The male supporting character was actually myself.

Upon inspection, it was discovered that the lock on the darkroom door had still been pried open. Considering Ji Ningyu's previous methods, the security officer speculated that Ye Qingqing had likely used some tool to open the lock at Ji Ningyu's behest and escaped.

This time, however, a thorough search of the entire airship yielded no trace of the other side.

As soon as Madam Ye disembarked, she issued a proclamation on official documents, declaring that the Ye family had completely severed ties with Ye Qingqing. She then returned to the Huan Dynasty by airship.

Severing ties is such a big deal that it must be officially announced throughout the twelve continents. She must hurry back to deal with this mess.

Seeing this, Duan Lang knew that Madam Ye had completely given up on Ye Qingqing.

No matter what he did, it wouldn't affect the Ye family, so he naturally had no more scruples. He directly took out the painting he had modified to resemble the collar and had someone write a filthy story about an adulterous couple and their illicit affair, which was then widely printed and circulated. The cover used that erotic painting!

One month later, in Yunmeng City.

The young master of the Luo family from Lan Jinxi Continent came to propose marriage, with various precious betrothal gifts stretching for more than ten miles. He also specially asked Mr. Ouyang to act as matchmaker to arrange the marriage.

"Miss, Young Master Luo has given that Radiant Rabbit as a betrothal gift! The whole of Yunmeng City is talking about it now, and everyone envies your good fortune in meeting such a talented, handsome, and considerate husband!"

The maid Yan'er helped her with her makeup and reported the news she had just heard: "The second young master is so happy he's gone crazy, he's holding onto those two shimmering rabbits and won't let go!"

Lan Jingshu lowered her head and smiled shyly, "What did Father say?"

"What else can you say, sir? First, Young Master Luo saved the Yun Shen Meng Cheng ship from disaster; then, Old Master Ouyang acted as matchmaker; and now, Miss, you've even put on Young Master Luo's token of love. Even if you're reluctant, you can't force these two lovers apart."

Hehe, I just asked the young master!

The master and mistress both nodded in agreement, and are now asking the gentleman to choose an auspicious day for the engagement ceremony!

Three days later, the entire Yunmeng City was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers to celebrate the marriage of Young Master Luo and Miss Lan.

With red candles burning brightly and flowers in full bloom, Jiang Chen took Lan Jingshu's delicate hand amidst a chorus of blessings. The two shared a cup of wine and pledged to be together for life, growing old together in love.

The Star Moon Continent, thousands of miles away.

After escaping from the Cloud Dream City, Ji Ningyu and Ye Qingqing stayed on the secluded island for a few days.

The two, posing as a couple in distress, earned a meager living by copying scriptures and poems for people in the small town. Then, by chance, they left the secluded island on a small airship.

Driven by their longing for the Star Moon Continent, the two eventually arrived at this beautiful land after many twists and turns.

"Qingqing, this is where our dream began!"

Looking at the beautiful landscape, Ji Ningyu said happily, "Just you wait, I'll soon be able to write our wonderful love story, and it's sure to be a huge hit!"

When the time comes, we'll buy fertile land and fine horses, and then we'll travel and enjoy the scenery together..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Qingqing berated him, "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and write it! Ever since I followed you off the airship, I haven't had a single peaceful day!"

Look at my hands, they're blistered and calloused from doing laundry and copying scriptures for others!

If you truly care about me, you wouldn't want me to treat these hands so badly.

"Ji Ningyu, I gave up being a wealthy businessman's wife and the prestigious title of wife of the newly appointed top scholar to be with you. All you do is spout empty words, yet you can't even earn enough to cook a decent meal for me. Where is even a shred of the responsibility a man should have!"

Ji Ningyu rolled her eyes, looking impatient. "You always nag like a complaining woman, when will it ever end?"

How could such a nice girl have turned into someone with dead fish eyes in just over a month?

If I didn't have to use the money I earn to feed you, do you think you could support yourself with just a few coins? You're so clumsy at washing dishes that you break a bunch of them, and you can't even afford to pay for the broken dishes.

All you do is complain and eat for free. Is this the first time you've found out I have no money?

