I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

Gu Linguo nodded with a hint of disappointment, but in her heart she was thinking that what she said now was just wishful thinking, but how things would turn out in the end was entirely up to her. After a while, Chen Xi came back up with blank name tags and markers, and immediately wrote down her name without hesitation.

"Mumu has something to do and won't be here for a while. Let's play for the three of us first."

So, after the three of them wrote their name tags and pasted them on their backs, Chen Junqian pushed the coffee table in the living room to the corner, creating a roughly 20-square-meter arena in the middle. At the time when his mother was out, they started this name tag ripping duel like children.

The three stood in a triangle formation, the atmosphere so tense it seemed as if a contest between unparalleled masters was about to take place.

Gu Linguo narrowed her eyes, her gaze sweeping between Chen Junqian and Chen Xi.

She had already decided that it would be best if only she and her senior were present in the end, so naturally, only one tactic remained.

As soon as Chen Junqian said "start," Gu Lingguo immediately launched herself towards her best friend, saying, "Senior, don't interfere, or it won't be fair," seemingly intending to stage a scene of sisterly affection.

Faced with Gu Linguo's attack, Chen Xi simply turned slightly to the side and nimbly slid her feet to easily avoid Gu Linguo's bear hug. Their physical abilities were actually about the same, both slightly above average, and their heights were similar, so for a moment they were locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Chen Junqian, of course, said, "I love watching girls fight." He then stood by and watched his sister and Lin Guo tear each other apart, while also playing the role of an old man watching chess in the park, occasionally giving instructions such as "Xiao Xi, attack her right hand" and "Lin Guo, cut her lower body."

The two of them had unknowingly ended up arguing all the way to Chen Junqian's side. Suddenly, Chen Xi, who hadn't said a word until now, turned around, looked at him, and shouted:

"elder brother--"

"Are you just going to stand here and watch someone bully your sister?"

Well, all I can say is that by the time Chen Junqian realized what was happening, Gu Lingguo's name tag had already been ripped off and was in his hand.

Completely oblivious to what was behind her, Gu Lingguo stood there blankly, only feeling a chill on her back before slowly and mechanically turning her head to see Chen Junqian holding a name tag with her name on it.

"...Eh?"

Gu Linguo blinked, then subconsciously let out a gasp that was hard to decipher.

Taking advantage of the moment, Chen Xi broke free from her best friend's hand, lightly jumped back two steps, tidied her slightly messy bangs, and resumed her aloof expression, a satisfied smile curving her lips.

"Yes, Lin Guo, the techniques you taught me are indeed very effective."

Gu Lingguo finally realized what had happened, and with the typical demeanor of a defeated dog, she began to perform the classic scene of Black Hair pounding the ground and crying, pointing at Chen Junqian and accusing him:

"You big liar! Senpai said he wouldn't interfere, and I can call you 'brother' too, and I can call you 'Onii-chan,' 'Onii-san,' and 'Manini'..."

"Ahem, I can only say that my hands moved unconsciously."

"Excuses! All excuses! You're just a secret siscon!"

Enraged, Gu Linguo grabbed a cushion from the sofa and threw it at Chen Xi, who caught it.

"Gu Lingguo, OUT!"

"Those who are eliminated, please leave the stage."

Chen Xi pointed coldly to the sofa, then nodded and said:

"Now, it's a duel between two people within our family."

Gu Linguo sat on the sofa with a bit of resentment, hugging a cushion and glaring at the brother and sister in front of her. But in no time, she saw that there was no acting or trickery, and the whole scene was just the most primitive and real banter between the brother and sister.

Taking advantage of his height and wingspan, Chen Junqian attempted to dominate from above, immediately reaching out to grab Chen Xi's back. His sister reacted quickly, ducking under his armpit and reaching for his name tag. Then the two began a verbal exchange:

"Hey, hey, hey, you can't pull hair when you're tearing name tags, I'm warning Xiaoxi this time!"

"You stepped on my foot first! If you still want me to wake you up, then obediently tear off your name tag, hurry up!"

"I! I! You dog-like emperor! You dare run away!"

"Run, run! Brother, surrender now, don't tickle me..."

The two of them were like two fighting cats. Before long, they went from standing to lying down, rolling from the coffee table to the center of the carpet, then standing up again, then lying down again. Gu Lingguo watched from the side and couldn't help but purse her lips. She remembered what someone had once said about her: "Although I am your childhood sweetheart, I also want to be your little sister."

