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"..." Xie Zhaoyuan's lips twitched twice, speechless. "Keep being cunning."

Shen Yanhui picked up a strawberry from the bowl, took a big bite, and said while eating, "When I first came here, I didn't know you were also a transmigrator. I thought you were Qin Song herself. In addition, the system told me that Pei Xingzhi's wife, Qin Song, is a particularly vicious and wicked woman. If I don't hurry up and get rid of you, my mission will not be so easy to complete."

"When I first transmigrated here, I was so proud and arrogant because I knew the plot and had a system. I was mean to you and slander you, and a third of the reason was because I was too arrogant and didn't take anyone in this book seriously at all."

Upon hearing this, Xie Zhaoyuan raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Then what is the reason for the other two-thirds?"

Shen Yan replied, "It's because of my stereotype. The system told me that you are a vicious and mean woman, so when I see you, I unconsciously want to treat you like a poisonous woman and mess with you."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "..."

Shen Yan smiled sheepishly and stuffed the remaining strawberry bottom into her mouth.

"The system told me that Qin Song is a difficult woman to deal with, and if I don't take drastic measures, I will be the one who suffers. I just arrived here and don't know anyone, so I can only obediently believe whatever the system tells me, and I almost treat its words as holy edicts."

"And then what?" Xie Zhaoyuan slowly suppressed her smile and looked at Shen Yanhui with a serious expression. "Did you later discover that the real me is completely different from what the system said?"

Shen Yan nodded: "Of course I noticed."

"...You found out and still scolded me?" Xie Zhaoyuan was speechless and angry. "Every time we meet, you scold me mercilessly and blame me for all sorts of inexplicable mistakes... I thought I was Japanese, why are you treating me like this!"

"...I'm sorry." Shen Yanhui pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh, and readily apologized.

"..." Xie Zhaoyuan glared at her angrily, "Keep making excuses. Why do you keep messing with me even after you've found out I'm not a bad person?"

"I... I was a bit mentally unstable at that time." Shen Yanhui lowered her eyes, her whole being exuding a sense of dejection.

"My initial favorability rating was twelve. Although it wasn't a lot, it was a very respectable number for a novice like me. At the beginning, I was extremely confident. The system told me that I was a vicious female supporting character who did all sorts of evil deeds, and that Pei Xingzhi hated me extremely and was already preparing to divorce me. As soon as I heard that, my confidence swelled up instantly, and I foolishly thought that I had no chance of failing this mission."

"But I never expected that reality would hit me so hard. All my self-righteous assumptions were wrong. You are not some vicious female supporting character that everyone hates. Pei Xingzhi has no intention of divorcing you. I messed around for a while and not only did I not get anything, but I also turned my already limited goodwill into a negative number."

"Back then, I didn't understand anything. I didn't know what it meant for my favorability rating to drop to a negative number, nor did I know that there were penalties for this task, and I didn't know that I would die if I failed the task."

"...What?!" Xie Zhaoyuan sat bolt upright, throwing the doll she was holding to the ground. "You...you die if you don't complete the mission?!"

“Hmm.” Shen Yan smiled. “If I fail to complete this task, I will be erased by the system and disappear from this world.”

"..." Xie Zhaoyuan frowned in disbelief, her eyes filled with shock and panic as she looked at Shen Yanhui.

She opened her mouth unconsciously, but couldn't utter a single word.

My throat felt choked up, and I couldn't speak. I didn't know what I should say.

“Sigh…” Shen Yan sighed helplessly, and when she spoke again, she suddenly choked up, “The system only told me that I could go home after completing the task, but it didn’t say that I would die if I didn’t complete it. I’m very afraid of dying, so when I learned about this rule, I was terrified.”

"I desperately wanted to gain favor, desperately wanted to get rid of you, and desperately wanted to save my life. Actually, I didn't even know what I was doing during that time. I was so scared that I was completely lost and had no idea how to salvage the situation that I had messed up."

"The system has been giving me advice behind the scenes, telling me to do this and that. I unconditionally listened to the system, but the result was the opposite."

"Not only did I fail to regain their favorability, I also caused it to plummet to the point of no return. After that, I became completely afraid to make any rash moves."

"I could only hide at home, enduring excruciating pain every day, completely unable to find any way to save myself. Until you contacted me and said you wanted to make a deal with me."

"How much favorability do you need to earn to survive?" Xie Zhaoyuan looked at her gaunt face and unconsciously lowered his voice.

Shen Yan replied: "One hundred. As long as I earn one hundred favor points, I can survive."

"How can I earn a hundred?" Xie Zhaoyuan already had the answer in her heart, but she still asked Shen Yanhui unwillingly.

Shen Yan replied, "You're also a time traveler, so you know the original ending of this book. If I want to gain a hundred points of favorability, I can only follow the original setting, make Pei Xingzhi fall in love with me, and be with me."

"..." Xie Zhaoyuan was immediately displeased.

"I disagree." Although she sympathized with Shen Yanhui's plight, she was unwilling to hand over Pei Xingzhi to her.

Shen Yan smiled helplessly: "I know you disagree, and I don't plan to fight you for it anymore."

Xie Zhaoyuan bit her lip, somewhat awkwardly: "But if you don't fight for it, how are you going to complete the mission? Isn't there any other way for you to survive?"

“…” Shen Yan looked at her and suddenly fell silent.

She sat there, picking at her fingers, muttering softly, "Although I haven't forgiven you yet, I don't want to watch you die. After all, you were a living, breathing human being; how can you just take your life so easily..."

"It's nothing." The words she had prepared were swallowed back down by Shen Yan Hui. She smiled at Xie Zhao Yuan with a smirk that seemed rather heartless.

"I still have time. Maybe if I can hold out for a while, I can figure out other ways to survive."

"Really?" Xie Zhaoyuan was somewhat skeptical.

Shen Yan raised her eyebrows: "Of course! There's always a way out. I'll definitely find a way to survive."

"By the way, Xie Zhaoyuan, there's a question I've wanted to ask you for a long time, but I don't know if it's convenient for you to answer it."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "What's the problem?"

Shen Yan replied: "Since you don't have a system, how did you travel here?"