Knowing full well that my family has fallen on hard times and I am frustrated and unsuccessful, you still show no tenderness whatsoever. If you're so capable, why don't you go find your wealthy merchant or your newly appointed top scholar...

Poverty-stricken couples face endless sorrows, and it wasn't until Ye Qingqing truly experienced the suffering that she fully understood the bitterness behind it.

Ji Ningyu lacks responsibility and is full of illusions.

They spend any money they earn on eating, drinking, and having fun, completely disregarding whether they have enough money or food to make ends meet.

However, these are all minor issues. What's more serious is that Ji Ningyu's gentleness and thoughtfulness are not just for him alone.

He expressed "appreciation" for any pretty young woman or married woman, and even couldn't resist getting close to them, spending countless sums of money on the matter.

As more and more women surrounded him, Ji Ningyu began staying out all night.

Even if you occasionally catch a glimpse of someone, they're covered in unfamiliar perfumes and fragrances, probably picked up from somewhere else!

Ye Qingqing had also thought about dressing up nicely and marrying into a wealthy family to become the mistress of the house, so that she would have maids to serve her and not have to work hard every day.

But she did not get what she wanted.

The influx of tourists and airships to the Star Moon Continent quickly brought with them the latest trends, rare gadgets, folk tales, and hunting warrants.

Among them, the best-selling item is "Cloud Dream City".

An anonymous author wrote a story based on the bizarre experiences of this legendary airship, and the cover features the painting that Ji Ningyu created for her!

Her appearance cannot be changed. Even without the luxurious gold and jade jewelry, those who know Ye Qingqing well will recognize her quickly.

Furthermore, her frequent arguments with her "husband" and the various statements she made only fueled further speculation.

The wanted notice stated that Ji Ningyu was guilty of theft and other crimes, and a large reward was offered to officials from various regions to capture him and escort him to the Liuli Pagoda for trial.

The two lived in constant fear and hiding.

Before they could even settle down in a new place, they discovered that those erotic stories and tales had already spread far and wide.

Ji Ningyu had obviously seen it.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Ye Qingqing and her two fiancés might have already consummated their marriage. After all, she was very direct when she was with him, and she took off her clothes half-heartedly, just like in the stories. She was more experienced than him!

The more he thought about it, the more he disliked Ye Qingqing. She was a vixen who climbed into his bed in the middle of the night and was rejected and had her engagement broken off. She was with him and had food and drink, yet she was still not satisfied and always had a gloomy face.

As a result, Ji Ningyu enjoyed spending more and more time outside.

With his handsome face, he would go to brothels to find one or two elderly women to make some money when he was short of cash.

Occasionally, he would be chased and beaten by the men of respectable women for harassing them, and they would run away with their heads covered...

After escaping the threat of being arrested, Ji Ningyu, in an attempt to win a smile from the beauty at a dinner table, revealed the true story of what happened on the Yun Shen Meng Cheng ship and even explained in detail the brushstroke techniques he used when painting her.

Having been branded a harlot, Ye Qingqing's hopes of finding a good man to marry were completely dashed, and she was further humiliated by being pointed at and mocked behind her back.

Even if she wanted to work as a courtesan in a brothel, she was rejected because she was not skilled in poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and was too old.

Burdened by immense pressure and with no way to undo her regrets, Ye Qingqing grew increasingly frustrated and resentful.

So one winter night, driven nearly mad by rumors and the harsh reality, Ye Qingqing burst into the pink curtained room with a knife and stabbed Ji Ningyu, who was having an affair with her, to death.

She fled all the way to the edge of the Star Moon Continent, the very edge where she had once made vows of eternal love with her lover. Seeing the news in a magazine about Young Master Luo and Miss Lan's grand wedding, she wept bitterly and jumped off...

Until the male and female protagonists meet their demise, the scriptwriting team probably breathed a sigh of relief and hastily changed the script, which had been in a "updating" state, to "the chosen one has fallen, and the mission world is developing freely."

"Hmm, this feels so comfortable." The little white cat ate grapes with its legs crossed, put away the script and watched its host and his newlywed wife tour the beautiful landscape and show off their affection.

