1: Loli heroine, system awakening

[ Harem novel, pure love enthusiasts beware. ]

[ Pure power fantasy, check your brains at the door... ]

[ Seven edits, over 100,000 words deleted. If anything doesn't read smoothly, feel free to tag the author, and the author will fix it upon seeing it. ]

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" Ding, Host has captured the female lead, System activated... "

Early morning, the sun rose.

An electronic synthesized voice rang in his mind, and Jiang Che opened his eyes groggily.

After a moment of confusion and processing the extra information in his mind, Jiang Che's expression quickly turned strange.

" System? "

Reborn into this world, having broken through the mystery of the womb after the age of ten and awakened memories of his past life, Jiang Che's life over these years had been smooth sailing.

Initially, Jiang Che had looked forward to a System appearing, but after so many years with not even a hint of activity, he had long since given up hope.

After all, given his current status and position, whether he had a System or not was irrelevant; it would merely be icing on the cake.

He didn't expect that upon waking up today, the System would awaken so miraculously.

Wait...

Captured the female lead?

Recalling the System's previous prompt, Jiang Che subconsciously looked at the beautiful figure lying beside him and fell into deep thought...

The young girl possessed a flawless, exquisite face; her skin was like snow, delicate enough to be broken by a touch, with eyebrows like distant mountains and red lips with pearly white teeth.

Her face was flushed with a faint blush as she lay quietly on the soft, large bed, her sleeping expression breathtakingly beautiful.

Liu Mengxi, the Second Young Miss of the Liu Family in Linjiang City, was also Jiang Che's little fangirl.

Liu Mengxi had been Jiang Che's tag-along since childhood; they were childhood sweethearts, and she had always been exceptionally attached to Jiang Che over the years.

Jiang Che remembered that he had indeed made a promise to her before.

If Liu Mengxi could rely on her own efforts to get into Linjiang University, he would agree to become her boyfriend.

He had originally thought it was just empty talk, as her academic performance was only average, and it seemed unrealistic for her to get into Linjiang University on her own.

He didn't expect that in the end, Liu Mengxi had actually relied on her own efforts and gotten into Linjiang University with an excellent score of 675.

After Liu Mengxi became a freshman at Linjiang University, Jiang Che was able to rekindle their relationship.

Later... everything just fell into place naturally.

Walking to the huge floor-to-ceiling window and overlooking the scenery outside, Jiang Che began to communicate with the System in his mind.

" System, introduce yourself. What is your function? "

" Replying to Host, this System is called the Emotion Harvesting System. As long as the Host harvests the seven emotions and six desires of the protagonist and female lead, you can obtain emotion points... "

" emotion points can be used for lucky draws... "

" Harvest the protagonist? "

" Do you mean to say that I am a villain? "

" Yes, Host, you are a great villain... "

Hearing the System's reply, Jiang Che was stunned for a moment. Thinking of his current identity, his expression became somewhat strange.

His grandfather was far away in the capital, one of the few surviving veteran heroes, ranking among the Nine Cauldrons, holding high power with Disciples spread across the country.

His father was stationed in Jiangzhou Province, a powerful provincial governor with immense authority.

His mother was the eldest daughter of the Qin Family, one of the four great families in the capital, and owned a conglomerate with a market value of trillions.

His sister, Jiang Wantang, was a peerless genius with extraordinary talent in martial arts; she was proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, and tea. She had gone up the mountain to learn her craft seven years ago and had only just returned a few days ago.

Yes, there were ancient martial arts experts in this world.

As the only legitimate eldest grandson of the entire Jiang Family, Jiang Che naturally knew things that ordinary people did not.

However, practicing martial arts was too arduous—training through the three dog days of summer and the three nine-day periods of winter—and Jiang Che himself had mediocre Aptitude, so he didn't have much interest in it.

Reborn into this world, Jiang Che only wanted to live freely, act recklessly, and enjoy life.

With his status, whether he went into politics or business, the world was his oyster.

Originally, Jiang Che's grand ambition was to inherit the Family's political resources after graduating from university, keep three or five mistresses, and like his elders, climb step by step to the very top.

But now it seemed he could temporarily abandon that grand ambition...

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" System, is there only one protagonist in this world, or are there all sorts of children of destiny running rampant? "

Shaking his head to cast aside the messy thoughts in his mind, Jiang Che continued to ask.

" Replying to Host, you are currently in a world where countless urban novels have undergone Fusion. You are destined to encounter all kinds of children of destiny... "

" Such as the Soldier King returning to the country, the Dragon King returning to find his wife and daughter living in a doghouse, the Shura Dragon Son-in-law, the War God retiring: five sisters with beauty that topples nations, the Divine Doctor descending the mountain: starting with eighteen marriage contracts, being kicked down the mountain by my master's wife, and me roaming the flower capital... "

" The Sign-in Tycoon, the Mad Dragon released from prison, Rebirth and confessing to the Campus Belle, the Perfect Male God... "

" Or perhaps those who eavesdrop on inner thoughts, villains acting out the plot, the villainous Young Miss's sidekick, and other villainous protagonists... "

" According to the development of the destiny trajectory, even if the Host does not provoke these children of destiny, you are destined to be targeted by them in turns. The Jiang Family's existence has already blocked the path of advancement for these children of destiny; the Jiang Family is the final boss of Jiangzhou Province... "

Jiang Che: ...

After hearing the System's explanation, Jiang Che finally understood.

Originally, he had been somewhat puzzled: with his current status, how could he possibly be suppressed by some small child of destiny?

It turned out that the Jiang Family had been targeted by these children of destiny in turns, and in the end, it didn't completely collapse, but it was no longer what it once was.

Since that is the case, what is there for him to hesitate about?

In order for his good life to continue, these children of destiny had no reason to exist!

When he died in his previous life, Jiang Che was only twenty-one years old, just an unremarkable college student whose favorite thing to do daily was reading web novels on Tomato Novel Network.

He was naturally no stranger to the villainous acting and protagonists who eavesdrop on inner thoughts that the System mentioned.

Competitors are enemies; upon encountering villainous protagonists, Jiang Che would likewise not be soft-hearted.

" System, is there any beginner gift pack? "

Calming his inner thoughts, Jiang Che raised an eyebrow and continued to ask.

" Yes, there is, Host... "

" Do you wish to open the beginner gift pack? "