71: On the Good and Evil of Human Nature

Next, Li Yanran's voice choked as she tearfully recounted her past to Jiang Che.

In the past, Li Yanran never cared what outsiders said or thought about her.

But now, she cared immensely about her image in Jiang Che's heart.

Without any concealment, Li Yanran slowly narrated all of her experiences from the first half of her life.

She slightly raised her tear-filled, misty eyes to look at Jiang Che, her voice trembling and somewhat hoarse.

"Jiang Che... I know I'm not a good woman, but I'll be good from now on, please don't leave me, okay?"

Because of her past experiences, Li Yanran had already labeled herself a bad girl in her heart, knowing that receiving Jiang Che's affection was an incredibly extravagant hope.

After giving her heart to Jiang Che, she naturally worried whether Jiang Che would abandon her in the future, feeling a mix of hope and fear.

After all, someone like her, apart from her striking beauty and voluptuous figure, had nothing else worth Jiang Che's lingering affection.

As long as Jiang Che wouldn't abandon her, Li Yanran was willing to be an obedient canary by his side, allowing him to manipulate her, willingly and without any other demands.

Therefore, once a woman falls for a man, she always does some incredible things.

Even a bad woman like Li Yanran was no exception and had already started self-pua.

It was Jiang Che who made her feel a sense of security she hadn't experienced in nearly ten years.

She hadn't experienced the feeling of being cared for and remembered in a long time.

Li Yanran was immersed in it for a moment, lingering and unable to extricate herself.

"No, don't worry."

Jiang Che gently patted Li Yanran's fragrant shoulder and softly comforted her.

Jiang Che had long known all about Li Yanran's past experiences.

Li Yanran being able to completely open her heart to him was enough to explain everything.

Jiang Che didn't care about this; after all, he wasn't a good person at heart either.

Furthermore, Li Yanran had been stringing along Mu Feng, that big Licking dog, for all these years, and it had nothing to do with him.

At least before meeting him, Li Yanran's body was clean and hadn't been taken advantage of by other men, and that was enough.

At birth, human nature is inherently evil.

Human nature is naturally drawn to advantages and avoids harm, only being constrained by acquired moral education and etiquette.

No one is perfect; everyone has a dark side to their heart, which is merely suppressed by the well-developed legal system of society today.

If it were in certain countries without legal constraints, where human nature is not suppressed, the dark side of the human heart would run rampant.

Isn't Xiao Chen, this King of Soldiers, a living example?

Six years ago, he was just an enthusiastic, kind-hearted, passionate youth.

After being baptized by blood and fire, spending a long time in a lawless place like the Africa, and engaging in a high-risk profession like mercenary work, over time, the dark side of his heart would naturally be infinitely magnified.

It was only because Dragon Country has a complete and mature legal system that Xiao Chen had reservations about his actions when he first returned to the country.

Li Yanran is also a good example; due to various experiences in the first half of her life, the dark side of her heart was infinitely magnified, coupled with her tragic childhood experiences and the influence of her acquired growth environment, she became the person she is today.

The saying that unfortunate people spend their lives healing their childhood precisely describes people like Li Yanran.

Looking from different angles, one can always see completely different lives.

To Mu Feng, Li Yanran was undoubtedly a manipulative green tea bitch; to Li Ziming, she was a dutiful sister who cared for him greatly.

To Jiang Che, Li Yanran was just a pitiful person who had exhausted all her means to survive.

...............

"Wuwuwu..."

"Jiang Che, thank you."

After receiving Jiang Che's assurance, Li Yanran cried even harder, whimpering and intermittently expressing her gratitude, finally crying herself to sleep directly in Jiang Che's arms.

Having been physically and mentally exhausted from four hours of 'gymnastics training' with Jiang Che last night, and with her emotions fluctuating wildly, Li Yanran instinctively felt a wave of sleepiness.

Unable to resist, she simply fell asleep in Jiang Che's arms.

Even though she was asleep, Li Yanran continued to murmur indistinctly.

"Don't leave me..."

Jiang Che made no extra movements, holding the voluptuous body of the beautiful mature woman, he slightly immersed his mind and communicated directly with the System in his mind.

"System, how many Emotional Points do I have now?"

Last night, Jiang Che had harvested many Emotional Points from Li Yanran, Mu Feng, and Lin Ming.

Adding the fifty thousand Emotional Points previously gained from Xiao Yi, the accumulated total should have long exceeded one hundred thousand.

"Replying to Host, Host currently has 154,588 Emotional Points remaining..."

"Host has accumulated 500,000 Emotional Points, the Primary System Shop has been unlocked."

"Host may view it if needed."

The System's cold, mechanical prompt sounded in Jiang Che's mind, bringing him good news.

"Primary System Shop?"

Jiang Che was momentarily stunned, then began to examine it with interest.

After half a month, had the System finally gained new functions?

After checking the open page of the System Shop, Jiang Che fell into thought.

Although it was only the Primary System Shop, it listed a wide variety of goods.

From cultivation techniques to martial arts, from pills to various divine skills, it seemed to have everything.

The names of several items quickly caught Jiang Che's attention.

"Heart's Voice Shielding Card, Diary Shielding Device?"

Upon noticing the items sold in the special items section, Jiang Che was slightly taken aback, and then his expression became a little strange.

At the first sight of these two items, Jiang Che thought of the villain protagonists he had read about, those who played the villain or wrote diaries.

These protagonists could convey plot information to the relevant female leads by speaking their inner thoughts or writing diaries, thereby attracting these female leads and causing them to gradually fall for them...

If he had these two items, and directly shielded the heart's voice and diaries, what could these villain protagonists even do?

Without the output of important items, their villainous acts would be no different from brain-dead behavior in the eyes of the female leads.

With a light chuckle, Jiang Che directly instructed.

"System, exchange the Heart's Voice Shielding Card and the Diary Shielding Device for me."

"Deducting 40,000 Emotional Points, exchange successful..."

"Give me a ten-pull!"

Looking at his remaining Emotional Points, Jiang Che unhesitatingly chose to go all in.

"Deducting 100,000 Emotional Points, starting ten-pull..."