Chapter 178: The Tolerant Virtuous Wife in a Harem Novel…1

“At this point, I’m not afraid of you laughing at me. Honestly, I think the way Shu Shu turned out has a lot to do with how I spoiled her.”

Parents willing to admit their mistakes were rare in Xie Hui’s experience. More often, he encountered the kind who believed that no matter what happened, a father could never be wrong.

“I know I was wrong. I know it wasn’t good for Shu Shu. But she’s my only daughter, and she’s never had a mother. I just couldn’t bring myself to be strict with her.”

“Indulging a child is no different from harming them. I finally understand what that means.”

Xie Hui calmly finished his cup of tea. As he set the cup down, he looked up to meet the man’s gaze and reminded him,

“You need to be clear on one thing. Once you’ve asked me to help fulfill your wish, no matter how much you care about your daughter, you can’t interfere with the decisions I make during the mission.”

The man froze for a moment at Xie Hui’s words, then finally nodded.

“Alright.”

“If possible, I hope she can find someone who truly loves her, someone they can respect and treat as an equal, with mutual freedom.”

Xie Hui had no personal interest in romantic entanglements, but he understood that for most people, love was something beautiful. So this request from the Client didn’t surprise him.

“Alright, I’ll do my best.”

Given his usual streak of luck, Xie Hui had assumed he’d arrive in this world when the child was still young, so he could slowly guide Xie Shu’s thinking from an early age.

But to his surprise, when he entered this world, Xie Shu was already in college—and had already become romantically involved with the harem novel’s male lead.

“Host, would you like to view the original plot?”

“Yes.”

Since the daughter was a key character in the story, Xie Hui began reviewing the plot as soon as he arrived, sitting behind his desk.

The story followed an average otaku who died suddenly while watching adult films late at night and was reincarnated into another world. Armed with the knowledge in his head, he quickly rose to fame and became an idol to countless people.

He first won over the campus belle, Xie Shu, during college. Later, he encountered a domineering CEO, a spoiled starlet, a pure-hearted film queen, and so on.

The target of Xie Hui’s mission this time was the first woman this man—Zhou Yang—met after arriving in the new world: the campus belle from his university.

In most aspects, Xie Shu was a normal girl. But when it came to Zhou Yang, she turned into a complete lovestruck fool.

Zhou Yang wasn’t just a playboy. In the early stages of his rise, he relied heavily on the influence of his girlfriend’s father.

He took advantage of the Client’s deep love for his daughter to build his career, and once he achieved success, he surrounded himself with women.

What the Client found hardest to accept was that his daughter willingly became one of Zhou Yang’s many women. When questioned, she even defended herself, saying that as long as Zhou Yang’s true love was her, nothing else mattered.

Recalling the memories from the Client, Xie Hui felt a surge of anger, the veins on his forehead twitching.

Forcing himself to calm down, he analyzed where the plot currently stood. As he lowered his head, he happened to notice a document the Client had been reviewing earlier—a proposal about Virtual Idols.

In recent years, with so many celebrity scandals and public image collapses, many entertainment companies had started to promote Virtual Idols.

The Client had dismissed the idea at the time, thinking it wouldn’t work. Later, reality proved him right—Virtual Idols had taken off.

But now, as Xie Hui looked at the proposal again, an idea began to form. He immediately instructed his secretary to arrange a meeting.

“System, copy everything Zhou Yang plagiarized in the original plot and compile it for me.”

“Understood, Host.”

Xie Hui could have done it himself, but it would have been far more troublesome.

He was curious—without all those talents that never truly belonged to him, what could Zhou Yang possibly rely on to win people over?

After finalizing the Virtual Idol project in the meeting, Xie Hui distributed all the relevant documents. Using the image of artists from Zhou Yang’s memories, he began crafting Virtual Idols, essentially transplanting people from another world into this one.

Unusually, Xie Hui didn’t rush to meet the mission target upon arrival in this world.

Once the Virtual Idol project was finalized and the press conference held, Xie Hui publicly announced that all profits from the Virtual Idols—aside from operational costs—would be donated to charity.

When things finally settled down, Xie Hui received a call from Xie Shu.

The Client had previously called her almost every day to check in on her life, only to be met with complaints that he was disturbing her time with her boyfriend.

This time, Xie Hui hadn’t contacted her for nearly two months, and she hadn’t once thought to call him either.

“Hello?”

