Chapter 1

Chapter 1

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"Mmm..."

A muffled groan faintly echoed in her ears, as if the girl was enduring some pain that she couldn't help but let slip through her lips. Anyone who heard it would think she was suffering.

The room was filled with the sweet scent of white peaches. Ye Chengxing, still somewhat dazed, found herself amidst this aroma. But when she heard the sound of someone in pain, her instinct as a doctor compelled her to open her eyes.

However, once her eyes opened, she barely had time to comprehend the situation before nearly recoiling in shock.

Ye Chengxing took a deep breath, her first thought being that she must be dreaming.

Otherwise, how could she, who was performing surgery just moments ago, see such a scene?

—An extraordinarily beautiful girl lay on the bed, her brows slightly furrowed.

Her long hair was scattered about, and she wore only a sheer, gauzy garment that barely concealed her intimate areas, leaving much of her snow-white skin exposed. Under the bright lights, her skin seemed to glow with a lustrous sheen.

It was an unintentionally intimate sight.

Just one glance, and the image was seared into her mind, impossible to forget.

Perhaps because she stared for too long, the girl on the bed fluttered her eyelashes and opened her eyes.

She was indeed very beautiful.

Those eyes were incomparably stunning, making everything around them seem dull by comparison. Her long lashes resembled delicate fans, accentuating her amber irises, which shimmered with a clear, luminous beauty.

But now, those beautiful eyes were clouded with consciousness, filled with humiliation and anger, as well as helpless despair.

Ye Chengxing shivered at the emotions conveyed by the girl's gaze.

"Acheng, how do you like this birthday present?" At that moment, a voice with an indiscernible tone of amusement sounded in her ear. "I know you've just differentiated this year, so I prepared this special gift for you."

Ye Chengxing turned her head towards the voice, only then realizing there was another person beside her.

This was their first meeting, and the person was unfamiliar to her. Yet, they acted as if they knew each other well, casually patting her shoulder. They spoke with an air of understanding: "Stunned, aren't you? This Omega is truly top-notch, trained with drugs over the years. Don't be fooled by her resistance now; wait a bit longer, and I guarantee you'll have an unforgettable night..."

Still feeling a bit dizzy, Ye Chengxing frowned slightly. Although she didn't fully understand the situation, she realized it wasn't a dream.

If this were a dream, it was far too realistic.

As she processed these thoughts, the voice beside her grew increasingly explicit. Ye Chengxing endured it for a moment before finally interrupting with firmness: "You're forcing her!"

Ye Chengxing thought she might have stumbled upon a criminal operation. She reached for her phone to call the police, but even though she had dialed the emergency number, she couldn't proceed any further.

Looking at the unfamiliar phone, she paused, unsure whether she was using it incorrectly or if something was preventing her from making the call. In any case, she couldn't dial out.

Ye Chengxing's interruption came unexpectedly. The person beside her was taken aback at first, then leaned close to her ear as if enlightened: "Are you tired of that script already? Indeed, their expressions when they discover the truth must be quite interesting. It's about time for you to reel them in, isn't it?"

Ye Chengxing didn't want to waste any more words with the "criminal" and only wished to call the police and bring them to justice. However, the "criminal" misinterpreted her expression and winked at her: "Don't worry, I'm leaving right away. I won't disturb your performance."

...Was this person trying to escape?

Ye Chengxing instinctively reached out to stop them but missed due to another bout of dizziness. Then, a strange electronic voice sounded in her ear:

"Ding, current identity successfully bound."

With the electronic voice's announcement, the dizziness seemed to dissipate.

Ye Chengxing pressed her fingertips to her temples. She looked at the phone screen and, before the electronic voice could speak again, asked in her mind: "Was it you who prevented me from making that call?"

Though phrased as a question, it sounded more like a statement of fact.

The electronic voice seemed surprised by her perceptiveness and paused before responding: "Yes... Greetings, Host. Due to the urgency of the situation earlier, allow me to introduce myself belatedly. I am System 001, your accompanying system for this mission. My previous interference was merely to ensure you made a decision while in a clearer state of mind, nothing more."

