Author: Vanilla Muse

Hello Readers!
This is Vanilla Muse, and I will be co-translating “Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil: Xue Zi Xuan’s Side Story” with Moonlightfrost10. She will be translating the odd numbered chapters while I translate the even numbered ones.

Just for clarification, this is a side story that Feng Liu Shu Dai, the original author, wrote because of how popular Xue Zi Xuan’s character was in the main story.

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Standard Info: Abbreviation for “Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil” is FOD. This is “Xue Zi Xuan’s Side Story” abbreviated to XZX. Together it is FOD:XZX. Go here for the updating schedule. Go to the title page for info on this story along with the table of contents.

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Main Story Summary of FOD

A top hacker was chosen by the Lord God to be reborn into countless worlds, always as an expendable villain.
With no free will, every world became a dead end. Every one of his lives ended tragically.
Finally, after wresting control of the Villain System, this ace hacker decided to enact revenge. Even if his very bones were rotten, he’d choose to occupy the very heights of morality, if only on the surface.
Thus, he would change his fate as an abused slag.

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XZX Side Story Preview [by Feng Liu Shu Dai]

Don’t know if all of you still remember or not, in Quickly Wear the Face of the Devil’s ending, Zhou Yun Sheng repaired and saved the database that was destroyed by the Lord God. This story happens in the virtual world re-built by Zhou Yun Sheng. Xue Zi Xuan vs villain Zhou Yun Sheng can be seen as a new story, a villain counterattack x slag gong rebirth text, a clear cut HE. And what Xue Zi Xuan loves is Zhou Yun Sheng the person, the soul, and has nothing to do with whether he can play the piano or not.

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XZX Side Story Summary [by Moonlightfrost10]

This is an alternate universe written by the same author as QWTFD, but is about the world in arc 14 of the book. Basically, it’s about the first time Zhou Yun Sheng was in that world, the only difference being that Xue Zi Xuan is reborn into that world too. ZYS still has the Villain System which occasionally controls him but it’s not very serious because the real system has already been destroyed by ZYS, but it also means that ZYS can’t play the piano with emotion anymore (but then again XZX doesn’t care). So those who are worried about XZX only liking ZYS because he can play the piano, don’t worry. The ML of QWTFD is not is this book, the character the ML was in is now the original character.

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Translator: Moonlightfrost10
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Chapter 1.1 – A Sudden Visit

“Warning, warning, please go back immediately and wait for the allocated task, or you will be terminated!” The cold machine-like voice sounded in his mind, and the boy sitting on the tractor remained unmoved until severe pain engulfed his body. Then, with his body trembling, he finally asked, “Hai Zi-ge*, can you stop at the side of the road, I don’t want to enter the city.”

[*T/N: ge – elder brother in Chinese]

“Why? Forgot something? Hai Zi-ge will bring you back to get it, no trouble…” The young man driving the tractor heartily replied.

This place was a sandy desert, lacking water, lacking electricity, lacking food, lacking people, everything was lacking – except the bone-piercingly cold, northwest wind and an abundance of dust. The county always talked about helping the poor, but after helping for decades, the conditions in this mountain still hasn’t gotten any better. The old people have stayed here their entire lives, and despite working day and night they still couldn’t collect much food.  The young people couldn’t stand this place, and all those who could run ran away, leaving their young children alone in the countryside.

Over time, the land and the villages here became absolutely desolate. Unless it was necessary, the people in the village rarely left and the people outside rarely came in. The teenager waited months for Hai Zi-ge to arrive, who came here to transport the wild olives. He thought that he could finally escape, but was once again stopped.

“I suddenly remembered that I left my family’s millet out in the sun, it’s already afternoon, and I don’t know how long I’ll be busy. Hai Zi-ge, you still have to deliver the goods, so please go ahead first. Don’t worry about me.”

Although the youth’s tone was calm, the hands in his sleeves were trembling. The system’s threat of termination was no joke; the pain in his body had long passed, but the soul tearing still continued. He had no doubt that if he forcefully left this place, the next second his soul would be scattered.

