Ruan Yaoyao believed that instead of pulling Quan Yuxi down into the mud with her, she could also find a way to move toward the light herself and stand beside him.
One going up, one going down.
Naturally, going up was better.
But clearly, Linglong—who had grown out of the mud of suffering—could not think of that.
Because going down was always easier than going up.
When they left, all three of them were unusually quiet.
They knew they shouldn’t “empathize” with a bad person, but Linglong’s past was indeed too tragic.
After returning, Ruan Yaoyao did the first thing—she organized the information and “reported” the people who had once harmed Linglong.
She didn’t believe that after so many years, that scumbag father of hers had changed for the better.
A pedophile wouldn’t stop harming others just because Linglong had grown up.
Who knew how many innocent girls had suffered over the years?
Sigh…
Ruan Yaoyao sighed. She felt her “golden finger” ability had come too late. If it had come earlier, maybe she could have saved more girls.
Ruan Zhihé: “…”
Auntie, without you, we still wouldn’t even know something so horrifying was happening in the first place.
You’ve already done very well!
Shortly after, the national team sent new information. Linglong aside, Quan Yuxi also had the same mysterious symbol on his body. Preliminary analysis suggested that this symbol would not appear on everyone—only on protagonists and some important background characters.
If someone was just a random passerby, they likely wouldn’t have it.
【If that’s the case… does that mean…】
【As long as I can see someone’s “detail page,” they’re likely to have this symbol? If I can’t see their detail page, then they probably don’t?】
Ruan Zhihé: Pretty much.
I have it, but my comrade doesn’t.
【So the question is, why do only people whose “detail pages” I can see have this symbol? What do they all have in common?】
Ruan Yaoyao carefully reviewed the data sent by the national team.
【Detail page!】
【Male leads, female leads, important supporting characters!】
【Storylines, main characters, plot content…】
【Stories?】
She confirmed it again.
【Right… what I see as a “detail page” is less like a real life record and more like someone compressing a person’s life into a story.】
【Because it’s a story, it has inconsistencies—some parts are detailed, some are vague. If it were truly a full record of someone’s life from birth to death, how many words would that take? It would take a lifetime just to read it.】
【So if a life is turned into a story… then who is writing it?】
【Can I assume that “Heaven” is like an author? It selects a few people and writes their stories, forcing them to follow the plot whether they want to or not—this is what people call “plot power.”】
【For example, the second son controlled by the heroine, the third son who encounters two revenge-type heroines, the eldest daughter-in-law whose body is taken over…】
Ruan Yaoyao was certain that when she saw their “detail pages,” she also saw novel titles.
The known titles included:
- “The Whole Family Adores Me: The Fake Heiress Shocks the World”
- “CEO’s Pregnant Runaway Wife: 365 Days of Love”
- “After Rebirth, the Female Lead Goes on a Killing Spree” (1)
- “After Rebirth, the Female Lead Goes on a Killing Spree” (2)
- “The Path of the Dragon Protagonist to Godhood”
- “After Being Pampered by Mr. Jie, I Went Wild?”
- “I Married the Sickly Young Master and Was Spoiled Beyond Belief”
- “White Moonlight: What Can I Do to Save You, My Love”
- “Love Has Expired”
- “Chasing: He Runs, She Pursues”
- “The Borrowed Fate Little Wretch”
- “I Was Entangled by a Possessive Man”
- ……
One after another romance novels—Ruan Yaoyao had no idea she had already “read” so many real-life versions.
【Isn’t this “Heaven” too idle?!】
【Writing so many stories all day long… what is it even doing? Shouldn’t it be acting like a proper “Dao of Heaven”? Is it actually a novelist reincarnated?】
【Don’t tell me our entire world is just a book…】
The moment that thought crossed her mind, she immediately felt something was wrong.
She raised her head.
The world… was silent.
Why?
Because everything had stopped—completely still. Even the fan on her desk remained frozen mid-spin, as if time itself had paused.
Just a few seconds later, the world snapped back like a glitch being repaired.
Everything resumed normal movement.
Ruan Yaoyao’s pupils trembled. Her hand gripping the pen tightened unconsciously, and her breathing grew rapid.
She tried to reassure herself.
【Illusion! It must be an illusion!】
【How could the world possibly stop?】
【I must be overthinking it!】
【The idea that the world is a book… that’s impossible…】
Before she could finish—
The world “paused” again.
【……】
A few seconds later, it resumed.
【……】
Ruan Yaoyao’s mind went blank.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
For a moment, she didn’t dare touch that thought again.
She was afraid she might go insane.
In her mind, she screamed wildly:
【This is insane!】
【How is this possible?!】
【How is this possible?!】
【How is this possible?!】
【No!】
【I can’t think about it.】
【I can’t let the world stop again.】
【I don’t know what’s going on, but if I keep thinking… if it keeps freezing for a few more seconds… something might really happen.】
What she didn’t know was—she wasn’t the only one going insane.
Outside her room, Ruan Zhihé was the first to break down.
What… what was that?
Time stop?
A book?
Auntie, what exactly are you thinking about? Why does it sound so terrifying?!
Don’t scare me like this!
Ruan Zhihé also tried to follow that thought—but nothing happened. The world didn’t freeze. Nothing strange occurred.
She swallowed nervously, unsure whether she had hallucinated… or whether someone had touched a forbidden truth.
After a moment of hesitation, she chose to report it and even applied for psychological evaluation, just in case something was wrong with her.
She asked for leave from Ruan Yaoyao, and Liang Shishi temporarily took over.
But Ruan Yaoyao, busy analyzing the “bug” of the world, didn’t care at all and immediately approved the leave.
Instead, she began collecting romance novels and even paid people to organize their story outlines, trying to study common tropes.
“Wait… are you writing a novel?”
“Are you going to become an author?”
Of course, she wasn’t writing—she just wanted to analyze story structures so she wouldn’t get “trapped” by plots next time.
Just as Yun Jinxian reminded her to “get back to work,” she suddenly remembered Quan Yuxi and Linglong again.
Looking at Quan Yuxi once more, Ruan Yaoyao thought: Should I tell him that his girlfriend does love him… but she’s also a psychopath?
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