“Mu Bingxuan… I still… still love you… I wish you… eternal happiness…”
With a faint smile lingering on his lips, he breathed his last.
The infamous wastrel young master of the Magic Capital, Li Ran, ended his sinful life.
The next moment, Li Ran jolted awake amidst wild laughter.
“Hahaha, the pathetic licking-dog villain who survived for over three hundred chapters is finally dead.
That wasn’t easy. System, I can return to the real world now, right?”
He opened his eyes, and a harsh beam of sunlight streamed in through the window.
However, when he saw his surroundings clearly, Li Ran froze.
He was still inside that 1,000 square meter luxury villa, lying on his massive 5-meter-wide bed.
“Didn’t I already complete the entire plotline and claim all the rewards? I cleared the script, so why am I still here?”
Panic surged within him as he said, “System, come out right now. What is going on?”
[Final plotline error detected. Host must restart.]
“Plotline error?”
Li Ran was stunned. “How could there be an error? I followed the script exactly…”
“Damn system, did you mess something up? Stop messing with me. I still need to go home with all these overpowered abilities and reunite with my dad, mom, and little sister.”
Originally, Li Ran had a warm and harmonious family, living a life without worries.
However, one day, he was suddenly bound by this novel-transmigration system.
He was thrown into a novel titled Urban Freedom of the Soldier King, forced to play the role of Li Ran, a villain constantly humiliated by the protagonist Lin Ming.
The protagonist Lin Ming was a legendary soldier king who had returned from abroad.
He was powerful, backed by immense influence, wealthy, and well-connected.
In short, absurdly overpowered in every possible way.
Yet, he preferred to keep a low profile, hiding his strength and pretending to be weak.
A classic power-fantasy novel.
Li Ran clearly remembered the plot of the first volume.
It told the novel of Lin Ming returning to the country to develop his career. He set his sights on the ten great families of the Magic Capital and, in the end, subdued all ten families with his own strength, establishing his own business empire.
At the same time, he captured the heart of the number one female lead, Mu Bingxuan.
As for the Li family, where Li Ran belonged, it ranked first in wealth among the ten great families of the Magic Capital.
That made it the first volume’s minor villain boss.
As the only son of the Li family, Li Ran naturally became the trigger that sparked conflict between the protagonist and the Li family.
Not only was he a villain, he was also a licking-dog villain obsessed with the protagonist’s woman.
In the end, Li Ran was repeatedly humiliated by Lin Ming. He became nothing more than a tool to deepen the relationships between Lin Ming and the female leads.
Moreover, he dragged the Li family down with him, ultimately leading to its complete destruction.
Meanwhile, Lin Ming achieved one of his smaller goals, taking all the wealth of the ten great families of the Magic Capital into his own hands.
For the system’s mission rewards, and to return to his original world to reunite with his family, Li Ran had diligently played his role as the villain.
However, what he did not expect was that now, after the plotline had ended and he had obtained a full set of overpowered abilities, he still could not return to his original world.
“Come on, tell me this. I already finished my part in the plotline. I have no role left. What am I supposed to do by staying here, become the protagonist?”
Li Ran was furious, yet at the same time, deeply confused.
What exactly did the system mean by a final plotline error?
He had not paid much attention to the later parts of Urban Freedom of the Soldier King, since his role only existed in the first volume.
However, he vaguely remembered that in the end, Lin Ming ended up with the female leads.
Could it be that those female leads did not end up with Lin Ming?
Did they change their hearts?
Or were they taken by someone else?
But what did that have to do with him?
He was just a minor villain from the first volume, not even a real boss.
At this moment, the system gave its explanation.
[The script has been reset. Host must replay the plotline and properly act the assigned role. Upon completion, host may return to the original world.]
Li Ran fell silent.
Soon, he accepted this reality.
It was like filming a scene and having to redo it after a failed take.
At the same time, a thought crossed his mind.
Perhaps this reset really was related to him.
After all, it had been his first time playing a licking-dog villain. Mistakes were inevitable, some awkward moments, some missteps.
Maybe certain parts of the plot had gone wrong because of that.
“This time, you’re not going to lie to me again, right?”
[As long as the host completes the plotline, the host will return to the original world.]
Getting out of bed, Li Ran asked, “Which part of the plotline has it reset to?”
The system replied in its mechanical voice, [Chapter 10, ‘Beating the Wastrel at School Entrance, First Encounter with the Campus Belle.’]
“As expected, it reset to the moment I was first humiliated by the protagonist.”
Li Ran recalled that scene clearly.
It described how Lin Ming, during enrollment, encountered the campus belle Mu Bingxuan being harassed by a spoiled young master.
Acting righteously, Lin Ming stepped in and dealt with the young master.
At the same time, he gained Mu Bingxuan’s favor, marking their first meeting.
And the spoiled young master who got beaten… was Li Ran himself.
Li Ran glanced at the time.
7:00 in the morning.
At 8:30, Mu Bingxuan would appear at the entrance of Magic Capital University.
At that moment, Lin Ming would also show up.
And he, along with his group of lackeys, would be publicly humiliated by Lin Ming in front of everyone.
Just then, a phone call came in, dispelling Li Ran’s final doubts.
“Young Master Li, Mu Bingxuan is about to arrive. Where are you?”
Hearing the familiar voice of his lackey Chen Hao from the other end, Li Ran rubbed his forehead.
It seemed the plotline had truly restarted.
“Got it. I’ll be there soon.”
After hanging up, Li Ran called out toward the door, “Uncle Fu, prepare a bouquet of roses, 99 flowers. Today is the day Bingxuan returns to school. I want to give her a surprise.”
“Yes, Young Master,” Uncle Fu’s voice came from outside.
Li Ran changed into a set of branded clothes and went downstairs.
Standing at 1.8 meters tall, his figure looked even more upright and imposing under the refinement of those expensive clothes.
Exceptionally handsome.
Meanwhile, Uncle Fu had already prepared the bouquet and was waiting downstairs.
Whether in his original world or in this one where he played the licking-dog Li Ran, his appearance was undeniably handsome.
Naturally.
As the frequent target of the protagonist’s humiliation in the first volume, Li Ran’s background and looks could not possibly be inferior.
If the protagonist were humiliating someone ugly and insignificant, how could it highlight Lin Ming’s greatness?
At this moment, looking at his young master, Uncle Fu let out a quiet sigh.
The young master was excellent in every way.
But why did he have to fall for Mu Bingxuan of the Mu family?
What was so special about her?
What kind of spell had she cast on him, making him unable to forget her?
With Li Ran’s background and appearance, a mere gesture from him would attract countless socialites of the Magic Capital, all eager to throw themselves into his arms.
Yet, Li Ran showed no interest in other women, focusing solely on Mu Bingxuan.
In the Magic Capital, countless people mocked him, calling him a licking dog behind his back.
Of course, Li Ran never cared about what others thought.
But for servants like Uncle Fu, it was hard to swallow.
“Young Master, the flowers are ready,” Uncle Fu said respectfully.
Li Ran nodded slightly and instructed, “Prepare the car. I’m going to Magic Capital University.”