Chapter 290: Wang Haoran Digging a Castle with His Toes

Scared by Zhao Nishang, Wang Haoran abandoned his infiltration of the Mo Mansion.

“System, what the hell are you trying to pull?!”

[…Uh… Host, this has nothing to do with this system!]

“Nothing to do with you? Hmph, you’re lying, trying to ambush me!”

“I thought tonight I’d be coming to thrash a bunch of Transformation stage weaklings, but you throw a late-stage Legend at me! I can’t beat that!”

“System, tell me honestly, are you trying to force me to spend my luck points this way?”

[…Host, please don’t falsely accuse this five-star system!]

“…”

Crap, now the system was shamelessly rating itself five stars!

Grumbling internally, Wang Haoran carefully observed the woman named Zhao Nishang inside the Mo Mansion.

He was glad he had “Enhanced Perception,” otherwise, she would’ve discovered him.

Late-stage Legend! I can’t fight that now!

And by looking at her personal data, she was even a main character. He wondered which male lead she was paired with.

Initially planning to thoroughly investigate the Mo Mansion, Wang Haoran now stayed outside, using “X-ray Vision” to look around.

“…Hmm… First, find that Mo family young master… He should be easy to spot…”

“Damn, in the dead of night… The steward and maid… The footmen and maids… They’re all going at it… Can’t look, it’ll give me a sty!” (tln : :O the having seggs ofc)

Quickly shifting his gaze, he began searching layouts to locate Mo Qingyuan—

“…This guy is quite handsome, with that delicate, novel-esque male lead look… He must be the one.”

Using “Identification,” it was confirmed.

Mo Qingyuan, male lead number one, martial strength at early-stage Transformation.

“Male lead number one… which means he’s the male lead of a female-oriented novel… Then who is the female lead of this story?”

A female-oriented lead doesn’t have to be stunningly beautiful, but she must be pretty and young.

Based on this criterion and excluding those engaged in late-night skirmishes, Wang Haoran identified three women before finding his target—

[Mo Qinglan: Protagonist of ‘Fanfic Transdimensional Missions: Saving the Paranoid Second Male Lead’

Halo: 1000

Martial Strength: 256 (mid-stage Dark Strength)

Physique: 120

Mental Strength: 150

Affection: -40

Charm: 80

Goldfinger: Saving the Tragic Second Male Lead System (a worthless one-star system, useless, ignore it)

Loyalty Halo (members of ‘Mo Yin’ will blindly believe the protagonist)

Synopsis: *sobs* My Qingyuan is so pitiful! He gave his heart and soul to the female lead, but she turned and hooked up with the male lead! How infuriating! Both the female lead and male lead are so despicable!

After finishing the novel, Dr. Qinglan, proficient in 48 languages with thirteen degrees, was about to curse out the author when a white light flashed before her eyes, and a strange voice said: Passing condition: Save Mo Qingyuan and make him fall in love with you.

Mo Qingyuan? Isn’t that the full name of my Qingyuan? Before understanding what happened, she heard a magnetic voice by her ear: “Qinglan, are you okay?” “I’m fine…”

Wow! So handsome! It’s really my Qingyuan! Oh my god! I transmigrated into an unnoticed female supporting character, Mo Qinglan, Qingyuan’s cousin! *sobs* My Qingyuan crushes me to death in the original! Scary~

But Qingyuan is so handsome~ The system demands I make him fall in love with me~ What should I do~ *covers face, shy shy*]

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A prolonged silence.

After reading this cringe-worthy synopsis, Wang Haoran had dug a luxurious castle into the floor with his toes.

“My Qingyuan,” “proficient in 48 languages,” “this young lady,” “*covers face, shy shy*”…

Wang Haoran felt his scalp tingle with embarrassment.

“This tone… It must be written by a middle school girl, right?! It must be?!”

“Just discovered a female-oriented novel, captivated by the character ‘Mo Qingyuan,’ but the author ruined it. So she picked up the pen to write fanfiction for the character she liked!”

But… the problem is, such novels often feature romance narratives with cliche lines like “He lost his legs, but I lost my love!”

Or even “a mere father-killing feud” forgiven when love comes into play!

However, staring at Mo Qinglan, who hated him without meeting, Wang Haoran had a sudden flash of inspiration.

“System, listen to me and see if my analysis makes sense.”

“Mo Qinglan hasn’t met me, but her affection is at -40. So her impression of me must come from that novel where Zhu Xiwang is the female lead!”

“And Zhu Xiwang fell in love with me at first sight… Combining that with the synopsis saying, ‘the female lead turned to love the male lead,’ ‘the female lead and male lead are despicable!'”

“So, I boldly guess, the male lead is me, and the female lead is Zhu Xiwang!”

Wang Haoran felt a bit proud.

“System, I’ve grown! No longer a simp villain!”

[…Host, but Mo Qinglan is transmigrated… Now she’s the protagonist… And the male lead is Mo Qingyuan…]

[Host and Zhu Xiwang… Maybe even Zhu Nan… The three of you are villains… obstacles to the main characters’ romance, eventually becoming mere stepping stones…]

“…”

“…Transmigrated again! System, can you get me a copy of that novel where Zhu Xiwang is the protagonist?”

[…Host, I can’t. Because Mo Qinglan’s system is trash, and it became useless after bringing her here. It’s like a computer offline, disconnected from the network. This system can’t access it now…]

“…Alright!”

Wang Haoran sighed.

Mo Qinglan’s protagonist halo is only 1000, so a brute-force approach might work… but…

“Why is Zhao Nishang here?! Damn!”

“Just wait, War God! Once I’m stronger, I’ll slap you before you even make a move!”

Wang Haoran was helpless.

Zhao Nishang is a female lead corresponding to a male protagonist in another novel.

Now, Mo Qingyuan is the male lead for the female protagonist, Mo Qinglan.

So, seemingly, they belong to different stories and should have no relation…

But with Zhao Nishang present, he couldn’t act recklessly!

Hence, Wang Haoran could only retreat for now.