Nobody said that teachers at elite academies have to be heartthrobs.

The system was shocked, but what shocked it even more was yet to come.

"Anyway," Yu Fuli rubbed her temples, trying to piece together the jumbled fragments into a coherent narrative, "after Lin Xun watched the whole thing, the two of them inexplicably started arguing. I was still in the middle of a mental whirlwind of being seen by Lin Xun and didn't even notice what they were arguing about. Anyway, I don't know what happened, the small world was attacked for no apparent reason, and in the blink of an eye, we were in a snowy, icy place. Then Lin Xun and Jiang Yu started fighting, and Jiang Yu misunderstood, thinking we liked each other, so..."

He didn't finish speaking, but the system already understood.

The light spot on the screen froze for three seconds, then slowly, enunciating each word clearly: "[So you mean, Jiang Yu, one of the protagonist's love interests, slept with you? And the protagonist witnessed the whole thing? And because of jealousy, Jiang Yu killed the protagonist?]"

Yu Fuli: "..."

Why does it feel so strange now that you've said that?

"You can't say that," he tried to salvage the situation. "Although these two did like each other in the original story, the small world collapsed so many times that the original plot has long since deviated from its original direction, and their romantic relationship has also—"

"[It's like a butterfly.]" The system added the word for him.

"Yes, it's a butterfly."

[Isn't the relationship complicated by the butterfly effect and the desire to kill each other two things?]

The system bluntly exposes the truth.

Yu Fuli choked.

The system silently pulled up the original work, which was an old-fashioned Mary Sue aristocratic campus novel with a classic plot: a poor and kind-hearted girl enters an aristocratic academy by chance and comes into contact with the top F4.

He can have all of them: a domineering and arrogant young master, a sweet and affectionate puppy, a mysterious and elegant young master, and a cool and gentle doctor.

Although the series ended amidst the internet cleanup campaign, and the ending was abruptly changed to a 1v1 relationship, before that, Jiang Yu and Lin Xun were the most popular couple besides the official pairing.

A noble young master who seems to live a carefree life, but in reality, his deepest affections belong to only one person.

So sweet!

The system shook the light spot, unable to understand why, even if the small world had been constantly collapsing and restarting since its birth due to the abnormal death of the protagonist Lin Xun, it shouldn't have turned two people who originally liked each other into enemies who wished the other dead.

Yu Fuli sighed and spread his hands.

What does it have to do with him?

He blinked, looking completely innocent.

Fox, I don't know anything.

[Stop acting cute.] The system is cold and ruthless, unmoved by a fox's attempts to be cute. [And then? What happened next?]

It continued to press on, the point of light hovering steadily, giving off an air of "you can't fool me."

In its view, what Yu Fuli had just said was nothing more than routine operation, a normal consequence of the absurd plot following the anomaly in the small world. Judging from Yu Fuli's performance during the Quick Transmigration Bureau training, this matter could not possibly have any real impact on him, much less cause him to have nightmares for several days in a row.

Yu Fuli lowered his eyes.

"Oh," he said casually, "actually, nothing much happened after that. The world just went backwards."

That's it?

The system realized something was wrong.

Yu Fuli understood his core perfectly well; during his training years ago, even the most outrageous plots couldn't make him flinch.

So how could this little thing possibly defeat him?

How could it possibly cause him psychological trauma?

"I just can't get over this." Yu Fuli's voice lowered. "Lin Xun died because of me. He had a wonderful life ahead of him, but because of me, he was strangled to death by Jiang Yu. His death was so painful."

【???etc?】

The light spot on the system interface suddenly enlarged, and the screen was filled with question marks.

What does this have to do with you?!

Jiang Yu was the one who strangled Lin Xun.

Jiang Yu was the person who directly caused Lin Xun's death.

Jiang Yu was the one who, out of jealousy, misunderstood the relationship between Lin Xun and Yu Fuli and, in a fit of rage, killed them.

What does this have to do with Yu Fuli?

Did Yu Fuli not explain it? Did Yu Fuli not explicitly reject Jiang Yu's confession?

The biggest victim in this whole affair is clearly Yu Fuli herself.

Because Jiang Yu misunderstood his relationship with Lin Xun, he used Lin Xun's life as leverage to force Yu Fuli to have a one-month relationship with him. In the end, he even used Lin Xun to deceive Yu Fuli, drugged him, and forced them to have sex.

In the end, the biggest perpetrator was fine. Oh wait, Jiang Yu was in trouble; he was beaten up by Yun Bai and just got out of the ICU.

However, this point was selectively ignored by the system.

The victims bear everything, and still face psychological self-oppression.

The system felt like its chips were about to burn out.

For the first time, it felt what it meant to be so angry it was burning up, but it still suppressed that nameless rage, softened its tone, and tried to soothe Yu Fuli, explaining the cause and effect of the whole thing to him in detail.

See, so it's not your fault. Don't blame yourself.

"Is that so?" Yu Fuli raised her eyes, her gaze somewhat empty. "But Bai Tuanzi said that it was my fault that caused Lin Xun's death."

【…】

A long silence followed in my mind.

The point of light froze there, motionless, as if it had crashed.

"System?" Yu Fuli asked tentatively, "Are you still there?"

【grass!】

A furious roar exploded out, making Yu Fuli's brain tremble.

[Which bastard said that?! I'm going to kill him!]

The system wasn't silent; it was so angry that its speech function became disordered, forcing it to lose its voice.

At this moment, its entire system was trembling. The originally bright white light had been burned red by anger, and its edges were trembling.

Damn it! Which bastard said that?!

If you've got the guts, step forward and see if it doesn't kill you!

It was only gone for a short while.

Everyone took advantage of its absence to bully its host.