Mu Hua sat on the sofa in the living room as if he had lost his soul. When he heard footsteps coming from the stairs, he mechanically turned his head, which startled Qiao An and Xiao Ruo.
They had never seen Mu Hua like this before. His eyes were lifeless, and his face was blank, as if his soul had been taken away, leaving only an empty shell.
Seeing Mu Hua's expression, Qiao An's anger subsided considerably. He told the housekeeper and the others to leave first, and then sat down on a lounge sofa opposite Mu Hua.
"Mu Hua, what happened?"
Mu Hua looked up at Qiao An, unsure of what to say for a moment.
He always believed that Liu Zhi's death was caused by postpartum depression and that it was due to his own negligence.
However, Li Zhesheng's words today completely overturned Mu Hua's understanding. After Li Zhesheng left, Mu Hua sat alone in the club until now, feeling that if she didn't find someone to talk to, she would probably go crazy. She drove to Qiao An's place in a daze, but because the whole thing was too bizarre, she didn't know where to start.
Du Xiaoruo poured Mu Hua a cup of calming jujube seed tea, placed the hot tea in front of him, and then walked over to Qiao An and sat down next to him.
Mu Hua drank a few sips of hot tea to calm himself down, and finally spoke.
"You should already know about Liu Zhi's past, right? She's Xiao Shu's mother. She committed suicide not long after giving birth to Xiao Shu. The diagnosis at the time was depression."
At this point, Mu Hua paused, reorganized his thoughts, and continued,
“This incident has had a huge impact on me. I always thought that Liu Zhi died because of me. Every time I think about it, I feel that I don’t deserve to live in this world. I even wrote my will. But today, Li Zhesheng told me that it’s not like that at all.”
Qiao An's curiosity was piqued by Mu Hua, and he urged, "Can you just get to the point?"
Du Xiaoruo nudged Qiao An with her elbow, indicating that Mu Hua was in a bad mood and that he should be patient.
Mu Hua downed the rest of his tea in one gulp and glanced at them cautiously.
"I'm about to start talking, so don't be scared."
Qiao An nodded calmly on the surface, but her hand had unconsciously tightened its grip on Du Xiaoruo's hand. Could this be a ghost story?
"Today, Li Zhesheng told me that Liu Zhi died because of schizophrenia."
Joan secretly breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, it wasn't a ghost story.
Mu Hua continued,
"But there was one particularly strange thing that I felt like I had encountered a ghost."
Qiao An tightened his grip on Du Xiaoruo's hand again. If it weren't for Mu Hua's current mood, he would have wanted to give him a good beating. It even had foreshadowing. Was he telling a story here?
When the tension was mentioned, Mu Hua unconsciously moved closer to Qiao An and the others, his eyes warily scanning the surroundings.
Qiao An felt uneasy at his actions, so Du Xiaoruo reached out and patted his back a few times to comfort him and tell him not to be afraid.
To create an atmosphere of terror to its extreme, Mu Hua lowered his voice and said...
"Li Zhesheng said that he had hypnotized Liu Zhi. In her subconscious, Liu Zhi said that she was actually a transmigrated female supporting character in a book. After giving birth to Xiao Shu, her mission was completed and she was going to carry out the next mission."
Qiao An and Du Xiaoruo both breathed a sigh of relief. What kind of supernatural event was this? Isn't this normal? These days, everyone is transmigrating into books; the entire romance novel world is full of people transmigrating.
Mu Hua's eyes vacantly swept over the couple.
Why aren't you surprised?
Joanne gave a perfunctory "Wow" to indicate her surprise.
Du Xiaoruo was kinder than Qiao An; not wanting to deepen Mu Hua's confusion, she patiently explained,
"Didn't you say Liu Zhi has schizophrenia? Schizophrenia means having all sorts of strange ideas. Maybe she read some novel plot and automatically projected herself into the character."
Mu Hua shook his head.
“Schizophrenia can be barely explained, but Liu Zhi also said that I am the male protagonist in the book, and Xia Qing is the female protagonist. Xia Qing and I will meet and fall in love while recording [Beibei Restaurant], and eventually reach a perfect ending.”
Upon hearing this, Qiao An's expression changed drastically, and she abruptly stood up.
What? I'm not the male lead?
Du Xiaoruo, “…” reached out and pulled this good-for-nothing back onto the sofa.
Mu Hua gave him a strange look.
"Qiao An, why is your focus so strange? The problem is, how did Liu Zhi know about Beibei Restaurant and Xia Qingye three years ago? Knowing about Xia Qingye is somewhat understandable, since they're in the same circle. The key point is that Beibei Restaurant didn't even exist back then. Don't you think that's a paranormal event?"
Now even Du Xiaoruo didn't know how to cover this up.
Mu Hua went from initial shock, confusion, and disbelief to rage and inexplicable anger. He stood up from the sofa, grabbed his hair, and paced back and forth in the living room. The whole thing was just too strange.