“I didn’t expect you to be so careless and forgetful. Never mind, Hai Zi-ge will send you back.” The man turned the tractor around and headed towards the village. The wheels stirred up the yellow sand, which was then blown away by the cold northwest wind.

The teenager clenched his teeth and looked at his wrist. Apart from him, no one else could see the watch-like thing on his wrist. It was called the “villain system” and it was directly tied to the youth’s soul. If the youth failed to complete the system’s tasks, his soul would be terminated.

The youth stared at the incessantly flashing red watch, his expression heavy. As long as the red light blinked, the punishment would not stop. Evading a task was a heavy offense, according to the usual procedure, the pain would continue for an hour or two. But then something bizarre occurred. The characters on the screen suddenly became distorted, then the screen went completely black. The pain in his body and soul also receded like the tide.

The youth froze in surprise. Pretending to re-arrange his cuffs, he discretely fiddled with the watch, wanting to see whether or not it was truly dead. It’d be good if it died, he’d already had enough of this so-called “villain system.” He had no idea what kind of bad luck hit him, but one minute he was just browsing the Star Network, then he was suddenly transported into this “Lord God dimension”, and forcibly bounded to the system before being sent to different parallel worlds to complete tasks.

To call it a task was not really accurate, the Lord God didn’t care whether or not the final result was successful, as long as he didn’t try to escape, he could still be rewarded. Therefore, more and more he felt like he was just going along with the plot, because the system gave him the role of the “villain”, and the villain only has one ending, being destroyed by the protagonist. As such, he has completed many tasks; and perhaps at first his schemes seemed to go off without a hitch, but in the end, all his efforts would go to waste.

In the last world, he died with many grievances. After the story concluded, the Lord God rewarded him five points. The more points he has, the stronger his soul would get. If he managed to collect 100,000 points, he’d be able to leave the Lord God’s dimension and return to the real world. If it was anyone else, they might be completely convinced by the Lord God’s promise, but this youth was different, he was smart, very smart. He’d only completed a few tasks before he realized that the so-called points were not awarded by the Lord God itself, rather, every reincarnation he completed, the power in his soul slowly accumulated.

In other words, the Lord God tossed him into a strange dimension, and let him experience all kinds of hardships, in order to enhance his soul power. This reminded him of locusts, pigs, and livestock, regardless of what species, they’re all animals to be fattened up before the slaughter. He believed that once he accumulates the 100,000 points, his prospects would definitely not be pretty.

So he must save himself.

As for how exactly to accomplish this, he was still trying to figure that out. The system on his wrist was a shackle, but at the same time, it was the key to breaking through the restrictions of the Lord God. Each time he completed a task, the system would take him back to the Lord God’s dimension and contact the Lord God to get information on the next mission. The youth took advantage of the moment when the system integrated its soul power into the Lord God’s system to also integrate his own soul power.

Now, although his soul was still under the system’s complete control, by relying on that soul power link, he could perceive the system’s internal state. Once he found out how it worked, it would only be a matter of time before he hacked into it.

After pressing several buttons, the system still didn’t show any reaction; it really had crashed. This was extremely rare. If you didn’t know, every system was directly controlled by the Lord God, the system dying meant that there was a problem with the Lord God. Exactly which great expert managed to destroy the central system of the Lord God? Sure enough, there really were people outside of people and skies outside the sky!*

[*T/N: People outside of people and skies outside the sky – basically means for every talented person there is someone else somewhere more talented.]

While the teenager inwardly admired this unknown expert, he did not know that the person who destroyed the Lord God was his future self. And his own fate was changed from this moment onwards.

The youth didn’t have the time to rejoice before the watch “brii brii” rang twice and rebooted. The boy’s bright eyes quickly dimmed and he ruthlessly rubbed his wrist. Fortunately, the previous punishment remained canceled, which prevented him from suffering for several more hours.

The tractor travelled towards the entrance of the village; further inside was a narrow road which only allowed one-person to pass through at a time. The man pulled over to the side and patted the dejected teenager, smiling, “Okay, head home quickly.”

“Ay, I’m leaving, Ge, you be safe while driving.” The boy jumped out of the tractor, his lips drawing back to reveal a row of snow white teeth.

