[Isn't she supposed to lie on her bed, unable to get up for days?] Xiao Qingya was truly bewildered. [System, what's going on?]
Zhou Anran's eyes flickered. Fortunately, this System didn't seem to hold malicious intentions on her daughter. It could even be said that the System was the only one who could keep Xiao Qingya company.
On the other hand, Xiao Yuyan, who had just heard Xiao Qingya's words, nearly stumbled. Zhou Anran was quick, hurriedly taking her youngest daughter to her arms.
Outwardly, she reprimanded her daughter helplessly. "You two should walk carefully, watch your step. The older one fell to the floor this morning, and the younger one nearly fell too! You two are really twin sisters!"
Xiao Yuyan steadied herself with an embarrassed look on her face while Xiao Yuxi didn't seem bothered.
[This… I also don't know about this.] The System's voice rang in everyone's mind. [Let me check on something first, Little Ya.]
Xiao Yuyan blinked at the dazed Xiao Qingya in her mother's arms. Her expressions gradually morphed into shock. What is this System? Why does Little Ya speak so familiarly with it?
She didn't even see Xiao Qingya's lips move at all during their conversation!
Xiao Yuxi was less surprised compared to her younger twin sister, but she was still troubled by this strange entity that was talking to her youngest sister. Is this thing called System dangerous?
Soon, the mother and daughters in the room jolted in shock when they heard a loud, hysterical scream in their mind.
Xiao Qingya grumbled, her little face all scrunched up. [Shut up!]
[Nooo, I won't shut up!] The System screamed, but its volume was lowered slightly and wasn't as shrill as its previous voice.
Still, Zhou Anran and her daughters almost couldn't hold back from covering their ears even if they knew that it was useless. They desperately hold back their instinct. Zhou Anran didn't want to make her baby daughter suspicious while the twins still wanted to figure out what was going on.
[Calm down, calm down, take a deep breath.] Xiao Qingya muttered.
[I don't need to breathe!]
A small pause.
[Little Ya, I have two pieces of news for you. Good and bad; which one do you want to hear first?]
Everyone perked up their ears, eager to listen. Xiao Yuyan wanted to find out what her little sister was referring to when she said that she, her second sister, should have gotten beaten up?
It made her a little terrified. Just as terrified as when she finally found out that she had heard her little sister's inner thoughts.
Xiao Yuyan was more perceptive than her older sister, so after she just took one look at her silent mother and sister, she concluded that they could also hear Xiao Qingya's inner thoughts.
[What do you mean by bad news? Is there something worse than my current fate?] Xiao Qingya asked angrily.
[Calm down, Little Ya… ] It also realized that their current predicament was already bad. [Do you want to hear the bad news first?]
She subconsciously nodded.
[Little Ya, this world seems to be another glitch. I just checked and saw that the author wrote a lot of stories in the same universe…] Once the System finished its words, it took a peek at the little one's expressions.
Just as expected, Xiao Qingya had an incredulous look on her chubby face. [What do you mean? Speak clearly!]
[You already know that we don't do bad business. As long as you can change their fate and yours, you can earn points from the System.]
[But, the difficulty level in this world has increased a lot compared to the previous worlds because this world has several female leads and male leads. Little Ya, you will need to change their fate…]
After Xiao Qingya listened, her little face twitched, and because she was still a baby, she almost couldn't hold back her small body's reaction when babies were in distress; she nearly cried.
Tears already pooled in her eyes even if she didn't want it. Her eyes were going against her wishes!
"Little Ya, what's wrong? Come to Mother…" Zhou Anran's heart ached slightly. She picked up her youngest daughter from the chair and hugged her again.
Hugging her mother, she asked the System. [So, there are several stories?]
[Yes… also, this is ancient times. Things here are more complicated.]
There was the possibility of wars, and not to mention the outdated technology.
After Zhou Anran wiped the tears from her eyes, Xiao Qingya asked again. [Who are the female leads and male leads?]
[There are several stories, but you can only unlock two for the time being. The female leads are… one is your mother and the other is your sister. The plot that you read this morning is from your sister's story.]
[The male leads are your father and the other… eh, it's still locked for the time being because the storyline will take a while before we meet this male lead.]
If the male lead was her father, then surely he was the male lead in her mother's story.
When Zhou Anran heard about Xiao Qingya's father from the System, her grip on Xiao Qingya subconsciously tightened. Xiao Yuyan and Xiao Yuxi also looked at their oblivious little sister with expectation.
Alas, the System didn't elaborate further.
[Are the plots complicated…?] Xiao Qingya trailed off. Since the System was quite hysterical, it seemed that the plot should be troublesome.
The kind that would make her suffer a lot of headache. Even though she was helpless in changing the plot, she had categorized the previous worlds based on their difficulty.
In some worlds, most of the female leads and the male leads have sweet love. Sometimes, she would reincarnate as their daughter, but other times, she would also be a supporting character or even the villainous character's daughter.
If she was reincarnated as the main leads' daughter, she would just need to help them overcome or lessen some of their difficulties. The main leads were already the favored son of heaven, so the difficulty was low.
On the other hand, the supporting or villainous character had a worse fate. Even so, their plot was still relatively simple. Some supporting characters and cannon fodder suffered from the main leads' lucky fate.
Some lost their loved ones or business.
Meanwhile, the villainous characters always suffered the worst, like utter bankruptcy or ended up dead. As long as she could stop such a bad ending, the System would deem the mission as successful.
She rated the supporting character's and cannon fodder's fate as medium while the villainous characters had a high difficulty level.
[Um…] The System didn't know how it should answer its host.
[Speak!]
[Host… each novel is quite long and isn't as simple as previous stories. So, I think you can judge for yourself.]
Xiao Qingya burst into tears again.
Amidst her mother and two sisters' attempt to console her, she asked. [What about the good news? Tell me!]
She wanted to hear something good to soothe her wounded little heart.