“You were just saying… I…”
Li Ruoxi pointed at the ground, “am the owner here?”
This estate… was it given to me?
“The Mistress gave it to you as a gift for your rebirth.”
Nangong Li said respectfully.
“For now, let me check your body first.”
Nangong Li ordered the two teams that had just entered.
The group of beautiful women worked efficiently and orderly, helping Li Ruoxi check her physical condition.
Li Ruoxi didn’t even have time to refuse before she was gently pressed onto the bed by these beautiful female doctors and attended to with various delicate instruments.
Soon, the lead doctor, a blonde-haired woman, reported to Nangong Li.
The surrounding doctors also retreated to the perimeter and waited.
Nangong Li nodded, and the blonde female doctor led her team out.
“You all, hurry up too.”
On the other side, they looked similar to the doctor group, but instead held things like clay pot soups.
“These are the medicinal diet physicians the Mistress had me find for you, Miss. They’re responsible for your daily meals. They were hired from abroad as the top OST care team. Per the Mistress’s request, all are female nurses. I believe your health will quickly recover under their care.”
Li Ruoxi was once again passively served, and her fatigue did decrease significantly.
Both teams of professionals left the room.
When the two of them had first entered, Li Ruoxi hadn’t felt crowded.
But after they all left and she looked at the room carefully, she was a bit surprised…
The entire indoor space was comparable to half a basketball court.
“Alright, Sister Li, no need to trouble them anymore. I feel fine now…”
Li Ruoxi tried to get out of bed, slowly dragging her body that had just recovered a little.
Nangong Li clapped her hands.
A team of maidservants entered in a single file again.
Their movements were gentle but swift as they helped Li Ruoxi out of bed and changed her clothes.
Li Ruoxi was about to say she could do it herself when her clothes were already changed.
“…”
“Miss, you are the master of this estate. You can have them take care of anything for you. Even if you have some strange requests, or requests for them to make a sacrifice, they will satisfy you. Here, you are a god.”
Nangong Li zealously tempted Li Ruoxi.
But hearing this, Li Ruoxi felt a little scared instead.
“This… who is this Mistress you’re talking about?”
Was it that White-Haired Witch from before?
Nangong Li didn’t answer her.
Instead, she bowed and said, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave. If you need anything, just tell whomever you see.”
Nangong Li turned and left briskly.
Li Ruoxi had doubts in her heart.
Was it Vivian?
She no longer had God’s Perspective to use, and the plot had completely changed.
Ever since she was taken out of the Brooke Estate and happened to meet Maliji, the story had taken a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn, completely different from what she had written before.
“Some things still won’t change…”
Li Ruoxi felt a bit regretful about the setting of this Abused Destiny.
In her heart, she didn’t feel abused; it was just that her body had been ravaged badly.
“So big.”
Li Ruoxi wore soft slippers with SKP written on them.
The estate was even bigger than she had imagined.
Li Ruoxi’s gaze swept from left to right, and even if she twisted her neck until it broke, she couldn’t take in all the surrounding scenery.
The road was paved with small brown square bricks, lined on both sides by lush trees and red-and-blue flowers.
In front of the wide courtyard was a huge square pool, with a simple transparent glass pavilion in the middle.
There was no connecting passage, and ripples surged around it.
“How did I end up in a place like this…”
What Li Ruoxi thought about was still leaving here.
She wanted to go see her two family members in this world.
Staring at the scene before her, Li Ruoxi felt no sense of belonging.
Nangong Li had said this estate was hers.
An estate—something so distant that she had never even thought about it—now appeared before her, and Li Ruoxi felt not the slightest excitement.
“More than that… I’m just a passerby in this world.”
Li Ruoxi was very detached.
She didn’t fully accept this world as real.
Whether it was Vivian or the others, Li Ruoxi always felt she was inside a fantasy world.
As for the truth, she didn’t think about it.
These characters she herself had once written appearing before her made it impossible for her to believe in the reality of this world.
“If it were real… heh… I could still experience this kind of life I guess. It would be novel. The only bad thing…”
The only bad thing was becoming a girl.
“AAAAAHHHHH!!!! I want beautiful girls!!! I want to do a lot of evil things!!!”
“I haven’t even played with&……&…………%”
Li Ruoxi’s loud shouting drew the curiosity of the servants below.
They all watched their young miss acting crazy, some whispering among themselves.
“I heard this young miss is the master’s daughter who was lost outside for many years. Back then, the master went into business overseas, but didn’t expect that the madam would get separated from their daughter. That separation meant the master didn’t see his own daughter for over ten years. This caused the madam, who was already in poor health after giving birth to the second miss, to fall even sicker. In the end, she died of depression.”
“Isn’t that so? The master is such a good person. Being able to find his daughter now is a happy event… but…”
“It’s the second miss, right? True, the second miss is different from the eldest miss. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth…”
“Shh, don’t say anymore.”
From the estate’s main gate came the sound of a car.
A long, square, black luxury car that shimmered in the sunlight slowly drove in from outside.