The man nodded in response then turned around and left. The wheels of the tractor kicked up a lot of yellow sand, which was then swept by the wind and flung into the teenager’s face, causing him to let out a few sneezes in a row.

“Pei*, I’ve eaten so much sand today, I don’t even need to go back and eat anymore.” The teenager spat out the dust, then walked slowly toward his house.

[*T/N: Pei – sound of disgust]

To call it a house was overstating it, it was nothing but a cave with a single stove, where the teenager lived alone. The boy’s real name was Zhou Yun Sheng, but this body was called Huang Yi and he was a left-behind child*.

[*T/N: Left-behind child – children in China who are left in the village while their parents work in the city]

When the body was six years old, Zhou Yun Sheng was transferred into this world by the system and lived for ten years as Huang Yi. A lot has happened in those ten years. First, the original body’s parents died in a car accident, and his paternal grandparents, who couldn’t stand the psychological shock, followed them.

Two years ago, his maternal grandparents, who were responsible for raising the original body, passed away and left this cave for their grandson.

The original body also had two uncles and an aunt, who were fighting for custody of the child, but Zhou Yun Sheng rejected them. They had no interest in raising him earlier, but after the person who killed his parents paid out $70,000, all of them wanted to raise him, the motive was clear.

Zhou Yun Sheng was not a weakling waiting for someone else to come save him, so he packed up his bank book and was preparing to leave Xiao Liu Village*, but was still stopped by the system.

[*T/N: Xiao Liu Village – name of village that ZYS lives in]

Pushing open the rickety wooden door and sitting down on the cold mat, he closed his eyes and started thinking: The system wouldn’t let him leave Xiao Liu Village. It seemed that the plot required him to stay here, but for what reason? Could it be that this world’s son of destiny* was in Xiao Liu Village, and was waiting for Zhou Yun Sheng to oppress and set him up?

[*T/N: son of destiny – refers to the protagonist of the novel]

Zhou Yun Sheng wiped his face and felt that this guess was ridiculous. The population structure of Xiao Liu Village was very simple. Besides the elderly and children, all the young people left home to work. He wasn’t very narcissistic, but of all the children in the village, he was the most outstanding. The rest couldn’t leave Xiao Liu Village, head out into the world, and eventually reach the peak of society.

To say further, Zhou Yun Sheng never thought that he was inferior to any of the so-called sons of fate. If the villain system didn’t always issue him some braindead tasks, and manipulate the field to let the protagonists gain advantages, how could he have such miserable outcomes? Know that in the real world, he was the type of person who could call down the wind and the rain*, what couldn’t he accomplish in a virtual world?

[*T/N: call down the wind and the rain – very powerful person]

He shouldn’t think about his glorious past, whenever he thought of it, he felt so much hate that the roots of his teeth ached. Zhou Yun Sheng rubbed his cheeks and walked into the kitchen to find something to eat. There was nothing in the pot, but in the cupboard, which was nearly rotting, there was half a pack of flour and a head of cabbage. At least he could make a bowl of noodle soup.

Zhou Yun Sheng washed his hands, poured the flour into the basin and mixed it with water. Once he was done, he put it aside, and started chopping the cabbage. Suddenly, there was a flurry of footsteps outside his door, like many people were approaching.

“Yi-Zi*, people from the city are here to visit you! Come out!” A sharp voice rang out, then the kitchen door was pushed open. A group of people rushed in and dragged Zhou Yun Sheng, who was still cutting the vegetables, to the hall next door.

[*T/N: Yi-Zi – Zhou Yun Sheng’s name in this book is Huang Yi so whenever someone says youth, young boy, Yi-Er, Yi-Zi it all refers to him]

“Who’s here? I don’t have any relatives in the city…” The rest of the words were stuck in his throat, and no matter what, he couldn’t spit them out. Zhou Yun Sheng must admit that he was indeed overwhelmed. In his dilapidated, dusty earthen cave, stood a man dressed in a high-end silver-gray suit.

