Chapter 160 Chapter 160 Alive, But Not Entirely Alive
Chapter 160 Alive, But Not Entirely Alive
Late at night, the quiet hospital was left with only a few night shift nurses on duty.
A man, one meter ninety tall, walked in from outside, heading straight for the fifth floor.
“Young Master Si Chen, you’re still coming over so late?”
“Yes, I want to see Chi Xiaocheng. Where is she?”
“Miss Chi... I’ll take you. To think such a beautiful and lovely child could have something like this happen to her, sigh...”
Following the young nurse, Si Chen arrived before Chi Xiaocheng.
It had been three days, and this was the first time he had come to see this ailing girl since the moment her accident occurred.
Si Chen walked into the ward, switched on a small light, then closed the door behind him. Looking at her pretty face, like that of a sleeping beauty, he sighed, “Chi Xiaocheng, oh, Chi Xiaocheng, why do you have to be like this? First, you tried to end your life, and now such an accident has happened.”
“For your sake, I had ‘Never Love Tao’ branded onto my back. Considering your plan, I’ve even been guiding Su Tao to be your wingman.”
“I even thought that after her War God father returned, you and Su Tao would marry, and I’d be your best man. Then, riding on her father’s influence, I could use that leverage to return to the Si family...”
“Sigh!”
Si Chen pulled a chair over and sat down, clenching his fist and hitting his thigh.
It was because of this matter with Ye Liang that his effortless path to revenge had become difficult again.
After a long silence, Si Chen suddenly noticed that, apart from the ECG monitor, many other things, large and small, were attached to Chi Xiaocheng’s body.
She even had an IV drip, as if providing nutrients to her body.
In an instant, Si Chen stood up, realizing something was wrong.
“If she were truly dead, shouldn’t they be considering preserving the body? Why would they be trying to save her?”
Although he didn’t understand medicine, he had seen enough of the world to know that the instruments and drugs being used were undoubtedly world-class!
“Something is very wrong!”
It was no exaggeration to say that Si Chen understood Chi Xiaocheng better than anyone else, and was the most aware of her yandere side.
There was likely only one reason for such an arrangement.
“Chi Xiaocheng is faking her death!”
As soon as this thought struck him, Si Chen had an epiphany.
Just like her previous attempt to end her life, everything was for the sake of manipulating Su Tao!
If all of this was part of a plan, it would also explain why, even though she was supposedly dead, such expensive instruments were being used to prolong her life. Perhaps...
“Perhaps even this ECG machine is fake.”
Si Chen looked at the flatline on the ECG, his eyes gleaming with seriousness.
He took a deep breath, confirmed there were no cameras, and after locking the doors and windows, he said in a low voice to Chi Xiaocheng, “Chi Xiaocheng, you don’t need to pretend anymore. I know you’re faking your death. It’s just us here, so we can discuss what happens next.”
After he finished speaking, Chi Xiaocheng still didn’t react.
Si Chen frowned. “There’s no need for this. Do you not even trust me?”
That’s strange.
Could his guess have been wrong?
Si Chen mused for ten seconds, then his eyes suddenly became resolute. Lowering his voice, he said, “Chi Xiaocheng, it would be a huge shame if you truly left just like this. To tell you the truth, I’ve actually secretly liked Su Tao all along.”
“After you’re gone, she’ll have no one else to love.”
“And I, well, I’ll just have to reluctantly take care of Su Tao for you.”
Si Chen sighed deeply, “If we ever get married, I’ll come to your grave and burn an incense stick... Wha... What the heck?!”
Si Chen hadn’t even finished speaking when he was suddenly startled, stumbling back two steps.
He saw that the ECG, which had been a flatline, suddenly pulsed twice, showing a tiny ripple!
And Chi Xiaocheng, lying peacefully on the bed, extended a small hand from beneath the blanket, her index finger twitching for an instant.
Looking at her pretty face again, she still seemed to be sleeping peacefully.
It was as if it had all been an illusion.
But Si Chen didn’t think so; he had genuinely seen Chi Xiaocheng move, if only for a tiny moment!
Parameters correct, activation successful.
Even without consciousness, a system voice echoed in Chi Xiaocheng’s mind.
[Host detected as deceased...]
[Substitute Straw Doll successfully deployed...]
[Current status: feigned death]
[Body repair in progress using “Orange Cells” derived from the Straw Doll...]
[Repair remaining time: 46 days]
[Host detected with intense urge to awaken]
[Consciousness awakening prematurely...]
[Host, welcome back]
The person on the hospital bed still remained motionless. Si Chen, at some point, had taken off his shirt, and despite the cold weather, still kept the four characters “Never Love Tao” exposed.
What he didn’t know was that the person on the bed had indeed entered a state of “death” and would not awaken until the body repair time was complete.
At the same time, in Chi Xiaocheng’s room, inside a small drawer, a little straw doll’s eyes suddenly glowed red.
“System, where is Si Chen?”
The straw doll opened its mouth, and surprisingly, a clear and lovely voice emerged.
It was a doll with a hole in its chest, yet it still looked somewhat cute, but now its eyes glowed crimson, making it rather eerie in the dark, confined drawer!
The System quickly spoke up.
[Host, calm down. You are currently deceased!]
And this body was no longer her original one.
Chi Xiaocheng took two steps, felt awkward, and only then realized that she had transformed into a straw doll!
“System, what’s going on? Explain this.”
Her memory only went as far as the few minutes when she was hit by the sniper rifle.
After pain spread throughout her body, Chi Xiaocheng truly felt she was going to die.
Her mind went blank, she even forgot about the Substitute Straw Doll. She poured out everything she thought and hoped for to Su Tao, with all her might.
Then...
She woke up to the present moment.
[Host, you were confirmed deceased and have entered a state of feigned death. After the Straw Doll took your place, the Orange Cells added to your body will slowly repair it. Normally, while in a state of feigned death, you would vaguely perceive external circumstances,]
[but you would only awaken once your body repair was complete. However, Si Chen triggered your strong urge to awaken.]
[That body’s injuries are severe and cannot sustain your consciousness for awakening.]
[Therefore, I transferred your consciousness to this Substitute Straw Doll.]
She was alive, but not entirely.
Chi Xiaocheng probably understood now that her survival was entirely due to the System’s power, and the strange cells in her body were some kind of medical miracle.
But in this current supernatural state, as a doll, wouldn’t anyone who saw her be scared to death?
More importantly, as a small doll, she clearly couldn’t do anything.
“Wait...”
Chi Xiaocheng suddenly remembered that she wasn’t completely helpless.
She slowly looked at her skill panel.
[Disguise (Intermediate)]
[Can disguise and transform into another person; appearance, height, bones, etc. can be freely altered, but cannot violate basic human parameters. Limited to female forms. Usable once per week. Disguise duration: 3 hours]
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