Crying While Filling the Pit I Dug - Chapter 75

“A flood?” Song Miaomiao was astonished. Coming from the southern regions, she was familiar with the devastating effects of floods. In the past, during the months of June, July, and August, she had witnessed floods and mudslides firsthand. She had even experienced it herself. Back when she was a university volunteer, she had traveled to rural areas to support education. On her return journey, a sudden flash flood had swept through, blocking the road. Despite efforts by excavators to clear the way, a massive boulder had obstructed the path, causing a landslide spanning nearly ten thousand square meters. With only one excavator working, it would have taken an indefinite amount of time to clear the debris. In her haste to return to campus, Song Miaomiao had no choice but to take the risk and climb over the remaining half of the mountain after the landslide. Now, as she recalled the hardships of that journey and the steepness of the mountain, it seemed like a distant memory.

In the modern world, just one road cave-in, with an excavator digging through it, could bring so much inconvenience to a person’s life. It could be imagined that in ancient times, when mountain torrents broke out, floods would destroy houses, crops, cattle, and sheep. Mudslides and landslides would break the road to the outside world.

Song Miaomiao said, “What should I do? Is there a countermeasure? How to provide disaster relief?”

Xiao Chengqi’s face was filled with gloom, and he said, “Father called all the ministers to discuss countermeasures today, allocated funds non-stop, and ordered Heng Zheng to take supplies to relieve the disaster without delay. He set off immediately, and he has probably already left the city gate by now. The disaster is really serious.”

Song Miaomiao said, “Oh.”

She knew that the Emperor’s order was to leave immediately without delay, but she murmured, “Didn’t he have time to come back and tell me?”

Xiao Chengqi sighed heavily before speaking, “Sister, Heng Zheng’s heart has you… Forget it, let’s not talk, I’m leaving.”

Yi Qing didn’t even take a change of clothes, he just left.

Song Miaomiao was a little worried about him and opened the electronic map to find that he was sixty miles away from the capital.

On the first night without Yi Qing, Song Miaomiao couldn’t sleep well. She used to feel that she was not used to having people next to her, but at that moment, she was not used to not having a person next her. Song Miaomiao opened the electronic map and looked at it. Yi Qing was still moving towards Jinzhou overnight.

After that, Song Miaomiao watched a movie. Although the video was directly projected onto the retina, the story that used to feel immersive became as flat as watching someone else’s story. Her brain hurt. It was the kind of pain that made her want to sleep, but she was so awake, so awake that she couldn’t sleep.

After tossing and turning all night, Song Miaomiao got up with deep dark circles under her eyes, which made Yan Yu feel distressed. Song Miaomiao was the only one at the dinner table in the morning. Yi Qing used to add food to her, and she lived like a useless Princess… Song Miaomiao only drank some bone soup. After the meal, she wrote some words to pass the time and read the books Yi Qing gave her, which she hardly read carefully.

Seeing this, Yan Yu asked, “Princess, do you want the troupe to sing a part?” 

Song Miaomiao shook her head. It was a time of flood, and the whole country was mourning, so there was no reason to listen to an opera in her own garden.

Hey, it would be great if she had a smartphone, and she could have a video chat with Yi Qing, but in ancient times, this kind of thing couldn’t have happened. She didn’t need to ask to know that the system Oppa wouldn’t exchange it for her.

Song Miaomiao: [System Oppa, is there anything that allows me to see him, such as the dust-seeing mirror in the mythical world?]

Song Miaomiao: [System Oppa?]

Song Miaomiao: [System Oppa, are you there?]

Strangely, Song Miaomiao couldn’t reach the system for the first time, making her wonder if there was anything wrong with the system.

In the afternoon, evening, and the next day, she tried to connect to the system many times, but she got no response. What happened? System crash? The system should not be completely paralyzed; at least the coordinates of the electronic map could still be adjusted. So, was this a system failure? She was sent to fill in the pit; what should she do if the system fails? Would she stay in that world forever.

Thinking of staying in the world forever, Song Miaomiao didn’t feel so panicked. She was used to this kind of life, and she was used to having Yi Qing in her life. In other words, Yi Qing had become her habit.

During the two or three days when Yi Qing was not around, Song Miaomiao tossed and turned, thinking like crazy. At this moment, she finally officially confirmed that she had fallen, and it turned out that she had already fallen in love with him.

Maybe everyone faced this kind of problem. One had to wait until the person they loved deeply left to realize their importance in their life.

Song Miaomiao made up her mind that after Yi Qing came back, she would love him better, know all his hobbies, and do everything she could for him.

Song Miaomiao had been reminiscing about all the details of getting along with Yi Qing these days. Before that, she never thought about falling in love with Yi Qing. Until then, Song Miaomiao was surprised that in Yi Qing’s eyes, it seemed that she was not a supporting character who admired him, but someone he also loved… 

Not like, but “love”!

The idea had a touch of magic to it. According to what had been written, the male lead and the female lead were official spouses who loved each other. But if one didn’t see it that way, how could they explain what was happening now?

Taking this world as an example, Yi Qing had no feelings for Gu Jiaren beyond friendship. He didn’t think about her or look for opportunities to meet her. Yet, when he looked at her, Yi Qing treated her so much better. That kind of love was written on his face every time she interacted with him. The system judged the completion of the plot and added points, but Yi Qing and Gu Jiaren never appeared together. Did it mean… the plot was twisted so that she became the female lead?

It could only be explained in that way. The system had no reason to always list the interaction between the male and female lead as the plot and ignore the rivalry between the female and male leads.

It was just that Song Miaomiao had been acquiescing that Yi Qing and Gu Jiaren were true lovers before, and she blurred the series of clues. Thinking about it, she realized how stupid she was.

The story seemed to have changed from the abuse of [Prince Consort*Princess] to the… small, sweet, love story pf [Prince Consort*Princess].

Song Miaomiao was shocked by the words “love story” that came out of nowhere.

But it was really similar…

But the sweetness was in the early stage, but now it was the pain of longing.

She missed him and thought of him all day long.