Chapter 226: Chapter 226 Guessing

"Yun Qianqian, a female as vicious as you shouldn't exist in this world."

"A Li's offspring almost died because of your selfishness; this time the chieftain says nothing can shield her!"

"Exactly, we'll throw her into the Orphan Cave, so even if the chieftain returns and wants to shield her, it'll be too late."

"Accompanied by a chorus of angry accusations, in the dead of night a group of beastmen brandishing torches dragged a pleading female toward the back‑mountain Orphan Cave."

"No one noticed that the abandoned female's occiput struck some broken stones, and soon blood began to flow."

"\"Help me, A Su! \" the female cried for rescue."

"But the male she called only gave her a disgusted glance and mercilessly left the Orphan Cave with the other beastmen."

"The female's vision instantly plunged into darkness; fear and despair collided within her, and her memory forever froze on her brother's smiling words, \"We Qianqian are the most beautiful females in the Tribe; no one can surpass us Qianqian. \""

"Several dozen kilometers from the Tribe, a dark‑built male resting under a tree felt a sudden stabbing pain in his heart; for some unknown reason he abruptly abandoned the Tribe's Hunting Squad, reverted to beast form, and sprinted toward the Tribe."

"After waking, Yun Qianqian, who had soul‑traversed back from the modern world, stared at her own hands in disbelief."

"She had always been meticulous about self‑care in the modern world; how could there be calluses on her hands?"

"So is she reborn now?"

"【System, System?!】"

"After calling out to the system more than ten times in her mind without a reply, Yun Qianqian's face instantly lit up with ecstatic joy."

"She reasoned that even without following the 'dog system' of a tormenting heroine plot, she could still earn the male lead's regret value, so the system must have judged her mission a success and sent her back."

"Just after loading this world's mission and returning, she heard the system echo her thoughts:......"

"It told her to make the tormented male lead experience the pain of unattainable love, not to actually divorce the male lead and become his sea queen."

"But since all the required regret value had been collected, it said nothing more."

"【Host, the mission in this world is to gather the affection levels of male supporting characters and antagonists.】"

"【Why are you still here?】"

"Just when Yun Qianqian thought the system had left, she was startled by this electronic tone, then grew irritated, \"My mission is already complete; you promised that once I finish the mission, you'd let me return to find my brother. \""

"System: \"That's correct. \""

"【Then why don't you leave!】"

"Yun Qianqian never meant to curb her bad temper just because she died once."

"Because after being thrust into the modern world she has no parents but is pampered by the male lead's grandfather; especially after she divorces the male lead, the grandfather feels guilty and thus indulges her increasingly willful and overbearing temperament."

"Fortunately, the system is just a bundle of code and won't argue with Yun Qianqian so much; its voice flatly says, \"I won't leave, and host, you cannot complete the mission; you will die immediately. \""

"【What?】"

"Yun Qianqian exploded, \"You say I still have to do the mission, and if I don't, I'll die instantly? \""

"If she dies, how can she complain to her brother? She hasn't forgotten how those beastmen bullied her while her brother was away."

"But the premise of complaining is that she must stay alive to see her brother."

"【Yes, host, because you were already dead in this world. If you refuse the mission, your HP will quickly drop from 10 to 0.】"

"As the system's words fell, Yun Qianqian indeed felt a dizzy sensation in her mind, her occiput and body aching everywhere."

"Reality made Yun Qianqian instantly choose to submit, \"So your mission is just that the beastmen you mentioned need to like me? \""

"The system affirmed, \"Correct, the higher the affection male supports or antagonists have for the host, the more HP the host can exchange. \""

"This is a 1v1 beast‑man story; the heroine is A Li, who, after a tragic death in her previous life, obtained a supporting‑character revenge system and was reborn."

"Because the heroine's character is overly contrived, she entangles many male supports without responsibility; antagonists become seriously dim‑witted when meeting her, and readers shout they'd rather pick a genuinely melodramatic heroine than a fake sea queen or a pure‑lotus heroine."

"Is it that simple? They just need to fall in love with her,"

"Then what are we waiting for?"

"Yun Qianqian can now start the mission, \"Quick, scan where there are males that fit the task, and teleport me there. \""

"She cannot wait even a minute or a second."

"If she's late, her brother will return to find a corpse already chilled to the bone."

"System alerts the host: \"Host, short‑range teleportation requires 50 affection points; do you want to go on credit for the teleport? \""

"【Stop babbling, credit is credit; hurry up and get it done.】"

"Yun Qianqian felt that any further delay would cause her to faint to death."

"When the system sent her back, couldn't it give her a bit more HP?"

"System:...... Sorry, even those 10 HP were given on credit."

"Accompanied by a flash of white light from the Orphan Cave, the disheveled Yun Qianqian was teleported to a place where a wandering witch was gathering herbs."

"When Yun Qianqian opened her eyes, she saw a male in white, with a clean and gentle aura, walking toward her; she felt delighted and was about to call out, but darkness engulfed her vision."

"Before losing consciousness, she frantically shouted at the system, \"Credit! I need credit! Give me HP quickly. \""

"With her life already gone, why would she still try to flirt with a male?"

"The system, finding it reasonable, gladly granted her another 20 HP on credit."

"Watching the female materialize out of thin air, on the brink of death one moment and alive the next, the wandering witch's light‑brown eyes flickered with amused interest."

"Interesting!"

"He had originally intended only to glance and leave, but suddenly decided to take the female away; he bent down, lifted the unconscious female, and didn't mind the dust and blood staining his white robes."

"The female was very light."

"This was Bai Xiu's first thought when he lifted Yun Qianqian."

"Then, seeing obvious drag marks on her body, a pang of compassion rose in his heart; what a poor thing, he wondered what she had done to merit such cruel treatment."

"Because if such a female were to give a soft, gentle smile toward a male, it would be even more beautiful."

"Only, when his fingers brushed the female's pale face, he furrowed his brows, thinking, \"Her complexion is too pale; she needs proper care. \""

"Crackle—"

Yun Qianqian woke up in a warm surge of heat, and she still remembered the fleeting glimpse earlier.

So when she opened her eyes, the white‑clad male by the campfire looked over.

The white‑clad male was exceedingly handsome, and his temperament was even more outstanding.

As if he sensed her gaze, the male also turned to look.

Their eyes met.

Bai Xiu's heart quickly flashed with a strange feeling.