novelraw Chapter 66 : I Don't Believe in Fate
Chapter 66 : I Don't Believe in Fate
Time flew by, and three days passed quickly.
Su Huan sat in the car, looking at the trending hashtag on her phone: #Ning Yu Tang Tang: Simple Wedding, Not Simple Love#
In the video, Ning Yu wore a white suit with a radiant expression.
"Tang Tang and I have unanimously decided to take the money for the wedding ceremony and establish a charity foundation for sick children, hoping to help more people. As for our wedding, we will only invite some close friends and family for a simple ceremony."
The interview was from yesterday, and because of the wedding, it had been trending all day, garnering countless positive reviews and bringing considerable attention to Ning Corporation.
Su Huan looked at the person on the screen with a sarcastic expression.
The protagonist's halo was truly powerful—a casual interview could turn defeat into victory.
"Miss Su, we've arrived."
Hearing this, Su Huan put away her phone and looked outside.
As Ning Yu had said, the scale of this banquet wasn't large. Compared to others in her circle, it could even be called modest.
Even so, quite a few people had come. Su Huan glanced around briefly and saw they were all company executives. Ning Bai was moving among them with a beaming smile, greeting everyone. When he saw Su Huan, he only glanced at her indifferently before looking away as if nothing had happened.
Su Huan didn't approach either. After submitting her invitation and claiming to be Tang Tang's good friend, she had a waiter take her to the dressing room.
Although the wedding was simple, proper etiquette was still observed, especially for a prominent family like the Nings, who paid particular attention to such matters.
Ning Yu and Tang Tang weren't in the same dressing room. To avoid the two meeting, they were deliberately separated on different floors of the hotel.
Su Huan looked around, her gaze stopping on the surveillance camera overhead, but she only blinked.
When she blinked, the red light on the surveillance camera flickered momentarily.
The next second, she pushed the door open and entered.
'Tang Tang' sat in front of the makeup mirror, already made up but not yet changed into her dress.
She seemed to have anticipated this, so seeing Su Huan didn't surprise her. Instead, she smiled, appearing to be in quite a good mood.
"The wedding is about to begin, and the plot is about to end. Everything will finally return to the right track. I'm sorry for changing your life. The external system and invaders were all accidents, though this can't be separated from our oversight. After the world restarts, we will upgrade this world's defensive attributes to ensure similar incidents won't happen again."
Su Huan stood behind her, her expression unchanged. "What about Tang Tang? Is she still alive?"
"Of course. I'm only temporarily controlling the female lead's consciousness and taking over her body. First, to ensure the plot develops smoothly, and second, to protect the female lead from harm."
'Tang Tang' spoke while turning her chair halfway to face Su Huan, tilting her head with confusion in her eyes. "According to world rules, the second female lead always likes the female lead, but why do you love an invader? Even repeatedly harming the female lead for the sake of an invader?"
The system didn't understand. Its database contained countless samples—every second female lead had different personalities, but every second female lead stood in the female lead's camp, willing to sacrifice themselves for her.
Only Su Huan was an exception, which puzzled the system greatly.
Even if Su Huan's future ending wasn't good, she still had the ability to survive. This world had given her far more than she had lost.
So why would she rebel against this world for the sake of an invader?
Su Huan: "Your data is outdated. Why don't you chat with another system? Although it's somewhat useless, its data updates are timely, and it understands current market trends better than you."
'Tang Tang' made a sound of interest as blue data streams lit up.
After a moment, she shook her head.
"According to detection, the invading program is just a tool without the ability to create worlds. It can only survive by absorbing our energy. According to incomplete statistics, programs with similar energy are constantly invading small worlds, and countless worlds have been destroyed due to complete energy depletion.
I don't believe I need to communicate with such a program that doesn't respect life. However, I will report your suggestion to the world's will, but unfortunately, there will be no changes."
'Tang Tang' finished speaking and looked at Su Huan again.
"But you're different. Since this world was born, countless readers have liked you very much. They feel sorry for you, pity you, and have repeatedly asked the creator to change your ending. But your actions don't deserve their affection. You betrayed the creator and betrayed those who like you. You need to atone. After everything ends, you will carry your memories and experience the plot over and over again, watching how the broken you is saved by the female lead, then abandoned by her."
Speaking of this happy prospect, 'Tang Tang' laughed heartily.
"This is your predetermined fate."
Su Huan's eyes were filled with darkness.
"Hotel surveillance system infiltrated." Li Xiang's voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece.
"What a pity, I don't believe in fate!"
Su Huan pressed the newly developed portable signal blocker in her hand, watching 'Tang Tang's' expression gradually disappear as her body fell to the ground with a thud, losing control.
Almost instantly, the body moved again, and her face showed a terrified expression.
"Su Huan! Su Huan, help me! I don't want to marry Ning Yu, I don't want to get married!"
Su Huan stepped forward quickly and struck the back of her neck hard with a knife-hand blow, looking down at the person who had collapsed before her.
"Begin the next phase of the plan."
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On the lawn below the hotel, people stood in small groups of two or three.
Ning Bai listened to the big shots' flattery and probing while inconspicuously glancing toward the hotel, a string in his mind tightly wound.
