What are you looking at? You're the female lead too!

"Senior, senior!"

Under the bright sunshine, on campus, the girl ran happily toward Ye Wen. The scene of working hard, sweating, and celebrating together with everyone in the student council during the holiday a few days ago still seemed vivid in her mind.

For the first time in her life, she had made so many friends and received so much affirmation. Gu Jiangyi's heart was filled with happiness, and even the shadows of the past were temporarily forgotten.

She wanted to stay by her senior's side, to continue living such a fulfilling and interesting life, to continue...

My life was interfered with by my senior.

Such a thing, such selfishness and expectation unique to a young girl, should be achievable, right?

however……

Ye Wen did not respond to Gu Jiangyi.

He didn't even stop walking, heading straight towards the classroom.

Never looking back, never slowing down.

"Eh?"

Gu Jiangyi blinked in confusion, thinking that Ye Wen might not have heard her. So, she quickly ran to Ye Wen's side and grabbed his sleeve.

"Senior, I...!"

Gu Jiangyi's eyes widened.

Because Ye Wen shook off her hand.

At this moment, he finally turned to look at Gu Jiangyi, but not with his usual deadpan expression; instead, his eyes were filled with clear disgust and loathing.

How to describe that look in his eyes?

The way she looked at her was exactly the same as how her mother looked at her.

"How dare you call someone 'senior'?"

Ye Wen took out a tissue and wiped the area that Gu Jiangyi had touched, as if he were wiping something dirty.

He glanced at Gu Jiangyi with disdain, then turned and left.

"How... how could this happen?"

Gu Jiangyi was stunned. She had never seen Ye Wen look at someone like that before. Unconvinced, she chased after him again: "Senior, you're joking, right? You lost Truth or Dare, right?"

"I... I understand. You're not that kind of person at all, senior. I..."

That's enough.

Ye Wen said indifferently, "Once the film is finished, you'll be of no use to me, Gu Jiangyi."

He scoffed, "Why are you making that face? Are you surprised? Otherwise, why do you think I'd even bother getting close to someone as useless as you?"

"It's just cricket supplies."

"Don't contact me again."

"I'm afraid the president will misunderstand."

After saying all that in one breath, Ye Wen turned and left again, and Gu Jiangyi watched Ye Wen's back disappear from her sight without chasing after him.

Or rather... they didn't dare to chase after them.

"No, no way, how could he possibly..." The girl's lips gradually turned pale and bloodless. Suddenly, she thought of something and almost fled upstairs to the student council's location.

"Listen up, everyone, my senior is acting really strange today!"

Gu Jiangyi rushed into the student council building. The president and the others were indeed inside, but they weren't looking at Gu Jiangyi either.

They just went about their own business, not even giving her a glance.

"Say something, everyone!"

Gu Jiangyi was so anxious she was gesturing wildly: "Didn't we just have a celebration party yesterday? How did things suddenly turn out like this?"

"Yes, did I do something wrong? Is there something I did wrong? Hey, say something, tell me."

She broke down and cried out:

"Don't ignore me!"

Amid the girl's cries, the student council president, seated in the main seat, finally raised his head and, under Gu Jiangyi's expectant gaze, coldly said:

"Student union office space is strictly off-limits to non-student union members."

Gu Jiangyi: "..."

At that moment, her eyes dimmed completely.

She spent the day at school in a daze, like a zombie. Until school ended, no one greeted her, no one looked at her, and she was like a blank space.

Gu Jiangyi didn't know how she got through the day.

When she left the school in a daze, she came to her senses and realized that she had instinctively come to Ye Wen's doorstep.

The door was locked.

A glimmer of hope rekindled in Gu Jiangyi's eyes as she took a set of keys from her pocket.

That's the key to Ye Wen's house.

The key is proof of family. As long as you can open this door with the key, it means you are still your senior's family, right?

