GTEMP[QT] - Chapter 1 : The male protagonist is a cousin (Part 2) (Patreon)

The big eyeball seemed to understand his strange thoughts and said, "Your memories from your previous life are still here, but your emotions have been detached."

Gu Wenjing asked, "You said you are a system, and you have already bound with me. So what do you want me to do?"

Don't think that just because he was a handsome old man before his death, he was unaware of what a system was. He had read many novels with transmigration and knew all kinds of routines. Even as an old man, he was a Fashionable one.

The big eyeball probably didn't expect him to be so straightforward, and not  angry about binding with him without consent. It hesitated for a moment before saying, "You are the male protagonist, and you are the kind of male protagonist who is perceptive and rational. I hope you can replace the male protagonists in other worlds and not be fooled by scheming women, who cause harm to innocent people."

Gu Wenjing: "..."

So even someone with impaired vision could be a male protagonist? No wonder the system's name is 'Male Protagonist Bright Eye System', and no wonder this system looks like a big eyeball that has been treated with eye drops.

Presumably, the reason the system chose him was not only because he was the male protagonist in his world but also because he was an expert at identifying scheming women.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Wenjing asked the system if there were any cheats or advantages he would have after transmigrating. After all, it sounded like he would be going to many worlds as a male protagonist, and how could a transmigrated male protagonist not have any special abilities?

The big eyeball answered, "I'm just a system. I can only send you to different worlds, and even after you transmigrate, I can only stay in this space and wait for your return. So you will have to rely on yourself after transmigration."

Gu Wenjing used his negotiation skills from his past business dealings to try to persuade the big eyeball and get some benefits.

The big eyeball clearly couldn't argue with him and was a bit dizzy from being convinced. But it still said, "I really don't have any cheats to give you. But as a male protagonist, you already have the male protagonist halo. When you transmigrate, you will gain the memories and skills of the original host. Why would you need any additional cheats?"

Gu Wenjing was not the kind of person who would lose confidence just because he didn't have cheats. His own intelligence and abilities were enough to thrive anywhere.

Asking for benefits from the big eyeball was just his habit as a businessman to negotiate for benefit. Since he couldn't get any benefits, Gu Wenjing was straightforward, "So, What is the first world?"

The big eyeball said, "The world selection is random. You will only know when you go there."

Gu Wenjing was now mostly sure that this big eyeball system was probably useless.

"Well, forget it. Just send me!"

After all, he had already died in his own world, and he never thought of releasing the system binding and being reincarnated. Wasn't it great to travel through different worlds and live on?

So Gu Wenjing was even a little impatient.

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Gu Wenjing opened his eyes and felt someone beside him. He remained calm on the surface but had already begun to receive the memories of the original host.

Thanks to the system's protection, he could assimilate the memories and skills of the original host without affecting his own memories.

As for the differences between his own habits and the original host's habits, as long as he didn't deviate too much from the character, people around him would automatically overlook the minor discrepancies between him and the original host and wouldn't raise any suspicions.

Gu Wenjing's first transmigration was into the eldest legitimate son of the Marquis of Ningyuan.

The original host's name was also Gu Wenjing. He came from a noble background and had his own talents. At the age of sixteen, he had already achieved the title of "juren"[1] and was about to take the imperial examination. After the examination, he would be listed on the honor roll, and the Marquis of Ningyuan's family would go to propose a marriage alliance with the Cheng family. He would marry Cheng Shangshu's eldest daughter, Cheng Yuhua.

However, the problem was that there was still a delicate and pitiful young lady named Yuan Susu living in the Marquis of Ningyuan's residence.

Yuan Susu was the Marquis of Ningyuan's wife's niece, the only blood relative of the original host's maternal uncle. After Yuan Susu's parents passed away, she was taken in by the Marquis of Ningyuan's wife and had been living in the marquis's residence for three years now, approaching the age of fourteen.

During these three years, Yuan Susu received a lot of love from the Marquis of Ningyuan's wife, and even the original host had gradually grown fond of her. At least in the original host's heart, the weight of his cousin was not as heavy as his weight to Yuan Susu .

This fondness gradually turned into pity, and Yuan Susu, who was quite cunning, knew exactly how to manipulate the original host. She often acted weak, pitiful, and helpless in front of him, until the original host fell in love with her and insisted on marrying her, causing a cancellation of the marriage proposal to the Cheng family.

As a male protagonist, it was natural for the original host to get what he wanted. As the only legitimate son of the Marquis of Ningyuan, apart from him, there was only a timid and submissive illegitimate son and three illegitimate daughters. In addition, the Marquis of Ningyuan's wife doted on her niece, so the marriage between the Marquis of Ningyuan's family and the Cheng family had to be canceled.

However, this cancellation of the marriage had an innocent victim, Cheng Yuhua, the eldest daughter of the Cheng family. In this society, women faced particularly harsh circumstances, and it was extremely difficult for a woman who had been rejected from a marriage to find another good match. In the end, Cheng Yuhua had to live as a single woman for the sake of the reputation of other unmarried women in her family.

As a result, the Cheng family became enemies with the Gu family.

But how could the Cheng family, who went against the male protagonist, have a good ending? In the end, they fell into a state of destitution and returned to their hometown. At least the original host had some conscience and didn't force them too much.

At the time Gu Wenjing transmigrated, the original host was still focused on studying and hadn't yet transformed his fondness for his cousin into love. However, from the original host's memories, Gu Wenjing could see that Yuan Susu was intentionally or unintentionally leading him, causing the original host to feel even more pitiful towards her.

[1]: Juren is a rank achieved by people who passed the provincial examination in the imperial examination system of imperial China. It is a rank higher than the shengyuan rank, but lower than the jinshi rank, which is the highest degree.