There are still five minutes until the hero escapes from marriage.

At this moment, Gu Xianting had been dragged into the undeveloped jungle of the island.

Unable to tell whether it was due to continuous running, fear of being caught, or hope of being rescued, his heart was pounding rapidly.

During the days trapped on the island by Wen Zhao, he had also wondered if anyone would come to rescue him.

But he had never expected that the one to rescue him would be none other than Su Mengyao, whom he had always protected and saved, whom he regarded as the epitome of fragility!

She had sneaked in under cover of darkness and thunderstorm, with the assistance of the system’s surveillance.

That day, Gu Ruoxian had come to her, proposing a cooperation.

“I was just deceived by Wen Zhao. She’s truly insane, Yao Yao, we have to save Xianting!” Gu Ruoxian held her hand, her eyes earnest and sincere.

Su Mengyao felt skeptical, but her expression showed deep gratitude. “Ruoxian, you finally believe me.”

“I’m sorry for making you suffer these past few days.” Gu Ruoxian’s eyes were full of apology as she placed a beautifully crafted box in Su Mengyao’s hands. “Can you forgive me?”

Su Mengyao looked at the gift in her hand, but Gu Ruoxian had already opened the box, revealing a stunning pink diamond inside.

“I can’t accept this. Sister, please take it back. I forgive you.” She pushed the box back.

“No, you must accept it, Yao Yao. Xianting is still waiting for you to save him.” Gu Ruoxian closed the lid, not retracting the gift. “Every day he’s not rescued means another day of suffering for him. Since you love him so much, you surely don’t want him to suffer, right?”

Su Mengyao’s heart tightened. Why did those words sound so familiar?

“Sister, please let me think about it, okay? After all, Wen Zhao and Xianting are already married.” Her face revealed a painful expression.

“So what? Wen Zhao is simply a malicious woman! She’s hurting Xianting! Only you can save him!” Gu Ruoxian persuaded.

Meanwhile, after over 24 hours, the system finally managed to locate Gu Xianting’s position when he was on the brink of death by drowning. With Gu Ruoxian’s wealth, and with Su Mengyao’s help under the guidance of the system and Gu Ruoxian, they successfully sneaked onto the island on a yacht during the thunderstormy night.

The system, which had always been considered useless by Su Mengyao, finally proved its worth. She managed to avoid surveillance and infiltrate among the maids, successfully sneaking Gu Xianting out!

It was miraculously smooth!

At this moment, she truly felt like a female protagonist!

Gu Xianting didn’t know how she had found him, but he only knew that his heart was pounding incessantly because of her!

Never before had he been so clear and so certain about his feelings. He loved her!

He couldn’t restrain himself any longer. He stopped in his tracks, grabbed her hand tightly, and pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly.

The anxious heart finally found a place to rest.

Suddenly, he felt like such a scoundrel. During the days Wen Zhao had trapped him on the island, he had actually wavered!

Thinking of the previous night, when he had almost betrayed Su Mengyao, he felt immensely guilty. “Mengyao, I miss you so much.”

“Xianting, you can’t…” Her eyes turned red, but she still struggled to break free from his embrace, her whole being exuding a desolate aura. “We agreed to separate before.”

“Then why did you come to rescue me?” His eyes were also red as he looked at her. “Let’s not deceive ourselves anymore. The person I love is you, and you still love me. Let’s never be apart again!”

“But… what about Wen Zhao?” Su Mengyao felt aggrieved.

“To hell with her!” Gu Xianting’s mind was filled with a destructive rage as he thought of her. “That malicious woman, I will make her pay!”

“She just loves you too much,” Su Mengyao said softly.

“Her love only suffocates and disgusts me!” His anger was further fueled by Su Mengyao’s words. 

“She’s not worthy of talking about love. I’ve never loved her, it’s all her own wishful thinking, pestering me endlessly!”

Su Mengyao was deeply moved. Indeed, Xianting loved her. Even if Wen Zhao was beautiful and wealthy, and had known him since childhood, what did it matter?

She was about to respond when suddenly, sharp and piercing alarms blared in her mind.

[Run—now!]

“I will make her lose everything. I will make her pay for all the harm she’s caused you, a hundred times over! Don’t be afraid of her. With me by your side, no one will dare to bully you… Ah!” Gu Xianting was holding Su Mengyao, passionately envisioning their future together, making heartfelt promises to her.

