Serious drama and Mary Sue kiss
Despite Lin Yehuan and Lu Xingzhi trying to appear mature and composed, their clear and helpless eyes still betrayed their deep-seated "lack of money."
Victor looked at the pufferfish opposite him, which had suddenly calmed down and was puffing up its cheeks, and seriously doubted the person's information gathering ability.
To be honest, when she first saw these two little gadgets, her initial reaction was, "What the hell is this?" Then... then she was overwhelmed by the "brilliant" idea of a certain clever but not yet brilliant "genius." Before being discovered, it wouldn't be bad to be able to grab onto this lifeline.
However, it is indeed difficult for her to accept that this long pufferfish has a powerful background.
Gu De shrugged, though he could roughly read the meaning in her eyes, and raised an eyebrow to indicate that he was certain the information was accurate and reliable.
"Lin, I hope you understand that if the Star Group finds out, we will only face death. We must make thorough preparations for ourselves."
Lin Yehuan nodded in understanding, but based on her years of experience observing the "Southern Weng and Northern Tai" organization's bargaining tactics, she decided to maintain her cold demeanor. She cleared her throat and said in a pretentious tone, "You just showed us the product's structure. Aren't you afraid we'll just leave it and do it ourselves?"
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Victor said with a contemptuous smile, as if he had heard a terrible joke. “One hundred million dollars isn’t even enough to cover the cost of purchasing these instruments, raw materials, and operating and maintaining the entire laboratory.”
"Besides, you've only seen the final structure. If you don't cooperate with us, you might never figure out the specific steps in your lifetime."
"The fact that we dare to display this so openly in front of you proves that we have full confidence."
Upon hearing the last sentence, Lin Yehuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. Don't underestimate the power of the male protagonist and the power of love in the romance system!
However, she quickly withdrew the corners of her mouth from her lips. It was true that love couldn't generate money. The thought of those who could have been her source of income being kicked out of the house and having to rely on herself to dig money out of the stingy system to support them gave Lin Yehuan a headache. But she had already come all this way. She had been fighting wits and courage with the broken system for so long, how could she just give up?
"What if we can guarantee your safe return?" Lin Yehuan felt like he was talking in his sleep; before his mind could process what he was saying, his mouth had already spit it out.
“This is just a verbal promise. Without a concrete plan, how can we entrust our safety to others?” Victor’s expression remained calm. “After all, we can’t ask you for anything if we die, can we?”
"I have an objection," Lin Yehuan said, rubbing his forehead, which was getting hot from the system's rapid operation. "This NPC is too troublesome. Shouldn't the script be something like, 'We researchers can't just focus on a few numbers in the ledger'?"
Several large characters slowly appeared on the system screen: [Too outdated]
"You've gone too far," Lin Yehuan rolled his eyes silently, thinking of all the clichéd plots from before. "And you're asking me to activate the brain-degrading mode."
[Sorry, you do not have enough chances to redeem your Easy Card.]
If only the "cool" mode could be activated again, Lin Yehuan suddenly felt that he had been too impulsive before, using up his most invincible skill too early. He could only poke Lu Xingzhi, frowning at him, "Say something!"
“Our company is committed to providing this drug to the market at a reasonable and affordable price, benefiting the people.” Lu Xingzhi finally spoke after hesitating for a long time. “We advocate fairness. Fairness is not just about reasonable commercial returns, but also about distributive justice. If the price is too high, only a few people can afford it, which is a great injustice to those patients who urgently need it but cannot afford it. This is not in line with our society’s goal of pursuing common prosperity.”
It's just birth control pills, there's no need to exaggerate it like that, Lin Yehuan felt a little panicked.
[Male lead's speaking tendencies detected; serious drama mode automatically activated]
"Hey, why didn't you automatically match me before? You're being so biased!" Lin Yehuan was shocked by the system notification that suddenly popped up.
The four large characters "[Male Protagonist Privileges]" on the system page gleamed in gold, along with the complete rules: "When the male protagonist has a strong intention to speak, the system will automatically match the optimal mode."
Is it possible for a pattern that has already been used to reappear?
[Depending on the intensity of the male lead's emotions]
Looking at the messy scoring rules listed by the system, Lin Yehuan felt it would be more worthwhile to finish watching the remaining minute and a half of the drama next to him.
Victor was taken aback by Lu Xingzhi's words and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Gu De quickly picked up on the conversation: "Mr. Lu, we are foreigners, we don't stand on ceremony like that..."
…………
Perhaps due to the system's support, Lu Xingzhi seemed completely unaffected by the feedback from the other party and continued, "We are willing to sign a long-term cooperation agreement with you to guarantee your continued investment in subsequent research and development and reasonable returns. Low profit margins and high sales volume benefit hundreds of millions of people. Isn't the social value and long-term market value created by this more sustainable and meaningful than the exorbitant profits of a one-off deal? This is true win-win cooperation."
Seeing that the man opposite him still wouldn't give up, Gu De tried to change his mind by revealing some of his thoughts: "We don't want any reward. We'll exchange money for goods. The rest is a conflict between you and Xingchen Group. Logically, after we get the money, we should run away and save our lives..."
