Water flowed down as droplets splashed on Yu Ru Bing's white shirt, her hands were propped on the sink, and her eyes were fixed on the person inside the mirror.
–Everything went back to the starting point, back to thirty minutes ago.
This was the twenty-third time she had returned to the starting point after jumping off the building.
"Damn it…"
She cursed.
She had lived for twenty-nine years, but never imagined that one day she would experience this kind of painful death!
But who could have expected that when she was just sleeping at home, she would then become another person with the same name after she opened her eyes!
Suddenly, a cold mechanical electronic sound echoed in her head: [Are you still being rebellious?]
Yu Ru Bing didn't respond to it, and after being silent for a long time turned around and walked out of the bathroom, her footsteps were calm, and her whole body had no trace of urgency.
She opened the window again, and her mood was still just as calm, it didn't change at all, she even found time to turn her head to say hello to Xu Zao Zao who had just returned: "Hi."
She was calmly looking at Xu Zao Zao whose previous memory had been emptied: "Next, I will perform a show for you."
Xu Zao Zao had a dumbfounded look: "…What show?"
Yu Ru Bing: "A sit-up on the edge of death."
The twenty-fourth time.
...
Time went back, the sound of water was still the same as before, and the person in the mirror was still intact.
Yu Ru Bing couldn't help but feel irritated, her mouth felt unpleasant, and she instinctively wanted to chew something, something sweet.
She subconsciously touched her trouser pocket, however found that it was empty, then paused for a second, released a heavy breath, and turned around, but instead of lightly pulling the window open again this time she went back to her place and pulled out a chair, sat down, then lazily and helplessly adjusted her posture.
The system spoke again: [Not rebelling anymore?]
Yu Ru Bing was quite dissatisfied with this system that had grabbed her without permission, and she gave a sarcastic smile: "I'm tired and want to take a break, you disapprove?"
[… …]
[Give up, you are now the core of this world, except for dying in a normal ending, all your deaths will only make the world read the file again, even if you die a thousand times.]
Yu Ru Bing lifted the corner of her mouth in ridicule: "I want to go home, thank you."
[Why do you want to go back? Here you will have an unparalleled dazzling superstar halo, get the love of the best man, the most perfect family, and become the biggest winner in life, what's so bad about this?]
Yu Ru Bing sarcastically raised her eyebrows: "The best man? You mean after coldly marrying his wife, derailed it in the name of love, slept with several women and still wanted the heroine to keep herself pure for a stinky stupid shit like him?"
Thirty minutes ago, she was inexplicably stuffed into this body, became the protagonist of this world, and was now being forced to instill a change in the plot of the story. The character set by the male lead Qiu Yun Li only gave her a "stinky and stupid" impression.
This kind of male lead was mainly found in TV series, because if you put him in the real world, he'd definitely be scolded in the hot search list, and be blasted non-stop.
She had no doubt that Qiu Yun Li used his family to become the male lead through the back door.
Now to let her follow this stupid love affair, she might as well die a thousand times. Ten million times was also fine.
"This is called the best?" Yu Ru Bing clicked her tongue, and politely invited, "Come, come here, you're the one who deserve this extremely beautiful love."
The system had never seen someone like her before, such a disobedient host, it kept silent for a while before it continued to say: [The real-world time has stopped for the host, asking the host to please start repairing the BUG immediately– female supporting character Tang Han Qiu. After the restoration is completed, you can return to the real world, and get the wealth of the female supporting character].
Yu Ru Bing: "Fix a fart, this is robbery."
In the plot she saw that the female support Tang Han Qiu's life was controlled by the system, like a puppet she acted the part of the vicious female villain, finally when her self-consciousness awakened and in addition to the loophole that appeared in the system, she was able to be released from its control, then ended her absurd life in suicide.
The memories left in her mind told her, that presently Tang Han Qiu had broken the silver chain on her head after hitting Yu Ru Bing, which made her self-consciousness awaken again, and following her own will showed signs of resisting the male lead, while also becoming friendly towards the female lead.
She believed that Tang Han Qiu herself was very kind and friendly, and with a spirit of rebellion she had her own concept of right and wrong which wasn't a problem at all. Because when she saw Tang Han Qiu die in defiance of the systems control, she wanted to immediately stand up and applaud her, then congratulate her for freeing herself.
