Chapter 51: The Monitor

“It’s nothing.”

Lin Qingxue cut him off.

“Go on. What did you detect on your end?”

Mole was taken aback.

“Detect? Sister Lin, what detection?”

Lin Qingxue leaned against the headboard, her voice flat.

“Don’t play dumb. You said I’ve been unusually active lately, jumping even when I’m not on a mission. How do you know that?”

Mole fell silent.

After a few seconds, he spoke again, his voice much quieter.

“Sister Lin, this… this is data from higher up.”

“I can’t see the specifics. But every time I report a mission, they mention it.”

“They said you’ve been waking up at night more often than before, and asked if something was wrong.”

Lin Qingxue’s eyes turned cold.

“So you planted a monitor on me?”

Mole’s voice grew even softer.

“I didn’t plant it… Every executor has one. It’s been there since the day you joined. Didn’t you know?”

Lin Qingxue was silent for a moment.

She thought back to every time she returned from a mission, the occasional inexplicable bruises on her body. She’d assumed they were from fights.

Turns out they weren’t.

She let out a soft laugh, cold as ice.

“Now I know.”

Mole quickly added, “Sister Lin, I really can’t do anything about this. Maybe you should talk to higher-ups—”

“I will.”

Lin Qingxue cut him off.

“Anything else?”

Mole hesitated.

“Sister Lin, that little blind girl… are you planning to keep her for good? Higher-ups say you’re unstable now, and your mission completion rate is dropping. If you keep this up, they might—”

“Might what?”

Lin Qingxue’s voice was very calm.

Mole said nothing.

Lin Qingxue waited a moment, then spoke.

“Tell them I’ll handle what I’ve taken in myself.”

“And about the monitor, I’ve noted it.”

There was a long silence on the other end of the line.

Then Mole whispered, “G-got it. I’ll inform higher-ups.”

Lin Qingxue hung up and tossed the phone aside.

Su Yutao curled up in the corner of the bed, clutching Qiansui, her whole body still trembling.

Qiansui whispered in her ear, “She was on the phone… talking about a monitor… higher-ups… what?”

Su Yutao couldn’t understand much, but she caught one phrase: “what I’ve taken in.”

She remembered that woman saying “a dog I raised myself.”

She remembered that woman saying “I picked you up.”

She remembered that woman saying “if I kill you, she’ll be sad when she wakes up.”

She was something she raised.

A dog, a thing, a little blind girl.

Not a person.

Su Yutao hugged Qiansui tighter.

Lin Qingxue looked down at Su Yutao, curled up in the corner of the bed.

The little blind girl was clutching the penguin, huddled into a ball, still shaking.

Lin Qingxue clicked her tongue in annoyance, reached out, grabbed Su Yutao by the scruff of her neck, and lifted her up.

Su Yutao dangled there, holding Qiansui, not daring to move.

Lin Qingxue tossed her onto the bed, pulled the blanket over her, and lay down beside her.

Su Yutao froze.

She was sleeping here? With this person?

A voice drifted over from beside her, indifferent.

“Stop shaking, or I’ll throw you off.”

Su Yutao stopped shaking.

She curled up under the blanket, clutching Qiansui, motionless.

Breathing beside her—soft, even.

That person wasn’t asleep, but she didn’t speak anymore either.

Su Yutao hugged Qiansui tighter.

The person beside her turned over.

That voice sounded again, with a hint of impatience.

“Sleep or not? If not, get out.”

Su Yutao quickly closed her eyes.

Even though they were already closed, she squeezed them shut.

Lin Qingxue fell asleep.

Breathing beside her—soft, even.

Su Yutao curled up on the bed, clutching Qiansui, motionless.

The breathing beside her was soft and even.

That person was asleep.

But she didn’t dare to sleep.

She was afraid that if she fell asleep, that person would wake up.

Afraid that if she woke up, she’d take Qiansui away again.

Afraid that if she woke up, she’d say again, “Next time you don’t behave, it won’t just be a toy I tear up.”

She just curled up, holding Qiansui, staring into the eternal darkness.

Qiansui whispered in her ear, “Are… are you okay?”

Su Yutao didn’t answer.

Qiansui continued, “You scared me to death just now… I thought you were going to fight her to the death…”

Su Yutao hugged Qiansui even tighter.

Yeah.

She had wanted to fight her to the death.

If Qiansui was gone, what was the point of living?

Qiansui was still here, but could she protect them forever?

Today that person tore up another doll to deceive her; tomorrow, would she really tear up Qiansui?

The day after, would she really choke her to death?

In this world, she had nothing.

No identity, no money, no one to talk to.

Only Qiansui.

Only ten minutes a day without pain.

Even Qiansui might not be safe.

What was she living for?

Qiansui whispered in her ear, “Don’t be like this… I’m scared…”

Su Yutao buried her face in Qiansui’s soft fur.

She didn’t want to scare Qiansui.

But she couldn’t help it.

She thought about the time before she transmigrated.

The orphanage, Xiao Douzi, Granny Director.

She had worked three jobs, saved up money, and bought picture books for the younger kids.

Before she could deliver them, a girl bumped into her.

And then she ended up here.

Blind and mute, raised like a dog.

Why? What had she done wrong?

Qiansui whispered softly in her ear, “Are you thinking about before?”

Su Yutao nodded, her chin gently pressing against the little penguin’s soft body.

Qiansui was silent for a moment.

Then that soft voice sounded again, tinged with hesitation.

“I… I just applied to the main system for something.”

Su Yutao was stunned.

Qiansui’s voice grew even softer.

“Because… because you’re in such a pitiful state, I wanted to help you. I told the main system, please give the host a little hope, or the host is really going to die.”

Su Yutao hugged Qiansui tighter.

Qiansui was helping her.

Qiansui was trying to find a way.

“The main system said… it can give you a portion of the reward in advance.”

Qiansui’s voice held a note of uncertainty.

“After you complete the mission and return, you’ll get a sum of money. A lot of money. One billion. In cash.”

A pause.

“And three wishes. Any wish at all, including…”

Its voice dropped even lower.

“Including killing the nighttime Lin Qingxue. But it has to wait until the main quest is finished.”

Su Yutao listened to these words, her mind blank.

One billion.

Three wishes.

Kill the nighttime Lin Qingxue.

A lot of money.

What use was a lot of money?

What use were three wishes?

She just wanted to go back.

She just wanted to leave this place.

She just wanted to stay far away from this person.

She didn’t want to wait until the main quest was finished.

She didn’t want to wait for some villain.

She wanted to leave now.

Right this second.

She didn’t want to spend another second in this world.

Didn’t want to hear that person’s voice again, didn’t want to be touched by that person again, didn’t want to be raised like a dog anymore.

She’d had enough.

Qiansui said hurriedly in her ear, “You… you don’t want to stay?”

Su Yutao shook her head.

No.

Not one bit.

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