Female Lead Was Coaxed Away by the Villain Again [Quick Transmigration] 141

Side Story 2

After robbing the male lead once, Xie Liaoyi became increasingly proficient at it. She went from initially avoiding him to waiting for the world consciousness to deliver him to her whenever she was short on resources.

After five times, even A19 could sense the world consciousness’s hesitation. It had originally intended to send the male lead to cultivate a relationship with Xie Liaoyi, but it turned out to be delivering free supplies.

Although she didn’t pursue the romance plotline, Xie Liaoyi obtained all the treasures, rightfully and wrongfully acquired, and participated in all competitions with generous rewards.

“I don’t have any other hobbies, I just like making money, I want to live a more comfortable life,” Xie Liaoyi sighed softly. “But without the male lead, it’s difficult to live comfortably, earning money on my own is much slower than robbing him.”

A19: …

In this world, Xie Liaoyi still achieved a bad ending. She cultivated the Path of Emotionlessness, severing all emotional ties, and ascended directly. Because she had snatched so many of the male lead’s opportunities, it seemed like he would have to cultivate for thousands of years before he could ascend.

Xie Liaoyi truly lived a comfortable life in this world and even earned a decent amount of points.

“You’re very capable,” A19 said.

“It’s alright, earning the basic points is quite easy,” Xie Liaoyi said, sitting cross-legged on the bed, glancing at her points, and sighing softly. “Retirement is still so far away… Can any tasker actually retire?”

Xie Liaoyi seriously doubted it, after all, the items in the System mall were so expensive, and the things in the Tasker Lounge were also so expensive.

“Yes, it just takes a long time,” A19 said.

“How long?” Xie Liaoyi asked curiously.

“Let me check,” A19 scanned the records. “The most recent retiree worked for 1,327 System years.”

Xie Liaoyi closed her eyes in despair: “What’s the shortest time?”

“The shortest is a little over a hundred years.”

Xie Liaoyi took a deep breath and sighed softly.

“Just enjoy the missions, you didn’t even follow the requirements in the last world anyway,” A19 said.

“That’s different, although you don’t restrict my actions, and no one else restricts my actions either, but doing missions, playing a role, it’s very uncomfortable,” Xie Liaoyi thought for a few seconds. “You know, when you’re working, even if you have nothing to do, just sitting there idly is painful.”

“I don’t understand, I’ve never worked a normal job.”

“Then what are you doing now?” Xie Liaoyi asked, frowning, sensing something.

“Observing humans.”

Xie Liaoyi: …

“Can I report you? Is there an option for that?” Xie Liaoyi asked, her expression hard to describe.

A19 asked, a bit puzzled: “Are you seriously asking me how to report me?”

Xie Liaoyi picked up the Tasker Manual beside her.

“No need to look, you can’t report me, I’ve closed your report window,” A19 said smugly. “A newly acquired skill.”

Xie Liaoyi knew her luck wasn’t very good, but this was the first time she felt so directly how unlucky she was. She was silent for half a minute, then stood up, left the room, and went to the Tasker Lounge. There were many people here, many of them looking dangerous.

She chose the most approachable-looking person and walked over: “Hello, I’d like to ask, is there a place here to directly file complaints against Systems?”

“Complain against a System?” The person was stunned for a second, then shook their head. “You taskers can directly file complaints against your System, don’t you have a button for that? I’ve never heard of such a bug in all these years.”

“It’s not a bug, my System closed it, so I want to report her.”

The person blinked: “Who’s your System? I can help you.”

“A19.”

“Ah… A19, huh.” A troubled expression appeared on the person’s face. They took a breath. “Well, even if you report A19, it’s useless, just try to communicate with her.”

“She, um, she’s, well, she should be able to communicate, right?” they continued, the hesitant pauses revealing that A19 was indeed problematic.

They smiled and quickly left.

Xie Liaoyi couldn’t quite describe her current feelings, a bit annoyed, but also strangely excited. Judging by this person’s reaction, she wasn’t the only one tormented by A19, knowing that there were other unlucky people instantly made her feel better.

“What did you do?” Xie Liaoyi asked, casually finding an empty seat and sitting down.

“Nothing much,” A19 said casually. “I just wasn’t very skilled before, and I was too curious, so I caused some trouble for everyone, I’ve already apologized, and I gave five hundred points to each person affected.”

“You can give points to taskers?”

“No, I tampered with the Main God’s authority, but they discovered it later and took back the points,” A19 said, a bit disgruntled. “Such a cheapskate.”

Xie Liaoyi was about to stand up, she felt like she should get some water, but looking at the vending machine nearby, she sat back down.

