The male supporting character was actually myself.

The jade pendant, entirely emerald green and exquisitely crafted, is carved with patterns of two birds flying wing to wing (not a pair). In the center is a large, round, sparkling green spirit stone, symbolizing a vow of eternal love. It was made by a top craftsman at great expense by Young Master Luo as a token of his love to express his affection for his beloved.

Wow! What a beautiful jade pendant!

"See that green spirit stone embedded in the center? It's the largest and purest one we know of so far! It's priceless!"

"I've heard it's the prized possession of the Jin family of Jinling Mountain, a family of miners! This green spirit stone can't be measured in money; connections, influence, and wealth are all indispensable to obtain it!"

"Miss Ye is so lucky to have won the heart of a man as talented and handsome as Young Master Luo, who is also incredibly devoted. Why can't I find such a good match?"

"It's strange, everyone else's engagement banquet is full of joy, why is Miss Ye's face so stern and expressionless?"

"Exactly! If it were me, I'd be grinning from ear to ear!"

"I could laugh in my sleep! It's a pity I don't have Miss Ye's beauty and good luck."

"Even if you're a little reserved, you don't have to be so icy. At least show some smiles to make the engagement ceremony look more festive..."

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When Jiang Chen took out the most important prop in the entire plot—the priceless Twin Jade Flying Jade (not really)—the guests, who were also traveling by airship and all had connections, exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone stared at the jade pendant with shining eyes and whispered among themselves, but Ye Qingqing only glanced at it coldly, feeling somewhat displeased.

It's just money, isn't it?

What else can he give himself besides money?

Merchants prioritize profit over parting, which is nothing more than their attraction to her beauty and prestigious family background.

Merchants are shrewd and calculating. Marrying me will bring them more connections and fame, allowing their business to reach new heights. As for my true desires and yearnings, no one cares and no one can understand them.

She pitifully possessed a beauty that could shame the moon and flowers in her prime, but due to her father's death and the decline of her family, she was unable to find a suitable marriage with her beloved. She was forced to marry someone she did not love. What good would wealth, luxury, and fine clothes do her from now on?

Without love to nourish and nurture the soul, one becomes heartbroken and lifeless, like a walking corpse.

We can no longer experience the romantic and beautiful love stories of talented men and beautiful women found in traditional Chinese novels.

"Host, it's just a jade pendant, hurry up and complete the task for her," the little white cat reminded her in her ear. "The main system is about to start a countdown for you!"

With a serious expression, Jiang Chen stepped forward, holding the jade pendant, and said, "This jade pendant is the most precious jade I found after searching across the twelve continents for three years. It was personally carved by the top craftsman, Master Fan."

The green spirit stone inlaid on it was a precious item that the Jin family head reluctantly parted with, and it can be described as priceless.

I once promised to find a woman with whom I share mutual affection and love, to marry her, and to give her to my fiancée as an engagement gift and a token of our love, so that we may be a loving and devoted couple forever.

Miss Ye Qingqing, please accept this jade pendant that represents my true feelings. I beg you to be my lifelong partner, to love me, to respect me, and to grow old together in perfect harmony.

I will love you and respect you, and we will live happily ever after.

No, I don't want to!

Ye Qingqing almost shouted those words out loud, but remembering her mother's tears and the tragic state of her family after its decline, she could only bite her lip and nod in response, "I will."

Jiang Chen then personally tied the jade pendant around her waist.

"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission!" The little white cat, perched on his shoulder, produced a small basket from somewhere in its paws and started scattering flowers. "We're completely free now! As long as we don't drive the script team crazy and attract the main system's attention, we can do whatever we want!"

At the same time, the officiant smiled and nodded, announcing loudly, "The ceremony is complete! Congratulations to Young Master Luo and Miss Ye on their perfect match!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of cannons firing in unison echoed from the deck, and the sight of petals falling from the sky filled the young men and women with envy.

"Let's go!"

With a confident shout from the helmsman, the honor guard on the airship sounded a horn more than a meter long. Amid the melodious and ceremonial deep and magnificent sound of the horn, the airship raised its giant sails.

