Shen Xin’s breathing was completely thrown into disarray.
This man was way too seductive.
No, way too provocative!
This was nothing like the aloof Divine Lord from the original host’s memories, nor was it the innocent little fresh flower she had mistaken him for amidst the wolves when they first met. This was clearly the biggest and most provocative wolf of them all!
This world truly had no sense of boundaries—there wasn’t a single normal person in sight.
Even Shen Xin herself felt that staying in this world for too long was making her a little abnormal.
She had just met this man, yet she felt completely defenseless against him. Sensing the faint fragrance of grass and trees in his breath, and his soft lips that seemed almost close enough to brush against hers…
She really, really wanted to kiss him.
If her first kiss was with a man like this, it didn’t seem like such a pity after all.
Even Xiao Ai, who had been as quiet as a chicken in her mind, couldn’t hold back her excited squeals: 【Ahhhh, so handsome, so handsome, so handsome! Kiss him, hurry up and kiss him! Go, Host, kiss him until he cries!】
However, the brain-dead system’s chicken-like squeals actually snapped Shen Xin back to her senses.
No, she couldn’t kiss him!
If she really did, he might think she was even more frivolous, promiscuous, and fickle.
Gritting her teeth, she abruptly raised her hands and pushed him away. Her eyes grew even redder, but instead of appearing delicate and pitiful, she hardened her expression and said coldly, “Divine Lord, please show some restraint!”
Qin Weiji seemed caught off guard by her push. Unprepared, he took two steps back following the force of her shove.
Once steady, he looked at Shen Xin, whose expression had suddenly changed, and narrowed his eyes slightly. “Restraint?”
He sneered, “Wasn’t it you who said you loved me and wanted to prove it to me?”
“But I never said I would prove it like this.”
Shen Xin pursed her lips, softening her cold demeanor slightly and choosing to show weakness at the right moment. “What you’re doing is clearly meant to humiliate me. I am your wife. By humiliating me, aren’t you just humiliating yourself?”
Qin Weiji’s dark, intense eyes locked onto her. “When you cuckolded me, did you not think you were humiliating me then?”
Shen Xin pouted, feeling inexplicably wronged. “But I really didn’t.”
Due to her high standards, she had been single for twenty years—she hadn’t even held hands with a guy, okay?
Even the original host had only had men approach her, pretending to like her for the sake of another woman.
Perhaps the original host had indeed been too lonely, blinded by the sudden affection and wanting to divorce Qin Weiji.
But before that, the original host had never actually done anything with those men. At most, they had admired the moon or watched the snow together, always observing proper decorum.
For one, those men belonged to the female lead and naturally disdained touching a mere side character like her.
Moreover, the original host was sensible enough to know she was a married woman, and her husband was the most revered figure in all the heavens and the mortal realm. She wouldn’t dare go too far.
Thinking of this, Shen Xin retorted, “Besides, you yourself said earlier that I wasn’t allowed to cuckold you before our divorce. Now you’re saying I already did. Don’t you find that contradictory?”
“Sharp-tongued.”
Qin Weiji clearly didn’t believe her. After all, he knew better than anyone what this world was truly like—there was no such thing as innocence between men and women.
He didn’t want to speak with her any further. If he let her anger him like this any longer, his corruption index would surely skyrocket.
“I will wait for you in front of the Marriage Stele in one hour.”
With that, without waiting for Shen Xin to respond, his form dissolved into a shadow and vanished instantly, withdrawing from her Sea of Consciousness.
Shen Xin, “?”
He left far too quickly!
After a moment of silence, she called out to the system, “Xiao Ai.”
Xiao Ai: 【It’s Xiao Ai, not ‘classmate’.】
Shen Xin waved her hand impatiently, “Whatever. What do you think he’s acting like right now?”
Xiao Ai, enjoying the drama: 【A scumbag. The kind who pulls up his pants and pretends nothing happened.】
Then it added, 【A devastatingly handsome scumbag who pulls up his pants and pretends nothing happened, hehehe.】
Shen Xin, “?”
Xiao Ai sounded like a starstruck fangirl, gushing: 【Bad boys make girls go crazy. Host, don’t you feel like you’ve already fallen for him?】
Shen Xin, “?”
She replied expressionlessly, “Do I look like a masochist to you?”
He stabbed her, he kissed her, yet he still turned and walked away.
One moment he was lazily teasing her, the next he was calling her promiscuous.
Who would dare love such a scumbag?
Xiao Ai: 【But didn’t the host just blush with a racing heartbeat, desperately wanting to kiss him? That’s love! What a pity the host didn’t seize such a perfect opportunity, wuwuwu~】
Its words reminded Shen Xin of how she felt earlier. She blinked and snorted defensively, “I wasn’t blushing with a racing heartbeat. Stop talking nonsense.”
Xiao Ai chuckled: 【Host, spring has arrived. Be brave and embrace love! Remember, ‘love’ can be a noun, an adjective, or even a verb~】
Shen Xin, “…”
She felt herself being corrupted by this brainless love-obsessed system.
“What spring fever? Is that the point right now?”
She puffed her cheeks and stared blankly at the Ferris wheel. “You should be thinking about what to do now. If we really get divorced, does that mean the mission fails?”
She still wanted to go home. She missed her mom, wuwuwu~
Meanwhile, after leaving Shen Xin’s room, Qin Weiji didn’t depart immediately.
He stood before the white jade staircase, unconsciously touching his cheek.
His eyes lowered slightly, expression complicated.
Why were Shen Yaoyao’s lips so soft? So feverish?
