Starting with a Breakup: Why Is the True Heiress My Possessive Ex? - Chapter 83

“Niannian! Niannian!”

Su Qingya suddenly appeared.

It turned out she had been there the whole time, merely hiding herself from view.

“Hurry! Run, Qingya!”

“I-It came out of the movie!”

“It definitely wants to kill us! There’s no way we can beat it, no matter how hard we try!”

“Quick, get under the blanket! We’ll only be safe if we hide under the blanket!”

Xu Nian was completely panicked.

She was genuinely terrified.

Thankfully, she wasn’t a Fear-path Weaver.

Otherwise, she might have lost control on the spot.

“Niannian! Calm down!”

Su Qingya hurriedly grabbed her shoulders.

“There’s no doll here.”

Those words only made Xu Nian even more frightened.

“W-What?”

“You… you can’t see it?”

“It’s over… I’m done for!”

“Run!”

“It has to be a Joy-path Weaver in the Human God Realm!”

“It’s way too powerful!”

“I can’t possibly defeat someone like that!”

“If I’m gone…”

“Qingya…”

“You have to live happily without me, okay?”

Xu Nian immediately buried herself in Su Qingya’s arms.

Her pitiful expression made it look as though she had already accepted her fate and was reciting her final wishes.

Su Qingya didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

She lightly flicked Xu Nian’s forehead.

“Silly.”

“I was the one who did it.”

“…Huh?”

“You?”

“As a Weaver, you should be able to sense fluctuations in emotional energy, shouldn’t you?”

“…Eh?”

Xu Nian froze.

Then her face instantly turned bright red.

Croak…

What…

What had she just said?

There was no way Su Qingya would ever let her forget this.

She’d probably tease her about it for the rest of her life.

Damn it…

Damn it, damn it, damn it…

So…

The creepy doll had been Su Qingya’s doing all along.

She had created it simply to scare Xu Nian and enjoy watching her panic.

What a bully!

She was absolutely terrible.

Hopelessly rotten!

“You’re so mean!”

Xu Nian pounded lightly against Su Qingya’s chest, twisting away in embarrassment.

Her watery eyes glistened with unshed tears as she nestled against her.

The little white fox looked both pitiful and irresistibly adorable.

Anyone who saw her would want to comfort her.

Su Qingya couldn’t help smiling.

This…

This was exactly the expression she’d wanted to see.

She loved seeing Xu Nian like this.

So cute.

So utterly defenseless.

Then a new idea suddenly struck her.

Wait…

Wouldn’t it have been even better if I’d first created the doll…

…and then dramatically rescued her?

Then Niannian would throw herself into my arms…

Looking all vulnerable and dependent…

Just imagining it made Su Qingya’s heart flutter.

“…Oh no.”

“What a waste.”

“Why didn’t I think of that earlier?”

Now she wanted to see Xu Nian’s reaction after being “rescued.”

Could she recreate the whole scene?

If Xu Nian could hear those thoughts…

She would definitely start scolding her on the spot.

You’re just bullying me!

Unfortunately…

Mind reading wasn’t one of Xu Nian’s abilities.

After pausing the movie, Xu Nian spent a while watching Makka Pakka.

Before long…

Her nerves had completely settled.

The fear she’d felt moments ago disappeared without a trace.

Then she suddenly fell into thought.

“So horror movies really can teach people useful things…”

Ordinarily…

Su Qingya would never have come up with an idea like that.

Although she excelled academically, she tended to think in a very straightforward, rigid way.

She wasn’t usually the type to devise little pranks like this.

Xu Nian sighed.

Then…

Would watching comedies help me too?

Or maybe playing games and feeling happy would increase my Joy energy?

Her imagination immediately began running wild.

“Alright, Qingya.”

“You continue studying.”

“I’m going to study too.”

“…Study?”

“That’s right.”

“I’ve already figured out the secret.”

“I’m definitely going to greatly increase my Joy energy.”

Su Qingya tilted her head.

“Oh?”

“Tell me.”

Xu Nian deliberately put on a mysterious expression.

She raised one finger and rested it against the tip of her nose, speaking as slowly as possible to build suspense.

Su Qingya’s curiosity immediately grew.

“Come on.”

“Hurry up.”

Xu Nian continued drawing it out.

Finally…

Unable to take it anymore—

Smack.

Su Qingya lightly smacked her.

“Ah!”

“It’s just playing games!”

“That’s all!”

“…Mm?”

“I think you just want an excuse to play games.”

Su Qingya poked Xu Nian’s forehead.

“Forget it.”

“You watched a horror movie with me.”

“So now…”

“I’ll play games with you.”

“Hehe~”

Xu Nian happily agreed.

She chose a shooting game.

Unfortunately…

Only a few matches later…

She was furious.

Playing games definitely did not increase Joy energy.

It only increased her blood pressure.

“This has to be cheating!”

“It has to be!”

“How are they landing headshots every single time?”

“The moment I peek—bang!”

“Another headshot!”

“Is my head magnetic or something?!”

She glanced over.

Su Qingya wasn’t doing much better.

She was getting eliminated just as quickly.

The two of them were like tiny monsters repeatedly defeated by the final boss.

There wasn’t the slightest bit of enjoyment.

After another match…

Xu Nian suddenly heard furious keyboard typing beside her.

Su Qingya had opened the in-game chat.

[You started it first.]

[??????]

Then…

Xu Nian watched as a strand of black energy flowed from Su Qingya’s fingertips into the computer.

The game immediately began behaving strangely.

At first…

Xu Nian didn’t understand what had changed.

Until…

She was headshotted again.

Completely crushed.

Meanwhile…

On Su Qingya’s screen—

“Holy crap!”

“Wallhacks?!”

Xu Nian pointed at the monitor in disbelief.

The entire game interface had become strangely transparent.

Walls were no longer obstacles.

Everything on the map was visible.

Even more outrageous…

Su Qingya no longer needed to aim with her mouse.

Wherever she thought…

Her crosshair instantly moved.

Every bullet landed perfectly on an enemy’s head.

She could even interfere with other players’ aim.

Bullets that should have struck her instead outlined her silhouette as they flew harmlessly past.

She was on an unstoppable killing spree.

Anyone who appeared…

Died instantly.

Her opponents were no different from ants beneath her feet.

Xu Nian instinctively looked around for some mysterious USB cheat device.

There wasn’t one.

“How…”

“How did you do that?”

Su Qingya smiled.

“Niannian…”

“Have you ever heard the saying that ghosts can enter electronic devices?”

“…Huh?!”

What kind of ridiculous explanation was that?!

Using ghostly abilities to enter the game itself…

And manipulate reality from within?

But…

Games were just lines of code!

Could Fear abilities really interfere with something like that?

Xu Nian had only ever seen ideas this absurd in fantasy anime.

“…Cheating is wrong.”

She spoke weakly.

“I know.”

Su Qingya nodded matter-of-factly.

“But they’re obviously cheating too.”

“Or they’re smurfing.”

“How else would beginners like us get matched against players like that?”

“So…”

“I’m simply teaching them what true fair play looks like.”

“…”

Why…

Did that somehow sound convincing?

Xu Nian pursed her lips.

Then shyly reached out a hand.

“…Give me one too.”