If a person couldn't be themselves, and could only live as a puppet, then what's the point of living?
BUG? This stupid system was the BUG?
Appearing inexplicably, wanting people to repair another person who was completely fine, was it still possible to make Tang Han Qiu change back to a vicious female support to make the female lead suffer?!
Does this system have the tendency to abuse?!
And to get the wealth of the female support, wasn't this just asking her to rob the money of the female support?
Absolutely impossible, she still had the basic principles of life.
[Asking the host to please figure it out, if you want to go home, there is no other way but to fix the BUG. If the BUG isn't eliminated in a day, then you have to stay in this world for another day. If the BUG never disappears, then you will have to stay in this world forever.]
She wasn't even afraid of death, so would she still be afraid of staying in this world?
Yu Ru Bing slumped on the chair looking helpless, then fearlessly said: "I won't fix it, you can just kill your father if you don't agree."
[… …]
The system didn't do anything, because Yu Ru Bing also accurately pointed out that it wouldn't do anything.
After being forced into the plot, she also waved a popular science. There was actually more than one system, and there were many types which was distributed based on the situation of the host.
Because her task was to fix a BUG, she was assigned an auxiliary type system, it was useless except in assisting her in turning Tang Han Qiu back into a vicious female support, and it did not have the function of punishing the host, just like an incompetent supervisor.
The system then simply changed the way it operated, and started to mechanically repeat in her mind: [Asking the host to please fix the BUG Tang Han Qiu immediately, asking the host to please fix the BUG Tang Han Qiu… …]
Yu Ru Bing was calm, letting it crazily bombard her brain like a repeater.
It annoyed then let it annoy, the breeze only brushed the hill.
Repeating this for about ten minutes, the system continuously poured the message in her mind, then changed and repeated another one: [Repair method one: Please host you can use your own method, damage Tang Han Qiu's self-confidence, deny her self-consciousness, and smash her psychological defense, then give the system time for the repair.]
Damage, deny, smash.
Killing a person by punishing the heart, that's all!
Yu Ru Bing finally moved and was in a bad temper: "No, no fixing, get lost!"
The system finally stopped its annoying repetition, and said some encouraging words: [Nothing is difficult in this world–]
Yu Ru Bing: "As long as I give up."
The system: [The temptation of money is endless, you might say no now, but you will be really fragrant in the future, the essence of man is Wang Jing Ze.]
Yu Ru Bing: "Woof."
[… …] The system found itself speechless again, [Can you stop doing this?]
"Yes," Yu Ru Bing said, "Let me go back, and I'll stop arguing with you."
The system refused: [I advise you to give up, you cannot walk away without completing the task.]
Then Yu Ru Bing wondered: "Why is it me? It can't be because we have the same name, right?"
The system did not admit, nor deny it.
So Yu Ru Bing went with the flow: "You think of a way to let me go back, and I'll immediately take the household registration booklet and change my name, I've even thought about the name, I'll be called 'Yu Bu Ru Bing', how about it?"
System: […]
[There is nothing to talk about.]
[If unable to complete the task, then you can't leave.]
Yu Ru Bing did not give up: "What about the original owner? What about the person in this body before I came? Let her fix it herself!"
The system ruthlessly said: [This is not what you should be asking, you just have to do the task.] Blocking all her hopes of going back.
This made Yu Ru Bing not interested in dealing with it again, her eyelids lazily drooped, then she gazed casually at the person in the mirror, her gaze finally stopping at the red mark that had slowly faded.
Recalling Tan Han Qiu's change, Yu Ru Bing suddenly had an idea.
Since the stupid system insisted that she fix Tang Han Qiu, then she wouldn't listen. Not only would she not fix her, but she'd also help Tang Han Qiu to become better, and more confident.
Resolutely trolling the system until the end!
...
Dong Bo drove neither too fast nor too slow through the quiet suburbs, then into the slowly opening iron fence gate where a bright green meadow emerged in front of him, and towards a vast area not too far away, stood a magnificent building, the overall style was simple and elegant, each and every decorations that were embedded contained the noble and extraordinary atmosphere of the owner.
