When System 0573 solemnly promised her, Lin Wanfu showed nothing on her face, but inside, she was deeply dissatisfied.
She had never trusted promises. She only believed in benefits she could actually get her hands on.
“0573, other systems give their hosts things like beauty pills, slimming pills, whitening pills, all kinds of amazing cheats. But I haven’t gotten anything…”
Lin Wanfu blinked her big, watery eyes coquettishly and put on a pitiful expression. Her voice was naturally soft and sweet, but now she deliberately made it even gentler, drawing out the ends of her words until they were cloyingly sweet.
Even System 0573, which had no human emotions, was completely disarmed by Lin Wanfu’s coaxing for five full seconds. Its programs grew chaotic, and it nearly crashed.
After a long while, System 0573 finally replied bluntly: 【Host, your beauty value is already maxed out. You don’t need those things to improve your looks.】
It wasn’t lying. That was simply the truth.
Its energy had run low, leaving it stranded in this minor world. The first time it saw Lin Wanfu, it had been captivated by her.
She was simply too beautiful—so beautiful that she hardly seemed like a native of a minor world.
“What good is beauty alone? It’ll only make Shen Congyan even more beastly. Either way, I’m going to die, so I might as well buy a bottle of sleeping pills tomorrow and at least die with some dignity. Even Shen Congyan can’t rape a corpse… can he?”
By the end, Lin Wanfu sounded a little uncertain. Shen Congyan might actually be twisted enough to do something like that.
She wouldn’t underestimate the destructive power of her own beauty, or overestimate Shen Congyan’s moral limits.
He was a complete and utter lunatic.
System 0573 fell silent for a long while before saying to Lin Wanfu, 【Host, you don’t have to be so pessimistic. I’ve already unlocked an additional automatic identification function for you. As soon as a high-quality target comes within ten meters of you, it can identify his personal information and interests.】
Its energy had already been running low. Enabling this function for Lin Wanfu had nearly exhausted it.
A faint smile appeared on Lin Wanfu’s face. She was never stingy with sweet words that cost her nothing.
“0573, you’re so good to me. I like you so much. I’ll definitely do as you say and complete the mission properly. I’ll make everyone around Shen Congyan fall in love with me.”
The automatic identification function wasn’t exactly ideal, but it was better than nothing.
And it was useful enough to make winning people over twice as easy.
System 0573 replied bashfully, 【Mm, Host, once you complete the mission, I’ll have enough energy to give you even better rewards. Whatever you want, I can give you.】
Its CPU felt as if it were about to burn out. Lin Wanfu had left it reeling with just one sentence.
Hearing there were even better rewards in store, Lin Wanfu immediately grew more interested. “I have one more question. What counts as successfully plundering someone’s love?”
If she had to date someone to complete the mission, she would need to plan carefully.
After all, winning over people around Shen Congyan without him finding out wouldn’t be easy.
【Host, there’s no specific standard for plundering love. As long as you form an emotional bond or have physical contact with a high-quality man connected to the male lead, I can gain energy.】
Every time System 0573 looked at the Love Plundering System’s database, it felt as though its mind had been contaminated all over again. It was a miracle that a system like that could even have an authorized position in the Main God Space.
If it fully merged with the Love Plundering System’s database, it could obtain that system’s authorization and conceal its identity more effectively. But it truly couldn’t stand the thought.
Besides, it was planning to wait until its host had completed the mission and accumulated enough energy, then modify the system’s mission program.
If it fully merged with the Love Plundering System’s database, it wouldn’t be able to change the mission. That was out of the question.
Lin Wanfu thought for a moment, then immediately realized there was already someone nearby who could help her complete the mission—a ready-made tool.
If even her partner and sworn enemy were targets the system recommended she win over, wouldn’t Shen Congyan’s Big Brother be even more suitable?
Lin Wanfu was always one to act as soon as she had an idea. She went to the bed to look for her phone.
When she found it and turned it on, the screen was indeed full of missed calls from Shen Huaijin.
In the original story, she had taken out her anger at Shen Congyan on Shen Huaijin and hadn’t even considered answering his calls.
Just as Lin Wanfu was about to call him, her phone began ringing again.
It was Shen Huaijin.
As soon as Lin Wanfu answered, she heard the man’s anxious voice on the other end.
“Fufu, I’ve heard what happened to the Lin family. Don’t be afraid. It’ll be all right. I’ve arranged the earliest flight, and I’ll be at your home by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.”
Shen Huaijin’s knuckles had turned faintly white around his phone. Whatever he was thinking about had left his face grim, but it did nothing to diminish his good looks.
His features were naturally striking: a high nose, thin lips, and cool, pale skin. His bearing was reserved yet gentle, and his shirt and suit trousers were immaculate. An air of nobility clung to him.
From certain angles, he looked a lot like Shen Congyan. His long, narrow eyes, partly hidden behind fine gold-rimmed glasses, were almost identical to Shen Congyan’s.
If he stood beside Shen Congyan, anyone could tell at a glance that they were brothers.
Before long, Lin Wanfu began to sob softly and, as she had in the past, embellished her complaints to Shen Huaijin.
“Big Brother A-Jin, Shen Congyan is back. To get revenge on me, he humiliated me in public and threatened that if I didn’t satisfy him, he’d send me to a nightclub and make me the lowest kind of hostess.”
At Lin Wanfu’s words, a vein at Shen Huaijin’s temple began to show. Still, he forced down the anger rising inside him and soothed her gently. “Fufu, don’t cry. Wait until I get back. I’ll make him pay for what he did.”
It had taken him three whole years, slowly and patiently, to make Lin Wanfu stop resisting him and gradually accept him.
But Shen Congyan had returned like a persistent ghost.
This time, he wouldn’t let Shen Congyan take Lin Wanfu away from him again.
She could only be his.
“All right, Big Brother A-Jin. I’ll wait for you to come back.”
After hanging up, Lin Wanfu slowly lowered her head, a smile of uncertain meaning curving her lips.
She had always known Shen Huaijin liked her, but she didn’t like him either.
Truth be told, Shen Huaijin and Shen Congyan really were brothers. Even their personalities were somewhat alike: both were intensely controlling and extremely obsessive.
Shen Huaijin was simply better than Shen Congyan at pretending. He never let that side of himself show in front of her.
As for how she had discovered that Shen Huaijin was different from the man he appeared to be, it went back to her school days.
As the eldest daughter of the top-tier wealthy Lin family, she had naturally attended an elite school.
Her outstanding looks and privileged background meant that every day she received heaps of flowers, cakes, and love letters.
But one day, it was as if she had suddenly become the most hated person at school. Everyone avoided her like the plague. They were even afraid to say more than a few words to her.
At first, she couldn’t understand why. Then she happened to discover Shen Huaijin cornering a boy who had confessed to her in a back alley and beating him until he was covered in blood.
In that moment, she understood: a mad dog that looked perfectly rational had set its sights on her.