T/N: I’ll release a mass update tomorrow, up to chapter 34, to catch up with the chapters on NovelUpdates.
-Xiao means little
-Zuo Bian literally means Left Side
Chapter 2
【Host, would you like to view your character’s attribute panel? It will help you survive better in this unfamiliar world.】
Zuo Bian nodded. There was still so much she didn’t understand about this world.
There was no spiritual energy here, and there were many strange and wondrous things. Everything she encountered was new and intriguing, and she wanted to learn about it all.
【Name: Female
Age: 21
Height: 167cm
Identity: Daughter of Zuo Yan, chairman of Zuo Group, and Du Yundong, daughter of the Du family.
Family: Father Zuo Yan, Mother Du Yundong, Brother Zuo Yuan
Basic Settings: Intellectually disabled, innocent and naive, easily deceived, educational level equivalent to a first-grade elementary school student.
Family Situation: Beloved by parents and brother.
Current Crisis: Complete the mission to save your life.
Current Mission: Approach the female lead of the novel, Qin Ai, seduce her, and make her lose her mind and become infatuated with you.】
Zuo Bian tilted her head as she listened, raising a question: “Why should I make her lose her mind? Is this world as dangerous as the cultivation world?”
【Don’t mind those unimportant details. In short, you need to make her fall head over heels for you, which means making her fall in love with you.】
Zuo Bian clenched her fists, her voice full of determination. “Okay, I’ll do my best! First step, I need to start learning. I looked carefully, and it seems I can only understand punctuation marks.”
【Well… you can start learning first, there’s no rush.】
To be honest, I haven’t figured out what to make up next, 555 thought to itself, not voicing its true thoughts.
Zuo Bian carefully placed the booklet under her pillow, then started planning how to learn.
“To learn characters, I should go to school, right? Should I tell my parents that I want to go to school? But I’m already 21 years old, and schools are full of children, right? I feel a bit embarrassed.” Zuo Bian scratched her head as she spoke.
【Ah… the scene is too beautiful, I can’t imagine it! But these are not problems, Host, have you forgotten your setting? Your setting is being intellectually disabled!】
Although 555’s tone was sincere, Zuo Bian still felt a little strange.
“So what should I do?”
【As long as you tell your parents that you want to learn, Host, they will find a tutor for you. One-on-one teaching, eliminating all awkwardness!】
“Okay!” Zuo Bian abruptly stood up, opened the door, and walked to the left.
【Host, are you going to find Zuo’s mother? Such strong initiative, clap clap clap for you. But Host, how did you know where Zuo’s mother, Du Yundong, is?】
“I don’t know.”
【Huh? Then why are you walking this way?】
Zuo Bian continued walking. “Because my name is Zuo Bian, so I just need to walk to the left.”
【I didn’t expect you to be able to tell jokes, Host… Host, please stop for a moment. What if you have to walk in the opposite direction? You’ll have to go back again.】
Zuo Bian finally stopped. She walked straight towards a maid. If she couldn’t find her way, she could just ask for directions.
Soon, someone led Zuo Bian to Du Yundong. Du Yundong held Zuo Bian’s hand and asked her to sit down.
“Mother?” Zuo Bian called out uncertainly, her eyes filled with confusion.
Du Yundong was stunned for a moment, then wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and hugged Zuo Bian. “That’s great, Xiao Bian finally remembers that I’m her mother.”
“Mom… Mom.” Zuo Bian slowly uttered these two words. To her, “mother” was a very unfamiliar term. But feeling the warmth of Du Yundong’s embrace, these two words didn’t seem so unfamiliar anymore.
Zuo Bian saw Du Yundong holding her hand. “Xiao Bian remembers her mother, then do you remember your own name?”
“Zuo Bian, my name is Zuo Bian.” Zuo Bian replied.
When Du Yundong heard what Shi Miaozhu said today, she thought that perhaps her Xiao Bian’s condition wasn’t getting worse, but rather better.
At least she was reacting to the outside world and speaking more.
Now she even recognized her mother and remembered her own name. This was a good start.
“Xiao Bian is amazing! You actually remember your name, Mom is so happy.”
Zuo Bian felt embarrassed by the praise. She didn’t seem to have done anything extraordinary.
【Host, quickly say you want to study!】
“Mom, I want to read books, but I don’t know the characters. Can I learn?” Zuo Bian looked at Du Yundong with a pleading expression.
How could Du Yundong refuse such a simple request from Zuo Bian?
“Xiao Bian wants to learn? Don’t worry, Mom will definitely find you the best and most gentle tutor. It doesn’t matter how well you learn in the end, as long as Xiao Bian is happy.”
“Thank you, Mom.” Zuo Bian smiled happily, feeling that she was one step closer to completing the mission. Then she asked about her progress.
【Beep, mission progress 0.01%. Host, you see, we are only 99.9% away from success!】
‘Yes, I will work harder!’ Zuo Bian replied to 555 in her heart.
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Learning wasn’t difficult for Zuo Bian, especially since the characters of this era had similarities to the characters of her own time. After a few days, she had learned at least a few hundred characters and could understand most of the words in the Green Tea Handbook.
【Although you haven’t memorized all the sentences in the Green Tea Handbook, it’s time for us to get started. Gogogo!】
*(Gou Gou Gou sound) = Dog Dog Dog. Zuo Bian misheard Go as Gou*
“Dogdogdog?”
【Gogogo means let’s go, let’s go.】
“Oh oh, I’ll remember that. Dogdogdog! Let’s dog!”