Ye Chengxing listened to the system's explanation without saying a word.

The electronic voice continued: "You are now deceased, having passed away due to sudden cardiac arrest after performing numerous surgeries. You may not have fully grasped this yet."

From the moment she woke up, Ye Chengxing had a hunch about this. After all, she had been in surgery one moment and found herself here the next. The sudden appearance of the electronic voice confirmed her suspicions.

After a brief pause, Ye Chengxing spoke: "So, this is the afterlife?"

Upon hearing her words, the system quickly refuted: "No, no, no. This is not the afterlife, but it is indeed another world. Consider this a mission. We detected that you had an exceptionally high level of merit during your lifetime. By completing this mission and accumulating enough energy, you can be revived and return to your original world."

Accumulating enough energy to be revived... essentially, coming back to life?

No, what was important was not that, but whether this mission was related to the person on the bed. If she undertook the mission, could she rescue the other person?

Having organized her thoughts, Ye Chengxing responded promptly: "I understand. Tell me about the mission."

With her affirmative response, the system became more enthusiastic. It transmitted memories and the plot directly into Ye Chengxing's mind and directed her attention back to the bed.

"Host, the Omega on the bed is Li Jia, the major antagonist in this story. At this point, the plot has not yet begun. You have two options for your mission: one, destroy her completely before she can destroy the world, or two, heal, redeem, and influence her, ensuring she no longer harbors thoughts of destroying the world. Completing either mission will earn you the same amount of energy."

The sensation of receiving a large chunk of text in her mind was peculiar. As Ye Chengxing sifted through the plot, she approached the bed.

This was a novel set in an ABO universe, where the traditional male and female genders were augmented with Alpha, Beta, and Omega.

If every novel had an indispensable darkened antagonist, this book was no exception.

The antagonist, Li Jia, had a tumultuous and tragic childhood. She suffered abuse in an orphanage, where the director would beat her until she was bruised and force her to beg on the streets.

This inhumane life continued until one day when, during her differentiation period, she encountered a talent scout on the street. The scout gently asked if she wanted to come along, promising to groom her into a star.

Li Jia agreed.

After living a non-human existence for over a decade, Li Jia finally had a full meal and a place to stay.

She had just turned fifteen that year, embracing her new life with hope and working tirelessly in training and studies. She was grateful to her agent and the company who had rescued her from a bleak existence, providing for all her basic needs, and she vowed to repay their kindness.

Her agent told her that her body still bore many injuries from years of abuse at the orphanage, so no matter the season, for three years, they personally brewed medicine for her, which she drank with profound gratitude.

The entertainment industry was ruthless, but she possessed exceptional talent. Even after participating in a minor web series, she began to display her remarkable potential, and her Weibo followers surged.

During the filming process, Li Jia also reached her eighteenth birthday, marking her adulthood.

Her agent smiled and said it was time for her to repay them.

They took her to a banquet, and it was there that all of Li Jia's hopes were shattered into a pile of burdensome shards of glass.

She realized then that she had never truly escaped the mire. Her supposed salvation was merely a fall from one abyss into another.

The medicine her agent had been brewing for her was not meant to nourish her body but was instead a type of aphrodisiac, which finally took effect on her eighteenth birthday.

At the banquet, surrounded by many people, she heard countless suggestive remarks. Her agent pulled her hair, forcing her to smile, "Li Jia, didn't you want to repay us? Why are you being difficult now when it's time to do so?"

She was treated like a commodity or a plaything, shamelessly introduced and handed over to others by the very agent she had always been grateful to.

If this narrative laid the groundwork for the antagonist's tragic descent into darkness, Ye Chengxing's character, ironically, accelerated this transformation, playing the role of the malicious, expendable character A.

In the original story, the most expensive birthday gift received by the original character was Li Jia herself.

The night she was "unwrapped" was one that crushed Li Jia's soul.

No one treated Li Jia as a human being; they subjected her to all sorts of humiliations.

...

