Chapter 425: Female Supporting Character Contrast System (28)

As soon as Xie Yang retrieved the Female Supporting Character Contrast System that had been unbound from Zhu Meijiao, she didn't give it any chance and bundled it up to be sent back to the factory.

A system with such a lack of moral judgment shouldn't be left here to wreak havoc on the world; it should hurry back to the furnace for a redesign!

Main System: 【...】

It gave a fawning smile: 【Host, if you dislike this plane, you can use the 'Set Off Immediately' Prop. There are three uses in total, and you haven't used a single one yet!】

Dislike this plane?

Xie Yang: "Not at all! On the contrary, I quite like it. Now that the Task is complete, I can enjoy life in this plane without any pressure. Isn't that great? Why would I waste a Prop?"

【...】

Humans really are an unfathomable species.

Xie Yang ignored the Main System, which had been in deep thought for so long it almost crashed; she had completed the retrieval Task for this plane, and the life that belonged to her had only just begun!

Entering late autumn, the river scenery was desolate.

The detached villa had been renovated and aired out for over half a year, so Xie Yang decided to move into the villa for the autumn and winter seasons.

During the renovation, she had specifically built an embedded fireplace in the living room on the first floor.

After winter arrived, the temperature plummeted, and it felt a bit cold sitting at the computer in the study for too long during the day, so she started using the fireplace.

The living room warmed up instantly.

She laid a thick, long-haired rug on the living room floor, and comfortable lumbar pillows and cushions were scattered across the fabric sofa.

The coffee table was filled with her favorite fruits and snacks, and she had also bought an imported coffee machine to place on the sideboard next to the fireplace.

In the gentle glow of the fireplace, she would brew a pot of coffee for herself, drape a cashmere shawl over her shoulders, sit on the long-haired rug with her back against the sofa, browse stock market trends on her laptop, sip coffee, eat snacks, and enjoy a wonderful life.

She had originally wanted to bring her maternal grandparents to the villa to spend the winter.

The villa had many rooms, and during the renovation, she had specifically arranged a room for the elderly on the first floor; it was spacious, bright, sunny, and comfortable, with a three or four-square-meter terrace outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

When the sun was good, sitting on the terrace to soak up the sun and crack melon seeds was also very pleasant.

However, the old couple was very sensible; if this were the house of any of their sons, they would have moved over without a second thought.

But this was bought by their granddaughter, and bought with money she had earned from stock trading, so the old couple refused the proposal to move in for a long stay.

Except for the few days of snow and freezing weather when travel was truly inconvenient, they were picked up by their granddaughter for a short stay, and afterwards, they let their eldest son take them back to the countryside in Pingcheng.

They had to go back for the New Year anyway, as they still had to go up the mountain to pay respects to their ancestors and visit relatives and friends.

Xie Yang also had to go back for the New Year; she didn't mind spending the New Year alone in the villa, but the Zhou family was worried.

She stayed leisurely in the villa until the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month before setting off to return to Zhou Family Village.

She planned to stay for a week and return around the fourth or fifth day of the first lunar month.

But this was only a preliminary plan.

She had a car, anyway.

The year she turned eighteen, she not only opened an account and bought a house, but also signed up for a driving school, passed her driving test in the shortest possible time, and bought a Cherokee with a high chassis and plenty of space; once her luggage was in, she could return whenever she wanted.

After settling in at her grandparents' house, she drove them to the town to visit the big market.

They weren't short on New Year's goods; her uncles and aunts had started preparing for the New Year right after the Laba Festival.

Xie Yang was purely taking her grandparents to the market to join in the fun.

"Xie Yang!"

A group of girls from He Wan Village who worked in Shencheng had also come to the big market together.

Recognizing Xie Yang from afar, they greeted her with pleasant surprise:

"It really is you, Xie Yang! How did you become so pretty? I almost didn't recognize you!"

"Xie Yang, is your illness cured? Your complexion looks really good!"

Xie Yang greeted Yao Meifang and the others one by one, then nodded with a smile: "It's cured! Thank you for your concern! By the way, why isn't Taohua here with you?"

"Her? She's become a very busy person now; she doesn't have time to browse the market!"

"Hey, hey, hey! What bad things are you saying behind my back?"

Yang Taohua's hearty voice came from behind them.

She was wearing a leather coat, had a trendy big-wave perm, lipstick on her lips, and a large-bead pearl necklace over her high-neck cashmere sweater; one look and you could tell her sesame seed cake business was very successful.

"Yang Yang, there were too many eyes and ears just now, so I didn't take it out. Now that it's just the two of us, here! This is the matchmaker's gift I've been thinking about for two years."

After saying goodbye to Yao Meifang and the others, Yang Taohua followed Xie Yang to her car and stuffed a thick red envelope into her hand.

"What matchmaker's gift?"

Xie Yang thought she had misheard.

Yang Taohua laughed heartily: "You didn't mishear, it is a matchmaker's gift! You encouraged me to go to Shencheng to sell sesame seed cakes, and I went! Not only did I earn several times more money than at the garment factory, but I also met my partner. We plan to get married next year, and we'll be holding a few tables back home, so you must come and have a wedding drink."

Xie Yang hadn't expected that Yang Taohua would not only realize her ideal in Shencheng—selling sesame seed cakes to become the number one sesame seed cake king in Shencheng—but also find the other half of her life.

Xie Yang was truly happy for her.

"Okay! Once you set the date and send me the wedding invitation, I will definitely come!"

The two sat in the car and chatted for a long while, until Zhou Tiehan and his wife returned with the New Year's goods they had picked up at the market, and only then did they wave goodbye.

As soon as they got home and put away the New Year's goods, they heard the third aunt-in-law come over and say:

"Did your mother ask you to go back to the Zhu family for the New Year? I ran into her at the market yesterday, and she said your stepsister brought a boyfriend back and plans to get engaged this Spring Festival."

Xie Yang had heard about Zhu Meijiao's engagement from the Main System, which was always on the front lines of gossip, but she had no intention of going.

She shook her head: "No one told me, and I don't intend to go."

"It's better not to go. I really don't know what they are thinking." The third aunt-in-law curled her lips, "Your mother is also very annoyed by this matter, saying that they've already provided for her to go to university, so shouldn't they wait until she graduates and secures a job before planning an engagement or marriage? Who brings a partner home to get engaged after only one semester? People who don't know might think she's already pregnant."

Xie Yang: "..."

Don't say! It really might be.

The Main System delivered a god-tier finishing blow: 【It was just knocked out.】

It had been eating the melon of Zhu Meijiao and her partner lately, so its information was more up-to-date than anyone else's.

The Zhu Family only knew that Zhu Meijiao was bringing her partner back for the New Year and to get engaged, but it knew so much more!

Seeing the meaningful expression on Xie Yang's face, the Third Aunt was stunned for a moment, then opened her mouth: "So, your stepsister really did that? Whoa! How long has it even been... Did she go there to study? Spending so much money, only to run off to school and get into a relationship? I can't believe she could do such a thing. If it were my child, I'd break her legs!"

After a pause, the Third Aunt asked in confusion: "That's not right! If she really has a bun in the oven, isn't she afraid of being expelled by the school?"