Lin Xi and the others looked at the video sent by the system message, feeling that the situation was a bit peculiar.
[Ancient Medical Woman Xu Siyu: Goodness, are systems this smart nowadays?] In the ancient medical woman world, Xu Siyu was able to chat with Chu Yi in the group every day, so she was in a very good mood.
After getting pregnant, if she wanted to eat something modern, she could just ask people in the group to buy it for her. She was eating well and sleeping soundly, and her mood was excellent right now.
[Doomsday Wasteland Lin Duxi: I've noticed that the more the group chat system upgrades, the smarter it seems to get. In the past, it would never have gossiped with us like this!]
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But I do have a thought. The consciousness of Mingyue's small world likes its 'biological son' Gu Yanxi so much that it didn't hesitate to reboot three or four times just to make him the 'true' male lead. So why does it keep picking on Mingyue alone? How despicable!]
[1960s Boxer Xiang Qianlan: That makes perfect sense! Anyway, no matter what Mingyue does, it's never satisfied, so why doesn't it just step up and do it itself? As the small world consciousness, it should know exactly how to make itself perfectly compatible with this so-called 'male lead', shouldn't it?]
[Period Novel Stepmother Xu Huixin: I think so too. I feel like the consciousness of that small world is just like certain mothers-in-law, looking at their own sons through an impenetrable, heavily biased filter. It is completely hostile to any woman who gets close to him.]
As soon as Xu Huixin made this analogy, everyone who had ever dealt with a "mother-in-law" winced as if they had a toothache.
[Primitive World A'huahua: You are absolutely right. Recently, one of my mother's sons got together with a woman in the tribe. That is exactly how my mother treats that woman.]
The more the people in the group talked, the more fired up they got. In the end, the consciousness of Wen Mingyue's world was firmly labeled as part of the mother-in-law faction.
In the ancient medical woman world, Xu Siyu had to go offer incense with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law today. Her life was relatively good, and her in-laws were fairly easy to get along with, but being a daughter-in-law always meant a certain lack of freedom.
Just like right now, she just wanted to lie dead in bed, but since her mother-in-law had spoken, she had no choice but to tag along. She headed to the main hall, where her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law were already waiting. When her eldest sister-in-law saw her, she personally came forward to greet her, and the two chatted affectionately.
On the way out of the city to offer incense, they had to pass by the Jiaofangsi, the official brothel. The previous dynasty's Grand Princess Zhaoyang was currently in this very Jiaofangsi. As they passed by, Xu Siyu's sister-in-law curiously lifted the sedan curtain to look outside.
Xu Siyu followed her gaze and happened to see Grand Princess Zhaoyang standing by the railing, wearing a thin gauze dress. Her face was much more gaunt than before, and her forever-arrogant posture had completely vanished.
"You cheap tramp, Squire Wang has been waiting for you in the room for a long time. What are you doing standing out here? Hurry up and get inside. If you go late and make Squire Wang angry, just you wait and see." Grand Princess Zhaoyang was dragged inside by the ear by the brothel madam.
Her eyes were brimming with hatred, but the madam of the Jiaofangsi was not afraid in the slightest. A cruel smile pulled at the corners of her mouth: "Do you still think you're the Grand Princess of the previous dynasty? Let me tell you, the previous dynasty has been destroyed, and you are absolutely nothing!"
"I'm telling you, you had better receive clients properly right now. I will find men for you around the clock, twenty-four hours a day without stopping! I have nothing else to do anyway, so torturing you will be my way of avenging little Dr. Chu!"
The news that Chu Yi was still alive had not reached the capital. She had now settled in a small town a hundred miles away from the capital, where she provided free medical clinics for the local commoners.
She never looked at status or position when taking patients. The men and women of the Jiaofangsi were looked down upon wherever they went, and even the doctors in the regular clinics refused to treat them.
Only little Dr. Chu would treat them as equals. Who among the women in the capital's Jiaofangsi hadn't sought out little Dr. Chu for women's ailments? Little Dr. Chu meant something entirely different to them!
Yet, Grand Princess Zhaoyang had conspired with the previous emperor to kill her! In the past, no matter how much the people of the Jiaofangsi hated her, there was nothing they could do. But now things were different; Grand Princess Zhaoyang had fallen right into their hands.
If they let Grand Princess Zhaoyang have an easy time and didn't "serve" her well, they would be doing a massive disservice to little Dr. Chu's grace of healing!
Grand Princess Zhaoyang wanted to resist, but having stayed in the Jiaofangsi for so long, she had already experienced its cruelty firsthand. Princess Zhaoyang had never known that there were so many agonizing, unspeakable punishments in this world.
She had just spotted Xu Siyu. She tried desperately to turn her head, wanting to seek help from her. In her heart, Xu Siyu and Chu Yi were compassionate gods.
When they first met, they were so pure and kind that they didn't even seem like people who grew up in this world! They couldn't even protect themselves, yet they still couldn't bear to see the suffering in the world.
On the surface, Grand Princess Zhaoyang had befriended them, but secretly she mocked them for being fools. However, at this moment, she desperately hoped that Xu Siyu would save her, if only for the sake of their past genuine, albeit brief, friendship.
Xu Siyu met her gaze and expressionlessly lowered the sedan curtain. Her hatred for Grand Princess Zhaoyang would never fade, no matter how much time passed.
She often wondered: if Chu Yi hadn't bound to the Transmigrator Group Chat at the most critical moment, and if Lin Xi hadn't arrived in time, what would have happened to her after Chu Yi died?
