"Ha ha ha, did you really not look in the mirror before leaving the house?" Jiang Ran walked past him triumphantly. She had achieved exactly the effect she wanted—this man deserved such an ending.
Gu Shaoting felt humiliated, but he couldn’t even muster the courage to stand up. The diners around him stared at him with strange looks, as if he were some kind of freak.
Having had her fun, Jiang Ran suddenly felt bored. Her thoughts drifted to Lin Xue, and she immediately ordered her system to investigate. The results came quickly—Lin Xue’s residence and workplace were in the neighboring city. Without hesitation, Jiang Ran had someone deliver Lin Xue’s address to Gu Shaoting.
She was even considerate enough to buy him a bus ticket, just in case he couldn’t afford the fare.
Meanwhile, Lin Xue was living a quiet life, diligently going about her work. Without Jiang Ran’s interference, things had started looking up for her. She was competent, after all, and soon earned her boss’s favor, with a promotion on the horizon.
But one evening, as she hummed a tune on her way home, she spotted a disheveled figure slumped near her doorstep.
Holding her breath, Lin Xue cautiously approached—only for the man to suddenly open his eyes. Their gazes locked, and his face twisted with excitement.
"Xue’er! Don’t go! I finally found you, Xue’er!"
Terror flashed across Lin Xue’s face. She couldn’t understand how Gu Shaoting had ended up like this—nothing like the man she remembered. She tried to pull away, but Gu Shaoting clung to her desperately. Seeing that she seemed to be doing well, he refused to let go.
Watching the two of them entangled once more, Jiang Ran was delighted. She wasn’t in a hurry to deal with them just yet. She wanted to see Gu Shaoting cling to Lin Xue like a drowning man, dragging her down into the mire—just as the original protagonist had suffered before her painful death. This was exactly what a gold-digger like Gu Shaoting and a fool like Lin Xue deserved.
And before the final act, there was still one grand spectacle left. Like any great villain, Jiang Ran was confident in her victory. She intended to savor every moment of the revenge she had orchestrated.
Jiang Ran turned her attention to Fang Zhiyi. But when she mobilized all her resources to strike at the Fang Group, she was met with shocking news—the Fang Group no longer existed.
"Gone?" Jiang Ran was dumbfounded. "Did they bankrupt themselves? No way. That Fang Zhiyi might have been a lovesick fool, but he wasn’t stupid." She felt like a champion boxer who had eagerly sought out a rival, only to find her opponent was a scarecrow—or, as the saying went, punching cotton.
The investigator replied, "The information is confirmed. After Fang Zhiyi took over the company, he sold it off."
"That prodigal wastrel!" Jiang Ran waved the man away irritably. "System, what’s going on?"
The system was equally baffled. "No information could be retrieved. Perhaps Fang Zhiyi has deviated from the main storyline. Due to the downgrade penalty, I can’t conduct a detailed search."
"Damn it."
"Fine." Jiang Ran clenched her teeth. "Think escaping the plot means I can’t touch you? No one gets away." To her, Fang Zhiyi was still worth points.
The system hesitated. "Host, you shouldn’t cross the line again."
"I’m doing this for your sake. This world’s mission has plenty of merits, doesn’t it?" Jiang Ran had changed her hairstyle—now she looked bright and charming. But at this moment, her eyes gleamed like a venomous snake’s.
The system fell silent.
"Just dig up some dirt on rival companies, and my business will thrive. Simple, right? It might not make sense, but for us, it’s the easiest way, isn’t it?" Jiang Ran’s voice was soft, almost coaxing.
"Whatever you say, Host." The system gave in. If anything went wrong, the blame would fall on her anyway.
Jiang Ran took a deep breath. "If you can’t find him, I’ll pay someone to do it! I refuse to believe Fang Zhiyi can just vanish!"
"Host, how do you plan to deal with him?"
"That lovesick fool? I’ll drag him to Lin Xue and watch the three of them collide!" Jiang Ran giggled, pacing excitedly around the living room. "He loves her, she doesn’t love him, and he loves her again—won’t they tear each other apart? Ha ha ha..."
The system concluded that its host was, indeed, a complete psychopath.
The paid informants worked quickly. Fang Zhiyi’s whereabouts were soon uncovered. Staring at the photos in her hand, Jiang Ran frowned. "You’re telling me that after selling his company, he just bought an ordinary apartment?" The picture showed Fang Zhiyi strolling through the neighborhood, dressed plainly—almost frumpily.
"Yes. Other details are still being investigated."
Jiang Ran scoffed. "No need!" She could barely contain her excitement. The grand finale was about to begin!
That same day, her flight landed, and she rushed straight to Fang Zhiyi’s apartment complex.
She couldn’t wait. Clutching a truth-telling talisman in her hand, she planned to knock Fang Zhiyi out and take him away. The surveillance footage? The system could erase it. Having a system made everything so convenient! Once they arrived, she’d slap the talisman on him, and then—the chaos of the three-way confrontation would unfold. The thought alone made her giddy with delight.
By the time she arrived, it was already late at night. Jiang Ran craned her neck, counting the floors.
"One, two, three, four, five..."
"One, two, three, four, five..."
She turned—only to find someone else counting along with her, their eyes brimming with amusement.
"Who are you?"
"Aren’t you here for me?" Fang Zhiyi chuckled. "Couldn’t even book a daytime flight? I’ve been waiting forever."
"How did you—?" Jiang Ran narrowed her eyes. Her instincts screamed that this man was no ordinary foe.
"Are you a reincarnator?" The possibility flashed through her mind, but she dismissed it just as quickly. "Impossible. The system would’ve warned me."
"So, who the hell are you?"
Fang Zhiyi clicked his tongue. "It’s a long story. But since I’ve already sold my company, can’t you let it go? Turn back before it’s too late, Miss."
Jiang Ran’s gaze turned icy. "No. Your fate is death." She hadn’t forgotten how Fang Zhiyi had once tricked her into footing the bill.
"You—" Before Fang Zhiyi could finish, a gust of wind howled from behind him. He barely had time to react before a shadowy figure lunged forward with lightning speed.
Mid-air, the figure suddenly jerked to a halt—then, as if seized by an invisible force, its body was violently torn in half! The two halves unfurled like the grotesque maw of a beast, lunging straight for the system hovering beside Jiang Ran!
"Wha—?" Fang Zhiyi’s expression darkened instantly, his eyes widening in shock.
Jiang Ran spun around at the disturbance—just in time to see the amorphous mass engulf her system like a ravenous predator. Her face drained of color.
"You—!" she shrieked.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
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.
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
