Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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A few days later, You Xu received a text message: “[Cousin, thank you for taking care of me these past few days. I went to see him. He said he doesn’t love his fiancée, that everything was forced upon him by his family, and that he will break up with her. I’m pregnant with his child, and the child needs a father.]”
You Xu gripped her phone tightly, her jaw clenching, forcibly suppressing the emotions surging through her.
She thought You Qi had verified her words that day, understood Xu Shaosi’s hypocrisy, and had given up, intending to leave this place of heartbreak.
You Xu had also considered another possibility: You Qi would still go to Xu Shaosi, but she never expected the pregnancy to be brought up so early, that You Qi would be easily swayed by Xu Shaosi’s words and choose to forgive him because of the child.
Was You Qi too foolish, or was she using the child as leverage to salvage their relationship?
You Qi herself never imagined that this child would ultimately lead her to a different ending, and You Xu didn’t want to see her go that way.
“78,” You Xu said to the system, “locate You Qi’s position.”
“Please don’t waste time on unnecessary things,” the system said. “Please carry out the assassination mission as soon as possible.”
The system had been repeating this mission instruction repeatedly lately; if she had a choice, You Xu would have blocked it long ago.
System: “If the host cannot execute the mission, we will select an opportune moment for the assassination.”
“What?” Duan Min noticed her staring blankly at her phone, her expression not good, and came over to look. “Are you worried about her?”
You Xu lowered her eyes: “Yes.”
“Don’t worry,” Duan Min placed a warm glass in her hand; it was a vanilla milkshake he had just learned to make. “I will help you find her.”
Her palms gradually warmed, and she realized how cold her fingers had been.
….
Duan Min said he would find her, and he really did. She didn’t know how many puppets Duan Min had sent, but in just two days, he found You Qi in this vast city— she was in a hospital.
You Xu’s brow twitched. She immediately took a taxi to the hospital and found the corresponding ward.
Opening the door, she immediately saw a person lying on the pristine white hospital bed. Her gaze was vacant, her hair slightly dishevelled, her eyes red and swollen; she had started looking haggard after just a few days. Quietly dressed in her hospital gown, she seemed as if she might stop breathing at any moment.
“You Qi,” You Xu called softly, her fingers turning white from gripping the doorknob so tightly.
You Qi looked over, her eyes gradually focusing as she recognized the person. Tears welled up silently, leaving faint marks on the blanket.
She buried her face in the pillow, her voice muffled: “Cousin…why are you here?”
“To see you cry.” You Xu walked over, sat on the edge of the bed, and gently stroked her hair.
In an instant, the dam in You Qi’s heart completely collapsed. She hugged You Xu, unable to suppress her sobs, “Cousin… I was wrong, I was really wrong.”
“He’s been lying to me all along. He just wanted to trick me into having an abortion. He said… he doesn’t love Lin Lanlan, but he can’t let me have a child.”
“I kept begging him… to let the child go, promising I’d never appear before him and Lin Lanlan again, but he wouldn’t agree…”
She still couldn’t forget Xu Shaosi’s expression. He touched her face with one hand and pressed the other against her stomach, a gentle smile on his face: “Qi Qi, don’t blame me. I only did this for our longer future.”
At that moment, she understood that Xu Shaosi might have liked her, but nothing could compare to his love for money and power, and the Lin family behind Lin Lanlan could give him what he wanted.
Hot tears rolled down You Xu’s neck. The girl in her arms cried, her shoulders trembling slightly, causing a sharp pain in her heart and reminding her of some past events.
You Xu thought of her younger sister. She was in middle school and had a crush on an older boy. The boy was a poor student, couldn’t play basketball, and wasn’t particularly handsome; his only redeeming quality was his patience and gentle, considerate nature.
Early romance was strictly forbidden. Despite repeated admonitions from her homeroom teacher, she refused to back down. Her father reprimanded her severely, but she stubbornly insisted, “I’m not wrong. I just like him. I can be with him forever.”
Everyone thought she was incredibly rebellious and ignorant.
Her father hit her for the first time, striking her repeatedly with a thick wooden stick, but she never admitted her mistake or cried.
Bearing all the pressure, the verbal abuse, and the physical pain, she still went to find the boy. Just as she reached the door, she heard his classmates ask, “Where have you been playing with your girlfriend?”
The boy chuckled and said indifferently, “Just playing around. What does a little girl know? Who would take it seriously?”
That day, his sister disappeared. She didn’t go to school or go home. You Xu found her by a small pond.
Her younger sister had said, “Sister, what brings you here?”
