The Self-Redemption of the Wronged Fool [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 1

Ji Qiuchi was the only new employee in the “Unlucky Sucker Group” this year.

Even though he occupied the sofa in the lounge all day like a tyrant, mooching off the group’s snack and dessert cabinet, no one said a word to him. In fact, the AI Brain proactively kept the cabinet filled. They couldn’t let him run away—if one more person left, who on earth would do the work? Who?!

The newly manufactured System 520 was on the verge of tears. It was a system with grand ambitions. Originally meant to be a Romance System, for reasons unknown, it had been assigned to the career-oriented task force: the Unlucky Sucker Group.

Even worse, it was assigned a host who was a troublemaker that had offended the Main God and was only recently transferred to this group.

The host’s pockets were cleaner than his face; he had zero points and actually owed the Space-Time Bureau 100 million points. He couldn’t even activate the Newbie Gift Pack.

According to the seniors, newcomers usually had startup points to get a temporary buff halo. This was meant to make the first mission a bit easier so they wouldn’t fail immediately and be wiped out. After all, hosts in the Unlucky Sucker Group were historically toyed with by fate and targeted and loathed by the entire world.

But 520 couldn’t open it not just because the host was poor, but because he had absolutely no desire to do the tasks at all!

Watching the host lying there like a dead salted fish, the system hopped around in anxiety. “Host, as long as you work hard…”

“…the leadership will reach the pinnacle of life,” Ji Qiuchi interrupted, tossing a strawberry into his mouth while remaining lying down.

The system lagged for a second before its chip began spinning rapidly. “But, but! If you don’t work, how will you realize your own value?”

“My value in life is simply staying alive.”

The system let out a wail and started crying.

“Lord Host, I beg of you, please work! Everyone else is working overtime.”

“Two-Fifty (250), don’t always do what others are doing. Let me tell you: do only as much work as you are paid for. Your body belongs to you, but the money belongs to the leaders. Moreover, I’m working for free here.”

The system collapsed. “Lord Host! I am 520, not Two-Fifty! Argh! Anyway, it’s time to work! There will be a day when the debt is paid off. I don’t care if you don’t work, I’ll… I’ll die right in front of you!”

“Then a new system will just take over your identity. Little Zero, it’s not that I’m picking on you, but your position is quite competitive. If you don’t do it, plenty of others will. Why talk about dying? Don’t you want to marry a Star System? Don’t you want to buy the best engine oil?”

Ji Qiuchi leisurely picked up a cup of milk tea and took a sip through the straw.

I do! Coach, I really want to!

Wait, wasn’t I the one trying to persuade you? How did it turn into you persuading me?

520 was now numb. It spoke up silently.

“As long as you go on the mission with me, I won’t take a single cent of commission. I’ll give it all to you. I know I’m not a professional Unlucky Sucker System, but I am very experienced in interpersonal relationships. Trust me, we will definitely have a pleasant cooperation.”

Ji Qiuchi tossed the empty milk tea cup into the trash. “Fine, it’s a deal. Let’s go.”

520: Huh?! How could he play a newbie system like this! What a beast! You look so refined and handsome, how can your heart be so black?!

However, it could only tearfully open the portal. At least the man was willing to do the mission; it had been in a standoff with the host for a month already.

The Employee Mall for the Unlucky Sucker Group didn’t have anything good either. It couldn’t even give the host a “cheat code” because all the props and skills had been snatched up by other groups. Therefore, it could only rely on the host himself.

However, Ji Qiuchi hadn’t planned on using them anyway. By not using those items, he could obtain even more points and higher evaluations he might even receive gifts from the “World Consciousness” for making things convenient for it.

He chose the “Substitute Mode.” There was also a “Rebirth Assistance Mode,” but the original “unlucky suckers” didn’t change their brains or personalities after rebirth. They still held onto their memories and past environments, which meant they might still walk into a dead end, resulting in even greater resentment.

