Chapter 23 Home Doesn't Feel Like Home

Xin Que drove the sports car so fast it was practically flying close to the ground, heading straight for the national highway.

Xin Xin gripped the seatbelt tightly, her face pale with fright. "Xin Que!!! Where are you taking me?!"

Xin Que's gaze remained fixed on the national highway leading out of the city. "Shut up!"

"You dare kidnap me?!" Xin Xin grew increasingly frightened, blurting out a desperate attempt to get Xin Que to stop the car, "Let me tell you, my car has GPS. If you dare lay a hand on me, Daddy will make sure you spend the rest of your life in jail!!!"

Xin Que completely ignored Xin Xin, who was so frightened she was about to burst into a beautiful voice, and sped past on the national highway without slowing down.

Seemingly to hinder Xin Que's departure, the sky, which had been clear, suddenly darkened half an hour before they reached the toll station.

After a few muffled claps of thunder, raindrops pattered down from the sky onto the city.

The sound of rain gradually intensified.

Then, a heavy rain warning popped up on the car's navigation system.

Xin Que did not back down because of this.

"Are you crazy?!" Xin Xin's hands trembled uncontrollably. "You still want to drive on the highway in this heavy rain?!"

Even with the windshield wipers running at their fastest speed, they are still somewhat ineffective in the face of torrential rain, making it difficult to discern safety from the outside of the car window with the naked eye.

Xin Que only had eyes for the tollbooth.

As long as I can leave this city normally...

She couldn't tell whether the world outside this city was a deeper prison or a brand new opportunity.

But she has to take a gamble.

The rain is getting heavier.

The sky grew darker and darker.

It seemed that only Xin Que and her companion's car was weaving through the rain on the entire road.

Xin Xin was almost crying from fright.

"You bitch," she stammered, unable to maintain her gentle and charming facade any longer. Her hands trembled as she cried and grabbed her phone to make a call, "Let me out of the car!!!"

Xin Que finally saw the tollbooth through the rain.

The first time I tried to leave, I took an NPC's taxi.

This time, it was the female supporting character's car, and just in case, she also brought the female supporting character herself along.

Xin Que wanted to know whether the city's imprisonment was targeting only her or all the characters in the story.

As the car entered the tollbooth, the world outside the car window went dark.

Xin Que keenly observed the changes in the world outside the car.

The car seemed to have been redirected by the air conditioning, heading towards the road back into the city.

Xin Xin's small face was still shaken, with tears still on her cheeks, looking utterly disheveled.

"Are you crazy... Just because you're jealous that Mom and Dad dote on me, you brought me here to race in the rain?!" Xin Xin wiped away her tears fiercely, her expression twisted. "You just wait!"

Xin Que's threats to Xin Xin went in one ear and out the other.

She was still thinking about how the world had changed as she passed through the tollbooth.

The change lasted for two or three seconds, but the last time I took a taxi out of the tollbooth, the change lasted for less than a second.

If Xin Que hadn't maintained a high level of concentration, she would have almost missed that brief change.

What does the time difference between the two changes indicate?

Xin Que guessed it was because she carried the interference item Xin Xin.

She gave Xin Xin, who was in the passenger seat, a meaningful look.

This time it wasn't a complete loss.

A look of surprise flashed across Xin Xin's face.

She couldn't understand the profound meaning in Xin Que's glance.

Could it be that Xin Que is plotting against her?

The alarm bells rang loudly.

No, with her personality of only shedding tears and letting others take advantage of her when she suffers a loss, where would she get the skills to scheme against people?

Xin Xin comforted herself for a while, then forced herself to calm down from the fear of Xin Que's reckless car chase.

"Go home!" Xin Xin commanded Xin Que to drive towards the Xin family home without further ado.

This time, Xin Que did not speed.

Xin Xin slowly loosened her grip on the seatbelt, and her confidence in taking control of the situation returned to her heart once again.

"Remember to apologize to your dad as soon as you get home!"

As the car drove into the villa area, Xin Xin's true colors gradually came to light.

"And don't even think about trying to trick Dad into complaining," Xin Xin scolded Xin Que coldly. "Let me tell you, with your cowardly behavior before... hah."

She scoffed, as if deliberately provoking Xin Que's anger.

Xin Que silently withdrew her hand, which was about to touch the handbrake.

"You really want to see me lose my temper?" She didn't quite understand the female supporting character's hidden request, so she simply asked directly.

Xin Xin's smile widened. "What, still trying to prove you're the victim like before?"

"Why don't you go tell your dad about your grievances?"

"Look at him, is he on your side or—"

Xin Que looked puzzled, but still quickly picked up the pace again, saying, "This is the first time I've heard of such a strange request."

Xin Xin was pushed back against the seat by the violent acceleration of the sports car flooring the accelerator.

"Bang--"

Amidst the loud crash and screams echoing through the courtyard, Xin Que drove Xin Xin directly into the living room.

The middle-aged couple, who were sitting in the open kitchen, were shocked.

One second they were telling the servants not to prepare Xin Que's bowls and chopsticks, wanting to give her a hard time.

The next second, Xin Que was physically home.

They just didn't go through the main entrance.

Xin Xin was stunned by the airbag before she could even react.

When Xin Que broke the car window and got out, the sports car was so badly deformed from the impact that it was unrecognizable.

It's scrapped.

"Who is Xin Fengcheng?" Xin Que shook off the shards of glass from her clothes and looked at the men and women in the villa.

This family has quite a few servants.

She put her hands on her hips, frowned, and tried to decipher the plot text that appeared in front of her. "And that... Sun Xinyue, come out too."

Xin Fengcheng is the original owner's biological father, Sun Xinyue is the original owner's stepmother, and Xin Xin is the fruit of Xin Fengcheng's love with Sun Xinyue after his remarriage.

Xin Que was the unfortunate child who was left unloved and uncared for after her biological father remarried.

But she couldn't be bothered with all that tedious plot; her focus was solely on the two main characters.

A composed and calm-looking middle-aged man stepped forward with a cold face. "Xin Que, did you waste all the knowledge you gained in school?"

"How dare you ram your own house with your car! You're absolutely lawless!!!"

Xin Que glanced at the newcomer, "Xin Fengcheng?"

Sun Xinyue's originally kind and gentle face gradually calmed down after her initial shock, and she was about to walk over to Xin Fengcheng to comfort him.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of her daughter in the sports car in the living room.

"Ah!!!" Sun Xinyue screamed in terror again, rushing forward to save the person, "Xinxin!!! What are you all standing there for, you blockheads? Help her!!!"

The servants finally realized what was happening and rushed over to help.

Suspicious and doubtful gazes fell upon Xin Que.

When Shin Bong-sung saw that his beloved youngest daughter had fainted in the passenger seat, he panicked.

"Xin Xin!" He immediately rushed over to help rescue the person.

"You unfilial daughter!" Xin Fengcheng's hands trembled with rage. "How could you disregard your sister's safety? She's already fainted, and you're still unmoved?!"