After My Flash Marriage with the Sick Beauty, I Reached the Pinnacle of My Life - Chapter 96.2

Xia Shishi’s expression froze, clearly not having processed it. She had only told Wen Jiao about the rebirth, but it couldn’t be ruled out that Meng Gui had overheard.

Otherwise, how could she hear about ‘points’ and such?

Xia Shishi’s voice trembled: “Was it you who brought me back to life?”

“Or what?” Meng Gui clearly hadn’t calmed down from her anger yet. “I spent a huge number of points. Do you know what points mean to me?”

“Money?” Xia Shishi didn’t know what points meant to Meng Gui.

She only realized that this world was thoroughly novelized.

There was the female protagonist Zhou Xiaojiang, the male protagonist Fu Yunhan, and now there was a suspected intruder?

“Quick Transmigration?” Xia Shishi blurted out two more words.

Meng Gui looked at her: “After letting you see the plot, your acceptance level has indeed increased. I know this world is real to you, but in our eyes, it’s just one of many small worlds.”

Xia Shishi was still trying hard to digest the previous events.

She had already broken down once upon learning that this world was just a novel.

Her ability to recover was for Wen Jiao, so whether it was one of many small worlds didn’t matter; the important thing was that Wen Jiao was here.

Just as Meng Gui said, this world was real to her.

She was a little confused about why Meng Gui was here, just to bring her back to life? In that case, she was truly grateful.

Meng Gui seemed fearless now that her mission was complete, so she decided to reveal everything: “I came to this world once fifteen years ago in this timeline. Do you know what I did?”

Xia Shishi didn’t really want to cooperate but still asked, following Meng Gui’s lead: “What?”

Meng Gui: “I made Wen Jiao meet you.”

Xia Shishi pursed her lips, feeling a bit unconvinced.

Fifteen years ago, that meant Wen Jiao met her when Wen Jiao was twelve.

But Xia Shishi was only five at that time. Why did Meng Gui make Wen Jiao meet her?

“Do you know? According to the original plot, Wen Jiao was supposed to fall in love with you, then be with you, get married, and that would be the happy ending. In other words, you two are the destined couple of this world.”

Meng Gui didn’t care what Xia Shishi would think after knowing the truth, betting that Xia Shishi wouldn’t bear to leave Wen Jiao.

Her hand injury was not serious for an ordinary person; only a pianist like Meng Gui would be severely affected.

But this identity was originally fabricated by Meng Gui, so she wouldn’t be affected or traumatized at all.

Meng Gui said: “I made Wen Jiao meet you. As expected, she liked you very much. I saw that the matter was settled, so I detached from the world early and went to work in other worlds… Ahem, an excellent worker knows how to manage their time efficiently. My mission success rate has never been wrong, but the plot of this world suddenly shifted, and the protagonists changed.”

Meng Gui cursed a word Xia Shishi didn’t understand when she got to this point.

Evidently, the change of protagonists was a serious error for Meng Gui, so she was eager to fix the plot.

However, she returned too late and could only try to get close to Xia Shishi. But shortly after making contact, Xia Shishi met with an accident.

She reached out to stop it, but the accident became even more serious.

Perhaps because she didn’t belong to this world, Meng Gui’s identity existed in this world but not in the plot.

That’s why Xia Shishi hadn’t seen her in the plot.

Meng Gui made many efforts but still couldn’t prevent Xia Shishi’s death.

At that time, she, as a worker, also broke down, so she simply threw caution to the wind and chose to spend her own points to complete the mission.

This behavior was undoubtedly cheating, but for a 100% success rate, Meng Gui didn’t care much. She first let Xia Shishi see Wen Jiao’s devotion to her from a soul’s perspective, and then let Xia Shishi see the magically altered plot.

Finally, Xia Shishi was reborn.

Meng Gui also returned to this timeline, wanting to help Xia Shishi at the right time.

Fortunately, the effect of the points was strong enough. Xia Shishi fell in love with Wen Jiao, regretted her past, and no accidents occurred during this period.

Meng Gui calmed down: “I only have one last thing to do, which is why I’m being honest with you. Zhou Xiaojiang’s protagonist’s aura is still there. I can only leave after it’s completely depleted. By then, the protagonists of this world will be the two of you.”

Xia Shishi didn’t care about being the protagonist: “If Zhou Xiaojiang’s protagonist’s aura isn’t depleted, will Wen Jiao and I separate again?”

Meng Gui replied: “There’s a probability. I won’t allow it. My mission completion rate must be 100%.”

Xia Shishi still had many questions.

The protagonists of the world were originally her and Wen Jiao. Why did they change to Zhou Xiaojiang and Fu Yunhan?

And by depleting their protagonist’s aura, could she really become the protagonist again? Xia Shishi frowned and continued to listen to Meng Gui.

“The method to deplete the protagonist’s aura is simple, and you’ve already experienced it.”

“I’ve experienced it?”

“That’s right. It’s to make the world lose trust in you.”

From the moment Qi Xue stood up to slander Xia Shishi, the world had stopped trusting Xia Shishi. Hence, a series of incidents occurred. When Xia Shishi was cursed by the entire internet for things she hadn’t done, the world’s protagonists completely changed to Zhou Xiaojiang.

Meng Gui: “Your past self was trapped in a fog, so Zhou Xiaojiang easily succeeded. I could only let you be reborn so you could break free from the fog.”

Xia Shishi seemed to understand.

Since Meng Gui could enter this world with the mission of making Wen Jiao meet Xia Shishi, perhaps someone was also trying to stop it.

Otherwise, in normal development, she and Wen Jiao would have met sooner or later. They would still uncontrollably get together, because they were destined to love each other.

