"How does it look? Xiao Jie, quick, take a look." Wang Qianqian twisted and turned in front of the mirror, trying out her new silk scarf, completely oblivious to her best friend's expression behind her.
Gao Jie was feeling some regret at that moment. It was just a spur-of-the-moment idea to trick Wang Qianqian into that 'accident' scheme. Who knew the handsome guy would turn out to be a shareholder of the biggest home appliance company now! If she had known earlier, she would have gone for it herself.
Thinking this, she started blaming Fang Zhiyi again. Before, he remembered to bring her a share of everything, but now he just gave something directly only to Wang Qianqian. Pretty? Pah! She looks like a pig demon that just gained human form!
Cursing inwardly, her words were still sweet: "It looks beautiful. Oh, I'm so jealous of you~"
Hearing this, Wang Qianqian blushed: "Jealous of what? We haven't even defined the relationship yet."
"Still playing shy. Don't you owe me some thanks?" Gao Jie walked up, looking at her friend in the mirror, at that silk scarf. She reached out to touch it. Wang Qianqian, remembering Fang Zhiyi's words "it's very expensive," instinctively moved away.
Gao Jie's heart sank.
"Thank you... I'll definitely thank you properly once our relationship is official!" Wang Qianqian continued.
Gao Jie's eyes shifted craftily. "You better be careful. With rich guys like him, he might just be playing with you. Who knows, he might be stringing other women along too."
Wang Qianqian, being rather simple-minded, was taken aback. "He wouldn't, would he?"
"Why wouldn't he? Are you officially together?" Gao Jie pressed.
Worry began to cloud Wang Qianqian's eyes. "Then what should I do?"
"Follow him." After saying this, a flash of malicious satisfaction crossed Gao Jie's eyes. This Wang Qianqian was truly foolish.
"Okay!"
At a newly opened beverage shop—the first of its kind in this district, proposed by Fang Zhiyi and spearheaded by his sister-in-law—Fang Zhiyi sat casually. Across from him was a woman with permed hair and sunglasses, an outfit considered extremely trendy for the era.
"So, have you considered my proposal?"
Fang Zhiyi smiled. "Don't be in such a hurry, Miss Yang." The woman before him was Yang Huan, returned from abroad, a competitor of Xu Nian's. To put it simply, she was the antagonist.
Yang Huan looked at Fang Zhiyi, having formed a comprehensive assessment of him. Her investigations revealed that behind Xu Nian's success, there was always a shadow most people overlooked: this Fang Zhiyi. Digging further, she found Fang Zhiyi had a background as a small-time hoodlum, a former gambler who had only recently toned it down. But people like him never truly change, making him the perfect candidate to be bought.
Fang Zhiyi hadn't expected to catch the antagonist's eye, but the antagonist was exactly who he wanted!
This Yang Huan was ruthless. In the original storyline, she ended up kidnapping Xu Nian's wife, pushing the story's climax. If left to her devices, his own second sister would likely be the one to suffer. Thinking of this, Fang Zhiyi cursed Xu Nian eight hundred times and the Heavenly Way another two hundred.
Little Hei said this was due to the male lead's overwhelming protagonist aura, and the Heavenly Way wouldn't interfere.
"Name your price." Yang Huan suddenly smiled. She was confident. For someone who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, she didn't believe money wouldn't move him.
Fang Zhiyi sighed but said nothing.
Yang Huan grew impatient. "I guarantee this won't harm you. I'll even cut you in on future profits. All you need to do is provide me with Xu Nian's core technical data..."
Fang Zhiyi remained silent until he caught sight of two sneaky figures.
Yang Huan was taken aback. One moment Fang Zhiyi seemed unwilling to cooperate, the next he placed his hand on top of hers.
"It's not easy to arrange."
Yang Huan was surprised, but then it made sense—this guy didn't seem to have a girlfriend.
She didn't pull away. Instead, she placed her other hand on top of his. "We can discuss the terms slowly."
"In that case! Let's change locations to talk!" Fang Zhiyi stood up. Somewhat bewildered, Yang Huan followed him out and got into his car.
In the corner, Wang Qianqian was frantic. "How dare that woman be so handsy?" She wanted to charge over, but Gao Jie held her back, her eyes full of glee though her words were cautionary. "No, don't be impulsive. What would you even do if you went over?"
Watching the two get into the car intimately, Wang Qianqian couldn't hold back any longer and rushed out. But how could she match the speed of a car? She was left behind in the blink of an eye.
"See. I told you so." Gao Jie's eyes shifted again. "But Fang Zhiyi doesn't seem like that type to me. That woman, however... tsk."
With just that one remark, she successfully made Wang Qianqian resent that woman.
Yang Huan also hadn't expected Fang Zhiyi's condition to be so simple: he had a friend who needed a job arranged. Yang Huan agreed without a second thought. As long as he had demands, things were manageable.
Wang Qianqian saw Fang Zhiyi again that evening. Before she could angrily confront him, Fang Zhiyi smiled and said, "Didn't you say last time you were looking for a job? Our company isn't hiring right now, so I found you a position at a pretty good company."
With that, Wang Qianqian's attention was diverted.
"Really?"
"Really. Here's the address. Go directly tomorrow." Fang Zhiyi handed her a slip of paper, flashing a smile at Gao Jie as well.
Gao Jie felt a sour taste in her heart. Buying silk scarves, arranging jobs... then what about her?
But Fang Zhiyi didn't give her a chance to speak. After a few words of instruction, he turned and left.
Watching the happy Wang Qianqian, Gao Jie's heart churned with venom.
Yang Huan looked into Wang Qianqian's background and found she was just an outsider, so she didn't pay much mind. Probably that good-for-nothing Fang Zhiyi was trying to woo her. Since the local branch was just established and needed staff anyway, she had someone arrange Wang Qianqian's onboarding. She had urgent business to attend to out of town.
She had underestimated the destructive power of a fool.
The person assigned to train Wang Qianqian was a girl surnamed Wei. She explained many things to Wang Qianqian and, knowing she was arranged by the boss, was quite polite. But Wang Qianqian gave her a surprise the very next moment.
Wang Qianqian's assigned tasks were simple office work.
Wang Qianqian cherished this job. On her first day, to save the company money, she turned off the aerator for the Arowana fish tank that Yang Huan had specially had transported in.
"Leaving this on all the time wastes so much electricity," Wang Qianqian thought, proud of her thriftiness, as she unplugged it and left.
The next day, everyone was shocked. The golden, shimmering Arowana was already swimming belly-up.
"Who was the last to leave yesterday?" the manager asked.
Wang Qianqian eagerly raised her hand.
"This plug..."
"I unplugged it! Running it all night is so expensive! Sister Wei even told me yesterday to conserve company resources." Wang Qianqian said with a proud expression.
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?!
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
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."
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
