Winning the Male Lead - Chapter 3

The azure sky contrasted with the deep sea, and the sunlight sprinkled upon the brand-new luxury yacht as if gilding it with gold. The body of the yacht was fiery red, and boldly inscribed atop was the name of the owner— L&T.

Le Tian put his hand in his pocket and sighed, “Shen Lixing really knows me so well. This big red is so festive, I love it.”

Once again, the system had nothing to say. This morning, it had taunted and threatened Le Tian, but the first thing Le Tian did after getting up was come to admire the new yacht Shen Lixing had bought for him, completely ignoring the system’s words.

“It’s a pity I never learned how to operate one. I don’t know how to drive it,” Le Tian regretted.

He had arrived in this world a bit early. Shen Le Tian had not reached the age to learn how to operate a yacht, and Le Tian himself was too lazy to learn.

The system coaxed, “You can have Shen Lixing to teach you.”

Le Tian said vigilantly, “What’s your plot this time?”

The system that was seen through huffed, “I am trying to help you. Do you want to be sent to Spiritual Exile if you fail to complete the task?”

This time, Le Tian didn’t feel as nervous upon hearing the warning about spiritual exile as he did before. He relaxed, stretched his arms out to embrace the beautiful weather, and said happily,

“My friend, have you heard of getting paid to shit?”

The system: “…”

Le Tian continued happily: “This task isn’t time-bound. We can continue to enjoy life for now and complete the task when we find an opportunity later. Besides, no one would dare to snatch young master Shen’s fiancee, anyway.”

If the other person was wealthier and more handsome than him, then wouldn’t he be able to complete the task effortlessly? Life seemed simply delightful when he thought about it this way.

The system remarked, “Now I understand why you’ve managed to destabilize so many worlds with a B-rank mental power and continuously evade Alliance pursuit.” continuing, “Your mentality is really good. Not only that, you skin is also very thick and your ability to find loopholes was all very amazing.“

Le Tian smiled contentedly, “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

—

At the same time, when Yu Miao returned home, she was waited by her agent with barrage of criticism, “Goodness! Do you know what your status is now? The fiancée of Young Master Shen! Has sulfuric acid gone in your mind to the point you went to that messy place? Can you just wait and be a proper lady of a wealthy family?!”

Yu Miao’s head was still hurting from the drug. As she heard her agent incessantly referring to ‘young master Shen’s fiancée,’ she felt an indescribable annoyance. Her relationship with Shen Le Tian was just a façade, she resist, “They said they want to make a movie, and I want to make a movie, so of course I went to there.”

“So that’s why I said you’re crazy. You’re going to be a young madam and yet you still want to act? That’s embarrassing Young Master Shen,” the agent scolded.

“Enough,” Yu Miao snapped, “ Young Master Shen this, Young Master Shen that. Am I just an accessory to him? I am me and he is him. My work will not stop because of him! She must quickly film more scenes, repay the money to Shen Le Tian, and then end this absurd relationship with him.

Just as Yu Miao’s mindset shifted, the system immediately alerted Le Tian, who was wandering around in the yacht,

“Yu Miao wants to break up with you.”

Le Tian froze as he caressed the luxurious sofa inside the yacht, “Are you kidding me? Did someone dig Laotzu’s corner? Is the other party more wealthy and handsome than me?”

*TL/N: laotzu is slang that has meaning as the Old Master that used by people for call themselves arrogantly.

System: “I’m sorry, she just simply wanted to dump you.”

Le Tian was furious, “How does she have the nerve to break up with me when she owes me so much money?!”

System: “It’s probably… her dignity as the female lead? She doesn’t want to be entangled with a playboy like you. I’ve said it before, this is punishment, and it’s won’t be so easy to complete.”

Le Tian suddenly felt a bit alarmed. He was indeed not in a hurry to find out, but the identity of the female lead’s boyfriend absolutely could not be compromised. Based on his past experience, apart from the male lead, no one else could hope to rekindle a relationship with the female lead, particularly considering their fragile financial relationship.

The system comforted, “The good news is that she won’t break up with you at least for the time being. So, you still have some time.”

—

As time became increasingly urgent, Le Tian started to nervously contemplate how to get Shen Lixing and Yu Miao to interact. Drawing from his experience of portraying various characters in hundreds of romantic worlds, he recognized two common ways for a domineering CEO like Shen Lixing and a protagonist with a disparate background like Yu Miao to develop feelings for each other.

First, the previous generation of the female protagonist cause harm to the CEO’s family in a previous generation, prompting the CEO to seek revenge.

Second, the female protagonist directly harms a significant relative of the CEO, leading to the CEO seeking revenge.

In any case, the grudge would be settled.

Le Tian suddenly had a bold idea, “I want to commit suicide”

The system responded with bewilderment, “…”

“Of course, it’s faking death,” Le Tian added while tapping the sofa. “I’ll blow up this yacht and leave a suicide note claiming that I couldn’t bear it after Yu Miao expressed her desire to break up with me.”

The system couldn’t comprehend, “Do you think that by doing this Shen Lixing will fall in love with Yu Miao?”

Le Tian affirmed, “According to the laws of romantic novels, yes.”

System: “… So, how do you plan to fake your death?”

Le Tian: “That’s the problem. Come, let’s talk about it.”

The system instantly felt an ominous premonition.

“As the most notorious wanted criminal, other systems have failed to capture me, but you succeeded. This is a remarkable accomplishment. If you can still hold me accountable for the punishment,” Le Tian gestured with his thumbs up, “then you’re the top dog in the system world.”

