Looking at the messages on her phone, An Qing froze completely.
Ask An Yu directly…
【Sisters Are Right】: There was someone before who was a lot like you. Always overthinking everything.
【Sisters Are Right】: She kept suspecting this and suspecting that, but what can you figure out just by guessing alone?
【Sisters Are Right】: Especially when the person is An Yu. I think it’s best to just ask her straight up. Feels like An Yu wouldn’t lie.
【Sisters Are Right】: Besides, you two are sisters!
Reading line after line from Chen Yu, An Qing felt a wave of surprise. She almost reflexively wanted to argue back.
But she quickly fell into thought.
It seemed… Chen Yu wasn’t wrong. An Yu really was like that.
If An Yu truly behaved the way she appeared to, asking her directly might really be the best choice.
An Qing lifted her head and stared toward the classroom door. An Yu had just left through there.
Just like Chen Yu said, they were sisters.
Even so, the way the two of them acted felt less like sisters and more like strangers. Yet they were still sisters—sisters who lived under the same roof.
Even if they had no chance to talk at school, once they got home, An Qing still had plenty of time to speak with her.
An Yu couldn’t stay over at someone else’s house every single day. She had no reason to.
As long as An Qing wanted to, she could ask.
Even if she couldn’t learn the reason behind the previous life’s actions, she could at least find out whether An Yu still felt any attachment to the An family.
Then she could adjust her own approach accordingly…
Reading Chen Yu’s messages, An Qing felt as if a fog had suddenly lifted.
She had never considered it this way before. All along, she had wanted to uncover the truth by herself or walk the path of revenge alone.
An Qing bit her lip. The hesitation in her eyes had not yet faded.
Even though she had received useful advice, for some reason she couldn’t feel happy about it.
It looked like Chen Yu understood An Yu far better than she did.
They supposedly had no contact, yet Chen Yu could instantly judge An Yu’s personality and figure out exactly how to handle her.
She… had spent two lifetimes by An Yu’s side and still didn’t know how to make use of An Yu’s character. She needed an outsider to remind her.
Maybe she had never truly understood An Yu at all.
An Qing lightly tapped on her phone to type a line, then quickly backed out of the chat, locked the screen, and put the phone away.
In the end, the somewhat lost girl said nothing. She closed the chat window, turned off the screen, and slipped the phone into her pocket.
She decided to ask tonight.
It just so happened that the An family parents would be out tonight, leaving her and An Yu alone together.
She couldn’t run away. She refused to run away.
What should she do? These past few days she had done nothing because she truly didn’t know… Slowly, the confusion in An Qing’s eyes turned into determination.
As the protagonist, An Qing possessed the decisiveness that came with the role. Because of An Yu, once she knew what to do, she would act immediately. She also fell into confusion more easily, since An Yu’s behavior in both lives looked completely different to her. An Qing could no longer chalk everything up to her own choices after rebirth.
An Yu… tell me…
On the other side, completely unaware that the heroine had her sights set on her, An Yu had successfully reached the rooftop.
She held the exquisitely crafted Hairpin in both palms, her expression perfectly calm.
“System, is this enough?”
Since she had already checked and confirmed no one else was around, An Yu spoke out loud.
[Yes, Host. Just like this is fine. Leave the rest to me!]
System’s voice sounded excited. Not only would she gain a body, she could finally help An Yu for once. She was done being a useless system!
“Okay. Do your best.”
An Yu nodded, looking completely unconcerned. Since System had said to leave it to her, she would simply trust her.
The moment System finished speaking, a faint glow appeared on the surface of the Hairpin. It felt as if the Hairpin was slowly mending itself. There was no visible damage, yet An Yu could sense—
[I’m starting. First, repair!]
With the appearance of the light, countless prompts flashed before System’s eyes.
[Material consumed ×1]
[Material consumed ×1]
Each line meant one material used up.
These were all the materials System had painstakingly… created through missions!
Then An Yu had completed them, and only then had the materials been obtained.
It really had been exhausting…
As the materials vanished at high speed, the Hairpin began to click and clack, as if something inside had suddenly come alive.
Perfect. So far, everything was going smoothly! Next, the instant the repair finished, she would transfer her consciousness over, and it would be done!
[…………]
System stared intently at the material count until every last one had been consumed.
[Now!]
System called out excitedly and began the consciousness transfer.
This was her first time ever having a body.
Before meeting An Yu, she had not been some trash system!
In fact, she had been a high-and-mighty mission-issuing machine with excellent performance among her peers!
And now she had fallen to this state…
The instant her consciousness fully merged, she saw An Yu’s amber eyes fixed tightly on the Hairpin in her hands, looking faintly concerned.
To be honest… she had completely lost to her here.
System found she couldn’t feel even the slightest resentment toward An Yu.
Except for that one time An Yu had fallen asleep halfway through a show and then secretly finished it without her.
That, she really couldn’t forgive.
From An Yu’s point of view, the Hairpin in her hands suddenly began to transform.
The originally tiny Hairpin gradually grew into a mechanical bird the size of a palm, flapping its wings nonstop.
Meanwhile, System felt the world spin, and her perspective became strange.
It shifted from borrowing her Host’s vision to something entirely different.
[It worked?]
System flapped her mechanical wings, staring in shock at the incredibly cute blue-and-white-haired girl before her.
Using the bird’s field of vision, System admired An Yu’s features.
“System?”
An Yu expressionlessly poked the mechanical bird on the head.
The mechanical bird nodded. Although it had no visible expression, it somehow looked very happy.
[It’s me, it’s me! I did it!]
System’s voice rang with pure joy. Maybe she hadn’t been completely confident until now.
“Mm. Congratulations, System.”
An Yu nodded, the corners of her lips curving into a faint, almost imperceptible arc.
She was genuinely happy for System.
[Hehehe…]
Seeing An Yu smile, System suddenly felt a little shy.
But since it had come to this, she might as well test her new abilities and chec…