Qiao Yu exclaimed to the system with a blank expression, "I really should believe in metaphysics."

The odds of something so small happening to her were actually quite high, so she wouldn't be surprised if Ye Yunjian suddenly appeared before her now. However, she'd better leave Aunt Ye alone; one Sister Song and one Sister Lu were already enough for her to handle.

Under their sharp gazes, Qiao Yu pretended to be calm and tried to speak, but the slightest twitch of their eyebrows made her words catch in her throat.

In this situation, it seems that no matter what she says, neither of them will believe her.

Song Wanzi put away the test results in her hand, her charming smile carrying a hint of murderous intent. "So it turns out I was just being presumptuous."

"No, please don't say that." Qiao Yu wanted to argue, but every time she opened her mouth, Song Wanzi's affectionate eyes would narrow slightly with displeasure, completely interrupting Qiao Yu's preparations for casting the spell. Song Wanzi slowly folded a piece of paper again and again, "I was even worried that the results would be inaccurate, so I specifically went to get tested twice."

The voice that escaped from deep in her throat was full of regret, and Song Wanzi's lowered eyelashes trembled slightly. "Heh."

She looked utterly heartbroken by that scumbag woman. Qiao Yu's scalp tightened, and she moved her fingers, wanting to comfort her. Lu Shangyi's gaze, neither too intense nor too faint, suddenly drifted to her half-raised hand. Qiao Yu looked pale and conflicted, finally speaking from the bottom of her heart: "How about you two sisters chop me up and sprinkle me on the water to liven things up when you're soaking in the hot spring later?"

She spoke from the bottom of her heart, but to her surprise, Lu Shangyi looked at her with a hint of disdain and squinted, his voice not too loud, but just loud enough to reach Qiao Yu's ears, "Bad luck."

Song Wanzi agreed, "Why not use you instead of perfectly good flower petals?"

Qiao Yu was speechless. Just then, Song Wanzi placed the folded report in her palm, her voice soft and gentle, "Remember, keep it safe." She smiled slightly, "If you ever lose it..."

"I'll keep it safe, I'll keep it safe. Even if I turn to ashes one day, I'll never lose this." Qiao Yu felt a chill run down her spine and quickly and carefully put the item into her schoolbag. Afraid that Song Wanzi wouldn't be satisfied, she even tucked the report into her textbook.

Song Wanzi finally clapped her hands with a relaxed expression and said lazily, "Let's go."

Her gaze swept over Lu Shangyi first, and when their eyes met, the air pressure around them dropped several degrees. Qiao Yu, clutching her schoolbag, dared not say or ask anything. After the brief exchange, Song Wanzi left with a smile on her lips, while Lu Shangyi, on the other hand, remained calm and unaffected.

Qiao Yu sniffed, noticing that the scent of pheromones in the air was stronger. She opened her eyes wide and asked Lu Shangyi, "Did Sister Song just release pheromones to suppress you?"

Lu Shangyi blinked lightly, "You're so sensitive to your Sister Song's pheromones?"

"Is it your Sister Song's pheromones that smell better, or your Aunt Ye's pheromones?" Lu Shangyi asked indifferently. "My pheromones smell better."

The system also joined in the fun, asking, "Excuse me, miss, did you drop a gold axe or a silver axe?"

In a daze, Qiao Yu reflexively blurted out, "I dropped a silver axe."

Lu Shangyi's probing gaze fell on Qiao Yu's face, which was instantly filled with annoyance. Qiao Yu glared fiercely at the system, then gritted her teeth and winked at her: "Just wait and see how I deal with you later." Lu Shangyi followed her gaze and looked over there. There was no one there. "So you mean none of them smell good?"

Seeing Qiao Yu's horrified look, she smiled and said, "Is that so?"

She lowered her head, her emotionless gaze lingering on her face. "I see."

She wasn't given a chance to speak at all, and in the end, they even ruthlessly kicked Qiao Yu out of the hot spring resort. "What are you doing here instead of studying properly, a high school student like you?" Lu Shangyi didn't know where she got her exam results from, and her voice was full of laughter. "You can't even get first place, yet you want to win over your older sister."

Qiao Yu felt she was being mocked, but she had no evidence.

