Lao Yeye

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"Da Ge, I'm done! She Haoran is now explaining to Ma Jianyu why Mo Jiagei doesn't deserve him.... Da Ge?"

"A-Tian, let's go home." Mo Aini dropped the phone to the ground.....

And stomped on it!

"Da Ge, why are you destroying the evidence! Hey! Da Ge!" Hu Chuntian tried to stop him.

"Hu Chuntian, forget about it. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! Haha.... Let's just let Ma Jianyu and She Haoran fall in love on their own time. if it's meant to be, it's meant to be!" Mo Aini smiled.

Liu Sha frowned. [Ma Jianyu and She Haoran falling in love? Is that what you two had been doing these days?]

(Yeah, yeah, so mind your own business. We're going to destroy your company's operations.) He said.

[Hah, good luck with that.] Liu Sha replied. [Again, what is this Shimeifen----]

(You must have misheard. Besides, it doesn't matter, I figured it out so mind your shitty business!)

He is too tired to question Mo Aini's behavior, and his mood worsened now that Hu Chuntian's back so he wants to go off the system as soon as possible. [Anyway, if it truly 'doesn't matter', I will continue finding the bug....]

(The bug?)

[Yawn...yes, the bug that makes people remember....]

Liu Sha realized he talked too much because of sleepiness, and closed his mouth. [No, no, it doesn't matter. Goodbye.]

(Hey, you shady bastard! What makes people remember---)

But there was no more system in his head.

"Shit!" Mo Aini cursed. "God, why did I get involved in all this mess. My karma couldn't have been that bad..."

Hu Chuntian really couldn't understand what was going on here. He placed a hand on his lover's shoulder. "Da Ge..... Are you alright? What just happened?"

"I can't explain here, I don't feel so secure near that goddamn phone." Mo Aini eyed his sister's broken phone with much distrust. "We better get home, then just message She Haoran or Ma Jianyu that there's an emergency so we had to leave."

They took a ride back home, and that is where Mo Aini spilled out his reasoning.

"I've mentioned before that Shuaige is a well-known corporation in my world, right? It produced otome games only, and no one has ever heard they could do something as advanced as transmigration to a different dimension or producing VR." He first started, sitting Hu Chuntian down to introduce his train of thought.

They were like two detectives, piecing out clues to find the truth. In a million-dollar mansion. Wearing casual clothing.

"Yes, I know that, Da Ge. Are you saying this because it has something to do with Shimeifen? They were partner companies, aren't they?" Hu Chuntian added.

"That's the strange thing. The system manager, the one who put me here in the first place, doesn't even know about Shimeifen!"

The Tiger Emperor that turned into a Tiger Detective blinked. "What?"

"I confronted him, and even he was genuinely confused. So it could be that he was the only person in their Shuaige who's unaware, which is less likely....." Mo Aini rubbed his chin. "Or Shimeifen is lying about their partnership with Shuaige."

"Oh....." Hu Chuntian also rubbed his chin, mimicking him. He theorized: "Could it be a competitor in business trying to sabotage or steal the technology from them?"

"That's the more likely option. Good job pointing that out." He praised his tiger with a headpat. "Now that we have a possible motive... We still cannot discern whether Shimeifen is on our side, or not. If they are planning to just get the dimension transmigration technology for themselves using our actions to defeat Shuaige, then it's not our ally."

"That's why I had to destroy the phone. And it also doesn't feel right that they're manipulating my sister."

Hu Chuntian nodded. "I see. It could be possible too that they have surveillance in our world, just like Shuaige. After all, it's aware of the choices Mo Jiagei has to make."

Then, the tiger also remembered. "Wait, speaking of surveillance..... Are you sure it's safe to talk about this?"

Mo Aini nodded. "Liu Sha---That's the bastard who's manning the system, by the way---- has been busy with other things lately so he can't watch over us often. He's pretty tired about it, and accidentally said something about 'fixing a bug that can make people remember'."

"A bug that can make people remember? So what's causing me to regain the memories of the past parallel worlds you visited was a bug?"

"Yes, and it seems to be a major stick up their butt. We could use this knowledge to our advantage, because this means..." Mo Aini grinned. "Since he said 'people', it could be that there are others who could remember like you. Whose memories from the other routes merged with the current one."

"Really?" Hu Chuntian's eyes widened from excitement. "That's exactly what we're trying to do with She Haoran and Ma Jianyu! Do you know who these others are?"

"I didn't manage to catch it, after all, I was just lucky that Liu Sha was dozing off. It's too risky to prod him about it too once he comes back." Mo Aini said. "I don't like talking to him as much as possible.... He gives me the hives....."

Now that Hu Chuntian learned that there is one main person behind the system, and this person is a man with a name that Mo Aini knows, he cannot help but become wary.

"This Liu Sha.... What is he like to you Da Ge?" Hu Chuntian asked with full-on black lines over his face. "Does he make you feel uncomfortable?"

Mo Aini could sense a huge storm incoming so he steered the wheel to avoid it. "Ah, he's just a creep after all, and I hate him for tricking me into transmigration in this dimension! But I can handle it, A-Tian!"

"Are you sure?" Hu Chuntian scowled. "I can't do much right now, but I can say things that will make him have nightmares if you want..."

"Really, it's alright! Let's focus on solving the mystery of their evil plans, okay?" Mo Aini chuckled nervously. "Anyway.... I also have noticed something that we can test out."

