Chapter 004 – System: I Can Do It!
Zhai Zhi added him as a friend.
Xie Chenyang walked out the door and reentered. “Bro, can I borrow a car?”
Zhai Zhi casually pulled out a car key from the nightstand drawer and threw it over.
“… ” The hell with your ‘Bro’.
Zhai Zhi walked to the window, pulled open the curtains, and lit a cigarette.
Watching his supercar being driven out, he then slowly went downstairs, took out the stack of information from the folder on the sofa table, and put it on his knees to slowly flip through it.
Xie Chenyang, on the other hand, had already sailed out of the villa area in his supercar.
System: “Host, you’re speeding.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll slow down.”
“You’re accelerating!”
“Alright, alright.”
By the time he pulled into his destination, Xie Chenyan was driving steadily.
“Weird. I remember I’ve driven all sorts of cars, so why do I feel a bit rusty now?” Xie Chenyang skimmed through his memories again and turned on the navigation.
The system calmly said, “It’s probably because the original owner never drove himself anywhere, so it feels a little rusty.”
“That’s true.”
Li Xuyang always had someone to drive when he traveled, and rarely drove himself.
Xie Chen Yang: “Xiao1 箫 xiāo a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown from the bottom; same as 排簫|排箫; also translated as pan pipes, ah.”
System: “?”
Xie Chen Yang: “Xiao Xiao2Doubling a name is a cutesy way to call someone a friend.?”
System: “Are you calling me?”
“Yeah, could I be calling a ghost?” Xie Chenyang justified, “Aren’t you a xiao flute?”
System: “I’m a Bamboo Flute3笛子 dí zi bamboo flute; CL:管[guan3].”
“’Bout the same…”
“It’s a Bamboo Flute.”
“OK, a flute ah…”
The system said indifferently, “The host can just address me directly as ‘System’.”
“All right, all right, System.” Xie Chenyang failed to broach the distance4He was trying to give a nickname to get closer to the system and suppressed the agitation in his eyes. “Can you do me a favor?”
System: “Speak.”
“It shouldn’t be too hard for one of your systems, and that’s…”
More than half an hour later, Xie Chenyang stopped outside a garden villa neighborhood.
He parked the car and touched his hair, pondering over it in the mirror for a while, then put on a simple and shy expression before getting out of the car.
After explaining his intentions, Xie Chenyang was quickly welcomed in by an aunt5Housekeepers are commonly referred to as ‘Aunt’.
Xie Chenyang had carefully studied the plot, which was why he chose to come and visit Yu Chengfeng.
Yu Chengfeng was sixty-one years old but looked like he was still in his forties, fit and healthy. When he was younger, he was a movie star who kept winning awards, and even now, there were still many people who wanted to ask him to show his face.
He was very prestigious in the entertainment industry. Moreover, he was from Feiyang Entertainment and had a good relationship with Father Li.
When Xie Chenyang entered the living room, Yu Chengfeng was sitting on the sofa teasing a golden retriever raised by his son.
“Xiao6Xiao as in little Yang is here, come and sit.” Yu Chengfeng let go of the big dog and let it go to play on the side, gently waving him over.
Xie Chenyang sat across from him, a little embarrassed. “Uncle Yu…”
“This child, how did you lose so much weight? Just look at how thin your little face is,” Yu Chengfeng spoke without looking away. “Xiao Xu! Pour Xiao Yang a cup of hot milk and get him something to eat.”
Xie Chenyang waved his hands. “No, there’s no need to bother…”
Auntie Xu had already obliged and entered the kitchen.
“Xiao Yang,” Yu Cheng Feng sighed, his voice amiable, “you call me uncle, so don’t be so polite. If you have any difficulties, you can talk to your uncle directly… You know the relationship between your father and I. I’ve always treated you like a son for that matter.”
Xie Chenyang lowered his head and rubbed his reddened eyes. “Uncle Yu, I’m so useless.”
A thank you to his fever.
Yu Chengfeng knew the difficulties he might encounter, but if the child didn’t come to ask for help, he was in no position to intervene. Now that he was willing to come, Yu Chengfeng’s heart was relieved. “Don’t say that. You’re a clever boy. Everyone has their own areas of specialization.”
