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Chapter 176: Never Looked for Xiao Yan Again

Even with the situation like this, Su Meng still didn't look for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan's face had probably given her too much of a shock.

Later, Li Xiuwen got married to the daughter of a wealthy family rather than to Su Meng. When Su Meng found out about this, she felt like her entire world had turned dark. Li Xiuwen, that gentle man, had also betrayed her. Su Meng felt like the Heavens were making her endure all the sufferings of the world. She felt really really hurt ah.

During Li Xiuwen and that wealthy miss's wedding ceremony, Su Meng asked Li Xiuwen why he betrayed with a despairing expression in front of everyone. At that time, Li Xiuwen's entire face turned black and he had people directly throw Su Meng out.

When Ning Shu found out that the supporting male lead-sama didn't end up together with the female lead, she curled her lips in disdain. He had already successfully taken the spot of the male lead, yet he decided he didn't want the female lead anymore? That was such a sad amount of ambition, he deserved his fate of being a supporting male lead.

However, it seemed like after the main couple, Xiao Yan and Su Meng's relations.h.i.+p was destroyed, the supporting male lead halo above Li Xiuwen's head also disappeared.

Li Xiuwen's new wife wasn't some pushover either. She immediately took back the apartment Li Xiuwen had given Su Meng back and kicked Su Meng out. Su Meng, who had nowhere to go, could only rent a small and dirty apartment to stay in.

As of now, Su Xiaobao was already six years old, at the age of starting school, yet this fact didn't seem to have occured to Su Meng. She spent her days grieving over the lost past and didn't even think about earning money to support herself. When they finally ran out of money, Su Meng could only look at Su Xiaobao with her wide almond eyes helplessly. Finally, she said to Su Xiaobao with a resolved expression, Mommy will definitely work hard to raise you, definitely.

It wasn't that Su Meng hadn't thought of looking for Xiao Yan. She had secretly gone to find Xiao Yan once before, only to find that Xiao Yan was now as fat as a pig. Not only that, he was missing a leg. Due to the fact that he was too fat to fit into a wheelchair, he could only lie on the bed all day. The room had a strange smell that made people want to vomit, but it was no surprise. After all, he ate, drank, and did all his s.h.i.+t in the room, so it was natural that the smell was unbearable.

As for how Xiao Yan lost his leg, it was back then when Xiao Yan found out that his son was going to be imprisoned for life. He had rushed too much when going down the stairs and ended up falling and breaking his bones. However, it'd heal up fine with a plaster cast.

When Ning Shu heard the doctor say this, she had remarked 'really?' then signed the surgery papers and said, 'just saw it off.'

When Xiao Yan found out that he lost his leg, he practically went crazy. Glaring at Ning Shu, he had vowed, "Su Ran, even if I become a ghost, this lifetime, next, the one after that, I won't ever forgive you."

Ning Shu smiled, unconcerned. However, that smile chilled Xiao Yan to the bones. This woman, this woman…

Su Meng left and never looked for Xiao Yan again.

When Ning Shu found out, she just gave an indifferent smile without saying anything. True love was nothing more than this. They hadn't had to struggle to make ends meet since they had an unending source of wealth for them to enjoy a incomparably romantic life. They could spend all day doing nothing but getting hung up over loving someone that loved someone else and such trifling matters.

It was an incomparably beautiful love unstained with the reality of the world ah.

#comment: What I wrote in the last chapter, the Chinese term for it is 'chicken soup.' It refers to texts that are heartwarming, inspirational, and often pa.s.sed around a lot on social media in order to gain attention due to the feel-good vibes that quickly gets annoying. But every once in a while, a little chicken soup is good, right? Just like how some cynical salt is good after some (a lot of) sweets.  

Haha, writing chicken soup was how I got into to college, so *wink wink* (US) college-bound students should start thinking about their past experiences and how to make some good chicken soup out of that.

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Chapter 177: Since We Don't Have Charm…

Su Xiaobao was sitting at the door of a dirty rented apartment. Her face was a little dirty and the adorable innocence it once contained could no longer be made out. The sounds of grunts, moaning and panting could be heard through the door.

Not long later, a fat man came out. As he walked past, he looked at Su Xiaobao with l.u.s.t in his eyes. Su Xiaobao walked into the room that still had a lingering strange scent. Su Meng was lying on the bed, her face still flushed. When she saw Su Xiaobao come in, she gave the money to Su Xiaobao and said that it was the money for today's meals.

Su Xiaobao took the money expressionlessly.

