I don't want to be your wife.

The water from the showerhead flowed down Su Mu's hair, across his handsome face, and down his barren chest.

"If I could really do it all over again, would things be different? If I were a real girl, would everything be different?"

Su Mu began to fantasize about that elusive impossibility; perhaps dreams were the only refuge.

"Perhaps I can help you make the decision."

The voice that suddenly appeared in his mind startled Su Mu, but the voice then said, "According to your understanding, you can call me System."

Chapter 3 System (Revised)

"system?"

Su Mu couldn't help but ask a question, after all, this was a standard accessory for protagonists in novels, but something he had never heard of in reality.

"Is it the kind of overpowered protagonist system that's always present in novels, the kind that lets me dominate everything?"

"No, the system is just using a way of expressing things to make it easier for you to understand."

The system's calm voice rang directly in Su Mu's mind, "You can treat me as an alien being, but the help I can give you is similar to what you know about systems, so you can treat me as a system."

"Alien beings? They seem more credible than the system."

After a moment of silence, seemingly convinced by the system's explanation, he then asked...

"Why did you come to me? And how are you going to make a decision? Like in novels, just give me tasks, plan my life, and let me follow your instructions step by step? Then you can leave, I don't need it."

Su Mu's attitude was quite indifferent. Although he was very distressed, he did not want his future to be planned out like this.

"Don't rush, let me finish speaking before you make a decision."

The purpose of finding you is simple. As I said, I am actually what you believe to be an alien being, but unfortunately, my spaceship crashed.

My belongings are forced to remain in the plane of this city. I need you as an anchor point to help the spaceship pinpoint my location. My only requirement for you is that you cannot leave P City.

After saying this, the system paused, then said with a hint of doubt.

"Although I shouldn't be telling you this, there's something wrong with your timeline. I need to solve this problem first before I can find a way back."

"As for how to help, that's up to you to decide. I can't help you with rebirth, but I can make you, from now on, a girl."

There's no going back, but starting now and becoming a girl might be a way to resolve your doubts.

"As for how to become a girl, that involves my reward to you," the system's voice remained as calm as ever. "The reward and conditions are as follows."

"First, you can choose to get one item from the system shop every day. As for what the specific item is and what its function is, you can see for yourself. The shop refreshes at midnight every day."

"Secondly, each item has its own cooldown time, and the more valuable the item, the longer the cooldown time for repeated acquisition. It can be as short as one or two days, or as long as ten years."

"Then there are the requirements: you cannot leave P City at will, and you must explain to me every time you leave. If it is more than a month, you can only leave after I return."

"That's about it. Just to add, everything you choose is valid for the day only and will disappear the next day. And the pill I mentioned that can make you a girl isn't anything very rare."

"..." Su Mu fell silent. He had to admit that the conditions offered by the system were very tempting.

"Well, have you made up your mind yet?" The system's voice finally carried a hint of urgency, which piqued Su Mu's curiosity.

"Why are you in such a hurry? What if I don't intend to sign the contract?"

After some time of consideration, Su Mu calmed down and even tried to see if he could get some more benefits from the system.

"You!" The system's voice carried a hint of exasperation.

"I know what you want. This is the last offer. If the situation is really urgent, we can ignore the CD, okay?"

Of course, the final interpretation right is not mine!

"Hmm," Su Mu thought for a moment, "Alright, the conditions seem acceptable. Also, can you tell others about your existence? I won't die if others know about you, right?"

"If you're not afraid of being treated like an idiot, you can go to your school's playground right now and shout that you have a system."

"Hehehehe," Su Mu chuckled for a while. After all, so much pressure had suddenly appeared overnight, and a quick shower provided a breakthrough to resolve it. Su Mu's mood immediately relaxed.

"Wait, take a shower?" Su Mu was stunned for a moment, looked down at his naked body, and recalled that he seemed to have had an erection while taking a shower and then heard the system's voice. He suddenly blushed and started cursing.

"******, couldn't you at least remind me I'm taking a shower? Huh? Just because you can look at a boy's naked body doesn't mean you can just ***!"

"My aesthetic sense is on a completely different level from yours. To me, seeing your naked body is like you humans watching a dog take a bath—purely for fun."

Although the system's voice returned to its calm tone, it was unexpectedly sarcastic: "Also, your voice was too loud. If I hadn't blocked the sound of the toilet from spreading in time, your roommate would have found out."

"Huh? Is it my fault?" Su Mu said in a low voice, "Isn't it all your fault? And what do you mean by saying 'like a dog'? Are you calling me a dog?"

The system felt it didn't want to communicate with Su Mu anymore; continuing would only make it angrier.

Before the system could continue thinking, Su Mu's voice came through, "Hey system, how do I sign this contract? Do I need a paper contract?"

"No need, the contract was already established the moment you agreed."

"Hey, if it's voice activation, then you can just lie to me with your answer? You can also secretly change the content, that would be such a loss for me!"