But the next moment, a powerful force struck his back, feeling like his spine was about to break!

Thunk—

A small white ball rolled from his back and dropped to the ground, bouncing a few times.

He fell backward, and Su Mengyao tried to hold onto him, but he was too strong for her to restrain.

Her face turned pale. Just a moment ago, her lover had been pouring out his feelings to her, and now suddenly everything had changed!

Her mind was filled with the system’s alarms.

[Host, run! Run now!]

The system was going crazy!

Meanwhile, on the beach by the rocks, two people were pinned down, surrounded by a row of black-clad bodyguards standing behind them, waiting like predators for their prey to struggle free.

Humans fear not so much the absence of hope but the proximity of hope, within reach yet slipping away before their eyes.

Gu Xianting stood frozen, his mind buzzing. His hands clenched into fists, his breath heavy, like a wild beast losing its sanity, his eyes filled with fury, wanting to destroy everything!

“Xianting… what do we do…” Su Mengyao clung to his embrace, feeling as terrified now as she had been happy when she successfully rescued him.

“Don’t be afraid!” He tried to calm himself down. No matter what, he couldn’t let Su Mengyao be in danger. She had come here to save him!

Wen Zhao, dragging a baseball bat, finally reached the seaside, only to witness Gu Xianting holding Su Mengyao in his arms.

This man, who avoided her like a snake and only acted according to her forceful methods, who was willing to act out the role she desired only when coerced, was now wholeheartedly cradling another woman in his arms.

She stopped in front of them, her gaze falling on Su Mengyao. Su Mengyao, trembling, buried her face in Gu Xianting’s embrace, avoiding direct eye contact with her.

“Wen Zhao, if you have any grievances, take them out on me! None of this has anything to do with her!” Gu Xianting watched her warily.

“Is that so? Are you willing to bear all the consequences?” Her gaze moved slowly to his face. At this moment, this man discarded all pretense, his eyes clearly showing disdain.

“I understand now.” She even flashed a smile. She raised the baseball bat she had been dragging all along, the end of the bat, worn down from the journey, now covered in jagged wooden spikes.

Gu Xianting’s pupils contracted. “Wen Zhao! What are you going to do?”

As he spoke, she swung the baseball bat with all her might, creating a whistling sound as it cut through the air!

Thunk— 

The baseball bat struck his leg fiercely.

As he fell to the ground, Su Mengyao, who had been held in his arms, also fell to the ground. She screamed in fear, her terror reaching its peak!

The baseball bat wielded by Wen Zhao was raised again, and the next moment, it came crashing down on Gu Xianting’s other leg.

“Ah!” He couldn’t help but scream in pain, his body soaked in sweat from the agony.

“Wen Zhao, Wen Zhao, stop!” Su Mengyao rushed forward, trying to stop her with both hands and feet, afraid that after she finished with Gu Xianting, he would turn the bat towards her!

“Get out of the way!” She kicked her aside. “Hold her down!”

She didn’t even bother to look at Su Mengyao, she didn’t have time to deal with her now.

The bodyguard swiftly moved forward and pressed her down. Her head was firmly pressed to the ground, and because he was afraid she would make too much noise, the bodyguard even considerately covered her mouth.

“You’re quite good at running, aren’t you? Just now, holding onto your little lover, you ran pretty fast, didn’t you?” Wen Zhao’s tone was indifferent. “Who was it who told me yesterday that they wanted to live happily ever after with me? It turns out it was all lies.”

Her bat prodded his leg again, and he couldn’t help but cry out in pain, but because Su Mengyao was there, he didn’t want to appear too pathetic in front of Wen Zhao.

“Answer my question!” She squatted down, coldly staring at him.

He took a few breaths and slowly raised his head, his eyes staring fiercely at her. “Yes, I was lying to you! I don’t love you, I’m just pretending to care for you, I never liked you at all! You’d better keep me trapped for the rest of my life, otherwise I won’t let you go!”

“Trapped you for the rest of your life?” Wen Zhao found it amusing. “That’s quite a demand, it’s the first time I’ve heard that.”

“You’ve provided a good idea.” Her face was full of malice. “Trapping you for the rest of your life sounds good.”

This is just fucking ridiculous!