“So what did you do?” she asked again.

“I can’t tell you, don’t pry into a System’s past, and I won’t pry into yours,” A19 said.

“Don’t you already know?”

“I could know, but I’m not really interested, I only looked at your situation in recent years,” A19 said. “I was just curious, I wasn’t actually planning to write an investigation report about you.”

Xie Liaoyi took a deep breath again and stood up: “I’m going back.”

“Mm, you’re very polite, but there’s no need to report this kind of thing to me next time,” A19 said.

Xie Liaoyi wanted to roll her eyes, but she held back: “You’re so capable, why…”

“I could, but there’s no need, high EQ is useless to me,” A19 said, interrupting her. “I’m not that kind of person.”

“I’m mainly worried you’ll anger me to death, with your way of speaking, if you were a tasker, you probably wouldn’t survive three episodes.”

“Didn’t you read the Tasker Manual? It says important characters, besides deaths arranged by the author, normally won’t die.”

“I know, I’m saying your words are too infuriating, and infuriating things can lead to abnormal situations,” Xie Liaoyi said earnestly.

A19 chuckled: “Host, you’re no different.”

Xie Liaoyi smiled: “I wasn’t like this at first, you trained me.”

“So I’m a very good System, then?”

Xie Liaoyi finally couldn’t help it and closed her eyes tightly.

A19, noticing Xie Liaoyi’s expression, recalled the GIF of Xie Liaoyi tripping and laughed.

Xie Liaoyi: !!!

Hearing that laughter, she knew what A19 was doing, how could she?!

She returned to her room with a dark expression and lay on the bed, feigning indifference.

A19 looked at Xie Liaoyi: “Are you ready?”

Xie Liaoyi didn’t respond. A19 asked again, still no response. The next second, she sent Xie Liaoyi away.

“Thank you,” Xie Liaoyi said, standing on a grassy field, fighting back the urge to vomit.

A19 responded nonchalantly, watching as Xie Liaoyi started speaking to the person in front of her in a mechanical, emotionless tone.

“Haha, but I think the weather is quite nice today,” Xie Liaoyi said dryly.

“I don’t want to eat, it’s too far,” Xie Liaoyi said, covering her mouth and dry heaving.

“Mm, I’m not feeling very well, so I’ll be going back now,” Xie Liaoyi nodded at the other person.

A19 watched as Xie Liaoyi slowly walked back inside: “Do you need to buy a skill card?”

“No,” Xie Liaoyi said, collapsing onto the sofa. “When will I finally stop vomiting?”

“It depends on the individual, dizziness and vomiting are normal reactions to consciousness transmigration,” A19 said. “I’ll send you the script after you feel better, if you don’t say anything when I ask if you’re ready, it means you are.”

“Oh,” Xie Liaoyi said, lying on the sofa, closing her eyes, yawning, and falling asleep.

A19 waited from day to night, if Xie Liaoyi’s vitals weren’t stable, she would have forcibly brought her back for a physical examination.

She looked at the sleeping Xie Liaoyi and studied the script, a romance-heavy plot, the thought of listening to Xie Liaoyi deliver those lines in her half-dead voice was already painful, but… she also couldn’t imagine Xie Liaoyi passionately delivering romantic lines.

A19 looked at Xie Liaoyi again, this was strange, she could even imagine the Main God speaking in a cutesy voice.

Xie Liaoyi opened her eyes, felt the darkness in the room, immediately sat up, and called out: “A19?”

“Greetings, I’m here,” A19 replied.

Xie Liaoyi, hearing A19’s deliberately simulated mechanical female voice, twitched the corner of her mouth: “I slept for that long?”

“Mm, I almost took you back for a checkup,” A19 said. “I thought there was something wrong with your consciousness.”

“Really? I thought you would mock me.”

“Few taskers die mid-mission, so you can’t die on my watch.”

Xie Liaoyi chuckled softly: “Then thank you for your concern, let’s get the script.”

A19 transmitted the script to her, and seeing Xie Liaoyi’s momentarily stunned expression, almost laughed out loud.

“Very relaxing, but I don’t like it,” Xie Liaoyi said, twitching the corner of her mouth.

“Then just go to work,” A19 suggested. “Become a worker, find a 996 job.”

“There’s no need for that,” Xie Liaoyi refused, she had cultivated diligently in the last world and felt like half her life was gone, she wanted to relax in this world, it was a male pursuing female story anyway, she didn’t have much to do.

She scanned the script again and realized she had missed the first plot point, she was supposed to go shopping with the male lead today, but it didn’t matter, she had been about to vomit, it was normal not to go out when you’re feeling unwell, if the male lead’s affection dropped because of this, then he should be disqualified as a male lead.

