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So even after the Shen Family discovered she was not their biological daughter, they did not throw her out. They treated her like their own.

Shen Luoluo, meanwhile, was the neglected true daughter in the story—and the vicious supporting character.

Her fate was the opposite of Shen Anya's. Soon after she was born, someone abandoned her outside the Orphanage. She nearly starved to death before the director found her, took her in, and raised her. The Shen Family found her when she was older, but they had not raised her, so they felt little affection for her. Her family was always distant.

Jealous of how well everyone in the Shen Family treated Shen Anya, she became convinced that driving Shen Anya away would win her all their love. She plotted time and again to frame Shen Anya, but Shen Anya's Koi Luck thwarted her every time.

Eventually, the Shen Family discovered how malicious she was and threw her out. Penniless and despised by everyone, she starved to death one winter.

Shen Luoluo: ...

[Well, host? Aren't you furious after reading that? Don't you want to change this cannon-fodder character's fate?]

[Of course you do! It's simple: avoid the plot, stop obsessing over family affection, focus on your career, and get into the country's top university. Then you can reach the pinnacle of success and show the heroine who's boss!]

[And I, Little A, the all-knowing Intelligence System, can help you avoid plenty of obstacles on your path to greatness!]

Worried that Shen Luoluo might not understand what an Intelligence System did, Little A also told her plenty of gossip.

For example, the nurse who gave her an injection was actually the hospital director's lover. They had a son, but the director did not know that the young nurse had long since gotten together with the deputy director—and the son was his! The deputy director was also the director's wife's younger brother!

Then there were the two women up ahead, one with a bandage on her head and both with scratches all over their faces. They had fought over a man! You might think they were romantic rivals, or that a wife had caught her husband's mistress. No—they were mother and daughter. The daughter had gotten together with her mother's new boyfriend, and the two had come to blows over it!

And that man who had just passed the doorway? His gait looked a little strange because he was headed to the colorectal department. He was gay, and while having a threesome with his hookups, he had torn something down there!

Shen Luoluo had not believed it at first. Then she watched the man walk straight into the colorectal department. The next day, the director's wife brought people to the hospital and gave the director and the nurse a beating. The deputy director stepped in to protect the nurse and got slapped twice by the director's wife. Their tangled relationship came to light and became the talk of the town.

But not long after Shen Luoluo began to believe Little A, the system hurriedly announced that something had gone wrong and vanished. It did leave behind all the intelligence it had gathered.

She had heard that wealthy families were the messiest, most gossip-filled places of all.

With nothing better to do as she ate, Shen Luoluo casually swept her gaze over the crowd and happened to lock eyes with a young man walking toward her.

He looked about her age. When he saw her looking, he ran a hand through his short, ash-gray hair, winked at her, and gave her a roguish smile.

Shen Luoluo: ...

At the same time, a clear female voice sounded inside the heads of everyone around Shen Luoluo.

Him. Let's see who this greasy show-off is.

Everyone: ???

They looked at one another. What was going on? Whose voice was that?!

The young man stopped too. What was that voice? Greasy show-off? Did it mean me? I must be hearing things! He shook his head as if he could dislodge the voice, then strode on.

Oh, his name is Shangguan Tingxuan. This really is a wealthy-family novel. Even the names reek of Mary Sue.

Wait, why is he walking so strangely? He looks like that man I saw at the hospital. Is he gay too? Did he just hook up with someone?

Let me check.

As the voice continued in their heads, everyone turned to look at the person it was talking about. They were stunned. Shangguan Tingxuan was gay? Seriously?

Shangguan Tingxuan heard it too, of course, and felt everyone staring at him. His face flushed with fury. He had had countless girlfriends, and now someone was calling him gay? You're gay! Your whole family's gay!

Oh, he isn't gay. He's walking strangely because he has hemorrhoids.

Shangguan Tingxuan froze. Fuck. How does she know that?

Huh? Instead of going to the hospital for his hemorrhoids, he trusted some folk remedy and stuck something up his—

"Shen Luoluo!" the young man shouted, cutting off her train of thought as he hurried toward her.

Suddenly, he stepped on something and slipped. Thud! He landed hard on his backside.

"Hiss—" Everyone sucked in a breath. It hurt just to hear it.

Shen Luoluo blinked her big eyes, baffled.

Why was he in such a hurry to call me? I wasn't going anywhere. After that fall, his hemorrhoids must have burst. Is he bleeding?

Shangguan Tingxuan grimaced in pain, his face turning even redder. A young man beside him hurried over to help him up. Suddenly, the onlookers' eyes widened.

Holy shit! It's true! He really is bleeding!

Shangguan Tingxuan was wearing an all-white suit. A bright red stain stood out on the seat of his trousers, and it was still spreading.

The young man helping him up saw it too. So shocked he could barely speak, he stammered, "Tingxuan, y-your butt is bleeding."

Shangguan Tingxuan instinctively reached back. When he saw the blood on his fingertips, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"Tingxuan!"

"Tingxuan! Call an ambulance!" Everyone scrambled about in a noisy panic.

Shen Luoluo, who had stayed out of it, scooped up a bite of tiramisu and kept watching the spectacle.

I told you hemorrhoids meant a trip to the hospital. But he was too embarrassed to go in case anyone found out, so he stuck something up his—

Everyone nearby pricked up their ears. Stuck what up there? Come on, tell them!