“I like that look in your eyes. She looked at him, the terrifying look in his eyes almost devouring, praising, “It’s much better than the pretentious kindness and gentleness you showed in front of me a few days ago.”

She reached out, pinching his chin, forcing him to look at her. “Yes, that’s the look I like, hating me, loathing me, but still having to let me kiss you, touch you, hold you. You clearly don’t want to, but you still have to cooperate with me.”

“You’re insane! You’re just a lunatic!” He knew that when she kissed him, wanted to sleep with him, it wasn’t out of love for him, she was disgusted by him, sickened by him!

“Nobody lives without going crazy. I’ve been driven crazy by you all. Maybe you should reflect on yourselves?” She sneered, “I wasn’t like this before, you can’t drive me to this point and then blame me for being so cruel, Gu Xianting, there’s no logic in that.”

Sweat beads the size of beans rolled down Gu Xianting’s forehead, and he screamed in pain, “What do you want?”

“Shouldn’t you be saying, what you want?” She looked at him expressionlessly. “Do you want revenge on me? Want to ruin me? Want to pour your heart out to your little lover?”

She slapped his face hard. “Have you forgotten? You’re married now, you’re my husband. As long as you don’t divorce me for a day, your beloved can only be a third party who can see the light of day!”

“Is this your idea of love? It’s so disgusting.” Wen Zhao laughed, pointing at Su Mengyao, who was being pressed to the ground. “Look at her, your beloved, because of you, she’s like a dog now. Tell me, how should I treat this true love lady?”

Gu Xianting’s originally resentful face changed suddenly!

“Wen Zhao! Wen Zhao, you can do whatever you want to me, but let her go, this is between us, it has nothing to do with her!” He was anxious, he wanted to reach out and pull her but she stepped back.

“Many people say that when a man cheats, you can’t blame the third party, it’s all the man’s fault, but in my eyes, you’re equal. There’s no reason to hold you accountable and let her go.”

She walked slowly to Su Mengyao and gestured for the bodyguard to release her mouth.

She was shaking all over with fear at this point, hoping that Wen Zhao would forget her existence.

“Come on, just now Gu Xianting said that what happened between him and me has nothing to do with you. What do you think? Do you think our situation has nothing to do with you?” Wen Zhao stared straight at her.

“No… it’s my fault, it’s all my fault!” Su Mengyao struggled to speak, her emotions were tense, making her speech not smooth, but perhaps because she was so frightened, she managed to speak. 

“Don’t make things difficult for Gu Xianting, it’s me, it’s me who knew he was engaged to you, and still intentionally got to know him! It’s me who seduced him, he initially rejected me, it’s me who pestered him, when I saw him with you, I deliberately made him come to accompany me!”

“Don’t say that about yourself! Mengyao!” Gu Xianting heard her say this, and he became anxious. “You don’t have to say that about yourself, I know you’re not like this! Wen Zhao, it’s my own weak will, it’s my fickle heart, it’s my infidelity…”

“Xianting!” Su Mengyao looked at him, tears streaming down her face.

Gu Xianting felt his heart wrenching. He really wanted to hold her in his arms, kiss away her tears, shield her from the wind and rain, and prevent her from suffering even the slightest grievance. “Mengyao…”

“Clap, clap, clap—” Wen Zhao applauded, looking at the two of them expressionlessly, sneering, “How touching.”

Look, the handsome male lead had his legs broken and was lying on the ground, yet he was still trying to crawl to the female lead. The female lead’s eyes were filled with tears, as if she could sacrifice the whole world for the male lead.

And there she stood, arrogantly in place, bullying the female lead, beating the male lead, using all her efforts to break up a couple in love.

If the so-called evil female supporting character redemption system were here, it would probably be driven crazy by her actions.

In fact, it had now become a system to save the male lead, but it was already on the verge of exploding!

What a great situation, yet it was still messed up! They were just one step away from victory!

Even the female lead’s heart was exploding. Truly, she couldn’t succeed at anything!

Yet this was the female lead it had chosen, and even if she knelt down, it still had to help her complete the mission of saving the male lead from the evil female supporting character.

“Wen Zhao, you can’t tear apart two hearts in love!” Su Mengyao struggled, trying to get to Gu Xianting’s side, but she was firmly held down by the bodyguard, and all her struggles were in vain.

