Quick-travel system: The host is having a blast in the small world

Chapter 268 8, Rebirth 80 Not a Stepmother 16

Three days later in the afternoon, Lin Dai went to the mountain alone and came to the quiet place as agreed. Although she was looking forward to the result in her heart, she appeared unusually calm on the surface.

She deliberately did not allow the system to interfere and investigate during these few days, allowing things to develop naturally, so she really knew nothing about what happened next.

Today's sun was shining brightly, just like her mood. Lin Dai chose a spot that was both shaded and beautiful, placed a recliner, sat on it leisurely, holding a cup of hot milk tea in her hand, enjoying this leisure time.

The system stood aside, looking at the host anxiously and curiously. Seeing her calm face as if she was on a picnic, she took a big sip of milk tea, and her chubby cheeks were puffed up. She couldn't help but ask, "Sister, why are you so calm? Don't you really want to know what happened?"

Lin Dai took a sip of milk tea and looked at the system's anxious and curious look, and couldn't help but find it funny.

"Keep calm. Good shows always require patience." She said leisurely, looking straight ahead.

Seeing this, the system had no choice but to suppress its curiosity, imitate the host, relax and slowly savor the milk tea in its hand.

As time passed, every second seemed to be lengthening, but the heroine never appeared.

The system's mood gradually sank, and his voice could not hide a hint of frustration: "It looks like she probably won't come."

Lin Dai shook her head gently. Although her eyes remained calm, the barely perceptible disappointment at the corner of her mouth revealed the subtle fluctuations in her heart.

"Whether she shows up or not, it's her own decision. I respect her choice. I said I won't interfere, and I'll keep my word." There was a rare hint of helplessness in Lin Dai's tone.

At this moment, the sound of light footsteps came from a distance, breaking the silence around.

A glimmer of light flashed in the system's eyes for a moment. He raised his head abruptly and fixed his gaze on the direction where the sound came from, with a strong sense of anticipation in his heart.

When the familiar figure finally appeared in sight, the system announced almost in a cheering voice: "Here she comes, the heroine is here."

I saw the heroine running over in the appearance of Li Rou, her face slightly tired, and she kept panting: "I'm sorry, I'm late, I hope I'm not late."

Lin Dai slowly stood up from the recliner, but her eyes passed directly over the heroine and she did not respond to her words.

Seeing this, the heroine mistakenly thought that she was late, which made Lin Dai unhappy and she was eager to explain.

Lin Dai shook her head and interrupted her: "No need to explain, since I'm still here, it means you're not late."

At this time, the system quietly approached Lin Dai and whispered: "Miss, there is a tail following the heroine."

Lin Dai nodded slightly, with a flash of understanding in her eyes: "Well, don't worry about him, just let him watch."

Not far away, He Ziming was hiding in the dark, his heart full of doubts.

After lunch, He Ziming wanted to go to school, but her familiar and unusual behavior today aroused his curiosity, so he pretended to go to school, but actually followed her slightly.

Who knew that she ran up the mountain anxiously, only to meet this woman. What were they going to do?

"Actually, I think it's normal if you don't come. I find it strange when you come." Lin Dai stared at her with a probing look in her eyes.

The heroine raised her head slightly, her eyes passed through the scenery in front of her, and cast towards the distant and unknown direction, with an indescribable ethereal and profound look in her eyes. "After you left that day, I almost immediately made a decision - I wanted to stay, but when Li Rou woke up, I changed my mind..."

The heroine recalled what happened in the past two days with a wry smile. For her, it was a strange and tormenting time.

After the original owner Li Rou woke up, the heroine watched everything that happened from a God's perspective.

When Li Rou regained control of her body and felt unprecedented spiritual freedom, her joy was beyond words, even though her body was still weak.

When she slowly opened her eyes, the scene in front of her was the same as the last time she woke up. Surrounding her were the three youngest children who had not yet gone to school. When they saw her wake up, they all showed surprise and concern on their faces. One of the children hurriedly ran outside.

Li Rou felt both happy and sad. She was happy that she could still wake up, but sad that the children didn't really care about her.

After a while, a tall figure appeared outside the door. Li Rou's eyes flashed with joy, and she stared at the face of the person at the door. However, the joyful expression was soon replaced by a trace of sadness. She clearly caught the flash of disappointment when He Qing saw her.

Li Rou's heart felt like it was stabbed by a dagger, and her eyes were full of sadness: "Brother He, it was me who woke up, are you disappointed?"

He Qing's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he frowned: "What nonsense, just wake up, everyone is worried about you."

