One Word Changed, Characters in Chaos

“Alright then. Let’s do some accounting,” Ye Xiao said calmly. “First of all, the term ‘kindness in raising’ is inappropriate. In any case, I owe no birth debt to you, as I have my own biological mother. If you’re referring to the years you took care of me, we can talk about that. The cost of raising me, which was basically two bowls of rice porridge a day—calculate how much that is, and I will pay you back. I won’t even charge for the labor I contributed to this household. As for the tens of thousands of yuan you made from selling me, you should give that to me first. After all, you used the so-called expenses of raising me for a few years as the reason my mother had to sell her house and pay you to take me away. You can’t double charge for the same money, right? Give me that money back, and then I will pay you for the porridge.”

These people were dumbfounded.

They came to demand money, but how had it turned into them owing money?

Zhang Yaozu said arrogantly, “You still want to ask for money from mom and dad? Have you no shame? You have to give us the two million, whether you want to or not.”

“Oh, really? The amount for extortion is quite large.” Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow, took out her cell phone, and dialed 110 right away.

This time, when she met with this family, she wanted to make the final decision for the Ye Xiao of the past.

Because of her childhood experiences, Ye Xiao had always felt that there must be something wrong with her, which was why she wasn’t liked by her parents and why she was abandoned.

Later, after the only person who treated her kindly—her mother—died, she felt even more like a jinx.

Now, Ye Xiao wanted to tell her.

The one who was wrong wasn’t her.

It was this family.

Just as she had helped Lin Yun regain her self-confidence.

She hoped that the Ye Xiao of the past could also step out of this darkness.

The family thought Ye Xiao was just trying to scare them, but to their surprise, the police really came.

In front of the police, the family still shouted about receiving the two million from Ye Xiao.

They were promptly escorted away by the police.

The photographer also captured all of this.

Ye Xiao watched calmly as several people were taken away, then turned to the photographer, “Can you publish everything you just recorded?”

The photographer looked at Ye Xiao with some sympathy and then nodded seriously.

Afterward.

This video was uploaded to the internet.

The despicable nature of this family reached a point where even netizens exclaimed at how shocking the world can be!

They really hadn’t seen such shameless people in a long while.

Oh, wait, they had seen someone like that not too long ago…

But. The shamelessness of this family was another style altogether compared to the shamefulness of Tong Simeng and Yue Heng.

“My God, the kind of life Ye Xiao had since childhood, was it really like this?”

“Look at that son, fattened up and plump, and that man looks very energetic, whereas that woman looks haggard—a clear sign of working all day. You can tell what sort of people they are.”

“Speaking of which, Li Cuihua is pitiful too, but she doesn’t see it that way, instead willingly serving her husband and child. Such a woman, to me, is not just outrageously pitiful but also infuriating due to her passiveness.”

“No need to pity this kind of woman. She’s been completely influenced, who knows if she was the one who treated little Ye Xiao the worst during her torment.”

“It wasn’t until I saw Ye Xiao calmly deliver that speech that I really understood how despicable Ye Bingtong truly is! The one should have been cherished and brought up in the palm of the Ye Family’s hand was Ye Xiao! Everything in that household belonged to Ye Bingtong. They switched lives, and no matter how you look at it, it was Ye Bingtong who got the better deal. It would be one thing if she admitted it honestly, but she went on to say she wished their lives had never been switched! It’s truly revolting!”

“Fortunately, Xiaoxiao has now turned her suffering into sweetness!”

“My treasure has suffered too much.”

Occasionally, some tried to be different, saying “Don’t you think Ye Xiao is too heartless? Two million is nothing to her,” but such comments were immediately met with scathing responses, silencing further remarks.

That evening.

Ye Xiao methodically went through those comments that supported and sympathized with her, reading each one by one.

She deliberately met with that family before letting the news spread online.

She just wanted to see the most genuine evaluations.

Ye Xiao said softly, “Look, this time, I didn’t use the ‘modify’ function. All of this is everyone’s real thoughts. The one at fault isn’t Ye Xiao. It’s that disgusting family.”

No one responded to Ye Xiao.

But a gentle smile still appeared on Ye Xiao’s face.

She didn’t know if the other Ye Xiao could feel all this.

She just did everything that needed to be done for her.

While Ye Xiao was thinking this, the voice of the system suddenly rang out in her mind.

“The degradation level of all four books has exceeded 50%, entering the next phase.”

Ye Xiao was startled for a moment.

She had been here for only a few months.

Unconsciously, had all four books really degenerated this much!

It made sense, though.

Although the four couples were still together, each had their own miseries.

Yue Heng and Tong Simeng were still together, but Yue Heng’s business had utterly failed, and cracks had already appeared in their relationship. The most fatal issue was that Yue Family’s parents were already planning to give up on their son.

The future of this pair of protagonists could no longer be as bright and splendid as in the book.

With just a little more fuel to the fire, these two people could head towards a completely different ending.

La Jingzhou and Bai Shilan were even more interesting—La Jingzhou had been sent away, Bai Shilan was being controlled by Liu Yan. When La Jingzhou got out of prison, he might still want to play at making a comeback, but… what were the chances of actually accomplishing a comeback? Almost zero.

For Pei Yue and Ye Bingtong, the storyline had also significantly diverged. Now with their reputations completely ruined and their relationship nothing like before, survival itself might be difficult for them.

The couple with the least modifications might still be Qin Mobei and Chen Yueyue.

This couple.

Ye Xiao had only acted once at the press conference and hadn’t really interfered with them afterward.

But.

Even though she hadn’t interfered, Ye Bolin and Gu Yan had.

Together, they had beaten Qin Mobei into retreat in the business war. Qin Mobei had to deal with his greedy father-in-law on one hand and a girlfriend obsessed with love on the other, clearly overwhelmed. Even the wedding date that had been set had been postponed again and again.

Ye Xiao was also curious. If the Qin Family fell, could Qin Mobei still be so content with his true love, and could Chen Yueyue still pursue love so bravely?

Although the modifications to the four books varied, according to the system, all had exceeded 50%. So what, exactly, was the next phase?

Ye Xiao listened intently for what came next.

“The frequency of ‘modify’ additions changes to one word per month. Current ‘modify’ word count: 35. Starting tomorrow, one word will be added each month.”

Ye Xiao frowned slightly.

The ‘modify’ word count had always increased by one word per day.

But in the next phase, it was going to change to once a month.

A year would pass, and there would only be an additional twelve words, making it even more difficult to accumulate words.

Ye Xiao found it somewhat acceptable, though.

After degradation exceeded fifty percent, the story had entered a stabilization phase. She could now meddle with the storyline a bit and often didn’t need to ‘modify’ to make many things happen. The ‘modify’ function might only be used once every few months or even years.

What truly caught Ye Xiao’s attention was what the system said next.