Chapter 17 The Farewell Dinner
After Shen Ba's task ended, the system stopped pretending to be dead and officially announced our mission was over.
Si Han and I were leaving this plane.
Before we left, Si Han hesitated.
She looked like she could not bear to part with that stinky Paper Person Ji Shijing who liked playing other people's dad.
Ji Shijing knew we were leaving too.
He said nothing to make us stay. He only spoke to us in a calm voice.
"Let's have one more meal together before then."
On the day we truly left, Ji Shijing spent six hours cooking by himself.
He made squirrel mandarin fish, spicy crayfish, and spicy crab sticks that Si Han loved.
He prepared grilled lamb skewers, tomato beef brisket, and cumin potatoes that I loved.
None of the dishes he himself liked were on the table.
In the past, whenever we ate, he would tease me.
"Little brat, guess which dish is poisoned. Guess right and you win a reincarnation package."
I picked up my chopsticks and paused.
He looked at me and explained right away.
"Don't worry. Nothing is poisoned. I won't poison you two and keep you here with me."
I could not answer.
I did not want the meal to end.
Finishing the food meant we would have to go.
The table fell silent, the clink of chopsticks too loud.
Si Han stayed silent the whole time.
Ji Shijing kept talking to me.
"Lin Yi, you soon learned how miserable and painful it is to lose a good dad like me."
"I took care of you for so long. From then on you had to take good care of my wife. Do you hear me? You are not allowed to bully her. Otherwise..."
He never finished the sentence.
From the way he trailed off, it seemed he knew he could do nothing even if I bullied Si Han.
He was only a Paper Person trapped in this world.
Si Han held her wine glass and her hand began to shake.
Her nails hidden under the tablecloth had already sunk deep into my thigh.
I did not ask why she pinched me.
It looked like even though she felt sad, she still could not bring herself to pinch her own leg.
The pain made me grit my teeth. I finally stood up and pretended I needed the bathroom to escape.
Once I left, the two of them began to cry.
While Si Han and Ji Shijing held each other and wept, I sighed and called out the system.
I tossed two million gold coins at it.
"Give you two million. Turn my cheap dad into a real person."
The system hesitated.
"Host, this is not proper. It counts as cheating. Normally a Paper Person cannot be taken out of the plane. But given how good our relationship is, I can try to apply for you. Whether it succeeds, I do not know..."
"Four million."
"Understood, Host. Processing now. Please wait."
A white light suddenly appeared above Ji Shijing's head.
"Congratulations to Paper Person Ji Shijing on successfully evolving into a host."
"Reward: Good Dad System extended until host Lin Yi reaches eighty years old."
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