I snagged a bargain in a melodramatic novel and became incredibly wealthy!

Caiyi was wearing a sleeveless, jacquard embroidered white casual cheongsam with frog buttons. Casual cheongsams are flattering for all body types.

Her hair was dry and yellow, dripping with water; her skin was pale, but unhealthy; her face was thin and emaciated, with prominent cheekbones; on her pointed oval face were a pair of bright and beautiful eyes.

Bright and expressive eyes, that's all there is to it.

"My God, girl, how did you get so thin?" Xu Ya knew she was thin, but she didn't expect it to be this exaggerated.

The bones are prominent, and beneath the fair skin, the bluish veins are clearly visible.

Caiyi pursed her lips and obediently sat down on the chair as Xu Ya pulled her to do so. Xu Ya dried her damp hair, the breeze gentle and warm.

Xu Ya smoothed her hair and gently blew on it, saying, "Girl, when you're doing things... think about your health too."

"Only when you are healthy can you serve your country, right?"

Cai Yi responded softly, "Mm."

Xu Qingming chuckled as the loving mother and filial daughter picked up their clothes and went into the washroom.

He looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a white jacquard embroidered Chinese-style top and matching white trousers, and remained silent.

When Xu Qingming came out, Cai Yi and Xu Ya's eyes fell on him simultaneously.

"Auntie, are these your wife's clothes?" Caiyi asked, looking down at the clothes she was wearing.

Xu Ya waved her hand and said irritably, "I wish I had a wife."

"My son is almost thirty and still doesn't have a girlfriend, let alone a wife."

Xu Qingming coughed lightly, sounding awkward: "Mom."

"Mom what!" Xu Ya put down the comb, tied Cai Yi's hair into a Nezha bun, and nodded with satisfaction. "You dare to be single, are you afraid of what I say?"

Caiyi chuckled to himself, "Auntie, you and your son have such a good relationship."

Xu Ya dressed Cai Yi up and left without lingering.

Her son clearly has something important to discuss with this girl.

"You had surgery yesterday, and you can get out of bed now?" Caiyi asked curiously.

Xu Qingming was also a little surprised: "After the surgery, my body felt surprisingly relaxed."

"Sure enough, Granny's kidneys are extraordinary." Caiyi picked up a bunch of Shine Muscat grapes from the fruit basket, took a bite, and the flesh burst open, sweet and juicy.

"Theirs?" Xu Qingming patted his chest, somewhat surprised.

“Yes, I thought we shouldn’t waste it.” Caiyi’s cheeks were puffed out, but that didn’t stop her from speaking. “If it’s on the ground for less than three seconds, I can pick it up, wash it, and still use it.”

Besides, it wasn't dropped on the ground; it was thrown directly into her hand.

Xu Qingming: "..."

He unconsciously pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, "When did you discover that their...were usable?"

"Just guessing," Cai Yi replied without hesitation.

"...You guessed quite accurately." Xu Qingming smiled, her beautiful face beaming.

"You must have discovered these crazy people when you let me join the company." Cai Yi's matter-of-fact expression made Xu Qingming chuckle.

He looked at Caiyi, nodded, and slowly began to explain.

Yes, he did discover it; he discovered it when Zong Chai first dug into Xiao Baihua's kidney.

Holding the arrest warrant, he didn't think much of it and went to the Zong Group with his men. However, apart from him, no one else seemed to be able to see the arrest warrant.

He chose to take matters into his own hands, and Zongchai was arrested. Less than twenty minutes later, orders came down that he was released, saying that there was no evidence.

Despite having complete evidence, they acted as if they were blind, turning a blind eye.

He didn't give up and planned to collect evidence again.

When the clan attacked for the second time, he arrived ahead of time, thinking he could save Xiao Baihua, but something strange happened.

He couldn't move, so he just watched as Zong Chai dug out Xiao Baihua's kidney, and then... they left hand in hand.

The entire incident was recorded by a camera on his body, and with the evidence collected, he... was released.

Xu Qingming, unwilling to give up, kept staring at Zong Chai. Suddenly, he collapsed to the ground and was taken to the hospital by his men.

The doctor said he has a kidney problem and needs a transplant.

He frowned, finding it somewhat unbelievable. His family had two physical examinations every year, so how could they suddenly have kidney problems?

He felt it was illogical, and then he inadvertently learned that it was the Zong family hospital.

Countless doubts and coincidences strung together in my mind.

Caiyi didn't answer him, but instead asked him a question: "Do you usually read novels?"

Xu Qingming nodded: "I saw it."

Caiyi stared wide-eyed in surprise: "I really didn't know you liked these things."

Xu Qingming: "..."

Judging from their expressions, they must be looking at different things.

“Don’t novels always have protagonists?” Caiyi picked up a plump apple and started munching on it. “You can think of the crazy couple as the protagonists.”

Xu Qingming: "..."

“In the protagonist’s world, we are just background characters, unable to interfere.” After saying that, Cai Yi started snapping pictures of the apple.

"Is there really no way?" Xu Qingming didn't believe it. "Man can conquer nature."

"Yes, but not entirely." Cai Yi pulled out a tissue and wiped the juice from between her fingers. "Anger, extreme anger."

She paused for a moment, then said, "Anger can take us out of the story, but... it can't interfere with the story."

“The protagonist’s world is protected by the world’s will.” Cai Yi looked at Xu Qingming, who seemed to be deep in thought, and said something that sent chills down his spine: “If we intervene, the current plot will change, and it may forcibly correct the plot.”

"The correction process... will kill people. Those who die will either be those of us who changed the plot, or innocent people."

Xu Qingming looked pale, and his sickly appearance grew stronger.

Caiyi patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Don't be so serious."