Currently, it seemed Meng Gui had the upper hand, and the next step was to secure total victory.

Xia Shishi thought: “The needle in the piano key, did you put it there yourself?”

Meng Gui: “I don’t mind using a little trick.”

Xia Shishi: “Because your current popularity surpasses Zhou Xiaojiang’s, the public’s trust in you is higher. People will question Zhou Xiaojiang, which means the world loses trust in her.”

Meng Gui: “That’s right. And now is the best opportunity, because Zhou Xiaojiang hasn’t become famous yet and doesn’t have many fans who believe in her. It’s also her own fault. If she hadn’t exposed Fu Yunhan, maybe Fu Yunhan would still believe her, and the two of them would support each other, which would be difficult to handle.”

Now even Fu Yunhan didn’t believe Zhou Xiaojiang. As long as they do to her what Zhou Xiaojiang did to Xia Shishi in the past life, a repeat performance.

Then no one would believe she could be the female protagonist.

Plus, now that Xia Shishi and Wen Jiao were together, Meng Gui’s mission would be completely fulfilled, and she could leave.

Meng Gui stared at Xia Shishi: “I’m telling you all this because I’m worried, you’ll get confused. You absolutely must not.”

She continued: “You have chat records, right? As long as you release the chat records to prove what a despicable person Zhou Xiaojiang is, I can manipulate the public into believing that she was jealous of me and framed me. Although the evidence is insufficient, as long as a stain is created… you should understand how serious the consequences are.”

To have no one believe you even in death.

That was too terrifying.

Actually, Meng Gui didn’t need to say so much after that. The moment Xia Shishi heard there was still a probability of separating from Wen Jiao, she had decided to do whatever Meng Gui asked.

She couldn’t be separated from Wen Jiao again. That was a painful experience, painful enough to make her doubt her own existence.

Xia Shishi carried the takeout meal and returned to the apartment, looking dazed.

Wen Jiao received her text about visiting Meng Gui and knew Xia Shishi would be home late today. When the door opened, she, who had been waiting in the living room for a long time, looked up and saw the takeout in Xia Shishi’s hand. She picked up her cane and went to the kitchen to get a bowl without saying a word.

During her time living in the apartment, she had started to learn self-sufficiency.

This was good, as it increased the intimacy between the two, and their life together became happier.

Wen Jiao actually hoped this time could last a little longer, even though Uncle Zhang was already asking when they would return to the villa.

Xia Shishi was still spaced out until Wen Jiao took out the bowl.

Wen Jiao placed the bowl on the table: “Did Meng Gui say anything to you?”

Xia Shishi finally reacted: “Something mind-blowing.”

Wen Jiao: “Hmm?”

Xia Shishi quickly walked over, placed the takeout casually on the table, and asked Wen Jiao: “If you found out that the world we live in is a novel, what would you think?”

Wen Jiao was in the middle of taking the takeout out of the bag, but she paused her movements when she heard that.

She reached out and touched Xia Shishi’s face.

“Warm, soft, so vibrant…” Wen Jiao smiled, “So what?”

Wen Jiao continued to take out the meal: “Before I met you, I felt like everything around me was meaningless. I didn’t know when I would die, and I didn’t know the meaning of being alive.”

She looked back at Xia Shishi’s conflicted expression and continued: “Later, protecting you became the driving force supporting me.”

If it weren’t for what Meng Gui had said, Xia Shishi would probably have thrown herself into Wen Jiao’s arms, teary-eyed.

She wasn’t doubting Wen Jiao’s love for her now, but she was wondering if Wen Jiao would truly have given up if Meng Gui hadn’t made her meet her early.

Did she really have such deep meaning to Wen Jiao?

Xia Shishi: “What if your falling in love with me was part of the setting?”

Wen Jiao countered: “What about you? Would you leave me?”

Xia Shishi’s rebuttal was immediate: “Of course not.” She had known this world was a novel for a long time, yet she still came to Wen Jiao’s side without hesitation.

Everything else could be fake, but love could be real.

People need a reason to live, and supporting each other was their mutual motivation.

Wen Jiao mentioned: “I’ve been reading novels recently.”

Wen Jiao had been reading ever since she invested in that TV series.

She could even play along with Xia Shishi now.

“In one novel, the protagonist found out that the world they were in was a novel, which made them feel weary and attempt to destroy the world. That’s because they hadn’t found the person who was deeply meaningful to them. After finding that person, even if everything else is fake, they won’t feel weary because of it.”

Wen Jiao put the food into a bowl: “What, did Meng Gui tell you this world is fake?”

Xia Shishi: “…Not exactly.”

She only said this world was one of many small worlds.

Xia Shishi sat on the sofa, bypassing the topic: “The needle on the piano was put there by Meng Gui herself. She wanted to frame Zhou Xiaojiang and have me cooperate with her.”

Wen Jiao understood: “Are you worried about becoming the same kind of person as Zhou Xiaojiang?”

Xia Shishi poked her two index fingers together: “Would you hate me?”

Wen Jiao handed the chopsticks to Xia Shishi, signaling her to eat first, and then said with great certainty: “No.”

She wasn’t a soft-hearted person either.

She loved Xia Shishi’s silly side but was also happy and proud that Xia Shishi now had the ability to protect herself.

How could she possibly hate Xia Shishi? If Xia Shishi hadn’t stopped her, she would have found other ways to take revenge for Shishi.

Zhou Xiaojiang’s life would only be harder then.

Xia Shishi finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was really worried that Wen Jiao liked the image of her being well-protected, innocent, and kind. She had been overthinking. After confessing her feelings, Xia Shishi felt much better and her appetite increased.

After the two finished eating, they rested.