Chapter 300 I can win at any time because I have one more kind of food than you
8 month 24 day.
late at night.
Kyoto Hospital, general intensive care unit.
An's father was only one year away from turning 60, but now he looked like a skinny old man with one foot in the coffin. He was completely different from the one Su Ming had seen in the first half of the year.
“If you like doing business, then you only need to focus on one path.”
"I don't think about our family. My only thought right now is... that you two sisters can live your lives in peace. As a father, I have done too many things... that made you sad."
"..."
Father An leaned against the head of the bed, instructing An Shiyao word by word.
"Your mother was a very good woman."
"He found out that I was in contact with your current stepmother, but he didn't say anything extra. He just took out the medical records and said that I could continue to be a good father after she died."
"Actually, I knew I was wrong at that time. I really wanted to apologize."
“But she’s dead inside.”
"When he left, he only said to me... It's fine to marry you, as long as he can truly treat you as his daughter. That's fine too."
"I have always understood that you, like your mother, have your own opinions. Regarding Su Ming's matter..."
"..."
"all know?"
"..."
An Shiyao nodded, her eyes becoming redder and redder.
"Yes, of course my daughter will be as smart as her mother. So, why do you continue to stay with him? Because of the child?"
"……no."
An Shiyao shook her head, her voice already trembling, "Dad, stop talking. Although I really hated you for a while, after what happened seven years ago, I don't think you're not a good father. It won't be a problem, Mr. Su Ming has a way."
"He is really amazing. He made me proud. Other businessmen have to endure humiliation when they go to foreign countries, but for me... traveling through enemy-occupied areas is no different from traveling."
"..."
"But that's not a reason for him to cheat."
"Mr. Su Ming has his reasons for being like that. It's not his fault. He didn't treat me badly."
"Really? If you regret it someday, Dad has left you some backup plans... ahem. I've handed them all over to the lawyers. You've contacted a lot of good friends during this period... Was I deceived, or what... Can you tell the difference?"
"..."
An Shiyao couldn't explain Su Ming's matter clearly at this time, but An's father's breath was indeed getting weaker and weaker.
"It's been many years... I haven't heard Yaoyao call me dad. When you were very young... cough cough. Can you... call me dad again?"
"……dad."
An Shiyao is becoming more and more rational in the business world, but she is still very emotional when it comes to ordinary family matters.
"..."
An's father's sallow face broke into a comfortable smile. He closed his eyes, and the ECG rate became lower and lower.
He had been busy with Su Ming's affairs seven years ago, and his daughter had been in a nursing home for a long time, and he had to take care of the family, so he had become ill from overwork. He could have lived longer, that is... if he had taken better care of his health.
But she discovered that not only was Su Ming's identity mysterious, but his feelings for his daughter were not as loyal as she had heard... She kept thinking of ways to make sure that after he was gone, An Shiyao would not be bullied, would be able to resist, and would not be eaten up by her greed.
"Uncle, Sister An... I'm sorry, Xiaoye has to interrupt your warm scene."
Hearing the voice, An Shiyao turned around with red eyes.
"This is……?"
An's father also looked over.
"Sister An, haven't you given uncle a drink yet?"
"..."
An Shiyao quickly took out the glass bottle from her pocket and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Dad, drink this and you'll be fine."
"Are you looking for the secret recipe that Su Ming asked for?"
An's father had tried various methods to relieve his health, but this time there were too many complications... The doctor clearly said that unless he had a major operation, such as cutting out his intestines and replacing them with tubes, he would just have to live like an old man with Alzheimer's disease. That was meaningless.
"No... this is..."
"It's okay. At least, my daughter can't hurt me. Yaoyao, Dad never thought of abandoning you just because he married a stepmother... I'm sorry. Dad always remembers the tea you made when you were a child... I'm sorry, I didn't cherish it at all at that time. I only thought about business."
Dad An is very free and easy and has no regrets.
When An Xiaoxi dares to come, I can just close my eyes and wait for death.
8 month 25 day.
early morning.
Dad An is fine. He had a hard time leaning on the headboard just now, but now he can sit up directly.
Xia Ye just came to give a reminder and then left, and now only An Shiyao and An's father were there.
"That one just now... was Sister Xia Ye. She is also Mr. Su Ming's wife. She is very skilled in medicine."
