The Villain Loaded My System

Chapter 30

Gu Xiyu took to the subway and changed several trains before arriving at the address that Colorful Marshmallow had sent him.

The venue was quite large, and there was a large recreational park outside, with many people in strange costumes standing on the grass.

He used his mobile phone to send a message to Colorful Marshmallow, and as he walked through the crowds, he gradually realized that the venue seemed to be hosting some kind of related special event inside, which was why it was so lively.

Gu Xiyu managed to find a male game character’s costume in the bag, and after confirming that it was for one of the heroes in the game, he came to the venue with it.

There was no way he would walk around the subway in costume.

Colorful Marshmallow: [I’m wearing a hoodie with a Pikachu design and a yellow skirt, and I’m at entrance D of the venue. If you can’t recognize me, you can still look out for my brother; he’s wearing white casual clothes with a black cat’s head on the shirt. You wouldn’t miss such a handsome guy at entrance D.]

This message gave Gu Xiyu an inexplicable and surprising suspicion.

Colorful Marshmallow was actually quite recognizable, she was the only girl at the entrance wearing a Pikachu hoodie. If he didn’t know Liu Sheng, who was next to her, he would have noticed her first.

“…Xiyu?”

When Gu Xiyu walked up to them, Color Marshmallow seemed to have just said something interesting, as Liu Sheng still had a smile on his lips when he looked over. Then his eyes widened in surprise when they landed on him.

Colorful Marshmallow was a high school girl; her long, slightly curly hair was tied up in a high ponytail, making her look youthful and pure.

She blinked her watery brown eyes and asked tentatively, “Xixi?”

Gu Xiyu was more or less helpless at this coincidence: “It’s me.”

He really didn’t expect Colorful Marshmallow, a netizen among his followers, to be the female protagonist of this world, Lin Mianmian.

Lin Mianmian covered her mouth and exclaimed, “I, I know you! My best friend sent me a video before, saying that a little brother ran into a pervert while they were taking the bus. Ah, Xixi, you are so good-looking, why don’t you show your face in the live broadcast? If you turn on your camera, you can quickly add another zero to your total number of followers!”

The female high school student on the bus was also Lin Mianmian’s good friend.

After Lin Mianmian finished speaking, she realized as an afterthought that Liu Sheng seemed to know Gu Xiyu: “Brother, you… know Xixi too?”

Liu Sheng replied, “He’s a friend at college.”

Lin Mianmian stood on tiptoe as she glared at Liu Sheng: “If you had such a good-looking friend, why didn’t you bring him home earlier so I could get to know him?”

Before Liu Sheng could reply, a bottle of juice was suddenly put before Lin Mianmian, interrupting them.

Gu Xiyu followed the hand that held the juice and saw another familiar face.

The other person was also stunned when he saw him.

Lin Mianmian took the juice and didn’t notice their abnormality: “This is my neighbor and a classmate from my school, his name is Xu Chengxuan.”

The male protagonist, who thought of nothing but studying and hardly participated in any extracurricular activities, was also in this place?

Gu Xiyu subconsciously glanced at Liu Sheng and saw that the smile under his eyes was indeed lessened by a few points. What a shura field!**A shura field is kind of like a love triangle.

Xu Chengxuan nodded at him without explaining that they had met, so he didn’t say much either. Instead, Lin Mianmian pulled him over in the direction of the restrooms, saying, “Hurry up and change your clothes, I can’t wait to see the results!”

“I have a feeling that you’re particularly suitable for this outfit!”

Lin Mianmian met the original owner about two years ago through the identities of a host and a fan. At the time, she accidentally clicked into the original owner’s live stream when he had just started part-timing as a game anchor and barely had any fans. But Lin Mianmian’s discerning eye fell for him straight away, thinking he would definitely be a hit in the future, and she is still a loyal fan to this day.

She was the first true fan after all, so the original owner took special care of her. He often helped her rank up, they shared their happy and unhappy moments with each other on the private chat, and they got familiar with each other over time. It was the platform’s proposal that he give the fans some benefits, and since the original owner didn’t have any ideas to use, he discussed it with Lin Mianmian, which then led to today’s meeting.

