After I Was Erased by the System, She Went Mad

Shen Xiaoyu didn't speak, quietly looking at Su Huan for two seconds, then rolled her eyes dramatically.

This heartfelt speech didn't move Shen Xiaoyu at all. She cursed "crazy" in her mind, wrapped Shen Nian'an in a towel, then got up and walked toward the house.

"Mama, where are you going?" Shen Nian'an, left behind, called out.

Shen Xiaoyu didn't turn back.

Su Huan watched her figure disappear, her face showing undisguised disappointment.

After Shen Nian'an dried herself with the towel, she followed too. "Mommy, I'm going to find Mama."

Shen Xiaoyu wandered back to the room, but after entering, her heart suddenly clenched with dense, prickling pain.

Shen Xiaoyu clutched her chest, gasping heavily, taking deep breaths to ease the pain in her heart.

What was happening?

This had been happening frequently lately. Could she have some terminal illness?

"The system doesn't even find a good body when transmigrating—either surrounded by messy people or having terminal illnesses." Shen Xiaoyu sat on the bedside and couldn't help complaining. "Other people's transmigrations either have supernatural powers or golden fingers. What about mine? I have nothing, and the only system I carry is useless!"

"Useless! Useless! Useless!" The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, cursing loudly, then heard the system's timid rebuttal.

[I'm not useless! I, I'm very capable!]

Shen Xiaoyu sneered and asked back: "What capability do you have? The capability to let me leave this broken house, or the capability to free me from Su Huan?"

"You can't do anything—what are you if not useless?"

[I'm not useless! Without me, you wouldn't have come to this world at all!]

"Right, if I hadn't come to this world, I wouldn't have to do this broken mission. Wandering half my life only to return with my mission reset to zero. Now I'm even imprisoned..."

There were too many complaints; she was too tired to continue.

The system was indignant but couldn't say more.

The host had no memory now, so talking more would be like casting pearls before swine.

Shen Xiaoyu got up and sat on a stool, casually taking two pieces of paper to fan herself, trying to ease her irritated mood.

Bang bang bang—knocking sounds.

"Come in." Shen Xiaoyu shouted toward the door. "Aren't you swimming anymore?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door opened, but it wasn't Shen Nian'an as Shen Xiaoyu expected—it was Su Huan.

Shen Xiaoyu's face immediately darkened. The fan in her hand moved faster as she turned to look out the window, silently venting her dissatisfaction.

Su Huan paused, seemingly gathering courage before walking to her side again. "Nian'an went to shower. She'll come over in a while."

Shen Xiaoyu turned her head away, acting as if she hadn't heard and completely ignoring her.

Su Huan wasn't annoyed either. She pulled up a chair and sat across from her. Knowing she didn't want to talk now, she didn't speak either, just using her gaze to trace her outline over and over, then staring at her until she became lost in thought.

There are always such people in this world—without saying anything, they make others involuntarily focus their attention on them.

Some because they're beautiful, some because of their powerful presence, some because of psychological affection that makes one want to pay attention to them.

There's another type because their gaze is too aggressive, forcing the person being watched to seek out that gaze.

Shen Xiaoyu had intended to treat Su Huan like air—not looking, not acknowledging, not talking—but her presence was too strong, making it impossible to completely ignore her.

The two sat like this for almost an hour. Shen Nian'an still hadn't come, and Shen Xiaoyu couldn't take it anymore.

An inexplicable fire rose in her heart. She turned to meet Su Huan's gaze and angrily demanded: "Su Huan! What exactly do you want?"

"I don't want anything, I just want to look at you." Su Huan readily apologized. "If my presence bothers you, then I apologize. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Her smooth apology blocked Shen Xiaoyu's about-to-explode anger.

"You don't hit someone who's smiling" perfectly described Su Huan at this moment.

She gritted her teeth, feeling increasingly irritated, fanning herself even faster.