"..."
"Among Mr. Su Ming's wives, except me, they are all very powerful. They all have abilities that are beyond the common sense of normal people."
"Really? I can cure it..."
Father An thought back to what he had just said and felt increasingly embarrassed, unconsciously pulling up the quilt.
"Dad, I'm sorry... It may be too late to say it now. But I still want to ask again, can you bless me... to continue to be with Mr. Su Ming. Although I am his only wife, he definitely doesn't treat me badly because of this."
"..."
Before An's father could say anything, someone else came into the ward.
It’s Su Ming and An Xiaoxi.
"Dad? Are you okay?"
"..."
After all, Mr. An had a lot of experience, and when he saw An Xiaoxi almost sticking to Su Ming when she came in, he understood.
8 month 26 day.
Dad An was discharged from the hospital.
Return to a slightly secluded private residence located in the third ring road of Kyoto.
"That is to say, it's not just me who knows. You have a relationship with Her Highness Eliza, and Xiaoxi too..."
While smoking with Su Ming on the balcony, An's father clutched his chest.
"Correct."
"And the one who appeared in the hospital, who looked younger?"
"……Yes."
"Then at the hospital entrance, the two women next to you..."
"..."
"Su Ming, how can you make me feel at ease?"
"I can guarantee that you will live for many more years. I'll see it with my own eyes. Moreover, I think you understand better than I do... Yao is not a person without opinions, nor is she a person who would compromise."
"..."
Dad An took a deep puff of his cigarette and exhaled. He rarely smoked since his health deteriorated. "Do you know how I feel?"
"..."
"It's just like what you young people said. The cabbages that I worked so hard to grow were taken away by the pigs. Not only did they take them away, they even trampled them to pieces. My two daughters...both like you?"
"..."
"You are the nemesis of the An family? I have risked my life to keep this backup plan...what is it for?"
8 month 26 day.
late at night.
An Shiyao and An Xiaoxi both stayed in the mansion temporarily.
But this time, the father-in-law did not leave a vacant room for Su Ming.
[My father seems to have helped me build a lot of relationships]
Su Ming received a message from An Shiyao in the hotel.
[They are all used against you...]
【…】
What to say?
Good news, my father-in-law is fine.
The bad news is that the reason why the father-in-law got into trouble was that he wanted to leave his daughter a way to deal with her son-in-law before he died.
Good news, my father-in-law didn't say that he would not allow An Shiyao to continue to be with him.
Bad news, my father-in-law didn't invite me to dinner.
[Now... Auntie is asking about Xiaoxi and you on behalf of Dad. Dad has been drinking in the living room. He drank the potion given by Xia Ye. It should be okay to drink like this, right?]
【…】
Su Ming tried to put himself in the other's shoes.
If I also have two daughters, they both like the same man and marry the same man.
Is it necessary to sink that man into the river?
No, it has to be chopped into pieces first, then corroded with nitroglycerin and then tied to stones and sunk.
Ok.
My father-in-law was very calm. He just didn't keep me for dinner after suddenly receiving so much information.
Not long after, An Xiaoxi also sent a message.
[What should I do? Brother-in-law.]
[My mother said she would take me to the hospital for a checkup... and asked me when was the last time I had sex with my brother-in-law. I said I wasn't pregnant... so she said she would take me to check if I had any gynecological diseases.]
[How could my sisters have gynecological diseases...]
Just check.
As a parent, it's good enough that you can handle the problem calmly instead of directly calling yourself a "beast".
"Well... Hibari didn't even help, but Brother Ming already solved it."
Sittis, who was leaning on the side, pursed her lips.
"It wasn't that much trouble."
Su Ming sighed. He had never expected that it would be suddenly exposed in this way.
“Master… you have taught me the ways of the world. Then wouldn’t it be better for Noelle to make her presence felt at this time?”
Noelleya was also looking at Su Ming from the side.
"Is her father broken? Noelia didn't hear anything, only thoughts like 'Is he dead?' 'Is this a dream?' 'It's not cheating on Eliza, there are five more. It's a dream' 'How could my daughter'... Such random thoughts."
Not messy.
A dying person suddenly becomes healthy and sees this kind of scene. It's good enough that his brain is still functioning.
“Noelia did hear what the strange woman next to the master was thinking.”
