Tonight there was thunder and lightning, and a lot of wind and rain.

The Heaven on Earth bar was exceptionally lively, except for one of the most luxurious suites on the top floor.

Jiang Mei moved her lips with difficulty, her nose inexplicably stinging, and her throat choked with emotion. The domineering pheromones of a top alpha slowly spread, causing the woman lounging on the sofa to furrow her brows slightly in displeasure.

Jiang Mei froze, immediately suppressing her aura with a humble and helpless expression. She cautiously examined the woman on the sofa, and only after carefully confirming that the other woman was not angry did she breathe a small sigh of relief, as if she had escaped a disaster.

Although she had already etched the other person's face into her heart, Jiang Mei still couldn't help but stare at the woman's face, mesmerized by the soft, warm light casting small shadows.

The woman had a small, delicate nose, slightly upturned lips, and a pair of almond-shaped eyes that were innocent and charming. Her fair, smooth skin was as lustrous as the finest pearls, shimmering with a soft glow. Her misty, watery eyes, as they gently shifted, exuded a captivating allure, causing Jiang Mei's heart to race uncontrollably.

Jiang Mei tried her best to appear calm, "Yu Yu..."

Qiao Yu lowered her eyes, her expression cold and distant, but the warm smile that Jiang Mei knew so well still lingered on her lips. "Jiang Mei, I'm sorry."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mei immediately collapsed in front of the woman in a disheveled state.

Jiang Mei's eyes gradually became hazy. She hadn't drunk any alcohol tonight, yet she felt somewhat drunk. Even the face of the woman she loved most in front of her gradually became blurred. She stretched out her hand with all her might but couldn't touch the delicate hem of the other woman's clothes even a fraction of an inch.

Upon seeing this, a hint of reluctance flashed in Qiao Yu's shimmering brown eyes.

She had no choice. If she couldn't complete the task assigned by the system—to make Jiang Mei fall in love with her and then ruin her life—Qiao Yu would die completely in her original world.

Jiang Mei is a beautiful, strong, and tragic heroine in a blood type novel. Because of her tragic background, Jiang Mei was often bullied by her classmates from childhood to adulthood, especially in school, until a female classmate wearing a white shirt and pleated skirt, with a smile sweeter than honey, unreasonably barged into her life.

That female classmate was Qiao Yu.

Jiang Mei was Qiao Yu's first love. After knowing each other for five years, they got married. Qiao Yu accompanied Jiang Mei through the ups and downs of life, even using all her savings to help her start a business. However, in just one year of Jiang Mei's success, she fell in love with a top-tier actress who was currently very popular. She resolutely divorced Qiao Yu and began a relationship with the actress.

After her divorce, Jiang Mei had a happy marriage and was deeply in love with her new wife. However, Qiao Yu had a lot of bad luck. She was not only cheated out of all her money, but was also manipulated by a scumbag. In the end, she finally couldn't bear the depression and committed suicide by jumping into the river.

Qiao Yu regretted meeting Jiang Mei, but she was unwilling to accept it and couldn't swallow her anger. If she could do it all over again, she would only want to ruthlessly scumbag Jiang Mei and let her taste the bitterness of being deceived and abandoned.

So, after being bound to the system, Qiao Yu immediately transferred schools upon receiving the mission, specifically moving from a prestigious private school to this unremarkable, poor high school that wasn't even among the top ten in the city. To survive, she went to great lengths to protect Jiang Mei, stand up for her, and cheer her up, all to ensure that Jiang Mei would fall in love with her as soon as possible.

Jiang Mei lost both her parents and grew up in the care of others. Her difficult childhood experiences shaped her cold, stubborn, and unapproachable personality. After becoming classmates with Jiang Mei, it took Qiao Yu two whole years to finally pry open a crack in her gloomy heart and become her closest and most intimate friend, someone she could confide in about anything.

Under Qiao Yu's care, Jiang Mei gradually became warmer. Sometimes she would laugh, and when she laughed, it was as if all the flowers in the mountains and fields suddenly bloomed. All the omegas in the school would be involuntarily fascinated by her.

But Jiang Mei rarely smiles.

At that time, Qiao Yu was very worried. Jiang Mei was cold-hearted and had a cold personality. By the time Jiang Mei fell in love with her, her ashes would probably have been scattered long ago, leaving not even a trace.

Fortunately, through Qiao Yu's hard work, the pure sisterhood between her and Jiang Mei finally changed.

Upon noticing Jiang Mei's change in feelings, Qiao Yu was overjoyed. Now, all she had to do was wait for Jiang Mei to confess her feelings, and then reject her harshly. Jiang Mei would then become disheartened and start studying hard, following the original story's trajectory to get into the most prestigious university in the country, eventually becoming a CEO, marrying her destined little wife, and reaching the pinnacle of life.

As for Qiao Yu, the cannon fodder who helped Jiang Mei take off, she could retire gloriously and return to her own world to live a carefree and happy life as her good-for-nothing playboy female CEO, continuing to live a life of extravagance and debauchery.

With victory in sight, Qiao Yu was so excited that her heart was pounding uncontrollably.

Qiao Yu chuckled softly, a chuckle carrying a coldness Jiang Mei had never seen before, "But I only consider you my best friend."

Just friends, nothing more?

