My Throne - Queen Strikes Back!
Rebirth
Xiao Jinning
"Xiao Rou, now you know that you can never win?"
A fashionable and beautiful woman was arrogantly looking down at a girl who looked like an ugly duckling, her life fading as she lay on the ground.
The woman's eyes were filled with disdain as she said,
Xiao Jinning
"You may be the real Xiao Jinning, but so what?
Your parents only want me as their daughter, and your fiancé, Brother Chengyu, has been taking care of me since childhood and is engaged to me.
You're just an ugly duckling the Xiao Family abandoned!"
Xiao Jinning
"Go to hell, Xiao Rou!"
The woman's face turned ferocious as she pressed her foot down hard on the girl's neck, and while gnashing her teeth she yelled,
Xiao Jinning
"Only if you die can no one threaten my status!"
Being trampled by her, Xiao Rou, who was already dying, twitched and breathed her last.
At this time, the sound of hasty footsteps drew near.
Someone could be heard asking anxiously,
.
"Did you find Xiao Rou?"
Xiao Jinning hurriedly withdrew her foot, knelt down, wiped off the footprints on Xiao Rou's neck with her hands and cried out,
Xiao Jinning
"Come on! Rourou is here. She seems to be badly injured! Can somebody help her?"
As a breeze blew through the spacious ward, the room's white curtains fluttered.
There was only a white bed in the large ward, on which a pale-looking girl was lying silently.
She appeared so lifeless that she looked like a dead person.
Suddenly, the girl opened her eyes.
She glanced around sharply and sat up straight.
Looking at the closed door of the ward, she raised a wicked smile.
She walked barefoot to the window and looked out at the view of the hospital.
Outside, there was a very wide green lawn, and beside it, a lake.
Well, there were also some doctors in white gowns.
She had always hated doctors.
Suddenly, a series of hints came to her mind…
System 008
System hints:
Identity: Xiao Rou
Age: 23 years old
Personality: Cowardly
Fate: Miserable
Primary task: Adapt to new identity.
Upon reading the messages, the woman could no longer maintain her composure.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"S*it! 008, you said I would have fun! But what is this? Adapt to new identity? Shouldn't I just slap the Xiao Family people's faces and go back to have my revenge?"
She had been living a happy and carefree life as the princess of the Empire Group, but certain individuals murdered her in order to snatch away her wealth and power.
However, she had suddenly become Xiao Rou after she died, and while she was sleeping,
a system calling himself 008 popped up in her dream, claiming that he could help her have her revenge and regain everything she used to possess, so she agreed to bind with the system.
She had finally managed to figure out the stupid system's functions in the past two days she spent feigning sleep without eating or drinking,
and was imagining how she would live an awesome life with the help of a system.
She was the famous Tang Xi!
God, the last thing she wanted was to play weak!
Tang Xi casually looked down to see the appearance of her avatar, following which she immediately jumped up to exclaim,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"My God, what the hell is this?"
She had just finished speaking when another reminder of the system rang in her mind.
System 008
[Gifted the host a 'Cornetto' skin. Click if you would like to put it on.]
Tang Xi blinked and sneered in her mind,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"'Cornetto'? Ice cream-colored skin?"
She clicked and put it on, thinking,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Woo, I love ice-cream!"
Tang Xi's eyes lit up upon seeing her avatar's appearance change as she said,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Oh, it works!"
She followed up with an ingratiating smile, saying,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"008, how about this? Let's go to the Tang Family and deal with those guys who murdered me first. After that I will take time to adapt to this new identity, alright?"
A curtain of light popped up before Tang Xi's eyes, which showed her various data.
System 008
[Host: Tang Xi
Experience Points: 4.01/800
Martial Points: 0/100
Physical Points: 3/100
Face Points: 1/100
Figure Points: 1/100
Charm Points: 0.01/100
Revenge Points: 0/100
Wealth Points: 0/100
Face Slapping Points: 0/100.
According to the comprehensive test report, the host Tang Xi does not have any ability for revenge.
Please accept the task, complete it and raise all experience points.]
System 008
[Accept the primary task: Adapt to the identity of Xiao Rou and raise all experience points.]
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Accept"
And then complained aggrievedly,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"They're almost all zero. Is there any merit to being this Xiao Rou?"
