43: All the tasks have been arranged long ago!

“Boss, you know about the Diary?”

Wang Dadong was the first to ask.

“Of course…”

“Who wouldn’t know?”

The boss, however, smiled slightly.

“…”

“…”

Wang Arthur and Ding Xiaoyu’s expressions tightened slightly, their eyes fixed on Duan Changren in front of them.

This seemed…

A bit off.

How did it feel like…

Everyone knew about the Diary’s existence?

Of course.

From the current perspective, those who could know about the Diary were probably figures left over from the Martial Forest of that year, and all of them, without exception, seemed to be closely related to…

That Diary Senior.

The bizarre stall owner in front of them also knew about the Diary?

“Boss, who exactly are you?” Wang Arthur asked, “Why do you know about the Diary?”

“Me?”

“I’m just a…”

“Useless person.”

“Of course, you can call me Duan Changren.”

Duan Changren said with a smile.

“As for the Diary…”

“Presumably, you three young friends already have the answer in your hearts, right?”

He didn’t deny anything.

And…

He seemed to know the three of them very well.

“What do you mean?” Wang Dadong was puzzled.

“…”

“…”

Wang Arthur and Ding Xiaoyu exchanged glances, and seeing Wang Dadong’s bewildered expression, Wang Arthur reluctantly said, “Duan Changren means…”

“Since we’ve read the Diary…”

“Then he must also be related to the Diary.”

“So, Duan Changren, who are you in the Diary?”

Wang Arthur’s gaze once again turned to Duan Changren.

But Duan Changren just smiled and said, “That’s not important. What’s important is that everything about the future described in this Diary…”

“Has come true.”

“I once…”

“Hmm, how should I put it, I advanced and retreated with the Diary’s owner. I believed everything about him, but I completely disbelieved the future he spoke of.”

He sighed slightly.

“That’s right, I completely disbelieved it.”

“Do you know why?”

He asked.

“…”

“…”

“…”

Facing Duan Changren’s question, Wang Dadong, Wang Arthur, and Ding Xiaoyu all looked a bit confused, clearly not understanding Duan Changren’s meaning.

Duan Changren.

He seemed to have also experienced that period.

But it seemed…

He didn't believe the future that Diary Senior spoke of.

In that instant…

The three of them’s curiosity reached its peak.

“But that’s not the point.”

But Duan Changren changed the subject, suddenly cutting it short.

“?”

Wang Dadong, Wang Arthur, and Ding Xiaoyu instantly had question marks on their faces.

“!”

“!”

“!”

After the question marks came annoyance.

It must be said that keeping people in suspense is indeed very irritating.

“Don’t be anxious, you three, let me explain slowly…”

Duan Changren saw that the three of them looked a bit off and quickly said:

“But I never expected…”

“Years later, everything he said would actually be proven true.”

“But this is what makes it most unsettling.”

As he spoke, his expression grew increasingly solemn, which instantly made the three, who were originally displeased, enter a state of curiosity again.

Wang Arthur: “Boss, what do you mean by that?”

Duan Changren sighed: “This is not…”

However, he didn’t finish his sentence.

He saw the unfriendly expressions of the three, and immediately gave an awkward laugh, but then his expression became solemn again: “Because, the future he told me about…”

“Is very despairing.”

“And very dark.”

“So despairing and dark that one wouldn’t dare to believe it.”

Duan Changren sighed a few times.

“But as time passed, I found that everything he said, whether good or bad, was gradually happening, yet watching all of this unfold, I was powerless to do anything.”

The three of them.

In their hearts.

Sank slightly.

They all didn’t understand.

Why Duan Changren would describe the future with despair and darkness.

“But that’s not important.”

Duan Changren, however, shook his head again.

“Because…”

“This is another future.”

“And the future timeline we are currently experiencing has already changed.”

Wang Arthur frowned tightly, then shook his head and said, “We don’t understand what you mean.”

Duan Changren raised an eyebrow: “Hmm… how should I put it, my three young friends, although the future we are experiencing is actually similar to the Diary’s future he spoke of, the key is that a variable has appeared in this future, so the final direction might not be the future I saw.”

“That future was despairing and dark.”

“So I was unwilling to believe it, and I was also afraid that future would happen, but as time passed, everything was moving towards the original future.”

“Until…”

“Your appearance.”

Ding Xiaoyu said thoughtfully: “So, you were always worried that the original future would happen, until we appeared and changed the future you perceived, so…”

Duan Changren nodded: “That’s right.”

“And all of this…”

“Was brought about by the Diary.”

He looked at the three of them, finally bringing the topic back, and also making the three of them re-recognize the importance of the Diary.

That’s right.

The three of them…

Didn’t they follow the Diary step by step to reach this point?

“Originally…”

“I didn’t need to appear.”

“But my mission is not yet complete.”

Duan Changren slowly said again.

“Your mission?” Wang Dadong asked.

“Yes.”

“This plan…”

“Has already arranged everything, and this time I appear to bring you a past event, an event about an important change in the future timeline.”

Duan Changren’s words made the three of them slightly stunned again.

“What is it?” Wang Arthur asked.

“Rex.”

Duan Changren spoke a name, which immediately made the expressions of the three of them, especially Wang Dadong, slightly stunned.