Admittedly, the system was very proud for capturing Le Tian, but this person is just too unruly. The system’s main purpose in enforcing punishment was to retrieve Le Tian as the Guardian of Romance Worlds. If it could truly subdue this unruly wanted criminal number 0, it would be a big achievement for the system that could be boasted about for a hundred years.

“I’ll help you,” the system hesitated for a moment before continuing, “but you have to be obedient in the future.”“

Le Tian beamed, “No problem.”

With the system’s promise, Le Tian knew that this matter would be much easier to handle. Blowing up the yacht and faking the corpse were just small matters for the system.

Only when writing a suicide note, Le Tian wants to write it himself.

The system affirmed his idea, “The tone of suicide note is very important”.

Directly deciding on how Shen Lixing would treat Yu Miao after Le Tian faked his death, “I’ve decided to include a little surprise in the suicide note.”

The system started to have another bad feeling.

“How about I added something in poem?” Le Tian asked excitedly.

The system asked, “What something?”

“Le Tian actual family background!”

Le Tian said with a carefree and considerate tone, “I have to give Shen Lixing a reason to forgive Yu Miao in the future. If he finds out that I’m not his biological nephew, he might have to thank Yu Miao for forcing me to death, and then the two of them will love each other even more.”

System: “… You’ve really thought this through.”

As soon as he said, Le Tian took local materials, pulled out a pen and paper from a drawer of the yacht, and prepared to write a suicide note.

Without further ado, Le Tian found a pen and paper from a drawer on the yacht and prepared to write a farewell letter.

I cry.

The one who doesn’t love me anymore,

Was my last straw.

Will you forgive me,

Dearest Uncle?

Life is short,

So, Nephew will go first.

Then Le Tian got stuck at in “Chi (zi)” and casually wrote the sentence “A child (zi) should be loved and will not be waited upon” to make up the numbers, and then exclaimed after finishing, “Such literary elegance!”

System: “…”, what kind of bullshit is this…

After finishing the farewell letter, Le Tian neatly folded it and put it in his pocket, saying to the system, “I’ll blow up the yacht on a good day in the next couple of days.”

System: “I thought you loved this yacht.”

Le Tian casually replied, “I don’t even know how to sail it, so it’s good to blow it up and set off fireworks.”

System: “I heard that you were a commoner, I didn’t expect you to have such a luxurious preference.”

Le Tian: “Hey, just fill in the gaps, alright? By the way, with the punishment from you guys, I’m definitely handsome and wealthy in every world, otherwise finding a man stronger than me would be too easy.”

System: “…Indeed”.

“How wonderful,” Le Tian said cheerfully as he opened his arms and took a deep breath, savoring the smell of money from his brand-new yacht.

“Hey, let’s make a deal. We’re in a partnership now, so in the next world, arrange me a rich and powerful role. Being a young master is quite enjoyable, but it doesn’t feel quite right with someone riding on top of my head at home.”

The system said instantly, “Sure, no problem.”

With the new strategic partnership with the system, Le Tian was in high spirits and suggested celebrating with a candlelit dinner.

The system thinks, …as long as you’re happy.

Le Tian boldly booked the city’s top private restaurant and had the lights turned off, dining by candlelight and sat on the seat by the wall to eat French food.

“Romance of a bachelor.” Le Tian boasted himself, picked up the phone and took a couple of pictures to post on social media, pretending to be in a passionate relationship.

Just as he picked up his cutlery to take his first bite, his phone rang. Seeing that it was his uncle, he immediately picked it up and sweetly greeted him, “Uncle!”.

However, his uncle asked sternly, “Where are you?”

Le Tian reported the name of the restaurant to him.

“I’m coming over right now,” his uncle replied before hanging up.

His uncle’s tone and attitude made Le Tian feel uneasy, and he asked the system quietly, “What’s wrong with my uncle?”

System: “He indirectly says, I want to have dinner with you.”

Le Tian said, “Drop that way of speak.”

*TL/N: System is imitating Shen Lixing’s way of talking.

System replied, “Fine.”

Le Tian sighed, “You’re spreading bad influence…”

The system said, “We’re in a strategic partnership, learning from each other.”

It was clear that the system was still unhappy about his previous negative attitude. Le Tian bitterly put down his cutlery and asked the waiter for another set of tableware, planning to wait for his uncle to arrive before starting his meal.

As soon as Shen Lixiang arrived, he dressed impeccably in a three-piece suit, and his stern expression sent chills down Le Tian’s spine.

When his figure appeared, Le Tian immediately stood up and greeted him, “Uncle.”

Shen Lixing glanced at him coldly, his narrow phoenix eyes sharp and penetrating. Le Tian complained to the system, “What’s with that look from him?”

The system remained silent.

“Why do you eat alone?” Shen Lixing said lightly after sitting down.

Le Tian smiled, “Isn’t there Uncle accompanying me?”

There were two glasses of red wine on the table, and Shen Lixing picked up the glass in front of him and sniffed it lightly, “92 Romanée-Conti.”

Is this guy is trying to impress him,

Le Tian thought to himself, and smiled, “I knew Uncle Xiao was coming, so I specially opened it.”

Shen Lixing took a sip, “It’s good wine.”

Then he silently stared at Le Tian across the wine glass. Le Tian felt the atmosphere was a bit awkward and lifted his glass to take a sip of wine to relieve his embarrassment.

Just as the wine was about to touch his lips, Shen Lixing’s voice sounded lightly, “I read your mother’s diary.”

“Puff!” Le Tian sprayed unsurprisingly.

The bright red wine splattered on Shen Lixing’s shirt… and his resolute chin.

The system, silent for a long time, finally spoke, “Oh, wow.”