Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I gritted my teeth and asked the System.

“How many points will it take to arrange an important role for me?”

“For example, becoming Jin Chuan’s ‘white moonlight.’ We’d have a beautiful romance for a while, then my family would strike it rich, and I’d go abroad to study and never come back.”

“…Points?”

The System was utterly perplexed.

“You know, points you earn from missions to exchange for items. Isn’t that how systems usually help their hosts?”

It fell silent.

I urged it, “Come on, give me some tasks to do.”

“I’m not that kind of system…”

“Then tell me the future plot. Give me a ‘golden finger’ cheat.”

The System said it was useless to tell me because I was a person completely irrelevant to the plot.

It was only here to warn me not to make any pointless struggles and to just follow the script.

Apparently, my entire presence in the novel consisted of only three to five sentences.

“Lu Zhizhi was a schoolmate who lived next door to Jin Chuan and had liked him since they were children.”

“Although many people liked Jin Chuan, such as the neighbor Lu Zhizhi and her ilk, he never felt anything for anyone. Until…”

*Lu Zhizhi and her ilk.*

I was speechless for a moment, the words dying in my throat.

“So what you’re saying is… I just have to be an honest little NPC and witness the story of the leads?”

The System said yes.

I frowned. “But I already like Jin Chuan.”

The System replied, “Hold it in. Don’t try to steal the man from the Female Lead; it won’t lead anywhere.”

“Are you crazy?!”

I was slightly incensed, my fury was at a low simmer, and I was fuming at a grand total of five percent capacity.

“She hasn’t even shown up yet, so stop gaslighting me! I, Lu Zhizhi, will like whoever I want.”