Fall in love after simulation.

Chapter 374 being revised

(This chapter is being revised, it is recommended to read it etc.)
During the summer vacation of Nan Youxi's first grade, her grandmother fainted while going out for a walk, and her grandfather rushed her to the hospital.

The doctor diagnosed her with physical weakness and mild heatstroke, which was not a major problem. She prescribed some medicine and asked her to go home and recuperate.

Mother was worried, she packed her luggage and went to take care of her.

My father happened to take on a big case and was so busy that his two children suddenly became a big problem.

The uncle's family then invited the brothers and sisters over, and the grandparents also asked their two grandchildren to come by their side.

My uncle's family is in Misaki, the couple both have their own jobs, and their grandparents are in the country, and they are very old.

When the two brothers and sisters were mischievous, the father and mother were afraid that they would make more noise when they got together, and also afraid that the uncle or grandpa would not be able to take good care of the two children, so they simply separated the two children and gave one to the family.

The older brother went to the distant Misaki, and the younger sister went to the countryside, which was only an hour's drive away.

When they parted, sister Nan Xinai cried sadly, but elder brother Nan Yuxi was very happy. He had long wanted to take the Shinkansen and visit Misaki.

Uncle and father have been around for more than a year, and the son of the family has graduated from college. He is currently squatting at home, and only occasionally goes out to find part-time jobs to make up for his expenses.

The responsibility of taking care of Nan Youxi naturally falls on this cousin.

My cousin's mother's surname is Yukimura, and his name is Xin.He inherited the handsome appearance of the Nan family, but he failed to inherit the entrepreneurial spirit of the men of the Nan family. After graduating from Kyoto University, he failed to find a job he wanted, and decided to lie down and eat his old age.

His room is a treasure trove for little Yuuki.Among the four walls, three are occupied by cabinets, which are full of stuff, with comics on one side, plastic figurines on the other, and game consoles and game discs on the other.

Nobuyuki Yukimura, who has excellent grades in college, quickly realized the shortcut to raising children. He took out the monitor he replaced, connected it to the game console and inserted the game cassette, and handed it to Nan Yuxi.

He called this facility Nanny Maru, and said that he would build a company based on it, obtain ABCDE round of financing, and ring a bell in Misaki, Osaka, Kyoto, and Sapporo.

Yuki is not interested in his cousin's fantasy enterprise. He just wants to play games alone. To this end, he has to make some concessions to maintain a good relationship with his cousin.

Listening to my cousin's business plan is only one aspect, and playing double games with my cousin is another aspect.The business plan is only in the dream stage, and the boxes of the two-player game are all new.

Aunt occasionally makes surprise inspections, and at that time, they have to immediately turn off the screen, pick up the comics on the floor, and pretend to be ordinary manga nerds.

Uncle will allocate a sum of money every two days, and let the cousin take Yuxi to go shopping and eat.

For the first time, Nan Youxi understood the beauty of private use of public funds, and they threw all the money into the game room.

However, Yuuki doesn't have the real potential of a game otaku after all. After playing most of the game categories, he gradually loses interest in his cousin's room.

On weekdays, Nobuyuki Yukimura would be hit hard. He once firmly believed that no one could resist the temptation of games.

Now he doesn't care about his little cousin.Three days ago, he went to a reunion with his high school classmates. He went out in high spirits, but when he came back he was so depressed that he didn't even touch the silicone doll under his bed.

Three days later, he called Minami Yuki, who was addicted to cartoons, to come to him.

"Yuxi." He sat cross-legged, his haggard face was full of seriousness because of his slovenly appearance.

Nan Youxi put down the tablet and responded absently.My cousin was also very serious when he talked about his entrepreneurial dream.

"You are a smart, brave, perseverant, caring and adventurous child." Nobu Yukimura caressed his knees, like a kindly elder character in the game.

"How did you find out?" Nan Youxi asked suspiciously, he was obviously just playing games these days.

"You've played Teleporter, Corpse, Dark Souls, Farm Story, and Tomb Raider."

"..." Nan Youxi clicked her tongue in her heart.

"I saw my shadow in Ni." Yukimura Shin continued, his eyes softened, "So, I want to give you some advice."

Nan Yuxi pretended to listen carefully.

"The world is sick."

Nan Youxi nodded, very good, this sentence fits my cousin's character very well.

