The moment Su Youtian got off the boat, she saw a young man trotting over to take the things from Shen Haolin and Fang Cheng.
“May I ask if you are Mr. Shen?”
Shen Haolin nodded and handed the items to him.
“Where are the others?”
The young man said, “They are all inside waiting for you.”
Fang Cheng told him to take the luggage in first, then led Shen Haolin inside.
Shen Haolin turned around and said softly to the two of them, “My friends are all inside, so you do not need to be拘束.”
Yin Shan nodded obediently. Shen Haolin smiled with satisfaction, then turned as if he wanted to remind Sheng Xia that since they were already here, she did not need to wrap herself up so tightly anymore.
But when he saw Sheng Xia, he froze.
Sheng Xia was standing rigidly in place, staring fixedly at someone. Her eyes were red, and she looked wet-eyed and shimmering with tears. Her whole body was trembling as if she could not control herself, a completely lovestruck little expression.
The corner of Shen Haolin’s eye twitched.
Following her gaze, he saw an employee standing behind them, dressed casually. He was tall and long-legged, and his face was so striking that it made the young masters around him look like country bumpkins.
Fang Cheng took off his sunglasses and looked at Shen Haolin with glee.
“Bro, I thought your charm was unbeatable. Didn’t expect you to lose today.”
Shen Haolin frowned. He did not know Yuan Wei, so in his eyes, Su Youtian’s guilty and frightened look became a sign of budding infatuation. Grinding his teeth, he walked resentfully toward Sheng Xia.
Before he even took a step, he saw that fair-faced man move first toward Sheng Xia. His tall figure brushed past him, and for some reason Shen Haolin felt as though he had been made to look shorter.
Shen Haolin’s face flushed red with anger.
Su Youtian looked at the familiar figure walking slowly toward her and was so frightened her eyes widened. She almost forgot how to breathe.
“System, i-it’s Yuan Wei!”
【I can see that. Are you really that happy to be courting disaster?】
“…What is the mission this time? Am I supposed to slap him in front of everyone, or punch him? I think spitting is also good, quick and easy, and the wind is pretty light today.”
【It is not that simple. The mission has to fit the plot.】
The plot?
She racked her brains, frantically guessing what task the system might give her, when Yuan Wei had already reached her in front of her.
He seemed to have just washed his hair. It was still damp and clung to his scalp, with a strand or two falling onto his forehead and swaying restlessly over his brows and eyes.
Yuan Wei looked at her through his black hair and silently extended his hand.
“Give it to me.”
Su Youtian froze. After thinking for a moment, she put her paw into Yuan Wei’s palm.
Yuan Wei lowered his brows and eyes, his voice faintly carrying a hint of helplessness.
“I mean the luggage.”
Su Youtian: “……”
……
Aaaah!!!!
Su Youtian wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
Why had she been so stupid? Why had she put her hand there? Why had she acted so self-important?!
Snickers seemed to come from nearby. Su Youtian did not dare lift her head. She almost did not dare look at Yuan Wei’s expression, and carefully handed the luggage to him.
Yuan Wei took the luggage, then strode ahead with his long legs first.
Su Youtian let out a breath of relief.
“System, he probably did not recognize me, right…”
【Unless he is blind.】
Su Youtian began comforting herself. “That is not impossible. Think about how in TV dramas, the heroine only has to stick on a fake mustache. Even if she has a 36D chest, the male lead still cannot tell she is cross-dressing. I am wrapped up this tightly, how could he possibly recognize me?”
【……】
Su Youtian had already begun deceiving herself. “He definitely cannot recognize me.”
Shen Haolin suddenly came over with a tense expression. He wrapped an arm around Su Youtian’s waist.
“Let’s go.”
Huh?
What are your hands doing, bro?
Su Youtian looked at him in confusion. Shen Haolin bared his teeth in a grin.
“Come on, let’s go in quickly. They must be getting impatient.”
She shivered, somehow sensing a hint of threat in Shen Haolin’s smile. Instinctively, she turned her head and looked over. Yin Shan curved her lips and gave her a narrow-eyed smile.
That smile was full of malice, from the corners of her brows to the corners of her eyes.
It was obvious that this girl had no intention of hiding her true nature anymore.
Su Youtian suddenly thought of Yin Shan’s background.
Her family was not well off, and her personality was timid. She was often bullied.
When they were in university, Sheng Xia had many protectors around her, so she became the most eye-catching tree in the yard, and Yin Shan had no choice but to cling tightly to her. It was common for Sheng Xia to bully her. As she grew older, this girl became increasingly scheming. She gradually learned how to say the right things and how to trick people. Sheng Xia, who was the classic case of beauty without brains, got fooled without realizing it, and instead treated the other girl as her closest confidante.
Now, no matter what Yin Shan said or did, Su Youtian was extremely guarded, afraid that she would be set up by her.
Although she had written the novel herself and created the characters herself, she had glossed over a lot of details.
For example, the scene where Yuan Wei was humiliated at the resort had only been explained in a few sentences, without any detailed writing.
How was she supposed to know that when she truly had to face these people, her brain cells would burn out?
