[A/N: All characters appearing in this novel are over eighteen years old.]
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[Ding! Host has taken down the female lead. System activated…]
At dawn, the sun rose from the east.
A mechanical voice echoed in Jiang Che’s mind. Half-asleep, he opened his eyes in a daze.
For a moment, his thoughts were blank. Then, after sorting out the new information in his mind, Jiang Che’s expression quickly turned a little strange.
“System?”
After being reborn, Jiang Che had seen through the mysteries of his reincarnation at age ten and awakened the memories of his previous life. For years, everything had gone smoothly for him.
In the beginning, he had hoped for a system to appear. But after so many years of silence, he had given up expecting anything.
After all, with his current status and position, whether or not he had a system didn’t matter much—it would only be a bonus.
Yet now, after just one night’s sleep, the system had awakened like a miracle.
Wait a second…
He had taken down the female lead?
Recalling the system’s earlier notification, Jiang Che instinctively turned his gaze to the lovely girl lying beside him and fell into deep thought…
The little loli had a flawless and delicate face. Her skin was as white as snow, soft and tender to the touch. Her brows were like distant hills, and her lips were bright and neat.
Her cheeks still held a faint blush as she lay sprawled across the soft bed in a rather ungraceful posture. Yet her sleeping face was breathtaking.
She was irresistibly adorable—a walking temptation for anyone with a thing for lolis.
This was Liu Mengxi, the second daughter of the Liu family in Linjiang City, and also Jiang Che’s little fangirl.
Since childhood, Liu Mengxi had been Jiang Che’s little tag-along. The two of them could be considered childhood sweethearts. Over the years, the little loli had developed a deep attachment to Jiang Che.
Jiang Che remembered that he had indeed made a promise to the girl.
If Liu Mengxi could rely on her own efforts to get into Linjiang University, he would agree to be her boyfriend.
He had originally thought it was just empty talk. Her grades were average at best, and getting into Linjiang University on her own seemed unrealistic.
To his surprise, Liu Mengxi actually managed to get admitted with an outstanding score of 675.
Once she became a freshman at Linjiang University, Jiang Che and the little loli resumed their connection.
They went shopping together, watched movies, and eventually, under half-hearted resistance, crossed the final line…
Faced with the loli’s burning emotions, Jiang Che naturally responded. He wasn’t some sage immune to temptation.
After all, who could possibly resist a cute, soft little loli with eyes full of nothing but you?
Even though she was flat-chested, Jiang Che didn’t mind at all.
Small was still adorable~
Recalling the passion of last night, Jiang Che licked his lips.
He picked up the blanket from the side and covered Liu Mengxi gently, then got dressed and quietly got out of bed.
He walked over to the large floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the scenery outside, while communicating with the system in his mind.
“System, introduce yourself. What’s your purpose?”
[Host, this system is called the Emotion Harvesting System. As long as you harvest the seven emotions and six desires of protagonists and female leads, you can gain emotional points…”
“Emotional points can be used for lottery draws…]
“Harvest protagonists?”
“You mean… I’m the villain?”
[Yes, host. You are the ultimate villain…]
Jiang Che froze slightly at that answer. Thinking of his current identity, his expression turned a bit odd.
His grandfather was far away in the Imperial Capital, one of the few surviving old war heroes, ranked among the Nine Cauldrons, wielding immense influence, with disciples spread across the entire nation.
His father was stationed in Jiangzhou Province as its top official, a provincial-level leader with overwhelming authority.
His mother was the eldest daughter of the Qin family, one of the four major families in the Imperial Capital, and owned a conglomerate valued at trillions of yuan.
His elder sister, Jiang Wantang, was a rare prodigy in martial arts with exceptional talent. She was also a master of music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and tea. Seven years ago, she went into the mountains to train, and had only recently returned.
Yes, in this world, there were indeed ancient martial arts experts.
As the only direct grandson of the Jiang family, Jiang Che naturally knew things ordinary people didn’t.
However, martial arts training was too tough—practicing under the scorching summer sun and the freezing winter wind. Plus, Jiang Che’s talent in martial arts was average, so he wasn’t particularly interested.
Having lived a second life, all Jiang Che wanted was to live freely and enjoy himself.
With his identity, whether he pursued politics or business, the world was his oyster.
Originally, his grand ambition was to inherit the family’s political resources after graduating from university, keep three to five lovers, and slowly climb to the top just like his elders.
But now, it seemed he could temporarily set aside that ambition…
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“System, is there only one protagonist in this world, or are there many sons of destiny running around?”
Shaking off the messy thoughts in his head, Jiang Che continued asking.
[Host, you are now in a world where countless urban novels have merged. You are destined to encounter various sons of destiny…]
[Such as the returning War God, the Dragon Emperor with wife and daughter living in a kennel, the Asura Dragon Son-in-law, the retired God of War with five breathtaking sisters, the Divine Doctor descending the mountain with eighteen engagement letters at the start, chased out by his master’s wife, ruling the flower-filled city…]
[Sign-in tycoons, rampaging dragons released from prison, rebirth confessions to campus belles, perfect male gods…]
[Or those who can hear inner thoughts, villains playing roles to follow plotlines, or sidekick villains to female villain leads…]
[According to the timeline, even if the host doesn’t provoke these sons of destiny, they will eventually unite to kill you and destroy your family…]
[Reminder: your elder sister Jiang Wantang is one of the female leads in ‘The Rampaging Dragon Descends the Mountain: The Campus Belle Goddess’s Personal Bodyguard, My Seven Peerless Senior Sisters’…]
Jiang Che: …
After listening to the system’s explanation, Jiang Che finally understood.
He had been wondering how someone with his status could be crushed by some random son of destiny.
Turns out, it was a group of them working together that finally toppled the Jiang family.
Since that’s the case, what was there to hesitate about?
If he wanted to keep enjoying his life, then those sons of destiny no longer needed to exist!
In his past life, Jiang Che had died at just twenty-one years old—an ordinary university student. His favorite pastime was reading web novels on Tomato Novel Network.
So he was very familiar with villain roles and inner voice eavesdropping protagonists described by the system.
Peers are enemies. If he encountered villain protagonists, Jiang Che would show no mercy.
“System, is there a newbie gift pack?”
After settling his thoughts, Jiang Che raised an eyebrow and asked again.
[There is, host…]
[Would you like to open the newbie gift pack?]
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