[System 0034: From today on, if you encounter any problems, you will no longer be alone.
Familiar with books such as ‘Interpersonal Communication’, ‘Houhei Theory1’, ‘Sun Tzu’s Art of War’, ‘How a Poor Girl Can Capture the Heart of a Domineering CEO’.
System 0034 serves you wholeheartedly. The system is the safe haven behind you, the refuge of your soul, and the only sincere companion on your journey through wind and waves…]
Gou An: “Wait— Capture the heart of the domineering CEO…?”
[System 0034: Phrase ‘Domineering CEO’ triggered. Unlocking the system’s first-level function: <I See The Ebb and Flow of His Love>.]
Gou An: “?”
[System 0034: Do you need a functional explanation?]
Gou An: “Ah…”
[System 0034: Phrase ‘Ah’ triggered, indicating affirmation.
Interpret the system function <I See The Ebb and Flow of His Love>: With this skill, the host can see the corresponding Key Person’s favorability towards the host. The percentage system is 100 points.
If you pass 60 points: You can flirt.
The following suggestion is given for 10 points: Run away.
Suggestions for use: Adjust the way and content of your speech and behavior based on the ups and downs of the Key Person’s favorability. This can effectively help you capture the heart of the Domineering CEO.]
Gou An: “I’m sorry, who is the domineering CEO?”
[System 0034: The head of the He family.]
Gou An: “?”
[System 0034: Warm reminder: Everyone in the He family dislikes you.]
Gou An: “I… thank you.”
[System 0034: He Ran agreed to marry you only because your grandfather once carried his wounded grandfather out of the trench out in the battlefield. The life-saving grace has nothing to do with He Ran’s own will… He originally thought that you were really his saviour back then, so he tolerated the engagement. Now he knows that his savior back then was someone else— ]
Gou An: “I have a question.”
[System 0034: Please speak.]
Gou An: “How do I shut down the system?”
[System 0034: …]
[System 0034: Invalid command.]
Gou An’s fingertips weakly picked at the soft nightgown, making a restrained ‘swish’ sound in the otherwise quiet room. Then she took a deep breath, and her face that was naturally sweet and not at all majestic became serious.
“It’s okay. I lied to people so I am indeed in the wrong. I will apologize to the He family, to He Ran, and even to Lu Wan. This is okay, right? To just apologize? After all, I haven’t really benefited from this lie all these years. Lu Wan was not made miserable because of this incident…
“Of course, I am not bargaining or being ungrateful, but see, the main thing is that this lie doesn’t seem to be so bad to the extent of harming the world. Of course, the main thing—the VERY MAIN THING—is that I really don’t want to go to jail, and so–”
[System 0034: Lying is just the beginning. You will do more than this in the future.]
The veins on her forehead twitched, and Gou An finally couldn’t bear it anymore and jumped up, “Can’t I give up if I try hard enough? I’ll stay away from the He family! Far away. They’re not that special anyway!”
[System 0034: They’re better than special. They are this world’s family of fortune, considered the center of this world. The He family has extremely strong luck, and they are closely connected to everything in this world and would be very helpful to you and your second chance at life–]
Gou An: “This is bull! I’m living a very good life now and I’m not relying on them!”
[System 0034: But your cat is dead.]
Gou An, who was blazing mad, froze.
[System 0034: When the favorability between you—the host—and any of the Sons of Fortune in this world reaches a certain level, the system will activate the <My Son On The Road To The Underworld, Mom Misses You, Please Come Back Soon> function. At that time, your beloved cat will return alive to the world…]
Gou An: “…”
[System 0034: Don’t you want your cat to return to the world?]
Gou An blinked and suddenly realized something was wrong. “Who are you?”
[System 0034: System 0034.]
Gou An: “I said, who are you?”
[System 0034: …]
Gou An’s face became solemn, “Don’t make me say things four times, don’t be shameless. I’ll ask you one last time: who are you?”
[System 0034: … Jiaojiao.]