"No, there was no contract to begin with, just a verbal agreement. I've already tied my warehouse to you, so naturally I know whether you're in P City or not."

"Huh?" Su Mu was speechless. "So now I can get things from the system shop too, right?"

"Okay, that's settled. Since you've agreed, please stay in P City and abide by our agreement. I'll be leaving tonight. If you have any questions, just silently recite 'System' three times, and I'll come out to answer them for you."

"Hmm~" Su Mu stretched as he came out of the bathroom after taking a shower and realized that it was already 10:20, almost time to turn off the lights.

At this moment, Su Mu's three roommates were all sitting in their seats, facing Su Mu.

Su Mu was about to explain when Xiang Yangxuan interrupted him.

“Brother Mu, you never talk about your family situation in the dorm, and we never ask. But seeing how you are today, we, as your brothers, can't just ignore you. We don't know much about your family, but if you're having any difficulties, just tell us. We'll do everything we can to help. Also…”

"Stop!" Before Xiang Yangxuan could continue speaking, Su Mu interrupted everyone else who was about to say something.

“I know you’re worried, but I’ve roughly figured out how to solve this.”

I'm planning to move out of the dorm in a few days, but I can't get my application approved, so I'd appreciate it if you could help me with that.

This is all the help you can give me. I'll be moving back in a while.

As he spoke, Su Mu thought about the drug that supposedly could change gender, recalling its six-month cooling-off period, and considering the problems he would have to face after the college entrance exam. His left hand, hidden behind his back, once again...

I used force.

(Su Mu: Did you think I'd forget about the cooldown time of the medicine and end up like a girl in the dorm, all flustered and overwhelmed? No, no, no! As a seasoned otaku who's watched countless anime and manga, how could I possibly make such a mistake?)

Chapter 4 Moving (Revised)

Half a month has passed since the National Day holiday, and the first round of review for senior high school students is in full swing.

In order to avoid being discovered by the dormitory manager, Su Mu did not take any of his belongings out of the dormitory except for some essential items. However, it took him two weeks to find a place to live outside and move his things out intermittently.

"Brothers, I'm leaving this afternoon and will probably be back in six months."

Su Mu smiled, looking at his roommates' tense faces, and comforted them, "What are you afraid of? Is there any problem that your brother Mu can't solve? Besides, it's time for me to make some changes. These six months will be a great attempt."

"But Brother Mu, are you really alright?" Xiang Yangxuan was the first to ask.

"Yes, Brother Mu, you probably don't realize how scary you looked back then. We were worried that you might do something rash if you were alone."

Even Chen Yuxuan, who was usually engrossed in games, unusually watched Su Mu pack his things quietly, letting his teammates curse him for AFK.

"Brother Mu, you've always been the most optimistic one in our dorm. We really can't imagine what could make you bury your head in your blanket and stay up all afternoon." Even the usually cheerful Zhang Chi's face was devoid of his usual smile.

"Why are you all making such a sad face? I'm not that fragile. It's not that I don't trust you," Su Mu paused, "it's just that this is something I have to solve myself."

After a period of silence, Xiang Yangxuan stood up, gritted his teeth, and patted Su Mu on the shoulder. "Okay, since you've made up your mind, we'll trust you. But if there are any problems that we can't solve, we'll do our part. Everyone remembers how you've taken care of us these past two years, otherwise we wouldn't be calling you, the youngest, 'brother'."

"Alright, alright, I'm leaving now. From today onwards, you guys will be in charge of dealing with the dorm supervisor!" Su Mu touched the pill he had taken out of his pocket when he woke up this morning, and his resolve hardened.

"Everything depends on these six months."

Su Mumu arrived at the house she had found.

"crunch~"

The old wooden door opened with a feeble groan, but even in such an old house, because it was right next to P City No. 1 Middle School, the rent for a small old apartment basically cost Su Mu all his savings from the past two years.

"I heard this building belongs to someone else, you evil capitalists! If it weren't for you, this place wouldn't be so expensive!"

While lamenting the evils of capitalists, Su Mu cleaned the apartment. It seemed to have been vacant for quite some time, and Su Mu had only managed to clean about half of it in the two weeks he had spent moving things around.

Su Mu's rented apartment has two bedrooms and a living room. Two weeks ago, when the cleaning staff came, they cleaned the living room and the room he planned to live in. Su Mu stood in the middle of the living room, looking at the kitchen and bathroom that had just been cleaned, and took out the medicine that he had changed that morning.

“It’s Friday today. We still have one day off each day, so let’s eat it now. If anything unexpected happens, we’ll have one day each day to adjust.” After saying that, Su Mu took out the pill that looked like a Maltesers, but then stopped.

"Why are you hesitant to make a decision now that it's time to take action?" Su Mu grasped his slightly trembling left hand with his right. "We've made so many preparations, how can we hesitate here!"

Su Mu closed his eyes and swallowed the pill directly.

The pill looked like a Maltesers, but it tasted strange. It soon spread in Su Mu's mouth, filling his entire oral cavity with a peculiar flavor.

