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Qin Jiu, out of boredom laid down on his bed helplessly. It’s the day after that the system will conduct a recruitment for the examination.
Bright, cold white lightning flashed across the night sky, illuminating the sea and the islands, followed by heavy rain, splattering, as if to turn the room upside down. A rumble of lightning flashed across Qin Jiu’s eyes.
He simply lay down on the bed, pretending to be sleeping. In the room shrouded in darkness, the man’s dark irises were tirelessly shining with boredom.
It feels like… something is missing.
He didn’t know when, but when he opened his eyes, he was greeted by a dazzling light. His brow wrinkled. No matter how the curtains of his rooms are opened and the lights turned on, his room shouldn’t be this bright.
He stared indifferently at the fluffy carpet on the wooden floor, stepped on it unceremoniously, and looked around in this unfamiliar room.
This… is not his room.
“System?” He called but the system did not respond. He once again called but still, he did not receive any response from the other so he simply sat and observed his surroundings.
The interior of the room is lively and full of colors: the basic colors are black and white, seemingly contradicting each other but in Qin Jiu’s eyes, it emits warmness.
The spacious rooms, with a king sized bed, could not be regarded as a single person room. This room should belong to a couple.
The green potted plants on the center of a mini table, an earring, lighter and an unpeeled oranges were visible also. There are also visible gloves and an umbrella from the corner. The coat rack from across the side of the room, with two coats, white and black.
There are traces of human habitation everywhere, further contradicting his room.
He stepped outside the living room while rubbing his temples.
What the fuck is the system doing?
Just as the demon was trying to continue to contact the main system, a click door opened suddenly in the silent air. It came from the other bathroom outside the bedroom.
You Huo, covered with his bathrobe, went out of the bathroom. With such refreshing ambiance, he was about to step when he halted, he saw the brown-haired man standing beneath the junction of their room and the bathroom he is in.
You Huo: “...?”
He raises an eyebrow, letting the damp hair shiver across the cold room, he retracted his foot and asks coldly, “Who are you?”
This person in their room looked like his husband, Qin Jiu, but he knows well that this is not his Qin Jiu. It’s not just the ring they’ve bowed in the altar is missing, but the temperament of the other was arrogant and cold— it’s like the first time they met in the past.
Qin Jiu and You Huo have been married for two years. Living on one roof. A lot of things changed between them as time passed so he’s sure that this is not his husband.
The other Qin Jiu squinted his eyes, “I should be the one asking you that question.”
So the next stop is logical. You Huo step back and after a while, he retracted his step and went to the other to give an upper cat and expectedly, the man did not dodge, letting You Huo grabbed the neckline, pressed his knees against Qin Jiu’s chest, and slammed it to the ground.
“Say, who are you?”
It’s hard to describe the 001’s mood at the moment, his long eyelashes flickered and suddenly smiled. The black irises suddenly revealed pleasure, excitement and joy after meeting the man that is pressing him.
At that moment, the cold blood gradually became boiling, and the missing thing was finally found.
It was... extremely interesting.
You Huo did not mind the smile the man showed. He double checked the man’s fingers and really found no traces of the ring they exchanged. You Huo sneered.
Qin Jiu, his husband, won’t let the ring slip. He can’t wait to show the ring all the time, announcing the married relationship between him and his Big Invigilator.
Not to mention the feeling the man in front, who has the same characteristic of his husband gave him.
Cold, sharp, fierce and cruel.
Both of them got stunned when the door from the outside suddenly opened and sure, it was the Qin Jiu he knew. Qin Jiu entered and saw the scene in the living room and couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, examining the man under his dear.
It’s familiar.
Was it… himself?
He then asked, curiousity flashing across his black pupils, “What are you doing?”
He stepped on, and lovingly hugged the chief instructor’s waist.
“My dear, who is this?”
You Huo replied, relaxing his body and leaning back, lazily leaning the back of his head on Qin Jiu’s chest, one foot still bending his knees against the other Qin Jiu on the ground, and began to analyze the situation.
“He stepped in our room.”
You Huo and Qin Jiu gazed at each other, seemingly communicating and in sync asked the man from the ground, “You’re from the parallel world? By the system?”
Qin Jiu, pressed on the ground, heard the system and immediately answered with a question, “Where’s the system?”
The married couple finally confirm their suspicions.
Qin Jiu’s voice was low, and anyone with a discerning eye could hear signs of displeasure inside: “My dear, your hands are all red. Don’t bother yourself with this kind of thing, let me come and handle this matter.”
Just as Qin Jiu was to beat his other, unknowingly the man in front suddenly disappeared. They are not surprised at all.
They shook their heads and buried this memory as if it did not exist. Qin Jiu took the initiative to pull his chief instructor, his big invigilator or his dear from the bedroom and then entangled themselves with pleasure.
On the other side, Qin Jiu, whose world was shaken after the main system finally found his coordinates, opened his eyes and saw himself from the dark room.
There is no doubt that this is his room.
And a few… memories emerged.
[“You are back, lnvigiIator 001.”]
A lazy “Hmm.” is the answer.
Don’t know if it is an illusion. Since then, the main system feels that Invigilator 001 seems to be a little strange.
For example, he suddenly asked him if there was an ordinary person with the surname You among the examiner. Or an Examinee having the title Invigilator A.
In order to make sure that 001’s brain is not damaged after a parallel space migration, the main system began to observe him silently.
“Haven’t found him yet?”
[“No...”]
[“Even in a parallel world, there are some differences, it’s impossible to be exactly the same.”]
001 has never been so furious.
He didn’t know why he was affected. But it is undeniable that the more he can’t find it, the greater his desire for the black-haired man, the unstoppable interest building inside him - may it be an examiner or invigilator, he will find him.
At the start, 001 conducted a meeting for all the Invigilators in the villa. After a while, on the first day of their exam, he went by himself to see the first batch of the examiners.
…
The room was in a mess, the cold temperature and the snow falling on the ground from the outside of the window and the house of a hunter and the people inside was in a mess.
[“Attention all examinees. Attention all examinees.”]
[“This is the testing center center 003712. Welcome to the large-scale high-risk global testing system, global examination.”]
“Testing? What testing?”
“Let me go!”
The system explained all the way, not minding the voices of complaints. On the other hand, the man with a white coat, with the mix of tiny orange yarns, the black haired man with his earrings opens his eyes, emitting a golden irises.
[“The exam has finally started.”]
Dong. Dong. Dong.
You Huo stood on the window, but before he could do what he wanted, the door suddenly opened, revealing a tall slender figure dressed in a black cloth, a brown haired man with his black gloves and a scarf.
You Huo touched the earrings that glitter upon sighting the man who entered. 001, who came in, looked at him deeply.
The examiner in front of him is gloomy, decadent, and even more indifferent than the man earlier he met.
But Invigilator 001 knows that this is his Big Invigilator, his Chief Instructor or may it be his troublemaker Examiner.
It’s his, only his.
The man curled his lips and smiled, 001’s smile contained joy that could not be hidden no matter what.
Because he knows that no matter which parallel world it is, no matter what way it is, no matter how the differences of the figures or the venue is, they will always meet.
“Nice to meet you, my dear.”
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