1.1.12: The Wheel of Wonders

When Xiao Yunhua returned to the hospital, she immediately felt dread fill her heart. She glanced around, looking for Qiang Yue, but couldn't find him anywhere. Furrowing her eyebrows, she quickly appeared at room 512, her grandmother's room, and slowly grew frantic when she saw the empty bed.

She noticed the same nurse that was there when she woke up from her blackout, Ling Qiu, and quickly rushed up to her. The former eyes filled with positivity were now filled with sympathy and pity. Her expression shocked Xiao Yunhua as she felt even more dread fill her heart.

"Ms. Ling Qiu," she politely called out, attracting Ling Qiu's attention. "where is my grandmother?"

Ling Qiu sighed, not knowing how to break it to this fragile child. She remembered how Han Yunhua blacked out just at the thought of her grandmother being ill; Ling Qiu didn't want to know how she'd react if she was told that her grandmother was dead. In the end, she could only answer Han Yunhua with silence.

Luckily, Dr. Qiang Yue appeared and saved her from an uncomfortable and sad conversation. Ling Qiu motioned for the doctor to break the news to the girl as she stood behind the girl, in case she blacked out.

"Miss Han..." Qiang Yue glared at Ling Qiu for putting such a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, but the young nurse only playful shrugged and left him to fend for himself. Her expression changed to urgency as she was mentally telling him to tell Han Yunhua the truth.

"Miss Han, unfortunately, your grandmother suffered a huge shock and couldn't withstand it..." Qiang Yue firmly held her gaze with his and continued despite his earlier hesitation, "Unfortunately, Elder Han passed away this morning."

Her grandmother was gone. That exploded in her mind until she felt her eyes stinging with unshed tears. But Xiao Yunhua didn't allow them to fall. She was sick and tired of crying and feeling hurt. She was sick and tired of depending on other people. She realized that there wasn't anybody there for her except herself and this bitter truth wasn't going to change no matter how many times she reincarnated or found herself in different worlds. Such a discovery was too painful, especially on her first mission.

Xiao Yunhua expected to experience such a heartbreaking pain at least a few worlds in, but reality wasn't always the best when it came to gently enforcing things upon people. Xiao Yunhua closed her eyes and wiped away the unshed tears from her eyes. She took a deep breath and saw that a very concerned Ling Qiu and Qiang Yue staring back at her, almost like they expected for her to blackout again.

"I'm fine." She lied and reassured. Her face was expressionless and her eyes were no longer crying, albeit still red. In her mind, the blade for revenge sharpened even more, especially against the Zhou family. Really, they could've saved her grandmother. But by the expressions she saw the other day, they absolutely despised Han Mi and her target absolutely despised her.

So she needed a better plan. Her attention has been diverted for long enough. She bowed her head in respect and quickly left room 512, leaving both nurse and doctor frozen in surprise. She had taken the news a lot better than they expected, but she hadn't even allowed for them to finish speaking to her! In fact, now that she was an orphan that was also a minor, both felt pity for the girl that depended on the old woman.

How would Xiao Yunhua survive? That was the question that was in both Ling Qiu and Qiang Yue's heads. Unfortunately, they'd never find out because Han Yunhua had disappeared, and so has the body of the deceased Han Mi.

In the middle of her dimensional space, Xiao Yunhua asked for Xiao Taotao to find a place to bury Han Mi for her to reincarnate peacefully. Xiao Yunhua clasped her hands together and prayed for the fallen woman that she had grown to love like her biological grandmother.

"Xiao Taotao, I appreciate that you're not asking for points this time." Xiao Yunhua spoke after a long period of silence. "This favor, I will never forget."

Xiao Taotao looked at her host in pity. Such a peculiar host, she hadn't been assigned to one before! But if such actions would help her host focus and be stronger, then Xiao Taotao wouldn't mind getting in trouble for giving something for free to her host. "Host, please focus on the mission from now on."

"Yes, I will." Xiao Yunhua promised, "By the way, how many points does it cost to sing and to dance?"

"Both are new skills. A new, basic skill costs fifty points. If it's something more complicated or specific, they are doubled, which is one hundred points. Host currently has zero points, please gather more."

Xiao Yunhua sighed. She really had hit rock bottom. Points were a nuisance that we're going to haunt her forever until she gathered enough not to worry about them. Almost like money; she was awfully poor at the moment, in reality and in points. "How to make points really quickly?"

"Ah?" Xiao Taotao furrowed her brows as she contemplated on how her host could get plenty of points. Her eyes brightened when she remembered, "There's the Wheel of Wonders!" But her eyes dulled when she remembered, "But it costs one point for every spin. Host currently has zero."

Xiao Yunhua tsked as she whisked her body outside. Wearing her school uniform still, she saw an elderly couple that stood as they hesitantly tried to cross the road. A lightbulb clicked in her head as she put on the most gentle smile she could muster.

The elderly couple were surprised when they saw a pretty and sweet-looking girl walking up to them. Politely, she asked if she could assist them across the road that had cars zooming by dangerously.

