The male supporting character was actually myself.

With this in mind, the four children headed straight to Lingnan and caught Dong Muqian red-handed while he was moving.

Dong Muqian couldn't out-argue the group and got a beating.

Liu Yingxiu insisted that all the money had been spent on medical treatment, and even took advantage of her age to ask the children to raise money for her treatment. When their reasoning failed, it aroused the anger of the children who had been abandoned since childhood. It is unclear whether the butcher leader or the third thug kicked her first, but in the chaos, Liu Yingxiu suffered a double blow to her body and mind.

To avoid being beaten, Dong Muqian had no choice but to rewrite the IOU, promising to pay back all their money within a year.

After they left, cursing and swearing, Liu Yingxiu slowly cleaned up the mess by herself. With nowhere to go, she insisted on following her youngest son to be supported and treated by him.

Less than a week later, Liu Yingxiu was found dead in a garbage dump. It was unclear whether she had been abandoned and starved to death or died of illness and fell by the roadside. Dong Muqian, who had originally planned to use her to make a quick buck by staging an accident, wanted to abandon her but was worried about being charged with abandonment. So he hastily collected her body, cremated it, and poured the ashes from the shoebox down the drain as soon as he left.

A year later, unable to find a job and earn money, Dong Muqian completely gave up and began to wander around, living under bridges, picking up garbage, and wandering around in a dirty state.

After that, no one saw him again.

Some say Dong Muqian was beaten and had his leg broken by his brothers who were chasing him for debts, and he died because he couldn't afford medical treatment; others say he went insane and was forced to work in an illegal coal mine; still others say he committed suicide by jumping into a river, knowing he was guilty of grave sins...

In the distant forest, the little white cat watched as the script finally showed that the mission world had entered a state of free development. It breathed a sigh of relief and meowed as it went to report the good news to its host!

Three years later, Dr. Yu Chuchu graduated and successfully landed a teaching position at Senhai University.

When autumn arrived, she held a group wedding with her boyfriend of two years, her younger brother Yu Jiangchen, and Ye Wei. The two couples walked down the aisle amidst the blessings of their friends and a flurry of flower petals, heading towards a bright and promising future...

Is Chapter One definitely not about revenge?

"Congratulations, host..." The little white cat prepared to scatter flowers with great ceremony, but got stuck after only starting.

Jiang Chen found it strange and poked its fluffy, round body, asking, "Why is it still lagging? Do you need to clear the cache and junk data?"

"Uh..." The fluffy ball turned around blankly, looking at him with a lifeless expression. It threw away the flower basket in its paws, stroked its big ears, and replied helplessly, "Host, it's not that I'm stuck, it's that the main system isn't responding."

We just finished a script, shouldn't we be settling accounts now?

But the main system hasn't responded at all, and my report hasn't been answered either.

"What about the forum? Is it still running normally?" He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He didn't know what standard time flowed according to in the virtual world. Could it be that he had been delayed for too long and hadn't woken up yet, and trouble had already arisen in the real world?

Could Li Chengze and the small fragment of the Horcrux he left behind really help humanity survive?

"The forum is fine, as lively as ever." The fluffy dumpling twitched its ears and tilted its head, completely puzzled. "Could it be that we didn't do a good enough job? That shouldn't be the case. The mission world has been successfully extended. Even if the mission failed, shouldn't we have made a sound?"

"That's really strange, what's the main system doing?"

"Hmm, they make me scavenge scripts from junkyards and clean up messes for the scriptwriting team, and now they're even delaying my pay?" Jiang Chen crossed his arms and subtly stirred up trouble. "Which department should we complain to in this situation? Which department is responsible for settling our reward medals?"

Don't just stand there, report them right now!

The little white cat nodded hurriedly, "Okay, host, please calm down, I'll file a complaint right away!"

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chen estimated it to be about fifteen minutes, when the fluffy ball finally received some news: "We have received an urgent notification that the settlement department has been attacked by an unknown force, causing temporary data corruption. All hosts' medal rewards may be reset to zero. Please do not panic or inform others, auxiliary system..."

