System S could not directly erase a character's existence, but it had other ways to make Shen Yeqing disappear from the main storyline.
Just like the system punishments inflicted on transmigrators in novels, whenever Shen Yeqing approached any key character in this book, System S would punish him with electric shocks.
At first, he tried to resist.
To understand this so-called novel world, he read countless novels, trying to unravel its rules.
Whenever he did, System S would appear to crush his hopes.
[System S: These words printed on the pages form a story, and they also constitute a world.] [System S: Just as words already printed cannot change, neither can a predetermined fate.] [System S: There have been supporting characters as ridiculous as you who tried to change their fate, but the systems in their books forcibly corrected them in the end. To this day, no one has succeeded.] [System S: I don't understand what you're protesting. Surviving was already an act of defying your fate. You should know that every second you spend breathing now is stolen.] [System S: As long as you swear never to appear in the key characters' lives again, you can continue living this stolen life. Isn't that good enough?] [System S: You should be content.]
But why should he be content?
He had merely survived, only to be accused of stealing his life. But this life had always been his. How could it possibly be "stolen"?
He did not want to be content. He wanted more.
He wanted to wait for Sister Liu to fulfill her promise. He wanted to see her again, to walk down this street beside her once more, and do everything he wanted to do with her.
Why did people have to be content?
*You only live