"I, Nobuyuki Yukimura, Sanada Yukimura is not only handsome, but also talented."

"Look at my face. Ever since I was in elementary school, scouts have been handing me business cards, inviting me to be the next actor! The scout outside the game hall last time was one of them."

Nan Yuxi nodded again, there was indeed a scout who handed Yukimura a business card last time.

"Look at this again." Nobuyuki picked up a certificate, "Graduation certificate from Kyoto University."

He waved his certificate vigorously, and said imposingly: "Kyushu University! Ranked 37 in the world! No. 2 in Japan! 11 Nobel Prize winners! The world's top school!"

Nan Youxi couldn't guess what his cousin wanted to say, but he vaguely felt that it had something to do with his going out three days ago.

"In addition, there is also the spirit and body that I have honed from games such as "Dragon Quest", "Krolo Legend", "Ax God" and so on!"

Nan Yuxi felt that this sentence seemed to be on a different level from the previous one.

"I, Nobuyuki Yukimura!" Nobuyuki Yukimura opened his arms, "I am the most perfect man in Japan!"

Nan Yuxi glanced at the tablet on the ground, wondering when she could continue watching her Pokémon.

"However," Yukimura Nobu's tone dropped suddenly, showing a defeated expression in the game, "I am so perfect, but I also have a big trouble."

Have you finally gotten to the point?Nan Yuxi sat up straight.

"I'm too perfect to make them feel inferior."

"...?"

"Three days ago, I went to the class reunion. Of course I didn't want to show off my perfection, although none of them is more handsome than me! No one has a higher education than me! No one knows more about "Dark Souls" than me. How to skip class! Hehehehe, hahahaha—"

Before Nan Yuki called his aunt for medical assistance, Yukimura Shin stopped. He coughed and continued:

"I went to the class reunion because of a female classmate."

"When I was a freshman in high school, she sat behind me and often brought me biscuits. She stayed to help me when I was on duty, and handed me water in physical education class. When I was beaten by those bad students... well, when I was with When the evil forces on campus were fighting, they silently supported me."

"We were assigned to different classes in the second year of high school, but she still waited for me at the class door every day to leave together."

"In the third year of high school, she confessed to me."

"I turned her down."

"Hmph, I have received 56 scout business cards, including one from 765 office and one from 486 office! My exams rank first in the whole school, and I also rank first in the nine-school joint exam. She is a woman who has only received two scout business cards from a small agency, and only gets into the top [-] in the school when she is lucky, why should she have me!"

Nan Youxi blinked, and it turned out that the number of scout business cards was the combat power value of appearance.

"After that rejection, she never talked to me again." Yukimura Shin's voice suddenly became low, he lowered his head, buried his face on the quilt, his back twitched.

Minami Yuki hurriedly walked to the bed, reaching out to pat his back to comfort him. Unexpectedly, the next moment, a laugh came from between the quilts.

"Hahahahaha!" Nobuyuki Yukimura held his forehead and raised his body, his face full of madness, "She is indeed a coward, a coward! I am a person of great perseverance who will resurrect after death! How could she You are worthy of me! My refusal is indeed right!"

Nobuyuki Yukimura is a little nervous, his emotions are like a roller coaster, peak for a while, trough for a while, and return to the trough after laughing.

"A week ago, she suddenly contacted me." He squeezed his palms tightly, "and invited me to attend the class reunion."

"What kind of level are those rats that deserve to be in the same class as me, Yukimura?"

"However, for her, I bent down and gave in."

"I've thought about it a lot in recent years. After all, I'm the only perfect person in the world. I shouldn't demand others by my own standards."

"She was able to regain her courage six years later, and to confess her love to me at the class reunion is considered a little perseverance."

Nan Youxi tilted her head, recalling what her cousin said before, did that woman mention that she would confess her love to her cousin at the class reunion?

He realized that, like starting a business, it was also his cousin's fantasy.

"I plan to reject her again, and wait for her to speak for the third time before agreeing to her."

"I misjudged her! I didn't expect her to be so timid!"

"She didn't dare to draw her sword against me, a very oppressive big boss, and chose a mob that could be killed with a single knife!"

Minami Yuki briefly analyzed that this should mean that the woman did not confess her love to him, but became a lover or couple with another man.

