Chapter 237: Becoming an Ex-Girlfriend
When Su Chen learned that he had been blacklisted by the entire courier industry, even someone as cheerful and carefree as him was deeply affected by the blow.
If it weren’t for the unexpected fortune of being chosen by the system, Su Chen would have been content living a normal life. However, after acquiring the Godly Tycoon System, his mindset had changed. Su Chen had unknowingly placed himself on a pedestal, viewing himself as extraordinary. But now, everything threatened to be taken away from him.
It should be noted that his Godly Tycoon System required him to make deliveries to earn rewards. If he couldn’t deliver packages, the system would be rendered useless. It was like having a mountain of gold that he couldn’t touch! Could anything be more frustrating than this?
[Ding! The host has orchestrated the blacklisting of the Godly Tycoon protagonist Su Chen by the entire industry, indirectly disabling Su Chen’s Godly Tycoon System. This earns 2000 villain points, reduces Su Chen’s protagonist halo by 100, and increases the host’s villain halo by 100!]
[Ping! Congratulations to the host for surpassing 4000 in villain halo, earning a Social Relationship Bond Card.]
While dining with Liu Yue and others, Wang Haoran received two system notifications.
The first message was expected by Wang Haoran. He had arranged for Cheng Rui to blacklist Su Chen, preventing him from making deliveries, so such rewards were anticipated.
The second message, however, caught his attention. Out of curiosity, Wang Haoran communicated with the system to find out more.
In the system’s warehouse, there was now an additional item. Wang Haoran immediately checked its description.
Social Relationship Bond Card: A one-time consumable valued at 8000 villain points. When used on a female lead (who has not met the host), it creates a social relationship bond. The bond randomly triggers one of the following relationships: senior-junior, brother-sister, friend, confidant, ex-girlfriend, current girlfriend, etc. Once the card takes effect, one of these relationships will be randomly triggered.
An item valued at 8000 villain points seemed quite intriguing. From the description, the ideal candidate for the Social Relationship Bond Card was undoubtedly the Divine Doctor female lead, Bian Suwen. If it randomly resulted in a current girlfriend bond, it would be an instant win. Of course, that’s if luck was on his side. If he was unlucky and it resulted in an ex-girlfriend bond… that would be troublesome. But surely, the odds weren’t that high, right?
Wang Haoran reassured himself. After all, there were ten possible bonds, and all but the ex-girlfriend bond were quite acceptable. Each bond provided a basic emotional foundation, making it much easier to pursue the Divine Doctor female lead.
He decided to take the gamble. He had been lucky with many prizes in the past. Communicating with the system, Wang Haoran issued a command through his thoughts.
[Ding! Does the host confirm the use of the Social Relationship Bond Card on the Divine Doctor female lead, Bian Suwen?]
“Yes!”
[Ding! The Social Relationship Bond Card has been successfully used. Congratulations to the host for randomly triggering the ‘ex-girlfriend’ relationship bond!]
[Ding! The current total favorability of the female lead Bian Suwen towards the host is -70 (intense resentment).]
Damn!
Wang Haoran’s frustration spiked, and he accidentally knocked over his bowl with his chopsticks.
Liu Yue, Qiu Qianwei, and others looked at him in confusion.
“Just a slip of the hand,” Wang Haoran forced a smile and made a quick excuse to brush it off.
Liu Yue and the others didn’t pursue the matter further.
Wang Haoran maintained a calm exterior, but inside, he was deeply frustrated. A one-in-ten chance, and he had hit it! Such rotten luck.
This damn Social Relationship Bond Card was better left unused. Using it had directly increased the difficulty of pursuing Bian Suwen to an extreme level. Wang Haoran admitted he had encountered many female leads, but none had ever had a favorability as low as -70 towards him! Intense resentment! How was he supposed to pursue her now?
Filled with resentment, Wang Haoran communicated with the system: “I want to cancel the social relationship bond.”
“Replying to the host, the Social Relationship Bond Card has already taken effect and cannot be directly canceled. To cancel, please purchase a Social Relationship Bond Removal Card from the system shop.”
“You should have mentioned this earlier!” Wang Haoran muttered, and quickly checked the system shop.
What he saw almost made him knock over his bowl again. Purchasing a Social Relationship Bond Removal Card required 16000 villain points! Although he currently had 23000 villain points, they were accumulated slowly over time. Spending 16000 villain points on such a card seemed excessive.
Wang Haoran immediately dismissed the idea of purchasing the removal card. After eating in silence for a while, his mood gradually calmed. He then checked the sudden influx of information in his mind.
Once the Social Relationship Bond Card took effect, Wang Haoran’s mind was filled with “past memories” of his time with Bian Suwen. The general scenario of their meeting, falling in love, and breaking up was as follows: two or three summers ago, Wang Haoran fell seriously ill. Wang Xiang and Zhen Li invited the Divine Doctor from the capital, Bian Suwen, to treat him. During the treatment, Wang Haoran and Bian Suwen developed feelings for each other, shared romantic moments, and made vows of eternal love.
However, their good times were short-lived. Wang Haoran met another woman, Xu Muyan, and suddenly fell for her, leading to his separation from Bian Suwen. Heartbroken, Bian Suwen left in anger. That was the general process.
After “reading” through these events, Wang Haoran felt awkward and strange. Two or three years ago, he was only sixteen or seventeen, while Bian Suwen was around twenty-one. The idea that they would fall for each other and share romantic moments seemed quite far-fetched. However, these were the “histories” created by the Social Relationship Bond Card. There was nothing he could do; the system’s products were completely unreasonable!
What frustrated Wang Haoran was that despite such a relationship, Bian Suwen remained pure— their relationship had only progressed to holding hands! Wang Haoran was displeased with this. Not only did he gain an additional romantic history, but he also didn’t gain any advantage from it, which was simply too much!
Despite his complaints, Wang Haoran began to think of ways to deal with Bian Suwen. From Liu Yue’s conversations, Wang Haoran already knew that Bian Suwen would be coming to Qingling the day after tomorrow. Since he was now close to Liu Yue and others, he would inevitably meet Bian Suwen, and there was no way to avoid it.
Wang Haoran searched through the “memories” of his interactions with Bian Suwen, trying to understand her better and find a way to win her over.