Just as he was thinking, the two people in front of him had already entered a heated battle in Chen Junqian's playful banter. The former tried to use his weight advantage to force Chen Xi into a corner, but the other party was also holding onto his collar tightly, trying to bypass his defense and hook off the name tag that had loosened a bit with his fingertips.

And the carpet beneath their feet, by some strange twist of fate, slid quietly to one side due to the intense friction.

"Let's see how you run—damn it!"

Chen Junqian slipped and lost his balance instantly. The huge inertia carried him forward, and Chen Xi, whom he had grabbed, also lost her balance.

In the blink of an eye, their bodies intertwined in mid-air before crashing together to the ground.

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, the world fell silent.

Gu Linguo was still complaining in her heart when she heard the loud noise. She was startled and quickly looked over. Then she opened her eyes wide instantly.

The good news is that the scene she had been fantasizing about for so long, which she had only ever thought would happen in a romantic comedy, has actually come true.

The bad news is, she's not the female lead.

P.S.: Thank you for reading and subscribing.

PS2: Actually, I did play the name tag ripping game with my friends when I was in middle school... I miss it a bit.

Chapter Twenty-Six: Fate! It's all fate! (Two chapters combined)

"I'm here! Sorry to keep you all waiting—"

Perhaps because she was really in a hurry, Lin Mu finally remembered that she had a spare key. Without knocking, she hurriedly opened the door with the key. As soon as she greeted the door with great enthusiasm, she noticed that the atmosphere inside was a little unusual and subtly quiet.

"So what's wrong, Qianqian?"

Before he could even change his shoes, Lin Mu subconsciously glanced at his childhood sweetheart, who was lying on the living room sofa looking utterly dejected.

"Didn't we agree to play the name tag ripping game together? Why are you the only one at home? Did you wait for me for too long?"

"That's how it was supposed to be, but, well, there were a few unexpected things that happened in the middle. If Mu Mu had come a little earlier, that would have been great."

Although almost half an hour had passed since the unexpected incident, Chen Junqian's words still felt quite subtle. He once again realized that the identity of the male protagonist in a romantic comedy could be quite dangerous in reality. Just like the system used to say, "What if I accidentally turn you into a male protagonist who ends up in jail?" If certain scenes from model operas were replicated in reality, it could really lead to social death in no time.

"So what happened? Heave-ho—"

Seeing that Chen Junqian still had the energy to complain, Lin Mu knew that nothing particularly bad had happened. After changing into his own slippers, he walked over and sat down next to him, reaching out to touch Chen Junqian's hair.

"Tell me about it quickly."

Well, at least it's not something like, "Tell me what's bothering you so I can cheer you up."

"...Well, before you came, Mu Mu, Xiao Xi, Lin Guo, and I played a game of tearing name tags here. Lin Guo got her name tag ripped first, so it was just Xiao Xi and me playing one-on-one. Then, during the process of tearing the name tag, we both accidentally fell down."

"Are you injured?"

"That's not there."

"Oh, and then what?"

That's all.

"But it sounds like such an ordinary thing."

Because he was facing Lin Mu, many of the things he could say without thinking in front of other girls wouldn't work. Chen Junqian carefully considered his words, trying his best to explain to Lin Mu:

"But the posture wasn't good. How should I put it? Xiaoxi fell on top of me, and when I fell down, I was trying to help her up, but my hand position wasn't quite right."

A little confused by Chen Junqian's rambling and vague words, Lin Mu wanted to ask a few more questions, but Gu Linguo suddenly came out of Chen Junqian's room:

"Ah, Sister Lin Mu is here."

"Hmm, why isn't Lin Guo coming out of her room?"

"Because I was talking to Xiaoxi inside just now, and she got a little angry... I don't think that's quite the right way to describe it, but I don't know how to put it, anyway, she was throwing a tantrum, and it was only a little bit of a struggle to calm her down."

"Xiao Xi actually throws a tantrum?"

Just like Chen Xi's reaction when she heard Chen Junqian say that Mu Mu was starting to become troublesome, Lin Mu also showed an incredulous expression when she heard about Chen Xi's tantrum. After all, good children can recognize each other's goodness. In her memory, Chen Xi was definitely the most well-behaved girl around Chen Junqian. Sometimes she would wish for a younger sister like that.

That's why she became even more curious about what had happened in the short few tens of minutes before she arrived. Everything was fine when she asked her to play the name tag ripping game that morning.