Thetis?
"At a time like this, I'm still thinking about Sese."
"Hehe... Yun Que can also sense your emotions. You think about Sese in bed. Do you think there's something wrong, brother Ming?"
"I won't fight with you. Let's fight in another way. Whoever loses can only stay next door."
"...Skylark is not afraid of you."
The two of them had been arguing from the winter market to Kyoto and it wasn't over yet.
"Don't make any noise. Go to sleep tonight. I'm tired. Noelle, stop pressing your chest against me. Skylark, you too... stop rubbing your legs against me."
Both of them were honest.
8 month 26 day.
early.
Su Ming received a call from his father-in-law.
"I have only one request."
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little deep.
"……You say."
"Now transfer all the shares of all your domestic industries, such as Syyx Company, to Xiaoxi or Yaoyao."
"Is that all? Dad, it doesn't matter if I don't keep a penny and give it all to Xiaoxi and Yao."
"Are you... showing off?"
"I will transfer, not only domestic ones. I will also transfer those abroad that I can transfer. No, even if I can't transfer, I will find a way to transfer them."
"..."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before he finally spoke again.
"Come to my house for dinner tonight. Yaoyao is already pregnant, so if you want to live with her, you should quit smoking immediately."
"..."
"Don't take them, at least not now. Don't let me see them."
The phone hangs up.
Both Cetis and Noellea heard it.
"Master, I'm not going. I don't want to go. It sounds very troublesome."
"...Yu Que shouldn't go either. If you go there, you can't play with brother Ming."
Is he really sensible, or is he planning to do something while he's gone?
8 month 26 day.
morning.
"Your baby cafeteria is quite big. Master likes it?"
"...Yeah. Brother Ming likes more than just this."
Sertis stretched out her feet wrapped in white silk, "I like my feet, too."
"Have a fight."
"Skylark is not familiar with this place. You choose the place."
"Don't complain if you lose."
"In the book that Yun Que and Ming brother read together, it said... the most annoying thing in the world is a snitch."
8 month 26 day.
noon.
Suburban lawn. Few people come here.
Noellea and Sertis lay side by side.
"You're annoying too, right? In this world... nothing is the same. In the place where my master and I stayed, we could do whatever we wanted."
"I don't hate it. I hate Yun Que when there's no brother Ming."
"It's the same for me. If the master isn't here... I always feel like something is missing. I always feel like I've been waiting for a long time, but only three days have passed when I look at the calendar. Didn't I realize that even though that woman is ordinary in every way and very fragile, can she still make the master care about her all the time?"
"..."
"We are both similar. My master taught me that it is okay to form cliques when the time is right. There is no shame in seeking help. Do you want to stay with me?"
"No. I live with my brother Ming."
"You won't feel left out now. Wait and see after a while... Although if you just tell the master, he will definitely care. But I want to be like that woman... I can be loved even if I don't do anything."
"Ice Cube Girl?"
"...Another fight? Black-haired monster."
“That’s not fur.”
"I mean it, get up. I can't fight anyone except Master. I've waited so long... I'm so angry. Sese also has no time because of that woman."
"..."
Ice crystals will be corroded by the black air, but Noelia can continue to produce them.
She originally thought that Setis was not good at physical skills.
"what……"
But in fact, the body created by Xia Ye was far beyond the standard of ordinary people, and after being kept by her, the physical quality was even better. All the moves that Noelia learned through hard work and practice, Sertis was born with them.
"Your ears are pointy?"
"Have you never seen an elf?"
"I have seen it. In the book that Brother Ming has read... there are many elves. Brother Ming said that it is very powerful."
"...?"
Noelle stopped, and didn't even react when a hole was corroded on her cuff.
"Really?"
"Ah."
"..."
"And Brother Su Ming once lamented...why so many elf books are NTR and there are too few pure love stories. He likes pure love stories. That is, only one character can have sex with an elf."
"You... you may be a black-haired monster, but you're quite good at talking..."
Really?
Master likes elves so much?
In fact, he was holding back Xingyu and taking care of the pregnant woman... He actually wanted to see me?
Noelia's ears were getting redder and redder.
"No more fighting, I have something urgent to do... Can you find your way back by yourself?" "Urgent?"
Sertis tilted her head slightly and watched Noelle run away with a red face.