He knew the impulse was real—the desire for her to kiss his lips, his tongue… Otherwise, even if he lost control, he would have just struck her dead instead.
He desperately wondered if her kisses would feel just as soft, just as burning.
Realizing where his thoughts had wandered, Qin Weiji’s expression shifted.
Had he truly been corrupted by demonic influence? Since when was his self-control so weak?
And that woman Shen Xin—her restraint surpassed his! How could she resist someone as exceptional as him?
Growing increasingly agitated, Qin Weiji steadied his mind and called out to the system in his consciousness, “You…”
Unsure how to address it, he paused.
The system promptly appeared, eager to please: 【Reporting, Divine Lord! I am Career Focus. You may call me Xiao Shi or Xiao Ye.】
Qin Weiji responded indifferently, “Xiao Pi.”
Career Focus froze: 【Divine Lord, I’m not—】
Qin Weiji, “You are.”
Career Focus whimpered: 【Wuwuwu~ If the Divine Lord says so, then it must be true.】
Qin Weiji ignored its dramatics and cut straight to the point, “What exactly is this ‘demonic transformation’ you mentioned? Why does one kiss from her reset it to zero?”
Career Focus answered promptly without holding back: 【Because the world you inhabit is a fictional realm. According to the original setting, the Divine Lord was destined to reign supreme over the Six Realms, eternally exalted and peerless.】
Qin Weiji frowned, “A fictional world?”
He wasn’t particularly surprised by this revelation.
In the vast expanse of heaven and earth, amidst the primordial chaos of the universe, it was only natural that his existence seemed infinitesimally small.
The first time he sensed something amiss with this world was during his marriage to Shen Xin.
Henceforth, he often secluded himself in cultivation. On several occasions, he had inadvertently brushed against the void, yet remained unable to breach the Void Gate.
Now he finally understood—this world was merely a minuscule realm confined within the pages of a book.
The Career System, aware that Qin Weiji had long since awakened, wasted no time and continued: [Not long ago, the system detected anomalies in the Divine Lord’s world. The plot suddenly deviated, and someone has been covertly guiding the Divine Lord toward corruption into a Demon. To rectify the world’s trajectory and prevent its collapse, I have emerged to assist the Divine Lord in avoiding this descent into darkness.]
Qin Weiji digested its words, nodded coldly, and let out a derisive snort. “On this point, you are correct. This lord must never become a Demon.”
As the Career System had stated, even if this were but a world in a book, he was accustomed to supremacy and unquestioned authority. To fall and become a Demon would surely invite the scorn of all Six Realms.
He would never allow such a disgrace to occur!
At this thought, his brow furrowed deeply. “So, who exactly seeks to corrupt this lord into a Demon?”
[Regarding that, the system cannot detect the culprit. The Divine Lord must investigate this matter himself.]
Qin Weiji’s gaze darkened. “This lord will find that individual and eliminate him.”
The Career System dared not respond.
Well, it was understandable for the Divine Lord to be irritable, given the demonic influence corroding his spirit.
Qin Weiji pressed further, “Why Shen Xin?”
[In all existence, only love can dispel darkness. The Divine Maiden is the Divine Lord’s sworn wife. Moreover, her divine power is named ‘Repose,’ one of its abilities being to pacify karmic malevolence. Thus, the Divine Maiden’s love is the key to purging the demonic taint within the Divine Lord.]
Here, it added with sudden gravity: [However, the Divine Lord must remember—you must not love her. For the Divine Lord, only your career holds utmost importance. Once you unite the Six Realms and tread the path of glory, the Divine Maiden will no longer be needed.]
Qin Weiji understood. “So, you intend for this lord to use her?”
[The Divine Lord is most perceptive,] flattered the Career System.
Qin Weiji chuckled coldly. “But the Shen Xin of now is no longer the original Shen Xin.”
Though her divine sense seamlessly aligned, showing no trace of external intrusion—as if she were one and the same—he knew with certainty that she was not the original Shen Xin.
He simply did not know when exactly this enchantress had taken possession of Shen Xin’s body.
Over the past millennium, absorbed in unraveling the mysteries of this world, he had indeed paid too little attention to Shen Xin.
Had her wanton behavior after their marriage been because she was no longer the original Shen Xin?
The Career System, however, snickered slyly. [As long as she aids the Divine Lord in escaping demonic corruption, does it truly matter whether she is the original Shen Xin or not?]
Then it fretted, [That’s why this system is puzzled—why did the Divine Lord speak of divorcing her earlier? You cannot separate from her now. The Divine Lord’s corruption value has already reached 5%. If this continues, the situation will become perilous.]
Hearing this, a flicker passed through Qin Weiji’s eyes. He lifted his gaze toward the distant, ethereal clouds and mist, suddenly letting out a light laugh. “This lord merely wished to see whether, if commanded to prove her love through other means, she would comply.”
A life devoted solely to cultivation had been tediously monotonous. If this newfound amusement could offer some diversion, it would not be unwelcome.
The career-obsessed scoundrel snickered lewdly, [“The Divine Lord is truly wise. Later, you’ll be able to… hehehe… with the Divine Maiden…”]
Qin Weiji’s brow twitched slightly. He ignored the creature, merely curling his lips into a cold smirk as his form dissolved into mist and vanished into the void rift.
Matters between men and women were far too commonplace in this world. Moments ago, even he had struggled to suppress the desires stirred by his demonic nature, wanting Shen Xin to kiss him.
But now that he had regained his composure, he felt grateful she hadn’t kissed him after all.
After all, he had no interest in sharing a woman’s affections with other men.
He found it filthy.