Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 7 - Giving you the world is hard, but getting you a man is easy (2)
Three hours ago, Yue Xia was still a Rapunzel trapped on the fourth floor, but the situation had changed. She was now an evil dragon keeping the princess hostage.
So dramatic.
Jiang Shuyao was properly placed in a guest room. Even though Yue Xia made unreasonable requests like "I hope I can see you whenever I want to", Jiang Shuyao agreed to them. When she was sorting out her small suitcase, she even reminded Yue Xia, "You can call me whenever you want."
Fortunately, it was easy for Jiang Shuyao to commute to work from the Yue's. It was only a five minute walk from her job. Yue Xia felt slightly less guilty about taking advantage of Shuyao's stupid and innocent feelings.
And, the system had become much more haggard than her.
[How will the plot be able to progress after you take away the white moonlight? If there's no conflicting views, then conflict won't break out between the protagonists. If the male protagonist doesn't suffer a big setback, he won't go out to get drunk and meet the red rose… the plot has derailed!]
In the expected plot, Yue Xia would try and fail to snatch the protagonist, which would serve as a suitable fuse. With Jiang Shuyao's character, external pressure couldn't change her. She would only leave after being hurt again and again in her relationship with Shi Qingyin.
Yue Xia was very opened-minded. [There are a lot of ways to deal a severe blow to a man.]
The system: [How do you know…]
Yue Xia optimistically said: [If you don't believe me, go check if Shi Qingyin's blood pressure was over 180 earlier.]
The system: [...]
It was unable to refute.
The system stopped talking. After settling Jiang Shuyao, Yue Xia and Yue Qing silently went up to the fourth floor. Seeing the ravaged handcuffs hanging on the corner of the bed, Yue Qing fell into a long silence.
Yue Xia was actually a bit afraid he would lock her up again, and she would have to swing down from the fourth floor again. So, she preemptively said, "No matter what, you can't lock me up, right?"
"If I don't lock you up, am I supposed to wait for you to jump into the river or knock your head against a wall?" Yue Qing jeered without any ambiguity. "Still, you refreshed my views today."
In the past, no matter how ruthless Yue Xia was to herself, she couldn't bear to let even Shi Qingyin's finger come to harm. It was surprising that she would learn to use an indirect method to achieve her goal.
Yue Xia could trick others, but she couldn't trick him. Her relationship with Jiang Shuyao couldn't be more nonexistent. What was she thinking?
Never mind, it was better for her to harm others than harm herself. Yue Qing straightened his sister's messy collar. He said with a sigh, "Just wait. Dad and mom are on their way back."
Yue Xia nodded. "Oh."
Yue Qing turned around and went downstairs. He didn't forget to close the door on his way out. The room was quiet. This was the first moment she had to herself since transmigrating. Yue Xia finally had time to take a good look in the mirror. As expected, her face looked exactly the same down to the small, light-colored freckle on her cheek.
Yue Xia pondered.
From the beginning, she had an inexplicable sense of familiarity. She quickly fit into the world like a puzzle piece returning into a puzzle.
She took out her phone and took the initiative to call the system. "Do I have a job?"
Logically speaking, Yue Xia was twenty-two years old. She had recently graduated from college and wasn't planning on taking a postgraduate entrance exam, so she might have an internship.
The system listlessly said: [Yes, but it isn't a full-time job. Yue Xia opened a social media account and often shared videos matching beauty products, luxury goods, etc. There's a lot of activity on her account, but her income and reviews aren't good.]
Yue Xia successfully found her social media account on an app. She had 100,000 subscribers, which wasn't a lot or a little, but 90% of them were here to read the lively comment section. Her most recent video was from a month ago. Most of the comments were offensive ones like [Dream after dream flies out of the skylight] and [I just want to see what you can make up in the next video.]
She was somewhat baffled by the comments, and then she gradually understood after watching the video.
In the video, she was wearing a luxury brand sable coat paired with tight leather pants and dazzling, purple, over-the-knee boots. Her outfit clearly cost a lot of money, but it gave off the feeling of a supermarket employee responsible for killing fish.
Yue Xia: "... I have to say that in terms of aesthetics, Shi Qingyin and I are a match made in heaven."
Not only that, after looking through her phone, Yue Xia found out that her popularity was as terrible as her fashion sense.
She practically had no friends. The only social event on her calendar was for tomorrow. She had been invited to a party, which was something that had never happened before. The invitation was specially for the day after the engagement party. The purpose of the inviter was obvious.
When it came to the plot, the system appeared again: [Tomorrow's plot development is that you'll be sad and dejected at the party. You'll make a scene, and then slip away in despair amidst the mocking laughter of the crowd.]
"?" Yue Xia didn't get it. "Am I the Monkey King? Why do I go around causing trouble every day? That's so strange."
[The cannon fodder villainess has to serve as a foil for the female protagonist. The second male lead, who has unrequited love for the female protagonist, will appear at the party. Due to jealousy of the female protagonist, you'll deliberately flirt with him and be miserably rejected. In the later plot development, the white moonlight will learn of his unswerving loyalty and decide to give up on the male protagonist and be with him. Of course, he's also a tool that promotes the relationship between the two protagonists.]
Yue Xia vehemently said, "Wouldn't it be nice if everyone lives happily?"
The system: [.]
Yue Xia: "Oh, I misspoke, I want everyone to live happily except for Shi Qingyin."
The system: [...]
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