Chapter 1589: Rubik's Cube Beauty (51)

At that moment, Tang Guo found herself inside a very crude stone hut.

There was a stone bed inside, covered with only a thin layer of straw.

Besides that, there was a stone table and two stone stools.

On the table sat several roughly made bowls and a basket woven from branches. One of the bowls contained water, and the basket held several unripe-looking fruits.

Tang Guo herself was sitting on the stone bed, dressed in a black martial outfit.

She walked over to the stone table and looked into the bowl filled with water, using it as a mirror to examine her current appearance.

The moment she saw her reflection in the water, she froze.

The System didn't dare make a sound.

As a system, there was no need for him to recall familiar scenes. He could simply access his database and review everything with perfect clarity.

Tang Guo sat down on the stone stool, lowered her head, and stared unblinkingly into the bowl of water.

Half of the face reflected there was devastatingly beautiful.

The other half was hideously ugly, covered in grotesque scars running across the cheek.

She reached out and touched them, only to find that the scars seemed to ache.

Not only did they hurt, but every part of her body hurt, as though countless needles were piercing her flesh.

【Host, this is an illusion. It's not real.】 The System couldn't help reminding her. He feared that remembering certain things would cause her to lose control.

Tang Guo looked away and no longer stared at the ruined face. Instead, she gazed blankly outside the stone hut and answered, "I know it's an illusion."

【So none of it is real.】 The System hurriedly added.

Tang Guo smiled faintly.

Her expression remained calm, and there was little emotion in her voice.

"It was once real."

The System didn't know how to comfort her.

He only blamed himself for his ignorance in the past, leaving the Host to face so many painful things alone.

"He's about to come back."

Holding the bowl in both hands, Tang Guo took a sip of water and spoke in an indifferent tone.

The entire System trembled.

Who was "he"?

He was the person who had once given the Host warmth and help in that world, only to immediately betray her for the female protagonist.

He had another identity as well.

He was the Host's biological elder brother. The two had been separated by an accident when they were young.

While the Host faithfully played the role of the supporting female character, advancing the world's plot and serving as the stepping stone for the female lead's growth, she endured everything until the female lead had matured.

Only then did she leave that place.

She had wanted nothing more than to find a quiet corner where she could spend the rest of her life in peace.

Unexpectedly, she encountered Wen Zhao in the stone hut beneath the cliff.

Wen Zhao was a gentle and refined man.

The Host had long known that Wen Zhao was her biological brother, and after spending time together, she naturally felt closer to him.

Wen Zhao did not despise her ruined appearance.

Instead, he comforted her, telling her that beauty determined nothing and that she should continue living well no matter what.

For the Host, who had just experienced a world colder than ice, Wen Zhao's appearance was like a warm spring that slowly brought life back into her body.

Her plan had been to spend the rest of her life at the bottom of the cliff.

But she had not expected that her role in that world was not yet over.

The female protagonist had been poisoned.

Everyone unanimously believed that the Host was responsible.

Following the clues, they found their way to this place, intending to force her to hand over the antidote.

At that time, she had already lost all her martial arts and her appearance had been ruined.

The hard-earned peace she had enjoyed for merely two days was shattered just like that.