There was no other way. These “unlucky suckers” were beings who possessed world-destroying resentment after death. This kind of resentment was very difficult to eliminate, and in large quantities, it could even affect the balance of the Great Universe.

To prevent the world from spiraling out of control due to severe resentment, the Space-Time Bureau would use space gates to toss the original souls into another identical parallel world. Then, employees from the Cannon Fodder/Unlucky Sucker Group would enter the timeline at the exact point where the resentment first began.

They would possess the bodies to change the original souls’ lives, clear the resentment, and prevent the “Great Terror” from appearing in the universe. Of course, this method also allowed the original souls to have a better position in their next reincarnation.

In exchange, the original souls had to give up their accumulated Merit Power. If they had no merit, using Soul Power as a substitute was also acceptable.

The familiar sensation of dizziness soon appeared. When Ji Qiuchi regained consciousness:

He saw people surrounding him. A stern man in a grey suit stood before him, looking at him with indifference. The man raised his hand and tore off an exquisite and beautiful sapphire brooch from his chest.

“Ji Wang, if I hadn’t been invited to this banquet today, I wouldn’t have known that you aren’t actually a member of the Lin family. The person my grandfather arranged the marriage for was not you. I don’t want to make things too ugly. Here is your item back. In the future, I will only be your brother-in-law.”

Ji Qiuchi “landed” abruptly. His first reaction was: This guy keeps yapping, how annoying.

His second reaction was: This sapphire brooch is so sparkly. It’s real definitely real. It’s a top-tier cornflower blue sapphire.

His eyes glazed over for a moment as the system transmitted the original host’s memories and the current mission objectives into his mind.

The man in front of him was Zhao Lingyun. The original host had been childhood sweethearts with him for twenty years; they even had a marriage contract while still in the womb.

On the surface, the original host and Zhao Lingyun were in love, but in reality, Zhao Lingyun had little affection for him. It was all an act. He only humored him because of his status as the heir to the Lin Corporation, wanting to use him to become the sole heir of his own family company.

It wasn’t until today, when the “True Young Master” Lin Ming returned, that Zhao Lingyun realized the original host was just a “False Young Master” with no blood relation to the Lin family. Thus, it was impossible for him to inherit the Lin Corporation or provide any help.

He immediately dumped the original host to curry favor with the True Young Master. To his surprise, he actually fell in love with Lin Ming and decided to erase the “stain” that was the original host for the True Young Master’s sake.

As for the True Young Master, Lin Ming, he was a “rose growing stubbornly in the wasteland,” a gem covered in dust. He possessed extraordinary talent in jewelry design.

Correct—the original host was not the true young master of the Lin family, but a false one who had been swapped at birth. The news of the True Young Master Lin Ming being recognized today had already spread through the social circles. Today was a banquet held specifically for the Lin family’s True Young Master.

Simultaneously, it was also today that:

Zhao Lingyun abandoned the original host, making him a laughingstock and triggering the start of a miserable life.

According to the Space-Time Bureau’s investigation, after the True Young Master returned, Zhao Lingyun wanted to marry Lin Ming. He was deeply worried that his past with the original host would affect him, so he was anxious to get rid of him.

He started by destroying the original host’s career, ruining his networking, and making him the enemy of the entire world. Later, he directly hired someone to murder the original host just to make him disappear.

The original host was a “love-brain.” Even after all that, he still loved Zhao Lingyun and blamed the True Young Master for the way Zhao Lingyun had changed.

Initially, the Lin family had no intention of kicking him out. The original host wasn’t bad; his grades were excellent, and aside from being a bit spoiled from growing up in wealth, the Lin parents still loved him.

However, the original host became increasingly out of line. The True Young Master, who was originally quite nice to him, eventually turned against him as well, leaving him completely isolated and without help.

After the original host died, his immense resentment caused the magnetic field of the entire world to become chaotic, eventually leading to the world’s collapse. Only then did the Space-Time Bureau take over.

