After I Was Erased by the System, She Went Mad

Shen Xiaoyu stormed out angrily, getting more furious the more she thought about it. She turned around and glared at the study, leaning irritably against the wall and gazing gloomily out the window.

The wind outside had become even more sinister, like a wild beast trapped in a cage, roaring and thrashing about frantically from east to west, making one's heart race with fear.

"What exactly is the reason?" she murmured to herself.

"Sister, why are you standing here?" Shi Qiubai's voice came from behind, bringing her back to her senses.

Shen Xiaoyu turned to look at her. "Nothing, just lost in thought. Aren't you downstairs playing with them?"

"I just took a phone call." She waved her phone, sighing helplessly. "Brother Fang found out from my agent that I ran to the seaside and specifically called to scold me."

Shi Qiubai rubbed her hair in distress. "I didn't know there would be a typhoon. But even if I had known, I definitely would have come to find sister."

"Qiubai..."

"I know!" She interrupted Shen Xiaoyu. "I need to let Sister know my thoughts. I know Sister won't accept me, so you don't need to repeat it."

While speaking, she deliberately observed Shen Xiaoyu's expression. Only when she didn't see rejection did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Shen Xiaoyu felt helpless, thinking she definitely had to move out when they returned and reduce contact with Shi Qiubai.

She didn't speak again and turned to go downstairs.

That night, Shen Xiaoyu didn't sleep well. Holding her soft daughter in her arms, all her attention was on what was happening outside the window.

Raindrops continued beating against the windows, and fierce winds howled through the trees outside the door.

In a drowsy haze, not knowing what time it was, Shen Xiaoyu suddenly heard a cracking sound—something had shattered on the ground with a loud crash.

Shen Xiaoyu suddenly awakened from her dream. Turning her head, she saw heavy curtains soaked by rain fluttering in the wind, with fierce winds carrying torrential rain pressing down on her like an overwhelming force.

"Ah—" She cried out urgently, reflexively wrapping the sleeping Shen Nian'an tightly in blankets and quickly getting up from the bed.

Suddenly there was urgent knocking at the door, followed by Su Huan's nervous shouting: "Xiaoyu! Wake up quickly! Xiaoyu!"

Shen Xiaoyu couldn't spare time to respond. She tried to turn on the room lights, but after pressing several times nothing happened. Having no choice, she held her daughter tightly and stumbled toward the door in the darkness.

Fortunately the room wasn't cluttered, so she quickly reached the door. But when she tried to open it, she found the wind was pressing against it, and her strength alone couldn't open it.

"Su Huan! Push the door!" she shouted loudly. "Push!"

Shen Xiaoyu held Shen Nian'an with one hand and gripped the door handle with the other, using all her strength to work together with Su Huan outside to open the door.

In that instant, the wind in the room became even stronger, arrogantly roaring and howling in the corridor.

Shen Xiaoyu quickly handed her daughter to Su Huan, then turned back to grab the door handle, struggling to close the door.

"Mama?" The awakened Shen Nian'an looked confusedly at the person holding her. Feeling the cold in the air, the little girl shivered.

"What's wrong with Mama?" she asked in confusion.

"It's okay, just stay still and don't move." Su Huan placed her daughter aside, then turned to grasp Shen Xiaoyu's hand on the door handle. With her other hand on the door frame, she pulled the door back with force.

Playing tug-of-war with the wind, both their faces turned red from exertion. The door was finally pulled back bit by bit. With just a little left, the defeated wind finally became furious and gave the door one final powerful swing—

Bang! The door slammed shut, and the howling in the corridor finally stopped.

"What happened? What happened?" The people downstairs were awakened. After discovering there was no electricity, they immediately used their phone flashlights and headed upstairs.

Shi Qiubai and Qiu Ye, who lived across the hall, also woke up and stood behind them.

"What's going on? I seemed to hear sounds just now, but the door wouldn't open." Shi Qiubai frowned and asked. "Weren't all the doors and windows sealed? Why is there still such strong wind?"

Shen Xiaoyu leaned against the door, breathing slightly heavily and waving at them. "It's nothing, just the glass in the room was smashed."

