Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Marry Me for My Childhood Sweetheart
It was a dark night in the mountains, with no stars visible. It was so quiet late at night that the only sound was the rustling of leaves in the forest swaying in the wind. At this moment, in a manor located halfway up Yunjing Mountain, the light in a master bedroom suddenly lit up.
In the bedroom, Qin Sheng sat up in shock after listening to his system's account of the little mishap he had caused. He slapped the headboard with his hand, and squinted his eyes uncomfortably when the ceiling light suddenly came on. He didn't give himself much time to adjust, and his vigilance made him quickly turn his head and look to his side...
A handsome young man with straight features as if chiseled by a knife was lying next to him, but his face was pale and his brows were furrowed even though he had lost consciousness. It was obvious that his physical condition was not good. There was blood on his lips, which showed that he had internal injuries.
This is the original male protagonist, Xu Zhaoyi, who was abducted... ahem, and picked up by the system?
[Noodles, don’t tell me you’re the one who made him like this?] Qin Sheng hissed, his heart slightly pounding.
The male protagonist's system was accidentally swallowed up as an invading wild chicken system. It can be explained as a bug in the main brain. After all, according to regulations, a small world can only have one system with a program. It is understandable that his noodles did not recognize it in time.
But if the male protagonist is also injured like this... He doesn't know whether it is illegal for the system to accidentally eat a colleague and then come out to rescue him, but if he accidentally kills an innocent human being, he will definitely be crying behind bars, right?
Noodles immediately protested: "No, it wasn't me! Master Qingtang! He was already seriously injured! My colleague expended so much energy saving him that he was defenseless when he encountered me... and I devoured him."
Although it sensed something was wrong in time and jumped out to rescue its colleague, and now its colleague is just in a dormant state, the experience still makes people sad and cry.
Qin Sheng paused after hearing this, and after a few seconds of silence for his colleague, he continued, "I'm glad it wasn't you who was injured. Now, what do you need me to do? Is it enough to help you heal him?"
"That's how it was." Noodles hurriedly put on his owner's favorite vest and popped out of Qin Sheng's mind. The little dumpling with stick figure-like arms and legs twisted awkwardly on the soft blanket and said, "But... I just sent a distress signal to the main brain, but the message didn't go through. It seems our little world has... temporarily lost contact with the main brain."
It said cautiously: [Host, do you understand what I mean?]
Unable to contact the mastermind, this mess is temporarily in our hands.
Qin Sheng rubbed his solar plexus, looked at the system that had caused his own trouble for a while, then looked at the seriously injured male protagonist lying beside him, and finally asked again: [So, what do I need to do?]
Noodles breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this was Qin Sheng's willingness to help. He took the initiative to put himself into Qin Sheng's hands for him to play with, and then slowly explained the situation.
[Because I can't contact the main brain, I can't determine the exact direction of this small world. Logically, we should be in a small world that is one of the three thousand story lines derived from the original work. In this world, the host is the true protagonist, and the original male protagonist should not have a system.]
Qin Sheng continued thoughtfully, "But he has a system now, and you confirmed that his system is your legitimate colleague, so one of you and your colleague must have gone to the wrong place?"
"That's right." Noodles sighed. "The most troublesome thing right now is that the main brain has lost contact. I can't tell between you and Xu Zhaoyi, who is the most important person in this little world."
If the protagonist dies, the small world will collapse! Similarly, if the protagonist's fortune is destroyed, it will also cause unpredictable consequences.
Qin Sheng understood this principle without having to be explained. He lowered his eyes in thought, and the white ball in his palm became slightly warm, warming his fingertips that were cold due to his weak body.
After a while, he sorted out his thoughts: [According to you, he can't be in any trouble, so we have to take over Xu Zhaoyi's system until his system is repaired?]
[Yes, yes, yes! ! !]
"Helping him is certainly no problem." Qin Sheng rationally pointed out the dilemma: "But if I want to help him follow the original storyline I've read, where can I get the cheat code provided by the male protagonist's system?"
The original work is a modern urban cultivation story. Although the villain Qin Sheng was born into a cultivation family, on the surface the Qin family pities him because he is in poor health and cannot practice, so they favor him and give him everything they want. In fact, he is just a cannon fodder sacrificed by the family. His soul is trapped in the Qin family, and he cannot live beyond the age of thirty in any of his lives.
"Rocked with wounds" is not enough to describe his health condition, so much so that all he has received from completing missions so far are things like repairing his body.
In contrast, Xu Zhaoyi had the standard Long Aotian script in his hand. The system provided him with treasures for cultivation, and he was pushed all the way to the peak and couldn't stop.
How can he afford it?
[This host can rest assured, our system has a set of emergency response mechanisms, and I'm ready! I can modify the host's reward for completing the task and replace it with what the male protagonist needs.]
Of course, Noodles wouldn't let his host suffer in vain: [The host is in a very bad situation right now. Our original plan was to take care of his health first and then think about other things, but now we have a better option.]
