Chapter 24 Berlin's Slumber Here.

Jiang Xiliu heard it clearly. If she hadn't, she would have taken the phone directly instead of letting A Biao read it out blankly.

If what Jin Zhao said is true.

Then the second reason for the bad ending emerged: how could the male and female leads be together if they were on the same household registration?

[System 0777: Why can't we be together if we're on the same household registration? I had another host before—]

"Shut up." Jiang Xiliu didn't want to pay attention to this stupid system and interrupted it directly.

She had previously skimmed through the information Liao had sent her, but now she had to look at it again to see if it mentioned their relationship.

This time, the stupid system finally understood her perfectly.

[System 0777: Miss, Yisiluo is mentioned on the second page, sixth line.]

Jiang Xiliu searched for Liao Zhu's chat box and found that he had sent her a message a few days ago.

"Miss, Mr. Shen said..."

She lost interest in watching after only reading the beginning.

It's all just those scumbags' tricks. If it were really something important, Assistant Liao would have called her to urge her to come back after seeing that she hadn't returned for several days.

Jiang Xiliu naturally ignored the message and scrolled up to Jin Zhao's information.

After her parents passed away, Yisile was temporarily cared for by relatives for a period of time. However, every family has children, so short-term stays were fine, but for a long time... no one was willing to take her in.

Her parents left her only a house and a small amount of savings. Yisile's relatives were kind enough not to covet her assets, and even gave her some money out of pity.

Because of her young age, if no guardian is willing to take her in, she will have to stay in a children's welfare home.

In the end, it was Grandma Jin who completed the adoption procedures.

This document is from an investigation into Jin Zhao, but it doesn't clearly explain the situation between Yi Sile and Grandma Jin.

However, based on Jiang Xiliu's interactions with Grandma Jin and Yisile, their adoption relationship appears to be superficial.

In short, it's not the kind of relationship where you live together.

When the day actually came to finalize the rental agreement, Jiang Xiliu didn't go. Such a trivial matter was none of the young lady's business to confirm personally.

Although she did go in the original storyline.

The system was so anxious about it that it spent the whole night.

[System 0777: I wonder if doing this will increase the completeness of the storyline?]

Jiang Xiliu, who had just put on her blindfold on the plane, kindly reminded it: "You should worry about how to complete the plot where I bully her later. Although I can do it, a twelve-year-old child will probably find it incomprehensible and won't be able to give you the reaction you expected in the original plot."

The young lady closed her eyes as the ride continued.

"Enjoy your game and live happily every day."

Jiang Xiliu had just landed and gotten into the car when she received a call from that idiot Ye Er.

"Jiang Xiliu, you really went to Berlin?"

The young lady affirmed in a nasal tone.

She hadn't said anything, but the person on the other end of the phone, sounding like a broken young man, suddenly cried out, "You went to see him?"

Jiang Xiliu was completely baffled: "Who are you looking for? Is anyone in Berlin?"

The person on the other end of the phone choked up, then suddenly realized: even if everyone knew who was in Berlin, the young lady wouldn't know.

From the moment that person chose to leave, Jiang Xiliu would completely kick him out of her world, regardless of the reason, and would never listen to any news about him.

Ye Qishan immediately switched to a playful tone: "I'm here, wait for me, I'll fly there right away."

"Hmm? Your bank card has been unblocked?" Jiang Xiliu smiled meaningfully.

No one knows whether Ye Qishan's bank card was frozen because of that confession voice message, because he dared to hang up on someone the day before and turn off his phone to avoid them, or because his parents really thought he had been acting too recklessly lately.

Anyway, the day after his birthday, when he went downstairs to pay the bill, he was told by the staff: "Mr. Ye, I'm sorry, your card seems to be frozen and cannot be used temporarily."

In the end, Jiang Xiliu paid the bill for him.

Of course, since the young lady wasn't doing good deeds, Ye Qishan promised to repay her double the amount as soon as her card was unblocked, which made her reluctantly switch from watching the joke to helping.

But as of now, she has not received double the amount.

"Not yet." Ye Qishan said dejectedly, "My parents are like they're under a spell. They say they'll unfreeze my card when I no longer like you."

It's quite obvious who was behind this.

Jiang Xiliu, always eager for drama, even offered a sincere piece of advice: "Why don't you just listen to your parents? Anyway, I don't need your affection. More than your affection, I want the money you owe me."

"Jiang Xiliu!"

After hanging up on a man who was prone to emotional breakdowns, Jiang Xiliu turned her head to look out the car window.

The young lady's last-minute itinerary wasn't tight, so after a long flight, the first thing she did upon landing was to go back to the hotel and get some sleep.

After waking up, she was reminded by the system and found her phone lying in the corner. To her surprise, she discovered that Ye Qishan had returned the money to her six hours earlier.

It's true that good deeds are rewarded; she also stumbled upon a bargain that allowed her to double her principal in less than half a month.

Oh, Ye Qishan also sent her a flight time.

He will land in about five hours.

That's really insane.

Ever since she made it clear, Ye Qishan has been like an unkillable cockroach, getting beaten up only to recover again in no time, and still thriving. Scrolling further down, Jin Zhao, whom she hadn't contacted for several days, also sent a "greeting": "Are you the one who wants to rent the next door?"