Ning Shu was a bit stunned when she found out that Su Meng actually ended up selling her body to survive like Su Ran had in the original storyline. However, when she thought about it, it made sense. Su Meng and Su Ran were both pampered daughters from wealthy families. They didn't really have the abilities to live independently. Su Meng was fortunate enough to be the female lead so there were plenty of powerful men to shelter her from the struggles of life.

Su Meng's character setup was innocent and delicate. She was a character untainted by the vicissitudes of the world. However, now, for the sake of surviving, she had no choice to make some sacrifices.

Ning Shu hadn't even made a move yet, and she had already ended up in this situation. She really was pretty good at getting herself into situations.

Madame Su brought Su Lan over to apologize to Ning Shu. When Ning Shu saw that Su Lan still held his chin obstinately high, she decided to just ignore him. Su Lan no longer looked like an elegant wealthy prince. There was now a dark gloomy aura around him. It seemed that the change in his family situation has had an impact on his life. Ning Shu just gave a sarcastic laugh in response, then secretly slipped Madame Su a large sum of money. Currently, the Su family couldn't even reach the level of a well-off family.

Madame Su looked at Ning Shu in surprise. Ning Shu straightforwardly told Madame Su that she shouldn't let Su Bo and Su Lan know about this money. It must be kept in mind that in the original storyline, Su Bo had ran off with Su Lan, leaving Madame Su and Su Ran to fend for themselves.

She slipped Madame Su this money because she was certain that Su Bo was still keeping some money hidden for himself.

Ning Shu had a feeling that this world's tasks were complete.

Let's hurry up and leave. Let's leave, let's leave…

"Ding, the tasks are completed. Leave the task world? Yes/No." After an ear-piercing electric current sound, Ning Shu heard the mechanical voice of the system. Ning Shu had never felt that the system's voice was as moving and pleasant to hear as now.

"Let's leave, hurry," replied Ning Shu hastily.

Following that, she felt the world spin and almost vomited. By the time she opened her eyes again, she had already returned to the system s.p.a.ce.

Ning Shu released a long sigh, then exhaled again, as if she was trying to get all the unclean air out of her. She had never felt this tired before. She felt psychologically exhausted.

"Check points? Yes/No." The system's cold voice arose again.

"Yes."

A stats panel appeared in front of Ning Shu with her information on it.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu

Age: 27

Experience: 8600 (8600/10000)

Soul: 60

Life: 50

Intelligence: 80

Charm: 1

Luck: 25 (+3)

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 10

Apt.i.tude: 24 (+2)

Virtuous Achievement: 2

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Trashy Beginner of Unsurpa.s.sable Martial Arts

Acquired t.i.tles: G.o.ddess of War

When Ning Shu saw that she only got 1500 points this time, she became annoyed. She thought that she'd be able to graduate from the t.i.tle of little cannon fodder intern this time and become an official player. Then she could throw away 2333, this identification. However, the points gained from this world were really pitifully little.

Once she calmed down and reflected, she figured out why there were so little points this time. It was because the original host, Su Ran's request was to protect the Su family, but she had chosen to just watch without interfering when the Su family got cheated. So in a way, she didn't really complete that task.

Forget it, if there were less points, then there were less.

"There are five attribute points, please a.s.sign them," said the system.

Ning Shu pondered a little, but still decided to add the points to luck first since moral quality was very important. Then she added one to her soul level. The stronger her soul was, the better.

After distributing the points, the stats panel reflected those changes.

Number: 2333

Name: Ning Shu

Age: 27

Experience: 8600 (8600/10000)

Soul: 60 (+1)

Life: 50 (+1)

Intelligence: 80

Charm: 1

Luck: 28 (+3)

Mental Strength: 120

Martial Arts: 10

Apt.i.tude: 26

Virtuous Achievement: 2

Abilities: Five Rings Shooting Skill, Trashy Combat Skill, Trashy Beginner of Unsurpa.s.sable Martial Arts

Acquired t.i.tles: G.o.ddess of War

"Host, why didn't you add some points to your charm level? Your charm level is too low, there's only one point," said the system.

Ning Shu looked at her charm level. There was only a lonely '1.' She suddenly felt like the system was messing with her. Why did it only say that after she finished using all the points?

"What benefit is there to having a high charm level?" asked Ning Shu.

"Charm will make other people have a favorable impression of you," replied the system concisely.

Fine. It sounded like a total cheat. Why didn't it say so earlier?

Forget it, since we don't have charm, we'll just use brute force. It'd resolve problems just the same.