The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

The newcomer was tall and handsome, but despite his sunny and charming appearance, his eyes seemed incredibly cold and indifferent when he looked at people.

"It's quite difficult to find you," he said.

Su Ran smiled.

These past few days I've been so busy with work and taking care of my grandmother that I forgot there were several vicious dogs lurking behind me.

"There's probably nothing between us to say." Seeing him reminded Su Ran of that unbearable scene from that day.

When she finally found her family, did she think about the various emotions her father and brother would have upon seeing her? Would they hug her? Would they say they missed her? Would they ask her how she had been?

Despite her deep wounds, she believed that love would heal her and give her a new lease on life, but what awaited her was the stripping away of her bones and tendons.

But Shi An didn't think so. He blocked the way, his tone indifferent.

"Am I not welcome?"

Su Ran gave a slight smile. "What do you think?"

Shi An didn't think he was wrong. He laughed and said, "You dressed up like that and barged into Youyou's graduation banquet. Don't you know what you were thinking? You just wanted to spread rumors that Youyou bullied you. You did a pretty good job of putting on an act. Even the blood on your head looked so real."

Su Ran looked up in surprise, staring at Shi An without blinking, her tone rising, "Acting?"

"Isn't that right?" Shi An asked rhetorically, mimicking Su Ran's tone.

"I have nothing to say to you."

Su Ran turned and left.

"Wait!" Shi An called out to her.

"Don't you want to ask me why I'm here to see you? I've come to take you home."

His tone was very confident, as if he was certain that Shi Ran would turn back and obediently follow him back.

As he expected, the girl in front of him stopped.

"Go home?" She turned her head and asked Shi An in disbelief.

"Yes, let's go home. As long as you come back with me, everything about the graduation banquet will be wiped clean."

Shi An's tone carried a hint of condescension, and the way he looked at Su Ran seemed to say, "You got off easy."

Su Ran shook her head; she no longer placed her hopes on the Shi family.

She met Shi An's eyes, her gaze filled with determination and resolve.

"Excuse me, my surname is Su." Who says we're family?

Shi An's calm expression then subtly changed, and he stepped forward to block Su Ran's path.

“You have the blood of the Shi family flowing in your veins, and nominally I am still your brother,” he said.

“But you think my blood is dirty.” Su Ran stood on the steps, a head taller than Shi An, her eyes looking down at him with disdain.

“I don’t have a brother. My brother died when I was five years old. Who are you? Don’t try to claim kinship with me.” She calmly returned the words he had said at the graduation banquet verbatim.

Shi An's face turned ashen, and his eyes flashed with anger.

"Shi Ran!"

Shi An tried to calm his rising anger and looked at his sister, who he found unremarkable and even shockingly beautiful.

In temperatures approaching 30 degrees Celsius, she was completely covered up by a mask and hat, but her bare hands bore the marks of age that belied her eighteen years.

Perhaps her misfortune awakened a bit of pity in him, for he said calmly, “Come back with me. I heard you had some trouble with your college entrance exam this year, but our family can let you retake it.”

"No need for you to trouble yourself. I have other matters to attend to, please move aside," Su Ran said expressionlessly.

Shi An didn't let her go. He looked at her like she was being unreasonable and said impatiently, "Do you think your grandmother's conditions are enough to support you going back to school? Do you think anyone would want to hire you if you look like this? Only our Shi family would be willing to take you in."

Su Ran stood still, her hands trembling slightly, but she maintained a calm demeanor, looking at Shi An with her dark eyes.

Before Su Ran could even get angry, the little butterfly was already furious and flew over to bump Shi An hard on the back of the head!

Did I ask you to speak? I'll run you over, you heartless bastard!

However, its power was like an ant trying to shake a tree to Shi An. Shi An only felt a coolness on his neck, thinking it was a cool breeze passing through the alley.

[Host, why aren't you saying anything? Are you just going to let yourself be bullied like this?]

Su Ran ignored the little butterfly; the large screen displayed the chat history between Shi An and Shi Youyou.

Shi Youyou: [Brother, is it possible to get my acceptance letter back?]

