There Will Always Be Protagonists With Delusions of Starting a Harem

Ye Zhizhou showed Qi Xing various records of the protagonist employing a water army to pour black water on Fu Xia while boosting her own image. With his spiritual power, he was able to dig up all of the protagonist's deeply hidden side accounts. The various side accounts had an excessive amount of dark history. Having vicious catfights with others, pouring black water and tearing apart the other goddesses in the game, praising herself… It took him a whole afternoon of hard work just to sort it out. Some of the abandoned side accounts could even be traced back to the time when the protagonist was still a teenager. Of course, at that time, the main targets for her to defame were her stepmother and sister.

“Here’s something particular.” He very considerately took a document and opened it, pointing to the ID circled in red. He smiled at Qi Xing. “See this ID? Jun Shujing made this side account half a year ago. It's part of a manhua group. Her drawing skills are pretty good. I suggest you go and have a look.”

Qi Xing had already received a lot of shocking news today. Seeing that Ye Zhizhou had specifically brought this up, he instinctively felt nervous and shook his head as he said, “I have no interest in manhua. It’s just Shujing’s hobby. It’s probably nothing.”

Ye Zhizhou looked at him sympathetically and sighed, "Young people nowadays are just too naive… You know Dream Continent has a special manhua channel right?"

Basically, very popular games would always have all kinds of derivative works of art made by players. Although Qi Xing didn't pay much attention to these things, he's aware of this. He nodded and replied, “I’m aware that there are some short manhuas drawn about the in-game classes, it’s pretty interesting.”

“Jun Shujing’s manhua circle has little to do with the official manhua channel, it could just be considered as a special branch. What they’re drawing isn't the in-game class characters, but small stories about the game’s Great Gods.” Ye Zhizhou looked him up and down, his smile getting increasingly wide. "Can you guess what Jun Shujing drew?"

His stare made Qi Xing’s hair stand on end. He firmly shook his head. “I’m not interested in guessing this.”

“I knew you’d answer like that.” He turned sideways and took out the tablet from his briefcase hanging on the back of his chair. He clicked open the bookmarked page and handed the tablet to him. “Look. This was a question she anonymously asked in a harem forum, before entering her manhua group.”

“Harem?” Qi Xing frowned.

He pushed the tablet forward again.

Qi Xing hesitated for a moment before taking the tablet. He looked at it for a few seconds before his eyes widened and he began to flip through the bookmarked pages.

Ye Zhizhou leaned back in his chair and sipped on his cup of tea, contentedly enjoying it. After finding this side account, he also reacted the same way as Qi Xing did. He was so surprised that he couldn't stop his hand from flipping through the pages! According to the timeline, when the protagonist created this side account, she hadn’t collected all seven male leads yet, only having caught Tang Ye and Qi Xing—but her mind was open and inclusive! So, she went on this harem forum to ask how to capture more excellent men… Maybe it was the commenter’s answers that caused her to lose her maiden heart, so she started a porn manhua, yes, a porn manhua! A porn manhua that featured her and the seven male leads doing all sorts of lovey-dovey things!

Unable to resist his curiosity, he spent 15 minutes skimming through the porn manhua. If he had to describe his feelings, he could only use these three words. Gasping in amazement!

As he remembered the part about Qi Xing in the manhua, he couldn’t stop his curiosity, so he coughed and asked in a low voice, “When you and Jun Shujing are doing it… You like to, en, like to call her a little enchantress?”

Qi Xing’s hand slipped and his expression twisted as he threw the tablet back at Ye Zhizhou, shaking his head. “No! I never had sex with her! We’re just good friends, not lovers! I just have a good opinion of her… And Tang Ye… Tang Ye just likes her cooking, he has no romantic affection for her! Yu Jiangbo and the others are just regulars at the Gentleman’s Pavilion and can be considered somewhat like Shujing’s business partners. Perhaps they also have good impressions of Shujing but they absolutely haven’t done anything with Shujing!”