[Why hasn't Nian'an come yet? What is she doing? I really don't want to be alone in a room with Su Huan anymore!]

Her inner voice was deafening. Su Huan looked down dejectedly and asked quietly: "Why?"

"Because I hate you!" Shen Xiaoyu was straightforward. "What right do you have to imprison me here? What are you to me?"

"This isn't imprisonment—having you stay here is to protect you." Su Huan retorted, explaining gently. "You might not understand the entertainment industry now. Your popularity has only superficially passed. Once you appear in paparazzi's view, countless people will want to dig up stories about you. I don't want you to fall into that situation, so I want you to rest here."

She pointed outside.

"Isn't this the lazy lifestyle you hoped for? Three meals a day, being able to see beautiful scenery every day—a simple life. No one will disturb you here. Whatever you want to eat, servants will make for you. Whatever you want to play, the house has. You don't need to go out at all."

Su Huan seemed to understand her well, talking freely about her ideals.

"If you feel bored, you can go into the mountains with Nian'an. I have people patrol this mountain daily to ensure there are no dangerous animals. If you're still not satisfied, I'll have people come tomorrow to dig a pond outside to raise fish. We can also cultivate wasteland—we can live a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset here."

Shen Xiaoyu: ...What to do? So tempting.

This wasn't just her own ideal—this was all humanity's ideal lifestyle, okay?

She didn't need to work at sunrise and rest at sunset—just the earlier lazy lifestyle of having everything handed to her would satisfy her completely.

But soon, Shen Xiaoyu snapped back to reality, firming her resolve.

"That's not me. I don't have such dreams." She said words against her heart, crying inside but maintaining a noble and cold expression on her face. "And I don't want to live such a life with you."

She paused, remembering Su Huan's expression when she saw her with Shi Qiubai, and smiled lazily, leaning back on the sofa.

"I only want to be with Shi Qiubai." She lifted her chin. "She's my target. The meaning of my coming to this world is to be with her! Since you can hear my thoughts, you should know I came to this world with my own mission. Shi Qiubai is my mission target, and you're just a passerby in my story."

"Passerby?"

"That's right! Passerby!" Shen Xiaoyu emphasized. "So stop fantasizing. I won't waver because of your small favors. I also won't stay for a passerby."

She deliberately looked at Su Huan while saying this, wanting to see her expression change clearly.

Unfortunately, Su Huan showed no expression. Her eyes were calm, showing no joy or anger, only her complexion looking somewhat poor. These words probably affected her.

But that made sense—Su Huan could hear her conversations with the system, so she understood her mission thoroughly.

Not seeing other reactions from Su Huan, Shen Xiaoyu was somewhat disappointed and continued: "So keeping me here is useless. Everything you do is futile. I won't be moved by the little good you do for me. Besides, you're not really doing this for me—you have your own purposes. Simply put, I'm just a tool for you to eliminate regrets."

At this point, Shen Xiaoyu wasn't angry anymore and even felt some pity for Su Huan, though not much.

Pitiful people must have hateful aspects.

Wasn't the original owner's disappearance Su Huan's doing? If she had let the original owner complete the mission earlier, there might still be a chance for reunion. Now...

Shen Xiaoyu shook her head and sighed. "Foolish child. Come out of it early. She's already dead and won't be reborn. Coming out of past shadows early would be good for you, for me, and for my mission."

[Right, System?] She deliberately called out the system, wanting Su Huan to understand this world's truth through the system's words.

The system didn't respond.

Shen Xiaoyu didn't mind, leisurely fanning herself while looking at the scenery outside, in quite a good mood.

"In this world, the word 'love' is most hurtful."

She seemed like an old Taoist who had seen through the world, wanting to save this actress from her love-induced sorrow.

Su Huan's complexion gradually paled under her words, her expression looking somewhat sad. Her eyes gradually reddened, and her gaze at Shen Xiaoyu was complex.

There was grievance, sadness, desolation, and many emotions Shen Xiaoyu couldn't understand.

