“System, what’s going on with Wen Jingping and Dou Tianyi? Isn’t he Wen Jingping’s new spare tire male lead? Instead of kneeling down and licking Wen Jingping’s boots, he lives and dies for her without any regrets. Why does he keep coming to find trouble with me? He even said that he could help me deal with Wen Jingping. Is he trying to trick me or is he serious? Are you sure this Dou Tianyi is really the new male lead?”
[According to the system, Dou Tianyi is indeed the new male lead chosen by the world’s female lead for the second time.]
“Then what’s going on with him and Wen Jingping? Doesn’t the male lead of the world subconsciously get led by the female lead and his EQ and IQ will drop for no reason?”
It was supposed to be like Huo Shaofeng from before. He was clearly arrogant because of his pride. He did not even fancy a rich girl like Su Yayan, who had been pampered since she was young and had received a good education. It was even more impossible for him to consider an ugly duckling like Wen Jingping, who was inferior to Su Yayan in every aspect.
However, it was as if he had been possessed. He insisted on treating her as a priceless treasure. No matter how many tricks Wen Jingping played and how much trouble she caused him, he still suffered like a dutiful dog.
If Wen Jingping hadn’t seen that Huo Shaofeng had lost all hope after being chased out of the Huo Corporation, she would not have made a cuckold out of him and woken him up from his infatuation. Who knew how long he would have been played for!
“But it doesn’t seem to affect Dou Tianyi.”
Although he had spent money on Wen Jingping to obtain the resources of a big IP female lead, he was actually not charmed by Wen Jingping’s female lead. He listened to her and looked normal.
No, from the fact that he could easily negotiate with her using Wen Jingping, this person was very abnormal!
[The host’s progress in snatching the female protagonist’s halo has reached 50%, causing the female protagonist’s influence on the male protagonist to decrease greatly. Furthermore, the host has the various skills provided by the system. Under certain conditions, it has covered the original female protagonist’s cheat.]
Towards the end, the familiar mechanical voice sounded a little smug, as if it was saying, “Look, what I’m providing you is all good stuff. It’s countless times better than the original female protagonist’s half-baked golden fingers.”
Wasn’t it normal for the new male lead to give up on the original female lead and look for you to treat his illness? Who would be willing to abandon a five-star luxury set meal and go and torture themselves by eating leftover steamed buns?
After listening to the system’s explanation, Su Yayan felt that it made sense.
However, that wasn’t the focus of her attention now. It was…
“System, I realize you’ve become more human lately. You’ve even learned to take credit.”
After saying that, Su Yayan sighed regretfully. “If only you could have a body like Roly Poly’s. I could even help you dress up and let you be the most beautiful baby among the robots.”
System: If it’s those colorful aprons of the little robot, forget it!
Su Yayan waited for a while but there was no reply from the system. She sighed in disappointment and stopped teasing it. Instead, she carefully asked another question.
“System, if Chenhuan and I hadn’t increased the progress of snatching the golden finger, would Dou Tianyi’s illness have…”
The system was silent for a long moment before it chose its reply.
[According to the setting of the original novel, the blood disease of the villain, Dou Tianyi, can only be alleviated but not cured.]
When Su Yayan heard this, an idea flashed through her mind. In the original novel, Dou Tianyi was the villain, so it was naturally impossible for him to recover from this illness.
However, he was now the new male lead of the world. With the male lead halo above his head, it was definitely impossible for him to be the same as in the original novel.
“System, what’s going on with Wen Jingping and Dou Tianyi? Isn’t he Wen Jingping’s new spare tire male lead? Instead of kneeling down and licking Wen Jingping’s boots, he lives and dies for her without any regrets. Why does he keep coming to find trouble with me? He even said that he could help me deal with Wen Jingping. Is he trying to trick me or is he serious? Are you sure this Dou Tianyi is really the new male lead?”
