My Child
Jiang Quqi hasn’t been in a good mood lately.
Logically speaking, things were going smoothly. The female lead’s gambling-addicted father hadn’t come to cause trouble, the male lead and his “white moonlight” weren’t up to anything, and although her relationship with Qin Jiao wasn’t exactly like family, they were polite to each other and getting along fine.
Right now, she had money and free time—she was basically living the life she had always dreamed of. But there was one thing that had just dawned on her.
It all started like this…
One day, on a whim, Jiang Quqi asked, “System Baby, back when I read novels, the main characters always had special cheats or superpowers after traveling through worlds. What about me? Do I have anything?”
Of course.
“Where is it!?” Jiang Quqi asked expectantly.
“What is it!?” She couldn’t wait.
The system sounded confused.
Didn’t I give it to you a long time ago?
“Huh?”
The Newbie Gift Pack: The Female Lead Aura.
…
Jiang Quqi instantly deflated, her face falling into a long pout, saying nothing.
The system racked its virtual brains, Don’t be too discouraged, dear. We also have a shop.
“Shop!”
Yes. Items inside can be exchanged using Points. Points are earned by increasing the Male Lead’s Favorability, or they can be bought directly with cash. The exchange rate is 10,000 Yuan for 1 Point.
“So how many points do I have right now?”
… I’m sorry. The reason I didn’t mention the shop before is because it can only be opened when the Villain’s Favorability is greater than or equal to 1. And Qin Jiao’s favorability towards you… is zero.
What the actual f*ck!
Jiang Quqi threw a pillow across the sofa, fuming. “System, tell me, haven’t I done everything I possibly could for him?”
“When he was being bullied, I was the one who saved him.”
“I adopted him, fed him, gave him a place to live. What have I done wrong?”
She pouted and started whining dramatically, “Okay, sure, you forced me to do it at first, but they say ‘Judge the action, not the motivation’… Wuwuwu… I didn’t expect much, but zero is just plain heartbreaking!”
Then she suddenly thought of something, “Wait, no, no, no, that can’t be right.”
What’s wrong? The system asked humbly.
“He makes breakfast every morning, for himself and for me! And even though we’re just polite, he still calls me ‘Sister’ whenever he sees me. He’s such a good and obedient boy!”
“I bet—”
—You bet?
“Your system settings are definitely outdated! Is your boss too cheap to buy you new equipment or something? The readings are probably wrong, I’m telling you—”
Before she could finish, a panel suddenly popped up in front of her.
Sorry dear, your System is applying for one day of leave. Reason: My settings are NOT outdated. N-O-T! I’m going to reorganize the data right now!
“Pfft—Hahahahahahaha!” Jiang Quqi laughed uncontrollably at her own system, feeling quite pleased with herself. “Looks like your boss doesn’t treat you well either. Bet it’s been ages since they updated your hardware.”
Being thoughtful, she even left this message on the system’s notification board, setting it as a priority alert so the moment the system came back online, it would see it immediately.
After doing that, her annoyance vanished completely. Humming a tune, it was time for her nap.
Yay, happy~
.
Dear dear dear! Stop sleeping! Something happened!
Jiang Quqi turned over and covered her ears, but the system kept chattering in her mind. “Shut up.”
The system paused for a second, but your kid is getting beaten up at school.
“What!” Jiang Quqi sat up abruptly as if jolted awake from a coma. “Qin Jiao is getting beaten up!?”
Yes.
Sitting up so fast made her dizzy for a few seconds due to lack of blood flow. Then she remembered something and flopped back down listlessly. “Ah whatever, why bother. He doesn’t appreciate it anyway. Let him solve it himself.”
One minute passed.
“He survived fine without me before, right? He can handle this, right?”
Another thirty seconds passed.
“System! Stop playing dead!”
The system sounded innocent, I didn’t even force you to go complete the mission, what more do you want?
Jiang Quqi huffed and sat up, crossing her arms. One minute later, she was fully dressed. She grabbed the keys hanging by the door and rushed out towards the school like a gust of wind.
“I’m not going for him. I just can’t stand seeing kids being bullied.”
Mhmhmh, right right right.
“Shut up.”
… Tch.
When she arrived, the security guard wouldn’t let her in. Jiang Quqi was so angry she wanted to laugh. No matter what she said, he refused to budge. Deciding not to waste words, she walked around, found a lower section of the wall, and climbed right over.
Kids were playing ball on the playground. She asked for directions and hurried towards the classrooms. Reaching the third floor, she found a crowd of students huddled around a window, making a lot of noise.
“Is this it?”
Yes.
Without hesitation, Jiang Quqi shouted loudly, “What is this crowd doing instead of studying!? Get back to your classes!”
Thinking she was a teacher, the students looked around nervously and scattered immediately.
Jiang Quqi stormed into the office. Inside, there were three people sitting and three standing. Sitting were two women and a little boy with a huge bump on his head, crying his eyes out. Standing were people she recognized: Qin Jiao, his adoptive mother, and that woman’s son.
Qin Jiao had a bright red, clear handprint on his face. His adoptive mother was shoving him around, forcing him to apologize.
Jiang Quqi laughed out of sheer anger. She walked over, wrapped an arm around Qin Jiao, and pulled him protectively behind her. “What is going on here? Tell me.”
The woman sitting in front of the computer smiled awkwardly. “May I ask who you are?”
“I’m Qin Jiao’s older sister. My surname is Jiang, Jiang Yan.”
She then pointed at the adoptive mother. “This woman has no blood relation to my little brother. From now on, I handle all matters regarding him. She has nothing to do with this.”
I—is that so? But your surname is Jiang…
“I can have whatever surname I want.”
The teacher was stunned. Perhaps thinking she was being unreasonable, she leaned towards Qin Jiao and said, “Qin Jiao, just apologize and this will be over. There’s no need to make a big deal out of it, right? It’s not good for you or for the school…”
“Wait wait wait,” Jiang Quqi pulled Qin Jiao further behind her, “I think it’s not good for my brother, it’s just bad for you, isn’t it?”
“How come? I’m his guardian, I’m here now, and you want my child to apologize without even telling me what happened? That doesn’t make sense.”
She casually pulled a chair for herself, then pointed to another chair next to her and said to Qin Jiao, “Sit down. Standing is tiring.”
Seeing Qin Jiao sitting down while he was still standing, the chubby boy got upset and shouted, “I want to sit too!”
Qin Jiao’s mother blinked, looked at Jiang Quqi, and wanting nothing more to do with her, quickly told the teacher she had to leave.
Like hell she was letting them leave.
“Stop right there!” Jiang Quqi shouted.
“That handprint on my child’s face—who did it?”