“Director Zhou, I used to keep pestering you because you had never been in a relationship. I thought you still liked me. Now that you are going to marry Comrade Qiao, I will stay far away from you. There are so many handsome male comrades at the factory. I am not going to cling to the same tree for the rest of my life. You can rest assured.”
Was this really Lin Tingwan?
Even if the person last night had not been her, given her personality, she would surely have insisted that something had happened between the two of them, right?
Zhou Huaijin subconsciously wondered whether he actually did not want to take responsibility for Comrade Qiao, and therefore hoped that Lin Tingwan would insist that something had happened between them.
He felt despicable and filthy.
“Get lost.”
Zhou Huaijin’s voice was colder than the biting night wind.
Lin Tingwan felt as though she had just been pardoned. She turned and ran.
Watching her flee as if her life depended on it, Zhou Huaijin felt completely deflated.
The person last night really had been Comrade Qiao. What exactly had he been desperately trying to prove?
It was better that it was not Lin Tingwan!
A vicious woman like that would bring nothing but misfortune to whoever married her!
Wait.
Hadn’t Comrade Qiao never said anything about what happened between them? Then who had spread the story about the two of them?
Zhou Huaijin finally returned to the dormitory in a huff, without even picking up the medicine packet from the ground.
Lin Tingwan had only been running for a short while when Qiao Shuran blocked her path.
Lin Tingwan felt as though she had failed to check the almanac before leaving the house.
“Hi, Comrade Qiao. The night air is so fresh. Are you out for a walk too?”
Although Qiao Shuran had successfully made everyone in the family compound believe that she and Director Zhou were going to get married, she was very worried about the unexpected problem that was Lin Tingwan.
She had been restless the entire day.
She had never expected this shameless woman to sneak out in the middle of the night again to seduce Director Zhou!
Qiao Shuran glared at her furiously. “Comrade Lin, can’t you have any sense of shame? Why do you keep pestering Director Zhou every single day?”
Lin Tingwan smiled. “Comrade Qiao, I know that you and Director Zhou consummated your marriage last night. I only came to say goodbye to him.
Don’t worry, I will never pester him again.”
Something was wrong.
Normally, this vicious woman would have already started cursing her. How could she possibly be this friendly?
Was she pretending to be harmless while hiding her true intentions?
Qiao Shuran said angrily, “Comrade Lin, I have evidence that you drugged Director Zhou last night. If I were not concerned about his reputation, I would definitely report you to the police and have you arrested. You would not want to spend the rest of your life in prison, would you?”
Lin Tingwan deliberately pretended to be frightened. “Comrade Qiao, I’m so scared. Please, don’t report me to the police.”
Qiao Shuran glared fiercely at her. “As long as you swear that you will stay far away from Director Zhou from now on, I will let you off. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
Lin Tingwan immediately raised her hand toward the pitch black night sky and swore an oath.
“I, Lin Tingwan, swear here and now that I will never pester Director Zhou again. If I break this oath, may heaven strike me with lightning, and may I die a horrible death!”
Boom!
A bolt of lightning struck down right beside her!
Fortunately, she moved quickly. Otherwise, she would have been struck into a charred corpse!
Qiao Shuran was so furious that she burst into tears. “Comrade Lin, everything that comes out of your mouth is a lie. Even Heaven doesn’t believe you!”
Lin Tingwan hurriedly comforted her. “Comrade Qiao, when the sky wants to rain and a mother wants to marry off her daughter, no one can stop it. I advise you to hurry up and register your marriage with Director Zhou. That is what matters most right now.”
Qiao Shuran did not believe her.
But what she had said was true.
This matter could not be delayed.
Qiao Shuran left her with a final warning. “You had better keep your word.
Otherwise, next time you will surely be wearing a pair of silver handcuffs!”
“I know, I know. Beautiful and kindhearted Comrade Qiao, just rest assured and marry Director Zhou. I wish you both a lifetime of happiness together!”
“Sweet words are useless. Remember, you are nothing but a vicious widow!”
Fine.
The original Lin Tingwan really was.
She did not argue.
Qiao Shuran left angrily.
Lin Tingwan went upstairs and quietly slipped into the house.
“Lin Tingwan!”
Her mother in law’s voice frightened her so badly that she froze at the doorway.
After a while, the voice disappeared.
Phew, that scared her to death. So her mother in law had been dreaming.
“You little shameless woman, you went out to steal another man again. Are you really that desperate for a man?”
