Night.
At Wang Yulan's home.
In the living room, Xiao Lin lay sprawled on the sofa with his legs crossed, a silly grin plastered on his face.
Shen Wan'er is so beautiful... I never imagined my boss could be so pretty.
She even smiled at me today. City girls really are something else...
Wait, why isn't my beautiful big sister back yet?
Just then.
Xiao Lin seemed to sense something. His face lit up, and he hurried to the window to look outside.
However, what he saw was completely unexpected.
His beautiful big sister was stepping out of what appeared to be an extremely expensive luxury car.
Moreover, she was being helped out by a man.
Xiao Lin watched this scene, and for some reason,
His heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly dipped in excrement.
He unconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes fixed intently on Gu Yan's face.
In his mind, the beautiful big sister was someone he had his eye on, so she should be with him.
Who was this man?
So what if he had some money?
Xiao Lin felt immensely displeased looking at Gu Yan.
Whether by coincidence or not,
The man Xiao Lin found so inexplicably annoying suddenly looked up and met his gaze.
And even gave a slight smile.
?
Xiao Lin's brow furrowed.
He stared at Gu Yan, feeling extremely uncomfortable. The guy seemed much more handsome than him...
And he looked wealthy too.
Damn it, but judging from his aura, he's just an ordinary person after all.
Heh, just an ordinary person.
After sensing that Gu Yan was merely ordinary, Xiao Lin suddenly found his earlier reaction a bit laughable.
Just an ordinary guy, how could he compare to a genius like me?
The old men on the mountain all said my talent is unparalleled in the world.
I'm destined to inherit the position of Dragon King Palace Master in the future.
How could this slightly handsome, somewhat wealthy man compete with me for my beautiful big sister?
Downstairs.
Gu Yan thoughtfully helped Wang Yulan out of the car: "Sister Yulan, remember to get some rest when you get home, and drink some warm water."
Wang Yulan nodded, feeling an indescribable warmth in her heart.
It seemed like it had been a very long time since she had experienced such a warm feeling.
Wang Yulan couldn't help but look at Gu Yan intently, as if trying to imprint his image in her mind.
Only when she noticed his expression becoming slightly puzzled did Wang Yulan hastily look away, her face turning slightly red as she said softly, "Um... thank you for today."
For some reason, Wang Yulan felt her heart racing.
"It's nothing. I should say, it's fortunate I arrived in time," Gu Yan shook his head and smiled.
"Alright, you... you drive carefully on your way back..." Wang Yulan bit her lip, her tone filled with concern.
Seeing Gu Yan's smiling expression, her face reddened, and she quickly headed towards the house: "Anyway, see you next time!"
"See you tomorrow," Gu Yan waved.
His expression was still full of smiles.
At this moment.
Gu Yan looked up and caught sight of the original male protagonist Xiao Lin, who had just turned to go back to the living room.
Heh, Xiao Lin.
I suppose this counts as our first meeting.
Look forward to it. You're about to have a new life, different from the original story.
Gu Yan smiled lightly, then got back into the car.
He took out his phone.
And dialed a number: "Hello, the money has been transferred to your account."
"Hehe, thank you, young master. If you have any more good opportunities like this in the future, please continue to look for us."
"Mm, your performance was good. I'll call you if there's another chance."
After hanging up the phone.
Gu Yan's expression became utterly calm.
The original second female lead, huh...
Her favorability really is easy to raise. What a fool.
But calculating the timing, that incident from the original story should be happening soon.
When that time comes, it will be my chance to completely win over Wang Yulan.
However, I'm merely using her after all.
Gu Yan looked at himself through the reflection in the glass.
For some reason, he didn't feel any guilt at all when doing these things.
Even though he didn't actually like those women, for the sake of his plans, he had to put on an act of care and protection.
Even though... the time he spent with Qingqiu was never enough.
"Qingqiu... I miss you so much..."
Gu Yan let out a soft sigh.
The next second.
Whoosh!
A dagger emanating black smoke was pressed against Gu Yan's throat.
An extremely cold voice filled with killing intent pierced Gu Yan's ears: "Shut up!"
Mei Xue, who had been following Gu Yan all day, had already been holding back from killing him.
But in the end, he had the audacity to flirt around with other women outside while saying he missed Leng Qingqiu.
Isn't this... two-timing? Isn't this betraying her master?!
Mei Xue decided she must kill this man who had bewitched her master!!
"..."
Heh... finally came out.
Gu Yan didn't show any panic at having a dagger pressed against his throat.
Instead, the corner of his mouth curled into a mysterious smile.
Meanwhile.
When Wang Yulan returned home with mixed emotions.
"Beautiful big sister, who was that man?" Xiao Lin's voice, tinged with jealousy, reached her ears.
Wang Yulan was startled. She looked up to see Xiao Lin standing in the hallway with an unhappy expression. She shook her head and said with a light laugh, "He's one of my mother's students."
"He came to visit my mother today."
Wang Yulan didn't mention the incident where she had nearly been killed by those thugs earlier.
Firstly, she was afraid of alarming Xiao Lin.
Secondly, there was no need to tell others about such matters.
"Oh? So you don't have any relationship with him, right, beautiful big sister?"
"It's best if you don't. That guy doesn't look like a good person."
"Beautiful big sister, you're so pretty, he must have ulterior motives for approaching you!"
Seeing Wang Yulan's casual response, which seemed to confirm she indeed had no relationship with that man, Xiao Lin's mood improved. He also convinced himself that Wang Yulan must surely dislike that kind of man.
She probably only let him send her home because he kept pestering her.
Hearing Xiao Lin's questions, Wang Yulan was stunned.
She looked at his suspicious gaze, which seemed to accuse her of doing something to betray him.
Especially his words slandering Gu Yan...
She couldn't help but frown, her tone becoming slightly heavier: "Xiao Lin, what are you saying?"
"Gu Yan is my mother's student. What do you mean by asking about our relationship?"
"And... Gu Yan is a good person, a very, very good person."
"I hope in the future, Xiao Lin, you won't casually slander others behind their backs."
Wang Yulan's mind flashed back to Gu Yan's heartfelt words to her mother in the hospital room.
She also remembered how Gu Yan had chosen to come save her without regard for his own safety.
At that moment, she felt immensely disappointed in Xiao Lin.
She shook her head, a look of disappointment on her face as she walked past Xiao Lin to her bedroom.
Xiao Lin, seeing the beautiful big sister suddenly turn cold, was stunned.
Did I... did I say something wrong?
Xiao Lin stared blankly at the tightly closed door.
Hey, hey, hey, that man really did make me feel very uncomfortable!
My instincts are definitely not wrong!
That man is absolutely not a good person.
Xiao Lin's expression became somewhat sad, and his mood inevitably sank a bit.
Sigh, the beautiful big sister dislikes me now.
Damn it, it's all because of that rich guy.
Xiao Lin naturally wouldn't blame Wang Yulan, so he placed all the responsibility on Gu Yan's head.
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grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
