After Black Moonlight revealed her true feelings, everyone panicked.

Lu Sijian sighed: "Now I know there's no such thing as a free lunch. I didn't expect Lu Lingjun to be so difficult to deal with."

In comparison, Lu Lingchen seems quite adorable.

With ease, her favorability rating was reduced to zero, leaving only pure disgust for her.

"Lu Lingjun truly lives up to his reputation as Lu Ting's most powerful tool. Even after being stripped of power, he doesn't completely despise his own sister. That's quite admirable."

The system suggested: "Since the mission is difficult to advance further, why don't you target the female lead? Bullying her should trigger her dislike rating."

"Should? Master, I need a definite answer, not a 'should'. Can you guarantee that if I bully Mu Liangyue, Lu Lingjun's favorability rating will drop to zero?"

The system remained silent; it could not guarantee anything.

Human nature is selfish; it might be useful in the early stages, but not necessarily in the later stages.

The 1% favorability value that cannot be cleared even if one is deprived of inheritance status and property may not be cleared for a woman.

"But you might want to give it a try," the system added.

“Okay, I’ll try it another day.” Lu Sijian readily agreed.

After a while, she said again, "Actually, bullying the female lead is not challenging enough. I like excitement, because it gives me a greater sense of accomplishment."

system:【……】

So this is your reason for provoking Zhu Jinming and bringing down He Jinhuan?

It was indeed quite exciting, with every step taken in a completely unexpected way, causing a great deal of controversy.

Why did you insist on saving people? Why save Secretary Zhou? Having just been outmaneuvered, it almost forgot to ask.

[Didn't you want to lure He Jinhuan into committing a crime? Wouldn't it be better to let him kill Secretary Zhou? That way, he could be convicted of multiple crimes and probably get the death penalty, while you could remain perfectly uninvolved.]

The system's mechanical voice paused for a moment, then continued, "[As for Secretary Zhou, he's not entirely innocent, as he's been working for the He family.]"

Lu Sijian hesitated for a moment, then sighed.

"System, do you guys have a rule that villainous female supporting characters can only be low-class?"

The system paused for a moment: [What?]

"What I mean is, if you're going to limit the villainous female supporting character to only low-class characters, why don't you just bring in a truly heinous criminal?"

Lu Sijian sincerely suggested, "Why bother coming to me? Isn't 30 billion a lot of money?"

If the system were a person, she really thought it needed to get its head checked.

That's 30 billion! Do they have money to burn? And when I tentatively asked for 500,000, they promptly transferred it to me. They're even more of a sucker than Lou Xiao.

However, since it's not human, it's understandable; sometimes artificial intelligence is equivalent to artificial stupidity.

system:【……】

It also read this heartfelt sentiment.

Lu Sijian: "Let me double-check. My task is to reduce the target's dislike value, right? That's equivalent to clearing their favorability value."

【…Yes.】The system felt her tone was off, like she was talking to a child.

"He Jinhuan is trying to break down my psychological defenses with bloodshed. If he really goes into a killing frenzy, I might not be able to escape. Even if I'm fine, what about afterwards? Will the He family use the fact that I kidnapped Secretary Zhou, leading to Secretary Zhou's tragic death, to make a fuss?"

The answer is yes, the He family will not give up attacking this point.

Lu Sijian: "Although I won't feel guilty, firstly, I don't want He Jinhuan's psychological warfare to succeed, and secondly, I don't want the He family to have a reason to retaliate. Only if Secretary Zhou doesn't die can I truly and perfectly stay out of this."

"You're right." After a moment of silence, the system had to admit it.

Lu Sijian: "As for the time I saved someone at the hospital, I was just trying to enrich my character."

She shrugged, somewhat nonchalantly, "But it seems like they saved the wrong person, and Dr. Xie is still injured."

It was during that time that she realized that the truly good things would never come to the villainous female supporting character.

The system went silent and then went offline.

Lu Sijian didn't pay much attention. She walked up the stairs to the rooftop and looked out over the entire villa area.

Further away, at the back gate of the Lu family villa, two girls were talking to the cook, then left a large bouquet of flowers and departed.

The sky was overcast, but the large bouquet of flowers was so bright and vibrant that it looked exceptionally lively against the gloomy sky.

"Who sent these flowers? They're so beautiful." Lu Sijian asked, somewhat surprised.

The cook happily walked back with the flowers in her arms, but when she looked up, she saw Lu Sijian standing on the rooftop watching her, and she stopped in fright.

Lu Sijian waved casually, turned around and went downstairs.

She went back to her room and waited for Wang Ma to tidy it up before going downstairs together.

Lu Lingchen had just returned home and was talking to the cook.

"Who sent it?" he asked, his gaze sweeping over the bouquet in the cook's arms.

"...I don't know, it was delivered by two little girls."

Lu Sijian passed by and casually remarked, "It's quite pretty."

The cook quickly offered her assistance: "Miss, do you like it? Would you like it delivered to your room?"

Lu Lingchen suddenly smiled and said, "These were sent by a fan, right? Give me the flowers."

He then extended his hand.

The flowers given to him by two unfamiliar young girls were obviously from his fans.

However, the fact that they know the Lu family's address and can enter this villa area suggests that their family is wealthy, making them quite the big fans.

Lu Sijian didn't take it seriously and turned to walk towards the restaurant.

[It's just a gift from a fan, why are you acting so excited, like I want to snatch it?]

The cook looked somewhat embarrassed. "But this is a gift for the young lady."

Lu Sijian stopped abruptly, somewhat surprised: "For me?"

Lu Lingchen was incredulous. He reached out and took the bouquet, quickly glanced at the greeting card on it, then pursed his lips and remained silent.

Wow, it looks like it really is for me.

Lu Sijian shrugged. "Third Brother, please give me back the flowers..."

Before he could finish speaking, the bouquet was stuffed into his arms, and Lu Lingchen strode away.

Lu Sijian's hands were not in a convenient position, so she could only hold the bouquet with both arms. Seeing this, Wang Ma hurriedly helped her take it down.

"What are you doing, Third Young Master? It's just a bouquet of flowers."

Lu Sijian asked Wang Ma to show her the greeting card. After reading a few lines, her face darkened.

-

Sheng Yunchao's car was parked on the side of the road.

Li Xuan pulled her companion, who kept turning back, and quickly walked over, bowing and knocking on the car window, "President Sheng."

The car window rolled down, and Sheng Yunchao asked in a calm tone, "Was it relatively smooth?"

"The flowers have been delivered smoothly. I hope Miss Lu will be in a good mood when she sees them!"

Li Xuan stared at the face before her, and instinctively held her breath.

The visual impact of this beauty on her has not faded to this day; she is still amazed every time she sees it.

However, she only dared to glance at him before immediately looking away. He was her benefactor, and she couldn't let her lustful thoughts wander.

Unlike Li Xuan's cheerful and outgoing personality, her companion Jiang Ningning appeared somewhat shy, keeping her head down with her hair covering most of her face.

"Mr. Sheng, thank you for your help!" She bowed to Sheng Yunchao. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get in."

"If you want to come in in the future, just say my name." Sheng Yunchao's voice was much gentler.

Jiang Ningning's eyes lit up instantly. "Really? Thank you, President Sheng!"