When the Villainous Boss Acts as the Protagonist (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 41: Wealthy Families 12

Shen Ci’s gaze darkened.

However, just as Chu Sicheng thought the two could pick up where they left off in the bathroom, the boss rejected his ambiguous invitation. Instead, Shen Ci pulled out his phone with a solemn expression. He looked as though he had finally remembered his sense of guilt after leaving work several hours early and was preparing to resume his professional duties.

In a hotel, in front of his newly kept canary; was the willpower of this world’s villain truly this strong?

Chu Sicheng blinked. But before he could attempt a new round of testing Shen Ci’s resolve, the man spoke first, offering an explanation for his cold behavior:

“I just informed a friend of mine at the Research Institute about Zhou Luoluo’s abnormal situation.”

Chu Sicheng’s teasing movements paused. “?”

Seeing this, Shen Ci explained patiently, “A situation like heart-voice sharing is quite contrary to nature. Therefore, it is best to report it to the Research Institute. On one hand, we must ensure this anomaly has no negative impact on the country; on the other hand, such a miraculous ability possesses significant research value for the Institute. They might be able to develop tools that are more useful to humanity.”

And so, Zhou Luoluo was simply handed over to the state by Shen Ci.

What a model, red-blooded successor of socialism!

Even a seasoned villain-task-player like Chu Sicheng, who had experienced countless novel worlds, was stunned by Shen Ci’s move to hand the problem over to the authorities.

He instinctively leaned over to glance at the chat logs between Shen Ci and his friend. He had not expected that within the few minutes Shen Ci had been explaining things to him, the friend had already reported Zhou Luoluo’s case to the higher-ups and quickly provided an estimated time for taking Zhou Luoluo back to the Institute for investigation.

As expected, the friends of a powerhouse are always other powerhouses.

Chu Sicheng now suspected that the reason Shen Ci lost to Li Yanzhe in the business world in the original novel was that he had been secretly recruited by researchers midway through. From then on, he could only bid farewell to the corporate world, allowing Li Yanzhe to win without a fight.

Otherwise, he really could not imagine how a CEO who only knew about masochistic love could defeat the Shen Ci before him, who clearly had a brain and a very good one at that.

The System, which had been silently watching the drama beside Chu Sicheng, was also shocked. But beyond the shock, it was mostly curious:

[Host, why didn’t we think of this move!]

If they had thought of this earlier, would they have avoided wasting so much time in the previous world? By handing the Bug over to the Empire, the Host would not have had to attend so many trials and suffer so much.

Chu Sicheng: “…”

He understood the System meant well, but firstly, their previous world was in a Zerg society where everyone followed the tradition of worshipping the Insect God.

Under those settings, if Chu Sicheng had abruptly reported Fei Luo’s status as a transmigrator to the Empire, they would not have labeled Fei Luo as a danger. Instead, they might have viewed him as a blessing bestowed by the Insect God, making him even harder to deal with at that time.

Secondly, the reason Chu Sicheng had not thought of this method was that, in the past, he was usually the one holding the supernatural character setting.

Honestly, who thinks about handing themselves over to the state the moment they receive their mission parameters? How would he even complete the mission?

Furthermore, having traveled through so many worlds, Chu Sicheng was used to settings far more absurd than heart-voice transmission. He had not felt there was anything abnormal about it. It was only under the shining light of Shen Ci’s logic that he suddenly realized: for this specific novel world, the fact that everyone could hear Zhou Luolu’s inner thoughts was actually a very bizarre phenomenon.

It was an eye-opener!

However, despite the revelation, Chu Sicheng did not forget his core mission. Watching the series of questions sent by Shen Ci’s friend, Chu Sicheng rested his chin on Shen Ci’s shoulder and mused:

“If he goes in, can he still come out?”

“Once it is confirmed there is no danger, visitations should be allowed.”

But getting out was likely out of the question. Generally, people with such special abilities were not permitted to appear before the public in the end.

“I see.”

In that case, he might need to max out the masochistic love progress bar first.

While Shen Ci was answering his friend, Chu Sicheng took a moment to check the progress bar on his mission panel. So far, it was only at 60%.

It must be said that Li Yanzhe was quite resilient. After everything that had happened, he still maintained a 40% gap in the masochistic love value.

Was it because he had not started the physical torment phase yet? Or had the overconfident CEO misinterpreted his previous actions again?

Chu Sicheng looked at the mission panel and frowned instinctively. For some reason, he had a premonition that he had encountered the type of protagonist who was a bit of a masochist.

In the Villain Department, those were the targets he disliked most. No matter how you tortured them, even if you held a knife to their throats or ground their faces into the dirt, they would not give you a single point of anger. Instead, they would believe it was just the villain’s way of trying to get their attention.

In the worlds of such protagonists, everyone is supposed to love them. Whether they are supporting characters or villains, everyone must fall at their feet.

Chu Sicheng used to be annoyed by such idiots, and now, he sensed that same idiot energy from Li Yanzhe.

Truth be told, in a way, Chu Sicheng had hit the nail on the head.