Nobuyuki Yukimura raised his head vigorously, tried to suppress the tears in his eyes, and said the final warning:

"Yuxi, you have to remember, we are too dazzling when we are perfect, just like the giant snake in "Dark Souls", it is so strong that it makes people desperate."

"At this time, we have to bend down, like the demon kings in JRPG, we have to release water, we have to take the initiative to expose our weaknesses, and leave weapons that can be used against ourselves, so that we can have our heroes."

"Why are there brave men?" Nan Youxi was puzzled.

Yukimura Shin sighed: "The brave refers to his wife."

"Then why do you have a wife?" Nan Youxi asked.

"Because the cave is there!"

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, just remember that when you reach my age, you must have a wife, a brave man who can attack you, this brave man must be cultivated in advance, feed her experience and weapons, and never fight her head-on in the early stage. confidence."

"When you reach my time, it will be too late to train brave men!"

Nan Youxi is a kind and good boy, he has seen his cousin's kindness - the cousin has already said that his eyes are watery.

"Can't you just be killed by a mob?" He asked the last doubt.

"In "Dark Souls", are you willing to be hacked to death by monsters on the roadside?" the cousin asked.

Nan Youxi pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "I understand."

Yukimura Shin smiled with relief. He got out of bed and patted the top of Nan Yuxi's head: "It's my birthday in one month. I hope to see your brave man before that day."

Nan Youxi seems to understand, but he understands it in another way. He thinks that his wife is like a special weapon for bosses in the game. If they are not collected in the backpack now, they will die miserably when they encounter that boss.

"What kind of brave man is better?" Nan Youxi asked his cousin for clues about the weapon.

"Big boobs!"

"what?"

My cousin didn't have a brilliant explanation for why he was looking for a brave man with big breasts, but he just kept repeating the words that Oupai is justice and why the big breasts gather the world.

Nan Yuxi only accepted it as a special setting.

After confirming the characteristics of the brave man, he began to investigate. In the game, there are two main ways to obtain mission information, one is to ask from the NPC, and the other is to explore by himself.

Nan Yuxi asked her uncle and aunt if there were any girls around her age nearby. Uncle and aunt were not social people, and they told Yuxi in an apologetic voice that they didn't know either.

Plan [-] failed, and Nan Youxi continued to implement Plan [-]. He asked the locations of nearby parks and convenience stores, and went to those two locations to guard.

As he expected, there were many little girls coming and going in these two places.

At the same time, he realized that he had overlooked something - he could not tell whether a girl's breasts were big or not.

Where did the child get the chest!

This predicament did not depress him, but surprised him.He suddenly realized that breasts, like potential, cannot be observed with the naked eye, and must be verified during the growth process of the other party.

In other words, breasts = potential, only girls with good potential can have great power, and power is justice, and having power and justice can secure the world.

My cousin’s two seemingly irrelevant words actually contain the truth about how the world works!
This realization greatly encouraged You Youxi, he thought hard, and soon found a way to judge a girl's potential side by side.

He shifted his gaze, no longer looking at the playful and greedy little girls, but at their mothers.

There is no content of genetics in the first-grade curriculum, but Nan Yuxi has mentioned relevant knowledge in the comics she has read and the games she has played.Although this knowledge is very fragmented and somewhat confused.

As long as you find a mother whose potential has been transformed into strength, you can find a daughter with potential!
Nan Yuxi not only squatted down by herself, but also brought her cousin Yukimura Nobu.

Yukimura Shin was shocked. He thought the boy had forgotten his nonsense, and thought that his cousin's frequent going out was because he had made friends outside. Unexpectedly, Nan Yuxi really found a little girlfriend seriously.

He felt warm in his heart and felt that he was being taken seriously, which made him a little proud and also gave him a sense of responsibility.

He thought, if Yuuki couldn't find one he liked, he'd buy one for the boy.

Is G20 better or G19 better... No, no, spiritual communication is more important than physical pleasure.

Play "A Thousand Flowers" or "White Photo" for him.

Nobuyuki Yukimura has basically tacitly accepted that boys will not find suitable girls.If Xinyi's girl is so easy to find, how could he be single until now!
"Don't be distracted." Nan Youxi poked her cousin's waist.

Nobu Yukimura put back his wandering thoughts and looked at the park in front of him.