The punk-style metal parts gleamed in the sunlight; the sails billowed in the wind; the wooden oars creaked; and amidst the laughter and farewells of the crowds of people seeing them off and the sea of ​​tourists on the deck, the giant airship built by Yunmeng Family at great expense—the Yun Shen Meng Cheng—officially set sail for its maiden flight!

After the engagement ceremony, the original owner arranged a banquet for the guests in the top-floor restaurant, but Ye Qingqing did not attend, citing illness as an excuse.

In the original storyline, Young Master Luo was incredibly tolerant of the girl he admired. Aside from the time he spent money to help his fiancée and future mother-in-law escape after the engagement ceremony ended and the airship wrecked, he was basically an invisible man wearing a green hat.

The script celebrates love from the perspective of the male and female protagonists, so this supporting character naturally doesn't need to get in the way.

"I really don't understand why people can do such a disgraceful thing as cheating under the guise of love!"

The little white cat angrily cupped its face with its paws as it flipped through the script, muttering fiercely, "I can only wish that the person who wrote this script will also have their engaged fiancée or publicly acknowledged girlfriend cheat on them in pursuit of true love!"

Spend his money and sleep with that gigolo.

Oh, and I'll treat the love token he gave me as proof of my love with the other woman!

Jiang Chen searched for his target in the crowd and gently reassured him, "It's an old story, it's just a matter of perspective."

Those who read this kind of story automatically put themselves in Ji Ningyu's shoes. The idea of ​​a rich young lady abandoning a wealthy young man to fall in love with a poor young man seems to have nothing to do with money or material things. How romantic!

Ji Ningyu's ability to win over Ye Qingqing is a classic example of an underdog's rise to success against a rich and beautiful woman.

Think about those folk tales: Dong Yong sleeping with the Seven Fairy Maidens, the Third Holy Mother having a child with a mortal named Chenxiang, poor scholars having fox spirits and ghosts and various beauties adding fragrance to their sleeves and eloping to warm their beds while reading at night. To put it bluntly, they are all the same.

People who read storybooks like this kind of formula.

Jumping from a poor husband to a rich lover, no matter the reason, is something that will be condemned.

The idea of ​​jumping from a wealthy husband to a poor lover is a romantic love story worthy of praise.

If you don't believe me, please try putting yourself in the original owner's shoes.

After a rich and handsome man falls in love with a woman from a once-powerful but now impoverished family, he spares no expense to save her family and treats her with utmost sincerity. However, she secretly begins an affair with a poor young man she has just met, and tries to occupy the moral high ground in the name of love.

I refuse to believe that anyone would applaud a fiancée's infidelity when looking at the whole story from this perspective.

Moreover, the entire script is the female protagonist's memoir, and all the events are told from her own perspective.

Those who don't object to her being with Ji Ningyu are all honest, loyal, and chivalrous good people; those who hinder her from cheating are all selfish, despicable, and shameless scoundrels.

The simplest point is—if she really wanted to give up wealth and status to pursue true love, why did she keep that priceless jade pendant until she was old?

Those belonged to the original owner!

People said the gift was given to her because they were going to get married. She doesn't even want to marry Young Master Luo anymore, yet she keeps his jewelry—does that mean she doesn't love money?

It's just that later on, my economic situation wasn't so bad, and also because Bi Yi Shuang Fei Yu was too famous, I was too embarrassed to make a move.

To put it bluntly, Ye Qingqing is essentially trying to seize Young Master Luo's betrothal gifts; she only wants the money and doesn't fulfill her responsibilities!

Chapter 3: Anticipation of Hidden Plot Points

"So what should we do now?" The little white cat frowned, pouted, and meowed, "Even if the airship crashes and we can survive using the gadgets, I'm still very unhappy!"

Wearing the jade pendant you gave me, hugging and cuddling with that pretty boy while bathing and changing clothes—how shameless!

What's more, this green tea girl is using the title of your fiancée to bring other men to first class and have all sorts of fun. Just thinking about it makes me angry!

I will do everything I can to break them up!