This was clearly an internal email, and the little dumpling read it aloud without even reading it.

Slightly embarrassed, it scratched its ear with its hind paw and chuckled, "Host, the emergency notice issued by the relevant department was for me to see, hehehe..."

"Keep reading."

"Okay, okay!" The little white cat obediently continued reading: "Please, auxiliary system, do not panic, do not inform the host, and reassure them to enter the script and complete the task as soon as possible. The settlement department is working hard to maintain the data, and the disordered and unsettled data will be restored to normal shortly."

If there is an issue with the number of medals being incorrect, please fix it and then submit an application report to the auxiliary system. After verification, the incorrect data can be corrected.

The script will not be affected in any way, so please use it with confidence. Best of luck on your mission!

For Jiang Chen, the number of medals is no longer important.

The main system probably set this up to give the hosts a goal to strive for, so they would stay in the virtual world and complete tasks, allowing the unknown entity to repair their bodies in some way.

Although no bugs were encountered in the previous mission world, the Soul Weapon still grew a lot. Perhaps when it reaches a certain level, it will be able to break through this virtual world and learn the truth?

Or perhaps, only after absorbing enough energy can one break free from some kind of shackle and regain lost memories?

With too many unknowns and no one to answer them, and no way to deal with this virtual script selection space, he could only shrug and sigh, "Then let's just continue selecting scripts and doing tasks. Maybe things will return to normal soon."

"Okay, okay! As expected, my host is the best, mwah!"

The fluffy little thing came up and kissed him, then excitedly pointed to the various incomplete scripts floating around and said, "I'm so lucky to have met such a caring and ambitious host! I'm so happy! After I complete my job change, I will definitely go find my host and do everything I can to make you the protagonist of your life!"

Jiang Chen reached out and tapped its paw, "It's settled then, don't forget to come find me."

After saying that, he took down a script that looked quite thick and had a beautiful cover, "This is it."

The deep blue background is full of light and shadow, like a combination of sea and sky. A mermaid, whose back can only be seen, floats and extends her right hand to lightly touch the right hand of a handsome young man opposite her, which is obviously a story related to mermaids.

"A mermaid love story?" The fluffy little ball of fur perked up its big ears warily and twitched. "Host, I remember that most of these kinds of stories are tragedies, right?"

A naive and beautiful mermaid meets a terrible jerk and ends up turning into sea foam and flying away...

"Waaaah! Please, host, save the mermaid! It's such a pity she'd sacrifice her immortality for humans and love!"

Jiang Chen flipped open the script and raised an eyebrow. "It's better to read the contents first before deciding who to save."

This is a somewhat clichéd story of a mermaid repaying a debt of gratitude.

The story is set in a magical mermaid world deep within a vast ocean, where the sky meets the seabed of humans. Only on the day a mermaid reaches adulthood can she drink a magical elixir and briefly gain the ability to travel between the two worlds. At that time, the mermaid will be able to travel to the human world to observe it from another perspective, learn, grow, and master her abilities.

The female protagonist is named Lian Yunshang, a beautiful, innocent, and kind little mermaid.

On the day she came of age, she drank the elixir bestowed upon her by the clan chief, crossed the barrier, and arrived in the human world. Amidst the turbulent waves, she encountered a human boy. The playful Lian Yunshang forgot her clan's warnings and played with him. As a result, on the day when the effects of the elixir were about to wear off and she needed to return to the mermaid world, she was discovered and hunted by humans and fell into a fishing net, unable to escape.

The human boy dived into the water to save her. After several twists and turns, he managed to cut through the fishing net and save Lian Yunshang, but he was injured by her tail during her struggle and fell into the sea and drowned.

When Lian Yunshang learned that she had disobeyed her ancestors' teachings and made a grave mistake, she dared not tell her family. Filled with remorse, she silently vowed to repay the life-saving grace.

After returning to the Mermaid World, Lian Yunshang silently cultivated to repay her debt of gratitude. However, due to her lack of talent, even with the help of Jiang Chen, the best male supporting character she grew up with, she could only barely cultivate to the point of being able to freely traverse the barrier after six hundred years, but she was still unable to transform into human form.

