NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Woman, There Are Plenty of Watermelons to Quench Your Thirst:
(Jiang City, Qin Family Villa)
The young man sitting on the sofa blinked and felt utterly speechless in his heart.
“Damn it!”
“Did I transmigrate into a novel again?”
Soon, the phone in his pocket rang.
Half-awake, he answered the call. A robust voice came through the receiver.
“Xiao Jin, today is a great day for our Qin family. Why haven’t you arrived yet?”
A great day?
Qin Jin took a deep breath, quickly piecing together the plot.
After a moment, he responded naturally, “Dad, I’ve already left. I’ll be there shortly.”
“Good, make sure to change into formal attire and be safe on the road.”
Hanging up, Qin Jin’s eyes gleamed.
Today marked the successful listing of the eighth subsidiary of the Qin Corporation.
Prominent figures from Jiang city were gathering to offer their congratulations.
Upon arriving at Yulong Hotel, Qin Jin stepped into the bustling hall. He noticed the crowd toasting and chatting merrily.
Seeing this, Qin Jin shook his head and sighed helplessly.
Before transmigrating into the novel, he lived on Earth, happily sharing a rented apartment with his girlfriend.
As a modern, idealistic youth, he had dreamed of sudden wealth and a golden future.
But he never expected that during an ordinary poker game, he would inexplicably transmigrate to a parallel world.
Qin Jin was dumbfounded.
Soon after, he acquired a system.
After a quick understanding of its mechanics, he became even more dumbfounded.
According to the absurd system, he and his girlfriend on Earth were destined to live like royalty. He was meant to be a prince, and she, a princess.
They were a match made in heaven, yet their reality was one of scraping by.
The system despised this.
As a result, Qin Jin was “kidnapped” and brought to the parallel world—Mercury.
He could only offer a scornful evaluation of the system: “Shameless.”
The system, seemingly pleased with his critique, immediately assigned him a mission: to play the role of a villain in a feel-good novel.
If he managed to survive until the ending, he would be rewarded with an ultimate prize of one trillion yuan and return to his original world as an unrivaled tycoon.
Upon hearing this, Qin Jin was flabbergasted.
This competitive?
Even systems were peddling dreams now?
A trillion yuan!!!
To be honest, he didn’t even have that many poker chips in his life.
Still, a wise man avoids danger. Qin Jin reluctantly agreed.
But the system adhered strictly to its “shameless” principles, with each plotline being a catastrophic mess.
Once, he played the role of a rich second-generation heir, glowing with charisma.
Anyone familiar with feel-good novels knows that such characters are merely experience points for protagonists, with survival rates close to zero.
In another transmigration, he became the protagonist’s father.
He thought this was his chance to relax, only to be exterminated with his entire family at the start.
Damn it!
The entire family was wiped out, leaving only the disobedient son alive.
After several rounds of transmigration, Qin Jin felt utterly drained.
He had experienced every conceivable death.
Gulping down a glass of wine, Qin Jin lamented bitterly in his heart: “System, which novel’s plotline is this celebration banquet from?”
[Ding! “The Strongest Asura in the Metropolis”]
Another feel-good novel?
Qin Jin’s eyes flickered as he recalled the plot of The Strongest Asura in the Metropolis.
In this novel, the protagonist, Ye Feng, hailed from a prominent family in the metropolis.
As the protagonist, Ye Feng lost his parents shortly after birth.
Soon after, he was taken in by a secret organization and sent abroad.
From one glowing halo, he leaped into another.
…
Over more than a decade, Ye Feng honed both his physical and intellectual skills, growing rapidly.
During this period, his mentor frequently sent him on dangerous missions to South Africa.
Eventually, he became a top-tier assassin.
When the time was right, Ye Feng seized power with an iron fist, becoming the new Asura of the organization.
Ye Feng’s abilities were undoubtedly extraordinary.
Whether it was massage, dancing, singing, or playing musical instruments, he mastered them to a level beyond ordinary comprehension.
Any one of these talents was enough to astound the world.
…
15 years passed in the blink of an eye.
Now, Ye Feng had returned to China, determined to excel in every field and become a leading figure.
Of course, he also intended to uncover the truth behind his family’s destruction and send those responsible to hell.
In The Strongest Asura in the Metropolis, Qin Jin’s role was that of the eldest young master of the Qin Corporation and its sole heir.
The Qin family, ranked at the top of Jiang city’s four major families, possessed assets worth billions.
After absorbing this information, Qin Jin’s face turned pale, as if struck by lightning.
In this new plot, his role was that of a spoiled rich kid.