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Chapter 2.4 – Breeding Hate

Xue Jing Yi’s disease acted up once in the past, and she almost died, so now she was taking a leave from school and staying at home. She began learning to play the piano from the age of four, and she had a spiritual grasp in the field of music. To keep her skills from rusting, she practiced the piano strictly every morning from nine a.m. to ten a.m.
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To learn to play the piano, you must first have a piano. Zhou Yun Sheng waited at the door of the piano room the next day after receiving the task. Xue Jing Yi wore a pure white dress with a green wool cardigan. Her pale and beautiful face coupled with her slender body made her look particularly pitiful.

Once she saw the boy, her gentle smile froze over. When other members of the Xue family were around she would still try to cover up her hatred a little, but once there was no one around, she would never give this twin brother of hers a pleasant look.

Zhou Yun Sheng pretended as if he didn’t notice her rejection of him and greeted her with a smile. “Jing Yi, can I watch you play the piano?”

“No!” The girl categorically refused. Because she normally didn’t raise her voice, her voice cracked when she shouted. She originally intended to treat the boy as if he were not there, but when he stood at the door of the piano room, her inner fear and rejection suddenly reached the limit, and she almost rushed to tear him apart.

He could go anywhere within the Xue manor, anywhere but the piano room! She must never let him touch her piano. Absolutely not! She didn’t know where this obsessive thought sprouted from, but Xue Jing Yi believed that it was her instincts warning her. She walked into the piano room, then she turned around and spoke coldly, “You are never allowed to enter here, otherwise I will have my mom and dad send you back to the countryside.” She thought this was the most severe punishment for the teenager. Who would want to go back to hell once they’ve entered heaven?
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But this threat obviously had no effect on Zhou Yun Sheng. From his perspective, the Xue manor was hell, and Xiao Liu Village, where he had been waiting in poverty and seclusion, was the real paradise. He took two steps forward. Just as he was about to speak, Xue Jing Yi slammed the heavy door in his face. With a ka cha she locked the door.

What the hell? Zhou Yun Sheng stared at the heavy wooden door. His face was blue, but it only took a few seconds for him to conceal his angry emotions and slowly walk back to his room. He turned on the computer and pulled up a few videos on learning how to play the piano. He quickly picked up the skills. Now he only had to practice on a real piano.

He naturally liked this kind of thing with a keyboard and regularity. Others have to practice for ten or twenty years to use it freely, but he only needed to watch a video several times. This was the difference between a genius and a mortal. He even spent twenty minutes compiling a software for playing the piano. His hand movements quickly leveled up from a rookie into a master player. He was someone who could handle even the most complicated manual armor, so how could an old instrument possibly stump him?

Using the software he played the song To Alice. Then he accessed the system to submit the task, but the system told him that only playing the song on a real piano would count as completing the task.

“So I have to sneak into the piano room to play? If I’m discovered then that means I would be sent away, right?” Zhou Yun Sheng stroked his lower jaw. He felt that this task was quite amusing.

“The host must not leave the mission premise, otherwise it is obliteration!” The system issued a warning at the appropriate time.

“Just kidding. Why so serious?” Zhou Yun Sheng waved his hand and left a trace of spiritual power inside the system to break through the first layer of defense and then enter the second layer.

On that day, the family doctor routinely gave Xue Jing Yi a medical examination. Because of his daughter’s poor health, Xue Rui converted the underground parking lot into a small medical room, which was fully equipped with everything. If his daughter has an accident, she won’t need to go to the hospital. They could administer first aid and even perform surgery at home. The doctors and nurses hired by the Xue family were on call twenty-four hours a day.

They could’ve conducted Zhou Yun Sheng’s physical examination in the basement, but Xue Rui was worried and doubtful, so he insisted that his son take him to a regular hospital.

Fu Bo, the assistant, and Xiao Deng all went to take care of the young miss. Inside the manor, it was very quiet. Zhou Yun Sheng opened the door of his room and determined that there were no people around. Then he sneaked to the third floor.

