It was the reliable Grandma Wu who ultimately saved Xu Youyou.

She had stuffed two bottles of milk and some biscuits and snacks into the small suitcase that contained some of Xu Youyou’s belongings, probably to eat on the way. Who knew this would actually save a certain child?

Otherwise, no matter how healthy one’s body is, even an adult might not be able to stand being hungry and thirsty for six hours.

After eating and drinking enough, Xu Youyou soon began to feel sleepy. At this time, Xu Wenyin no longer stressed about washing, changing clothes, and so on. She let the little one cover herself with a quilt and played a lullaby for her, and soon the sound of even breathing could be heard.

Xu Youyou cried for a long time today and was actually tired.

It’s the excitement of being out with her mother that made her temporarily ignore the tiredness, and now she finally couldn’t help but fall asleep.

She seemed to be dreaming of something wonderful. The corners of her naturally smiling mouth were slightly raised, and her long and curly eyelashes were like two small fans imprinted on her fair and tender skin. The contrast between black and white makes her look more delicate.

Xu Youyou was a cute child who made people’s hearts flutter and when she grew up, she would be a beauty so pretty that she would be the first one people would see in a crowd.

It’s just that this beauty also needed time to bloom.

The system’s mission was to help Xu Youyou escape from the fate of being an abused female protagonist and live a happy life.

This wasn’t something that could be accomplished in a short time, and the system has long been prepared to spend decades in this world.

After all, it was an A-level task, so it was normal for it to be time-consuming.

Time meant nothing to the system anyway.

Seeing that the little one was already asleep, and the system didn’t need to do the same, she once again began to think about the future life of the two of them.

First of all, something like today where the child almost starved mustn’t happen again!

In due course, she must prepare more food and water at home, and she must teach Xu Youyou to make phone calls, otherwise if something happens when she has run out of energy for the day……

Although she has some abilities, it couldn’t be unleashed in this world without surreal elements…… Once she used it, the rules of this world would surely be the first to detect her.

The two points she mentioned were automatically recorded on the notepad that came with the system, and then she started thinking about tomorrow’s arrangements again.

She had already booked a car to go to Jiang City tomorrow. It would take almost two hours to get there so there must be no accidents on the way.

After arriving in Jiang City, it was better to stay in a hotel first before looking for a house. Xu Youyou should be starting kindergarten soon, but it might be too late to register now. All in all, there were still a lot of things to do.

And these things were all inseparable from one thing— Money.

Xu Wenyin couldn’t use the power of the system to directly steal money, and due to her ‘physical condition’, she couldn’t do the work that people normally do.

She mustn’t be involved in violations of laws and regulations, so there is only one way for her to make money at present.

It was to do programming online and sell her skills and codes to others. She didn’t need a body or even a real computer, since Xu Wenyin herself was the most advanced ‘machine’.

However, there’s also a restriction. She couldn’t exceed the technological level of this era. She was there to do a task, not to change the world.

The original Xu Wenyin was a top student who graduated from a well-known university. During her school years, she also sold several programs to cover living expenses. In case someone checked her source of funds in the future, she wouldn’t be afraid to reveal the truth.

Generally, a simple small program could be sold for thousands to tens of thousands. Selling one or two a month wasn’t a lot.

After all, she wanted to raise a child and maternal love was said to be a great thing, so wasn’t it normal for her to be bursting with inspiration to do so?

This amount was just enough to raise a child without attracting the attention of other departments. It’s simply tailor-made for Xu Wenyin.

As for the approximately 5,000 yuan she currently has on hand, given the rental prices in Jiang City, if she doesn’t want to take Xu Youyou to live in a house with a poor environment, this amount of money would not be enough.

Fortunately, this problem was solved two hours later.

Someone bought the small program she posted on a website dedicated to trading virtual products. After deducting some transaction fees and so on, she made a net profit of about 30,000 yuan.

It was enough to let the mother and daughter live a good life for a while, especially for Xu Youyou’s clothes and daily necessities— all of which could be ordered online.

The little girl was so cute, so of course she had to dress up beautifully!

Children aged three to eight years old in the orphanage all sleep in a large bunk bed with about ten children together.

They would be woken up at seven every morning to wash up, have breakfast, and then help with whatever they could.

