Chapter 1 The Domineering CEO

"Splash!"

The basin of water gradually filled to half full, and the shimmering surface of the water vaguely reflected a man's face.

Snow-white skin, black hair, long, handsome eyebrows, and eyes full of affection—

Then, a pair of hands were plunged into the wooden basin, mercilessly churning the beautiful face into even smaller pieces.

This is a kitchen. The floor is paved with bricks. There is a cement stone platform along the left wall, and a two-burner earthen stove is built in the corner on the right.

The kitchen had a door and a window at the front, and under the window was an inconspicuous long table. A tall, slender man stood in front of the long table, bending down to wash his face with water.

Stand up straight after washing.

Outside the window, the mountains and forests are quiet and serene, with green trees floating in the surrounding fields, and wisps of morning mist drifting like fairies from the treetops to the vast sky.

The man propped himself up on his hand, gazing at the sky. Water droplets dripped from his wet face and down his chin. He casually remarked, "[This doesn't look like it's going to rain.]"

He didn't speak, but a voice in his mind responded positively.

[That's right, host. In the story, Fei and Lan counties will experience their first rainstorm of the summer tonight, and this rainstorm is also the direct cause of our male protagonist's car accident and amnesia!]

System 000 confirmed.

After explaining, he eagerly asked, "[Host, the male lead has an accident tonight. When do we go out on a mission?]"

Its mission is to have Qingran, who is now in someone else's body, rush to save the male protagonist after his car accident.

It doesn't sound difficult at all.

"[How could he have lost his memory? Doesn't that mean the male lead and his childhood sweetheart will be separated for a long time?]" Qingran said regretfully.

It is said that the two have known each other since childhood and have a deep friendship.

[There's nothing we can do about it; that's just how the plot is set up.]

The system offered him comforting words: "[Without experiencing twists and turns, how can the two protagonists' feelings deepen, and then they realize their own hearts and come together?]"

Qingran sighed: [Fortunately, it was just amnesia; there were no serious injuries or loss of life. It's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.]

Having been here for nearly two months, Qingran has gained some understanding of this world that has developed technology and has just entered the new century.

He knew very well that for ordinary humans who had not cultivated themselves, being in a car accident was no less than going through the gates of hell, a matter of life and death.

[Yeah, yeah, in some worlds, the protagonist either breaks a leg in a car accident or becomes a vegetable. Compared to that, Yan Chen is really in the lucky group.]

While agreeing with the host, the system secretly worried to itself.

Sigh, its host is so kind-hearted and gentle. What will happen if it encounters a character who requires the host to do evil?

No, it will have to be screened beforehand!

[Where is the mission location?]

Upon hearing the question, the system quickly recovered: [It's on the ring road from Lan County to the airport. Just cross this mountain and you'll get there. It's very close to Fei County.]

[However, the car accident hasn't happened yet, so even if the host went there, they wouldn't be able to see anyone.]

Qingran then naturally replied, "[Then I'll wait until it starts raining tonight before going out.]"

System: [Okay, I'll remind the host.]

"Thank you for your help." The man lowered his eyes and curled the corners of his lips into a faint smile.

*

People often say that life is unpredictable, and this saying also holds some truth when applied to demons.

Qingran was the demon who proved this truth through her own experience.

Yes, Qingran is a demon, a snake demon who gained intelligence through a fortuitous encounter and cultivated in the deep mountains for many years.

Unlike other demons who primarily cultivate their physical bodies, Qingran cultivates her spirit. As long as her true spirit remains, she can infinitely possess and be reborn.

Cultivating the physical body, however, only allows for possession once.

At first, Qingran was unaware of the value of the cultivation method she had learned from the meteorite carvings, and she was almost hunted down by those with cunning minds who guessed the truth.

Fortunately, he was extremely talented and perceptive, and managed to kill his opponent in time and retreat to the deep mountains to cultivate in seclusion.

This avoidance lasted for over a thousand years.

A thousand years later, Qingran emerged from seclusion with his cultivation at its peak. He could hardly encounter any opponents who could threaten him anymore, and he was only missing the final opportunity to achieve enlightenment.

When he attains enlightenment, that is when he cultivates his true spirit and truly gains freedom.

However, this last opportunity blocked Qingran for five hundred years, gradually forcing him from a reclusive ascetic into a typical hedonist!

As the saying goes, food and sex are human nature; delicious food is what I desire, and beautiful women are also what I desire.

The words of sages have their own logic. If you're just idling around anyway, you might as well put the sages' teachings into practice.

Perhaps the more you practice, the more opportunities will come.

Then, before Qingran could take action, she actually realized that her opportunity had arrived when the tribulation of lightning every 500 years was about to begin.

?

He remembered the saying, "Food and sex are human nature."

In fact, Qingran sensed the appearance of the system.

This alien creature was strangely shaped; it was a small, winged sphere made entirely of energy.

When the small ball, radiating energy fluctuations, crashed into his sea of ​​consciousness, Qingran, with his cultivation level, could easily dodge it.

But Qingran's spiritual senses told her that the opportunity to attain enlightenment lay within this extraterrestrial being.

Instead of hiding, he quickly gathered the spiritual and demonic energy in his soul and disguised himself as an ordinary person.

Without resistance, they were taken away from their original world.

In the chaos, he vaguely heard a dull, rigid voice resounding in his sea of ​​consciousness.

[…Buzz…A qualified intelligent life form has been detected. Attempting to bind.]

[The living organism showed no resistance; binding successful...]

[The host is detected to be facing imminent mortal danger. Calculations show that bringing the host into the mission world beforehand can resolve the issue.]

