Gradually regaining her senses, Lin Wanfu picked up the emerald necklace and held it before her eyes. Her misty gaze was filled with curiosity.
“What are you?”
The concept of a system was quite easy for her to understand. Occasionally, she would read a few melodramatic novels, where protagonists often obtained systems like “Academic Genius System,” “Underdog Reversal System,” or “Beauty Enhancement System.” But in her case, why did it turn into something she had never heard of—the “Love Plunder” System?
【Hello, host. I am your intelligent assistant, serial number 0573. It’s a pleasure to meet you.】
System 0573’s voice was distinctly different from the previous electronic tone. It sounded very real—clear, pure, and pleasant, like the voice of a young boy.
“Do you know my mother?” Lin Wanfu thought the emerald necklace was System 0573 itself, so she eagerly hoped to learn something from it. Her father treated her well, but she envied others who had mothers to comb their hair and bake them little cakes…
After a long silence, Lin Wanfu finally heard System 0573’s voice again.
【Host, I do not know your mother.】
Hearing this, Lin Wanfu lowered her eyes in disappointment, her thick, curled lashes casting a small shadow. She curled up silently in her chair, fragile as a porcelain statue that might shatter at the slightest touch.
In the end, System 0573 softened.
【Don’t be sad, host. As long as you complete the tasks, I can help you search for information about your mother.】
“Really?” Lin Wanfu looked up, her face bright with joy as she gazed at the emerald necklace in her hand.
【Really,】 System 0573 replied.
What it didn’t say was that not long ago, it had absorbed the “Love Plunder” System, inheriting its database while also being bound by its task protocols. The system’s task protocols stipulated that it could not provide any assistance unrelated to the tasks. However, this rule held little sway over it. As a renegade system from the Main God’s space, how could task protocols fully constrain it?
Come to think of it, System 0573 was also curious about Lin Wanfu’s mother. Although its energy was nearly depleted, investigating a native of a small world should have been effortless. Yet, it couldn’t retrieve any information about Lin Wanfu’s mother. There was only one possible explanation for this: the other party was not a native of this small world but came from a higher-level dimension.
“What tasks are you talking about?” Lin Wanfu stared eagerly at the emerald necklace, her longing gaze exceptionally pitiful. Faced with the unknown, she instinctively withdrew her defenses, revealing an innocent and harmless side. Only by lulling System 0573 into a false sense of security could she subtly extract more useful information.
【Host, my true form is not the emerald necklace. You can communicate with me without holding it.】
As it spoke, System 0573 rummaged through its database for the “Love Plunder” System’s data. After absorbing it, it hadn’t yet had the chance to examine its task protocols.
“Alright,” Lin Wanfu obediently placed the emerald necklace back into the jewelry box and carefully stored it away.System 0573 glanced at the information in the “Love Plunder” system database and began reading from the script, 【Host, you are the malicious female supporting character in a male-oriented wealthy family novel titled “The Discarded Young Master of a Wealthy Family: He is the Uncrowned King.”】
【In the book, the male lead Shen Congyan is devoted to you, but you are fickle, hypocritical, selfish, and always chasing after the new while discarding the old. You collude with the antagonist Shen Huaijin to frame the male lead, causing him to be falsely accused of manslaughter.】
【Because of this, the male lead harbors deep hatred for you. After accumulating enough power abroad, the first person he seeks revenge on upon returning to the country is you.】
【First, the male lead orchestrates a scheme that bankrupts the Lin family overnight, leaving them heavily in debt. He also tears down your protector Qin Yi. Then, he coerces and bribes all the influential figures in Jinghai City to refuse any assistance to the Lin family, forcing you to bow your head willingly.】
【………】
【In the end, you are left with no way out and can only agree to the antagonist Shen Huaijin’s marriage proposal. This action of yours completely enrages the male lead, who kidnaps you, pins you to the bed for three days and nights of unspeakable acts, and then you die.】
Is this a plot that carbon-based lifeforms could come up with?
Moreover, its new host is clearly just a weak and innocent little girl—where is the malice?
This novel is committing character fraud.
The more System 0573 read, the more absurd it felt. It continued scrolling through the tasks of the “Love Plunder” system.
【Host, you have two tasks.】
【One is to plunder the affection of high-quality men associated with the male lead. It is recommended that you seduce the male lead’s childhood friends, close buddies, business partners, rivals, and so on.】
【The other is to tame the male lead, escape the fate of being killed by him, and rise to the peak of life in a counterattack.】
Looking at the clearly dubious tasks, System 0573 couldn’t help but wonder what kind of thing it had swallowed—something even wilder than itself, a wild system.
Lin Wanfu: “”
System 0573: “”
Both the person and the system fell into silence.
Lin Wanfu broke the silence first, “Three days and nights? Is Shen Congyan even human?”
Could it be that the more he hates her, the harder he goes at her?
She really underestimated him.
System 0573 answered truthfully, 【From a scientific perspective, it’s not realistic. But novel male leads are often exceptionally gifted, so it’s not entirely impossible.】
“Did Qin Yi die?”
Lin Wanfu clenched and unclenched her hands several times, revealing the anxiety in her heart.
In her mind, Qin Yi was as important as her father—a family member she didn’t want to lose.
【He hasn’t died yet, but in the plot, he later dies at the hands of the male lead while trying to avenge you.】
After saying this, System 0573 worried that Lin Wanfu might not be able to handle the blow and added, 【Host, you don’t need to worry too much. The current timeline is still before you are kidnapped by the male lead. As long as you diligently complete the tasks, there is still a chance to change your and Qin Yi’s fate.】
For some reason, it didn’t want Lin Wanfu to carry out tasks like plundering others’ affection, but its current energy was insufficient to alter the task program.
“You said in the plot, I only agreed to Shen Huaijin’s marriage proposal, and Shen Congyan kidnapped me. If I seduce his friends and family, what kind of good outcome could I possibly have?”
Lin Wanfu’s expression turned somewhat strange. She never imagined she would die in such a pathetic way.
But this couldn’t be blamed on her.
After all.Who could have imagined that Shen Congyan would hate her to death?
[Host, the system will help you steal the affection of those around the male lead without his knowledge.]
Hearing System 0573 say this, Lin Wanfu remained silent for a while before speaking again. “Most novels have a female lead. Who is Shen Congyan’s female lead?”
System 0573 answered without hesitation. [The book The Abandoned Heir: The Uncrowned King has no female lead. Your death left an indelible psychological scar on the male lead. He completely closed off his heart, devoted himself to his career, gathered followers along the way, continuously expanded his influence, crushed all competitors underfoot, and became the uncrowned king of this world.]
Lin Wanfu said dejectedly, “Shen Congyan is so formidable. How could I possibly compete with him?”
Of course, she wasn’t truly disheartened. She was merely testing the waters, hinting that System 0573 should grant her a golden finger.
At this moment, Lin Wanfu had no idea that her greatest golden finger had already found her.
[Host, you are not alone. You still have me. It’s okay even if the mission fails.]
System 0573 thought very simply.
If its host couldn’t complete the mission, the problem must lie with the male lead, Shen Congyan. As long as it found a way to eliminate Shen Congyan and replace him with another male lead, wouldn’t that solve everything?
It refused to believe that this world couldn’t produce a male lead capable of helping its host complete the mission.