Engagement Annulled? Now The Husbands Kneel and Beg for Her Favor

Seeing the gift from the Jiang Family, Jiang Qingli’s fingers stiffened. The present suddenly felt much heavier.

Since coming to this world, she had barely had any contact with the Jiang family, and they hadn’t taken the initiative to reach out to her either.

The original owner had a terrible relationship with the Jiang Family. Logically, Jiang Qingli should have kept her distance.

But seeing this gift, an indescribable sense of anticipation welled up inside her, mingled with a strange and subtle feeling that was salty, sour, and a little bitter.

After a moment’s hesitation, Jiang Qingli pulled the ribbon undone.

Once unwrapped, it revealed a blank sheet of paper with a pen beside it.

Confused, Jiang Qingli turned it over and over for a while but found nothing unusual. She assumed the words on it required a special method to appear.

Just as she was pondering whether to heat it with fire or soak it in water, a faded memory surfaced in her mind.

At a long table, a woman held a five- or six-year-old girl in her lap, placing a blank sheet of paper and a pen in front of her.

"Mama, what’s this?" the little girl asked, tilting her innocent face up. "Is Mama giving Xiao Li a piece of paper?"

"Didn’t you want a present?"

The woman pinched her cheek, smiling. "How about you write down any presents you want on here, sweetie?"

"I can write anything?"

"As long as Mama can make it happen." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

The girl’s eyes lit up. She waved her chubby little arms around and stammered, her speech a little clumsy, "Th-then Xiao Li wants to write ten things!"

The woman was amused by her greed. "Alright, alright. As long as Xiao Li can write it down, you can have as many as you want."

The little girl picked up the pen and began to write, stroke by stroke.

But it was obvious she was too young to know many words, so she drew lots of pictures to represent them instead.

Children are never very good at controlling the size of their writing and drawings. The paper was full after only four or five items.

"Mama, there’s no more room," the little girl said with a pout. "I haven’t written my brother’s present yet."

"Then you can write it next time." The woman picked up the paper and read aloud, "A tortoise, strawberry milk, vanilla ice cream... Our Xiao Li is quite the realist, isn’t she?"

"Hehe." The little girl touched her pigtails. Still thinking about what her mother had said first, her eyes sparkled. "Mama, will there really be a next time?"

"Well... that depends on how Xiao Li behaves." The woman raised an eyebrow. "For example, by eating your eggs like a good girl."

"I’ll be good and eat my eggs!"

The girl threw herself into her mother’s arms, snuggling and wriggling against her. "Mama, Mama... Mama..."

Sunlight poured in, tracing a warm, golden halo around the mother and daughter.

...

"Miss?"

Yi Nuo’s voice rang out, breaking her train of thought.

Jiang Qingli looked up, dazed, and only spoke after a few seconds. "What is it?"

She didn’t realize that her voice sounded a little thick and muffled.

The Gray Wolf Butler opened his mouth, a worried expression on his face. He took a step forward but then slowly retracted his leg.

After a few seconds of silence, Yi Nuo shook his head. "It’s nothing. I just wanted to ask what you’d like to do with these gifts."

Jiang Qingli said, "Take them to the storeroom for now. I’ll open them when I have time."

They were all just obligatory gifts, probably more or less the same. She’d find some time to open them all at once.

Yi Nuo acknowledged her and called for the servants to come and tidy up.

Watching him lower his head to pick up a few gift boxes, the girl suddenly spoke. "Yi Nuo, could you put this one in my study for me?"

Jiang Qingli placed the paper and pen back in the box and handed it to him. "Thank you."

"It is my duty," Yi Nuo said with his head lowered.

Jiang Qingli nodded and turned to go upstairs.

She walked absentmindedly, nearly bumping into a servant coming down the stairs when she was halfway up.

The servant took a step back. After getting a clear look at her, they raised their voice in concern. "Miss, what’s wrong? Your eyes are so red."

Jiang Qingli froze.

Only then did she notice the unstoppable stinging sensation in her eyes.