Lu Shangyi, still wearing her loosely draped bathrobe, turned back. As she ascended the steps, her figure was elegant and her demeanor refined, as if she were walking amidst a beautiful, clear sky. Qiao Yu glanced at her a few times, then after taking a few steps, suddenly asked the system, "What am I doing here today?"

Wasn't she here to help Jiang Mei find her aunt? How could she give up so easily before they've even found her?

Just as Qiao Yu was about to quietly go back, she saw Lu Shangyi leaning lazily against the door with a glass of juice in his hand, watching her with a smile on his lips, as if to say: I'm watching you.

Qiao Yu paused, her legs hesitating, and remained rooted to the spot for a long time. Lu Shangyi seemed to sense her thoughts, gently placing the juice in her hand on the round window. With her delicately sculpted hands, she lightly gathered her bathrobe, and strode towards Qiao Yu. Her graceful figure and deliberate shuffling in her slippers made her look like a painting in every frame.

Startled, Qiao Yu turned and ran. Her heart began to race.

The child ran off quickly and disappeared from sight. Lu Shangyi finally stopped and stared thoughtfully at her vanishing figure.

Qiao Yu pressed herself against the wall, breathing cautiously. She peeked out, but didn't see Lu Shangyi. Instead, she saw Lu Shenghui coming out of the shop next door. Quickly turning her back, Qiao Yu frowned. He was here too? Did he know Lu Shangyi was soaking in the hot springs, so he pretended to be there to keep an eye on her?

Seeing the group enter the nearby tavern, Qiao Yu tiptoed over and sat down at the table next to Lu Shenghui. She casually ordered two dishes, then turned on her phone's recording function and listened intently to the conversation behind her. If this scoundrel dared to plot against Lu Shangyi in broad daylight, this recording would be the evidence.

As Qiao Yu ate, she listened to the conversation at the next table, which ranged from all over the country, but rarely mentioned anything related to Lu Shangyi. Qiao Yu frowned, wondering if she was overthinking things, when she suddenly realized that everything behind her was quiet and there was no sound.

"He's gone already?" Qiao Yu was startled and quickly turned around, only to meet Lu Shenghui's gloomy eyes through the narrow gap. Qiao Yu gasped, quickly recovering and accusing him, "What are you doing? You scared me!"

"Why are you looking at me with such a bitter and resentful expression?" She pretended to be terrified and patted her chest. "Oh my god, if you look at me like that, I'll have nightmares for months to come."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shenghui looked at her and sneered, "How did you end up here?"

"Why can't I come?" Qiao Yu asked curiously. "Is this your home? Is this your private backyard? Tourists are not allowed?"

Lu Shenghui was speechless after hearing her words, so he simply got up and sat down opposite Qiao Yu, looking her up and down with an ambiguous gaze. Qiao Yu subconsciously looked away, but after a moment she turned her head back and threatened fiercely, "If you look at me again, I'll ask Sister Song to beat you up."

Lu Shenghui swirled his glass with amusement, his gaze fixed intently on her. Qiao Yu frowned slightly. Song Wanzi's reputation wasn't working? She cleared her throat, her expression becoming even more fierce. "And Aunt Ye." She raised her chin high. "You know Aunt Ye Yunjian, right? Someone like you, she could crush ten of you with one hand!"

Mentioning Ye Yunjian, the tall man opposite him finally reacted, "You know her?" As if realizing he had asked a pointless question, Lu Shenghui put down his cup, his thin, pale face becoming serious, "Are you very familiar with her?"

Qiao Yu, feigning arrogance, replied, "Of course."

She gradually became complacent and thought, "As long as I make a phone call, even if Aunt Ye and Sister Song are very busy, they will come over to teach you a lesson."

Lu Shenghui stared at her intently, his expression unreadable. Qiao Yu avoided his gaze and casually picked up her phone. "If you don't believe me, I'll call them right now," she said nonchalantly. "Sister Song is filming nearby and can be here in ten minutes."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shenghui stopped scrutinizing her and casually asked, "Are you almost an adult?"