The family doctor arrived early by half an hour, so Xue Jing Yi forgot to the lock the door to the piano room in her hurry. The door opened with a light push. A white three-color piano was placed in the middle of the spacious room. The floor-to-ceiling windows were half opened, bringing in a fresh and clean aroma as the white curtains gently swayed in the breeze. The hazy sun reflected off of the cover of the piano and onto the pure white wall, casting an insipid golden light in the shape of a rhombus.
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This was a very quiet and incomparably bright space. Standing here, an impetuous mood naturally precipitated. Zhou Yun Sheng walked in without conscious thought. He gently and slowly stroked the ancient instrument.

For him, who was from the interstellar era, the piano had long since disappeared. If a person wanted a certain sound, they could be synthesized with the brain. The career of a performer only existed in history. To be able to see with his own eyes, touch with his own hands, and even play the instrument that existed only in the annals, it aroused an uncontrollable feeling of love and reverence towards this piano.

He sat down and opened the piano cover. Carefully pressing a few notes, crisp sounds emerged from the piano, and a sincere smile bloomed on his face for the first time. Sitting upright, with his ten fingers on the keys, he played the song Early Morning from memory. This was the most commonly practiced song by Xue Jing Yi.

Just after playing the first passage, the door opened, and there was Xue Zi Xuan and Xue Jing Yi standing at the threshold. One had an unfathomable expression, and the other one was so stunned that it looked like her eyes might pop out.

“You played the piano before?” Xue Zi Xuan walked in. He just finished a tour and his luggage was still in his hands.

Zhou Yun Sheng shook his head. “I haven’t played before. I only listened to it a few times.”

Xue Zi Xuan’s face looked a little different than usual. Xue Jing Yi was holding onto the doorframe as if she was about to crumble into pieces. Of course she knew that a boy from the backcountry could not have played the piano before. He didn’t even know what was a piano before. In other words, he was a genius. The kind that could listen to a music track a few times and then accurately replicate it. Then there was her brother who was only attracted to people with rich musical talent…

Get out! Get out of my house immediately! She cursed in her heart, but on the outside she was enduring with supreme effort. Xue Zi Xuan went to the piano and faintly said, “Play again. The complete piece.”
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Zhou Yun Sheng quickly agreed and started playing again from the beginning. From time to time, he stole looks at Xue Zi Xuan. His eyes were slightly closed, and his expression was solemn, while his thumb massaged his temple, as if he was pondering something. Then his look changed to one of forbearance. When Zhou Yun Sheng reached the second passage, Xue Zi Xuan finally showed an impatient expression and he abruptly closed the lid on the piano keys.

Zhou Yun Sheng’s ten fingers were almost snapped off, and the high, chaotic sounds echoed in the empty room for a long time. He forcefully freed his fingers. The inflamed red injury was shocking against his pale white skin. He hissed in pain and looked at the man with angry and doubtful eyes.

“If you touch the piano again, I will break your hands.”

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Chapter 2.3 – Breeding Hate

Such a notion was intolerable to the system and it often gave him the highest disciplinary punishment, making him withstand soul-rending pain for twenty hours. Not now, it seemed to have softened, only making him endure an hour of physical pain.

The most criminal notion for the system only resulted in the slightest penalty? This system was not right! Zhou Yun Sheng had suspicions in his heart, but he quickly pressed them down. After several rounds of reincarnation, he already knew what thoughts could be perceived by the system and what thoughts must be hidden in the heart.
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The severe pain of broken bones came as expected and Zhou Yun Sheng gritted his teeth. At that very moment, there were footsteps outside the door. He immediately switched the laptop screen to FreeCell and then opened the anti-lock door.

“Fu Bo, is it time to eat?” The teenager smiled purely, and no one could tell how much pain his body was suffering.

Fu Bo waved his hand. “It’s not meal time yet. You have to go to the hospital for a medical examination before going through the adoption procedure. The car is already waiting outside. Change into some clean clothes and go downstairs.”

“Okay, I will come right away.” Zhou Yun Sheng immediately closed the door and found a set of casual wear. His messy hair had been trimmed, but the length was the same. His hair still hung down to his shoulders. After a week of maintenance, his skin had become delicate and white, smooth like jade. Along with his delicate facial features, it really caused people to be confused about his gender.