Damn it, he shouldn't have helped Su Huan—couldn't catch the fox and got himself in trouble instead.
But it was too late to say anything now.
Ning Bai prayed in his heart that nothing would go wrong, then saw Ning Yu in formal wear emerge from the hotel.
People are in high spirits during happy events. Ning Yu took a glass of wine from a waiter and joined their conversation with a smile. "Thank you, aunties and uncles, for taking time from your busy schedules to attend my wedding. Ning Yu is deeply grateful."
"President Ning, what are you saying? You're getting married—we elders must certainly attend." The woman speaking looked at Ning Yu with satisfaction. "Your parents can finally hold their heads high. I heard your wife is already pregnant? This is truly double happiness."
At this mention, both Ning Yu's parents looked somewhat uncomfortable. Pregnancy was good news, but premarital pregnancy was somewhat undignified.
But with so many people present, they couldn't say anything.
Ning Yu seemed completely unconcerned—she had gone through such great efforts to get Tang Tang pregnant, so naturally she saw no problem with it.
Thinking of Tang Tang, Ning Yu sipped her wine and looked toward the hotel.
"Auntie, Uncle, please continue chatting. I'll go check on Tang Tang."
She was about to leave when someone grabbed her. Turning around, she saw it was Ning Bai, and her expression immediately turned cold.
"What is it?"
"Grandfather wants us to come over for a moment," Ning Bai said naturally. "He says there's something about the company to announce."
Ning Yu was silent for a moment. "I understand."
She glanced toward the hotel, then turned to accompany Ning Bai to see the old man.
The old man wore a dark Zhongshan suit, hands resting on his cane, sitting in a chair with his eyes closed in meditation.
"Grandfather." Both called out in unison.
The old man opened his eyes, his gaze smiling. "A Yu, today is your wedding day. Grandfather has a gift for you."
The old man raised his hand, and a suited lawyer beside him handed over a document. "This is an agreement the old master prepared beforehand. One copy for each."
The two took their respective contracts according to their names. Upon seeing the contents, both showed equally shocked expressions.
"Grandfather!"
The old man waved his hand. "Today is your wedding day. These 5% shares are a wedding gift for you. The remaining 5% gift is for the child in that woman's belly. Until the child comes of age, these shares will be managed by A Bai. Similarly, I'm also giving A Bai 5% shares. Since he's not yet married and has no children, the future 5% shares for his child will also be transferred to his name. A Yu, you have no objections, right?"
Ning Yu's expression turned ugly.
Ning Bai smiled with his eyes curved. "Of course I have no objections. Thank you, Grandfather~"
Ning Bai reached out to give the old man a hug.
This way, his company shares were exactly 5% more than Ning Yu's, and the 5% shares for the child were also temporarily under his management. At least until the child came of age, Ning Yu couldn't suppress him.
Su Huan had truly kept her word.
Ning Yu frowned tightly. At this moment, she had no mood to find Tang Tang and sat alone in a chair, digesting this contract.
After a long while, she closed her eyes. After all, she was still the company's president for now.
She took a deep breath and had just stood up when she saw Tang Tang's makeup artist running toward her in panic, pale-faced and out of breath.
"President Ning! Something's wrong! Miss Tang has disappeared!"
Ning Yu's head buzzed as she lifted her skirt and ran toward the hotel.
Unlike the chaotic wedding scene, Su Huan's car was completely silent.
She had avoided cameras all the way back to the research institute outside the city, having bodyguards carry the unconscious Tang Tang into the laboratory.
Toward Tang Tang, they showed none of the gentleness they had toward Shen Xiaoyu, roughly restraining her to the bed with straps before attaching electrode patches to her body.
Su Huan stood to the side watching, with the still-bound Shi Qiubai beside her.
This time her mouth wasn't taped shut, but she didn't speak either, silently watching the researchers work.
"Everything is ready. Let's begin the third experiment now."
At the researcher's command, all equipment was activated simultaneously, lights on the devices flashing.
Electric current flowed through the wires to Tang Tang's body. She groaned in pain and began trembling.
"No, don't! Don't!"
Under the electric current, every nerve in her body was in agony, every cell splitting apart.
The masked researchers showed no expression. "No response? Increase the current."
As they increased the values, Tang Tang began screaming in pain.
"Ah—no—it hurts!"
Tang Tang twisted her body, trying to escape the current flowing through her, but her struggles didn't evoke anyone's sympathy. Instead, they increased the current again.
"Ah—" She screamed heartbreakingly, her eyes rolled back, and she completely lost consciousness.
The researchers frowned, exchanging words among themselves.
Just when they thought the experiment had failed, the laboratory lights suddenly went out, and the entire room lit up with red warning lights.
Ah—
Someone sighed, the sound light and ethereal, like smoke that could dissipate at any moment.
[Plot progress change detected. Activating backup program.]
[Backup program activation complete. Plot will be restored in two hours.]
[Restoration countdown 1:59—]
Everyone widened their eyes and looked toward the source of the sound, only to discover the red light was coming from Tang Tang.
And the one speaking was... her system!