The rooms facing the sea all had large floor-to-ceiling windows for better scenery viewing.

In the evening, Su Huan had people reinforce the windows in the rooms, but unexpectedly there were still problems.

Su Huan, having recovered, grabbed her arm and looked her up and down, asking nervously: "Xiaoyu, are you alright?"

Shen Xiaoyu was already soaked by rain, her hair clinging to her body and dripping water continuously. She looked disheveled but didn't appear injured.

"I'm fine, not hurt." She broke free from Su Huan's grip and pointed at her daughter. "You take her for a hot bath first. Let her sleep in your room tonight..."

"What about you?"

Speaking of which, she suddenly remembered Su Huan's room also had floor-to-ceiling windows and immediately changed her mind: "I remember there's a small room downstairs. Let's make do there for the night. We'll deal with the rest tomorrow."

Su Huan picked up Shen Nian'an. "You and An'an come to my room to wash up. I'll find you clothes."

Shen Xiaoyu glanced at her and didn't refuse.

At this point, it would be too pretentious to say it was inappropriate. The most important thing now was to get herself cleaned up. If she got sick, that would be troublesome, and she didn't know if there was medicine in the house.

Shi Qiubai opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing, watching Shen Xiaoyu follow behind Su Huan toward the room.

The driver and servants who came up later were relieved to see nothing serious had happened. After leaving a flashlight for Shi Qiubai, they turned and went downstairs.

The auntie, feeling the chill in the air, spoke up: "I'll go make some ginger soup for Miss Shen and An'an to drink to ward off the cold."

"Thank you for the trouble." After Shen Xiaoyu finished speaking, she entered Su Huan's room.

Due to the power outage, Shen Xiaoyu could only quickly give herself and Shen Nian'an a hot bath in the darkness.

"Clothes are hanging on the door. I'll go downstairs to tidy up the room first." Su Huan said this at the bathroom door, and soon after there was the sound of the door closing.

When Shen Xiaoyu came out, there was only one flashlight providing light in the room, with no one else present.

Shen Xiaoyu found a clean, warm blanket to wrap Shen Nian'an in, then took the flashlight and carried her outside.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Shi Qiubai waiting at the entrance, slightly surprised: "Why aren't you sleeping yet? What are you doing standing here?"

"Sister, let me accompany you sleeping downstairs tonight." Shi Qiubai said. "It's convenient for taking care of you and An'an."

Shen Xiaoyu shook her head, politely refusing: "No need, I can take care of An'an myself. Besides, it's only a few hours until dawn."

"BuBuSister, you also need someone to take care of you. With such strong wind tonight, what if there's another accident?" Shi Qiubai persistently followed her downstairs.

Su Huan had just finished tidying the room when she saw this scene. Her already troubled mood became even more irritated, and anger rose within her.

She walked over in two steps, placing her hand on Shi Qiubai's shoulder to control her movement toward Shen Xiaoyu.

"Miss Shi, can you be more mature?" She was blunt. "Xiaoyu is already very tired. Let her have some quiet time."

Without waiting for Shi Qiubai to speak, Su Huan hooked her hand and directly pushed her away from Shen Xiaoyu's side, then stepped forward and handed her a bowl of ginger soup from the table, taking Shen Nian'an from her arms.

"You drink first, I'll feed An'an."

[Villain corruption value +100]

[Warning! Target corruption value has exceeded maximum limit. Please complete the mission seriously!]

[Warning! Target corruption value has exceeded maximum limit. Please complete the mission seriously!]

The system's voice suddenly rang out like thunder in the pitch-black night, causing Shen Xiaoyu's movements to suddenly freeze before she nonchalantly continued drinking her soup.

[System. You're really ruthless!]

The system, knowing it was in the wrong, said timidly: [...There's a signal blocker, I couldn't contact you.]

Shen Xiaoyu looked coldly at the person beside her.

Su Huan acted as if she hadn't heard anything, casually holding her daughter.

With Shi Qiubai behind them and servants still in the kitchen, she wouldn't say anything carelessly.