Xue Jing Yi’s long hair was also cut off and changed to a hairstyle that was exactly the same as his. They also wore the same style of clothes. When they stood together, at a glance, they were eighty to ninety percent similar. Strangers could never distinguish between the two.

He thought of that day when Xue Jing Yi’s hair got cut. She was crying and glaring at him with hatred. Zhou Yun Sheng wanted to laugh. What qualifications did Xue Jing Yi have to hate him? The Xue family cut her hair just to make the twins look more similar.

They had no choice but to bring him back to the manor, so they must do everything possible to cover up the traces of his existence. Thus, they dressed him like Xue Jing Yi, and he was not allowed to go out at random. He was also not allowed to appear in the same place at the same time as Xue Jing Yi. They were trying to turn him into the shadow of Xue Jing Yi. Once the time was ripe, the shadow would disappear forever and ever.
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Xue Jing Yi hated him for bringing her shame. He hated her even more for plundering his life. However, Xue Jing Yi’s hatred could be vented, while his hatred could only be buried in the bottom of his heart, and he also must fulfill their desires without hesitation.

Why? Why must I be trampled on by people and brutally murdered? Zhou Yun Sheng’s chest stirred with powerful hate, but when he got on the car he smiled very purely, because the busy man Xue Zi Xuan was sitting in the back seat and going over music scores. He noticed the teenager wanting to sit next to him. Without lifting his head he said, “Sit in the front.”

Zhou Yun Sheng smiled. The foot that had entered the back seat was retracted. Then he climbed into the passenger seat and obediently fastened the seat belt.

“Big brother…” His warm address of the other person was met with a cold stare, so he quickly changed his words. “Mr. Xue has free time today?”

Xue Zi Xuan naturally did not respond. In the awkward silence, the assistant slowly drove the car on the winding road. Zhou Yun Sheng turned back to the front and sat upright. He looked out the window in bored silence. What was the purpose for going to the hospital this time? The answer was very clear in his heart. They said it was a physical examination, but in actuality they were trying to find out if he was a match for Xue Jing Yi’s heart surgery. Once the match was confirmed, he would have stepped one leg in the coffin.

He was obviously aware of the other side’s conspiracy, and he clearly had the ability to avoid their monitoring and leave, but he couldn’t do any of it because of the system. The sense of humiliation and powerlessness in his heart far outstripped the fear of waiting for death. Zhou Yun Sheng’s originally ugly mood was becoming more and more oppressed. If he didn’t blow up in silence, then he was sure to turn abnormal. He believed that one day he would erupt and go crazy.

While he was mired in his thoughts, the car had arrived at a private hospital. Zhou Yun Sheng had just read up on the Xue family’s information and knew that they held fifty-six percent of the shares of this hospital. They were the largest shareholder and had many privileges.
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Sure enough, they rode the elevator directly to the top floor and were personally received by the director of the cardiology department. Zhou Yun Sheng pretended that he didn’t know anything and let the two nurses do with him as they pleased. When he left, the director pulled Xue Zi Xuan to the side. The cold eyes swept across his chest from time to time. It seemed that they were treating his body as something that could be dissected at any time. On his face, Zhou Yun Sheng maintained an opened smile, but hidden in his heart was endless darkness and hatred.

Half a month after the medical examination, Xue Rui, who was so busy you couldn’t even catch a glimpse of his shadow, and Xue Li Dan Ni, who was on tour abroad, suddenly came back. The couple walked into the house hand in hand. They talked and laughed, portraying a very happy portrait. Zhou Yun Sheng rushed out to the living room to greet them, and Xue Li Dan Ni, who always looked down on others, actually gave the boy a gentle and loving smile. She even touched his not long, but not short hair, and praised “good child.”

In less than half and hour, Xue Zi Xuan also came back. The calm face did not reveal anything, but his dark eyes radiated a pleasing brilliance, which was quite different from his past appearance.

Fu Bo was also very diligent today. He personally cooked a few hometown dishes for Zhou Yun Sheng. The taste was very authentic. Compared to the cordial attitude of the rest of the household, Xue Jing Yi became more and more cold and estranged. She occasionally casted a gaze as sharp as a thorn towards him.

