Giving You Dawn and Dusk (GL) - Chapter 4
“No.” Liang Shi retorted instinctively, “I won’t divorce you.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Liang Shi was surprised.
This wasn’t her intention.
Currently, divorce was the best option for Xu Qingzhu.
As the number one Omega in Haizhou, she had a bright future ahead of her. She could meet many more Alphas, and there were plenty of people better than Liang Shi. Surely, someone wouldn’t mind that she had been married and would always treat her well.
But Liang Shi said again, “As long as I’m alive, I won’t divorce you.”
Liang Shi’s brows furrowed into a small hill. She clutched her chest tightly, the pain causing her to take a half step back. A large bead of sweat fell from her forehead, and her face instantly turned pale.
It was as if someone was controlling her body.
Or rather, the original owner’s consciousness hadn’t completely disappeared, and her attitude towards divorcing Xu Qingzhu was very firm.
“What’s the point?” Xu Qingzhu curled her lips and sneered. “You don’t really love me anyway.”
“I’m sorry…” Liang Shi realized she couldn’t stop the original owner’s consciousness from speaking, so she frowned and apologized. “I have something to do right now. We’ll talk about this later.”
After speaking, she fled the ward in a panic.
Bai Weiwei and Zhao Xuning, who were standing at the ward door, stared blankly at her retreating figure.
“Liang Shi seems…” Zhao Xuning frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, “…different from before.”
“Isn’t she always like this? After bullying Zhuzhu, she acts like a whipped dog, being overly nice to her,” Bai Weiwei rolled her eyes in the direction Liang Shi left. “Zhuzhu definitely has to divorce her this time.”
“She can’t,” Zhao Xuning said calmly.
Bai Weiwei raised her eyes. “Why not?”
Zhao Xuning simply shook her head and went into the ward to check on Xu Qingzhu’s condition.
**
After leaving the ward, Liang Shi went to the self-service vending machine downstairs and bought a bottle of water.
The ice water slid down her throat, finally calming her down.
She sat in the hospital lobby wearing her patient clothes. Passersby couldn’t help but glance at her, the turning rate reaching 100%.
But Liang Shi didn’t feel anything.
She was long used to standing under the spotlight and could withstand the lenses of millions of photographers and paparazzi, so naturally, she wouldn’t be afraid of a few strangers’ gazes.
What truly made her depressed and irritable was the original owner’s remaining consciousness.
It said that it was impossible to divorce Xu Qingzhu, even in death.
But what was she supposed to do if they didn’t divorce now?
She had to explain to Xu Qingzhu that she wasn’t the old Liang Shi anymore, that she had changed and would be good to her. But the original owner had probably said these words more than once. Just some flashbacks in her memory were enough to prove how bad the original owner had been to Xu Qingzhu before.
They had been married for four months, and Liang Shi had thrown many tantrums, both openly and secretly, because Xu Qingzhu wouldn’t let her mark her.
Parties like last night had been held in the villa more than once.
Because the original owner was angry, she never allowed the servants to interfere, making Xu Qingzhu do everything.
Xu Qingzhu probably felt a little guilty too, so she always did it silently.
Liang Shi seemed to be in a stalemate at the moment.
[Detected that there is still unresolved resentment within the host’s body. One hundred points of luck value are required to completely unlock the right to use this body.]
A cold, mechanical voice emerged from Liang Shi’s mind, startling her.
She thought encountering transmigration was outrageous enough, but she didn’t expect a system too.
She pretended to be calm and took a sip of ice water, asking in her mind, “Who are you?”
[This is the Resentment Management Bureau, responsible for appeasing the resentment of the dying. However, detecting your illegal occupation of another person’s body, we are taking action against you.]
“Then why not let her come back?”
The system was silent for three seconds before replying in a very strange tone: [She was really too scum-like.]
Liang Shi: “……”
“What is luck value?” Liang Shi asked.
[The favorability obtained from the targeted lucky person is what we call luck value. Here, the lucky target is Xu Qingzhu. Obtaining her favor, trust, and love, and acquiring one hundred points of luck value, will allow your body to be transported here, completely replacing the original owner.]
“What about the original owner?”
The system was silent again.
After a moment, it still said in that strange voice: [Sent her back to her happy old home.]
Liang Shi: “……”
“What about my previous body?”
[In a coma, already determined to be in a vegetative state. If your body is transported here, the memories of everyone there will be erased. No one will remember you.]
Liang Shi pursed her lips, a sudden wave of sadness welling up in her heart. “So, it’s like I never existed there?”
[That’s probably the case. However, you can also choose not to transport your body here. You only need to reach 80 luck value to completely replace the original owner.]
“Then what if I want to go back?” Liang Shi asked calmly.
This time, the system’s silence was longer than ever before. After the silence, it said in a strangely comforting tone: [Perhaps you would like to see a video?]