Shen Nian'an was wrapped up like a little potato, sitting quietly in Su Huan's arms, resisting the ginger soup being fed to her.

She looked pitiful: "Mommy~ Can I not drink this? It smells so bad!"

"No, you'll get sick if you catch cold." Su Huan was firm. "Drink half a bowl, I'll feed you."

"If An'an gets sick, Mama will worry." Shen Xiaoyu spoke gently, deliberately stirring the ginger soup in her hand. "Mama has to drink too. Will you keep Mama company?"

Shen Nian'an's little face scrunched up: "Then, then I'll drink half a bowl."

"Good."

Su Huan relentlessly fed her spoonful by spoonful until she finished the entire bowl.

Shen Nian'an was so spicy she kept sniffling, not forgetting to complain: "Mommy! Mama lied! You said only half a bowl!"

"Alright, alright, look, Mama finished her bowl too." Shen Xiaoyu showed her the empty bowl, then smiled and took her back. "Don't be angry. If you got sick, you'd have to get shots. Would you rather get shots or drink ginger soup?"

"I..." Shen Nian'an hesitated. "I don't want either."

"Then don't get sick."

Shen Xiaoyu patted her back and turned to tell the silent Shi Qiubai standing at the door: "You should also drink a bowl and go rest. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."

"Sister..."

Shi Qiubai wanted to fight for more time, but Shen Xiaoyu had already carried the child back to the room, and the servants gradually returned to their rooms.

Soon, only the two of them remained in the living room.

Shi Qiubai glared angrily at Su Huan who was drinking ginger soup: "You did it on purpose! Think that if Sister hates me, you can rise to power?"

"I don't think that way." Su Huan's voice was indifferent as she turned to look at her. "Shi Qiubai, stop all your little tricks. The deeper your cooperation with Ning Yu, the worse Xiaoyu's fate will be."

Shi Qiubai's expression changed dramatically. She instinctively looked up toward Shen Xiaoyu's direction, and only after confirming she hadn't heard, did she lower her voice: "You know about it."

She nodded casually, lowering her head to stir the ginger soup in her bowl with a spoon: "I haven't thanked you for the 'big gift' you sent me last time, but your methods were too childish. Did you think creating some dirt on me could get me blacklisted?"

She sneered: "Naive."

Su Huan had been in the entertainment industry for so many years with solid foundations, a huge fanbase of passersby and numerous fans. That little bit of material couldn't affect her at all.

Mentioning the previous incident, Shi Qiubai's face darkened like the bottom of a pot, grinding her teeth in anger but unable to say a word.

She had finally found material about Su Huan giving birth to Shen Nian'an, embellished it and sent it to marketing accounts, only to have the news intercepted as soon as it came out.

And it was intercepted by Xingheng Entertainment.

Company CEO Ning Yu's elder brother Ning Bai personally found her, ostensibly to comfort but actually to warn her, telling her that Su Huan was an important company partner and advising her not to think about moving against Su Huan anymore, or the company would have to deal with her too.

After one plan failed, Shi Qiubai could only go find Ning Yu again, but Ning Yu didn't care about such trivial matters at all.

"If you want me to help you deal with Su Huan, that's fine. Find Tang Tang. As long as you can bring Tang Tang back, I can make Su Huan completely ruined." Ning Yu seemed half-mad, holding Tang Tang's photo and having people dig three feet into the ground.

If even Ning Yu with all her power couldn't find Tang Tang, how could she possibly find her?

The two parted unhappily.

Later she saw online paparazzi shots of Shen Xiaoyu and Su Huan traveling together. She excitedly rushed to the university only to learn they had already left.

She had been searching for half a month before receiving Su Huan's call.

Shi Qiubai had already lost once and would absolutely never let go again.

Shi Qiubai forced a smile on her face, sneering: "You came at this timing just to make Shen Xiaoyu hate me, didn't you? But the reality is that Sister hates you the most! If not for An'an, Sister wouldn't want to see you at all. If I were you, I'd wisely give Sister custody of An'an, then get lost!"