Ye Zhizhou was surprised. This was completely different from what the plot information had said.

“Is there really no relationship between you guys? Then, why does everyone say that you all worship Jun Shujing?” He opened the porn manhua once again and pointed out a few dialogues. “No hobbies of spanking, calling her little enchantress, double **, low growling when excited, or feeling pleasure when secretly buying sexy lingerie online?”

Qi Xing was falling apart and wanted to raise his hand to block his ears. “No! None of them! You… Shujing…. she… How could she draw these sorts of things?!”

[The probability of Qi Xing and the protagonist falling in love has dropped to 0%, may the host persist in his efforts. The first soul flag has been pulled out. Congratulations to the host, may the host persist in his efforts. ]

Unexpectedly, the flag was directly pulled out… The reaction was so fierce, so it seemed like Qi Xing really wasn't with the protagonist. Perhaps, the other male leads also aren’t interested in her… He regretfully (?) set down the tablet and swept over Qi Xing with a benevolent gaze, saying, “Well, since that’s the case, let’s put the matter of Jun Shujing aside. Let’s first calculate the debt you owe me for helping Jun Shujing suppress my Fu family, and for me being kind-hearted enough to detoxify you today."

Chills ran down Qi Xing’s back, and he didn’t dare to act like a young master in front of Ye Zhizhou again. He obediently said, “I can explain the matter of suppressing the Fu family… Shujing said that there was a problem with Fu Yuan's ingredients and that consuming too much will cause damage to the body. But, because your Fu family was a powerful backer it was useless to report it. She couldn’t do anything, so she pleaded to us to help her block the Fu family’s resources to avoid more people being poisoned by your dishes.”

“So it turns out that it was our Fu Yuan’s dishes that were poisonous…” Ye Zhizhou tapped on the table, propping up the tablet while enlarging the portions of the porn manhua that starred Qi Xing. He pointed at it. “Tell me, who exactly has the poisonous dishes?”

Qi Xing turned his head, not wanting to look at his naked appearance in the manhua. He stiffly replied, “Gentleman’s Pavilion's dishes.”

“And whose dishes helped you detoxify?”

"Fu Yuan's dishes."

“Do you know what to do now?”

Qi Xing turned around to look at him and moved his hand to lift his coat. “I have here…”

Bang!

The private room's door was kicked open.

The waiter and the manager stood at the door, shaking and trembling before saying in a small voice, “Young… Young Master, this guest demanded to come to this room once he was aware that you were here. I-I couldn't stop him…"

Ye Zhizhou looked at the tall man standing in front of the manager with a stiff face and asked, “Excuse me, who are you?” The spiritual power floating in the air had already begun to dance happily. His hands holding the tablet tightened and he tried to keep his expression calm. “If you want to have a meal, please make a reservation. This private room is occupied.” As he said this, his eyes slid across the man's evil looking face, wildly drooling in his heart. His lover's appearance in this life is really… Really makes him want to pounce! He thought that he would've met his lover in-game first, he didn't expect that he would end up meeting him in real life before that.

Ge Lu quickly sensed that there was a gentle force slowly surrounding him, which rapidly relieved his headache. His tense body slightly relaxed as he carefully swept across Ye Zhizhou's face, before his eyes fell on the tablet in his hands. His expression then became black and he turned his head to look at Qi Xing, who was only lifting his coat, but looked like he was about to take off his clothes. He sneered. “Ye Zhizhou, are you looking to die? Instead of doing the quests when you had the time to, you actually ran off to play with pretty boys?" ”

Qi Xing suddenly set down the hand that was just lifting his coat, revealing a card in his hand. “You’ve misunderstood me, sir. I merely wanted to give this card to Brother Fu.”

