Chapter 430: Chapter 430: Face Swap_1
Qin Sisi attentively listens to Tang Xiaomo narrating her own story, her heart filled with sympathy for her misfortune, but her doubts remain unresolved.
Why did the beautiful, adorable Tang Xiaomo everyone praised turn into such an ugly girl?
Qin Sisi looked at Tang Xiaomo, her eyes unconsciously filled with curiosity, as Tang Xiaomo continued: "Then, I entered high school, started boarding, and at the same time, met my high school deskmate, the person who pushed me into hell."
Tang Xiaomo’s voice deepens, thick with sorrow and resentment.
Qin Sisi wanted to ask something but didn’t know how to start, so she suppressed her doubts and quietly waited for Tang Xiaomo to reveal the truth slowly.
Tang Xiaomo calmed her emotions slightly, finally beginning to recount her story with her deskmate: "My deskmate was named An Yajing, sounds kind and gentle, right? I thought so too at first, until I discovered later, she was actually a devil."
Tang Xiaomo flashed a mockingly cold smile, then gloomily pointed at her ugly face, telling Qin Sisi: "This face, it belongs to An Yajing. She and I, we swapped faces."
"Swapped faces", these three words echoed like a muffled thunder in Qin Sisi’s ears. Her pupils contracted and her mouth opened wide, looking at Tang Xiaomo in disbelief. This astonishing and uncanny tale of high-tech events, was the first time she had heard of it.
"Can people actually swap faces?" Qin Sisi voiced out, her sound slightly hoarse in surprise.
Tang Xiaomo was not surprised by Qin Sisi’s reaction. She sighed, saying, "I know it’s hard to believe, even I myself can hardly believe it. But it is the truth."
She emphasized the last few words, as though she wanted to use the most assertive tone to prove the authenticity of her words.
Qin Sisi took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down and asked Tang Xiaomo: "How was it done? A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl shouldn’t have been able to do this."
Tang Xiaomo coldly replied: "Exactly, she couldn’t have, but she had a great father. Her father is Anhe, a famous surgeon at the city’s number one hospital."
Anhe knew the great risks of plastic surgery and the numerous complications that can come from it, so he was always unwilling to let An Yajing undergo plastic surgery, wanting to wait until she was older.
But An Yajing couldn’t wait, she liked my face, and also knew her father was researching a similar topic. So, she cried and begged her father to help her change her face, even using suicide as a threat. Unable to resist his daughter’s plea, Anhe finally agreed.
Then, the father and daughter began preparations for the face transplant surgery.
An Yajing was responsible for approaching me, becoming friends with me, gifting me with various snacks and small gifts, making me completely defenseless against her, even considering her as my best friend.
Anhe prepared the surgical tools and equipment needed for the operation in their basement.
When everything was ready, An Yajing invited me over to her house. I had no idea what was waiting for me, and I went there happily, naively.
At her house, An Yajing gave me a cup of juice, which had sleeping pills in it. I soon fell unconsciously asleep.
Next, Anhe brought me to the basement and performed the face transplant surgery on me and An Yajing."
Qin Sisi was astonished, a chill running down her spine.
No one could ever guess, beneath the warm and beautiful friendship of a blooming girl, lay such a huge plot.
And as parents, they did not prevent or discourage their child’s madness and evil, but instead indulged it, abetting and abiding by it.
Parents?
Qin Sisi suddenly thought of something and asked Tang Xiaomo: "What about An Yajing’s mother? How come you never mentioned her?"
Tang Xiaomo slightly frowned and replied: "Her mother is conscientious. But the father and daughter duo feared her mother would object, so they didn’t tell her until after the surgery.
By then it was already a done deal, her mother objecting was useless.
However, her mother was indeed kinder, knowing what atrocious act her husband and daughter had committed, she couldn’t bear it.
After I committed suicide, her mother became ill from the pressure and died two years later.
After that, no third person knew of the atrocity they committed."
Tang Xiaomo thoroughly explained the situation with An Yajing’s mother, and Qin Sisi noticed a crucial word in her statement—suicide.
"You committed suicide?" Qin Sisi asked, her eyebrows furrowed.
Tang Xiaomo revealed a sorrowful expression, replying gloomily: "Yes, my own parents did not want me, so I never had a family or anyone to care about me. I did not have a healthy body, and I was not talented at anything.
The only thing I could pride myself on was this face.
When An Yajing entered my life, I thought I finally had a good friend, and I would never be lonely anymore.
But, when I woke up, I realized everything was a lie.
When I looked in the mirror and saw An Yajing’s ugly face attached to mine, I completely understood that I never had a friend, she was just a poisonous candy wrapped in pretty packaging.
She not only did not treat me as a friend, but she also stole the one beautiful thing I had. She was a thief, a robber.
But I couldn’t do anything to punish her, she would continue living happily under the face that wasn’t hers.
The world was just too cruel to me, and there was nothing left worth lingering for."
Missing familial love, love yet to arrive, a seemingly strong friendship that was insincere and full of malice, the only recognition from herself being her beautiful face.
When this singular pillar of support crashed down together with the friendship, Tang Xiaomo lost the courage and faith to live on.
"An Yajing said, if I could keep it a secret, she could take me to a place where no one knew me, and start a new life.
I didn’t say a thing, just smiled faintly at her, and then ran full force into the basement wall.
She could take away my face, but she would never see me groveling for mercy."
Tang Xiaomo recounted the reason for her suicide, filled with utter despair towards life.
Qin Sisi began to understand, why Tang Xiaomo was so cautious during their first meeting. She didn’t mistrust Qin Sisi, rather she no longer trusted anyone.
"Do you want me to help you get revenge?" After understanding the whole situation, Qin Sisi made a guess about Tang Xiaomo’s wish.
Tang Xiaomo nodded slightly, speaking grimly: "Yes, they ruined me so badly, they should have paid the price long ago.
She’s used my face for five years, it’s time she returned it."
