Chapter 220: Extra Chapter Six: Couples Q&A

Host: Okay, it's time for our classic check‑in segment again. Today I've invited the two of you, because countless compatriots care about your life in the real world afterward. To satisfy everyone's curiosity, I've launched this couples interview. Please sit, please sit.

Su Mian: (alert) … Who are you?

Host: I'm a broke novelist, don't worry. And Mian Mian, don't let the person beside you who's glaring at me like that—I won't do anything to you (exhausted).

Si Shi: (friendly smile) Since it's an interview, please go ahead and ask your questions.

Host: (I always feel like a knife is at my throat…) Okay, answering order, ladies first. First question: favorite season among the four.

Su Mian: (thinking) Autumn. Winter makes you catch cold easily, summer makes you get heatstroke easily, spring makes you get allergies easily, so autumn feels like the season I rarely get sick.

Si Shi: Actually the script world has no seasons, but when I come here, I prefer spring and summer. In winter, Mian Mian's old home feels a bit cold to me.

Su Mian: (laughing) My dad even had someone install ultra‑thin floor heating at home just to take care of you.

Si Shi: (surprised) So it was installed for me? I'm deeply honored.

Host: Second question, what percentage would you say the other's controlling tendency is?

Su Mian: Thirty percent, maybe—occasionally I count it as fun, but most of the time I'm the one being listened to.

Si Shi: Fifty. I keep myself within Mian Mian's sphere of control so she feels secure; even if she doesn't say it, I can guess what she'll feel anxious about, so I report in advance.

Host: What do you usually do when you miss each other?

Su Mian: Call them; usually after a while I can see the person.

Si Shi: Look through old photos; of course seeing the person in person is best.

Su Mian: I never thought he was such a nostalgic person.

Si Shi: Does that count as nostalgic? Well, there's a bit of it.

Su Mian: Not just a bit—by the way, where did you hide the bikini from my last instance?

Si Shi: (glancing away) You don't wear it anyway, so I put it away.

Su Mian: You'd better have put it away. (glaring)

Host: (cough cough cough) Okay, next question, describe the other in three words.

Su Mian: Brandy, surging, one‑of‑a‑kind.

Si Shi: Green apple, moon, Empress.

Host: Fourth question, what are the notes you've given each other in your phone apps?

Su Mian: A Si.

Si Shi: Really? Are you sure it's not the red‑haired, white‑masked, sinister, deceitful terrorist who kills like crazy?

Su Mian: (guilty) How much longer are you going to keep this up…

Si Shi: Hmm, this image is pretty grand; I haven't said it's bad.

Su Mian: You clearly do care!!!! And you're comparing sizes with an AI like an elementary school kid.

Si Shi: It wasn't to let Mian Mian know exactly how big I am, but fortunately you found out later (laughing).

Su Mian: (ears red, speechless)

Si Shi: Her note is "Cat Cat King".

Host: (Actually we all know how big it is) Fifth question, does Si Shi really have two?

Su Mian: Wait wait wait, who exactly is asking this question?

Host: (cough cough) Anyway, someone did ask.

Su Mian: ……Yes, really, can we drop it now?

Si Shi: Mian Mian actually kind of likes it.

Su Mian: (glaring) Say that again and I'll have you leave this door one by one.

Host: (covering mouth, laughing loudly) Sixth question, in which instance did you officially do it?

Su Mian: The fairy‑tale world instance—well, he did wake up at the end, right? I got the negative buff from the skill card.

Si Shi: Yes, actually after obtaining Fuerdi's memory, I was certain Mian Mian liked me; she just hadn't realized it herself.

Host: Seventh question, if you could foresee the future, what would you most want to know?

Su Mian: I want to know what delicious thing he'll make for me tomorrow.

Si Shi: (stunned)

Si Shi: As for me, I'd like to see our wedding scene, though I don't particularly want to know the exact timing.

Si Shi: I'm surprised by Mian Mian's answer, but it also makes me happy—at least it shows you're quite happy now.

Host: Eighth question, what do you most like to be called by the other?

Su Mian: "Big King" or "Boss", huh, I've really liked that title lately.

Si Shi: Call me husband—I actually know Mian Mian wants me to call her master, but I don't say it often because it's a kind of… (mouth covered)

Su Mian: Alright, next question then. (cold)

Host: (adjusting glasses) Okay, ninth question, after returning to the real world, do you play Script Murder Game?

Si Shi: Yes, and often—I and Mian Mian often organize staff team‑building.

Su Mian: Yes, the entertainment script that left the deepest impression on me was where the great families fought over an inheritance, competing to see who had the most merit, but in the end it turned into a contest of who could shout the loudest; this bunch ended up flushed and white‑faced from arguing, and finally A Si hid a trick, and we two won.

Host: (hahahaha) Sounds like the staff have a lot of grievances. Tenth question, what are your MBTIs?

Su Mian: INTJ, though I don't really believe in this—it can't define my whole self.

Si Shi: ESFP, I really do think I'm charming, after all, Mian Mian created me.

(This MBTI was the author putting themselves in the two persons' perspectives and taking the test on the official website.)

Host: Wow, completely opposite—eleventh question, which instance left the deepest impression on you?

Su Mian: Weibensi—it really is the instance where I grew the most.

Si Shi: When I played the mental patient, that's when I completely fell for Mian Mian in that instance.

(eye-roll) You scared me enough to be snarky.

Host: So after you both became co-DMs, have you encountered Qiu Du Zi again?

Shuimian: Yes, I went back to see it, and it already has a lover—a girl with a broken leg who can't speak, and they communicate via sticky notes; overall they're a good match.

