Chapter 1: Sister

At three in the morning, a short-haired girl dressed in soft loungewear curled up in her chair. After pondering for a while, she finally typed the last period into the document.

After flipping through and checking it three times, Su Mi hit save, opened the chat interface, and sent it off.

She let out a breath, furrowed her brows slightly, and typed into the chat box: Secretary Ye, this is the speech draft for tomorrow’s meeting. Please take a look…

Her mouse hovered over the ‘send’ button, and she pressed halfway down when a sudden pain stabbed through her chest.

Su Mi abruptly lost consciousness.

…

She didn’t know how long she drifted in that unconscious state. It felt so long that Su Mi’s awareness grew faint and feeble, on the verge of dissipating.

A suction force pulled at the top of her consciousness.

“…!”

In an instant, it felt like she was dragged into an endless vortex. Su Mi broke free amid boundless dizziness and lethargy, gasping in big mouthfuls of fresh air.

Only then did she realize she was in a completely different environment.

This seemed to be a dedicated lounge inside an office. There was a standard leather sofa, a coffee table with a potted green plant and a bottle of water, and the air carried a somewhat fresh special scent.

A thin blanket covered her body, and she was half-reclining on the sofa.

She lifted her head. Directly across from the sofa was a wide dark brown glass panel. Through its reflection, she could see a young girl with light golden shoulder-length hair sitting on the sofa, her round eyes staring synchronously at the reflective glass.

Su Mi reached up and ruffled her hair. The light golden locks at the ends were slightly curled, silky smooth. The girl in the reflection awkwardly ruffled her somewhat messy hair too.

Her appearance was similar to Su Mi’s own from a few years back. She looked down and saw she was now wearing a delicate little dress that she would never have worn before.

Su Mi recalled the heart palpitation before she lost consciousness, as well as the suction and dizziness just now.

Had she… died and come back to life?

“That’s right^^”

A strange voice rang in her mind, accompanied by a pink pixelated text popup in her vision.

“Greetings, Host Su Mi. I am the No. 622 Book Transmigration System, responsible for guiding you through this book transmigration task. Next, I will transmit the main storyline of this book’s Small World. Please receive~”

Su Mi felt a bad premonition rise. “Wait a minute…”

But as soon as she said it, a massive wave of information flooded into her mind like a tidal surge. It carried an external force that made her body lurch backward, nearly passing out again.

Her head throbbed like it was being pricked by needles. The jumbled information rapidly transformed into something like memories.

This was a fairly standard ABO romance novel. The male and female leads met in school, went through a series of breakups and makeups, hero saves the beauty, dog-blood drama, and ultimately achieved their happily ever after, stepping into the hall of marriage after graduation.

—If not for the antagonist, that’s how it would have gone.

The novel’s biggest antagonist boss was a female Alpha, the young and sole head of Prime City’s most powerful clan, the Shen Family.

In the original story, she had a gloomy personality and possessed the rare dual S-grade mental power. Yet due to some unknown “heart condition,” only the female lead could alleviate it somewhat.

The book didn’t elaborate on the specific cause, only vaguely stating that every week, the antagonist would take the female lead to her place for “treatment.” The descriptions focused on the female lead’s feelings of rejection and desire for independence against this forceful display of wealth and power.

Su Mi’s current identity was one of this antagonist Alpha’s attendants.

The original host’s mother had history with the antagonist’s mother, so even after the antagonist’s mother passed away, the original host’s family was well taken care of by the antagonist. Not only did she provide various funding to the parents’ company, but she also recognized the original host as a god-sister and often kept her close.

Though the original host acted obedient in front of the antagonist, she was actually vain and sycophantic.

Watching the female lead gain more and more favor from the antagonist fueled her jealousy and anxiety over her own position. She frequently tripped up the female lead in secret, but all of it ended up aiding the male and female leads’ romance.

Halfway through the novel, the antagonist discovered “Su Mi’s” actions and discarded her like a worn-out shoe.

Without the antagonist’s support, the parents’ company was swiftly surrounded and swallowed by competitors with conflicting business interests, ultimately going bankrupt.

In the following plot, the male and female leads were supposed to overcome the antagonist’s obstacles and achieve their romantic fruition.

