Although this secondary male character, who is also the main antagonist, has his looks and charm on full display.
There's no denying it.
Regarding the excited chatter of the surrounding girls,
Xu Mo pretended not to notice, forcing himself to focus his gaze on Shen Manni, while squeezing out a fawning smile on his face. Only then did he stride towards Shen Manni.
"Manni, this ring represents my love for you. Are you free at noon? Let's go have lunch together."
Shen Manni's eyebrows arched gracefully, and she was about to directly refuse Xu Mo's invitation.
Just then, she heard a series of voices echoing in her ears.
[Ugh... This is making me sick. If it weren't for following the plot, I wouldn't be able to make this sycophantic expression even if you killed me]
[Hurry up and reject me, so I can finish this scene. Oh wait... I still need to persist a bit more until the male lead Lin Fan arrives to slap my own face]
[This damn lousy plot, I've already been through it once, and now I have to do it again. It's really fucking unlucky]
[Anyone who likes you must have the worst luck in eight lifetimes. You're so cold, acting like the whole world owes you something]
Without the system saying much more,
Xu Mo had already started ranting furiously in his heart.
Just like when he followed the plot before.
But this time, Xu Mo's resentment was even greater than before.
If it weren't for a program error, he would have already returned to real life by now.
Just as Xu Mo was suspecting whether this broken system was trying to trick him,
A cold, mechanical voice that only he could hear sounded.
"Ding, congratulations host, personal charm increased +3"
Xu Mo's eyes lit up slightly, this time the system hadn't let him down.
He couldn't help but feel a bit smug inside.
Meanwhile, Shen Manni, standing in front of Xu Mo, was dumbfounded.
She first looked around, realizing no one had said these things, then looked at Xu Mo with a strange expression.
Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, seeing that Shen Manni hadn't accepted the fake diamond ring, nor directly rejected him.
His heart skipped a beat.
He couldn't help but steel himself and continue to offer the fake diamond ring.
"Manni, I hope you can accept this ring."
[Big sis, please hurry up and continue with the next part of the act, furrow your brows, show some disgust on your face, and resolutely reject me]
[Instead of staring at me with that bewildered look like you are now]
[Still looking? What's there to look at? Is there a flower on my face or something?]
Xu Mo inexplicably reached out to touch his own cheek.
Puff----
Shen Manni, who had heard Xu Mo's inner thoughts, and witnessed this action,
Couldn't help but let out a soft "puff" and smiled.
Her smile was like a gentle spring breeze.
Shen Manni usually maintained an icy demeanor.
The type who didn't engage with anyone.
This smile of hers could be described in three words: absolutely unprecedented!
The surrounding onlookers were instantly dumbfounded.
"Holy crap! Director Shen actually smiled? Am I seeing things?"
"In my five years at the company, this is the first time I've seen Director Shen smile."
"Director Shen's smile is so beautiful! She and Young Master Xu make such a good match."
These voices also reached Shen Manni's ears.
She slightly composed her somewhat shocked state of mind, and to confirm that these voices weren't just figments of her imagination,
She deliberately reached out her hand towards Xu Mo.
She said coolly,
"Give me the ring, then? Isn't this ring supposed to be for me? Why are you still holding onto it?"
Xu Mo blinked in confusion and subconsciously said, "No... you really want it..."
His voice was very low.
Shen Manni frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask,
"What did you say?"
"Nothing," Xu Mo shook his head slightly, his hand trembling as he handed the small box to Shen Manni.
With so many eyes watching here,
To avoid giving himself away, he could only comply reluctantly.
Shen Manni took the small gift box, looking a bit dazed herself, inwardly speculating: Could this be Xu Mo's strategy of playing hard to get?
Or was she really hearing things earlier?
The next moment, the reality before her eyes told her,
It wasn't an auditory hallucination, but she had genuinely heard Xu Mo's inner thoughts.
[Oh God, oh heavens! This female lead has most likely gone mad, actually accepting my ring]
[Shen Manni, are you sick or something?]
[If you're sick, I'll take you to the hospital right now for a thorough check-up. The work pressure lately must be too much, don't let it mess up your brain]
Shen Manni furrowed her brows, glaring at Xu Mo with a hint of anger.
You're the one who's sick! Your whole family is sick!
What plot, what female lead, what nonsense?
I think the person who's lost their mind is you!
Xu Mo sensed her strange gaze and immediately felt delighted inside.
[Yes, yes, that's exactly the expression I wanted]
[Shen Manni, oh Shen Manni, you finally look human now]
[Oh? That little glare of yours could almost shoot flames. It's just a meal, you haven't even agreed yet, is it really necessary?]
[Even if you agreed, this young master wouldn't want to serve you anyway]
[Ahem... no, that's a plastic diamond ring, give it back to me first, I'll go to the hardware store... no, I mean the jewelry store to exchange it for a real one for you]
"Ding, congratulations host, personal charm increased +5"
Xu Mo looked dejected, wondering if this broken system was also sick.
Why were all these rewards for charm?
Couldn't it give something more practical?
The most annoying thing was, if Shen Manni opened the ring box and found out it was made of plastic,
Wouldn't he die of embarrassment on the spot?
He had to get that plastic ring back!
"Forget it, take the ring back. We'll have lunch another time."
Shen Manni said coldly.
She never had much fondness for Xu Mo to begin with.
Rejecting Xu Mo was only natural, and being able to hear his thoughts hadn't changed her initial intention.
What angered her even more was that this guy Xu Mo
Had actually tried to deceive her with a plastic ring.
Her mind was in a jumble right now, and to prevent Xu Mo from noticing anything amiss, she could only choose to act this way for now.
At this moment, Xu Mo wanted to rush up and give Shen Manni a big hug, and plant a hard kiss on her little face.
[Hahaha... Shen Manni, you're not crazy, that's great]
[I thought you had gone mad and was ready to take you to a mental hospital, but it looks like that won't be necessary now]
[Where's that idiot novel protagonist Lin Fan? Hurry up and come wrap this up!]
[Good grief! This stupid woman probably won't realize it's a fake ring even on her deathbed]
Shen Manni's eyelid twitched slightly.
She didn't want to stay here for another moment, listening to Xu Mo's inner ramblings.
She felt that the crazy one wasn't her, but Xu Mo!
[Damn! Finally, he's here]
g Yu was preparing for retirement when her organization decided to eliminate her. She transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse world. However, a tiny unexpected situation occurred: She somehow transformed into an adorable little girl?!
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
