Too Bad, My System Is Simply Superior - Chapter 1:

Chapter 1: The Villain Is Reborn.

“Zhou… I swear I’ll pay the money back! Please, just give me a few more days!”

A beautiful woman who had just turned forty bent forward apologetically. She had a slender yet remarkably curvaceous figure, and the uniform she wore seemed almost tailor-made for her, perfectly accentuating her mature beauty.

Zhou Feng sat on the sofa with one leg crossed over the other, his expression indifferent. He seemed completely unmoved by the woman’s desperate plea.

Although Zhou Feng appeared calm on the surface, his mind was currently reeling as he digested a flood of information.

In his previous life, he had been framed. In the end, he had died from hunger and exposure.

But now, he had been reborn.

He had returned to when he was twenty years old.

However, this world was somewhat different. It was a world formed from the fusion of several novels.

His current identity was not much different from the one he had possessed in his previous life. He was the young master of the Zhou Family in Tiandu City and the family’s sole heir.

His grandfather, Zhou Dongfang, had once fought campaigns across the land and accumulated countless military achievements. His father dominated the business world and owned countless enterprises.

As for Zhou Feng himself, it could be said that he had inherited none of his family’s outstanding qualities.

Ever since childhood, he had cared only about eating, drinking, and having fun. He had never taken his studies seriously and had started living a carefree, idle life at an early age.

His college entrance examination results had been terrible. Because of this, his father, Zhou Qiqiang, completely abandoned the idea of letting Zhou Feng continue his education.

Even if he sent him abroad to study, Zhou Feng would only embarrass himself.

Zhou Feng was equally hopeless when it came to martial arts. He had no talent whatsoever, and even Zhou Qiqiang personally supervising his training had accomplished nothing.

He had failed to learn even the slightest bit of his family’s martial arts.

Thus, after Zhou Feng graduated from high school, Zhou Qiqiang simply stopped sending him to school and casually arranged a position for him in one of the companies under his name.

At that point, Zhou Qiqiang could only hope that Zhou Feng would eventually have children and place his hopes on the next generation.

There was nothing else he could do.

Their family might not have a throne waiting to be inherited, but they certainly had an enormous fortune.

However, despite Zhou Feng’s formidable family background, he was not a protagonist blessed by destiny.

Instead, he had become nothing more than a stepping stone for the protagonist.

Zhou Feng looked at the beautiful woman standing before him.

Qin Xiaoxue.

He had known Qin Xiaoxue for many years because her son, Ye Yun, had been Zhou Feng’s high school classmate.

At that moment, memories of everything he had experienced before his rebirth surged through Zhou Feng’s mind.

Ye Yun was the culprit who had destroyed his family in his previous life and ultimately caused him to die miserably from hunger and exposure.

And the reason Zhou Feng had become enemies with Ye Yun in the first place was Ye Yun’s mother, Qin Xiaoxue.

Qin Xiaoxue had gambled her entire fortune on cryptocurrency speculation and lost everything, leaving herself buried under an enormous debt. She had subsequently mortgaged her company to the Zhou Group.

Following normal procedures, Zhou Feng had come to inspect and seize the company’s accounts in preparation for taking over the business. He had also refused Qin Xiaoxue’s request for yet another extension.

In truth, Zhou Feng had already given her more than half a year.

Every single time, Qin Xiaoxue had begged him for another extension.

This time, Zhou Feng had finally hardened his heart and decided to take over the company.

However, Qin Xiaoxue had been unable to accept the reality. She turned around and jumped from a building.

From that moment onward, Ye Yun hated Zhou Feng, believing that Zhou Feng had driven Qin Xiaoxue to suicide.

That had left Zhou Feng utterly frustrated.

‘Wasn’t Qin Xiaoxue the one who recklessly gambled everything away and brought this upon herself?’

‘You lost everything speculating on cryptocurrency and decided to jump off a building. What does that have to do with me?’

Only later did Zhou Feng finally realize why Qin Xiaoxue had chosen to jump.

Two words.

Extort money.

Qin Xiaoxue had deliberately chosen to jump in front of Zhou Feng precisely so that he would be subjected to moral condemnation.