Perhaps before, her feelings for him were mixed with many other things. But now, at this moment, looking at everything he had done for her, she only felt deep shock in her heart!

The current Gu Xianting had his face swollen from Wen Zhao’s beating, scars on his forehead, and his legs broken. Obviously in such a miserable state, obviously not strong at all, unlike before, when he could solve all problems for her.

But in her eyes, the current Gu Xianting seemed to be glowing.

Wen Zhao looked coldly at all this, a mocking smile on her lips.

In the old-fashioned Mary Sue romance novels, the love between the male and female leads would deepen under the villainess’s evil deeds, eventually reaching a life-and-death commitment.

After being forcibly separated, neither Gu Xianting nor Su Mengyao actually felt so eager to be back together. They even wavered, thought about giving up. But now, after being tormented by the evil supporting character, their feelings suddenly intensified, almost becoming unbreakable.

Her smile deepened, “Since you love each other so much, you must be willing to do anything for each other, right?”

They both looked at her at the same time, their eyes full of vigilance and caution.

“Do you want to keep loving each other like this?” Otherwise, she would be very troubled.

After all, if they didn’t deeply love each other, where would be the fun in her revenge?

She wanted them to love each other deeply, yet be forced to be apart.

She wanted them to suffer and hate her forever, yet still be unable to do anything to her!

The evil supporting character redemption system told her to fulfill them, to live her own life.

But what was her own life? In her last life, because of these two people, everything was lost, and she suffered so much. Why should she fulfill them?

Why could they just be together without any consequences, while she had to pay back everything she suffered in the last life a thousandfold?

There was no reason for that. Even if she wanted to start a new life, she had to repay everything she suffered in the past life a thousand times over!

“Take them back,” she said without doing anything else, she picked up the baseball bat from the ground and walked back.

Behind her, the bodyguard dragged Gu Xianting, completely ignoring his screams of pain from his broken bones, and pushed Su Mengyao, followed by several helpers on the yacht.

“Go in.” The bodyguard pushed Su Mengyao into a servant’s room and locked the door with a clang.

She urgently rushed to the door, “Let me out! You can’t treat me like this! Wen Zhao, Wen Zhao!”

All the way, she had been trying to plead with Wen Zhao not to drag Gu Xianting like this. His legs needed medical attention, and he would be in great pain like this!

But Wen Zhao, that woman, clearly heard Gu Xianting’s screams, yet remained indifferent!

What kind of love was this? Indeed, she didn’t love him at all. She was just wicked, unable to see others in love!

[You need to calm down first!] The system tried to calm her. If she kept shouting like this, who knew if Wen Zhao would drag her out and throw her into the sea to feed the fish!

The system didn’t doubt for a moment that Wen Zhao was capable of such a thing. After all, in the previous life, Gu Xianting had let someone throw her into the sea for Su Mengyao!

“How can I calm down?” Her anger suddenly turned towards the system, “Aren’t you supposed to be saving the male lead system? Why are you so useless! Why didn’t you remind us?”

“You say you’re saving the male lead system, but since you bound me until now, besides teleporting me twice, you haven’t been of any help at all!”

[Then why don’t you say you’re useless? You can’t do anything right. Besides letting people come to save you, besides letting people feed you, what else can you do?!]

The system was also very angry, [You’re the one who wants to save your male lead, your beloved, not me! You’re doing it for yourself. Without me, you would have died countless times already!]

[When something goes wrong, you always blame others. Why don’t you reflect on yourself?]

Su Mengyao fell silent. She leaned against the door, slowly sliding down until she was sitting on the floor, head bowed, her expression hidden in the shadows.

“Yeah, you’re right, I’m useless.”

The system didn’t say anything, and neither did Su Mengyao complain to the system anymore.

Unlike her temporary despondency, Gu Xianting was extremely angry at this moment!

Because just now, Wen Zhao had ordered the butler to send a maid’s uniform to Su Mengyao right in front of him. 

Since she liked the look of the maids on the island, she was going to satisfy her with a full-time maid outfit, letting her stay on the island to serve her and him. 

Since she liked him so much, she wasn’t a devil after all, she’d let her be their personal maid 24 hours a day, so she could see him all the time.

“Wen Zhao, she’s not your servant! How can you humiliate her like this!” Gu Xianting’s temples bulged with anger, “You can’t do this!”

