Chapter 2 The Young Lady in a Wheelchair 2: Turning the Heroine into a Saint?
The servants didn't dare to turn around.
The aftereffects of her obsessive gossip finally came to her senses at this moment, and she belatedly realized that the voice asking the question was completely different from that of her colleague.
The voice was faint, cold as glass, and very familiar.
Her colleague was still winking and making faces, frantically hinting that Xi Congshuang was behind her, and that she seemed to be in a bad mood.
maid:"……"
Stop pushing, I don't understand.
Xi Congshuang silently looked at the two people in front of her, wondering why they had stopped talking.
Under the shade of the tree, one of the two people was facing away from her with a troubled expression, while the other had his back to her and was facing the touching family reunion program in front of him.
If she could, the maid would prefer not to be here.
They went to watch the spectacle but ended up becoming the spectacle themselves; who knew that Xi Congshuang, who never leaves her house, would suddenly appear behind them.
Forget it, I'll just quit whether I stick my neck out or not!
In just a few seconds, the maid had mentally prepared herself, quickly turned around, and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry, Miss, I neglected my duty and didn't show up at my post! I have deeply realized my mistake and will definitely correct it!"
"..."
Xi Congshuang tapped the armrest of her wheelchair with her slender white fingertips, making a preliminary assessment of her persona within the Xi family.
The maid continued to apologize sincerely: "I'm sorry!"
The other maid also had her head down, looking nervous.
At the doorway, the shadowy girl took a step forward, but didn't get close; her bangs cast a shadow under her eyes.
She looked up at the people in front of her. After many years of separation, the father and son finally met. The white-haired people finally met. Their facial features were exactly the same, and their premature gray hair was inherited. It would be hard not to say that they were father and son.
“Your mother is heartless. She won’t let me see you and threw my things out and told me to get out.”
"Dad, actually, Mom has always thought of you all these years and never remarried. It's a pity she didn't live to enjoy her retirement..."
The girl looked around at everyone, unsure how she should react, so she looked away.
Looking further up, a young woman stood by the window on the second floor of the opposite greenhouse, looking down with her arms crossed and her gaze indifferent.
The girl had excellent eyesight and quickly realized that her features resembled Mr. Liu's.
Before I came here, my dad told me that he had a difficult younger sister in the Xi family, and that must be her.
Life is full of different aspects, and everyone is immersed in their own emotions.
Both of them cried loudly, which was really touching. Their emotions infected the short, chubby elementary school student, who also started to cry.
The girl felt she should react, but she didn't know how she should react, and stood there somewhat at a loss.
"sorry……"
Suddenly, her ears twitched, as if she had caught something. She turned her head to look under the shade of a tree to the side and was immediately stunned.
The first thing she saw was the young woman in the wheelchair. She was slender and aloof, with exquisite features, like a beautiful painting meticulously drawn with ink, the shades of which were just right, and the more she looked, the more stunning she became.
It was already summer, but she had a light-colored blanket covering her legs, and her hands were resting on her lap.
Pale, fragile, still looking like someone recovering from a serious illness.
Two figures stood in front of the wheelchair, their backs slightly bent, seemingly talking about something, their backs showing tension.
The woman in the wheelchair didn't react much, just listened quietly, her smoky gray eyes calm and unwavering, until the other person could no longer speak.
Finally, she shook her head, raised one hand, and waved it outwards with her palm facing forward, signaling the two to leave.
This is a gesture that clearly indicates someone in a superior position.
The two people standing in front of her immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly left.
The girl was still watching, her gaze following the two departing figures, a clear curiosity in her pale eyes.
She wasn't curious about how the unhappy woman on the second floor would react to their arrival, but she was a little curious about who that person was.
Excessive curiosity always attracts the attention of others, and the woman in the wheelchair turned her gaze to look at the girl.
Their eyes met, and the girl, as if electrocuted, quickly looked away, turning to the butler who was walking towards her at the end of the road.
The housekeeper was followed by two other women. The woman in the lead looked to be around thirty years old, but she had a serious expression. She said, "Mr. Six, it's hot outside. The food is ready. Why don't we go inside and continue our conversation?"
The few people, absorbed in their own world, were unaware that more and more servants were gathering around them, including many members of the Xi family who lived in the old Xi family mansion.
"Yes, yes, it's hot outside, let's go inside, let's go inside." Mr. Liu then realized what was happening and, while gesturing for the group to go inside, turned to ask the butler, "My eldest sister..."
The butler said businesslike, "Chairman Xi has a meeting today."
Mr. Liu still wouldn't give up, and asked again, "Then tonight?"
The housekeeper remained tight-lipped: "Chairman Xi only said he wouldn't be back today, and I don't know anything else."
Mr. Liu stopped asking. He knew that the housekeeper wasn't unaware of the situation; it was just that his eldest sister didn't want to come back and preferred to stay out of sight.
The group of people following behind were also called inside, including the girl.
Strangely, the woman, who had just wiped away her tears, only cared about leading her son inside.
If it weren't for the girl accidentally bumping into her shoulder, and her turning around to glare at the girl, who then bowed her head and apologized, Xi Congshuang would have thought she had transmigrated into a supernatural novel.
After all, she didn't react when others cried, nor did she react when others laughed. She just stood quietly in the sun, detached, no different from a ghost.
"Do you know her?" Xi Congshuang asked, her inconspicuous figure reflected in her gray eyes as she looked in the direction the other person had left.
The caregiver gripped the wheelchair handles with both hands, shook her head, and, remembering that Xi Congshuang couldn't see her movements from this angle, said, "My job is to take care of you; I don't know who she is."
Excessive curiosity did her no good, which is one of the reasons why the caregiver became a well-known caregiver in the industry at a young age.
