Chapter 1

「Brother Chen, you have to believe me; although I will be engaged to Chen Jiang, I have you in my heart. 」

「Don't blame my father; he's also doing it for my own good. 」

……

「The sweet, cloying noise came, annoying Jin Chen to the point of a headache; he suddenly opened his eyes, everything around was unfamiliar. 」

【Host, welcome to the first world.】

Jin Chen ignored the voice echoing in his mind, lifted his gaze to look at the boy before him.

He had a standard internet celebrity face; he looked away, feeling somewhat struck by lightning.

「Get out. 」

Ji Yu was extremely surprised, couldn't believe Jin Chen would speak to him like that, but ultimately he didn't dare to defy.

He left, biting his lip out of grievance; if not for his family, he wouldn't want to stay longer with Jin Chen—it was terrifying!

Jin Chen leaned relaxed on the sandalwood chair, his fingers fair and slender, playing with the prayer beads in his hand, exuding a carefree laziness.

「0731 System. 」

【Host is here.】

0731 was a little afraid of this mysterious Host.

He is the big shot who has topped the Counterattack Department rankings year after year; it's said his power is unfathomable.

This time he was transferred to complete the mission of saving the villain, yet they had the newly manufactured him cooperate.

It simply made the system tremble with fear!

【Host, once you're ready, we'll begin transmitting the memories.】

This world is a typical Mary Sue plot.

The tragic villain is the Ji family's Young Master, Ji Yan.

In childhood he experienced his mother's death, then his stepmother moved in, and his father paid no attention, leading him to develop autism.

And the Ji family's illegitimate son, Ji Yu, is a everyone's-favorite protagonist shou; after fooling around everywhere, he provoked the true big shot Jin Chen.

Being forced by Jin Chen to marry him, they handed Ji Yan over to him, and still had to pretend to be resigned to fate.

Ji Yan suffered endless humiliation, was falsely accused of being scheming, driven to the extreme by Jin Chen, and burned the Villa with a fire.

Afterwards he took revenge on Ji Yu, becoming the biggest villain in the plot.

There are too many flaws; I don't know where to start.

Jin Chen's fingers paused on the prayer beads, he pinched the bridge of his nose, and asked, 「Who was that person just now? 」

【Everyone's-favorite protagonist shou Ji Yu.】0731 answered truthfully.

「And the villain? 」

【He's already been locked up by you for a week.】

「……」

Well, the opening is a crematorium.

He tossed aside the original Host's prayer beads, rose and left the Study, preparing to go see that villainous Little Pitiful One.

Just as he walked to the door according to memory, he met Butler Liu Shu and a servant.

The servant's tray held gauze stained with blood and a brand-new, unopened ointment.

The original Host didn't allow applying medicine to Ji Yan, so they only dared to change the gauze in time.

Seeing Jin Chen, the two were somewhat panicked.

Liu Shu saw that Jin Chen wasn't angry, relaxed, thinking he was in a good mood today, and then spoke to advise.

「Sir, Young Master Yan is truly pitiful and hasn't done anything major; why indulge Ji Yu to torment him to this extent? 」

In just a week's time, the butler wasn't the first to advise him; previously, the original Host had been bewitched by Ji Yu, only thinking Ji Yan was good at winning people over.

This Mary Sue world truly has no logic to speak of.

「I know. 」

His voice was calm, showing no joy or anger, as he took the ointment: 「You may go first; let Ji Yu go home. 」

「Yes. 」 Liu Shu responded.

Pushing the door open, what Jin Chen first saw was a boy lying on the bed, curled up from pain.

His back was slender, his body so white it was dazzling.

【Detected this world's plot villain, current Blackening Value 40; mission requirement: reduce Blackening Value to zero, change the villain's tragic ending.】

Hearing the door open, Ji Yan turned his head, his pupils contracting as he fearfully pulled the blanket over himself, only his delicate brows and eyes showing as he looked fearfully at Jin Chen.

"Don't be afraid, let me see your wound."

Hearing the man's voice, Ji Yan became increasingly frightened, yet he dared not continue avoiding; he only clutched the blanket, trembling, his eye sockets reddening.

Seeing Jin Chen raise his hand, he shut his eyes tightly, his lashes trembling, already braced for a blow.

But the pain did not come; Ji Yan dubiously opened his eyes, only to discover that Jin Chen had merely lifted the blanket to look at his wound.

The youth's upper body was bare, his fair skin crisscrossed with stark red wounds, the severe spots wrapped in gauze.

Even his chest bore an old scar from a cigarette burn.

It must be Ji Yu's handiwork.

And these fresh wounds…

Jin Chen let out a soft sigh, thinking to himself that the original owner was truly inhuman.

His gaze shifted to Ji Yan's face, and he was stunned by the youth's appearance.

Almond-shaped eyes glistening, the pupils clear, a tear mole at the outer corner placed just right, brows and eyes like a painting.

At this moment his eye sockets were red; though he was terrified of himself, he stubbornly met the gaze, like a frightened kitten.

Well-behaved yet tsundere, with a hint of aloofness, truly pleasing to the eye—a look that easily arouses protective instincts.

It would be better if his eyes weren't so sad.

His thoughts returned in an instant, and Jin Chen's tone was low and gentle.

"Before, it was my fault—whether I got angry or was provoked, in the end I let you suffer injustice."

He squeezed out the ointment, dabbed it onto a cotton swab, "It won't happen again."

Ji Yan lowered his eyes, not quite understanding why the man had changed so much; seeing him about to apply medicine, even if he was still afraid inside, he didn't refuse.

He knew that applying the medicine would make it hurt less.

The ointment was cool, reducing the burning sensation of the wound; the boy's slightly furrowed brows relaxed, and he lay still.

Only his uninjured hand shoved whatever was under the pillow further in.

The movement was tiny; Jin Chen seemed not to have noticed.

【0731, what's going on with Ji Yan's autism?】

Jin Chen didn't stop applying the ointment, asking the system in his mind.

【His mother was the original wife of his father Ji Weixue; when Ji Yan was ten, she witnessed her mother being domestically abused by Ji Weixue and then committed suicide.

【His stepmother frequently beat and scolded Ji Yan, while Ji Weixue turned a blind eye; in less than half a year, he developed autism.】

0731 also felt heartbroken for Ji Yan's ordeal, its tone became much more human.

After hearing that, Jin Chen's pity grew stronger, and his anger toward Ji Yu and the Ji family increased as well.

Ji Yan seemed to sense the man's emotional change, looking at him doubtfully.

Looking at the boy's well-behaved brows and eyes, Jin Chen put away the ointment and covered him with the blanket.

"Go to sleep, this ointment is very effective; you won't hurt anymore when you wake up tomorrow."

Ji Yan seemed to have taken it in, he hid under the blanket, closed his eyes, thinking about falling asleep quickly.

Jin Chen chuckled, but then suddenly caught sight of the whip on the nightstand.

The original owner used this to torment Ji Yan, after each time being rejected by Ji Yu and feeling helpless.

Useless thing.

Fortunately, it's not too late; he still has time to salvage this mission.

Jin Chen restrained his emotions, got up, picked up the whip, and left the room.

Ji Yu, the Ji family—he will settle scores for Ji Yan one by one.

No one understands how to slap faces better than the top of the Counterattack Department.