“You’re that GM?” Ye Zhizhou was shocked, letting the tablet in his hand fall to the table with a thud. “You’re unexpectedly the fierce and extremely tyrannical dude? The one that threatened to kill me down to level 0? You’re…” The more he said, the angrier he felt. He got up and pounded the table, angrily pointing at him. "You're the one looking for death!"

Ge Lu stared him down and suddenly pushed his finger aside, before taking large strides forward with a murderous expression on his face.

Qi Xing saw his abnormal expression and hurried forward to block him. “Sir, please leave, I…”

“Get out of the way!” Ge Lu lightly and effortlessly pushed Qi Xing aside, quickly approaching Ye Zhizhou who was still staring at him with fearless eyes. Relying on his long arms, Ge Lu directly put one hand on Ye Zhizhou’s shoulder, took a step forward and grabbed his waist with the other hand to pull him into his embrace. Then, he lowered his head and kissed Ye Zhizhou.

Qi Xing, the waiter, and the manager, who all thought they would see a fight, were all shocked.

Familiar smell, familiar spiritual power, and even this unreasonable manner was familiar. There was a smiling expression in Ye Zhizhou’s eyes and he deliberately reached out to push Ge Lu away and tightly pressed his lips together to prevent the other from prying it open.

The hand wrapped around his waist tightened and the hand on his shoulder moved to pinch his chin. The ambiguous grinding on his lips became stronger.

This person was really… His mouth was forced open, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Ge Lu. Ye Zhizhou used the hand which was previously trying to push Ge Lu away to teasingly stroke his firm chest instead. He leaned forward, stuck out his tongue and lightly licked the other’s lips.

Ge Lu was momentarily stunned by his sudden response and Ye Zhizhou took the opportunity to finally to push him away. He wiped his lips and turned his head to look at Qi Xing. “Was the kissing show fun to watch?”

Qi Xing quickly snapped out of it, promptly turning his head away before stammering, “B-brother Fu, it seems that today isn’t suitable for the conversation. I-I’ll take my leave first. Don’t worry, I won’t… speak about your affairs.”

He actually ran away… Ye Zhizhou looked to the waiter and manager standing at the door again and smiled. “You know what you should do, right?”

The manager’s scalp became numb. He quickly nodded his head, turned the waiter, who was still in a state of shock, around and grabbed the private room's door handle. “I didn't see anything today. Young Master, please continue, continue…”

The door closed with a click, leaving only Ye Zhizhou and Ge Lu in the room.

The hand on his waist tightened once again, his body immediately fell into a warm and comforting embrace.

“Dear sir,” Ye Zhizhou prevented Ge Lu’s face from lowering again and smiled. “If you continue acting like this when I still don’t even know your name, I’ll be very troubled.”

“Ge Lu.” This cold-faced handsome man was still beautiful, even when he was acting like a hooligan. He rubbed his head against Ye Zhizhou’s palm and closed his eyes contentedly. "As expected, it's you… In the future, stop messing with my mind."

Ye Zhizhou raised his eyebrows. His lover's ability to say romantic words has increased in this life, ah.

"But also… Your face," Ge Lu opened his eyes, raising his hand to lightly touch his face and frowned. "Why is it different from your in-game face?"

“Aren’t you different from your in-game appearance as well?” Ye Zhizhou looked at his thick and long eyelashes, his hand was itching to pull them out. “Then, do you like what I look like right now, or in the game?”

Ge Lu chuckled, showing off an evil smile and hugged him again as he said, “Player Ye Zhizhou, to thank you for your contribution to the game, on behalf of the Dreaming Continent production team, I am gifting you a small gift."

His thigh was lightly rubbed, and Ye Zhizhou’s hands became even itchier. He asked, “What gift?”

Ge Lu slowly lowered his head, his lips getting closer and closer. He looked at Ye Zhizhou directly, with deep and charming eyes, saying with an ambiguous and low voice, “Of course, the gift is… me. This gift can’t be returned or exchanged, is bounded on acceptance and the time allotted is your entire lifetime, do you wish to accept?”

