"You're here, so why bring her along? Are you just trying to cause trouble for yourself?" Ling Yi pointed at Shen Qingqing and said.
"Of course, I'll keep her by my side and torment her severely. She's bullied Shen Wanwan for over a decade. If I don't torment her, Shen Wanwan's resentment will never subside."
Shen Wanwan lifted Shen Qingqing's chin. "Tsk tsk tsk, so beautiful, yet with a heart of a viper. What a waste of such a pretty face."
"Tell me, how should I punish you?"
"Sister, I was wrong, please let me go!" Shen Qingqing took two steps back and shook her head desperately.
Zhao Yan's gaze felt unfamiliar to her, and Shen Wanwan's gaze felt equally unfamiliar.
But both of them gave her the same feeling: fear.
Both of them are Madman.
"It wouldn't be good if things got too messy on my wedding day, so..." Shen Wanwan said, a silver needle appearing in her hand at some point.
He pricked Shen Qingqing's neck.
"Then let's make you mute, Dongmei. Take her downstairs, find her a place to stay, and also change her into clothes that suit her current status."
"Yes, Prince Jun." Dongmei glanced at Ling Yi, and seeing Ling Yi nod, she pulled the panicked Shen Qingqing away.
Shen Wanwan sat down opposite Ling Yi Ling Yi and stared straight at him.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ling Yi was puzzled by Shen Wanwan's gaze.
"Imperial Jade Liquor?"
Ling Yi rubbed his forehead!
Clearly, Shen Wanwan had already guessed that he was also a time traveler.
Although both are time travelers, their concepts are completely different.
Shen Wanwan's time travel is part of the story's plot; it's inevitable and part of the narrative.
Ling Yi, however, is the true outsider.
"Odd changes, even remains the same?"
Ling Yi rubbed his face. "Do transmigrators always need a secret code?"
How are you?
Ling Yi rolled his eyes helplessly. "No need for secret codes. I'm different from you; I follow the Myriad Worlds path. This is just one stop on my journey."
" Myriad Worlds Flow? Is it that advanced?"
"Well, it's not really Myriad Worlds. I only need to travel through 999 worlds to go home. This is the sixth world I've traveled through."
Shen Wanwan frowned. "So, you'll leave after you complete your mission?"
"Right!"
"But what will happen to our children if you leave?"
Ling Yi rubbed his temples. What about the child? Is this child Ling Yi's?
Yes and no!
They thought Ling Yi's current body belonged to Zhao Yan, but the Zhao Yan of this world is gone; he is Zhao Yan.
So, this child is Ling Yi's, but also not Ling Yi's.
To be precise, Shen Wanwan's pregnancy was a plot device.
However, to say it wasn't Ling Yi would be somewhat irresponsible, since he is Zhao Yan now.
Yeah, it's a contradiction.
To say that Shen Wanwan was a pawn in the plot is to say that I myself was also a pawn in the plot, only in a much larger one!
"You're hesitating. Do you not want this child? Or do you not want your mother?"
"Forehead..."
"You're hesitating because even though you'll leave, you still have a way to come back, right? You scumbag, don't you want to take responsibility for me?"
"Um..."
No, it was you who did that to me, not me who did that to you. Who's the jerk here?
"You hesitate..."
"STOP! Stop right there! Good grief, you little mouth of yours! Did I ever say I wouldn't take responsibility for you? Did I ever say I didn't want you anymore?"
"Something seems off. Never mind, it doesn't matter. I'm in Soul Transmigration now, Soul Transmigration understand?" Ling Yi reminded him.
"I also Soul Transmigration! I transmigrated into Shen Wanwan's body, didn't I?"
"I'm using Zhao Yan's body now, and you're using Shen Wanwan's body, so whose child is it?"
Shen Wanwan's eyes widened. "Is this what you're worried about?"
"Shouldn't we be conflicted?"
"I'll just ask you one question: who was it that day, Zhao Yan or you?"
"Well, what you said isn't wrong, but..."
"Since it's you, then it's you. What's there to be conflicted about!"
"There are countless transmigration novels online, and 99% of them involve the Soul Transmigration into another body, while less than 10% actually possesses the body. Does this mean that these transmigrators, when they find women, get married, and have children in other worlds, will refuse to acknowledge them simply because it's not their own body?"
"Recognize!"
In reality, Ling Yi's dilemma wasn't about the child's custody.
What truly troubles him is the world giving him women again.
Yes, the fault in the first two worlds lies with Ling Yi.
Shen Mengli lost control of herself, Cheng Biyun was killed in the second playthrough due to plot, and Chen Qianqian was killed because of the mission.
But Shen Wanwan was a character forced into the plot.
It's a freebie from the storyline, should I take it or not?
"Go to hell! Go to hell! You're trash, fine. If you dare to offer it, then you dare to take it!"
Ling Yi simply stopped worrying about it and decided to let things take their course!
"What is your mission?" Shen Wanwan asked again.
"I have no mission, or rather, you are the mission. Whatever you want to do, that's my mission."
"I didn't understand." Shen Wanwan shook her head blankly.
"You are the Protagonist of this world, do you understand?"