Shi An: [Don't worry, once I find Shi Ran, I will personally hand you the acceptance letter.]

Shi Youyou: [Thank you, brother~ I knew you were the best to me~ By the way, brother, I'll cheer you on in the competition next month.]

The rest of the conversation consisted of intimate exchanges between the siblings, but Su Ran ignored it, her eyes fixed on the 'admission notice' and the 'competition'.

Thinking back to what An Yecheng had said before, an answer vaguely emerged in her mind.

The mother paved a bright future for her daughter, but this was on the premise that the mother only had one daughter. In the hearts of the Shi family, that daughter could only be Shi Youyou.

Haha, Su Ran laughed weakly.

When a person comes into this world, a tragic figure takes the stage, but must the story only end in tragedy?

I'm a little unwilling to accept this.

Why should Shi Youyou's glory be built on her corpse?

She stared intently at Shi An, and just when Shi An thought she was about to bow her head, Su Ran pulled down her mask, revealing a face covered with intricate scars.

"Brother," she called softly, a faint, eerie smile playing on her lips, "you're going to participate in 'Super Boy'?"

This is a highly anticipated A-level talent show that has been generating buzz online for a long time. The promotional highlight is that the mentors are top-tier celebrities with a well-known reputation in the industry.

Su Ran suddenly realized that she had been letting them go all along, thinking that letting them go was letting herself go.

But now, letting them go is not letting myself go.

It’s okay, take your time.

One day, she will stand before them in her true form.

No, it's standing on top of them!

Let's start with this show, "Super Boy".

Shi An was startled by Su Ran's actions. Looking at Su Ran, who seemed a little out of sorts, he was surprised that she knew about his participation in the competition program.

He continued, "So what if you do? Do you want to enter the entertainment industry? Don't you look at yourself now? You're polluting the audience's eyes."

“Very good.” Su Ran nodded.

Very good, she can no longer feel the pain in her heart.

Shi An was somewhat taken aback, unable to figure out what Su Ran was thinking.

It was already 2 PM, and Su Ran didn't want to get entangled with Shi An any longer. She suppressed all her outward emotions and said expressionlessly, "You can leave now. I won't go back to the Shi family home. That's not my home."

"Su Ran, don't be stubborn and ask for trouble!" Shi An said angrily.

"I'm not even eighteen yet, what right do you have to buy me drinks?"

"Shi Ran!" he gritted his teeth.

"What? You want to bite me? Or do you want to hurt me again like you did on the day of the graduation banquet? Let me tell you, Shi An, your Shi family will never have the chance to hurt me again! And I will never give you the chance to hurt me again!" she said resolutely.

"Fine, Shi Ran, I'll give you one day. If you don't change your mind, I'll let you experience what regret feels like," Shi An said ruthlessly.

Su Ran didn't care. In this world, only her grandmother was her weakness; nothing else could hurt her anymore.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Shi An actually went to the physiotherapy clinic to find her grandmother!

“Old woman, you know you don’t have much money left, right? That woman didn’t leave you much property. It must be very difficult for you to raise such a big granddaughter on your own.”

"Besides, we were only temporarily leaving Shi An here to recover from his injuries before. Now it's time to take him back."

“You’re already so old, and your health isn’t good. Shi Ran brings you here for physiotherapy every day, which costs a lot of money. Wouldn’t it be better to bring Shi Ran over and give you a pension every month?”

Upon hearing this, Su Ran was furious!

Since this was a clinic, she calmly opened the door with all her might, only to see her grandmother lying on the hospital bed clutching her chest in distress, while Shi An was pretending to peel an apple while speaking.

Upon seeing Su Ran appear here, Shi An raised an eyebrow in a noncommittal manner.

"Do you regret it?"

*Slap!* Su Ran rushed forward and slapped Shi An across the face.

They knocked Shi An's head to the side.

Little Butterfly: [Great!]

"Shi Ran, you're insane!"

"Let me warn you one more time, my surname is Su!"

Before Shi An could react, *slap!* He received another slap!

The slap left his face bright red, and Su Ran felt her palms throbbing.

Damn! My fingers are numb from waving them!