Chapter 41 The Return of Internet Trolls: The Reason for the Emergence of the "CEO's Code"...

"Where is your script?" Su Anlan took a sip of orange juice without looking at him, but her question was still arrogant enough to show that she didn't care about anyone.

When faced with such a rude and presumptuous question, Xu Wenci thought for a moment, and considering that she looked somewhat like Fu Yanli's mother, he simply smiled and said, "Why should I tell you?"

The person in front of him merely raised an eyebrow, showing no sign of displeasure. "Little brother, do you know that everything you say to me has been recorded?"

Xu Wenci's pupils suddenly contracted.

He had initially thought that Fu Rongzhen was the one who had betrayed him, but now it seemed that it was she.

Fu Rongzhen is truly useless.

He covered his lips, a cold glint flashing in his amber eyes.

However... what exactly is the purpose of this person who is Fu Yanli's nominal stepmother but is actually Fu Yanli's aunt?

Are she and Fu Yanli... in cahoots?

"What do you want to do?" Xu Wenci blinked unconsciously and asked.

She didn't say anything.

"Are you helping Fu Yanli?" Xu Wenci asked again.

This time, she still didn't say anything.

It should be the default.

Xu Wen resigned.

That's wonderful, someone loves Fu Yanli.

In this way, even after he killed Fu Yanli, he couldn't escape.

"Then let me ask you a question you can answer: Are you a relative of Fu Yanli?" Xu Wenci frowned.

Su Anlan chuckled softly, but the emotion in her eyes was unfathomable. "I'm his stepmother, what do you think?"

Actually, not everyone remembered her a long time ago.

Just like some people are forever in the dust.

Her older sister is Ye Qingdai.

That favored daughter of heaven, loved by everyone.

Her sister was loved by that damned bastard.

When that damned illegitimate child's diary was completely exposed to everyone, and when his filthy thoughts were completely revealed to everyone, he achieved his goal.

But how could she let that person tarnish her beloved sister's reputation?

She smiled, hiding her trembling fingertips in her palm, and confessed to all the crimes.

She became the meddlesome one who gave this delusional illegitimate child so much attention and fantasy.

Her only crime was this.

But that was enough to ruin her.

My half-brother.

What an utterly depraved thing to do.

If it weren't for him...

No... Even without him, she would still be kicked out of the Ye family and forced to revert to her original surname, Su.

She became a tool to clear her sister's name and an aid to remove the stubborn, clingy leech from her sister.

That way, her sister surely won't forget her.

Su Anlan smiled slightly.

She touched her earlobe.

It's a pity that she got her ears pierced at the same time as her sister.

At that time, my older sister said that the two of them had to wear matching earrings.

[Why does this woman look so familiar...]

[I don't quite understand, but she does look a bit like the seme's mother [covering mouth][covering mouth][covering mouth]]

What did she do in the original story? Those who have read the book, please tell the protagonist quickly, so he doesn't get fooled by her... [angry][angry][angry]

Xu Wenci raised an eyebrow. The comments were indeed very clever. This was Fu Yanli's aunt, who had formed a fragile partnership with Fu Rongzhen for the sake of Fu Yanli's mother.

Su Anlan, who was being stared at by Xu Wenci, did not feel guilty at all. Instead, she lifted the hair that was covering her ears to reveal a pair of pearl earrings on her earlobes.

[I remember she was just cannon fodder. [Touches chin] Actually, I'm not sure, I watched it a long time ago, I can't remember clearly...]

She was sent abroad as cannon fodder to compete with her sister for the person she liked. [frowning][frowning][frowning] Logically, she shouldn't be here... She should be abroad right now. [chin resting on hand][chin resting on hand][chin resting on hand]

Life abroad...

Xu Wenci complained: Is some kind of exile abroad? How come every one or two people who make a mistake are sent abroad?

Su Anlan knew that Xu Wenci didn't believe what she said, but what she said was indeed the truth.

At least on the surface.

“Actually, you don’t like Fu Yanli at all, do you…” Su Anlan said.

Xu Wenci wanted to laugh. Some people said he didn't like Fu Yanli at all, while others firmly believed that he did.

He hadn't even figured out the problem, but a group of people saw it more clearly and were even more stubborn about it than he had.

