Chapter 15

First of all, in Chen Nan's memory, she is now certain that the president and marshal of their country is definitely one of the female lead's romantic partners.

Then there are the other two male leads. One is a prince from the opposite Sunflower Planet who works as a spy. One of his special abilities is plant-based vines. He should be considered the main male lead, since the female lead has the most contact with him in the original story.

The female lead at the time seemed to have a real lover. The two of them joined the National Guard together, specifically responsible for the security of the Presidential Palace.

It was precisely because of this identity that the female lead was able to come into contact with Tang Xin, the national leader. The alien male lead, who was lurking beside the president, also deliberately approached the female lead because he sensed Tang Xin's unusual feelings for her.

As for the other male lead, it should be Xie Minghang, Guo Ying's current master. In the entire original novel, this is the character Chen Nan remembers the least, the one who is actually the official couple. It seems the female lead is constantly engaged in a torturous love affair with him; one of her purposes in finding so many partners seems to be to take revenge on him and cause him pain and suffering.

The superhuman named Guo Jiao that Xie Minghang killed was the female lead's younger sister. Ever since the female lead learned that Xie Minghang had killed her sister, she has been thinking about revenge.

Following the typical trope of novels, the best way to get revenge on a man is to make him fall deeply in love with you, then either completely abandon him or emotionally torment him. Everything the female protagonist does is motivated by revenge for the male lead's act of killing her sister. Everything she does afterward is essentially based on this reason.

In the female protagonist's mind, she opposes the country's policy of not giving mutants a chance and shooting them as soon as they are discovered.

Her view is that even if mutants are discovered, they should be given another chance. Not all mutants who have mutated and no longer have human genes in their bodies are considered relatives.

In such a situation, the national leaders who formulate and support this policy are, in a sense, also the ones she hates and opposes.

It was precisely because of her mindset that the spy prince from Sunflower Planet became interested and found common ground with her.

As for myself—

Not long after getting in the car, Chen Nan pretended to be asleep. She felt the person next to her slowly turn down the volume of the car stereo, and then gently covered her legs with a blanket.

Chen Nan kept her eyes closed and didn't move, but continued to recall.

It's a real shame that no normal person would remember a post from many years ago, especially one that clearly lacked any realistic logic. Things like imperial presidents, superpowered leaders, and alien heirs—these are all utterly absurd, yet nobody reads them word for word.

Chen Nan still remembers so much, simply because the female lead's name is exactly the same as her classmate's. She read that novel, and afterwards, seeing that classmate made her feel silently awkward for a long time. Only now, upon hearing that name again, has she suddenly recalled those things hidden deep in her memory that she hasn't forgotten.

Another point is that the novel opened up a new world for her, letting her know about the different uses of vine abilities. Perhaps it was because of this, coupled with the fact that the female protagonist shared the same name as her classmate, that the novel remained deeply etched in her memory.

Actually, when she read the novel, she just read it casually.

Who could have imagined that such a world could actually come true? Who could have imagined that I could transmigrate into a book?

While reading, Chen Nan only felt stimulated and embarrassed. She also felt that it was absurd and brainless for the author to write so many male protagonists of different identities and species in one novel.

But if this world that you think is absurd and brainless suddenly becomes a reality, and you are actually living in it, then that would be too bad and too terrifying.

She thought back to the grueling month she had endured, the nauseating sight of black scales, even black fur, and black skin covering her body. She thought of that month, watching truckloads of unfortunate corpses being hauled away and burned by the staff of the supernatural abilities center. She thought of being on that windowsill, hearing screams of despair from time to time, and witnessing people, unable to hold on any longer, turning and leaping from the high-rise, crashing to the ground below and smashing to pieces.

Thinking back to that extraordinary month, I desperately told myself that everything was alright. I endured discomfort, pain, and itching a hundred times worse than chickenpox. I kept telling myself that everything was alright, and I kept closing my eyes, ignoring the changes in my body day and night.

At this moment, thinking about how long she had persevered, how she had barely managed to survive, and how she had finally become a relatively powerful lightning ability user in this world, and how she had finally decided to use her physical advantages to live a good life and make something of herself, only to find that reality had turned out like this, Chen Nan felt more disgusted and upset than if she had swallowed a hundred flies. She also felt a vague sense of grievance and resentment, and even a little bit of completely unconcealable anger.

They drove their jeep along a scenic highway, where the surrounding trees and green leaves were just as beautiful as they had been a few days before.

Last time, Chen Nan leaned against the window, happily stretching out her hand, and later she even started humming a song.

But this time, from the moment she got on the bus, Chen Nan leaned back in her seat and kept her eyes closed.

Listening to the music in the car, there were occasional stutters and low static crackling sounds.

Tang Ke, who was driving, finally couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chen Nan, who had her eyes closed, again. At this moment, Chen Nan's face was still calm. She remained quiet with her eyes closed the whole time, and she didn't even move the small blanket that he had thrown to her lap.

She probably thought she was successfully pretending to be asleep, but she didn't know that most people with superpowers can't control their abilities. Often, the abilities of people with superpowers, especially newcomers, are driven by their feelings and thoughts.

Like earlier today, she had just seen a plant-based ability user taking pictures of her. She might not have shown any outward reaction, but she already felt a sense of disgust and rejection. Then, the moment she felt that rejection and offense, her body's ability reacted in a defensive and resistant manner.

Just like now, she leans against the back of the car, looking serene and peaceful. But her truest emotions are already reflected in the car radio next to her.

"..."

Hearing the unusual noise beside her, Tang Ke instinctively wanted to ask a question or two.

But considering that Chen Nan seemed to trust him, yet was actually only slightly more distant than others, Tang Ke, who had been driving the whole time, ultimately said nothing.

The new superpowered cub showed slightly less resistance to its master, with whom it spent New Year's Eve. However, this resistance was only physical; it didn't mean complete psychological acceptance.

Because Chen Nan had only recently acquired superpowers, the instinctive repulsion between superpowers was significantly reduced.

Even so, they are not true friends yet, and everything requires constant contact and adjustment.

So now, Tang Ke doesn't dare to do anything that would upset her.

Moreover, Tang Ke only wanted to enjoy the special period of peace during the year when he didn't reject his superpowers, and he hadn't thought about anything else.

So even though the girl next to him clearly wanted to hide it, he still forced her to ask her questions and insisted on getting to the bottom of it.

One of them drove in silence the whole time, while the other was thinking about the plot the whole time and feeling uncomfortable and annoyed.

Amidst the crackling sound of the car's music, which seemed to be pausing, the two entered the city together, then headed to a three-story building near the outer third ring road.