"Mmm-hmm~~"
She didn't know how long had passed; Su Qingge had been kissed until her head spun, her eyes rolled back, her heart pounded wildly, and she was on the verge of suffocation!!!
Lin Xuan's overbearing and fervent kiss seemed to drain all the strength from her body.
At last, the man showed a satisfied look, slowly withdrew his tongue, and released her lips.
"Y-you... huff~ you, huff~~"
Newly freed, Su Qingge's face was crimson, and she gasped for breath nonstop.
She shot Lin Xuan a fierce glare, then pushed her wheelchair away on her own.....
"Qingge, wait for me~~"
"Let's go to the hospital to see Grandfather now~~ and I'll take you to meet my unfortunate little cousin~~"
Lin Xuan caught up in a few strides, grinning roguishly as he apologized.
He knew Su Qingge wasn't truly angry; on the contrary, she was secretly delighted.
Women, you know.....
Don't they all like to say no when they mean yes?
Their mouths say 'stop it, ahhh~ o(＞﹏＜)o', but in their hearts they want it so badly~~~~
And things developed just as Lin Xuan had predicted.....
With a face as thick as a city wall, and after a bout of cheesiness, he finally earned Su Qingge's forgiveness—plus a complimentary pair of eye-rolls~~~→_→
Then the two got in the car together, planning to head to Magic City Hospital to visit the old man....
Just at that moment!
A string of system reward chimes suddenly rang out in Lin Xuan's mind.
…..
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for swallowing the supporting female Su Qingge's saliva; reward: 500 points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for unlocking the "Tip of the Tongue" contact area; reward: 1,000 points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for initiating negative-distance cuddling for the first time; reward: 10,000 points.]
[Ding! The supporting female Su Qingge's favorability has increased; Contact rewards raised to 4 points/1 second.]
[Ding! The host's "contact" points have accumulated to 500,000; special skill acquired: "Contact Melon Field."]
[Ding! Warm reminder: the exclusive skill Close Contact Magnetic Field now extends to a 5-meter range.]
…..
Uh… what?!
A forced kiss can actually raise favorability???
So, Qingge, you really are that kind of person?!
You like playing the 'push and pull' act, huh? You should've said so earlier!!!
But what the heck is this [Contact Melon Field] skill (?◇?)?
Don't tell me it literally gives me a plot of land and makes me plant melons???
Lin Xuan opened the system panel and curiously checked the skill description page.
[Contact Melon Field: Your gossip, my melons~~]
[The host can, by means of "contact," look up any character's juicy gossip.]
[Friendly tip: Eat some melons (gossip) every day, and life will be full of laughs~~~]
.......
After understanding how the "eat melons" skill worked, Lin Xuan's eyes lit up at once.
Although, as a transmigrator-into-a-book, he could achieve foreknowledge and foresight, that only applied to some of the main plot characters in the novel; as for most side characters, he only vaguely knew the general outline.
As for cannon fodder, minor extras, and those never named in the novel, he was completely in the dark.
But with the "eating melons" skill dishing out scoops......
The world would no longer have secrets for him; he could gorge himself on everyone's big "melons."
......
Magic City First People's Hospital.
Pushing the wheelchair, Lin Xuan first took Su Qingge to the old man's ward to visit him.
Seeing his rosy complexion and good recovery, they were relieved; then they left the room and headed toward the ward where Tang Ling was.....
Inside a certain VIP ward.
Chu Ling, in striped patient clothes, was lying on the soft hospital bed.
Around her stood a crowd of visiting medical staff, all wearing looks of caring joy.
They had all witnessed with their own eyes how that scoundrel Chu Xiong forced his biological daughter to be discharged, cutting off her hope of survival.
......
"Chu Ling, I didn't expect you to be back so soon?"
"Whatever the case, it's good you're back! We were worried sick when you left! We were really afraid your dad would force you to give up treatment!"
"From here on, don't think about anything else, just focus on getting better! You're still in the early stages of stomach cancer right now, there's a very good chance you can be successfully cured."
"You really have to thank Young Master Lin! He's already spoken to the dean—he'll cover all your medical expenses and has asked the hospital to provide you with the top medical team. Under these conditions, your recovery is only a matter of time....."
"Indeed~(^o^)/~~~ Young Master Lin is both handsome and kind! A man like that is every girl's dream! If my future husband has even one percent of Young Master Lin, I'll be satisfied~~"
"Miss, President Lin should come to visit you later! Make sure you thank him properly!"
"If President Lin weren't kindhearted, how would you even have the chance to be reborn?! Young Master Lin is practically your second set of parents!"
"Alright! Let's not disturb the patient's rest; everyone out! She needs peace and quiet!"
"We're off then! Chu Ling, sleep if you're tired, and watch some TV if you're bored! We're going back to work~~"
"......"
In the face of the medical staff's concern, Chu Ling nodded solemnly, thanking and bidding farewell to each of them.
As for the Lin Xuan they all spoke of......
Chu Ling was, of course, full of gratitude as well.
Without his "inner voice" and his help, she would probably have already been...... by that malicious couple.
Besides, right now she had nowhere else to go.
Other than that, mysterious "cousin," she knew practically no one in Magic City; dragging her sickly body, she couldn't possibly survive.
She didn't even know where to start if she wanted to look for her biological parents......
"If that person really is my cousin... then we count as relatives, right? He shouldn't harm me!"
"I just don't know what he's plotting. According to the tropes in the rebirth novels I've read......"
"In his previous life my cousin must have been framed by enemies—company bankrupt, wife and child separated, both parents crippled, family ruined and people dead...."
"Finally, he jumped to his death in despair, only to open his eyes and... return to the past, reborn from the ashes!!!"
"At the instant he woke, his eyes were filled with raging flames of vengeance, and he roared to the sky!"
"In this life! I want this sky to no longer cover my eyes. I want this earth to no longer bury my heart. I want all living beings to understand my will. I want the myriad Buddhas in the heavens to vanish into smoke!!!"
"......."
Chu Ling narrowed her eyes, immersed in a certain novel plot and unable to pull herself out.
Now she believed firmly that Lin Xuan was a "reincarnator".....
In her conjecture, there were only two possibilities for why this "cousin" had sought her out.....
She had done him a great favor in the previous life, and after being reborn Lin Xuan had come to repay it. She was of great use to Lin Xuan's revenge plan, and he wanted to use her to achieve some goal?
.......
"Forget it, I won't think about it! My head hurts! Anyway, no matter what the reason is....."
"The fact is he helped me! So as long as it doesn't violate my principles, I'll repay this kindness as much as I can."
"Besides, I can hear his inner voice; I'm innately in an invincible position, so there's nothing much to worry about."
"After all, I'm the daughter of fortune with a golden finger!!!"
"........"
At this thought, a confident smile appeared on Chu Ling's pale face.
Then she lay quietly on the bed, waiting for Lin Xuan's arrival.
During the wait, because she was too bored, she even turned on the TV in the room and started happily watching a domestic anime......
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[Ultra-short comic, completed.]