【A great melodrama novelist is actually afraid of a character she wrote herself, and you still have the nerve to call yourself a great writer?】
The corner of Su Youtian’s eye twitched. “The key point is that it is melodrama! Before the heroine and the male lead got together, they went through a car accident, memory loss, misunderstandings, and a terminal illness. The two of them loved and fought each other, and squeezed out plenty of readers’ tears. The more melodramatic it is, the more people want to read it. For example, in this book, the heroine only got together with the male lead in chapter 101 after more than a hundred chapters of tragic love.”
【How many chapters in total?】
“One hundred and two chapters.”
The system said, 【You are ruthless…】
Su Youtian shrank her neck. She turned to look at Yuan Wei.
Yuan Wei… Yuan Wei was already nowhere to be seen.
She smacked her lips, not even knowing where that sudden sense of disappointment had come from.
After the group entered the room, a crowd of rich second-generation heirs came forward to greet them, and Shen Haolin introduced them one by one.
“Some of these people have ties to the entertainment industry. Didn’t you say you wanted to become an actress? If you get to know them, it will make your future path much easier.”
Only then did Su Youtian remember that the novel also had an entertainment industry subplot.
Sheng Xia entered the entertainment industry through Shen Haolin’s connections, while Yin Shan failed to outcompete Sheng Xia and had no choice but to rely on her own tenacity to work her way in step by step.
In the end, Sheng Xia angered the male lead and had many of her scandals exposed, becoming a shameless woman hated by everyone in the entertainment circle, while Yin Shan became a Best Actress who could stand toe-to-toe with the female lead.
Su Youtian did not want to get involved in this matter, so she said, “I think Yin Shan needs help more than I do. Why not ask her first?”
Shen Haolin turned to look. Yin Shan was standing by the window in a white dress. A beam of sunlight poured in, and she wore a smile on her face, as though her whole body were glowing.
For some reason, the words of refusal that had been on his lips would not come out.
Su Youtian clicked her tongue and quickly slipped away.
Back in the room, Su Youtian finally relaxed.
She could finally take off all this gear.
After removing the cape from her body, a whole pile of small items clattered to the floor.
【……What are all these?】
Even more speechless and curious, the system asked.
Su Youtian carefully picked them up, lifted one power bank, and said seriously:
“Do not be fooled just because it is a power bank…”
She pressed it, and the power bank crackled with popping noises.
“In fact, it is a stun device.”
【……And why are you carrying a lighter?】
“Do not be fooled just because it is a lighter.”
Su Youtian held it in her palm and flicked it open. With a swish, a blade sprang out.
“In fact, it is a knife.”
【……】
“And this one.” Su Youtian solemnly lifted up a bottle.
“Do not be fooled just because it is lotion. In fact, it is a bottle of chili water.”
After saying that, she sprayed it into the air a few times. A pungent smell immediately spread out, and tears streamed down her face as she covered her mouth and coughed violently.
“Ve, very, very lethal.”
Finally, Su Youtian reverently pulled out a ring.
“Do not be fooled just because it is a ring. It is actually a ring with a mechanism, capable of killing without leaving a trace, with blood sealing the throat.”
【……You are not planning to use these against the male lead, are you?】
Su Youtian said, “No. Didn’t the novels always write about this? Gatherings like these among rich second-generation heirs are the easiest places for trouble to happen, especially in tragic romance stories. The heroine will definitely run into two lechers. She will look pitiful and fragile, and after she is taken advantage of, the male lead will only arrive late, drive away the cannon fodder, pull the heroine into his arms, and gently comfort her. Then the distance between the two of them will get closer and closer, fire meeting dry tinder, heaven and earth collapsing…”
【Stop! I do not want to hear you live-commentary a non-healthy novel. You are not the heroine, so do not add extra scenes for yourself.】
Su Youtian’s shoulders slumped. She wiped her face.
“Then there is nothing I can do. I can only use them on the male lead.”
【……What grudge do you have against the male lead?】
“I am acting in self-defense!”
【If you keep babbling, I will make you use these on yourself.】
Su Youtian shuddered and quickly shoved the items under the bed.
Just as she was about to lie down, she heard a dog bark outside. It did not sound like the deep woofing of a big dog, more like the soft yelping of a tiny puppy.
【Why does this bark sound so familiar?】
Su Youtian opened the window and looked downstairs. A little mutt was stretching up its nearly nonexistent neck, yelping at someone.
The person was half crouched down, his thin spine slightly protruding as his hands continuously moved through the puppy’s fur.
The moment she saw those familiar clothes, the corner of her eye twitched.
The puppy’s tail spun like a propeller as it barked and rubbed itself against him.
A soft chuckle drifted up, making Su Youtian’s ears tingle. She carefully leaned farther out to look. The person opened his palm, and after tilting its head to inspect him, the puppy cautiously placed a paw into his hand.
Why does this scene look so familiar?
Su Youtian stuck her butt out the window to peek farther down.
As if hearing something, the man slowly turned his head.
Startled, Su Youtian immediately ducked down.
“What do I do? What do I do? Yuan Wei might’ve seen me!”
【Host, this is fate. Since we happened to run into him, why not? I’ll just give you a temporary mission right now.】
“…Huh?”
The system’s voice carried a hidden delight, as though it could already foresee Su Youtian’s miserable fate. Its tone gradually rose with excitement.
“Within ten minutes, use any one of the items you brought on Yuan Wei. Failure to complete the mission within the time limit will result in obliteration.”
The room fell into a terrifying silence. Then suddenly, loud howls erupted both inside and outside at the exact same time.
“Awooo!!!”