My Wife Became a Top Star After I Came Back from Quick Transmigration - Chapter 97

In the bitter cold of deep winter, icy winds and heavy snowflakes fell outside the car window, swept up and broken by the vehicle’s rapid speed. The world outside was a blanket of white. Trees were adorned with snow, and the sky was a gloomy gray, with thick clouds pressing down on the city. The fierce cries of the wind seemed to wail outside the speeding car.

Su Qixi couldn’t comprehend the weight of Lin Mo’s single sentence. She had no idea what Lin Mo was going to do or where she was going. But listening to Qin Ke’s words, the feeling of a tearing pain in her heart and her gasping breath made Su Qixi realize that Lin Mo’s departure and return were probably not as simple as she had imagined.

How amazing! So she might not have come back?

Going out to sea is dangerous, that’s why the pay is so high!

The person upstairs still believes the “going out to sea” story? What kind of seafarer goes out to sea for eight years?

Su Qixi looked out the window, silently watching the snowy landscape. The city, which symbolized the nation’s prosperity, stood quietly in the north. As they left the ring road, the scenery grew more bustling. People bundled in thick winter coats walked with their necks tucked in. Children, heavily dressed, ran out of their homes, laughing even when they fell, not seeming to feel the pain. Everyone was happily enjoying the New Year atmosphere, but Su Qixi suddenly felt as if she were outside of this world. Was this the only way to get closer to her?

“Turn it off,” Su Qixi said.

Bai Jin responded with a puzzled “Huh?”

Su Qixi smiled and said, “Turn off the live stream.”

Bai Jin was confused. “Are we not recording anymore?”

Su Qixi lowered her head, looking lost. “We’ll record later. Let’s wait until we get to Qin Ke’s place.”

Bai Jin immediately understood. If they continued to record now, with so many people watching, someone might guess their route based on the scenery and find Qin Ke’s home. So, she immediately ended the live stream, leaving behind a flurry of panicked comments.

Su Qixi let out a bitter laugh. “I’m so silly. Why am I recording this? Why do I feel the need to prove to the world that Lin Mo loves me? It’s meaningless. But if I don’t prove it, they’ll keep slandering Lin Mo. And all of this is because—I’m a star.”

“Then let’s record!” Qin Ke said with a bright smile, turning to Su Qixi. “Maybe Lin Mo is watching, too!”

Su Qixi’s lost expression settled as she stared at Qin Ke. He continued, “That’s just how she is. She’s definitely watching. She loves you so much that she’d feel a painful ache in her heart if she couldn’t see you. She’s definitely watching your live stream.” Su Qixi’s expression slowly turned blank, as a bewildered thought crossed her mind: Is she really watching me?

The car drove into a riverside residential area in the capital. Su Qixi was no stranger to the city. After she started earning money, she had also bought a house here. However, since it was only a temporary place for her to stay, she chose a more ordinary but well-secured community. Its price, of course, was not as high as Qin Ke’s.

She had seen Qin Ke’s community before. The facilities were excellent, and the houses were very large, starting from 700-800 square meters, with each being a duplex. Riverside properties were generally more expensive than other places, not to mention a house in the capital. Even a small, broken-down place wouldn’t be cheap. Qin Ke’s apartment was a testament to his successful career over the years.

The car stopped in front of a building. Qin Ke got out first, then went around to the back to open the door for Su Qixi. Su Qixi thanked him, and Qin Ke grinned. “No need to thank me. If it weren’t for Lin Mo tutoring us back then, we wouldn’t have done so well on our exams. This is nothing.”

Su Qixi pursed her lips and smiled. “Everyone did well because they had a good foundation.” Back then, Lin Mo’s class was the school’s special “experimental class.” The students in that class were selected from various junior high schools. Lin Mo was the most unique. She was accepted after she casually solved a math problem on the blackboard in the experimental class’s room and was noticed and kept by Teacher Hao Tianhua.

Su Qixi’s grades were not good, and she was often melancholy. After Lin Mo angrily smashed up her classroom, Su Qixi had nowhere to go. Hao Tianhua, the most senior teacher in the school, shamelessly went to the principal and brought her to his class the next day. Lin Mo was the best student back then and definitely helped everyone a lot. But the fundamental reason was that the students in that class were all excellent from the beginning.

Qin Ke led Su Qixi upstairs. It wasn’t until they reached the door that Bai Jin turned the live stream back on.

