Chapter 1 Did I Dimensional Travel into the Villain？
“Grandfather, Jiang Cheng has been picked up. We're preparing to return now.”
“Come back quickly, don't delay too long.”
“Mm, I understand.”
....
Sitting in a Rolls-Royce Phantom, Jiang Cheng stared blankly at the stunning woman making a phone call.
“Wasn't I supposed to die？”
“How… where is this place？”
Jiang Cheng's mind swarmed with question marks—hadn't he been on the verge of death？
How did he open his eyes to find himself in an unfamiliar place？
Buzz~
Suddenly, Jiang Cheng's mind convulsed as a flood of foreign memories forced their way into his consciousness.
He remained dazed in the car for a long while before adjusting.
“Jiang Group President's Failed Investment Pushes Company to Brink!”
“Shocking! Market Leader Worth 23 Billion Declares Bankruptcy Overnight!”
“Jiang Group Files for Bankruptcy; State Takes Over Its Collapse!”
Countless critical pieces of information flooded Jiang Cheng's mind.
He sat in stunned silence until this massive wave of memories was fully processed.
A trace of horror lurked deep in his eyes.
Not only did I not die—I dimensional traveled!
And into that web novel I'd casually read during school days？
Yet Jiang Cheng felt no joy.
Because his transmigrated identity wasn't as the protagonist of this book.
But rather as the fiancé of a villainous female CEO!
This shocking transformation nearly made Jiang Cheng swallow his own tongue.
You should know, the villainous female CEO's family in this book meets an utterly tragic end in later plot developments.
A hundred-billion enterprise built through three generations' efforts was destroyed by an orphaned college student who fell off a cliff while traveling and accidentally obtained the Divine Medical Inheritance from ancient times.
Becoming nothing more than stepping stones for the orphaned protagonist's rise!
He still remembered this book was titled "The All-Round Medical God of the Beauty CEO", a story about a male lead who gains an inheritance and falls in love with a beautiful CEO.
A rather common trope in novels.
No matter how attractive the villains are, they're all trash in the protagonist's eyes!
The plot was actually quite simple - just wish-fulfillment literature revolving around the female CEO and the Medical God male lead.
And Jiang Cheng's current identity？ Just a recently bankrupted CEO of a billion-dollar conglomerate, now penniless.
Taken back by the early-stage villainess CEO's family to become a live-in son-in-law!
Enduring everyone's contemptuous looks!
The more Jiang Cheng thought about it, the more terrified he became.
Damn it, I was at least a successful person in my previous life - getting transmigrated into a novel world at death's door is one thing.
Not being made the protagonist is something I could tolerate.
But this live-in son-in-law status…
Damn it! Can't take it anymore!
Although granted a second life, that doesn't mean he'll follow the plot's development.
Did he go through dimensional travel just to become someone else's stepping stone？
His facial expressions kept shifting rapidly.
Jiang Cheng glanced sideways at the villainous female CEO sitting across from him.
This was the woman destined to become his fiancée.
At this moment, Jiang Cheng felt utterly exhausted. Lying on his sickbed, he'd contemplated many things.
He realized he shouldn't have been so consumed by work, that he should've enjoyed life more.
Yet here he was, reborn into another life of inevitable busyness.
Now with the Jiang Family bankrupt and himself penniless, rebuilding would mean starting from scratch.
However, knowing all the protagonist and female lead's successful investment projects from the original story wouldn't make it too difficult.
Now he had to "report in" at the Su Family Manor.
According to the original plot, he'd be taken to the Su Family, treated well by the old master Su, then pushed onto this female CEO beside him.
To be kept as a live-in son-in-law.
Jiang Cheng gazed out the window at fleeting cityscapes as the car raced by.
The difference from real-world Shanghai was still quite noticeable.
As these complicated thoughts swirled, a cold mechanical voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
“Ding! The Villain System has been activated!”
“Villain Package received, stored in backpack. Please check it yourself.”
As this voice sounded.
Jiang Cheng's mind suddenly displayed what looked like a character attribute panel from an online game.
Rows of data appeared on the panel.
System: Villain System
Host: Jiang Cheng
Wealth: 66.29 yuan
Villain Points: 0
Backpack: Villain Package
Attributes: Physical Constitution: 100
Strength: 104
Reflex: 109
Speed: 95
Charm: 149
Note: Standard for normal adult male is 100, maximum charm value is 149 (already maxed)
Skills: Cooking (Intermediate), Shooting (Beginner), Combat (Beginner), English (Advanced)…
“This…is a system？”
Jiang Cheng froze.
Then his heart pounded wildly.
Having read many system novels, he naturally knew about the existence of systems.
As for whether the system would harm him, Jiang Cheng didn't need to worry about that.
He was just an ordinary person—what could the system possibly want from him？ Why would it harm him？
However…
Looking at the system interface, it seemed to only display his personal data without any other complete functions.
Then, he turned his attention to the system backpack.
Seeing the flashing Villain Package icon, Jiang Cheng silently recited:
“Open!”