"So you're not me. And Xiaoyu won't love you either." Su Huan smiled lightly, very confident. "You don't need to waste effort on Xiaoyu either."

"She won't accept you again."

Su Huan shrugged, not caring: "It doesn't matter. We have our daughter. As long as our daughter exists, we'll never be able to separate!"

Even if Shen Xiaoyu didn't accept her.

Their daughter was the bridge that would forever connect them!

The living room fell quiet, and Shi Qiubai broke down at this moment.

Shi Qiubai glared at her with hateful eyes, forcibly restraining her anger: "So what? Sister will accept me eventually."

"We'll see about that after she accepts you." Su Huan remained indifferent, continuing to drink her ginger soup. "Let me give you one last piece of advice: give up early, or what awaits you won't be as simple as just prison."

Once plot restoration was complete, everyone would become puppets with predetermined thoughts again, walking the paths set for them.

No one could escape!

Su Huan pushed her bowl away: "Do you have anything else? If not, I'll go upstairs first. Tomorrow I still have to take care of our daughter with Xiaoyu. Just thinking about it makes me feel happy."

She smiled at Shi Qiubai, then turned and went upstairs.

Shi Qiubai bit her lip tightly, cursing her countless times in her heart.

Damn woman, once Ning Yu found Tang Tang, she'd make her pay!

She suppressed her anger, picked up a bowl of ginger soup and drank it all in one gulp, then went upstairs fuming.

Upstairs, Su Huan, who had returned to her room, quickly showered with hot water, then sat on the bedside and looked down at a message from Li Xiang on her phone, frowning slightly.

After thinking, she dialed the research facility.

"Has the system been suppressed?" she asked.

"Still working on it." The person said. "An hour ago, we detected energy overflow from the system, but only for five minutes. Attempted capture failed."

An hour ago...

Su Huan checked the time. The glass in Shen Xiaoyu's room had been broken exactly an hour ago.

Her expression darkened: "Speed up progress! This typhoon is targeting Shen Xiaoyu. If we can't control the system, we must make it sleep. Control can be studied later."

The person on the other end also understood the importance of the matter, hurriedly said okay, then hung up.

Su Huan dialed another number.

"Li Xiang said Ning Yu has started investigating the research facilities under my name. Ning Bai, no matter what method you use, you must control Ning Yu!"

Before the system on Tang Tang was controlled, absolutely couldn't let Ning Yu find her!

Ning Bai yawned: "You called me in the middle of the night for this?"

"I'm doing this for your own good. Now is when Ning Yu is most vulnerable. If she makes mistakes at this time..."

She didn't need to finish the rest for Ning Bai to understand.

"Fine, I'll arrange it. When are you coming back? How do you want to handle Shi Qiubai?"

"Ignore her for now. Ning Yu is our target."

"Got it."

After hanging up, Su Huan took a deep breath, suppressing all emotions.

She looked up toward the window. The pitch-black night made it impossible to see the madness outside clearly, but she could hear the echoing tide, branches hitting windows, fierce wind sweeping across the sky, distant dogs howling at the moon, and the ticking of clocks inside the house.

Su Huan clenched her hands, silently reciting something in her heart.

In the downstairs room, after coaxing her daughter to sleep, Shen Xiaoyu lay on her back staring at the darkness, unable to sleep at all.

[System, is there any other way to reduce Shi Qiubai's corruption value?]

[Haven't you already tried? As long as you're near the target, her corruption value won't increase.]

Speaking of this, the system was also troubled.

[Host, what exactly happened in this past half month? Why did it become like this?]

Shen Xiaoyu didn't answer, instead asking: [When did you go offline?]

[Uh...] The system said awkwardly: [The signal blocking in that building was very strong. I lost contact with you before even reaching the building, and couldn't contact you afterward...]

The system was truly embarrassed. It never thought that one day it would be intellectually crushed by a two-dimensional world creature. If this continued, wouldn't it crash?

Su Huan's research facility had already developed signal blockers. Who knew what else they might develop later, especially with another system watching covetously...

The system sighed. This strategy mission was really difficult. If it had known, it would have asked Su Huan for more rewards.

