Chapter 1 - Getting Stronger by Writing a Diary?

“Sorry, I love you. Maybe I’m a bad person, but I really do love you.”

After saying this, Chen Fan closed his eyes. When the gunshot sounded, Chen Fan opened his eyes again.

Lying on the Simmons bed, Chen Fan contentedly prepared to enjoy his life. However, the situation in front of him didn’t seem quite right. This room … why does it feel so familiar?

“System, tell me, what’s going on here? Didn’t we agree that I could go back?”

[Host, your extraordinary performance has changed the personality of the female lead. Unfortunately, you cannot return.]

What the heck! This is absurd.

“I just occasionally added a few lines of my own. Is that such a big deal?”

[It’s not just the lines. Many of your performances have gradually made the female leads fall in love with you.]

Female leads? Plural? This is brainless. No wonder it’s one of those ridiculous infinite novels.

The novel was titled The Return of the War God.

The basic premise was about a war god who had achieved great success abroad and then returned home to develop further. Then, by chance, he meets a woman named Lin Qingyue and becomes interested in her.

At the female lead Lin Qingyue’s engagement banquet, he resolutely helps her call off the engagement. This leads to a series of conflicts. And Chen Fan? He was the unlucky guy who got dumped.

This conflict ignited the story.

The male lead’s name was Ye Aotian. Basically, he was wealthy, capable, and well-connected but liked to hide it. It’s what they called the “disguised tiger” trope.

In any case, it was the typical formula of a feel-good novel, not much different from the rest.

“I worked so hard, following your instructions every day, bending over backward to please the female lead. Do you know what I’ve been through?”

[Host, don’t worry. Let’s do this one more time. This time, you’ll have a professional cheat.]

That sounds more like it.

[Write a diary, and you’ll get stronger.]

[All you need to do is write a diary every day, and you’ll grow stronger and earn rewards.]

[These rewards include skills, money, charisma, and physical strength enhancements.]

Now that’s more like it—finally something serious.

As for what to write in the diary, how to write it, Chen Fan hadn’t thought about it yet. For now, he decided to follow the plot.

In the first three chapters, according to the golden rule of openings, he was definitely going to get dumped. He’d figure things out after that.

An eternal simp and perpetual unlucky guy.

Damn it.

He got out of bed, tidied himself up quickly, and grabbed his briefcase, ready to head to work.

Unlike most novel villains, Chen Fan wasn’t simply a rich second-generation heir but both a government and wealthy second-generation heir.

His mother was a businesswoman, and his father was a government official.

With the help of his father’s influence, his mother’s business flourished, reaching a significant level of success. The world of novels obviously didn’t follow the rigor of reality.

There were no real problems.

Chen Fan’s family had found him a job in a local government department. At just over twenty, he was already at the secretary level. The pay wasn’t great, but the power was considerable. His daily task was to accompany a woman named Jin Lan, who wasn’t a good person either. She was ruthless and had her own schemes.

At home, it was just Chen Fan and a cook. After breakfast, he headed to work.

At this moment, the phone rang, and Chen Fan picked it up.

“Chen Fan, are you ready for work?”

“Yes, Mom. Do you need something?”

“Yes, there’s a dinner at the Bauhinia Restaurant tonight. Make sure you come. Also, bring Jin Lan along.”

“Got it. What’s this about?” Chen Fan pretended to be clueless.

“Haven’t you been pining after Lin Qingyue? I’ve made some arrangements. The families are going to meet and discuss the possibility of marriage.”

Wow, Mom, you’re amazing. Looks like I’ll have to act one more time.

“Wow, Mom! Do you think Lin Qingyue will agree? Has my pursuit touched her heart?”

“Probably. After work, make sure to dress up nicely, and bring some tea as a gift. Don’t forget.”

“Okay, mission accepted.”

Sigh, another annulment. This miserable life. Whatever, I’ll keep acting. I’ve done it so many times already.

Chen Fan arrived at the office, and after looking around, noticed that Jin Lan hadn’t arrived yet. He tidied up the room a bit. He poured some tea and sat down to start his work.

[First day of starting over.]

[Tonight, I’ll get dumped again. Sigh, I’ll have to play the part one more time.]

[Who would want to chase after Lin Qingyue? It’s exhausting. There are so many other women out there. Don’t I deserve better?]

[People in this novel world are idiots. Also, I bet Jin Lan will wear her usual boring suit again today. Honestly, it’s so ugly.]

[If only the suit pants were shorter, it might actually look good.]

After finishing, Chen Fan quietly closed his diary, and the diary disappeared from his hand.

Not bad. Pretty fun. It even gave me a secret mission. This is nice, very nice.

What Chen Fan didn’t know was that copies of his diary had appeared around several women.

Jin Lan, who was getting ready for work, reached for her keys and suddenly noticed a diary nearby.

She picked it up and skimmed through it.

“Chen Fan’s Interactive Diary.”

What the hell? Did something supernatural happen? Did this kid sneak into my house?

She flipped through a few pages.

Getting dumped … and … my clothes are ugly?

Looking at her usual long suit pants, Jin Lan fell into deep thought.

This kid … Is he mocking me? Does he have a death wish?

At this moment, new writing appeared on the diary.

[If you wear shorts, make sure to pair them with black socks. Yeah, that would be awesome.]

????

Jin Lan’s first reaction was to put the diary down immediately.

She stared at it from a distance.

Everything before her was hard for Jin Lan to accept.

A ghost?