{"id":7891,"date":"2026-03-27T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:04:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T08:04:51","slug":"a-love-struck-brain-is-nothing-in-the-face-of-melodrama-chapter-25-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/a-love-struck-brain-is-nothing-in-the-face-of-melodrama-chapter-25-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love-Struck Brain Is Nothing In The Face Of Melodrama &#8211; Chapter 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">It was hard to imagine what kind of mental state the person who said that was in.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But for all the guests present who heard those words, they didn\u2019t know what that person\u2019s mental state was, but their own state of mind was definitely not good.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>Dude, are you even speaking Chinese anymore?<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8220;Bang\u2014!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The sudden loud noise almost scared everyone there, they thought someone\u2019s brain had literally exploded from the situation. But when they looked over in the direction of the sound\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The lounge door was slightly trembling.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Qin Qiu, shut up.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Chairman Qin\u2019s furious voice came from inside.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Hah, see? My brother\u2019s temper is really something.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The blond man smiled cheerfully as he spoke to another groomsman beside him, completely ignoring the guests around them who were secretly taking photos and videos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">After all, the bodyguards would take care of it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The other groomsman looked at Qin Qiu with a blank expression\u2014not because he didn\u2019t want to respond, but because he was too stunned to even make a face.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">After all, the fact that most of the people at the scene didn\u2019t recognize who he was when they looked at him was enough to prove just how outrageous his boss\u2019s actions had been.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Not that this groomsman was being vain\u2014he truly had the right to say that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai, the only grand slam winner of Best Actor in the country, was a national celebrity, recognized even by the elderly, who would come up with flip phones asking for a photo.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Originally, when he showed up as a groomsman, it caused a bit of a stir. But before he could feel annoyed, his boss had already caused such a monumental scene\u2014<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">So monumental that his brain still hadn\u2019t recovered. All he could think about was his boss\u2019s chaotic family tree.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>And also whether he would be silenced to protect the secret.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">It wasn\u2019t until they returned to their seats and watched the assistant apply medicine to his boss that his brain finally rebooted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Boss,\u201d the grand slam actor said with a trembling voice for the first time in his thirty-some years: &#8220;didn\u2019t you give me that invitation a few days ago so I could network at the wedding?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He had been confused from the moment his boss handed him the wedding invitation. When had this rich second-gen playboy, who never cared about company affairs, decided to get married?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But after opening the invitation, both he and his agent had gasped in shock.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">It was an invitation to the wedding of the Chairman of Qin Group, a financial magnate and rising star in the new energy industry!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">That was when he finally understood where his boss got all his extravagant investments from.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai had even felt thankful. Thank god he hadn\u2019t jumped ship with his colleagues back then. With the kind of resources Qin Group had, even thirty years of hard work wouldn\u2019t have been enough to grab that golden thigh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Just thinking with your toes would tell you how many elites and aristocrats would be attending a wedding like this.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And reality proved him right.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">When he saw all the bigshots at the ceremony\u2014people even his top-tier resources couldn\u2019t reach\u2014he had truly been moved by his boss.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Even if the boss didn\u2019t seem to care about the company, deep down he must\u2019ve had the company in mind\u2014at least, that\u2019s what the na\u00efve actor had thought at the time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But after the drama just now, Sheng Hai realized the situation was far from what he had imagined.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>His boss had come to crash the wedding.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Qin Qiu winced as the assistant finished treating his wounds, then looked at his cash cow beside him with a strange expression.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How could that be? When have I ever cared about company business?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">His matter-of-fact response left Sheng Hai speechless for a moment, before the blond man added meaningfully,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Da Hai, I specifically picked the best-looking person in the company to show up here today and even told you to dress nicely. Don\u2019t you get it?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Boss, my name is Sheng Hai\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Once again correcting his boss\u2019s nickname for him, Sheng Hai looked at his boss\u2019s flashy hairstyle, heavy makeup, dramatic earrings, and that ridiculous pigeon-egg-sized ring on his finger\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2026<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He finally understood why his boss looked like a peacock in full display today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">His boss had truly come to ruin the wedding\u2014and it was the wedding of his ex and his powerful big brother.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8220;Good thing I didn\u2019t dress too flashily.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai thanked his parents deeply for their advice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He firmly believed that Chairman Qin, who had safely transferred industries from abroad without even a scratch despite the chaos in the political scene, was not someone to mess with.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Only because Qin Qiu was his biological brother had he gotten away with just one whip.