Wow, he finally let me back in.

They’ve arrived, they’ve arrived.

Darn it, if it hadn’t been turned off, I would have gone to find Mr. Qin. I’m also from the capital! Mr. Qin, would you consider me?

It’s a good thing it was turned off, a good thing.

Someone is actually spying on Mr. Qin. Thank goodness it was turned off, thank goodness.

Thank goodness it was turned off, thank goodness.

Hahahaha, the comments are killing me.

The comments were a chaotic mess, and Qin Ke had already opened the door. Su Qixi glanced inside. The apartment was extremely neat and clean. Since Qin Ke lived alone and was busy with his company, he probably didn’t have much time to tidy up. While getting them slippers, Qin Ke said, “Come in! The housekeepers must have just finished cleaning, and the heat is on.”

The moment they stepped inside, the room was indeed very warm. Qin Ke took off his coat and hung it on the rack by the door, telling them, “Make yourselves comfortable. I’ll go get the things.” Su Qixi and Bai Jin didn’t stand on ceremony and sat down on the sofa in the living room.

The entire right side of the living room was a floor-to-ceiling window, offering a view of the river at night. But Su Qixi was not in the mood for the view. She sat upright on the sofa, her heart pounding, like a girl waiting for her lover. Soon, Qin Ke returned with a small box. He sat cross-legged on the rug and handed a metal box to Su Qixi. “There’s not much. It’s all in here. Take a look. If you have any questions, you can ask me. I’ll tell you everything I know, without holding anything back.”

Su Qixi nodded and took the box with both hands. It was a small, round box. After eight years, it was no longer new, and its edges were inevitably rusted. Su Qixi’s eyes welled up with tears, and her face seemed to be filled with nostalgia.

Qin Ke raised an eyebrow, and Su Qixi let out a soft laugh. “I know this box.”

Su Qixi remembered this box; it was used to hold cookies. One day, after Lin Mo had taken her in, Lin Mo bought her a box of cookies to eat. Su Qixi had never eaten anything so delicious before. When the first cookie melted in her mouth, she felt there was nothing more wonderful in the world. Su Qixi, who had never eaten anything good, was captivated by the taste of the cookies.

In the soft glow of the lamplight, Lin Mo smiled gently, reaching out to ruffle her hair and saying in a soft voice, “Do you like it? I’ll buy you more when you finish.”

In that moment, everything in the world was soft, warm, and comforting. It made Su Qixi feel like a lazy cat who had found a cozy spot to stretch out in on a cold winter’s day.

When the cookies in the box were gone, she couldn’t bear to throw it away. She touched the box repeatedly, unsure if she could keep it. She cautiously said, “This box is so pretty. It could be used to hold many important things.” Su Qixi looked at Lin Mo standing in front of her with timid eyes. Lin Mo’s smiling expression was so dazzling in the light that it made Su Qixi’s heart tremble.

Lin Mo reached out and took the box. Her eyes were warm and bent into a smile. She said, “Okay, as you wish. We’ll hide it away.”

At that time, Su Qixi had not fully recovered from her depression. Even though her heart felt warm and happy hearing those words, she still didn’t have a strong will to live. That trembling, numb, and joyful feeling in her heart could coexist with the desire to give up on life, melancholy, and pain. But Su Qixi didn’t want Lin Mo to dislike her, so she managed to smile and say, “Thank you.” Even though, beneath that brilliant smile, there was little will to live.

Lin Mo leaned in and gently hugged her, whispering in her ear, “You don’t have to smile if you don’t want to. Xiao Xi, you can cry with me.”

That day, Su Qixi didn’t know what it was about Lin Mo’s words that had struck a chord with her. Her heart was suddenly overwhelmed with sadness, and tears fell in large drops. She sobbed in Lin Mo’s arms, wetting her clothes, weeping away all her grievances until she was exhausted and fell asleep. Never before had she slept so soundly.

Now, this metal box, which represented those difficult years, was once again in front of her. Her feelings were no longer the same as they were back then. She knew that Lin Mo remembered every word she said. Including the words she said back then: “It’s so pretty, it should be used to hold important things.” Before leaving, Lin Mo had put all of her reluctance and love for her into this box.

Su Qixi’s heart trembled, and her hands were unsteady, but she firmly opened the box. Just as Qin Ke said, there wasn’t much inside. The box itself was small, containing only a few folded white papers and a blue USB drive. The USB was an old model from many years ago, likely storing some important information.