"Everyone…"

Li Rou tried hard to laugh, but she just couldn't. She knew in her heart that the only ones who were worried about her were her parents, not the He family. Now they cared about her only because they thought she was that woman.

Her thoughts went back to yesterday, when she seemed to be free from her body, watching everything around her with a cold eye. When the witch her parents had invited wanted to save her, everything was as clear as if it was still before her eyes.

If her parents had not tried desperately to snatch her back from death, she would have been dead that day. However, the man she loved so much and even entrusted her life to chose to protect another woman and abandoned her, even though that woman was a ghost.

Memories came flooding back like a tide, and Li Rou's face was covered with tears.

Seeing this, the children nearby mistakenly thought that she was unwell, and gathered around her, expressing their concern in their childish voices.

"Mom, are you feeling unwell?"

"Mom, Xiaobao will help you breathe so that it won't hurt."

I could hear the child calling for his mother, and I couldn't help but shout, "I'm not your mother."

The children were stunned for a moment. He Qing's face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. He immediately stopped them and said, "Li Rou, don't talk nonsense in front of the children." Then, he turned to the children gently and said softly, "Go out and find grandma first. Mom just woke up and needs to rest. Don't disturb her."

The children nodded obediently and reluctantly left the room.

After the children disappeared outside the door, He Qing sighed softly, walked slowly to Li Rou's bedside and sat down, his eyes gentle but with a hint of complex emotions that were hard to detect: "It's good that you're awake, don't let your mind wander, it's important to take care of your body. Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat."

Li Rou shook her head slightly and looked at He Qing quietly, with a scrutinizing look in her eyes as if she had never known him before.

"Brother He, at this point, you...really don't have anything you want to say to me?"

"What?" He Qing's voice was low and powerful, with an unquestionable majesty, and his eyes were as sharp as needles as he looked at her.

Li Rou's heart couldn't help but shudder. Her expression changed so quickly, but she still mustered up the courage to speak out her unhappiness: "I saw what happened yesterday with my own eyes. I want to know, as a soldier, you didn't choose to save your wife, but instead saved a female ghost who intended to kill me. Why?"

As soon as Li Rou finished speaking, He Qing's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp. There was no evasion in his eyes, only a bottomless darkness. Li Rou couldn't help but feel a chill rising from her spine, and her hands under the quilt began to tremble.

"Li Rou." Cold words came out from He Qing's thin lips, "Know when to stop. Don't just look at the surface of things. You know I'm a soldier, and I have my own considerations."

Then he stood up and finally said, "I will return to the army the day after tomorrow. I will be at home for the next two days. You should have a good rest."

After saying that, he walked towards the door. Looking at the figure disappearing at the door, Li Rou couldn't help it and covered her mouth tightly and cried bitterly.

He Qing walked out of the door and stood in the yard in a daze. He's mother saw her son standing in the yard in a daze in the kitchen. She slowly walked up to him and sighed: "Son, actually mom knows that our He family is sorry for Rouer!" Then she hunched over and went to the kitchen.

He Qing's eyes were slightly startled by his mother's words. In his heart, he knew very well that Li Rou had made great contributions to the He family, even before she married into the family.

But what happened recently hurt her deeply, and she felt very guilty and self-blaming.

But there has always been a confusion in his heart. When facing this matter, he should make the right choice, but for some reason he always deviates from his own ideas.

In Li Rou's room, the heroine was looking at Li Rou with a complicated expression as she lay on the bed, covering her face in pain.

At first, He Qing knew that Li Rou was not her when she saw her, and she was secretly happy. But when faced with Li Rou's questioning, she was overwhelmed.

When she watched it as a bystander, she was sure that if this happened in her world, facing the current situation, He Qing would definitely be cyberbullied.

The next day, when the He family got up one after another, they found a busy figure in the kitchen.

The eldest and second child, who still had to go to school, looked at the person in the kitchen in surprise and hurried to call their father who had returned from jogging.

When He Qing saw Li Rou in the kitchen, he walked over unhappily and said, "You just woke up, why are you out of bed?"

Li Rou continued what she was doing and said, "I'm fine now. Ziming and the others still have to go to school. I'll make them some breakfast."

Seeing that she insisted, He Qing said nothing more. He called the eldest and second oldest brothers to come over for breakfast, and then he went to wash up.

When the two children sat down at the table and started eating breakfast, they vomited after taking a bite of the omelet.

"Oh my, why are today's egg pancakes not only ugly-looking, but also taste weird?" said He Ziming.

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