"What is it, Da Ge?" Hu Chuntian's face lightened up a bit, but he made a mental note of Liu Sha's name and had already ripped it to shreds, stomped on it, and murder it with a chainsaw in his head.

"The changes I've made in the past world stays in the current, right? Like how your house still had the two sets of things, how your sketchpad with drawings of me stayed, how that bench back from the first world was broken, and you woke up in a hospital."

Mo Aini is starting to get excited, wanting to get a whiteboard where he can put all these ideas together and connect them with strings like in those mystery movies. "There's another change from the third world that I didn't check....."

He scratched his head. "Hmm.... But this one's a long shot....."

"Just say it, Da Ge! You're making me nervous with anticipation!" Hu Chuntian elbowed him.

"Back when I tried to catch up to you at the airport, I rode this taxi from an old grandpa. It was seriously a crazy story..."

Mo Aini began to recount the events: Lao yeye's misunderstanding, the deadly car ride... all the way to....

"In the end, I gave him my number. So I was thinking..." Mo Aini checked his phone. "That we could check if the number is still here, and talk to him if he remotely remembers me."

"Oh, that's a good idea! And he sounds like a fun person!" Hu Chuntian said.

Anyone who supports him and his Dage's love is a fun person to him.

Mo Aini scanned his contacts, and finally.....

"It's here! I wish this would work, it feels awkward if he thinks he received a call from some unknown person."

Mo Aini called the number, and waited for a few rings.

It's taking longer than usual, but a familiar hoarse but sweet voice answered. "Hello?"

"Uh..... Hello, sir."

"Who is this? Are you my son?"

"Oh, no sir. I just want to ask..." Mo Aini inhaled deeply, praying that this old man could remember. "Do you remember driving a teenage boy to the airport on a taxi?"

"A teenage boy...." The old man scratched his head. "I'm not quite sure..."

There were just a few 'hmms' and 'hmms' on the other side, and Hu Chuntian and Mo Aini is starting to lose hope.

Then, Hu Chuntian had an idea. "Say that boy was trying to catch up to his lover. "

Mo Aini found that embarrassing, but tried anyway. "He's the one wearing a gray hoodie, and said he only had a few months to live so he has to go reach his lover---"

"AHHHH!!!!!!! OLALALALALALALALA!" The old man suddenly yodeled. "MY GODSON! MY GODSON! IS THIS MY GODSON ON THE PHONE!? I SAID YOU AND YOUR HONEY SHOULD ADOPT A KITTEN AND I WILL HELP HIM TAKE CARE OF IT WHEN YOU'RE GONE SO HE CAN RAISE IT AS YOUR JUNIOR!"

Mo Aini: ...

Hu Chuntian: (Dying inside laughing)

Mo Aini paused a bit, then replied reluctantly. "Yes, yeye..... It's me. I'm with my boyfriend now. I survived my cancer, and we're living together."

"AH, PRAISE THE MERCIFUL GODS THAT HEALED YOU!" The old man sounded so happy that he seemed to be crying even. "Where is he? Where is your lover? I want you both to come to visit so I could see him!"

"I'm here, sir." Hu Chuntian answered, all smiles. "We'd love to visit, just give us your address."

"Oh, what a wonderful voice! Lovely, lovely! Oh what a shame, what a shame! If only both men can have children, you could have made a whole generation of good-looking and sweet-sounding lads and lasses!" Lao yeye exclaimed. "I'm so happy for the both of you, I could just die---"

They heard another voice.

"Yeye, it's past your bedtime already. You should go to sleep. Who are you calling on our phone? Madam Pang would be angry if you wake up the others from being too loud...."

That voice was familiar.

"Ma Jianyu!" Both Hu Chuntian and Mo Aini exclaimed.

Ma Jianyu took the phone, surprised to hear his friends' voices. "Hello? Is this really Sir Taime and the knave? What are you doing, calling with Qu-yeye?"

"He's your grandfather!?" Mo Aini exclaimed.

"Not by blood, no. But yes, I treat everyone in this home for the aged as my grandfathers and grandmothers." He said, sounding less Chuunibiyou and more normal.

(Right! He likes hanging out with senile people!) Mo Aini remembered his bio.

He explained to Ma Jianyu how he met with this old man 'Qu' and the old man kept insisting on Ma Jianyu to let them meet. Ma Jianyu seemed to love his many grandpas and granmas very much, so he can't really say no to him.

"Alright, alright! I will ask for permission from Madam Pang to let you two in and have a chat." Ma Jianyu promised.

"Thank you, little horse!" That was Qu-yeye's nickname to him since the Theater Club president's last name is 'horse'. "I'm so excited to meet both of my godsons!"

"Wait!" Hu Chuntian had an idea. "Can we take another person too? His name is She Haoran, he's a close friend of Ma Jianyu too."

"Oh, bring them along! Bring them along! Young people rarely visit here!"

They finished settling their little visit to the retirement home, and prepared for bed.

"We're so lucky, A-Tian! Lao yeye remembered us so fast!" Mo Aini grinned ear to ear. "And good thinking with bring along She Haoran too. Tomorrow's gonna be great progress into breaking Shuaige's system, I can feel it!"

"I'm hopeful too, Da Ge!" And they slept, snuggling under the covers.

As Hu Chuntian closed his eyes, he can't help remembering what Qu-yeye said.

"If only both men can have children, you could have made a whole generation of good-looking and sweet-sounding lads and lasses!"

That really would be a wonderful world to be in, isn't it? Having children with his Da Ge... He has read something like that before.

What's that called again? Oh. Omegaverse.

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