After everyone was reborn, I was strictly disciplined.

"Ranran, I wasn't bothering you. I just... made you a gift and wanted to give it to you."

After saying that, he slowly raised his other hand, put it into his pocket, and took it out. In his palm was a small brocade box with smooth edges, which was obviously carefully prepared.

Xie Xingran didn't even glance at the brocade box. Taking advantage of the moment when Jiang Huaijin loosened his grip, she immediately hid behind the head guard, grabbed his hem, and stormed off towards the Saintess's Residence.

His face was tense the whole way, his brows were furrowed, and he kept muttering about Jiang Huaijin's faults. He was completely unaware of the longing and bitterness surging in Jiang Huaijin's eyes as he looked at his back.

The guards dared not utter a sound, but silently quickened their pace and safely escorted the young master back to his courtyard.

As soon as she stepped into the room, Xie Xingran abruptly shook off the guard's hand and slammed the door shut with a loud "bang." The wooden door slammed shut with a dull thud, causing the tassels on the lintel to sway gently.

He turned around, rushed to the table, sat down, and with a flick of his finger brought up the virtual interface of the system store. His fingers flew across the screen, his eyes urgent and fierce, muttering to himself:

"Corpse-dissolving water! Come out quickly, corpse-dissolving water... I'm going to kill that Jiang Huaijin!"

The thought of the feeling of being hugged by Jiang Huaijin just now made him feel uncomfortable all over. He could almost still smell the other's cool scent on his nose, and he slammed his fist on the table in anger.

"How dare he hug me! And even dare to play the victim to scare me! Who would want his lousy gift? Who knows what evil intentions he might have hidden inside!"

In his view, Jiang Huaijin's scheming and manipulative tactics had not only failed to elicit resentment from him, but had instead come forward to seek reconciliation and offer gifts, which must have been a sign of ill intent.

Xie Xingran was no naive child; he understood the importance of being wary of others, especially an "enemy" like Jiang Huaijin, whom he would not trust at all.

The sliding motion of his fingers suddenly stopped. Xie Xingran's eyes darted around, a sly glint in them, and a perfect plan took shape in his mind.

Since Jiang Huaijin is so eager to make peace and send gifts, he might as well play along and use the pretext of receiving gifts to lure Jiang Huaijin out to a deserted place.

He would then feign relenting, using the pretext of "exchanging gifts to show sincerity," to trick Jiang Huaijin into taking the poison pills he had obtained. Once Jiang Huaijin died from the poison, he would use corpse-dissolving water to destroy the evidence, thus making it a flawless cover-up that no one could trace back to him.

Thinking of this, Xie Xingran couldn't help but proudly raise her chin, put her hands on her hips, and sway her body, praising herself in her mind: "I'm such a clever little devil, this plan is absolutely perfect!"

After indulging in his narcissism for a moment, he immediately turned his attention back to the system store and focused intently on searching for the Corpse Dissolving Water.

As for the meeting place, he had already decided on it.

The back mountain of the Fire Spike Dan Holy Land is a lush, secluded place with a cliff deep within, an ideal spot to hide a corpse and cover up the crime. No one would have guessed that he would make his move there.

Soon, a light black potion appeared on the interface; it was the corpse-dissolving potion he was looking for.

When Xie Xingran saw the required amount for the exchange, her face immediately fell – 500 villain points were needed.

He had already squandered all the villain points he had accumulated, and now he was short of money and didn't have enough to exchange for them.

After a moment's thought, a calculating glint flashed in his eyes: Aren't Lu Chengyuan's three chosen ones a ready-made source of villain points? Bullying them is just as easy as he wants to rack up as many points.

Xie Xingran immediately stood up, dusted off her clothes, and prepared to go out to cause trouble for Lu Chengyuan and the others.

But he had only taken two steps when the system's voice suddenly rang in his mind. Unlike its usual soft and playful tone, this time the voice was cold and mechanical, carrying an indescribable sense of oppression, like a cold blade pressed against his neck.

"Host, I want to ask you one last time, are you really planning to kill the chosen one, Jiang Huaijin?"

Xie Xingran scoffed without hesitation, his tone full of arrogance:

"Of course I have to kill him! I've already fallen out with him. Keeping such a vengeful enemy around is just asking for trouble. Who else should I kill but him!"

"Alright, if that's the case, then there's nothing I can do about it."

After the system's voice faded, there was no further sound, as if it had never existed.

Xie Xingran scoffed, spitting into the air, "What are you pretending for? You can't even control me, yet you dare to spout such nonsense. You're a complete waste!"

He didn't take the system's warning to heart at all, thinking it was just the other party's angry words because they were powerless to stop him, and turned around and walked towards the door again.

But before he could even touch the door, something unexpected happened.

The storage bracelet on his wrist suddenly burst forth with a dazzling pale white light. The beams of light intertwined and entwined, like a woven net of light, instantly enveloping the entire room, making it as bright as day.

Several slender beams of light even broke through the window cracks, reflecting dappled light and shadow in the courtyard, immediately drawing exclamations and pauses from the guards and maids outside the door, who all peered out to try and figure out what was going on inside.

"Young Master!"

"What happened?!"

"Go quickly and inform the lady!"

"Young Master, are you alright?!"

The light was too dazzling, and Xie Xingran subconsciously squinted and raised her hand to shield her forehead. She could even hear a slight buzzing sound as the light flowed.

He forced his eyes open, but could only see a white halo, unable to make out anything. After a moment, the light gradually faded, receding into the jade bracelet like a tide, and the room returned to its usual brightness.

Xie Xingran slowly lowered her hand, rubbed her slightly sore eyes, and froze when her vision cleared.

A figure in white robes and black hair floated before him, its robes fluttering without a trace of worldly warmth, and a faint, cool aura emanating from it.

The man was exceptionally handsome, with a deep-seated coldness and aloofness in his eyes, as if nothing in the world could catch his eye.

When that figure slowly opened its eyes, a pair of eyes as deep as a thousand-year-old pool met Xie Xingran's gaze, calm and profound, carrying an undisguised sorrow and grief.

But the moment those eyes met Xie Xingran's, the once still pool suddenly surged with a stormy wave. A complex mix of emotions, including excitement, ecstasy, shock, and tenderness, swirled rapidly in his eyes, shattering his otherwise cold and aloof aura.

Xie Xingran, on the other hand, seemed to have all her strength drained away. Her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground with a "thud," completely unaware that her buttocks were sitting on the cold ground.

He opened his mouth, his throat tightened, his mind went blank, and only instinct remained. He trembled as he uttered two words: "Second...Second Brother."

Meanwhile, the system lay within Xie Xingran's consciousness, leisurely absorbing energy. "I can't control you, but I can get those who can to come and control you!"