After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Ye Tai's gloating voice was too loud, and Jun Lanjin, with a cold expression, went over and kicked Ye Tai.

"Is there really no other way?"

Jun Lanjin felt a headache coming on and looked at Qi Yu.

Qi Yu looked at Xie Xing, then at Jun Lanjin, and finally slowly shook his head: "There's no way. Unless you truly love each other, once the mother Gu and the child Gu have settled in your bodies, they will immediately be able to sense your emotions."

"You will die of angina then."

Xie Xing: "..."

How did things turn out this way?

Xie Xing racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out.

She really wanted to dig open Luo Hanfeng's head and see what was hidden inside.

Luo Hanfeng spoke up amidst the silence.

With the mindset that he couldn't live, he might as well kill everyone else, and grinned: "In that case, I, Your Highness, will be happy to have Prince Jin by my side on the road to the Yellow Springs."

"Just shut up already." Xie Xing was really at his wit's end.

After a moment of silence, Jun Lanjin spoke up, "You may all leave. I have something to say to the two of them."

Qi Yu glanced at Xie Xing hesitantly.

Xie Xing waved to Qi Yu, signaling him to leave.

The area was quickly cleared away.

Jun Lanjin found a chair and sat down.

He crossed his long legs and said, "Now that you know we can hear your thoughts, summon the system in your mind."

Let's talk about it.

When Jun Lanjin said these words, his face showed an unusual calmness.

Xie Xing's heart tightened.

She looked up at Jun Lanjin.

But she found that Jun Lanjin's dark eyes were also looking at her, as if he had seen the surprise hidden beneath her calm exterior. Jun Lanjin laughed and said, "What's wrong, little liar? At a time like this, do you still want to lie to me?"

Jun Lanjin called her a little liar, meaning he knew the purpose behind her actions.

At that moment, Xie Xing felt as if he were in a freezing cave, his whole body was ice-cold, and he didn't know what to do.

She checked Jun Lanjin's favorability rating in the system's taskbar.

Still at 100% favorability.

This struck Xie Xing as utterly baffling.

"Why?" Xie Xing looked at Jun Lanjin with some confusion.

"Since you already know everything, why would you..."

"Why?" Jun Lanjin rested his chin on his hand and sighed softly.

Even now, he still looks relaxed, with a slight upturn at the corners of his lips, a smile in his eyes, though there's a hint of helplessness in that smile: "People, perhaps, are just drawn to someone if they focus their attention on them even slightly."

"Besides, you are an interesting and vibrant person, so it is only natural that I would like you."

Xie Xing was stunned.

She never expected that even now, Jun Lanjin would still remain calm and openly admit that he liked her.

There was a 100% level of affection for her, and even Jun Lanjin himself admitted it, but Xie Xing still couldn't believe that Jun Lanjin would like her when she had revealed her feelings.

Ignored, Luo Hanfeng slowly raised his head with a cold face, gritting his teeth and saying, "I'm not here to listen to your heart-to-heart talk."

Who cares whether you like it or not?!

All Xie Xing needs to know is that he likes Xie Xing!

However, neither Jun Lanjin nor Xie Xing paid any attention to him.

Xie Xing shook his head: "So, what is your purpose?"

She still couldn't believe that Jun Lanjin would fall for her without ulterior motives.

She didn't fall into the trap that Jun Lanjin had set for her in the name of love, so even when Jun Lanjin still liked her, Xie Xing was still able to calmly ask him the question.

What exactly is his purpose?

Jun Lanjin said, "Before you appeared, I had traveled all over the beautiful mountains and rivers, seen all things in the world, and had long seen through everything around me, including human nature and interests."

"It's as if everything here has been pre-planned. I know exactly what they should do and what they will do."

“Even power.” Jun Lanjin glanced down at Luo Hanfeng, his eyes looking at him as if he were looking at a toy.

"If it weren't for your appearance, which made me realize that this world is a book, and everything has already been set up, and this person could have become a tyrannical emperor above all others."

"Ha, after he ascended the throne, the people suffered and lived in war. Such a useless person is nothing more than someone who has some so-called destiny and can call himself a success."

"In reality, he didn't ascend to the throne on his own; it was women and his assistants who helped him."

"If the world were not ruled by a wise ruler, wouldn't it be ruined if it fell into the hands of such a person?"

Luo Hanfeng was envious.

He roared, "The world looks down on me, but I will climb to the highest peak and make everyone afraid to look up at me!"

"What do I care about what the world does?"

Luo Hanfeng's childhood was miserable, more so than anyone else's.

Therefore, he lacked empathy and had no compassion for the common people.

Such a person is not suitable to be an emperor.

Jun Lanjin pretended not to hear what he said and continued, "I originally wanted to see what tricks he could come up with, so I reluctantly played along with him."

"In the end, it was really disappointing. How could someone like that become the male lead?"

Jun Lanjin sighed softly.

Xie Xing: "..."

system:【……】

It truly feels like a character in a book has awakened and then delivers a fatal critique.

Jun Lanjin continued, "You only think this is a world in a book, but little do you know that this world has long been out of your control."

The system hidden behind Xie Xing finally spoke: [What do you know?]

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Jun Lanjin's lips curled into a smile, and he said leisurely, "Xie Yuze, you two should be familiar with each other, right?"

"He was reborn."

"He returns with memories of his past life and hatred, solely to kill Luo Hanfeng and Xie Mingzhu."

system:【……】

[What?! There's such an obvious bug?!]

Xie Xing was also stunned.

No wonder she felt Xie Yuze was different; now she knew.

"The world is different now."

The system asked: "So what do you want to trade?"

Jun Lanjin said, "Now that your mission is complete, I want you to take me away from this world as well."

what? !

Xie Xing's eyes widened as he stared at Jun Lanjin in shock.

Jun Lanjin smiled and said, "The bargaining chip is Luo Hanfeng, who is in my hands."

"I heard that when he died, the world will collapse."

"At that time, both you and the system will likely be punished, right?"

Xie Xing and the system both fell silent.

The host and the system are inherently interdependent, sharing both prosperity and adversity.

I never expected such an accident to happen!