Before he checked the panel, back when Li Yanzhe and Zhou Luoluo were still blocked at the door, the heartbreak value had actually spiked to 85% at one point. At that moment, Li Yanzhe was so angry he wanted to turn both Chu Sicheng and Shen Ci into ashes.

However, when Chu Sicheng threw the hot water on Zhou Luoluo and exposed the fact that everyone could hear his inner thoughts, the heartbreak value dropped by 25%.

Of course, this was not because Li Yanzhe felt guilty about his previous misunderstandings after discovering the truth. It was because, upon learning the truth, he confidently reinterpreted all of Chu Sicheng’s recent coldness as love turning into hate. He believed Chu Sicheng was simply seeking revenge, wanting him to taste the bitterness of lost love.

In fact, after returning home and straightening it all out, he automatically cast Chu Sicheng as a poor little thing who was forced to endure humiliation at Shen Ci’s side just to get back at him.

Because of this, he chose to forgive the string of verbal insults Chu Sicheng had hurled at him in front of Room 3601. He even abandoned his plan to reclaim the boy only to ruthlessly abandon him later.

But this did not mean Li Yanzhe intended to turn over a new leaf or cut ties with Zhou Luoluo to win Chu Sicheng back. On the contrary, his relationship with Zhou Luoluo became even tighter.

If the ambiguity between Li Yanzhe and Zhou Luoluo had previously been separated by a thin sheet of paper, then after Chu Sicheng exposed that Zhou Luolu’s inner thoughts were also lies, Zhou Luoluo had no choice but to drop his arrogant White Moonlight persona. He had to use every trick in the book to white-wash himself to avoid losing his meal ticket, Li Yanzhe.

Specifically, it looked like this:

“I didn’t mean it, Brother Ze. I really didn’t mean to frame Le’an. I just love you too much! I was afraid you’d fall for him, and even more afraid you’d forget our years together. I just didn’t want to lose you!”

On the cold floor, Zhou Luoluo pinched his thigh hard to make his eyes well up while making his voice sound even more pained:

“Brother Ze, you know, after being away for so many years, I didn’t dare to gamble. I really didn’t dare.”

Under the cool white lights, the childhood friend’s cheeks were streaked with tears. His thin frame trembled with sorrow as his glass-bead-like eyes gazed at the frost-faced man, filled with the panic of losing him.

No one could refuse such a sincere and passionate plea of love.

Besides, Zhou Luoluo had only ever framed Song Le’an. As for Li Yanzhe, aside from the suspicion of being played for a fool, no substantial harm had been done to him.

If the knife does not stab you personally, you will never know the pain.

So, faced with Zhou Luolu’s confession-style defense, Li Yanzhe’s heart softened, perfectly staying in character.

What did Luoluo do wrong? He just loves me too much.

This is why he could be the scum of the story. He wasn’t unfaithful; he just wanted to give a home to everyone who loved him!

Looking at the teary-eyed Zhou Luolu, Li Yanzhe sighed and finally reached out to pull him up from the floor:

“Forget it. This whole thing wasn’t entirely your fault.”

The current Li Yanzhe was not yet the Version 2.0 CEO who would be driven mad by Zhou Luolu’s betrayals in the original text. He still wore White Moonlight filters for his childhood friend. After much consideration, he chose to forgive him.

He reached out to wipe the tears from Zhou Luolu’s face. Noticing the obvious scald marks on the boy’s neck, Li Yanzhe sighed:

“You’ve learned your lesson. Just don’t do this kind of thing again. Stop crying, go put some ointment on, and get some rest.”

“What about you?”

“I need to think about how to handle the Song Le’an situation,” Li Yanzhe replied.

The boy was still with Shen Ci; he had to think of a way to bring him back. Song Le’an was clearly still angry with him. What method should he use to make him change his mind?

Li Yanzhe leaned back on the sofa, frowning. As he felt Zhou Luolu’s fingertips lightly touch his temples, he was about to tell him to leave when he caught a faint scent of medicine.

Medicine? Hospital? The Song family!

Thanks to Zhou Luolu, Li Yanzhe finally remembered the people he had cast to the back of his mind: Mother Song, the two Song siblings, and the alcoholic father he had specifically ordered his subordinates to bring back from Song Le’an’s hometown.

His eyelashes drooped slightly. As his fingertips slowly tapped the armrest of the sofa, a brilliant scene of a hero saving a beauty emerged in his mind.

Thus, the next day, after Chu Sicheng finished his vacation at the hotel and prepared to return to school to maintain his protagonist persona, he suddenly received a call from the owner of the convenience store where the protagonist used to work part-time.

The owner mentioned that the protagonist still had a sum of unpaid wages held back and asked when Chu Sicheng could come to collect them.

Chu Sicheng never refused money that rightfully belonged to the protagonist. He immediately settled on a time to pick it up.

7:00 PM.

After picking up the money, he could still make it to his candlelight dinner date with Shen Ci. Chu Sicheng’s plan was perfect.

However, just as he finished collecting his wages and stepped out of the convenience store, a dark shadow flashed before his eyes.

At the same time, a shrill, mournful cry, as if someone’s father had died, rang out in his ear:

“Le’an! You’ve really made it hard for your Dad to find you!”

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