After the System Returned, It Found That the Host Had Pursued the Wrong Person

[The day the System came back, it stared at the protagonist it had tried to make me win over and fell into deep thought.]

Three months after Ye Batian transmigrated into a book as a top-tier playboy, the villain System was finally repaired.

As soon as the System finished loading its data, it saw its Host, who should have been under its control and provoking the protagonist bottom into killing him, curled up in the corner of a sofa while the legendary ruthless protagonist top held his head and kissed him.

The protagonist top, Lu Ye, even leaned down to soothe him. "What are you afraid of? You weren't like this last night."

Ye Batian's ears turned bright red, and his voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz. "Y-you can't just do whatever you want. I'm the eldest son of the Ye family..."

System: [???]

It frantically flooded the screen with messages: [Host! You won over the wrong person! That's the protagonist top! The final boss who's supposed to grind you to dust! You should be going after Yuan Yi, the guy by his side!]

Ye Batian shuddered in fright and instinctively burrowed into Lu Ye's arms. "It cursed me!"

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow and covered Ye Batian's ears with one hand. His gaze turned as cold as ice as he spoke calmly to the empty air. "Make another sound and I'll take you apart."

The System went silent at once.

Who could tell it why the protagonist top, who was supposed to use the Host as a stepping stone, was protecting this delicate little "flower of evil" like the apple of his eye?!

In the early days after transmigrating into a book, Ye Batian spent every day acting "arrogant and overbearing."

His hands shook when he slammed the table, his legs went weak when he made threats, and then Lu Ye would corner him against the wall. "Young Master Ye looked so cute when he glared at me just now."

Ye Batian: "???" Is this guy seriously messed up?

Later, he realized that Lu Ye's gaze was getting more and more peculiar.

He would snatch the cigarette from Ye Batian's hand, fend off unwanted admirers for him, and casually tell people to get lost when a real playboy gave him a hard time.

Ye Batian played dumb. "Why are you always following me? I'm a man destined to be a villain!"

Lu Ye chuckled, his fingertips brushing over Ye Batian's Adam's apple. "Oh? Then does the villain want to try dragging me down with him?"

While the System was gone, Ye Batian let himself go completely.

He no longer needed to act tough. He dared to cling to Lu Ye's arm and act spoiled, to lounge on Lu Ye's bed and refuse to leave, and even to point at Yuan Yi and declare, "He's my best friend. Don't you dare get any ideas about him!"

Yuan Yi raised his teacup and watched with calm amusement. "I'm not interested in stealing someone else's boyfriend."

It wasn't until the System returned with an alert saying he'd won over the wrong target that Ye Batian finally panicked.

"Lu Ye, I think we got everything backward..."

But Lu Ye caught his wrist and pinned him against the floor-to-ceiling window. Loosening his tie at an unhurried pace, he asked, "What did we get backward?"

He lowered his head and bit Ye Batian's earlobe, his voice hoarse. "I never said I was the bottom."

Ye Batian looked at himself in the mirror, eyes red from kissing, and suddenly remembered the System's new warning:

[Warning! Protagonist top's corruption level at 99%! The villain Host's waist is in danger!]

[Punishment: The Host will remain in this world forever, bound to the protagonist top for life.]

Ye Batian: "..."

Wait, how does that punishment sound a little like a reward?

[Looks like a spoiled rich kid but is actually a cowardly bottom x aloof, scheming, and fiercely protective top]

1. System: I didn't come back just to watch you two fall in love!!!

2. Yuan Yi: I'm just an unremarkable genius wingman.

3. The top acts meek and obedient at first, but later takes the lead. He pursues the bottom (?) and it's sweet from start to finish, with no angst.

Theme: If you put your heart into it, even an iron rod can be ground into a needle!