When she lowered her head again, the socks wrapped around her thighs were torn a little by the ice crystals. The images that Su Ming had seen on the computer naturally emerged in her mind... Compared with the intact ones, the damaged white silk seemed to be more popular.
She was not in a hurry to go back, but just sat on the grass with her knees hugged. With her skirt held up, her drum could feel the weeds prickling a little.
Memories gradually emerged...
"Skylark, I'm sorry. Really..."
I just remembered it now. Brother Ming's eyes also seemed to be red and tears were flowing.
Sertis unconsciously reached out her hand, only to find that it was just a memory, not that Su Ming was right in front of her. She reached out her hand... to wipe away his tears.
【Do you want to be happy? 】
[Don’t think about it, as long as I am here…]
The voice in my head is still there, but it's not the same as before. I can only let it control me.
"It's ok."
"Brother Su Ming said... no matter how many times I ask for it, he will satisfy me."
"You won't understand."
"I am different from you. I can swallow more than just bad things... I can swallow anything now. I have one more and better food than you. So, I can always beat you."
Just a light sound could drown out the hysteria in my mind.
[One day... when he no longer likes you and gets tired of playing with you...]
"I can still beat you. This proves that Brother Su Ming is not tired of playing."
The sound became smaller and smaller.
Sertis remembered more. When she got married, her dress was torn, and she was clumsy in sewing it. Su Ming came to help, and his hand was also torn. She put two fingertips together in her mouth.
They looked at each other and smiled.
He raised his hand slightly and pointed it at the malnourished weeds in front of him.
"..."
The pearl grass moved without wind. In a moment, it blossomed. This is a power that the abyss never has. The book says that when you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares back at you.
If the person you are looking at is full of love no matter what, and you don't kill him/her because you dislike him/her or because you can't stand him/her... then you will also be full of love.
I'm sure that Brother Su Ming had experienced something as sad as me. That's why he showed such a huge emotion at the last moment. Even a small flower like this can bloom... Why can't I win?
fresh air.
The tall buildings are completely different from the dead city I was originally in. Some of the buildings have pictures. They are said to be LED light panels.
"Skylark? What are you doing here?"
"Did you really duel with Noelia? Your socks are torn..."
"..."
I saw a very obvious lip mark on Su Ming's face. It was very deep.
"Ah, I don't know what Noelia is doing all of a sudden... I haven't formally introduced her to you yet."
"..."
"She is...Skylark?"
No introduction needed, I can feel what it is.
A little jealous.
Why is there only her lip print?
I want my own too.
"You didn't wear lipstick, so where did the lip marks come from?"
That, and another kind of lip print.
"?"
"Wait, this is the wild!"
Sertis could definitely sense whether there was anyone nearby.
【you……】
Do not talk.
Now is the time to chat with Brother Su Ming, for the... 312th time.
The sound disappeared.
There is a lot of resentment in this world. People who finish work look sad. Maybe something went wrong. But you can choose to accept the good. For example, the one in front of you...
"Not here. I'm not used to it... and I don't want to be seen."
"Ah."
Sertis rode on Su Ming's belly obediently, then leaned over to kiss him, smiling.
"Skylark... I only want to show it to Brother Su Ming. Trees and weeds are not allowed to be seen. Brother Su Ming is also not allowed to be seen by trees and weeds."
"Not to this extent?"
"Brother Su Ming, you always wear armor."
"?"
"Hibari has been wearing the dancer's clothes. She needs to take them off now."
"what?"
Not really taking it off.
I mean, I will change my identity. I read many stories in the computer. There are dancers and knights with happy endings... and new stories that I like more.
"Brother Su Ming, is everything okay with her?"
Sertis stood up again.
"That's about right. There's nothing to do anyway, so we can just go out for dinner later in the evening."
"Then, from now on, Brother Ming will be a goblin."
"Goblin?"
"Skylark is an elf. He wants to lure a very serious goblin."
Sethis stretched out her foot, and the scene was the same as she remembered in the dead city.
"…Goblins are goblins. But as for elves, how about changing to another type?"
"No. Skylark wants to be an elf. That's the role that best suits Skylark."
"…So, what's next?"
Of course, just like before, with your feet.
"Brother Su Ming said that he doesn't like being in the wild. But he didn't say that Skylark can't seduce Brother Su Ming like the elves in the story."