The plot unfolded in Ye Chengxing's mind as a series of continuous images, flashing past like a carousel lantern at breakneck speed.

Endless despair and pain filled every frame.

The final scene showed Li Jia avenging those who had wronged her, standing atop a tall building, preparing to detonate explosives. People pounded on the windows, calling her heartless and a monster, while others tried to remind her of the good times in an attempt to stop her madness.

Throughout, Li Jia kept smiling, uttering only one sentence: "No one has ever shown me kindness in this world. Why should I respond with gentleness?"

Yet, it was a little girl offering her a lollipop that halted her explosive plan.

A child barely a few years old, unaware of death, clumsily handed her the candy, saying, "Big sister, I'll treat you to some candy. Don't be sad."

She accepted the lollipop and called off her plan.

But even as she fell from the tall building, she never tasted the sweetness.

...

After the entire plot replayed, it returned to its textual form.

Ye Chengxing took a deep breath, feeling a lingering ache in her heart.

She looked at the Omega on the bed.

This future antagonist, capable of nearly destroying the entire novel's world, was currently just a pitiful figure, dressed up as a gift and placed on the bed. Her snow-white waist, barely covered by a soft veil, trembled uncontrollably due to the effects of the drug. Her beautiful eyes glistened with despair as she looked at Ye Chengxing.

Unconsciously, Ye Chengxing recalled the voice of the system when it mentioned the mission—

Now, before everything begins, will you choose to completely destroy her or heal and save her?

Ye Chengxing curled her fingertips, and before she knew it, she had embraced the trembling Omega.

"I choose the second mission," she said to the system in her mind.

—She decided to heal her.

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Synopsis: Shi Sui and Ji Qingfan have been married through an arranged marriage for half a year.

Ji Qingfan is cold, and despite being married for six months, their relationship is no different than strangers.

Deciding to end this meaningless marriage, Shi Sui unexpectedly gets into a car accident on the way to present Ji Qingfan with divorce papers.

Waking up in the hospital, Shi Sui decides to feign amnesia, thinking that Ji Qingfan, who dislikes her, would readily sign the divorce papers and part ways.

Thinking about this, Shi Sui looks blankly at Ji Qingfan and asks, "Who are you...?"

However, in the next moment, she sees the beautiful woman's eyes suddenly well up with a vulnerable redness, teary but holding back tears: "We've been married for half a year, sweet as honey, and we even shared a bed last night. You even said my waist was sexy. Have you forgotten me already?"

Shi Sui: ???? Shocked expression.jpg

If I hadn't faked amnesia, I might have believed her. We haven't even kissed once!

I must continue the charade of amnesia until the end.

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To help her "recover" her memory, Ji Qingfan sleeps beside her every night, holding her fingertips and asking if she remembers anything yet.

To help her "recover" her memory, Ji Qingfan prepares surprises, taking her on dates under the guise of rekindling romance, asking if she remembers anything yet.

To help her "recover" her memory...

As their relationship seems to be transforming into a truly sweet and loving newlywed one, Shi Sui, who is pretending to have amnesia, suddenly recalls the notebook full of reasons why she disliked Ji Qingfan.

What if Ji Qingfan, who loves her so much, saw this and got heartbroken? She had to find it and destroy the evidence as soon as possible.

In the midst of her search, she saw the fair-skinned woman with red lips approach her.

Ji Qingfan held the very notebook she was looking for, her charming eyes desolate. "So Sui, you despise me this much, don't you?"

Shi Sui hastily shook her head, her face flushed as she whispered that she liked her.

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After discovering Shi Sui's unexpected amnesia, Ji Qingfan only wanted to tightly bind her emotions.

To captivate her, to make her fall deeper.

For this, she even meticulously planned it out.

Yet one day, all these machinations were exposed in front of Shi Sui.

...Now that Shi Sui has found out everything, is she going to divorce her?

The possessiveness and panic almost suffocated her. With reddened eyes, Ji Qingfan couldn't help but kiss her lips obsessively. "You can't divorce me."

"Proud young miss x gentle, scheming beauty"

"1v1, SC, HE"