The system's serious mode was still in full swing, and Lu Xingzhi seemed unable to control the speed and tone of his speech, his expression growing increasingly solemn: "The public nature and social value of medicines remain crucial. Ensuring that the vast majority of ordinary workers and young people can easily access this option reflects social justice. If the price is too high, and only high-income groups can afford it, this not only exacerbates the inequality in access to health resources, but also contradicts the goal of 'everyone enjoying reproductive health services,' and is inconsistent with the connotation of equal access to public services in common prosperity."
Gu De suspected that he might not have expressed himself clearly, so he quickly replied: "Pricing is your own problem. As long as you pay, it's none of our business whether you're a profiteer or a low-profit, high-volume seller."
Lin Yehuan felt incredibly awkward watching from the sidelines. She wanted to correct the situation but couldn't get a word in edgewise. However, based on her previous experience using different story modes of the system, she was quite certain that, apart from the first sentence, the rest were all lines that the system forcibly implanted into his brain. It was impossible to interrupt, and he would eventually succeed in persuading them with these nonsensical logics.
Sure enough, in the last second of the countdown on the system page, Victor raised both hands in approval of Lu Xingzhi's values.
Lin Yehuan looked at the narration on the screen and thought that she should have surrendered with her hands raised.
[Complete important main quests, male protagonist's character completeness +50, character design perfection +50%]
So generous, then... Lin Yehuan no longer cared about Victor and Gu De's wonderful mime performance after learning that they could only get one million US dollars, and hurriedly went to the male lead's information panel to see if he had reached the "perfect" standard determined by the system.
[Male lead's character perfection: 98%]
Character's completeness: 99%
Emotional progress: 0%
Affection level: 12300 (overflowed)
Yes! Lin Yehuan quickly calculated that as long as he defeated the Star Group, the officially designated villain and the stumbling block on the protagonist's path to success, and maximized the protagonist's perfection and completeness, he could definitely fulfill his emotional requirements at lightning speed with his overflowing favorability, return to his original world, and get his graduation certificate. As for how the favorability was obtained, it was strange, but that didn't matter anymore.
While signing the agreement, Lin Yehuan couldn't stop smiling. Even though he could feel the resentful or concerned looks from the other three people, he kept smiling.
Lu Xingzhi felt inexplicably lonely. He just looked at her, his thoughts drifting back to the few words he had just rambled on about, and he wished he could dig a hole in the ground and disappear into them.
“Although I’m reluctant,” Victor said, wiping the ink off his thumb, “we can only rely on the two of you now. I want to live a few more years, so you’d better not break your promise.”
"Of course!" Lin Yehuan was still smiling.
Viktor was flustered by her laughter and couldn't help but reach up to touch his face to see if there was anything on it.
Lin Yehuan could no longer laugh.
What kind of garbage system is this? It's fixed now? Couldn't you have waited until I left before updating it?
Fiery lines began to appear on Victor's and Gu De's faces.
In his panic, Lin Yehuan could only think of pulling Lu Xingzhi away.
The moment Lu Xingzhi's hand was grabbed, his thoughts were disrupted, and he instinctively looked around.
Lin Yehuan had no choice but to change his strategy, turning around and hugging him tightly, trying to free up one hand to cover his wide eyes.
"Close your eyes." Under the astonished gaze of the person opposite, Lin Yehuan stole a few glances at the progress of the two people changing their skins. It was simply too gruesome to watch, and not suitable for children.
Although Lu Xingzhi didn't know what had happened, he still obediently did as he was told.
"What's wrong with you?!" Victor and Gu De started arguing again after switching faces.
"You signed voluntarily, so what does it have to do with me?"
"If it weren't for the stupid things you did, I would have already come up with a plan, okay?"
If their previous shouting and yelling were actually a sign of their deep affection, now it seems like they're being driven crazy by each other.
Lin Yehuan was used to the internal struggle between his left and right brains set up by the system's plot, and he just wanted to leave as soon as possible. So the two of them moved towards the door little by little, like crabs.
[Male lead's emotional fluctuations detected; Mary Sue mode activated]
The next second, everything spun around them, and the two of them were spinning in place, just a step away from the door. Their headaches were gone, their numbness had subsided, their stomachs had stopped growling, their heights had automatically adjusted, and even the strands of hair on the person in front of them had become 4K high-definition.
"This is so clichéd," Lin Yehuan couldn't help but voice his complaint about the system.
"What?"
"It's okay, I said it was great, we did it." Lin Yehuan answered with a forced smile, on the verge of tears.
[System bug fixed. Complete the "Mary Sue Kiss" storyline within three minutes to resolve the crisis!]
What?! Mary Sue is impossible! Even if she changed her name to Su Mary, she still wouldn't be Mary Sue!
Unfortunately, the plot unfolded beyond her control. Their breathing grew closer and closer, and Lin Yehuan tried to pull away with all her might, but she was quickly drawn back by the power of the system.
Even though Lu Xingzhi's hands were hanging down at his sides, he just couldn't let go of the hands that were wrapped around him.
Lin Yehuan struggled twice, finally mentally preparing himself. On the last occasion, he widened the distance between the two of them and, before the gravitational pull could reach him, went straight to meet it.
With a loud "bang," the two men fell to the floor as their two large, intelligent foreheads collided.
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