This appearance, the leg that was rubbing against his, as well as this ambiguous atmosphere… Ye Zhizhou put his arms around Ge Lu, slightly raising his head to kiss his lips as he smiled. “This gift is pretty good. I accept.”

When Ge Lu heard this, his body and mind both immediately became impassioned. He couldn't help lowering his head, kissing Ye Zhizhou deeply. The strength he put into the embrace seemed like he was trying to strangle someone. He had been searching for this "Ye Zhizhou" for a good ten years, now, he had finally found the right person. He must firmly capture this person and not give him any chance to escape!

After the real recipes were leaked out, Jun Shujing’s business in the game suffered a devastating blow. More than half of the players withdrew from her trade union and her food business shrunk overall. All of the various talented players who had been won over by her buffed foods were quickly poached and divided amongst other major trade unions. In just a few days, the name Gentleman’s Pavilion was synonymous with a joke.

On the game forums, there was a wave of posts exposing Great God Jing Shu. The protagonist’s various dark histories were dug out by experts and her reputation was quickly ruined. How high the players had regarded her before was how hard she fell now.

He finally completed the 89th task. Ye Zhizhou said goodbye to Married for Wealth and the others, found the nearest rest area to sit down and opened the game's various ranking boards. The protagonist’s name had already fallen from the wealth ranking's top ten a few days ago. And due to her influence, the ranks of several male leads, who were involved with her business, also fell a lot. It was somewhat sad to look at.

[The probability of Yu Jiangbo, Sun Fanchen, He Nian and the protagonist falling in love has dropped to 70%, may the host persist in his efforts.]

70%… Tang Ye, Shi Zhe, and the protagonist's love probability fell to 80% and didn't move again. Even Bao Yanan, who had the largest drop, still only dropped 50%. It seems like the previously released dark history on the forums still wasn't sufficient, or, it might be that the protagonist’s insect toxin effects were too persistent and strong.

He looked at the Holy Level Quest prompt that was floating in midair, moved his fingers, and took the initiative to send friend requests to all the male leads. He sent out a group message and invited them all to participate in the task of killing the Zerg queen a few days later. He thought of an evil trick and sent the same invitation to the protagonist. How could they not eat buffed foods for the hard task of killing the Zerg queen? Since they needed to eat buffed foods, then wouldn't it be very convenient for them to eat his food that had the Universal Qingwan Pill in it?

[Friendly Reminder: The Universal Qingwan Pill is unable to be brought into the game. ]

The scheme that was forming in his mind froze. It was like he was struck with a random lightning bolt during a clear sky, he forgot about this! Tongtian had no way to replicate the various pill effects into the game. Fuck!

[Another friendly reminder: Host can refine his own pills in the game.]

Ye Zhizhou pulled at his hair. “But, where can I find the strange herbs needed to refine these pills when they only exist in the space?"

[Can be replaced by herbs with similar effects. Please refer to the protagonist’s insect poison.]

… That kind of method seems a bit feasible. He had studied pill refining for decades in his previous life so he has a bit of experience. It’s decided, he’ll make the pills himself! In the real world, it’s not easy to gather all the male leads together. It’s better to do it in the game!

He opened his friend list and saw that Side Account 07 was online, so he happily went over—looking for the herbs for these pills is hard work, he might as well let his cheating device of a lover look for them. Right now, he has to go have a “proper” chat with all the male leads that have accepted his friend request.

The author has something to say:

Thank you Drizzling All My Life for the grenades and rockets! Thank you Iceberg for the two mines. Thank you Jun Shi, Weeping in Autumn, Arriving in Dark Clouds, and the Green Bamboo Snake for the mine! I love you so much = 3=

PS: The bear children are as fierce as a tiger!

PS: Missed two mistakes. I’ll catch them!

Lmao this chapter was hilarious to tl LOL. Protag was drawing smut of her and the 7 MLs Next up some faceslapping 😀