The original host had three obsessions:

1. Change his life: He regretted his failed jewelry design career and hoped to achieve success in this field.
2. Brotherly atonement: He felt guilty toward the younger brother who was brought back. After seeing the True Young Master collect his corpse after his death, he woke up. He hoped to compensate the True Young Master and improve their relationship to become true brothers.
3. Vengeance: The original host willingly surrendered all his soul power to request the Space-Time Bureau to make Zhao Lingyun experience the pain of being hurt by someone he loves.

Ji Qiuchi’s face darkened slightly, then he laughed out of anger. “He actually doesn’t want to kill Zhao Lingyun… blood debts should be paid in blood.”

Upon hearing Ji Qiuchi’s thoughts, the system was shocked. “K-Kill?? Host… what did you do for a living before this?”

“Cough, just kidding. Alright, I know the original host’s requests. I’ll do a good job.”

Ji Qiuchi smiled gently, but the system couldn’t tell if he was actually joking or not.

Once communication with the system stopped, the transmission of memories and emotions was complete. In this instant, Ji Qiuchi inherited all of the original host’s feelings.

Listening to those heartbreaking words and looking at the hypocritical, ruthless man before him, he couldn’t stop the feeling of disgust rising in his eyes.

Ji Qiuchi, who possessed high professional standards as an employee, endured it for a moment, then decided not to endure it anymore. He put on an expression of pure disdain.

“What are you barking for, Zhao Lingyun? ‘Brother-in-law’? With your hypocritical, stingy attitude, you aren’t even worthy. Fine, that’s not the only thing I’ve given you. Since we’re splitting up, return everything else to me as well. Also, I’ve introduced you to many projects over the years calculate the value and transfer the cash to my account.”

Zhao Lingyun had expected the other party to make a scene, cry, and scream to keep him. He never imagined that Ji Wang would say such things in front of everyone. With just a few sentences, he had torn away Zhao Lingyun’s dignity. Zhao Lingyun’s composure instantly shattered, his face full of disbelief.

Was this still the Ji Wang whose heart and eyes were full of him?

Could it be that everything in the past was an act? What “mutual love” and “deep feelings”? He had been played! Or… was the other party just so angry because he loved him too much?

He also noticed the people around them subtly taking out their phones! They were definitely gossiping about him.

But even if he was angry, he shouldn’t say such things, right?

Zhao Lingyun frowned. “You…”

“Don’t ‘you’ or ‘me’ me. I feel sick just looking at you. Get the hell away from me.”

Ji Qiuchi scanned him from head to toe, his expression becoming even more disgusted. He was essentially using his face to curse him, and he was cursing him very “dirtily.”

Ji Wang was, after all, the eldest young master raised by the Lin family for many years. In the past, he had coddled Zhao Lingyun so much he would have plucked the moon from the sky for him. No one expected him to be so tough and unyielding today.

After finished scolding him, Ji Qiuchi noticed his body and mind felt refreshed; it seemed the original host was very satisfied.

The surrounding people were still pointing and whispering. Zhao Lingyun turned as red as a boiled shrimp.

He looks down on me? Based on what? No, his life was so perfect; it absolutely could not have a flaw because of Ji Wang. Thinking about how he had curried favor with Ji Wang for so many years…

Now everyone was laughing at him, and Lin Ming might be too. Ji Wang had actually slandered him in front of so many people, making it extremely difficult for him.

But it wasn’t him who struck first; it was the “lick-spittle” Wen Jing standing beside Zhao Lingyun.

Wen Jing immediately shouted at Ji Qiuchi maliciously: “Ji Wang, what do you mean by that? You’re just a piece of trash about to be kicked out of the house how dare you talk to my Brother Yun like that? You’re just the son of a nanny, what are you pretending for? Let alone you, even that ‘country bumpkin’ who just came back isn’t worthy of my brother. He reeks of poverty and being a provincial loser.”

