Sang Ya's Secret Romance

As Xie Zhiyu passed Shen Baili, he suddenly remembered something. "The durian crepe cake has double the durian."

Shen Baili blurted out, "Big Brother, did you pick the durian crepe cake?"

Xie Zhiyu nodded. "Is there a problem?"

Shen Baili shook her head at once. "No. No problem at all."

[I love you, durian crepe cake! The world can't exist without durian!!!]

Xie Zhiyu's gaze sharpened. His eyes remained fixed on Shen Baili's face.

Her lips hadn't moved just now, yet he had heard her voice.

Xie Zhiyu kept his expression neutral. "You really like durian?"

Shen Baili noticed nothing and nodded. "Mm. Durian is delicious."

This time, he heard no strange voice.

Xie Zhiyu inclined his head. "I see."

His psychiatric examination had come back clear. Tomorrow, he would arrange a hearing test.

At dinner, all five members of the Xie Family gathered around the table. Xie Chengyue remembered that his stepdaughter had started high school today and asked, "Suìsuì, how was your first day?"

Xie Tingsi's chopsticks paused. Pretending nothing had happened, he picked up a piece of carrot and put it in his mouth. His expression changed, and he immediately spat it out.

Xie Zhiyu handed him a glass of water.

Shen Baili didn't notice them. She answered earnestly, "It was good. The teachers are professional, and my classmates are easy to get along with."

Xie Chengyue said, "Good. Tell us if you run into any problems."

Shen Baili nodded obediently. "Okay. Thank you, Uncle Xie."

"Eat more meat. You're too thin." Xie Chengyue had noticed she kept picking up vegetables.

Shen Wan put several pieces of fish in Shen Baili's bowl. "Eat up, Suìsuì."

Shen Baili lowered her head and ate.

When Xie Chengyue looked back at his own bowl, several pieces of fish had appeared there too. He paused, then ate every piece.

Xie Tingsi had barely recovered from the carrot bomb when he saw the warm scene across the table. Compared with him and his brother, the old man and the two women looked more like a family.

A little discomfort stirred in his chest. He looked at Xie Zhiyu. "Bro..."

Xie Zhiyu's tone was mild. "What? Want some carrots?"

Xie Tingsi shook his head like a rattle. "No, I don't."

The interruption made him forget his earlier discomfort. He hurriedly lowered his head to eat, afraid his brother would put carrots in his bowl.

His brother really had done that when they were little. Xie Tingsi wasn't about to tempt fate.

"You're joining the film crew tomorrow?" Xie Zhiyu asked.

Xie Tingsi said, "Mm-hmm. Filming starts next week, so I have to fly to Shacheng."

"When the movie comes out, I'll treat you all to a screening."

Xie Zhiyu said, "Sure."

Shen Wan and Shen Baili readily agreed.

Xie Chengyue showed no particular emotion. "Don't disappoint me."

Xie Tingsi puffed out his chest. "Of course I won't."

Just wait. I'll make the old man see me in a whole new light.

That night, Shen Baili sat at her desk, writing, sketching, and sorting through what she knew. Two lingering wishes: study and what else?

She put herself in her former self's shoes. She had died on her way to the high school entrance exam.

If simply taking that exam had been enough, the system's energy bar couldn't have stopped at ten percent. So one of her wishes from her past life must have been to get into university.

Education could change her fate.

Shen Baili settled on her first wish. She had no leads on the second, so she set it aside for now.

Xie Zhiyu was the villain, and Sang Ya was the heroine. Then who was the male lead?

Was Sang Ya directly involved in the Xie Family's decline and destruction?

After seeing Sang Ya in person today, Shen Baili doubted she could shake a family as powerful as the Xies on her own. Someone close to Sang Ya had to be eyeing the Xie Family. Could it be Grandpa Sang? Or the male lead who had yet to appear?

Using marks only she could understand, she organized her thoughts. Then she committed everything to memory, fed the paper into a shredder, and destroyed it.

Once she was done, Shen Baili switched on the Teddy Bear Lamp, turned off the overhead light, and prepared for bed.

Just then, the system, which had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"Host, I just unlocked three chapters about the heroine. Would you like to read them?"

Shen Baili didn't hesitate. "Show me now."

She had barely opened them when the system exclaimed cheerfully, "Wow, the heroine's a master of time management!"

Shen Baili: "..."

Sang Ya's Secret Romance

At the bookstore café, Sang Ya didn't go looking for the man. Instead, she booked a private room.

Before long, he opened the door and came in. He bent to embrace her. "Yaya, I missed you."

"Did you miss me?"

Sang Ya neither hugged him back nor pulled away. "No, I didn't," she said sulkily.

"Are you angry?" he murmured by her ear. He coaxed her patiently. "It'll be over soon. Once I land this project, I'll tell Grandpa Sang about us right away, okay?"

"Yaya, I want to give you a better life. My position in the Gu Family is awkward, and this project matters a great deal to me. Only then will I have the standing and confidence to ask your grandfather for your hand."

"I'll come to his door myself and apologize. Give me a little more time, okay?"

Sang Ya gazed at his gentle, handsome face. He knew exactly how to coax her; every word touched her heart. She reached for his hand and threaded her fingers through his.

"Gu Yeliang, I don't want to be a master of time management anymore. These days, the moment I wake up, it's one thing after another. I'm busy with my graduation performance, Grandpa wants me to intern at the company, and every week he makes me visit the Xie Family. I even have to sneak around just to go on dates with you. I have to lie to Grandpa, lie to everyone..."

Sang Ya sounded aggrieved. "I'm the eldest daughter of the Sang Family. Is dating me something to be ashamed of?"

She liked Gu Yeliang very much. She had wanted to call off her engagement to Xie Zhiyu, but Gu Yeliang had stopped her. He was the illegitimate son of the Gu Family's head, and his position at home was precarious. Sang Ya's grandfather would never approve of their relationship.

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Transmigration into a book

Feel-good fiction

Wealthy CEOs

Supporting female character fiction

Romance: time travel and rebirth

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Mind reading

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