1 I was focused on driving on the freeway when my husband's cousin, Skye, let out a piercing shriek from the passenger seat. "Look out, someone's up ahead!" she yelled, reaching over and yanking the steering wheel hard. The airbags burst open, and through the ringing in my ears, I heard her giggle, "Just kidding!" She even shrieked with excitement, "This is way more fun than bumper cars!" I stomped on the brakes, trembling with anger as I cursed her reckless behavior. But she pouted, claiming I was too mean. "How could you understand a sweet girl like me, Evie?" she whined. My husband, Dan, had a bump on his forehead, yet he defended her, saying she was young and didn't know any better, telling me to let it go. But Skye was always like this, her words laced with provocation, and Dan always just washed his hands of it. Watching Skye's smug expression, I activated my system. I chose to redeem a reward, intending to make her careless words become reality. ...... I got out of the car. The front end and the barrier were wrecked. I had no choice but to call the police. Calculating the time, if we handled this quickly, I should still make it back for my father-in-law's funeral. The traffic officer reviewed the dashcam footage, then, stone-faced, asked Skye to explain herself. Skye blinked, still wearing that innocent expression. "I'm just a sweet girl, what do I know about all this? It was just a joke!" "Nobody got killed, why are you being so serious?" The officer frowned, scolding her, "Whether it's a joke or not isn't up to you to decide!" "Grabbing the steering wheel on the freeway is a seriously dangerous act!" "Additionally, the damaged guardrail will need to be compensated!" Skye froze in fear. She immediately turned to my husband. "Dan... the nice officer is being mean to me..." Dan finally ambled over, his tone dismissive. "What's the big deal? You were driving anyway, just deal with it." "Skye is still young. She was just playing with you because she likes you." Skye hugged Dan's waist, peeking out to flash me a defiant smile. I took a deep breath. This wasn't the first time. When we traveled abroad, Skye insinuated I was a spy, leading to me being strip-searched in a tiny room. When I rushed my mom to the hospital, she insisted to a traffic officer that I was drunk driving, almost making my mom miss the golden hour for treatment. Anytime we went through airport security, she'd claim I had dangerous items, only to say later she was "just messing around." Dan always laughed along with Skye, watching me awkwardly clean up the mess. Then, with a simple, "She's just a kid," he'd dismiss it. For Dan, I had endured it all. But now she dared to snatch the steering wheel on the freeway? If I kept enduring, what if she got me killed? Would they dance on my grave? I let out a cold laugh. "She's twenty-two this year, isn't she?" "Still a kid? Is she mentally challenged or just plain stupid?" Skye's eyes immediately welled up. "...I'm a sweet girl, not stupid..." "Evie!" Dan barked suddenly. "Watch your tone!" I looked at him. "I am being polite enough!" "If I wasn't pressed for time, I'd press charges against her for illegal interference with driving!" "Dad's funeral is in a few hours. You'd better tell your cousin not to make trouble now!" But Dan just waved his hand casually. "You're the one in a hurry, not me." I froze. "What do you mean?" Dan sneered. "Killing your own father wasn't enough, now your stepfather is dead too, thanks to you." "Honestly, what does your family's death have to do with me? I brought my cousin to keep you company, and you're still treating Skye like this?" "So let's just waste time. If you don't get to see him one last time, don't come crying to me!" I stood there, my fingertips slowly tightening. No wonder he hadn't been in a rush the whole way, letting Skye mess around. I scoffed. Well, if that was the case, why should I be in a hurry? I spoke directly to the system in my mind: "I want to redeem a reward." "From this moment on, every careless, mean-spirited thing my cousin says will come true!" The system replied quickly. [Verifying. Reward content: Skye's mean words come true. Host, please confirm.] I thought about it. "What if she talks about past events? Like making up something I did before, will that come true?" [This ability only affects current events. Established past facts cannot be altered.] "Then what is the standard for 'mean-spirited'?" [The system will detect Skye's malice index towards the host to make a judgment.] I felt reassured. "Confirm redemption!" The next moment, something seemed to expand from my consciousness, silently settling upon Skye. I decided to test how far the system could go. Suddenly, Skye mumbled under her breath, "I actually grabbed the steering wheel because I found white powder in the tire..." [Ding! Detected Skye's mean words! Content has come true!] 2 I almost yelled, "Holy cow!" The two traffic officers exchanged glances, their expressions instantly turning sharp. "What