The elderly couple were shocked and a bit suspicious, but they saw her genuine and pure eyes, along with her gentle smile, so they couldn't help but say yes. Grabbing both of their hands, she cautiously and carefully guided them across, going at a slow pace, but still keeping her eyes on the road. Once they reached the other side, the elderly couple smiled as they felt exceptionally pleased with this young girl.

Xiao Yunhua could feel the familiar comfortable rush in her body. Checking her points, she realized that she now had four! Two from each of the elderly! Flashing a happy smile, she snapped her fingers and appeared in the dimensional space again.

Meanwhile, the elderly couple both almost had a heart attack when they saw the young girl disappearing right before their eyes. At first, they believed that it was impossible until one of them suggested that they had most likely seen an angel. The more they considered it, the more it made sense. Only an angel could appear and disappear whenever she wanted to!

If Xiao Yunhua knew that her small act had managed to plant such a silly idea in the elderly couple's heads, she would've banged her head for fooling innocent people!

But she was too happy marveling at her four points. For too long, she had to stare at that oval of doom! Seeing something replace it made her very happy!

She called for Xiao Taotao and the little fairy summoned the Wheel of Wonders again. She began to explain the wheel. The Wheel of Wonders was exactly as it sounded.

The host would have to waste one point every time, except for when they're at higher levels, then it'd be a lot more because the value of the prizes would also increase, for a chance to spin. The prizes ranged from points, to skills, to a beauty item, to even nothing! If a host was really unlucky, then he or she would land on the big skull, which meant that they would lose two times the amount they invested! Which for Xiao Yunhua, it would be two points, which she needed badly right now!

And finally, there was a big question mark which was the mystery one. If a host landed on that one, then he or so would have the chance for about anything. Positive or negative, it was completely random.

Xiao Yunhua gulped as she nodded for one point to be spent. Once the wheel's lights turned on, indicating that it was available to use, then she hesitantly spun the wheel.

Closing her eyes, she didn't want to find out what she got until she finally had the guts to peek. She breathed a breath of relief and smiled happily when she saw that it landed on points! The points generator rapidly began to turn into all sorts of numbers until it finally stopped at ten.

Seeing that she now had thirteen points, she confidently spun the wheel and landed on a free skill! Xiao Taotao congratulated her and asked her what skill she wanted to learn.

"I'll take singing please!"

"No problem, host! Your voice will be devastatingly beautiful and cause anyone to be infatuated, like a goddess." Xiao Taotao snickered at her inserted pun, but cleared her throat embarrassedly when she realized that Xiao Yunhua didn't laugh. "Do you want to spin again?"

Getting a little more confident at her luck, Xiao Yunhua nodded and spun the wheel. Her eyes widened when she saw that it landed on the little skull and she immediately lost two points! She went from eleven to nine! Such misfortune, Xiao Yunhua wanted to cry melodramatically.

"Do you want to spin again?"

Xiao Yunhua nodded and spun the wheel. She almost lost her soul when she saw that it landed on the skull again. She was now at six points! But she desperately needed that other skill or else her plan wouldn't work!

"Do you want to spin again?"

Xiao Yunhua nodded and Xiao Taotao shrugged her shoulders. Her host was stubborn and seemed to be quite persistent. Hopefully she wouldn't lose points this time again!

"Alright." Xiao Yunhua cracked her knuckles and took a deep breath. Giving the wheel a stink eye, she mentally begged the Creator or whoever controlled the wheel to allow her another skill!

When she spun the wheel, she covered her eyes and didn't remove her hands until a few seconds of silence. Staring at the wheel, she squealed when she saw that it was on a new skill! She mentally thanked whoever helped her as she continued to smile.

"Congratulations host! What new skill would you like to learn?"

"Dance."

"Ah, a complicated skill... Host, there are many forms of dance, meaning that it's not a basic skill."

"But..." Xiao Yunhua frowned, "is there no way?" When she saw Xiao Taotao shake her head, she disappointedly bowed her head. A few minutes later, her eyes filled with a glint that made Xiao Taotao shiver as though she was about to get scammed.

"The type of dance that is done in a nightclub."

"What? Any type of dance can be done there as long as it's the right music." Besides, what did her host mean by 'nightclub'? What was Xiao Yunhua up to?

"Exactly." Seeing Xiao Taotao's gaping mouth, Xiao Yunhua smirked at her words that trapped the little fairy.

Xiao Taotao facepalmed and snapped her fingers. Xiao Yunhua could feel all types of dancing styles filling her and she deepened her smirk. Seeing her host acting so victorious for her cleverness, Xiao Taotao grumbled, "Would you like to spin again?"

"Nope!" Xiao Taotao happily said. Xiao Taotao snapped her fingers and the wheel disappeared. Xiao Yunhua glanced at the sky and whispered, "Grandmother, rest in peace. Those people that wronged us, your Yunhua will make them pay. The real fun is about to begin..."