But none of this mattered. As long as she could break Su Huan's defenses, someday she'd be unable to bear it and let her go back.

Shen Xiaoyu was confident in her ability to anger people, especially since she held her weakness -

The original owner.

This kind of dead white moonlight worked every time.

She just felt sorry for her predecessor. After completing the mission and returning, she'd definitely burn more incense for her.

Shen Xiaoyu silently lit a candle in her heart.

Su Huan pressed her lips tightly, closing her eyes slightly to endure all her emotions.

"Xiaoyu, you'll understand."

She said this without context, then got up and left the room, leaving only a confused Shen Xiaoyu.

Understand? Understand what?

Love?

Wise people don't fall in love—they build a beautiful motherland!

She decided! After returning, she'd use money to build Hope Primary Schools. Education must start from children—when youth are strong, the nation is strong!

But before that, she still needed Su Huan to let her go back.

She rested her chin on her hand, thinking of ways. Should she beat up Su Huan in the middle of the night?

As soon as the thought emerged, she discarded it. Given Su Huan's current obsessive state, she was afraid Su Huan might enjoy it. Then what about...

Her thoughts gradually emptied as Shen Xiaoyu became lost in thought.

In the end, she did nothing, just eating, sleeping, and wandering around with Shen Nian'an every day.

She had to admit Su Huan had built this place very well—food, drink, and entertainment were all available. If she weren't a transmigrator, perhaps she would have given in to Su Huan and stayed here forever.

Just kidding—who wouldn't love having money, beauty, and a gorgeous sister seducing her daily?

The original owner really had it good!

Shen Xiaoyu expressed her jealousy again, then pulled Shen Nian'an for their third jungle adventure.

"Same rule—you can't tell anyone what we're going up there to do!" Before going up the mountain, Shen Xiaoyu said seriously to Shen Nian'an. "Do you understand?"

Shen Nian'an nodded with a conflicted expression. "But Mama, if you want to leave, why don't you just tell Mommy directly?"

"She won't let me go." Shen Xiaoyu sighed.

Since stimulating Su Huan that day, she hadn't seen her for almost a week. She wondered if she was hiding because she was broken.

"But we can't leave from the mountain either."

Shen Nian'an climbed one step at a time. Soon she was gasping for breath and resting on the steps, drawing a big circle with her hand.

"This mountain is so big."

So big that her small steps required many steps to reach halfway up.

"We're not here to climb the mountain and leave." Shen Xiaoyu magically pulled out a phone from her pocket. "We're here to find signal!"

"A phone!" The little girl's eyes widened. "Mama, where did you get a phone? Wasn't your phone taken by Mommy?"

"Of course not." Like hell.

The moment she was taken away, her phone was confiscated. During this time, she could only understand what was happening outside through the news.

She didn't want to continue like this, so today she stole a phone, originally wanting to call Shi Qiubai to pick her up. Unfortunately, the phone card had no signal, so she could only come out looking for signal.

But she couldn't tell Shen Nian'an the phone's source—it would corrupt the child.

Shen Xiaoyu held the phone high, searching everywhere for signal.

But after waving it around for a long time, the phone still had no signal. She clicked her tongue. "Where did Su Huan find this broken place? Not even one bar of signal."

"Mama, why don't we go back?" Shen Nian'an was gasping for breath.

Thanks to this period of climbing around, her physical fitness had improved a lot. After intermittently climbing mountain paths for two hours, she was only sweating profusely.

"Ten minutes, just ten more minutes, okay?" Shen Xiaoyu picked up the little girl, holding the phone in her other hand while searching for signal.

Shen Nian'an rested on her shoulder.

Ten minutes later, Shen Xiaoyu put away the phone and decisively turned to go down the mountain.

Forget it, she'd think of other ways. This mountain was completely unclimbable.

Going up was slow, coming down was quick. In just over ten minutes, they were at the foot of the mountain, just in time to see security organizing people.

