Just one minute before the class bell rang, Ji Mu returned to class right on time.
The moment his figure appeared at the doorway, the noisy classroom instantly fell silent.
Fear, contempt, curiosity...
Various emotional gazes focused on him.
After that dramatic and abstract experience this morning,
People couldn't help but notice this previously unremarkable four-eyes.
Regarding suddenly becoming the class's center of attention, Ji Mu remained indifferent, completely unaffected.
Calmly accepting everyone's scrutiny, he walked straight to his seat.
Seeing his nonchalant attitude, the floating system sprite clicked its tongue in amazement.
[Looks like your actions today had quite an impact, Host. They all seem pretty scared of you now.]
"That's perfectly normal."
Taking out the textbooks needed for the next class, Ji Mu replied casually.
"Anyone would be traumatized after being attacked with a poop-covered mop."
Do you understand the gold content of being the Mop Warrior!
The system gave a thumbs up, repeatedly praising him.
[As expected of Host, when you make a move, it's earth-shattering!
Ji Mu remained noncommittal.
Noticing that no one in class could see the system floating in front of him, he asked mentally.
"By the way, they can't see you?"
[Of course not. My current state is just a data manifestation. Only you, my contracted host, can see me.]
"I see."
That was pretty much what he had thought.
Suddenly sensing something, he raised his head and turned, his gaze meeting a pair of clear, beautiful eyes.
Caught in the act of stealing glances, Ruan Qingqing's face quickly turned red.
She hurriedly lowered her head, her fair ears turning crimson beneath her hair.
Ji Mu raised an eyebrow.
Was he really that scary that she couldn't even maintain eye contact?
[Probably because Host's heroic image from this morning left too deep an impression.]
Reading the young man's confusion, the system offered its insight.
[Haven't you noticed how everyone else in class is avoiding you like the plague? It's normal for a young girl to be scared.]
Ji Mu understood.
"Makes sense."
Not wanting to dwell on this topic, he went straight to the point.
"The female protagonist you mentioned earlier, you mean Ruan Qingqing?"
[Yep, yep.]
The system nodded like a pecking chick.
[Host, would you like me to transfer the original plot to you?]
Ji Mu gave a light "mm" in response.
With his agreement, unfamiliar content instantly flooded his mind.
Rubbing his temples to ease the pain from the memory rush, he began sorting through the plot.
"She's More Enchanting Than Perfume"
One of the four merged romance novels in this world.
It mainly told the story of a poor girl encountering different handsome men, and finally achieving happiness with them through her perseverant and kind nature.
Simply put, it was a reverse harem novel.
Because nearly 90% of the content was related to adult themes.
The female lead was fair-skinned and beautiful, with a soft, delicate figure.
She possessed a natural fragrance that attracted men, and her constitution was as resilient as a spring.
No matter how many "battles" she went through the night before, she would recover completely by the next day as if nothing happened.
And the male leads were like Teddy dogs in heat all year round, only thinking about what positions to use with the female lead.
The entire book was basically either describing intimate scenes or leading up to them, with absolutely no logic to speak of.
Recalling the peculiar activities of the male and female leads in the text, Ji Mu, having digested all the plot, fell into contemplation.
Group activities and reverse harems.
Such trendy elements.
Should a country bumpkin like me be exposed to this?
"System, are you sure the female lead needs me to change her perception of men?"
Just from the book's portrayal, you could say her favorability was already at max.
Female-oriented novels are truly terrifying!
[Host, that's just the novel's plot, quite different from the current merged world.]
Seeing the young man's reaction, the system sprite felt somewhat sympathetic.
After all, in the previous loop when it was still a passerby system, it had also underestimated this task like him.
Ignoring warnings from superiors, it slacked off in system space after issuing the task, and by the time it discovered the plot breakdown and impending world destruction, it was too late to remedy anything.
[In this world, the female lead Ruan Qingqing developed an extreme aversion to men because she was almost molested as a child.]
With this factor, forget about doing those things with the male leads, she even strongly resisted physical contact.
[Although she still has a submissive personality, it's fundamentally different from the original.]
Ji Mu tapped his fingers, pondering before expressing his thoughts.
"If the female lead's aversion to men stems from childhood trauma, couldn't the male leads slowly heal her?"
They are the male leads after all, surely they could manage at least this much.
[Host, you've got it completely wrong.]
The system crossed its arms behind its back, heaving a long sigh.
[Without them, Ruan Qingqing probably wouldn't hate men so much.]
Compared to the nightmares from her childhood experience,
These guys were clearly heavyweight contributors.
Not only did they fail to heal her, they actually accelerated her descent into darkness.
"Don't tell me..."
Hearing this, Ji Mu had a vague guess.
"When you mentioned plot characters breaking down due to too many novel mergers, you meant them?"
[More or less.]
The system explained.
[But they didn't break down much, just lowered moral standards, the characters themselves are still pretty similar to their original descriptions.]
[The main thing that makes these bastards disgusting is that they'd stop at nothing to get Ruan Qingqing.]
At this point, disgust appeared on the system's little face.
[On the surface they act proper and caring towards the female lead, but behind the scenes they use all sorts of revolting methods to force her to be with them.]
Like instigating classmates to isolate and bully her, framing her for theft, spreading rumors everywhere, etc.
Similar incidents were countless, all aimed at making the female lead be abandoned by everyone so she would have to rely on them.
"..."
Ji Mu was stunned after hearing this.
"That's pretty extreme, isn't it?"
High EQ: What kind of isolation-type yandere?
Low EQ: Where did these lunatics come from?
The system shrugged.
[So after discovering the truth, the female lead predictably turned dark.]
It narrated what it had seen of the female lead's revenge when past scenes were replayed during this world's reset.
[First she pretended to go along with it, using her first time as bait, secretly making the male leads fight each other like dogs, then finding their weaknesses and taking them down one by one.]
[In the end, after all that fighting among themselves, these scumbag male leads not only failed to get her body, they didn't even get to kiss her before they died.]
The system paused, its tone somewhat gloating.
[Serves them right, they brought it upon themselves.]
Ji Mu stopped tapping the desk, raising his eyelids behind his glasses.
He turned to look at the girl seriously studying at her desk.
Her features were fair and beautiful without makeup, and her enchanting fox-like eyes added a touch of allure to her pure appearance.
The sunlight falling on her seemed to add a filter.
Like a flower silently blooming in spring.
Beautiful and stunning.
[Tsk, no matter how you look at her, she seems so soft and harmless.]
Following the young man's gaze to observe the girl, the childlike system shook its head like an old soul, its young voice full of regret and emotion.
[If not for experiencing the previous life, this system couldn't imagine the female lead would become such a gloomy and ruthless psycho in the future.]
Ji Mu quietly withdrew his gaze.
His pen spun a few circles between his fingers, tracing arcs in the light and shadow.
"Tsk, that's fierce."
Looks like this hundred million reward won't be so easy to earn.