Host: Twelfth question, how is 4399 doing?

Shuimian: It's been promoted to Script Eye, and it says after bringing me, it doesn't want to bring any other detectives anymore—it's too mentally exhausting, so it'd rather work as customer service.

Host (laughing loudly): Script Eye is under the Arbitration Team but above ten thousand people, and you guys call it customer service. Thirteenth question: When you heard Si Shi say they wanted to stay in the copy, were you really angry?

Shuimian: …(sigh) I actually don't really want to talk about this, of course I'm not angry—how could I really be angry? I just hate that I lack the ability to change all this, and that he didn't tell me the truth sooner. Although I know A Si will follow through, I'm very worried, extremely worried about him.

Si Shi: Let the past be the past; anyway, we won't be separated again from now on.

Shuimian: Look, he still won't say what he sacrificed to come from the script world into the real world.

Si Shi: You've already comforted me; I feel that past pain isn't really pain anymore, so let's just treat it as a scar that's scabbed over.

Host: That's so moving (crying), it's all my fault for insisting on asking this question…

Shuimian: …Hurry up then.

Host: Okay, next question: what does the other person smell like?

Shuimian: The smell of brandy—mature, warm, attractive; if you bury yourself in his embrace for a while, it can even make you feel a bit tipsy.

Si Shi: The smell of green apple—tart, clean, very comfortable; I like to wrap my body around her, at which point her body scent becomes even more noticeable.

Host: Fifteenth question: which part of the other's body do you like the most?

Shuimian: Seven inches—it's the only weakness of his that I can grasp.

Si Shi: (soft laugh) Collarbones, inner thigh.

Host: Sixteenth question: which incarnation of the other in which script do you like the most?

Shuimian: Cain.

Si Shi: Elizabeth.

Host: Seventeenth question: what changes have occurred since you've been together?

Shuimian: Hmm… quite a few. My health improved, I don't get sick as easily, I've started liking travel more, and now I've actually become a bit addicted to playing games (regretfully). We often buy various kinds of fresh flowers to put at home, but our favorite thing is still playing murder mystery games and writing scripts.

Si Shi: The number of killings has decreased.

Host: …

Host: Eighteenth question: what was your first impression of the other?

Shuimian: …Can we not bring up the sore spot?

Si Shi: Mian Mian, please answer properly (smile).

Shuimian: Hmm… as for first impression, I was actually focused on who I am and where I am, so my impression of him might be that he's a somewhat dangerous mysterious figure—tall, with an excellent physique, and a pleasant voice. (Actually, aside from being tall, I didn't have any other impression.)

Si Shi: The first time I saw Mian Mian, she was wearing overalls, curled up into a ball, clearly trembling but with no fearful expression on her face—a striking contrast, also very cute, making me want to tease her.

Host: Nineteenth question: are you an optimist or a pessimist?

Shuimian: Pessimist.

Si Shi: Optimist.

Host: Twentieth question: what hairstyle do you think looks best on the other?

Shuimian: Wolf tail.

Si Shi: Side braid, hmm, although any hairstyle looks good.

Host: Twenty-first question: if your meeting was merely to stimulate each other's creative drive, life desire, or ambition, and once those missions are fulfilled, or if your presence starts hindering each other's worldly success, should you rationally part ways?

Shuimian: No, first of all this premise itself doesn't hold—my personal success wouldn't become an obstacle to our love; if it truly became an obstacle, I'd worry more that the other would bear everything alone instead of solving problems together. Even when I subconsciously used him, he already had the ability to attract me, so even if our initial meeting was just to provide each other with 'nourishment,' we'd inevitably be drawn to each other. I never consider myself rational; sometimes I get hot-headed and do crazy things. If the other insists on leaving, it would only fuel my competitive spirit.

Si Shi: If our meeting was merely for mutual exploitation, that only shows we haven't truly loved each other yet; but even when I'm being used by her, I still find her utterly charming, and to me there's no real meaning in success or failure, so these things pale beside Mian Mian. If one day she leaves me for those reasons, I'll expose her in my own way, making her realize she can't leave me—I don't demand loyalty to my flesh, but her soul will never betray me.

Host: How wonderful—it seems you have no regrets toward each other, and neither do I. That concludes today's interview. Thank you both for participating; may you flourish together and grow from the same stem.

Postscript: I'm just jotting down some random thoughts, treating it as me talking nonsense (yeah right). Writing this book felt truly magical—Snake Treasure and Mian Treasure, as I wrote them, seemed to come alive, their personalities extremely vivid. When I wrote Mian Mian, she would usually go along quietly, but whenever I hit a highly explosive plot point, she'd seem to have her own ideas, and even my own plot would veer off, inexplicably writing something else; after finishing, a little figure in my head would nod approvingly at me—yeah, that little figure is Mian Mian, she's a treasure full of ideas, so I occasionally let myself have a brain spasm. When I write Si Shi, I feel this person is hard to approach, often giving a deathly smile while staring at you, making it impossible to guess what they're thinking; but as long as you write them handsome, cool, and mysterious, they basically won't say anything. Regarding the 'Stone Embryo' copy, it's quite meaningful to me; while writing it I often listened to 'Farewell Poem,' so whenever I recall it, I feel as if I've experienced something alongside the protagonists, even sparking the idea to start a western fantasy novel, though I'm not sure when I'll actually start a book because I'm currently preparing for the civil service exam, so I probably won't have much time.

I've finished explaining what needed to be said up to this point; thank you for your companionship, and we'll meet again.