Jiang Che sat in the back seat of the Maybach, while Dong'er took the driver's seat.
He stared blankly out the window.
A sparrow flew up to the window, left a little dropping, and then flew away.
The little girl blinked her big eyes a couple of times, turned on the windshield wipers, and washed away the fresh dropping, behaving so obediently it was almost unbelievable.
Jiang Che stroked his chin, flipping through Lin Yu's script in his system.
He had encountered three "Sons of Destiny" so far, but only Lin Yu had a script, which meant... Lin Yu was a special one among these chosen ones.
According to the original plot, Wang Yanran's father, Wang Laiyun, was the director of the Public Security Bureau. Recently, Hangcheng had been hit by a series of heinous murders, and the pressure on him was already immense. On top of that, he was framed by political rivals for corruption and bribery.
He was immediately dismissed and put under investigation. Later, it was Lin Yu who helped them overcome this crisis.
But now that Lin Yu was gone, without his protagonist halo, it would be difficult for Wang Yanran's family to recover.
Of course, Jiang Che was now viewing this from a god-like perspective. The framing was full of holes.
It was simply a case of a deputy director wanting to climb the ladder, so he framed Wang Laiyun for corruption. He sent him a painting, claiming it was a fake replica, but little did anyone know the painting had two layers, with the deeper layer being a genuine masterpiece worth millions.
Thus, Wang Laiyun fell from grace. No sooner had he left his position than he was reported.
This kind of plot could only happen in a novel. Anyone who could rise to the position of Public Security Bureau director would naturally tread carefully.
[Ding! The "Chosen Heroine" Wang Yanran's family has fallen from grace. The host has triggered a villainous choice.]
[Choice 1: Do nothing. Wang Yanran loses her heroine halo. Reward: 30 years of internal energy.]
[Choice 2: Take down Deputy Director Qi Lv. Reward: A super butler team.]
[Choice 3: Offer assistance and help Wang Laiyun recover. Wang Yanran's favorability +10. Reward: "Eternal Youth Elixir" recipe.]
Jiang Che: "???"
Another choice triggered?
And looking at the system options... are you trying to make me a good guy?
Jiang Che furrowed his brows slightly. The first option was tempting, offering 30 years of internal energy. If he chose the first option, with 30 years of internal energy, he had a high chance of breaking through to become a grandmaster-level expert!
But clearly, he wouldn't choose this option!
He didn't lack strength, as he was already at the mid-stage of the Transformation Realm. Ordinary weaklings were no longer worth his attention. Even if some grandmaster-level old monsters came after him... he could just bring up his background, and which grandmaster wouldn't be afraid?
If anyone dared to touch him... his grandmaster-level grandfather would definitely come after them with a 40-meter-long sword.
A real 40-meter-long sword!
Moreover, Choices 2 and 3 weren't mutually exclusive.
"I'll choose the second and third options."
Mainly because the rewards for the second and third options were too enticing!
[Super Butler Team: A team of 100 people with top-tier butler experience, including maids, gardeners, asset managers... and all of them are women with a beauty score of over 80.]
This butler team was perfect. Jiang Che's home was quite cold and empty. Although he now had quite a few girls around, the house was simply too big—five floors, almost like a palace—so it still felt very empty.
He had long wanted to hire some butlers and servants, but those servants were still outsiders.
Now, the system had directly given him a team, and they were all female puppets with a beauty score of over 80. This was simply delightful.
["Eternal Youth Elixir" Recipe: An essence extracted from various rare Chinese medicinal herbs, mixed in strict proportions. After consumption, it will grant eternal youth.]
Tsk tsk tsk, what a treasure!
Things like Eternal Youth Elixirs, Eternal Youth Pills, Life-Extending Pills, and Disease-Curing Pills... these were all old tropes in wish-fulfillment novels, but weren't these supposed to be things only the protagonist could have?
Who would have thought that a villain like me could also enjoy such treatment!
Jiang Che stretched his limbs and decided to get to work.
Since Deputy Director Qi Lv was capable of framing Wang Laiyun, this guy was definitely not a good person. He would just have Monkey investigate, and they would surely find something.
[Monkey: Don't worry, Young Master Jiang. I'll definitely dig up everything on Qi Lv. I can even find out what he ate last night!]
Monkey was very confident. His hacking skills were among the top five in the world, if not the top three!
...
Monkey worked quickly.
In just over two hours, he had dug up all of Deputy Director Qi Lv's dirty secrets.
To be honest, someone like Qi Lv, a deputy director... his level of confidentiality wasn't very high, so it was relatively easy for Monkey to investigate him.
[Young Master Jiang, here's some dirt on Qi Lv. This old guy hid things pretty well. In his early years, he kept several female college students as mistresses. Later, when one of them got pregnant and threatened him, he had her secretly dealt with...]
[I also found evidence of him framing Public Security Bureau Director Wang Laiyun. I uncovered some chat logs and recordings. Please take a look.]
You could question Monkey's taste and preferences, but you absolutely couldn't question his professional skills!
Someone like him had to be kept firmly under control.
However, Jiang Che wasn't worried about Monkey betraying him. He had already used the system to check Monkey's loyalty.
With a full score of 100, Monkey's loyalty was at 90, which meant he was absolutely incapable of betrayal.
"Monkey, you did well. If there's a new generation of intelligent robots, I'll let you know first."
Monkey's hobby was simple: dolls. If you could satisfy this desire of his, he would be completely loyal to you!
[Hehehe, Young Master Jiang, you really get me!]
After obtaining the evidence, Jiang Che didn't immediately go to Wang Yanran.
Now that he had the upper hand, Wang Yanran was probably consumed with worry... constantly fretting over her father but unable to do anything.
Jiang Che planned to leave her hanging for a few days. When Wang Laiyun's situation was about to reach its conclusion... he would reveal the evidence and create a dramatic reversal!
"My dear Yanran, I sacrificed the chance to become a grandmaster for you! Shouldn't you... repay me by having three children with me?"
Jiang Che lightly licked his lips.
...
Back at the villa.
Qiangwei was wearing a white strappy nightgown, lying on the bed playing a game, her bare legs swinging back and forth.
A white Ragdoll cat was perched on the girl's shoulder, also watching the phone, its tail occasionally flicking. The scene between the girl and the cat was very heartwarming.
"Brother Jiang Che?"
When Qiangwei saw Jiang Che, she was overjoyed. She stopped playing with her phone and immediately sat up on the bed.
"Meow—"
The little Ragdoll on her shoulder let out a pitiful cry as it tumbled off the bed.
Qiangwei's delicate face showed a hint of apology, and then she ran over to Jiang Che.
She threw herself into Jiang Che's arms.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
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."
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