Lin Tingwan went to her mother in law’s doorway and secretly listened for a while.
“Ji Fugui, you said before that I would definitely be happy if I married you! But your parents looked down on me because I was from the countryside.
They cursed at me every day! Who would have thought you would die so young? Your whole family are short lived wretches…”
Oh no.
Her mother in law cursed this viciously even in her dreams. It was obvious how much she had been suppressing inside herself all these years.
Lin Tingwan was just about to go to bed.
【Ding! Host Wanwan, hello!】
What was that voice?
Was she imagining things?
“Who is there?”
She cautiously looked around.
【Beep! Host Wanwan, I am the Scumbag Saving and Husband Flirting System. You can call me System!】
Lin Tingwan’s entire body trembled violently. “What the heck?”
【System is a Scumbag Self Rescue and Husband Flirting System! I specialize in saving doomed cannon fodder characters who are destined to die in the original story.】
“Is this what they call a golden finger?”
Lin Tingwan was overjoyed.
Her golden finger had finally arrived, even if it was late!
【The host may think of it that way.】
“Does that mean that once I bond with you, I won’t have to die anymore, and I can also return home?”
【As long as Host completes the missions.】
“Wonderful! Then hurry up and tell me what I have to do.”
【The original story world has its own main plot inertia. Even if Host slept with the male lead and caused the female lead Qiao Shuran’s storyline to deviate, the world line will automatically rebound and continue along its original path. In the future, Host will still be judged as the vicious supporting female character, and the ending of death will remain unchanged.】
“Then can’t I just stay away from the male and female leads?”
【No. After all, this is a world inside a book. There must be a vicious supporting female character. If you do not play the vicious supporting female character, how can you highlight the protagonists’ aura?】
“Please. Can’t the male and female leads gain their aura through their careers?”
【After the vicious supporting female character dies later in the story, the male lead completely turns dark, causing the entire book world to collapse.】
“Wait, what does that have to do with the supporting female character? She is already dead, and she still has to take the blame for this?”
【According to the book world’s assessment, if the female character had not abandoned and schemed against the male lead earlier in the story, the male lead would not have turned dark.】
“Please. Then go find the original author. What does any of this have to do with a cannon fodder?”
【Host, rules are rules. Right now, the only way is for Host to bind with the Husband Flirting System and pursue the male lead, Zhou Huaijin. Warm him, heal him, and make him truly fall in love with Host. Only by completely reversing the original characters’ emotional storyline can Host sever the fate of a cannon fodder and save the book world.】
Lin Tingwan’s heart turned to ashes. “Heh, aren’t you just speeding up my death?”
【No, the host has a system to help you. You will definitely succeed in winning over your husband.】
“Heh. Can a broken system even understand romance?”
【System does not understand romance, but System can help Host cheat.】
“That actually sounds pretty good.”
【Exactly, Host. Don’t worry. All husband flirting missions will progress gradually. The host will not be forced into reckless advances. Every time you complete a small side mission, the reward will be issued immediately.
Rewards include grain coupons, cloth coupons, industrial coupons, and cash. Once the main mission is completed perfectly, Host can unconditionally sever the system bond and return to the modern world with tens of millions in cash rewards from the system, permanently escaping this book world.】
“What? Tens of millions in cash? System, are you joking?”
【No. But mission failures will come with punishments.】
“Tell me about them.”
【If a single small mission fails, three to five jin of nationally valid grain coupons will be randomly confiscated, and a physical punishment will be triggered, forcing the Host to endure twenty four hours of hunger that cannot be relieved by eating. After two accumulated failures, an additional one zhang of cloth coupons will be deducted, and the Host’s ability to perceive the outside world will be blocked for half a day. If the ultimate main mission fails, the cannon fodder’s death ending will be carried out according to the original timeline.】
“Heh, rewards and punishments really are fair and clear. System, I suspect you were sent by the male lead to kill me.”
【Host, in order to stay alive and bring tens of millions in cash back to the modern world, System recommends that you bind with the system and complete the missions!】
“Looks like I don’t have a choice.”
【That is correct. Host, do you want to bind with the system and complete the missions? You have two minutes to decide. After that, the offer will expire!】
Lin Tingwan said gloomily, “I agree!”
【Received! Congratulations, Host Lin Tingwan, you have successfully bound the Scumbag Husband Flirting System. The Newbie Gift Pack has automatically been placed in the system storage space and can be retrieved at any time!】
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