Ultimate Goddess System 43 1.2.6: Truth

"I..." Xiao Yunhua took a deep breath, once again her chest hurting because of the movement. She looked to see both of her benefactors quiet, even the playful Ni Ming. They had a serious look on their faces and were waiting for her to clarify her words.

"My real name is Xiao Yunhua. Xiahu was just a surname I made up on the spot when I asked Wang Yaowan for a job." An intense silence filled the hospital room when she uttered those words. The only sound was the sound of their breathing as they tried to take that information in.

"But why?" Ni Ming finally spoke, her arms crossed. She looked to be a bit disappointed because all these years, they've lived with a liar.

"It's a long story." These four words were all Xiao Yunhua could say. Indeed, her life in this world was truly too dramatic. So dramatic that it could have been made into some type of story.

"I have time." Ni Ming didn't allow her to dodge the explanation as she pulled Wang Yaowan to sit down. The couple glanced at Xiao Yunhua to explain everything.

Even though she was still hesitant about sharing her experience ever since Han Mi's death, in the end, these were her benefactors. She could trust them as they've taken care of her for all these years. She opened her mouth and everything from the moment of her adoption was revealed.

She told them about how Zhou Lang and Zhou Feng watched her get bullied to death when she was eight.

She told them how Han Mi took her in as her biological granddaughter.

About getting misunderstood, about getting expelled, about being homeless for a little bit... every little mishap, she told them all.

By the end of it, not only Xiao Yunhua, but Ni Ming had tears streaming down nonstop. Even Wang Yaowan's usual cold eyes seemed mellowed down, filled with sympathy.

"Little girl, you must've sinned in your previous life to get stuck with such fortune in this life!" Ni Ming sobbed as she wrapped her arms around Xiao Yunhua. Ironically, that was the most illogical answer. In her last lifetime, she had suffered too. In fact, it was because it was so awful and her trauma that she decided to cut her string of life. If committing suicide was her so-called 'sin' to get her this awful lifetime, then she had no words...

After a few minutes of comforting silence, Xiao Yunhua immediately begged them to keep it quiet. "No one must know! Absolutely no one."

They both nodded. Suddenly, Wang Yaowan's phone buzzed with a text. Checking the content, he sighed.

"It's him again." By the tone of his voice, whoever the message was from seemed to text Wang Yaowan recently. And Wang Yaowan didn't sound too thrilled, either.

"Really?" Ni Ming glanced at Xiao Yunhua as she spoke. "Maybe we should tell her?"

"Tell me what?" What were they keeping from her? It obviously had something to do with the text Wang Yaowan just received.

"That was Zhou Lang. He was asking about you, like he always does." Wang Yaowan answered.

"Always?"

"Yunhua..." Ni Ming sighed and stood up. Wang Yaowan nodded in permission as he understood what she was going to do. She swiped through the numerous texts sent by Zhou Lang in regards to Xiahu Yunhua. "Throughout these three months, we've arranged to privately have you recover from your accident because we didn't want the person who attempted to murder you to get another chance."

Looks like Xiao Taotao was right. The system had taken the liberty to 'insert' a scene in their heads.

"And Zhou Lang has been constantly bothering us, trying to find out where you are. The poor boy is worried to death."

Xiao Yunhua closed her eyes, trying to absorb all their information. Finally, with a look of exhaustion, she reluctantly said, "Don't tell him anything about where I am for a little bit longer. My physical therapy will last for a few weeks, so until then..."

"But that's so cruel." Ni Ming muttered.

"It's alright. He's endured for three months, I'm sure that he can endure for a bit longer." Wang Yaowan said, making both Xiao Yunhua and Ni Ming speechless.

"I'm going to break up with him." Xiao Yunhua sputtered. "When I see him, I'm going to break it off completely."

The couple looked at each other, knowingly, and Ni Ming inquired, "Is it because of Zhou Feng?"

Hearing Ni Ming's words, Xiao Yunhua paled. "Absolutely not!"

By the look on Ni Ming's face, the woman clearly did not believe her. "Yunhua, I thought that your nonexistent feelings could develop slowly for Zhou Lang, but I see that's clearly not the case. That night, you were with Zhou Feng, weren't you..."

Xiao Yunhua paled even more, not believing that Ni Ming had already figured everything out. "No, I don't plan for anything to happen between us!" And she really didn't. After all, he wasn't her target anymore.

Ni Ming ignored her words and continued, "Yunhua, not only Zhou Lang, but Zhou Feng has been asking about you. After all, he was with you when the incident happened..." By all these clues, Xiao Yunhua could easily see why they thought that she was dumping Zhou Lang for his brother.

But she really did not plan to be around the Zhou brothers any longer!

"Ni Ming, trust me, I don't like him. I hold no emotions for either of them." By the tone of Xiao Yunhua's words, she was completely serious. And by the look in her unwavering eyes, Ni Ming and Wang Yaowan understood that she was joking. She really didn't feel anything for Zhou Feng and they had overthought the situation.

"I hope so..." Ni Ming muttered, "Or else there'd be many problems if you were to suddenly date another Zhou family prince..."

Chapter end