Compared to a wedding, the engagement ceremony was much simpler.
The hired host was witty and humorous. Just as Mingting was about to take out the engagement ring, his phone rang.
'Oh-ho, the plot begins.' A trace of mockery flashed in Mingting's eyes.
Mingting was a naturally formed spirit of fortune. When he is free, he often uses the Spiritual Mirror to observe the myriad worlds and the countless facets of life.
As a result, just after he had mocked the protagonists, side characters, villains, and cannon fodder of certain worlds for losing all intelligence and becoming lovestruck fools, and became the tools for the female protagonists, he was bound by the 'Wake-Up System' and thrown into this world.
The system told him his mission was to fulfill the wishes of the supplicant.
This was a world where a domineering CEO fell in love with a delicate White Lotus, and the supplicant was the infatuated male supporting role, Gu Mingting. (T/N: White lotus means a seemingly innocent but scheming woman.)
He grew up with the female protagonist, Shi Yunyun, and the male protagonist, Xiao Yu.
Mingting had fallen for Shi Yunyun, but the female protagonist loved Xiao Yu, and the two had gotten together in college.
Xiao Yu had a strong, overbearing personality, unlike Mingting's gentle and amiable nature.
Shi Yunyun had grown accustomed to turning to Mingting for help whenever she encountered trouble.
A single call from her, and Mingting would drop everything to rush to her side, playing the role of a tool to perfection.
Due to the recklessness and impulsiveness of Xiao Yu's father, the Xiao family faced a major crisis, forcing Xiao Yu to seek financial aid through an arranged marriage.
Coincidentally, Shi Yunyun became pregnant at this time.
During his engagement banquet, Mingting received a call from Shi Yunyun.
She sobbed, saying Xiao Yu was going ahead with the arranged marriage, that she would be mocked for having a child out of wedlock, and that her family would see her as a disgrace, so she didn't know what to do...
Hearing the girl he loved crying, Mingting abandoned his fiancée, Shen Tinglan, right then and there, leaving the engagement party immediately.
He took Shi Yunyun home, claiming she was pregnant with his child.
Despite fierce opposition from his parents, Mingting insisted on marrying Shi Yunyun.
After that, Xiao Yu connected with Shen Tinglan through mutual contacts, and the Xiao and Shen Families formed a marriage alliance, alleviating the Xiao Family's crisis.
A few years later, Shen Tinglan and her parents died in a car accident, and Xiao Yu took control of the Shen Family.
The first thing Xiao Yu did after integrating the Shen Family was to take action against the Gu Family.
Xiao Yu furiously accused Mingting of using underhanded tactics to steal his lover and son when he was at his lowest.
Shi Yunyun also tearfully denounced Mingting in interviews, accusing him of infidelity and domestic violence.
In an instant, the Gu Family's reputation plummeted to rock bottom.
Moreover, Shi Yunyun stole the Gu Family's business secrets, causing the Gu family to suffer a devastating blow.
No matter how hard Gu Mingxuan tried to turn things around, it was futile.
In the end, Xiao Yu became the true domineering CEO, giving Shi Yunyun a lavish wedding.
As for the Gu Family, Father Gu had a stroke, and Gu Mingxuan was relentlessly suppressed by Xiao Yu, hitting roadblocks at every turn.
Because of that, Gu Family was eventually forced to relocate to a remote small town.
Gu Mingting, consumed by shame, made a deal with the Wake-Up System at the cost of his soul.
His wish was for his parents to live long and healthy lives, for his elder brother's career to reach new heights, and—to make amends to Shen Tinglan, whom he had abandoned at their engagement ceremony.
While the protagonists of many small worlds had admirable morals, some main characters' words and actions disgusted Mingting to no end.
If not for the system's promise that completing missions would earn soul fragments, which were essential for cultivating a physical form, he wouldn't have bothered taking this on.
At this time, the ringing phone had interrupted the engagement ceremony, drawing everyone's attention to Mingting.
Mingting took out his phone phone and accepted the call. Then, he held it near the host's microphone and put it on speaker.
"Hello? Mingting, what are you doing? Can you come over? I'm not feeling well… I feel so uncomfortable…"
A delicate, coquettish voice came through the speakers, and Shen Tinglan's parents' expressions darkened instantly.
"I'm very busy now, Shi Yunyun, if you feel unwell, go find Xiao Yu."
Mingting frowned.
"Either take a taxi to the hospital, or tell your mother, or call 120." (T/N: 120 is China's emergency number.)
"No, I can't tell them."
From the other end of the phone, Shi Yunyun shook her head repeatedly, and there's a hint of panic in her voice.
Staring at the two red lines on the pregnancy test in her hand, she sniffled and pleaded softly, "Can't you just spare some time to come over? I really need you right now."
At this time, whispers spread among the guests.
Father Shen's face is very dark at this time, and Father Gu also frowned. If there were no people around, he might have stormed over to demand an explanation from his youngest son.
Seeing Shi Yunyun pull the same old trick, Mingting sneered.
'She knew today was the original owner's engagement, yet she chose this moment to call? Was she that confident in her hold over him?' (T/N: I'll just call the previous Gu Mingting as original owner.)
'Did Shi Yunyun ever consider that, given the original owner's personality, he would abandon his fiancée and guests upon hearing her plea?'
'How humiliated would the Shen family and Shen Tinglan be then?'
'In the original timeline, when her fiancé was summoned away by another woman's call during the engagement ceremony, Shen Tinglan instantly became the laughingstock of their social circle.'
'She acted without regard for consequences, leaving innocent people to bear the fallout.'
'A person shouldn't be both selfish and shameless.'
Faced with such a hypocritical woman, Mingting decided to embrace being a scumbag!