It seems that the villain is targeting me.

Even for the most open-minded parents, helping their own children to this extent is considered to be the utmost they can do.

She should stay and study hard, waiting for high school to start. She would go to the No. 1 Middle School in the city - it was once the paradise of Chen Xiaoya's dreams and the spiritual sustenance that helped her endure the beatings from her father time and time again.

Her life had just started to improve, and there was a glimmer of hope... She couldn't give up everything in front of her just to seek such a tiny bit of hope.

The slim hope that her only friend since childhood will be found.

Chen Xiaoya stared at the ceiling.

Half an hour later, she put on her schoolbag and quietly left the house.

She brought all the money she had - the money she earned with her own hands - and the pocket money Xiao Niao gave her was sorted, tied with a rubber band and placed on the coffee table.

Chen Xiaoya is a pauper. She has very little money, which is mostly scattered, colorful coins.

There were only two, bright red hundred-dollar bills.

written request for leave

Ah Le's head aches and feels blocked...

It hurts to look at the computer screen, I can't code anymore

I want to take a day off today.

The New Year extra (7k+) has been written, and the Valentine's Day extra (although it has passed) is also being prepared. It should be released in a few days.

Friends who want to see it can check out the comment section and join the group...

Ah Le, go to sleep...

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Chapter 36: Sister, you smell so good...

Late at night, at one in the morning, Xiao Niao was sleeping soundly wrapped in a duck down quilt when a fat cat weighing about fourteen pounds sat on it and woke him up.

Please note that the "sitting" here means taking the bedside table as the starting point, suddenly leaping up, and then landing on the heart, falling flat on the ground.

Fourteen pounds, hitting the chest - those who have been accidentally hit in the chest know that if this place is hit, it will hurt so much that you will fall to the ground and be unable to get up.

After all this operation, Xiao Niao almost died heroically on the spot.

Even if she was very sleepy, she should have woken up by now. She coughed a few times, shook the quilt painfully, and pushed the cat off her.

[Um, bird, bird, are you okay...]

Tongzi's cautious question came to his mind.

The corners of his eyes became moist due to physiological tears. Xiao Niao lay back heavily on the pillow, muttering: "I seem to see my grandmother waving at me..."

The system's voice sounded somewhat guilty: [Uh, I couldn't wake you up, so Number Four said to let it try...]

Xiao Niao fumbled around on the bedside table for a while and turned on the light switch.

She looked at the floor. Number Four's shiny cat eyes were bulging and he was looking at her innocently.

The little bird thought: I really want to pluck out all the hair on the tree.

Cat No. 4 on the other side obviously had no idea how many dark thoughts flashed through the bird's mind at this moment - after all, it was just a naive and innocent little cat.

Xiao Niao rubbed his aching heart: "Ahem, so...what's the matter with waking me up?"

The fat cat wagged its tail, picked up something from the floor, and jumped onto the bed with nimble movements.

It placed a carefully folded note in the bird's hand: "Man, you have to read this."

Xiao Niao rubbed the tears from the corners of his eyes, hummed in confusion, and unfolded the piece of paper that was neatly folded in two.

Her language system had not been completely corrected, so she retained some awkward reading habits. Her slender fingers gently slid under the handwriting and she read it out in a low voice.

"Dear Xiaoniao:"

Dear Xiaoniao.

Chen Xiaoya lip-synced silently, but as soon as she wrote this sentence, the tears that she had been holding back couldn't help but fall down.

The cat was circling around her feet, meowing, and seemed to be speaking human language anxiously.

She called softly, "Cat, cat, don't meow."

The bedroom door was closed and the person she was writing to was sleeping peacefully in the room.

The cat seemed to understand what she said and calmed down. It coiled its tail and sat down, looking up at her.

Chen Xiaoya held the pen and continued writing.

"I am leaving now to find my friends. Please forgive my willfulness."

'I don't know when I'll be back.'

At this time, there was less than a month left before the start of school at the No. 1 Middle School in the city, and Chen Xiaoya held a glimmer of hope in his heart.

She thought that if she could find Aqiong within the time limit and bring her back, maybe they could still make it in time for the opening of the No. 1 Middle School in the city.

With this faint hope in her heart, she wrote pleadingly: "Please wait for me a little longer, just until the first school in the city opens."

Chen Xiaoya thought that he was too greedy.

It would be better if she could just write down clearly and ask Xiaoniao to stop bothering her - she didn't want to owe this person anything more.

In fact, the life she is living now is a good life that she never dared to imagine in the past.

But she was still unsatisfied and greedy, wanting to demand more from the few people who were willing to treat her well.

She is simply insatiable.

'Thank you for always taking care of me.'

'Thanks. ’

"I'm truly sorry for failing to live up to your expectations."

"...I'm sorry," Chen Xiaoya read it out softly. She wrote the last line crookedly and accidentally stained the letter paper.

"I'm sorry, I will definitely repay you in the future..."

When Xiao Niao saw the last line, he jumped out of bed.

She was completely awake, hurriedly put the note back into her pocket, grabbed the coat hanging on the hanger and put it on.

Xiao Niao's hair was all messed up from sleeping, and she ruffled it randomly. "Why are you waking me up now? Where is Xiao Ya?"

Number Four squatted on the ground and groaned twice.

[She just ran downstairs.] The system said, [If you chase her now, you might even catch her crying.]