Gu Xiyu changed his clothes and let Lin Mianmian move him into the chair, where he sat for about two hours before she was finally done with his makeup.

Xu Chengxuan and Liu Sheng, two straight men who obviously couldn’t understand what they were doing, only watched silently from the side, unable to insert a word for a long time.

Lin Mianmian was satisfied with her results: “You’re practically the executive officer himself!”

The sets of photos Gu Xiyu posted online were taken with Xu Chengxuan’s help. Xu Chengxuan had a penchant for studying photography, and his work had won many awards. It was precisely because of this that Lin Mianmian dragged him over to help.

Xu Chengxuan was quite reluctant before coming over, but after finding out that the subject was Gu Xiyu, he instantly lost his earlier objections. He didn’t say much, but he was particularly serious about what he was doing. Only Gu Xiyu noticed that his ears reddened considerably whenever Lin Mianmian complimented him.

Then, it was time for the promised live broadcast with the fans.

This was the first time Gu Xiyu showed his face in front of the fans, and the barrage went crazy.

[Is Xixi this good-looking? Or is it a makeup effect? Transfiguration?]

[This makeup is considered light in the cosplaying community, okay? You can see the contours of the face clearly. Based on my many years as a makeup artist, he must have a good foundation, even if the makeup adds some points.]

[I saw the photos on a certain blog, and oh my god, it looks like the executive himself stepped out of a painting!]

[My mom asked me why I was kneeling while looking at my phone.]

[I admit it, I only followed Xixi for his skills and always thought he was a particularly unattractive otaku.]

[Upstairs, what’s wrong with otakus?]

[Yeah, if there are no otakus, would anchors that help you with your gaming exist? Do top students and models have time to play games? ]

[You guys helped me meet my husband.]

[The anchor’s eyes are cool; although they don’t match the color of the executive’s eyes, I don’t think they are out of place with the whole look!]

Although he was only facing his mobile phone, Gu Xiyu was still somewhat uncomfortable. He stared into the camera and didn’t know what to say. However, this unintentional coldness and indifference actually fit the character’s persona, so the fans didn’t care.

[Looks good, looks good. Xixi will live broadcast this dress-up every day from now on, okay? ]

Gu Xiyu happened to see this question, so he replied casually: “No.”

[User ab478651439 gave anchor Xixi five galactic gifts! The radiance of the galaxy bursts through the sky, igniting the popularity of the live broadcast room~]

This was Gu Xiyu’s first live broadcast after crossing over, so he had no idea of the value of the gifts, but intuition told him he should show his gratitude: “…… This user, thank you for the galactic gifts.”

Just as he finished speaking, he heard Lin Mianmian on the other side of the phone exclaim, “Galactic gifts? Someone gave you galactic gifts?!”

She cut off the sound of the microphone and exclaimed, “Where did this tycoon come from?”

Gu Xiyu asked, “Are they very expensive?”

If the value was too high, he couldn’t accept it with peace of mind.

Lin Mianmian said, “One costs five thousand yuan.”

“……?” Gu Xiyu instantly understood why she was so surprised.

The barrage in the live broadcast room had also exploded, so after putting the microphone back on, he asked, “Did the user who just gave the gifts make a mistake? If so, please send me a private message, and I will refund the total amount for the gift to you.”

The person didn’t type a reply, but a few seconds later, Gu Xiyu saw that familiar starry explosion on the screen.

[User ab478651439 sent five galactic gifts to anchor Xixi]

He frowned and switched to another question, “So, are you an adult yet? Do you have economic autonomy?”

Because the amount this user sent out was already fifty thousand, the room manager directly pinned him up, so his bullet screen was particularly conspicuous.

User ab478651439: [I’m an adult, I have so much money that there is no place to spend it.]

Gu Xiyu: “……”

The live broadcast room was lively for a while, and there were people from other rooms who said they just came to watch the local tyrants, and the screen was filled with all kinds of text for a while.