Clearly, it was just a fleeting dream, destined to make him fodder for the protagonist’s growth.
“Right now, we’re at the Qin family’s celebration banquet at Yulong Hotel. Does this mean… I’m about to meet my end again?”
Recalling the events about to unfold, Qin Jin’s body began to tremble involuntarily.
Though he had transmigrated into several novels and experienced death multiple times, the sensation of dying was all too real, as was the humiliation of being crushed by the protagonist.
He didn’t want to die, let alone endure such humiliation.
Adjusting his breathing, Qin Jin reminded himself that today was the Qin family’s celebration banquet.
At this banquet, he was to become engaged to the female lead, Ling Yuzi.
The Ling family was a prominent name in Jiang city, not as powerful as the four major families but still untouchable by ordinary enterprises.
Last year, the Ling family faced significant financial trouble due to a failed billion-yuan investment.
The ensuing complications drained much of their resources, shaking their position.
However, the Ling family had Ling Yuzi.
Her stunning beauty and cold demeanor captivated Qin Jin.
To win Ling Yuzi’s smile, Qin Jin didn’t hesitate to sacrifice his family’s interests to help the Ling family.
The road of a lovestruck fool was a long one!
He had pursued Ling Yuzi for an entire year without even a meaningful conversation in return.
The Qin family, seeing his efforts, was both pained and embarrassed.
Privately, they tried every tactic to dissuade him, soft and hard alike, but nothing worked—in fact, it backfired.
Eventually, the Qin elders, feeling humiliated, painfully decided to negotiate a marriage arrangement with the Ling family.
Today’s banquet was not only a celebration of the Qin family’s achievements but also an occasion to announce the engagement.
When Ye Feng learned about this, he stormed into Yulong Hotel, radiating dominance and stealing the spotlight.
As the rich second-generation heir, Qin Jin, naturally stepped up to protect his fiancée.
But with his weak constitution, he was brutally beaten by Ye Feng and left unconscious.
Later, even after the Qin family sought help from renowned doctors worldwide, he couldn’t be saved.
“Damn, what kind of ridiculous setup is this?”
Qin Jin sneered and cursed inwardly.
A rich heir, with wealth and good looks, throwing himself at a cold and aloof woman while ignoring countless admirers around him?
Damn it!
What kind of idiot rich guy does that?
In reality, he would’ve been flaunting gold chains, wearing a fancy watch, and driving a Cadillac to a bathhouse.
After venting his frustrations, Qin Jin’s gaze fell on a handsome young man.
This man was Ye Feng.
Upon entering the hall, Ye Feng casually picked up a cocktail and occasionally took a small sip.
Damn!
It’s already starting?
In the original plot, Ye Feng used a cliché “hero saves the beauty” routine to stay close to Ling Yuzi.
“Damn it!”
“Not this kind of plot again. Unbelievable.”
“If Ling Yuzi, this ice-cold woman, wants to get engaged, let anyone else do it. I’m done chasing her frosty face.”
Just as Qin Jin muttered curses, a tall and elegant girl walked over.
She wore a black gown, yet it couldn’t hide her fair skin.
Under the banquet lights, her exquisite face appeared ethereal, almost otherworldly.
Based on looks alone, Ling Yuzi was truly deserving of being called “as beautiful as a goddess.”
However, her expression was indifferent, her gaze at Qin Jin filled with impatience.
Stopping in front of him, Ling Yuzi said coldly,
“Young Master Qin, you know I have no feelings for you, so please stop pestering me.”
“Also, cancel the engagement. I will never agree to it.”
Hearing this, Qin Jin was not surprised. He replied casually,
“Little lady, you’ve said exactly what I was thinking. I agree to cancel the engagement.”
“If you, Ling Yuzi, still have any dignity, you’d better return all the benefits my Qin family gave your Ling family.”
Ling Yuzi’s eyes widened in shock at his words.
She took a deep breath, incredulously asking, “Young Master Qin, you… won’t try to salvage this?”
Salvage?
Qin Jin chuckled coldly and said disdainfully,
“Miss Ling, to put it bluntly, I’m rich and good-looking. What’s there to salvage?”
“Excuse me?”
Ling Yuzi couldn’t believe her ears.
She had expected a long argument but was faced with this instead.
Suddenly, she heard strange murmurs around her.
[Ling Yuzi, God scattered wisdom across the world, but you insisted on holding an umbrella.]
[Still, it’s great that you’re breaking off the engagement. I couldn’t be happier.]
[As they say, saving a life is better than building a seven-tiered pagoda. Your kindness will be remembered… in my dreams.]