Auntie Xu brought over a cup of hot milk and some desserts and placed them in front of Xie Chenyang. “Is there anything you want to eat? Auntie will go and make it for you.”
Xie Chenyang shook his head and held the hot milk. “This is enough. Thank you.”
Auntie Xu nodded and went upstairs to clean.
“Uncle Yu…” Holding the warm glass of milk, Xie Chenyang slightly lowered his head. “I–I don’t know how to manage a company. Fortunately, I have Ah-He7Adding ‘A/Ah’ in front of someone’s name is saved for those who are very close. to help me, but the people in the company are not convinced by Ah-He. They think he’s not worthy of our company’s name…“
Yu Chengfeng pondered for a moment. “You’ve already gotten married. Now you’re the only one left in the Li family. With him having a position in the company, it’s not improper for him to help you… I’m sure you’ll slowly get the hang of it and manage the company well.”
Xie Chenyang whispered, “I thought Ah-He was right, so I transferred my shares in the company to him… This way, with the shares, he’s not considered to be improperly appointed.”
Yu Chengfeng frowned slightly. “All of them?”
Xie Chenyang slowly nodded. “But I’m still a little worried that the people in the company will look down on him…Uncle Yu has such high prestige. Can…can you help him?”
Yu Chengfeng was very respected in the entertainment industry, as well as having a famous screenwriter as his wife and a famous director as his son. If he opened his mouth, everyone else would give some face, especially those restless artists in Feiyang.
Yu Chengfeng felt that there was something wrong, but this was a matter between the two of them as a couple. He was not in a position to explicitly point out his suspicions, and only hinted, “Since you trust him so much, I will help as much as I can.”
“I trust him.” Xie Chenyang raised his red eyes he had held back for a long time, and smiled bashfully. “Mom, Dad, and Big Brother are gone and I only have Ah-He left. Like Ah-He says, I don’t know anything, so I’ll just leave everything to him.”
Yu Chengfeng frowned. “You might not know how to manage a company, but you should still try to learn. It’s your dad’s legacy.”
“I—I will. Ah-He said that once he stabilizes the situation, he will teach me.” Xie Chenyang put the cup down, a little anxious. “Ah-He asked me to sign an equity transfer and a property transfer… I signed everything… he won’t lie to me.”
The most hateful part of it all was that Cen He took out a pile of documents and asked Li Xuyang to sign them when he was mentally exhausted. Li Xuyang did not read them carefully, and among them was a divorce agreement, which stated that he unconditionally gave up all his property and that he would surrender his house.
That was the trump card Cen He had left for himself. If he didn’t successfully send Li Xuyang to the sanatorium, he would clean him of all his assets.
“Foolishness!” In the end, there was a sense of honor in Yu Chenfeng’s old friendship. When he heard this, Yu Chengfeng couldn’t help but put on his elder’s authority, “You are legal husbands! Even if he doesn’t have a single stock, he can temporarily manage the company on your behalf… You’ve given him all your assets? Have you thought about what you would do if he were to wrong you?”
He did not have a deep enough understanding of Cen He. Although he had heard Father Li say that he had good character and was capable, he couldn’t help but think the worst of people when things like this happened.
Just then, Xie Chenyang’s cell phone rang.
Xie Chenyang flashed a forced smile at Yu Chengfeng and awkwardly answered the call.
The system’s voice was flat and indifferent. “Your husband’s cheating has been blown up and made the headlines.”
Xie Chenyang’s eyes widened. “No… that’s impossible!”
The system calmly played along with him. “If you don’t believe me, go online and see for yourself… dumbass.”
[I suspect you’re using this as an opportunity to scold me.]
The system severed the call. “Oh no, host. I am acting with you as you requested ah.”
Xie Chenyang lowered his head and scrolled through his phone apps. He opened Weibo and his phone dropped to the ground.
He covered his face with both hands and dropped his head, his shoulders trembling.
[System, help! I can’t cry!]
