Became a vicious male mother

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System: [The bad news is, we've been assigned to another administrator.]

"What's the difference?"

System: [Every administrator has their own way of improving performance. Administrator K is notorious for his laissez-faire approach, and his performance is consistently at the bottom. Our administrator, codenamed H, has created a ranking system for all task performers to improve performance, commonly known as the performance leaderboard...]

Rankings and performance.

I woke up one morning to find myself a wage slave?

System: [You are currently ranked last. Those who remain at the bottom in the next ranking will face severe penalties!]

"System, how am I supposed to play this game if you do this?" Gu Xinglan was on the verge of tears.

System: [Haste makes waste. The target is still young, so you have plenty of opportunities to play the villain well. Besides, Master H is very easy to talk to and often gives out various perks.]

That's what they say, but he's like a piece of duckweed floating on the water, drifting wherever there's a ripple, with no other choice.

"I'd like to know what the penalty task will be if I come in last place?"

System: [This system doesn't know either...]

As they were speaking, the door opened twice.

Gu Xinglan propped herself up in bed and looked towards the door.

At this time, Li Taihe wouldn't be here. The family doctor had just left a few minutes ago, and apart from the butler and servants, he couldn't think of anyone else who would come looking for him.

"come in."

The door opened a crack.

With a "bang," it was shut off again in an instant.

Gu Xinglan: "?"

Outside.

Xu Mufeng pressed himself tightly against the door, his pupils constricted, his mouth slightly open, breathing heavily and making soft, hissing sounds.

What did he see?

Gu Xinglan was not there.

It was a woman.

But his ears weren't deceiving him; he clearly heard Gu Xinglan's voice!

The door handle acted like a magnet, drawing him to open the door further.

Xu Mufeng gritted his teeth and looked around the vicinity.

Quietly.

The corridor is covered with soft wallpaper; I don't know how thick it is, but it provides excellent sound insulation.

He had just avoided Li and Tai and the man surnamed Yu, and only dared to show his face after the two men went down the stairs.

At least he was the only one left in this passage.

Xu Mufeng gritted his teeth, his face slightly flushed. He wanted to reach out and knock on the door, but he spoke softly and hesitantly, "Gu... Gu..."

Even with long hair, he had managed to see the person's face clearly in that fleeting glimpse.

I don't know why Gu Xinglan has become like this.

But if you have a question, shouldn't you ask it?

The three words "Gu Xinglan" had not yet been uttered.

In an instant, the flesh on his cheeks was almost deeply dented by his five fingernails.

Xu Mufeng's mouth was suddenly covered by a tremendous force.

The hand covering her mouth had calluses of all sizes between her fingers, and the back of her hand was covered with scars.

He recognized him instantly.

Li Hetai!

"Got you..." The voice in my ear was excessively hoarse, as deep as a demon's whisper.

Xu Mufeng felt a chill run down his spine.

“Gu!”

He struggled frantically, managing to utter only one syllable before his body slammed against the wall, making a series of "swish" sounds.

They were quickly grabbed by the people behind them and pulled around the corner.

A silvery-white light shone from behind Li Hetai.

It's a knife.

Upon seeing the short knife, Xu Mufeng's limbs, which had been struggling fiercely, suddenly stopped moving, and his body instinctively stiffened.

The knife had mottled nicks, as if they had been carved out of the boulder day after day.

He had no doubt that Le Ho Thai would stab him with a knife.

As someone who has struggled his way up from the bottom, no one here will stand up for him.

He couldn't even do the most basic self-rescue.

"Li Hetai! You're insane!"

The newcomer shouted, clutching her skirt with one hand and supporting herself against the wall with the other, her steps unsteady, her face flushed an unnatural red from rushing.

As soon as these words came out.

It was like a huge rock falling into a pool, splashing water everywhere and never calming down.

Li Hetai's knife was snatched away by Gu Xinglan, who rushed over.

I get scared whenever I see this thing now.

As if it were burning hot, Gu Xinglan threw it far out the window.

With a few soft rustling sounds, it fell into the grass below.

