideas from childhood, the sight of her mother's hardworking figure, and the thought of the excellent conditions she had provided for her...

As the only person she relied on, I should also repay her.

If Su Shi doesn't wash her clothes or cook a meal when her mother comes home, leaving her no time to catch her breath or feel her child's warmth, she will only feel sorry for her mother.

At that moment, she thought of someone else, the person who was holding her hand right now.

What were Toyohashi Chinatsu thinking when her parents divorced? And how is that related to her current mental illness?

If her mother comes home, will she cook and do laundry for her...?

Judging from her appearance, she must be used to keeping the house clean and tidy, and she probably washes her mother's clothes as well.

In terms of cooking, do you cook a meal for your mother yourself?

For a moment, Su Shi thought of China as inferior to herself, meaning that China couldn't cook for her mother.

Perhaps it was influenced by China's previous self-centered behavior, or perhaps... if she can't cook, she'll keep thinking about the food I cook?

Just as Su Shi was hesitating whether to ask Qian Nai, the game animation switched again.

At this moment, Ross's parents, who had been transformed into clay dolls and puppets respectively, woke up in the warehouse.

Looking at their own bodies and the things around them magnified hundreds of times, the cramped warehouse appeared to them as a city of giants, and they were gripped by panic.

Looking at the screen, China wanted to bring up a new topic, also about her childhood, but she planned to temporarily avoid family matters.

"Yes, that red book from earlier..."

Su Shi saw that Ross's book, Dr. Hackin, reappeared in the scene, this time with a human face and limbs made of paper pages.

Dr. Hakin said he had agreed to Ross's request and then claimed to have helped millions of couples around the world reconcile.

"Can we get back together with Crychic..." Su Shi muttered somewhat unintentionally.

This action, so different from Su Shi's previous serious demeanor, made China turn away and suppress a laugh.

Soon, the game entered the actual gameplay screen, which was divided into two screens, left and right, representing the control perspectives of the two characters.

“When I was little, I also felt that everything around me was this huge,” China chimed in.

"Yes."

Su Shi responded, her gaze shifting between the controller and the display screen, trying to figure out what would happen if she pressed a button.

She seemed eager to memorize the controls as quickly as possible, worried that her unfamiliarity with the controls would slow down Chizuru, and appeared somewhat nervous.

Seeing this, China didn't start controlling the character, but calmly said, "It's okay, it's actually very easy to pick up."

Following the instructions on the screen, Su Shi moved the joystick and pressed the button, and found that it wasn't as difficult as she thought.

After breathing a sigh of relief, they started talking about the plot they had just witnessed.

"So, did Dr. Hagin just now possess the parents' bodies into the daughter's doll?"

"Hmm... and then through the ensuing magical adventure, they will rebuild their connection through continuous cooperation, thus fulfilling Ross's wish and preventing the family from breaking apart again."

Based on her impressions from watching the videos, China gave a general overview of the story's tone.