"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!"
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
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."
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.
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)
