Chapter 90: The Academic Prodigy's Dark Moonlight (1)

#The Dark Moonlight of a Top Student

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A dirty and messy alley.

Wen Wan huddled in a corner like a kitten, while on the other side, a bullying incident was taking place.

Several thugs surrounded a thin student.

Furthermore, these gangsters had large tattoos on their arms, cigarettes dangling from their mouths, and steel rods in their hands. The leader even twirled a butterfly knife, making them look very fierce.

She was far away. According to the plot given by the system, the male lead's father was a gambling addict who owed a large sum of money to loan sharks. In the end, he ran away, leaving the debt behind.

Now, loan sharks are demanding repayment from the male protagonist's thirteen-year-old sister. When the male protagonist disagrees, a fight breaks out, and he is seriously injured. He is then rescued by the female protagonist who happens to be passing by, and from then on, she becomes his ideal woman.

"Honey, do I really not need to call the police?"

Those people looked too dangerous, and Wen Wan, being a good person, couldn't bear to look at them.

System: [Don't worry, the female lead will save him.]

Soon, the two sides started arguing and quickly began fighting. Gu Sheng was no match for them and was quickly knocked to the ground, bleeding profusely.

"Where's the female lead? The male lead is bleeding. That steel pipe was aimed directly at the back of his head. Could it have killed him?"

System: [Wait a little longer, the female lead will be here soon.]

Wen Wan waited a few more minutes, and the male protagonist was beaten to the ground without moving. She quickly called the police and then an ambulance.

【Host, you—】The system felt that its host was meddling in other people's business again. Now that the person has been saved, what about the female lead's scenes?

Wen Wan said, "Are you blind? That was almost a fatal beating, with so much blood. Do you really think it's reasonable for the author to write that the female lead just happened to pass by and take her home? Is the female lead a doctor? If not, this is delaying treatment."

system:【……】

Once the male lead stopped moving, the group of thugs became a little scared. The leader kicked Gu Sheng a few times, but the male lead still didn't move, so they quickly left with their men.

Wen Wan quickly ran over and reached out to check the male lead's breath.

"Holy crap!!!"

The system exclaimed in panic, "Is that all?"

No way, the male lead isn't going to die like this? What about the mission? We haven't even done anything yet.

"He's still breathing; he's not dead yet."

system:【……】

Since it's still breathing, the host has really scared it to death. [Host, please don't overreact, you've frightened me to death.]

"Excuse me, can you hear me?"

"Hey kid, blink if you're conscious? The ambulance's on its way, hang in there."

Gu Sheng slightly opened her eyes, unable to see the person in front of her clearly, and subconsciously reached out and grabbed Wen Wan's hand.

"Help me."

Wen Wan held Gu Sheng's hand, "Don't fall asleep. The doctor will be here soon. You'll be fine."

The ambulance arrived quickly, but the alley was too narrow for it to get in. Several doctors and nurses lifted the person onto a stretcher and took them away. The system quickly said, "Host, now that the person has been saved, let's leave quickly so no one finds out you were the one who saved them."

Stealing the female lead's spotlight is already unethical; who knows what might happen as a result? The system is truly afraid that its host will send it away again; this time, it must not repeat the same mistake.

Wen Wan also felt that the male lead should be saved, since doctors are much more reliable at saving lives than female leads are.

So they quickly left the alley.

After Wen Wan left, a girl passed by the alley and found nothing but blood on the ground. She was so scared that she ran away and didn't dare to stay and look closely.

...

Covered in blood, Wen Wan returned to the original owner's home.

The nanny was terrified when she saw it. "Miss, what happened to you?"

Wen Wan quickly explained, "This isn't my blood. I saved someone on the way, and this is his blood."

The nanny breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that Miss is alright. I'll prepare some bath water and clean clothes for her. She should change out of these clothes quickly; they look frightening."

"OK."

After taking a shower and changing her clothes, Wen Wan relaxed and lay on the bed. Her identity in this world was Liu Ya Yue, a rich heiress who attended the same school as the male lead and was the male lead's dark moonlight from his student days.

However, none of this has happened yet.