As soon as Xie Hui answered, he heard sobbing on the other end. The familiar sound made the Client’s body instinctively tense.

He didn’t rush to offer comfort. Instead, he calmly adjusted his breathing and emotions.

“Dad, aren’t you going to ask what’s wrong with me?”

Her tearful voice came through the phone, but Xie Hui’s tone remained steady.

“Hmm? Then what’s wrong?”

“Dad, do you know what happened today? I caught Zhou Yang getting all flirty with a junior! He had the nerve to say they were just friends. What kind of friend almost kisses you?”

“Well, now I know. Zhou Yang really isn’t much of a man.”

The moment Xie Hui said that, the crying stopped.

“Dad, how can you say that about Zhou Yang? Maybe that junior was the one trying to seduce him!”

Before coming to this world, Xie Hui had thought he was fully prepared to face anything calmly. But hearing Xie Shu say that still made his stomach turn.

“Then how should I talk about him? Should I praise him for cheating? Who says it had to be the junior seducing him? Why couldn’t it be him chasing after her?”

“Dad! You’re just being biased against Zhou Yang, don’t you see? He didn’t cheat! He already told me—he’ll only ever love me in this lifetime. Why would he say that to anyone else?”

Xie Hui could easily recognize the kind of empty sweet talk used to fool young girls. Yet Xie Shu had completely bought into it.

After just a brief exchange with her, Xie Hui felt that even if the Client hadn’t been overly indulgent, he still wouldn’t have known how to handle this situation properly.

“Yes, I’m biased against him. Because I think he’s no good.”

“Dad, how can you say that? Didn’t you always say you loved me the most? Now you’re just trying to upset me on purpose. I’m not talking to you anymore!”

After Xie Hui finished speaking to Xie Shu on the other end of the line, he heard the click of the call being hung up. Unfazed, he calmly added Xie Shu to his blocklist, then turned to his secretary and said,

“Go cancel the supplementary card I gave to Shushu.”

Zhou Yang had always relied on financial aid to get by, but ever since meeting Xie Shu, his quality of life had skyrocketed.

Xie Shu’s own monthly allowance and living expenses were about the same as any other student’s. Worried that she might suffer any hardship at school, the Client had given her a supplementary card.

“Yes, CEO Xie.”

After handling everything, Xie Hui glanced at the online buzz surrounding the Virtual Idol and nodded in satisfaction.

After all, it was a classic from another world, a project countless people had poured their hearts into. Even in this world, gold would still shine.

“Host, aren’t you going to tell Xie Shu that Zhou Yang isn’t a good person?”

“I could tell her ten thousand times, and she’d still think I’m trying to hurt her.”

Xie Hui replied calmly to the System, then donated the Virtual Idol’s first earnings to a local orphanage that was on the verge of shutting down.

The orphanage housed many children with unusual conditions, most of them in poor health. The cost of surgeries was astronomical, and the small institution simply couldn’t afford it.

Thanks to Xie Hui’s donation, many of the children were able to undergo surgery, and most recovered well afterward.

Xie Hui had plenty of patience. After all, he was going to spend the rest of his life in this mission world. Changing someone’s deeply rooted mindset was no easy task—it would take time, and a lot of it. He couldn’t just sit around doing nothing.

A month later, when Xie Hui returned home from work, he found Xie Shu sitting in the living room.

Compared to the pampered little princess from the Client’s memories, she looked far more disheveled now.

“Dad, why did you cancel my card? And why are you always at that orphanage? You might as well adopt those kids and call them your own! So what, your biological daughter isn’t even living as well as a bunch of orphans now?”

Xie Hui had just stepped through the door when he was met with her barrage of accusations. He handed his briefcase to the steward, walked past her with a cold expression, and headed toward the private elevator.

Xie Shu had been expecting her father to apologize. She never imagined he wouldn’t even spare her a glance. Furious, she lost all reason and stepped in front of him to block his path.

“Dad! I’m talking to you!”

“I haven’t even done much for those kids at the orphanage, but they still know how to say thank you. You, my daughter, haven’t been home in ages, and you can’t even be bothered to ask how your father is doing?”

Xie Hui’s voice was calm, but his question struck a nerve. Already feeling wronged, Xie Shu’s emotions finally reached a breaking point.

“Dad! What’s that supposed to mean? If you never loved me, then why did you even bring me into this world in the first place?”

That one sentence made Xie Hui stop in his tracks.