One Word Changed, Characters in Chaos

the System presented a new prompt.

Ye Xiao couldn’t help but listen intently.

She had suddenly come to this world, from the very beginning, striving to change the original destiny.

Now, her efforts had begun to bear fruit, and perhaps soon, she would be able to completely change the fate of this body.

So,

what comes after the change?

“The first choice, you can decide to stay here and die a natural death.”

“The second choice, you can choose to swap back with the original Ye Xiao. Both of you would return to your respective lives.”

“The third choice,”

the System said and then paused.

Ye Xiao couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

Leaving the sentence half unfinished?

What about the third choice!

“The third choice will be unlocked after the plot collapse reaches one hundred percent. Please host, strive to accelerate the progress,” the System said.

Ye Xiao couldn’t help rolling her eyes.

Now it’s playing mysterious.

She began to consider the first two choices.

Actually, she could accept both outcomes.

In her original world, she had no parents and no attachments. Coming here, on the other hand, gave her a family and friends. After all the storylines had been modified, this world would become relatively normal. Living out her life here was also a decent choice.

The second choice, to exchange back with Ye Xiao.

This was originally Ye Xiao’s world after all, these family members and friends were actually her’s. Going back to her original world would mean returning to her original path. That world’s version of herself was already famous and wealthy, and with this extraordinary experience as a spice to life, it was definitely not a bad deal.

Ye Xiao thought for a moment and couldn’t help but ask, “Does that Ye Xiao want to swap back?”

The System remained silent for a while before saying, “She is grateful to you for changing her life. The rest is for you to decide.”

Ye Xiao was taken aback.

That Ye Xiao. She had left all the choices to her?

Ye Xiao fell silent for a while, a vague decision forming in her heart.

Actually,

for her, this place is a world within a book, an unreal world. Even now, sometimes when she wakes up in the middle of the night, she still feels like an outsider to this world.

What about that Ye Xiao? It’s the same, isn’t it?

The world she belonged to, isn’t it just another book?

That Ye Xiao, she must feel out of place there as well.

Once the story’s ending is changed, that Ye Xiao returning to this world, she will surely be able to live well too.

With this in mind,

Ye Xiao felt a choice forming in her heart.

Just as she was about to say something, the System’s voice rang out, “The host does not need to rush to make a decision, you can wait for the third choice to appear.”

Ye Xiao didn’t think she would change her mind, but since the System had said so, she nodded in acknowledgment.

“Please continue to do your best, host,” the System said, before temporarily disappearing.

Ye Xiao opened her cell phone, which now was full of messages of concern from her family.

Ye Xiao sighed.

She knew.

The arrival of the Zhang Family members would certainly make the Ye Family cherish her even more.

But,

actually,

the person who experienced all that wasn’t her.

Since her arrival here,

she had changed many people’s fates, as well as many people’s attitudes toward Ye Xiao.

But…

Ye Xiao in the book met a solid and tragic end, dying on the streets.

Though others had plot manipulation as an excuse, it didn’t change the fact that Ye Xiao had suffered such horrible injuries.

Those scars belonged to Ye Xiao.

Those pains were also Ye Xiao’s.

So, on what grounds could she forgive on her behalf?

She simply didn’t have that right!

Now, the Ye Family’s attitude had indeed changed, but when that Ye Xiao returned, whether she chose to reconcile with her family or leave the Ye Family to live her own life was her own choice.

The only thing Ye Xiao could do for now was to leave her with enough capital so that even if she parted from the Ye Family, she could still live well.

In WeChat, her family members all asked if they could meet her.

Ye Xiao sighed and used the excuse that the production crew prohibited set visits to reject them.

With the system’s update, three choices were presented.

Therefore, Ye Xiao naturally had to be even more cautious.

If in the future, she swapped back with the other Ye Xiao, and that Ye Xiao didn’t want to forgive the members of the Ye Family?

The deeper the affection she held for the Ye Family now, the more trouble it would cause the other Ye Xiao later on.

Ye Xiao thought.

Perhaps, she should really try to keep some distance from the Ye Family.

Normal interactions in daily life would be fine. But she couldn’t get too close.

Only in this way could she leave room for the other Ye Xiao to either make a move or retreat.

The Ye Family.

They all received the message of Ye Xiao’s refusal.

This time. The Ye Family all came together.

Ye Lin was still on leave, and Ye Zhaoyu, having won a championship, was also on holiday.

This time.

All rejected by Ye Xiao, a trace of sadness appeared on each of their faces.

With a sense of dejection, Du Yaru said, “I… I went to see that family today and asked them a lot of things. Xiaoxiao suffered a lot when she was younger.”

Ye Lin said gravely, “After those people appeared last time, I felt something was off. I’ve been away these days, as I went to their village. I asked all around the village. They said… Xiaoxiao’s childhood was barely human.”

Ye Lin’s eyes were moist. The village itself was very poor, and many people lived difficult lives. What they mentioned as being most enviable was the village chief; he had actually built a two-story building.

Yet, even in such a poor place, when they mentioned Ye Xiao’s childhood, they had to add, ‘That was no life for any human to live!’

In the online videos, when Xiaoxiao spoke of those experiences, she was so calm, disconcertingly so!

Had she forgotten? Or had she become numb?

She was so young back then! How could those people treat Xiaoxiao like that!

And what about Bingtong from the same period?

She was the little princess everyone envied, wearing the prettiest clothes, eating the tastiest food, cherished by all.

They… pampered the daughter of that family like a treasured jewel.

Yet Xiaoxiao was living a life worse than that of pigs and dogs!

If not for later being taken away by kind-hearted people, Xiaoxiao might not even have survived.

The thought that their daughter, who should have been happily nurtured in everyone’s palms, could have died silently under that family’s torture countless times tore at their hearts uncontrollably.

And when they finally recognized Xiaoxiao, what did they do?

They actually thought of it as a favor to Xiaoxiao. Their first reaction was to worry whether Bingtong would feel uneasy.

But what about their pitiable daughter! The one who should have been their most cherished, who didn’t even have her fever noticed.

If not for later accidentally hearing Xiaoxiao’s true feelings,

What would they have done?

Would they have continued cherishing Bingtong, caring about everything concerning her, while their biological daughter, who had suffered so much, and struggled through so much, finally returned home only to be neglected by everyone again!

Thinking and thinking, Du Yaru suddenly couldn’t hold back any longer and began to cry loudly.

What had she done after all?

Her poor daughter, who finally came home, was nearly destroyed once again by her own family!