Why is it that whenever things start looking up, difficulties always come as scheduled?
“Siyu, haven’t I told you? Eating too many junk snacks is bad for your health, why don’t you listen?”
“Why did you buy Coke again? Drinking too much Coke isn’t good.”
“I haven’t bought any for several days…”
“Siyu, eat more meat.”
“Hmm, I have some in my bowl. Mom, why don’t you eat?”
“You’re still growing, so eat more.”
“Siyu, you have to study hard, or else when you grow up, you’ll end up working like us.”
“Mom, you work so hard every day. Why don’t you take a few days off first?”
“It’s fine, taking a day off means losing over two hundred yuan. Not worth it.”
“Siyu, can you stop playing games and focus on your studies?”
“If you want to get into a good university in the future, you need to study hard, then you can get a good job, earn money, buy a house, get married, and have kids.”
“…”
“I’ll mop the floor…”
“It’s fine. If only you’d put that much effort into studying, Mom would be happy.”
“Mom, can you not touch the things in my room?”
“I’m just tidying up for you. What’s wrong?”
“Mom, can I wash my own clothes from now on?”
“I’m your mom. Washing your clothes is for your own good! Honestly, you’re already this old and still don’t know how to be grateful? You’ve wasted my effort raising you all these years. Didn’t school teach you these things?”
“Mom…(Can you stop earning money to buy a house?)”
“What?”
“Ouch…Dad is so exhausted he’s sick in the hospital. Don’t you care at all?”
“Can’t you take a few days off to rest properly?”
“Don’t you know we work so hard to earn money all for you?”
On a deep summer night, in a deserted park, Meng Siyu sat alone on a teeter-totter at the fitness area.
Nearby lay several cans of canned beer, some barbecue, and Coke, scattered messily on the ground.
She couldn’t understand why she, only a 16-year-old student, felt so unbearably exhausted to live…
Her heart felt like it was weighed down by a stone.
Every breath required effort.
Her stomach churned painfully—whether it was from the beer or the heaviness in her heart, it felt like a hand was grabbing and shaking her intestines inside.
“If only I had one million yuan, then I could buy a house for my sister and me, and life wouldn’t be so hard…”
Sitting on the teeter-totter, Meng Siyu looked up at the moon, her gaze distant, either dreaming of a future with money or numb to reality.
“Why did I have to fight with Mom?”
Recalling everything that happened today, she was filled with regret, pain, and hatred.
She had just earned four hundred yuan and bought roast duck and barbecue to share some happiness with her sister, but her mother questioned where the money came from.
“Where did you get money to buy this?”
“I earned it playing games. Mom, do you want some?”
“Earned it playing games?”
“Yes, I do boosting services, helping others level up in games, and they pay me…”
“Haven’t I told you to focus on studying? Don’t you think about how hard your mom and dad work for you?”
Meng Siyu couldn’t even remember the exact argument anymore.
It was always the same topics: school, games, how hard they worked, earning money to buy a house…
Anyway, she only remembered that she ran away again.
“Wuwu, why do I have to fight with Mom?”
“If she gets angry and can’t sleep, she has to work tomorrow, then her health…”
For some reason, even though Meng Siyu hated her mom deeply, whenever she thought about how hard her mom worked, she would unconsciously care for her, blaming herself for being so immature…
【Your Guide Girlfriend is currently in an extremely sad state. It seems that only by numbing herself and hurting herself under this sense of guilt can she find relief for her soul.】
【Please comfort her immediately. Even if you do nothing, she will still appear before you tomorrow.】
【However, human endurance is limited.】
【Just like bending rebar repeatedly, no one knows if it will suddenly snap at the next moment.】
“D”
“Why do I have to get up from my comforting bed in the middle of the night to comfort someone else?”
Though unwilling, lazy, and knowing that even doing nothing wouldn’t harm Meng Siyu, since the Guide Girlfriend is her job, no matter how reluctant Su Moli was in words, she had already dressed and come downstairs.
