54: Li Yanran's First Half of Life

"Ding, Host, I'm here."

The System's cold, mechanical voice echoed in Mu Feng's mind. Though devoid of emotion, it sounded like heavenly music to Mu Feng.

"System, quickly tell me what you can do!"

Mu Feng's face was wild with joy, his voice trembling with excitement, and his breathing became rapid.

Originally, Mu Feng had just asked casually, never expecting that after transmigrating, he would awaken a System.

Although in web novels, transmigrators always awaken a System, Mu Feng hadn't held much hope.

After all, his character seemed like a tragic figure, a stepping stone arranged for the protagonist.

Who would have thought that just a subconscious call would really make him awaken the System? How could Mu Feng not be overjoyed?

"To answer the Host, this System is called the Backstabbing Protagonist System. As long as the Host continuously backstabs the protagonist, you can earn points, which can be exchanged for items in the System shop..."

The System roughly introduced its functions to Mu Feng, its voice still ice-cold, like a pre-programmed routine.

"Backstab the protagonist?"

"Could it be... that I, Mu Feng, am about to defy fate and become the Heaven-Defying Great Villain?"

After hearing the System's explanation, Mu Feng became even more excited, laughing heartily, his whole body suddenly brimming with agitation.

These days, righteous protagonists aren't popular; villain stories are all the rage. Mu Feng had naturally read many similar web novels.

Moreover, his System wasn't about role-playing as a villain, following a villain's plot, or being a villain's sidekick System. It simply required him to constantly backstab the protagonist, Chen Hao, to receive various rewards.

In this way, wouldn't he soon achieve a reversal in life, stepping on the shoulders of Chen Hao, the divine doctor protagonist?

Besides, as the protagonist's lackey, he inherently had many opportunities to backstab Chen Hao.

It could be said that this Backstabbing Protagonist System was tailor-made for him, Mu Feng!

Imagining the beautiful scene of stepping on Chen Hao, having women on both sides, and indulging in romance, the smile on Mu Feng's face grew more unrestrained.

"Hehehe, Brother Chen Hao, you can't handle these heroines; let your little brother take care of them for you!"

"You'd better go live happily with your fifteen demons and Bogang!"

"Xiao Qingge, Xia Mengyan, and Li Yanran, I'll gladly accept them from you!"

Faced with Mu Feng's self-indulgent antics and crazy remarks, the Backstabbing Protagonist System remained silent, turning a deaf ear.

Recalling the heroine Li Yanran's character, Mu Feng's expression became complicated again.

The pitiable person has their hateful aspects, and the hateful person has their pitiable aspects.

This sentence was the true portrayal of Li Yanran's life.

Li Yanran lost her father at six and her mother at seven. She and her younger brother were raised by their grandmother, relying on each other.

At fifteen, their grandmother passed away, and Li Yanran and her brother were entrusted to the care of an aunt.

At fifteen, Li Yanran had already grown into a graceful young girl, in the bloom of youth, yet her natural beauty was undeniable.

At school, she had to deal with the mindless pursuits of hooligans, and at home, she had to constantly guard against harassment from her beastly uncle, all to preserve her chastity and survive.

Regarding the harassment from her beastly uncle, Li Yanran's aunt not only didn't stop it but even thought it was Of course, reasoning that Li Yanran and her brother had been living with them and should repay the family.

This dark, utterly miserable life lasted for three years.

It was also because of this special experience that Li Yanran developed a natural aversion to men, believing that all men who approached her had ulterior motives, and her personality gradually darkened.

Although life was a mess with no hope, Li Yanran didn't give up on herself. Instead, she studied with extreme diligence, working hard.

Li Yanran knew in her heart that studying was her only way out, for herself and for her only younger brother.

If she continued to live with her aunt, as time passed, her uncle's behavior would become more unscrupulous, and she would eventually lose her chastity.

After the college entrance exam results came out, Li Yanran successfully got into Linjiang University and quietly took her brother away from that disgusting home.

Although her uncle was furious, he could do nothing.

After arriving in Linjiang City, Li Yanran thought her life would improve, but life dealt her a heavy blow.

Because she had no money for tuition and no guardian, Li Yanran could only apply for student loans, but that money could only support her life at school, and even then, with extreme frugality.

She simply couldn't afford to raise her young brother. Without a local household registration, she couldn't even send her brother to school like an ordinary child.

Li Yanran had to work part-time while studying, struggling to maintain an extremely poor life, doing her best to keep her brother from going hungry.

Even if she couldn't eat herself, she would find food for her young brother.

After entering university, Li Yanran's outstanding looks naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Because of her three years of high school experience, Li Yanran felt extreme disgust toward men who deliberately approached her, but this time she didn't shut them all out.

After taking an online course on how to be a gold digger, Li Yanran used her appearance, enduring her disgust, and accepted gifts from these men, keeping many on the hook without letting any of them touch even a corner of her clothes, all to improve her brother's life.

Among Li Yanran's many simps, Mu Feng, the rich second generation, successfully stood out, becoming her top simp, and he was generous with his spending.

Just when Li Yanran thought her life was finally seeing the light, fate played a joke on her again. Her brother contracted a very rare disease that required extremely high medical expenses every day.

At this time, Mu Feng stepped forward and covered her brother's medical expenses.

Li Yanran was very grateful to Mu Feng, but the physical and psychological aversion to men caused by her three years of high school experience made her unable to accept Mu Feng's confession, instinctively feeling repulsed.

After hesitating for a long time, she still agreed to become Mu Feng's girlfriend, but hoped he would give her some time to accept it. Mu Feng agreed, overjoyed.

Thus, another three years passed.

...

After recalling Li Yanran's early life, Mu Feng gently shook his head, his mood calm.

Humans are inherently complex creatures. Judging a person solely by good or bad is too simplistic.

For himself, Li Yanran was undoubtedly a complete bad woman, a gold digger, a white lotus.

For Li Yanran's brother, she was a devoted, selfless, and loving sister who asked for nothing in return.

Looking from different angles, one always sees completely different lives.

Unfortunate people spend their lives healing their childhood. Li Yanran was exactly like that.

As for why Li Yanran had such a miserable life, it was naturally related to her Luck as the heroine's fate.

Without these prior conditions, without developing androphobia—a dual psychological and physical illness—in her Acquired environment, and without a terminally ill brother, how could the divine doctor Chen Hao have won the beauty?

Thinking of Chen Hao, Mu Feng sneered and asked the System with anticipation.

"System, is there a newbie gift pack?"

"Yes, Host, there is..."

"Does the Host wish to open the newbie gift pack now?"

"Open!"

"Ding, congratulations Host, you have obtained Physique +10..."

Mu Feng: ...