“What?!” Mo Pingxin stared at her husband in shock. “Someone deliberately swapped the babies? It wasn’t an accidental mix-up?!”
Seeing his wife trembling with rage, Song Ankang quickly grasped her hand, signaling with his eyes: “Calm down, let’s stay calm first!”
You Xiaoxia and the Song couple stared at each other in silence for a long moment. Eventually, she shifted her gaze to the male college student grinning foolishly beside them.
[Lao Liu, this must be the Song family’s youngest son who constantly opposed the true heiress in the original story, right? What’s he so happy about? He’s the only straight guy in a dorm of four – the other three are either watching porn or fighting over lovers all day, yet this Da Shachun still stupidly thinks the dorm atmosphere is perfectly harmonious!]
System: [Yes, host, that’s him!]
Crack! Da Shachun, who had been amused by the “wealth isn’t as good as Da Gongji” joke, snapped his grinning mouth shut, completely unable to laugh now!
You Xiaoxia curled her lips: [By the way, didn’t you say his three gay roommates were planning to corrupt him? When are they making their move? Can I make it back in time to watch the drama?]
System: [Probably not. They’ve already started – first sending someone to seduce the girlfriend Da Shachun worked so hard to win over. They plan to wait until he’s disillusioned with women before making their move, letting him experience the ‘advantages of men’ and completely turn him gay!]
Da Shachun, no, Song Xiangchen’s face dramatically changed color as he turned and strode away.
Mo Pingxin, too late to stop him, called after him: “Xiangchen, there’s no car now! Where are you going?”
They had only brought one car, and with the family reunion still needing sorting out, they wouldn’t be leaving anytime soon!
Song Xiangchen no longer cared about dirtying his limited edition sneakers in the mud, which were instantly stained with yellow earth. Without looking back, he declared: “I’ll walk back if there’s no car!”
Mo Pingxin anxiously replied: “It’s hundreds of kilometers to the city! You’d break your legs before getting back!”
Song Xiangchen, currently only concerned about his girlfriend who was about to be deceived by his gay roommates, waved his hand: “I’ll walk to town and take a bus from there!”
Seeing they couldn’t stop him, Father Song comforted his wife: “He’s grown up now, let him go!”
Behind them, You Xiaoxia scratched her head: [Lao Liu, wasn’t he here to pick me up? Why did he leave like that?]
System: [Probably remembered something urgent. Don’t worry host, he’s not important! The Song parents are here now, focus on how you’ll reveal your identity to them!]
Although she already knew the general storyline, she still had to pretend ignorance on the surface. You Xiaoxia cleared her throat and displayed unprecedented acting skills as she looked at the Song parents: “You… who are you looking for?”
The Song couple exchanged glances, particularly Mo Pingxin who urgently needed to understand what You Xiaoxia meant about the babies being deliberately swapped? And what did she mean by mentioning the “original story”? Most importantly, why could they seemingly hear You Xiaoxia’s inner thoughts?!
However, when Mo Pingxin opened her mouth to speak, she suddenly seemed to have her voice choked off, unable to ask anything!
“You… g-g-g…” Mo Pingxin touched her throat in terror, looking at her husband.
Song Ankang also got frightened and patted his wife’s back: “What’s wrong? You haven’t eaten anything? Did you choke on your saliva?”
“You’re the one choking on your own spit!” Mo Pingxin retorted irritably, but simultaneously realized she could speak normally again.
A sudden realization dawned on her. So that’s how it was?! Could it be that she couldn’t ask You Xiaoxia about hearing her inner thoughts?!
Having figured this out, she signaled to her husband: “You ask.”
Song Ankang looked confused but opened his mouth: “Abah abah…”
Well, now it was Song Dad’s turn to clutch his neck in panic!
After this experiment, Mo Pingxin completely understood something.
You Xiaoxia felt quite puzzled. This couple had come up to her calling ‘Dad,’ and she found it rather embarrassing!
Fortunately, Mo Pingxin quickly regained her composure, stepping forward to take You Xiaoxia’s hand: “You must be You Xiaoxia. I’m your mother, I’ve come to take you home!”
The Song family had only discovered a month ago that Song Linlang, whom they had raised at home, wasn’t actually their biological daughter. After extensive investigation, they concluded it was likely a case of switched babies at birth. This news came as a heavy blow to the Song family, especially Mo Pingxin – learning that the daughter she had raised for twenty years wasn’t biologically related to her was devastating!
Fortunately, the Song family was wealthy and influential. Through big data comparison, they eventually found You Xiaoxia. Before their visit, they had actually contacted You Xiaoxia and conducted DNA testing. Only after confirming the results did the Song family decide to personally bring their daughter home!
“I called you two days ago, do you remember?”
You Xiaoxia certainly remembered – she had answered the call herself.
She had died a week ago, struck by a meteorite while stargazing with an incredibly handsome young man on a mountain!
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in this world, with an additional melon-eating system!
The system was called Lao Liu.
Lao Liu told her that the original You Xiaoxia of this world hadn’t been as lucky as her – she had been directly killed by the meteorite. If she wanted to live, she had to assume You Xiaoxia’s identity. Oh, and the system also said that due to its melon-eating nature, if she didn’t consume gossip, she would die too! So after transmigrating, You Xiaoxia was ‘forced’ to live a life of constantly searching for gossip to consume!
There was more – the system also revealed this wasn’t an ordinary world, but rather a book, and You Xiaoxia was the true heiress Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character in the story!
The current plot had reached the point where the false heiress’s identity was discovered, and the true heiress was being brought home!
After recalling the plot, You Xiaoxia opened her big eyes wide, and after five seconds her eyes finally reddened slightly. She sobbed twice while looking at Mo Pingxin: “You’re really my mother?”
Mo Pingxin nodded, and seeing that You Xiaoxia didn’t reject her, she reached out to embrace her daughter’s shoulders.
Song Ankang watched the mother-daughter reunion with moist eyes himself. After a moment, he cautiously asked You Xiaoxia: “Xiaoxia, Mom and Dad are here to take you to live in the city. Are you willing to come live with us?”
You Xiaoxia hesitated for a few seconds before nodding. Of course she had to go!
The city had more gossip – that’s how she could survive! Although the countryside had plenty of gossip too, the area was small with fewer people. Over the past week, she had pretty much exhausted all the gossip in Xishui Village. It was time to change her melon-eating territory!
“I’m willing to go with you!”
Mo Pingxin happily nodded repeatedly: “Good, good, good child.”
You Xiaoxia looked at both of them: “I need to go home and pack some luggage, then I’ll leave with you.”
You Xiaoxia was an orphan adopted by You Nainai, who had a difficult life. Her husband passed away early, leaving her with only one daughter named Da Ni, who died in an accident shortly after reaching adulthood. After adopting You Xiaoxia, she gave her the nickname Er Ni, and everyone in the village called her by that name!
You Nainai had passed away a year ago, and now You Xiaoxia was the only one left in the household, so it didn’t really matter where she lived!
Compared to the countryside, You Xiaoxia, who had traveled through time, naturally preferred the city, as life there was much more convenient!
Leading the Song couple into the shabby courtyard, You Xiaoxia brought out two stools: “Please wait a moment, I’ll be ready soon!”
Song Ankang quickly replied, “No rush, take your time.”
Mo Pingxin asked with concern, “Do you need Mom’s help?”
You Xiaoxia shook her head. In fact, she had already packed her belongings and could leave at a moment’s notice. But before leaving, she entered another small room, closed the door, and lit two incense sticks. On the wall hung two memorial portraits—one of You Nainai and the other… of the original You Xiaoxia!