Wait a second, isn’t this development a bit off?
The excessively large number landed on White Snow’s head, making the girl dizzy and a bit flat-headed.
Even the joy of running into a longtime veteran of yuri in another world was diluted considerably.
Logically speaking, shouldn’t this be the moment for “Here’s ten million, leave my daughter!” and then I rely on the system to show off and slap faces, turning around to humiliate you?
How come you’re just handing your daughter over to me?
This isn’t how the Gutter Dragon King works, I don’t accept this!
“Umm… Uncle, this is too much money, I can’t take it…”
White Snow carefully pushed the black card, along with the man’s hand, back, terrified that the ten million might fall to the ground.
“I-I-I… I’ll continue staying by Sister Mengyao’s side…”
The power of money was simply too great, making even the girl’s tone unconsciously become hesitant.
Damn, I really want it!
But, even if I took this money, I wouldn’t dare use it…
What if Su Yu finds my real identity, captures me, and gives me as a gift to Su Mengyao?
What should I do then?
Ahem, not that I’m opposed to it, it’s just…
I’m just not ready to be completely tied to the female lead yet, not to mention I have a little sister at home to support.
Su Yu looked seriously into the girl’s eyes, confirming she wasn’t playing hard to get, then withdrew the card and put it back in his pocket.
“Little girl White Snow, thank you.”
He nodded sincerely.
From the slight tremor in the girl’s lips, he could see she understood the meaning behind the words “ten million,” yet she still chose to refuse.
It seems his daughter won’t be lonely in the future.
The man felt somewhat relieved.
Yesterday, after finally tracking down the whereabouts of his biological daughter, he was overjoyed, thinking he could make up for the regrets of the past eighteen years.
But he never expected that when he rushed over, he only learned his daughter had been driven out of the house, her whereabouts unknown.
And it was a thunderstorm outside!
He flew into a rage, ordering a search for his daughter’s whereabouts while simultaneously investigating the suffering his daughter had endured in that household.
The more he investigated, the more horrified he became.
Some of the insults were hard for even him to bear, let alone a young girl.
So, what would this young girl, forced out into the rain, go back to do?
He didn’t dare think about it, but how could he control his thoughts?
“If anything happens to my daughter, I’ll have the entire Xu Family buried with her!”
Then, amidst the Xu Family Head’s fawning smile, the Xu Family Young Lady’s stiff expression, and the maids’ despair, he slammed the door and left.
At that moment, more than anger, what he felt was fear.
Fear that the daughter he found would be a doll with empty eyes, and even greater fear that what he’d find would just be a corpse.
Thank goodness…
“Little girl White Snow, would you like to come live at my house?”
Su Yu steadied himself and showed a somewhat awkward smile.
“I planned to take Mengyao home this morning, but she said she wanted to wait for you to come, which is why we haven’t left yet…”
So that’s it, no wonder they’re still at the hotel…
White Snow turned her head to look at Su Mengyao in the corner.
The young woman, meeting her gaze, gave a slight upturn of her lips, but the moment Su Yu looked over, she shrank back and hid behind the wall.
Walking the line between life and death has a huge impact on a person.
In the plot, Su Mengyao also completely transformed from being shy to having social anxiety after the drowning incident, though it wasn’t apparent last night.
Even so, she was willing to speak up for me?
A sense of achievement arose inexplicably in her heart, like a stray kitten that hisses at everyone but whimpers and begs for pets under your hand.
So satisfying!
“Let’s go, little kitten,”
White Snow went over and took Su Mengyao’s hand, dragging her out of the dark corner.
“Huh? Hey! I’m not a little kitten…”
In front of everyone, the young woman resisted a bit.
“Let go quickly… there are so many people here, ugh… so embarrassing…”
“Does that mean if it’s just White Snow and Sister alone, we can do anything we want?”
The girl innocently blinked her big eyes.
“Wow, Sister is actually that kind of sister!”
“I’m not, I didn’t, you’re talking nonsense!”