Is this you treating me like a thorn in your side? You think my arrival will take away your favor? I really admire the young miss who has been sheltered by her family. The problems that you worry about are so trivial that it is ridiculous. Zhou Yun Sheng secretly sighed. He was very clear about the attitude of the Xue family. Presumably the matching results came out today, and they were a perfect match, right?

After dinner, he returned to his room and hacked into the hospital records. He saw the medical certificate: “successful matching.” The bright red characters were very eye-catching. It was no wonder that today’s family reunion and hospitality were more enthusiastic than the day when he first arrived, just because he had changed from a person who may have value into a true heart donor. For their daughter’s long life, they certainly had to feed him well.

A family of beasts! He stared at the computer screen until his eyes gradually became bloodshot.

From that day on, the Xue family’s monitoring of Zhou Yun Sheng became stricter. The housekeeper, an assistant, and the nurse Xiao Deng were the only ones left to manage the large villa. The frequent banquets were also cancelled, lest the outsiders discover his existence. They put him under house arrest and didn’t even allow him to step out of the door alone.

This kind of life lasted for more than half a month. Seeing that task two was not completed, the system did not impose any punishment, and instead released task three — learn to play the piano. This was a breeze for Zhou Yun Sheng, who had a strong learning ability.

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Chapter 2.2 – Breeding Hate

Trying to incorporate into the Xue family. It seemed easy, but in reality it was impossible. If they really wanted to take his life, then they would not waste emotions on a dead person. The current situation was already very clear. They thought of him as a vessel that they needed to nourish. Eat well, drink well, and when the time came, send him to the slaughter. The only thing that puzzled him was Xue Jing Yi’s attitude.

He was sure that the Xue family would never tell Xue Jing Yi that they were planning to harvest his organs. Just think about it, would there be parents telling their children like this: Daughter, you see, you are going to die, so we will bring your twin brother back and take his organs for you. Exchange his life for your life. You mustn’t think too much.
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Who wouldn’t think too much? In particular, Xue Jing Yi was still a 16-year-old girl in her prime. She was in poor health and couldn’t stand this kind of stimulation. Telling her this kind of thing was tantamount to aggravating her psychological burden and would greatly damage her health. However, for a person who didn’t know the truth, where did her strong hatred of him come from?

Zhou Yun Sheng thought about it for a bit. Perhaps his existence was a stain on Xue Jing Yi, always reminding her that she was not the real Xue family princess.

“It seems that this twin sister is also not a good-natured person, and her breath of mind if extremely narrow. Really don’t understand why the Xue family wanted to bring me here. They could just secretly keep me in some place outside, wait until the day of the surgery, and then take me to the hospital. Wouldn’t that be less hassle for them?” Zhou Yun Sheng shook his head. He couldn’t figure out the key point. But he was also certain that some situation must’ve cropped up, which led to the Xue family bringing him back to the manor. But these were not important, what was important was how to complete the second task.

Trying to incur feelings of good will when everyone thought of him as a dead man walking was harder than ascending to heaven. The only breakthrough point was Xue Jing Yi, but she treated him like some dirty secret, retreating three steps when he neared. Days in the Xue family were not going to be good ah.

Under the supervision of the Villain System, Zhou Yun Sheng naturally did not dare to evade the task. He could only toughen his skin and push on. He wanted to stick to Xue Jing Yi like a bum beetle, revolve around her, and try to use emotions to affect her. He was a dead man walking after all, if he managed to spark some emotional connectional with Xue Jing Yi, then it should cause headaches for the Xue family.

Which was why Fu Bo immediately intercepted the youth’s movements. He dragged him into a corner and warned him, “Mr. Huang, the young miss is in poor health and needs peace and quiet. If you have nothing better to do why don’t you read more books and stop bothering her.”

Zhou Yun Sheng revealed a remorseful expression and asked, “What’s wrong with Jing Yi, did she fall ill*?”

[*T/N: I think there was a typo in the raws. The author used 生产 sheng chan instead of 生病 sheng bing, which would mean “give birth” instead of “fall ill.”]