"Didn't you explain it clearly just now, senior? But it's really not good to describe it verbally. Why don't you repeat it here with me now, senior? It will be clearer if you see it..."

It has to be said that Chen Junqian is becoming more and more adept at covering Gu Linguo's mouth. The main reason is that he is now so skilled at spouting all sorts of vulgar and inappropriate words, giving off the vibe of a delusional teenager who is always thinking about making a big move.

"Huh? Why is Qianqian covering Lin Guo's mouth?"

"Because this posture is inherently indecent, uh, improper."

After Chen Junqian stopped her from reenacting her childhood friend's actions in front of Lin Mu, hoping to evoke the same feeling she had just experienced, Gu Lingguo rolled her eyes. Seeing Chen Junqian still trying to explain to his students like a biology teacher struggling to understand their laughter, she simply took out her phone, typed in the keyword 'Rito fall,' found a popular video, and showed it to Lin Mu.

"Well, that's roughly what happened."

So, a minute later, Lin Mu also gasped.

If reality were truly a romantic comedy, Chen Junqian was certain that the artist would have drawn his childhood sweetheart with her signature beady eyes, red lines on her cheeks, and steam rising from her head. Or perhaps they would have just drawn her as a chibi version, since Mu Mu is undeniably adorable right now.

"Gah gah gah... What, what is this?"

Look, it's already making strange noises from its throat that I don't know what onomatopoeia to use to describe it.

After all, for Lin Mu, a girl who had never been exposed to anime, her impression of cartoons was still limited to the children's content she saw on TV during after-school care in elementary school. Now, suddenly being hit with this kind of explicit animation was already a huge shock. Hearing Gu Lingguo next to her say something like, "That's roughly what happened," she was completely bewildered and speechless. She just stared blankly at the screen for a long while before stiffly turning to look at Chen Junqian.

"Humble, humble?"

"Please stop posting these kinds of messy compilations. The content isn't that explicit. Don't smear my and Xiaoxi's reputations out of thin air. In fact, it's pretty much like that."

Ignoring the bouncing breasts and flying fan service on the screen, Chen Junqian reached for Gu Lingguo's phone, scrolled down to a certain section, pointed at the screen, and said to Lin Mu:

"This pose is probably the most suitable for the scene at that time."

It has to be said that the Chinese people are indeed moderate and conciliatory. If Lin Mu had been shown this picture directly just now, his childhood sweetheart would probably have been shocked and accepted for a while. However, after experiencing the kind of baptism that resulted in his head inexplicably getting into the female lead's skirt after falling down, or the female lead's face directly touching the male's lower body, Lin Mu even felt that he could accept this position of accidentally touching the upper half of the body.

"And let me explain again, there was no close-up, no slow motion, no time stop, and no deliberate or accidental rubbing. It was just less than a second before it was pulled apart."

Just like how it's difficult to explain because he's facing Lin Mu, as the male protagonist who has already had more intimate physical contact with his girlfriend, Chen Junqian can guarantee that if this hadn't been caught red-handed by Chen Xi, it wouldn't have been so awkward if it had happened to any other female protagonist.

After all, Wen Yun and Youyou had already engaged in more intimate behavior, and Lin Guo had planned this kind of scene from the beginning. As for Mu Mu in front of them... well, if it were her, Chen Junqian would have firmly held her neck instead of just below her collarbone.

“A girl would definitely be angry if something like this happened, even if it was an accident.”

After her head was spinning for a while, Lin Mu finally came to her senses. Although she said that, she knew very well that Chen Junqian was not capable of doing such a thing on his own initiative, so she immediately stood up and patted her chest, saying:

"I'll go and talk to Qianqian and Xiaoxi on their behalf."

The two of them have always had a good relationship. To be more precise, Lin Mu has a good relationship with everyone. For example, Chen Xi herself might not like Xu Youwei very much, but Lin Mu genuinely doesn't dislike anyone or have been disliked by anyone in Chen Junqian's social circle.

"Thank you then."

"It's alright, it's alright, but Qianqian should remember to apologize to Xiaoxi."

"Actually, I apologized immediately."

Watching Lin Mu go into his room to find his sister, Chen Junqian once again leaned back on the sofa, looking utterly exhausted and exclaiming, "What kind of mess is this?" Just two days ago, he was lamenting that the will of the real world was about to be successfully elbowed by the system, and today he experienced the thrill of what would happen to him, the male protagonist who was "occasionally" favored by fate, in this half-elbowed world.