"The goblins in the story are very serious. No matter how the elves tempt them, they won't be tempted. Will Brother Su Ming be the same?"
I don't remember being killed and I don't feel any sadness.
I remembered and started to feel sad. But not because I was killed, but... I felt that since I said at the beginning that I wanted to be called sister. In the books, the sisters always go through hardships and suffer hardships to protect their brothers. But when it comes to me, I take the opposite stance. It makes the person I like suffer.
"There are already people around Brother Su Ming who call him Brother Su Ming like this."
"So...from now on, Yun Que really has to call Ming brother?"
"…I'm not a goblin."
It's normal to not be able to stand it.
"Then sister will help you."
"Brother Ming, do you want it?"
She gently lifted her toes wrapped in white silk and saw that the front had changed color.
That smile was just as charming as before, but with something different and unreserved.
Whether it's a computer or my current body. No matter where I drift to, I will eventually come back... The abyss is not for everyone to gaze into. The abyss can also choose who to gaze at and what kind of energy to gain.
"Skylark, tell me the truth...which book is this from?"
"The serious orcs and the perverted elves. Brother Ming has watched that many times."
"..."
"The elves inside also wear white silk. Brother Ming left a message saying 'xdm, identified as viable'."
"Skylark, do you think I can die if I roll off this grass?"
"No. Brother Ming is very strong, and... Yun Que will not want Brother Ming to die."
"Honestly, just kill me. There's nothing left in this world."
"..."
Sertis said nothing, but just smiled. She let Su Ming rest his head on her soft thighs and stared at him with a smile.
"Brother Ming, are you willing to give up Yunque's lap pillow?"
I will never let that happen again. Apart from the book, there are some comics with abilities similar to mine... I will protect my younger brother Ming by myself from now on. Nothing can hurt my younger brother Ming anymore.
"Well...Ming said he didn't like being outdoors, but then..."
"Nijue%Baby Canteen#@Yapu..."
"I can't hear what brother Ming is saying. So what can I do but help?"
Sertis pressed Su Ming's face with the canteen again and forced him to eat.
But, is it true that the elf would be ignored? Wouldn't it be better to follow the instructions in the book, "Hug your brother tightly for ten seconds before having sex" and make it a habit for Ming to be as hard to ignore as washing his face and brushing his teeth?
Actually, Sertis can become strong in that aspect. She can use the power of the abyss to reshape herself, but the book says that "after she becomes weak, she will be chased ten times in a row". Well, here, Sertis has much more knowledge than what she has read in the dead city and the books she secretly bought there. She can't read it all. The sea of learning is endless and the journey is hard.
8 month 26 day.
Night.
Su Ming went to An's house for dinner.
"Also... our professor always likes to tell anecdotes, but once he starts, there's no fun. It's so boring."
The atmosphere at the dinner table was livened up by An Xiaoxi.
Perhaps An Shiyao also felt it was too boring, so she turned to look at Su Ming beside her.
"Mr. Su Ming, take off your coat and put on an apron. White clothes are difficult to wash if they get dirty."
"..."
The mother-in-law seemed to get permission from her father-in-law's eyes and coughed lightly.
"Who does the housework when you are at home? Yaoyao has to work, and it seems that your son-in-law has to work too, right?"
"Ah, it was all done by Mr. Su Ming. He wouldn't let me do it even if I wanted to..."
"..."
That's the opposite.
An Shiyao was the one doing all the work, and if Su Ming wanted to intervene, he would be pushed away with a message like 'Mr. Su Ming, it's better not to tidy up. Just go and have some tea.'
"...Well, Yaoyao is pregnant. Su Ming, you should pay more attention to it."
My father-in-law's expression eased a little and he finally spoke.
"..."
Is this a perfect dinner? Being surrounded by An Shiyao's sisters, and having my father-in-law and mother-in-law willing to talk.
But after unbuttoning the coat, An Shiyao paused and quickly covered Su Ming with an apron.
"?"
Suddenly, Su Ming felt that the atmosphere at the dinner table was even more depressing than before.
"This, this is what happened yesterday between me and Mr. Su Ming... Well, I just felt that Mr. Su Ming had been taking good care of me, and now that the doctor said the fetus is stable, I can..."
"..."