"You guys go that way, you guys go that way. You must bring Miss Shen and the young miss back within an hour!" A muscular security guard roared. "Did you all hear?"

"Yes!" The uniform voices were heart-numbing.

Shen Xiaoyu: ...

Seeing this for the third time still felt shocking. She always felt that when they found her, they'd drag her aside for a beating.

"Alright, alright, stop going through the motions. We're already back." Shen Xiaoyu carried Shen Nian'an inside, rolling her eyes at them as she passed. "We just went mountain climbing for exercise. Look how excited you all got."

She rolled her eyes, adjusting the now-sleeping Shen Nian'an, signaling them to stay quiet, then quickly walked back.

"Tell your boss I want to see her!"

That evening, Shen Xiaoyu got her wish to see Su Huan.

She slammed her hand on the table. "Let me go!"

"No." Su Huan's expression was calm. "When the time is right, I'll let you leave."

"This is house arrest! I can report you!" Shen Xiaoyu slammed the table loudly. "You don't want your fans to know you're actually a lawbreaker, do you? I'm giving you one last chance—let me leave, and I can let bygones be bygones. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"

She pulled out the phone she'd 'borrowed' today and dialed the police number in front of Su Huan, about to press the call button.

In a flash, Su Huan suddenly spoke: "Let's talk."

"We have nothing to talk about!" Shen Xiaoyu snorted coldly. "Either I leave, or I call the police and you make social news. Choose one!"

Su Huan remained silent, staring at her, her displeasure spreading without disguise.

"Shen Xiaoyu, you're threatening me!"

"You imprisoned me first. I'm just protecting myself." Shen Xiaoyu pressed the call button, and the phone screen quickly switched to the call interface.

Hearing the dial tone from the phone, Shen Xiaoyu snorted coldly. "You brought this on yourself!"

Su Huan sat quietly, saying nothing.

One minute passed, and the call interface still showed the dial tone.

Two minutes passed, and the call interface still showed the dial tone—

Three minutes passed...

Time seemed to slow down. The room was so quiet that even a pin dropping could be heard.

Ten minutes passed, and Shen Xiaoyu's brow was already furrowed into a川shape. She brought the phone back, hung up, and dialed again.

This time there was still only the dial tone, nothing else.

Shen Xiaoyu tried two other numbers, but none would go through.

Damn!

She stood up angrily and threw the phone heavily on the ground. No wonder Su Huan was so calm—this broken thing was useless. It couldn't access the internet or make calls—it wasn't as useful as a brick!

Shen Xiaoyu looked up, glaring at Su Huan angrily and demanding: "Did you do this? What methods did you use? Why can you completely block signals and prevent me from making calls?"

This wasn't reasonable at all. She was just an artist—how could she have such capabilities?

Su Huan looked at her quietly and asked calmly: "Can we talk now?"

"Talk, talk, talk! Whatever you want to talk about, I'll accompany you, okay?" Shen Xiaoyu sat in the chair huffily.

Day after day of this—she was just a clown! Being played by Su Huan in the palm of her hand.

Shen Xiaoyu stared at her ominously. Someday, she would get her revenge!

"Let's go traveling." Su Huan said. "To see the old places."

"What's there to see? Are you still hoping the original owner will come back?" Shen Xiaoyu rolled her eyes without image. "When people die, it's like a lamp going out. You'd better accept it early. Besides, what's the use of me going to see those broken things? Nothing will change."

Su Huan lowered her eyes. "As you said, just to eliminate my regrets."

The doctor said taking patients to see their former living environments would help restore their memory.

Su Huan wasn't sure if this method would work for Shen Xiaoyu, but no matter what, she had to try.

"Will you let me leave then?"

"I'm not keeping you locked up. You can go wherever you want. But you can't contact Shi Qiubai."

Shen Xiaoyu: ...That was still saying nothing!

