Rebirth of an Idle Noblewoman

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So she suspected that she was indeed an outsider of this world, an anomaly, just as Dubhe had said.

If so many lives disappeared because of her, how could she be at ease?

Thinking of this, Gu Xiqiao lifted her head again to look at the man. “Brother Jiang, I actually have a system.”

“A system?” This was the first time Jiang Shuxuan had heard Gu Xiqiao talk about this. He lowered his head to look at her properly. He had known for a long time that she had a secret, and he recalled how he couldn’t detect her presence a few times throughout their time together.

He knew that there were some secrets that were better off being left to the unknown, as it would cause unnecessary waves, which was also the reason he had started gradually controlling the ancient martial arts world.

He needed enough power to protect her.

He didn’t expect that she would let him in on her secrets. Jiang Shuxuan felt like there were flowers blooming around him everywhere, and his bad mood started to vanish little by little.

“Yeah, it’s Jiji.” Gu Xiqiao looked around, but she didn’t see the small robot. “I don’t think I forgot about Jiji…”

“I didn’t bring it up when I brought you just now.” Jiang Shuxuan’s voice flattened out once Jiji was mentioned. “Jiji is the system?” His mood improved further upon seeing that she had put aside the matter of her being an anomaly of the world for now.

“The fact that I could… live again, it was because of Jiji.” Gu Xiqiao felt the arms around her tightened once again.

Then he spoke in a low voice, “I see. I’ll treat it more kindly in the future.”

The two slowly calmed down, and Gu Xiqiao related to Jiang Shuxuan everything about the system from the beginning.

***

Jiji, who was far away in W Town, suddenly felt like it wanted to sneeze. It told Xixi about its feelings, and Xixi looked at it weirdly. “You… you have a nose?”

Jiji stiffened, turning around to raise its mechanical arm and pointed at Xixi. “Gunara, the god of darkness[1], turn into a chicken!”

Xixi turned its head to look at Yi Tong, patting its wings on his shoulder. “Don’t look so surprised, this robot has some screws loose. I’ll get Beauty Gu to fix it tomorrow.”

Yi Tong coughed, trying to smother the laughter that threatened to burst forth. “Master Xixi, Big Boss and Miss Gu have left first. Do you want to follow us back now?”

Xixi nodded its head, shrinking down to its smaller size and perching on top of Jiji.

“Wait,” Jiji called out, stopping Yi Tong with a grave expression.

Yi Tong knew that this robot belonged to Gu Xiqiao, since she always had interesting things at her side. But seeing the robot having such intelligence, it really was like looking at a creepy monster.

“Jiji, what else do you need to do?” Yi Tong asked, looking at it with a smile on his face.

Jiji looked at Yi Tong. “You called this chicken ‘master’, why are you calling me ‘Jiji’? Am I not majestic enough?” Grr, so annoying!

“…” Yi Tong’s smile was frozen on his face. He could already hear laughter from Yi Tiao in the distance, but seeing how he was the one facing Jiji, he didn’t dare to laugh at all. He was legitimately terrified of things that belonged to Miss Gu, like that pink flower. Who would expect that it was a man-eating plant that could swallow a Fleet Foot level master whole?