Another voice answered Xi Congshuang at the same time: "The female lead is Cheng Zhishu."
The red apple, which had disappeared for more than ten minutes, reappeared, flapping its wings and whispering in Xi Congshuang's ear: "The target has appeared. Please eliminate the female lead's corruption value as soon as possible."
"Current female lead's breakdown value: 36."
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl in the school uniform with slightly lighter-colored hair disappeared behind the door.
Lowering her pensive gaze, Xi Congshuang said, "Let's go back."
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The caregiver prepared the medications according to the doctor's orders, while a glass of warm water steamed nearby.
Xi Congshuang supported herself with her hands on the wheelchair and sat back on the bed, the sound of Red Apple talking in the background as the caregiver opened the medicine bottle.
If the red apple had a mouth, it would be grinning: "Congratulations on triggering the female lead's event within 24 hours of your journey. Here is her information. I wish you a speedy completion of your mission."
Red Apple was in a good mood as she dumped all the information on Xi Congshuang: "As long as you reduce the female lead's collapse value to below ten, you'll have completed the mission. She's only 36 right now, it's very simple."
Xi Congshuang didn't rush to look at the data, but asked, "Is the 'Honkai value' you mentioned on a percentage basis?"
"Yes." The red apple, tired from flying, landed on the blanket.
Xi Congshuang lowered her gaze and asked again, "When I read novels before, tasks with a score of 100 had to be reset to zero. Why do I only need to be within ten?"
Good question, that brings us to the topic of red apples.
Honkai value reduced to zero, is this even human?
Red Apple pondered for a moment: "You want to turn the female lead into a saint?"
No one is perfect, and even the saintly mother might not be able to achieve a Honkai value of zero.
"..."
Red Apple flapped its wings and moved away from Xi Congshuang: "Killing is not advisable. She will die, and you will die too."
Xi Congshuang: "What are you thinking? This is a society governed by the rule of law."
Red Apple: "..."
"Miss, it's time to take your medicine." The caregiver, unable to hear Xi Congshuang's conversation with the system, brought over the medicine.
Xi Congshuang stared at the medicine in the caregiver's hand for a while, frowned, took it, and swallowed it in one gulp.
The caregiver breathed a sigh of relief after retrieving the empty medicine bottle cap and turned to leave.
Xi Congshuang leaned against the bedside and began to organize the content transmitted by the system.
The female protagonist, Cheng Zhishu, was born into an ordinary family. Her only loving grandmother passed away when she was very young, so she returned to her parents' side.
Her parents were very busy with work and their salaries were not high. They clearly regarded Cheng Zhishu as a burden. Originally, they only needed to raise one child, but now they had another one. Therefore, they required her to take on the responsibility of taking care of her younger brother while she finished her studies.
As she grew a few years older, Cheng Zhishu began to take over all the housework. She had long been used to this kind of life and never considered rebelling until she was seventeen years old, when a young man in a suit came to her door with an old photo.
The photo shows the grandmother when she was young, standing side by side with another stranger, in an intimate pose.
The young man claimed to be the lawyer of the man in the photo, and said he was there to help with something, explaining the situation to them.
It turns out that the husband who died young, as mentioned by the grandmother, was actually a member of the Xi clan who frequently appeared in the news. After many years, he followed the scattered clues and found his son who had been living away from home.
This news was like a windfall for the ordinary family, as many of their products were manufactured by the Xi family, a nationally renowned enterprise. Unexpected wealth had suddenly arrived.
Cheng Zhishu's life also changed during this family reunion. A few days after moving into the Xi family's house, her father, who had changed his surname to Xi, suddenly pushed open Cheng Zhishu's door with a test report in his hand.
The other person looked at her with unfamiliar eyes and said something Cheng Zhishu didn't expect: "You really aren't my biological daughter. I've found my own daughter. Go back to your home."
"Actually, I've known about this for a long time. The reason I'm keeping you around is to get my real child back."
The Xi family member who was found happened to be from the same city, and came to the Xi residence to recognize his relatives a few days later.
Cheng Zhishu spotted the other person at the edge of the crowd. She was a cheerful and lively girl who was excellent in both character and academics. She had been adopted by a couple who were unable to have children and raised them like a precious jewel. She was very dependent on her adoptive parents.
As for Cheng Zhishu's background, due to the passage of time and lack of information, it is impossible to find out who Cheng Zhishu's real parents were.
Regarding the custody of the girl, both sets of parents only wanted the girl and ignored the silent Cheng Zhishu.
The matter escalated, attracting the attention of the Xi family head, along with Xi Congshuang.
Since the car accident, Xi Congshuang's personality has changed drastically. She is always gloomy and stares at Cheng Zhishu for a long time with a chilling gaze.
After hearing the whole story, Chairman Xi couldn't bring himself to kick a minor out of the house. So he took the child in and let her stay at the Xi family home until she came of age and could choose whether to stay or leave.
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On the second day after transmigrating, I was still blaming the system (not really).
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Thank you to the following for throwing the bomb! [Sprinkling flowers]
Tonight the stars are shining brightly, I threw a rocket.
Feeling carefree, I threw a landmine.
Feeling carefree, I threw a grenade.
Feeling carefree, I threw a grenade.
Aweri threw a landmine.
The emotionless reading machine threw a grenade.
Zhiyu threw a landmine
YHML threw a landmine.
Gu Xiaosang is beautiful and kind-hearted. She threw a landmine.
Lan threw a landmine
H, a rational madman, threw a landmine.
Stealing a moment of peace, I threw a landmine.
Stealing a moment of peace, I threw a landmine.
Hua Du 1015 threw a landmine.
The emotionless reading machine threw a landmine.
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