Qiao Yu frowned, realizing things weren't so simple. After a few seconds of silence on the table, Qiao Yu stood up, clutching her schoolbag in shock. "Let me tell you, you absolutely mustn't have any designs on me. You may not have any women who like me, but there are women who do!"

"There's no room for discussion on this!" Qiao Yu said firmly. "Besides, you're so much older than me. If you were any older, you could be my father!"

"How dare you make a move on a beautiful high school student like me?!"

Lu Shenghui's face was very unpleasant, his raised eyelids were icy cold, making Qiao Yu shiver. However, Qiao Yu's words seemed to have touched some memory in him, his expression relaxed slightly, and he did not immediately rebuke Qiao Yu for her nonsense.

Just as Qiao Yu was about to focus her attention and investigate, Lu Shenghui had already come to his senses. His tall figure carried a somewhat intimidating aura. "You have a good relationship with Song Wanzi and Ye Yunjian, so your parents went after the Lu family and became their enemy." He paused, his smile turning sinister. "Is that so?"

Qiao Yu had to retort on behalf of her mother, "You're overthinking it. When my parents go crazy, they won't let anyone off the hook." Qiao Yu asked him with utmost sincerity, "Haven't you seen the recent financial news? It seems that Sister Song's family and Aunt Ye's family are in even worse shape than you."

She coaxed him gently, "Isn't that how business works—I win and you lose? Don't get upset. After all, if you're not as skilled as someone else, you can't blame them, right?"

When Qiao Yu met Lu Shenghui's deep eyes, her smile froze, and she decisively changed the subject, "You came here just to chat with me?"

Reminded by her, Lu Shenghui remembered his purpose: "You've been getting quite close to my sister lately."

This wasn't a question; he spoke with such certainty that he must have investigated beforehand. Qiao Yu smiled guiltily, trying to evade the question, "After all, Sister Lu is so charming, which alpha in the capital wouldn't want to marry her?" She blinked, "Although I'm still young, I'm quite lustful."

"You want to marry her?" Lu Shenghui asked, his tone devoid of emotion. He stared at Qiao Yu for a long time with a deep gaze, and after a moment of consideration, he said slowly, "If you do me a favor, I will give her to you in marriage."

"how?"

Qiao Yu was taken aback. Was there really such a good thing?

She immediately put on a warm smile and said, "Brother, please speak."

Lu Shenghui didn't correct her way of addressing her, slowly relaxing his tense back. "Just tell me everything you know about my sister from now on." Lu Shenghui acted as if he was thinking of Lu Shangyi. "Her body is so weak, if she accidentally gets into an accident outside one day, I can react in time. You agree, right?"

Isn't this just a form of surveillance? Qiao Yu secretly felt disgusted. After pretending to be troubled for a while, she nodded in agreement, as if she couldn't resist the temptation of his good looks. "Then you can't go back on your word."

Qiao Yu frowned and said, "If you betroth Sister Lu to someone else beforehand, I'll tell my parents and they'll make sure you get what's coming to you."

Lu Shenghui merely sneered, offering no rebuttal, which was tantamount to acquiescing.

After Lu Shenghui got up and left, Qiao Yu held her phone, troubled. She had intended to record a conversation about Lu Shenghui plotting to frame Lu Shangyi, but unexpectedly recorded evidence that Lu Shenghui had recruited her to be a spy. However, it was fine if she was a spy; at least everything was under control. If it were someone else, who knew if they would exaggerate the story and make Lu Shenghui even more wary of his sister.

It's okay for her to compromise herself by becoming a spy; the main thing is that Sister Lu won't get married anytime soon, which is something to be happy about.

Qiao Yu was in a good mood. "Although I couldn't help the female lead find her aunt today, I found myself a wife."

The system retorted expressionlessly, "Even the female lead would want to chase after you with a forty-meter-long sword if she heard that."

"..."

As the mall was about to close, Qiao Yu contentedly put down her chopsticks. Then, belatedly, she stared at the empty plates, motionless and silent. Seeing her staring for so long, the system was filled with questions. "What's wrong, host?"

Qiao Yu frowned, her tone incredulous, "Why am I eating more and more lately?"

She's not pregnant, so how could she stuff so much food into her stomach after already having dinner?!