However, Lian Yunshang, eager to repay the life-saving grace, couldn't suppress her restless desire. So when she learned that a thousand-year-old clam spirit in the sea had diligently cultivated and helped control the floods, and had been rewarded with a magic pill by a god, she swallowed it on the spot in order to quickly increase her magic power. She immediately gained five hundred years of magic power and was finally able to transform into human form. The clam spirit, out of anger and resentment, formed a hatred bond with her.

Relying on the protection of her powerful brother Jiang Chen, Lian Yunshang felt fearless and overjoyed, and ran to the sea to find her savior.

The male protagonist, Wen Menglong, who is the reincarnation of the little boy, is traveling to an island in the sea on a merchant ship. With the help of the sea god Jiang Chen, the sea is churning and the ship is rocking. Lian Yunshang only then spotted the handsome and refined Wen Menglong in the panicked crowd. After some calculation, she realized that he was indeed the reincarnation of her benefactor.

So she decided to repay the life-saving grace by marrying him!

To make things more logical, Lian Yunshang and her best friend Liu Ying transformed into sisters, went to a small island in the sea under an umbrella, and "coincidentally" met Wen Menglong. The two fell in love at first sight and traveled together by boat.

The female protagonist, who was new to the human world, was curious about everything. Fortunately, with the help of the sea god Jiang Chen, she gradually adapted to her new life.

The female protagonist instructed the firefly to steal government silver in order to help her benefactor get married and start a family. The two met again and got married. However, the theft was exposed and the male protagonist was arrested and imprisoned on his wedding day. He was tortured and exiled to a remote area.

Later, Lian Yunshang and Liu Ying chased after them to Bianzhou. The couple reunited and started their own pharmacy. They stole medicine, treasures, and swords. Each time, it was the female lead, Lian Yunshang, who used magic to cause trouble. The male lead, Wen Menglong, who was deceived, suffered and was beaten. In the end, he was locked in his collarbone and almost lost his life because of stealing a valuable treasure.

After two years of ups and downs, the female lead had her fill of fame and the male lead had his share of hardship, and the two finally had a child together.

However, according to the female lead's logic, repaying a debt of gratitude means giving birth to the child, handing it over to the male lead, and then leaving.

Unexpectedly, before the child was even born, the clam spirit came seeking revenge and insisted on separating the male and female protagonists, forcing Wen Menglong to stay in Yuntai so that he could see the true nature of his wife, who was not human.

In a fit of rage, Lian Yunshang flooded Yuntai, causing countless deaths and injuries among the people of Bianzhou. Her rescued husband, feeling deceived and enraged by the deaths of so many innocent people, committed suicide.

After giving birth, Lian Yunshang left her child with Wen Menglong's sister to raise, while she was punished by the gods and lost all her magical powers. The Sea God Jiang Chen protected her, but she insisted on resurrecting Wen Menglong. So the best supporting actor accompanied her to break into Mengsheng Tower to steal back the little fish that was the male lead's soul, and secretly raised it in the mermaid world.

Even knowing that she was violating the rules of the merfolk, Lian Yunshang still persisted.

Ultimately, the disaster caused by forcibly altering life and death shattered the barrier, and the seawater surged back, impacting the mermaid world. The sea god Jiang Chen protected the male and female protagonists as they swam towards the human world, burning his own life force to use his divine power to stop the flood and save the entire mermaid race.

After Lian Yunshang's child was raised to adulthood and learned about his true parentage, he did not express gratitude to his aunt for raising him. Instead, he insisted on giving up everything to find his birth mother. Only after his elderly aunt's tearful plea did he pass the imperial examination and pray to the gods for a miracle.

Thus, Wen Menglong, who swam to the surface of the sea and was reborn as a human, was finally moved by his wife's deep affection, and the two reconciled and the family was reunited...

"Meow?" After reading the unfinished script, the fluffy ball blinked its big, deep blue eyes, full of questions. It reached out with its paw, flipped the cover over, and looked at it carefully. It asked curiously, "Host, something feels off to me."