The system quickly said, "Host, you must keep today's events a secret. Absolutely do not let the male lead find out that you were the one who saved him. Also, never meddle in other people's business again; always follow the plot."

"But didn't you leave it unfinished?"

system:【……】

The unfinished novel that Wen Wan received was a campus novel. The male protagonist, Gu Sheng, will become a domineering CEO in the future, but right now he is a pitiful guy. His father is a gambling addict, his mother ran away, and he has an elderly grandmother and a young sister to take care of. His father also left behind a large amount of high-interest loan debt.

Gu Sheng is a top student at Lancheng No. 1 High School, consistently ranking first on the academic list. He has a gloomy personality and doesn't like to socialize. With this kind of background, he's practically a male lead.

The original owner of the body was Liu Yayue, the male protagonist's... first love. She was a rich young lady from a wealthy family and the school beauty of No. 1 High School. She lost a bet with her friends, so she pursued Gu Sheng. At that time, she treated Gu Sheng very well. However, after winning Gu Sheng's heart, she revealed her true colors and abandoned Gu Sheng, breaking up with her.

That's incredibly unethical.

Even because of Liu Yayue, the male protagonist underperformed in the college entrance examination and failed to go to university. His family also couldn't afford to support him to retake the exam, which was one of his biggest regrets.

He worked while studying on his own, eventually founding an internet company that became an industry leader.

If the original body was the dark moonlight, then the female protagonist is the white moonlight.

She had once saved the male protagonist's life, and later stayed by his side during his most vulnerable time, healing his wounds. In the end, the two fell in love and got together.

As for the original owner, her family business failed and went bankrupt. Seeing how well the male lead was doing, she went after him and even targeted the female lead. In the end, she was thoroughly humiliated and ended up disfigured and married to an ordinary scumbag, living a life of misery for the rest of her life.

This was the plot that should have been completed, but because the novel flopped, the author decided to go home and feed the pigs. So, after the male protagonist failed his college entrance exam, his grandmother passed away, and his younger sister was taken away by his runaway mother. As for why only his younger sister was taken away, the author didn't say.

The male protagonist lost everything and suffered a mental breakdown, ultimately committing suicide by jumping off a building.

Having just turned eighteen, the author is utterly insane.

This is the male protagonist's final fate, with a reader satisfaction rating of 5/100. Not only is it completely devoid of any enjoyable moments, but it's also incredibly frustratingly bad.

So what do I need to do?

System: [The host needs to follow the plot, win over the male lead, and then abandon him. At the same time, the host must prevent the male lead from jumping off a building, bringing the rotten plot back to normal, making the male lead an industry tycoon, and ultimately achieving a happy ending.]

"So I have to pursue him? But I don't know how to pursue people, I've never been in a relationship."

You're talking nonsense.

Wen Yan: "???"

The system regretted its words as soon as it finished speaking. The host had no memories of the first two missions, and in her memory, she should have never been in a relationship. The system quickly explained, "[What I mean is, you've written so many melodramatic romance novels, have you really never been in one? Even if you've never experienced it yourself, you must have seen it happen before, right?]"

Wen Wan: "That's true, I can give that a try."

The system emphasized, "[The host must absolutely not fall in love with the male lead while pursuing him, absolutely not, absolutely not, absolutely not, da me da me da me ×××]"

"Why are you so excited?" Wen Wan asked, somewhat puzzled.

system:【……】

How could I not be excited? This mission is extremely dangerous, okay? In the last world, the male lead was already head over heels in love with me just as an online friend. This time, we're having direct, high-intensity contact. Who knows what might happen?

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and the nanny called out, "Miss, dinner is ready."

"They're here."

Wen Wan quickly went downstairs. Her parents were both workaholics, rarely home more than a few times a year, and all they did for her was... give her money.

However, Wen Wan didn't mind. After all, she wasn't the original owner of this body and didn't need to communicate with the original owner's parents about their lives, which was quite comfortable for her.

Sure enough, the phone rang when Wen Wan was halfway through her meal.

Wen Wan looked at the payment notification on her phone: 100,000.

They really are rich.