Looking down at her body, Tang Xi sighed.
The one Face Point had to be from the 'Cornetto' skin that she had just put on… And as for Figure Point… Tang Xi pursed her lips when she looked at the poor shape of Xiao Rou's body.
Her being slim had to be why the system gave her one Figure Point.
No, she was not slim but skinny!
Her chèst was nearly flat!
Tang Xi held her head in her hands and shouted hysterically,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Please, No!"
How long would it take her to become that charming Tang Xi again?
In the following month, Tang Xi lived a carefree life in the hospital and became familiar with the hospital's environment.
Every day she idly strolled about in the hospital.
At first, she made herself acquainted with the other patients, then she made friends with nurses and in the end, even the doctors had become her buddies.
Sitting on the wide lawn outside the hospital, bored, Tang Xi sighed.
This hospital was a high-class private hospital in City A.
Although the Xiao Family members didn't want to acknowledge her as their daughter, they treated her well.
At least they didn't throw her onto the streets but into this top private hospital.
Aunt Qiao
"Rourou, are you having a sunbath?"
A dignified female patient in a wheelchair was slowly moving towards Tang Xi as she greeted her with a smile.
Tang Xi smiled sweetly at her and responded,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Yeah. Aunt Qiao, are you out to enjoy the sunshine too?"
Aunt Qiao
"Yes, I'd like to take a walk by the lake, but it's too far away. And my servant went home to fetch some clothes for me, so I can't go there."
Tang Xi rose from the lawn and said,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Let me take you there. I happen to be free, and I want to get some air by the lake too."
Aunt Qiao
"Okay. Thank you for that,"
Aunt Qiao said cheerfully.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"It's alright."
Tang Xi pushed Aunt Qiao's wheelchair forward and walked towards the lake.
Just then, a nurse ran over and shouted from behind them,
Nurse
"Rourou, Rourou, your family came to visit you. Hurry up, go back to the ward!"
Tang Xi looked at Aunt Qiao with a slightly regretful face.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Aunt Qiao, it seems that we can't go to the lake today."
Aunt Qiao gave her a kind smile, but a touch of loneliness flickered across her eyes as she said,
Aunt Qiao
"It's a good news. The families of the patients in this hospital are usually busy. It's great that your family could make time to see you."
At this point, another nurse came over, her face beaming with joy.
Nurse
"Aunt Qiao! Your son has come to see you!"
Aunt Qiao's lonely eyes immediately lit up.
She looked around and finally fixed her gaze on a man who was coming towards her.
Tang Xi followed Aunt Qiao's gaze only to see a stunningly handsome man.
He was about 1.8 or 1.9 meters tall, his body proportion followed the so-called golden ratio and his face looked like a work of art elaborately carved by God.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
'Qiao Liang. It's been a long time.'
Visitors
Nurse
"Hey, Rourou, what are you still looking at?"
The little nurse who had come to call Xiao Rou over waved her hand before Tang Xi's eyes and urged,
Nurse
"Hurry up, they're waiting for you. It took me a long time to find you. Stop looking at Mr. Qiao. If you really want to look at him, you can watch him on television!"
Recovering from her trance, Tang Xi found that Aunt Qiao was looking at her with strange eyes.
She grinned embarrassedly and said,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Aunt Qiao, your son is so handsome!"
She then held onto the little nurse's hand and ran away.
Qiao Liang walked to his mother.
Spotting Tang Xi who had just run away, he frowned.
He then crouched down, covered his mother's legs with a blanket and asked her softly,
Qiao Liang
"Do you feel better?"
Aunt Qiao smiled, held Qiao Liang's hand and nodded.
Aunt Qiao
"You don't have to come here if you are busy. I will be out of the hospital soon."
Qiao Liang
"This time, I…"
Qiao Liang suddenly fell silent before saying,
Qiao Liang
"I will stay here with you for two days, and then I'll go to Country M."
Aunt Qiao
"On business again?"
Aunt Qiao
"Didn't you just come back from a month-long business trip? Why are you going on a business trip again?"
Qiao Liang
"I have something to attend to."
Qiao Liang stopped talking, clearly unwilling to continue this topic.