The barrage suddenly opened another topic, and when Gu Xi Yu looked over, he saw them talking about ‘the brother in white’.

He subconsciously glanced at Liu Sheng, who was not far from him, and said helplessly, “It seems that I accidentally filmed you in.”

Gu Xiyu was just reminding him, after all, Liu Sheng was probably not willing to expose himself in front of others. He just wanted the other party to be a little more careful in order to avoid another accidental exposure.

Unexpectedly, Liu Sheng misunderstood and directly walked into the frame, waving his hand towards the camera very naturally, “Hello everyone, I’m Xi…… Xixi’s friend, not some weird guy, please don’t worry about it.”

Then the painting style of the barrage became strange.

[Aaaahhh!!! I told you it was a handsome guy!

[Mama, who is this school grass?!]

[Wuuu, the two of them look so good together, don’t they?]

[I have a bold idea, I want to move the Civil Affairs Bureau here.]

[The sisters upstairs are moving fast, but I like it!]

Gu Xiyu didn’t expect people in the live stream to pair him with Liu Sheng and was about to open his mouth to explain when another gift prompt suddenly appeared at the top of the live stream.

It was still the tycoon with the default ID number.

User ab478651439: [Not worthy.]

If it was an ordinary person, these two words might have been drowned out by the overwhelming barrage. But that was from the local tyrant pinned at the top of the screen, so the statement came with a golden bubble that was hard to ignore.

Normally, if someone made such a remark, they would get mobbed by other netizens during all the excitement. However, there was a two-second pause, and the barrage exploded to another level.

And the direction of the barrage’s content became even more bizarre.

[I can smell gunfire.]

[Is this the legendary shura field? I love it.]

[Gentle school grass gong vs. domineering and rich gong vs. cold and indifferent shou! ]

[With such a grouping, does it mean that Xixi is a shou? ]

[Although Xixi has a strong temparament, as an old man in the circle who has been addicted to CP for many years, I can say he is 90% shou! ]

[Am I the only one who remembers that Xixi was originally a game anchor?]

Gu Xiyu: “……”

The second world is truly magical.

[Target’s risk value is +10; the risk value is now 65.]

Gu Xiyu: “?” Why did it suddenly go up?

He was just about to ask the system about the target’s situation when the barrage screen was once again lit with a gorgeous golden bubble.

Little mom is lustful: […]

Gu Xiyu: “…?”

He stared at this newly changed ID in silence for a long time and felt that he had found the answer.

Lu Ziqing, this prodigal son.

He said coolly to the camera, “If you spend money recklessly again, your little mom won’t come home.”

Little mom is lustful: [[crying.jpg] Oh.]

Gu Xiyu: “…” That expression didn’t suit him.

——-

At the urging of the netizens, Gu Xiyu was ready to take them around the venue, but before the netizens could see the event site, they saw the person on the screen suddenly disappear from the picture.

This was followed by a shriek from a girl, and the video shook before shifting to another scene.

In front of the crowded entrance of the venue, they saw the ‘executive officer’ in the camera, who had just been talking to them, smoothly kick an object out of the hands of a man in black. When the object fell to the ground, they realized that it was a sharp knife that reflected a blinding silver light in the sunlight.

The scene became chaotic, and most people ran to the side out of fright, except for the boy in the game character’s executive costume, who fought the man in black.

The last image the netizens saw was of Gu Xiyu making a particularly handsome move as he pinned the man to the ground, and then the live stream was cut off.

[????]

[What’s happening? Was it a performance?]

[I don’t think so…]

[Fuck, I have friends on the scene saying that a crazy person appeared outside the venue. Apparently, he was caught using a pinhole camera to take pictures under a girl’s skirt. He got angry when caught, and he pulled out a weapon. Some people got cut before they could dodge it!]

[Huh? So exciting?]

[I remember seeing Xixi kick a knife away?]

[I can only say that Xixi’s reaction was too fast… I didn’t even clearly see what just happened! ]

[I saw a little bit, his movements were very smooth, it felt like he practices.]

[+1, although Xixi is a shou, he is as explosive as the executive officer!]

