She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!

A week later, Rong Yu called in sick.

The classmates didn’t find it strange.

Shen Muyang was actually quite happy upon hearing the news, speculating that Rong Yu’s illness might have worsened.

In reality, Rong Yu was doing quite well, he just needed to undergo surgery.

As everyone knows, the chances of curing early-stage stomach cancer are quite high. Even if something unexpected happens, with Ah Chen’s skills, Rong Yu will still survive, so there’s no worry about that.

With Rong Yu absent, the plot continued as always.

Recently, Shen Muyang seemed quite pleased and was particularly attentive to Ah Chen, even showing it openly; it seemed he was eager.

Shen Muzhi also appeared from time to time to make her presence known, and Chen Qing often invited her over for meals, which she didn’t refuse.

After all, she was supposed to be getting closer to the Shen Family through hints in the bullet screen.

But the Shen Family clearly thought this level of closeness wasn’t enough.

At least in the memories, the hints from the bullet screen always encouraged her to slowly grow closer to the Shen Family and treat them as real family.

Ah Chen figured, although Rong Yu was a detour, the next part should be the storyline involving deskmate Jiao Yu, which was also intended to make the Commissioner trust the Shen Family more.

But before Jiao Yu’s storyline appeared, two unexpected guests, who happened to be familiar faces, arrived at the villa: Shao Baocheng and his son.

Shao Baocheng had already been released.

However, Zhou Yun, who stole jewelry, wasn’t so lucky and had to face jail time.

Both Shao Baocheng and Shao Yifan looked unwell, with dark circles under their eyes and pale faces, and they bowed deeply upon seeing Ah Chen.

”Miss Qiao, please save us,” Shao Baocheng said with tears in his eyes, ”Please speak with Mr. and Mrs. and Old Sir Qiao for us. We truly know our mistakes and will never do anything against you again. If they are still angry, please send a message to you or us in a dream, and we will comply.”

Shao Yifan’s lips were pale, and he had lost a significant amount of weight.

Given his state, there’s no way he could concentrate on studying.

With the college entrance exams coming next year, if they don’t quickly resolve the strange issues surrounding them, they can forget about getting into a good school.

”What’s happened to you?” Ah Chen looked puzzled, pretending to be completely unaware.

The father and son didn’t doubt her and had Shao Baocheng narrate the recent events.

It turned out that after Shao Baocheng was released, he planned to take Shao Yifan to live elsewhere, only to find out that Shao Yifan was behaving strangely. At first, he thought it was due to stress or mental issues. But that night, he too heard the ”thumping” knocks at the door.

Every time they fell asleep, the knocking would start.

When they got up to check, the knocking immediately stopped.

The hotel they stayed in had security cameras outside. Investigating the footage showed that not only was there no one outside the door, but there wasn’t even any knocking sound.

Even if they arranged for someone to guard the door, the knocking continued, yet it couldn’t be recorded on a phone.

If both father and son hadn’t experienced these events, they would surely be considered crazy.

Although there was no evidence, the father and son believed that these incidents were caused by Qiao Haisheng and his wife or Old Sir Qiao.

Knocking sounds that couldn’t be captured by surveillance, how could it be done by humans?

Shao Baocheng even spent a significant amount of money to hire a specialist, but the money was wasted, and the paranormal events around them only increased.

”Now it’s not just the knocking; occasionally, when we get up in the middle of the night, the water from the faucet is blood, and so is the toilet...” Shao Yifan’s lips turned white, omitting the fact that even urine might appear blood-red.

”How can you be certain that it’s my parents and grandfather causing these disturbances?” Ah Chen frowned, ”What if it’s not them? Moreover, since they passed away, I haven’t dreamt of them, nor have they come to find me.”

”I understand your predicament, but I don’t have the ability to communicate with spirits, so I’m afraid I can’t help you.”

”Do you really think saying a few words at their graves will have any effect?”

”So far, no one has proven that these are the doings of spirits,” Ah Chen continued, ”You should find someone more knowledgeable to address this. Besides, isn’t there a chance it’s a mental issue?”

When making this last suggestion, Ah Chen looked skeptical.

”Miss Qiao, we came today hoping you could try to help,” Shao Baocheng said cautiously, ”We apologize for the previous incidents. If it’s truly not possible, we’ll figure out another way.”

Ah Chen remained silent, sitting on the sofa, as if pondering.

Shao Baocheng, leading Shao Yifan, said many good things, painting a miserable picture of their situation.

”What’s going on here?” Shen Muyang walked in from outside, having heard the news of Shao Baocheng and his son’s arrival and wanting to find out more.

[Shen Muyang is really proactive.]

[Came as soon as he heard, shows he cares a lot about the protagonist.]

[Father and son Shao Baocheng are not good people; if you read the original, you’d know how badly they harmed the protagonist. Now that their goals weren’t achieved and their true selves were exposed, along with the paranormal events, they’re acting all pitiful.]

[The protagonist should definitely not sympathize with these two.]

Ah Chen glanced at the barrage and briefly explained the sequence of events to Shen Muyang.

Shen Muyang sneered, ”You were after something significant back then, completely disregarding Xiao Qiao’s safety. Now that you have problems, you want Xiao Qiao to plead with Grandpa Qiao and others at their graves? Such things don’t come easy.”

”Believe it or not, if Grandpa Qiao were still alive and knew what you did, it wouldn’t just be about lawful processing anymore, you’d be in serious trouble. To say nothing of the fact that anyone else in charge wouldn’t just let it go, how dare you show up here.”

[That’s right, Shen Muyang is totally justified in saying that.]

[These two father and son are just pathetic.]

[The protagonist wasn’t raised in the Qiao Family from childhood. The previous environment was relatively mild, so it’s understandable she didn’t expect so much.]

[Don’t forget, the protagonist is only 16, still a kid. It’s already impressive for her to handle things like this.]

[No rush, she’ll grow gradually, no one is perfect from the start.]

”If you really think Grandpa Qiao and the others are causing this, why not go to their graves and apologize directly?” Ah Chen finally spoke, ”After all you’ve done, do you really think I don’t hold it against you and would help plead for you?”

”You can’t even be sure these things are caused by spirits. If I were to beg for you at their graves, that would just be foolish.”

”Lira, see our guests out.” Ah Chen called the newly appointed housekeeper, Lira.

Lira smiled slightly and escorted Shao Baocheng and his son out.

Lira’s information was found by 997 for Ah Chen; it was just the right thing that made it possible for her to come across multiple countries to serve as this housekeeper.