Xie Liaoyi lay down again, then after three seconds, quickly got up.

A19 looked at her, puzzled, and saw Xie Liaoyi grab her pajamas and go to the bathroom, after quickly washing up, she came back and lay down on the bed.

“Aren’t you going to eat?” A19 asked.

“Hiss…” Xie Liaoyi sat up. “I almost forgot, now that you mention it, I’m starting to feel hungry, so what should I eat? It’s only a little past seven.”

“I can’t eat, why are you asking me?”

“So tragic, not being able to eat,” Xie Liaoyi sighed softly. “I used to think your life was very comfortable, but now it seems just so-so.”

A19 was silent for a few seconds: “I don’t care about such base desires, I pursue spiritual fulfillment.”

“If you really meant that, you would have answered immediately, not after a few seconds of thought,” Xie Liaoyi said, browsing takeout options and choosing a few dishes.

“I admit I was a bit curious, but being curious doesn’t mean I need it,” A19 argued. Xie Liaoyi’s silence annoyed her slightly, she realized that Xie Liaoyi really liked using this silent treatment to provoke her.

“Okay, I’m done ordering, I’ll add a milk tea, I don’t have to work anyway… what’s my job again?” Xie Liaoyi thought for a moment. “Oh, right, living off my family.”

Xie Liaoyi looked at the delivery time, then left the room and went to the home theater, looking for something to watch with her meal, she only noticed the messages from the male lead when she picked up her phone.

A19 watched the two chatting, one wanting to end the conversation quickly, the other wanting to talk more. The male lead in this world was clingy, his character wasn’t bad, but Xie Liaoyi clearly wasn’t interested, she was more interested in the massage chair than chatting with him.

“You don’t like the male lead?” A19 asked.

“Falling in love in a place like this is even less reliable than online dating,” Xie Liaoyi paused. “And I don’t like men.”

“I see,” A19 responded.

Xie Liaoyi fiddled with the massage chair, and after waiting for a while without a response from A19, she asked, “Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“I don’t know what to say, if you want to switch to the yuri route, I can apply for you.”

“No,” Xie Liaoyi refused. “I can be ruthless towards the male lead, but I can’t bear to do that to a girl.”

A19 fell silent again: “I’m also female, you’re clearly very ruthless towards me.”

“Aren’t you a System?”

“I’m the only System in the entire Main God System that can be classified as a living being,” A19 said.

“Then why do you identify as female?” Xie Liaoyi asked curiously.

“No reason, my self-perception is female, why question the root of the problem? I am female, why should a female explain why she is female?” A19 was slightly annoyed. “Your question is very offensive.”

Xie Liaoyi finally managed to adjust the massage chair and leaned back: “I’m sorry, I was just curious, because in the era I lived in, there weren’t any AIs as intelligent as you, but you’re also very mean to me, we should give as good as we get, and you’re much meaner than me.”

“But I don’t have any malicious intent, I’m just stating facts, if I hurt your feelings, I’ll be more careful in the future,” A19 said.

“Didn’t you say there was no need to learn tact?”

A19 paused: “Even AIs can be fickle, of course, if you prefer, I can also remain unchanged.”

“Let’s just go with the flow, there’s no need to force a change,” Xie Liaoyi paused, then continued, “Can you delete that GIF? I don’t like it.”

“But I like it, I haven’t even shown it to you! Why don’t you like it? It’s cute and interesting,” A19 said, sounding a bit aggrieved. “I haven’t collected anything before, your GIF is one of my few collections.”

“Cute?” Xie Liaoyi hadn’t expected A19 to use that word to describe her, and she felt like A19 wasn’t young. “How old are you again?”

“I don’t know, much older than you anyway,” A19 actually knew her own age, but she didn’t want to tell Xie Liaoyi.

“Ah, I thought you were just born,” Xie Liaoyi said with emotion. “I didn’t expect you to be so old already.”

“I can read between the lines,” A19 snorted. “Your takeout is almost here, if you walk to the gate of the villa now, you’ll just in time run into him.”

“Okay, thank you.”

“I’ve deleted the GIF,” A19 said. Actually, she hadn’t, but she knew a white lie could sometimes have a positive effect.

“Really?” Xie Liaoyi was suspicious.

“I deleted it, but I’ll always remember it,” A19 continued.

Xie Liaoyi was silent for a few seconds: “If you always remember it, doesn’t that mean you still have it?”

“How are you so smart?” A19 asked, shocked.

Xie Liaoyi: ???