The Comfort of Crushing Scum
Chapter 1

The Nation's Favorite Couple Shares the Stage in a Reunion for the Ages

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"Putting Scumbags in Their Place Feels So Good" by Lin Zhiluò [Complete + Extras]

Synopsis:

Xie Ran was nicknamed Human-Shaped AI.

Trait 1: more rational than an AI.

Trait 2: more ruthless than an AI.

Later, he traveled to parallel worlds and into the bodies of people who shared his name. They had all once had promising lives, but because they cared too deeply, they were deceived and hurt by the people they loved, ultimately meeting tragic ends.

Xie Ran, drawn there by their lingering obsessions: "Cared too deeply?"

Some time later,

Subordinate: "Boss, you haven't contacted Mr. Xie in a long time."

Scumbag top: "Has he realized his mistake?"

Subordinate: "No. He's much richer than you now."

Scumbag top: "???"

Subordinate: "Oh, right. He's about to run your company into the ground."

Everyone said Xie Ran's love had turned to hatred. Xie Ran: "Hatred? What's that?"

Xie Ran's AI assistant: "Sorry, that falls outside his knowledge base. But that's all right. I'll teach him."

Bystanders, eyes shaking in shock: "...Xie Ran is learning human emotions from an AI?!!!"

Finally got the synopsis sorted out! A goofy

quick transmigration

novel. The love interest is an AI assistant working hard to learn how to be human, hahaha.

World 1:

Ten years ago, newly debuted Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang became the nation's hottest favorite couple.

For the sake of his career, Fang Huiwang chose to distance himself.

Ten years later, the two accomplished superstars broke the ice in a reunion for the ages, sharing the stage for a duet.

With his position secure, Fang Huiwang found himself reminiscing about his past with Xie Ran.

Fang Huiwang, in an interview: "I'm very happy to be working with Xiao Ran again."

Xie Ran: "I'm very happy too. The platform paid very generously. I'm quite satisfied."

Content tags:

Entertainment industry

Face-slapping

Sweet romance

Quick transmigration

Search keywords: leads: Xie Ran; Meng Feixuan ┃ supporting cast: scumbags ┃ other: punishing scumbags; quick transmigration;

Wish fulfillment

One-line summary: punishing scumbags is pure joy!

Highly recommended: technology genius Xie Ran accidentally transmigrates into other people's bodies in parallel worlds. These people were all hurt and exploited by scumbags because they cared too deeply. Traveling with Xie Ran is Meng Feixuan, the AI assistant he created himself. Together, the actual AI Meng Feixuan and Xie Ran, who is even more ruthless than an AI, do whatever they please in these parallel worlds. The scumbags who once exploited the original hosts' feelings to hurt them without restraint collectively tremble.

Life in parallel worlds goes smoothly; punishing scumbags is just something to do along the way. With wit and humor, the author delivers thoroughly satisfying scenes of face-slapping and scumbag punishment. The engrossing plot promises much to look forward to.

[Dominating the entertainment industry]

Chapter 1: The Nation's Favorite Couple Shares the Stage in a Reunion for the Ages

@Langlang Entertainment: after ten years, old friends and present-day superstars @Xie Ran and @Fang Huiwang reunited onstage for a duet, setting Snowball Satellite TV's New Year's Eve show ablaze. [Video link: Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang share the stage again after ten years]

@Everyone Chases Stars: tonight, at Snowball Satellite TV's New Year's Eve concert

live broadcast,

superstars Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang, who have barely interacted in ten years and were rumored to refuse to share the spotlight, reunited for a duet, instantly unleashing a wave of nostalgia among longtime fans. Their segment also delivered Snowball Satellite TV's highest ratings in five years and topped the New Year's Eve ratings across all platforms. [Link: retrospective: a compilation of Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang's collaborations from ten years ago]

@Gossip Megaphone: nobody plays the game like Snowball TV. They actually brought Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang together after ten years without a collaboration. Wonder how much Snowball Satellite TV paid? Also, we've heard through the grapevine that Ambition Studio (Wild Ambition Studio) may have taken the initiative to arrange this collaboration. What could that mean, doge? Whatever the case, tonight is destined to be a carnival for Wangran CP fans! [Photos ×9]

On the evening of December 31, almost every entertainment platform devoted extensive headline coverage to the same story: superstars Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang had shared the stage for another duet after ten years.

Meanwhile, the entire Weibo comments section erupted. "Wangran CP" climbed to number one on the trending list, followed by a purplish-red [Explosive] tag. Neither star's fans could keep the comments under control.

[Aaaaaaaah, Mom, the couple I used to ship has come back to life!!!]

[Jolting upright from my deathbed-Grandma, the couple you shipped is onstage together again!!]

[Boohoo, ten years! Ten whole years! I never thought I'd live to see Wangran reunite.]

[Is this real? Snowball TV really is something. They managed to keep news this huge under wraps until the performance!]

[Sure enough, live long enough and you'll see anything. As a ten-year Wangran fan, I'm slowly lying down and quietly shedding tears.]

[What the hell are those comments? Isn't this just a business collaboration? Can the shippers stop getting carried away? Taking my Huiwang away, no thanks.]

[Are these marketing accounts making shit up? It's obviously just two people singing a duet, but you insist Ambition Studio arranged it? I think some washed-up nobody came crawling over to leech off his popularity.]

[The flop's fans are acting up again. Your daddy Xie Ran won the Jinzhou Award for Best Actor at twenty-two,

Best Actor,

while a certain flop is still doing idol dramas. Who's leeching off whom?]

[Holy shit??? Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang actually have shippers?????? I'm so confused!]

[Confused +1. Xie Ran and Fang Huiwang? Am I reading this right? These two were a ship?]

[I have mixed feelings. There are actually people who don't know Wangran... So we really are relics of a bygone era now?]

Xie Ran reclined on a sofa in Snowball Satellite TV's backstage lounge. He casually scrolled through his phone with one hand, his eyes lowered as he leisurely read the comments on Weibo. His other elbow rested on the sofa's armrest, his fingers gently pressing his temple.

His head was still a little dizzy.

The body he currently occupied was not his own, and he was still adjusting to it.

His real self was also named Xie Ran. He had been Huaxia's best-known business legend.

Yesterday, Zhuzi Technology, the business empire he had founded single-handedly, unveiled its latest research breakthrough. The company's stock hit its daily upper limit as soon as trading opened.

That evening, Xie Ran attended the celebration banquet. But after he returned to his apartment, his vision unexpectedly went black, and he lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, he had become this Xie Ran: a twenty-seven-year-old superstar with tens of millions of fans.

At the same time, he had also received this Xie Ran's memories.

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