I Am The Villain In The Novel

Chapter 35: I Want to Go to Work!

The next morning.

Although he had just solved a big case, Wei Changtian still got up on time to prepare for his shift at the Mirror Division.

He opened the window and stretched lazily.

The gentle morning breeze brought fresh air into the room. In the yard, Qiuyun was bending over to pick eggs from the chicken coop.

Yes, you read that right – collecting eggs.

The three big hens had finally started laying eggs after adapting to their new environment over the past few days!

Wei Changtian still felt that there shouldn’t be “egg-laying hens” in a villain’s household, but the women were very interested in this, and he eventually gave up.

“It’s not like they’re roosters that can lay eggs, what’s the big deal…”

He muttered to himself, looking up at the sky.

The sun was rising, casting a warm glow over the chicken feathers scattered on the ground.

A new day had begun.

…

He put on his soft armor and casual attire.

Breakfast was the same as usual, but Wei Changtian didn’t have much of an appetite.

It was because of the big toad that had appeared in “Dream Path” last night, which had really grossed him out.

“Why didn’t you wear those accessories?”

After drinking a mouthful of white porridge, Wei Changtian asked Qiuyun and Yuaner who were still the same.

Qiu Yun smiled and said, “We have to work during the day, what’s the point of wearing accessories?”

Wei Changtian snorted, “What’s the point of having these things if you’re not going to wear them?”

“Hehe~”

Qiu Yun and Yaun’er just covered their mouths and laughed, seemingly amused by Wei Changtian’s lack of understanding of women’s thoughts.

He glanced at them, shook his head, finished the porridge, and stood up and left the table.

Qiu Yun asked anxiously from behind, “Young Master, why did you eat so little today?”

“No appetite.”

Wei Changtian waved his hand and set off for the Mirror Division, while Qiu Yun and Yaun’er looked at each other worriedly, their little heads tilting together as they started to speculate.

“Sister Qiu Yun, did we offend the Young Master? Does he think we don’t like those accessories?”

“this…”

“Maybe we should wear them from now on, the Young Master’s happiness is the most important thing.”

“Uh-huh, that’s right.”

“We’ll wait for the Young Master to come back tonight… Madam!”

Yaun’er suddenly closed her mouth and looked at Lan Jingyao, who was walking towards them.

“Ah! madam, this hairpin of yours is really beautiful!”

“Is it? The Young Master forced me to accept it yesterday, and I couldn’t refuse.”

“The Young Master is really good to you!”

“It’s just a hairpin, who lacks such small jewellery… don’t mention this to the Young Master.”

“…”

“Ah-choo!”

Wei Changtian, sitting in the horse-drawn carriage, let out a sneeze.

Who cursed me?

Probably Zhang Hongwen! That old man must really hate me.

After bringing the toad demon and the Zhang family members back to the Mirror Division last night, he had left, and the interrogation process was personally overseen by Wei Xianzhi.

He didn’t know if it was finished yet.

But actually, Wei Changtian knew that the interrogation wouldn’t affect the outcome.

The moment the toad demon appeared, the entire Zhang family was doomed, regardless of whether they knew about it or not – they would all die.

It was just a matter of how they would die.

The horse-drawn carriage slowly stopped in front of the Mirror Division, and Wei Changtian took off his soft armor and got out of the carriage.

Two gatekeepers immediately came forward, their faces filled with admiration.

“Young Master Wei! You’re here!”

“We’ve all heard about how you stabbed the demon’s eye with one sword!”

“The brothers in the department are all looking up to you now!”

“Unfortunately…”

“We didn’t get to see it with our own eyes last night…”

Hmm?

How did they find out so quickly?

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Wei Changtian waved his hand twice.

“Keep a low profile, keep a low profile.”

“I just hate these evil demons, don’t make a big fuss about it.”

“!!”

“Young master Wei is truly a beacon of justice!”

…

As the saying goes, scholars look down on each other, while martial artists respect each other.

Compared to scholars who look down on each other, it’s much easier to gain recognition from martial artists.

You can gain recognition by being able to fight better than others, being more fearless, more courageous, or more ruthless.

Therefore, after last night’s events, most people in the Mirror Division have greatly changed their impression of Wei Changtian.

In fact, many people came to the martial arts hall today just to catch a glimpse of him.

“Whoosh! Bang! Bang!”

“Boom!!”

Two figures clashed, and suddenly one of them was sent flying, crashing to the ground.

Wei Changtian stood firm, and the audience erupted in cheers.

Today, he had completed ten matches, winning seven and losing three.

His total wins had reached fifty, finally completing half of his goal of one hundred wins.

The reason for his rapid progress was not only due to his uninterrupted Dream Path practice every night but also the “Floating Cloud Step” technique taught by Xu Qingwan, which had a significant impact.

Unfortunately, Xu Qingwan was on a mission today and didn’t have time for private lessons.

“Young master, are you going back to the manor?”

The crowd dispersed, and Wang Er put the silver notes he hadn’t given away back into his pocket.

“No, I’m not going back.”

Wei Changtian shook his head: “I’m going to find my father, and I’ll be back for dinner.”

“Tell Li Yang to come find me at the Wei manor later.”

“Yes, Young master.”

Wang Er nodded and quickly left.

After he left, Wei Changtian stayed in the martial arts hall to watch others fight for a while before getting up to find Wei Xianzhi.

He wanted to know how the imperial court was reacting to the Zhang family affair.

Although Zhang Hongwen had fallen, it is not certain that Li Kan will take over the position of Chief of the Ministry Of Justice, and the Wei family might still need to take action.

The Liu family’s revenge had failed, and they definitely wouldn’t give up; they needed to make preparations early.

Besides these, he had another matter to discuss with Wei Xianzhi.

He wanted to go to work!

…

Wei Changtian didn’t want to go to work because “labor is glorious” or to advance in his official career.

He wanted to earn system points.

He had been thinking about a question these past few days, which was how to be judged by the system as “successfully changing the plot”.

Why didn’t he get system points for recognizing Xu Qingwan, taking down Li Kan, and capturing Zhang Hongwen, but he did get points for marrying Lan Jingyao?

After thinking about it, Wei Changtian finally came up with a plausible answer.

That was that the system’s judgment was based on the same timeline as the novel.

For example, in the original storyline, Lan Jingyao should have been taken away by Xiao Feng by now, but since that didn’t happen, that plotline was considered changed.

However, as for the others, his actions hadn’t yet affected their current development or outcome.

Xu Qingwan’s storyline hadn’t even started yet.

Li Kan hadn’t become the Chief of Ministry Of Justice yet and was still a junior minister.

Zhang Hongwen was still alive.

They were still following the original storyline, and even though some things had changed, there were no results yet, so there were no system points.

This judgment method would drag out the judgment time, which was unfavorable to him.

So, he needed some quick and effective ways to change the plot.

That was to target those small plotlines in the novel that only took up one or two chapters.

Like flirting with women, slapping arrogant servants, and beating up short-sighted thugs, and so on.

As for Xiao Feng, the most he did in the early stages was—

Killing demons.