Chapter 22
“But you’ve been so good to me, I can’t repay you. Why don’t you take my blood? The Xie family wants it, which means it must be something good.”
Xie Yan lowered his eyes, still unable to believe that such warmth had suddenly fallen on him. His understanding remained that anyone who was kind to him must have ulterior motives.
Jiang Minghua glanced at Xie Yan's pink hair more than once, but she always felt that the pink hair now did not have the same amazing feeling as when she first saw it.
Let it heal a little longer; maybe the pink color will return to normal. She thought.
"Just consider me as someone who's got money to burn. By the way, you better study hard. If you get a bad grade even once, I won't bother with you anymore. I don't want to raise a good-for-nothing."
Xie Yan nodded quickly. He would definitely study hard and cherish this hard-won opportunity.
Plus sign: [My goodness! I was only away from you for a little while, and you've already started raising a villain?!]
Jiang Minghua: [You agree.]
Plus sign: [If you straighten out the villain's values, where am I supposed to find a second easily controlled villain?]
Jiang Minghua: [Why does there have to be a villain? This novel could have ended with everyone finding happiness. Even though it's not a traditionally tragic story, it's still better than it being abandoned and never being updated again.]
Plus sign fell silent. She knew better than anyone the malice of the Transmigration Bureau's boss. The novel had changed from abusing the female characters to abusing the male characters, but the core theme of abuse remained the same. Therefore, the growth of the female characters did not affect the abusive plot. However, the villains were turned against the protagonists, and everyone found happiness. This was not what the boss wanted to see.
But since Jiang Minghua wants it, then she'll indulge her.
After returning to the system center, Jiang Mingjia took out a copy of the novel and changed the plot to: [The villain Xie Yan deliberately feigns weakness, allowing Jiang Minghua to bring him into her home, his true purpose being to steal the Jiang family's secrets.]
Jiang Mingjia deliberately modified this instance for the BOSS of the Transmigration Bureau.
The afternoon sun slanted through the classroom, casting a pale gold hue on the desks and chairs. When Jiang Minghua returned to the classroom, the homeroom teacher also brought news that Xie Yan had dropped out of school.
"Wow, a day trip?"
"What do you mean by a day trip? It should be a half-day trip. The Xie family must have thought that sending Xie Yan here wouldn't be very useful, so they sent him back."
...
The class was buzzing with whispers about Xie Yan's expulsion. Only Fu Yanzhi and Han Yunchu's gazes were almost simultaneously drawn to Jiang Minghua, because they had witnessed her taking Xie Yan away.
As soon as the bell rang, Han Yunchu stepped forward and blocked Jiang Minghua's way of leaving.
"Jiang, why did you want Xie Yan to drop out of school?"
He keenly sensed that Jiang Minghua's attitude towards Xie Yan was completely different from her attitude towards them, which inexplicably aroused a sense of unease in his heart.
Jiang Minghua lifted her eyelids and glanced at him casually. Bathed in sunlight, her beautiful face appeared even more exquisite.
"Ha, you're really meddling. Whether Xie Yan drops out of school or not is none of your business. Now the core of the novel has become male-torture, and you, the originally planned second male lead, have been demoted to a background NPC. In other words, you're free, no longer forced to be Wen Chuqing's simp. Shouldn't you thank me? Besides, we'll have no further interaction, so get out of my way."
She inwardly vented her frustrations, but her face only managed a faint smile. Her red lips parted slightly, and what she uttered, unlike her inner rant, was enough to choke anyone:
"So concerned about him? When the homeroom teacher was arranging the seats, why didn't you show any classmate kindness and volunteer to sit with Xie Yan?"
She tilted her head slightly, her beautiful eyes looking directly at Han Yun Chu, making his heart flutter.
"Who are you putting on this belated show of concern for? Why don't you go find him now and ask him yourself?"
Han Yun Chu: ...
"Jiang, you'd better stop licking your lips. I'm afraid you'll poison yourself."
At night, the city's neon lights stream through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse apartment, spilling into the empty living room and casting dappled shadows on the floor.
Han Yunchu was intently mixing paints, the canvas a canvas of freely splashed blue, when suddenly, a cold, emotionless mechanical voice exploded deep within his mind:
[System 00X successfully bound. Host Han Yun Chu, your core desire has been detected: to break away from the Han family main branch and gain absolute freedom. This system can grant your wish.]
His hand holding the brush trembled violently, and the cobalt blue paint smeared into a large stain on the canvas.
[Mission: Follow the storyline to win over the key character Jiang Minghua and achieve a happy ending. Reward: Completely break free from your family's control and gain the freedom you desire.]
Han Yun Chu stared at the abrupt blue mass on the canvas, his handsome face displaying a complex and ever-changing expression. Freedom? The thing he had pursued for so many years, was to be obtained in this way?
Han Yun Chu did not agree directly, but asked another question:
So I live inside a novel?
00X remained silent, but did not deny it.
Han Yun Chu was finally convinced that Jiang Ming Hua's true feelings hadn't lied to him. Following the plot, he would become Wen Chu Qing's devoted admirer. But now, this system called 00X was putting him in a relationship with Jiang Ming Hua, without mentioning Wen Chu Qing's name at all, and even demanding a happy ending?
Han Yunchu thought of Jiang Minghua's thoughts that afternoon. Hadn't he already become a random NPC? Why was the system still coming to him?
Does Jiang Minghua also have a system?
【yes. 】
According to her system's instructions, I should pursue Wen Chuqing.
[The plot has changed, so the mission has changed as well. Furthermore, it has been detected that your affection level towards Jiang Minghua is very high.]
"What favorability rating?!"
Han Yun Chu reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, almost jumping up, her cheeks flushing a light red.
"Your testing equipment must be broken! I don't like that sharp-tongued, nasty person at all!"
He retorted fiercely, as if that could mask his uncontrollably racing heartbeat. However, an inopportune moment flashed through his mind: Jiang Minghua's bright and beautiful face, tinged with a nonchalant mockery, as she had confronted him that afternoon.
A wave of intense shame and anger washed over him, making his ear tips feel burning hot, almost as if they were about to bleed.
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