The car stopped steadily at the door, and before Dong Bo could open the door, Tang Han Qiu already got out of the car, then her phone made a slight noise, she took it out to look, and found that Yu Ru Bing was calling.
Tang Han Qiu stood in front of the car door, and answered the phone: "Hello."
Yu Ru Bing asked: "Miss Tang, may I ask if you have time right now?"
This tone of voice was completely different from before, making Tang Han Qiu's eyebrows move: "I should be free later on, is something the matter Miss Yu?"
Yu Ru Bing smiled: "Then could you… lend it to me?"
Tang Han Qiu pondered about her tone of voice, on how she felt that it was different from the previous one, but did not delve too deeply into it, and calmly replied: "I will call you later."
Yu Ru Bing replied very politely: "Okay, thank you Miss Tang."
Tang Han Qiu hung up the phone and slightly looked up, there she saw a man standing on the steps.
The man was casually dressed, his dark hair faintly captured the slender appearance of an elderly person with traces of the vicissitudes of time visible on his face, but it was not difficult to see his upright facial features, he must have been a handsome young man when he was young.
His temperament was as steady as a mountain, he was dignified, and his clear black and white eyes were as sharp as an eagle as he looked at her from top to bottom.
Tang Han Qiu was the first to show a smile, and called: "Hello, Director Tang."
Tang He Tian glanced at the bluish-purple bruise on her forehead, and his face suddenly turned cold, grunted heavily, then turned around and walked in while dropping a sentence: "Come in with me!"
Tang Han Qiu obediently followed behind him, and didn't speak without being asked.
Tang He Tian asked: "You tell me by yourself, how did you get that?"
Tang Han Qiu replied: "Qiu Yun Li pushed me." There was no thought of concealing it at all.
Tang He Tian's steps paused: "Why did he push you? He thinks he can just push my daughter when he wants to push?!"
Tang Han Qiu also stopped, then told the whole story counting by fives and tens, including hitting Yu Ru Bing by mistake.
Tang He Tian listened in silence, his face darkened bit by bit: "Preposterous!"
"You're going to get engaged in a few days and he goes out to fondle the flowers and trample the grass! How did Qiu Hai Ning teach this son?!"
While they were talking, loud footsteps approached behind them, and a deep male voice followed: "Dad, Xiao Qiu."
Tang Han Qiu turned around and caught sight of a very handsome and energetic man.
Tang Mo Yuan wore a black suit, he had a brilliant complexion, wide shoulders, and narrow waist, he also had a tall stature, with his two slender legs wrapped in an ironed suit, he exuded the charm of a gentleman.
He stopped next to Tang Han Qiu, and the golden frame of his glasses shone slightly on the bridge of his nose: "You just a moment ago, said that Qiu Yun Li was fondling flowers and trampling grass?"
...
Far from the other side of Lan City, in the villa of the Qiu family, Qiu Hai Ning smashed the cup in his hand hard on the ground, pointed at Qiu Yun Li and cursed: "Nonsense! How do I usually teach you!"
He anxiously paced back and forth in front of the luxurious and spacious desk, feeling that there were dozens more white hair on top his head: "Tang He Tian dotes on Tang Han Qiu very much do you not know this?! You're actually going to offend Tang He Tian for an irrelevant woman, are you mad?"
Qiu Yun Li looked at the broken porcelain at his feet, clenched his fists, and stiffly said: "Dad, I don't like Tang Han Qiu, I don't want to marry her."
Qiu Hai Ning stopped, and his sharp eyes pierced him: "Like?"
"Can you sit firmly in my position? Do you have a say in this circle? Without the support of me and Tang He Tian, where are you coming from right now to have the qualification to talk about these unrealistic fantasies?"
Without absolute power and skill, don't try to do whatever you want in front of a huge capitalist.
"As long as you haven't yet become someone like Tang Mo Yuan," Qiu Hai Ning was annoyed and lighted a cigar, "Don't bloody fart at Lao-zi and then mention the word like!"
When he thought about Tang Mo Yuan, Qiu Hai Ning would become bitter with jealousy.
