[Ding! Big surprise!]
Jiang Chengye froze, then immediately felt a rush of joy in his heart. “Xiao Tong, is that you?” he asked eagerly in his mind.
[Host, if you’re seeing this message, it means Xiao Tong is already pretty much gone. Host, you’ve been a simp for nine lifetimes. Honestly, watching you suffer all this time, even I felt bad. Now that I’m gone, you won’t have to follow the plot anymore. You must be feeling lonely, right? So, as my final act, I added a little something extra to these female leads—to let you finally enjoy being fawned over. Don’t bother trying to escape. As long as you get within a kilometer of them, memories will surface in their minds—and you’ll receive the same memories too. Don’t even think about avoiding contact. I know how you think. Even if you don’t approach them, those memories I inserted will slowly awaken in their minds. You can’t escape, Hehe.]
That final wicked laugh from the system gave Jiang Chengye goosebumps.
“Damn it… system, even in death you’re still scheming against me!” Jiang Chengye was speechless. This thing might be dead, but clearly not entirely.
Ever since Jiang Chengye arrived in this world and got hurt once, he started believing it was all an illusion. He had only wanted to wrap up filming and take his reward back to Blue Star. But now that returning was off the table, and he’d just been schemed against by the system again, he had to admit—this system was truly heartless.
“Yu’er, what’s wrong?” Wang Xia noticed something off with Tang Shiyu and asked in alarm. She then glared at Ye Chen and snapped, “It’s your fault! You made Yu’er so upset. Leave! We don’t want to see you!”
Ye Chen’s expression darkened.
“It’s okay, Xia.” Tang Shiyu’s pale face gradually regained color. The images that had just appeared in her mind at the company now replayed clearly in her mind.
“Jiang Chengye, I don’t like you… Chengye… no!… Chengye… I’m sorry. It’s my fault you died.” “Ye Chen… I’m going to kill you!”
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The memory that surfaced in Tang Shiyu’s mind was one where she misunderstood Jiang Chengye and chose to side with Ye Chen. Then, after Ye Chen was killed, she finally realized the truth and, together with the other female leads, killed Ye Chen in revenge.
Looking at Jiang Chengye sitting beside Wang Xia, Tang Shiyu felt a sense of unreality. The vividness of those memories overwhelmed her. But the authenticity of it all made her feel it couldn’t be fake.
“Am I a reborn person?” she wondered.
The thought bloomed boldly in her heart. And the Jiang Chengye from her memories gradually merged with the one before her now. At that moment, Tang Shiyu was convinced—she had been reborn.
Ye Chen also let out a breath of relief seeing Tang Shiyu was fine. If she had suffered because of him, he would have carried the guilt forever.
“Are you okay?” Jiang Chengye looked up, frowning as he asked her.
At the same time, the same images from Tang Shiyu’s memory appeared in his mind. He had to hand it to the system—after seeing those memories, even he felt bad for himself! This story is hosted at novelping.com.
Especially the part where the female leads broke down crying in front of his grave… truly heartwarming!
From the look of it, he could finally shake off the “simp” title and place a brightly colored hat on Ye Chen’s head instead. And Ye Chen would get to watch it happen firsthand.
No doubt about it—the Villain System had chosen the right person. Now he was a true villain. Thinking of this, Jiang Chengye couldn’t help but feel sweet inside. He even let out a sinister “Hehe” in his heart.
Though Jiang Chengye’s tone was indifferent, to Tang Shiyu it sounded incomparably gentle. “I’m fine,” she said with a smile, shaking her head.
Wang Xia was shocked. Tang Shiyu had never smiled at Jiang Chengye before. What on earth was happening today?
Ye Chen, on the other hand, was about to explode.
Smiling at Jiang Chengye like that in front of him—it felt like a brightly colored hat had been placed on his head.
“Jiang Chengye, our CEO Tang doesn’t like you. Please stop harassing her. If I see you doing it again, I’ll beat you up!” Ye Chen barked, going straight for the kill.
This line had once been said by Tang Shiyu herself in his past life, while clinging to his arm. Back then, Jiang Chengye had responded by having his bodyguards charge forward, only to be beaten into the ground again by him.
Hearing the words now, Jiang Chengye gave him a flat look. He’d heard that line nine times already. He had to give it to Ye Chen—still trying to follow the plot at this point. His IQ had clearly fallen through the floor. He hadn’t even realized the situation had changed and was still reciting lines.
“Shut up, Ye Chen! I’ve made myself clear. You and Tangyu Group have no further connection. And Chengye’s affairs are none of your business!” Tang Shiyu’s voice turned icy.
Anyone familiar with her knew she was genuinely angry now.
No matter how persistently Jiang Chengye had chased her in the past, she had never spoken to him in such a tone. She always gently gave him a “good person” card. This was the first time she had used such harsh words.
Tang Shiyu’s outburst completely silenced Ye Chen.
Jiang Chengye, meanwhile, smiled faintly. Just hearing her call him “Chengye” was proof enough that the system had delivered.
Tang Shiyu had never addressed him so affectionately—she always used his full name. Wang Xia stared like she had seen a ghost. Since college, she had never once heard Tang Shiyu address Jiang Chengye without his surname.
“Hey, security guy, aren’t you being a bit nosy? Doesn’t seem like she’s unhappy with my so-called harassment,” Jiang Chengye mocked Ye Chen.
Jiang Chengye and Tang Shiyu were like completely different people now. The Tang Shiyu who should have been his teammate had switched sides. He now felt like the Jiang Chengye from his previous life. It was chaos.
“Miss Tang, do you have time later? I’d like to take you for a walk by the lake,” Jiang Chengye said, seizing the opportunity to go for the kill.
Tang Shiyu’s cheeks flushed as she nodded softly.
“She agreed? Yu’er agreed?” Wang Xia was frozen.
Both Tang Shiyu and Jiang Chengye seemed totally abnormal to her now.
Ye Chen couldn’t take it anymore. He shot to his feet and shouted hysterically, “No! I don’t agree!”
All eyes turned toward him. People began whispering.
“Who is that? Never seen him before. In Jiangbei City, aside from the other three major families, who would dare speak to Young Master Jiang like that?”
“Exactly. I know almost every second-generation rich kid in Jiangbei, but this one I’ve never seen.”
“Tsk, say no more. Shouting at Young Master Jiang in front of Tang Shiyu… this guy’s doomed.”
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“Tiancheng, which family is that kid from? Do you know him?” Old Madam Su frowned and turned to her eldest son, Su Tiancheng. Jiang Chengye’s temper was famously volatile. If he got angry at the Su family because of this kid, things could get messy.
But first, she had to confirm who Ye Chen was.
“Mom, his face is completely unfamiliar. I’ve never seen him before—not even among the younger generation.” Su Tiancheng replied softly.
“In that case, go check. See if he snuck in. Don’t let one rat spoil the whole pot,” Old Madam Su instructed calmly.
Su Tiancheng nodded and began making his way toward Jiang Chengye’s table.
Meanwhile, Ye Chen realized he had overreacted and quickly sat back down, though his face was still twisted in rage. If it weren’t for the fact that Jiang Chengye was still needed for future plotlines, he would’ve slapped him dead right there.
“Ye Chen, please leave. What I, Tang Shiyu, want to do is none of your business!” she said coldly, her face full of disgust.
“Young Master Jiang, CEO Tang, what’s going on here?” Su Tiancheng arrived at the table and asked with a smile.