However, after the antagonist—following the world consciousness’s predetermined plot—stumbled upon the male and female leads’ kissing confessional scene, she suddenly blackened.

Her mental power went out of control. She captured the male and female leads, failed in a temporary mental power advancement, and destroyed them along with herself into dust. The entire Small World collapsed as a result.

“Every Small World has its world consciousness, which flows according to the established plot to ensure no major deviations in key plot points. But this antagonist’s blackening was something the world consciousness couldn’t handle. No matter how many times the Small World restarted, the antagonist would blacken and cause the world’s destruction.”

The System chimed in with an explanation at the right moment. “Therefore, we need external aid to resolve the antagonist’s blackening issue. Per the world consciousness’s calculations, the antagonist’s blackening value must be kept below 50 at the moment of the male and female leads’ confessional scene. Otherwise, the antagonist will definitely suffer a mental power backlash, leading to the world’s destruction.”

Su Mi digested this absurd plot and the original host’s role in it, her emotions complex.

She pointed at herself. “So I…”

The System sent a smiling emoji. “:) Yes. Your original body had already lost vital functions. We detected that your dissipating consciousness matched perfectly with the cannon fodder’s body, absorbed it, and placed it into this character with the same name. You must complete the task of lowering the antagonist’s blackening value.”

“During the task, you can check the antagonist’s blackening value in the upper right corner at any time.”

Su Mi looked up, and sure enough, there was a black-red 90% in the upper right.

System: “During the task, please keep the cannon fodder’s character deviation under 30%. As a courtesy, we’ve provided an OOC protection filter. OOC below 30% won’t be noticed by natives, but exceeding it will result in corresponding punishment. This filter will strengthen as you integrate into the Small World and complete the task. Upon success, it reaches 100%, allowing you to live freely as Su Mi in this world.”

Su Mi: “What if the task fails?”

The System’s voice was calm. “Then we can only express regret. Your consciousness energy isn’t sufficient to support a second absorption and possession.”

A polite way of saying failure meant dying with the world.

Su Mi didn’t hesitate. She lowered her gaze and said, “Deal.”

She rubbed her temples and had just lifted the thin blanket when the lounge door was pushed open.

In walked a tall, slender man in his early thirties with a gentle, refined appearance. He wore a well-fitted suit and a pair of elegant frameless glasses, striding in hurriedly.

His hair was the same light golden curls as Su Mi’s.

Su Mi realized this was the original host’s father.

“Ya Ya, Secretary Ye said you fainted.” He called out the original host’s nickname. Seeing Su Mi perfectly fine on the sofa, he sighed in relief, reached out to feel her forehead, then pinched her arm and carefully checked the back of her neck.

“Your gland is still a bit red. You just went through your differentiation period and only got home from the Differentiation Center today. You should be resting properly. How could your mother send you to deliver things to me? I’m a bit busy, but Xiao Yi could have handled it just fine.”

The man frowned as he nagged.

Su Mi listened to this long string of fussing and blanked for a moment.

It was only after the System reminded her that she reacted, awkwardly calling out, “Father.”

The feeling was so foreign.

The original host’s father was named Wen Zisu, a male Omega.

Their family was a traditional female Alpha-male Omega pairing. The mother, Su Ciyu, had founded a tech company on her own, while the father worked as an executive in a Shen Corporation subsidiary.

With advanced technology extending human lifespans, forty was still young. The father had given birth to a little brother named Su Yi just last year.

According to this ABO world’s rules, everyone underwent their differentiation period on their 18th birthday. When Su Mi transmigrated, the original host had just finished hers.

Su Mi recalled the plot. The attendant she was playing seemed to be a Beta?

But the next moment, Wen Zisu lowered his voice. “Your differentiation period leave was filed as Beta, but you’re actually an Omega. You should rest longer. Sigh, I really don’t know what your mother was thinking, letting you do this.”

Su Mi: ?

She furrowed her brows and asked the System, “Is the plot you gave me incomplete?”

System: “Greetings. Since your consciousness energy was weak when we collected it, we couldn’t directly integrate all of the original host’s memories. But the memories are all here. As you carry out the task and experience the world, they’ll come back to you like fragments^^.”

Su Mi: …Fine.

Facing Wen Zisu’s worried gaze, she probed, “I didn’t do anything reckless…”

Wen Zisu raised a brow. This scholarly-looking man had an intimidating glare when angry, making Su Mi flinch instinctively.