"So, I, Shen Wan, transmigrated into a book as Shen Wanwan, and I was just a plot point in a book?" No wonder she was once a genius girl with an IQ of over 260.
It was immediately clear.
"The book I'm in is called 'Royal Power Surges, Love Lasts Forever!' and Shen Wanwan is just cannon fodder in the book," Shen Wanwan said, frowning.
" Shen Wanwan's storyline in the original book is not extensive; the true Protagonist is Shen Qingqing. In the original description, Shen Wanwan is a fat woman who is gluttonous, lazy, and has a violent and shrewish personality."
" Shen Qingqing's decision to have someone kill Shen Wanwan right from the start is also to highlight Shen Qingqing's ruthless and domineering personality. After all, these days, not all Protagonist are righteous."
" Shen Qingqing belongs to the kind of Protagonist's rather wicked."
"However, after I transmigrated and received all of Shen Wanwan's memories, I discovered that this was not the case. Shen Qingqing was indeed wicked, but Shen Wanwan was not lazy, gluttonous, or violent!"
"The claim that she's lazy and gluttonous because she's been given a slow-acting poison that prevents her from feeling hungry no matter what she eats, and that she's violent and shrewish, is utter nonsense."
"This poison makes people increasingly fat and hungry, and this hunger can cause mental breakdowns, leading to frequent emotional outbursts. However, Shen Wanwan has never harmed anyone."
After a pause, Shen Wanwan looked at Ling Yi and asked, "So, since I'm the Protagonist, what's the real name of this book?"
"The Transmigrated Fat Girl, Little Duke, Don't Run Away!"
"This sounds like a female-oriented novel, so I'm the female lead and you're the male lead?"
"Right!"
What about the ending?
"The chubby girl loses weight and becomes a stunning beauty; the male lead, Zhao Yan, a minor duke, eventually ascends to the throne and becomes the new emperor of the Da Zhou Kingdom; you become the empress and even give birth to twins, a boy and a girl."
Shen Wanwan touched her belly. "Twins? That sounds good!"
Then, she leaned closer to Ling Yi and smiled, "Am I a stunning beauty?"
"Yes!"
"This is the sixth world you've traveled to. In the previous five worlds, did you have any women?"
There are three!
Are they as beautiful as me?
"No, no!" Ling Yi shook his head.
Indeed, no. This Shen Wanwan is the most beautiful of all the female leads and supporting actresses Ling Yi has ever seen. To describe her as stunningly beautiful would not be an exaggeration at all.
Shen Mengli, Cheng Biyun, and Chen Qianqian are all very pretty, but they are just a little bit lacking.
"You're quite honest; you didn't lie!"
Ling Yi didn't want to continue the topic, so he leaned back, moving slightly away from Shen Wanwan.
There was no way Ling Yi could resist that face; it was just too handsome.
"What are your plans going forward? Will you stick to the original storyline, or something else?"
Shen Wanwan rested her chin on her hand, tapped her cheek with her finger, and tilted her head as she asked, "You've already taken control of the court and can become emperor at any time, right?"
"Right!"
"Then you can be the emperor, and I'll stay the empress."
"Actually, you could be an empress."
"What's so great about being an empress? It's exhausting, a constant stream of trivial matters. All I have to do is be a good empress, laze around in the palace, and wait to die."
"But I don't want to be emperor!"
"What are the conditions for you to leave this world? The end of the story, or completely destroying the story?"
This woman is really quite clever; she actually thought of that.
"Anything is fine."
"What if we just give up and give up?"
"One year later, when the story's timeline is complete, you can leave."
"Is it enough to just go through the story timeline?"
Ling Yi nodded. "That's true, but in the worlds I've traveled to before, I've never completed the entire timeline of the story!"
That's how the system is set up, so Ling Yi can really just slack off.
In reality, what truly disrupts the plot is not the plot itself, but rather the awakening of the characters within it.
For example, characters like Qin Feng, Qin Wuyang, and Qin Shuang in the first world.
Even if Ling Yi does nothing, just being around Ling Yi will trigger the initial awakening of characters in the story, allowing them to break free from the established narrative.
Stepping outside the storyline naturally disrupts the storyline.
"After you leave, you can return to this world at any time, right?" Shen Wanwan asked again.
Ling Yi glanced at the system interface; the backdoor to this world had been opened.
So he nodded and said, "That's true."
"That emperor sees you as a thorn in his side. Are you sure that if we just give up, the old emperor won't cause trouble? Can we really keep giving up like this?"
"It doesn't matter. He can't cause any trouble. The entire court is now under my control."
"Then let's just give up!" Shen Wanwan said, stretching.
"In my previous life, I spent almost every day on edge, never relaxing for a moment. Let's just laze around for a while, and if Bored, we can go and do something else, okay?"
"Fine, you're the Protagonist anyway, so you get to decide!" Ling Yi said indifferently.
"But before that, I need to avenge my original self, otherwise the resentment of the original self will linger, and it will feel very awkward."
"Just let me know if you need my help."
"No need. It's just a Xiaoxiao Shen Family and Shen Qingqing. I have plenty of ways to deal with it."