The Villain Is Surrounded by Delusional Female Leads Who Won’t Leave Him Alone - Chapter 13:

Chapter 13: As Everyone Knows, A Web Novel Character’s Intelligence Will Never Exceed the Author’s

At the same time, inside Jianren Convenience Store.

“Boss, I’ll have breakfast!”

A girl in a pale blue long dress entered, only to see a greasy-looking middle-aged man busy doing accounts at the cashier.

“What do you want?” The greasy man didn’t even look up, his tone clearly annoyed.

“Breakfast!” The girl’s voice was full of energy—clearly a lively and spirited young woman.

“I said, what kind of breakfast?!”

The man frowned, thinking she must be some kind of fool, repeating herself like a broken recorder. Annoyed, he finally looked up—only for his eyes to light up.

Well now, a pretty little flower had walked in. Shenyuanmaru’s attention was instantly caught by her face.

“Ehh, Young Master didn’t say, and Jiuyun doesn’t know what kind of breakfast either.” The girl named Jiuyun seemed a bit simple.

Young Master? Already taken, and likely from a wealthy family.

Shenyuanmaru casually tore out the sketch he’d just begun drawing in his notebook.

The smile he’d almost shown disappeared instantly, his face returning to a blank expression.

“Then have this. Since you’re such a cute little thing… forget it, 30 yuan!” Shenyuanmaru pulled out some expired bread and milk that the staff had been about to toss, handing it over.

These rich brats—ugh! Disgusting. All the good things in life were wasted on them. Fine then, let’s give them a taste of something ‘special.’

Shenyuanmaru fumed inwardly.

Jiuyun blinked in confusion. “Thirty? But last time I bought…”

“No more talk of last time! This is a rare find I pulled out specially because I saw your fate. Imported from Japan! If you don’t want it, I’m not selling!” Shenyuanmaru cut her off.

While they argued—

“Is it done yet? Don’t make this a drawn-out mess again.”

Ye Chen sighed. If they hadn’t been in a rush, and if his other subordinates weren’t busy with missions, he’d never have brought Jiuyun to South City.

She was clumsy and useless. Couldn’t even make a bowl of porridge.

If it weren’t for how far his place was from the city, he’d have starved by now.

He’d drunk too much at the bar the night before, and after waking up with a bad stomach, he could only eat something clean and soft.

Right now, he was only at the entry level of the Thousand Yang Divine Technique—it wasn’t enough to resist internal bacteria.

Even when mastered, that cultivation technique had a rarely known weakness—Changqiang acupoint. That was… well, where the chrysanthemum was.

Unless he cultivated the Ten Thousand Yang Divine Technique, that place needed extra care.

So even though there were plenty of breakfast stalls downstairs, all of them were roadside vendors. Ye Chen just couldn’t trust their hygiene. He had no choice but to head to the city to buy clean food. He couldn’t let his chrysanthemum suffer.

Forget it, Ye Chen sighed. She was still one of his subordinates—loyal, if not smart.

“That one. Pay him.” Ye Chen made the decision.

“But, Young Master…”

“No buts! That’s it. Pay!” Ye Chen snapped.

He really couldn’t handle how Jiuyun kept fixating on trivial details. He felt more like a kindergarten teacher than a young master.

If not for her absolute loyalty to him, he wouldn’t have put up with it.

“…Alright.” Jiuyun responded with a wronged little whisper.

After buying breakfast, they ate in a hurry at the entrance, then Ye Chen rushed off with Jiuyun toward the Shen family.

The Shen family’s main influence was in Changning. That district was mostly home to Japanese or half-Japanese-South City hybrids. They controlled several commercial streets and shops both legal and illegal. While not dominant in South City, they were considered local tyrants in Changning.

As fellow outsiders, Ye Chen decided this was his best breakthrough point. He had arranged to meet Shen Xiaolong, the heir of the Shen family, for a potential alliance. Who would have thought they ended up drinking till they puked?

