No one found Li Jing that night.
The god wanted to hide the moon, and no one could find her trace.
So the male leads went completely crazy—
Fu Lingchu was injured in a car accident, but he couldn’t even bother to go to the hospital. Du Jinghuai canceled all his schedules, and Feng Ce went crazy searching for Li Jing.
So the whole city knew that Fu Lingchu, the head of the Fu family, Feng Ce, the heir of the Feng family, and Du Jinghuai, the three-time Golden Award-winning actor, were all going crazy searching for someone.
They were desperate enough to dig three feet under.
They used such powerful resources, yet they still couldn’t find Li Jing’s trace, nor did they find… her body.
So whether Li Jing was alright, whether she had truly met with an accident, whether she had been brutally murdered by a vicious criminal—all of this was impossible to confirm, and they dared not think about it.
All that was left for the male leads was endless pain.
So they told themselves that Li Jing must be hiding somewhere.
Even though the bounty website had been completely shut down, and the murder cases it had uncovered were all real—they refused to believe it.
Li Jing would be fine, she must still be alive.carpreads.pages.dev
And Ye Yan, who had posted the bounty, would face their retribution directly.
After going to see Fu Lingchu that night, Ye Yan was put under control and eventually sent to prison for intentional homicide.
This was Ye Yan’s ending, from a wealthy young lady to a movie queen, then to the White Moonlight who had been pampered for years, only to end up in prison.
She lost her dignity, her beauty, everything she had been proud of, and her mental state finally approached madness—
“Li Jing isn’t dead? She must be dead!”
Ye Yan had several puncture marks on the back of her hand from blood draws, but she laughed gleefully, “This world shouldn’t have two faces that look the same! You should have kept me instead—”
The Ye family had some power, but they couldn’t compare to the Fu family, the Feng family, or the Du family—not to mention, now three men were simultaneously seeking retribution against her.
All of Ye Yan’s years of wealth and luxury, her pampered life, had actually come from these three men. She had once wanted to cling to them, but she had also been ruthlessly thrown to the ground by them.
Feng Ce stood outside the prison visitation room, his face pale as he looked at her.
“Li Jing has a terminal illness, she’s going to die sooner or later, I’m just helping you shorten your pain—” Ye Yan asked sadly, “A’ce, why don’t you thank your sister? You don’t have to make a choice anymore.”
“Shut up!”
Feng Ce turned around and left the prison without looking back.
Li Jing must not be dead!
Even if… even if she really did meet with an accident.
Feng Ce endured the pain in his heart, and he was certain: he would never replace Li Jing with anyone else.
Du Jinghuai also came to visit Ye Yan, and seeing her current state, he felt disgusted by everything that had happened in the past.
The fame in the entertainment industry, the dazzling glory, had gradually become shackles to him.
Now, all he wanted was to find Li Jing.
That was all.
Fu Lingchu was the last one to visit Ye Yan.
The car accident that night had injured many of his bones, and he had been using all his resources to find Li Jing’s trace for days. In all these years, even when he had just taken over the Fu family, Fu Lingchu had never been so exhausted.
The feeling of regret that came with losing her was a daily torture.
Li Jing… Li Jing…
Through the glass of the visitation room, Fu Lingchu stared at Ye Yan’s face and found nothing that had once captivated him. Fu Lingchu knew that he was the same way, his gentle attitude towards her was gone.
They had all changed.
For the same face, they had committed so many wrongdoings.
And now one of them had gone mad, and the other was missing.
Fu Lingchu closed his eyes, feeling that this was perhaps their retribution.
“Lingchu, why won’t you look at me?” Ye Yan cried sadly, then burst into laughter, “Hahaha, you can’t see Li Jing either, you deserve to suffer!”
——You deserve to suffer.
Ye Yan’s words echoed in his ears, her own tragic ending, and a cruel curse upon them.
Fu Lingchu clutched his chest.
It couldn’t be.
At this time, Li Jing, the person whom the male leads were running around on the edge of collapse looking for, was…
Sitting on a tree, swinging her little legs.
She was currently in the mountains of a scenic spot in the suburbs. Li Jing had carefully chosen this place, as it was perfect for the final melodramatic climax.
Of course, this remote location was where a certain “Mr. Assassin” had brought her.
Li Jing had become accustomed to Lu Mian’s ability to pause time, travel through worlds, and fly her around.
After all, whether he was a human or a god, he was all hers ^_^
Li Jing leisurely calculated her retirement fund earned through the system’s reward mechanism.
With the heartfelt help of the three male leads and the White Moonlight, her bank account had already reached several hundred million, ensuring a very secure retirement life!
