I Don’t Want to Be Turned Into the Female Protagonist by the System

At 3 AM, the sky was as dark as ink.

This time was when the body needed rest and sleep the most.

Su Qi, who should have been in deep sleep at this moment, was awakened by the system’s urging voice. Su Qi thought it wanted to play games and said a bit unhappily,

“Didn’t we already play for two hours yesterday?”

“No, Host, this system has detected that some of your ‘popularity characters’ are in distress.” The system girl said a bit urgently.

Su Qi froze for a moment. The ‘popularity characters’ the system girl mentioned were the people supporting her! She quickly grabbed her phone on the table, got out of bed and ran to the bathroom to check.

As soon as she opened the browser on her phone, she saw the huge headline—Sudden heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan.

Su Qi quickly clicked on the news.

The news described the heavy rain in Henan. In just one night, the rainfall had exceeded 500mm.

Now that the system called her, didn’t it mean that something major must have happened?

Sure enough, what the system girl said next indeed had to do with an emergency:

“Due to the excessive rainfall just now, the embankment collapsed. At this moment, three people are being swept by the rapid currents and were not intercepted by the net downstream. According to this system’s estimation, there is a high probability of death occurring.”

Su Qi was about to ask the system about the situation of the three people when three dialog boxes suddenly appeared in her field of vision.

With her previous experience, Su Qi controlled her thoughts and clicked on the first one.

It was a turbulent river. At this moment, a soldier in military uniform named Lin Feng tried to control his body balance but was repeatedly knocked down by the river water, swallowing quite a lot of water.

The river was swift, and the fast-flowing water contained quite a bit of mud and gravel, leaving several wounds on Lin Feng’s arms and cheeks from rubbing against them.

At this moment, humans were so insignificant in the face of nature.

Seeing Lin Feng swaying in the river water like a leaf, Su Qi broke out in a cold sweat for him. Moreover, Lin Feng’s strength was constantly depleting. After all, in the turbulent river, it took a lot of effort to avoid sinking.

Lin Feng’s resolute face gradually showed a few traces of anxiety as time passed. He could feel his strength disappearing.

As a firefighter, he also knew that his earlier self had missed the last protective interception net due to the rapid river currents. Looking at his current position, there was a distance of 4-5 meters from the riverbanks on both sides, not to mention he still had to climb up the banks.

At this moment, he felt a bit of despair in his heart. They say when emergencies happen, find firefighters and police. But when their lives are threatened, where can they seek help?

Although Lin Feng was a firefighter, firefighters were also human. He was also afraid of death, he also didn’t want to die.

Su Qi didn’t know if what flowed from Lin Feng’s eyes at this moment were tears or rainwater. Just watching this Lin Feng, she could feel his heart filled with sadness and unwillingness.

“system, how can I save him?” Su Qi asked the system.

“Host, given the turbulent river water, my existence cannot be exposed, so I can only rely on the ‘coincidence’ of props to make the popularity character escape danger.” The system girl explained.

Immediately, Su Qi found that Lin Feng in her field of vision suddenly seemed to be hooked by a hard object, stopping his downward sliding trend.

In despair, Lin Feng felt around and from the touch, he felt it should be a slender tree root. He was a bit excited. This thing was known for its toughness. Was this God giving him another life?

Then, he grabbed that slightly thick tree root with both hands and slowly moved towards the shore in the turbulent river.

5 minutes later, he slowly crawled up the river bank. Right at the moment he got ashore, that tree root broke as if dramatically.

Lin Feng lay spread-eagle on the ground, taking big breaths of air. Both his arms were also constantly twitching from his earlier strenuous movements. Although it hurt a lot, at this moment he was smiling extremely happily.

Although they had never met, Lin Feng couldn’t possibly know it was Su Qi who helped him, let alone go thank Su Qi.

But seeing him survive safely, Su Qi still felt it was quite worth it.

After all, their job was to silently protect them, the people. Su Qi had never heard of police or firefighters seeking repayment after helping others.