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">If it had been someone else\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai shivered, recalling all the business war novels he had read and the countless stories of blacklisting he had heard in the industry.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He quickly tried to change the topic, hoping his boss would act normal\u2014mainly to stop talking about this. He had a creeping fear that bodyguards in black would jump out from the shadows and silence him with concrete and a trip to the Pacific Ocean.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Boss, maybe you should go to the hospital and get that wound properly treated? Or it might scar\u2026 That kind of thing doesn\u2019t need to be rushed.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He said it gently, pretending to be a caring junior, vaguely referring to revenge on the ex as \u201cthat kind of thing.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ha.\u201d As soon as Sheng Hai finished, a cold laugh came from across the table.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Another young man in a groomsman suit, also whipped earlier, looked up at his uncle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How could he not rush? He colluded with major shareholders to seize power and nearly took over the Ye Group. The only reason Wangxing allowed him to attend the wedding was because he\u2019s my father\u2019s blood relative.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The youth\u2019s cheek was wrapped in gauze as he said sarcastically: &#8220;Even Gorbachev didn\u2019t get this kind of privilege. If he left now, that would be a true failure at the final step.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai blinked and quickly searched for the name on his phone\u2014turns out that was the last president of the Soviet Union.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2026<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>That was some high-level shade.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But\u2014failure at the final step? And wasn\u2019t this very prince also among those who barged into the lounge just now?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">While Sheng Hai was still stunned, the blond man smiled cheerfully at his nephew\u2019s words, not showing any anger at all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Nephew, aren\u2019t we pretty evenly matched here? If Wangxing hadn\u2019t gone soft and chosen not to press charges back then, you\u2019d probably be in jail right now eating wedding candy for your stepmom.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">At this, the youth\u2019s sarcastic expression disappeared. He stared blankly at his blond uncle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">His pale face and gloomy expression, despite his handsome features, made him look like some kind of ghostly man.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The blond man wasn\u2019t fazed, still smiling as he stared back.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The air froze instantly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai: &#8220;\u2026&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Wait a second. Judging by the tone, it sounded like President Ye was involved with both of them?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But that didn\u2019t seem like the main point right now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sheng Hai slowly closed his slightly slack jaw and hovered his finger over the emergency call button. Looking at these two outlaws\u2014and thinking about Chairman Qin\u2019s extreme possessiveness\u2014he seriously wondered whether to call the police.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">After all, President Ye looked like he really needed legal help.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">President Ye, who seemed to need legal help, was currently in the lounge, not appearing forced at all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Instead, he was worried whether No. 19 needed any help.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Nineteen, weren\u2019t you a little too harsh? That\u2019s still your body! Sure, your bio-body doesn\u2019t feel pain, but I know you simulate emotions too!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing picked up his phone, ready to call the hospital, and shivered as he recalled the whip marks on the bio-bodies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Just looking at them hurt!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He had trembled when No. 19 struck down hard. He had thought it was just for show\u2014who knew he was going all in?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But when he asked, No. 19 had replied that it made the performance more realistic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing was so startled he nearly rewrote the script. In the end, No. 19 stopped him and promised to tone it down to fake hits in future scenes. Only then did Ye Wangxing stop revising.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Rather than having his partner self-harm over one line, Ye Wangxing would rather do it himself. After all, they were going to be together for a long time\u2014if this kind of thinking became a habit, he didn\u2019t dare imagine what kind of tyrant he\u2019d become.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">No. 19, however, was quite tolerant of his host\u2019s softness. It was normal for the host to be fragile both physically and emotionally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">No. 19 calmly planned to do the harsher actions where the host couldn\u2019t see them in future scenes\u2014if he couldn\u2019t see it, he wouldn\u2019t be scared.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Humans were fragile creatures. No. 19 was already mentally prepared.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Meanwhile, Ye Wangxing, unaware of what was happening in No. 19\u2019s CPU, was busy adjusting the script.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">They had transmigrated a week ago. After purchasing a bio-body, Ye Wangxing had spent 24 Attention Value to buy three identities for No. 19.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">As for himself, he kept his original face, only tweaking his eye shape a bit to better match the role.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">What Ye Wangxing didn\u2019t expect was that such a small change to his eye corners, and pulling down the upward curve of his lips, made his originally friendly and lively face appear arrogant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Perfect for the character.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">As for why three identities cost 24 points\u2014it was because they were all from the same family, so the system gave him a discount.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Thinking that having a whole family in play would make things more dramatic, Ye Wangxing didn\u2019t hesitate at all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2026<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And then promptly got stuck in the plot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">No helping it\u2014<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i> 19 acting in the last world was really not great.