She thought so obsessively, like a drowning person clutching at a straw for survival.

however……

Click.

The key couldn't unlock the door.

Ye Wen changed the locks.

This means that the girl has lost her last refuge.

Last hope.

The rekindled light of hope was completely extinguished. Gu Jiangyi collapsed to the ground, leaning against the wall, sobbing and crying.

She has no home.

The rain poured down, splashing mud and water that stained the girl's dress. In the darkest part of the rain, Gu Jiangyi's "mother" stood watching her, a strange smile playing on her lips.

Like a monster.

……

……

"What did you do?"

The witch's barrier fully unfolded, and a magnificent yet tragic black rose took root above the city. Countless jet-black thorns spread and extended from the base of the rose, turning the entire city into her territory.

Thoughts, activities, beliefs, matter... everything is controlled by the Witch of Nightmare Rose, becoming the soil for her growth.

This destructive power and influence are beyond what the green female protagonist can explain; it has even surpassed that of the blue female protagonist, Jiju.

So, inside the witch's barrier, Ye Wen, expressionless, looked at Kyubey standing on the telephone pole and asked again:

"What did you do?"

"What we did was very simple: just pouring water into empty bottles."

As always, Cupid answered every question. It leaped down from the top of the telephone pole and landed in front of Ye Wen: "And the one who made the bottle bigger was you, Ye Wen."

"Your existence allows us to skip the tedious steps and directly infuse all the [Fate Value] we've accumulated so far into her body."

"The more happiness and hope you give her, the more that happiness will turn into equal pain and despair. This twisted state perfectly matches the characteristics of fate value, pushing Jiang Yijiang to even greater heights."

"Well, let's wait and see what kind of fruit it will ultimately bear."

"Oh, I see."

Ye Wen gave a curt reply and then began to warm up on the spot.

"Huh? What are you going to do?"

Qiu Bi tilted his head, watching Ye Wen's actions: "You seem very calm, not flustered or surprised at all."

"Originally, I was already prepared to be killed by you hundreds of times to vent my anger."

"Heh." Ye Wen scoffed, "If you're expecting me to break down, smash the ground, or go into a fit of impotent rage, forget it. I'm not that kind of person."

"I just want to solve problems quietly and efficiently."

"You're going to save her?" A glint of light flashed in Kyubey's eyes. "I can't."

"If you're thinking of summoning other reality warpers to help you like last time, I can tell you, forget about it."

"With the technical support and theoretical guidance of a certain individual, we unlocked a completely new technology tree and implemented resonance processing to address the distortions of other reality warpers."

"Simply put, they are currently preoccupied with their own distortions and are unable to help you."

"You alone cannot fight against Gu Jiangyi in her current state," Qiu Bi said, following behind Ye Wen. "You will die."

Ye Wen's unique characteristics made it reluctant to let Ye Wen die, but similarly, having already gone all in, it was unable to stop Ye Wen at this moment.

Or rather, all the rooted ones are also looking forward to what kind of variables Ye Wen can create.

So it just watches.

I've been watching.

Ye Wen remained silent, only walking faster and faster.

"Even knowing you'll die, would you really go to save someone who should be a complete stranger to you?"

Qbi stopped and watched Ye Wen gradually walk into the center of the storm: "As expected, no matter what, you humans will always be beyond my understanding."

"Crickets and other such creatures shouldn't even think about understanding humans. They should go back to elementary school and do some reading comprehension exercises first."

At this moment, Ye Wen had already reached the area directly beneath the Nightmare Rose Witch. Countless twisted thorns had already spotted him, howling and snaking towards him in dense, winding motions.

"And death? Don't get me wrong."

Ye Wen turned around and looked at Qiu Bi with disdain, looking at the race called the Roots.

"I need to clarify one point beforehand."

"You are the challengers."

The next second, it was from Ye Wen's body.

Three different forces erupted.

Dark evil, radiant gold, and...

Brilliant magic.