Now I can't even care about the problem of objects being thrown from high-rise buildings; all I can think about is the image of Li Hetai holding a knife.

This person has become someone he doesn't recognize.

It seems that everything that happened had a traceable pattern, but he couldn't quite pinpoint the exact trigger.

All signs indicate that Li Hetai has begun to subtly turn into a little madman.

There was a "pop" sound.

As Gu Xinglan thought this, she had already slapped Li Hetai across the face.

"If you can threaten people with a knife now, you'll grow up to use a knife to do things you shouldn't."

This slap left Li and Tai frozen in place for a long time.

The red marks covered most of his face, and there were even slight traces of blood at the corners of his mouth. His expression was a far cry from his previous cold and sinister look.

He stood still, his eyes lowered, looking at the ground.

It was as if an untimely gust of wind had just blown the person's head to one side.

His palms went numb; he had used considerable force. Gu Xinglan bit her lip, her hand turning red and her fingertips trembling.

An immense panic welled up from the bottom of my heart.

There was a barely perceptible hint of excitement.

The former's panic stemmed from the fear of Li Hetai ten years later, while the latter... felt an indescribable pleasure from physically defying Li Hetai once, like a cowardly and humble bird that had broken free of its shackles and a gash appeared in the darkness.

After regaining consciousness, Gu Xinglan collapsed to the ground, her legs giving way.

"Hey! Are you alright?" Xu Mufeng crawled to Gu Xinglan's side, supporting himself on all fours.

Is this person avenging him?

It does not seem.

But Xu Mufeng's intuition told him that the person with long, flowing hair on the ground was in a state of seeking revenge.

"Li Hetai!" A clear child's voice rang out.

One wave rises higher than the next; one wave subsides only for another to rise.

In the distance, Yu Jin, with swollen eyes from crying, was holding the hand of an unexpected person.

"Uncle Li, you must stop that wicked woman! She actually hit He Tai!"

Gu Xinglan, who was accused of being a bad woman, slightly raised her head from the ground, her eyes already filled with tears, her pupils numb and unfocused.

The center of chaos.

It was as if everyone present was the main character, performing an absurd silent play on the stage.

An eerie silence lingered amidst the chaos.

Li Hetai didn't say anything. He raised his hand to wipe the red marks on his face, swept all his bangs back, and looked up at Li Taihe.

The two people look exactly alike, like miniature replicas.

Have you finished your homework?

Li Taihe's tone was unusually gentle, and his whole body seemed to be pulsating with lightness, as if he had just come from a paradise and showed no signs of life.

“It’s done, Father.”

The air seemed to freeze, and even Yu Jin, who was sniffling, fell silent for a moment.

"Apologize to Yu Jin."

"I'm sorry." Li Hetai, with a red and swollen face, looked at the person with light-colored curly hair.

"Apologize to little Xu."

"sorry."

"Apologize to your mother."

Li Taihe turned around, took one step at a time, walked up to Gu Xinglan, and extended his hand.

There were several marks on my palm that looked like deep nail marks, tinged with a faint reddish hue.

"Mom...I'm sorry."

It shouldn't be like this...

He had never heard Li Hetai apologize to anyone.

But right now, after so many apologies...

Gu Xinglan trembled and lowered her head, biting her lip.

His body is becoming increasingly strange; it's not a persona aid, but rather a result of his hazy memories from his past life.

He didn't know why this was happening.

"A child who can admit their mistakes and correct them is a good child." Gu Xinglan reached out and grasped Li Hetai's hand, as if accepting the other's apology.

When he looked up, there was a cunning look in his eyes that even he himself didn't realize.

He looked smug, his eyebrows raised high, his eyes filled with countless cunning schemes.

"What's wrong with it!"

Yu Jin gritted her teeth and stared for a long time, almost drawing blood from her gums: "You bad woman, what did He Tai do wrong?! He's always been a good kid, you don't need to judge whether he's a good kid or not!"

Seeing Yu Jin's light-colored hair standing on end, no longer the dignified ballet prince she used to be, and jumping around anxiously.