Gou An: “…”
Her cat was named ‘Jiaojiao’ because it was yellow like a banana.
Gou An felt that this was worthy of the shock that made her pupils tremble, “Fat cat, how can you speak human language! You are just a cat! Why do you speak human language?!”
[Jiaojiao: I could always speak human language, I just didn’t want to talk to you.]
Gou An: “?”
[Jiaojiao: Talking is very tiring. Isn’t going ‘meow meow meow’ happy enough? Just eat some canned food and go to sleep, do nothing all—]
Gou An: “You say you have nothing to do, so you just went and casually suffered from acute renal failure like a weakling, refused to be rescued, died miserably, set a wrong target for hostility for me—your loving owner—and let me embark on a miserable life.”
[Jiaojiao:…]
Gou An: “So what happened in my nightmare just now was not a nightmare at all—it was indeed real. In two years, I will be in jail.”
[Jiaojiao: …]
Gou An: “That’s wasn’t a nightmare, it’s the future. I’m going to jail! For a cat!”
[Jiaojiao: No, see, it’s the script, you are just a vicious female supporting character—]
Gou An: “… where exactly is your chirpy tone coming from? As the root cause of everything and ultimately putting your master in jail, do you really not feel apologetic at all?”
[Jiaojiao: I have turned into a system, like spring breeze and drizzle, sunshine and spring snow, always by your side to help you reach the peak of life…]
Gou An was silent for two seconds. She realized that she probably wouldn’t be able to get anything useful out of this fluffy, talkative cat who likely still wouldn’t have lived past the age of twelve if he had been born a human instead of a cat—so she decided to go straight to the point. “What good will I gain from resurrecting you?”
[Jiaojiao: Master, don’t you love Jiaojiao anymore? ☆v☆]
Gou An: “…”
Gou An: “I especially love how your front part ate three expensive cans a day, and your back part was actually so fragile that you just went belly up and died.”
[Jiaojiao:…]
[Jiaojiao: I will give you everything, my master. ]
Gou An: “Everything?”
[Jiaojiao: Whatever you want, as long as I have it.]
Gou An: “…”
Thanks..
She was safe at home; she had just awakened. She was a vicious female supporting character who would be thrown in jail in the future.
The easter egg was a cat that she had raised as a kitten and now turned into a system. It could move its paws to type human words, but the tone was greasy, and there was a lingering smell of a liar and a scumbag between the lines.
From The Day The Engagement Was Broken translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
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Chapter 3.1 — I’m Sorry, Please Punish Me
Chapter 3.2 — I’m Sorry, Please Punish Me
Chapter 4.1 — Focusing on Crazy Point Deductions
Chapter 4.2 — Focusing on Crazy Point Deductions
Chapter 5.1 — A Bottle of Mineral Water He Didn’t Want
Chapter 5.2 — A Bottle of Mineral Water He Didn’t Want
Chapter 5.3 — A Bottle of Mineral Water He Didn’t Want
Chapter 6.1 — Blessing 99
Chapter 6.2 — Blessing 99
Chapter 7.1 — Apologize to Her
Chapter 7.2 — Apologize to Her
Chapter 7.3 — Apologize to Her
Chapter 8.1 — Reluctant
Chapter 8.2 — Reluctant
Chapter 9.1 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 9.2 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 9.3 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 9.4 — The Hero and Heroine Meet
Chapter 10.1 — Don’t Use Honorifics
Chapter 10.2 — Don’t Use Honorifics
Chapter 10.3 — Don’t Use Honorifics
Chapter 11.1 — Young Uncle
Chapter 11.2 — Young Uncle
Chapter 11.3 — Young Uncle
Chapter 12.1 — Conflict During the Welcome Speech
Chapter 12.2 — Conflict During the Welcome Speech
FOOTNOTE:
- Thick Black Theory. It’s a treatise on how to survive dealing with the world. I only skimmed the wiki but it’s something like the skin should be thick and the heart black. ↩︎
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