Ah! The Villains I Forced to Turn Evil Can Read My Mind-Chapter 177: The Truth About Why It Fell from Four Lives to Three Lives

"Yucan and Wen Zhan raised their eyebrows, not surprised at all. 'Why?'

'It’ll affect your financial luck,' she said seriously. 'Drinking water today will hinder you both from making big money, so don’t drink it.'

Wei Sheng Wen Zhan froze for a moment, then smirked. 'Did you calculate that with your app again?'

Qiao Chuchu’s expression turned grave. 'I have to say, my app is really accurate. I can guarantee that if you drink water, nothing good will come of it.'

Yucan teased, 'So what should we do if we’re thirsty?'

Qiao Chuchu’s eyes glinted. 'I’ll go buy some!'

[By the way, I’m trying to figure out why this issue is coming up, because I definitely didn’t see this story in the first timeline.]

She stormed off.

Yucan and Wen Zhan watched her retreating figure and both smiled slightly.

Wen Zhan squinted his eyes and, with interest, recalled, 'Have you ever thought about something? If Qiao Chuchu hadn’t helped us, you would have been dead, and I probably would have been killed by Ji Yan Chuan.'

Yucan froze for a moment, then laughed. 'Yeah, she not only saved my life, but also our entire family’s life, even our family’s money.'

Wei Sheng Wen Zhan nodded, his tone lifting slightly. 'So, what are we waiting for? We can’t let her do all the work. We’ll find someone to handle it.'

Wei Sheng Yucan pulled out his phone and sent a message in the Wei Sheng family group.

'We’ve got something to deal with. Anyone free, come to the club. Someone’s trying to drug me and Wen Zhan!'

Wei Sheng Bie He: 'Got it.'

Wei Sheng Huai Ling: '111'

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Wei Sheng Lin: '? I’ll come after my meeting.'

Wei Sheng Yucan: 'You don’t need to come.'

Wei Sheng Lin: '?'

Yucan locked his phone, feeling confident. 'With Qiao Chuchu around, we can’t lose.'

Wen Zhan laughed with ease and picked up his phone. 'I’ll still think about what gift to give her. I remember she likes sports cars. I could give her the Bugatti I bought but haven’t driven yet.'

Yucan raised an eyebrow. 'You’ll give her the black one? Then I’ll give her the pink one I haven’t really used.'

After all, custom-made models take many years.

By the time it’s delivered, the flowers will have wilted. It’s better to just grab whichever is the newest in the garage and give her that!

Qiao Chuchu walked out of the club and found a convenience store.

Wait, the timeline’s getting more and more off.

Thinking about it carefully, she had seen two versions of her future.

One was a failure, the other wasn’t.

The failed one had more details, basically telling her how she failed.

The successful one just showed her two key points—Shen Zhuoyan and the old lady.

The failed timeline didn’t mention anything about drugs being involved today.

Suddenly, the system’s voice echoed in her mind: 'That’s because this is already the second timeline. Strictly speaking, it’s a fusion of a prophecy and an event that actually happened, which is why it feels a bit chaotic.'

Qiao Chuchu: '!'

She was shocked. 'A second timeline?'

The system responded: 'You realized you lost a life, right? That wasn’t a bug—it’s because you really lost a life.'

Qiao Chuchu, holding a bottle of mineral water, went pale. '?! Explain yourself!'

The system spoke calmly: 'The failed timeline you experienced was real. You failed step by step, and at the end, you committed suicide. That was all part of your real experience.'

'The version of you in that timeline foresaw the victory of another timeline right before your death, so with the foreknowledge, you committed suicide and returned to me.'

'You weren’t originally able to freely choose timelines, but you helped me with a few tasks and traded those tasks to come back to this critical point, asking me to erase your memory so you could seamlessly transition.'

'In other words, the two endings you’re seeing now are the result of the previous failed version of you trading your life for them, so rather than calling it a timeline, it’s easier to say it’s a fusion of a timeline and a prophecy.'

Qiao Chuchu stood frozen in place. 'Why would I ask you to erase my memory?'

The system replied: 'You can explain that to yourself. You left me a voice message for your current self, saying that if anything feels off, you should listen to it.'

Qiao Chuchu froze.

Suddenly, her own voice echoed in her mind.

It was hoarse, lifeless.

—"You might be wondering why I had your memory erased."

—"Once memories overlap, feelings do too. The emotional state of someone who truly suffered through hardships is different from someone who simply predicts the hardships. So, I erased your memory. It’s as though I’m completely gone, but I’ve passed on all my experiences to you."

—"Don’t let any prophecy come true. Everyone around you is indispensable, and you need to climb higher—definitely surpass that old lady."

—"Also, everyone around you is hiding secrets from you. They confessed their secrets to me right before they died. Some people died unexpectedly without even seeing me one last time, but a few managed to give me their last words. I’m warning you now. You’ll figure it out whenever you discover the truth."

—"Of course, I didn’t deliberately hide things from you, because the future I saw where you won, you didn’t know. I didn’t want to lose again."

Qiao Chuchu gripped the water bottle tightly, feeling absurd. "Huh?"

[So, I really went through that kind of suffering before?]

[Everyone around me has secrets? And they confessed right before they died in another timeline?]

[What secrets?!]

Wei Sheng Huai Ling widened his eyes in surprise.

He exchanged glances with Wei Sheng Bie He.

What happened?!

Why does Qiao Chuchu suddenly know something?

Who told her?!

Huai Ling quickly typed in the group chat: 'Emergency notice! Emergency notice! Qiao Chuchu knows all the secrets we’ve been hiding from her! But she doesn’t know what those secrets are yet!!'

Pei Youchuan: '?'

Pei Mu and Pei Ci: '?'

Lin Qing: '?'

Lin Shen: '... I told you we should have come clean from the start. Now she’s figured it out. She’s definitely going to be angry!'

Lou Yuejue: 'This is bad, this is bad. I’m so scared, what if she stops talking to me!'

Lou Ting Si: 'What’s going on with Qiao Chuchu?!'

Wei Sheng Huai Ling nervously stuck his head out, watching Qiao Chuchu storm out of the store.

He typed quickly: 'She’s walking really fast!'

Pei Che: '?'

Pei Yuan: '?'

Pei Feng Nong: '?'

Pei Youchuan: 'What’s the point of walking fast?! She could be doing splits or somersaults for two weeks, but that’s not the important part!'

Pei Che: 'Get to the point.'

Qiao Chuchu stood at the door, taking out her phone, preparing to make a call.

Wei Sheng Huai Ling frantically typed: 'Qiao Chuchu is probably trying to make a call, but I don’t know who she’s calling!'

Everyone in the group chat was on edge!

Should they just ask directly?!

That’s very much like Qiao Chuchu, straightforward!

But they weren’t prepared!

Qiao Chuchu flipped through her contacts, then stopped at Pei Yuan’s name.

After hesitating, she put the phone down.

[No.]

[I can’t ask them directly. They’re too sharp. If they don’t want to tell me, no matter how I ask, they won’t say a word. They might even collude and give each other signals, setting off alarms.]

[So I can’t ask directly!]

[I need to figure out a way to fish it out!]

Huai Ling: 'Good news, Qiao Chuchu didn’t make the call.'

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s good.

Huai Ling: 'Bad news, Qiao Chuchu plans to extract the information herself.'

Everyone: '? Do you always have to breathe so heavily when you speak?!'"