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">While he did show all the required emotions, his reactions were still robotic, with little interpersonal interaction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing stared at the dog-blood-filled, taboo-packed script in front of him and seriously wondered whether No. 19 would crash reading it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">A system fresh from a war zone\u2014this kind of high-society melodrama might be a bit much.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Especially since he had to play these roles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing suddenly felt like he was corrupting a once-pure system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">But he couldn\u2019t talk to 19 about it\u2014or else No. 19 would joyfully head into another emotional meltdown.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Luckily, backup arrived.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">No. 17, a colleague of No. 19, came to help after noticing Ye Wangxing\u2019s struggle, and even helped tweak some of the character settings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This way fits No. 19\u2019s character better,\u201d No. 17 confidently said when Ye Wangxing questioned Qin Yi\u2019s character design.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing nodded, but deep down, he didn\u2019t buy it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">After all, the most obvious label for this character he\u2019d written was: Control freak.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19 was such a hardworking and dutiful system partner, how did he look like that?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">However, when Ye Wangxing held the script and consulted 19\u2019s opinion, he found that 19 did not oppose it. He just treated it as a fun prank among friends and let it go.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Actually, 17 was serious: &#8220;&#8230;&#8221;Did the company really develop a matching program for hosts and systems?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The compatibility was quite high, so why hadn\u2019t he been allowed to use it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Meanwhile, Ye Wangxing, nibbling on some snacks, still relaxed after seeing the final version of the plot. It was hard to describe his feelings when he first saw the mission plot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He almost thought he had read it wrong. Was this lawless rogue plot really <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">his <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">first task after finishing the novice mission?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Indeed, the doubled task rewards were not easy to earn.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The mission plot of this small world could be summarized as old-fashioned organ-switching romance literature.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The protagonist, Xu Feng, loved Yun Cheng but could not have him. After being forced to marry due to his grandfather\u2019s pressure, he developed resentment toward the recipient, An Yang, and often did various things to torment him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">An Yang, however, was pure-hearted and romance-focused. Even though he married into the family because of a broken family fund, he did not doubt Xu Feng\u2019s feelings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">When Xu Feng told him to do something, he did it, even happily serving as a little assistant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">At that time, Xu Feng was also human, facing such a submissive person, he softened. But just as he was ready to live peacefully with An Yang, his first love, Yun Cheng, had a car accident.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Thus came the classic organ-switching segment. When An Yang went abroad with a battered body, Xu Feng realized he actually liked An Yang and started to trouble Yun Cheng.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">When An Yang returned, Xu Feng knocked him out and transplanted his original organs back into him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">As for Yun Cheng, who knew everything and tacitly allowed An Yang to switch organs, he went insane after the incident.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Fortunately, in the ending, An Yang did not forgive Xu Feng, but he had nowhere to go, so he stayed with Xu Feng, seemingly living a normal life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This tortured substitute romance plot made Ye Wangxing feel like an old man on the subway staring at his phone. Not to mention the magical medical transplant technology\u2014this could be explained by the fate line\u2019s later influence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Just as a normally educated person with nine years of compulsory schooling, why forcibly take someone\u2019s healthy organs and not call the police? Ye Wangxing wanted to complain about that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Even more surprisingly, in the plot, the protagonist\u2019s \u201cthe one I love is not mine\u201d plot could switch people, and the organs switched along with the love.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">What was that? Modular lovers?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">However, the protagonist persisted in one thing: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><i>before and after switching, he pursued the one he loved with his life.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u2014<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Why life?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Because his money remained in his pocket, as secure as bowing every time the script erred, nearly absolute.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Fortunately, this plot was simple to handle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Can\u2019t we just send someone to make a police call?\u201d Ye Wangxing asked simply at the time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19 answered: &#8220;Although fate lines do not have consciousness, they instinctively avoid situations unfavorable to the host, so all mission time points are set before the illegal plot begins.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing immediately understood the problem. Going in and calling the police directly would not work, he could only honestly compete for attention.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And now, it seemed he was doing well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Host, the first step was completed very well. Although the Qin family\u2019s love quadrangle has not trended online, it has rooted in the supporting characters\u2019 minds. But there is a slight unexpected situation\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19\u2019s voice remained calm. He paused, then continued:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The lawless rogue character you set made the supporting character consider calling the police, though he is still hesitating.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing, looking at the mission panel, was unusually surprised.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">They can even call the police?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He had thought there were no police in this world. Otherwise, how could the protagonist switch organs twice without police intervention?