“No illness. She was merely born with a weak body.” Fu Bo refused to say more and urged the teenager to hurry up and go over his homework.

Zhou Yun Sheng took advantage of the opening and shyly asked, “Fu Bo, can I have a computer? When I have nothing to do I’ll just go online. I won’t bother my little sister anymore.”
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That was exactly what Fu Bo wanted. For a country bumpkin, asides from surfing the web and playing solitaire, what else could he do? So he had an assistant immediately send over a laptop.

The laptop came fully installed. Once it was plugged in it could be used. The assistant taught him the basics and brought up a few single-player games. He saw the teenager very quickly becoming addicted to the games. Without suspecting anything, he left. Fu Bo peeked in on him several times and saw him lying on the bed playing FreeCell with an enraptured look. While Fu Bo’s face held disdain for the youth, his heart was very satisfied with the situation. A bumpkin who has not seen much of the outside world was sure easy to control.

Once he determined that Fu Bo would not be coming around again, Zhou Yun Sheng locked the door. His ten fingers flew across the keyboard so fast that they left only afterimages. All kinds of information flashed across the screen, including Xue Rui’s, Xue Li Dan Ni’s, Xue Zi Xuan’s, and Xue Jing Yi’s. All of the family’s information, from small to large, was all recorded on the internet.

The village he came from did not have running water, access to the world wide web, or public highways. He wouldn’t say that it was isolated from the rest of the world, but that wouldn’t be far from the truth. As farmers, the people there lived with their faces to the ground and their backs to the sky, rarely interacting with the outside world. The only source of information was from a television. But even that outdated colored TV, which was an expensive luxury for the impoverished Huang family, was taken away. Zhou Yun Sheng remembered that he had not seen the TV since he was ten years old, because his aunt got married and took the TV away as dowry.

So in a sense, Fu Bo’s evaluation of him was very accurate. He was indeed a dumpling who had never seen the outside world. He did not know that the Xue family was so big.

“A rich and powerful clan. An actual rich and powerful clan. F*ck. He really is the son of fate. His family background is so strong.” It only took him a few minutes to read through all the information on the Xue family. Zhou Yun Sheng shook his head and sighed. The Xue family was known as a first-class family in the Imperial Capital. Their forced spanned the army, government, and business circles. Although Xue Rui was alienated form the Xue family’s helm, he was still considered the first wife’s son. The established Xue’s consortium was very strong.
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Xue Li Dan Ni and Xue Zi Xuan were world-famous musicians. One was a violin master, and the other one was a piano master. In particular, Xue Zi Xuan, who became famous at the age of twelve, had won praises from the “Piano Emperor” in the music industry. His artistic achievements were comparable to those of many piano masters of the last century.

On the other hand, Xue Jing Yi’s resume was much more ordinary. She participated in a few moderate piano competitions and ranked in the middle. It was really not outstanding.

Zhou Yun Sheng carelessly skimmed read. His gaze fixed upon a medical certificate for a long time. Congenital heart disease. Without a heart transplant the patient could not live pass twenty-five. So it turned out that what they wanted was his heart. He pressed a hand against his chest and felt the strong and powerful beats from his heart. The corners of his lips pulled up into a small, cold smile.

Integrate into the Xue family. How to integrate myself into the Xue family? Is it by selflessly dedicating my heart to them? Yeah? He glared at the system on his wrist with a fierce expression. For the ten thousandth time he thought of how he could take this thing down with himself.

“It is detected that the host’s emotions are out of control. The first-level punishment procedure will be initiated.” The system was directly connected to the host’s conscious. It immediately suppressed his rebellious notions.

How could it just be a first-level punishment? Wasn’t this usually cause for a tenth-level punishment? Zhou Yun Sheng’s expression turned confused as doubts entered his head. He often provoked the system. On one hand it was to feel out the system’s bottom line, and on the other hand, it was to remind himself with severe pain, not to lose his sense of self in the endless cycle and forget his original intention. His original intention was not to go back to the real world, but to find the Lord God and obliterate it.

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