When Xingyoo opened her eyes, she felt an excruciating pain, as if her heart had been ripped from its place. She tried to breathe while clutching her chest. Fortunately, the pain subsided after a while.

As she checked her surroundings, she said, "Just a simple reaction? My ass! I nearly died from the pain!"

Xingyoo was thinking this while she found herself sitting at a table in the back row. It seemed she had been transferred into the body of a student. Xingyoo began to think to herself:

"This system is useless; it threw me into a strange place without any explanation. At least it should have explained where I am, whose body this is, and what I should do now. Didn't it say I have to save someone?"

She heard the system's voice in her head, dry and emotionless: "I am always here, my host. No need to worry; I can communicate with you through your thoughts. You are now studying with the mission target; all you have to do is get close to him and try to fix him before he destroys himself."

After realizing its ability to read her thoughts, Xingyoo began to interrogate it: "I don't understand. What kind of saving is this? Am I saving him from death or what? Anyway, tell me first about the body I've possessed."

She knew she had to adapt quickly to her surroundings before planning anything to avoid getting into trouble.

"Don't they give them the memories of the body or something like that in novels and games?"

The system quickly replied, "That's not possible, my host. Memory is something related to a person's soul and not something that can be easily transferred. But don't worry; I will give you the information you need about the body you are in as soon as you need it so you won't be suspicious."

The system continued, "Since this is your first world, I chose a world similar to your previous one. It's easy, and even your character isn't difficult. You are now just an orphan girl studying hard who received a scholarship to the best school, and you work in your free time to support yourself. She also rents a small apartment with two of her friends, but she is introverted and doesn't talk much. So it's fine for the host to behave as she wishes. Also, she has the same name..."

Xingyoo was listening to the system when the girls in the classroom suddenly started screaming. She lifted her head to find a tall boy with a dark face passing by her. Through his shirt, you could see his muscles quivering with each step he took. Although he looked intimidating, he was really handsome.

His hair was slightly long and covered his forehead, combed to the side. His eyes were deep and sharp, but they looked like the eyes of a very beautiful cat. No, they resembled the eyes of a tiger, ready to pounce on its prey at any moment. Along with his pursed lips indicating he was in a bad mood, his skin wasn't very pale, but it wasn't dark either; it was just the right healthy tone.

The first thing that crossed her mind when she saw him was that he would make a good model or idol. The girls were still circling around him, but none dared to get closer; it was obvious they were scared.

While Xingyoo was watching the person, she was startled when the system shouted in her head: "My host, it's him! He is the mission target, Shen Yuan!" For the first time, the system's voice sounded a bit excited.

Xingyoo scratched her ear and replied, "Really? Is this the one? Is this the person who will turn into the villain and meet a bad end?"

The system had always told her that her goal was to save the villain and save the world that would fall because of him. But she didn't really believe it. "How could just one person threaten the peace of the entire world? The system must be lying."

The system replied firmly: "My host, the Xiao Jiu system has strong ethics and operational foundations and never lies about work matters."

She momentarily forgot that it was reading her thoughts. "Anyway, Xiao Jiu, tell me what will happen to the villain and how he will destroy the world."

The system began recounting Shen Yuan's story, the classmate she had to save. It was a tragic story in every sense of the word.

Shen Yuan was born from the alliance between the two most powerful mafia groups in China; his father Shen Luijian and mother Fang Lianhua married for family business reasons.

As anyone can imagine the result of such a marriage, Luijian had a mistress, a regular person without a background, but his father would not accept their marriage; he wanted to expand his business and increase his power since Luijian was his only son.

Don't ask how a big mafia boss can have only one son; I don't believe it either.

It seems that his wife was very powerful in her life, and thanks to the pressure from her family, she managed to control her husband. After her death, he became an old man who couldn't have children even if he wanted to. Oh, the irony of fate.

As for his mother Fang Lianhua, one could say she was an innocent and pure lotus flower, exactly as her name implies. Although she was also the daughter of a mafia leader, she was raised with great pampering and love, far away from the business and everything, and was responsible for beauty and living happily.