“I can, of course I can.” Wen Zhao smiled brightly, “Since she likes my husband so much, I’m just fulfilling her wish. Why are you so angry? Don’t you also love her very much? Aren’t you satisfied with being able to see her all the time?”

He looked at her smiling face and felt a chill in his heart.

It was such a beautiful face, yet her heart was more poisonous than the deadliest poison!

“Gu Xianting, I don’t quite like that expression on your face.” She looked at his face with disdain, “Later, our little maid will change into her uniform and come over. 

I hope you can be a qualified husband. Remember, I’m your wife, if you want to have an affair with the maid, please do it quietly. After all, cockroaches that can’t stand the light only deserve to come out at night.”

When Su Mengyao saw the maid’s uniform brought over by the butler and heard him say that she would serve the master and her husband 24 hours a day, she felt a rush of blood to her head, and her whole body felt heavy.

“I won’t wear it! If she has the ability, she can kill me!” Su Mengyao, just provoked by the system, showed signs of being in a state of extreme disarray. Yes, she was useless, she was worthless, but at least she still had her dignity!

“Are you sure? But the boss ordered it, and if Miss Su doesn’t want to, she won’t force you. However, she intends to send the island’s only doctor away.” The butler said up to this point, not continuing, just smiling at her.

She was stunned at first, not yet understanding what this meant.

[System, agree to her demands!]

[Wen Zhao wants to send away Dr. Xia, who will treat the male lead’s broken leg? Do you want Gu Xianting to be paralyzed for the rest of his life?]

Her face turned pale all of a sudden.

Seeing her expression, the butler knew that she had realized.

He looked at her, his eyes devoid of any warmth, no different from looking at any other object.

“Miss Su, how’s your consideration?” The butler, with a gentle tone, asked.

She bit her lip and reached out to take the uniform, “I’ll wear it, I’ll wear it.”

“Then please hurry, Miss Su. BOSS hopes to see you in ten minutes. She doesn’t like being late, and she really dislikes waiting for people.” The butler lifted his hand, revealing the watch on his wrist. “

The last sentence the butler said had a profound meaning.

After all, in Wen Zhao’s life, the only person she dared to make wait was Gu Xianting, and Gu Xianting’s frequent no-shows were mostly related to Su Mengyao.

She took a deep breath and forced out a smile, “I understand.”

She took a step back and closed the door.

She placed the maid’s uniform on the bed, trembling hands unbuttoning her clothes. With each button undone, she felt a little calmer.

She told herself it was okay, she had already seen Gu Xianting, she would definitely have a chance to rescue him. Xianting was in such a sorry state now, and she was the only one who could help him.

And she still had a way out. Gu Ruoxian had been waiting to pick her up. If she didn’t return, she would definitely find a way to rescue her.

She had to stay calm, not panic. Wen Zhao was also human, and humans always had flaws. She would definitely be able to defeat her!

After all, she was the female lead!

She had no idea how the night passed, but she had been wanting to remind Wen Zhao to keep her promise. She wore the maid’s uniform, and Wen Zhao should let the doctor treat Gu Xianting’s broken leg.

But she didn’t dare to mention it. She was afraid that if she did, it would anger Wen Zhao.

When she went to the bathroom, she cautiously looked around. When she confirmed that there was no one there, she pulled out a necklace from her chest.

This necklace was given to her by Gu Ruoxian before she left. She told her that the necklace was a miniature communicator. Turning on the switch would allow her to communicate directly.

She took a deep breath and, following Gu Ruoxian’s instructions, gently pressed the protrusion on the necklace. She softly called out, “Ruoxian, are you able to hear me?”

“Yes, how’s the situation now?”

She eagerly explained the situation briefly.

“I roughly understand the situation now.” Gu Ruoxian’s voice came through very clearly.

Su Mengyao suddenly became excited. Gu Ruoxian continued, “Tonight at three o’clock, find a way to get out. I’ll send someone to find you.”

“What about Xianting?” She asked, “his leg is injured, I can’t take him out.”

[Don’t say anything, someone’s coming!] the system timely reminded.

Su Mengyao hurriedly stuffed the necklace back in.

She walked out of the bathroom, and waiting outside was the butler. “Miss Su, BOSS wants you to come over. It’s time to go to bed, you should make the master’s bed.”

“Okay, I’ll go right away.” She replied, stepping forward to follow him.