The male supporting character was actually myself.

Jiang Chen stood by the window with his arms crossed, watching this scene from afar. He couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, "The orange cat Doubao deserves a lot of credit. I guess I should leave him a message and reward Doubao with a few more cans of cat food."

In the backyard, Ye Xingluo was squatting on the ground, talking and discussing with the little orange cat, "You're so small and weak, if you run around again and encounter a stray dog ​​or a naughty child, you might die."

"Look, I have a beautiful big house, and a veterinarian who comes with me. I can feed you delicious cat food and canned cat food every day and let you live in a comfortable cat bed. Do you want to stay?"

"Meow~ Meow meow meow~"

The little orange cat tilted its head back and meowed earnestly a few times.

"Then it's settled, I'll take care of you!" Ye Xingluo chuckled, as if the two of them could really communicate.

“I never expected you to like stray cats.” Jiang Chen stood at the backyard gate, raised his chin and asked, “Do you want to keep one? You’ll need to take it to the vet for a check-up, deworming, and vaccinations. I’m a family doctor, not a veterinarian, so I can’t handle these things.”

For some reason, when Ye Xingluo heard him talk about going to the pet hospital for those procedures, she felt a chill run down her spine.

But Dr. Han is right. If you decide to keep a stray cat, you have to be responsible for its life, so check-ups and vaccinations are necessary.

"Is there a pet hospital nearby?" Ye Xingluo gently picked up the little orange cat, turned around, and smiled. "After the check-up, we'll need to buy cat food, a cat bed, a litter box, and other things."

Isn't it beautiful?

I vaguely remember hearing somewhere that this shade will never disappoint. Although it's small and thin now, it won't be long before it becomes round and plump.

Emmm... let's give it a name, how about Doubao (Bean Bun)?

Jiang Chen was taken aback for a moment, opened his mouth and nodded, saying, "Of course, it's a pretty good name."

Is it really the effect of subtle influence?

I never would have guessed! This domineering CEO is such a devoted and passionate lover; he still can't forget Doubao...

"By the way, I have a very important question for you." He watched as Mr. Cat played with the cat in his arms and pressed on, "Do you have someone you like?"

Ye Xingluo was taken aback. "Why are you so gossipy? Even if there is, now is not the time to talk about love."

I have to study hard to get into the elite class you suggested, and then I'll have to scheme and fight for power. Who knows, those two are probably plotting to kill me right now.

With such a heavy burden on my shoulders, I don't want to find a girlfriend right now and make her worry and fear.

"So, there really is?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow, looking gossipy. "Tell me about it. We're just killing time anyway, so let's find some topics to talk about so we can get to know each other better."

Ye Xingluo scratched the chin of the kitten in her arms, a graceful figure flashed before her eyes, and then she shook her head and smiled, "Actually, she's just an acquaintance."

After I returned from abroad, I was assigned to the Ye Group as a nominal president, doing all sorts of miscellaneous tasks.

That period was short, but the factory I was in charge of needed to connect with the Xu family's garment factory, so I got along well with Xu Mei, who had only recently returned to China.

We both studied in the US and had similar living environments;

After returning to China, we both had some difficulty adapting and encountered some difficulties. But we had a lot in common.

If I didn't have all these worries right now, the girlfriend I'd want would probably be someone like her. We'd be well-matched in terms of social standing, similar living environments and financial philosophies to avoid major disagreements, both of us would have our own careers to pursue, and we'd have considerable business collaborations, so we could potentially grow our businesses together in the future.

Having a like-minded partner is probably the most fulfilling thing.

Chapter Eleven: Please make sure you get through this!

"What about the 'naive and innocent' type?" Jiang Chen asked, emphasizing, "The kind of clumsy girl who can't do anything, has no pursuit of quality of life, always gets into trouble and needs to clean up the mess, but is pursued by many men like crazy."

Ye Xingluo's lips twitched. "A Mary Sue story heroine? That kind of character was quite popular when I was fourteen or fifteen. To be honest, dating might be exciting, but marriage is absolutely out of the question!"

Even if we don't require a virtuous wife or a like-minded partner, from a normal person's perspective, we absolutely cannot marry a naive and innocent girl for the sake of the next generation's intelligence.

Of course, some newly rich families need good-looking faces to improve their genes in terms of appearance, so they may have lower requirements in other aspects.

I consider myself to be quite good-looking, so I no longer have an absolute need for that.

So... why not find a highly educated, intelligent, capable, and well-connected woman in the same social circle who is also rich and beautiful?

I don't have masochistic tendencies!

Jiang Chen nodded. "Your words are enough."

"What's enough?" Ye Xinglu was completely confused, not understanding what he was talking about.

Have you considered a marriage alliance?

"The Xu family?" He shook his head and smiled bitterly, "First of all, I only have a good feeling for Xu Mei, but we've never actually dated."

Furthermore, as I just mentioned, my current situation is not suitable for romantic relationships.

While a marriage alliance could help me in my career, I don't want to mix such a pure and beautiful thing as love with various interests.

Do you understand what I mean?

Jiang Chen nodded. "I understand. As long as you can get into the elite EMBA program at Beijing University, leave the rest of the planning to me."

"Hmm? Then, what am I responsible for?"

"You just need to have fun." Jiang Chen patted his shoulder and gave him a slight smile. "Just like in those domineering CEO novels, find a girl who loves you back and have a romantic relationship with her. In the blink of an eye, you'll ruin Ye Xingchen and Yang Qingwei. Then Mr. Ye will have to beg you to come back to Ye's Group to take on important responsibilities."

"If you want to casually put one hand in your pocket, look up at a 45-degree angle with a slightly melancholic air, and bankrupt the Ye family, then we might be able to do it with a little effort."

