Cen Leyu is a 996 office worker.
In a 30-day month, he works past midnight on at least 25 days, gets woken up by phone calls at one or two in the morning on 20 days to turn on his computer and fix client problems, and spends 15 days running all over the country on those damn business trips.
Finally, on his 26th birthday, he died of exhaustion, just as he expected.
He died, then woke up again.
As he came to, a voice said, "Cen Leyu, congratulations! You've been selected as the 666,666th lucky human to be bound to the Justice System. All you have to do is complete the tasks assigned by the System, and you can be reborn!"
Cen Leyu: "You bring me back to life after I die just to give me tasks? Ha. Send me back to die right now, thanks."
The System panicked. "What you have to do is really simple! Eighty percent of the world’s fortune in Plane 555 has been stolen by a malicious outsider. All you have to do is enter Plane 555, stop the outsider from deceiving its chosen ones, and keep the fortune that was supposed to be stolen right there in Plane 555!"
Cen Leyu: "What's that got to do with me? Send me back to die, thanks."
Seeing that it couldn't get through to him, the System simply threw the story of Plane 555 in front of him.
The identity the System gave him was the young master of the Cen family, one of the four great families in that world. His name was the same as Cen Leyu's, while the outsider was the son of a Cen family servant.
But in reality, the young master Cen was a fake, swapped in by the servant. The servant's son was the real young master of the Cen family.
In the original story, Cen Leyu grew up spoiled rotten and was arrogant and domineering, often beating and scolding the real young master.
After the outsider arrived, he repeatedly set things up to deliberately provoke the fake young master, making him bully the outsider over and over. Then, when the truth was finally revealed, the outsider won the affection of the entire Cen family.
The elder Cens, Cen Leyu's eldest and second brothers, and even the fake young master's former fiance all took the real young master's side.
The fake young master was dumped by his fiance and mercilessly cast aside by the Cen family. He wandered like a stray dog, unable to adjust to a life of poverty after growing up in luxury, and eventually hanged himself.
After playing everyone like pawns, the outsider successfully obtained 80 percent of the world's fortune and left with it.
With its fortune depleted, Plane 555 teetered on the brink of collapse. That was why the System had sought out Cen Leyu.
System: "Host, I've already come up with a plan for you. Just do what the outsider did: cry and act like a green tea, walk his path and leave him nowhere to go! Even if you fail the mission, all that happens is you die, so you have absolutely nothing to lose!"
After years as a corporate drone, Cen Leyu had become great at summing things up. "I get endless money, I can go crazy on whoever I want, and when I run out of money, I can die right away? Why didn't you say so earlier?"
System: "No, Host, I'm not telling you to go crazy. Our goal is..."
Cen Leyu: "All right, you don't need to say another word. I'll take the job. Send me over."
One wrong step led to a lifetime of regret. The System sent Cen Leyu into Plane 555 with tears in its eyes. It watched as Cen Leyu bullied the real young master even more viciously than in the original story, talked back to heaven and earth, then took on his eldest brother, his second brother, and that clueless fiance.
Just as the System thought the mission was doomed to fail, the truth came out. Not only did the Cen family refuse to cast Cen Leyu aside, but even the fiance who was supposed to break off their engagement begged Cen Leyu to insult him a little more.
The System asked nervously, "H-Host, why does it seem like they all really enjoy being insulted by you?"
Cen Leyu: "There's something wrong with them. But who cares? There's something wrong with me too, hehe ("^_^")"
1. Unhinged fiction.
2. The gong doesn't appear in the blurb. He's a big shot.
Theme: Rather than tormenting yourself, go crazy and mess with everyone else