The lackey had looks and money but wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed. He was a stumbling block on the path of the main couple’s romance—stubborn and troublesome—so his ending was predictably tragic.

His family went bankrupt, his parents died, he ended up in prison, and was “specially taken care of” on the male lead’s orders, ultimately taking his own life in despair.

Jiang Chen decided to cling to the second male lead’s coattails, play the role of a gossip-enjoying bystander, and steer clear of the chaotic main couple.

The female lead skipped school, refusing to take the college entrance exam. The second male lead tried to persuade her, even locking her up and hiring tutors to catch her up.

[It’s useless. This lovesick fool only has eyes for her little delinquent boyfriend, Yellow Hair. She’s not just skipping school—she got caught bringing Yellow Hair into the girls’ dorm to sleep and was sent home by the school to reflect.]

[As expected of the female lead, absolutely wild.]

[Yellow Hair’s no saint either. He planned to trick her into being sold off. Though our boy stopped him in the end, and she got into her dream university, she still holds a grudge against him for breaking up her romance.]

[Our boy’s got it rough!]

[Wait, hold on—our boy actually let her go?]

[She got sold.]

[And bought by the male lead… uh…]

Following the second male lead with his system, Jiang Chen indulged in gossip, only to find the plot veering further off course. The second male lead’s gaze toward him grew increasingly strange.

On the surface, Jiang Chen played innocent, but inside, he was thrilled. [My boy, Daddy loves you! Daddy’s gossip will lead you to the peak of life!]

Lu Chiyuan had long felt something was wrong with his world. He had a privileged background, a sharp mind, and a strong physique—his life should have been bright and dazzling, yet he was inexplicably trapped in a strange cycle.

That cycle revolved around his parents’ adopted daughter, Shen Zhiyi. His excellence seemed to exist solely to clean up her messes.

It wasn’t normal.

Lu Chiyuan wanted to break free, but whenever the thought crossed his mind, he’d suffer splitting headaches and absurdly bad luck—choking on water, crashing his car, roads closed by fog. He was stuck, only able to move forward by catering to Shen Zhiyi.

Fed up with this life, Lu Chiyuan was once again forced to ditch a business partner to return and deal with Shen Zhiyi’s chaos when he suddenly gained the ability to hear someone’s thoughts.

It was his subordinate, a lackey who appeared soft and obedient but had a vivid, audacious inner world, eagerly playing the role of his “dad.”

[My boy’s so handsome. I love you, my boy.]

Lu Chiyuan kept him close, and from then on, the gossip never stopped.

Shen Zhiyi refused to take the college entrance exam. The lackey: [She’s doing it on purpose to sabotage your business and make you lose money.]

Lu Chiyuan decisively let go, choosing to respect her fate.

The male lead tried to steal Lu Chiyuan’s business. The lackey: [No worries, the female lead will mess things up for him, and he won’t sign the contract. We can swoop in.]

Lu Chiyuan called a meeting with the relevant departments, prepared thoroughly, and secured the deal.

He discovered that as long as the lackey was near, the world’s rules couldn’t control him—the closer, the better the effect.

Later, when Lu Chiyuan was ambushed and the world’s consciousness urged him to seek out Shen Zhiyi, he defied the rules, stumbling to the lackey’s doorstep and knocking.

The moment the door opened, his sunlight broke through the world’s heavy shackles, shining on him.

After a chaotic night, the lackey played ostrich.

Lackey: [This wasn’t in the book! Holy crap, the plot’s completely derailed.]

Lu Chiyuan held the lackey tightly in his arms. This wasn’t derailment—this was everything falling back into place.