TRSGVM 05

Chapter 05

“Siling, how did things go? That bastard Qi Lin didn’t make things difficult for you, did he?”

Yu Chen had been waiting at the door the whole time.

When he saw Wang Siling riding her bike back, he quickly stepped forward and asked with concern.

Wang Siling bit her lower lip and looked at the childhood friend she had grown up with.

Make things difficult?

What did that even count for?

Just to repay the compensation for scratching the car, she had already lost her first kiss.

And that bastard had even set a word trap for her.

This first kiss was only the beginning.

There were still 119 more waiting for her.

But Wang Siling could not tell anyone about these things, including Yu Chen.

She knew that with Yu Chen’s personality, if he found out that Qi Lin had bullied her, he would definitely go and fight Qi Lin to the death.

Forcing a smile, she said,
“What could happen? Qi Lin gege is friends with my brother. He just told me to be more careful when riding my bike in the future and then let me go home.”

Hearing that Qi Lin didn’t ask Wang Siling for compensation, Yu Chen also let out a sigh of relief.

If Qi Lin really demanded that 12,000 yuan, Wang Siling’s family would definitely be in big trouble.

“It’s good that nothing happened. Siling, let me tell you, that Qi Lin is not a good person. Don’t get too close to him just because he waived your 12,000 compensation. And he’s not qualified for you to call him Qi Lin gege.”

The moment Yu Chen heard Wang Siling call him “Qi Lin gege,” he felt uncomfortable and hurriedly reminded her.

“Mm, I know.”

Wang Siling gave a bitter smile.

As for what kind of person Qi Lin was, she now understood better than anyone.

What Yu Chen was saying now was basically no different from useless talk.

“Eh, Siling, why do your lips look a little swollen?”

At this moment, Yu Chen finally noticed something strange about Wang Siling.

Her moist lips were slightly swollen, giving her delicate and pure face a hint of charm.

Wang Siling’s pretty face turned red immediately, and she quickly covered her mouth.

“I bought a pack of spicy strips on the way back just now. Maybe it’s from the spice.”

The action was rather like trying to cover one’s ears while stealing a bell.

Unfortunately, the silly boy Yu Chen didn’t notice anything.

And Wang Siling really did like eating spicy strips.

“I’m feeling a bit uncomfortable. I’ll go back first.”

Wang Siling didn’t dare stay any longer. Covering her mouth, she ran back home.

Only Yu Chen was left behind, confused, watching Wang Siling’s graceful figure disappear.

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“Congratulations to the host for completing Option 3. Lan Yuxi’s diary has been issued to the host. Please check and receive it.”

After Wang Siling left, Qi Lin received the system reward.

It was a diary with a light pink cover.

System: “Special reminder. The host is currently in a world where multiple urban novels have merged together. There are many protagonists. The host must promptly shatter the protagonists’ halos; otherwise, the host will ultimately be unable to escape a tragic ending.”

Just as Qi Lin was about to open Lan Yuxi’s diary, another system notification sounded in his ear.

“A world where multiple urban novels have merged?”

Hearing the system’s reminder, Qi Lin froze for a moment.

He had originally thought that he was just a reborn person, and that his mission after coming back was simply to take revenge and reorganize his life.

Now the system was saying it was a multi-novel fusion world.

Didn’t that mean he himself was also a character inside a novel?

“No wonder Wang Cheng could grow from a poor boy with an ordinary background into a self-made rich man, and even marry the school beauty in the end. Turns out he had the protagonist template.”

“And I’m different. Even though I’m a rich second generation, I’m the negative example in the novel. Living off my family and waiting to die, and in the end, just to promote positive energy, the author writes me to death, right?”

After learning the truth, Qi Lin sneered repeatedly.

In his previous life, he had indeed been a rich second generation who drifted through life.

But he had been loyal, righteous, and generous.

He minded his own business and had never randomly harmed girls.

Yet what kind of ending did he receive?

None of the people he had helped were willing to help him in the end.

Even Wang Cheng, whom he had treated like a good brother, not only failed to lend a hand when Qi Lin’s family went bankrupt but even humiliated him.

What kind of positive energy was that?

Now Qi Lin had finally seen through this society.

Those who had the protagonist template could do whatever they wanted.

No matter what they did, it could somehow be labeled as positive energy.

It was just like the monsters in Journey to the West.

Those without backing were all beaten to death, even if they had never eaten people or committed evil.

But someone like the Peng King, who had eaten countless humans and committed endless crimes, was spared simply because he was the Buddha’s uncle.

Just when Sun Wukong was about to beat him to death, he was saved by the Tathagata Buddha.

Was that goodness?

Was that Buddhism?

No.

Goodness and Buddhism were merely shackles used by the strong to restrain the weak.

“Protagonists, huh?”

“I’d like to see what kind of true nature these protagonists have once they lose their protagonist halos.”

Qi Lin sneered.

He didn’t even bother to look at Lan Yuxi’s diary anymore and directly drove away from the school.

“小麟回来了？”

“Xiao Lin, you’re back?”

At a single-family garden villa with its own yard, Qi Lin parked his car.

A kind aunt wearing an apron came out to greet him.

“Aunt Chen.”

Looking at the woman in front of him, Qi Lin rarely showed a gentle smile and nodded.

In his previous life, after his family went bankrupt, Qi Lin had clearly seen the coldness of human nature.

For example, people like Wang Cheng.

But not everyone was heartless.

After Qi Lin’s family went bankrupt, the villa was sealed by the court, and he was left penniless and homeless.

It was Aunt Chen who took him in.

She let him eat and live in her home and even said he could stay for as long as he wanted.