“Thank you, my dear little leeks,” Li Jing said with emotion.
The system was envious: “Host, there’s only 1% left, how are you going to brush it up?”
Li Jing was completely unfazed.
She had traversed too many worlds and experienced too many love lines.
“Human emotions, you know, are most afraid of sudden ups and downs,” Li Jing gestured with her hand, “Treat their hearts like a rubber band, stretch it out and pull it back, awakening, gaining, then losing, and then regaining…”
Li Jing laughed like a devil: “And then lose it again in the end.”
By then, she wouldn’t even need to use the rubber band to pull them, the male leads would be completely shattered by their own emotions. And then, she could deliver the final blow.
Li Jing patted her pants and jumped down from the tree with agility.
Oh, thinking about this being the last world, the last mission, the last plot point, it’s actually a bit… no, that’s impossible.
What’s the point of working and doing missions? Retirement is the best tomorrow!!
The last batch of leeks, harvest them and then hit the road √
So, Li Jing appeared in the male leads’ field of vision with great satisfaction.
She strolled around under the surveillance cameras of the scenic spot.
The three forces had already set up an inescapable net, and as soon as Li Jing appeared, she would be noticed immediately.
-—–
Fu Lingchu was the first to receive the news.
“President Fu, we found her!”
“This is the surveillance footage from the local police, take a look and see if it’s…”
In that instant, Fu Lingchu’s body reacted faster than his brain, and he rushed to the computer.
The moment he saw the figure in the surveillance footage, Fu Lingchu closed his eyes tightly.
It was her.
It was really Li Jing.
She wasn’t dead, she was fine.
A sense of relief, like surviving a disaster, surged up, making the shattered bones in his body ache with a tingling pain.
Then, an indescribable hatred, mixed with a sense of turmoil, churned in Fu Lingchu’s heart.
Li Jing was fine… yet she had watched him suffer and torment himself, and she wasn’t willing to come back.
When Fu Lingchu opened his eyes again, his pupils were filled with deep black pain and determination.
Since she had been found by him again, this lifetime… she wouldn’t be able to leave him again.
Fu Lingchu could give her everything.
As long as Li Jing lived well by his side.
-—–
Fu Lingchu quietly drove towards the mountainous area.
Although all three were searching for Li Jing simultaneously, after finding her, he didn’t want to share this important information with Feng Ce and Du Jinghuai.
However, everyone was on edge now.
Not long after Fu Lingchu set off, Feng Ce jumped into his sports car and chased after him, grumbling.
Du Jinghuai followed closely behind.
The joy of finding her again exploded in their veins, their hands gripping the steering wheel trembled.
This time, they absolutely, positively had to bring her back and protect her. They couldn’t bear to have anything happen to Li Jing again.
-—–
The remote mountain peak of the scenic spot.
There were no tourists here, and further down was a cliff, creating a very poignant atmosphere for a grand finale.
Li Jing stood there, savoring the moment.
She had fully transformed into the ultimate little white flower, devoid of desire and ambition, reaching the pinnacle of selflessness.
When Fu Lingchu and the others finally found her, Li Jing didn’t react with the expected surprise, nor did she have any intention of running away in panic.
On the contrary, she remained calm.
Her small face was still pale. In the sunlight, her skin appeared translucent, and her features were still as exquisite and beautiful as a meticulously crafted painting. However, beneath her long, thick eyelashes, her clear pupils lacked the stubborn light, the sorrowful tears, and only held an indifference towards them.
Fu Lingchu had thought that when he found her, he would have a lot to ask.
He wanted to ask how she escaped from the assassins, if she had gone hungry without money these past few days, if her condition had worsened, and if her body was in pain.
However, he found himself unable to speak.
The path towards her was paved with metaphorical sharp blades, and for a moment, Fu Lingchu felt a surge of fear.
Was there really any chance of reconciliation? Could Li Jing truly return to his side?
Did she… still want to live?
The sound of stumbling footsteps came from behind.
Feng Ce and Du Jinghuai arrived one after the other.
Feng Ce glanced at her position and his eyes widened in horror: “Li Jing, don’t, don’t stand there—”
Li Jing looked at everyone with indifference.
They hadn’t seen each other for a few days, and the male leads all looked terrible.
Fu Lingchu still had a cast on his arm, and his face bore scratches. Feng Ce had lost weight, and his youthful exuberance was gone. Du Jinghuai’s complexion was even paler than Li Jing’s, making him look more like someone on the verge of death.
“So, do you know how to get to 100%?” Li Jing asked the system.