The system, unfazed, said, "Haven't you noticed you've been eating a lot lately? But that's normal. During differentiation, the body needs far more energy than usual, so you won't gain weight no matter how much you eat."

Qiao Yu twitched her little ears, and upon hearing the words "won't gain weight," she immediately felt relieved. Although alphas don't need to be too deliberate in maintaining their figure, how can an alpha hold a place in the fiercely competitive dating market if they can't even manage their own body?

Qiao Yu was very conscientious; after returning home, she even weighed herself. However, just as she was about to get off, everything suddenly went black before her eyes, and the next second she completely lost consciousness.

Startled, the system quickly caught her as she slumped to the ground, then swiftly hid itself when the nanny heard the noise and ran over.

The two connected houses were brightly lit. Qiao Jinghuai and his wife rushed home after receiving the call. Qiao Jinghuai paced back and forth in the room with his arms crossed, finally saying, "Why don't we take Yuyu to the hospital for a checkup? Just in case there's something wrong..."

“No need.” It was Mrs. Qiao who interrupted, her gaze fixed on her daughter’s pale lips, her expression unreadable.

Qiao Jinghuai didn't understand why his wife was so reluctant to take Qiao Yu to the hospital. This wasn't the first time their daughter had fainted, and if it happened every few days, people would think their child had some hidden illness. Qiao Jinghuai opened his mouth, "It's just a checkup. If there's something wrong, we'll treat it; if not, it's just peace of mind."

The woman sitting on the edge of the bed remained unmoved. Qiao Jinghuai couldn't help but scratch his face, "Wife..."

Mrs. Qiao finally raised her eyes, her gaze falling lightly on the man. The man's expression softened under her gaze. "Whatever you say, wife." The room was too quiet, and Qiao Jinghuai felt uneasy. He made an excuse to slip away. "Then I'll go downstairs and prepare some brown sugar poached eggs for Yuyu, which she likes."

Sitting quietly by the bedside, watching over her daughter, Mrs. Qiao recalled the two completely different genetic test results she had seen that day.

Suppressing her unease, Mrs. Qiao subconsciously avoided thinking about which version was correct.

Madam Qiao gently stroked her daughter's pale face, her red lips pressed tightly together. Yu Yu's frequent fainting spells were strikingly similar to her own appearance during her differentiation. She closed her eyes briefly, and after a suffocating silence, the woman reached out her slender fingers and gently plucked two strands of hair, placing them into a brand-new plastic bag.

After a while, he took out a syringe from his handbag and gently drew some blood.

Qiao Yu had a very long dream. Memories of her past life flashed by at ten times the normal speed, followed by a series of events, both big and small, that had occurred over the past two or three years. Qiao Yu looked around blankly. Was she... going to die?

Suddenly she became sad. From childhood to adulthood, she had never even touched a girl's lips and now she was going to die.

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, and she couldn't help but cry. Suddenly, she heard the sound of unrestrained crying in her ears. Frowning unhappily, Qiao Yu opened her eyes, intending to scold the woman who had disturbed her peaceful sleep, but instead saw her old mother's expressionless face.

Her gaze shifted, and she saw her elderly father standing beside her, staring at her with a puzzled and bewildered expression. Seeing her open her eyes, Qiao Jinghuai asked, "Why are you crying? Didn't we already unfreeze your bank card?"

Was she the one who just cried? Qiao Yu pointed at herself in shock, "Me?"

Qiao Jinghuai nodded. "If it's not you, then is this house haunted?"

Seeing her wake up, Mrs. Qiao's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, but she couldn't help but quip with a mocking tone, "You've got some ambition."

Qiao Yu was so embarrassed she wanted to disappear. She immediately burrowed under the covers, unwilling to show her face. She was about to differentiate into an alpha, the future number one alpha in the capital, and almost eighteen years old. Yet, she was crying in front of her parents because she had never been in a relationship.

Good heavens, she might as well just buy a standing ticket and leave Earth overnight.

Perhaps Mrs. Qiao was also speechless, she got up, gently closed the door, and left, saying, "There's food downstairs, tidy yourself up and go get something to eat."