"If you want to experience life here, you can stay in your own house."

"You haven't forgotten you just bought a house here because you own so many properties, have you?"

"By the way, Grandma is recovering very well."

"Thank you."

Jiang Xiliu rolled over, and for the sake of the money, first sent the hotel location to Ye, who had rushed over to be his servant, before replying to the penniless male protagonist who hadn't been in touch for several days but was unusually talkative today.

"Mind your own business."

As long as she doesn't look at that slightly influential face, Jiang Xiliu can easily be completely unfriendly to Jin Zhao.

You can't blame her for this.

Even after being bound to the system, Jiang Xiliu still occasionally dreams of the life from the original storyline.

Who can be nice to someone who is "cold as ice," "ruthless," and "always giving you attitude" in their dreams?

The fact that Jiang Xiliu didn't kill Jin Zhao the moment she woke up from the dream already shows that she is beautiful inside and out.

The system silently added a comment.

[System 0777: This might be why we can't be the female lead.]

Jiang Xiliu immediately questioned, "What do you mean? Are you saying I'm bad? Are you acting up again?"

[System 0777 cries out: No! That's not what I meant!]

[System 0777: I was just analyzing the female protagonist data in the current small world while playing the game, and I "accidentally" discovered that most of them have a common characteristic.]

Excessively anxious about task completion, the system, while listening to the young lady and indulging in "living for the moment," was simultaneously analyzing character data models from other small worlds in the background.

Jiang Xiliu asked curiously, "What do they have in common?"

[System 0777: Hmm... They don't hold grudges. Even if they're hurt, they always forget the pain quickly. In your words, they're like forgetting the pain once the wound heals.]

Jiang Xiliu, who was particularly petty and held grudges, remained silent for a few seconds before asking, "What are you trying to say? That I'm stingy? Petty?"

[System 0777: I absolutely did not mean that!]

...

When Ye Qishan arrived at the location sent by Jiang Xiliu, the next second after seeing Jiang Xiliu, he noticed that there were three young men with deep-set features surrounding the table where she was sitting.

I'm trying to make her laugh.

One of them even dared to reach out and touch her hair.

"Jiang Xiliu." Ye Qishan's shouting in public was extremely impolite. "What are you doing?"

Jiang Xiliu gave him a disdainful look, and only answered when he got closer: "I'm spending money."

Although the system didn't actually mean she was stingy, Jiang Xiliu, who had just received a windfall, decisively went up to the top floor and ordered three sweet boys to serve her.

It was just service; we just sat around her and made some witty remarks.

"Did you beg for mercy from your parents or did you lie?" Jiang Xiliu waved her hand, dismissing one of them to make room for Ye Qishan, who was standing there like an angry bird.

The spineless Ye Qishan plopped down on the chair, which had been warmed by the body heat of others: "Dry it all."

"Didn't you want me to pay you back?" Ye Qishan touched his nose and continued to be stubborn. "Anyway, lying won't really make your nose grow longer."

Jiang Xiliu picked up her glass: "Cheers to you for getting smarter."

"When have I ever lost my brain?" Ye Qishan retorted, but his body language betrayed him as he picked up his glass and clinked it against hers. "So why did you suddenly fly to Berlin?"

He made a wild guess about one possibility: "Could it be a spur-of-the-moment vacation?"

“No,” Jiang Xiliu said. “My mother is planning to open a new resort hotel in Jiangcheng District. She’s missing a few paintings to make the lobby look impressive. One of her favorite painters is having a solo exhibition at a gallery in Berlin this week, so I came to see if I could pick out a few that I like as a gift for her opening.”

Jiang Xiliu glanced up at him: "This is the second time you've asked me, so who exactly is here?"

"Nobody's here." Ye Qishan's eyes flickered, his eyelashes blinking rapidly. He didn't dare look at Jiang Xiliu, his subtle movements making it hard for Jiang Xiliu to ignore. He forced himself to remain calm and said, "Isn't it just the two of us?"

Jiang Xiliu put down her cup: "Ye Qishan."

"Um?"

"Your parents were willing to unblock your card not because they believed your lies, but because they were swayed by your pitiful pleading."

After a long pause, Ye Qishan finally managed to utter, "...What do you mean?"

"It means your lying skills are really bad." Jiang Xiliu's gaze swept over his tense expression, and the vague guess in her mind gradually became clearer. "So..."

"Chen Yu is here."

It wasn't a question; she said it with absolute certainty.

Ye Qishan didn't say anything, but he was so flustered that his hands trembled and he knocked over his coffee cup, spilling it all over the table.

The two boys sitting on either side of her were grumbling and scolding the clumsy newcomer. They quickly lifted the table and tilted it towards the newcomer, preventing the careless coffee from staining Jiang Xiliu's dress.

Ye Qishan stood up blankly and was pushed aside by one of them.

He stubbornly repeated, "No, he's not here. It's just the two of us here."

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Author's note: Germany - Orthopedics.

Happy Qixi Festival everyone! [kissing emoji] There are small red envelopes in this chapter today (tonight at 11:55 PM).