Pei Bu Xian: “Because we’re having a competition to see who can give her more money.”

Lou Ting Si: “And then she fainted.”

Lou Yue Jue, standing nearby, commented: “This is just pathetic. It’s just a little bit of money.”
The doctor was silent.
The doctor gradually realized, “Now I understand why she fainted.”
The three of them were puzzled.
The doctor, looking at Qiao Chuchu, said with a heavy expression, “She was knocked out by an overwhelming amount of wealth.”
The three of them: “?”
The doctor leaned closer to Qiao Chuchu: “Someone came to snatch your money!”
Qiao Chuchu suddenly sat up with a jolt: “What?! Who’s after my money?!”
The doctor shrugged: “See, all good.”
The three of them: “……”
Qiao Chuchu, still a bit confused, looked around the hospital bed.
Pei Bu Xian, Lou Ting Si, and Lou Yue Jue stood above her, looking down.
She was dazed: “Did I faint again?”
She often fainted, as whenever she disobeyed the system, she was punished and would faint.
Over time, her body had been damaged, and sometimes when the system didn’t punish her, she would faint from emotional overwhelm.
Lou Yue Jue shook his head disdainfully: “With you like this, how can you call yourself the Eighth Miss of the Pei family? You are the most narrow-minded person I’ve ever met.”
Qiao Chuchu: “? That’s because your dad keeps transferring money to me.”
Lou Yue Jue rolled his eyes: “What if I transferred you twenty million?”
Qiao Chuchu: “?! You dare!!”
Lou Yue Jue grinned provocatively, sitting on her hospital bed: “Oh, I do dare, sister. I’ve been learning to manage money and earned a lot. I might even have more than your little vault.”
Qiao Chuchu: “……”
[As expected, they’re a pair of weirdos! I shouldn’t have had any good feelings for these two. The dad’s at least normal in front of others, but this son is just a pure little troublemaker!]
Lou Yue Jue raised his eyebrows and smiled even more provocatively: “Sister, you’re not cursing me in your heart, are you?”
Pei Bu Xian noticed something was off and narrowed his eyes.
Qiao Chuchu, unaware, smiled and replied, “No.”
Lou Yue Jue, like a little devil, his eyes sparkling mischievously, said meaningfully: “You don’t have to lie to me. Even if you’re cursing me in your heart, I still find you fun.”
Pei Bu Xian’s suspicion grew stronger.
Lou Ting Si noticed Pei Bu Xian’s gaze and quickly pulled Lou Yue Jue aside: “Be polite, son. Your sister just fainted, and she needs to rest.”
Lou Yue Jue reluctantly agreed: “...Fine.”
Lou Ting Si turned to Qiao Chuchu and politely smiled: “We’ll leave now. The money we gave you is a token of our appreciation. You don’t have to return it, but we’ll have a meal together sometime.”
Qiao Chuchu was taken aback, wanting to refuse, but the father and son didn’t give her a chance to speak and quickly left.
She quietly watched them walk away, then thought about her bank account balance.
[Didn’t expect... I was just here to save the West Highland Terrier, and I ended up earning twenty million?!]
[I must’ve accidentally stumbled upon the “big winner” script! Ahahahahaha! This is insane!]
Lou Yue Jue stumbled a bit, turned to look at her, and shook his head in exasperation.
Qiao Chuchu picked up her phone, opened the bank app, and stared at her account balance.
...
She couldn’t even read it.
She asked Pei Bu Xian: “Bro, how do you read this long string of numbers? Is it thirty-five billion two million? Or thirty-five billion and two million?”
Pei Bu Xian raised an eyebrow: “You spent money sending yourself to a prestigious university abroad, and you still haven’t learned anything, huh?”
Qiao Chuchu pouted: “I’ve learned!”
Pei Bu Xian furrowed his brow: “If you learned, then why can’t you read such simple numbers?”
Qiao Chuchu: “Because I didn’t learn it.”
Pei Bu Xian: “? Then do you know why your name on your ID card is Qiao Chu, not Qiao Chuchu?”
Qiao Chuchu paused, feeling a bit embarrassed: “Because my birth mother hoped I would become outstanding.”
Pei Bu Xian shrugged: “So do you think you’re outstanding now?”
Qiao Chuchu: “Why not? Even a lazy and gluttonous outstanding person is still outstanding!”
Pei Bu Xian: “????? Doesn’t not being able to read this string of numbers affect your spending?”
Qiao Chuchu: “? Not at all.”
Pei Bu Xian: “Then why are you asking me?!”
Qiao Chuchu: “...Then why are you yelling? You don’t want to tell me? Maybe Lou Ting Si is willing to tell me.”
Pei Bu Xian’s head buzzed with anger as he yelled like a monster: “Don’t you dare ask him! He’s just an outsider! Why are you being so familiar with an outsider?!”
Qiao Chuchu: “? What does it have to do with you who I’m familiar with?”
She was irate.
[And as expected, I was right—Pei Bu Xian is getting closer to being committed to a psychiatric hospital.]
Pei Bu Xian: “……”
He was about to retort but then realized he had lost his composure.
He rarely got angry.
But today, because of the lost dog, he had lost control.
Pei Bu Xian calmed down a little.
Qiao Chuchu almost died.
No, wait, she died twice.
She even has a chance to be reborn, and this is something she needs to tell her brothers.
And then there’s Lou Ting Si and his son...
He thinks they can hear Qiao Chuchu’s thoughts too.
But whether they can or not, he needs to test it.
After thinking for a while, Pei Bu Xian said, “Now that you’re better, let’s go home and settle things with Xia Xuechun.”
Qiao Chuchu felt a bit disheartened.
[What can we settle? Xia Xuechun may have lost your dog, but her verbal skills are top-notch. Plus, you’re bound to fall in love with her. So, even if she didn’t help find the West Highland Terrier, she’ll still talk you into forgiving her.]
Pei Bu Xian was speechless: “...Qiao Chuchu.”
She looked up in confusion and was gently tapped on the forehead.
Pei Bu Xian returned to his half-dead state and calmly said, “You really should understand what your brothers are like.”
Qiao Chuchu was baffled.
[Why should I understand you all? I’m not that free.]
Pei Bu Xian: “? Are you busy?”
Qiao Chuchu rolled her eyes.
[Busy? Of course, I’m busy. Busy with daydreaming, busy trying to figure out what’s wrong with you, busy planning how to send you painlessly to a mental hospital!]
Pei Bu Xian: “???”
He suddenly realized, after more than ten years, that never hearing Qiao Chuchu’s thoughts was a big regret.
He really wanted to know what her mindset was like when she did tasks.
Suddenly, Pei Bu Xian’s phone rang.
He answered, “Big brother.”
On the other end, Pei Yuan asked, “How did it go with Xia Xuechun today?”
Pei Bu Xian knew what he meant: “I’m fine, but now I’m at the hospital.”
“? Did you get hurt?”
Pei Bu Xian: “No, it’s Qiao Chuchu who got hurt. She almost got hit by a car.”
Pei Yuan fell silent for a moment, suspicious: “Did you push her?”
Pei Bu Xian: “? Of course not, it was Xia Xuechun’s fault.”
Pei Yuan froze, his tone clearly darkening: “I’ll cancel the meeting and have your other brothers come home.”
Pei Bu Xian was puzzled: “Why?”
Pei Yuan’s voice was heavy: “Why else? My sister almost got hit by a car, how can I sit still? Bring Xia Xuechun home. I need to get to the bottom of this!”