Once the footsteps had completely faded away, Qiao Yu cautiously peeked out from under the covers, still unwilling to believe that she had woken herself up by crying. Just then, her phone vibrated. Qiao Yu picked up her phone from beside her pillow and found a message from an unknown number: "I bought her a house near yours. You should visit her more often."

It took Qiao Yu a while to guess the owner of the phone number. "He really went to great lengths to monitor Sister Lu." He even bought a house for Lu Shangyi right next to his own. No one else would go to such lengths.

If Lu Shenghui finds out later that he's actually Lu's sister's man, I wonder if he'll be so angry he'll want to tear himself to pieces.

Qiao Yu knew that Lu Shenghui was very wary of Lu Shangyi, but she didn't expect him to be so impatient. The next day, as soon as she got home from school, she noticed that the dark house next door was lit up. There were figures inside, as if they were cleaning and tidying up.

After glancing at him twice, Qiao Yu decided to wait until the weekend to go over and greet Lu Shangyi.

After all, Lu Shangyi has been quite busy tidying up the room these past few days.

To her surprise, people had suddenly moved into the house across the street, which had been empty for years. Looking at the group of people cleaning and tidying up across the street, Qiao Yu was filled with questions and couldn't help but wonder, "System, do you think it's possible that our parents have been too assertive in business lately, and that's why their enemies have come looking for them?"

Qiao Yu thought about it and felt it made more and more sense. She quickly drew the curtains, just in time to miss the woman who stepped out of the car parked in the garage across the street with an air of domineering power.

Qiao Yu observed the building across the street for two days and noticed that another building had become active. Trembling with fear, she ate her fried dough stick and secretly watched from behind the curtains for a while. She saw a familiar face emerge from the building, and Qiao Yu's gaze froze. It was…

Sister Song?!

She rubbed her eyes and looked again. It was indeed Song Wanzi, her assistant, her agent—every face was familiar to her.

Why did Sister Song suddenly decide to move here?

She couldn't understand it, and since it was time to go, she could only hurriedly grab her soy milk and fried dough sticks and get on the bus to school. Qiao Yu frowned and thought about it. Although it wasn't a bad thing that Song Wanzi lived nearby, why did she have a bad feeling about it?

Suppressing her unease, Qiao Yu nearly fainted again in the classroom on Friday. Meng E, sitting in her chair, watched her worriedly, "Yu Yu, are you really sure you can manage like this?"

With a dry, sore throat and a dizzy head, Qiao Yu uncomfortably tried to take off her coat, but Meng E stopped her. After resisting for a while to no avail, Qiao Yu had no choice but to give up, saying listlessly, "I have to do it, I'm not some delicate EVA."

However, as time went on, she became increasingly uneasy and worried about her weakening body.

If word got out that she looked sickly, even if she differentiated into an alpha, not many people would want her. After patiently comforting Meng'e, Qiao Yu decided not to go anywhere this weekend and to stay home for a couple of days to rest and see if her condition improved.

As soon as she got out of the car, she saw one, two, three... a total of six legs standing in front of her house!

The three people who were chatting heard the noise behind them and turned around in unison.

As the other person's face came into view, Qiao Yu held her breath in fright, pointing at Ye Yunjian with a hint of panic in her voice, "Aunt Ye, what are you doing here?!"

She knew that Lu Shangyi and Song Wanzi had moved in, but what about Aunt Ye?

Qiao Yu's eyes widened in fright, her feet felt inexplicably cold, and an inexplicable tension surged in her chest, making her instinctively want to run. Unfortunately, Xi Ye Yun Jian didn't give her the chance. She was still wearing a clean and sharp suit, her long legs striding towards her with an air of superiority, her figure stopping in front of her with an imposing presence. "What, you don't welcome me?"

Author's Note: System: Run! (Image attached) Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2021040200:52:34 and 2021040301:37:37!

Thank you to the little angels who launched rockets: Fairy 41341;

Thank you to the little angels who threw landmines: Wen Feng (2);

Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution: Wangchuan (60 bottles); nanayascarlet (20 bottles); Qiuyusheng Yuzuru (10 bottles); Zhishixiaobai (6 bottles); 265002395 bottles; Moshang Gongzi Yebai (3 bottles); z (1 bottle);

Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!