Chapter Twenty: Is This System Legit?

Jiang Bei ran into Qingqing on his way out. He was anxious to find Zhou Qingyue and hoped that her roommate might know where she'd gone. 

When Qingqing stated that she hadn't seen Zhou Qingyue since she returned to the toilet and had no idea where she went, Jiang Bei exploded and went on a rampage.

Qingqing's face was filled with fear at Jiang Bei's actions, and she began to tremble uncontrollably.

Jiang Bei had always been polite in front of others; this was the first time she'd seen him like this.

Qingqing finally understood why Zhou Qingyue didn't like Jiang Bei. Two-faced backstabbers like him were off-putting.

Today was an eye-opening experience; Qingqing didn't want to go through it again.

She sighed slightly and walked out of the car park. She'd certainly thrown the baby out with the bathwater this time!

While Qingqing and Jiang Bei returned to school, Chen Tianming was sent to the hotel. The chauffeur stopped the car and opened the door for Chen Tianming respectfully.

"Sir, we've arrived at the hotel!"

Chen Tianming was confused and asked, "Hotel? What did the person who called you say? Are you sure you got the correct destination?"

The chauffeur nodded in answer. He feared that Chen Tianming wouldn't believe him, so he took out his phone and showed Tianming the details sent by Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming had instructed the chauffeur to drive Tianming to the hotel and leave after he parked the car.

As Chen Tianming was about to ask the chauffeur to send him home, his phone suddenly rang. It was a message from Zhang Ming.

"Dear Boss, I wish you a wonderful night! No need to thank me too much! I'm just being a good Samaritan!"

When he read Zhang Ming's message, Chen Tianming only felt like 'thanking' him with all their culture's colorful language. If he hadn't had alcohol, he would have driven over to Zhang Ming's place and given him a piece of his mind.

'I wonder what goes on in that brain of his! How does he come up with such ridiculous ideas?'

Chen Tianming was going to ask the chauffeur to drive him home when the system's familiar voice rang out.

"Option 1: Leave the hotel and return home to rest. The system will reward you with the honorary title of 'The Chaste and Virtuous.'"

"Option 2: Enter Zhou Qingyue's hotel room, check up on her, and leave without any funny business. Reward: Zhou Qingyue's favorability +5."

"Option 3: Go into Zhou Qingyue's hotel room and cause something to happen between you and Zhou Qingyue. Reward: A project with very high returns."

Looking at his options, Chen Tianming cried, "Good heavens, is this villain system legit? Why would they give me such an option if it's a decent system?"

This system was trying to make something happen between him and Zhou Qingyue!

'Am I truly okay with this?' Although he was a villain, he scorned such despicable actions!

Chen Tianming hesitated for a long time before he walked into the hotel. 

'At worst, if anything did happen between us, I would shoulder the responsibility!' Having decided, Chen Tianming knocked on Zhou Qingyue's door.

After a few seconds, the door was pushed open.

When the doctor saw Chen Tianming at the door, she let out a sigh of relief and let him in. She started to pack up her things and said, "The girl is doing much better. Just give her this pill at midnight. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now!"

And with that, the doctor took off.

Only Zhou Qingyue and Chen Tianming were left in the room.

Chen Tianming looked at Zhou Qingyue, sleeping soundly on the bed, and sighed helplessly. 

"Being a villain is really f*cking difficult!" Chen Tianming complained as he sat on the sofa at the side. He took out his phone and decided to go over Zhou Qingyue's little secret that the system had just rewarded him with.

Chen Tianming turned on his phone and saw an old photo. He thought the person in the photo was Zhou Qingyue, but there was something different about her.

It was as if the current Zhou Qingyue lacked a trace of elegance compared to the Zhou Qingyue in the photo. The Zhou Qingyue he knew was a little more down-to-earth.

Chen Tianming couldn't understand why this photo was Zhou Qingyue's little secret.

While Chen Tianming was trying to figure it out, another photo appeared on his phone. 

This photo was similar to the previous one, except that there was also a baby in it. Cheng Tianming found a small butterfly-shaped birthmark below the baby's collarbone.

It became clear to Chen Tianming when he saw the birthmark. 'Could the option given by the system just now be related to this butterfly-shaped birthmark?'

So, when the system mentioned "something happened between him and Zhou Qingyue," they meant that he saw the birthmark on her body.

Chen Tianming decided to verify his idea. He walked toward Zhou Qingyue's sleeping form.

Zhou Qingyue wore a dress today. Although the neckline around the collarbone was a little wrinkled, it covered birthmark.

If Chen Tianming wanted to see Zhou Qingyue's birthmark, he would have to pull Zhou Qingyue's dress down slightly.

The solution was before him, but Chen Tianming started to feel conflicted.

Other villains would often have a group of minions to do their bidding. In comparison, he was a poor villain; not only was he braving the world all on his own, but he also had to do everything himself.

Everything would be fine if Zhou Qingyue didn't wake up. If she were awake, ten mouths wouldn't be enough for him to plead innocent.

Chen Tianming still reached out to Zhou Qingyue's dress despite his feelings.

'See no evil, hear no evil.'

'I'll just take a glance; no big deal.'

Just as he was going to pull the dress down, Zhou Qingyue spoke icily, "What are you doing?"

Chen Tianming was startled by her sudden words, and his hand jerked, accidentally tearing Zhou Qinyue's dress open and revealing a large swath of her fair skin.

Chen Tianming looked helpless when he heard the distinct sound of tearing cloth. 'Who would have thought that the quality of this dress was so poor?'

However, he had to admit that Zhou Qingyue had an outstanding figure; Chen Tianming couldn't help but glance at her fair skin.

He could see a tiny red mark that resembled a bowtie on her snow-white skin. Chen Tianming was now sure that Zhou Qingyue was the baby girl in the old photo.

The baby's identity was confirmed, but there was another more important thing he needed to find out. Who was the middle-aged woman in the photo?

Zhou Qingyue wasn't an orphan; she had parents, and to his knowledge, she wasn't adopted, so who was the woman who looked so similar to her?

Zhou Qingyue covered her chest tightly with her arms. She frowned when she saw Chen Tianming in a daze.

She thought he was different from the others, but she was wrong.

They were all birds of a feather; he was no better than any of them. She didn't know why she expected more from him.

Just as Zhou Qingyue was about to say something, the system's voice again sounded in Chen Tianming's head.