novelraw Chapter 262: Su Juan (Complete)
Chapter 262: Su Juan (Complete)
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In Yu Tiao’s view, Su Juan’s mind has been muddled for over a year now, never getting better, spending her days eating and drinking at home, even adopting a cat, making videos of the cat to upload online, always holding either a game console or a phone to read novels, even handling her three meals a day, and dragging her to have hot pot at home every day.
Half a year passed, Yu Tiao’s wallet fattened up, and so did her belly, gaining a full twenty pounds.
She tried probing several times, asking Su Juan if she wanted to look for a job, but Su Juan would wave her hand, saying she wanted to be a pet influencer.
Yet Su Juan hadn’t posted a single video all week.
There’s a saying, "extreme situations lead to reverse outcomes," Yu Tiao sighed, seems like she’s spent her past twenty years too intensely, now she’s rebounding completely, lying flat and giving up.
That night, as the two lay on the bed, watching Su Juan indulge blissfully in reading novels, Yu Tiao finally couldn’t hold back, deciding to persuade her, "If you continue like this, when will you ever afford a house?"
Su Juan did not lift her head, "I already bought one."
Yu Tiao: "?"
Su Juan: "This house, I just bought it recently."
Yu Tiao was shocked, flipping over to press Su Juan on the bed to question her, "Be honest, did you win the lottery?"
Although this house isn’t big, it’s in a prime location, you couldn’t get it for less than five million, where did Su Juan get this much money?
Su Juan beamed, "Yeah, I won ten million, spent five million to buy this house."
Yu Tiao’s tears of envy trickled down from the corner of her mouth, no wonder she persistently bought things for herself, spending tens of thousands without a care, always dragging her to have sumptuous hot pot meals.
Who’s to understand? My friend, who had a bumpy fate since childhood, unexpectedly struck it rich, taking me along to live a blissful dreamlike life.
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With idle days, Su Juan began to miss Old Emperor, Duke Ping, Liu Miaoying, even running to the library to search for historical records of the dynasty, to see if these figures truly existed in history.
Not finding anything in official history, she turned to folklore, and actually managed to find some.
Just like she fully experienced in her last life, everything fell into place, although she knew this might not even be the dynasty she lived through, because according to the system, it was merely a fictional world.
Unconsciously, she started crying, wiping her tears, it seemed quite fine this way.
The system initially gave her two choices, to stay in the ancient times and continue living as the Emperor, or return to modern times with the rewards still given.
She did hesitate, after all, she had life-and-death friends there, confidants, and a family that doted on her.
They were so good that even in the first year of ascending to the throne, she could have left, but Su Juan stubbornly dragged it on for a few more years.
Upon truly leaving, knowing from the system that everything in the future would follow the existing path, she finally felt relieved.
Life in ancient times was unbearably hard, waking up at four in the morning for court, no internet, no dramas to watch, no games to play, no novels to read, faced with a bunch of ministers urging for heirs day in and day out, life seemed bleak.
If she were a complete ancient person, living there wouldn’t be a problem, but she’s genuinely a modern person... can’t do it!
Just the hot summers without air conditioning, cold snowy days without heating, she couldn’t withstand.
In the next life, if there’s a chance, she’ll definitely stay with them!
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"Boohoo, it’s so moving, the male lead is too devoted!"
Su Juan was watching the novel, tears and snot flowed, moved by the immortal male lead in the book.
Yu Tiao was puzzled, busy with dinner in the kitchen, "What novel’s got you crying like this?"
Su Juan promptly grabbed her phone and ran to the kitchen to recommend it to her, "I’m telling you, this novel is really good, the male lead is reborn, every life he repeatedly falls in love with the female lead, but she never acknowledges him, each life he quietly protects her, not demanding anything, just hoping for her happiness, boohoo, what a perfect man! This female lead is so clueless, if it were me, I’d immediately shower him with kisses!"
Yu Tiao almost burst out laughing, "Don’t brag, if it were you, you’d be running away in no time, right?"
Since university, she hadn’t seen Su Juan in a relationship, not even a casual flirt.
She remembers back then, quite a few were pursuing Su Juan, senior and junior students, even outsiders, plus many met during part-time jobs.