The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

Su Ran looked around nervously.

"Who?"

【hurry up!】

A vibration came from his mind, and Su Ran opened his mouth, unable to come to his senses for a long time.

The mechanical voice emphasized again, "Please confirm whether you are bound."

"What if I don't?"

Is it a prank? Or just my imagination? I insulted her and then tried to tie her down. What can she do if I don't?

【…】

This is the first time the system has encountered such an uncooperative host.

Not hearing a reply from the thing in her mind, Su Ran smiled bitterly, "It really was an illusion."

She took off her shoes and stepped one foot into the river.

【! ! ! 】

The system is in a panic!

We finally found a host, she can't die! We absolutely cannot let her die!!!

[System initiated forced binding process! Countdown 3 seconds 321 Binding complete!]

The next thing Su Ran, who was being forcibly bound and interfered with, heard was this:

[The Beauty System is at your service. Please prepare to gain popularity, redeem special items, and reach the pinnacle of beauty!]

The ceaselessly flowing river that Su Ran had been looking at had disappeared.

A high-tech transparent screen appeared before my eyes.

A huge portrait was enlarged above it.

She had never seen such a beautiful woman, so radiant and splendid.

Her delicate eyebrows curved like a silver moon, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears like stars, her rouge-red lips as intoxicating as spring, and her black hair flowing like ink-splashed clouds; she was neither flower nor mist, as beautiful as a daffodil in a dream, charming and alluring.

Anyone who sees her will exclaim that she is stunningly beautiful.

[Host, this is your true form.]

A mechanical sound drifted over.

Su Ran was stunned.

If you look closely, you can see traces of her childhood features in the beauty's face.

However, so much time has passed that she has forgotten what she used to look like.

She tried the operating system interface and found that she couldn't click on anything except this picture.

[Host, this is just a binding process. You still need 10 popularity points to activate the shop.]

The beautiful woman on the screen turned into a string of data.

Name: Su Ran

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Height: 176CM

Appearance: -30

Temperament: 10

Talent: 80

Popularity: 0

Su Ran twitched her lips. Could this face even have negative qualities? Was that portrait just a pie in the sky for her?

[Host, as long as you work hard to gain popularity and exchange it for beauty products, you can become even more beautiful than the real you! Host, don't you want to change your destiny? With just ten popularity points, you can open the shop!] The system coaxed patiently.

"Change your destiny..."

Su Ran was stunned. She lowered her eyelashes and touched her rough face.

[Yes, you're already bound to this system, so don't even think about committing suicide!]

"?"

She asked hesitantly, "Do you think I'm committing suicide?"

"Isn't it obvious? He's already given his last words and stepped into the river. What else could he be but drowning the next second?" The mechanical voice, with a sarcastic tone, sounded rather strange.

Which sentence was the last word?

Human life is too bitter. It seems like God doesn't like me. He's taken away everything I love. I never want to come back in my next life. How wonderful it would be if I could become a beautiful butterfly like you.

The system mimicked her tone with a mechanical electronic voice.

"That's a feeling of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing emotion, reflection, and a sense of deep emotion

System: [...] Are humans all that complicated? A sigh, like the pain of separation or death.

What are your feet doing?

"Wash your feet."

Washing... feet?

You can feel the system's inner instability even through the screen.

"My face is covered in blood, and my feet are filthy. Am I really going to walk down the street like this without washing myself?"

She gave a wry smile, her soft voice like a gentle stream flowing by, leaving a cool trace. The seriousness on her face eased at the system's teasing tone, and her eyebrows lifted slightly.

"Hmm... well, you can go ahead and wash." The system's voice sounded inexplicably shy.

"Are you that butterfly?" Su Ran suddenly asked.

The originally snow-white ball of light behind the screen turned pink.

He said in a muffled voice, "So what if it is?"

Damn, the host's voice is so gentle.

Su Ran bent down to clean the bloodstains from her hands. Her hands were rough and her skin was cracked, unlike the hands of an eighteen-year-old girl.