A maidservant quickly walked over and opened the doors of the passenger seat and the rear seats.
“Master, Miss Qing.”
“Mhm.”
The man called Master wore a custom silver-gray Chinese tunic suit, with a clean, fair complexion and a round hat.
He spotted Li Ruoxi standing by the window at a glance.
“Li Qing, come with me to see your sister.”
Li Wentian’s tone was flat, but the longing in his eyes was hidden by the brim of his hat.
“Hmph!” Li Qing looked unhappy.
“If you don’t behave, you won’t go out for a year.”
Li Wentian said coldly.
He had always been lenient with this daughter, who had grown up at her mother’s side, and now she had this rebellious temperament.
Li Wentian walked briskly toward the main building with heavy steps.
Li Qing looked up and just happened to see Li Ruoxi standing on the balcony above.
“That little bitch.”
Li Qing’s gaze was full of hatred.
She stomped her feet and followed behind Li Wentian.
Li Ruoxi, from just now until the two came up, hadn’t noticed anyone arriving at the estate.
She was just absently looking at the light clouds drifting peacefully in the morning sky.
It wasn’t until Li Wentian, wearing the silver-gray tunic suit, appeared in front of her with Li Qing—who was dressed in a princess dress and looked delicate and pretty—that she snapped back to reality.
“Y-You… hello…”
Li Ruoxi said awkwardly.
Li Wentian’s aura was cold, and Li Qing, a little girl of only eleven or twelve, looked at her with disgust like a little princess.
“Li Ruoxi, I am your father. This is your sister.”
Li Ruoxi heard this and gasped in surprise.
“Ah? What ‘ah’? You’re faking it too much~”
“Shut up.”
Li Wentian said coldly to Li Qing.
“I’m talking to your sister. Can you keep quiet?”
His youngest daughter’s obvious hostility toward the eldest daughter, who had been lost outside for years, displeased Li Wentian.
“Hmph! If you want to talk to her, do it yourself! She’s faking it!”
Li Qing said angrily.
It was Li Wentian’s harsh attitude toward her that made her furious, but in front of Li Ruoxi, he was completely different.
Her father never talked to her so gently; it was always scolding after scolding.
Her mind was a mess of chaotic thoughts, and the more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt.
Li Qing snorted, turned around, and ran off with a clatter of footsteps.
“She… she’s angry… aren’t you going to check on her…”
“Sigh…”
Li Ruoxi saw him sigh, and she smiled awkwardly.
“An initial reaction like this, I can understand. You might need some time to accept the fact that I am your father. During this time, if you need anything, just tell Ah Li, and she will arrange it.”
The more Li Wentian looked at Li Ruoxi, the more he thought of his late wife.
“Your mother… missed you very much.”
He paused, continuing to look at Li Ruoxi without speaking.
After a moment, as if recalling something, Li Wentian spoke to Li Ruoxi in a very kind tone, “Stay here for a while. In a few days, I’ll take you to see your mother’s… belongings.”
Li Ruoxi felt very awkward under this ‘father’s’ gaze.
Going by her own age, Li Wentian was close to forty.
He took care of himself very well, appearing to be only about thirty—a man in the prime of his life.
“…Okay.”
Li Ruoxi answered weakly.
Hearing Li Ruoxi’s voice, Li Wentian thought of her years spent lost outside alone, and his heart ached.
Then he thought of his late wife.
He couldn’t help but step forward and hug Li Ruoxi tightly.
“Xi’er… you’ve suffered all these years… It’s good that you’re back… It’s good that you’re back.”
Li Ruoxi stiffened, her hands frozen, not daring to hug him back.
It was all too sudden, and she couldn’t possibly get into the mindset of someone who had just met her long-lost daughter.
“Hehe…”
Li Ruoxi laughed stiffly.
Her entire neck was being squeezed by Li Wentian’s arm, and she was literally being lifted up.
She could only stand on tiptoe to alleviate the discomfort of having her neck pulled.
“Can… you put me down first?”
Li Ruoxi said softly.
Hearing such a gentle, pitiable voice, Li Wentian’s mind recalled the smiling face of his beloved wife from the past.
Li Ruoxi looked even more like his late wife.
Why wasn’t Qing’er like that at all?
Why did she cause him so much worry, unable to even take care of herself?
“I’m sorry.”
Meeting those clear, moist eyes like a fawn’s, he instinctively felt guilty for his reckless action.
“It’s okay.”
Li Ruoxi shook her head.
“If… if there’s nothing else, can I go outside… for a walk?”
“This estate is already yours; of course you can…”
“No, I mean… I want to go… outside.”
Li Ruoxi’s gaze shifted to a farther view—the skyscrapers of the city.
“Xi’er… is there something here that doesn’t suit you? Are you not comfortable?”
Li Wentian asked in confusion.
Li Ruoxi shook her head.
“No, it’s just that I’m used to my old life. Right now, like this…”
She naturally revealed a gentle, endearing smile.
“It’s… a little hard to get used to.”
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