The long-term separation that others worried about did not happen to Mr. Luo and Ms. Lan.

Even after marriage, Young Master Luo always took his wife with him whenever he went out, and all household affairs were handled by the housekeeper.

So the couple traveled around and did some business along the way.

Luo Jiangchen kept his vow and vowed never to take a concubine, even if his wife had no children after marriage.

The two adopted a girl from Lan Jingshu's second brother's family and carefully raised her to inherit the family business.

After spending a century together, they passed away just half a month apart. In accordance with their wishes, their descendants buried their remains on a quiet, undisturbed flying island, where they disappeared into the sky like shooting stars...

Chapter One: I Don't Agree to This Marriage

"The last mission world wasn't quite as exciting as I'd hoped." The little white cat, still feeling unsatisfied, perched on its host's shoulder, fiddling with its large tail with its paws and muttering softly, "After fixing that bug, it just disappeared without even bothering to tell your fortune or anything."

Jiang Chen: ...

Is it appropriate to talk about him here?

"Uh..." The fluffy little dumpling looked around furtively, then said guiltily, "Y-it should be fine, right? Let's change the subject then. Host, what kind of script should we choose this time?"

He pointed to the topmost, somewhat unusual script and asked, "What's the deal with that one?"

From a distance, the cover shows a cool and handsome man pinning a sweet-looking girl in a white lace dress against a wall. The whole picture is surrounded by light pink and light purple hazy petals, giving it a strong sense of nostalgia.

If it weren't for the golden thread extending from it, seemingly connecting to something, making it distinctly different from other scripts, Jiang Chen would never have given this script a second glance.

The cover alone reveals the content's style; it's definitely a mindless, illogical, domineering CEO-falls-for-love story of a "cool weather and broken king" type of plot.

"Huh?" The fluffy ball tilted its head and looked at it, then took out the system training manual and checked it before confirming, "Host, we have indeed encountered a script with special bonds!"

Do you remember that time there was a mission world where you helped the male protagonist who had turned into a cat to accumulate enough points to be resurrected?

This is it!

Let me think... the main character's name seems to be Ye Xingluo, and in his previous life he was a domineering CEO who was manipulated.

"The special bond scenario is a bit unusual, shall we give it a try?"

"What's so special about this situation?" Jiang Chen looked at the cover, feeling quite resistant.

The little white cat licked its paws and explained, "Although we have experienced many other mission worlds, choosing this scenario will take us back to the mission world at the same time as when we turned into cats."

In other words, in that timeline, you had just finished assisting the cat-like male protagonist in completing his mission;

And another version of you will go to the side of the resurrected Ye Xingluo to be the best male supporting character. There are two you and two me in the same time and space.

However, please note: a soul fragment performing a mission cannot meet a soul fragment that has already completed a mission; otherwise, the body it intrudes into will die; the mission in progress will fail immediately and double the medals will be deducted.

"Simultaneous?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, full of curiosity. "You can play it like that?"

The little white cat nodded. "That's right. When we enter the mission world, you will receive some memories of the last mission. In other words, the new you will know about the existence and some aspects of the other you, while the other person will not know."

I'm getting a little confused myself, but that's basically it.

As long as you don't see the other one, that's fine!

“Interesting.” He gestured with his chin, “Then let’s choose the Bond scenario and see what role we’ll play this time.”

The little dumpling bounced around and took down the script from the top and handed it over.

Jiang Chen opened it and looked at it carefully.

This is a story about a domineering CEO who returns from the dead and stirs up a bloody storm of revenge, while also telling a heart-wrenching love story of him running away and her chasing him, with no way to escape.

After Ye Xingluo died, she was bound to the system, transformed into a big black cat, and successfully completed the mission to gain a chance to be resurrected.

When he opened his eyes again, a year had passed since his death.

Without the memory of transforming into a cat, Ye Xingluo, with the help of the "Starting from Zero" system, turned the tide and destroyed the plastic alliance between her half-brother Ye Xingchen and her stepmother's nephew Yang Qingwei. She then defeated them one by one and gradually took control of the Ye family.