The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 169 - 168: Touching a Small Hand
Xu Wenwan threw herself into her covers and started crying, feeling utterly wronged.
She felt so pitiful, so wronged.
She had to be the unluckiest heroine in the history of book transmigration.
Her cheat ability was the worst one imaginable, too.
’What is this crap?’ 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
It was useless when it mattered most. She’d spent thirty points, and Gu Jiaojiao hadn’t lost a single hair.
She had rushed back in a panic and called for the system for what felt like an eternity, but it hadn’t shown up.
The more she thought about it, the more her tears flowed uncontrollably.
The system was hiding in her sea of consciousness.
’If it were a person, it would have sighed.’
It had traversed so many minor worlds and completed countless missions, but this was the first time it had ever felt so defeated.
Not a single one of her missions had gone smoothly.
The host’s luck was also steadily declining with every failed mission.
’It was full of regrets, too!’
’This was the most useless heroine it had ever been bound to.’
But once the binding was complete, there was no way to sever it unless the world’s main mission was accomplished.
The system spoke cautiously.
"Host, are you all right?"
The moment Xu Wenwan heard the system’s voice, she flew into a rage.
"You garbage system! I want to sever our bond."
The system replied meekly, "Once bound, the only way to sever the connection is to complete the world mission. Otherwise, we can only perish together."
"Does the host wish for mutual destruction?"
That one sentence froze the tears on Xu Wenwan’s face.
"Haha... I was just kidding. Don’t take it seriously."
’The world is so beautiful; I haven’t seen enough of it yet!’
’I can still fight this,’ Xu Wenwan thought.
’But right now, everyone seems to despise me. How am I supposed to complete my mission like this?’
"Tell me, what should I do now?"
"And another thing—Gu Jiaojiao. Why didn’t she have any bad luck? You have to give me a clear explanation, or we’re taking each other down."
She seethed just thinking about it.
The system was at a loss for words, but it began to explain anyway.
"Host, your ability to change the plot is powered by borrowing this world’s fortune."
"When your points reach a certain level, you can temporarily control a portion of that fortune."
"The more points you have, the greater the fortune you can control, allowing you to change another person’s destiny in a more significant way."
"By the same token, when we control a certain amount of fortune, if a greater force of fortune appears around Gu Jiaojiao, our own will be nullified."
"Based on my analysis, there must be someone with immense fortune by Gu Jiaojiao’s side who averted that disaster for her."
’Someone with immense fortune?’
Xu Wenwan racked her brain but couldn’t recall writing anyone like that into her book.
But unexpectedly, the image of Leng Yuan surfaced in her mind.
The man who was even more outstanding than the male lead.
She had only created that character and written him so perfectly to make Gu Jiaojiao feel regret.
’But in terms of fortune, he naturally couldn’t compare to the novel’s actual male lead.’
Puzzled, Xu Wenwan questioned the system.
"I’m the heroine! When it comes to fortune, who could possibly be more powerful than me?"
The system went silent in response to Xu Wenwan’s question.
’A confident host is a good thing,’ it thought. ’I should be encouraging her.’
"Host, at present, your fortune is less than one-tenth of what it originally was."
Xu Wenwan’s eyes widened.
"What do you mean?"
The system explained.
"Host, this world was originally your creation, but the plot has deviated."
"When the plot develops in a way that is unfavorable to the host, the host’s fortune weakens."
"If this continues, the host will be relegated to a minor character."
"At that point, forget Gu Jiaojiao—even minor side characters will be able to walk all over you."
Xu Wenwan panicked. "Then what do I do?"
"Absorb fortune."
Xu Wenwan still hadn’t completed her last mission to absorb fortune from Yun Hao, which should have resulted in a penalty from the system. In the end, she had spent thirty points to waive the punishment.
Since then, Xu Wenwan had avoided letting the system issue any new missions.
She knew it was wrong, which was why she could never bring herself to do it.
Seeing her hesitation, the system grew anxious.
"Gu Jiaojiao walked all over you in the real world. Do you want her to walk all over you in the world of your novel, too?"
That struck a nerve.
’In my own book, I absolutely cannot lose to Gu Jiaojiao.’
"I have one condition. I want to choose the person whose fortune I absorb."
The system agreed.
Xu Wenwan skipped lunch and headed out.
As she was walking down the road, searching for a target, she spotted Feng Ergou in the distance.
Xu Wenwan no longer had any memory of Feng Ergou, so she didn’t even spare him a glance before turning to walk away.
