After I Was Erased by the System, She Went Mad

Chapter 60 : You Are an NPC

"According to the CT results, the patient's brain was not injured. She should wake up once the anesthesia wears off."

Hearing this, Shi Qiubai suddenly relaxed. "It's good that the injuries aren't serious."

Nearby, after seeing off the doctor, Shi Qiubai finally had time to carefully understand the complete sequence of events of the accident.

Upon learning that no one else at the car scene was injured, Shi Qiubai was certain this must be punishment from the system. Otherwise, it wouldn't have created such a big commotion with only Shen Xiaoyu getting hurt.

Shi Qiubai bit her lip, lowering her gaze to look at the person lying on the bed, her eyes deep and dark.

"Mommy, Mama still hasn't woken up."

Hearing the voice, she turned to see Shen Nian'an taking Qiu Ye's phone and calling Su Huan with intermittent sobs. "Mommy, when will you get to the hospital?"

"I'm already on the road. I'll be there in an hour and a half," Su Huan's voice came through the phone. "Has Mama come out of the operating room?"

"She came out. The doctor just came too and said Mama's head wasn't injured, and Mama will wake up soon."

Su Huan breathed a sigh of relief. "I understand. Stay by Mama's side and don't go anywhere, okay? Did you see Aunt Li Xiang? She went to find you."

"No, where is Aunt Li Xiang?" Shen Nian'an asked in confusion.

"Then who's with you?"

"Aunt Shi and Aunt Qiu."

Su Huan's voice paused for a moment, then naturally continued: "Give the phone to Shi Qiubai. I have something to tell her."

Shen Nian'an made an "oh" sound and turned to hand the phone to Shi Qiubai. "Bad Auntie, Mommy says she has something to tell you."

Shi Qiubai let out a light sneer and took the phone irritably, saying flatly: "Senior Su doesn't need to worry. I'll take good care of Sister. Teacher Su can go ahead and focus on your own work. You don't need to come to the hospital, and you don't need to send your people to the hospital either. Even if they come, I won't let them see her!"

She had already stationed people at the door when she arrived. Without her orders, no one was allowed near sister's hospital room.

Su Huan ignored her provocation. "I'll arrive at the hospital in about an hour and a half. Don't go anywhere—I have something to tell you."

"I won't..."

Before Shi Qiubai could finish her words, Su Huan hung up directly, leaving only Shi Qiubai staring at the phone.

She was so angry she stood up immediately, pointing at the phone for a long time without being able to say a word, then threw the phone back to Qiu Ye.

"Don't give the phone to Shen Nian'an anymore. Also, tell the people outside that if Su Huan comes, kick her out directly."

"Understood." Qiu Ye nodded.

Just thinking about Su Huan's embarrassed appearance when kicked out made Shi Qiubai feel good. She sat back down and looked up to meet Shen Nian'an's angry face.

"Why is An'an looking at me like that?" Shi Qiubai pretended not to understand. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of you until Sister wakes up."

"I don't need you to take care of me. My mommy will take good care of me!" Shen Nian'an said huffily.

She shrugged her shoulders, completely unconcerned. "Fine by me. Saves me the trouble."

Shi Qiubai wasn't in the mood to bicker with her. After speaking, the two fell into silence.

Shi Qiubai was busy having people investigate the cause of the car accident and the identity of the driver, while Shen Nian'an lay by the bedside and fell asleep.

By the time Su Huan arrived at the hospital, it was already 6 PM.

Li Xiang was pacing at the hospital entrance. Upon seeing her, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister Huan, you're finally back." She immediately stepped forward to explain: "After receiving your call, I arranged personnel deployment immediately. But by the time I got to the hospital, it was too late. Shi Qiubai had people guarding the ward, and I couldn't get in at all. I couldn't get through to your phone later either, so I..."

Su Huan waved her hand. "It's fine. Go back first. I'll handle Shi Qiubai myself."

After saying this, she turned to look outside. "Block the paparazzi for now. I'll arrange the rest myself. Also, keep an eye on the police side. It would be best if you could get the surveillance footage from the incident. If not, go find Ning Bai and have her help."

Li Xiang nodded in agreement and hurried away.

Su Huan observed the area again, didn't spot any paparazzi, then entered the inpatient department and took the elevator directly to the floor of Shen Xiaoyu's ward.

As soon as she approached Shen Xiaoyu's room, she was stopped.

"Miss Su, Miss Shi has instructed that no one is allowed near the ward."

"I don't want to attract attention, so move aside!" Su Huan's gaze was cold, her face expressionless, her aura sharp and intimidating.

The people blocking her didn't move. "Please don't make things difficult for us."

"What if I insist on making things difficult for you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, two men in black emerged from the stairwell and charged straight at them.

Those two were also trained and instinctively began to fight back.

Immediately, the four began wrestling. Nurses who received the news came over to break up the fight and called hospital security.

Su Huan took advantage of the chaos to walk straight into Shen Xiaoyu's ward.

The moment she entered, her steps faltered, her gaze falling directly on the hospital bed, her brow furrowing.

"Mommy!" Shen Nian'an's swollen red eyes immediately lit up. She jumped down from the stool and into Su Huan's arms, hugging her neck pitifully.