That's right. In the script, his and Fu Yanli's task is to fall in love.

But... why should he be allowed to date Fu Yanli according to the script...?

Fu Yanli, who was happily eating potato chips on the sofa, clutched his calf. Waves of sharp pain pierced through his bones and surged up his bloodstream, as if red-hot iron pincers were branding his bones.

He tried to stand up, but his legs gave way and he almost knelt down.

Why does it hurt so much?

Perhaps no one in this world is more unlucky than him, and he doesn't even know where the source of his misfortune lies.

For example, I don't know if the pain I've experienced these times is due to the rules or the damn plot restrictions.

It's still because of Xu Wenci...

"Hey, didn't you realize that Xu Wenci hates you?" Yi Lou resumed his usual playful attitude. "And he really, really hates you."

Fu Yanli remained silent.

Xu Wenci might really hate him.

"How could that be?" Fu Yanli gritted his teeth, waited several seconds until the throbbing pain completely subsided, then finally stood up, patted Yi Lou's shoulder, and bumped him. "He has absolutely no reason to hate me..."

"Wasn't your performance in the script enough?"

"..."

Fu Yanli somewhat regretted coming to have a heart-to-heart talk with Yi Lou.

Yi Lou has a sharp tongue.

"But you two are bound together after all, and this kind of binding is very bad for you. Are you sure Xu Wenci won't take advantage of your weakness to kill you?" Yi Lou continued to add insult to injury.

Fu Yanli grabbed a cushion and threw it at Yi Lou. Why didn't Yi Pei curse this bastard to death?!

Yi Lou chuckled as she took the cushion and tossed it back, saying, "Just kidding, just kidding, he must love you the most."

Fu Yanli squinted.

That's right.

Xu Wenci liked him the most.

Yi Lou muttered: Self-deception.

But Fu Yanli knew perfectly well that the pain in his calf had not lessened in the slightest.

Xu Wenci probably really dislikes him.

Meanwhile, Gu Pei was still playing house with the system.

"System, do you think I can succeed?"

Based on the host's previous performance, the success rate is 0%.

Gu Pei frowned, inwardly wailing, "What am I going to do, System!!! If I don't complete this, Yi Lou will skin me alive!!!"

The system was speechless.

It truly hadn't expected its host to be so useless.

[Host, I've placed the cheat sheet in front of you; no one else can see it.]

Gu Pei, secretly wiping away tears, made a heart shape with his hands: "I knew you wouldn't let me embarrass myself alone, System..."

The chat wasn't nearby, otherwise he could have asked the chat.

[Host, the people commenting in the live chat have never been CEOs, so they can't offer any advice.]

Fifteen minutes later...

"System!!!" Gu Pei shouted, pointing at the glowing ball of fur, "Your cheat sheet is completely nonsensical!!!"

[Sorry, host, some information is outdated, possibly due to the system not being updated in a timely manner.]

Gu Pei got even angrier: "...Then why don't you update?!"

[Host, yesterday was the regular update time, but you said you wanted to watch the latest episode of the TV series, so the update was postponed to an hour later... and then, an hour later you postponed it again to three days later...]

Gu Pei closed his eyes.

He should have let the system update in the background.

Does he really have to watch those extra few minutes?

"Alright, alright," Gu Pei said, feeling embarrassed to continue being angry after realizing it was his fault. He simply waved his hand and asked, "Is there any way to resolve this now?"

[This system can bring your brother over so you can ask him on the spot.]

"No, I'm afraid I'll get beaten to death, and besides, he's not my real brother."

“I can ask Xu Wenci; he definitely knows more about their group’s collaborations than I do.”

Thus, Gu Pei successfully contacted Xu Wenci.

The moment Gu Pei sent a message to Xu Wenci, Yi Lou's phone lit up, and he unconsciously smiled faintly.

As expected, Fu Yanli was right.

Once the pain was completely over, Fu Yanli picked up the potato chips again and started munching on them.

He turned his head and saw Yi Lou's malicious smile.

The last time this kid laughed so maniacally was when he tied up his brother.

Could it be... this time...?

"You installed location tracking software on his phone?" Fu Yanli immediately sat up straight, frowned, and something seemed to shatter in his deep purple eyes.

