Chapter 126: 126. Xixi, I Was Wrong

126. Chapter 126: Xixi, I Was Wrong

Could it be that everything she experienced in her past life was just a script?

Even her adoptive parents were just people in a story?

Luo Xixi's mind was in utter chaos. She pressed her hands against her head, no longer able to distinguish what was real and what was fake. Did her adoptive parents actually have any feelings for her? Was that so-called true daughter an NPC, or was she, like herself now, a Transmigrator? Had her adoptive parents been influenced?

And what about Qiyuan, who accompanied her in the Laboratory for ten long years—what role did he play in all of this? What was his purpose? Was he someone in the story who had awakened Self-Awareness, or was he a Transmigrator from the very beginning?

She wanted to ask so badly.

Questions kept popping up in Luo Xixi's mind one after another, but topics regarding the "System" and "Transmigrators" were strictly forbidden, so she had no way to ask.

So annoying!

How could things have turned out like this?!

Luo Xixi felt that her worldview and common sense were about to be completely overturned!

"Xixi!"

At this moment.

Sheng Tinglan grabbed Luo Xixi's wrist. He saw her confusion and comforted her, saying, "I didn't tell you these things to make you confused. You don't need to think about so much. Just remember one thing: I came here for you. From beginning to end, I have only had one wish, and that is for you to return to my side. For this, no matter what price I have to pay, I will not hesitate!"

"Gu..."

Hearing Sheng Tinglan's words, Luo Xixi's gaze trembled, her heart wavering intensely.

She had always thought that when Gu Chexi stayed by her side back then, it was merely because he saw she had utility value and wanted her to help him fend off those troublesome assassins. Once he regained power later on, he began to pursue his true love, treating her as a burden.

Because of her adoptive parents, Luo Xixi had always felt she was all alone, that no one in this world needed her. She had worked hard for so long, only for it all to be in vain; in the eyes of others, she was just a clown.

But it was her adoptive parents who had chosen her in the first place.

Later, after she left the Laboratory, she met a severely injured and amnesiac Gu Chexi by the sea. Gu Chexi had lost his memory, and his intelligence had regressed to that of a young child; he was extremely dependent on her.

From Gu Chexi, Luo Xixi felt the sensation of being needed. She felt that this time, it was she who had chosen Gu Chexi.

That was why, when she discovered Gu Chexi was gradually distancing himself from her and acting ambiguously with another woman, she was so persistent and so desperate to win him back.

But just like in the Laboratory, the harder she worked to improve herself and complete those projects that ordinary people couldn't achieve, the less she received any special regard from her adoptive parents. Instead, it only made them look forward to their own daughter waking up sooner, and her repeated pleas were nothing but trouble to them.

Having experienced it once wasn't enough; it happened again. Luo Xixi couldn't take it.

So, she cast aside her self-respect and did everything in her power to handle the tasks Gu Chexi assigned her, hoping to win him back and make him change his mind. In the end, he only became more cold and disgusted with her.

In the end.

He even wanted to put her to death for the sake of his beloved.

The successive blows finally made Luo Xixi see the truth: she was just a clown, a Cannon Fodder, an existence meant to set off others. Whether it was in front of the true daughter or the person Gu Chexi truly loved, she never had a chance of winning.

No matter how hard she tried, her adoptive parents and Gu Chexi would only grow more distant and disgusted with her.

And so, Luo Xixi gave up completely.

She started to slack off and lie flat.

To the point that when she arrived in this world and learned she had to compete with the so-called female lead again, Luo Xixi almost had PTSD. She knew she couldn't win at all; no matter how she looked at it, there was no chance of victory.

She never wanted to have any expectations for these things again.

As long as she didn't invest any emotions, she wouldn't get hurt.

But now, Sheng Tinglan's words overturned these perceptions of Luo Xixi's, telling her that her efforts were actually useful, just like Sheng Tinglan, who had awakened his Self-Awareness.

But just like with her eldest brother, even if one awakened Self-Awareness, if the female lead wanted to achieve a certain goal, she could still control his thoughts and make him do things that didn't align with his own will.

Luo Xixi didn't resent her eldest brother because she knew he was forced by circumstances and had no other choice.

So now, with Sheng Tinglan in the same situation as her eldest brother, she naturally had no reason to resent him. Moreover, he was now saying that everything he was doing was to be with her...

"Heh..."

Just as Luo Xixi was wavering intensely, a cold scoff from Yan Yu interrupted her thoughts.

"Yan Yu?"

Luo Xixi came back to her senses, looked at the man, and asked in confusion, "What are you 'hehing' at?"

"..." Sheng Tinglan's eyes also darkened immediately. He believed that as long as he explained the ins and outs of the previous life clearly, Xixi would understand him and then return to his side.

However.

This Qiyuan was a variable.

He didn't know why this person had appeared by Luo Xixi's side, nor what purpose he was harboring.

Yan Yu's expression was cold and grim. He lifted his chin slightly, carrying a hint of contempt and disdain, and said to Sheng Tinglan, "Stop acting so noble! When all is said and done, the harm you caused Xixi wasn't fake. Do you think you can wash yourself clean by pushing all the responsibility onto others? If you hadn't recognized Xixi, wouldn't Xixi have died at the hands of you and Luo Shiqing working together? Would you then be holding Xixi's corpse and saying you made a mistake to push the responsibility away cleanly? How ridiculous!"

!!

Hearing these words from Yan Yu, Sheng Tinglan was instantly furious: "Stop with your sophistry here! Some things just can't be changed! Do you think I wanted this to happen?!"

"I told you to stop shirking responsibility!"

Yan Yu shouted, suppressing Sheng Tinglan's voice, and said, "Are you even worthy of comparing your situation to Xixi's eldest brother's? Are you playing dumb with me? Her eldest brother was a special case; it can't be generalized! If you really want to compare, you should compare her third brother, Luo Xinian. Didn't Luo Xinian also not care for Xixi at the beginning? But look at him now—he dotes on Luo Xixi! What about you? What were you doing at the time? Weren't you already wishing you could kill Xixi?!"

"!!!"

Sheng Tinglan's face turned ashen, as if he had been stunned by Yan Yu's words. He stared fixedly at Yan Yu; this time, he actually had nothing to say.

And Luo Xixi, after hearing Yan Yu's words, also realized that something felt wrong.

Her eldest brother's situation was indeed very special.

The Baby System had said that the female lead used a cheat to erase her eldest brother's Self-Awareness, turning him into a puppet. But Gu Chexi still had his own Self-Awareness, which meant his consciousness was only influenced, not directly erased like her eldest brother's.

Gu Chexi's situation should be more similar to her third brother's; the female lead used items that complied with the rules to influence their thoughts, but as their Self-Awareness continued to take shape, the influence brought by those items would become less and less.

And it was precisely because of this that her third brother's Favorability Value toward her had become higher and higher, because the female lead's influence on him was smaller, and he had more of his own opinions and could judge what he liked or disliked based on his own will.

But until the moment she broke up with Gu Chexi, that person had still been very disgusted with her...

Seeing Luo Xixi beginning to waver again, influenced by Yan Yu's words, Sheng Tinglan panicked slightly. A look of innocence and grievance appeared on his face as he said, "Xixi, I know that even if I explain, it cannot make up for the harm I caused you. But I know I was wrong. I came here all for the sake of being with you again. I will never be influenced by anyone ever again."