[How much do you know about Tang Tang's system?] Shen Xiaoyu asked.

[I've been investigating this during this time. The plot of this book collapsed too severely, so the world's will generated a system to use the female protagonist to repair the plot.] The system explained. [But because the female protagonist awakened and was unwilling to follow the plot, the system started forced mode, automatically proceeding when encountering plot points.]

[Just like that?] Shen Xiaoyu didn't believe it. [So after completing the plot, what then? Does the system have no punishment for the awakened female protagonist and collapsed villain?]

[This...] The system hemmed and hawed for a long time before saying: [Still under detection.]

[Useless!] she scolded. [Completely useless.]

[No! That system represents this world's will. I can't be too conspicuous, or if discovered, host, you'd be in trouble!]

[I've been in trouble ever since meeting you!] Shen Xiaoyu was furious. [If you had told me earlier that the second round would involve memory loss, I never would have come so rashly! I thought you were on my side, but you can't even fart out anything useful. If you had told me earlier that I was here for the second round, I wouldn't have made such a mess!]

Every day acting like an idiot, either watching jokes or criticizing herself, or saying inexplicable things to Su Huan.

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[Ah?] The system belatedly realized: [Host, host, you recovered your memory?!]

Shen Xiaoyu didn't want to deal with it.

The system seemed to explode, jumping up to question: [How is this possible? Second-round memory loss is due to this world's rules. To protect you from being discovered, we had to erase your memories, or if caught, the world's will would use natural means to eliminate you.]

Shen Xiaoyu's heart stirred: [Tang Tang's system would kill me?]

[Yes and no. It can't act directly, only use rules to arrange some accidents for you.] The system explained, then its electronic voice became confused: [But how could you possibly recover? This situation has never happened before.]

[Go ask Su Huan how she made me recover my memory.]

[Hiss~ Su Huan...] The system muttered: [Su Huan does have a success buff before the plot ends, but this isn't the right direction to use it, is it? Isn't the golden finger this world gave her too powerful? Is this even possible?!]

Whether it was possible or not, Su Huan had already done it. Who knew what else her research facility might develop.

Shen Xiaoyu bit her lip, refocusing the system's attention: [When did plot restoration begin?]

[After you left, after Su Huan and Tang Tang's delays, it's already been six years.] After the shock, the system answered honestly.

[Six years... it's been so long, there shouldn't be much main plot left.] Shen Xiaoyu suddenly thought of an important question: [So what happens after plot restoration is complete? What will happen to this world?]

The system didn't respond.

Shen Xiaoyu waited for a long time without hearing the system's voice again.

[System? Speak! After plot restoration is complete, what will happen to them? What will happen to me?]

The blue screen in her mind flickered once, then went dark.

With the system not talking, Shen Xiaoyu couldn't get more details and had to give up.

But even so, the information she had obtained was already substantial.

It seemed the key was still Tang Tang's system. Its purpose was plot restoration, and it definitely wouldn't be gentle with an outsider like herself!

But why hadn't there been any movement for so long? Was it because the useless system rarely contacted her, or... had Su Huan found a way to suppress it?

Shen Xiaoyu thought for a long time. Countless fragments of information came rushing in, but she couldn't capture the important details. In her drowsy confusion, she fell asleep.

The night passed like this. As dawn gradually broke, the low, heavy sky pressed down with layers of terrifying black clouds. They came fiercely, like a group of mad black dragons wanting to devour the earth.

The first thing Shen Xiaoyu did upon waking was observe outside the window. A tree three stories tall had been uprooted by the wind, its thick trunk crashing straight into Shen Xiaoyu's room, piercing through the glass, while Su Huan's room next door was completely unaffected.

Seeing this scene, Shen Xiaoyu's heart completely sank to the bottom.

"This cannot be an accident!" she murmured.

All the servants in the house said she was unlucky, that her room's window happened to be pierced by a tree, causing last night's accident.

But Shen Xiaoyu couldn't convince herself at all. She had a very strong feeling that the typhoon was coming for her!

The world's will was using natural rules to kill her, this outsider.

It wanted her dead!