[According to the system, Dou Tianyi is indeed the new male lead chosen by the world’s female lead for the second time.]
“Then what’s going on with him and Wen Jingping? Doesn’t the male lead of the world subconsciously get led by the female lead and his EQ and IQ will drop for no reason?”
It was supposed to be like Huo Shaofeng from before. He was clearly arrogant because of his pride. He did not even fancy a rich girl like Su Yayan, who had been pampered since she was young and had received a good education. It was even more impossible for him to consider an ugly duckling like Wen Jingping, who was inferior to Su Yayan in every aspect.
However, it was as if he had been possessed. He insisted on treating her as a priceless treasure. No matter how many tricks Wen Jingping played and how much trouble she caused him, he still suffered like a dutiful dog.
If Wen Jingping hadn’t seen that Huo Shaofeng had lost all hope after being chased out of the Huo Corporation, she would not have made a cuckold out of him and woken him up from his infatuation. Who knew how long he would have been played for!
“But it doesn’t seem to affect Dou Tianyi.”
Although he had spent money on Wen Jingping to obtain the resources of a big IP female lead, he was actually not charmed by Wen Jingping’s female lead. He listened to her and looked normal.
No, from the fact that he could easily negotiate with her using Wen Jingping, this person was very abnormal!
[The host’s progress in snatching the female protagonist’s halo has reached 50%, causing the female protagonist’s influence on the male protagonist to decrease greatly. Furthermore, the host has the various skills provided by the system. Under certain conditions, it has covered the original female protagonist’s cheat.]
Towards the end, the familiar mechanical voice sounded a little smug, as if it was saying, “Look, what I’m providing you is all good stuff. It’s countless times better than the original female protagonist’s half-baked golden fingers.”
Wasn’t it normal for the new male lead to give up on the original female lead and look for you to treat his illness? Who would be willing to abandon a five-star luxury set meal and go and torture themselves by eating leftover steamed buns?
After listening to the system’s explanation, Su Yayan felt that it made sense.
However, that wasn’t the focus of her attention now. It was…
“System, I realize you’ve become more human lately. You’ve even learned to take credit.”
After saying that, Su Yayan sighed regretfully. “If only you could have a body like Roly Poly’s. I could even help you dress up and let you be the most beautiful baby among the robots.”
System: If it’s those colorful aprons of the little robot, forget it!
Su Yayan waited for a while but there was no reply from the system. She sighed in disappointment and stopped teasing it. Instead, she carefully asked another question.
“System, if Chenhuan and I hadn’t increased the progress of snatching the golden finger, would Dou Tianyi’s illness have…”
The system was silent for a long moment before it chose its reply.
[According to the setting of the original novel, the blood disease of the villain, Dou Tianyi, can only be alleviated but not cured.]
When Su Yayan heard this, an idea flashed through her mind. In the original novel, Dou Tianyi was the villain, so it was naturally impossible for him to recover from this illness.
However, he was now the new male lead of the world. With the male lead halo above his head, it was definitely impossible for him to be the same as in the original novel.
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Su Yayan pondered for a moment and continued to ask, “Can the things I have now cure him?”
[No.]
“Then how did he—”
The system fell silent again.
Su Yan waited for an answer, but none came. “System?”
[Dou Tianyi is the male lead of the world. He has the same luck as the female lead of the world. Moreover, because he hasn’t been robbed of a large number of golden fingers like the female lead of the world, his luck is also stronger.]
The system paused for a moment, as if deciding how best to explain itself.
Su Yayan noticed this and narrowed her eyes. She could actually feel that the system could not explain everything to her.
Most of the time, the system could only tell her things by hints. It was like being limited by something.
[The host can snatch the golden finger of the male and female leads to change their fate, and vice versa.]
Su Yayan’s eyes narrowed. After understanding what the system meant, she could not help but curse on the spot.
She knew it was not that simple. So this was what they were waiting for!
