Starting with a Breakup: Why Is the True Heiress My Possessive Ex? - Chapter 69

Xu Nian hid in a corner of the hospital, quietly observing everything around her.

How should she put it?

Just now…

She had clearly felt a terrifying gaze lock onto her.

An overwhelming sense of danger surged through her body so quickly that even her vision blurred.

Without hesitation…

She snapped open her folding fan.

With a gentle sweep—

Her disguise was completed in an instant.

The little fox girl disappeared.

In her place stood a mature and elegant fox-woman doctor.

A spotless white coat.

A refined, intellectual face.

Red-rimmed glasses resting lightly on the bridge of her nose.

A tiny beauty mark beneath one eye.

Ever since becoming a petite girl three years ago after transmigrating…

Xu Nian had long grown accustomed to looking up at other people.

Now…

Suddenly becoming tall again…

She couldn’t quite adapt.

Even the extra weight on her chest made moving around feel strangely awkward.

So…

This was the Grace disguise?

It looked almost too perfect.

Like a supermodel walking straight off a magazine cover.

She had become an entirely different person.

Out of curiosity…

She lightly poked her chest.

Soft.

Warm.

It even had elasticity.

Like freshly kneaded dough.

“…How did this even grow?”

Xu Nian genuinely couldn’t understand.

Perhaps…

This was simply another form of supernatural power.

Why had she chosen this disguise?

Because…

The moment danger appeared…

Her instincts told her that this identity was the safest.

Without thinking…

She had acted.

Still…

Something felt slightly off.

She couldn’t quite explain it.

Shaking away the thought…

She decided to investigate.

A loud disturbance had erupted somewhere on the upper floors moments ago.

Her curiosity was already unbearable.

Ever since Gu Tong had adjusted her emotional state…

Xu Nian found herself constantly wanting to join in whenever something interesting happened.

Perhaps…

That was simply the nature of a Joy Path Fluxweaver.

If a plane suddenly crashed nearby…

There would probably be quite a few Joy Path users running toward it instead of away.

Of course…

Xu Nian also knew…

Su Qingya and the others were upstairs.

“Excuse me…”

“You seem unfamiliar.”

“I don’t think you’re one of our doctors.”

A nurse suddenly walked over with a puzzled expression.

After all…

A strange doctor appearing inside the hospital was rather conspicuous.

Xu Nian remained completely calm.

She adjusted her glasses.

“You’re new, aren’t you?”

“You don’t even recognize me?”

Her voice carried absolute confidence.

Even her tone had changed.

Gentle.

Elegant.

Mature.

Merely hearing her speak made people unconsciously imagine a graceful, beautiful doctor.

The nurse blinked.

“I’ve… worked here for three years.”

“For three years?”

“And you still don’t recognize me?”

Xu Nian sighed helplessly.

“It seems I really don’t leave much of an impression.”

“…I-I’m sorry.”

The nurse immediately apologized.

Then she hurriedly spoke again.

“Doctor, there’s a patient over here.”

“Could you please take a look?”

“…”

Xu Nian froze internally.

This…

was beyond the scope of her disguise.

She looked like a doctor.

She was not actually a doctor.

She could convince people she was one…

But that didn’t magically grant her medical knowledge.

Before she could think of an excuse…

A worried parent hurried over carrying a child.

“Doctor!”

“Please help!”

“My child swallowed a piece of soap!”

“…Soap?”

Xu Nian turned toward the nurse.

“Aren’t you a nurse?”

“You should know basic emergency treatment.”

The nurse looked troubled.

“He insisted on seeing a doctor.”

“How big was the piece?”

The parent gestured with his fingers.

“About this size.”

Slightly smaller than a coin.

Xu Nian pretended to ponder seriously.

After several seconds…

She nodded solemnly.

“Drink more hot water.”

She calmly glanced toward the nurse.

The meaning in her eyes was obvious.

Handle the rest.

Then…

She turned and left without another word.

The nurse remained standing there.

Surprisingly…

The parent immediately ran off to find hot water.