did you just say?" Skye flinched under their gaze, but foolishly continued her mean-spirited chatter: "She was driving so fast on the freeway to smuggle those things..." "So, I'm not really interfering with driving, am I? I'm a good girl!" She glanced at me, then quickly lowered her head. "Oh, Evie... You specifically told me not to look or touch anything when I got in the car, I really didn't mean to...!" Skye hadn't even finished speaking when one of the officers' voices abruptly rose. "Everyone, stay put!" My wrist suddenly tightened, and I was handcuffed behind my back. "As the driver, you need to come with us and cooperate with the investigation!" I was restrained to the side. But not only did I not struggle, I almost couldn't help but burst out laughing. Unbelievable, just like Skye, she really dared to say that! Anyway, the car belonged to Dan. With such a ridiculous amount of white powder, he wouldn't even need to attend the funeral; he could go straight to the grave to join his dad! Skye mimicked a child's innocent demeanor, speaking in a cutesy voice, "Wow, Dan, look, it's just like in those TV shows when the police catch bad guys!" Dan stood beside her, looking relaxed. He, of course, knew Skye was messing around again. "You're probably going to cause your sister-in-law some trouble." "But she did look quite convincing just now." The two of them pointed at me, restrained, and laughed uproariously. The officer's face was already grim; he immediately rebuked Skye, "This is a serious law enforcement scene, potentially involving a major case!" "If you keep messing around, you'll be taken in too!" Skye completely ignored him, staring at me for a good while. As if she'd had her fill of my "helplessly arrested" look, she slowly walked towards the car's tire. She crouched down and pulled a small knife from her bag. "I think I remember Evie hid the white powder in this tire?" "Oh, it's really just a small problem, officers, you're being too nervous, because—" She said, casually plunging the knife into the tire. "I was just joking!" Pfft! The tire was punctured. She didn't even look down. She had already turned around, still waving cheerfully. "See! There's nothing there!" "You're making too big a deal out of it. I've only seen white powder in movies; I can't believe I actually tricked them!" She giggled and laughed at Dan. "Look how nervous they are, they didn't actually believe it, did they?" Dan patted Skye's head, his tone casual. "Alright, stop messing around." "If you keep talking like that, they'll actually take it seriously." Then he smiled, trying to smooth things over. "My cousin is just so witty and amusing, please don't mind her—" He hadn't finished speaking when a sharp command suddenly rang out. "Hold them down!" Several officers instantly rushed forward. The two of them hadn't even reacted before their hands were cuffed behind their backs. A frantic voice came through the walkie-talkie: "On-site anomaly confirmed! Extremely high concentration of contraband!" "Seal the area! Secure the scene!" Dan was completely bewildered. "Are you serious? My cousin was just joking!" A police officer cut him off coldly, "Joking?" "Why don't you look behind you yourselves!" They both instinctively turned their heads. Through the punctured tire, white powder was slowly, steadily, beginning to seep out. 3 Skye's smile froze, and her voice trembled. "I-I just said that off the cuff..." "How could there actually be...?" Dan was also dumbfounded. "How is this possible?!" He abruptly turned, his gaze fixed on me. "Evie! Did you put something in the car when I wasn't looking?!" But I laughed aloud. "Who usually drives the car? Whose hands are the keys in?" "This is the first time I've touched this car today." The police officers' gazes had clearly shifted. From focusing on me, their attention slowly moved to the other side. Dan opened his mouth, but couldn't think of anything to refute. Soon, several cars pulled up behind the caution tape. Someone put on gloves and carefully scraped the fine white powder from the tire's puncture, placing it into a sample bag. Skye was completely silent now. Dan's face was pale, his forehead faintly glistening with sweat. And I felt a sense of anticipation I'd never experienced before. Let them enjoy their loose lips! A few minutes later. One of the personnel stood up, sighing. "It's not contraband." "It's just ordinary white flour." I froze for a moment. Flour? How was that possible? I mentally shrieked, asking: [System, what's going on?!"] The system's voice quickly responded. [Detecting target's statement: 'white powder'.] [This description is a vague substance designation, already matched to the most basic meaning – white flour.] My throat tightened. An indescribable frustration surged, choking me. The police were also very speechless. "Repeatedly mentioning contraband at a law enforcement scene, causing misjudgment and interfering with the enforcement process!" "Do you think this is funny?!" The two of them