Chapter 6 The Young Lady in a Wheelchair 6: Collapse Value +1
The rain finally stopped after two days, and the sun came out just before the weekend.
The watermarks outside had completely dried, and apart from the even more lush green leaves, the rain seemed to have come without a trace.
Xi Congshuang was pushed out for a walk by Zheng Momo. She had just finished upper body training and was quite exhausted. Her usually pale face had actually gained some color.
It was as if a painting of a beautiful woman hanging on the wall had come to life.
"Ms. Xi has just finished exercising, so you should be careful not to catch a cold. Please relax here."
Xi Congshuang rubbed her sore wrists and nodded in response.
“Miss Xi’s hands have been a bit sore and painful these past few days, which is normal.” Zheng Momo looked like a recent college graduate with a gentle temperament and round eyes.
In fact, she is very professional and is a well-known rehabilitation trainer in the industry at a young age. She is very serious about her work and it would be difficult for Xi Congshuang to slack off for even a moment.
“Okay, I understand,” Xi Congshuang said.
It was a complete waste of my talents to be treated like a caregiver a few days ago.
"I want to be alone for a while. I'll call you if I need anything."
"OK."
After Zheng Momo left, Xi Congshuang started fiddling with her phone, trying to find something that could help her complete her mission.
However, Xi Congshuang's previous phone was destroyed in the car accident. Xi Dong was worried that seeing the contents of the phone would trigger her memories, so the new phone did not transfer any of the previous data, and even the wallpaper was the factory default, with a dark blue background.
Therefore, there wasn't much information about her old phone on her new phone. After searching for a long time, she found that her contacts were almost empty except for a few frequently used contacts.
Just like Xi Congshuang, her mind was completely blank when faced with the current situation.
As her fingertips glided across her grandmother, the housekeeper, and the caregiver Zheng Momo, Xi Congshuang knew all too well that she had no one on hand to help her with her tasks.
According to the character setting, the Xi family's daughter would not have arrived empty-handed. Such a family would send someone into the company for training at an early age, where what they see and hear is incomparable to that of ordinary people.
Now that she is disabled in both legs, she can only stay at home obediently, and she also has to be careful not to be discovered by people who used to know Xi Congshuang and realize that she is an imposter.
Since things have come to this, we might as well binge-watch the show.
Xi Congshuang took out her tablet, opened the video app, and continued watching the parts she hadn't finished watching before.
I used to be so sick that I only slept for twenty hours a day, so I never had the time to binge-watch TV series for so long.
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Tomorrow is the weekend, and Cheng Zhishu finished class early. When she returned to the Xi residence, it was still early and bright outside.
Her umbrella had already been put into her schoolbag. Carrying her schoolbag, she walked in. Facing the main road of Xijia, which led in all directions, Cheng Zhishu, with an unwavering determination, unsurprisingly took the wrong turn.
Not knowing where she had wandered off to, Cheng Zhishu turned at the end of the road. Before she could figure it out, a voice from afar called out to her, stopping her in her tracks.
A slight stirring in her heart, Cheng Zhishu walked in the direction of the sound.
The woman's voice was filled with sobs: "So, my 'wrong' wasn't really wrong at all, it wasn't wrong at all..."
Before she could finish speaking, the voice stopped. Cheng Zhishu thought the other person was about to leave, so she quickly took a few steps to catch up.
Just then, Xi Congshuang looked up from the video and asked, "It seems your house is really big; you got lost again."
My heart, which had been racing a few beats, gradually calmed down, and I felt inexplicably nervous.
Cheng Zhishu silently lowered her head and apologized: "I'm sorry..."
Xi Congshuang has a good memory, and this is the first time she has seen someone get lost at home. She asked, "Do you need me to draw you a map? You can just follow the map when you get home in the future."
Is there really such a good thing?
Cheng Zhishu thought to herself, "That's wonderful!" and happily asked, "Is that okay?"
Xi Congshuang: "..."
There was no immediate response from the other party, and Cheng Zhishu said with some regret, "I'm sorry, I made an unreasonable request."
Xi Congshuang looked at the other person for a while, then suddenly said, "I dropped something on the ground, could you help me pick it up?"
"Where?" Cheng Zhishu didn't hesitate at all and stepped over.
Xi Congshuang pointed to a faint capacitive pen on the ground, stuck in a crack in the bricks, right next to the wheelchair.
For ordinary people, it's just a short distance away, but it's out of reach for those confined to wheelchairs.
If you force it, you will only lose control of your body and center of gravity and fall to the ground.
The girl, wearing a dark blue school uniform and carrying a black backpack, squatted in front of her. Her bangs were lifted and fell by the evening wind, and the fragrance of flowers was mixed with a faint scent of soapberry.
Xi Congshuang lowered her eyes, her profile serene.
The girl in front of us only showed the top of her fluffy head. She looked particularly small when she squatted down, and her slightly droopy eyebrows and eyes were still very youthful.
Noticing Xi Congshuang's gaze, she looked up, smiled, and her eyes shone brightly.
"..."
As Xi Congshuang looked at it, she couldn't help but recall what she had heard before—"How can turning into a ruthless female lead not be considered a breakdown?"
It does seem quite broken.
It's a strange feeling to still be the culprit.
Correspondingly, she will kill herself in the future.
Cheng Zhishu bent down, picked up the pen, wiped off the dust, and handed it to Xi Congshuang: "Here you go."
Xi Congshuang opened her fair palm, and the capacitive pen, still slightly warm from her body, was placed in her hand. She squeezed it briefly, then casually put it back on the table.
