Jincheng City. The Sky above Dragon Group HQ.
The sky was not blue. It was digital static.
High above the clouds, invisible to the characters trapped below, the Algorithm was panicking.
[WARNING: PLOT DEVIATION DETECTED.][FEMALE LEAD "ELARA" HAS GAINED "AGENCY."][MALE LEAD "LI" IS SHOWING SIGNS OF "SOFTNESS."][ENGAGEMENT METRICS DROPPING. VIEWERS DEMAND ANGST.]
The Algorithm processed the data. The "Divine Doctor" twist in Episode 7 had empowered the heroine too much. The viewers of the Short Drama Universe didn't want a competent wife; they wanted a misunderstood victim who suffered until Episode 99.
[SOLUTION: INTRODUCE RIVAL.][TYPE: GREEN TEA BITCH (MAX LEVEL).][OBJECTIVE: DESTROY THE MARRIAGE.]
The static coalesced. A beam of pink light shot down from the heavens, striking the pavement outside the Dragon Group Tower.
The light faded.