System: “There is no greater sorrow than death. Your tears dried up when your parents and brother died. It’s normal that you can’t cry now. Elder Yu will understand.”
[…No, he’s a film emperor. With my poor acting skills, he might not suspect it at first because of his affection, but if I don’t act properly, he’ll find out.]
System: “Then what do you want?”
[You do it.]
System: “Our system is not allowed to occupy the host’s body as we please.”
[Not casually, I’m allowing it. Hurry up and come.]
“Xiao Yang, what’s wrong with you?”
Yu Chengfeng picked up the cell phone he dropped, and once he saw the opened page, his face sank.
There were two photos on there: one was a photo of Cen He and a woman kissing and the other was a photo of Cen He holding a child.
#Shocking! The new chairman of Feiyang is caught in a serious cheating scandal.#
Yu Chengfeng only scanned it without carefully reading the details, but he didn’t need to think about it.
He put his hand on Xie Chenyang’s shoulder. “Xiao Yang…”
The system maneuvered the host’s body to look up. Tears streamed down Xie Chenyang’s face. “It must be…it must be slander…I—I don’t believe it, woo…”
Xie Chenyang: [Can it be less forced?]
System: [You want to do this?]
Xie Chenyang: [Please continue.]
“Xiao Yang, calm down…”
“I… I only have Ah-He… he wouldn’t do this to me… I… I need to ask him…”
System scrambled to take the phone from Yu Chengfeng, and with trembling hands, tried to dial Cen He’s number after a long time.
Yu Chengfeng took his shoulders and made him sit down. Taking the cell phone from his trembling hands, he put it on speakerphone and placed it in front of Xie Chenyang.
He also wanted to hear how Cen He was going to explain.
System’s tears continue to overflow. His vision blurred, pretending not to see Yu Chengfeng also pressing the record button as he went along.
Xie Chenyang: [Can you do it? Can you trap him?]
System: [Be quiet, don’t affect my performance. Cen He is alone now, so it’s not a problem.]
Xie Chenyang: “…” OK, he’ll just be quiet and watch the show.
Before Cen He could open his mouth, the system cried out, “So, it turns out that you’re doing this all to pave the way for your lover and illegitimate son…”
Cen He was getting annoyed by the media buzz and had just made a couple of phone calls to cover it when he got Xie Chenyan’s call. In a gloomy voice, Cen He said, “Yeah, that’s right, so what?” The solution to the matter had already been arranged by him.
Soon he would be able to be removed from this matter and still have a good reputation. In the meantime, stimulating Li Xuyang further would help him execute his plan better. With this thought, Cen He’s agitated heart settled down. It would be best to keep stimulating him until he had a direct mental breakdown.
“I gave you everything! I trusted you so much, Cen He! To Hell with you!” The system really performed a meltdown.
Cen He took advantage of the situation and pursued, “To Hell? Well, that’s a pity then. I’ll step on your family’s blood and bones and live a beautiful life. Li Xuyang, you know that, right? They had to die, all because of you.”
“No…it’s not my fault…”
“How is it not? If you hadn’t fallen in love with me, if you hadn’t brought me home, how could your parents and your elder brother have died? All of this is your fault, ah. You lured the wolf into your house and raised a tiger. Harming your loved ones who loved and cherished you—how can you still have the face to live?”
It had to be said that Cen He was indeed heartless.
If the real Li Xuyang was here, Cen He’s words could drive him into madness.
Xie Chen Yang: [Dumbass8傻比/Shabi, an uncivilized word, is mostly used to insult people. It is often written as shabi or SB according to the pronunciation. It is a swear word, colloquialism, vulgar language, taboo word, and malicious insult. It will be regarded as very impolite if used in public. Due to pinyin typing, it is also written as “煞笔”、“煞逼”、“傻比” etc. on the Internet. —Baidu.]
System: [Shhh, watch this.]
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Authors Note :
Xie Changyang: I’m new here and don’t know how to act yet. But one day I will be a qualified actor!
System: Haha
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–Authors’ Notes will be included when they are anything other than them thanking their readers, as they do every chapter. —
Edit: Krone
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