The Frail, Alluring O Always Wants Me to Mark Her (GL) - Chapter 3: 03
The car was filled with a cool, woody scent. Zhu Lexing, realizing there was no escaping, entered full rogue mode: “Don’t tell me the origin story, it’s too long, I don’t want to hear it. Be concise, what do you want me to do?”
The driver thought she was talking to herself: “What? Miss Zhu?”
Zhu Lexing felt like a lunatic talking to thin air. She politely said, “Please open the partition, thank you.”
Silence fell in the car.
Three seconds later, a webpage with a leader-like aesthetic appeared out of nowhere before Zhu Lexing’s eyes—the text was black and large, listing three major sections:
[Personal Information]
[Comments Section]
[Unlocked]
Zhu Lexing clicked on each one.
[Character Collapse Degree: 2%]
[Plot Modification Degree: 1%]
[Yan Mian’s Favorability: -1000]
The personal information section was straightforward. After presenting the data, it clearly displayed the life story of the character “Zhu Lexing.” From her birth date to her estimated differentiation date and even her time of death, everything was precise to the second. The last entry was five years later.
Zhu Lexing: “…”
The Comments Section, as the name implied, was purely a comment area.
A series of comments posted seconds ago scrolled past Zhu Lexing’s eyes. The system promptly gave a notification:
[When the Host’s plot modification degree reaches a certain level, or one of the important nodes that change the plot is triggered, the original plot will undergo corresponding changes, and the Host’s death time will be increased or decreased accordingly.]
In short: she had to cook for the readers, and not only did the author not give her a single cent, but the system also wanted to electrocute her.
Miserable, that single word couldn’t even begin to describe it.
Zhu Lexing took a while to recover before whispering, “Five years of life, and there’s still room for it to decrease?”
Unless necessary, she didn’t want to talk to the system, but this question was truly captivating.
The system explained: [For example, when you attempt to forcibly mark Yan Mian—]
Zhu Lexing: “…………”
Well, in that case, the room for decrease was indeed quite large.
During the silence, the system introduced again: [The character collapse degree refers to reader opinions in the comments section. When it reaches a certain amount, you will also receive different milliampere current punishments. If the character collapse degree exceeds 50%, the intensity of your every punishment will double. When it reaches 100%, you will die.]
Zhu Lexing: “………………”
[When the plot modification degree reaches a certain level, the system will also reward the host with a certain amount of points. After collecting 801 points, the host can redeem the opportunity to return to reality.]
In simple terms: do the tasks, and the points gained can only be used to return to reality, nothing else.
Don’t do them, and you’ll die.
Truly… a rogue system that even dogs would shake their heads at.
Zhu Lexing felt dizzy from the series of revelations: “So? What’s my ultimate mission?”
System: [Strictly speaking, it is to change your and Yan Mian’s fated demise while maintaining the original character setting, and achieve a perfect happy ending for both of you.]
A short sentence with three points to complain about, Zhu Lexing was awestruck.
The system detected her negative emotions but wasn’t annoyed. Instead, it considerately reminded her: [If the protagonist “meaninglessly slacks off” for a chapter, the platform will deem it as ‘filler,’ and according to the punishment level, you will receive a 5-30mA current punishment once.]
Zhu Lexing’s eyes were vacant, and she mumbled, “If I get punished for being involved in anything explicit, will I still get electrocuted?”
The system politely said, “No, explicit words will be censored and ‘die’ before they are born.”
“Besides,” it added, “you don’t look like someone who could be involved in anything explicit.”
Zhu Lexing: “…”
Zhu Lexing didn’t want to admit she’d been deflated by an AI.
The system was completely oblivious to her negative emotions. It only gave her a few seconds to breathe before stating: [Daily tasks are now issued as follows:
1. Say the following phrases to the female lead: “Understand your place, you are nothing but…”, “Someone like you…, I…”, “Heh, woman, you…”, each use grants one point, reduces character collapse degree by 0.1.
2. Bully anyone in front of the female lead. For every 1 point of favorability reduced, you gain 0.1 points and reduce character collapse degree by 0.2.
3. Use methods including but not limited to pheromone stimulation, verbal abuse, reducing character collapse degree by 0.5.
••••
Failure to complete daily tasks will result in a deduction of one point. Negative points will result in immediate punishment, reaching -5/-10… and different mA current punishments.]
Zhu Lexing took a breath, wanting to ask the system if there were no other punishments besides electric current, but feared it would invent new tricks, so she swallowed her dangerous remark.
The die was cast; struggling was futile. The system saw her being sensible and stopped speaking, but its persistent interface constantly reminded Zhu Lexing of its presence.
As soon as her ears quieted, Zhu Lexing remembered the woman she had just seen.
Stimulated by the system, Zhu Lexing recalled many plot details. As soon as her ears quieted down, she thought of the woman from earlier.
Her name was Qin Jun, an Omega. She unexpectedly lost her voice after having her gland removed, lived in poverty, and had a quiet nature. She used to be neighbors with Yan Mian’s family.
After school started, Yan Mian and the original owner used to ride in the same car, but the original owner often found fault with her. Since there were outsiders present, Zhu Lin, upon learning of this, actively showed concern, and Yan Mian introduced Qin Jun as her new driver.
It was just a matter of a salary, and Zhu Lin treated Yan Mian almost like his own daughter, so he naturally wouldn’t refuse.
The two were already familiar, and their interactions were naturally warm. The occasional sweet scenes contrasted sharply with the harsh treatment Yan Mian received. The comments section was already extremely against the official pairing, and the ship immediately gained popularity.
Unfortunately, before readers could enjoy a few chapters, the original author, with a stroke of her pen, jumped the plot to Yan Mian being forcibly marked. In the same chapter, Qin Jun died due to several complications. The silent woman was only mentioned again in the novel in Yan Mian’s dream just before her own death.
The plot concerning Qin Jun was short. After recalling it, Zhu Lexing roughly guessed the system’s purpose—Qin Jun’s early death was essentially due to not receiving timely treatment. The Zhu family didn’t lack money, so they could naturally help her.
Delaying her death would also resolve a knot in Yan Mian’s heart, indirectly extending “Zhu Lexing’s” death time.
Zhu Lexing believed she understood.
But even with this understanding, these things couldn’t be arranged in a single day.
She was dizzy from the system’s torment, so instead of dwelling on the fragmented original plot, she started to daydream and study the comments section.
Reader approval was closely related to the tasks, so Zhu Lexing paid attention to it as soon as she heard the introduction.
The good news was that the comments in the first chapter weren’t as volatile as Zhu Lexing imagined, with mixed reviews; most of the “negative” ones were directed at the author.
As for the small portion that criticized her, Zhu Lexing pretended not to see them.
If she didn’t see them, it meant they didn’t exist. Zhu Lexing’s mood immediately improved a lot.
Until Zhu Lexing found this particular comment among all the plot discussions—
[Rating -2 (Favorability -10000): Get lost!]
Zhu Lexing, who suddenly realized Yan Mian’s -1000 favorability wasn’t so glaring anymore: .
Author’s Note:
“You don’t look like someone who could be involved in anything explicit.”
Lexing: …? I didn’t provoke any of you!
System (self-righteously): You can’t be involved in anything explicit if you’re under eighteen, can you? Is there a problem?
(Looking at the reader with -10000 favorability)
Lexing: Yan Mian’s favorability towards me is only -1000, she loves me so much (not really)