It was past noon, the temperature was much lower, the wind brought a coolness that was better than nothing, and the children were allowed to go out.

There were six children playing in the sandpit, swings and slides, only three of them girls.

That's a lot for a small park, but what tricks can the three girls see?Yukimura took a quick glance, one girl was dirty, one was chubby, and the other was almost regarded as a boy by him.

"Yuki." He organized his words, wanting to express his opinion tactfully.

"Don't look at the park, look at the side of the road." Nan Youxi interrupted him.

The small park is located next to the main road in and out of this residential area. Even in summer vacation, there are still people and cars coming and going.

Yukimura Nobu saw a cute little girl with just one glance.

"Look at that." He poked the boy with his elbow and pointed at the girl wearing a medical eyepatch by the side of the road.

The girl looks smaller than Nan Yuxi, with a cute appearance, but a cold expression.Noticing Nan Yuxi's gaze, she covered her left eye covered by the blindfold with one hand, and stared at the boy with her right eye through the gap between her fingers, showing a smile like the second villain in the game.

Nan Yuxi glanced at the flat chest of the girl's mother, but did not respond.

He kicked Yukimura Shin's foot: "Don't look at the little girls, look at their mothers."

"Ah?" Yukimura was taken aback and said hesitantly, "This...isn't it good? Although mature women are also an artistic style, it's normal for a child of your age to like a motherly woman, but your age... ..."

"It's not about them."

"what is that?"

"Look at their boobs."

"You, you, you, you still say you don't want them! Wait, do you mean that the person itself is not important, what is important is the chest? Opie ontology? Other bodies are just Opie's petri dishes? Wonderful! I can't think of you little At this age, I have learned to see the essence through phenomena, and see the truth through falsehood, and I have become a noble person, a pure person..."

The more Yukimura Shin talked, the more excited he became. He looked at Minami Yuki with more and more eager eyes, and he couldn't wait to argue with the boy about truth and justice.

Minami Yuki looked at him doubtfully, not knowing what fantasy this cousin had. He explained: "You can tell how big your daughter will be in the future by looking at her mother's age."

Yukimura Nobu's passion was stuck in his throat. He was first relieved that his cousin had not taken the wrong path, and then he was sad that he had lost a like-minded friend.

In fact, recently a divorced young woman in her 30s was chatting with him online, and he was hesitating whether to agree to meet her offline.Just now seeing Nan Youxi talking about young mothers, he thought he could discuss it with the boy.

After being disappointed, Yukimura Shin stood up and said impatiently, "You can tell at a glance, what did you ask me for!"

"can not tell."

"Why can't you see it!"

"Some are true and some are false."

Nobuyuki Yukimura was dumbfounded, what the kid said seemed to make sense?
This damned vanity actually drives human beings to falsify the truth of the world!

He sat back on the bench, feeling excited, and wanted to use his countless experiences in reading women to be an appraiser.

His rich experience and outstanding IQ allowed him to quickly sort out the judgment method. He divided the counterfeiters into three categories: squeezed, cushioned, and silicone. Fakes are gone.

After such a strict review, the number of eligible young mothers decreased rapidly, and the remaining few barely reached the standard.

It was at this time that Kanako Asano came into the sight of the two brothers.

Nobuyuki Yukimura, who kept chattering and commenting, lost his words when he saw the woman. He kept rubbing his eyes and felt that he was hallucinating—how did the cantaloupe become a sperm?
"Is this eligible?" Nan Youxi asked.

"It's more than consistent, it's perfect!" Nobu Yukimura still remembered his cousin's purpose. He looked at the woman's side, "But she is alone. I don't know if she has a daughter."

"I'll ask." Nan Youxi stood up.

"Wait." Yukimura Shin was startled.

Regardless of whether it is a game otaku, anime otaku, or any other otaku, [-]% of it is caused by social fears.Nobuyuki Yukimura failed to become [-]% or [-]% other than that. His social fear has become heavier due to the two years of staying at home. Talking to strangers has already made him nervous, let alone talking to the woman who has the perfect truth , let alone asking the other party if he has a daughter.

Thinking of the dialogue scene, he picked his toes together in embarrassment.

"How do you ask?" He didn't ask a question, but blocked him. He wanted the boy to anticipate the scene of the conversation and think of the embarrassment in it.