were taken away for a serious dressing-down. When they came out, Dan exploded. "Skye, do you even hear yourself?!" "White powder? What were you thinking?!" Skye's eyes immediately reddened from his shouting. "I just said it casually..." "You used to say I was cute like this..." Dan cut her off directly, "This is in public!" "You almost made things spiral out of control just now!" Skye choked on her words. She clearly reined herself in a lot. My fingertips slowly tightened. My hard-won, cross-dimensional reward, and all I got was a car full of flour? Too much of a loss. I couldn't just let it go! I looked at Skye; she looked like she'd been severely scolded. But I knew exactly what kind of person she was. She couldn't keep quiet for more than three minutes. While Dan went to pay the fine, I approached Skye. "That's it?" Skye sharply looked up at me. I spoke unhurriedly: "I thought you could come up with something new." Skye's face instantly changed. "What do you mean?!" I smiled, my tone even calmer. "Just think it's pretty boring." "And look, your cousin is already losing patience playing with you." Skye's eyes were slightly red. "You're lying!" "Even if my cousin doesn't pay attention to me, he wouldn't bother with a trashy woman like you, would he?!" "I'm telling you, no matter how much I mess up, my cousin will always protect me unconditionally?!" Watching Dan walk back, looking annoyed, I simply said calmly, "Really? Why don't I believe that?" Skye, Skye, please don't disappoint me. 4 The officers gave a few more instructions, then allowed us to leave. Suddenly, Skye spoke up again. "Officers! The flour was just a distraction!" "Actually, my sister-in-law has a body hidden in the car's trunk!" Dan's face changed. "Skye! Shut up!" He was truly shaken by the previous incident. "Can you mess around with some sense of occasion?!" Skye acted as if she hadn't heard him. Instead, she leaned closer to him, lowering her voice, speaking in a hushed, urgent tone: "Dan, look at that trashy woman's smug face! The flour was definitely her deliberately toying with us! She made fools of us, and we got fined, are we just going to let it go?" Dan paused. Skye's eyes glinted maliciously, her voice extremely low: "Don't you remember why she's rushing back today?" A faint, malicious smile touched her lips. "Just stall her, make her miss her dad's last moments, make her regret it for life!" "Just say anything, let the police check again." "At most, we'll get scolded a few more times." "But she, she'll be too late!" Dan's eyes flickered. Then he no longer stopped her. I wasn't annoyed; instead, I looked at Skye. "You just said I had a body hidden?" "So, tell me, whose body did I hide?" Skye clearly paused. She hadn't expected me to retort. I deliberately said, "I'm only rushing back today for Dad's funeral." "When would I have time to kill someone?" Skye's eyes flashed. She indeed took the bait. "Who said you didn't have time?!" "I saw you steal your dad's body and hide it in the trunk! His organs were all dug out and put in a cooler!" Ignorance is truly terrifying. Such absurd words, even I found them exciting! She grew more self-righteous as she spoke. "Evie, you're an absolute monster! To pay off your loan sharks, you actually stooped to messing with your dad's corpse!" "I even heard you on the phone talking about trading organs!" [Ding! Detected complex mean-spirited content from Skye! Only partial content can come true!] Several police officers exchanged glances. The expressions on their faces were no longer tense. Instead, they showed obvious impatience and suspicion. A nearby officer murmured, "This person has made multiple false statements." But if someone reports it, the procedure still has to be followed. At this point, Dan leaned closer to me, a cold sneer playing on his lips. "Now it's impossible for them to let us go for several hours." "You probably won't make it to see your dad one last time, will you?" "Serves you right!" I looked at him. I also smiled, but my tone was a little cryptic. "Yes." "I wouldn't have made it, normally." "But now—maybe I will." Dan clearly didn't understand. "What do you mean?" But I said nothing more. I just watched the police search the car. The moment the trunk was opened, Skye eagerly spoke up. She giggled, "Of course there's nothing in the trunk, because my sister-in-law halfway..." Her voice abruptly stopped. Because a heavy, sickening smell of blood suddenly surged from the trunk. "Back off!" "Secure the scene!!" The police officer's face drastically changed, and his voice sharply rose. Dan looked at the trunk, completely stunned. "This is impossible..." And the system's voice also sounded at the same time. [Target's statement "father's body" condition is met, but host's father passed away years ago.] [Since the 'father' about to be buried is Dan's father, the target of organ trafficking is re-assigned!] [Partial content of the mean words has come true!]
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