“To see you cry.”
The younger sister paused, lowered her head, rubbed her eyes, and couldn’t help but sob a couple of times, her suppressed sobs finally breaking free: “Sister, I was wrong…”
The younger sister, who hadn’t bowed her head under the teacher’s stern gaze, and hadn’t cried under her parents’ cruel beatings, grabbed her sleeve and cried, saying she was wrong.
….
You Xu pulled herself out of her thoughts, unable to suppress her heartache, and hugged You Qi tightly, saying, “Don’t take all the blame and punish yourself. The one who is truly wrong should be punished.”
….
After returning, You Xu didn’t hesitate to use 100 points to arrange Xu Shaosi’s itinerary for the next month. Learning that he would be staying at the Hua’an Hotel for one night in five days, she made a plan in her mind.
“Warning, host, please hurry and carry out the assassination mission!”
You Xu ignored it and used her points to exchange for pain-sensing potions. These potions could temporarily disable a person’s ability to move, while maintaining a clear consciousness, allowing them to feel the pain of their wounds magnified infinitely.
Then she took several professional anatomy books from Duan Min and began to study them.
For a scumb*g like Xu Shaosi, who irresponsibly impregnated someone and treated pregnancy and abortion like a game, caring only for himself and indifferent to everything, the only thing that could leave a lasting shadow was physical castration.
The system warned her again: “Have you thought about the consequences of doing these things?”
Of course she knew the consequences. As the son of a high-ranking official, and with his fiancée being the daughter of a large corporation, Xu Shaosi possessed both power and wealth, making it easy for him to manipulate her later. As a transmigrator, she naturally had to abide by the rules of this world, and her available advantages were very limited.
But people always find a way. More than fearing the consequences, she feared regretting not having the opportunity to “repay” Xu Shaosi when she had the ability.
In the following days, You Xu spent most of her time at the hospital with You Qi as she recovered, only returning home in the afternoon to cook something, take a nap, wash up, change clothes, and then go back to the hospital.
Duan Min was unaware of You Xu’s plans, but he roughly knew what had happened to You Qi. Therefore, You Xu spent almost all her time with You Qi. He didn’t say anything but would occasionally come over to You Xu after lunch when she was taking a nap on the sofa.
You Xu would tell him a fairy tale, and then the two of them would lie down on the sofa together to rest.
You Xu knew she was spending less time with him, so she allowed him to take a short nap with her.
He cherished this afternoon with her so much. The warm breeze from the sun gently blew in, and the familiar scent and warmth of her body were right beside him.
Everything made him feel at ease.
“…The little beauty’s tail turned into human legs, and she went ashore to find her prince…but the prince didn’t truly love her, and in the end, she turned into sea foam.”
You Xu closed the storybook, telling a familiar children’s story. She didn’t need to listen too intently; it was good for sleep.
She herself was getting sleepy as she told the story, while Duan Min had already fallen asleep.
The curtains were only half-drawn, making the room dimly lit. The shadow under his profile made his face appear even more deep and sculpted. Duan Min lay on his side, slightly curled up, holding a strand of her black hair in his hand. His fine, curled eyelashes covered it, softening his cold demeanor and making him look quiet and beautiful.
You Xu watched him quietly for a while, then couldn’t help but smile.
Calculating the dates, she was going to the Hua’an Hotel tonight to deliver the shadow to Xu Shaosi.
At this moment, the system interrupted her thoughts: “Attention, host. The time selected by the switchboard has arrived. The system is sending the designated item to you. Please check and execute the assassination mission.”
You Xu: “???” Wait, what’s going on?
The next second, a scalpel appeared in You Xu’s hand, already pointed at Duan Min’s neck.
This designated item made You Xu pause for a moment before noticing a string of extremely small numbers on it: 7878978. This string of numbers was the system number bound to her, meaning she had to use this item to kill the target to complete the mission.
The sharp blade reflected Duan Min’s pale neck and the faint blue veins on it.
With this one cut, this world would end, and the mission would be successfully completed.
The system urged, “Please seize the opportunity, host!”
“I won’t,” You Xu replied in her mind.
Perhaps everything in this world was fake, but Duan Min was a living person in her heart, and that could not be erased.
Just as You Xu was about to put away the scalpel, Duan Min opened his eyes.
You Xu froze, her breath caught in her throat.
The two stared at each other silently for two seconds, the scalpel between them particularly glaring.
Duan Min suddenly smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes or brows. Her image was reflected in his brown eyes, but the blade in his eyes reflected a cold light.
“You want to kill me?” he said in a chilling tone.
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