After the Finale, I Went to Save the Villain

After the story ends, the world goes on. The protagonists find happiness, while the villains are left battered and with nothing.

An Chen's mission is to travel with a System to small worlds and save the villains.

"Host No. 0328, you have volunteered for this mission. Please follow these rules. Time-Space Mission Rule One: Do not reveal the System's existence without authorization. Time-Space Mission Rule Two: Do not tell the natives of this world where you come from. Time-Space Mission Rule Three..."

Amid a sea of white light, An Chen slowly opened her eyes.

To save someone, you have to offer them the thing that tempts them most.

The first time An Chen asked Jiang Lie what he wanted, he said, "I want to return to the pinnacle of power."

An Chen agreed. She would save him with power.

Jiang Lie had lost everything.

He was driven out of the capital, never to return. The woman he had always loved married his sworn enemy. He had given her everything he owned without reservation, but she had helped his enemy deceive him completely!

Jiang Lie was utterly lost and desolate. What could he do now? He was nothing but a broken man.

As Jiang Lie gave up on himself, someone entered the ruined temple and asked him, "What do you want?"

He gave a sardonic smile. "I want to return to the pinnacle of power. Can you give me that?"

For the next ten years, whenever Jiang Lie thought back to that night, he remembered that there really had been someone who could save him from his misery.

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Little Scene One

At the Lotus Lantern Festival, Jiang Lie carried a lotus lantern with a slip of paper tucked inside its wick. He looked at An Chen. "I made a wish inside my lantern. I wonder if it will come true."

An Chen fiddled with her own lantern and smiled. "What did you wish for?"

He tilted his head and thought for a moment. "I can't tell you."

"You believe in that sort of thing?" An Chen asked, a flicker of interest in her eyes.

"I didn't before," he said softly. Jiang Lie looked at An Chen beside him. Half her face was reflected in the warm light, her gaze fixed on him as she waited for his answer. His lips curved slightly. If there were gods, may they grant his wish.

Little Scene Two

Jiang Lie thought she was dead. It was as though the world had a hand that kept pushing him into the mire, again and again.

For ten years, every time he thought of her, his heart felt as if it were being cut with a knife. The pain stole his breath, and he nearly couldn't bear it.

He had a tombstone erected for her and cleared the snow from it every year. Touching the tiny words "my wife" carved into the stone, he wept bitterly. For ten years, you never came to me in a dream. You really are heartless.

A sigh sounded behind him, tender and full of pity. "I remember. You never did marry me."

Coming soon: The Plot-Obsessed System and the Villain Get Their Happy Ending

0307 was a newly born System. As soon as she gained awareness, she was sent to a small world to fulfill her mission: keep the plot on track.

According to the Main System, the villain had strayed from the plotline and disrupted the world's course. 0307's job was to put him back on track.

Her Host was the Demon Lord Wu Jinya.

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On the first day after they were paired, she coaxed and encouraged him with great enthusiasm. Unfortunately, her Host refused to cooperate, so in desperation 0307 temporarily took control of him, lying in a pile of corpses until the heroine dug her out. And so the mission was successfully completed.

On their second day together, the System wasn't afraid of him anymore. "Host, please follow the plot and pretend to be an orphaned beggar who wanders the streets, then stage an accident to get the heroine's attention."

Wu Jinya said nothing.

"Host, you have the right to remain silent, but this System has the right to take control and complete the mission in your place!"

A vein throbbed at Wu Jinya's temple as he fiercely resisted. 0307 took over again, opened her eyes, and clung to the heroine's leg, wailing. She watched the mission success notification with satisfaction.

0307 gradually became addicted to completing missions on her Host's behalf. For his part, the Host wanted nothing more than to grind her bones to dust.

Of course, that could never happen! She was full of confidence, right up until the first time he pulled her out of his sea of consciousness.

0307's pupils shook with shock. What was happening?!

Wu Jinya gave her a sinister smile.

She couldn't act cocky anymore. But before she could even get scared, she felt her body slowly dissipate. When she appeared again and opened her eyes, she was back in the familiar sea of consciousness.

0307 was thrilled. She decided she could be cocky again!

Wu Jinya liked peace and quiet, but there was an incessantly chattering thing in his sea of consciousness that kept him on the verge of a tantrum. He wanted to pull her out, crush her, slice up her soul, and mix the pieces into the dust.

He pulled her out more than once, but every time, she returned to his sea of consciousness before long.

Eventually, he really did manage to pull her out.

Before he could speak, the golden ball in his hand began to tremble nonstop, shedding golden dust in terror.

Wu Jinya leaned close to her and asked in a low, eerie voice, "Do you prefer a male body or a female one?"

0307 timidly glanced at the corpses of every kind hanging on the wall behind him. On the verge of tears and trembling all over, she stammered, "H-Host, th-this System has the right to punish you..."

Wu Jinya gave a low, lingering laugh. "Fine."

Coming soon: The Eldest Sister Sets the Standard

The legitimate eldest daughter of the Chen household, frail and sickly, had left home at three to travel with a wandering Daoist. Now she had returned.

Twelve years had passed, and no one knew what the eldest daughter looked like now. Then she appeared before everyone for the first time, dressed in plain white Daoist robes with her hair in a topknot. She looked just like a little Daoist priest.

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Someone asked her, "Do you know music, chess, calligraphy, and painting?"

Chen Yao answered honestly, "No."

"What about poetry and literature?"

Chen Yao shook her head. "I never studied them."

"Surely you at least know how to behave with proper decorum?"

Chen Yao looked confused. "Why do you need decorum when you're out and about?"

Everyone shook their heads and sighed. "It's over. This girl is a lost cause."

Every child in the Chen household was exceptional, but this eldest daughter, who had only just returned after years away, seemed utterly lacking beside her younger siblings. Outsiders lamented her shortcomings, unaware that Chen Yao was perfectly content. This was still much better than sleeping rough and eating whatever she could find!

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Chen Yao had returned from traveling with her master. Twelve years had been more than enough to make her forget what her hometown looked like. Fortunately, her parents were loving, and her siblings were kind to one another, so it was easy enough to settle in.

Chen Yao was filled with emotion. Her right hand carefully protected her delicate, precious younger sister, while her younger brother, pinned beneath her fingers like Sun Wukong beneath the Five-Finger Mountain, had tears streaming down his face. He had fought back! He really had!

Little Scene:

The second young master of the Chen household had been spoiled since childhood and was completely out of control. He was a little tyrant in Jinnan City. Aside from his father, no one could keep him in line.

Then his sister, at least in name, came home. As the saying goes, an elder sister is like a mother, and an elder brother is like a father. Chen Qiguang spat out the foxtail grass in his mouth and looked brazenly at the world. There would never be another person in Jinnan City who could lord it over him!

Then, after being beaten up countless times, Chen Qiguang stood there with tears in his eyes and a bruised, swollen face. Even his father had never hit him this hard!

The person holding him down gave a snort. "The education of love may be late, but it always comes."

Theme: Life has its low points, but once you make it through, tomorrow will come