This was the System, or rather, she should be called System Miss.
At this moment, System Miss was looking at the outside An Yu with a helpless face.
Of course, if she had a face.
These past few days, she actually wanted to complain every single day.
Because An Yu’s behavior was truly full of points to roast.
But there was something even more important: An Qing’s emotions seemed about to explode…
System Miss looked at the hatred value that had turned into garbled code, and the emotions that weren’t displayed at all, falling into deep headache.
Although An Yu said she was rotting, and if she wanted her life, just take it or whatever,
But as the host’s System, she wouldn’t watch An Yu die with open eyes.
She had to do something!
But… she couldn’t do anything.
Up to now, she didn’t even have the energy to complain!
Because
[Survival Task: Key plot detected; survival task has automatically triggered.]
[The female lead is about to obtain full recognition from the An family parents; this will inevitably threaten the host’s safety. Host, please obtain recognition from the An family parents without thoroughly enraging the female lead, and complete the equal footing.]
Looking at the task before her, the System felt a headache.
She knew it; such a special node as a birthday, how could there be no task…
…?
This task was exactly the same as the last one, not even a single word different.
However, the only difference was that this time’s task had no involvement from the main system.
Because the main system had directly thrown the survival task authority to System Miss.
This was also why An Yu hadn’t seen this task.
Because showing it to her wouldn’t have any meaning.
It was better for the System to think of a way herself.
But, saying to think of a way, what could a broken System like her who couldn’t do anything do…
…?!
Wasn’t she completely helpless?!
Could she tell An Yu and let her judge?
It felt meaningless; the System could already imagine what An Yu would say!
She would definitely say, “Mm, no.” or “Has nothing to do with me.” or something like that!
But, not telling An Yu wouldn’t work either; originally, she wanted An Yu to properly enjoy a birthday.
Really, this was the first time she, as a System, felt so helpless.
It couldn’t be that this time, like last time… it would mysteriously complete suddenly…
…right?
Last time that was pure dog luck; no matter how you thought, it couldn’t happen agai…
[Recognition from the An family parents obtained; equal footing successfully achieved; survival task completed.]
[Rewards settling.]
[?]
On the sofa, An Yu, who was comfortably lying and watching the animated movie, suddenly paused.
She tilted her head expressionlessly.
Just now, she seemed to have heard something.
It seemed like, some task completed or something?
Whatever; never mind, the movie was really good.
Not long ago.
At An Qing’s birthday banquet, An Qing’s family had been waiting for Chen Guang’s arrival.
But in the end, they didn’t wait for him.
Even as the agreed time grew further away, An Qing didn’t wait for Chen Guang; there wasn’t even a message.
To be honest, An Qing didn’t know if she should be irritated or happy.
Because she originally didn’t want to see that man.
But now that he really wasn’t coming, it would inevitably affect her status in the An family.
However… An Qing didn’t even know if the An family’s status still had any meaning for her.
“Qing’er… is Young Master Chen coming or not?”
[…]
An Yunfan furrowed his brows; it was already afternoon, and the sun was about to set.
The people who came to celebrate for An Qing, those who should leave had already left.
Now, almost only the An family themselves remained here, waiting to welcome Chen Guang.
“I… don’t know.” An Qing shook her head.
She really didn’t know, because Chen Guang hadn’t sent her any messages.
Hearing this, An Yunfan furrowed his brows and subconsciously exchanged a glance with Jiang Qinghe.
Jiang Qinghe silently nodded, then suddenly smiled and spoke: “Qing’er, maybe Young Master Chen Guang has something today and can’t check his phone, so he didn’t tell you.”
“Don’t be too anxious; if you’re hungry, Mom will heat up some food for you.”
An Qing’s gaze was empty; she turned her head to look at Jiang Qinghe who was speaking to her.
“Sorry, Mother.”
In the end, she didn’t say anything, just calmly apologized, as if she had really done something wrong.
“Ah, we’re family; what’s there to apologize for.” Jiang Qinghe shook her head helplessly: “Really, this child; Mom will heat up the food; Qing’er, just rest well.”
With that, Jiang Qinghe left, without looking back at An Qing.
For this kind of thing, why would she need to? It was nothing more than finding an excuse to leave.
Because Jiang Qinghe knew that Chen Guang wouldn’t come tonight, so she didn’t want to wait.
An Qing also knew what she was going to do.
She was very clear about this pair of parents’ character.
On the surface, it was the two of them supporting An Qing together, but in reality, it was just good cop bad cop.
Jiang Qinghe was probably still supporting An Yu behind the scenes, right?
Although the An Qing from her previous life didn’t have this treatment, she believed An Yu definitely did.
Because An Yu was An Yu, and An Qing was An Qing.
Their behavior was investment; the An Qing from her previous life didn’t have the qualifications to be invested in, while this life’s An Yu still did.
As long as something went wrong on An Qing’s side, they would execute their backup plan, right?
So, An Qing understood that Jiang Qinghe was probably going to prepare that birthday gift that hadn’t been sent out yet, right?
Of course, the gift wasn’t for An Qing; Jiang Qinghe’s gift for An Qing was now in that pile of gifts on the table.
That was the birthday gift prepared for An Yu.
However, An Yu had left early, and Jiang Qinghe didn’t have the chance to give it.
An Qing subconsciously raised her palm; a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.
The An family’s situation, unknowingly, seemed to have returned to how it was before.
Neither she nor An Yu had been abandoned yet.
An Yunfan and the other An family members supported An Qing on the surface, while Jiang Qinghe secretly cheered for An Yu, letting An Yu know that there was still someone in this family willing to support her.
It seemed… something was a bit strange?
An Qing furrowed her brows; she always felt a faint sense of weirdness, but couldn’t quite think it through.
Ding dong—
Just before An Qing fell into thought, the doorbell of the An family villa rang.
An Yunfan’s eyes widened: “This is, Young Master Chen? Quick, open the door!”
He casually instructed the servant to open the door, while following himself.
The door was opened; the person standing outside wasn’t the one they expected.
It was a beautiful girl with silver hair and silver eyes, wearing a pretty long maid outfit.
“You are…?”
An Yunfan didn’t recognize the girl before him, so he furrowed his brows in confusion.
“Huang Keling, an ordinary maid.”
The girl outside performed an elegant curtsy, her expression unchanged.
She really was just a maid.