"vomit"

Su Mu couldn't help but gag, and soon felt dizzy. Despite his drowsiness, Su Mu only managed to reach the sofa before collapsing from exhaustion.

"Qin Feng, have you made up your mind? Are you going to hand over the shares or take a gamble? Make your decision now."

A portly middle-aged man sat in the guest chair in front of the desk, and his tone was full of pressure towards the office owner.

Sitting in the main seat was a very young man, and Qin Feng had indeed just come of age. He had only been in charge of the company for less than a year since inheriting his parents' estate. Facing the middle-aged man in front of him, his eyes were filled with anger, but he could only say unwillingly, "Uncle Song, my parents treated you well when they were alive. Do you really have to push me to this point?"

Qin Feng was filled with hatred. He hated that even after being reborn, he couldn't save his parents from dying of terminal illness. He hated that even though he was framed by a mole in his previous life, he was still killed by his own people in this life.

He turned to the man standing next to the middle-aged man and said calmly, "Uncle, you are my father's younger brother. We grew up together and worked hard together to build this company. Is the blood ties between nephew and son more important than this little bit of money?"

Qin Shuo merely glanced at him indifferently and said, "Feng'er, of course, the bond between nephew and son is important, but I don't think you, at the age of a high school student, are qualified to be the president of our Qin Corporation."

Qin Feng fell silent. In his previous life, after he was framed and went bankrupt, it was his uncle who escorted him all the way to the Middle East, where he survived being hunted down by others.

During the ten years he lived alone in the Middle East, he always hoped that his uncle would one day come to take him back, but he never saw anyone his uncle sent, even after he died on the battlefield as a mercenary. He initially thought his uncle had failed to save the company, but now he realizes that it was all his uncle's doing.

When Qin Feng raised his head again, his face was expressionless, with only endless hatred in his eyes.

"Just wait, I will resolve this crisis, and you will all be dealt with one by one."

"Then please hurry, Feng'er. If the payment isn't made up and the company's stock goes wrong, the Qin family won't be able to survive."

"Bang!"

Qin Feng didn't continue the argument, slammed the door and left, leaving the two people in the office speechless.

After a long while, the portly middle-aged man slowly uttered his first words—

"Old Qin, haven't we gone too far?"

“No, Lao Song, he’s only nineteen, but he’s going to take over the huge Qin Group. When my brother was still alive, the handover could have been smooth, but my brother is dead. Now he’s the head of the Qin Group, but he’s not worthy.”

“I don’t know how he managed to find Lao Wang, but that’s not enough. If he can’t even take the company back from me, then he’s not capable.”

"Furthermore, if Feng'er needs to raise the funds, she can only sell that building. I will secretly acquire it. This is the capital that Feng'er will use to secure her livelihood, and I can better protect it."

"Besides, the people in that building are either long-time employees of the Qin family or friends my brother made when he was struggling. They won't make things difficult for Feng'er if she's in trouble."

“My brother has done a great favor for both me and you. If we can help Feng’er grow up this time, she will dare to meet my brother and sister-in-law even in the afterlife.”

After Qin Shuo finished speaking, the office fell silent for a long time.

Chapter 5 First Encounter (Revised)

Qin Feng, who had already left, was unaware of the conversation between the two in the office. He rubbed his bloodshot eyes from not sleeping all night, opened the car door, and drove towards the building where his last asset, the apartment rented by Su Mu, was located.

This old building should have been demolished and rebuilt long ago. As a prime location next to the No. 1 Middle School, countless real estate developers have long coveted this building. However, it was the capital that the Qin family started with, and in P City, the Qin family is the largest real estate developer.

The building was not far from the Qin family's headquarters, and Qin Feng returned here in less than ten minutes.

Qin Feng could have easily sold the building, and he believed that countless people would be willing to take it over. However, as soon as he stepped downstairs, memories kept flooding back into his mind.

Should he really sell it? Qin Feng didn't know if his current choice was right. This was one of the few remaining memories he had with his parents.

"Let's go up and take a look first; it's been so long since we've been here."

This place was originally just a small apartment. Qin Feng's parents bought it initially, but after the two of them started a business together and made money, they bought this building and prepared a room as their wedding room.

The building is not tall; its seven-story height is even shorter than some areas in small cities today. The walls, which have been painted time and again, and the cobwebs in the corners, all silently tell the story of the building's long history.

Standing in front of room 201, Qin Feng took out the key he had prepared beforehand, but his thoughts drifted away once again.

In his previous life, 18-year-old Qin Feng watched his parents collapse at his coming-of-age banquet. His happy life had come to an end, and everything had fallen into an abyss of no return.

A year later, although Qin Feng kept persuading his parents to get medical checkups, he could only delay their deaths. Qin Feng still lost his parents forever a few months ago.

Inserting the key into the lock, Qin Feng frowned as he opened the door that hadn't been opened for decades.

"crunch~"