After the Second Playthrough, the CP-Less Female Lead Kneels and Begs Me for Forgiveness [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 59

She had long since gone mad.

Ever since the moment in her previous life when she watched Shao Xibei plunge from the building.

Song Xin hugged the person in her arms tightly. Gazing at Shao Xibei’s exquisite face, her heart was filled with delight.

She should have done this a long time ago.

In her past life, she should have locked her away securely like this.

Song Xiuran had already been dealt with.

The Shao family was currently too busy looking after themselves; by the time they regained their composure, any trace of Xibei would have long since vanished.

When Shao Xibei opened her eyes again, she was in a different place. Beneath her was a soft, large bed.

She was wearing a long dress made of extremely comfortable fabric.

Shao Xibei looked around. The room was decorated in white tones, looking exactly like her apartments on the outside.

In her memory, the place she had provided for Song Xin to live in had this exact decor.

Even the small figurines placed on the desk were the same.

At first glance, one might think they had returned to her own apartment.

But it was clearly impossible; a surveillance camera was mounted conspicuously on the ceiling.

The moment Shao Xibei stepped onto the floor, she felt the sensation of restraint around her ankle.

A golden shackle tightly encircled her slender ankle. A matching iron chain extended from the shackle to the wall, passing through it.

It was fixed immovably.

Under these circumstances, there was no way Shao Xibei could break through the wall to destroy the anchor point of the chain.

She had truly been chained up like a dog.

Click.

The door opened.

Song Xin walked in. She wore a pure white embroidered dress, her straight black hair falling smoothly over her chest, her eyes slightly downturned.

She looked exactly as she did when the original host first met her.

Elegant and frail.

“Xibei, you’re awake,” Song Xin said with a faint smile, seemingly knowing all along that Shao Xibei was conscious.

Shao Xibei asked calmly, “Song Xin, what exactly do you want?”

Song Xin walked up to her and smiled gently. “Xibei, can’t you tell? I just want the two of us to live together from now on.”

Shao Xibei grabbed the iron chain and shook it twice. The chain let out a clinking sound.

“Is this your reason for chaining me up?” Shao Xibei sneered.

Song Xin lowered her gaze. “Xibei, I’m just afraid you’ll leave.”

The emotions in Shao Xibei’s eyes gradually turned cold. “Song Xin, you truly disgust me.”

These words stabbed into Song Xin’s heart like knives. From the moment she made this decision, she had anticipated this outcome.

Song Xin forced a smile. “You must be hungry. I’ll go get you something to eat.”

Shao Xibei rejected her silently.

The moment Song Xin left and closed the door, Shao Xibei threw herself onto the bed.

The chain restraining her rattled loudly.

Shao Xibei didn’t try to break the ankle shackle; the camera was right there. She could guarantee that the moment she tried to open it, Song Xin would appear instantly.

Why wasn’t this female lead busy building her commercial empire? Why was she playing at imprisonment instead?

She hoped Shang Yin could find her quickly. Although they hadn’t known each other long, Shang Yin’s behavior suggested her family had some influence.

Even though she didn’t know how far the female lead had progressed since her rebirth, the time frame was so short that no matter how capable she was, she couldn’t have built a commercial empire overnight.

Shang Yin still had a chance to find her.

And then there was Song Xiuran. If she knew Xibei was missing, she would surely be worried.

But Xibei couldn’t just sit and wait for death.

She stood up and walked to the window.

The window wasn’t locked, but anti-theft steel bars were installed on the outside.

Looking out from here, past the towering perimeter walls, she could only see lush green trees.

This place was undoubtedly a cage.

The length of the chain was sufficient for her to move freely within the room.

Shao Xibei walked toward the door; the chain suddenly went taut. This was the limit.

She sat back on the bed just as the door opened again. It was Song Xin returning.

She was pushing a two-tier trolley laden with exquisite pastries.

Stopping the trolley in front of Shao Xibei, Song Xin maintained her soft smile. “Xibei, I prepared all of these personally for you.”

Shao Xibei only spared them a glance before fixing her eyes on Song Xin’s face. “Song Xin, what is the point of doing this?”

“In our last life, I thought everything between us was completely settled.”

“Back then, I forced you into a sponsorship, but I never forced you to do anything out of line.”

“Later, you caused the ruin of my family. The Shao enterprises were acquired by you, and you drove me to a dead end.”

“In this life, you also stabbed me in the heart. I feel there is truly no need for any further contact between us.”

Shao Xibei narrated these events calmly.

Song Xin found the words piercing. Her hands clenched tighter and tighter as Shao Xibei spoke, her nails digging deep into her palms.

She spoke with an almost pleading tone: “Xibei, don’t say anymore. I know I’ve done many wrong things, so let me make it up to you properly in this life, okay?”

These words were so sickening they made one want to vomit.

Shao Xibei’s brow furrowed deeply, her loathing on full display.

The fact that Song Xin could even say such words was the height of shamelessness.

Shao Xibei could no longer endure it.

She kicked the trolley over directly. The exquisite pastries scattered across the soft carpet.