“Damn it, why isn’t she answering her phone this late? Did she forget it?”
Su Moyin tried calling Meng Siyu’s phone but couldn’t get through.
Resigned, she took a taxi to go find her.
“Where is she?”
【Dummy, she’s just about ten meters ahead on your left. You can see her.】
It was hard to see clearly in the dark, but with System-chan’s considerate navigation, Su Moli quickly found her.
Meng Siyu looked as if she had no bones, like a centenarian nearing her end, with a gaunt figure sitting on the teeter-totter.
Her hands hung weakly by her sides, her eyes vacant and lifeless, her breath faint.
【The girl sits weakly on the ground, knowing that this painful numbness won’t change anything, but it seems only by repeatedly destroying her body and mind under this guilt can she feel a bit better inside.】
【What will you do in this situation?】
“System-chan, is there an explanation for why she suddenly got so sad? She was so happy this morning.”
【Because her parents work tirelessly every day for the house, even when their health is poor and they have to take medicine daily, they still persist in going to work. But she betrays their hopes, spending her days not studying but playing games to ease her anxiety.】
【In the end, a small quarrel completely swallowed her in negative emotions.】
“Is it really that simple? Then why don’t I just give her my two million yuan city center apartment and be done with it?”
[???]
“Haha, just kidding, I’m still a bit reluctant.”
【Host, please follow the normal process: comfort the girl, help her gradually resolve her inner conflicts, grow and transform, and eventually marry you as the main storyline.】
【Don’t think about any shortcuts.】
“…Okay, okay, got it.”
Su Moli, crouching in the bushes and watching silently, sighed speechlessly.
Then she stood up firmly and walked straight toward Meng Siyu.
She couldn’t understand why, with the system able to grant her two million yuan, she didn’t just give it to Meng Siyu and solve all her problems instantly.
Clearly, with this mechanical god’s authority, yet it liked watching these twisted, pathological, tragic love dramas.
She could only conclude that the galgame god who invented the system was a dark, deadbeat otaku.
“You okay?”
“?”
Hearing the familiar voice, Meng Siyu, lost in her emotions, lifted her head in confusion.
Her unfocused pupils gradually gathered as she saw who it was, a look of surprise spreading across her face.
She didn’t understand why Su Moli found her when she hadn’t said anything.
Then, snapping back to reality, she instinctively felt ashamed and wanted to run away.
Since they were classmates and would see each other the day after tomorrow at school, she didn’t want her deskmate to see her in such a pitiful state.
“Hey, don’t run away. If you run, I’ll have wasted 60 yuan on the taxi.”
Seeing Meng Siyu try to escape, Su Moli quickly grabbed her hand and pushed her back onto the teeter-totter, then began speaking earnestly.
“I know you’re hurting right now, feeling wronged, but the moment you think about how hard your mom works, you fall into deep self-blame. You want to vent, but you don’t even have a true friend around to talk to. You want to cry, but as a girl, you were raised to believe that crying is only for boys. So you can only find brief happiness and numbness through eating or drinking.”
Listening to Su Moli speak her heart out word for word, Meng Siyu froze.
She couldn’t understand why this friend she had only known for a few days understood her so well.
“I know a magic that can improve your mood. Want to try it?”
Seeing Meng Siyu drawn in, Su Moli bent down, smiling kindly, and whispered in her ear.
“…What is it?”
Feeling Su Moli’s warm breath stir the hairs on her ear, Meng Siyu blurted out blankly.
“It’s simple. Come on, straighten your head, yes, just like that, then close your eyes.”
“Very good, exactly like that. Remember, don’t open your eyes!”
“Let me get ready. I’m about to cast the magic~”
Seeing Meng Siyu obediently follow instructions, Su Moli’s eyes curved into a mischievous smile.
Excitedly rubbing her hands, she raised her right hand and slapped hard across Meng Siyu’s pale, tear-streaked, weak face!
“Smack!”
A sharp, loud crack echoed through the silent park, piercing the night sky.
“???“