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

Shi Youyou barely ate anything all day.

Su Ran's words before she left lingered in my ears.

She looked at her face in the mirror, which was covered with red rashes. In some places, her pores had inexplicably become larger. Her oily nose and dull complexion had transformed her from a delicate and pitiful beauty into an ordinary face that could be seen anywhere on the street.

"Mom, why isn't the doctor's medicine working at all? I feel like my condition is getting worse."

She didn't even dare to touch her face; if she did, it would sting and burn.

"How could that be? That person is an expert. I've come over to take a look."

Wang Xiaoxia lifted her daughter's face, her brows furrowed.

"That Su Ran is a real scoundrel! How could she resort to such despicable means!"

Wang Xiaoxia doesn't even consider how she treated Su Ran with even more despicable means.

"How is my brother?" Shi Youyou asked.

"You still have the mind to care about him?" Wang Xiaoxia said unhappily, but still answered her daughter's question.

"Isn't he participating in that 'Super Boy' competition recently? After the Jiangcheng auditions, he'll be going to Kyoto for the official competition."

Then, in a warning tone, she said, "Let me tell you, you're eighteen now, and you two are not young anymore. Don't be like when you were little, laughing and joking together every day."

Shi Youyou lowered her eyes, her hair obscuring her expression.

"Mom, don't worry. I only see him as my brother. We will always be siblings. It will never be like the family dramas you often watch."

With her daughter's assurance, Wang Xiaoxia felt relieved and combed her daughter's hair with her fingers again and again.

Neither of them noticed that the door, which had been slightly ajar, was quietly closed.

Shi Youyou looked at herself in the mirror, picked up her phone, and dialed a number.

"Hey, Xiaoqing, are you and Xiaojin still in Kyoto?"

"You're still here. What's wrong? Did you ask us to come back and bring you something?"

"Oh no, you know my dad recently rented an apartment for me in Kyoto, but I haven't had a chance to see it yet. I'll mail the keys to you today. Could you help me check if there's anything missing in the apartment, and I'll get it?"

"Is that all? Nothing else?"

"Xiaoqing is so smart, she can see right through anything. My dad recently brought my stepsister home, and it's only been a few days, but my skin is already acting up. Sigh..."

"No way! She dares to be so brazen at home? Did you call the police?!"

"There's no evidence to prove she did it, and I don't know whether I should suspect her or not. Anyway, my face is practically disfigured now." Her tone was filled with immense grievance.

"Xiaoqing, what should I do? My stepsister ran away from home to Kyoto after arguing with Dad. Can you help me find her, persuade her to come back, and tell her not to hold a grudge against Dad?"

Then the voice on the other end changed to a girl's, and Guan Jin intercepted the call.

"You're too nice, that's why she bullies you like this! Why bring her back? To keep hurting you? If I saw her, I'd give her a big sinus and let us see how your face looks."

When Shi Youyou was video chatting with them and saw Shi Youyou's face like this, Guan Jin gritted her teeth again.

"I'll go all the way and ask my uncle to help me check."

"Thank you, but please don't stand up for me like you did last time."

Guan Jin smiled and said, "How could that be? We're the easiest people to talk to."

After ending the call, her slender fingers almost crushed the phone.

The mirror reflected Shi Youyou's dangerous smile.

"Su Ran, this time there's no hair to shave. What should you lose instead?"

Shi Youyou was unaware that Su Ran had a system as a cheat, and even less aware that Su Ran had already locked onto her.

The phone calls between Shi Youyou and Guan Qing continued in the kitchen, but no one except Su Ran and Xiao Hudie could hear them.

Little Butterfly listened through gritted teeth, while Su Ran, the person involved, remained calm as she prepared the sauce.

Gu Cai, standing to the side, was still acting like an old man, calling out to him.

"Hurry up, I'm starving!"

"Ghost Voice, are you even capable?"

"Have your cooking skills deteriorated since you stopped being an assistant?"

"Forgot? You call that cooking? You just cook food. I'm the only one who's easy to feed and not picky."

A bright red tomato was stuffed into his mouth.

Zhong Jue said unhappily, "Don't ask me to go out for takeout again."

Gu Cai's close friends have all been annoyed by his bad eating habits. Now they're lucky to have anything to eat, yet he's still fussing over every little thing. Isn't he afraid that Su Ran will end up like those other personal assistants, quitting in a fit of anger?

Su Ran felt much more at ease and gave Zhong Jue a grateful look.

While heating the oil on the induction cooker, I listened to Little Butterfly chattering away.

[Host, this person surnamed Guan has relatives in the relevant unit. It's very easy to find out where you were registered on your ID card.]

[But don't worry, host. I'm a high-tech system from another dimension. Your identity is encrypted at the SSS level. Except for the highest-ranking officials, it will be very difficult for anyone in government agencies to find out that you're in Yu Ran. Hehe, aren't I clever?]

Su Ran smiled and whispered to Little Butterfly.

"Let them find out where I live."

[Huh? Host, why?]

"Don't ask so many questions, just do it."

Okay.

"who are you talking to?"

The sudden male voice startled Su Ran so much that she almost dropped the pot handle.

Turning her head to look, she saw a pair of gold-rimmed glasses very close by. Through the glasses, she saw a pair of beautiful eyes looking at her with great interest.

Why are you so close to me?

Su Ran quietly moved half a step to the left.

"It smells so good." He took a deep breath.

Seeing Su Ran's awkward expression, he chuckled and said, "I was talking about the dishes."

She looked into the pot with a puzzled expression. Did the scrambled eggs with tomatoes smell good?

Unbeknownst to Su Ran, after several days of nourishment from the skin-nourishing pills, her skin began to exude a subtle, wonderful fragrance, as if it were growing from the very cracks in her bones, permeating her entire skin.

This scent could only be faintly detected by those who were close to her.

Zhong Jue's nose is so sharp it's like a dog's nose; he could smell that tantalizing scent the moment she stood in the sunlight and spoke to him.

The longer you spend with her, the more pronounced the fragrance becomes, making you want to explore it further.

Which part of the body is emitting such a wonderful fragrance?

It seemed to be in her hair, or perhaps on her wrist, and then, after a while, it felt hidden in the crook of her slender exposed neck...

“I’m afraid the oil will get on you. Why don’t you go outside with Teacher Gu?” Su Ran’s eyes darted around.

Zhong Jue's breath was right next to hers, and the strong hormonal scent emanating from him made her feel a little overwhelmed.