Chapter 59: Awakening

Lu Chengwen kept a stern face, calculating in his heart: [It seems difficult to offend all three at once; I'll take them one by one.]

[Let's start with Leng Qingqiu. Her self-esteem is the strongest, so she'll be easier to break!]

Lu Chengwen walked over to the wine cabinet with a stiff expression, grabbed a bottle of wine, and picked up a glass: "Leng Qingqiu, our relationship is over. I once thought about using you, but now it seems you have no value to me. How laughable."

He turned around, lifting his chin: "The past three years were actually about trying to take over your family's assets. But now, it seems your family doesn't have much left. Take what little you have and go do whatever you want."

Leng Qingqiu looked at Lu Chengwen.

She smiled, her heart aching.

This man, even when offending her, spoke so gently.

The past three years, whether real or fake, I'm not a fool. Although I once hated your personality, your character, your way of speaking... everything about you.

But there's one thing my subordinates and I are certain of—you truly liked me.

I've never denied or doubted that.

Leng Qingqiu smiled slightly: "Is that so? So you never liked me?"

"Haha!" Lu Chengwen poured himself a drink: "How could I like you, sister? You always have that cold face, acting like you're unapproachable. Seeing you really turns my stomach. Please, sister, we're both rich people, stop sexually harassing me! Go away, leave."

Leng Qingqiu smiled and walked over to the wine cabinet, taking out a glass for herself.

"Oh, you're angry, right? Want to drink a farewell toast with me?" Lu Chengwen said: "Fine! After this drink, leave quickly. We'll have no further dealings, and for business matters, talk to Li Meiqin."

Leng Qingqiu poured herself a glass of wine, clinked it with Lu Chengwen's, and said gently: "Thank you."

Lu Chengwen was startled: "Huh? You're so angry you're being polite to me? Fine, fine. I'll drink, and after this, you leave. No more ties between us."

Leng Qingqiu drank the wine, then suddenly smiled at Lu Chengwen.

Lu Chengwen looked at her warily, unnerved by her gentle smile: "I warn you, don't do anything rash! You... what else do you want?"

Leng Qingqiu suddenly hugged Lu Chengwen and kissed him on the cheek.

Lu Chengwen quickly pushed her away: "Sister, what are you doing? What does this mean?"

Leng Qingqiu tilted her head, playfully saying: "You, instead of wasting time being mad at me, think about how to deal with Long Aotian. But lately, you've been looking more and more handsome."

Lu Chengwen wiped his face: "You... you're sick."

Leng Qingqiu smiled: "Hey, let's have dinner tonight? My treat."

"What dinner? Didn't we just agree to cut ties?!"

Leng Qingqiu smiled: "I know, my dad can't decide my marriage, you know that. So... if you want to marry me, I'll dare to marry you."

Lu Chengwen broke into a sweat: "Shut up! You're sick! You're definitely sick!"

Chen Mengyun also walked over to the wine cabinet, took out a glass, blocked Leng Qingqiu, and poured herself a drink.

Leng Qingqiu gave her a sidelong glance but said nothing.

Chen Mengyun looked at Lu Chengwen: "Are you going to scold me next?"

"Huh?"

Chen Mengyun downed her drink in one gulp: "I'm telling you, Lu Chengwen, you're not marrying anyone else in this lifetime. You can only marry me!"

Lu Chengwen looked at her: "What are you after? We broke up three years ago, sister, can you just let me go?"

Before Lu Chengwen could finish, Xu Xuejiao bounced over to the wine cabinet.

Lu Chengwen grabbed her, nearly collapsing: "What are you doing!? What are you up to now!?"

"They all drank with you, so I want to drink too!"

"We're drinking a farewell toast, think carefully before you drink!"

As Lu Chengwen was struggling with Xu Xuejiao, Chen Mengyun suddenly leaned in and kissed him on the lips.

Lu Chengwen was so shocked he let go of Chen Mengyun, stepping back and wiping his mouth: "What are you doing?"

Chen Mengyun didn't speak, just looked at Lu Chengwen and smiled.

Meanwhile, Xu Xuejiao had already returned with her glass. Lu Chengwen snatched the bottle: "Xuejiao! You're my grandma, I give up. Don't drink today, there's something wrong with this wine!"

"No, everyone else drank, why can't I?"

"This wine is definitely off, listen to me..."

"Are you giving it to me or not? Should I call your dad?"

Lu Chengwen was furious: "Call, call, call, call, call!"

Seeing Xu Xuejiao really about to call, who knows if this actress was going to perform "Three Mothers Teaching a Son" or "The Battle of Changban Slope."

Lu Chengwen grabbed the phone, handed over the bottle: "Drink, drink, drink! Go ahead!"

Xu Xuejiao happily poured herself a glass, but halfway through, her face twisted. She couldn't hold it in anymore, sticking out her tongue, stomping her feet, and fanning her mouth with her hand: "What kind of wine is this? It's so spicy!"

Leng Qingqiu and Chen Mengyun couldn't help but laugh.

Lu Chengwen also laughed: "You can't drink, why are you joining in?"

Xu Xuejiao closed her mouth, staring at Lu Chengwen, then suddenly raised her glass to down it in one go.

