Ah! The Villains I Forced to Turn Evil Can Read My Mind

Pei Buxian: "Because we competed to see who could give her more money."

Lou Tingsi: "And then she fainted."

Lou Yuejue commented from the side: "How pathetic, it's just a little money."

The doctor remained silent.

The doctor gradually came to a realization: "Now I know why she fainted."

The three looked puzzled.

The doctor said gravely: "She was knocked out by an overwhelming fortune."

The three: "?"

The doctor leaned close to Qiao Chuchu: "Someone's trying to steal your money!"

Qiao Chuchu sat up abruptly: "What?! Who dares to touch my money!"

The doctor shrugged: "See? She's fine now."

The three: "..."

Qiao Chuchu was a bit dazed, looking around confused from her hospital bed.

Pei Buxian, Lou Tingsi, and Lou Yuejue looked down at her from above.

She was bewildered: "Did I faint again?"

She often fainted because whenever she disobeyed the system's management, she would be punished by the system and then pass out.

Over time, her body had been worn down, and sometimes even without the system's punishment, she would suddenly faint when her emotions ran high.

Lou Yuejue shook his head in disgust: "How can someone like you be called the eighth young lady of the Pei family? You're the most small-minded person I've ever met."

Qiao Chuchu: "? That's because your father keeps transferring money to me."

Lou Yuejue rolled his eyes: "What if I were to transfer twenty million to you too?"

Qiao Chuchu: "?! You wouldn't dare!!"

Lou Yuejue laughed and sat provocatively on her hospital bed: "Oh, but I would dare, sister. I've also learned about investment and made lots of money, maybe even more than your little nest egg."

Qiao Chuchu: "..."

[They really are a pair of weirdos! I shouldn't have had any good feelings about this father and son duo. The father at least appears normal in front of others, but this kid is just purely a little devil!]

Lou Yuejue raised his eyebrows, smiling more provocatively: "Sister, are you cursing me in your mind?"

Pei Buxian noticed something amiss and narrowed his eyes.

Qiao Chuchu, completely unaware, put on a smile: "No, of course not."

Lou Yuejue, like a little demon, eyes sparkling with mischief, said meaningfully: "You don't need to lie to me. Even if you're cursing me in your mind, I still find you quite entertaining."

The suspicion in Pei Buxian's eyes grew heavier.

Lou Tingsi noticed Pei Buxian's strange look and quickly pulled Lou Yuejue aside: "Be polite, son. Your sister just fainted and needs to rest."

Lou Yuejue reluctantly agreed: "...Fine."

Lou Tingsi gave Qiao Chuchu a polite smile: "We'll be leaving now. The money we gave you is a thank-you gift, you don't need to return it. Let's have dinner together sometime."

Qiao Chuchu was stunned and wanted to refuse, but the father and son pair didn't give her a chance to speak, leaving swiftly.

She quietly watched their retreating figures, then thought about her bank account balance.

[I never expected... I just came to save the West Highland Terrier, but ended up making twenty million yuan?!]

[Don't tell me I've accidentally stumbled into a 'beloved by all and suddenly rich' plot hahahahahahahahaha!]

Lou Yuejue stumbled in his steps, looked back at her, and shook his head helplessly.

Qiao Chuchu picked up her phone, opened the banking app, and looked at the account balance.

3,520,000,000.

...She couldn't even read the number.

She asked Pei Buxian: "Brother, how do you read this string of numbers? Is it three billion five hundred and twenty million or three billion and twenty million?"

Pei Buxian had a question mark flash through his mind: "We spent money to send you to a prestigious foreign university, and you really didn't learn anything, did you?"

Qiao Chuchu felt somewhat defiant: "I did learn!"

Pei Buxian frowned: "Then why can't you read such a simple number?"

Qiao Chuchu: "Because I didn't master it."

Pei Buxian: "? Then do you know why your ID card shows 'Qiao Chu' instead of 'Qiao Chuchu'?"

Qiao Chuchu choked up, feeling a bit ashamed: "Because my birth mother hoped I would become outstanding."

Pei Buxian spread his hands: "So do you think you're outstanding now?"

Qiao Chuchu: "Why not? Being outstanding at being lazy and enjoying life is still being outstanding!"

Pei Buxian: "???? Then does not being able to read this number prevent you from spending money?"

Qiao Chuchu: "? No, it doesn't."

Pei Buxian: "Then why are you asking?!"

Qiao Chuchu: "...Why are you getting angry? If you don't want to tell me, maybe Lou Tingsi would be willing to."

Pei Buxian's head buzzed with anger, roaring at her like a monster: "You're not allowed to ask him! He's just an outsider, why are you being so intimate with outsiders?"

Qiao Chuchu: "? What does it matter to you who I'm close with?"

She felt indignant.

[And I was right, Pei Buxian isn't far from needing to be admitted to a mental hospital.]

Pei Buxian: "..."

He wanted to argue back but realized he had lost his composure.

He rarely got angry.

But today, because of losing the dog, he had lost his cool.

Pei Buxian calmed down a bit.

Qiao Chuchu had almost died.

No, actually she had died twice.

She even had chances to be reborn, this needed to be told to his brothers.

And then there was this father and son pair, Lou Tingsi...

He felt they could also hear Qiao Chuchu's thoughts.

But whether they could or not, he still needed to test.

After careful consideration, Pei Buxian said: "Since you're better now, let's go home and settle accounts with Xia Xuechun."

Qiao Chuchu was dispirited.

[What's there to settle? Even though Xia Xuechun lost your dog, she's excellent at talking her way out of things, and since you're destined to fall in love with her, you'll end up being convinced by her even if she didn't help you find the West Highland Terrier.]

Pei Buxian was speechless: "...Qiao Chuchu."

She looked up confused, and he lightly flicked her forehead.

Pei Buxian returned to his lifeless demeanor and calmly told her: "You really should get to know what kind of people your brothers are."

Qiao Chuchu looked completely puzzled.

[Why should I get to know you guys? It's not like I have nothing better to do.]

Pei Buxian: "? Are you really that busy?"

Qiao Chuchu rolled her eyes.

[Yes, I'm busy! How am I not busy? Busy spacing out, busy being confused by you, busy thinking you have issues, busy figuring out how to get you admitted to a mental hospital painlessly!]

Pei Buxian: "???"

He suddenly realized that not hearing Qiao Chuchu's thoughts for the past decade or more had been a great loss.

He really wanted to know what kind of mindset this person had while carrying out her tasks.

Pei Buxian's phone suddenly rang.

He answered: "Big brother."

Pei Yuan on the other end asked: "How did things go with Xia Xuechun today?"

Pei Buxian knew what he was asking about: "I'm fine, but I'm at the hospital now."

"? Are you hurt?"

Pei Buxian: "No, it's Qiao Chuchu who's hurt. She almost got hit by a car."

Pei Yuan was silent for a moment, then asked suspiciously: "Did you push her?"

Pei Buxian: "? Of course not, it was Xia Xuechun's fault."

Pei Yuan paused, his tone notably darkening: "I'll cancel the meeting right now and have all your other brothers come home."

Pei Buxian asked puzzled: "Why?"

Pei Yuan spoke in a low voice: "What else could it be? Our sister almost got hit by a car, how could I possibly sit still? Get Xia Xuechun to come to the house, I want to understand exactly what happened!"