The reason she wanted to leave was to return to Shi Qiubai's side and complete her mission, wasn't it?

Su Huan not letting her go back—what difference was there from keeping her locked up here?

Shen Xiaoyu felt irritated, her hand tapping irregularly on the table. "How about this—I'll go with you to revisit the past. But you have to let me leave and not be allowed to interfere with my freedom anymore! And you're not allowed to look for me again."

Su Huan nodded. "I agree, as long as..." As long as you still haven't recovered your memory by then.

"Then it's settled!"

Shen Xiaoyu made the final decision, got up and issued an eviction order. "Now I need to rest. Please leave." ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novelFɪre.net

"Xiaoyu..."

Su Huan wanted to say something but was grabbed by the sleeve and dragged to the door, pushed out, and then the door slammed shut with a bang. The last thing she heard was Shen Xiaoyu's complaint.

"So annoying every day."

In the quiet corridor, Su Huan stood at the door, looking at the closed room, suddenly taking a deep breath and closing her eyes to suppress the hostility in her heart.

God above, please let this journey go smoothly and let Shen Xiaoyu recover her memory soon.

She couldn't let Shen Xiaoyu go to Shi Qiubai's side—that would drive her crazy! So, so please let Shen Xiaoyu's memory return.

As long as Shen Xiaoyu recovered her memory, she was willing to bear any price!

"Please." She leaned against the door and whispered. "I don't want to go that far, so please let her recover her memory."

Please, the god I believe in, don't disappoint me again.

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Shi Qiubai, who shared the same mindset as Su Huan, was now sitting on the carpet, surrounded by countless discarded cigarette butts. The suffocating smoke and strong alcohol smell made Qiu Ye, who had just entered, frown involuntarily.

"Qiubai." Qiu Ye quickly walked to Shi Qiubai's side, frowning as she tried to take the cigarette from her hand, her small face full of worry. "Stop smoking."

"I'm not!" Shi Qiubai let go, letting her take away the remaining cigarette butt, and turned to ask: "Did you find her? Where is Sister?"

Qiu Ye's expression paused, shaking her head guiltily. "Sorry, we haven't found Miss Shen's whereabouts."

"Useless." She said lightly, pulling out a cigarette from the pack on the coffee table, lighting it skillfully, then taking out a bottle of alcohol and downing it in two gulps.

"Sister must have been hidden by Su Huan." The alcohol numbed her nerves, and Shi Qiubai's head was a bit dizzy. Her star-like eyes were red and watery. "But where exactly did she hide Sister? Why can't I find her?"

Qiu Ye felt even more guilty, her head hanging lower and lower. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If I had gone earlier, Miss Shen wouldn't have been taken away."

"Yes, it's all your fault! If not for you, Sister wouldn't have been taken away." Shi Qiubai murmured, her eyes glaring at her with hatred, her face pale with anger as she smashed the bottle on the ground. "So why are you still appearing in front of me? Why aren't you looking for Sister?"

"I..." Qiu Ye opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound.

She couldn't explain, only apologizing over and over, but Shi Qiubai didn't want to hear apologies.

She hugged herself with her hands, tears flowing out turbulently, her words becoming incoherent. "I won't let her separate me and Sister again. I absolutely won't be separated from Sister again..."

"What about Ning Yu? Did Ning Yu call back?"

Qiu Ye shook her head. "Sister Wei said President Ning can't be reached and can't be contacted."

"Useless!" Shi Qiubai cursed again, wiping the tears from her face before getting up from the carpet to sit on the sofa. "Not one person can be relied on."

She had originally wanted to use Tang Tang as bait to string along Ning Yu to deal with Su Huan. Now that Ning Yu couldn't be contacted, she could only think of ways herself.

"Let's start."

In the swirling smoke, Shi Qiubai's face was somewhat unclear. Only her gloomy, muffled laughter could be heard, her voice floating eerily—

"I'll make Su Huan voluntarily send Sister back."