When Su Chen found out he had been blacklisted by the entire delivery industry, even someone like himânormally cheerful and carefreeâcouldnât help but feel the weight of despair crashing down.
If fortune hadnât fallen into his lap, if he hadnât been chosen by the system, Su Chen wouldâve been content living an ordinary life. Just a regular guy, earning a living and enjoying the small things.
But the moment the God-Tier Delivery System entered his life, everything changed.
His mentality shifted. Little by little, he began to see himself as someone destined for more, someone who stood far above the crowd.
But now, all of it was being ripped away.
His entire system was built on delivering packages. Without that⊠it was as good as useless.
A treasure trove he couldnât even touch â a golden mountain sealed off from him.
Was there anything crueler than that?
ăDing! Due to the hostâs behind-the-scenes manipulation, Su Chen â the protagonist of the God-Tier Delivery System â has been blacklisted across the delivery industry. His system is now effectively disabled. Gained: 2000 Villain Points. Su Chenâs Protagonist Halo -100. Hostâs Villain Halo +100!ă
ăDing! Congratulations, Host. Villain Halo has surpassed the 4000 mark. Reward: 1x Social Relationship Bond Card.ă
While dining with Liu Yue and the others, Wang Haoran received two system notifications.
The first one, he expected.
Heâd already arranged for Cheng Rui to pull strings and ensure Su Chen couldnât work deliveries anymore. These rewards were simply the result of that action.
But the second message surprised him.
Curious, Wang Haoran quickly opened his system panel.
Sure enough, his Villain Halo had reached 4001, and there was a new item sitting in the inventory.
He tapped it, and the detailed description appeared before him.
Social Relationship Bond Card â one-time-use item, worth 8000 Villain Points. When used on a female lead (must be someone the host hasnât met in person yet), it forges a pre-existing social relationship. Possible results include: senior-junior from the same sect, childhood friends, confidants, ex-girlfriend, current girlfriend, and more. One relationship will be randomly selected upon use.
An item worth 8000 points⊠This thing was clearly valuable.
From the description, the perfect candidate was obvious: Divine Doctor Bian Suwen.
If he rolled the âcurrent girlfriendâ bond, he could skip the slow-burn setup and dive straight into affection. Instant chemistry, instant progress.
Of course, that was the best-case scenario.
The worst-case? Drawing the âex-girlfriendâ bondâŠ
That would be a nightmare.
But⊠how likely was that?
Out of ten possible outcomes, nine were solid. Only one was a landmine.
Surely he wouldnât be that unlucky?
Wang Haoran reassured himself. Most of the bonds would give him some emotional leverage, some shared history that would make wooing her far easier.
All he had to do⊠was take the gamble.
Decision made.
Heâd been pretty lucky with draws in the past. No reason to think today would be any different right?
With a deep breath, he sent the mental command to the system.
ăDing! Are you sure you want to use the Social Relationship Bond Card on Divine Doctor Bian Suwen?ă
âYes.â
ăDing! Card activated. Congratulations! Relationship forged: Ex-Girlfriendă
ăDing! Bian Suwenâs current favorability toward Host: -70 (Intense Resentment)ă
Fuckkkkkkk!
A wave of negative emotion hit him so hard, he fumbled his chopsticks and knocked over his bowl.
Liu Yue, Qianwei, and the others all turned to look at him, puzzled.
âJust slipped,â Wang Haoran said with an awkward smile, trying to play it off.
No one pushed further, but inside, he was screaming.
One in ten! ONE in TEN! And he hit the damn landmine!
He shouldâve never touched that cursed card. All it did was turn what couldâve been a smooth conquest into a nightmare.
So far, heâd met plenty of female leads. Some are easier to win over, some are a bit prickly.
But none had ever started at -70.
âIntense resentmentâ wasnât a starting point â it was a death sentence.
How the hell was he supposed to pursue her now?
What was he gonna do â chase her with a -70 head start? Was he insane?
Swallowing his frustration, he mentally shouted at the system, âI want to cancel the bond!â
ăSystem Notice: Social Relationship Bond Card has already taken effect and cannot be undone directly. If Host wishes to remove the bond, please purchase a âBond Erasure Cardâ from the system store.ă
âWhat the fuck? You had that the whole time and didnât tell me earlier?!â Wang Haoran perked up instantly and scrambled into the system marketplace to find it.
It wouldâve been better if he hadnât checked at allâbecause the moment he did, his hand slipped, nearly knocking over his bowl with his chopsticks.
The cost of a Bond Erasure Card was 16,000 Villain Points!
Even though heâd amassed quite a bit by nowâ23,000 Villain Points in totalâthose hadnât come easy. Every point was earned drop by drop. Spending over two-thirds of it in one go? Absolutely not.
Without hesitation, Wang Haoran gave up the idea of buying that card.
He silently stuffed a few mouthfuls of rice, slowly calming the irritation in his chest.
Only then did he turn his attention back to the new âmemoriesâ that had been implanted in his mind.
Once the Social Relationship Bond Card took effect, heâd gained a full set of fabricated past experiences with Bian Suwenâmemories as vivid as if they had really happened.
According to these memories, the two had met two or three summers ago during a vacation. At the time, he had fallen seriously ill, and Zhen Li had personally invited the renowned miracle doctor from the Imperial Capital, Bian Suwen, to treat him.
During the course of the treatment, the two fell in love. They got together, swore eternal devotion to one another, and shared a brief, passionate romance.
But good things didnât last. Soon after, Wang Haoran met another womanâXu Muyan. His heart shifted, and just like that, he broke up with Bian Suwen.
Heartbroken and furious, Bian Suwen left without looking back.
That was the general outline.
But as Wang Haoran reviewed the details, a strange awkwardness began to creep in.
Back then, he had been sixteen or seventeen at most. Bian Suwen wouldâve been around twenty-one. The idea that the two had fallen in love so intensely, even exchanging vows of undying affection?
Absolutely absurd.
Yet this was the âhistoryâ fabricated by the systemâforced into existence by the logic-defying power of the Social Relationship Bond Card.
There was no helping it. When the system wrote a script, logic didnât always get a seat at the table.
What made it worseâwhat really left Wang Haoran frustratedâwas that despite this so-called ârelationship,â Bian Suwen had remained pure. Their entire romance had gone no further than holding hands.
Holding hands?!
He felt like spitting blood.
So not only had the system saddled him with another complicated female lead, but he hadnât even gotten
any real benefit
out of it? What a scam!
Still, complaints were just complaints. Bian Suwen had already entered the scene, and he had no choice but to deal with her.
From Liu Yueâs earlier conversation, he already knew that Bian Suwen would be arriving in Qingling the morning after tomorrow.
Now that he was getting more entangled with the sisters, a meeting was inevitable. There was no avoiding it.
With a sigh, Wang Haoran combed through the artificial memories once more. He needed to understand Bian Suwenânot just the version in his memories, but the one who would appear in front of him.
And more importantly, he had to start planning how to deal with her.