Became a vicious male mother

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As the sun rises, its rays shine through the dense foliage, casting dappled shadows on the gently swaying curtains.

It was almost six o'clock, and the two of them were already on their way to pay their respects.

Li Hetai slept all day yesterday, as the whip marks on his back cannot get wet.

He returned from the courtyard of the third branch of the Li family yesterday evening. Li Hetai was still asleep. After waking Li Hetai up for dinner, the man fell asleep again. When he wiped his body and applied medicine, the man was extremely tired. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was completely at Li Hetai's mercy.

But Li Hetai got up on time at five o'clock this morning.

Gu Xinglan watched that figure until it slowly stopped at the entrance of its destination.

He repeated the same thing about being in good health to Li Hetai.

After visiting Grandpa Li Hetai's room, they went to the ancestral hall to offer incense and kneel for more than ten minutes.

He was an outsider and couldn't even enter the ancestral hall. He could only watch as Li Hetai's small figure was swallowed up by the dim light.

After offering incense, Li Hetai was led by the servants to practice Tai Chi, while he, as an outsider, did not need to go with them.

Just as he had noted in his notebook, Li Hetai had been busy these past few days, doing whatever he was supposed to do at the appointed time. He was so busy that he didn't even see Li Hetai for half a day.

He, on the other hand, was much more relaxed.

The busy life he had imagined didn't materialize, because he was an outsider, and apart from the morning greetings, he had no time for anything else...

Gu Xinglan sat on the rocking chair in the courtyard, idly poking the floor with a wooden stick.

System: [I already told you not to come. Wushui is so much more interesting. If you wait a few years, you might just say goodbye to this place forever.]

The system, which hadn't been seen for several days, suddenly said such a thing.

He raised an eyebrow in confusion. "System, have you changed your chip recently?"

system:[?]

"You used to urge me to watch the hidden quests, but now you're begging me to give up. This isn't like you."

When the branch broke, Gu Xinglan simply lay down in the rocking chair.

The bent chair legs creaked and groaned like a lullaby, and he couldn't help but yawn. After a long while, he finally heard the system speak.

System: [Now it's time to get down to business.]

The electronic voice sounded very serious, and he raised his eyelids.

"What's the matter?"

I have a feeling that the system and the administrator have given up on him.

Recently, the system has been so idle that it has started chatting with him and playing music for him. Is this how a working system should behave?

System: [The Main God Space recently rectified a batch of villain departments, especially those that were extremely devoid of truth, goodness, and beauty, such as the Serial Killer Villain Department, the Mad Villain Department, and the Hypocritical Villain Department. Even our little villain incubation base has been ordered to rectify. No powerful being is willing to take over these departments now, as rectification would require a huge expenditure of mental energy.]

He understood all the words, so why did it feel so difficult to connect and understand them? Gu Xinglan pondered for a long time before asking in confusion, "So, how is it different from my role-playing task?"

System: [Yes.]

"Don't try to squeeze out every last bit of information, just tell me everything at once, I can handle it."

Gu Xinglan found a sunless step, sat down, and was ready to listen attentively.

System: [Simply put, this was originally a villain incubation base. Haven't you noticed there aren't many good people here? Everyone is a potential villain.]

Oh, it seems so, and it seems not. Gu Xinglan thought for a moment. The difference between good and bad can only be attributed to different perspectives. Considering things from the perspective of the other person is a more comprehensive approach.

But the most important question is, "What about me?"

This is his original world, only the timeline is different. If this is some kind of incubation base, then what about him?

What kind of villain is he?

System: [Host, you are not the villain.]

[A villain is meant to be evil. A truly evil villain would still be an evil villain even in other worlds.]

[This is just a mirror world, specifically designed to produce various villains for other worlds, but recently an accident occurred.]

[The biggest villain maintaining this world's operation, the target of this mission, surprisingly developed self-awareness when the world opened. The reason for this should lie with the target's stepmother, which is why you were sent here.]

However, it seems it caught the wrong person; it should have caught a female, but instead caught a male to play the role of a stepmother.

What exactly went wrong?

Fortunately, the previous administrator was lazy and didn't pursue the matter at all. Now that it's Administrator H's turn, they naturally think it's the previous administrator's fault.

[In short, since the Main God Space has already ordered rectification, and this world is now left to its own devices, all of the more than one hundred mission takers under this system will be sent back to their own worlds.]

[Only you remain, number 156.]

This notion of treating him like a virtual character left Gu Xinglan stunned.

Just as his decades of writing in his previous life were merely the result of data processing, the same applies here; it is also the result of data processing.

"System, are you kidding me?" Gu Xinglan managed a not-too-bad smile after a long struggle.

But the voice in his head did not respond to him anymore.

The boundary between sunny and shady areas is clear, and the breeze is refreshing. Snails are crawling on the walls. Although there are many weeds in the yard, if he cleans it up and plants some flowers, they will bloom next spring and won't look as desolate as they do now.

All of this is real, how could it be fake?

Villain? This isn't a storybook or a game.

Gu Xinglan blinked slowly, trying to recall good people in her mind.

Thinking about it carefully, there are still many positive characters here, such as the people in the police station, Officer Jiang, who lent him 2000 yuan and didn't have to pay it back, and the reporter Jiang, who even saved him in Lexington, not to mention the others, including the original owner's good friend, and other extraordinary people.

He faced many dangers, but he was also rescued many times. How can you say he wasn't a good person?

Perhaps the system was just making up an excuse to tease him.

While Gu Xinglan was lost in thought, the courtyard gate rang twice.

"Mr. Gu, are you inside?"

The door opened, revealing a person wearing beige work clothes; it seemed that all the servants in the yard wore this color.

"Third Master wants to see you. He has something important to discuss with you."

Serious business? Yes, serious business again.

Although the person who came was smiling, their subtle movements revealed fear and worry.

Even the people here, whose names I don't know, are so vivid and real.

The sense of unreality caused by the system subsided somewhat. Gu Xinglan patted the maid's shoulder and smiled, "I'll go back now. Thank you for letting me know."

The sunlight warmed the people in the courtyard.

The maid dared not look any longer, nodded hurriedly, her eyes shifting to the tips of her shoes, and said weakly, "Go quickly, Third Master is waiting for you."

It took more than ten minutes to reach Li Jianbai's courtyard.

Most of the herbs were picked yesterday, and they don't look as lush as they were yesterday.

Before Gu Xinglan could even knock, the door opened automatically, slowly spreading to both sides.