Chapter 5: The Heavenly System

"I'm moving out," Xia Yue announced, looking at them all.

As soon as she said this, the others looked at her, but no one tried to stop her.

"Since you're not really our child, you should return all the valuable items and money we've given to you, as well as that villa in the suburbs. They all belong to the Xia family," Xia Qing told Xia Yue, whom she had disliked since their childhood.

Xia Yue looked at the elder patriarch and matriarch of the family. She figured she would return everything to them if they asked. After all, her elder brother was planning to give her spending money, so she wasn't worried.

"No need, Yue is still a child raised by the Xia family. What we've given her is hers, and no one can take it back." The steady voice of the Xia family patriarch cut in.

"Now that Xiaoxi is back, we will treat her the same way," he further added.

"Xiaoxi has suffered a lot these past years. I will give her one percent of the company shares," declared the matriarch, looking at them all.

"Mom?!"

"Grandma?!"

The entire family was shocked. They knew that one percent of the shares could yield millions in dividends every year. In this family, apart from their four children, only Xia Yu and Xia Tian, the general manager and the first great-grandson, respectively, held shares—each owning only three percent. Now that Zhuang Xi had returned, she instantly held one percent, making the other shareless grandchildren look at her with envy and jealousy.

In particular, Xia Qing's eyes reddened with envy.

"This has been agreed upon by your mother and me. She's surely suffered a lot on her own in all these years. Since we can't make up for her emotional suffering linearly, we can at least compensate her materially," the Xia family patriarch stated sternly.

"Xiaoxi, you've endured a lot. In a couple of days, we'll get your surname changed so that when we announce it at the banquet, it will save you from future bullying," the matriarch said, looking at Zhuang Xi with affection.

"Okay," Zhuang Xi nodded. Her teacher had instructed her to live well here.

"Um...do I need to change my surname too?" Xia Yue asked timidly.

"No need, unless you want to." The patriarch looked over at her.

"Oh, then I won't." After all, changing one's name might be simple, but there were a lot of other things that needed to be updated too, which could be troublesome. She, being lazy, didn't want to go through all that hassle.

That day, everyone in the Xia family shared a meal. It was Xia Yue's last in the house before everyone returned home.

Xia Yu drove Xia Yue and Zhuang Xi, while Xia Lin Song drove his wife and Xia Qing.

Once they were back home, Xia Yue immediately packed her more essential items—primarily some clothes.

Next day, she woke up early to prepare breakfast for the family. After leaving a note, she hastily took her luggage and left.

After leaving the residential area, she took a cab to her villa in the suburbs.

The villa was a small two-story residence. It had both a front and back yard, covering fifty square meters in total.

Xia Yue, lugging two suitcases, stepped into the yard, only to be knocked unconscious by something that fell from the sky.

Before blacking out, Xia Yue wondered which evil spirit had thrown something so far.

[Ding, Host #5129 is in the process of binding. Please wait...]

[Binding complete. Congratulations, Host, on gaining the Universal Technical System]

[The system will randomly extract a career to help the host become the NO.1 in this field, achieve the pinnacle of life, and receive adoration from thousands.]

What is this nonsense?

After hearing these words, Xia Yue rolled her eyes internally.