Ji Qiuchi didn’t get angry; instead, he laughed and gave him a round of applause, raising his voice: “Zhao Lingyun really has it made with a good dog like you. But have you lost your mind? What kind of occasion is this? This is the Lin family’s banquet. You called Lin Ming a country bumpkin and a loser.

are you looking for death?”

Now, everyone’s attention shifted.

Zhao Lingyun’s head began to throb; he desperately wanted to cover Wen Jing’s mouth.

Wen Jing’s IQ began to return. He hurried to look at Lin Ming to apologize, claiming he had a “slip of the tongue” and made a mistake.

In truth, Lin Ming was no country bumpkin. As the protagonist, he wore high-end custom clothing, and his already handsome and noble face, now bolstered by his family background, was impossible to ignore. He stood not far away, holding a glass of champagne, having watched the entire farce.

He wore a distant smile. Others thought he was shy or timid, but in reality, his eyes were cold; it seemed nothing could enter his sight.

With this incident happening at the banquet, Mother Lin’s expression was also very ugly. The fact that Lin Ming and Ji Wang appeared together today already represented the Lin family’s attitude: they had no intention of driving Ji Wang away. After all, he was a son they had raised for many years.

The Lin family was a jewelry dynasty. Although Ji Wang had been swapped at birth, the original host’s aesthetic and design talent were quite good, and he was well-loved by the Lin parents. They were reluctant to let Ji Wang go.

However, now that everything was back on track, no matter how reluctant they were, Ji Wang’s household registration had been moved out. They simply told the public he was still a son of the Lin family and kept him in the household.

But they didn’t expect that the first person to cause trouble would be Zhao Lingyun, completely disregarding the relationship between the two families and showing no respect.

As for that stupid thing Wen Jing with a wave of her hand, she had the bodyguards escort him out.

Wen Jing lost all his dignity and “face.” He could only glare resentfully at Ji Qiuchi before leaving.

What he didn’t know was that his malicious and groundless rumors had successfully left a mark in Mother Lin’s mind. Of course, because Lin Ming was beside her, she didn’t show anything, but she was actually a bit suspicious in her heart.

Father Lin also learned what had happened and naturally couldn’t ignore Ji Wang.

He spoke up publicly: “Xiao Wang grew up in the Lin family. After so many years, we have long since considered him family. His biological father passed away early, and now his biological mother has also… In short, how it was before is how it will be now. I have also asked Xiao Ming, and he doesn’t mind this matter. My Lin family can afford to raise two children. Regardless of the past, Xiao Wang is a child of my Lin family.”

After speaking, Father Lin glanced at Zhao Lingyun. “Since the Zhao family looks down on our Lin family, then the marriage between our two families is void.”

Zhao Lingyun was shocked. He never expected the Lin family to have such an attitude.

He immediately spoke: “Uncle Lin, I didn’t mean that…”

He had come today only wanting to change the marriage partner. Besides, with their matching social status, he should have married someone with true Lin family blood.

However, Father Lin was no longer looking at Zhao Lingyun, causing Zhao Lingyun’s face to turn even darker, as gloomy as the bottom of a pot.

Father Lin patted Lin Ming’s shoulder. “In the future, get along well with your brother and support each other. We are all one family. You two brothers should have a good chat.”

Facing Father Lin’s sincere words, Lin Ming nodded with a polite smile on his face. “I know, Dad.”

To be honest, in Lin Ming’s eyes, this farce was just entertainment. He didn’t really feel anything special toward Ji Wang. Like him? No after all, the other person had occupied his life, and his parents were biased toward him.

Hate him? So far, he felt the guy was also quite pathetic. Over the past two days, he had learned about the past affection between Ji Wang and Zhao Lingyun; Ji Wang was the one who had given more.

But after today’s display, it seemed Ji Wang’s love wasn’t sincere either. This “complete indifference” was quite something.