[Randomly selecting the first mission world... Ding, "The Cold-Faced CEO and His Little Drama Queen" meets the criteria.]

[Entering the mission world. Please prepare, host.]

When Qingran regained consciousness, she discovered that she had not only changed to a different world, but also to a different physical body.

Fortunately, he focused on spiritual cultivation rather than physical cultivation, so the impact was minimal; he simply returned from the bustling human world to the deep mountains and forests.

At this moment, the system that sensed his awakening spoke in his mind.

[Hello host, I am your next partner, the cannon fodder villain system, number 000. I'm the one who saved you~]

The stiff, monotonous voice somehow managed to project a cheerful tone.

Qingran remained calm and composed: [What do you mean?]

System 000: [What exactly is the host asking?]

[If you're asking about the system, I belong to the "Cannon Fodder Villain" division, whose purpose is to assist the host in playing various cannon fodder and villain roles to maintain the plot's development.]

[If you're asking about saving you, the host was about to be struck by lightning and killed when I bound myself to them, so I had to bring them into the mission world ahead of time.]

On the surface, Qingran seemed to believe it without any doubt: [Is that so? Then thank you.]

System 000: [Hehe, the system and the host share the same fate, so the host doesn't need to worry about it~]

In reality, fireworks were going off in my heart.

Yay! The host I've bound to seems to be a naive and innocent little rabbit. I don't have to worry about the year-end performance statistics anymore!

Qingran: [I still have some questions.]

Putting aside the matter of chance, Qingran was indeed quite curious about this extraterrestrial object that called itself a system.

Even if he were to retreat from the world and cultivate himself in seclusion, he was certain that there was nothing like it outside.

The system 000, thinking it had gotten a good deal, cooperated fully.

[Okay, host, please ask. 000 will answer any questions, provided it doesn't violate the rules.]

After several rounds of questioning, Qingran learned that the system came from a large world he had never heard of before, and that its purpose in entering the small world was to maintain the plot in order to obtain energy.

The key point is still energy, the specific source of which is unknown, and each small world can only be entered once.

Qingran: [So what are the benefits of completing the character's storyline?]

The system launched into a long explanation: [There are many benefits!]

[The host plays a role, and the system gains energy. The host will receive 1000 points for each world successfully maintained. We have a mutually beneficial relationship.]

[The rewarded points can be used in the in-game store, which offers a wide variety of items, including resurrection pills that can restore the host's physical body!]

Qingran became interested: [Let me check out the shop.]

The system immediately displayed the online store interface to him.

Beauty Pills, Skin Whitening Pills, Body Fragrance Pills (scent optional), Health Pills, Hair Nourishing Pills, Strength Pills...

Passion Perfume (scent available), Energy Restoration Potion, Intimate Area Care Cream...

All items are locked.

Because Qingran currently has 0 points, the mall requires points to unlock.

Qingran sighed inwardly, thinking that there might be something good, but it turned out to be just this.

It really didn't interest the snake.

But as the saying goes, since we're already here...

Having finally determined that the opportunity she had been desperately seeking was related to the system, Qingran dutifully became a reserve villain.

Two months of bland and uneventful days have passed, and today, the villain's storyline is finally about to begin!

...

The system might not be able to tell, but Qingran was actually in a good mood from the moment she opened her eyes after waking up.

After ending his conversation with the system, he leisurely carried the water out the door.

First, I picked a tomato and a cucumber from the vegetable garden outside the kitchen for breakfast, and then casually splashed the water I had brought out onto the ground.

The vegetable garden was there before I transmigrated, and the house built on the mountain was also a relic left to me by my adoptive father.

For Qingran, who has lived for over a thousand years, the body he currently occupies is actually quite young, just turning 20 this year.

His background was also quite ordinary. He was abandoned by his parents when he was young and had little family ties. He was adopted and raised by his adoptive father, Zhou Dagen, who was old enough to be his grandfather.

The adoptive father, Zhou Dagen, passed away from illness three months ago, and the original owner of this body also passed away two months ago.

The system said that a transaction was made with it.

It informed the other party of their original destiny, and the original owner did not hesitate for long before decisively choosing to relinquish the right to use the body and reincarnate in the Great World with their memories.

Qingran does not judge whether other people's choices are right or wrong.

He slowly began to think of himself through the original owner's name.

The original name of the body was Zhou Qingran. Zhou was the surname of her adoptive father. As for Qingran, it should have been Qingshan, but the staff registering the household misheard the pronunciation and wrote it as Qingran.

Qingran wasn't actually a name he chose himself; he just used it because he heard it so often.

Earlier, he was called the Blue Serpent.

They've watered the vegetables and carried water.

In the morning, I stroll through the dense forest picking mushrooms for soup; in the afternoon, I idly rock back and forth in a deck chair, reading and taking a nap.

It's no exaggeration to say that Qingran is definitely the person in the world who knows best how to live in the mountains, and she is also very good at finding all sorts of little things to pass the time.

The recliner swayed gently, and the man lying lazily on it pulled down the book covering his face, closing his eyes to deepen his senses.

The sound of the wind, the rustling of leaves, and the chirping of birds, beasts, and insects.

The air is becoming increasingly humid.

He now only hopes for nightfall and for a torrential downpour.

"Boom!"

A muffled clap of thunder suddenly sounded overhead.

System: [Host, it's raining!]

Qingran opened her eyes.

A note from the author:

I've started writing a new story, please add it to your favorites!

Do a mine clearance:

In general, the Blue Dye faction belongs to Lawful Evil.

He's a demon, his way of thinking leans towards the survival of the fittest, and his moral standards and values ​​are different from normal humans. Please don't scold or get angry.

After all, it's just a novel, muah everyone!