As Everyone Knows, the Intelligence of a Web Novel Character Absolutely Cannot Exceed the Intelligence of the Author

Meanwhile, inside Jianren Convenience Store.

"Boss, get me some breakfast!"

When a girl wearing an aqua-blue long dress came in, she saw a rather greasy-looking middle-aged man tallying accounts in front of the cash register.

"What do you want?" The greasy man didn't even raise his head, his tone sounding very impatient.

"Breakfast!" The girl's voice was full of vitality, sounding like an energetic young maiden.

"I said, what kind of breakfast!"

The man thought to himself that she must be a fool, playing the repeat machine with him here, and raised his head in some annoyance, but when he saw the girl's face, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Yo, she's a pretty flower of a girl. Shen Yuanwan's field of vision was instantly captured by the large characters.

"Uh, young master didn't say, and Jiu Yun doesn't know what kind of breakfast it is either." The girl named Jiu Yun looked a bit silly.

Young master? It looked like she was already taken, and she might even have a rich older brother.

Shen Yuanwan tore up the rough sketch of the side profile he had just drawn in his little notebook.

The smile Shen Yuanwan had just been about to reveal instantly vanished, and he put his poker face back on.

"Then how about some of this? Seeing as you're a cute little girl, I'll cheat... consider it thirty!" Shen Yuanwan fished out expired bread and fresh milk from beneath the counter that his employees had previously been planning to throw out.

These rich young masters, ptui! Truly disgusting, all good fields ruined by pigs. Hmph, in that case I'll just let you eat something "good."

Shen Yuanwan felt resentful in his heart.

Jiu Yun was stunned upon hearing the price: "Thirty? But I bought it before..."

"Don't give me before, this is a treasure I specifically fished out because I saw we had a connection. This is bread and milk produced in Nihon, imported goods! If you don't want it, then I'm not selling!" Shen Yuanwan interrupted her.

While they were arguing.

"Are you done? Don't go dawdling again."

Ye Chen was very helpless. If it hadn't been for the rush and the fact that his other subordinates all had their respective tasks, how could he possibly have brought Jiu Yun to South City?

She was so clumsy she couldn't do a single thing, and couldn't even boil a pot of porridge.

If the place he lived hadn't been so far from the city, he would have long since called "Who's Starved Yet."

Because he had been drinking too late at the bar the night before, he woke up the next day after returning home drunk, and his stomach felt uncomfortable again, so he could only eat some clean and hygienic soft food.

He had only just caught a glimpse of the threshold of the Thousand Yang Divine Art and could not yet resist the attacks of internal bacteria.

Even if he mastered the technique to perfection, this set of techniques itself possessed a little-known weakness—the Changqiang acupoint, which was precisely where the chrysanthemum was located.

Unless he practiced it to the Myriad Yang Divine Decision, his chrysanthemum would need special protection.

Therefore, although there were breakfast shops right downstairs, without exception they were all roadside stalls, and Ye Chen simply couldn't trust their hygiene conditions. Left with no choice, he could only head into the city to buy food, not daring to let his chrysanthemum suffer too much.

Forget it, Ye Chen sighed. She was his subordinate after all, and although she was a bit foolish, she was still loyal to him.

"That's it, just pay the money directly." Ye Chen made the decision on the spot.

"Um, young master, but..."

"There are no buts! This is it. Pay!" Ye Chen interrupted her somewhat irritably.

He truly couldn't stand Jiu Yun paying attention to those irrelevant details every time, feeling that he simply wasn't a young master, but rather like a kindergarten teacher taking care of a child.

Given Ye Chen's temper, if it weren't for her absolute loyalty to him, it would have been impossible for him to endure it once again.

"Alright..." Jiu Yun could only lower her head and reply aggrievedly.

After buying the breakfast and hastily finishing it at the entrance, Ye Chen hurried along with Jiu Yun toward the Shen Family.

The Shen Family's main forces were entrenched in Changning, and Changning District was mainly inhabited by Nihon people or Nanguo-Nihon mixed-bloods. It controlled various commercial streets and shops of all sizes in both the underworld and the upper world. Its influence couldn't be called large throughout the entire South City, but in Changning District, it could be said to be the local tyrant.

Because they were both outsiders, Ye Chen intended to break through from here first. The night before, he had arranged to meet Shen Xiaolong, the heir of the Shen Family, to discuss cooperation, only to end up drinking until he vomited while talking.