Despite her verbal resistance, Su Mengyao allowed White Snow to drag her toward the room.
“Come on, come inside with me!”
Bang—
After closing the hotel room door and a chaotic flurry of activity, Su Mengyao packed her luggage.
To call it luggage was a stretch—it was just the clothes she had with her yesterday and a pendant left by her deceased adoptive mother.
It wasn’t expensive, but the young woman always carried it with her.
Su Mengyao knew this wasn’t good.
Su Yu cherished her because of her biological mother she’d never met, not the adoptive mother who raised her.
Logically, now that she had taken the Su family name, she shouldn’t keep this pendant.
But Su Yu’s love felt too intangible to the girl, nothing compared to the adoptive mother who truly loved her.
Although, perhaps she just loved the wrong person.
“Alright, don’t be sad,”
it was White Snow who came to comfort her.
“The dead cannot return to life. Sister needs to look forward.”
Su Mengyao was becoming more convinced that White Snow was an alien or possessed some kind of divine power.
Otherwise, how could she even know what she was thinking?
She nodded, letting White Snow take her hand and lead her toward the hotel main entrance.
The girl wore a pair of Mary Janes with decorative buckles, her footsteps tapping crisply on the floor like some inexplicable melody, making even the young woman’s heart feel lighter.
At least, she still had White Snow.
***
Dragging the young woman, they got into the car under the respectful welcome of the black-clothed bodyguards and headed toward the Su family residence.
But White Snow was feeling a bit anxious.
“Driver, how long until we can get out of the car?”
Having received instructions in advance, the driver replied respectfully, “Miss White Snow, it will take exactly one hour.”
Another whole hour?
That’s too long!
“What’s wrong, White Snow? Do you have something to do?”
The young woman noticed the girl’s hesitation.
“I can ask… ask Dad to wait a bit, no rush.”
“Forget it, it’s fine.”
White Snow waved her hand.
“I have something to do right now, need to go back to Cat Star for a bit. I’ll be back in an hour.”
She hadn’t felt it while busy earlier, but now that things were quiet, she was starting to worry about Little Tang.
She probably got home safely, but leaving a little girl alone at home always made her uneasy.
Better go check on her.
“White Snow, y-you… how are you going to leave? You’re not going to jump out of the car, are you?”
Su Mengyao’s voice suddenly trembled.
She grabbed the girl’s hand, afraid she might do something foolish.
Do I look that stupid?
The girl rolled her eyes at the young woman.
Besides, the car doors are locked while moving.
How would I jump?
System, begin teleportation.
The girl silently recited.
[Host, are you sure? The female lead is exempt from cognitive distortion, so in her eyes, you will vanish into thin air.]
It’s fine, she’ll find out sooner or later anyway.
[In that case, teleportation will begin shortly.]
[This mission’s reward will be issued after the teleportation ends and the system upgrade is completed.]
Wait a second?
White Snow sensed something was off.
System upgrade… what the heck?
Can you even teleport during an upgrade?
Hey! Don’t… don’t start the teleportation yet!
A flash of white light, and White Snow vanished before Su Mengyao’s astonished eyes.
***
Her vision blurred, and Jiang Cheng found herself back in the public restroom stall.
“Damn system!”
she cursed.
“Never explains anything clearly, you’re the universe’s super ultimate jerk! I swear I’ll…”
The young woman’s voice cut off abruptly.
She met a pair of icy eyes.
It was Lin Shuangxue.
She was crouching in front of the young woman, but because Jiang Cheng hadn’t looked down earlier, she hadn’t seen her.
In the extremely cramped space, their eyes met.
“…”
“H-Hi there… what a coincidence…”
Jiang Cheng forced a smile.
“You… you here to use the restroom too…”
“I won’t bother you then, I’ll be going now.”
Turning around sheepishly, the young woman tried to scramble away on her hands and knees, but her wrist was suddenly seized.
Losing her balance, her foot slipped, and she fell heavily to the ground.
“Did I say you could leave?”
Jiang Cheng’s heart sank.
I’m done for…
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