Seeing that, Aunt Qiao knew that she wouldn't get the answer she wanted even if she continued to ask him, so she changed the topic.
Aunt Qiao
"I was going to get some air by the lake with Rourou. Can you take me there?"
Tang Xi dragged the little nurse along and ran towards the hospital building.
As she ran, she asked the little nurse,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Who came to see me?"
The little nurse answered.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Anyone else?"
Nurse
"And a pretty girl."
Tang Xi had a vague idea of who they were, so she was not in a hurry.
She slowed down her pace and chatted casually with the nurse,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"What did you have for lunch today?"
Nurse
"Stewed beef in the canteen…"
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Oh, you had stewed beef to eat! I didn't!"
Tang Xi sauntered over to the ward and said goodbye to the little nurse before pushing the door open.
As soon as she entered the room, a torrent of abuse flew towards her.
Lin Ru
"Why are you running around?
Don't you know you're a patient?!
You're just embarrassing me!
Can't you just behave yourself?
We were waiting so long for you!
Do you know that I could have even signed a contract during this time?!"
The person who was cursing her was Lin Ru, Xiao Rou's mother and a successful career woman.
Lin Ru used to be an ace agent of Shengda Entertainment Corporation before she married to Xiao Hongyi,
president of Shengda Entertainment's parent company—Xiao's Group—and gave birth to a daughter and a son.
Now she had become the general manager of Shengda Entertainment.
Perhaps because she was a successful businesswoman, she measured everything with money, even including her family.
Xiao Jinning was an A-lister in the entertainment circle, while Xiao Rou was just an ugly duckling who was brought up in the countryside,
so it was a simple choice for her to choose between Xiao Jinning and Xiao Rou.
Lin Ru
"Didn't you hear me?!"
Lin Ru glared at Xiao Rou and was about to scold her again, but then she suddenly paused.
She hadn't seen Xiao Rou for a month and her skin had improved a lot.
In fact, she had found out that she had mistaken someone else's child for her own from the very beginning,
so she had felt guilty towards her own daughter and tried her best to find her.
When she had finally found her, however, the result had been greatly disappointing.
How she had wished that this ugly, rustic and timid girl was not her child!
But DNA identification wouldn't lie…
Tang Xi replied with a deadpan expression.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Didn't you say I'm not allowed to cut in while you're talking? I just let you finish."
With that, Tang Xi took a glance at Xiao Jinning who was standing behind Lin Ru and triumphantly sneering at her,
went straight to her sickbed, sat down and said coldly,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"I'm sorry. There is nothing in my ward except this sickbed, so you'll have to stand."
Lin Ru looked back at the girl sitting on the sickbed in surprise.
Was this her daughter who was as timid as a mouse and looked as if she was trying to find a hole to hide in whenever they met?
Was this the girl who she didn't want to see at all?
Xiao Jinning frowned, but soon eased her brows.
She hadn't expected that after just a month, Xiao Rou had greatly improved her skin and grown equally bolder!
Xiao Jinning
"Rourou, how can you speak to Mother like this? Mother is concerned about you. She was just too worried about you when couldn't find you in the ward, so her tone was a little strong. But you really shouldn't talk to her like that."
Xiao Jinning looked kindly at Xiao Rou and smiled, saying,
Xiao Jinning
"And Mother specially came here to take you home."
It seemed like she was explaining for Lin Ru, but if others were to hear her words, they would only feel Tang Xi to be very ignorant and rude.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Home?"
Tang Xi chuckled, a cold gleam in her eyes.
She looked up at Lin Ru and raised her brows.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"If my memory serves me right, I remember I was kicked out of the Xiao Family by Ms. Lin a month ago."
Lin Ru
"Don't you know why I kicked you out?"
When Lin Ru heard her words, the last bit of tenderness in her heart disappeared.
She cast a cold glance at Tang Xi and said,
Lin Ru
"Xiao Rou, my daughter would never be a thief! You stole from Jinning. You should be ashamed!"
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Haha."
Tang Xi sneered and suddenly turned her eyes to Xiao Jinning.
Xiao Jinning felt slightly guilty under her stare, so she hastily said,
Xiao Jinning
"Mother, maybe I accidentally left that thing in Rourou's room. Please don't blame her. She is still a patient."