Huh? Kept for eight years, and it’s just a few pieces of paper?

It looks like there’s a receipt at the bottom.

A receipt for a boat ticket before she left?

Is the person upstairs trying to make a poor person die of laughter?

The “going out to sea” meme is never going to die, is it? Hahahaha.

Qin Ke peered in. “There’s just these things. First, she gave me her backpack and said it had something important inside that she wanted me to keep. Then, a few days later, she gave me this box. She told me to hold on to it and not to give it to you until she returned.” Qin Ke calculated. “It’s been eight years. She’s considered to have returned now, right? So I can give this to you.”

Hahahaha, what a genius.

What is it? Why was she afraid to give it to Su Su?

She wasn’t afraid of Su Su knowing about the 5 million yuan debt, so what could be more extreme than that?

Must be a 100 million yuan debt, then?

Your family owes 100 million yuan. My Piggy girl has already paid off what she owed.

Su Qixi was also very curious. She reached out and picked up the USB. The blue plastic shell and slide-out connector were a style rarely seen now. In fact, people weren’t as fond of using USB drives as they were back then. Time had passed, and the USB drive had inevitably started to feel old.

Qin Ke looked at the USB drive she was holding and sighed. “Oh, that one!” He considered his words carefully before saying, “Inside are the recordings of her meetings with her father and your father.”

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Even Bai Jin leaned in curiously to look at the USB drive. Su Qixi was also stunned. She had expected it to contain photos, videos, or maybe even a diary of herself and Lin Mo. She never imagined it would be recordings of their fathers.

“My father? She went to see Su Yong before she left? Why?” Su Qixi asked, confused.

Qin Ke leaned back against the coffee table. He asked Su Qixi, “Do you remember where your household registration was moved after you got into college?”

Su Qixi paused. How could she forget? After the college entrance exam, Su Qixi had to leave the city. There was no way she could live peacefully with Su Yong, nor could she go back to him. Before the exam, every time she needed to use her household registration booklet, Lin Mo would go to Su Yong’s house to get it for her. Su Yong had even called the police, but Lin Mo had managed to avoid any trouble by claiming she was under 18 and didn’t know better. If Su Yong tried to press charges, Su Qixi would cry and say it was a dispute between her and her father. Lin Mo was good at controlling the force of her blows—painful but not enough to be considered a minor injury. Plus, the police probably knew about the situation between Su Yong and Su Qixi, so they usually just tried to mediate. This mediation, which once felt so hopeless to Su Qixi, now became Su Yong’s undoing.

But Lin Mo left, and Su Qixi couldn’t spend her whole life dealing with Su Yong. Hao Tianhua, as Su Qixi’s teacher, knew well how much Su Qixi had suffered because of Su Yong. He personally went to see Su Yong and had Su Qixi’s household registration moved under his own name. This allowed Su Qixi to easily transfer her household registration after she started college. Without the restrictions of the household registration, she hadn’t even seen Su Yong before she debuted. If Su Yong hadn’t caused a scene after she debuted, Su Qixi would have almost forgotten the man who had given her a lifetime of nightmares.

After a brief recollection, Su Qixi said with certainty, “I remember. My temporary household registration was with my teacher. To move it out, you need to be registered at a property, and Teacher Hao helped me with all of that.”

Qin Ke laughed. “Then did you ever think that a shameless person like Su Yong would agree to it just because of a few words from a teacher?”

Su Qixi froze, stunned. It seemed like something she shouldn’t have failed to consider. From her freshman year to her senior year of high school, Hao Tianhua had taken great care of her and Lin Mo. Just like how a mother is seemingly omnipotent in a child’s eyes, she thought Hao Tianhua also had such extraordinary abilities. He was the most senior teacher in the school; even the principal gave way to him. Su Qixi was only 18 years old at the time and had a certain worship for adults. She thought simply, believing Hao Tianhua was a person with divine power. But now, looking back, with Su Yong being so difficult and her teacher being such an upright person, the only one who could make Su Yong back down again and again was always—Lin Mo.

That’s right! Thinking about it now, when Su Su first became famous, Su Yong immediately jumped out. He’s so thick-skinned. How can a person like that be so easily gotten rid of?