The system seemed to find the silence unbearable; it felt that the host was too calm, too calm for a living person.

Hey, don't you want to change anything?

Thinking of the horrific scenes from today, Su Ran calmly replied, "Yes."

Why don't you ask me how to fix it?

"Didn't you say that as long as you gain popularity, you can exchange for special items and reach the peak of your looks?"

Oh, right.

Do you think I can gain popularity looking like this?

[...] The host's current appearance is indeed not very elegant.

"My most urgent need right now is to earn money to treat my grandmother's illness. Do you have a way to help me earn money?"

【…】

The little ball of light blushed. It was just a baby creature that had recently emerged from its cocoon and had little social experience.

The system stammered, “Although…but…”

Su Ran smiled, "Although, I am still very happy to have met such a wonderful person as you on my worst day."

Whether the outcome you bring me is good or bad, I believe there's nothing worse than my current situation.

She was telling the truth; if the system hadn't suddenly appeared, she wouldn't know what the future would have been like.

The moment she saw the river, she had already prepared for the worst.

If you don't become a human, you'll become a demon!

Since everyone thinks she's a monster, then she'll become a real monster and show them!

Unexpectedly, she encountered the system before she could carry out her evil intentions.

The small ball of light changed from light red to dark red and visibly expanded.

[I'm also very happy to have met you, host... cough cough, it's so late now, host should go home.]

He waited anxiously and shyly for the host's response.

"Going home..." she murmured, then smiled and said, "I will go back, but not now."

Su Ran's gaze pierced through the system, as if she had returned to yesterday.

The small village in summer is filled with the sounds of cicadas and birds.

A gentle breeze, carrying the heat, wafts through the air, carrying the fragrance of ripening rice.

The blinding sunlight streamed in through the cracks in the window, dispelling the darkness in the room, and Su Ran, who was lying in bed, was also awakened by this light.

She touched the cold sweat on her forehead; the nightmares she had every night left her feeling tense and exhausted.

"Cough cough cough... Ranran, get up and eat." The old man's hoarse voice rang in my ears.

Su Ran rolled her eyes, sat up, and beneath her long, shiny black hair was a rugged, even terrifying face.

"Grandma, aren't you feeling unwell? Why don't you rest a little longer?" she said, as she moved her bloated body to help the old woman to the living room.

It's hard to imagine that Su Ran's appearance is extremely ugly, yet her voice is extremely beautiful. The moment she opens her mouth, it's like heavenly music, like a devil with an angelic voice.

The house in the countryside is very small. Opening the door leads to a living room with a cement floor. In the middle of the room is a small table, and on the wall in the very center is a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva with incense burning.

"Cough cough cough... I'm getting old and my sleep is light. I'll cook dinner when I wake up." She picked up her chopsticks, took a slice of potato, and put it in Su Ran's bowl, saying with concern, "But you, you've been handing out flyers for several days. You've exhausted my little heart. Eat more."

Su Ran shoveled rice into her mouth, along with the potato slices her grandmother had put in, and said hastily, "It's okay, after working part-time for a while longer, I'll be able to take you to the town hospital for treatment."

"This must be so expensive. I'm too old for this. I'll use it to save up for your tuition..."

At this point, Grandma's voice suddenly stopped, and the air became quiet, with only the clinking sound of Su Ran's chopsticks hitting the edge of the bowl as she ate her rice.

"Grandma, I'm full. It's been hot these past few days, so don't skimp on the electricity bill and not turn on the air conditioner."

She thought for a moment, then turned back and said, "Teacher Gao introduced me to a job. I went out to work part-time for a few days and will be back soon."

Grandma looked delighted. "You still keep in touch with Teacher Gao? That's wonderful! Go and come back soon."

"Ok!"

Su Ran went back to her room to tidy up, carefully taking a bunch of crumpled banknotes out of her piggy bank and placing them carefully in her cloth bag.

Just as she turned to leave, she hesitated for a moment, then grabbed a letter from the table and put it in her bag.