Su Yayan had previously discovered that a large part of the so-called snatching the golden finger was to rescue the supporting actors and actresses who had their blood sucked by the male and female leads in advance and used them as stepping stones to reduce the public influence of the male and female leads on this world.
These male and female supporting roles could have had a beautiful family and a promising future. However, because they were targeted by them, not only did they become used paper figurines, but they were also trampled under their feet and their families were destroyed.
Now that she heard what the system said, she realized that it was different from ordinary people.
They were clearly stealing other people’s luck and stacking it on themselves to bring endless benefits to themselves. They did not forget to kill those who were no longer useful to them, lest these people revive and snatch their luck back from them.
Su Yayan took a deep breath, her expression extremely ugly.
“This should be considered a world bug. It’s clearly a terminal illness, and there’s a hope of recovery just because he’s the male lead. This…”
[Don’t forget that the world you’re in is a book.]
Some epic dramas could not guarantee perfection, let alone the fact that the foundation of this world came from a melodramatic romance novel. It would be strange if there were no bugs.
[Moreover, the world will automatically fix bugs. A large part of the male protagonist’s recovery will be attributed to luck and the low success rate of the surgery. Or someone might suddenly have an idea and develop a special medicine for this disease, but the raw materials for this kind of special medicine are rare and can’t be popularized at all, and so on.]
Su Yayan’s expression was subtle. The reason given by the system was really… difficult to refute.
There was no shortage of miracles in the history of medicine. There had been a number of earlier reports of people who had been diagnosed with terminal illnesses and who could live no more than a year or two. They had lived five or ten years because of a good mentality.
Huo Chenhuan’s legs were originally diagnosed as impossible to recover, but after he stood up again, how many people would think that there were many metaphysical factors involved?
They would only exclaim that he had been lucky enough to meet a good doctor and create a miracle. Some might even suspect that his leg had never been as bad as the rumors made it out to be. Everything had just been a smokescreen to confuse him.
People tend to subconsciously believe what they see and find good reasons for it.
The so-called bug could only be considered a bug in the eyes of an insider like her. In the eyes of others, it was just a miracle that could not be explained with common words.
After figuring this out, Su Yayan’s mood was indescribably complicated.
Perhaps, in the eyes of others, she was also an inexplicable bug.
[The host is different from them.]
The sudden mechanical voice stunned Su Yayan. When she realized what it meant, she was in disbelief.
[The host is very good to those who have helped her.]
Was the system… comforting her?
Su Yayan was stunned for a few seconds before she reacted and burst out laughing.
The system exploded on the spot from her laughter and defended itself proudly.
[Host, don’t misunderstand. I’m not comforting you. I’m just worried that your mentality will be unstable and affect your subsequent performance. I’m giving you a reminder.]
When Su Yayan heard the system’s self-confessed words, the smile in her eyes deepened.
“Yes, yes, yes. You’re not comforting me. I’m imagining things. I’m imagining things.”
Instead of appeasing it, Su Yan’s perfunctory reply made it shut down online again and play dead in silence.
Su Yayan poked at the system for a long time without getting a response. She was angry and amused.
However, when she thought of the two words it had just said, her heart softened a little. She smiled faintly and said, “Thank you.”
There was still a long silence waiting for her. Just as Su Yayan thought that the system would ignore her, an angry and smug snort suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Hmph!]
Su Yayan, “…” What a tsundere. I wonder who it learned from!
“System, you just said that Dou Tianyi can rely on the male protagonist’s luck to survive. Does that mean he can snatch their luck to make his male protagonist’s halo stronger by contacting some successful people? There are too many people like that…”
However, most people who achieved something through their own strength in various industries had better luck than ordinary people.
Wen Jingping was fine. The original novel was based on her perspective. With a little work, she could guess who she was stepping on.
Dou Tianyi was different. He was a villain in the original novel. From Wen Jingping’s point of view, he was undoubtedly a heinous villain.