It definitely would have been a fate worse than death, wouldn't it? She and Chu Yi depended on each other to survive in this era; they were each other's only support, completely irreplaceable, just like two halves of a whole. Grand Princess Zhaoyang had crossed their absolute bottom line.
Therefore, they would never forgive a person like that.
The carriage drove on towards the outside of the city, and Xu Siyu's heart remained completely tranquil. The mother-in-law sitting opposite her opened her eyes, glanced at her, and revealed a satisfied smile.
Xu Siyu toyed with the ring on her finger, sending out message after message, all about Grand Princess Zhaoyang. The friends in the group started chatting away about this.
Xu Huanhuan hadn't shown up even once during the last few group chats, and everyone was very understanding about this. After all, such a family visitation leave was something you could only hope for, not seek.
This might very well be the last time she would ever see her family, so shouldn't she seize every single moment to spend time with them?
Lin Xi had already boarded her return flight at the airport.
After getting off the plane, she found her car in the parking lot. Once inside, she scrolled back through the group chat history. Before she could read much, a video call notification popped up on her phone.
She clicked on it. The video was initiated by the group chat system. After she tapped accept, the current screen of the group chat system appeared right before her eyes.
Gu Yanxi's face at this moment was much darker than it had been in the previous video the system sent to the group chat.
His hands were clenched into tightly wound fists, hanging stiffly by his sides: "So, all these years abroad, Wen Qing has been partying and living it up every night?"
Gu Yanxi said these words through gritted teeth. After arriving in H City, he received a call from Xiao Fang. Upon learning how wildly Wen Qing had been playing around abroad, the image she had built in Gu Yanxi's heart instantly collapsed.
This was already the third time Gu Yanxi had asked Xiao Fang.
On the other end of the phone, Xiao Fang did not even dare to breathe too loudly: "Yes."
Gu Yanxi was so furious that he actually laughed out loud. What kind of financial conditions did Wen Qing's family have to support her studying abroad? Over the years, all of her expenses abroad had been paid by him.
In order to prevent Wen Qing from feeling any psychological burden, he had not dared to contact her too much over the years, but he would consistently send her two hundred thousand yuan every month. Converted into US dollars, that was over twenty thousand.
For an international student, over twenty thousand dollars a month was more than enough to live extremely comfortably. Sometimes, Wen Qing would send him some photos via email. Those photos were either of her taking classes or reading in the library.
He had always thought that Wen Qing was still the same girl from university who loved studying and lived a simple three-point routine between the dorm, the cafeteria, and the library.
Gu Yanxi turned on the speakerphone and held his phone to look through the videos sent by Xiao Fang. The female lead in those videos stung Gu Yanxi's eyes, and the male leads of various skin colors and races made Gu Yanxi grind his teeth in hatred.
Enduring his disgust, he finished looking at a photo of a fivesome. Looking at Wen Qing being sandwiched front and back by a Black man and a white man, with both of her hands not idle either, he was so nauseated that he pushed open the car door and threw up violently.
His phone was just left carelessly on the driver's seat, and the group chat system was very good at photography. As a result, that photo blatantly appeared before the eyes of the friends in the group chat.
[Wealthy Family's Eldest Sister-in-Law Ji Xinyu: This white moonlight really knows how to play, badass! In our past lives, no one in our group dared to play like this. She even specifically plays with foreigners, especially loving Black men. I have to praise her for her bravery!]
Ji Xinyu genuinely felt that Wen Qing was brave. One must know that foreigners are notoriously promiscuous, with pornography, gambling, and drugs all fully involved.
[Domineering CEO's Evil Female Supporting Role Ye Bingbing: Damn, coming back from work just to see something so stimulating. This is too mind-blowing. She really only dares to play like this because she relies on her protagonist halo.]
[Earth Girl Lin Xi: This stuff is way more stimulating than the inappropriate pop-up images on websites.]
While Lin Xi and the others were discussing, Gu Yanxi had already returned to the car. With a loud bang, he smashed his phone.
He did not suspect that Xiao Fang would give him incorrect information. For someone to stay by his side for so long, his work ability was unquestionable. Before today, Gu Yanxi had never asked him to investigate Wen Qing.
Because he simply had too much trust in Wen Qing!
But thinking about it now, his trust was nothing but bullshit. Taking his money and carrying his trust, Wen Qing was fucking playing around so wildly out there.
He called a car and headed straight to Wen Qing's current residence. This place was prepared by Gu Yanxi for Wen Qing. During the time he went for a check-up, he had Xiao Fang bring her over.
According to Xiao Fang's report, Wen Qing should still be in the apartment at this time.
Gu Yanxi entered directly using facial recognition. The living room was empty, so he walked towards the bedroom.
"Baby, don't you know me yet? Don't you know how much I love you? Wait for me, I'll go see you next month." Wen Qing's coquettish laughter drifted through the crack in the door.
Her voice carried an indescribable slutty allure. Gu Yanxi never knew Wen Qing had such a side to her.
He listened as a voice came from the other end of the phone: "Oh baby, come quickly. My little brother gets burning hot just thinking about you. It can't wait to say how much it misses every part of your body."
"Jannis, you have to believe that I feel the same. I miss you so much."
"Then shall we have some phone sex?"
Gu Yanxi could not listen anymore. He kicked the bedroom door open, walked up to Wen Qing, and reached out to strangle her neck: "Wen Qing, I treated you like a precious treasure, and this is how you repay me?"