Jiang Mei's heart sank into an ice cellar. She moved her lips, eager to say something, but was interrupted by Qiao Yu's unhurried tone, "I will handle the transfer procedures in a couple of days."

Jiang Mei's mind immediately went blank, buzzing loudly, and she lost even her basic ability to think.

It wasn't until Qiao Yu stood up that Jiang Mei finally came to her senses. Reflexively, she grabbed the other's cold hand. Her eyes were red, but she still tried hard to control her emotions and the overwhelming pheromones emanating from her body. "Are you leaving?"

Ignoring her disheveled appearance, Jiang Mei forced herself to stand up and pleaded, "Yu Yu, please don't go."

"I take back what I said before. I don't like you anymore. I don't like you at all. I just treat you as an ordinary classmate..." Jiang Mei gripped Qiao Yu's slender white wrist tightly, so tightly that Qiao Yu almost subconsciously frowned.

In Qiao Yu's memory, Jiang Mei had always been proud. No matter how much she had been wronged or bullied in the past, Qiao Yu had never seen her shed a tear or even have red eyes.

A pang of guilt involuntarily rose in her heart. Qiao Yu pursed her lips, trying to maintain a distant expression, and gently withdrew her hand from Jiang Mei's palm. "Jiang Mei, you're very good, but—"

"But it's simply impossible for us."

"We have never been from the same world."

Jiang Mei's delicate face turned deathly pale instantly. Yes, there was a world of difference between them. Even if Qiao Yu agreed, her parents would never agree.

Besides, she didn't have those thoughts about herself at all.

It was all just wishful thinking on my part.

Jiang Mei smiled, but the smile she finally managed was more like a grimace. "I understand."

"Feel sorry."

Stumbling and falling all the way, Jiang Mei didn't even know how she left the Heaven and Earth. All she knew was that the rain tonight was really heavy, so heavy that it felt like knives were scraping her body and heart again and again, hurting her so much that she could hardly breathe.

Qiao Yu stood by the window. Jiang Mei hadn't gone far. She was squatting in the rain, hugging her knees, her pale face buried deep between her knees. She was soaked to the bone and looked helpless, which was heartbreaking.

Actually, Qiao Yu quite liked Jiang Mei. If it weren't for completing the mission, she would never have hurt her like that.

The rain tonight was ridiculously heavy. Qiao Yu glanced at the dark sky and called someone to send an umbrella to Jiang Mei.

A moment later, Qiao Yu, still worried, sent someone to the nearby pharmacy to buy a large amount of cold medicine, in case Jiang Mei caught a cold and it affected her studies the next day.

After doing all this, Qiao Yu felt a little less guilty. She pulled up a chair, sat down, and calculated the time. She should leave tonight and return to her own world.

The thought had barely crossed her mind when Qiao Yu felt a sudden dizziness and collapsed unconscious on the floor moments later.

What felt like an eternity, yet also like only a minute, was roused by the cold, mechanical voice of the system in her mind—

[Repairing the host's body...]

[Host's body has been successfully repaired.]

[Extracting host consciousness...]

[Host consciousness successfully extracted.]

[Integrating the host's body and consciousness...]

The system remained silent for a long time, and Qiao Yu's heart jumped into her throat. Could something have gone wrong?

After what felt like an eternity, the system's cold, impersonal voice finally rang in my ears again—

Sorry, fusion failed.

[Consciousness returns to the current world; the host's mission is successfully completed. The host is rewarded with a hundred years of lifespan.]

[Wishing you great fortune, a long and healthy life, and a happy retirement!]

Qiao Yu was initially bewildered, "???"

What is that?

After a long pause, she finally realized what she meant, "!!!"

What, Dengxi?!

Living to be a hundred? The average lifespan in this world is 150 years, and you only wish me to live to be a hundred?! Besides, what use is a hundred years to her?! She just deeply hurt the female protagonist of this world; all she wants now is to go home!

Qiao Yu was both shocked and furious, but no matter how much she screamed in the suite, the system never appeared again.

A long, long time passed before Qiao Yu finally accepted the fact that she had been abandoned by the system in this world. Frustrated, she scratched her hair and suddenly sat up with a start, quickly grabbing an umbrella and rushing outside. "Yes, Jiang Mei hasn't gone far. I still have a chance to make amends."

"As long as I explain to Jiang Mei that I was drunk and talking nonsense, she will definitely forgive me because of our relationship."

Bar?

Qiao Yu felt uncertain and anxious, so she quickened her pace.

The torrential rain pounded against the dark umbrella, and the splashes of water on the ground dirtied Qiao Yu's knee-high socks and small leather shoes that covered her slender and beautiful legs, but Qiao Yu paid no attention to any of that. She ran breathlessly to the spot where Jiang Mei had just been, but Jiang Mei was nowhere to be seen.

A huge wave of confusion and helplessness swept over her, and Qiao Yu almost fainted on the spot.

Gripping the umbrella handle tightly with a bitter expression, Qiao Yu stood dejectedly in the rain. At that moment, the system's familiar voice weakly sounded in her mind, "Host, I think you should go back to your school dormitory first. What if the female lead has already gone back?"

Qiao Yu nodded subconsciously, then stopped, realizing something was wrong, and asked in an unfriendly tone, "Why are you still here?"

The system remained silent for a long time, so long that Qiao Yu thought it was truly gone this time, before finally letting out a pitiful sound, "Because I discovered..."

"I can't go back either."