He would definitely be able to come into contact with more successful people than Wen Jingping, the little white lotus who had climbed up step by step. Moreover, Su Yayan would basically not be able to guess it. She would be blind and unable to beat him to it.
[The host and your partner have already snatched a portion of the golden fingers from the male and female leads. You are far more attractive to the male and female leads than others.]
“I see.” Which meant the pair would be coming after them more frequently from now on.
Su Yayan narrowed her eyes as Dou Tianyi’s words suddenly appeared in her mind. Her eyes turned cold.
“It’s all about staying alive. Who’s more valuable?”
Just as the system had said, she and Huo Chenhuan were ultimately different from them.
Those who had helped her, all she could think about was how to repay them. The icing on the cake in times of adversity. Not throwing it away after it was used and stabbing them in the back.
This might be why the system chose her. No matter what, she would never let those two threaten her and her family!
“In that case, let’s see what we can do.”
Su Yayan did not want to help Dou Tianyi treat his illness in the first place. Now that she knew the twists and turns, it was even more impossible.
However, she was more worried that Dou Tianyi would attack her family.
Before she could figure out how to get rid of this problem, Su Yayan received a call from home and her expression changed.
“Yanyan!” Huo Chenhuan rushed back after receiving the call and met with Su Yayan, whose legs had gone weak. He rushed over to support her before she fell.
“Baby, baby…” Su Yayan’s face was as pale as paper. She did not dare to think about what she would do if something really happened to the child.
“It’s all right. The baby’s fine. Uncle Chang and the others found out early. The baby’s not hurt.”
“Really?” Su Yayan’s eyes widened as she grabbed Huo Chenhuan’s hand, as if she was clutching at her only lifeline. She was flustered and pitiful.
Seeing her like this, the anger in Huo Chenhuan’s heart also climbed to the peak. He hugged Su Yayan tightly and comforted her gently, “Of course it’s true. I’ve confirmed with Uncle Zhang that the child is fine. He’s fine. Nothing happened to him.”
Su Yayan definitely believed in Huo Chenhuan, but if she did not see her baby with her own eyes and confirm that he was safe, it would be useless no matter what others said.
Huo Chenhuan naturally understood this as well. As he spoke, he carried her and rushed inside.
Because of what had just happened, the atmosphere in the room was unusually solemn.
When the two of them entered the hall, they immediately saw the servants and security guards gathered in the hall. In the middle of them, a female servant in her early forties was tied up with ropes. She sat on the ground with her head slightly lowered and a dispirited expression.
As for the baby who had almost been kidnapped, he was currently in Uncle Zhang’s arms. His big eyes were looking around, completely unaware of what had happened to him not long ago.
Su Yayan’s eyes were on her baby. When she saw him, she immediately rushed over.
“Young Madam.” Uncle Zhang immediately let go of the baby in his arms.
When the baby saw his mother, he waved his chubby little arms happily and giggled.
Su Yayan carried him and checked him carefully from head to toe. After confirming that he was really fine, she finally relaxed.
She lowered her head to rub her baby’s chubby face and complained softly, “You really scared Mommy to death, kiddo.”
Huo Chenhuan followed Su Yayan all the way here. At this moment, he was standing beside her. Looking at the smiling faces of the mother and son, his heart softened.
However, that did not mean he had forgotten his initial anger when he received the call and learned that his son had almost been kidnapped.
“What’s going on?” Huo Chenhuan’s sharp gaze swept across the maid on the ground. If looks could kill, she probably would not have had the chance to speak.
This female servant was considered an elder of the Huo Chenhuan family and knew how powerful Huo Chenhuan was. When he looked at her like this, the cold sweat on her head flowed even more. Her lips trembled slightly, and she could not speak for a long time.
Seeing this, Uncle Zhang’s face darkened. He took a step forward and explained, “Young Master, it’s like this.”
It turned out that almost an hour ago, after the nanny had fed the little guy and put him to sleep, he had suddenly received a delivery call and gone out for a while.
