Chapter 2

Chapter 2

My body was buried, yet I could not move on to reincarnation.

I drifted to Xu Qingqing’s side.

Everyone was carefully hiding the news of my death from her, terrified that it might trigger her. They protected her as if she were a piece of fragile porcelain.

However, despite all their precautions, Xu Qingqing was poisoned again.

She coughed up fresh blood, clutching Jiang Yi’s sleeve as silent tears fell.

“Brother Yi, I’m afraid I won’t last until the day of your wedding. I really wanted to see you in your groom’s robes… You would have looked so handsome.”

Jiang Yi gently wiped away her tears and whispered, “When you’re better, I’ll wear them for you.”

Xu Qingqing lowered her eyes.

“I wonder who will be lucky enough to be your wife.”

Jiang Yi held her tightly.

“It can only be you. Once you’re well, we shall marry.”

A flash of wild joy flickered in Xu Qingqing’s eyes, but she suppressed it on the surface, affecting a look of perfect astonishment.

In her mind, she was screaming for her System.

“Are the Affection Points maxed out? Did I succeed in the mission?”

However, the System remained silent for a long while.

Finally, it spoke gloomily: “The Affection Points are still at 99.”

“Impossible! How can that be? Didn’t you say it would max out as long as he proposed?”

“Let me check. There might be a bug.”

Xu Qingqing snapped back to reality, feigning a shy pout. “Who said I wanted to be your wife?”

Jiang Yi pulled her into his arms, holding her like a precious treasure he had lost and found again.

“It can only be you. It must be you. Qingqing, today I realized just how fragile life is. Things I thought would always be there can vanish in the blink of an eye. Let’s not waste time. Let’s live for the moment and make every day count, alright?”

Xu Qingqing nodded obediently.

She laughed as she bragged to the System.

“If he knew that I’d be leaving the day the mission is completed, he’d probably go insane, wouldn’t he?

“Too bad for him. I can’t give up the entire forest for a single tree, and I certainly won’t give up my hotpot, milk tea, and crawfish.

“System, what’s the next Instance? Can I go to a cultivation world? Can you give me the ‘Everyone Loves Me’ status?”

The System was busy, but it took a moment to reply to her.

I listened for a long time before I finally understood. She was a ‘player’ on a mission, traveling through countless Instances to seduce different people and earn Points.

But the Fortune of a world is a fixed amount. For her to shine brilliantly in this world, she had to plunder someone else’s Fortune.

As it happened, I was the unlucky soul whose Fortune she had stolen.

The more miserable I became, the luckier she grew.

My entire life was nothing more than a stepping stone for her.

After working for a while, the System reached a conclusion.

“Jiang Yi is the hardest target among them all. Although he proposed to you today, his emotional intensity isn’t high enough. That’s likely why the mission isn’t complete.

“To get his Affection Points to 100, you must make him experience extreme joy followed by extreme sorrow. Once his emotions collapse, completing the mission will be much easier.

“I suggest you use a ‘Death Escape’ on your wedding day and pin the blame on Song Zhaohua. By then, he will be driven mad by his love for you, and your Affection Points will be maxed out.”

Xu Qingqing accepted the suggestion easily.

She sighed, “Dying at the moment he loves me most… just thinking about it is so romantic. He’ll probably remain a widower for the rest of his life, won’t he? I’d feel so accomplished.”

They were laughing.

I was laughing, too.

How ridiculous.

It turns out we were all just cogs in her plan.

It turns out that the family members I loved with all my heart-the ones I fought so desperately to hold onto-were nothing more than chess pieces to her.

If my Imperial Father, Empress Mother, Song Tingye, Song Jingxi, and Jiang Yi knew this, I wonder what kind of expressions they would have?

As I laughed, I began to cry.

They would never know.

They would never believe it.

In this world, there is no one who can punish Xu Qingqing. It truly is so unfair.