"What use are you? If you're useless, get lost."
Pure wickedness, right from his opening words.
[As expected of someone more poisonous than the deadliest poison.]
"Cut the crap. Keep yapping and I'll slap you across the face."
[I am the Wicked System. The host can earn Villainy Points through wicked behavior. With enough Villainy Points, the host's leukemia can be cured.]
"Cure me first, or go back where you came from." Xie Yuan lay leisurely in bed, not worried in the slightest.
[No. The system does not offer credit.]
Xie Yuan closed his eyes and ignored the system.
He had lost so much blood. He needed rest now. Whatever that system was, it could get lost if it didn't want to work.
[Host, that really isn't possible. We have no precedent for this.]
[Host, you're so capable. All you need to do is rip into the male and female leads a few more times, and you'll have enough Villainy Points.]
The system shouted anxiously inside Xie Yuan's head.
Xie Yuan closed his eyes and slept, completely unaffected by the noise the system was making in his head.
When he woke again, a breathtaking beauty was beside his bed.
Xie Yuan's eyes grew slightly warm, and the words rolled right off his tongue. "Hey, beautiful. Are you alone? Want to grab a meal together?"
The beauty raised a hand and smacked him. "With a mouth that sharp, you must be better."
"I'm not." Xie Yuan clutched his chest.
"Xie Yuan, what's wrong? I'll get the doctor." The beauty was about to leave.
He caught her with one hand. "Just take a look, and I'll be fine."
The beauty turned around, and he made a heart with both hands over his chest.
"Xie Yuan, are you asking for a beating?"
The beauty raised her hand, and Xie Yuan jumped straight to the other side of the bed.
"Sis, I was wrong." His apology was thoroughly spineless.
"You little brat."
The beauty shed tears, a sight that would move anyone to pity. Xie Yuan thought they were salty.
"Sis, don't cry. You're wasting salt."
Xie Ran laughed despite her anger. "You're bouncing around, so you're clearly fine. I'm leaving."
If she stayed any longer, she feared she would make herself sick.
At the ward door, she said, "Don't go looking for Gu Yanzhou or Su Wanyue again. I'll break off the engagement with the Gu Family."
Watching his sister leave, Xie Yuan recalled everything from this life. Comparing it with the book, he found that quite a lot of things matched.
But he couldn't agree with the claim that his eldest sister was a hopeless romantic.
And even if he hadn't awakened his memories of his previous life, he would never have left his inheritance to that crazy, two-faced bitch of a female lead.
It seemed there was something wrong with that book.
After three days in the hospital, Xie Yuan was discharged, fully recovered.
His leukemia had vanished overnight. He had only stayed an extra two days to cooperate with the hospital's many tests.
The Wicked System had agreed to Xie Yuan's demand on the second day and cured his leukemia.
In truth, Xie Yuan wouldn't budge, so the system had compromised.
Throughout his hospital stay, trending searches about Xie Yuan filled the internet.
All his wicked behavior in the ward had been livestreamed.
#Wicked rich young master#
#A poison-laced tongue that sends you straight to hell#
#Shocking! The most wicked rich heir in history#
#An astronomical compensation payout#
#The cutest face with the wickedest mouth#
Many of Su Wanyue's fans flooded the comments, all hurling abuse at Xie Yuan.
Yueyue is the prettiest: Some ugly people just love making trouble. Who does he think he is, bullying Yueyue?
Xie Yuan fired back directly.
Xie Yuan: Fans take after their idol. Su Wanyue's eyes don't work properly, and neither do yours.
Sexy female cockroach: Does being rich make you special? Bullying Yueyue, you piece of trash, Xie Yuan.
Xie Yuan: Being rich does make me special. Get lost, broke-ass.
Old Wang next door goes seven rounds: Yueyue is kindhearted. She won't stoop to certain people's level.
Xie Yuan: I'm wickedhearted. I specifically target the kindhearted.
He answered every comment, and every reply hit where it hurt.
He single-handedly took down Su Wanyue's entire fanbase.
During this time, his Second Elder Brother, Xie Mo, and eldest sister, Xie Ran, both called to ask whether he needed help.
Xie Yuan waved a hand. "This is nothing. If they keep yapping, I'll give Su Wanyue a few extra slaps next time."
Xie Mo and Xie Ran: "Little Three, hitting people is illegal."
Xie Yuan: "Then I'll do it somewhere out of sight and leave no evidence."
Xie Mo and Xie Ran: Is that what we meant?
On the night he was discharged, seeing that the buzz had died down, he acted.
Xie Yuan started a livestream.