"Thank you, I thought it would lie there for a long time before I could pick it up."
Cheng Zhishu unconsciously gripped the backpack straps with her hands hanging down: "You helped me last time, so I'll help you this time."
Xi Congshuang: "Are you saying that this way we're even?"
Cheng Zhishu panicked instantly and waved her hands, saying, "No, no."
Xi Congshuang readily agreed: "Then do I still owe you?"
Cheng Zhishu's ears burned, and she continued waving her hands: "No, no, I didn't..."
Xi Congshuang suppressed a laugh: "It's neither this nor that, so what should it be?"
"Yes, it should be..."
Cheng Zhishu wasn't an impulsive person, but she always felt at a loss in front of the other person. When she was looked at by the other person's dark eyes, she didn't know how to answer.
To avoid prematurely triggering the female lead's ruthless nature, Xi Congshuang's gaze fell on the school badge on her school uniform, and she said, "So you went to Anshi No. 1 High School. I used to go to school there too."
I wonder which school the real daughter, who was mistaken for someone else and adopted by a couple, attends.
The information only stated that both parties were the same age and lived in the same city, so Xi Wenyong easily found the person by relying on the power of the Xi family.
As for how they found it and what the other party was like, they didn't say anything.
"Yes, I just transferred there a week ago." Cheng Zhishu suddenly felt a little sad. It's always easier to say things that are kept inside to strangers. "Do you think I'm annoying and want me to stay away from you?"
"How could that be? I never thought of that."
Xi Congshuang rested her elbow on the armrest, propped her chin on her hand, and gave a faint smile: "The people around me are all being very careful around me because of my leg, and I feel a bit oppressed. I want to talk to someone. Have I offended you?"
The bittersweet feeling that had just welled up in her heart vanished instantly, and Cheng Zhishu slowly shook her head: "No..."
To be honest, Cheng Zhishu's mindset is somewhat similar to hers.
After moving to the Xi family's house, the house became bigger, and my parents had more free time, but it became even harder to see them.
The Xi family treated her like she was invisible, or looked at her with strange eyes. The servants all had their own duties, and as for her aunt, whom she had only met twice, her attitude was even more obvious.
Xi Hanran disdained to say more than a few words to them. From the first time they met, she looked at everyone with the eyes of someone looking at trash, including Mr. Liu.
She transferred to the school halfway through the semester. She had already known her classmates for a long time and they all had their own friends. Cheng Zhishu, who came halfway through the semester and was quiet and reserved, seemed out of place.
Today, she also overheard her classmates talking about her family. The gossip about wealthy families is like an effervescent tablet thrown into a soda—intense and spreading rapidly. The gossipy tone made Cheng Zhishu stand outside the door for a long time with her homework, not going in. It was only when a classmate sitting by the window noticed her that she stopped talking.
In such a large Xi residence, only the eldest daughter in the wheelchair doesn't look at her with strange eyes.
The young lady had no idea who Xi Wenyong was, nor what had happened in that building that led her to the opposite direction. Like an innocent princess in a fairy tale, she curiously watched every unfamiliar visitor.
Looking back now, I realize I may have bothered her, but she's no one to me and shouldn't have to accept my bad mood.
Cheng Zhishu adjusted her expression: "It's getting late, I have to go back to study, bye-bye."
Having made her decision, Cheng Zhishu prepared to turn and leave when Xi Congshuang's gentle voice came from behind her: "Okay, goodbye."
Not daring to delve into how much expectation the other person might have in their words, nor daring to have any expectations, Cheng Zhishu walked away quickly, her dark blue school uniform figure disappearing from Xi Congshuang's sight.
With a whoosh, the system, which had disappeared for several days, reappeared and stopped to Xi Congshuang's left.
Red Apple: "What did you do? The female lead's 'collapse value' has quietly increased a little?"
The corruption value displayed prominently on the panel: 37
It was a steady 36 before, when did it become 37?
Xi Congshuang: "?"
Wait, the female lead was just smiling at her, how come her Honkai value suddenly increased? Does this make sense?
Xi Congshuang felt utterly wronged: "I didn't do anything, okay? It's my fault for chatting with the female lead?"
Red Apple said slowly, "I don't know about that."
During their two meetings, neither party exchanged names, thus maintaining the identities described in their official documents.
It wasn't until her true identity was revealed and she was publicly scorned that Cheng Zhishu realized who the young woman in the wheelchair was.
However, Cheng Zhishu has now made up her mind not to wander around anymore, but to save money to rent a house near the school, which would be more convenient for her.
If they part ways and never contact each other again, what will happen to Cheng Zhishu who leaves the Xi family?
When the bright red apple asked this question, Xi Congshuang thought seriously: "Will she find that it's not raining outside at all, away from the Xi family's umbrella?"
Red Apple, who was just thinking about the pros and cons, thought: "?"
Before that day even arrived, on a weekend morning, Cheng Zhishu, who was memorizing vocabulary at her desk, was knocked on the door.
She put down her pen and turned to open the door.
Xi Wenyong stood outside the door, holding an opened file bag. His first words to Cheng Zhishu were: "You really aren't my biological daughter. I've found my own daughter. Go back to your home."
Like a bolt from the blue, it struck Cheng Zhishu. She felt her five senses go numb, and her mind, which had been filled with words, gradually went blank. She struggled to understand the sentence.
After a long pause, she finally opened her mouth in confusion: "Huh?"
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A certain Snowflake, who wishes to remain anonymous, is rushing over in a wheelchair—
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