Su Qi also felt greatly relieved seeing the rescued Lin Feng. It’s just that what pained her was the price of that fake tree root—a whopping 1 million yuan.

Actually, it wasn’t that the price of this “fake tree root” was 1 million yuan.

Just now the system girl showed Su Qi the detailed transactions between their systems.

The naive system girl also showed Su Qi the backend. For example, that time with the “medical records” worth 100,000 yuan, it was exchanged for ten Gratitude Coins.

The subsequent few transactions also cost nearly ten thousand Gratitude Coins. If 100 Gratitude Coins were converted to money, it would be 1 million yuan.

As the universal currency of systems—Gratitude Coins, according to the system girl, only when the host did good deeds would these “Gratitude Coins” be issued in the form of money. And here, all exchanged items defaulted to a minimum of 100 Gratitude Coins.

And Su Qi finally knew where the money the system girl coveted before went.

She had always thought the SMS notification was fake, but unexpectedly it really donated to impoverished children. Although its motive was impure to earn Gratitude Coins. But at this moment in Su Qi’s heart, it became taller by two degrees. Also because of these “Gratitude Coins”, Su Qi finally understood the system girl’s motivation for working hard to make money, or the driving force for all their systems to make money.

Because in that mall, there was a “Revival Coin” that could be exchanged for 100,000 Gratitude Coins.

The description was also very simple: literal meaning.

Su Qi was also a bit curious. What exactly did the system girl look like?

However, the top priority was still to save people first.

When the scene switched to the second firefighter swept away by the water, Su Qi was stunned.

This person was even more disheveled than the previous two, especially with a hideous scar on his arm that looked like it was cut by a sharp object. Even with the gray river water washing over it, the crimson blood could still be seen on his clothes.

Zhang Feiyu was clinging to a huge wooden pile, drifting with the river. Because of his injury, there was no blood at all on his lips. He was dizzy now, staring at his surroundings. Being in the river for nearly an hour, he didn’t know where he would be swept to. He could only feel his strength getting weaker and weaker.

Humans are social animals. In times of crisis, they will subconsciously look for their own kind. But at this moment, all Zhang Feiyu could see was the gray river water. Forget about people, he couldn’t even see an animal.

At this moment, he felt a bit disheartened. He was only 22 years old this year. When he was a junior in university, in order to fulfill his lifelong dream of joining the army, he participated in the conscription ceremony. This year, he had just joined the firefighting team of the armed police force.

But with only one year of experience, it was not enough for him to face life and death without changing expression.

Su Qi looked at Zhang Feiyu in the video, especially his current eyes. Those were eyes of despair.

Su Qi had poor health since she was young and couldn’t swim, so she read a lot of drowning knowledge instead. Actually, it wasn’t that wearing a life jacket could completely avoid drowning. People in the water would experience loss of body temperature, heatstroke, and the most fatal point—despair.

Zhang Feiyu was filled with despair at this moment, even his will to survive had disappeared.

Su Qi knew this feeling of despair came from loneliness. This was also why when encountering disasters, the probability of two people wearing life jackets surviving was more than three times higher than one person surviving.

She really wanted to shout at Zhang Feiyu, cheer him on, encourage him, tell him not to give up. But how could her voice cross mountains and rivers to reach his ears?

But Su Qi immediately thought, she couldn’t do such an unscientific thing, but what about the system girl?

She quickly asked.

Hearing Su Qi’s request, the system girl materialized a prop with some internal conflict. She explained,

“Host, this is a voice-transmitting conch. The usage time is ten minutes. When using it, shout at it and the sound will be directly transmitted to the target’s mind, just like how you and I converse.”

Su Qi was stunned for a moment, feeling that today’s system girl seemed even more proactive than herself in saving people.

Thinking of that Revival Coin earlier, Su Qi felt that if there was really a chance to see her revive, then this system girl must be a good kid!

Zhang Feiyu felt his consciousness starting to blur. That wooden pile he was clinging to earlier had also disappeared to who knows where.