"Mommy, you're finally back!" Her little mouth trembled as tears welled up in her eyes again. "Mama still hasn't woken up, and she's injured all over."

Su Huan patted her back, unable to focus on comforting her. She took two steps to the bedside, and upon seeing Shen Xiaoyu's condition clearly, her breathing hitched. Her heart felt like it was being squeezed by a large hand, making it almost impossible to breathe from the pain.

Her eyes gradually reddened. She closed them, forcing all the tears back, then exhaled to calm her emotions.

Shi Qiubai leaned back in her chair with her arms crossed, her voice indifferent: "You've seen her. You can leave now."

Su Huan forcibly moved her gaze away from Shen Xiaoyu and looked at her. "Come out. I have something to tell you."

Shi Qiubai shook her head, showing no intention of getting up. "I have nothing to say to you. Don't think you can use this method to make me leave sister!"

Su Huan gave her a cold glance, then patted her daughter's back and took her outside. "Go find Qiu Ye first and have her take you downstairs for dinner. Mama will take you back in a bit, okay?"

Shen Nian'an shook her head, shrinking into her arms. "I don't want to. I don't want to go anywhere. I just want to be with you."

"How about this—you wait with Qiu Ye in the stairwell, and I'll take you to eat in a moment, okay?" She spoke gently. "I have something very important to tell Shi Qiubai. Ten minutes at most, okay?"

Hearing this, Shen Nian'an could only agree, walking out while looking back every three steps.

The bodyguards who had been fighting outside had already stopped when Su Huan entered the ward. Qiu Ye, who had rushed back breathlessly, stood guard at the door, holding Shen Nian'an's hand while looking worriedly at Shi Qiubai, as if inquiring about her decision.

Shi Qiubai and Su Huan locked eyes. She narrowed her eyes slightly and waved at Qiu Ye.

As long as Su Huan didn't take sister away, she was willing to hear what Su Huan wanted to tell her.

Qiu Ye nodded and thoughtfully closed the door as she left.

The room immediately fell quiet. Shi Qiubai crossed her legs and asked casually: "Go ahead. What do you want to tell me?"

"Tang Tang escaped. I don't know if she's with Ning Yu, but I can confirm that I won't be able to catch Tang Tang again or control the system." Su Huan said flatly.

"Control the system?" Question marks appeared above Shi Qiubai's head.

Her mind raced, and suddenly a terrible thought occurred to her. Her gaze instantly became sharp. "Don't tell me that sister became like this because you wanted to control the system!"

"Yes and no. Xiaoyu became like this because of Tang Tang's system."

"Tang Tang's... system?"

Shi Qiubai frowned, keenly noticing the issue. "You still haven't told me everything!"

Su Huan nodded, pondered for a moment to organize her words. "If I were to describe it in Xiaoyu's terms, you and I are just supporting characters in a tragic romance novel. The protagonists are Tang Tang and Ning Yu, and this entire world revolves around them. Originally, this world ran very stably, but then someone came." Su Huan's gaze fell on Shen Xiaoyu, tender and lingering. "She came with a mission to pursue me but unfortunately almost failed and nearly died in this world. But because of her, this world changed."

She withdrew her gaze to look at Shi Qiubai, pointing at her then at herself. "Those who should have died didn't die. The corrupted villain didn't fall for the female lead. So this world generated its own system to correct the plot—let's call it the correction system—and it bound itself to Tang Tang." Su Huan said. "Oh, I forgot to tell you—Tang Tang, as the protagonist, awakened. That's the fundamental purpose of the system's creation."

The flood of information made Shi Qiubai's head spin. She stared blankly at Su Huan, struggling to process this sudden information.

Su Huan didn't care whether she could accept it and continued: "The correction system's purpose is to return this world to its original state, so it will kill anything that doesn't belong to this world, like Shen Xiaoyu. To prevent the correction system from threatening Shen Xiaoyu, I've been trying to control it. But unfortunately, current technology can't support my complete control of the system. The last typhoon was created by the system to kill Shen Xiaoyu."

Shi Qiubai opened her mouth, taking a long time to find her voice. "...Then this car accident..."

Su Huan pursed her lips, sighed, and said quietly: "Originally, the system could only kill Xiaoyu through natural forces. But... I think it couldn't wait anymore. Or perhaps it was to distract me and create conditions for escape."

Shi Qiubai seemed to understand. "So when you said Tang Tang escaped, you actually meant the system inside Tang Tang escaped!"

"Correct. I have people monitoring Ning Yu. If they see Tang Tang, someone will contact me. But..." Su Huan's expression darkened. "I lost a group from my research team. They disappeared from this world, including my research base that exploded later—now there's no trace of it either. I think the system modified this world's plot and deleted these from your memories."

Shi Qiubai's frown deepened as she struggled to digest the details.

Tang Tang was actually an awakened female lead, and she had a system... the system wanted to kill Sister... the last typhoon... this car accident...

She closed her eyes, feeling it was all absurd. "Are you sure this isn't something you made up to deceive me?"

How could she possibly be an NPC in a novel? With her qualifications, she should obviously be the protagonist!