Is this story definitely about a mermaid repaying a debt of gratitude, or seeking revenge?

Repaying a debt of gratitude means transforming into a beautiful woman, marrying him, having a son, then abandoning the son and ignoring him for eighteen years, only to have a dutiful son later? I don't quite understand this line of thinking. Does it mean that if the female lead doesn't risk taboos to marry the male lead, he won't be able to find a wife and will have no descendants?

Even if repaying a debt of gratitude requires marrying the man, wouldn't the powerful mermaid heroine easily provide the male lead with a comfortable and happy life? Why does she have to keep stealing things to show off, making her benefactor's reincarnation suffer so much?

Jiang Chen looked at it with delight, "My little white dog is getting smarter and smarter! Now it can see through appearances to the essence, which is a great improvement and deserves praise!"

Little white cat: (*^▽^*)

"Meow meow meow~ It's all thanks to my great host for teaching me!"

"No wonder it had a bad ending. Its values ​​were probably too twisted, so it couldn't keep up with the story." Jiang Chen flicked a page with his finger and sneered, "Look at these ridiculously sentimental lines: 'As long as you have a kind heart, right and wrong are other people's faults.' So, to repay a debt of gratitude, one can selfishly disregard the lives of others?"

Just because you think something is worthwhile doesn't mean you can do it without any scruples! Wouldn't the world be in complete chaos then?

Chapter Two: Confrontation

"Meow~ I thought mermaids would really be as kind, pure and cute as they're portrayed, but I didn't expect them to be thieves! They steal everything after coming to the human world, how annoying!"

The little white cat was puffing up its short paws, clearly very dissatisfied with the script.

Jiang Chen slowly and carefully examined the details and couldn't help but laugh, "What love at first sight? The female lead is just lustful at first sight!"

Look at how this is written: she asked the sea god to help stir up waves so that the people on the ship could get out of the cabin, and she calculated to see if it was her benefactor reincarnated.

Liu Ying pointed at a fat man and asked, "What if he is the reincarnation of my benefactor?"

Seeing that he was dressed as a merchant, Lian Yunshang promised to help him have a prosperous and successful business. However, before she could even perform any divination, she fell in love with the handsome Wen Menglong at first sight. After divination revealed that he was the reincarnation of her benefactor, she immediately decided to repay him with her body.

So it turns out that repaying a debt of gratitude also depends on one's appearance!

If someone is ugly, you just give them some money; if someone is handsome, you have to marry them and sleep with them. Wen Menglong, who shared the same boat, never uttered a single lie, revealing his entire background; but Lian Yunshang never told the truth, her entire family history was fabricated.

No wonder Wen Menglong insisted on breaking up with the clam spirit after being awakened by it.

Looking at it from another angle, isn't this marriage fraud?

Before marriage, he cultivated the image of a rich and beautiful woman, and then after she got pregnant, he told her, "I'm sorry, I'm actually a fugitive. If you want a divorce, you're a scumbag. I killed so many people to save you, and you're not even moved? You're a scumbag." I doubt anyone could accept that, right?

Then there's the clam spirit, an honest person who worked hard to cultivate and even helped control the floods. She finally received a reward without offending anyone, but she lost five hundred years of magical power for nothing.

Lian Yunshang swallowed the fish tail on the spot, turning it into legs, and happily ran towards the sea.

The clam spirit didn't turn evil; she just came along to let Wen Menglong see her true colors. She's really magnanimous. The female lead steals others' work to repay a debt of gratitude—ha! This time, we have to find a way to help the male lead escape this suffocating cycle of repaying a debt of gratitude.

The fluffy dumpling confidently clenched its paws, "Go, host! You're the sea god this time, you'll definitely turn the tide and save the male lead!"

The mission world is being generated; please prepare to integrate into it...

3, 2, 1, let's go!

The light screen disappeared, and Jiang Chen found himself floating in the sea wearing an exquisite dark blue dress, while a beautiful little fish with a dazzling, radiant fishtail was acting coquettishly in front of him.