It opened the emergency compensation plan page on the emergency panel for Qin Sheng to see. Behind each golden finger listed on the page was a green word indicating that it could be activated.
[This is a compensation mechanism that can only be activated when a major incident occurs. Host, look at the one with the crown at the top. It's the most powerful compensation of all the options. Once activated, the host can establish connections with important characters in the small world by recruiting disciples or subordinates, such as the male protagonist. From then on, the male protagonist's cultivation progress will be synchronized with the host by adding another small realm, achieving the effect of sitting at home and having your cultivation level soar!]
It sells hard.
This is equivalent to supporting two people with one reward at the same time, and his host can even get an extra small realm of interest, perfect!
Qin Sheng's eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, but he didn't get too excited. After thinking for a moment, he said, "But my current body shouldn't be able to accommodate any cultivation. Are you sure I won't explode and die if I use this compensation plan?"
"No, no!" Noodles quickly explained, "Even if a normal person were healthy and gifted, suddenly gaining this much cultivation would cause their body to explode. Therefore, these cultivations are actually stored in the system space, but the host can use them at will! The reason I recommend this option is because it's most suitable for hosts who are currently unable to cultivate."
Although it is suitable, there are also hidden dangers. Qin Sheng thought calmly that this means that he only has the right to control those who have cultivated.
But it is understandable that it is difficult to have the best of both worlds. As long as he can get rid of the Qin family's quagmire as soon as possible and recover his health, he can practice on his own.
"Then I'll listen to you and choose this." Qin Sheng resigned himself to his fate and got out of bed to check on the still unconscious male protagonist. Since he had decided to take over, the male protagonist naturally couldn't make any mistakes.
Noodles saw what he was thinking and quickly said, "His injury is fine. My colleague had almost recovered before I accidentally injured him. However, there are two issues that are quite troublesome..."
[What's the problem?]
[Well, host, you know that the protagonist is reborn at the beginning of the original work, and the person who killed him in his previous life was the original Qin Sheng. How can we convince him that you have no ill intentions and make him willingly accept you as his master or recognize you as his elder brother? We need to think of a way.]
[…what about the other question?]
[I noticed that my colleague threw three blind boxes to the hero at the critical moment of my attack. This doesn't happen in the original work, so I'm not sure what he will open. It would be dangerous if there are lethal weapons.]
Very good, Qin Sheng concluded in his heart, the male protagonist is now like a time bomb, and it is not advisable to act rashly before he has an idea to defuse it.
In fact, there is no need to worry too much about the male protagonist's lethality. After all, he is the eldest son of the Qin family who is openly protected. In order to maximize their profits, the Qin family will do their best to ensure that he lives to the age of 30 before dying, so he still has some means of self-protection.
The most difficult thing now is to let the male protagonist temporarily put aside the murderous hatred in his previous life, willingly establish some kind of connection with him, stay by his side, and be protected by him.
It is not feasible to confess everything and seek cooperation. The male protagonist may not believe the one-sided words of him and Noodles, especially since the character "Qin Sheng" in the original work left him with an extremely sinister and treacherous image. He has no confidence that he can reverse the lesson that others have paid for with their lives with just a few words.
Then we have to find another way.
It was briefly mentioned in the original work that at this time in the male protagonist's first life, because he was in danger and disappeared and had not returned for a long time, everyone assumed that he was dead, so his fiancée Jin Nianyue was transferred by the greedy Jin family to the sickly eldest son of the Qin family, who was the original owner.
When the male protagonist came back, the matter was already settled and he could only accept it. However, not long after, news of Jin Nianyue's death suddenly came. The male protagonist suspected that it was related to the original owner, and finally died at the hands of the original owner during the investigation.
There is indeed another story behind Jin Nianyue's death, which is related to the original owner, but she was not really killed by the original owner. However, the male protagonist did not know it, or he died before he could find out.
From the male protagonist's perspective, the Qin family is a hellish place. If Jin Nianyue marries in again, she will definitely not escape the fate of death.
Qin Sheng thought about this, looked at the handsome and fit man lying on his bed, and whispered in a villainous voice: "If I asked him to marry me in place of his childhood sweetheart, would he agree?"
How can the marriage relationship not be considered a bond no less than that between a master and a disciple, or between brothers?
Moreover, whether it is becoming a disciple or becoming sworn brothers, it is too abrupt, and the Qin family will easily become suspicious. But marriage is different, it can be explained clearly by just being attracted by beauty.
With this relationship, the male protagonist can live with him legitimately and even enter and leave the Qin family freely, which will make things much easier in the future.
Noodles, who had never considered such a possibility, was shocked and stammered a positive answer: […Yes, right?]
After all, in the male protagonist's view, this is probably not about getting Jin Nianyue married, but if I don't go to hell, Bai Yueguang will go to hell.
But...is it really okay to do this?
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I have some drafts in reserve. The first 24 chapters will be updated at about 3k a day. From the 25th chapter onwards, I will try to update more every day.
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