Xiao Niao asked as he put on his clothes, "Where is she going?"

Before the system could reply, Xiaoniao continued, "To get to Taoyuan District, it's either the long-distance bus station or the train station... If you're in a hurry, the train will be faster."

This kid has too many ideas.

As she spoke, she had already put on her clothes, grabbed the necessary money and keys, and picked up the fat cat that was still squatting on the floor.

Xiao Niao gnashed his teeth and said, "This little brat... I'm going to give her a beating if I catch her!"

Number Four nestled in Xiaoniao's arms, feeling a little bit angry.

It wagged its tail and said timidly, "Hey, why did you catch me?"

[…What do you think?] The system interrupted and complained, [The mission targets are running off into dangerous places. If we don't catch up, they'll be gone.]

I'm not kidding, if this happens

If something goes wrong, not only will the number four organization have to fly away, but the commander will also have to go home and work as a slave for the main controller.

Number Four was silent.

These past few days, it had become almost stupid as a cat. It slept during the day and ate at night, gaining three kilograms in weight. It almost forgot the real purpose of coming to this small world.

[It's still unclear whether this incident was originally part of the main storyline or was created by Butterfly.]

The system calmly said: [But I'm actually more inclined to believe that this is the will of the world correcting the trajectory of the plot...]

According to the original plot development, Chen Xiaoya would not have the opportunity to go to the No. 1 Middle School in the city to study.

With nowhere else to go, she would most likely go out to work in order to support herself - perhaps follow Arjun into a factory and work the night shift on the assembly line.

Then, she'll go through something.

Maybe it is very painful, maybe it is a life-threatening situation, she will wallow in the cruel quagmire at the bottom of society, and like the vast majority of ordinary people in this world, she will rush around for survival.

But the difference is that this child will eventually complete his growth and transformation in a bloody way.

She will transform from a somewhat reserved and shy child into "Dr. Chen" who can calmly insert a knife into a person's throat.

This is not a story with her as the protagonist, but her suffering and struggle serve as the basis for the unscrupulous growth of decadent and gaudy flowers.

Even if she tried hard to struggle out, fate would find ways to drag her back to her original trajectory.

Xiao Niao remembered that Tongzi once told him that this was called "destiny".

She opened the door and looked into the distance against the night wind.

In the dim light downstairs, a thin figure could be vaguely seen running towards the distance with a schoolbag on his back.

"...This idiot." Xiao Niao muttered to himself.

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Speaking of which, Chen Xiaoya has never traveled far since he was a child.

She had never left this small He County, and had never even taken a long-distance bus.

The first time in his life that this boy had traveled far away was when he ran away from home to another province thousands of miles away.

...From this point of view, this girl can indeed be described as extremely bold.

Chen Xiaoya received nine years of compulsory education, so he knew what a train was. He had seen the huge steel machine lying on the rails through pictures in textbooks.

So, miraculously, she didn't have much stage fright.

The operation and management of railway stations at that time were not as compliant as in later generations. Tickets were not based on real names and inspections were not very strict.

Chen Xiaoya followed closely behind two people dressed as a couple and sneaked into the train station. No one paid attention to her, a half-grown child.

He County is not an important transportation hub, so there are not many people taking the night bus at this time.

But even in the early morning, the waiting hall was brightly lit as if it were daytime. Chen Xiaoya looked around and followed the others to line up behind the ticket window.

There weren't many people queuing, but the line was still moving very slowly. Chen Xiaoya waited in line anxiously, and it was finally her turn.

The conductor's nonchalant voice came from the loudspeaker: "Where are you going next?"

Chen Xiaoya wasn't tall enough, so the ticket seller could only see her head. She tried to reach the counter on tiptoe: "I, I'm going to Taoyuan, and I need the fastest ticket..."

"The fastest bus is at three o'clock," said the ticket seller.

Chen Xiaoya looked at the distance on the map. Although she didn't know how long the bus ride would take, it would take at least more than ten hours to get from He County to Taoyuan District - more than ten hours of standing!

But the ticket price was so expensive that Chen Xiaoya's heart was pounding. She licked her cracked lips and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is there a seat ticket..."

"Sold out."

"Are you going to buy it or not?" the ticket seller said in a very bad tone, "If not, buy the next one."

Train tickets cannot be bargained for, so Chen Xiaoya could only grit his teeth and take out the money: "I, I want a standing ticket."

The ticket seller took the change and handed over the ticket swiftly. Chen Xiaoya reached out to take it and held it in his hand cherishingly.

The people queuing behind her handed the ticket money over her head.

"A soft sleeper," the man said, "the three o'clock train to Taoyuan."

The voice sounded very familiar. Chen Xiaoya was startled and raised his head subconsciously, just in time to bump into Xiaoniao's smiling face.

"Xiao, Xiao..." the child stammered and couldn't say anything.

Xiao Niao didn't say anything. He lowered his head and glanced at her casually. Then he raised his head as if nothing had happened and took his ticket.

Chen Xiaoya died before he could accomplish his mission. Less than two hours after he ran away from home, he was caught on the spot. He was frozen in place as if under a spell, and was dragged away by a bird by the scruff of the neck.

The kid first thought reflexively that he was going to be scolded and then taken back by force.

Then Chen Xiaoya reacted with some surprise: Xiaoniao bought a ticket to Taoyuan - she, she wanted to go with me...