"Introduce yourself first, and then ask 'Auntie, do you have a daughter?'"

"How could it be so direct! And even if she answered yes, what would you say?"

"Just say, 'Can I go to my aunt's house to play?'"

Nobuyuki let go of the boy's shoulder, took two steps back in horror, and looked at Nan Yuxi with disbelief.

He understood one thing, the boy in front of him is also a social terror, the social terror of a social terrorist!
Isn’t this child afraid?

The panic made him forget to cover up, and he asked directly: "What if she doesn't agree? Wouldn't it be embarrassing at that time? If we, the perfect ones, are rejected, our self-esteem will definitely be greatly hurt! We will be devastated! We will stay. The psychological shadow of the next life! I will tremble with fear every time I see a young mother!"

Nan Youxi tilted his head, he did not explain directly, but made a scene rehearsal.

He asked Yukimura Nobu: "If a beautiful girl stopped you and asked if you have any games at home, how would you answer?"

Yukimura Shin didn't understand the meaning of Minami Yuki's words, he hesitated for a moment and said, "I will answer yes!"

"Then that girl said she was going to play games at your house, what do you think?"

"Is there such a good thing?" Nobu Yukimura imagined this scene with surprise on his face.

"Look, it's impossible to be rejected!" Nan Youxi spread her hands.

Yukimura Shin understood what Minami Yuki meant. He looked at the boy's face, which was so cute that it was even better than when he was a child, and sat down on the bench.

Yes, just as he would be happy to bring a beautiful girl home, the woman on the road must be happy to bring his cousin home.

No one can refuse such a cute child!

Since this principle is applicable to my cousin, it is also applicable to him...

He thought about the class reunion and that middle school classmate. If he...

When he recovered from his disappointment and looked towards the side of the road, both Yuki and the woman had disappeared.

……

On the screen, the young mother happily agreed to the boy's request and took him by the hand to go home.

There were no clouds in the sky, and the light cast by the brilliant golden wheel was like silver powder, sprinkled on the feet and shoulders of the two.

Moyou stared at the hands held by the two, grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing expressionlessly.

She is not a beloved with a strong desire to control, nor is she a Xizi who has a strong desire to possess. She has no special opinion on You Youxi's behavior of sending her to the door.

What makes her depressed is the future, the future that will develop like this.

Calculated according to the time on the screen, a week ago, Nan Yuxi did not go to her grandma’s house in the country, but agreed to go to Misaki. She thought that the world line had changed, and Yuki, who was not close to Nao and the others in the last world line, is restarting this time. There will be changes in the world.

In order to confirm, she used Jing's ability to predict their future.

The development of the story made Moyou dumbfounded. She suspected that fate really existed, and it was a very wicked guy.

The world line has indeed changed, and Yuki and Nao have indeed become very close, but this kind of intimacy is not a relationship, but a faint family relationship—the kind of foster father and foster daughter.

Mo You couldn't understand why You Youxi became best friends with those wives, but ignored those daughters.

How can a mother have a cute daughter?
Speaking of which, Yuuki seems to prefer mature ones to cute ones.Before that, he only had sex with Nao and the others, and he didn't touch Maixia and Xinai, obviously as long as he could induce him a little...

Moyou covered her cheeks, the slightly hot touch stopped her dangerous thoughts, patted her face, and she returned her attention to the screen.

Mrs. Asano took Nan Yuxi by the hand, and she had arrived at the door of Asano's house.

According to the plot in the foretelling, You Yuxi will be neglected by the shy You Nao, and then be taken advantage of by the gentle Mrs. Asano.

What is she going to do?An earthquake or a thunderstorm to stop them?Or just look at it like this, hoping that Yuuki will turn the world line again?

Moyou clutched her forehead, thinking hard.Without the support of her hands, the paper tube on her lap fell to the ground, and the popcorn was scattered all over the floor, just like her messy thoughts.

She uses precognition constantly, trying to find the best solution.

"Huh?" She suddenly realized something was wrong.

On the screen, Minami Yuki made a different move than in the foresight. Instead of entering Asano House immediately, he stood at the door for a while and stared blankly for a while.

……

Nan Youxi is not in a daze, he is flipping through the memory in this body to check the current situation.

After all, he just came back from time travel ten years later.