"Um."

Upon receiving such a dismissive "hmm," Fu Yanli was instantly enraged. He grabbed Yi Lou by the collar and punched him.

Yi Lou remained motionless, letting Fu Yanli do as he pleased.

Fu Yanli closed his eyes, frowned tightly, and couldn't bear to look at Yi Lou.

"You want him to end up like your brother? He has a system; finding out if he's being monitored is a piece of cake for him... You're still so crazy..."

To the point of having no bottom line...

“Fu Yanli, I have waited for him for so many years. He is my brother, and I cherish him more than anyone else.”

Fu Yanli turned around without the slightest hesitation.

Every time Yi Lou encounters something related to his younger brother, he becomes completely irrational.

Yi Lou slowly squatted down and sat on the carpet.

He glanced at it, then turned his gaze back to the red dot.

The red dot moved slowly, slowly.

I'm getting further and further away from him.

The next second, his arm muscles tensed instantly, his hand gripping the phone so hard that his knuckles turned white, and he raised his hand to smash the phone against the wall opposite.

The phone twisted and shattered the moment it hit the wall; the screen exploded like sparks, and within the spiderweb-like grid of scratches, the red dot continued to move silently.

Along with a snap, there was also a crisp thud.

Yi Lou looked up with red eyes, and the porcelain vase she had photographed a few days ago was smashed onto the carpet.

Yi Lou narrowed his eyes. Fu Yanli, that unlucky bastard, he knew getting close to him wouldn't end well...

If he dares to expose me like that again, I will definitely take Fu Yanli to exorcise the demon!

[Speechless][Speechless][Speechless] What did I miss? How did the plot progress to this point in the blink of an eye...?

[Why is Yi Lou going crazy in his room while the other guy is eating potato chips outside...? [weird][weird][weird]]

Fu Yanli quietly watched the comments section.

The barrage comments haven't been appearing as frequently lately.

Perhaps because many of the things he and Xu Wenci are doing now are out of the plot, things about the script cannot be known to the viewers in the comments.

It seems... something was mentioned in the comments before...

The author revised this novel several times, so it doesn't seem to be an original work.

Therefore, it was inevitable that his and Xu Wenci's public personas would collapse.

But... how can we break free from the constraints of his established persona?

The main breakthrough point is still Yi Pei.

"Gu Pei, how is it?" Xu Wenci's voice came through the receiver.

Gu Pei was so happy that he danced with joy. "Thanks to you, you have no idea that if I hadn't been able to do this, Yi Lou would have killed me."

Xu Wenci was silent for a second on the other end of the phone.

Why are all the characters in this novel so abnormal?

Moreover, the transmigrators who entered the book were not quite normal.

"I have a question for you: In this book, can the author change everything?"

“This question depends on the situation,” Gu Pei recalled seriously. “If the book is the author’s original work, then all the plot points are determined by the author, and the author is naturally the master of this world. However, if the book is not the author’s original work, then the parts that are not the author’s original work will secretly change the entire plot. For example, the author certainly cannot change the character settings of you and Fu Yanli.”

What if the author discovers the changes to the characters in the novel before the readers do?

Gu Pei stroked his chin and analyzed seriously: "Most authors pretend they don't know, muddy the waters, and hope they won't be discovered. Some of them won't get into any serious trouble, but others might get backlash."

"What about the smaller group of authors?"

"It's not necessary to modify any illogical parts of the plot or forcibly change character settings while the work is still ongoing, but this requires a very high level of skill from the author. If the work has already ended and its popularity is low, there's absolutely no need to make changes. If the novel you copied is not popular or is from many years ago, there's even less reason to make changes."

Xu Wenci squinted.

So... is this the reason why the rules of domineering CEOs exist?

"However, most authors won't drastically change the plot, because if they were truly that skilled, they wouldn't choose to plagiarize character designs—something that inspires them as long as they're alive... There are plenty of good people, bad people, rotten people, and scoundrels in this world, so how could character designs be scarce..."

Xu Wenci: You're a cyber troll, aren't you...

Is he implying that the author of this novel isn't that smart?

However, it seems that the comments section doesn't care about this kind of thing at all.