"System, can you please speed things up for me, old friend?"
"It takes ten days for each female lead to arrive, and there are so many of them. It'll take two months for all of them to get here!"
"Also, when will my background finish loading? Give me a straight answer."
In the CEO's office of Caiying Beauty.
Gu Chenan leaned back on the sofa, helplessly questioning the system.
He hadn't rushed the system before because he needed to buy a company and a house. Now that the house was being renovated and he had taken over the company, all that remained were the system's rewards.
"The next female lead will be transferred in four days. The host's background has loaded to 56%. It will be fully loaded in at most seven more days. Please be patient," the system replied in its usual emotionless, official tone.
"Tsk." Gu Chenan clicked his tongue and said, "Think about it. I've known you the longest. When I first crossed over into this novel world, weak, pitiful, and helpless, who gave me a sense of security? Who encouraged and motivated me to grow every time I felt discouraged?"
"Who accompanied and comforted me when I was all alone?"
"Who patiently explained the function of each skill to me, who tirelessly calculated my performance scores?"
"And who wholeheartedly wished for my well-being, only wanting me to complete my performance and return to the real world?"
As he spoke, Gu Chenan's nose twitched and his eyes reddened: "It was you! It was you! It was all you!"
"It's precisely because of this that I brought you back to the real world. And it's because of this that my feelings for you are not just those of a system and its host. I've long since considered you my safe harbor, my tender lover!"
"To be honest, even if the whole world betrayed me, I know you would stand firmly by my side!"
"Because you will always be my system, and I will always be your host. We will be together forever."
Gu Chenan spoke with such "sincerity" and with tears in his eyes that he almost believed it himself.
Earlier, Gu Chenan had already sensed that this unlucky system of his wasn't just a mechanical creation. She had her own thoughts and could be influenced by the outside world.
The reason he said so many cringe-worthy, cheesy lines was to test the system.
After Gu Chenan gave the system this small but earth-shattering shock, the system fell completely silent.
After waiting for a long time without hearing a response from the system, Gu Chenan asked curiously, "System, are you still there?"
A semi-transparent light screen appeared in front of Gu Chenan.
An interface similar to a dialogue box appeared. On the interface, the system replied with an ellipsis.
"......"
Gu Chenan was stunned, wondering why the system wasn't talking to him directly and instead chose to communicate this way.
"Why don't you speak? What's with just typing and not talking?" Gu Chenan asked.
The interface was silent for a moment, then replied: "It's easy to know heaven......"
"?"
Gu Chenan was stunned and immediately asked, "What does that mean?"
The system replied: "But hard to defy fate......"
Gu Chenan: ?
Damn, when did the system learn to use internet slang?
Is it because it's adapting to this world, or could it always do this?
"Did you even listen to what I said? Can you speed things up a bit?" Gu Chenan asked.
Another line of text appeared on the interface.
"You really think I'm omnipotent, don't you? I'm already working hard to load everything for you. Can you stop rushing me? Do you know how difficult it is to bring in the female leads? And your background is incredibly hard to load."
"No, you don't know. You don't know anything. You just keep pressuring me, saying all those mushy things. You only care about yourself. You're selfish!"
Looking at the text on the interface, Gu Chenan was dumbfounded.
This was the first time the system had expressed its opinion of him, further confirming Gu Chenan's deduction.
This damn system was definitely a real person!
Even if she didn't have a physical body, her inner self was undoubtedly human!
Gu Chenan's mind raced, and he quickly said, "By the way, now that I've brought you to the real world, you can't just exist in my mind like in the novel world, right? Why don't you come out and we can meet face to face? The bed in the new villa is quite big."
System: ......
"You can forget about that. I don't know what you're thinking, but to set your sights on me... that's really pushing it."
Although the system rejected Gu Chenan, one thing could be discerned from its words!
That is, the system really could appear in physical form!
However, this system girl had no intention of meeting him right now, so he'd better forget about it.
"Well, never mind then. I was thinking of taking you out for a meal to thank you. Sigh, you're not giving me any face."
"Don't bother me if there's nothing important. I'm very busy, loading female leads and backgrounds for you every day. If you want to meet, wait until I'm done with all this work."
With this last line of text, the semi-transparent light screen disappeared.
Gu Chenan's attention was still on the system's last sentence.
Wait until she's done with work to meet?
So a meeting is possible?
Wow, if she really appears, wouldn't that mean I'm truly on the path to a cheat code life?
......
Meanwhile.
In the general manager's office of Zhenhua Cosmetics.
"Deputy General Manager Sun, from today on, we're colleagues."
"You're too kind, General Manager Huang. I, Sun, will do my utmost for Zhenhua."
Sun Wei and Huang Yuan stood up and shook hands, both smiling broadly.
"Well then, General Manager Huang, I'll take my leave now. I'll report to the company tomorrow," Sun Wei said.
Huang Yuan was about to nod, but suddenly remembered something. He quickly came around from behind his desk, grabbed Sun Wei with a mysterious look on his face, and said, "Deputy General Manager Sun, please wait a moment."
Then he quickly walked to the office door, closed it, and locked it.
After doing all this, he walked back behind his desk.
"General Manager Huang, what's this about?" Sun Wei looked at Huang Yuan, unsure of what was going on.
Huang Yuan took out a cigarette and offered one to Sun Wei, then lit one for himself. After taking a long drag and exhaling the smoke, he said, "Deputy General Manager Sun, I heard that the new CEO of Caiying is quite incompetent?"
Hearing this, Sun Wei's eyes narrowed slightly. He lit his cigarette and said, "I don't know about incompetent, I just know that our ideas didn't align."
"That's what I mean," Huang Yuan smiled. "Deputy General Manager Sun, a talent like you was forced to resign by that new CEO. Isn't she going too far?"
Leaning forward, Huang Yuan lowered his voice and said, "Don't you have any grudges against that new CEO?"
"Of course I do!" Sun Wei said through gritted teeth. "But what good does it do even if I have grudges?"
"Ah," Huang Yuan shook his head. "Deputy General Manager Sun, you're selling yourself short. Your abilities are well-known throughout the beauty industry in Magic City. If you wanted to make things difficult for that new CEO, wouldn't it be a piece of cake?"
Sun Wei sensed the implication in Huang Yuan's words and asked with slight surprise, "What do you mean, General Manager Huang?"
Huang Yuan tapped his cigarette ash and got straight to the point: "To be frank, I want to see Caiying go bankrupt in a short time. The sooner, the better!"
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
nto another world, I bought a slave for the first time, never expecting the silver wolf girl to be so cute... Lin Feng: I know it's cold, but you don't have to sneak into my bed! Yuna: Just sharing body warmth, if you dare do anything naughty, I'll definitely...
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.