Lin Ru finally stopped upon hearing this, but she still glared at Tang Xi.
Tang Xi glared back and said coldly,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Ms. Lin, since you've seen me, you can go now. I am a bit tired and need rest."
Lin Ru
"Xiao Rou, can't you understand what I'm talking about?!"
Seeing that Tang Xi wasn't taking her seriously, Lin Ru became furious.
She rushed up and reached out her hand to slap Tang Xi.
It was at this moment that Tang Xi caught her hand and coldly warned,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Ms. Lin. Sorry, but I have no relationship with you now. You can't beat me. Otherwise, I'll sue you for intentional assault."
Lin Ru struggled and tried to free her hand from Tang Xi's, only to find that she couldn't shake off Tang Xi's hand.
Lin Ru
"You ungrateful girl, let go of my hand!"
Releasing her as she asked, Tang Xi said unconcernedly,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"I remember Ms. Lin said that I had nothing to do with you, so I don't think you are my 'mother'."
Lin Ru clenched her hands.
She did say that, but that was because she was too angry and disappointed at that time.
It had never occurred to her that her daughter who looked like an ugly and stunted beggar was so disappointing, even stealing Jinning's necklace.
Such a person was not worthy to be her daughter, so she had driven her out in a rage, telling her she didn't have any relationship with her and forbidding her from calling her Mother.
However, she didn't expect that she would disappear after that and have an accident…
Fight Back
Xiao Jinning secretly smiled at Tang Xi's words, a gleam of excitement flickering across her eyes.
Although Xiao Rou had become bolder than before, she was also more annoying.
It seemed like every single word of hers could irritate Mother.
More importantly, she said she didn't want to return to the Xiao Family!
Although she didn't want Xiao Rou to go back either, she didn't forget to play innocent as always.
She rushed up to Xiao Rou, held her hand and said softly,
Xiao Jinning
"Rourou, I know you are blaming me for taking your place at home. If you're willing to go back home, I'll move out. I'll leave the Xiao Family."
Lin Ru frowned, gave Tang Xi a dark look and said disapprovingly,
Lin Ru
"Jinning, what are you talking about? You didn't take anyone's place! You are not the one to leave!"
Tang Xi looked at Xiao Jinning with a smirk and said,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Ms. Lin is right. You are the daughter of the Xiao Family. I'm not."
In any case, in the minds of Xiao Hongyi and Lin Ru, only Xiao Jinning was worthy to be their daughter.
And she was too proud to recognize them as her parents…
Tang Xi sighed in her heart.
She had Xiao Rou's memories, so she could feel Xiao Rou's sorrow at not being loved by her parents…
Although Xiao Rou had been a timid girl, she was very eager to be loved by her biological parents…
What she had said couldn't be taken back!
Lin Ru was irritated by Tang Xi's words again.
In fact, she had come to see Xiao Rou not because she missed her,
but because of her father-in-law—the president of Xiao's Group had come back from abroad and informed them that he wanted to see his biological granddaughter.
That was why she had specially come here to take Xiao Rou home.
If Xiao Rou refused to go back with her, she wouldn't know how to explain to that grumpy old man!
At the thought of this, she scowled.
Lin Ru
"Since you have the Xiao Family's blood in you, you are a member of this family! Change your clothes and come home with me!"
Tang Xi was relieved to hear that.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
'Little Rourou, don't worry. I will help you get the love from your parents. Don't be sad…'
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"No clothes,"
Tang Xi said expressionlessly.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"I only have this hospital gown."
Even Tang Xi felt sorry for herself.
She only had this hospital gown and no other clothes!
Fortunately, it was not cold.
She could wash her clothes in the evening and hang them on the window.
The thin hospital gown would be dry the next morning after being blown by the wind all night, and then she could wear it again…
A contemptuous smile appeared over Xiao Jinning's lips, but she said sadly,
Xiao Jinning
"Why haven't you got other clothes? It's my fault. I was too busy this month, so I didn't come to see you. I'm really sorry to have you go through this. I'll ask my assistant to send some clothes here."
Lin Ru looked about the empty ward and frowned.
She came here to see Xiao Rou a month ago and at that time she didn't feel anything wrong with the environment,
but now she suddenly felt a little bit guilty; after all, Xiao Rou was her biological daughter.
