A Peculiar Request and a Deceitful Detour

[How peculiar, for Senior Sister to ask me for money?]

Li Chunsheng couldn’t help but smile, picturing Liuxia’s face flushed crimson as she asked him for money.

In this world, borrowing money held significant implications for survival. Yet, the former Liuxia, even in the direst straits, had been a stubborn man who would almost never borrow from those around him.

Perhaps the experience of becoming a girl had allowed Liuxia to gradually shed her male pride.

[Still, before she transformed into a Goblin, Senior Sister had borrowed money from Mu Shengling. Does this mean our relationship, in her eyes, has also reached the point where she feels comfortable asking me for financial help?]

A subtle upturn touched the corners of Li Chunsheng’s lips, a smile he didn’t even realize he was making.

“Young Master Li~” Just then, Liao Xinyi approached their meeting spot with dainty steps.

“I apologize, Young Master Li, I’m late~” Liao Xinyi said regretfully.

“It’s quite alright, I only just arrived myself~”

Li Chunsheng, in excellent spirits, greeted Liao Xinyi with a smile.

“Mm-hmm, Xinyi is really looking forward to this date~”

Liao Xinyi was dressed in a playful, energetic girl style for their date. She chatted animatedly with Li Chunsheng, and in her mind, she made a judgment about his cheerful mood.

[Heh heh, he seems quite eager for our date~]

[Inviting me to such a secluded place… it seems even a young master from the upper echelons harbors desires much like any ordinary man~]

Miss Liao, at that moment, felt quite self-assured.

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Meanwhile, Liuxia walked to the side of the street and quickly hailed a taxi.

“Hiss… Miss, what happened to your leg?” The taxi driver poked his head out the window, immediately noticing the abnormality on Liuxia’s leg.

[Ah, no! I rushed out too quickly, I didn’t clean the bloodstains off my leg.]

“It’s nothing, driver, just a minor injury!” Liuxia was in a hurry to leave and offered only a vague explanation.

However, the driver wasn’t so easily fooled. He waved a hand. “Miss, if you don’t explain clearly, I can’t take you!”

Left with no choice, Liuxia fabricated a story. Her voice choked with emotion as she said, “Driver, my boyfriend… he abused me. He tormented me all night, and I barely managed to escape…”

“My boyfriend is such a pervert, I truly misjudged him! Even though I… I was still on my period… he still…”

“Ah? That bad?” The driver was shocked. What a truly awful person.

“I clearly said no…”

With that, Liuxia began to sob, a feigned cry.

“Driver, please, just take me away quickly, I’m scared… scared he’ll catch up! I can’t take it anymore!”

“Look, that’s him! This is the man who abused me!”

To make her lie more convincing, Liuxia even pulled out an old photo of herself.

[Being… taken advantage of by myself, it doesn’t really matter anyway.]

Liu Xia, her already unremarkable male form, combined with Liuxia’s vivid description, instantly made the person in the photo appear utterly detestable in the taxi driver’s eyes.

“Pah! Indeed, with a face like that, he’s clearly no good!” The driver spat indignantly.

Then, with a sigh of disbelief, he added, “A man like that… sigh, girl, how could you ever fall for such an ugly creep?”

“Er…”

Liuxia felt a twitch at the corner of her mouth.

“Beauty and the beast, a fresh flower stuck in cow dung…” The taxi driver lamented, delivering yet another critical hit to Liuxia’s inner feelings.

[Ugh!]

“He must have used some despicable trick, right? Otherwise, how could a person like that ever have a girlfriend?”

[Gulp… So painful! I did have a girlfriend once, after all… QAQ]

Following this, the taxi driver continued to utter several more disparaging remarks about male Liuxia.

Although she had initiated the topic herself, hearing the driver’s assessment of her male self still wounded Liuxia’s heart.

This time, her feigned sobs turned into genuine tears; the young woman truly wept.

Liuxia’s tear-streaked face was truly piteous, and the driver now fully believed her story.

“Young lady, wouldn’t it be better if I took you to the Investigation Bureau now?”

Liuxia jumped, quickly waving her hands. “No, no! That man has connections at the Investigation Bureau. If I go there, it would be like a lamb walking into a tiger’s den.”

“Not only that, but he’s not just a pervert with women; he’s practically a s*x-crazed demon with men too, especially your type.”

“Ah? That bad?” The driver was startled.

“Alright, driver, could you just take me to this park in the outer ring?” Liuxia said, opening her Lackey Map to show him the location.

“It truly isn’t easy for a young lady like you to encounter such a pervert! Alright, I’ll take you there right away.”

“Thank you kindly.”

[I’m sorry, my past self.]

And so, Liuxia got into the car, setting off towards the park.

However, the car hadn’t driven far before they encountered a problem.

The taxi’s path forward was blocked by a long line of traffic.

“Ugh… what a jam!”

“That’s odd, isn’t it rush hour?” The driver was puzzled.

“At this time of day, there’s usually more traffic heading from the outer ring towards the inner ring.”

“How could it be jammed in the opposite direction?” The driver honked repeatedly, but the line of cars remained motionless.

Liuxia sat in the car for several minutes, growing increasingly anxious with each passing moment.

[Knowing what’s about to happen, yet still wasting time here.]

So the young woman pushed open the car door and slipped out, intending to see what the commotion was about.

“Oh dear, Miss, aren’t you still… *that*? Can you really walk around like this?” The driver quickly tried to stop her.

“Driver, please don’t worry! I’ve already clamped it.”

“Ah? That effective?” The driver was astonished once more.

Could *that* really be clamped?

The driver felt he was learning new things today: an ugly creep could have a beautiful girlfriend, and the beautiful girl could also ‘clamp’ exceptionally well.

Liuxia hurried along the line of cars, peering closer.

Well, well, what a tunnel.

It truly was a tunnel.

A sign stood on the road: “Subway Construction, Please Detour.”

Liuxia looked closer, and her blood pressure instantly shot up. Where was the construction on this road?

Within the area marked by the sign, it was just a perfectly smooth, wide road. Two workers were sitting on the curb, eating breakfast.

Liuxia, feeling a surge of urgency, walked up and asked, “Sirs, there’s no construction yet, so why is the road blocked?”

The two workers hadn’t initially intended to respond to Liuxia, but seeing her pleasing appearance, they decided to answer.

“Oh, it’s soon, it’s about to start, probably this morning.”

“We blocked it off when there weren’t many cars in the early morning; it’s just more convenient that way~”

“And look, we haven’t blocked everything; you can still pass on the side, can’t you?”

Passable it was, but a four-lane road had been reduced to two.

However, Liuxia was in a hurry!

So Liuxia put on a pleading expression, and with tears in her eyes, she cried, “Please, sirs, could you move the blockade for just a little while?”

“My older brother is gravely ill, and he wants to see me one last time before he dies…”

[I’ve already sold myself out so much, I can’t let all that effort go to waste now.]

Thinking of the driver’s comments about her, Liuxia’s tears flowed again.

Her sobs were heart-wrenching, making anyone who heard them feel sorrow and shed tears.

“Look, this is my brother…” The young woman sobbed, pulling out a photo of herself.

“He used to be as handsome as I am, but now he’s so sick…”

Seeing Liu Xia’s ugly face, the two workers were instantly startled.

“Ah? That bad?”