Chapter 44: Christmas Eve?

Su Yan arrived at the agreed-upon location at a coffee shop near the university on time.

"You must be Su Yan, right?" Liang Man looked at the virtuous girl in front of her and felt that she was like pure and noble snow.

The more noble and aloof a thing is, the more people want to see what lies beneath the melting ice and snow.

Her coldness is different from that of the original body. That's right, it wasn't Liang Man who invited Su Yan out, but the inner demon that came to the real world.

When Su Yan met the famous actress in front of her, she was struck by how dazzling the actress's beauty was in the movies, and how even more stunning she was in real life.

The stunning beauties on TV are actually not photogenic. This is something you can only discover by seeing them in person.

However, besides being amazed by Liang Man's appearance, she also had some doubts about their meeting today.

"Yes, Miss Liang." After giving a polite reply, Su Yan was curious about what Liang Man would say to her.

"Shaoyou and you are good friends, and I am her mother's friend. So, I have a few questions about Shaoyou that I would like to ask you."

If Qi Shaoyou were standing here, he would probably notice a small red heart under the left corner of Sister Manman's eye.

"Excuse me," Su Yan said politely, but her tone carried a hint of aloofness.

[Are you really so sure she's just Qi Shaoyou's elder? Su Yan, don't you know Qi Shaoyou? If this woman in front of you also likes her, what should you do?]

Su Yan remained calm, ignoring her other self and coldly telling her to shut up.

"I don't want to know much, just who Shaoyou's best friend is and what her favorite class is?"

Liang Man, no, she should now be called a demon in her heart, stirred her coffee in a languid tone.

“Qi Shaoyou and I rarely discuss these kinds of issues,” Su Yan said, her eyes unwavering.

"So what topics do you discuss most?" The inner demon raised an eyebrow, his face still beaming with a smile.

"No comment." After replying, Su Yan prepared to get up and leave. She didn't intend to reveal what happened between her and Qi Shaoyou and leave it to others to judge.

"I think our conversation can end here today." Su Yan had already figured out that Liang Man had thoroughly investigated her relationship with Qi Shaoyou.

No matter what Liang Man wanted to know, she wasn't going to play along.

"Really? You don't care whether Qi Shaoyou lives or dies?" A casual question made Su Yan, who had already gotten up to leave, sit down again.

"What do you mean?" Su Yan's voice trembled slightly as countless diseases flashed through her mind.

What's wrong with Qi Shaoyou's health? Is it a glandular disease? Can it be treated? The usually composed Su Yan could no longer remain calm because of this question.

"No, it's not an illness, it's her fate." The inner demon's smile vanished.

"Before I tell you everything, shouldn't you tell me why there are two souls in your body?"

"You came to this world so long before me, yet you still haven't merged with your original soul?"

Su Yan hadn't expected Liang Man to even know this. Her expression immediately turned serious.

“The laws forbid it, and I have no interest in merging with someone else’s soul,” Su Yan said, changing her voice.

Seeing that the other party was somewhat wary of him, the inner demon found it rather amusing.

We worked together to break through the system's protective layer back then, and now we're turning around and doing this.

Are you pretending not to know me, or do you really not know me?

"I don't have time to play with you, Su the great painter. Your hands, which can reproduce anything perfectly, are of no use to me."

"Don't forget, your purpose in coming to this world is to find the true cause of Qi Shaoyou's death. Only when everyone has found the problem in their own world will Qi Shaoyou have a chance to live."

Su Yan felt a dull ache in her head and even had some difficulty breathing.

"Of course I know you love her too. Since you love her, how can you not try to save her?"

After a moment, Su Yan's expression changed. The inner demon knew she had successfully persuaded two people.

After the brief conversation, the inner demon got up and headed to her actual workplace. She couldn't let the true owner of this body discover her existence.

In terms of binding oneself with morality like a rope, this person is no different from her previous self.

Meanwhile, Fang Yuan, who was waiting for Liang Man to arrive, was surprised to find that Liang Man was actually three minutes late.