The plans for the Moon Festival were still moving forward.

On Friday, the school administration finally decided to go with the Melt Star Association’s proposal, but they also incorporated some suggestions from the student council.

The two sides reached a temporary truce and began to work together on refining the plan.

That Friday night, after her last meeting of the week, Jiang Qingli was holed up at Ai Li’s house, playing games with her two friends and listening to Ai Li complain about her experience at the Prison.

"...So, to sum it up, that place is seriously awful! Even if that criminal was kind of handsome and let me touch his abs, I am never going back there a second time!"

—That was Ai Li’s conclusion after complaining about the environment there.

Seeing the blush on her face, Jiang Qingli couldn’t help but tease, "So, did the abs feel good?"

Ai Li thought for a moment, then pouted. "Honestly, they were great... But the environment there is so bad, it’s terrifying. I’d much rather be touching them in a hotel."

Lounging nearby, Lin Xiyue lazily interjected, "Allow me to correct you. Losing control of your Superpower doesn’t usually make you a criminal. This is especially true for High Level males. Many of them have combat experience in the military and will be reinstated to their former positions once they recover."

Ai Li clicked her tongue. "No wonder my mission target had so many knife scars on his back. I thought he got hacked up by some people from the Black Zone..."

She turned to Jiang Qingli. "Qingli, have you gotten a mission from the Association yet?"

Jiang Qingli nodded. "I have, but I’ve been too busy these past few days to log in."

The "Association" they were talking about was the Imperial Healing Association.

After the assessment, Jiang Qingli had received an official invitation from the Imperial Healing Association.

All Healing System females who pass the assessment are automatically enrolled in the Association, which assigns missions and regularly distributes resources to them based on their level.

Since she had nothing else to do at the moment, Jiang Qingli went ahead and logged in.

A pop-up appeared as soon as she logged in.

A small water droplet wobbled on the screen: [Dear Miss Qingli, welcome to the official Healing Association app! We have a massive selection of missions and all kinds of rewards. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!]

Jiang Qingli commented, "This looks like one of those clickbait websites."

"Right? I think so too." Lin Xiyue stifled a laugh. "What can you do? There aren’t many with the Healing System, and a lot of females stop accepting missions after they have children. The Association is racking its brains, offering everything from raffles to concert tickets."

Jiang Qingli smiled. Just as she was about to turn off her screen, a notification popped up instantly—

[DING~ You’ve received a new mission~ Please view and confirm whether you will accept it within 12 hours~]

[You can enter a lottery after completing the mission~ You might win a grand prize!]

"That was fast! S+ Level healers really are in high demand!" Ai Li said. "These missions are prioritized for High Level males and those with a genetic Match Value over 80%. Don’t tell me there was an S Level male in that dump?"

Jiang Qingli didn’t know either, so she opened the mission details.

Ai Li, ever the curious one, leaned over to look first.

After scrolling a bit, her eyes went wide and she shouted, "Holy crap! Your mission target is the legendary Brother Stone!"

Jiang Qingli was just about to look when she heard that and blinked in confusion. "There are Beastmen with stone attributes?"

Lin Xiyue chuckled and pinched her cheek. "Not a real stone. That’s his nickname."

She took a sip of her drink and casually explained, "His family owns mines. He once went to the military academy and gave everyone rubies as gifts. When someone thought they were too expensive and tried to return them, he just waved his hand and left them with the famous line, ’They’re just pretty stones, don’t worry about it.’ That line was just... Anyway, the forums gave him the nickname Brother Stone after that."

Jiang Qingli had been a little nervous, but after hearing their story, she felt the person sounded pretty decent and began to relax.

A detailed file on the appeasement target was attached below the mission description.

The first thing Jiang Qingli saw was the mission target’s ID photo.

He was simply too striking.

The young man had red hair and red eyes. His face was so vivid it was almost aggressive, and paired with his sharp aura, he looked like the most precious jewel on an auction block.

Next to the photo, his name was displayed in bold print—

[Que Feiling]