The Female Lead's Childhood Friend Is a Single, Old-Money Heir

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After completing missions in n worlds,

Dai Xi finally got her wish: she went to a retirement world to live as a billionaire.

But the System glitched and sent her back to a world she'd visited before.

In this world, her parents had both died. She had deliberately antagonized the heroine because she was in love with the male lead, making her a thoroughly wicked cannon-fodder character.

Now, fifteen years had passed. The male and female leads were happily married, the male supporting character who had once been her backup had become an award-winning actor, and even the heroine's dog was a famous online celebrity with a million followers.

Only Dai Xi was left all alone, still looking like a poor eighteen-year-old, squatting in a noisy produce market and gnawing on a steamed corn bun.

Was she supposed to put up with that?

Dai Xi called her childhood friend.

Half an hour later, he got out of a Maybach.

Dai Xi's eyes widened. "Holy crap, Yan Xuqing, how did you turn back into a teenager?"

The fifteen-year-old boy stared fixedly at her face, then gave a scoff. "Next time you pretend to be my mom, could you at least check how old my dad is?"

Dai Xi discovered that fifteen years later, her childhood friend not only had a kid,

but had also been abandoned by his wife and become a widower. No, wait, a single rich old-timer.

The boy who used to be timid and afraid of the dark had grown into a calm, composed, mature, and powerful CEO.

His build was solid, his features chiseled, and time had left traces at the corners of his eyes.

She patted her childhood friend's chest and almost had her hand bounced right off.

In a solemn tone, she said, "Buddy, when you get rich, don't forget me."

Her childhood friend hadn't forgotten where he came from.

He let Dai Xi move into his two-thousand-square-meter villa.

She rode million-yuan luxury cars, ate seafood shipped from across the ocean, played with a bratty fifteen-year-old, and slept in a three-meter-wide bed.

She went to the office with her childhood friend, and everyone who saw her looked as if they'd seen a ghost.

She heard them say, "She looks just like the boss's late wife."

Dai Xi: Huh? Is Yan Xuqing keeping a replacement?

Curious, she deliberately got close to him to test the waters. Even drunk, the mature man remained calm and restrained, advising her in a hoarse voice, "Xixi, you can't just do something like this casually."

Dai Xi rolled her eyes. "Yan Xuqing, are you impotent or something?"

He looked at her with a heavy gaze, his thigh firm and burning hot.

One day, Dai Xi suddenly realized that brat might really be her kid.

"When did it happen?"

"...In summer."

Dai Xi was horrified.

Holy crap, did I sleep with him right after graduating from high school?

Yan Xuqing kissed her forehead. "I wanted it."

The first year Dai Xi disappeared, many people cried in grief.

By the fifth year of her disappearance, everyone had gradually moved on from their sadness.

By the tenth year, she had become a shadow. Everyone was busy with their own lives and had forgotten their old friend.

On the fifteenth anniversary of Dai Xi's disappearance, Yan Xuqing came home from work.

He calmly finished a glass of water, ate a couple of bites of vegetables, and went to the bedroom to cover his son, who had kicked off his blanket. Only then did he go down to the basement and open a door.

The light faded into darkness, obscuring his view while also hiding the rows of scars beneath Yan Xuqing's sleeves.

As on every night for the past fifteen years,

he closed his eyes and, with aching devotion, begged his "little fairy" to

visit him in his dreams.

● The child belongs to the male and female leads. That's all I can reveal about the System.

● The male lead has a trauma-related illness.

● There is a System, but it's not the focus and doesn't feature much.

Theme: Breaking free of a predetermined fate