In less than ten minutes, the maid, who was now sitting on the floor, sneaked into the nursery and brought out the baby, who was still asleep at the time.
“If Roly Poly hadn’t reacted in time and snatched the child back before this woman carried the young master out of the door, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”
As soon as Uncle Zhang said this, Su Yayan and Huo Chenhuan were stunned. They subconsciously turned to look at Roly Poly, who was wearing a pink apron.
Su Yayan was the first to react. She freed one hand to stroke its round little head and praised, “So it was Roly Poly who got your brother back. You are amazing!”
After receiving Su Yayan’s praise, Little Roly Poly blushed and said shyly, “Protecting Little Master is what I should do.”
When Dun Dun saw that Su Yayan had praised Roly Poly but not him, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied. He ran to Su Yayan’s feet and ran in circles. Silly followed behind its dog daddy and ran in circles around Su Yayan.
The father and son spun around for a long time and realized that Su Yayan did not react at all. They could not help but lean forward again and rub against her calf.
Only then did Su Yayan notice them. She mistakenly thought that they were concerned about her baby and quickly carried the baby and leaned down to comfort it. “Dun Dun, do you want to see the baby? Don’t worry, the baby is fine.”
Dun Dun barked twice and sat unhappily on Su Yayan’s right foot.
Silly followed suit. It walked to Su Yayan’s left foot and sat down.
The two dogs on her feet were quiet.
“Ahem…” Uncle Zhang coughed when he saw this. He smiled faintly and said, “They probably think that they helped just now, but Young Madam only praised Roly Poly and not them. They’re angry.”
Su Yayan looked surprised. “They helped too?”
“After Roly Poly chased the kidnapper out and snatched the young master back from this woman, these two followed behind Roly Poly. When they saw that this woman still wanted to come over and snatch the child, they… bit her.”
“… where did they bite?”
“Ahem…” Uncle Zhang blushed slightly and did not answer.
Instead, a young girl at the side suppressed her laughter and interrupted, “In the area with the most meat, these two little guys bit so fiercely that they almost pulled down someone’s pants.”
Su Yayan was speechless.
Huo Chenhuan was speechless.
That was a familiar routine!
“Woof…” Dun Dun seemed to know that someone had mentioned his handsome appearance. He raised his head proudly and barked twice, his glistening dog eyes filled with credit.
The corners of Su Yayan’s mouth twitched as she thought to herself, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong with my dog. It likes to bite the places with the most human flesh.’
However, considering that the two dogs had indeed made a contribution this time, Su Yayan was not stingy with her praise. “Dun Dun and Silly did a good job protecting the baby.”
Dun Dun shot to her feet and wagged his tail like a propeller. Its little feet slapped Su Yayan’s calf and huffed and puffed, showing off his teeth.
It was as if it was saying, “Hmph, don’t you know who’s protecting the little brat? How dare she steal our young master? It’s already not bad if we don’t bite her to death!”
Silly did not think much of it. It stared at its dog daddy with its tongue hanging out, nodding a few times from time to time in agreement.
Su Yayan looked at the two silly dogs and could not bear to look at them. She could only turn her attention back to Roly Poly.
“How did you know this bad woman was going to steal your brother?”
“Because of the surveillance.”
“Surveillance?”
Huo Chenhuan’s eyes flickered as he explained to her, “Roly Poly is a family protection robot. It can analyze whether the other party will hurt its master and react to it from the surveillance footage and character behavior.”
Su Yayan was slightly stunned. Only then did she remember that ever since Roly Poly entered their house, every corner of the house was monitored.
At that time, she had thought that there was something to it. Now, it seemed that it was because Roly Poly was only focused on the construction of the courtyard at that time. In addition, there was no one at home to cause trouble, so there was no use for it.
Now that there was a baby at home and a traitor with evil intentions, the effects of these little things were immediately revealed.