He just felt he was too tired. With a trace of unwillingness, he looked back on his life.

His studies weren’t finished, his military service wasn’t finished. What he couldn’t accept the most was not graduating from being a virgin.

Slowly closing his eyes, never having been in a relationship, he couldn’t help but imagine his ideal marriage partner. Slowly, a little dancing girl appeared in front of his eyes. Her every move was just right, every smile was like an arrow shooting into his heart. If only he could hear her voice at this moment, Zhang Feiyu couldn’t help but think. Then he heard,

“Don’t sleep, don’t sleep!” The girl’s voice was as crisp and moving as an oriole.

Zhang Feiyu knew this was the voice of that “Sword Dancing Princess Brother Qi”. Perhaps this was the call from heaven. If he died and she took him to heaven or hell, it definitely wouldn’t be bad!

Thinking this way, his originally furrowed brows gradually relaxed. He placed both hands on his chest, making a lying flat posture.

Su Qi: ???

“Don’t give up, you idiot!!!”

Su Qi was a bit angry seeing Zhang Feiyu lying flat again. She puffed up her cheeks and shouted at Zhang Feiyu with all her strength.

The girl’s voice was sharp enough, making Zhang Feiyu’s head dizzy. He also subconsciously opened his eyes. He could be 100% sure that was the girl’s voice, because he had heard it too many times. Could it be that she was cheering for him?

Thinking this way, Zhang Feiyu only felt his whole body filled with strength.

And at this moment, he could feel he was no longer alone. It was as if the girl who just spoke was really watching him.

Thinking of how he had just given up, he now felt he couldn’t keep up appearances. He never thought he would be so fragile and even let that girl see it.

Zhang Feiyu, who had come back to his senses, suddenly discovered that the tree root he had subconsciously grabbed just now had firmly fixed him in the rapid river.

Zhang Feiyu’s eyes lit up. Could it be that Sword Dancing Princess gave it to him? Then she was really a little angel.

“Come on, come on!” Su Qi watched him slowly grab the tree root and move towards the shore. She who had only participated in sports meets could only cheer on dryly like this.

However, it was enough for Zhang Feiyu now.

Whether it was because he saw the hope of living, or he didn’t want to lose his dignity as a man in front of Su Qi, Zhang Feiyu only felt that his body was now bursting with infinite strength. His adrenaline surged. Even that arm that had lost all color, at this moment, had strength even higher than during training!

At this time, the time limit for the conch in Su Qi’s hand was up. Just like the unscientific scene that had abruptly appeared, the entire conch disappeared soundlessly again.

Fortunately, Su Qi saw that Zhang Feiyu had safely reached the shore at this moment and breathed a slight sigh of relief. Zhang Feiyu, who had reached the shore, found that just like how it had suddenly appeared, that voice also left without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

At this moment, he felt it was a bit dream-like.

But thinking of the experience just now and that magical tree root, Zhang Feiyu always felt it was inseparable from “Sword Dancing Princess”. Could she be his so-called goddess of luck?

“Thank you!!!” Zhang Feiyu shouted at the empty woods.

Not hearing the girl’s reply, he heard several robust male voices instead:

“Over here, over here, found him!”

The weak Zhang Feiyu was lifted onto a stretcher. He kept repeating to the soldiers who came to search for him what had just happened. Then he saw someone take out a walkie-talkie and say, “Target found, feverish, delirious, please have the vehicle arrive at xxx as soon as possible.”

Su Qi breathed a sigh of relief only after seeing those few people didn’t believe it. She then opened the last scene.

But after seeing the scene, she was stunned.

Because, wasn’t this Fifth, Fifth Brother? Su Qi widened her eyes.

It turned out that Su Wujun, who was supposed to do interception work, saw a firefighter not intercepted. In a flurry, his mind went blank and he jumped into the river. After saving that person, he himself didn’t grab the rope, leading to this situation.

