Jiang Jiu transmigrated into an old-school male-oriented novel, where she was the villainous fiancee who broke off her engagement with the domineering male lead, Wei Xu.
Her entire story in the book could be summed up in just a few words: break off the engagement, come crawling back, get killed by one of Wei Xu's admirers, and end up lying dead in the wilderness.
To stay alive, she planned to
Break off her engagement with Wei Xu anyway.
Wei Xu devoted himself to cultivation, with nothing but ascension on his mind, and treated female cultivators as beneath his notice. She planned to reason with him and politely end their engagement. After that, they would go their separate ways and live in peace.
No matter how many admirers he acquired from then on, they would have nothing to do with Jiang Jiu.
But as she looked at the man kneeling before her, Jiang Jiu fell into deep thought.
Didn't the book say the domineering male lead was unyielding, never bending even if it meant breaking? What was he doing now?
Wei Xu knelt ramrod straight and spoke each word with emphatic force. “I... have a younger brother.”
Jiang Jiu: “?” How could I not know whether you have a younger brother? The book never mentioned one!
Wei Xu's lips were pressed tight, as if he had some difficulty speaking. After a long silence, he said, “He's sick. Please save him. I'll sign a gentleman's agreement with you.”
With that, he took out a thick stack of booklets.
Jiang Jiu opened one and saw several large words on the first page: Rules for Serving One's Dao Companion.
Jiang Jiu fell silent. You call this a gentleman's agreement?
Wei Xu had extraordinary talent and devoted himself to cultivation, never taking a break. Ascension was his lifelong goal, but the passage to ascension had been destroyed.
Later, something called the Substitute System suddenly appeared in his mind.
It said that if he became the stand-in for Jiang Jiu's cherished first love, let Jiang Jiu torment him in body and mind, and finally forgive her with tears in his eyes, then, after achieving the ultimate goal of a happy ending, it would let him ascend successfully.
“Fine,” Wei Xu agreed at once, though he barely understood a word the System said.
But he was determined to ascend.
[Some System Missions]
Become a stand-in
Endure torment
The cherished first love returns, and the stand-in is cast aside
Run away while pregnant
Return home in triumph
The heroine regrets everything
Defeat the cherished first love and amaze everyone
Happy Ending
(There is a run-away-while-pregnant plot, but no baby will be born. The characters have normal male and female anatomy, and this is not a gender-bender story.)
Theme: We all have a bright future