The orphanage had limited conditions, and most of the time the older ones took care of the younger ones, otherwise there simply wouldn’t be enough manpower.

Over time, Xu Youyou also developed a good sleeping habit. Even though she was tired yesterday, the little one still opened her eyes on time when it was almost 7 am.

“Mom!”

The first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to look for Xu Wenyin.

〖I’m here, I’m here~〗

The majority of the time that day would be spent on the road, so Xu Wenyin was still talking in Xu Youyou’s mind.

After making Xu Youyou finish off the remaining bottle of milk and biscuits, Xu Wenyin estimated that it was almost time and finally showed up again.

“Poof.”

A long-legged woman appeared.

“Mom, you’re so tall~”

Xu Youyou’s bright smile couldn’t be covered by her messy head of hair. “Will Youyou be as tall as Mom in the future?”

“You’ll definitely be taller than me.”

Xu Wenyin was multitasking. While answering Xu Youyou’s question, she packed up the suitcase that she had spread out yesterday and also tied Xu Youyou’s hair.

The little one’s hair was thin and soft, and the hairstyle made her look like a dandelion with spiky hair growing on her head, making people’s hands itchy and want to flick it back and forth a few times.

Including Xu Youyou herself.

Her previous hairstyle was basically two sections of hair tied on each side of her head, and this was the first time she had one high up on her head. The key was that her mother had done it herself!

The little one stopped bothering Xu Wenyin and ran to the floor-length mirror in the room to admire her new hairstyle. She couldn’t get enough of it and started running in circles and jumping just to see the towering braid swaying back and forth.

It was a childish and boring game, but Xu Youyou had a lot of fun playing alone.

“Let’s go~”

Xu Wenyin suddenly made a sneak attack. She scooped up Xu Youyou from behind, dragged the suitcase with the other hand, and easily went downstairs to leave the hotel.

But just as they reached the front desk and were about to check out, a familiar couple walked over from the other side.

It was the Zhou couple who were also preparing to leave Yu County.

For the sake of cleanliness and safety, Xu Wenyin naturally chose the best hotel in this small place. It wasn’t surprising that the Zhou couple would be staying there as well.

But the two parties meeting up so coincidentally makes people wonder if ‘fate’ was at work.

Xu Wenyin saw them so the Zhou couple naturally also saw the mother and daughter.

Both of them had met Xu Youyou before, and looking at Xu Wenyin’s appearance, what else was still unclear?

“This hotel is really open to everyone.” A look of disgust instantly appeared on Mrs. Zhou’s face.

From the security guard’s account yesterday, they had long known that Xu Youyou’s biological mother was just a powerless orphan.

When she thought that it was because of this woman that she wasted several days there, Mrs. Zhou’s face naturally turned bad, not to mention……

She calmly glanced at Zhou Weimin on her right and saw the amazement on his face.

Mrs. Zhou had previously thought that the grown-up Xu Youyou would look like a vixen, and now seeing Xu Wenyin confirmed her suspicion.

The other party had an exquisite face with a natural scholarly aura, elegant and graceful. It could be said that the other party had the appearance of the perfect wife in the eyes of many men.

Since Zhou Weimin became rich, he has been indulging in promiscuity outside, including Mrs. Zhou herself, who was his third wife. As for his means of rising to power, it’s naturally not very honorable.

If Mrs. Zhou hadn’t been obedient and clever, with Zhou Weimin’s money, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to change wife in a matter of minutes.

This also meant that Mrs. Zhou couldn’t control Zhou Weimin.

Xu Wenyin ignored Mrs. Zhou’s sarcastic words. Her time was too precious to waste on irrelevant people.

“We’re checking out, please. I’m in a rush.”

Xu Youyou was a little scared when she saw the Zhou couple, worried that they were coming to take her away, so she hurriedly shrank behind Xu Wenyin, trying to pretend invisible.

“Miss Xu?”

As expected by Mrs. Zhou, Zhou Weimin was no longer angry after seeing Xu Wenyin.

He even had a ‘fantastic’ idea.

Perhaps, Xu Youyou could still become his daughter?

He didn’t mind that Xu Wenyin was an orphan, and whether she had a good background or not. It wouldn’t be embarrassing to show her to others with her appearance alone, plus she’d be easier to control since she didn’t have family. He wouldn’t be afraid of her ruling over him.

