Seeing her wake up, the beautiful girl wiped away her tears, struggled to rise from the wheelchair, and knelt down with a thud. "Miss, I beg you, please spare Pierre. Please spare my brother."
Sophie quickly ran to her side from the side of the hospital bed and helped her up. It was only then that Sophie realized she was still wearing blood-stained pajamas.
The tears of the woman in front of her fell like pearls in a continuous stream. She tightly gripped Sophie's arm, stubbornly refusing to return to the wheelchair. "Please, I beg you, spare my brother."
Sophie looked at the subtitles floating in the air, She only just realized that this was the sister Pierre wanted to save.
She sighed. She was no longer under the control of the game creators; she had her own consciousness now. In truth, she wasn't inherently bad, and how could she not save Pierre's sister? They were all characters with feelings, and she couldn't bear to see someone in distress without helping.
Sophie soothingly reassured the sister, "Don't worry, I will definitely save your brother, and I will save you too."
As the girl visibly relaxed upon hearing Sophie's words, Sophie successfully eased her into the wheelchair.
She compassionately stroked the girl's hair and asked, "Can you tell me what illness you have?"
At this point, the subtitles exploded once again.
"Oh shit, what's happening with the plot? Is Sophie this gentle? How will Pierre be driven to the pinnacle of life after being tormented? Game organizers, I want a refund!"
"I'm shocked too. This version of Sophie is different from the one we played before. Is there some hidden storyline?"
"Don't panic guys. According to the storyline, Sophie must be harboring some evil plans to torment them. Sophie is a crucial element in Pierre's rise, it won't be that simple."
Completely ignoring the subtitles in front of her, Sophie listened attentively to the girl's description. The gist of it was that one rainy night, after school, she went to pick up her brother from work. While crossing the zebra crossing, they were hit by a speeding car, and she became paralyzed from the waist down.
While receiving treatment at the hospital, she was diagnosed with cancer, which had reached the middle stage. Fortunately, it hadn't progressed to the late stage, and there was still a possibility of treatment.
The poor elder brother, in order to save her, has already spent all his family fortune, working four jobs in a day, but it is still not enough for her medical expenses. In desperation, he finally turned to Sophie.
Sophie fell silent. Suddenly, she felt a deep sympathy for the boy lying unconscious in the hospital bed and the girl sitting in a wheelchair, crying uncontrollably. She handed her a piece of paper while gently wiping away her tears. "What about your parents? Is your brother the only one working so hard?"
Upon hearing the question, the girl avoided direct eye contact and hesitated without providing a clear answer.
"Dead," came the muffled voice from behind them. Seeing her brother wake up, the girl swiftly wheeled her wheelchair in front of him.
"Brother!"
"Dead?" Sophie repeated in disbelief, her voice soft. Quickly realizing that her reaction might not have been appropriate, she added, "I'm so sorry."
"The plot has a bug! By now, Sophie already knew that Léa is her biological sister, didn't she?"
Sophie looked at the subtitles with some confusion. Who is Léa? Is it this girl?
"Exactly! Sophie already knew that Léa is her sister at this point, so that's why she reacted especially harshly to Pierre and towards Léa."
"Yes! Sophie's dad had a strong desire for control over her mom, leading to their divorce. After that, Sophie's mom married her second husband, but he passed away shortly thereafter. Subsequently, her mom married her third husband, who is Pierre's dad. At that time, Pierre was 10 years old, and Léa was three."
"I remember this plot! After the divorce, Sophie's dad hunted down each of her mom's subsequent husbands as a punishment for his wife's perceived betrayal and infidelity. Sophie's mom lived her entire life in constant hiding, and it was a very tragic existence."
"So, Sophie, Pierre, and Léa, are all three of them biological siblings? Is it this explosive?"
"No, only Sophie and Léa share the same mother. Pierre is the child of the third husband."
"What a complicated relationship!"
"Exactly... such an absurd relationship."
Sophie was now too shocked by the information in the subtitles to speak. In reality, for her current self, knowing that Léa is her sister, she felt happy.
As she tried to move forward to comfort the siblings embracing on the sickbed, she discovered that her body couldn't move. Léa's tears were also suspended in midair, and the clouds and birds outside the window were frozen in the scene.
A line of big letters appeared before her, "System is undergoing repairs…"
Between the moment she closed her eyes and opened them again, Sophie witnessed Pierre's hands being suspended, two bodyguards whipping him mercilessly, rendering his entire body bloody and mangled.
Through the mirror beside her, she saw herself adorned in elaborate makeup, wearing a black gown and high heels. She swayed a red wine glass arrogantly, her eyes filled with disdain, resembling a queen.
The reflection in the mirror startled her; she stood up in terror, and the wine glass in her hand shattered as it hit the floor.
Suddenly, she realized that everything would return to the main storyline; this was the normal course of the plot.
Sophie has a perverted father. She grew up under the pressure of her father for a long time, and was full of longing for a mother's love after learning that her mother remarried. Upon learning of her mother's remarriage, she became displeased as she felt Pierre and Léa were taking away her mother's love. This led to intense jealousy towards them.
When she learned about her mother's second husband died and her mother's subsequent marriage to the third husband, she deliberately started getting closer to Pierre, trying to make him fall in love with her, and fostering a dependency on her. Then, at his most vulnerable and when he needed her the most, she pushed him away, trampled on his character, and crushed his dignity… all because they took away the maternal love that should have been hers.
She was set up to be a freak, a pervert, a sadist, like her father.
She walked towards the unconscious Pierre, surprisingly feeling a twinge of compassion. As subtitles floated before her eyes, she disregarded them entirely, fixing her gaze on the unconscious Pierre and walking towards him, entirely focused on him.