Even the title was outrageously brazen.
[Fans of a certain Su, come get roasted]
The declining buzz instantly surged again.
"Your daddy hasn't had his fill of roasting you. Come on, let's keep this going."
The livestream comments flew by.
CP Xiefeng: Xie Dog, don't get too cocky!
"So what if I'm cocky? I'll even give you a few slaps and knock all your teeth out."
"Your daddy has money. I can afford the compensation."
Utterly wicked.
Bits and pieces: The Qing dynasty fell ages ago. You're still clinging to marriages arranged by parents and matchmakers.
Xie Yuan: "A brain is a wonderful thing. Too bad you don't have one."
"I wonder which disgusting paramecium latched onto my sister like a leech and wouldn't let go."
Not listening, not listening, the king is chanting: Exactly what you'd expect from someone with no parents to raise him. Not a shred of manners.
Xie Yuan: "You had parents to raise you, but I don't see any manners."
"Who deserves manners depends on whether they're human. Unfortunately, you're not, so you don't need any from me."
My dog has twenty pups a litter: Xie Dog, you've gone too far!
Xie Yuan: "Someone suddenly showed up speaking normally. I'm not used to it."
"Not as far as you. Making your dog have twenty pups a litter? Damn, bro. I'm genuinely worried for your dog."
The entire livestream became Xie Yuan's one-man show.
He cursed everyone from the haters' parents to their extended families, even dragging eighteen generations of buried ancestors out for a turn.
Finally, after Xie Yuan had spent two hours cursing people out, the livestream was banned!
For a while, trending hashtags were everywhere.
#Shocking! The savage who single-handedly cursed his livestream into a ban#
#Got your family tree ready? The roasting is starting#
#The savage who would even curse at a passing dog turns out to be him#
The waning buzz skyrocketed once again.
In the small hours of the morning, Su Wanyue posted an apology video on Weibo.
@Su Wanyue: Video [Crying and shedding tears. Sorry, I really didn't mean it.]
In under a minute, Xie Yuan claimed the top comment.
@Xie Yuan: I'll come slash your face right now, shed a few crocodile tears, and say sorry. I didn't mean it.
Gu Yanzhou's comment appeared immediately afterward.
@Gu Yanzhou: Yueyue, don't cry. It wasn't your fault to begin with. I'll always support you.
Xie Yuan replied to him in under ten seconds.
@Xie Yuan: Let's punch you in the nose and see whether you cry.
In short, wherever Su Wanyue and Gu Yanzhou appeared, Xie Yuan was sure to show up within a minute.
The two went quiet, not daring to stir up any more trouble.
Villainy Points shot up, and the Wicked System grew curious.
[Host, you're incredible! In just a few days, you've earned a fifth of the Villainy Points. What did you used to do?]
"Me... I killed without blinking. Sprinkle human flesh with salt, cure it for seven or eight days, fry it in hot oil, coat it in chili powder. Tastes like chicken, crunches with every bite, and makes the kid next door cry with craving."
The system shuddered.
[Host, I'm a good little system. You can go after the male and female leads, but you can't lay a hand on me.]
Its survival instinct was at full throttle.
"Depends on how you behave."
A week later came the livestream of the original novel's dating show, "Heartbeat Means Action," where the male and female leads' feelings deepened.
Just as Xie Yuan was about to call "Heartbeat Means Action" to sign up, the director approached him first.
"You're inviting me onto the dating show 'Heartbeat Means Action'?"
"You've got good taste. Aren't you afraid I'll curse the livestream into a ban?"
The director wiped his sweat. "Opportunity and danger go hand in hand. With you there, Young Master Xie, the livestream's traffic will definitely skyrocket."
Xie Yuan patted the director's shoulder. "You've got guts. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't curse you out."
After seeing the director off, Xie Yuan invested another ten million in "Heartbeat Means Action" under his own name.
The premiere day of "Heartbeat Means Action" arrived.
The moment the livestream began, its popularity soared, making it the number-one livestreaming show.
"Heartbeat Means Action" used a real-time, twenty-four-hour livestream format.
Besides the three pairs of guests announced by the production team, there were two additional mystery guests.
Anticipation was sky-high.
Comments scrolled furiously through the livestream.
[Wonderful! The romance between Cinderella and a wealthy CEO is about to unfold.]
[The Yue-Yan CP is the best.]
[Yueyue and President Gu can finally show their love openly.]
[Hahaha, I hope Xie Dog watches the livestream every day and gets mad enough to die.]
All the guests' statements appeared in the livestream.
The statements were all made under code names, so no one knew which guest was behind each one.
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