[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man":3,"chapter-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1303291,1729,"Chapter 169 - 168: Touching a Small Hand","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan threw herself into her covers and started crying, feeling utterly wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt so pitiful, so wronged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had to be the unluckiest heroine in the history of book transmigration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheat ability was the worst one imaginable, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What is this crap?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was useless when it mattered most. She’d spent thirty points, and Gu Jiaojiao hadn’t lost a single hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had rushed back in a panic and called for the system for what felt like an eternity, but it hadn’t shown up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more her tears flowed uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system was hiding in her sea of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If it were a person, it would have sighed.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had traversed so many minor worlds and completed countless missions, but this was the first time it had ever felt so defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single one of her missions had gone smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The host’s luck was also steadily declining with every failed mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was full of regrets, too!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This was the most useless heroine it had ever been bound to.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once the binding was complete, there was no way to sever it unless the world’s main mission was accomplished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system spoke cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Host, are you all right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Xu Wenwan heard the system’s voice, she flew into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You garbage system! I want to sever our bond.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system replied meekly, \"Once bound, the only way to sever the connection is to complete the world mission. Otherwise, we can only perish together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does the host wish for mutual destruction?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That one sentence froze the tears on Xu Wenwan’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha... I was just kidding. Don’t take it seriously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’The world is so beautiful; I haven’t seen enough of it yet!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I can still fight this,’ Xu Wenwan thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But right now, everyone seems to despise me. How am I supposed to complete my mission like this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me, what should I do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And another thing—Gu Jiaojiao. Why didn’t she have any bad luck? You have to give me a clear explanation, or we’re taking each other down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seethed just thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system was at a loss for words, but it began to explain anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Host, your ability to change the plot is powered by borrowing this world’s fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When your points reach a certain level, you can temporarily control a portion of that fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The more points you have, the greater the fortune you can control, allowing you to change another person’s destiny in a more significant way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the same token, when we control a certain amount of fortune, if a greater force of fortune appears around Gu Jiaojiao, our own will be nullified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on my analysis, there must be someone with immense fortune by Gu Jiaojiao’s side who averted that disaster for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Someone with immense fortune?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan racked her brain but couldn’t recall writing anyone like that into her book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, the image of Leng Yuan surfaced in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man who was even more outstanding than the male lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had only created that character and written him so perfectly to make Gu Jiaojiao feel regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’But in terms of fortune, he naturally couldn’t compare to the novel’s actual male lead.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puzzled, Xu Wenwan questioned the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m the heroine! When it comes to fortune, who could possibly be more powerful than me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system went silent in response to Xu Wenwan’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A confident host is a good thing,’ it thought. ’I should be encouraging her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Host, at present, your fortune is less than one-tenth of what it originally was.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Host, this world was originally your creation, but the plot has deviated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the plot develops in a way that is unfavorable to the host, the host’s fortune weakens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this continues, the host will be relegated to a minor character.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that point, forget Gu Jiaojiao—even minor side characters will be able to walk all over you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan panicked. \"Then what do I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absorb fortune.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan still hadn’t completed her last mission to absorb fortune from Yun Hao, which should have resulted in a penalty from the system. In the end, she had spent thirty points to waive the punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, Xu Wenwan had avoided letting the system issue any new missions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew it was wrong, which was why she could never bring herself to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her hesitation, the system grew anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gu Jiaojiao walked all over you in the real world. Do you want her to walk all over you in the world of your novel, too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That struck a nerve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In my own book, I absolutely cannot lose to Gu Jiaojiao.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have one condition. I want to choose the person whose fortune I absorb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan skipped lunch and headed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she was walking down the road, searching for a target, she spotted Feng Ergou in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wenwan no longer had any memory of Feng Ergou, so she didn’t even spare him a glance before turning to walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>",863,"2026-06-05T18:11:09.760Z",1,"novelbin.me","b33ba3e5e5ec4c52b62e8aededc6ef190b33e056af9a4ce63d744a9944effe71","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-170","the-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-chapter-168",407,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-delicate-darling-with-her-rough-man-cover.jpg"]