Frustrated that she wasn’t made of sterner stuff, he pinched her ear. “Wasn’t it you conspiring with your mother? Shen Han is an Alpha. AO are worlds apart. You’ve only just been recognized as a god-sister. An Omega’s identity makes it inconvenient to hang around often. Your mother’s so clueless. How could she agree to something like this? Doesn’t she know how tough it is for us Omegas? Honestly!”

Su Mi tried to squirm away, her ear stiffly pinched.

Fortunately, Wen Zisu let go quickly.

That jogged her memory of the lead-up.

It was the original host’s decision to better latch onto the antagonist’s golden thigh.

After all, Shen Han was a dual S-grade Alpha who kept her distance from all Omegas except the female lead.

Having already secured this golden thigh, the original host feared being sidelined as AO, so she discussed faking her differentiation result as Beta with her parents.

She thought of the original novel’s description of their company surrounded by wolves, directly besieged and liquidated after losing the antagonist’s support…

She answered honestly, “After all, our family’s business all rides on… Sister.”

Wen Zisu clearly understood the reasoning.

But his daughter had just come of age; there was no need for her to get involved.

He sighed, then checked the back of Su Mi’s neck again with lingering worry. The custom barrier patch was extremely discreet—unless one deliberately probed its edge, anyone would think it was just skin.

“What’s done is done. Your mother’s submitted all the documents as Beta. No chance to change back to Omega now. Anyway, just remember the Omega precautions I told you. Did you bring enough barrier patches this time?”

Su Mi: What precautions? Barrier patches?

New to the ABO world, she blanked for a bit.

Following the System’s reminder, she opened the delicate little bag on the sofa side and showed it to Wen Zisu.

Barrier patches, suppressants, emergency spray… Everything she needed was there.

Wen Zisu checked each item one by one before finally nodding in relief.

“I just finished a meeting, and I have more to do later. I can’t keep you company.” Wen Zisu glanced at the light brain on his wrist, where a new message popped up. “Just find the secretary if you need anything. Xiao Yi’s playing in my office. You can go keep him company once you’re rested.”

“Okay.” Su Mi agreed.

After Wen Zisu left the lounge, Su Mi curiously examined the light brain on her own wrist first.

Her original world hadn’t advanced to this level—projecting screens into the air was pretty cool.

Su Mi opened the messaging app Guangxun.

The original host seemed pretty popular, with over a hundred unread messages, the red dot flashing glaringly in the bottom left.

Su Mi frowned as she looked.

There was only one pinned contact, boldly labeled “Shen Han,” with an avatar of a black ink-wash crane that looked quite artistic.

This was probably the world’s antagonist, Shen Han.

She tapped in. Their chat history wasn’t extensive.

Most were the original host initiating: Sister, are you free today? Sister, Father made some new pastries. Can I bring them over this weekend? Sister, I’ll bring Nanqiao tomorrow, okay?

The antagonist’s replies were curt, except when Nanqiao’s name came up—then she’d say a few more words.

Su Mi flipped through it once and came to a conclusion: It seemed the antagonist was indeed only interested in Xu Nanqiao—that was, the female lead.

Their last chat record was the original host telling Shen Han that she had entered the differentiation period.

Shen Han replied with a solitary “good”.

Perhaps because Guangxun had an online notification, two words suddenly popped up in Shen Han’s chat box: “Are you there?”

Su Mi hesitated for a moment, then imitated the original host’s way of speaking and replied: “Sister, I’m here^^.”

System: “Host, you’re stealing my emoji QAQ.”

Su Mi: “……”

On Shen Han’s side, the typing indicator in the chat box flashed. Not long after, a phone call came through directly.

Su Mi answered the phone.

She cleared her throat and waited a moment, but no memory fragments like Schrödinger’s cat ever appeared.

She wasn’t too sure how the original host conversed with Shen Han.

If it was similar to the text…

Su Mi tried to make her voice sound obedient and sweet as she said, “Sister, is there something you need?”

There was suddenly no sound from Shen Han’s side.

After a while, it almost made Su Mi think she had said something wrong.

From the other end of the phone came a slightly hoarse, cold female voice. “Are you sure the differentiation period is over?”