Tang He Tian had earlier already retired behind the scenes, so the eldest son Tang Mo Yuan naturally entered the Tang Group, used his power to eliminate the voice of grievances, and with his outstanding talent established the status and reputation as the new chairman of the Tang family, no one had disobeyed him so far.
He also had a strong team of lawyers who were invincible, and had never lost a battle.
They were all eldest sons, why was his family not as prosperous as Tang He Tian?
"Dad!" Qiu Yun Li indignantly justified himself, "You and Mom are the ones who ordered this marriage for me!"
Qiu Hai Ning breathed out a cloud of smoke, and coldly glanced at him: "Really? Then why do I remember that when someone heard me say that I would give my position to his younger brother, someone panicked?"
Qiu Yun Li: "…"
Qiu Hai Ning sighed, his anger slowly subsiding, and the tone that followed contained a lot of gentleness: "You are right to be ambitious, and Dad is very happy. But you must know, there are benefits that Tang Han Qiu can bring you that are beyond your imagination, compared to that female student who can't give you something the same."
"You listen to Dad, go and admit your mistake to Tang Han Qiu. She likes you very much, she won't be angry with you for too long. Women, you just have to coax them enough."
"As for that female student, wait until you have the strength then talk about it again."
Qiu Hai Ning exhaled a cloud of smoke, and said meaningfully: "Yun Li, such dead set women who likes you so much, and such a rich and obedient woman…"
"Can be controlled better than anything else in the world."
Because they have been fooled by love, they'll become stupid enough to not be able to distinguish right from wrong.
With Tang Han Qiu's obsession with Qiu Yun Li, Qiu Hai Ning was convinced that Tang Han Qiu was among the ranks of being stupid– as long as his son bowed his head a little, this stupid woman would immediately turn around.
Without exception.
...
Tang Mo Yuan put down the phone and looked at Tang Han Qiu: "Xiao Qiu how much do you think is appropriate?"
Tang Han Qiu had no experience in this, she looked at him while holding her chin, then casually said, "Thirty thousand?"
Then whispered to herself again: "Does it seem a little too much?"
Tang He Tian frowned, on the contrary he felt that thirty thousand was too little, and was suddenly distressed that his daughter was so soft-hearted about that bastard.
He was about to veto it when he heard Tang Han Qiu say with a smile again: "Then three million, not one cent less."
Tang He Tian paused and looked at Tang Han Qiu with a pleased expression.
Three million, good! Worthy of being his daughter!
Tang Mo Yuan was silent for a while, and then picked up the phone again: "The starting price is three million, see if you can add to it, the more the better."
Tang Mo Yuan and Tang Han Qiu exchanged a glance, they shared a deep understanding, and with a tone of unprecedented severity: "The Tang family will never let Qiu Yun Li go."
...
Coming out of the Tang mansion, Tang Han Qiu sat in the car, gazing unblinkingly out of the window. On her beautiful fine white wrist, she wore a Piaget's Limelight Gala watch.
The black wristband, rose gold case, and hands were surrounded by 62 dazzling round diamonds as it ticked minute by minute on the mother-of-pearl watch dial.
Her parents and older brother had supported her to cancel her engagement, and soon accepted the fact that she no longer liked Qiu Yun Li. Her mother and older brother also supported her to join Hua Yao so that she could open up her own world.
Only her dad was different, he wanted her to marry a good family, and didn't want her to work hard outside, because he felt that it was too tough, he didn't want his daughter to work hard just like how he had seen his own lover work hard in the past.
He had worked hard all his life, and his only wish was to make his wife and daughter live happily, without having to experience the hardships of the years gone by.
But Tang Han Qiu didn't have this idea, she just wanted to give it a try, wanted to make money, and didn't want to be a rich kid who would only eat, drink, and play.
After all, in her last life … she really wasted it for a long time, and caused too much trouble for her family.
Tang Han Qiu withdrew her thoughts, raised her hand then glanced at her watch– it was five thirty in the afternoon.
She then gave Yu Ru Bing a call.
Yu Ru Bing was standing in front of the hospital when the phone in her pocket suddenly rang, she took it out to take a look, and the caller note on the screen displayed six characters.
–Disobedient doll.