I Faked My Death—Now I Have to Tame the Crazy Men I Left Behind-Chapter 32 - 30: The Male Lead Without a Corruption Value

Chapter 32: Chapter 30: The Male Lead Without a Corruption Value

"Their engagement is off."

Silas Grant didn’t tell Mia Grant the full details. The situation wasn’t exactly complicated; the main reason was that he had no idea what Yates Donovan was thinking either.

First, Yates had taken the initiative to call off his engagement with Mia, the "fake young miss."

This was the main reason Silas hadn’t considered her fiancé a threat.

An ex-fiancé was no threat at all.

Later, everyone assumed Yates Donovan would marry Serena Grant.

But in the end, he fled the country the night before the engagement party, leaving Serena Grant to face it all alone.

It was rare to see the male lead run away from his own engagement.

Fortunately, they hadn’t publicized it heavily, and not many guests were invited to the party, so it didn’t become a public spectacle.

However, the Grant Family had been toyed with twice in a row and demanded an explanation from the Donovan Family.

Yates’s uncle was forced to step in, declaring the engagement void to save face for both sides.

Since the engagement party, Yates Donovan had been hiding abroad and hadn’t returned. He had also cut off all contact with everyone back home.

That’s why Silas was surprised to get a call from him this morning.

Yates Donovan was always mercurial and difficult to read.

After all these years, Silas could see right through Kian Keller, but he could never figure Yates out.

As the eldest grandson of the Donovan Family, his life had always been much easier than his and Kian Keller’s, which had made him lazy and impulsive.

Most of the time, his actions were driven by whims, making him completely unpredictable.

He was a real weirdo.

Mia Grant and Yates Donovan honestly didn’t know each other well.

After she transmigrated, they had met only a handful of times.

The most memorable occasion was when he came to their house to call off the engagement.

It was a weekend morning, and she was in her room organizing her test papers.

Her monthly exam results had come out, and her score wasn’t great. As planned, she was supposed to meet Felix Sinclair at the library so he could help her with some problems.

The moment she came downstairs, Mrs. Grant stopped her.

"Mia, you’re just in time. Come here."

Her tone was stern. Mia subconsciously tightened her grip on her backpack strap, hesitating for a few seconds before stepping forward.

"Mom, I made plans to do homework with a classmate. I’m going to be late."

"What’s the rush with homework? There’s something more important right now."

’If I weren’t living under their roof, I really would’ve rolled my eyes at them.’

’Seriously, what could possibly be more important than my studies?!’

Walking into the living room, she immediately spotted Yates Donovan sitting on the sofa, flanked by two elders from the Donovan Family.

Mrs. Grant told her to greet them.

Hearing her voice, Yates looked up at her. His gaze was lukewarm, and the corner of his mouth curved into the same casual smile he always wore.

Even as a guest in the Grant Family’s home, he still had a devil-may-care air about him.

To put it nicely, you might say he had a "relaxed vibe."

To be blunt, he just looked like he wasn’t taking anything seriously.

The original novel described him as a famous profligate scion in Jynsia, from a century-old prestigious family. With his family’s powerful political connections, the other second-generation rich kids in Jynsia’s elite circles had to bow and scrape whenever they saw him.

Otherwise, someone with the status of a typical heir wouldn’t have had the chance to be friends with Silas Grant and Kian Keller.

After she addressed him as "Big Brother," the man’s hand, which was draped over the back of the sofa, shifted. He replied smoothly, "Good morning, Little Sister."

He seemed easy to get along with, even asking with concern if she was heading out for tutoring. "So diligent," he’d remarked. "Not even resting on the weekend."

Out of politeness, she asked him what he was there for.

And then she watched as he smiled maliciously and said, "I’m here to call off our engagement."

"..."

Recalling the scene, Mia lay in bed, her breathing growing heavy.

Logically, she should have been happy about the engagement being called off.

But given her circumstances at the time, it wasn’t a good thing for her at all.

Because she had lost her only pillar of support.

In the original novel, Yates and the female side character never broke their engagement because the side character died. After Serena Grant’s college entrance exams, Yates naturally got engaged to her.

So, Mia had always assumed their engagement would happen after the college entrance exams.

Coincidentally, she was also planning to leave the Grant Family after her own exams.

There were still six months until the exams. She just had to endure for those six months.

As long as the engagement with Yates Donovan was still on, and as long as she kept her head down and behaved, the Grants wouldn’t make things too difficult for her.

But no... that guy had to go and call off the engagement without any warning.

This was one of the main reasons that pushed her to resolve to "go after" Silas Grant.

She hadn’t seen Yates Donovan since. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

He was the only male lead who wasn’t at the post-exam cruise party.

He was also the only male lead she hadn’t tried to "win over."

His existence was like a bug in the system.

’I was so busy cursing out Kian Keller and the others that I almost forgot about this mad dog among mad dogs.’

On a whim, Mia asked the system, "By the way, what’s Yates Donovan’s blackening value right now?"

[Y-Yates Donovan?] For some reason, the system seemed to lag for a moment.

[One moment, Host...]

A long silence followed.

"What’s wrong?"

[Yates... Yates Donovan’s blackening value is... zero.]

"Huh?" Mia’s voice shot up an octave.

"Isn’t he a male lead too?"

And in the original novel, he was practically the "main love interest."

[HISS... yes, he is.]

[But—] The system broke into a cold sweat. [My backend only displayed male leads with a blackening value. His name never appeared, so I... I forgot he was one of the male leads...]

It only took Mia a second to accept this reality.

’Makes sense. What good could a system that’s been malfunctioning ever since I transmigrated be?’

’It would be weird if it *didn’t* have problems.’

Mia was only concerned about herself. "Him not having a blackening value should be a good thing for me, right? It won’t have any other side effects, will it?"

[Uhm... To be safe, Host, wait here while I go consult my superior!]

[Don’t do anything rash until I get back! And stay away from this male lead!]

The moment the system left, Mia’s phone, tucked under her pillow, buzzed.

A new WeChat message popped up.

The sender’s WeChat name was a fish emoji. It was the person she had added earlier.

Kitty: [Who is this?]

Fish: [Who is this?]

...

’What a useless conversation.’

Kitty: [I accidentally butt-dialed you last night, I’m really sorry about that. I was just wondering if you’re someone I know...]

A number dialed subconsciously could be a mistake.

But the IP address was located in Jynsia. That was too much of a coincidence.

Mia exited the chat and started scrolling through the other person’s Moments feed.

As she scrolled, the only word to describe it was "breathtaking."

’This person’s desire to share is off the charts.’

She couldn’t even scroll to the bottom of their feed.

It was the first time she’d ever encountered someone who posted on their Moments more than three times a day...

And every single post was so meticulously curated, it looked like something from a fake socialite who loved staging photos for social media.

A character like this was basically a non-entity in her world.

While she was staring blankly, Fish had already replied. Just two words appeared on her screen: [Yates Donovan]

[Author’s Note: It’s the second round of PK! Please vote~ Also, let me know if you have a favorite male lead, and I’ll arrange for him to appear soon!]