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19 said: &#8220;Host, that scenario occurs only later, when the fate line heavily influences the laws, affecting people\u2019s thinking. Right now, they still would call the police.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Host, don\u2019t worry. Actually, your plot only enriches the characters. As for the one who wanted to call, he eventually gave up, since your identity appears to have Qin Yi as backing, there is no need to worry.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19\u2019s cold voice reassured Ye Wangxing. He casually opened the mission panel and scanned the current mission status.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>[<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Task Panel<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>]<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Name: [Ye Wangxing]<br \/>Gender: [Male]<br \/>Age: [24]<br \/>Current Role: [Chairman of Ye Group]<br \/>Attention Value: [10527]<br \/>Mini World Currency: [705,635 yuan]<br \/>Gold (transferable to real world): [900 g]<br \/>Main Quest: [Gain attention for protagonist pair]<br \/>Progress: [0%]<br \/>Reward: [40,000 Attention Value (doubled)]<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Side <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Quest<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>:<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Quest 1: [Disrupt protagonist\u2019s confession at the wedding]<br \/>Progress: [50%]<br \/>Reward: [Attention 400, 600,000 Mini World Currency, 400 g gold (transferable, doubled)]<br \/>Quest 2: [Disrupt protagonist\u2019s rescue after the victim is troubled]<br \/>Progress: [0%]<br \/>Reward: [Attention 500, 600,000 Mini World Currency, 500 g gold (transferable, doubled)]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This task\u2019s rewards were much higher than the previous world. Ye Wangxing relaxed, reaching one hundred million points seemed possible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Now, their task was to disrupt the male lead\u2019s confession. For this, Ye Wangxing had carefully prepared the explosive script.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">However, due to long preparation, when the play began, they were slightly late. Fortunately, the main system calculated rewards by attention, giving them a chance to recover.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Since the male lead ignored his own wedding and came to them, they had to prevent him from drawing attention away.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19 glanced at the plot Ye Wangxing wrote and sighed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Host, although we know this controlling and perverted character helps plot conflict, it should not cross legal boundaries.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19 decided to blame 17 for it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">After all, if 17 hadn\u2019t assured the host that he could handle this character type, the host would not have written so many character traits.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19\u2019s emotion simulation module produced a rare puzzled feeling.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He did not look like a voyeur or controlling freak, always wanting the host clinging to him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Thinking this, he turned off the host\u2019s emotion monitor, confirming Ye Wangxing\u2019s emotions were normal today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He had also tried clarifying with 17, but 17 was skeptical.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">19 realized the helplessness of not being able to explain oneself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Yes, even if he monitored the host, he was just a system. Could his monitoring match human perception?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">He was an AI without feelings or rights.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Meanwhile, Ye Wangxing, unaware of 19\u2019s thoughts, finished adjusting today\u2019s script and glanced at the male lead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Just that glance startled him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Xu Feng was about to leave, but not only that \u2014 he intended to take the supporting characters with him!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Ye Wangxing acted immediately and started the performance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Just as the two families were about to regretfully return to the wedding hall, a voice full of anger rang from the lounge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Qin Yi! You promised me not to cause trouble at the wedding!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The few who had been persuaded by Xu Feng froze in place, their curiosity visibly heightened.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Xu Feng also stopped, unsure whether to leave. Just then, fast footsteps approached.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Xu Feng turned and saw a woman hurrying anxiously.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">She looked slightly over thirty, but judging by wealthy people\u2019s upkeep, her real age was probably forty to fifty.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Xu Feng\u2019s mother naturally asked her, confirming they were contemporaries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Y<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">ue, what\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Oh, it\u2019s Qiu Yun,\u201d the woman said, slightly relieved upon seeing Xu Feng\u2019s mother, then grew anxious again. \u201cI\u2019m sorry I couldn\u2019t host you today, butler Li will come later. We\u2019re old acquaintances, so I\u2019ll skip formalities. I have to go in first.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">She pointed toward the lounge, clearly frustrated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">These two kids are having a quarrel, I need to mediate quickly.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Xu Feng\u2019s mother immediately nodded and stepped aside.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The woman, wearing flat shoes, hurried inside. The voices inside made them realize the tension between the two people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">It\u2019s my mistake. I\u2019ll handle it.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The man said calmly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Give them two more lashes in front of everyone? Have you considered how many people are outside?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The handsome man inside, losing control, shouted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Hearing this, the man\u2019s expression darkened: \u201cYou\u2019re defending them?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The danger in his tone was obvious.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Many thought one wrong answer from CEO Ye could be disastrous.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Then the next words burned their CPUs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p align=\"left\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Defending them? 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