Su Qi watched her fifth brother. Although he wasn’t as disheveled as the two soldiers earlier, perhaps because he was family, Su Qi only felt even more alarmed at this moment. After using another “fake tree root” to rescue her fifth brother ashore, Su Qi then closed that scene.

At this moment, Su Qi felt a bit thankful that she didn’t choose to give up saving the second person because of money earlier.

If she had given up on the second person, she probably wouldn’t have been able to open the third scene and wouldn’t have been able to save her fifth brother.

Just at this moment when she breathed a sigh of relief, the system girl’s voice appeared, but with a bit of a wronged tone, “Host, you just spent a total of 3 fake branches and 1 voice-transmitting conch, totaling 400 Gratitude Coins.”

Before Su Qi could think of how to reply, she heard it continue, “Host, if these Gratitude Coins are not repaid today, there will be overdue fees. For every 100 Gratitude Coins, an additional coin will be owed each day. Host, what should we do???”

Hearing the system girl’s almost crying tone, Su Qi just felt it was a bit cute. But thinking about it, she could accept it. A 1 million yuan loan, if not repaid today, it would be 1.01 million tomorrow. Who could accept such high interest?

But thinking of how the system girl fully supported her just now, how could Su Qi bear to let it undertake so much risk? After all, compared to a little girl like it, she was a man!

Su Qi felt that even if she had to borrow money from her mom today, she had to repay this money to the system girl.

Wait, mom? Thinking of Lu Ran, Su Qi suddenly remembered, didn’t she have a company her mom gave her?

Actually, Su Qi was quite conflicted about this company. When making games, she had always wanted a team that belonged to her alone. But Su Qi discovered a problem. She herself lacked leadership skills and was completely unable to give orders.

A company with such a leader was like a line of code without an enter key, unable to start up, doomed to lose money and go bankrupt.

Rather than letting it go bankrupt now, it was better to wait until she was capable in the future and start a company herself. Although it was a bit undeserving of her mom’s good intentions, Su Qi thought about it and said to the system girl,

“Sell the company and exchange it for money.”

The system girl was silent for two seconds and said, “Host, selling in a hurry can only exchange for 1.4 million.” Hearing the system girl’s words, Su Qi was just surprised. The contract was from the day before yesterday. Only yesterday had passed, and it had already dropped in price by 600,000? It could compete with the price drop of phones.

Heartache aside, but Su Qi knew this matter couldn’t be delayed. After all, interest over there piled up and piled up, even more unable to be delayed. As for mom’s side, she would take the initiative to admit her mistake tomorrow. Thinking this way, Su Qi nodded.

“Host, then let me proceed. I shall donate all the profits from Bilibili, game revenues, and the proceeds from selling the company!”

Su Qi paused before asking, “Where will you donate them?”

“To the children’s welfare homes, as I always do,” the system replied matter-of-factly.

Su Qi hastily intervened. Though orphans were pitiful, from her visits to such institutions, she knew 4 million would suffice for a major renovation. Yet the amount directly benefiting the children would be far less. Su Qi feared this endeavor might not even yield 400 Gratitude Coins, leaving the system in tears.

After explaining Henan’s greater need for aid, the system acquiesced.

Three minutes later, the system cheerfully announced, “Done.”

Su Qi wondered how the system could transfer funds from a company without her identification, but her system’s idiosyncrasies were nothing new. For now, Su Qi stifled a yawn, needing rest to soothe the anguish of donating 4 million.

“Host, you’re penniless now. Aren’t you distraught?” the system inquired, puzzled by Su Qi’s nonchalance.

Unaware her words felt like a dagger in Su Qi’s heart, the latter’s sorrow threatened to draw blood. Yet recalling her brother’s rescue made the sacrifice worthwhile, if excruciatingly painful—not a single cent had graced her account.

Maintaining her formidable host persona, Su Qi responded, “I still have you, don’t I?”

Deeply touched, the system fell silent as Su Qi retired to her bedroom, where a familiar frame appeared—a seasoned intimate image.

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