"Although we can't interfere, we can take advantage of the chaos."

Caiyi raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

Xu Qingming remained silent, her expression somewhat lewd.

He asked, "...How do I do it?"

"Their hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, and kidneys are precious organs," Cai Yi said with a smile, stroking his chin. "We can—"

Xu Qingming interrupted her: "Illegal and disorderly conduct is prohibited."

Caiyi rolled her eyes: "What are you thinking! I'm a law-abiding good kid."

"What I mean is, we can pick up the scraps; the main character has tons of good stuff on him."

"They're just wasting their time everywhere. It would be better to use them for the country; that would be fulfilling a citizen's duty."

Xu Qingming: "..."

"What's with that expression?" Caiyi pointed to his kidney area. "This one on your body, you found it."

"Look at you, it hasn't been long, and you can already get out of bed."

"These can save dozens of lives, and if we hand them over to the state, they might even be used to develop artificial organs."

“There aren’t that many patients dying from organ problems every year.”

In those melodramatic novels I used to read, there were so many main characters that it was enough to make your scalp tingle.

But—there are also many good things!

She knew because she had seen it, and she remembered because she had a photographic memory.

“Miss Caiyi, are you willing to help the country?” Xu Qingming looked at her sincerely.

“Of course!” Cai Yi looked back, but, “You have to prepare my ID card and mobile phone. I’m a beggar, I don’t have these things.”

Xu Qingming nodded. He had already instructed Wei Yan via mobile phone to prepare her ID card, a mobile phone, and a copy of her employment contract when she checked Caiyi's information.

Mobile chat interface:

Wei Yan: How old are you?

Xu Qingming: ...Wait a minute.

Xu Qingming looked at Cai Yi's youthful face and remained silent.

They probably won't employ child labor...

He still asked, "Miss Caiyi, how old are you this year?"

“19 years old.” Caiyi felt that his way of addressing her was strange. “Don’t add the word ‘girl’, it sounds weird.”

“Okay, Caiyi.” Xu Qingming readily agreed, his neatly manicured fingers tapping lightly on his phone.

Xu Qingming: 19 years old.

Wei Yan: ...Tomorrow at eight o'clock.

Caiyi tapped on the match-3 game on her phone, yawned, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She was so bored. There was nothing on her phone except for a Candy Crush game, and she didn't dare to download anything else.

She was playing a match-3 game while stealing glances at Xu Qingming.

Xu Qingming wasn't dead, so he could naturally sense her gaze: "Caiyi, what's wrong?"

"I..." Caiyi's eyes darted around for a while before she came up with a reason, "I'm going to check on the crazy couple next door!"

After saying that, he handed the phone back to Xu Qingming, grabbed the fruit basket, and ran out in a flash.

Xu Qingming: "..."

He was worried, so he followed.

……

Caiyi, carrying a fruit basket, leaned casually against the open hospital room door, munching on a pear and watching the show.

Xu Qingming walked over and stood quietly beside her, watching the show.

Caiyi handed him an apple.

Xu Qingming took it but didn't eat it.

In the ward.

Zongchai held the chicken soup, gently blowing on it as he tenderly fed Bai Yue: "Yue'er, come here."

Bai Yue coughed lightly, her beautiful eyes showing signs of illness: "Brother Zongchai, go take care of Sister Baihua... I'm fine, cough cough..."

As she spoke, she clutched her chest and coughed violently.

Zong Chai frowned and said impatiently, "She's very healthy. She's only lost half a kidney. What could possibly happen to her!"

"As for you, you just had surgery, so get some rest and don't worry about her."

"Come on, open your mouth."

As Xiao Baihua watched the loving scene between the two, tears streamed down her face. She bit her lip tightly, trying not to cry out loud.

The door to the ward.

Caiyi shook her head. What a fine young girl, she just had to be so love-struck, and she's made herself like this.

A top student from a 985 university, from a well-off family, and pampered by his parents.

I fell in love with an idiot I shouldn't have, and I'm deeply in love with him, unwilling to extricate myself.

The family was torn apart as a result.

Is this relationship absolutely necessary?

Cai Yi, who had appeared at some point, sat down beside Xiao Baihua's sickbed and asked, "Aren't you feeling unwell?"

Xu Qingming tilted his head to look to the side, then looked towards the ward: "..."

Xiao Baihua turned her head blankly to look at Cai Yi, forgetting to shed tears, and murmured in a sobbing voice, "...It hurts."

"Here, have an apple." Caiyi handed her a bright red apple.

Xiao Baihua lowered her head, looking at the apple in her palm. Her grievances reached their peak, and tears dripped onto the apple.

Apart from her parents, no one... comforted her anymore.

Caiyi picked up an apple, put it in her mouth, and took a bite. The "crunch" sound echoed in the ward.

Zong Chai turned his head, his cold gaze falling on the apple in Xiao Baihua's hand, his anger rising: "Xiao Baihua, Bai Yue is like this!"

"You still have the appetite to eat? That's heartless!"

Caiyi: "..."

What a piece of idiot!

You can feed others, but she can't?

Xiao Baihua looked at the apple in her hand with guilt. Yes... Bai Yue was so sick, and she was still eating.

She looked up at Zongchai with teary eyes: "...I'm sorry, Zongchai."

Caiyi stared at the apple in the trash can, his heart screaming like a squeaking chicken: Wasting food is shameful!

She got out of bed, picked up the apple from the trash can, and wiped it clean on Xiao Baihua's bed.

The clothes were given to me by a pretty lady, so I can't get them dirty.

Xu Qingming pinched the bridge of her nose. How come she was completely unaffected, still able to move and eat?

He didn't go in, afraid of being controlled by the plot. Right now, he only felt exhausted, not angry.

What kind of author could write a protagonist like this?