Tang Xi shrugged carelessly and said,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"It's alright. I can leave the hospital like this."
Lin Ru
"Ridiculous! You just want to embarrass me, right?"
As soon as Lin Ru heard Tang Xi's words, the guilt in her heart immediately dissipated and anger flared in her mind.
Lin Ru
"Do you want to tell the whole world that we're abusing you?"
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Aren't you abusing me?"
Tang Xi's sparkling eyes stared straight at Lin Ru as she sneered,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"I only tell the truth."
Xiao Jinning
"Rourou, don't talk to Mom like this!"
Xiao Jinning said softly, starting her performance once again.
Looking at Lin Ru's angry face, Tang Xi felt truly sorry for Xiao Rou.
Spotting Xiao Jinning's triumphant face, she really felt like slapping her hard.
She tried to restrain the urge to slap her and told herself in her heart,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
'Tang Xi, your Martial Point is at zero right now. Don't fight with them. You won't win if you do it. Endure, endure it.'
Lin Ru
"Fine, if you don't want to go back with me, then don't!"
Tang Xi raised her brows indifferently at seeing Lin Ru go out, following which she took a look at Xiao Jinning who was still standing there and said coldly,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Miss Xiao, everything went as you wished. Satisfied? Why are you still here?"
Xiao Jinning
"Xiao Rou, I'm glad you finally found your distance from me. It's a good decision for you to hide here."
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Haha."
Tang Xi jumped to her feet, pressed on towards Xiao Jinning and said darkly,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Hide? Xiao Jinning, you're wrong. I'm not hiding, but… waiting for you to beg me home. I remember clearly how you trampled me."
Xiao Jinning took a sharp step back.
She forced herself to calm down and looked into Tang Xi's eyes, saying,
Xiao Jinning
"Xiao Rou, do you think Mum and Dad will believe you when you tell them this?"
Tang Xi chuckled, drew near Xiao Jinning and whispered to her,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"But Grandpa will believe it. What are you going to do if I accidentally tell Grandpa what happened that day when he came to pick me up?"
Xiao Jinning clenched her hands and glared at Tang Xi.
Xiao Jianxiong used to adore her greatly, but he was cold to her ever since he learnt that she was not his biological granddaughter.
No matter what she did, Xiao Jianxiong didn't change his attitude towards her!
If Xiao Jianxiong found out that she almost killed Rourou, then she would probably be expelled out of the Xiao Family.
At that time, even though Mum and Dad would shield her, she wouldn't be able to stay in the Xiao Family any longer!
Xiao Jinning
"How dare you!"
Xiao Jinning clenched her teeth.
Seeing the look on Xiao Jinning's face, Tang Xi knew she was right.
Xiao Jianxiong had come back to China!
That was why Lin Ru was in such a hurry to take her home!
She tittered and threw a glance at Xiao Jinning.
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"We'll see."
She then pulled over the quilt of her bed to cover herself and went to sleep.
As long as Xiao Jianxiong returned from abroad, she wouldn't worry that they wouldn't take her back to the Xiao Family.
Hearing the door of her ward being slammed shut, Tang Xi pursed her lips and muttered,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"Rude."
At this time, Tang Xi heard the voice of the system ring in her mind again…
A curtain of light appeared before her eyes again, a message accompanying it:
System 008
[The host: As Tang Xi defeated Yao Jinning and Lin Ru in a verbal battle, all of her experience points have increased. Now her experience points are as follows:
Experience Point: 15/800
Martial Point: 0/100
Physical Point: 10/100
Face Point: 1/100
Figure Point: 1/100
Charm Point: 1/100
Revenge Point: 0/100
Wealth Point: 0/100
Face Slapping Point: 2/100]
System 008
[Because the host, Tang Xi, successfully slapped Xiao Rou's enemies in the face, the system presents her a primary costume as a gift. Click if you'd like to put it on.]
Tang Xi clicked and looked down.
God! There really was a 'Change Clothes' function in the system!
She jumped out of bed in terror and broke into curses,
Xiao Rou | Tang Xi
"F*ck! 008, what kind of system are you? You even changed my clothes for me?!"
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