After getting back together, I started believing every word Julian Vance said. "Bianca is bound to a 'Conquer System'. She has to complete '99 Couple Things' with me to unbind." "Only the last 5 tasks left. Once done, I will cut ties with her." "She is my mentor's only daughter. I can't watch her die." I stared at the TV show, not looking up: "Mmhmm. Life is at stake. You should do it." Julian sighed in relief. "Jolie, you've become obedient." Of course, I didn't dare disobey. Last time we broke up, my body failed rapidly. The long-lost System reappeared: "Host, you chose to stay in this world for Julian. Once completely separated, you will die soon and never return home." "To go home, the portal is by Julian's side." So when Julian begged me to get back together with red eyes... I put away all my thorns and resentment. And nodded immediately. Chapter 1 One month after reconciling. The portal home didn't appear. The System went silent. Luckily, my body recovered. I no longer looked like a dying person. Ring ring ring... Julian froze. "It's Bianca..." I gave him an understanding smile. "I know. She has the System. It's a special situation." "Answer it." As if proving something to me, Julian put it on speaker. Bianca's sticky-sweet voice oozed out. "Julian, the System just released the 95th task—" "We need to get matching tattoos before midnight tonight." Julian blurted out: "Matching tattoos? Didn't we already get them ten years ag—" He stopped mid-sentence. The air became light, so light I could hear the host laughing on TV. Julian turned to look at me, eyes guarded. He was waiting. Waiting for me to scream and question him hysterically like before. But I just kept staring at the TV. Didn't even blink. Chapter 2 On the phone, Bianca stammered: "But the System says... it has to be on an intimate spot..." "I know you just got back with Jolie." "She... has nothing but love in her brain. She won't care if you are saving my life. She only knows how to make a scene." "Forget it. I don't want to make things hard for you." Bianca sounded more and more aggrieved, ending with a sob: "Just let the System erase me." Julian's face darkened. His voice turned cold: "Stop talking nonsense! I won't let anything happen to you!" He hung up, grabbed his jacket, and rushed out. I stood up too. He paused, looking back, frowning: "Jolie, what now?" "She just wants to live—" His words got stuck. Because I just took his car keys from the hook. And handed them to him. Julian froze. Like he was meeting me for the first time. "You used to... react strongly whenever tattoos were mentioned." "What's wrong today?" "Never again," I said. He stared at me for a long time, then scoffed. "New tactic?" "Playing the 'heartbroken and dead inside' card?" I sighed wearily, wanting to explain. But he snatched the keys and slammed the door. Chapter 3 The living room returned to silence. I curled up on the sofa. And fell asleep. Dusty memories surged in my dream. I didn't belong to this world. After an accident, I opened my eyes, and the System brought me here. Leaving only two sentences: [Conquer Julian Vance within three months and marry him.] [Otherwise, you will die completely.] Then, the System vanished. Julian back then was nothing like now. Family bankrupt. Massive debt. He hid in a dark rental apartment, surrounded by empty bottles, like a dying beast. I approached him bravely. Cleaning up the mess, cooking hangover soup clumsily, listening quietly when he rambled drunk. I didn't know big philosophies. I could only tell him over and over. It will get better. Everything will be fine. The three-month deadline was approaching. But his eyes were still numb and empty, like looking through fog. I didn't want to die. On the last day, I broke down. Crying, I told him the truth— I am a Conqueror. I will die if I don't marry him. I begged him to marry me. I was ready for him to call me crazy. But he looked at me, tear-stained and pathetic, was silent for a long time, then rasped one word: "Okay." Chapter 4 We got the certificate just like that. Strangely. After marriage. Julian actually started getting better. He quit drinking. Reconnected with the world. Looking for opportunities, negotiating deals. During the hardest years of his startup, we suffered a lot, but leaning on each other, we built a warm home in this strange world. Three years later, the System reappeared. Asking if I wanted to go home. That day, Julian closed a huge deal. He bought me a 3-carat pink diamond ring and booked the restaurant I always wanted. Looking at the light in his eyes, I realized I had fallen in love with him long ago. I didn't want to leave. The second month after I rejected the System. Bianca returned to the country. Chapter 5 The first time I met Bianca. Julian and I almost divorced. That day, Julian took me to a private party to introduce me to his friends. Bianca was there. She wore a crop top. On her slender waist, there was a small symbol tattoo. That symbol. I knew it to my bones. Because it was branded on me too. Same spot. And. On Julian. One year after marriage, Julian and I slept together for the first time. That was when I saw it. On his left hip, a small but designed symbol. I asked what it was. He said: "It's from an ancient tribe. It means willing to protect the loved one with life." Back then, he cupped my face seriously: "You are the only girlfriend in my life." "The only wife." "I will protect you with everything." I naturally thought. This tattoo was for me. Later, I secretly went to a tattoo shop, endured the pain, and got the same pattern on the same spot. When Julian saw it, he froze. No surprise or emotion I expected. He just looked at me with extremely complex eyes, silent for a long time. Finally, he said nothing, just hugged me hard, almost hurting me, voice hoarse. "...Silly girl." I thought he was touched. Until I saw Bianca. I realized. I was just a clown, indulging in wishful thinking. Chapter 6 I booked laser removal that day. And proposed divorce. Julian stopped me like a madman. Eyes red, explaining incoherently. He and Bianca were childhood sweethearts. Ambiguous for years, just missing a label. Until the eve he planned to confess, his identity was revealed— He was the fake son switched at birth. Overnight. He lost everything. "Bianca flew abroad the next day and married a rich man there." Julian gripped my hand, shaking: "When I was at my lowest, dirtiest, wanting to die, YOU were with me. How could I still feel anything for her?" "Don't sentence me to death because of my past, Wifey, please." "Without you, I wouldn't have lived." Looking at the bloodshot eyes. I wavered.
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