Xie Mi and Xu Shuangrong's conversation ended on a sour note. Before leaving, Xu Shuangrong said only, "We're all pawns that were created. Pawns should stay where they belong."
What she meant by that was obvious.
Xie Mi did not argue with her any further. She simply returned to her room, lay on the bed, and closed her eyes to think over a few questions.
Right, why had she come to this world?
If the information transmitted to her at the instant of the car crash represented her awakening, shouldn't she have merely learned the truth of the world, just like Xu Shuangrong and Xiao Jingxi?
After all, neither Xu Shuangrong nor Xiao Jingxi had transmigrated into a novel after awakening.
If different novels were different worlds, how had she jumped from one novel to another?
Was it simply because she shared a name with the original owner of this body?
Wait...
Come to think of it, as someone who had also awakened, she seemed never to have sensed the system's existence.
Though she had a lot on her mind, it did not get in the way of her sleep.
Without a phone, Xie Mi slept straight through until morning, when the crowing of a rooster in the courtyard woke her.
Her first reaction to the crowing was to snap her eyes open, throw off the covers, flip nimbly out of bed, and rush into the courtyard to hunt for prey.
"Huh? A chicken? There weren't any chickens yesterday. Little Niu Bi, you're pretty good at hiding things! I'm having an all-chicken feast today!"
Director Niu, who had just brought the chicken in, shuddered, scooped it back up, and ran.
"You can't eat this! It's an alarm clock!"
"I don't care what kind of clock it is, I'm eating