Chapter 133
Chapter 133
After instructing A-Pang to watch Shengsheng Zhou carefully and telling Li Su that no one was to disturb her, Fusheng Duan soon vanished.
A-Pang knew anxiety was useless, so he quietly remained beside the unconscious Shengsheng, keeping her company as he had when the two of them possessed only each other in the deep palace.
Meanwhile, the sleeping Shengsheng–
“Kiss him already, damn it! Do you understand kissing? I’m completely~ speechless!”
The roar awakened Shengsheng from her haze.
Blinking in confusion, the first thing she saw was the familiar poster of a naked anime man on the ceiling.
Hm?? She was back?
Shengsheng shot upward in shock.
Freed from a physical body, the lightness and freedom of being a soul felt nostalgic.
Looking at the short-haired girl sprawled across the bed with her legs crossed and black-framed glasses on, Shengsheng felt tremendous affection.
“My darling Ran, I missed you to death!” Shengsheng pounced, her transparent body passing straight through the girl.
The girl showed no reaction to the horrifying sight and continued staring avidly at her phone.
Shengsheng familiarly lay atop her head and watched with her.
Eh? Wasn’t this the comic she had not finished before A-Pang fished her away?
Good lord, those two still had not kissed???
Shengsheng clicked her tongue, glaring at the two protagonists on the screen as though disappointed in hopeless children.
But why had she returned?
She looked up at the poster of a four-character male celebrity on the wall, then flew toward it excitedly.
Eh, was this newly posted? Their darling had another endorsement!
No, no, that was not the point.
The point was, how had she left the world of A Consort of Matchless Beauty?
She tried to pinch herself to see whether she was dreaming, then looked down at her transparent arm and remembered she was a ghost. She could not pinch it.
Shengsheng called A-Pang inwardly but received no answer.
Following the girl named Ran around in a daze, Shengsheng suddenly began missing Fusheng and the others.
Being a ghost was not bad.
But having no one to speak with was unbearably lonely. Had she truly lived this way for so long before?
[Huh?]
While Shengsheng pressed her face to the glass and stared outside in boredom, a cold mechanical female voice suddenly sounded in her mind.
Shengsheng jolted. “A-Pang? Is that you?”
[I am not A-Pang.]
Just when Shengsheng thought she would receive no answer, the mechanical voice spoke again.
It sounded familiar, but she could not remember it. “Who are you? Where’s A-Pang?”
The mechanical voice replied, [I am the otome system dedicated to creating the perfect heroine.]
[I just discovered that I may have bound myself to the wrong person. Aren’t you Sansan Zhu?]
Shengsheng: “…My name is Shengsheng Zhou.”
The mechanical woman abruptly fell silent.
Shengsheng called anxiously, “Are you still there? Hey, Siri?”
[I am here.]
[Apologies. We just verified that an error occurred and the wrong person was bound. After inspection, we found that your soul’s memories had apparently been attacked and have now cleaned them for you as compensation. We wish you a pleasant life. May we never meet again.]
After spouting a string of words Shengsheng did not understand, it abruptly vanished.
When repeated calls received no response, Shengsheng knew it had probably left.
But why had it said her soul’s memories were attacked? What did that mean?
Shengsheng scratched her head in confusion. Raindrops suddenly splattered against the transparent window. She passed a finger through the glass, then flew outside with her entire body.
The sudden downpour caught her unprepared. Looking at the people below scattering like ants in the unexpected rain, she suddenly felt bored.
Even irritated.
Dull… utterly dull.
The instant the thought arose, the entire world began twisting as though drenched in paint, every color blending together.
Shengsheng’s eyes flew open. In the next instant, an overwhelming flood of memories struck her dizzy.
*Shengsheng! You’re awake?! You actually woke up?!*
Sensing her movement, the formerly listless little panda sprang up like a carp and hovered above Shengsheng’s face.
Shengsheng clutched her head, her expression twisted.
After A-Pang called her again and again, Shengsheng finally absorbed everything and opened her eyes with an ashen face.
“I can hear you, A-Pang,” Shengsheng said weakly.
Unfortunately, A-Pang had no tear ducts. Otherwise, he would have performed a flooding of Golden Mountain Temple on the spot to celebrate.
Burying herself beneath the blanket, Shengsheng recalled scene after scene flashing through her mind. She abruptly sat up and told A-Pang, “I suddenly don’t want to reincarnate anymore. Please send me to die now.”
A-Pang paled. *Are you serious, Shengsheng? The system made a mistake this time. They may compensate you. Do you really want to quit now?*
Shengsheng remained cold as ice and utterly unmoved.
A-Pang gritted his teeth. *They might even throw in several pretty boys to serve you every day, with a different one each time.*
Shengsheng climbed out of bed. “I think I can keep trying.”
A-Pang: *…* He suddenly pitied Fusheng.
Only after leaving did Shengsheng discover that not a single person was in the courtyard.
She had just begun to frown when a tall, sturdy man in armor appeared from nowhere. “You must be Lady Shengsheng.”
Shengsheng nodded coolly. A-Pang flew out in surprise. Had Fusheng not ordered before leaving that no one was to approach?
The man smiled bashfully. “I am Shui Qian. I have important business with you.”
Shengsheng studied him and said meaningfully, “You should watch the people around you carefully.”
Shui Qian’s brow jumped. Could this young woman tell fortunes?!
He asked anxiously, “May I ask why you say that?”
Shengsheng withdrew her gaze, brushed past him, and left one sentence–
“Because shallow water is full of bastards.”