Who Are You?

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Zhang Hui Ying, because she came from a household of military generals, was often reckless and brash, that wasn't befitting of how a noble lady should be.

Xiao Zixin, on the other hand, is a gentleman and a scholar as he came from the Prime Minister Xiao Household, a household of scholars and tacticians that served the Empire for almost eight generations and one of the oldest households within the Northern Xia Empire.

Shen Haoran anticipated that it will be difficult for him when he took Zhang Hui Ying as his disciple and helped her to annul the engagement. According to the original plot, the protagonist might not approve of this engagement that was arranged for them since they were young, but he won't accept the annulment due to his pride as a noble.

But what Shen Haoran didn't expect was, Xiao Zixin immediately agreed to the annulment of his engagement with Zhang Hui Ying and not just that, he also apologize for whatever had occurred and promised that he will protect Zhang Hui Ying's reputation since annulling the engagement will tarnish the noble lady's reputation within the Imperial Capital.

Shen Haoran knew this as well that annulling the engagement will greatly tarnish a noble lady's reputation since this is an ancient era where narrow-minded principles still apply.

If the original plot proceeds, the male protagonist Xiao Zixin would annul his engagement to Zhang Hui Ying in public while holding the "pure-hearted" girl named Daiyu within his arms and that leads to Zhang Hui Ying's reputation to be tarnished and choose suicide to save herself from humiliation.

'Wow! What a classic tale of a cliché romance novel plot out there. Tsk! Almost similar from what happened to my first life, except, of course, I'm not the one who is engage with that f*cking Crown Prince! Eww! Bleh!'

At the thought that of that, he felt shivers down to his spine to be subjected to that kind of situation and he almost puke by the mere thought of that.

Although back to his original world, there are times when same gender relationships are allowed and those were amongst within the nobility and royalty since most of them were keeping paramours to themselves if they wanted to.

He shivered once more as he remembered something that he shouldn't have when he read the plot as it feels like he sense a déjà vu because of that scene and shook off his head as he recalled that maybe it's one of those story plots that he had encountered before but it's usually in a western-fantasy or modern-school setting that he had encountered these kinds of world plots.

Anyway, after he safely annulled Zhang Hui Ying's engagement to the male protagonist and when he started to teach the former villainess under his tutelage, he learned that the former villainess and the male protagonist seems to develop a certain kind of relationship that wasn't a romantic but a platonic one and for him, this is a good thing.

After everything has been settled on Zhang Hui Ying's part, he also start to keep in check about that stupid heroine who seems to love chasing the male protagonist and trying to set him up into a honey trap but whatever report came to him about that girl, it will always either she was being punished or being humiliated by the male protagonist instead.

Shen Haoran also planned to use the male protagonist against the Crown Prince to his advantage, as he intended to weaken the Crown Prince's faction.

With the help of the Second Prince, who was the rightful Crown Prince in the original plot.

When the Second Prince was falsely accused of a crime, not only did the Second Prince lose his right to the crown, but they also banished his Empress mother to the Cold Palace and left to die without proving her innocence.

Aside from the plan to weaken Crown Prince Long Mingyu's faction and authority, what reported back to him is that the male protagonist also sworn an allegiance to him, just like what happen in the original plot but later on, numerous scandals appeared around Crown Prince Long Mingyu that makes his reputation sinks to the bottom.

Which raised a suspicious on his part and now that he uncover those secrets about the male protagonist, it's time to confront him and it's been like two or three years already since he entered to this world.

Shen Haoran looked at this seemingly innocent male protagonist while looking at the basket of goodies he presented in front of him, and he wasn't an idiot not to catch on the scent that lingers on those foods.

« Esteemed host, there are potions that were mixed within these foods and it's not harmful to the host but… »

Shen Haoran almost raised an eyebrow but managed to calm himself when Silver suddenly speaks through his mind as Silver explained about the potions that were mixed within the snacks that the male protagonist provided but what caught his attention is that Silver paused its sentence.

'If it's not harmful, then what are these potions for?'

He already knew that there were potions that were mixed within these snacks, but he couldn't identify what those potions were for.

« Esteemed host, the potions that were mixed is for the individual's soul restoration… »

Now that was an information that he wasn't expecting.

'WHAT?!'

Shen Haoran wasn't an idiot, and he didn't need Silver to explain things for him as he glared back at this seemingly innocent male protagonist who keeps on smiling back at him.

˂ "Who are you?" ˃

Shen Haoran used the most common language in every modern setting world plot that he entered and the smile on the male protagonist's lips became even bigger, as if he had received something valuable this time.

Before he can do anything, Silver's system emergency alarm activated without warning.

« WARNING! Silver system activation for deporting the esteemed host's soul out of the world plot. Silver prioritizes the safety of the esteemed host! Get ready for the immediate departure! … »

Without seeing everything that happened, everything went blank.

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