Du Xiaoruo tried to change the subject, so she asked,
"Mu Hua, did Li Zhesheng explain why he hid this from you? Even if he has a mental illness, shouldn't he tell you the truth?"
“Yes.” Mu Hua slammed his fist on the back of the sofa. “Li Zhesheng said that Liu Zhi told him not to leak the plot, but I guess it’s because the hypnosis procedure didn’t comply with regulations, and Li Zhesheng was afraid of getting into trouble. Don’t you think it’s weird that Liu Zhi transmigrated into the book?”
Du Xiaoruo thought about it and concluded that Liu Zhi must have exposed her identity while under hypnosis, and was afraid that Li Zhesheng would spread rumors and affect the ecosystem of this world, so she stopped Li Zhesheng from talking about it.
Seeing Mu Hua's restless state, Du Xiaoruo ultimately couldn't bear it.
"Mu Hua, come sit down, I have something to tell you."
After Mu Hua calmed down a bit, Du Xiaoruo spoke calmly.
"What I'm about to say might be a bit beyond normal understanding, but I assure you that every word is the truth, and I don't have schizophrenia, so you can completely believe everything I say."
"We are indeed living in a book now. I also transmigrated from the book, and I am even a friend of the author. I transmigrated because the plot of the book went astray, and the author's merits were affected because of this, so he is now unable to reincarnate. My purpose in transmigrating is to sort out the plot."
In just one day, Mu Hua suffered two mental blows. After hearing Du Xiaoruo's words, he was completely petrified and it took him a long time to process what she had said.
Mu Hua, like a puppet on a string, stiffly turned her head to look at Qiao An.
"You already knew about these things?"
Qiao An looked knowing. "I know a little bit, but not that much."
Mu Hua snapped again, "How can you not be shocked at all by something so outrageous?"
"Is this outrageous? This is great! If I hadn't transmigrated into a book, where would I find such a wonderful wife?"
As she spoke, Qiao An glanced at Du Xiaoruo with an overly sweet look, which gave Du Xiaoruo goosebumps.
Mu Hua couldn't stand seeing Qiao Anhao, and asked in a sinister tone,
"Do transmigrators disappear from this world after completing their mission, like Liu Zhi?"
Joan performed a "smile disappearing act" online; her sweet, smug expression from just a moment ago now looked like she was about to cry.
Du Xiaoruo suddenly realized this problem as well. She hadn't asked Chen Ding if she could go back. In the real world, the oven exploded, so she should be dead by now, right? Even if she wasn't, she'd probably be disabled if she went back.
Is it possible that after completing the mission, you'll really be able to hold hands with Chen Ding and go to be reincarnated together?
Du Xiaoruo took out her phone and immediately sent a message to Chen Ding.
[Chen Ding, after I complete the mission, will I also disappear from this world?]
Sending failed.
Sending failed.
Sending failed...
After the tenth failed attempt, Du Xiaoruo finally accepted the reality that this number could only be used to initiate a chat with Chen Ding; she had no way to contact Chen Ding directly.
Although Mu Hua's mood is much better than when he first arrived, he still doesn't dare to go home because things are a bit strange, so he naturally occupies Qiao An's bedroom.
Qiao An and Du Xiaoruo sat on Du Xiaoruo's big bed. The ambiguous and romantic little pink box was still sitting properly on the bedside table, but the two people on the bed had lost interest in continuing.
Du Xiaoruo glanced at Qiao An. He had changed out of his previous wolf-themed battle robe and was now wearing a complete set of hospital pajamas, with his arms and legs completely covered.
"When did you change your clothes?" Du Xiaoruo asked.
Joan raised his hand and fastened one button on his collar tightly, giving off a somewhat chaste and virtuous vibe.
"Xiaoruo, that was close. If we had actually done it, the game would have been over, and you would probably have left this world like Liu Zhi."
Du Xiaoruo was even more confused by what he said. "Why would you have such a thought?"
Qiao An picked up a stack of books from the bedside table. Du Xiaoruo curiously leaned over to take a look and found that they were the romance novels she had bought as tutorials when she first transmigrated. She wondered where Qiao An had found them.
He turned to the last page and pointed to the last line of text for Du Xiaoruo to see.
In the darkness, he couldn't see her face clearly, but he was certain that she was the love of his life. As the lights dimmed, a moan that made his face flush and his heart race echoed through the luxurious room.
The End!
"Look at this one." Joan put down the first book and opened the second one. Again, it was the last page, the last line.
A wicked smile crept across Leng Suling's face, his dark eyes growing even deeper. He reached out to Lin Jiaojiao, "Woman, please me."
Lin Jiaojiao smiled sweetly, feigning reluctance as she escaped from Leng Suoling's side. Her innocent, rabbit-like eyes seemed to say, "Come and chase me!"
"Woman, you're playing with fire!" Leng Suling pulled her into his arms and forcefully captured her red lips with his...
The End!
Joanne closed the book and summarized with an academic-like rigor,
"So, starting today, Xiaoruo, stop lusting after my body, it'll kill you."
Du Xiaoruo, "..."
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