Chapter 216: She Wants to Protect Xie Zhaoyuan
Xie Zhaoyuan picked up the pillow on the ground and slumped back into the sofa: "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
Shen Yanhui raised her foot and gently kicked her knee: "Of course it's true!"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "The truth is... I don't know how I came here. I only remember that I was dead, but I didn't expect that when I opened my eyes again, I would be in this world."
"Dead, dead?" Shen Yanhui opened his eyes wide in surprise, "You died once in your original world?"
"Yes." Xie Zhaoyuan spoke in a relaxed tone, as if the person who died once was not her. "I really died once. I was tortured to death by cancer."
"What cancer?" Shen Yanhui put the bowl in his hand on the coffee table. He was no longer in the mood to eat strawberries.
Xie Zhaoyuan said: "Pancreatic cancer is the king of cancers."
"...Ah?" Shen Yanhui opened her eyes wide in surprise. Her throat seemed to be blocked by a piece of wet and heavy cotton, making it impossible for her to speak.
"Why do you have that expression?" Xie Zhaoyuan squinted at her with a somewhat arrogant expression, "Why, do you sympathize with me?"
Shen Yan did not answer, but asked her: "How old were you when you died?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: “Twenty-four years old.”
"Twenty-four..." Shen Yanhui's brows slowly knitted together, "One year younger than Qin Song."
"Yes." Xie Zhaoyuan smiled slightly, "Because I died once, strictly speaking, I am not a time traveler, but a reborn person. I was reborn into this world."
"Then, then are you happy in your original world?" Shen Yanhui looked at her steadily, with mixed emotions in his eyes. There seems to be a little bit of sympathy, and a little bit of pity, and the rest is heavy entanglement and pain.
Xie Zhaoyuan shook his head: "Not happy, not happy at all."
Shen Yan replied: "Why?"
Xie Zhaoyuan pouted: "Because there is nothing worth being happy about."
"I was born in a reconstituted family. Neither my biological father nor my stepmother liked me. I grew up in a world of beatings, scoldings, and schemes, and lived a suffocating life for twenty years. When I was twenty, I finally became financially independent and moved out of that suffocating home. But God didn't want to see me have an easy life. Just when I was about to start a new life, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer."
"Pancreatic cancer is the king of cancers. I fought it for four years, but I still died at its hands in the end."
Shen Yan bit her lip, and the confusion in her eyes gradually dissipated.
Xie Zhaoyuan sighed imperceptibly, then turned his eyes and looked at the bright scene outside the door in a daze.
"My life was short and miserable. I fought against the heavens for so long, but in the end, I died alone on the hospital bed..."
"Fortunately, you were reborn. You still have hope of happiness." Shen Yan looked back at her and smiled.
"Hmm!" Her eyes suddenly lit up, and the sadness and despair only appeared for a brief moment before quickly disappearing from her face.
"God is kind-hearted and gave me another chance to be reborn after my death. I like the world I live in now. I have a family that loves me, a husband who holds me in his arms, a lovely son, and a group of kind and lively friends!"
“I really like it here!”
"Yeah." Shen Yanhui smiled and nodded, "Xie Zhaoyuan, do those kind and lively friends you mentioned include me?"
Xie Zhaoyuan raised his eyebrow slightly, pretending to be reluctant: "Reluctantly included, two-thirds."
"Why only two-thirds?" Shen Yanhui was dissatisfied, "Where did the other one-third go?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "There is still one third floating outside! I haven't forgiven you yet, so of course I can't include you completely."
"..." Shen Yanhui was speechless, but after a moment, she suddenly smiled again.
"Xie Zhaoyuan, you are much more lively than before."
"Really?" Xie Zhaoyuan winked playfully, "Maybe it's because I'm in a good mood every day now."
"Yeah." Shen Yanhui's smile deepened, and his eyes towards Xie Zhaoyuan became much softer.
Xie Zhaoyuan was bored during her confinement period, and after finally starting a lively conversation, she didn't want the atmosphere to get colder.
Although she had not forgiven Shen Yanhui yet, Shen Yanhui got along very well with her. She brought up a few more topics and talked to Shen Yanhui about this and that.
Shen Yanhui doesn't have a job now, and she would be bored alone if she went home, so she simply stayed and chatted with Xie Zhaoyuan to relieve her boredom. She even had lunch at Xie's house.
I stayed at Xie's house for several hours and it was already 3:30 in the afternoon when I left.
The sky was gloomy, and it looked like a snowstorm was about to come.
Xie Zhaoyuan sent Shen Yanhui to the door and casually reminded her: "The weather has been bad recently, so drive carefully."
"Oh?" Shen Yanhui felt very curious, "Didn't you say you haven't forgiven me yet? Why are you worried about my safety?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: “…”
"Then I withdraw."
"Why are you withdrawing?" Shen Yan glared back at her. "I've already shown my concern, so why would I withdraw?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "I don't have any shame."
Shen Yan replied: "...I don't want to talk to you anymore, I'm leaving now."
Xie Zhaoyuan leaned against the door and watched her slowly walk under the gloomy sky.
"Shen Yanhui." She suddenly called Shen Yanhui.
Shen Yan turned around: "What are you doing?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "If you have nothing to do, come and take care of the kids for me. Don't stay at home and think about all those stupid ideas with that broken system."
"Got it." Shen Yanhui waved at her and said, "Let's go."
"Hey!" Xie Zhaoyuan called her again.
She stopped and simply turned around: "What are you doing?"
Xie Zhaoyuan stroked his chin and asked curiously, "You told me so many bad things about the system. Will the system hear it?"
"I think so." Shen Yanhui didn't care. "Oh, forget it. It screwed me so badly, it deserves to be scolded!"
"That's right." Xie Zhaoyuan agreed.
"You're really leaving now." Shen Yanhui waved to her again, turned around and continued to walk out.
Xie Zhaoyuan: "Bye..."
[Host, have you been moved by Xie Zhaoyuan? 】
When the mechanical female voice suddenly sounded, Shen Yanhui had just walked to the gate of Xie's villa.
She paused and remained silent.
【hehe……】
The mechanical female voice chuckled twice in mockery.
[Host, are you planning to sacrifice yourself to save Xie Zhaoyuan? 】
Shen Yanhui pursed her lips and responded in her heart: "Safeguard? Xie Zhaoyuan didn't do anything wrong. She should be alive. Why should she be protected?"
Mechanical female voice: [If she is alive, the host's life will be in danger. 】
Shen Yan replied: "I said, I will find a way to earn the maximum favorability."
[Think of a solution yourself?] Hahahaha! 】
The mechanical female voice suddenly burst into laughter, sending a chill down Shen Yanhui's spine.
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