As Xu Nian climbed the stairs…

She subconsciously looked back.

For some strange reason…

Colorful soap bubbles were floating through the corridor.

“…”

She silently decided not to ask questions.

…

The upper floor looked perfectly normal.

Unlike the amusement park before…

There were no strange prompts.

Nor did she have any simulation chances remaining.

She could only proceed carefully.

Very carefully.

Just then…

She noticed a little girl standing alone in the corridor.

The child wore a hospital gown.

She stood quietly by the window.

Looking outside.

Nobody knew what she was watching.

Doctors walked past.

Nurses passed by.

Patients came and went.

Yet…

Not a single person acknowledged her existence.

Even those walking directly beside her…

Passed by as though she weren’t there.

Xu Nian originally intended to ignore it.

Finding Su Qingya was more important.

But…

Looking at the lonely little figure…

Her heart softened.

She eventually walked over.

“Little sister.”

“Why are you standing here all alone?”

The little girl showed no reaction.

Only after Xu Nian came close…

Did she slowly turn her head.

She simply looked at Xu Nian.

Without speaking.

Xu Nian understood.

The child didn’t know how to answer.

So—

With a flick of her folding fan…

Using the brief moment it blocked the girl’s vision…

She produced a tiny fox doll.

Smiling…

She held it out.

“This is for you.”

The girl still said nothing.

Xu Nian simply smiled.

She gently placed the doll into the girl’s arms.

“…You’re giving this to me?”

“Of course.”

“You looked unhappy.”

“I figured something cute might cheer you up.”

Little girls usually liked stuffed toys.

The girl lowered her head.

Looking quietly at the fox doll.

“…You’re strange.”

She neither accepted…

Nor rejected it.

Xu Nian couldn’t tell what she was thinking.

Well…

Finding Qingya came first.

Just as she turned to leave—

Something tugged at the corner of her clothes.

She looked back.

The little girl was staring directly at her.

“Do you want me to play with you?”

Xu Nian smiled apologetically.

“I’m sorry.”

“I still have something important to do.”

“…Why?”

“Hm?”

The little girl slowly released her hand.

Her gray eyes seemed even duller than before.

“Why…”

“Am I always alone?”

“Nobody talks to me.”

“Nobody comes near me.”

“If you didn’t want anything to do with me…”

“Why did you come over in the first place?”

She lowered her head.

Muttering softly.

Xu Nian only caught fragments of the words.

She had simply wanted to cheer the child up.

Had she…

Done something wrong?

Why did it feel…

As though the little girl had become even sadder?

“I don’t need your pity.”

Something felt wrong.

Very wrong.

A chilling sense of danger suddenly exploded inside Xu Nian.

At the same time…

A manic voice echoed through the air.

It wasn’t speaking to her.

It was whispering…

to someone else.

“You’ve been a tragedy since the day you were born.”

“Your parents abandoned you because you were gravely ill.”

“You’ll remain alone inside this hospital forever.”

“Nobody loves you.”

“Nobody cares about you.”

“You’re nothing more than a weed growing by the roadside.”

“Even if you disappear one day…”

“No one will notice.”

“Loneliness has swallowed your entire life.”

“You’ve always dreamed of becoming an ordinary child.”

“Parents who love you.”

“Friends who stay beside you.”

“But loneliness gave you another life instead.”

“A life you never wanted.”

“This power…”

“Has only made you even lonelier.”

“But today…”

“You finally met someone.”

“She spoke to you.”

“You thought…”

“She would become the first color in your gray world.”

“But after showing you a tiny bit of kindness…”

“She still chose to leave.”

“In that case…”

“Use your power.”

“Make her stay.”

“Leave her behind forever.”

“Leave everyone behind.”

“They can all stay with you.”

“They can all love you.”

“Even if that love is fake…”

“Wouldn’t that still be better…”

“Than being alone?”

“They owe you this.”

“They should belong to you.”

“Hehehe…”

“Hahaha…”

“You believed it.”