System 008 had its years of savings stolen in a scam.
To collect points by harvesting the protagonist's negative emotions,
it took the form of a human toddler and bound itself to Du Jingshu, a cannon-fodder villain from three different books.
The Host was the Marchioness of Jing'an at the time.
She was always yielding to the male lead, Pei Lingzhou.
She schemed against the female lead, Ye Caoxin.
And she fawned over her mother-in-law.
She lived a miserable, stifled life, all the while stubbornly refusing to admit it.
But she knew how to flatter, was generous with money, and could provide emotional support.
008 earned points by beating up the male lead. It stood up for its Host by beating up the male lead.
It was always on the front line, doing everything it could to stop the male and female leads from getting their happy ending.
But as the points piled up, the male lead's family only suffered more and more.
008 looked at its unruffled, chrysanthemum-like cannon-fodder Host and couldn't help wondering: was something off?
Du Jingshu prayed for a child at a temple and came home with an evil god doll.
The evil god doll was innocent and gullible, but incredibly powerful.
She'd intended to use it against Pei Lingzhou and destroy the Jing'an Marquis household.
Instead, she accidentally helped it make a whole lot of money.