The Villain Loaded My System

dset chuckled, “But most elders feel it’s a bad life decision to let their kids go and play professionally, that there’s no good future in it.”

The mage in the little pink dress on the screen followed the jungler into the range of the enemy’s crystal, and with a few clicks, they killed off the rest of their enemies.

The glorious words of victory blossomed in Gu Xiyu’s eyes with a golden glow, and his voice rang out along with the announcement of victory, “Really? But I think it’s pretty good.”

“I quite like it.”

They went back to the team room, but Lu Ziqing, the captain, didn’t immediately click start.

The people in the live room had already discovered that Gu Xiyu had turned off the microphone: [What unspeakable secrets are this pair of dogmen hiding from us again? Why are they talking in private?]

He suddenly heard Lu Ziqing ask, “Don’t you think it’s ridiculous, or useless?”

“I’m just good at playing games and not as smart as Xu Chengxuan, who always takes first place and always excels in academics; that’s what society needs-”

Gu Xiyu interrupted, “The two are not in the same field in the first place, there’s no need to compare them.”

“And …… why are you comparing yourself to others?”

He gripped his mouse, and the pointer wandered on the screen as he moved it.

After thinking about it, he added, “You are Lu Ziqing, a unique individual, you can shine in any field you want.
Just be brave enough to become that sun, and use your strength to silence those who question you.”

“That’s the real Lu Ziqing, isn’t it?”

The Great Demon he knew was indeed an existence so dazzling that even the world’s consciousness could not handle him.

Wasn’t it precisely because he was too brilliant that he was being targeted by the world’s consciousness, getting exploited and thwarted?

After saying these words, the two went silent and did not speak for a long time.

’

Gu Xiyu habitually clicked on the get ready button, and it was not until five minutes later that he and his teammate entered the queue again.

Lu Ziqing didn’t say anything, he turned the microphone back on and calmly answered the queries of the netizens in the live stream with nonsense: “I had a little cough just now, and I was afraid of disturbing you guys, so I closed the microphone for a while.”

Netizens: …… do you think our IQ is below zero?

At the same time, a long-lost notification suddenly rang out.

[Target’s risk value is -5; the current risk value is 34.]

Lu Ziqing still didn’t say anything, but he played the new round more ferociously, as if he had taken some kind of hormone.

Gu Xiyu couldn’t resist hooking the corner of his mouth gently.

In fact, this was the breakthrough he had been seeking since he crossed over.
If he wanted things to turn out like the last world, the only way to allow Lu Ziqing to fully develop himself without clashing too much with Xu Chengxuan was to let him excel in the areas he was better at in this world.

In the original plot, Lu Ziqing, because he was obsessed with his mother and had the desire to be the better son, forced himself to compete with Xu Chengxuan in the same areas, ruthlessly abandoning his true dream.
If he could remove this knot and let Lu Ziqing do something he was better at and enjoyed after he finished his entrance exams, while not clashing with Xu Chengxuan in terms of achievements, wouldn’t he be able to use this loophole to save Lu Ziqing while also completing his mission in this world?

They played a few more rounds, and then Gu Xiyu ended the broadcast.
He had just turned off the live stream when some kid barged in without knocking and skillfully locked the door behind him.

Lu Ziqing didn’t do anything to him; he just walked up to him and hugged him for a long time when he got up, and finally said, with a low smile, “Thank you.”

“Thank you for coming to my side.”

Gu Xiyu’s eyelashes fluttered lightly with the movement of his eyelids, and he pursed his lips, not making a sound after all.

The person holding him suddenly spoke, “Little mom, I’m sorry, I can’t help myself.”

“?”

“The school results came out today; I’ve just checked on the school website, and I’m 72nd in the whole grade.”

“Little mom, I want the reward now.”

Gu Xiyu saw that the side mission on the panel was marked complete and that the risk value had dropped to thirty points along the way and said, in a complicated mood, “Okay, what do you want?”

Sure enough, a reduction of twenty points was a lie.

Lu Ziqing whispered in his ear.

Then the rebellious teenager was mercilessly thrown out of the room.

’

The boy outside the door rubbed his back and tried turning the door knob only to find that it couldn’t be opened, and he said in a hushed voice, “Little mom, you didn’t keep your word.”

“It was agreed that you would do anything I wanted as long as it wasn’t about your bottom line of murder and arson.”

On the other side of the room, the fair-skinned boy rubbed his face with a headache, gradually sinking into contemplation.

When did Lu Ziqing find out about the women’s clothes in his room?

Gu Xiyu regretted a little; he should have destroyed those costumes the first time he found them, otherwise he wouldn’t be in this situation where Lu Ziqing wanted to see him in them.

However, the promise had already been made, and it was indeed a relatively harmless thing, so he chose to compromise in the end.

Lu Ziqing picked a time when Lu Mingren happened to go on a business trip for a week, and it was time for Auntie Zhang to go back home to visit her family.
With Lu Ziqing desperate for no one to disturb his and Gu Xiyu’s two-person world, Auntie Zhang’s leave was immediately granted.

“Do you have some kind of perverted hobby?” Gu Xiyu asked as he helplessly changed into a little pink dress.
His mood was somewhat gloomy, and he didn’t even dare to face himself in the mirror.

Lu Ziqing, however, could guess what was going on in his mind and deliberately pulled him to the full-body mirror in the room.
After admiring his embarrassed expression and indignation through the mirror, he started kissing him on the neck: “I just wanted to see you… in a way that only I can see.
“

He couldn’t remember exactly how long he was forcibly held in front of the mirror as Lu Ziqing kissed him.
It was only when his clothes were disheveled and he was pushed hard onto the bed that he came back to his senses.

He reached out and held Lu Ziqing’s shoulders, saying in a firm tone, “No, I am now your nominal guardian and your father’s legal spouse.”

Lu Ziqing’s Adam’s apple moved slightly, then he buried his head at Gu Xiyu’s neck with a pained expression: “I told you I couldn’t help it.”

Gu Xiyu’s face was expressionless: “You have to endure even if you can’t.”

The rebellious teenager, who was pitifully lying on his neck, suddenly chuckled.

He felt Lu Ziqing lean into his ear again and slowly finish a sentence.

“Brother, I actually already know that you and my father dissolved the marriage.”

Gu Xiyu’s pupils constricted; the last shield that could be used to block the absurd incident from happening was broken just like that.

When did Lu Ziqing find out about it?

…… How did he know?!

 

T/N: Okay, I just noticed I’ve been making a mistake with the arc’s title! It was supposed to be “rebellious stepson”, I don’t know why I have been writing “scheming stepson”.
But I’ll go back and change it slowly.