Lu Chengwen quickly stopped her: "You've already had some, no need to finish it! Your tongue is for tasting rare herbs, don't ruin your skills."

To become a top divine doctor, observation, listening, questioning, and pulse-taking are just the basics.

In reality, a true divine doctor must also taste medicine, smell herbs, observe fire, refine furnaces, perform acupuncture, thread hanging, bone scraping, and poison making... the list goes on.

These are all top-tier skills not seen by the common folk, much like how in the U.S., medical standards are advanced, but only the very wealthy upper class can enjoy them, while the working class and middle class have to go to private clinics.

Of course, those who can be called divine doctors are even more mysterious and rare than Western medical techniques.

Xu Xuejiao hardly ever drinks because her tongue is extremely delicate, used for...

Wait!

Lu Chengwen felt like he was being played!

That night!

This damn girl clearly drank with me for half the night!

Lu Chengwen felt like Xu Xuejiao was some kind of ghost.

If she didn't drink that night, why was she in such a state with me?

If she did drink, why is she reacting so badly to just a little wine today!?

Do the male and female leads in this book have backgrounds and special traits I don't know about!?

Whenever Lu Chengwen thought about these things, the main female characters couldn't hear him.

The system was a good system; Lu Chengwen couldn't tell anyone the secrets he knew about this world, and they couldn't even hear them from his thoughts.

The three women seemed to have him figured out.

Lu Chengwen felt dizzy.

In the end, am I just a lab rat being played with?

The main male lead, Long Aotian, is starting to show his true colors, acting more and more without principles!

The main female leads are all losing their minds, starting to like me.

The story's plot has completely derailed. Given the current relationships, Long Aotian trying to conquer these three women is just a pipe dream.

In their eyes, Long Aotian is already a scumbag.

No, there's also Jiang Shihan!

I've already taken away four main female leads' goodwill towards Long Aotian.

Is the system really not interfering with this world's progression?

If the system isn't intervening, why has everything gone off track?

Is it really just because I wanted to survive, leading to this situation?

Lu Chengwen took out his phone. After Tie Tuo Wang beat up Long Aotian, he had kept Tie Tuo Wang's number under Long Aotian's identity.

He sent a message with just four words: "Come out and work."

Lu Chengwen's expression was extremely grim.

The mystery was about to be revealed!

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: [If you're in this game, you have to pay the price. How to walk this path, I'll choose myself!]

Chen Mengyun asked with concern: "Chengwen, are you okay?"

Lu Chengwen's mind was in a daze, walking straight out.

Xu Xuejiao called out: "Hey! What's wrong with you these past few days? You're really scaring me!"

Leng Qingqiu also said: "Chengwen, you..."

Lu Chengwen suddenly turned around, pointing fiercely: "Don't follow me!"

The three women were all stunned, standing still, not daring to speak or move.

Lu Chengwen now saw everyone as a ghost.

In this book, no, in this world, he couldn't trust anyone!

Are my mom and dad real?

Are the three main female leads really into me, or are they just beautiful masks? Deadly spirits!?

Why does Long Aotian keep losing to me?

What is the system's real purpose for bringing me to this world?

Is it to slowly kill me, no matter how I struggle, the outcome is the same?

Or did they just leave me a battlefield to see if I can survive?

If the system really doesn't interfere with anyone or anything...

If the system really doesn't hinder me, letting me act freely...

If everything in this world is real...

Then where the hell is the so-called protagonist!?

Or rather, everyone is their own protagonist!

No! You could even say, I am the protagonist!

Long Aotian is just a character named "Long Aotian," with a "halo" over his head, wearing various "buffs," called the "main male lead," right?

And me?

What do I have?

Occasional rewards from the system!

Knowledge of this world beyond ordinary people!

A general understanding of future characters and plots!

These are my weapons!

You have your halo, I have my hidden skills!

You have your buffs, I have my third eye!

You are the chosen one!

I am the one who died seven times and was resurrected in this world to fight you to the end, the chosen one by heaven!

Who is the protagonist?

It's still up in the air!

The chosen one and the heaven's chosen, without a clash, who is stronger is really hard to say!

Thinking this, Lu Chengwen gritted his teeth and stepped on the gas, his sleek business car speeding towards the outskirts.

...

In an abandoned factory.

Long Aotian sat on a chair, like an elegant gentleman, crossing his legs and reading a newspaper.

Beside him was a small square table with a bottle of fine whiskey and two glasses.

Behind him stood Hua Xuening, expressionlessly looking towards the entrance.

Clang!

The sound of the iron door being pushed open echoed through the empty factory.

Lu Chengwen's tall, thin figure stood at the entrance, the setting sun casting his shadow into the factory.

Behind him was a fiery red sunset.

It made Lu Chengwen's figure look like a black curtain, his features indistinct.

Long Aotian put down the newspaper and smiled slightly: "You called me here to beg for mercy?"

Lu Chengwen stood at the entrance, slowly lifting his eyelids, his fierce gaze fixed on Long Aotian.

Hua Xuening frowned, sensing that this man's aura was completely different from before.

That dark figure was hard to make out, only those bright, fierce eyes were terrifyingly clear.

Lu Chengwen's voice was slightly hoarse: "Long Aotian, from today on, Snow City is my territory."