Zuo Bian told her bodyguards that she wanted to go out. Although she had several bodyguards by her side, their job was only to protect her safety and eliminate those with malicious intentions. They wouldn’t restrict her freedom.
This was also the intention of Zuo’s parents. They didn’t want to treat Zuo Bian as a fool. In their eyes, their daughter was the best and was free, just a little slow-witted. Apart from that, she was no different from other children.
Bodyguard Shi Miaozhu asked Zuo Bian where she wanted to go.
“I want to go? I don’t know where I want to go.” In fact, Zuo Bian didn’t know where the female lead Qin Ai, mentioned by System 555, was.
The system said she had to actively create a chance encounter, but where could she encounter Qin Ai?
【Host, just say you want to go out for a walk, let’s get out first. I’m already contacting the higher-ups to give us a female lead location plug-in.】
Following 555’s instructions, Zuo Bian said she just wanted to take a stroll. Soon, the car was ready.
Zuo Bian left the Zuo family manor with a grand entourage, her face pressed against the window, excitedly watching the scenery flash by.
Entering the city, Zuo Bian looked at the streets of this world with curiosity. Many people had colorful hair, and the clothes they wore were pitifully revealing. Were they poor?
No, it seemed that everyone in this world dressed like this. They didn’t seem to mind exposing their arms and legs. They also didn’t care about the traditional belief that one’s body and hair were gifts from their parents, as many people had short haircuts.
Compared to her original world, there weren’t so many rigid constraints here. Women didn’t have to worry about being seen as impure if their feet were seen. This world was more free, more colorful, and more desirable to her.
At this moment, 555 finally spoke.
【Host, Host, the higher-ups said that precise spatiotemporal location is against the rules. I can only know the approximate location, and the time when the female lead Qin Ai appears is uncertain. You need to rely on luck.】
‘Where is it?’
【It’s in the mall ahead. You can get off the car now.】
“I want to get off and walk around, is that okay?”
Shi Miaozhu asked the driver to find a place to park, then said to Zuo Bian, “Miss, you can get off whenever you want. Just let us know, no need to ask for our permission.”
Zuo Bian tilted her head and looked at Shi Miaozhu. She always felt that Shi Miaozhu’s eyes were filled with sympathy and pity when she looked at her. She was perfectly healthy, why should she be pitied?
There was a reason for Shi Miaozhu’s gaze. Zuo Bian’s intelligence wasn’t like that of ordinary people. Fortunately, Zuo Bian was born into the Zuo family, with no worries about food and clothing, loved by her parents and brother, and protected. Otherwise, being well-behaved, polite, and beautiful, who knows what she might have encountered.
However, what Shi Miaozhu didn’t know was that the person she thought was a pitiful little girl was actually a powerful cultivator. Anyone who wanted to do anything to Zuo Bian would have to consider how many bones they were willing to break.
After the car stopped, Shi Miaozhu opened the door for Zuo Bian.
As soon as Zuo Bian got out of the car, she walked towards the entrance of the mall, following the system’s instructions, curious about what the female lead in 555’s words looked like.
The novels in this world were like the storybooks in her original world. The female leads in storybooks were generally beautiful and delicate. As a cultivator, she must protect this person in the future.
She often heard stories about heroes saving beauties, and the rescued person falling in love and pledging their life to the hero, becoming a beautiful tale.
If she could show off her skills in front of the female lead, maybe the female lead would fall for her?
However, a question also arose in Zuo Bian’s mind. Why did 555 want her to approach the female lead instead of the male lead?
Was it because it would be more convenient for her to be the hero who saves the beauty with the female lead? It seemed very likely.
A fluffy monster passed by Zuo Bian, its hands clutching a bunch of things that looked like kites but weren’t quite kites.
When a child saw the fluffy monster, they actually ran over happily. Zuo Bian couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
Although she didn’t quite understand why, these things seemed normal in this world.
Seeing that Zuo Bian had glanced at the balloons a few times, Shi Miaozhu, who acted as both bodyguard and nanny, immediately bought a balloon and handed it to Zuo Bian.
“Miss, you probably want this, right?”
Zuo Bian took the balloon blankly and discovered that this round thing could float on its own, completely different from a kite.
【Host, Host, quickly go to the second floor, I sense a major event happening!】
“I want to go upstairs and have a look.”
【Hurry, hurry! If you don’t hurry, you’ll miss the chance to be the hero who saves the beauty!】
Zuo Bian nodded inwardly. As she expected. Saving people was important, she had to run.
Zuo Bian, clutching the balloon, took three steps at a time, her light footsteps carrying her up the stairs like a swallow. The bodyguards, including Shi Miaozhu, were stunned.
“Miss, don’t run!”
Zuo Bian seemed not to hear.
As soon as she reached the second floor, she was blinded by the glittering gold. Before her eyes could fully adjust to the surroundings, she heard chaotic screams and a man’s stern shouts.
“Hands up! Nobody move!”
Finally, Zuo Bian opened her eyes. She saw several men, their faces covered with something, standing in front of the counters filled with gold and silver jewelry. The men were brandishing guns menacingly, and one of them was holding a woman hostage.
Even though she was being held hostage, the woman didn’t show any signs of unease or panic, as if being taken hostage was just a trivial matter, less important than deciding whether to have coffee or tea after dinner.
The woman seemed to notice Zuo Bian’s unwavering gaze and glanced at her.
Underneath her long, dark eyelashes were a pair of deep-set eyes, like a seemingly calm but dark sea hiding countless undercurrents.
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