Liang Shi nodded, and then a picture unfolded in her mind.
It was the comments under the trending topic #Liang Shi Vegetative State#.
[It’s not a pity this kind of person died.]
[Why is she only in a vegetative state? She should just die.]
[I heard she’s an orphan and a dropout, a social degenerate.]
[Speechless. No wonder she could never make it to the big stage.]
[……]
Thousands upon thousands of messages were cursing her. Then the scene changed to a hospital room.
Her manager, Sister Wang, sighed helplessly. “That’s it. Issue a statement announcing her withdrawal from the entertainment industry.”
A large stone seemed to press down on Liang Shi’s heart, so heavy that she couldn’t breathe.
So she had always been a burden.
“I’ve decided,” Liang Shi said. “I want to stay here.”
[Okay.]
“How do I obtain luck value? Be specific,” Liang Shi asked.
[……Whatever.]
Liang Shi: “?”
[Emotional issues are beyond the scope of our bureau’s business. However, for three months, we will temporarily detain the original owner. If you fail to obtain 80 luck value within three months, you will disappear as a price for disrupting the spatial order.]
Liang Shi: “……”
Such a system, yet full of pitfalls!
“When I obtain luck value, will you give me a prompt? Like plus one, minus one?”
[No, there will be a reminder every 20 points.]
After a while, the mechanical voice added, [We are very busy.]
Liang Shi: “……”
Soon, she felt a strange power surging through her body, a kind of inexplicable lightness.
She called out to the system again, but there was no response.
Liang Shi had always been a go-with-the-flow kind of person. Faced with such a big change, she only spaced out for a while before going outside for a walk. It was her habit to think things over while strolling.
During her walk, she saw large, fresh strawberries being sold on the street and bought some.
Carrying them back to the hospital, she tried hard to recall what the original owner had done to Xu Qingzhu, but she couldn’t remember anything.
She could only take it one step at a time.
When she reached the hospital entrance, her phone vibrated slightly. She took it out to look.
It was a message from an unknown number.
[Coming tonight? I brought a foreign girl.]
[It’s settled then, bring Xu Qingzhu.]
[Swap for a day or a week?]
Liang Shi: “……”
Damn it!
She knew the original owner was scum, but she didn’t expect her to be this scummy.
Even doing something like wife-swapping?
Liang Shi took a breath and directly blacklisted the number.
Then, she casually tied up her hair with the rubber band on her wrist. In the elevator, she suddenly changed floors, going directly to the tenth floor.
She had to be straightforward with Xu Qingzhu first.
She was different from the original Liang Shi!
A few minutes later, Liang Shi stood at the door of Xu Qingzhu’s ward and knocked gently.
A cold voice came from inside, “Come in.”
It seemed Bai Weiwei and Zhao Xuning had left.
Liang Shi pushed open the door.
In the empty and quiet ward, Xu Qingzhu sat on the bed wearing a patient gown. Sunlight fell on her face, making her look fragile and particularly easy to arouse one’s protective instincts.
Liang Shi clutched the plastic bag, making a rustling sound.
She gently closed the door and said softly, “Xu Qingzhu, I have something to tell you.”
But unexpectedly, when Xu Qingzhu saw what she was holding, her face immediately changed, and she directly pressed the emergency call button on the bedside.
Soon, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door.
“I won’t hurt you,” Liang Shi explained urgently. “I’ve really changed. Can you believe me just this once? I’m really different from before.”
“I will be good to you,” Liang Shi said. “Give me another chance. I won’t let you…”
Before the word ‘disappointed’ could leave her lips, the door was pushed open forcefully.
Zhao Xuning’s white coat was open, and she was panting heavily. Seeing the strawberries in Liang Shi’s hand, she instantly became furious. “You still dare to bring her this?!”
Liang Shi looked bewildered. “……”
“Last time, you gave her strawberries injected with an aphrodisiac, causing her estrus period to come early and almost killing her! And you’re doing it again?!” Zhao Xuning said, throwing a punch at Liang Shi, but Liang Shi instinctively dodged.
She had practiced Sanda and Muay Thai before, so her physical fitness was very good.
But hearing what Zhao Xuning said, her heart was filled with mixed feelings.
She suddenly thought of a lyric, “Build a city-state on the ruins.”
Now, she was the one who had to build a city-state on the ruins, and she didn’t even have an excavator.
She held up the strawberries and explained, “These are just ordinary strawberries I bought downstairs. They haven’t been injected with anything. If you don’t believe me, I’ll eat one for you to see.”
She picked up one to eat, but Xu Qingzhu on the bed suddenly screamed.
It was like a final, pitiful, and shrill cry.
Zhao Xuning was startled and immediately shouted towards the outside of the ward, “Go find Doctor Gu! A patient here is having a PTSD attack!”