The shameless look on Su Yong’s face makes me feel suffocated just from seeing it online. I can’t even imagine living with a father like that.

Su Su just debuted and earned a little money, and he had the nerve to come out and say he needed money for his retirement.

The key is that I heard her manager didn’t want to make a big deal out of it and gave him money, but then he took money from another company and started spreading rumors about Su Su. It’s so disgusting!

Right! If her manager wasn’t so good at finding evidence, Su Su would have been ruined by him. How could he do that?

He’s a cold-blooded and selfish piece of garbage.

“It was Lin Mo,” Su Qixi said, unaware of the online comments. She simply stroked the metal box over and over, smiling through her tears. “She handled my household registration before she left.”

Qin Ke nodded. “Yes.”

Su Qixi said softly, “To make sure I wouldn’t know what she did, she asked Teacher Hao Tianhua to take the credit?”

Qin Ke laughed. “Right. She said back then that she was afraid you couldn’t handle these things yourself and wanted to get rid of that hidden danger before she left. That’s why life is so unpredictable. At that time, neither she nor I ever imagined you would become such a big star.”

Oh my god! This is such a divine love! I’m going to cry!

Wuwuwu, for the first time, I think, Lin Mo, she loves her so much!

Another day of being comforted by the pure love of the Qilin couple.

Qin Ke suddenly remembered that he hadn’t made tea for them and quickly got up to prepare some. The large apartment had a connected kitchen. Qin Ke seemed to like coffee and wine, so he had a large bar counter between the kitchen and the living room. Behind the bar was a wall of wine bottles, and on the counter was a high-end coffee machine.

As he made coffee, he sighed, “If she had known you’d become such a big star, she wouldn’t have had to worry so much.”

Snowflakes began to fall outside the window again. Su Qixi turned to look, seeing the biting wind whipping the snowflakes down in a blanket. It was freezing cold outside, and the whole world seemed chaotic. But inside the room, it was brightly lit and as warm as spring.

With a click, Qin Ke placed the freshly brewed coffee in front of them and said with a smile, “Please enjoy.” Bai Jin thanked him and took a sip, the warmth spreading through her body.

Su Qixi, however, did not move. Her smile was dry as she asked Qin Ke, “How could someone like Su Yong agree to that?”

In today’s society, it’s not as difficult to move a household registration as it was back then. But at the time of Su Qixi’s graduation, it was still necessary. She might not have needed it to go to college, but she would have needed it for every important moment afterward. Su Qixi might not have been able to get the household registration booklet from Su Yong.

Qin Ke sighed. “That’s a long story. It has to start with Lin Mo’s parents.”

Is it that long?

Hahahaha, let’s go! I’m ready to listen.

It seems it wasn’t so easy for Su Su to get out of Su Yong’s household registration!

I was a witness to the cyberbullying incident against Su Su. I can only say that a normal person really couldn’t get out of Su Yong’s control.

He’s so perverted and vicious.

Su Qixi felt the same way. Su Yong could be reckless. Although he was afraid of being beaten by Lin Mo, if he was cornered, he was the type of person who would drag someone down with him. Regarding this question, Qin Ke seemed to know the entire story, and at this point, he had no intention of hiding it.

He first asked Su Qixi, “Have you ever met Lin Mo’s parents?”

Su Qixi shook her head. Of course, she hadn’t. From what the villagers said, Lin Mo’s parents had separated when she was a baby and divorced when she was three. Su Qixi had lived with Lin Mo for three years, and Lin Mo never spoke about her family or any relatives. At first, she thought it was because of the trauma left by such irresponsible parents. Now she knew it was probably because Lin Mo never considered her family as her own.

Qin Ke reached into the box, pulled out the first piece of paper, and handed it to Su Qixi. “Take a look!”

Su Qixi took the thin A4 paper, faintly seeing something written in black ink. With a puzzled look, she unfolded the paper. The moment she saw the content, her pupils shrank.

A Severance of Relationship Agreement?!

A document severing ties between her and Su Yong!

Ah! This is…

Have I seen this somewhere before? It looks so familiar…

During Su Su’s cyberbullying incident, she used a bunch of evidence to prove Su Yong was a garbage father who had even sold Su Su for money. This was one of the pieces of evidence!

Su Qixi’s heart was shaken to its core. This thin A4 paper felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. It turned out that from the very beginning, Lin Mo had done her best to remove every obstacle Su Qixi might encounter.