The More Tragic I Act, the Stronger I Get — My Fans Beg Me to Stop Killing Off My Roles-Chapter 192: She smiled, and the system alarm went off!

Jiang Ci sat in the chair in the rest area and closed his eyes.

He hadn't touched the bottle of medicated oil that Su Qingying had left.

Right now, he had something more important to do—settling the harvest.

[System Panel]

In his field of vision, a pale blue light screen unfurled at his thought.

His gaze locked directly onto the most crucial data.

[Current Heartbreak Value Balance: 3401 points]

[Remaining Lifespan: 1184 days, 4 hours]

Success!

That scene just now had harvested a total of 560 points of Heartbreak Value.

Exchanged for 57 days of life.

Jiang Ci's taut nerves finally relaxed.

At the same time, a verified hypothesis made his heart beat even faster.

"Double Tragedy".

Making the audience feel heartbroken over the male lead's wrongful suffering, while also aching over the female lead's resolute cruelty.

One stab wound inflicted on the character's body.

Another stab would pierce straight into the heart of every viewer.

When they fell in love with both of these doomed characters simultaneously, this doubled affection, when tragedy struck, could extract double the Heartbreak Value.

Killing two birds with one stone, maximizing efficiency!

The clamor of the crew packing up equipment pulled his thoughts back to reality.

A figure passed through the busy crowd, walking straight toward him.

The figure was sweet, yet felt out of place with the surroundings.

Wen Nian again!

This time, Jiang Ci couldn't even be bothered to look up.

The system tag that automatically triggered in his vision completed the identification for him.

[Wen Nian Threat Level: Moderate Danger]

Jiang Ci's body instinctively tensed for a moment before relaxing again.

Moderate.

It meant the other party was still in the observation phase before the hunt, with no substantive hostile intent.

Wen Nian stopped in front of him, wearing that flawless, gentle, and sincere smile on her face.

She didn't waste words, directly extending a black business card, the font shimmering faintly under the lights.

"Teacher Jiang, let me formally introduce myself. I'm Wen Nian, an agent."

Her posture was very humble, her voice sweet to just the right degree.

"I have very high hopes for your future. If you're interested, I would like to discuss a deep collaboration with you. The resources I have can absolutely pave the way for you to the most top-tier star-studded path."

The pie she was painting was big and perfectly round.

In Jiang Ci's vision, on that exquisite business card, the system overlaid a brand new tag in scarlet font.

[Hunting Tool: Long-term Parasitic Contract]

Jiang Ci didn't even spare the card a second glance.

He looked up, meeting Wen Nian's eyes that were filled with "sincerity". His tone was polite, yet carried an unbridgeable sense of distance.

"Thank you for your appreciation, Miss Wen."

"However, I've already signed a long-term exclusive contract with Spark Media and have no plans to change partners for the time being." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The refusal was clean and decisive, leaving no room whatsoever.

The perfect smile on Wen Nian's face didn't waver in the slightest.

She seemed to have anticipated this outcome.

Or perhaps, she simply didn't care.

But Jiang Ci's system panel, at this very moment, let out a silent shriek!

The tag above her head instantly jumped from the yellow representing "Observation" to a glaring, blood-red!

[Wen Nian | Threat Level: High Danger]

A smaller sub-tag popped up like a warning.

[Strategy Change: Switched from "Potential Backup Host" to "Primary Threat Source"]

Jiang Ci's heart sank.

This woman was truly wicked.

Wen Nian, as if nothing had happened, withdrew her hand. The entire process showed not a hint of the awkwardness of being rejected.

She even gave Jiang Ci a tolerant smile that said, "It's okay, I understand."

Then, she turned and walked toward Luo Yu, who was not far away, watching them with a complicated look in his eyes.

She very naturally linked arms with Luo Yu, pressing herself intimately against him, whispering into his ear.

In Jiang Ci's system-enhanced vision, this seemingly comforting gesture toward her boyfriend was precisely tagged.

[Behavior: Mental Implantation (Sowing Doubt)]

Jiang Ci clearly saw that as Luo Yu listened to Wen Nian's words, his originally complicated expression underwent a qualitative change within mere seconds.

That sense of mutual appreciation between acting fanatics was fading.

A trace of deliberately concealed wariness and distance surfaced on his face.

When Luo Yu looked up at Jiang Ci again, his gaze had shifted from that of an opponent craving a duel to that of a stranger scrutinizing a potential enemy.

...

Evening, the crew dinner.

Zhang Mouyi had booked out a private kitchen near the hotel. The atmosphere should have been relaxed.

Jiang Ci, holding a teacup, proactively walked over to Luo Yu's table.

He wanted to take the chance to discuss the extremely difficult "Agony of Control" scene from the script.

"Teacher Luo, regarding that scene, I think the state of A Li after being controlled, we could further..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted.

"Oh, that one."

Luo Yu's response was perfunctory. He didn't even look directly at Jiang Ci, absentmindedly picking at his food.

"Didn't we discuss it during the script reading? I think it's fine. We can just improvise on the spot when the time comes."

A deliberate evasion.

An invisible wall abruptly rose between the two of them.

Beside them, Wen Nian was using serving chopsticks to pick food for Luo Yu, her movements intimate. She smiled and chimed in, her tone innocent.

"Teacher Jiang, A-Yu has been too tired these past couple of days, he's not in great spirits. Please bear with him."

A single sentence, lightly and airily, categorized Luo Yu's rudeness as "physical discomfort".

Jiang Ci said no more, nodded, and turned back to his own seat.

At another table not far away.

Su Qingying, holding her teacup, took in this entire scene.

She looked at Jiang Ci's slightly lonely retreating back, then looked over at Luo Yu, who was being intimately fed by Wen Nian and completely immersed in their own little world.

Her beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly. The knuckles of her hand holding the teacup tightened imperceptibly.

The dinner ended in an eerie atmosphere.

Jiang Ci returned to the hotel alone.

He had just stepped out of the elevator and was heading toward his room.

Right at the corner of the hallway, he ran into two people head-on.

Luo Yu and Wen Nian, who was clinging to his arm.

Wen Nian looked up, saw Jiang Ci, and immediately bloomed into that sweet, harmless smile.

"Teacher Jiang, what a coincidence."

Luo Yu merely gave a cold nod as a greeting.

Jiang Ci also nodded, stepped aside to make way, preparing to walk past them.

The hallway carpet was thick, absorbing all footsteps.

In the silence, the three of them passed each other.

In that very instant.

The tag above Wen Nian's head refreshed frantically once more.

A line of scarlet system warning exploded with a bang!

[Warning: Target "Wen Nian" has activated the "Host Protection" protocol!]