Interesting. It seemed there would be more entertainment to watch in the future. At this moment, the corners of Lin Ming’s mouth curled up slightly, looking somewhat wicked.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the two brothers of the Lin family left. Some people looked at Zhao Lingyun with subtle expressions.

The 520 system hopped along behind Ji Qiuchi. “The family is still very good to the original host.”

“Mm, indeed. It’s a pity the original host only had romance in his heart. Now, I suppose he’s learned a lesson.”

Just then, Lin Ming’s voice came from behind: “Brother, are you okay?”

The young man approached, his worried eyes meeting Ji Qiuchi’s. In that moment, there was a strange atmosphere between the two.

Ji Qiuchi felt the other person looked a bit familiar, yet he had never met him. Lin Ming, upon seeing Ji Qiuchi’s eyes, froze. The voice he intended to use for his performance got stuck in his throat. He couldn’t maintain his composure for a moment, and his expression suddenly became profound.

Ji Qiuchi noticed that this True Young Master seemed a bit excited? And a bit lost in his own world? He had no choice but to greet him first.

“I’m Ji Wang. As you know, I occupied your life for twenty years. I apologize for what my mother did and for myself. If there’s anything you need in the future, I will help you.”

The other person snapped back to reality. He seemed to be confirming something. Finally, he spoke: “It’s okay, Brother. You can just call me Xiao Ming. You didn’t know about this matter either. From now on, we are family… By the way, Zhao Lingyun is not a good partner. Since he bullied you like that today, the Lin family will no longer associate with them. I will help you get revenge.”

Ji Qiuchi: Huh?

Wait, what happened to the expected confrontation and cold sarcasm? You’re being this generous, little brother? You’re going to help me already? This is the first time we’ve met, right?

Ji Qiuchi watched blankly as Lin Ming walked up to him. This brother, Lin Ming, was actually half a head taller than him. A strange sense of pressure washed over him.

The other party stared into Ji Qiuchi’s eyes, making him feel uneasy. Then, Lin Ming smiled—a gentle and intimate smile. “Should I have someone send a mango cake up for you? I noticed you didn’t seem to eat anything.”

As he approached, there was a faint scent of cedar on him; it smelled very nice.

However, Ji Qiuchi felt completely off. What was wrong with this guy? I’m the false young master! Are you really treating me like your brother?

Of course, his face remained polite. “Okay, thank you, Xiao Ming.”

Lin Ming smiled. “Brother… then I wish you a good night’s sleep.”

He lingered over the word “Brother,” imbuing it with countless unreadable emotions.

The door closed. Ji Qiuchi looked confused, and the system was also clutching its head. “Eh? Is Lin Ming’s personality really that good?”

“What’s going on?”

Ji Qiuchi hesitated for a moment, tapping his finger against his brow. “He doesn’t seem to be faking it, and he has no reason to curry favor with me.”

520 also felt something wasn’t quite right. It knew the memories belonged to the original host, and sometimes that information couldn’t be fully trusted because it was based on the original host’s perspective.

But in the original host’s memory, Lin Ming’s attitude toward him was definitely not as enthusiastic as it was now. This sudden concern felt “creepy.” The worlds where these “unlucky suckers” were born were basically full of villains. The hosts of the Unlucky Sucker Group were usually loathed and trampled upon by everyone how could there be someone who held goodwill toward the host right from the start?

“Forget it, don’t worry. Maybe he just likes my look and wants to build a good relationship.” Ji Qiuchi saw the system still struggling and patted its round head.

As a Romance System, 520 had undergone professional training. It keenly sensed that there was something wrong with this Lin Ming, but seeing its host looking so confident, it had nothing more to say.

Watching the system look like it was about to crash, Ji Qiuchi rubbed the system ball pityingly. “Don’t panic. I have my own rhythm. Just watch a university student like him clearly has no bad intentions. We’ll definitely end up as close as real brothers.”

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