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Join the ServerShe didn’t know how long had passed.
Maybe ten minutes. Maybe half an hour.
Su Yutao woke to the pain.
The wound on her arm pulsed with a sharp, throbbing ache, like someone was stirring a needle inside.
She curled up, trying to shift position.
But the moment she moved, it hurt even more.
She clenched her teeth and didn’t make a sound.
Yet her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Slightly.
But in the quiet of the night, that faint tremor still caught Shen Nian’s attention.
“What’s wrong?”
Shen Nian’s voice came through.
Su Yutao shook her head.
Shen Nian glanced at her.
The car slowed down.
“Why are you shaking?”
Su Yutao shook her head again.
Shen Nian narrowed her eyes.
She pulled the car over.
Reached over—
Su Yutao felt that hand lift the blanket.
Then it touched her arm.
“Ah—”
Su Yutao sucked in a sharp breath.
Shen Nian’s hand froze.
“What happened to your arm?”
Su Yutao didn’t know how to answer.
Shen Nian gently lifted a corner of the blanket and looked under the streetlight.
She saw the bandage.
And the blood seeping through it.
Shen Nian frowned.
“How did this happen?”
Su Yutao opened her mouth.
She couldn’t say.
But instinctively, she curled her arm back and hugged Qiansui tighter with her other hand.
That movement made Shen Nian notice the penguin she was holding.
On the plush’s fur, there was a dark red stain.
Already dried.
Shen Nian’s gaze fixed there.
She reached out and gently took the penguin—not snatching it, just bringing it closer to look.
The dark red was blood.
And there was a tear on the penguin, the edges ragged, as if something had bitten it.
Shen Nian’s expression changed.
She looked at Su Yutao:
“Did something bite this penguin?”
Su Yutao was stunned for a moment.
Then nodded.
Shen Nian stared at her:
“What bit it?”
Su Yutao thought for a moment.
She opened her mouth, forming a silent word.
Woof.
Shen Nian understood.
Her face darkened:
“A dog?”
Su Yutao nodded.
Shen Nian took a deep breath.
“And your arm?”
Su Yutao pointed at herself, then at the penguin, then made a grabbing motion.
Shen Nian watched her gestures, piecing together the picture—
The dog bit the penguin.
She tried to grab it.
The dog bit her.
Shen Nian cursed, a very crude word.
“That idiot Zhou Ye, he let you go with an injury like this?”
Su Yutao didn’t know how to answer.
Shen Nian stared at her for two seconds.
Then she pulled out her phone and started dialing.
The call connected quickly.
Shen Nian started yelling immediately:
“Xiaoxue! What the hell is that Zhou Ye of yours?!”
The other side seemed to say something.
Su Yutao couldn’t hear the other side.
But she knew who it was.
Lin Qingxue.
The Lin Qingxue from tonight.
The Lin Qingxue now out killing people.
She curled up in her seat, hugging Qiansui, but her ears involuntarily perked up.
Shen Nian continued cursing:
“That little mute got bitten by a dog! Do you know that?!”
The other side said something.
Shen Nian sneered:
“A vaccine? Do you think Zhou Ye looks like the kind of person who would take her to get a vaccine?”
The other side said something again.
Shen Nian took a deep breath:
“I’ll take her back to my place now. I have a first-aid kit. We’ll treat it first thing. I’ll take her to the hospital tomorrow morning.”
The other side said something.
Shen Nian clicked her tongue:
“You don’t need to apologize to me. It wasn’t you who bit her.”
“As for that Zhou Ye, you deal with him when you get back. You still let him chase after you? Block him already.”
The other side softly hummed in agreement.
Then asked:
“How is she now? Let me talk to her?”
Shen Nian glanced at Su Yutao, curled up in her seat.
“She can’t talk, she’s mute.”
The other side paused.
“Then start a video call. Let me see her.”
Shen Nian hung up and called a video.
The other side answered instantly.
Shen Nian turned the camera toward Su Yutao.
Su Yutao saw the light from the phone screen—she couldn’t see the image, but she knew that person was looking at her.
That person who was somewhere unknown now, might have just killed someone, still carrying the smell of blood.