The fact that he and his wife and daughter changed from "plant" to "animal" shocked the whole hospital. One after another, they were waiting in line for their luck. They were discharged from the hospital in no time, and the happy life without shame was nowhere in sight.

Fortunately, they still have this spiritual world. Things that cannot be done in the hospital can be made up in this spiritual world.

I can't remember who made the suggestion first, probably it was Xinai and Wuxia who made a fuss together. In short, they all agreed to go back to their childhood to take a look, take a look, play and make trouble.

The exact time point is not fixed, Nan Youxi randomly found a part of her childhood, and descended here.

At this moment, the body of this six-year-old child is filled with an adult soul.

Because it was randomly selected for a period of time, he did not prepare in advance, so it needs to be reviewed.

Important memories were turned into pictures and flashed across his mind.

In the summer vacation of the first grade, my younger sister went to grandma’s house, and I lived in my uncle’s house. Recently, my cousin encouraged me to come to find a girlfriend with “potential”...

Why is this plot different from the original memory?Shouldn't he, at the begging of his beloved, give up going to Misaki and go with her to grandma's house?

He took a quick look at the world and it dawned on him.

Transmigrating didn't happen overnight, it had already started a week ago, and had a slight impact on the worldline itself.

This is a good thing, if this body was in Ino Prefecture, he would still have to find a way to get to Misaki, which is really not easy for a six-year-old child.

"Xiao Yu, what's the matter?" Kanako Asano stood at the entrance, suspiciously looking at the boy who couldn't move.

"I'm thinking about how to introduce myself when I meet my sister for the first time." Nan Youxi walked into the hallway.

He naturally put his right hand on Mrs. Asano's leg, and hooked the heel with his left hand to take off the sneakers on his feet.The child was weak and could not stand firmly on one foot. He wobbled several times but failed.

Mrs. Asano helped him sit on the stool, squatted down, helped him take off his sneakers, and put on sandals.Her fingers touched Nan Youxi's ankle, itching.

"Nao is a bit shy of strangers, Xiaoyou just needs an ordinary introduction, and she will be very happy." Mrs. Asano can't wait, she has long wanted to find a friend for her shy daughter.

"For example?" Nan Youxi looked up at the ceiling, he was a little dizzy from the two balls in front of him.

"For example: My name is Xiaoyou, and I'm your fiance." Mrs. Asano said mischievously.

Nan Youxi sighed in her heart, this young mother really knows how to play.

However, it was exactly what he wanted.

The girls ten years later have not traveled back yet, so he plans to start with Nao, Yuko, Rena, Mizuki, Jing, Wuxia/Liuli/Koto, Heart Ai, Kazumi, and Shiori first. play for a while.Unlike fakes like Xizi, the current wives are real little girls!

"Is that all right?" He asked innocently.

Mrs. Asano was taken aback, she was just joking, she thought the boy would shyly look away and retort weakly.

She thought, doesn't Xiaoyou know the meaning of fiance?If he really said that in front of Nao...

She showed a hearty smile and gave a thumbs up to encourage the boy: "Yes, Nao likes to hear this sentence the most!"

It feels very interesting, so I won't explain it.

Passing through the entrance is the corridor, and at the end of the corridor is the steps leading to the second floor.

Nan Youxi looked around curiously. The structure, material and atmosphere of this house made him feel familiar and kind.

The only strange thing is time.Compared with ten years later, the condition of the house in front of me is too good.

The floors hadn't loosened yet, the walls hadn't yellowed, the stairs hadn't creaked, and the girl in the upstairs bedroom hadn't got a big watermelon but two little apples.

Green, reddish small apples.

Little Nao, the owner of Little Apple, stared blankly at the two people who entered without invitation, and the dress in her hand slipped to the floor.

Mrs. Asano was also stunned. She looked at her daughter standing in front of the mirror, at the old skirts scattered on the ground, and at the new skirts that had just fallen from her daughter's hands and had no time to put them on.

Minami Yuki thought this was a good sign, and he walked up to Xiao Nao.Little Nao was four years older than him and was already taller than him. In order to better look at the mirror, she stepped on a low stool to gain some altitude.

Minami Yuki looked straight ahead and could only see two small apples.

He greeted the little apple sisters: "Hello, my name is Nan Youxi, and I'm your fiance."

(End of this chapter)