The system swallowed nervously: “H-how?”
Li Jing spoke with a serious expression: “To make these arrogant and conceited old-fashioned male leads truly understand love—love isn’t just about taking, it can also be about sacrifice! It’s about dedication!”
The system couldn’t help but translate loudly: “—It’s about willingly becoming leeks, right!!”
Li Jing gave it a nod of approval: “Good, you’ve finally caught up to my rhythm in the grand finale.”
Feng Ce tried to approach Li Jing, his eyes red as he said: “These past few days you’ve been gone, I’ve thought a lot, and I’m certain that you are the one I love, and that won’t change.”
He spoke with utmost sincerity.
A young man’s love was easier to express than that of Fu Lingchu and Du Jinghuai.
However, at this moment, Fu Lingchu’s eyes, filled with bloodshot veins, and Du Jinghuai’s bloodless lips, tightly pressed together, seemed to express a thousand times more than words could ever convey.
They had been high and mighty, playing with the substitute.
Now, they had finally lost completely, forced to kneel on the ground, holding their hearts in their hands, begging Li Jing to look at them again.
But she smiled.
“Love?” she picked out the word with precision.
It was as if she had grasped their hearts, and then, without a care, tossed them to the ground—
“You don’t understand how to love at all, you only know how to take and possess based on animal instincts.”
“Because you were born with silver spoons in your mouths, surrounded by capital as you grew up, you don’t respect women, and you don’t respect me.”
“You are simply not worthy of love.”
Every word was sharp like a knife, leaving no room for rebuttal.
Fu Lingchu looked at Li Jing and spoke with difficulty: “I’m… learning.”
He could learn to truly love someone.
But Li Jing smiled and said: “I don’t want to wait.”
Fu Lingchu felt a sharp stab in his throat, tasting the sweet sting of blood.
It was like a final judgment, announcing her decision—Li Jing had no more attachment to this world.
“Wait—no, you don’t have to wait,” Du Jinghuai took a deep breath, “Li Jing, you’re still young, you can still do so much… help so many people.”
A glimmer of light finally appeared in Li Jing’s eyes.
Her fluttering skirt brushed against the wind at the edge of the cliff, and in that moment, she was so free.
“When you think of me, do charity in my name,” Li Jing laughed with a sense of detachment, “—I can then see it.”
At that moment, her poor but noble soul shone brightly before them.
The man prostrate on the ground could only leave her with all his heart and soul.
“Li Jing, I’ve written you into my will. My shares in Fu Group can be inherited by you. You can do anything you want in the future.”
“The Feng family can also be your backing, I… I will only marry you. All my cards are yours, you can donate them freely.”
“I have decided to retire from acting, no longer appearing on screen, and from now on I will focus on charity… all in your name.”
Love was giving, it was about benefiting others, they would learn to love.
So please don’t leave.
Look at this world, look at… them.
Li Jing: I see it, it’s so touching.
The leeks could sustain themselves, they would continue to thrive in this world, what could be a better ending than this?
This was the happy ending she left for everyone.
So Li Jing took a step back, standing on the edge of the cliff, in the sight of all the male leads who were about to collapse.
“I didn’t die that night, but I realized one thing,” she said.
Fu Lingchu felt a strong sense of unease, he could no longer control himself, and rushed over: “No, Li Jing, don’t!—”
But her last words had already fallen.
Light and airy, yet heavy and impactful, shattering their hearts.
—“Living by your side is worse than death.”
A new world, a new person, were waiting for her.
After she finished speaking.
Li Jing leaped into the air.
That stubborn little white flower finally caught the wind and returned to the wild——
“No!!!”
“Don’t!!!!!”
The three men rushed towards the cliff at the same time, reaching out to grab her——
But they only brushed against the hem of her skirt as she gracefully turned, the touch as light as if they had never possessed it.
Then they were held back by the bodyguards who had caught up.
“President Fu! Calm down!”
“Young master Feng, don’t move!!”
“Calm down!!”
However, they had already broken down, the joy of regaining what they had lost was followed by another loss.
She had said to scatter her ashes into the sea after her death, but she never intended to give them even that chance.
In the end, all they were left with was a lifetime of pain.
At that moment, their hearts stopped beating, a part of them could never return.
Their organs seemed to shut down, unable to withstand the torment of this rollercoaster of emotions, they completely broke down.
The three incredibly dignified men wept uncontrollably that day, becoming unrecognizable.
Someone had taught them to love.
But from now on, they would never love again.
