I crossed!

"Really... programming tool out of all the golden fingers out there?" Mark sarcastically complained as he stared at the familiar compiler before him.

But then again, thinking that he was in an unfamiliar world and had no choice, he could only swallow his complaint in helplessness.

A few hours ago, he was just an ordinary programming employee of a certain third-rate outsourcing company, just minding his business as usual—coding, testing, running programs, and such—when suddenly, he passed out.

It was so sudden and without even a warning; when he woke up, he was already in this strange world.

This script is so wrong. I mean, why did he cross?

Shouldn't crossing be exclusive to those losers?

Well, yes. While he is indeed a kind of loser in his early years, not entirely. He had dated a few girls, had enough money to buy whatever he wanted, and in a few years or decades, he was confident that he could afford a house and even a car.

Why did he suddenly crossed?

'This script is so wrong," Mark couldn't help but complain.

"Speaking of crossing..." He paused as he recalled the memory of the original owner of the body.

The real name is Fan Li, an ordinary son of a farmer in Rice Village. The boy had just reached 18 years old a few weeks ago, and at such an age, it was already time to get married.

Everything was already prepared, and his parents had already arranged someone for him to marry.. It's kind of inhuman, really. Throughout the whole process, it was the parents who arranged the marriage for their children. Fan Li had nothing to say and could only agree.

But again, it's a kind of culture in this world, according to the memory. Anyway, the girl that was arranged for him, Du Lin, was fine. She wasn't that pretty, but she wasn't ugly either.

(AN:The referenced culture is unrelated to any ethnic practices on Earth. While similarities may exist, a complete correlation is not evident.)

Well... To be exact, most people in the village was not good looking, if it is scale from the previous world's standard, then average appearance of the people in the village, including Fan Li himself, was only arounf as 3 to 6 out 10.

However, that being said, despite the face value of the average people in this world is lower compared to the previous world, the figure and physique was the exact opposite.

If the average figure in the previous world was around 4 out of 10, then it is 6 out of 10 in this world.

As for Du Lin, Fan Li's fiancée, her appearance was around 5 out of 6 at most, which is already good among most girls in the village. Additionally, her figure scored a 6.5, and overall, Fan Li was already satisfied.

However, just when he was expecting a beautiful life with his soon-to-be wife, he found out just an hour ago that his friend had an illicit relationship with her.

In panic, he had a heart attack and died, allowing Mark, who also died, to occupy his body.

'... The heck? This is too dramatic!" Mark groaned in annoyance as he thought about it.

"Fortunately, I still have a cheat..." He sighed, calming down his negative emotions. He turned his attention to the golden finger that he brought into this world—a development software that he often used in the outsourcing company where he used to work in the previous world.

"The only problem is that... I'm not sure how to use it. I mean, should I make games in this world and become a rich man? It sounds cool, but the technological level of this world is very backward. People don't even know what technology means, let alone play games," Mark said as he let out a dry laugh while scanning the memory of the original.

According to the memory of the original owner, the annals of the world, particularly the history of the country, extend over several millennia marked by the ascent and decline of numerous dynasties. However, technology has never manifested despite the long time span, which is absurd.

(AN: what is country and dynasty?:A dynasty is a succession of rulers from the same family, usually associated with a hereditary monarchy. On the other hand, a country is a distinct geopolitical entity with defined borders, having its own government and institutions.)

'Why?' Mark mumbled as he couldn't comprehend it. 'Is it because the people in this world are too stupid to think of it? Maybe it's because of old-fashioned thinking, sticking to the culture and denying the convenience of technology. It happened in the previous world, so perhaps it's the same in this world. Or maybe, someone or something is preventing the emergence of technology.'

"Sigh, whatever, the point is, making games is definitely not something I could do to make fortune." Marked sighed helpless as he felt that his golden finger was useless.

*Knocked, Knocked*

Raising his brows, Mark was snapped out of his thoughts. He got up from the wooden couch, went to open the door, only to be greeted by Fan Li's supposed-to-be fiancée and his childhood friend, Wu Ke.

"..." Standing there, he lool at the two with dumbfounded expression and for a momment, he didnt know how to react.

If it were the original, he would've been screaming at this moment, cursing his friend and his fiancée for cheating on him...But he wasn't the original. As a person who had seen countless beauties in the previous world, courtesy of the internet-sama, Du Lin was really average in his opinion.

Let alone anger, he even felt relieved deep inside. Since he had cheated on the original, he wouldn't have to marry her, which is something that made him grateful.

"H-hi?" Du Lin greeted awkwardly after some time.

"Fan Li, this—" Wu Ke, the original Fan Li's childhood friend, was about to explain, when suddenly, he was immediately cut off by Mark.

"No need to explain; I've seen it already. And since the two of you are already dating, I don't have to marry Du Lin... I hope you two could have a happy life." Mark sighed, looking sad internally, while inside he was laughing happily.

"T-this... Fan Li, you misunderstood." Both Wu Ke and Du Lin's faces became pale as they heard what Fan Li said and immediately explained. "There was nothing between the two of us; we're only ordinary friends, so you don't have to worry. You can marry Du Lin without worrying."

"Y-yes, that's right. The two of us are just ordinary friends..." Du Lin added and nodded her head.

"Huh?" Fan Li was stunned upon hearing it and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.

According to the memory, the original caught the two of them doing something behind a tree. What they were doing is not something he had confirmed, as he had run as fast as he could after confirming their identity.

In a way, the two of them couldn't be cheating—perhaps they are doing some other thing. Well, if you ignore the fact that the two are grunting and moaning.

'Huh, did the original misunderstand it? Did he die for nothing?' Mark's eyes widened as he came to a conclusion. However, he immediately shook his head and denied it.

'No, it's not that simple. The original wouldn't panic if it was just that...' Mark pondered as he recalled the original's memory and found that, before he even caught them, he was already suspicious about them.

Wu Ke, the original's childhood friend, is someone he didn't like, honestly. He was handsome and kind of arrogant, so other than the occasional chat, the relationship between the two was just an ordinary acquaintance.

What's more, the original had heard a few rumors about him sleeping with some girls in the village. Seeing him hanging out with his fiancée, Fan Li, made him feel suspicious, but with no apparent evidence, he kept it to himself.

Then, after he caught them doing something behind the woods, even if he didn't really see it clearly, it triggered his previous suspicion and panic. He ran out of the scene and finally died of a heart attack just as he arrived at his parents' house.

"Hiss... do they still want to cuck me?" Mark thought as his expression darkened, realizing their intention.

He didn't care about them cheating, as he wasn't the original Fan Li, but the fact that they wanted to cuckold him was a different matter since he now occupied the original's body.