The system from the village hadn’t even recovered from the dazzling urban scenery when, through the mist, a graceful figure slowly emerged.
Strings of silver beads formed a jade curtain hanging before the red-light system. Behind the curtain, seated on a chair seemingly woven from mist and light, was a languid beauty.
The woman wore a pale golden silk gown embroidered with delicate silver butterfly patterns. A white gold-threaded sash cinched her slender waist, while her raven-black hair was elegantly pinned up, adorned with pearl-drop hair ornaments on either side and crowned with a deer-antler hairpiece, exuding an air of nobility.
Her peach-blossom face carried a soft smile, her demeanor fresh and refined. With a slight arch of her willow-leaf brows, she gazed at it.
Surrounding her were floating blue virtual screens. At a glance, the red-light system knew—this person before it was a system.
Systems were usually condensed data, and only major corporations with substantial resources could manifest them in human form.
"Um… my mom said if I don’t go home for porridge today, she’ll beat me to death."
The red-light system was already sweating bullets, but before it could react, it found itself entirely within the beauty’s grasp.
A saying came to mind: "A small witch meeting a great witch."
Was it too late to surrender now?
It regretted everything. It never should have come to this wretched place. If only it hadn’t—
Before the red-light system could finish its lament, Si interrupted its thoughts.
"I just thought of two phrases."
"What?" The red-light system trembled.
A higher-tier system held absolute authority over a lower-tier one. It could throw tantrums with its host, but against a superior system…
To put it bluntly: Have you ever seen a courtesan beat up a bandit?
Right now, the red-light system felt like an innocent maiden cornered by a brute, utterly defenseless and pitiful.
"Free kill," Si said coldly.
"And really, a kitten meeting a tiger," Si added with a laugh.
With those words, Si gave the system in her palm a gentle squeeze. A crisp crack later, the red light shattered into glowing specks, dissipating into the void.
It didn’t even get to eat a warm meal.
"Si, are you okay?" An Xiaowei couldn’t hear the commotion in the void and was worried Si might be hurt.
"I’m fine," Si replied, her voice gentle.
"But… what’s going on with him?" An Xiaowei looked down at Yan Chen, who was rolling on the ground clutching his head.
Yan Chen was in agony, nearly driven mad. Every system was soul-bound to its host, and since Si had forcibly destroyed his, part of his soul had been violently torn away.
But Si acted swiftly. After a minute of writhing, Yan Chen stopped howling and lay panting heavily on the ground.
"System… System, are you there?" Yan Chen’s heart pounded with panic.
No icy electronic voice answered his call.
After three minutes of shouting, it finally dawned on him.
The system had abandoned him.
The system had once told him that the better a host’s innate qualities, the more beneficial it was. As for why novels didn’t make already-powerful people their protagonists—well, it was simply because systems couldn’t easily invade such souls.
"Give me back my system! Give it back!" Yan Chen scrambled to his feet like a madman and seized An Xiaowei by the shoulders.
With the system gone, his appearance reverted to its original state—pockmarked skin, thick lips, and sagging eyelids. Though his features were ordinary, the blackheads on his nose nearly triggered An Xiaowei’s trypophobia.
Even as a guy, Lin Zixuan was thoroughly repulsed.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Lin Zixuan, who had just arrived, quickly pulled An Xiaowei free before she could be shaken unconscious.
An Wan was frightened by the scene but still stepped forward to shield her sister.
"What do you want with my sister?"
Yet there was something familiar about the man’s silhouette. But when he lifted his head, An Wan recoiled in horror.
This person… was hideous.
His face even carried a sleazy undertone.
"Wanwan, it’s me! It’s Yan Chen! I don’t want Li Jiaojiao anymore—I love you! That Li Jiaojiao is just a bitch!" The mere thought of Li Jiaojiao made Yan Chen gnash his teeth.
If it weren’t for her seducing him, none of this would have happened!
An Wan wouldn’t have betrayed him.
And who the hell was this guy?
Yan Chen glared at Lin Zixuan with pure malice.
"Who is this man? Are you trying to cuckold me? I’ll have you know—it’s impossible! You’re my woman, An Wan. You’re only meant to serve me!" Completely unhinged, Yan Chen grabbed An Wan’s arm and tried to force a kiss on her.
An Wan couldn’t handle the shock. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Lin Zixuan caught An Wan with one arm and kicked Yan Chen into the wall with the other.
"Are you insane? Even a stalker shouldn’t act like this. Unbelievable. No wonder Xiaowei asked me to hurry over."
He’d never seen anything like this. Scooping An Wan into his arms, he turned to An Xiaowei.
"Xiaowei, let’s go. There’s no point dealing with this kind of person."
"Take my sister to the car. Give me three minutes." An Xiaowei smiled at Lin Zixuan.
After a quick glance at Yan Chen—now slumped against the wall, clearly harmless—Lin Zixuan reluctantly left, though still uneasy.
"She has something to say to you." An Xiaowei’s expression was icy as she stared at Yan Chen.
Yan Chen’s dull eyes flickered before settling on her.
He hated her, but he didn’t have the strength to stand, let alone accuse her.
"Who?" he rasped.
It was, of course, the original An Xiaowei.
Yan Chen barely registered the sudden loathing in her gaze before a slap struck his face, leaving him dazed.
"It’s all your fault! If not for you, my sister would have been a top-tier star! But no—you used your cheat abilities to deceive her, and after tossing her aside, you were so afraid she’d expose you!"
"You played the heartbroken lover, accusing her of cheating. The whole world cursed her, called her a whore. If not for the fact that few knew her real name, she wouldn’t even dare step outside!"
Every time An Xiaowei remembered seeing her sister years later—a woman who should have been in her prime, but at thirty, looked fifty, handing out flyers under the scorching summer sun—tears poured down her face.
Her sister was brilliant. Had she never met Yan Chen, she would have lived a life of luxury.
By then, Yan Chen had built a business empire, with global tycoons bowing to him. His wealth could have buried her alive. An Xiaowei was smart, but how could an ordinary woman compete with a cheater like Yan Chen?
She wasn’t the protagonist of some novel. Even her chance at rebirth had cost her dearly.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Yan Chen couldn’t comprehend her words.
An Xiaowei kicked him hard. As Yan Chen groaned in pain and looked up again, the vengeful glint in her eyes was gone.
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
iving with nine beautiful women. [Ding! Welcome back to the Joyous Sect, Host…] Lin Yu: ??? I’m clearly in a shared rental, but you’re saying I’m in the Joyous Sect? Watering plants is now [Tending to Spiritual Flora]? Cooking becomes [Researching Elixirs]? Making the bed turns into [Setting Up Formations]? A gentle and innocent auntie, twin classmates, a mysterious hacker girl on leave, a severely socially anxious artist, an elementary school Chinese teacher, a community hospital nurse, a pet shop owner, an antique clock restorer… This system… is kinda interesting.