Although An Shiyao tried hard to explain, she even used her own embarrassing experience to explain.
But the father-in-law's sharp gaze never stopped, and he kept looking at the place where Su Ming was covered by the rope hanging around his neck...
"..."
Su Ming belatedly remembered something. It seemed that when Sertis hugged him, she sucked on the side of his neck for a long time. Could it be that...
"hiss."
The foot under the table was stepped on hard. An Xiaoxi and An Shiyao both smiled and changed the subject.
Black……
It was An Shiyao who was stepping on it.
8 month 26 day.
late at night.
"Can't help it for a while?"
"I thought Mr. Su Ming could stay here overnight. Look, my dad and the others are not willing to give in again."
"..."
It’s not a question of whether to tolerate it or not.
"Forget it. Is Sister Sertis still waiting for Mr. Su Ming? It's better not to live here for a while... My dad can't be as calm as before. I didn't expect that Xiaoxi's matter would be revealed as well."
"Mr. Su Ming, cheer up. Show the spirit you showed when you brought me to Kyoto. You are my father's savior now. As a way of repaying my debt, I can only let my daughter continue to be with her cheating husband. As long as my daughter is willing to say something nice, I will definitely bless her."
No.
It’s not a question of who is waiting.
The legs are a little soft.
The benefits of physical enjoyment should be a secret in your heart and should not be shared.
it's good now.
On one side is Noelia.
"No, Master secretly used his ability?"
"Noelia didn't even use magic..."
You need to use basic qualities to fight against it, one is actually not bad.
"That's not right."
"Ming brother, in more than 300 times, it obviously didn't take this long many times... he's not being honest."
"I'm using my ability to bully Hibari secretly~"
"Yu Que doesn't want children with special abilities. He only wants children who are Ming's children."
"..."
Human physical strength is limited. Why do you feel a little unsteady when the night wind blows?
[Plato, I don't know why...Street and the others seem to think that I have matured.]
[…You, you should be done with your work now, right? ]
【Take me out to play. 】
[Also... I'm hungry. ]
【…】
[Why did you come so late in the morning? I want to sleep, too.]
[Hmph... You said you would come in the early morning, so I'll wait for you. ]
Is anyone else waiting?
[Big brother, are you having a hard time now? ]
Yeah. It was very hard.
【Xiaoye puts rice grains in the fourth grid. Big brother, do you want to return them?】
Still not moving.
[Then, Xiaoye can only live with Avril and her daughter, a lonely and helpless widow.]
Kidding.
[Well, Xiaoye was just joking. Xiaoye likes big brother the most, right? She won't become a lonely girl with a widowed mother.]
[Xiaoye told Avril that she had two new mothers. Avril said that when she saw her big brother again, she would give him his favorite 7.62 bullet. Then she and Xiaoye went into the river together.]
Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite.
But isn't the story a little too abstract? A rebellious daughter and a doting and tolerant wife. She wants to kill her father-in-law with her last breath.
It's all my own fault...
"Brother Ming, Yun Que wants to eat barbecue. He also wants to go to the KTV that Brother Ming mentioned where he can scream."
But walking in the night market, staring at Sertis who was holding his hand and becoming more and more lively.
It's not painful.
Not being able to see her is the most painful. Fortunately... there is no need to have any regrets. She can now continue to wear more beautiful clothes and remain vividly in her memories.
"Um... Can I give birth to a child without using this body?"
"I don't know whether it belongs to Ming's other wife or Yun Que. Can a notebook have children?"
"Brother Ming said that no matter what Skylark becomes, he will want Skylark to give birth to a baby. The notebook says that as long as there is love, pregnancy will occur. The notebook will also do so."
The silicone grease will dry out.
No, the holes in the heat sink will not work.
No. Am I out of my mind?
"You're kidding. It's a laptop, so there's no way I can have Akira's favorite bow."
The face smiled in a very ordinary way. The white and tender hands exerted a little force to hold more firmly.
"Next time, if Brother Ming wants to see something, Yun Que can help Brother Ming find it faster."
"..."
So, is there a way to make Yun Que forget the memory of reading the book and leaving a message "xdm, can charge" by snapping his fingers? That's really not funny. Not at all. The bright and majestic image can no longer exist in the heart of Setis. Only the relics of the Warring States period are echoing.
(End of this chapter)