1: Chapter 1: Countdown to Death - The Queen Became My Life-Saving Cure

2014, Shanghai, late at night.

The last light in the Tianyu Media office building finally went out.

It had been nearly two hours since the celebration banquet ended, but the scent of red wine still lingered in the air.

Jiang Fan sat in the first-floor security office, a cigarette held between his fingers, staring blankly at the ceiling.

In his previous life, he was thirty-five, drove drunk, crashed through a guardrail, and plunged into the Huangpu River with his car.

He still remembered clearly the suffocating sensation of river water rushing into his lungs.

When he regained consciousness, he discovered he had transmigrated to a world called Blue Star.

He was twenty years old, a night shift security guard at Tianyu Media.

He initially thought this was a second chance at life granted by the heavens, but reality played a cruel joke on him.

This body was diagnosed with a terminal illness last month.

The doctor asserted that he wouldn't live past thirty days.

Jiang Fan tucked the cigarette behind his ear and watched the second hand of the wall clock tick.

By his calculations, it would happen within these next two days.

At noon, he transferred the last of his salary from his card to the orphanage where the original owner of this body had grown up.

It was a way to settle the original owner's karma.

Tonight, he was the only one on duty in the entire building.

At worst, he would just close his eyes on this 1.2-meter hard bed and quietly complete his final journey.

Just as he had finished thinking through his own funeral arrangements—

A sound suddenly came from the end of the corridor.

It was the sound of high heels clicking on the marble floor.

Click, click, click. The rhythm was somewhat unsteady.

Jiang Fan frowned. There was still someone here at this hour?

He turned his body to look out the window.

At this moment, a pair of long legs wrapped in black silk appeared in the corridor, wearing high heels that clearly looked expensive.

The owner of the legs was clearly drunk, walking unsteadily.

Following those legs upward, there was a purple hip-hugging skirt.

The hem of the skirt barely covered the middle of her thighs, and the side slit parted slightly with each step, revealing more of her curves wrapped in black silk.

When he saw her face clearly, Jiang Fan was stunned.

Tianyu Media's top female star, the singing Diva Xu Qingya.

People in the industry nicknamed her the "Iceberg Queen."

Usually, at the company, Jiang Fan could only catch a glimpse of her from afar outside the security cordon.

Her chin was always held slightly high, and her gaze never lingered on security guards.

At this moment, her face was flushed with an unnatural redness, her eyes were unfocused, and her gaze swept vaguely across the lobby before settling on the light emanating from the security office.

She seemed to mistake this place for a VIP reception room, swaying as she walked over.

Just as Jiang Fan wanted to speak up and persuade her to leave, a voice exploded in his mind without warning.

[Ding.]

[Target with high compatibility detected within ten meters of the host.]

[Entertainment Dual-Cultivation System activated.]

Jiang Fan was stunned.

What the hell?

Before he could react, a semi-transparent virtual panel appeared out of thin air before his eyes.

[Host: Jiang Fan]

[Age: 20]

[Remaining Lifespan: 10 hours 59 minutes 50 seconds]

[System Description: Engage in deep interaction with a high-compatibility female celebrity to obtain Lifespan Value.]

[Lifespan Value can be used to extend life, or to redeem all entertainment works and skills from the original planet.]

At the same time, he noticed a line of small text flashing at the bottom of the panel—

[Novice Benefit: Initial Charm Field released (range 5 meters)]

Charm Field?

Before Jiang Fan could figure out what this meant, the door was pushed open.

A strong scent of alcohol mixed with expensive perfume surged in.

Immediately after, that hot figure burst into his line of sight.

He saw a row of small text appearing above Xu Qingya's head.

[Target: Xu Qingya]

[Height: 168cm]

[Weight: 52kg]

[Attractiveness: 8.5 points]

[Compatibility: SS]

Xu Qingya stood at the doorway, one hand holding the door frame, her body swaying slightly.

Her brows furrowed.

This was not the VIP room.

The lighting was dim and yellow, the large screen on the wall displayed images of the entire building, and there was a single bed set up in the corner.

This was clearly the security office.

Xu Qingya had already grabbed the door frame, preparing to leave.

But the next second, an extremely pure masculine scent drilled into her nostrils without warning.

Her nerves, previously numbed by alcohol, were instantly hooked by this scent.

Xu Qingya turned around and stared fixedly at Jiang Fan, who was sitting on the chair.

The little security guard was wearing a washed-out uniform, and he was actually quite good-looking.

But that was not important.

What was important was the scent on him, which was drilling into her body bit by bit along the air.

Xu Qingya's legs suddenly stopped obeying her.

She stepped in her high heels, moving uncontrollably toward the source of the scent.

Jiang Fan watched as this usually cold Iceberg Queen walked toward him step by step.

Her eyes were hazy, her lips were slightly parted, and she had unbuttoned a button at her collar at some point.

Her snow-white neck and collarbone were exposed under the dim, yellow light.

Jiang Fan's Adam's apple bobbed.

"System, is this your doing?"

[System: The Initial Charm Field only plays an auxiliary role. The target itself is in a state of high intoxication, with significantly reduced willpower. The combination of both produces the current effect.]

"Little brother..."

Xu Qingya's voice rang out.

It carried her characteristic softness, now with an added layer of drunken lingering.

She had already walked up to Jiang Fan, leaned down, her nose almost touching Jiang Fan's neck.

"You smell so good..."

Xu Qingya murmured, her warm breath hitting Jiang Fan's skin, making him shudder all over.

Jiang Fan froze in his chair.

At this distance, he could clearly see Xu Qingya's slightly trembling eyelashes and smell the perfume radiating from her hair.

"Diva Xu, you've had too much to drink."

Jiang Fan forced down the restlessness in his body, trying his best to make his voice sound serious.

Xu Qingya didn't listen at all. Instead of letting go, she reached out her arms and actively climbed onto Jiang Fan's neck.

Her cool, smooth arms pressed against his hot nape, and the intense contrast made Jiang Fan's body react uncontrollably.

The full weight of Xu Qingya's body pressed down.

"So tired..."

"My head is so dizzy, let me lean on you for a bit..."

She buried her face in Jiang Fan's shoulder, rubbing against him randomly like a cat looking for a heat source.

A tattered uniform, a bottom-of-the-social-ladder security guard.

A black-silk, short-skirted, fair-skinned, and beautiful top diva.

Inside this security booth of less than five square meters, it formed a visually striking scene.

If this were to be photographed, the top three trending searches for tomorrow would be guaranteed.

Should he push her away?

And then what?

Go back to this 1.2-meter bed and wait for death?

Jiang Fan looked at the woman in his arms, the edge of his vision filled with the frantically jumping crimson countdown.

[Remaining Lifespan: 10 hours 55 minutes 12 seconds]

A dying man, with the only path to survival placed before him—who could truly push it away?

In the few seconds while he made his decision, Xu Qingya's actions became even more frenzied.

She seemed to feel that she couldn't be satisfied through his clothes, and began to tear at Jiang Fan's security uniform.

This uniform had been washed who knows how many times, and its quality was questionable.

With one tug from Xu Qingya—

Rip.

A large tear opened up directly at the collar.

In the dead of night, this sound was exceptionally clear.

Jiang Fan looked down at his torn clothes, then back at Xu Qingya's hazy eyes.

If his life was already gone, what need was there for a bottom line?

Jiang Fan raised his hand and wrapped his arm around Xu Qingya's slender, soft waist.

With a great force, she let out a cry of surprise, and her whole body fell onto Jiang Fan's lap.

Jiang Fan took the opportunity to lift his foot.

With a "bang,"

The iron door of the security office was kicked shut heavily.