—Fu Lingchu’s favorability has reached 100%
—Feng Ce’s favorability has reached 100%
—Du Jinghuai’s favorability has reached 100%
Congratulations to host Li Jing, you have completed all your tasks.
-—–
Li Jing laughed as she fell.
During the high-speed descent, the wind howled in her ears, and her body gradually glowed brightly.
She wasn’t afraid, because someone was catching her steadily in the wind.
The voice cut through the wind, clearly reaching her ears: “—Congratulations.”
Li Jing smiled and hugged him.
Li Jing, the Transmigration Bureau’s top 1 host, had completed all her mission worlds.
She had efficiently completed the old-fashioned romance world with the highest efficiency ever recorded, the male leads’ favorability had skyrocketed, and all data records were exceptionally impressive.
Her real-world account had accumulated 1,026,239,280.22 yuan upon her departure.
This marked a brilliant end to her most outstanding performance.
Li Jing landed steadily from the wind, it was the retirement world she had been looking forward to.
Someone was holding her hand.
Lu Mian looked down at her, “I can retire too.”
Li Jing laughed, but suddenly realized something was wrong with her body.
Over the years, she had been on missions in different worlds, inhabiting various bodies, and now that she had finally retired, she had returned to her own.
But she suddenly realized that she had aged considerably.
All those years of extreme operations and hard work, the accumulated injuries had manifested in every joint of her body.
Li Jing raised her hand and touched her face, discovering wrinkles.
No wonder… the system had given her such a large reward.
She had earned a billion, all as compensation for her.
Li Jing felt a pang of sadness, looking at the hand she held with Lu Mian.
He was still fair-skinned and young, with distinct knuckles and long fingers.
But her hand had the marks of time.
“Am I not pretty anymore?” Li Jing asked, looking up.
Lu Mian’s gaze remained unwavering—
He wasn’t looking at a face, he had always looked at these eyes.
In every world she had been in.
Watching her win world championships, watching her become the focus of everyone’s cheers, watching her play the piano, watching her become a champion, even watching her ascend to the immortal realm…
His first love was always these bright, shining eyes.
“I wouldn’t mistake them.”
The hand of a god rested on her still bright eyes.
Then Li Jing felt her body become infinitely light.
All the pain faded away, the marks of time reversed, Li Jing opened her eyes wide.
To make time flow backward, to defy the laws of nature—only a god could do that.
And in doing so, he relinquished his divine status.
Li Jing suddenly grabbed his sleeve, “You said there would be no punishment for you.”
Lu Mian’s eyebrows softened.
He gently loosened Li Jing’s clenched fingers, then intertwined their fingers in his palm.
“This isn’t punishment.”
A god’s life was too boring.
He had finally found a small spark of flame, and he wanted to be with her.
Li Jing said those male leads didn’t know how to love.
Perhaps, gods didn’t know how to love either.
But he had accompanied Li Jing through so many struggles of love and hate, and he had learned at least one thing—
Love wasn’t about looking down from a high place, but about walking side by side, sharing every day.
“In the world after retirement, there is no such thing as the passage of time. Once we enter that sea, our bodies will become immortal.”
Li Jing looked at his light-colored pupils beneath his silver hair, feeling a grand future approaching, her heart pounding uncontrollably.
So Lu Mian took her hand and walked into the sea.
The mountain peak in the distance, shrouded in mist, already had the best villa built, waiting for its owner to appear.
“Ours.” Lu Mian said.
Li Jing stared at him for a long time, a flicker of fire slowly igniting in her clear, bright eyes.
“The God is no longer a God,” she said, tilting her head back, “then you can’t pause time anymore.”
Lu Mian raised an eyebrow: “Indeed.”
As soon as the words left her lips, Li Jing tiptoed up and kissed his beautifully shaped lips, smiling slyly: “Then you can’t escape me anymore.”
Lu Mian was stunned for a second, then he smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist: “I never wanted to escape.”
Without the identity of a God—
“But I have money,” Lu Mian said, “and you.”
Li Jing, already a wealthy woman, looked at the former Main God’s mountain of real estate and still gritted her teeth: “So, everything you have is mine now?”
“Yes, I am richer than everyone else.”
God—Lu Mian’s kiss landed on her lips, then slowly deepened.
“Can we grow old together?”
Li Jing hummed a laugh and wrapped her arms around his neck. Amidst the sea breeze and the sound of waves, she rubbed against him and kissed him.
“Of course.”
We already agreed on that.
(End of Main Text)
Author Note:
I’m here! The setting of this book is not long, and I found it quite enjoyable to write! I hope you all enjoy reading it too~