Normally Ye Chen could handle it himself, but his stomach was a mess, and he couldn’t bring out his full strength. To guard against potential threats, he had no choice but to bring Jiuyun along.

You couldn’t trust people from the underworld completely. Better to be prepared. Besides, Jiuyun’s current strength far exceeded his own.

Gurgle~~~~~

Before they’d even gone far, Ye Chen’s stomach let out a loud growl…

…

Noon. Shengde Hospital.

Fei Yangyao, who had only meant to fake sleep, ended up actually dozing off. He slowly woke up, blinking his eyes open to see Jiang Anran lying beside the bed. Her small hand was under his head like a pillow, her face resting there peacefully as she slept, a faint smile at the corner of her mouth. She looked incredibly adorable.

Seeing the usual hardworking “job maniac” finally sleeping soundly, Fei Yangyao couldn’t help but smile gently with affection.

Of all the characters in the original novel, his favorite was Jiang Anran.

She was strong, independent, resilient, upright, and simple. Everything he had imagined in an ideal partner. All of it hit right at the softest spot in his heart.

But it was also for this reason that dealing with her gave him a headache.

Sure, the characters in the novel weren’t real. But it was still hard for him to act cruelly toward her.

Besides, even if he did harden his heart, it wouldn’t change the fact that the plot had already gone off track.

And since the system didn’t seem to care either, why overthink it? Just do his best.

Luckily, the original novel was a light-brain feel-good web novel.

As everyone knows, a web novel character’s intelligence will never exceed the author’s. And in light-brain feel-good novels, the protagonist’s intelligence is already halved—and the female lead’s is halved again.

Even if Jiang Anran was supposed to be clever in the novel, by the time that math is done, she probably wouldn’t notice anything off… right?

Fei Yangyao couldn’t fire her anyway, so he could only comfort himself like this.

Since the plot had deviated, his injuries this time weren’t too serious. After a good night’s sleep, he was basically fine.

Not wanting to wake her, Fei Yangyao got out of bed carefully. He planned to take a walk and get some fresh air.

“Young Master, you mustn’t die!”

Just as he stepped out of the elevator, he heard a familiar girl’s wail. Fei Yangyao looked over.

Oh? Wasn’t that Ye Chen? What was he doing at the hospital?

Next to him was a girl in a pale blue, long, robe-style dress, with semi-transparent aqua-colored hair and eyes to match, giving her a pure, ethereal aura.

Even from a distance, she radiated the unmistakable air of a dumb girl. No doubt—this had to be Jiuyun.

In the original novel, she nearly got Ye Chen killed multiple times. You could say she was both a disaster and a blessing. The protagonist halo had saved Ye Chen time and again, turning disaster into fortune, helping him score major opportunities.

But now…

Fei Yangyao thought of how Ye Chen got shut down at Gu Xiyue’s place yesterday and couldn’t help but doubt his halo a bit. He needed to observe more.

Still… something was off, wasn’t it?

In the original novel, things were supposed to be minor at most. Nothing requiring a hospital visit.

Was this something the novel didn’t cover?

Fei Yangyao decided to follow them quietly and figure out what had happened.

“Who said I’m dying?!” Ye Chen snapped when he heard that.

“Huh? But I heard that people only come to the hospital when they’re dying…” Jiuyun mumbled.

“You—! Forget it, not worth arguing. Why is this line so long?!” Ye Chen stomped anxiously. “Ugh…”

Gurgle gurgle~

Just as he complained, his stomach made an ominous sound.

So Ye Chen really had diarrhea?

That was huge—it completely shattered his protagonist image. No wonder it wasn’t written. If it had been, readers would’ve been furious.

Fei Yangyao found a hidden spot to sit, eyes wide with curiosity.

Forget it, time to enjoy the show.

Just as he got comfortable to watch, he saw Jiang Anran coming downstairs.