Chapter Sixty: The Butterfly Effect

Looking up at the girl before her, she exclaimed, "Sister, you're so tall!"

Yu Qian turned her head, her expression a little peculiar.

Lin Su took two steps back, feeling much more comfortable now that she didn't have to look up, and spoke again, "Why do you look like that, sister?"

"I'm not your sister," Yu Qian replied, her tone complicated. "I'm an examinee, just like you."

Lin Su was stunned for a moment. She had thought, given her height, that Yu Qian was here to check results for a younger sibling, not expecting her to be a fellow student. "Uh... Sorry, you're really tall."

Yu Qian glanced at the rankings and answered, "No need to apologize. I just heard you say you're Lin Su, the top scorer, right?"

"That's me!" Lin Su's excitement returned at the mention of her results. "What's your name? How did you do?"

"Fourth place. Yu Qian."

She tilted her head at Lin Su, then prepared to leave. "It looks like we'll be in the same class. See you when school starts."

"Huh? Oh! Okay!" Lin Su watched her leave the crowd in a daze, then hurried to catch up. "Hey, Yu Qian, Yu Qian! Since we're about to be classmates, could you give me your contact information?"

Yu Qian stopped, took out a pen and paper from her bag, wrote down her Penguin account for Lin Su, and said, "Done. I'm heading home. Goodbye."

With the slip of paper in her hand, Lin Su grinned foolishly and waved. "Bye!"

...

Yu Qian had squeezed her way into the crowd with the intention of getting to know Lin Su, but in the end, she left in a hurry.

Facing the thirteen-year-old Lin Su, Yu Qian didn't know how to interact with her.

In her previous life, she met Lin Su when Lin Su was nineteen, already grown into a poised and confident woman. Yu Qian had always thought Lin Su's cool demeanor was innate, but seeing her now for the first time in this life, she realized Lin Su was actually a sweet, lively, and adorable girl. That elegant confidence had been forged through later experiences, not something she was born with.

It was awkward. She was so used to the Lin Su of her past life that she had no idea how to get along with this softer version. But she couldn't bring herself to give up on this friend.

Back then, from university all the way to her mother's passing, Lin Su had helped her so much.

It was easy to walk away from those who were insincere, but to distance herself from someone who had truly cared for her was something Yu Qian couldn't bear to do.

When she got home, Yu Wen and Wen Yu were pulling Chen Ying into the kitchen to make hotpot, celebrating Yu Qian's acceptance into the key class at the top provincial school.

Wen Xiu was still at the studio and hadn't returned, but they'd already called to inform her.

Back in her room, Yu Qian pulled out her phone and messaged in the group chat.

[Fish in Shallow Waters]: "Today, I met a friend from my previous life."

[Alluring Fox]: "That's great, isn't it?"

[Fish in Shallow Waters]: "The thing is, Su Su's situation is different from what it was before."

[Star Lord of Fate]: "???"

After the incident between Yu Qian and Zhou Jingchen, the Star Lord of Fate had become a little sensitive, worried something had gone wrong with someone's destiny record again. If it happened again, he might as well give up his title.

[Fish in Shallow Waters]: "It's just that the school is different, and her meeting with her future husband happened at a different time and place than she told me it did."

[Star Lord of Fate]: "Oh, that's a minor thing. Your rebirth has altered a few small details for those around you, but in the end, it doesn't make much difference. Family, career, romance—all are more or less the same as before."

Yu Qian bit her lip and asked, "So, the people who are supposed to appear in my life will still appear, just in different ways?"

[Star Lord of Fate]: "Exactly. Just like this friend of yours—she was your friend before, and she will be your friend again, only the time and place you meet might change."

[Fish in Shallow Waters]: "There will be other friends in the future, right?"

[Star Lord of Fate]: "Yes."

[Fish in Shallow Waters]: "Then, what if I want to change someone else's fate?"

Yu Qian felt uneasy as she typed this question.

To prolong her parents' lives, all she needed was merit, since they were her closest kin.

But what about others—those without a blood bond?