Was looking at her through the video, using that gentle voice from the daytime.
Su Yutao’s whole body went stiff.
Then that voice came from the phone.
Warm and gentle.
Exactly the same as during the day.
“Little mute, does it hurt?”
Su Yutao’s breath hitched.
Yes, it hurt.
It hurt a lot.
But what made her tremble wasn’t the pain.
It was that voice.
The voice she had heard twice before—
Once on a rainy night, saying “Get lost.”
Once in the middle of the night, saying “Move again, and I’ll throw you out the window.”
Now that same voice, in the gentlest tone, was asking her if it hurt.
Su Yutao didn’t know how to react.
She could only shake her head.
Shake it desperately.
The other end of the line was silent for a second.
Then that gentle voice sounded again:
“Don’t lie to me. It must hurt.”
A pause.
“Nian Nian will take you to treat the wound. Remember to get a vaccine tomorrow. Rest well.”
Su Yutao nodded.
She could only nod.
The voice paused again.
Then said:
“Wait for me to come back.”
The video ended.
Su Yutao curled up in her seat, her whole body stiff.
‘Wait for me to come back.’
That person said wait for me to come back.
She knew what that meant.
It meant being lifted up in the middle of the night.
It meant being threatened by the neck.
It meant that cold voice would ring in her ears again.
Xiao Douzi’s voice sounded in her ear, small:
“You… why are you shaking even more?”
Su Yutao didn’t answer.
She just hugged the penguin tighter.
Shen Nian put away her phone and restarted the car.
She glanced at Su Yutao:
“You heard that? I’ll take you for a vaccine tomorrow. Tonight, let’s get you cleaned up.”
Su Yutao curled up in her seat, holding Qiansui.
Her arm still hurt.
Her head still burned.
But what scared her most was that sentence: “Wait for me to come back.”
That person was coming back.
The car continued on through the night.
Heading toward Shen Nian’s home.
The car continued on through the night.
Su Yutao curled up in her seat, holding Qiansui, still trembling all over.
Those words, “Wait for me to come back,” were like a thorn stuck in her mind.
That person was coming back.
The one who would grab her neck at night.
The one who said, “Move again, and I’ll throw you out the window.”
The one who was somewhere unknown now, might have just killed someone, still carrying the smell of blood.
Using the gentlest voice, said: Wait for me to come back.
Xiao Douzi’s voice sounded in her ear, small:
“You’re shaking so much… Are you still afraid of that phone call?”
Su Yutao didn’t answer.
Xiao Douzi waited a moment, then spoke again:
“Hey, talk to me… It’s so boring talking alone…”
Su Yutao still didn’t answer.
Xiao Douzi said, aggrieved:
“I’m your system… Why won’t you talk to me…”
Su Yutao thought to herself: ‘I’m thinking about something.’
“What?”
‘About the person who called.’
Xiao Douzi was stunned for a moment:
“That Lin Qingxue? Is she really scary?”
Su Yutao didn’t know how to answer.
Scary?
Yes, scary.
But not scary all the time.
During the day, she was very gentle.
Only at night did she become someone else.
Xiao Douzi waited again, and when Su Yutao didn’t answer, started muttering to itself:
“Let me tell you, this Shen Nian’s house is really big… I just sensed it, this living room alone is bigger than Lin Qingxue’s entire home. And upstairs, so many rooms… She must be super rich…”
Su Yutao listened to its rambling, and the fear in her heart seemed to be diluted a little.
Xiao Douzi continued:
“And her car, also super fancy… I sneaked a look at the manual just now, automatic driving, heated seats, air suspension… I’ve never even heard of those…”
Su Yutao couldn’t help but think: ‘Aren’t you a system? How come you don’t even know about cars?’
Xiao Douzi said righteously:
“I’m a system, but I’m not a car system! I’m a romance system! Focused on companionship and assistance! Not car repairs!”
Su Yutao: …
‘So, what can you do?’
Xiao Douzi thought for a moment:
“Uh… I can talk… act as your eyes… remind you to dodge things…”
‘And?’
Xiao Douzi fell silent.
Then its voice got smaller:
“Seems like… that’s all for now…”
Su Yutao: …
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