Ye Xingluo: ? ? ?

If it weren't for the system page displaying Han Jiangchen's personal profile, showing 100% loyalty and exceptionally high scores in intelligence and competence, he would have wondered if his family doctor had gone mad.

Why do you speak like the domineering CEO protagonist in those romance novels?

It's still a bit inexplicable...

The two took the little orange cat to a nearby pet hospital, and when they returned at noon, they were carrying a lot of bags and packages.

Jiang Chen glanced at the packaging bag in Ye Xingluo's hand, twitched her lips, and asked, "Are you sure you want to dress her in a little dress?"

“Of course, the vet said it’s a girl.” He fiddled with the various tutu-like floral prints in the bag. “Girls should wear skirts!”

Jiang Chen: ...

It seems he wasn't traumatized by the skirt. Thinking back to the time... he almost burst out laughing when he recalled the scene of the big black cat baring its teeth and hiding while cursing.

Little Bean Bun clearly didn't care much about this.

Its attention was entirely focused on the cat food, while it ignored Ye Xingluo's attempts to dress it up and continued eating.

It looks like it won't be long before it turns into a plump, round orange.

After adopting the stray cat, Ye Xingluo completely settled down, burying herself in books all day long, studying diligently and taking notes.

[Host needs detected. The system has automatically switched to learning mode to help the host to remember everything at a glance and apply what they have learned to other situations, so as to quickly grow into a top student!]

Task: Read ten professional books within half a month and take careful notes.

Rewards: Current target loyalty +5; Mall luck +5

"This system is really useful!" Ye Xingluo exclaimed after hearing the prompt. The photographic memory and the ability to apply knowledge to new situations were already impressive, and completing the task even rewarded him with luck points?

To be honest, luck is a really powerful thing.

Sometimes, everything is ready, but just a little bit of luck can lead to utter defeat and complete loss.

For example, if I hadn't been resurrected by a sudden stroke of good luck and bound to the system, I would have long been a wandering ghost in the world, with no corpse to be found and no grave, and no one to sweep my tomb or pay their respects during the Qingming Festival every year.

So it's really powerful to increase luck, and it can play a big role at crucial moments!

"Host, you changed the male lead's original design from the beginning, so why isn't the script being updated anymore?"

The little white cat licked its paws to wash its face, peeked into the next room at Ye Xingluo who was studying diligently, and turned around to report: "The female lead is ready."

She's currently working at the project site, organizing documents and files. According to the original plot, Ye Xingluo should also have been assigned to help at the project site by her father so the two could develop feelings for each other. Now it seems she's stuck performing a one-woman show.

Jiang Chen was sitting at his desk, looking at the internal data sent back by Xiao Bai on his computer, and casually replied, "Have we never encountered a Mary Sue female protagonist like this before?"

Is this the kind of script where the whole world revolves around her?

“I’ve never encountered one…” The fluffy ball shook its head, thought for a moment while counting on its paws, “Even if a female lead has a strong aura, she’s not this Mary Sue and brainless.”

"Hmm, so why don't we take this opportunity to do an experiment? Forcibly separate the male and female leads, just to prevent An Muya from succeeding."

Do you think her protagonist aura is so strong that it will directly engulf Ye Xingchen and Yang Qingwei?

Little white cat: ⊙▽⊙

What kind of terrifying (and wicked) plan is my host thinking of again?

The Mary Sue heroine mainly controls those two people...

I'm suddenly a little curious, will they put on a fierce (but not really) battle over the innocent and naive girl?

"Are you trying to turn Ye Xingchen and Yang Qingwei into the rivals in a Mary Sue novel, the second and third male leads fighting over the same woman?"

The fluffy little dumpling's eyes sparkled, and as it licked its paws, its tone became gossipy. "Usually, the male supporting characters in these kinds of stories are always deeply in love with the female lead, and they would go through fire and water for her without hesitation."

He raised her child, donated his heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys for her transplant, acted as her free ATM and blood-drawing machine, and in the end lost both his money and his wife, yet still contributed to the sublimation of the male and female protagonists' relationship.

Waaaaah~ These men who silently dedicate themselves are simply pitiful to witness!

"Host, please, you absolutely must change the plot! I want to see it! I really want to see it!"

“The key issue now is that we still need a male lead.” Jiang Chen frowned slightly in thought. “Ye Xingluo would never cooperate with her to be the male lead in a Mary Sue novel.”

I said I disagreed with this marriage from the beginning, and now that Ye Xingluo has personally admitted it, I am even less likely to let him miss out on a good match and get involved with An Muya.

So, since we forcibly took away the male lead assigned by the script team, we need to find a suitable candidate to fill the role.

Ye Xingchen and Yang Qingwei will definitely fight each other for love, and in the end, Ye Xingluo will be wiped out. They can't be the male lead.

Which other role would be suitable?

He flipped through the script so hard he could hear it whirring, trying to find a logical and suitable candidate.

"This person must be good-looking. There can't be a male lead who isn't handsome. If he's ugly, the female lead won't be able to present him properly."

He also needs to be rich and powerful, after all, he has to act as the female lead's protector, and an ordinary worker can't clean up her messes everywhere.

Finally, there must be a suitable opportunity, so that things can naturally and smoothly progress. The two misunderstand each other and start drinking a bottle of wine that has been spiked. The female lead half-heartedly agrees, and that's how things happen!

In conclusion... it seems that only he meets all the requirements!

Chapter Twelve: A Forced Marriage—Quenching Thirst

"Who, who, who?" The little white cat shook his arm anxiously. "Host, stop keeping me in suspense, tell me quickly!"

Jiang Chen smiled slyly and put the script away.