Jiang Chen found the person he was looking for in the crowd, drank the toasts offered by the other guests, took a detour over to pat its little head and laughed, "Why did you have to break us up?"

This illicit love affair, characterized by infidelity and cheating, is whitewashed and glorified by the male protagonist sacrificing his life.

I don't have time to deal with their nonsense right now. All the people on the airship are going to die in a few days!

The affair between the adulterous couple can be dealt with quickly and decisively; the key is to ensure the Cloud Deep Dream City arrives safely on the Star Moon Continent.

Even if a crash is unavoidable, it's best to minimize the damage by landing on nearby continents.

And, Xiaobai, have you thought about this?

If the airship hadn't crashed and the tragedy hadn't happened, what would have become of Ye Qingqing, who never lifted a finger after disembarking, and Ji Ningyu, who was penniless, incompetent, and only good at flirting with girls?

I think rather than breaking up this 'true love,' it's better to let them live well and continue their epic romance!

"Huh?" The little white cat immediately perked up, its eyes sparkling. "Oh right, I remember the host saying something like, 'The princess and the prince can live happily ever after because one is super rich and the other is super handsome.'"

The reason the female lead in the original story was able to live such a happy life was mainly because she took away the huge compensation and the original owner's family property!

If we can withstand the script team's antics and avert the tragedy of the airship crash, wouldn't that be a happy ending for everyone?

At that time, the male and female protagonists, who only have ideals but no money, will... hehehe!

Wait a minute, in the storyline, the male lead is willing to give up his life for the female lead.

With such devotion, he'd do anything to make her happy, right? Perhaps if they survived, their ending would be quite good.

Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head. "Xiao Bai, do you know? In the world I lived in before I died, I would often see news about people jumping off buildings, jumping into rivers, or even taking pills or cutting their wrists because of love and getting carried away."

Do you think that dying for someone necessarily proves how much you love them?

In fact, if those who jumped were given a second chance, they would all regret it.

When love is at its most intense, one can indeed be willing to die for the other person, but the more intense the love, the faster it fades away.

From the moment the male and female protagonists met and fell in love to their intimate moments and then the airship crash, it took them a full three and a half days—just enough time for their relationship to heat up to the point where they were inseparable.

If they drag it out for a few more days, they might have already lost their passion and grown tired of each other after their hookup.

Take a closer look at the description of the male protagonist, Ji Ningyu, in the plot.

Although the mission world has a punk vibe, it's still set in ancient times. In this world that values ​​propriety, morality, and all sorts of complicated rules, the male protagonist wins over the female protagonist with just a few words, and the two sleep together less than two days after they started holding hands.

Between Ji Ningyu and Ye Qingqing, who do you think is the more experienced "player"?

The fluffy dumpling was even more confused. "What? What are you talking about, Host? Are we reading the same script?"

"This is called seeing through the phenomenon to the essence."

Jiang Chen stood in the corridor of Huating, straightening his complicated clothes, and said in a low voice, "If both of them are pure and innocent, even if they can't help themselves, they will still act within the bounds of propriety and at the very least consider each other's reputation."

After all, they all come from prominent families and have been taught morality and etiquette since childhood. They would never do something so despicable as to bring shame to their families.

But the two of them got together in less than two days, so at least one of them must be an experienced driver who knows how to do it.

Ye Qingqing is unlikely to be that promiscuous, otherwise she wouldn't have passed the original owner's screening.

Therefore, the most likely candidate is Ji Ningyu—a down-on-his-luck young man who specializes in writing vulgar stories and creating low-class books that circulate in art galleries. It's impossible that he was born with a full set of skills in flirting with women.

Perhaps there are other hidden reasons behind the Ye family's annulment of the engagement, but the whole script is the female lead's memoir, which automatically beautifies the deceased white moonlight.

As I said before, one-sided accounts are not to be trusted.

Based on the male lead's flirting skills, what do you think the female lead, who has nothing but beauty, will use to keep the male lead's heart after safely landing on the Star Moon Continent?

The little white cat licked its paws, its eyes shining. "After your analysis, host, I'm really looking forward to the hidden plot of a safe landing!"

How will the script team rewrite the story?