She wanted everyone to believe that she had been driven to suicide.

Sure enough, unscrupulous reporters soon began publishing defamatory reports, claiming that the Zhou Family had caused someone’s death for the sake of money and spreading similar accusations.

In the end, Zhou Feng still paid Ye Yun a considerable amount of compensation and spent even more money silencing the reporters.

However, despite taking the money, Ye Yun’s hatred toward Zhou Feng did not diminish in the slightest.

Over the following three years, Ye Yun encountered one extraordinary opportunity after another.

Not only did he become the disciple of a legendary old master and cultivate his martial arts to an astonishing level, but both his love life and career flourished. Numerous beautiful women even threw themselves at him of their own accord.

Three years later, Ye Yun directly brought the enormous Zhou Family crashing down.

Zhou Feng’s entire family was destroyed.

He himself was reduced to begging on the streets, yet Ye Yun secretly sent people to prevent anyone from helping him.

Not a single person dared to give Zhou Feng even the smallest handout.

In the end, during the bitter cold of winter, Zhou Feng starved to death.

His death had been unimaginably miserable.

Meanwhile, Ye Yun had successfully taken revenge and went on to become a winner in life.

There was absolutely no logic to it!

The Zhou Family had struggled for several generations and accumulated its wealth and influence over decades before reaching its current heights.

Yet Ye Yun had gone from having his family ruined to soaring to the very top in just a single year.

There was nothing Zhou Feng could do about it.

That was simply what it meant to be the protagonist.

Whether anyone accepted it or not, that was how ridiculous protagonists were.

[Ding! Host identity confirmed. Villain System binding…]

[Ye Yun’s main plotline has been triggered. Transmitting information…]

[Name: Ye Yun.]

[Age: 20.]

[Information: Protagonist of Three Years of Humiliation, I Made My Enemies Kneel.]

[Cultivation: None.]

[Talent: Top-tier talent. Cultivation speed for any martial art will be extraordinarily fast.]

[Personality: Vindictive, discards others once they have served their purpose, and repays kindness with betrayal.]

[System: Not activated.]

[Items: None…]

[Martial Arts: None…]

…

At that moment, a voice suddenly echoed through Zhou Feng’s mind.

‘A system!’

Zhou Feng’s eyes lit up, and a smile slowly appeared at the corners of his lips.

‘Without this system, how am I supposed to fight against all these novel protagonists?’

Every single one of those people had their own cheats.

‘So it’s perfectly reasonable for me, the villain, to have one too, right?’

However, Zhou Feng had never expected Ye Yun to actually be a character from a novel. If that was the case, then Zhou Feng himself must have been a villain from that same novel in his previous life.

The only difference was that this life had somehow merged with several other novels.

For now, the protagonists from those other novels had yet to appear.

His only opponent at present was Ye Yun.

Just then, the system’s voice sounded in Zhou Feng’s mind once again.

[System choices have appeared.]

[Option 1: Reject Qin Xiaoxue’s request. Reward: One sports car.]

[Option 2: Agree to give her a few more days and allow yourself to be deceived once again. Reward: Qin Xiaoxue’s Favorability +1.]

[Option 3: Aunt, have you ever considered compensating me in another way? Reward: One beginner-level martial art.]

Looking at the three options, Zhou Feng fell into thought.

‘If I reject Qin Xiaoxue’s request, she’ll definitely jump from the building just like she did in my memories.’

‘Wouldn’t that mean everything would simply continue down the same path as before?’

Besides, what use did he have for another sports car? His family already owned more than he could count.

As for the second option, agreeing to give her a few more days?

What was the point?

All he would receive was Qin Xiaoxue’s Favorability +1.

Although Zhou Feng had no idea what Qin Xiaoxue’s current favorability toward him was, an increase of just 1 probably wouldn’t accomplish much.

In that case, he might as well choose the third option.

At least it would reward him with a martial art.

[I choose Option 3!]

Zhou Feng made his decision without the slightest hesitation.

The system immediately informed him that the reward would be issued once he completed the task.

Zhou Feng then looked at the other people in the room and said, “You guys head outside first. I want to talk to her alone.”