She had brothers, but for some reason, the sons of the strongest mafia leaders didn't like the world of crime or even the world of politics. So instead of inheriting the family business, one became a doctor, and the other wandered around Africa with humanitarian organizations here and there... No comment on that, really.

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So when her father wanted to marry her to expand influence and strengthen ties between the two most powerful families, ensuring a strong alliance that would support their interests, she didn't refuse. And this was not because she was a good child, no, but because she loved Luijian. Well, it was love at first sight since his appearance was handsome, unlike his empty mind.

There isn't much drama here. After the marriage, everything was fine until they had Shen Yuan, but everything began to deteriorate after Luijian's father died. He took control of the organization and the family business, and since he was the only son, there was no competition.

The first thing he did was to try to surpass his wife's family, then cut ties with them, and finally bring his mistress into the main house, telling his wife that she was his only love. The biggest shock was that they had a son older than Shen Yuan by several months.

Of course, it was the first time Lianhua faced difficulties in her life, a shock so severe that she went insane. Luijian gave her a house and kicked her and her five-year-old son out.

Shen Yuan lived with his mother, suffering from abuse, violence, and mistreatment; he was beaten every day and locked in the cellar and heard all sorts of abusive words. No one can imagine how a five-year-old child managed to endure that. In the end, his mother committed suicide by hanging herself in front of him.

This came after four full years of inhumane torture. Shen Yuan had been smart from a young age and understood everything that was happening around him. At first, he didn't blame his mother, but over time, he hated her intensely; even when she died, he didn't grieve or cry. The abuse he suffered made him almost a person without feelings. However, he didn't crave revenge on his father or even think about him or his position.

After his mother died, his grandfather took him. He knew what he had been subjected to, but it was too late; Shen Yuan had completely closed his heart. His grandfather tried to raise him as his successor, but Shen Yuan refused and lived alone in an empty villa.

Now, three years have passed since he left and cut ties with everything. His grandfather gave him a small group of companies, and he managed them well, having millions of dollars. A small company for a mafia boss and the second richest person in the country, naturally, isn't a small matter.

Liu Xingyoo was immersed in the story and hadn't said anything the whole time. Well, what would she say? This Shen Yuan really lived a hard life that one can hardly imagine.

Xiao Jiu continued, saying:

"Until now, we are at this part of the story. The host was transferred before the real conspiracy began that led to the villain's doom so that you could save him before that."

"So what happened, for heaven's sake? If he continues his life like this, then even if Shen Yuan has no feelings or principles, as long as he lives his life alone and doesn't want any interference with the mafia or anything, and doesn't crave revenge, his life should at least be peaceful."

Liu Xingyoo didn't know why, but she exploded with anger, perhaps due to Shen Yuan's suffering or because he was just a victim. He was just a child who lost everything, then suffered abuse from those closest to him; at the very least, she didn't want him to lose his life.

"This is because his father and older brother feared that he would claim his share of the family business or use his grandfather's power to take revenge on them," said Xiao Jiu . "Even though the Fang family remained silent when Luijian cut ties with them and all their joint businesses, and both sides agreed to forget the matter to avoid further damage to both, Luijian had always feared his son's revenge. Perhaps because he knows he is in the wrong

"Scum!" Liu Xingyou gritted her teeth. "This kind of person is unfit to be a father."

"So, did they try to kill Shen Yuan, and that's why he became a villain?"

"Yes and no, as they hatched a plan to make Shen Yuan fall in love with a girl, then crush his feelings and take his life."

"What? Did I hear wrong? What a stupid conspiracy!"

"No, my host, it's because they needed Shen Yuan's signature on a waiver for the assets he inherited from his mother, which was his mother's dowry: 15% of the Shen family's assets. Luigiang's father wanted to merge the two families, and that's how he came up with the idea of leaving a lot of assets for his grandchildren, and President Fang did this too. This way, their grandchildren would take over the merging of the two families and increase their influence."