“Get out,” Shao Xibei said in a low voice.

But Song Xin didn’t listen. Instead, she knelt down to check Shao Xibei’s feet. “Xibei, you aren’t wearing shoes. What you just did was too dangerous.”

Shao Xibei looked down at Song Xin from above. The moment Song Xin reached out to touch her, Xibei kicked her in the shoulder, pushing her away.

Her gaze was icy. “Don’t touch me.”

Song Xin rubbed her shoulder and stood up. She looked aggrieved. “Xibei, I didn’t mean anything else. I just wanted to see if you were hurt.” There was no sign of anger at all.

Shao Xibei simply lay down on the bed and turned her back to the wall, choosing “out of sight, out of mind.”

Song Xin sighed helplessly.

She began to clean up the mess.

“Xibei, have you fallen in love with Song Xiuran?”

She received no response, but Song Xin continued talking to herself.

“It’s a pity you’ll never see her again.”

“But you probably don’t know what happened to her.”

Shao Xibei thought to herself: Of course I don’t. I’ve been kidnapped by a lunatic like you for days; how would I know what’s happening to Song Xiuran?

Song Xin finished tidying the trolley and walked toward the door.

At the moment the door closed, Shao Xibei heard Song Xin’s words, laced with a faint smile:

“It seems she was in a car accident and has become a vegetable.”

Shao Xibei didn’t know if what Song Xin said was true or false.

But if Song Xiuran has become a vegetable, how can the favorability rating possibly go up?

With no way to contact the System right now, it was highly likely she’d be trapped in this world for a lifetime.

The thought made Shao Xibei panic. However, she currently had absolutely no way to escape. Furthermore, as time dragged on, the Shao family would surely realize something was wrong. If they started searching for her and clashed with Song Xin, there was no guarantee they wouldn’t be destroyed once again by this so-called “female lead.”

[System! System! If you don’t show up, I’m going to run off with someone else!]

[Stupid System! Leaving me here all alone… I’ve been caught by a pervert, and you still won’t show up.]

Shao Xibei repeated these words in her mind over and over, but ten minutes passed without a single stir of activity. She pressed her lips together tightly, beginning to search desperately for a way out.

“President Shao! The public opinion has turned! The people who were slandering the company have all started exposing themselves!” the PR manager shouted happily.

Shao Yu rubbed her temples. She had barely rested over the past few days, running back and forth between the company and the hospital; her eyes were now bloodshot.

The PR manager added, “President Shao, I feel like someone is helping us behind the scenes. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been forced to confess so quickly.”

The identities and backgrounds of those spreading the disgusting rumors had been hidden deep by some mysterious force. Even after exhausting all their efforts, the Shao family had only managed to catch a few. Now that everyone had suddenly confessed, someone was definitely helping them.

Shao Yu whispered, “Regardless of who it is, they’ve done us a massive favor.”

The victory in this PR war had saved the Shao family’s company. The stock prices were already rebounding. Shao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. She took out her phone and sent a message to Shang Yin:

—The Shao family is safe.

After sending it, Shao Yu grabbed her coat and hurried back to the hospital.

Mr. Shao’s condition had gradually stabilized. But after so many days without finding his daughter, his brow was constantly clouded with worry. Shao Yu sat by his hospital bed, slowly peeling an apple.

“What did the police say?” Mr. Shao asked.

Shao Yu shook her head. “They searched everywhere near the spot where she disappeared. There are no clues. It’s as if she vanished into thin air from that restroom.”

Mr. Shao slammed his hand against the bed. “Yu’er, Xibei must have been kidnapped! The sudden online attacks against the Shao family happened exactly when she went missing. This was premeditated—to leave you with no spare energy to focus on her whereabouts! Cough, cough, cough!”

Mr. Shao became so agitated that he broke into a violent coughing fit. Shao Yu rushed over to soothe his breathing.

“Dad, don’t get worked up. We’ll find her. Isn’t the Shang family helping too? You have to believe that Xibei will be okay.”

Shao Yu had made the connection long ago, but she felt helpless. The Shao and Shang families, along with the police, had searched for days without a trace. If the motive was money, why hadn’t there been a ransom call?

The greatest fear was that the motive was her life.

Shao Yu’s lips were pressed into a thin line; the longer this dragged on, the more dangerous it became. If no clues were found soon, the police would eventually scale back the investigation. They couldn’t wait any longer.

As Shao Yu was lost in thought, her phone suddenly vibrated. Frowning, she unlocked it to find a message from an unknown number.

—Investigate Song Xin.

To anyone else, those three concise words might have seemed cryptic, but Shao Yu understood immediately—and her mind began to race. Perhaps the Song Xin currently staying at their home wasn’t the “real” Song Xin.

Unwilling to pass up any opportunity, Shao Yu immediately dispatched people to Song Xin’s residence. She had a gut feeling that the person who sent this text was the same person helping them in the dark.

Additionally, Shao Yu sent a message to Shang Yin:

—Go to Song Xin’s house. See if the Song Xin there is actually her.

Support