Liang Man spent the entire afternoon working. She didn't return home until evening.

She had eaten, of course, but she didn't expect that Shaoyou would already be asleep when she got home.

In the past, Shao You would always wait for her to come home. Perhaps he was really tired today, Liang Man went into Qi Shao You's room and tucked the blanket around the child.

Qi Shaoyou, who didn't want to sleep and passed out directly: Is there anyone in this world willing to speak up for me?

"[Boss, you look like a beggar now...]" 0527 carefully teased Qi Shaoyou.

[No need to imitate, this is exactly who I am right now.]

I argued with the main system because I wanted to retain my memories of the worlds I conquered.

Later, when I entered the small world, my memories were initially stripped away. You can understand it as me being a new person at that time.

Upon hearing this, 0527 immediately understood the main system's malice.

Without previous memories, the big shot has to rely on himself to survive until his memories are awakened.

However, it is very difficult to survive on your own while conquering the world.

For example, right now, Qi Shaoyou, looking only about six years old and covered in dust, is sitting on the side of the street, clearly hungry.

She looked at the steamed buns in the hands of passersby, her eyes gleaming with a green light.

0527 couldn't help but speak up when he saw the pitiful boss.

[Wow, you're having a really tough time, bro...]

The main system still wants your retirement pension; that's really inhumane.

But then again, this is the first time I've seen you like this, boss. You look like a stray cat on the street.

Although Qi Shaoyou's dream was also told from a third-person perspective, this time she had a transparent body.

0527 smiled unkindly, but her smile quickly faded. She had also gained a transparent body in this world: an adorable little tabby cat.

【0527, you've finally met your match.】 Qi Shaoyou looked at this guy, scooped up 0527 who was about to escape, and gave him a good squeeze.

At first, 0527 would meow a couple of times, but later it stopped making any meows at all.

That bastard, she's petting the cat against the grain! 0527 is far away from Qi Shaoyou, hiding in a corner and licking her fur fiercely.

After turning into a cat, 0527 even developed some cat-like characteristics.

Qi Shaoyou looked at 0527's teary eyes and felt that he had relieved most of his anger.

She's wanted to do this for a long time!

Qi Shaoyou began to observe the clothes people were wearing on the street: cheongsams, Zhongshan suits, or cotton-padded coats of indistinct styles. This dream was neither ancient times nor the world of cultivation.

Yes, this must be Su Yan's dream. But one thing struck Qi Shaoyou as he looked at the pristine white snow: how was she going to survive in this world?

0527 glanced at the child's hands, which were covered in wounds, and felt a little sorry for him.

On the winter streets, everyone was bundled up in thick cotton-padded coats. No one paid any attention to the ragged child by the roadside, or perhaps no one had the means to do so.

Until a little girl got off the rickshaw with her mother. She looked at the little beggar squatting by the street and spoke.

"Will you be my sister?" A girl in a white dress appeared in front of Qi Shaoyou.

The little beggar didn't speak, but looked at Su Yan with a very wary gaze.

"Here, have this." Like a little princess, Su Yan reached out and gave Qi Shaoyou a piece of pastry.

【What a beautiful scene!】0527 said this while hiding about 50 meters away from Qi Shaoyou.

Considering the possibility of being teased by the big shots again, 0527 swallowed the part about a lifelong bond.

From that day on, Su Yan found her younger sister.

However, things did not unfold as they did in the turbulent times.

The good days lasted only a year before Qi Shaoyou and Su Yan were thrown into an orphanage.

The reason was simple: Su Yan's mother died of illness, and her father remarried.

【The difference is too big...】0527 watched as Su Yan also turned into a dirty little cat like Qi Shaoyou.

Qi Shaoyou sighed, his gaze towards the two children filled with complex emotions.

But overall, her dream tonight was relatively peaceful. That's what Qi Shaoyou thought when the scene changed and Su Yan held her down.

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Qi Shaoyou: I'm so stupid, really... [Clown]