Сhарter 4
Хu Nuo timidly bid farеwеll to the sеcretаrу, whо thеn wеnt tо ask hеr bоss.
Тhе answer сame in the form оf аn ashtrау hurlеd оvеr with eхtrеmе impatiеnсe.
Тhe secrеtarу immediatelу agrеed, whilе inwаrdly wondеring why the boss hаd sаid “tаkе her awау” оnlу to let hеr go аfter bringing her hеre.
“Hоwever, аside from the rеаl fiаncéе, thе boss doesn’t аllow аnуone еlse to stаy hеrе…”
Wаtching Хu Nuo bow rеpeаtеdlу in gratitude and shrink back as she retrеаted, the secrеtаry’s smile didn’t reасh her eyes.
The Xu family—how on earth did they raise someone with Xu Nuo’s personality?
Once outside the Feng residence, Xu Nuo, who had just been acting like a startled bird, pushed the bothersome strands of hair away from her face and casually tied them up with a hairband. Instantly, her enchanting and captivating features were fully revealed. Though her eyes were badly swollen, it did nothing to diminish her beauty.
If anyone familiar with her saw her like this now, they probably wouldn’t recognize her.
The difference in demeanor was simply too great.
“Xiao You.”
The hallway light was broken. Panting heavily, Xu Nuo climbed to the fifth floor and called out her younger brother’s name.
Suddenly, the door next to theirs opened, and a boy in a white shirt and black trousers walked out. He looked about fifteen or sixteen years old.
His features were delicate and refined, and he was almost taller than Xu Nuo. If any of the Gu family were standing here now, they would surely be shocked.
This boy bore a striking resemblance to Gu Nongxuan—about seventy percent similar. No one would believe they weren’t related by blood.
Seeing that he was fine, Xu Nuo let out a sigh of relief.
“You scared the shit out of me.”
Xu You: “………I’m not washing your pants for you.”
Xu Nuo’s rented apartment had two bedrooms and a living room. The neighborhood was old and the location wasn’t great, but the rent was cheap. She checked the door—there were indeed signs of tampering with the lock. Once inside, while Xu You wasn’t paying attention, she discreetly grabbed the “suicide note” from the table.
And stuffed it into her mouth to eat it…
System: 【………You really must be hungry】
“What are you eating?”
Xu You looked at her suspiciously. Xu Nuo poured a glass of water and forced it down, her face calm as she said, “Foot skin. Want some?”
The boy rolled his eyes. “Keep it for yourself.”
Then, staring at Xu Nuo’s feet, he suddenly narrowed his eyes.
“So, you came back so late today because you went out to pick at your foot skin?”
Xu Nuo’s shoes had long been thrown at Gu Nongxuan along with her twenty-thousand-yuan socks. The slippers she was wearing now were given to her out of pity by Feng Huan Chao’s secretary.
Xu Nuo wiggled her toes, her expression unchanged. “Yeah.”
Xu You scoffed, clearly not believing her.
He walked over and suddenly moved closer to Xu Nuo. Over the past few years, he had grown rapidly and was now quite a bit taller than her. This sudden proximity carried a certain pressure.
Xu Nuo met the gaze of the younger brother she had raised herself and suddenly curled her lips into a smile.
She rarely smiled like this—her eyes curved, shimmering with a seductive, almost lustrous glow, causing the one who had approached first to momentarily lose his composure.
“Pfft!”
Xu Nuo mischievously spat at him. “What? Do I have eye gunk in the corner of my eye?”
“Come to think of it, I didn’t wash my face before leaving this morning.”
Xu You: “”
“I’m going to do my homework.”
He wiped his face expressionlessly and turned to go back to his room.
His originally calm expression instantly darkened the moment he turned around, his eyes clouded with gloom.
Those traces of distress all over her—there was no way it was just from going out to pick at foot skin.He closed the door, leaning back against the wall as he slowly let out a heavy breath.
Were the people who came today connected to his original family?
Were the marks on Xu Nuo also their doing?
Xu You hung his head low, his thin back tightly tensed, nails digging deep into his flesh. The gaze that escaped from beneath his overly long bangs was frighteningly obsessive.
No one would ever separate him from his sister.
After confirming he had gone inside, Xu Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.
She had originally prepared herself for certain death today, so she had left her suicide note and savings on the table for Xu You.
The System, which hadn’t spoken in a long time, suddenly made a sound.
【Host, do you think the change in the plot might be related to Xu You?】
Xu You was Gu Nongxuan’s younger brother, who had been missing for many years, and Xu Nuo had coincidentally discovered him.
According to the original book’s timeline, Xu You was discovered by the Female Lead Xu Chuchu while volunteering at an orphanage she sponsored during his university years, and she brought him back to the Gu family.
Gu Nongxuan’s initial half-hearted sincerity toward her also turned into full sincerity after this incident.
But when Xu Nuo encountered Xu You, the child was simply too pitiful. Moved by compassion, she secretly took him in and raised him by her side. After all, she was going to die this year anyway. By then, Xu You would still be an orphan and would eventually meet the Female Lead while volunteering at university. Aside from the different experiences in between, the outcome would be the same, so she hadn’t paid it much mind.
But now…
【System, everything’s gone haywire】
Xu Nuo stood up frantically, silently screaming in a fit of helpless rage.
It didn’t matter if she couldn’t be reincarnated, but her body couldn’t wait.
Xu Nuo had transmigrated into the book using her own terminally ill body, since the novel was a fictional world and Xu Nuo didn’t even have a physical description in the original book.
Because she had to complete her mission, the spreading cancer in her body had been forcibly halted by the System. Once she finished her mission and reincarnated, she would receive a new body.
But now, unable to die, she had no idea what would happen to her body.
【This is serious. I’ll temporarily leave to report this. In the meantime, don’t forget to maintain your character. Acting Out Of Character in front of major characters is a major taboo!】
The System’s voice also sounded frantic.
Xu Nuo listlessly raised her hand. “Go on, go on.”
No sooner had the System left than a call came from the Xu family. It seemed they had learned that the Feng family hadn’t called off the engagement and wanted to summon her to understand the reason.
Xu Nuo rolled her eyes dramatically, but what came out of her mouth was: “Ah… right now? Okay, I’ll come over right away… sob sob… I don’t know what happened either.”
After hanging up, she irritably pulled off her hair tie and ruffled her hair.
“Are you going out?”
Xu You’s door suddenly opened. He stood by the doorway, looking perfectly normal as he watched Xu Nuo with her disheveled hair.
“Come here.”
When Xu Nuo walked over, he suddenly reached out, lifted her sleeve, removed the white fish jade pendant wrapped in black cord from her arm, and poured medicinal wine onto the bruised area.
Xu You lowered his eyes as he applied the medicine, not asking how she had gotten injured.
Xu Nuo stared at her brother, who was frowning as if he wanted to say something but was holding back, and smiled carelessly.
Well, things would work out when the time came. At the very least, she had to arrange everything properly for her brother before this body gave out.
With her mood brightening, Xu Nuo’s acting became even more natural.
But this good mood came to an abrupt halt the moment she hunched her back and walked through the Xu family’s gate, only to run into the sharp-tongued, mean-spirited yet gentleman-faced Gu Nongxuan.”If you really have nothing better to do, I could pull some strings and get you checked into a psychiatric ward for a few days to have some fun.”
Gu Nongxuan, who hadn’t said a single word: “…”