Originally, Ye Chen could have handled it all by himself, but because his stomach was uncomfortable, he was unable to exert his full strength. To prevent the other party from threatening him, he had no choice but to bring Jiu Yun along.

After all, the words of underworld people could not be entirely trusted, and precautions still had to be taken where necessary. To put it simply, Jiu Yun's strength was currently a cut above his by a wide margin.

"Rumble~~~~~" Unexpectedly, after walking only a few steps, Ye Chen's stomach began to growl...

At noon, Shengde Hospital.

Young Master Fei, who had intended to fake sleep but accidentally fell asleep for real, slowly regained consciousness. He lazily opened his eyes, and what met his vision was Jiang Anran leaning over the edge of the bed, her small hand cushioned beneath his head as a pillow, while she herself was fast asleep, a vague, faint smile hanging on the corner of her lips, making her look extremely cute.

Seeing the "workaholic," whose spirit was always wound tightly on ordinary days, finally able to sleep soundly at this moment, Young Master Fei couldn't help but curve his lips upward slightly, revealing a doting smile.

If he had to name his favorite character in the original book, it was none other than Jiang Anran.

Her character of self-improvement, independence, resilience, righteousness, and simplicity were all the wonderful imaginations Young Master Fei originally held for a significant other. It could be said that all of these qualities struck right at his heartstrings.

Yet precisely because of this, Young Master Fei still found it a massive headache to figure out how to treat her.

Although the characters in the book weren't real, it was still very difficult to steel his heart and treat her viciously.

Besides, even if he truly hardened his heart and did so, there was no way to change the plot development that had already been missed!

Since even the system didn't care about these matters, he shouldn't overthink it anymore and just do his utmost best to handle things well.

Fortunately, the original book was a brainless web novel.

As everyone knows, the intelligence of a web novel character absolutely cannot exceed the intelligence of the author, and the protagonist of a brainless web novel probably had to be halved, while the female lead... halved once more.

Even if Jiang Anran's intelligence in the book was relatively high, after being divided like this, she probably wouldn't be able to notice any clues... right?

Since Young Master Fei couldn't bring himself to fire her, he could only comfort himself this way.

Because it differed from the plot, his injuries weren't all that severe this time, and after resting for a night, he felt pretty much recovered.

Without waking her up, he carefully climbed out of bed, intending to go out for a stroll and breathe some fresh air.

"Young master, you mustn't die!"

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he heard the familiar wail of a young maiden. Young Master Fei followed the sound, and yo, wasn't this Ye Chen? How had he come to the hospital?

The person beside him wore an aqua-blue robe-style dress, possessed translucent aqua-colored long hair and eyes of the same color, giving off a fresh and refined aura.

From afar, she exuded an unmistakable air of pure cluelessness. That's right, this could only be Jiu Yun.

In the original book, she had almost gotten Ye Chen killed on multiple occasions; it could be said that Jiu Yun was a harbinger of disaster, but she was also a lucky star. The protagonist's halo saved Ye Chen's worthless hide many a time, turning danger into safety, bringing blessings out of misfortune, and winning massive opportunities for Ye Chen.

But now...

Thinking of how Ye Chen had gotten snubbed over at Gu Xiyue's place yesterday, Young Master Fei didn't dare to blindly and confidently trust his protagonist halo anymore, and needed to observe a bit longer.

However, wasn't something wrong?

In the original book, things only ever reached the level of minor bumps and scrapes at most by this point—those disasters hadn't reached the extent of hospitalization, right?

Or was there something that wasn't written in the book?

Right behind them, Young Master Fei decided to secretly observe and figure out what had happened.

"Who told you I was going to die?" Hearing these words, anger instantly welled up inside Ye Chen.

"Ah? But I heard that people who come to the hospital end up dying in the end." Jiu Yun muttered.

"You! Forget it, forget it, I can't be bothered to argue with you. Why is this line so long?" Ye Chen stamped his foot impatiently. "Ouch..."

"Gurgle gurgle gurgle~" Right as he finished complaining, a churning sound erupted.

Could it be that this Ye Chen had the runs?

This was a major event indeed; it was far too damaging to the protagonist's image, no wonder it wasn't written about—if it were written, wouldn't he get cursed to death by the readers?

Young Master Fei found a concealed corner to sit down, opened his eyes wide, and prepared to watch the drama unfold.

Whatever, time to eat melons.

Just as he sat down and got ready to watch the show, he caught sight of Jiang Anran coming down the stairs.