[But I’m a little worried, he directly rushed up…]

Lu Ziqing sat at his desk, staring at the black screen where the barrages were gradually decreasing, a little dazed.

His teammates in the group chat had already started pinging him again.

Big GG: [We’re all online, where are you?]

Pancakes and fruit are super delicious: [The wild king has a big poker face; but he will make a final appearance.]

Azure sky: […]

Azure sky: [ You guys continue, I need to go do something.]

Big GG: [?]

Pancakes and fruit are super delicious: [?]

Jie: [?]

MUTE: [?]

With those words, Lu Ziqing ignored the group members without any remorse, and drove out.

—–

“Xixi, are you sure you’re not hurt?”

On the chair outside the venue, Gu Xiyu accepted the mineral water Lin Mianmian gave him and smiled: “I’m fine.”

The commotion just now had made Gu Xiyu the focus of attention, so he changed out of his particularly flashy clothes in order to look more inconspicuous.

Xu Chengxuan, who hadn’t spoken much, suddenly spoke, “He’s quite powerful.”

Lin Mianmian didn’t catch the deeper meaning to the words and only nodded in agreement, “Xixi, you were quite awesome today, I didn’t expect you to be so brave. That man was holding a knife, but you went straight for it!”

Gu Xiyu paused: “I was just trying to save someone, I didn’t think about it that much.”

It was mostly a reflex.

The man had already been taken away by the police, who, before leaving, asked them some questions and said they might be contacted again if there was any need for a follow-up.

That being said, according to the original plot, the cannon fodder wouldn’t have been here, and that incident was probably prepared to enhance the relationship between the main protagonists. Had he just been a bit reckless? Should he have left them space to enhance their relationship?

“System, do you think I’ve messed up the plot for the male and female protagonists?”

[?]

[Who?]

“…… Xu Chengxuan and Lin Mianmian?”

[Oh.]

[Feel free.]

Gu Xiyu: “?”

What does that mean?

The system quickly added: [If they are destined to be together, won’t they still come to that point no matter what obstacles stand between them?]

Perhaps it was because the system’s tone was so serious, but Gu Xiyu actually felt that its words were quite reasonable.

“Xiyu, do you want to eat with us before you go home?” Liu Sheng suddenly inquired.

After such a commotion, they were not in the mood to continue the live broadcast or attend the event.

Gu Xiyu was about to agree, but the words got stuck in his mouth after seeing the person behind Liu Sheng.

“Lu…Ziqing?” Xu Chengxuan was the first person other than Gu Xiyu to spot Lu Ziqing.

Lin Mianmian subconsciously leaned in Xu Chengxuan’s direction when she saw Lu Ziqing and whispered in his ear, “Eh, how come the school bully is here?”

Xu Chengxuan’s first reaction when he saw Lu Ziqing was to think that he had come to seek revenge on Gu Xiyu for the humiliation he faced that day.

Gu Xiyu strode over and covered Lu Ziqing’s mouth just as the other party curled his lips and opened his mouth.

“Little mmm……” Lu Ziqing’s ridiculous title was blocked, and he could only blink his eyes, looking rather innocent.

Gu Xiyu felt his palm being touched by something soft, and he quickly raised his eyes and looked at Lu Ziqing in astonishment, only to see his peach blossom eyes curving slightly with a bit of mischievousness in them.

Gu Xiyu pursed his lips and only let go after making sure the other party wouldn’t say anything strange for the time being, and asked softly, “Why did you come over?”

Lu Ziqing’s eyes skimmed over the rest of the group before he raised his hand and gently patted Gu Xiyu’s head, bending down to whisper in his ear, “I couldn’t do my homework, so I wanted my little mom to come back home and teach me.”

Gu Xiyu didn’t reply, but he hesitantly commented to the system, “There’s really something wrong with the target.”

[?]

“Getting him to do his homework is as hard as getting him to go up a mountain of knives and down a sea of fire, but now he’s run so far just to come find me to help him with his homework.”

He mused for a moment and asked seriously, “Is he still masochistic?”

[…]