His mother didn't care about these matters; she lived like a princess even after her separation from Luigiang and her illness. But she wasn't in her right mind, so even if they took her signature on the waiver, it wouldn't count. But Shen Yuan was different, so before he reached the legal age and everything became legal for him, they wanted to make him hand everything over to them.

Naturally, they weren't foolish enough to kidnap him or try to kill him; they still wanted to maintain a peaceful facade between the two families. His grandfather also took good care of him.

Even without that, Shen Yuan had always been cold; he would probably tell them to just get lost. There was no guarantee he would easily sign and give up his rights.

That's why the eldest son, whose name was Shen Luxian, came up with such a cunning plan. He hated Shen Yuan on the grounds that he took all his father's time and love when he was young. Of course, he knew this wasn't true, but he was the kind of person who lies about something and believes it.

Additionally, he was jealous of him. Shen Yuan had always been smarter than him, more handsome than him, and everyone loved him and wanted him despite his coldness and indifference. His mother, Chang Rui, always wanted to present herself as the wife of the richest person in the country, which is why she enrolled him in the best school.

And guess what? Shen Yuan was studying there too, as after his grandfather saved him, he enrolled him in that school, and he was always at the top of his class. As for Shen Luxian, his grades were average, just like his face.

Despite his mother's beauty and his father's handsomeness, he was really... one could say he was just an ordinary person, or a side character who appears in just one chapter of some novel. Yes, to that extent.

What neither he nor his father knew was that he truly resembled his mother; it was just that she had undergone several cosmetic surgeries to become more beautiful and snag a handsome and rich husband. Clearly, her plan succeeded.

Both the mother and son were "non-recyclable trash," this is what Liu Xingyou concluded from everything the system had said.

So, after that, Luxian would make his girlfriend deceive Shen Yuan and make him fall in love with her. Although it took them a lot of time and effort, Shen Yuan wasn't someone with many feelings, but the girl's kind heart and her earnest attempts to get closer to him made him soften.

"No matter how cold he is, he's still human. Humans need people around them to live. This is a natural instinct for them. That's why there are communities and gatherings..."

Then, after he accepted her as a friend at least, they would pretend to have kidnapped her and demand his waiver of all his inheritance in exchange for her freedom. And when he signs everything and tries to get her back, she would break his heart and tell him:

"I never loved and will never love scum like you, cold-hearted and without feelings; you caused your mother's death."

After they thought they had rid themselves of him, and that he might kill himself in a moment of weakness like his mother, the villain returns with an even colder gaze than before, turning their world upside down. He takes over the management of both his grandfather's legitimate businesses and the mafia's as well.

Within five years, Fang's group becomes exponentially stronger than Shen's group, handling nuclear bombs as if they were just cheap smoke bombs.

Then he goes to his father's house and meets him along with his stepmother, Luxian, and his girlfriend, whom he had married long ago. With a smile that sends shivers down spines, he orders his subordinates to detonate the nuclear bombs, not just in the mansion he's in, but nuclear bombs explode randomly all over the world.

Where his last words were:

"Since I did nothing, yet I was condemned to a life worse than death, where the abyss stares at me every second, I might as well die and take the whole world with me to taste the bitterness of this abyss."

Then he died, and the world fell into ruin, as the nuclear explosions killed half, and the subsequent radiation killed and disfigured the rest.

Liu Xingyou nearly choked. She was genuinely affected by this villain, not out of fear, but perhaps understanding him a bit, and thus felt pain for his end.

To people, Shen Yuan's life might seem like that of a spoiled prince. Everything he wanted was brought to him at his feet with just a gesture. But for him, every second he lived in this life was almost killing him.

"She understands, because she herself had been living her life that way; she smiles, but inside she's about to burn."

Liu Xingyou lifted her head and looked at Shen Yuan's handsome face. He was now leaning his head against the window, gazing outside, ignoring the annoying sounds of those girls, perhaps thinking that his life was pointless, and maybe it should end because it was exhausting.

Xingyou decided she would save him. She would save him no matter the cost.