Which of those real rich ladies wasn’t hot-tempered and full of self-confidence? Zhou Weimin didn’t want to bring trouble for himself.

The key point was that Xu Wenyin appeared like a well-educated person. If she were to give birth to a child of the Zhou family, she would be better than the old lady next to him, right?

Maybe this was exactly what the master meant.

The more Zhou Weimin thought about it, the more he felt that he was right!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that just when he was about to adopt Xu Youyou, her biological mother appeared, and now he met her like this?

This was what people called destiny!

Zhou Weimin coughed lightly and straightened his tie. He gave Mrs. Zhou a warning look before taking the initiative to step forward.

“Ms. Xu, I’m the chairman of Weimin Group and my surname is Zhou. You may not know that I came here just to adopt Youyou. Who knew such a coincidence would happen?”

“I felt affinity as soon as I saw Youyou, and this time we meet again by chance. How about I treat you two to a meal?”

After saying that, Zhou Weimin showed a kind smile to Xu Youyou. “Youyou, do you still remember Uncle?”

Xu Youyou hid even more after hearing his words as if she had seen something frightening.

Zhou Weimin: “……”

“Let’s go, Youyou.” The check-out went smoothly, and Xu Wenyin took the word ‘ignore’ to the fullest.

Her reaction made Zhou Weimin a little displeased and he tried to grab Xu Wenyin’s arm. However, he didn’t know how she managed to avoid it, as his hand came up empty.

However, such an action caused Xu Wenyin to finally turn around. Her originally gentle face was completely cold, and her eyes felt like ice knives when they landed on Zhou Weimin, giving people the illusion that If this wasn’t a public place, she would’ve definitely beaten him up.

But the next second, Xu Wenyin’s expression changed again, and her ‘panicked’ yet controlled voice sounded in the lobby, “Mr. Zhou, let me rephrase, I won’t be a mistress. Your wife is still here, please have self-respect!”

With a sonorous and powerful tone and a firm expression, she looked like a strong woman who wouldn’t bow down for the sake of five pecks of rice^[1]to sacrifice one’s ideals to make a living. Xu Wenyin gave herself full marks for her acting skills!

Last night, while Xu Youyou was asleep, Xu Wenyin watched a lot of movies to learn more about this world.

This performance mimics a scene from one of those movies.

What was it called again? Oh, she remembered.

《A Person Must Have a Bottom Line》

She really wanted to recommend this movie to the Zhou couple.

Zhou Weimin: “……?”

Although he had that idea, he hadn’t said or done anything yet!

“You vixen, what nonsense are you talking about?!”

Mrs. Zhou reacted a step faster, or rather, her instinct was stimulated, and she tried to lunge at Xu Wenyin with bared teeth and claws.

Of course, Mrs. Zhou wouldn’t be able to touch Xu Wenyin. She calmly moved the suitcase’s position after a meticulous calculation.

“Thud.”

Mrs. Zhou directly prostrate herself in front of Xu Wenyin and Xu Youyou!

“Hiss— you shameless b*tch! I’m f*cking—”

Seeing that a string of curse words was about to come out of the other party’s mouth, Xu Wenyin smiled coldly. “The police station is five hundred meters away from here. There are eight surveillance cameras in this hall. For your behavior and actions just now, I can sue you for damaging my reputation. With this energy, why not just use it to manage your husband?!”

Compared to the Zhou couple’s behavior towards Xu Youyou in the future, Xu Wenyin only felt that this small action right now couldn’t even be considered revenge. But her mood indeed got better.

At this moment, gazes and whispers surrounded the Zhou couple.

Both of them were proud people. When have they ever been so stifled?

But if they did anything right now, they would look completely unreasonable.

Xu Wenyin didn’t care how bad Zhou Weimin’s face looked and directly started teaching on the spot, “Youyou, next time you encounter something like this, you must call the police right away, do you understand?”

“Youyou understand!”

“What’s the police uncle’s phone number?”

“Demon spirit^[2]yāo yāo ling; homophony of 110, the emergency number for the police!”

“Youyou is awesome!”

“Pfft—”

A stifled laughter came out of nowhere, which was particularly clear in the quiet lobby.