2 – The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character of the Aristocratic Family II
Liang Yingyue shook his arm and cooed, “Honey, there’s a French restaurant I really like and have always wanted to try. Will you take me there?”
“Of course, of course! Whatever you want!” Lin Shangyu’s handsome face, which showed no signs of age, gazed at Liang Yingyue’s still-charming cheeks. Seeing her eyes filled with adoration for him, a flicker of tenderness flashed in his gaze.
Only this woman truly cared for him—how could he treat her poorly?
After Jiang Huai went upstairs, she didn’t know which room belonged to the original owner.
She coldly said to the system, “System, quickly give me the original owner’s memories and the plot!”
The system didn’t dare to make a sound and obediently transmitted the memories and plot to Jiang Huai.
Jiang Huai instantly felt a flood of memories rush into her mind. Fortunately, her Mental Strength was strong, so it didn’t cause any pain.
The original owner was a pitiful child left behind by the first wife.
The original owner’s mother was the eldest daughter of a prestigious family in the capital, named Jiang Yuyan. With a cool, elegant, and peerlessly beautiful appearance, she was hailed as the capital’s number one beauty at a young age.
During her university years at the capital’s top institution, she was pursued by countless students and was known as the campus goddess and top student.
Who wouldn’t love a girl like her, who possessed both beauty and intelligence? However, the goddess was too aloof and never participated in school activities, always seen only with her best friend, Liang Yingyue.
Jiang Yuyan was famously known as the cold and aloof goddess. Despite her stunning looks, she rejected many confessions, only to fall for Lin Shangyu—a man who appeared gentle and refined on the surface but was cold and ruthless at heart.
Of course, her death was also closely tied to her poor judgment and the betrayal of her best friend.
Lin Shangyu approached Jiang Yuyan with an ulterior motive. His family was also a well-known wealthy family in the capital, but due to mismanagement during a business transition, their capital chain broke, leaving them on the brink of bankruptcy.
He knew that women who appeared aloof on the surface were often shy and soft-hearted inside. Seizing this, he frequently showered her with warmth and eventually won over Jiang Yuyan, the wealthy and stunning campus goddess.
After falling deeply in love, Jiang Yuyan, who had never been in a relationship before, exemplified the saying that people in love often lose their intelligence.
She believed everything Lin Shangyu said and gave him all her savings of 500 million yuan from over twenty years to save his company.
Afraid that her parents would find out and take the money back, Lin Shangyu coaxed Jiang Yuyan into getting pregnant during her second year of university.
Jiang Yuyan was madly in love with Lin Shangyu and insisted on marrying him despite her parents’ objections.
Jiang Yuyan’s parents, experienced in judging people, knew Lin Shangyu was not a reliable man. The ambition in his eyes betrayed the affectionate and gentle persona he had crafted.
But how could a woman in love listen?
In the end, she dropped out of school to give birth to the original owner and was coaxed by Lin Shangyu into staying home to raise the child.
Lin Shangyu left early and returned late every day. His family’s company was finally saved and began to thrive.
He did have some affection for Jiang Yuyan—after all, she was breathtakingly beautiful and devoted herself entirely to him. How could he not like her?
It was then that Liang Yingyue stirred up trouble. Her family had never been well-off, and while she was friends with Jiang Yuyan, she had always envied her background and beauty.
Now, seeing Jiang Yuyan married to a gentle, wealthy, and handsome man, she couldn’t bear it. She frequently seduced Lin Shangyu and eventually framed Jiang Yuyan for having an affair, bringing Lin Shangyu to catch her in the act, ending their marriage and successfully taking her place as the mistress.Jiang Yuyan could not accept that she was no longer pure, and no matter how she explained that she didn’t know that man, Lin Shangyu refused to listen, believing she was making excuses, and the tiny bit of affection he had for her vanished.
Because of this, Jiang Yuyan developed severe depression. Lin Shangyu kept the matter tightly under wraps, preventing her parents from finding out. Her parents were already angry at her for being so weak-willed and rarely contacted her.
Jiang Yuyan died the moment she saw her best friend lying in bed with her husband—she jumped from a building and committed suicide.
During a severe depressive episode, she forgot she even had a one-year-old daughter.
Thus, the original host became a child without a mother and unloved by her father.
Even after a paternity test confirmed the original host was his child, Lin Shangyu still disliked her.
Liang Yingyue successfully married into a wealthy family and soon gave birth to a daughter two years younger than the original host. However, due to postpartum hemorrhage, she found it difficult to have more children. Over the years, she only had one child, named Lin Xiaoxiao.
Jiang Yuyan’s parents were devastated upon learning of their daughter’s death. How could they accept it, having only one daughter?
They fiercely targeted Lin Shangyu’s company. Lin Shangyu, being somewhat shrewd, had long since turned his company around from its near-bankrupt state.
In the end, both sides suffered heavy losses and cut off all contact. The original host, unaware of the truth, chose to stay with her father and refused to go with her maternal grandparents.
From childhood, the original host was bullied in places where Lin Shangyu couldn’t see, all orchestrated by Liang Yingyue. These were acts of school bullying, which caused the original host to develop a silent, timid, and shy personality.
Additionally, the original host inherited her mother’s beautiful appearance. As she grew older, she became even more stunningly beautiful. However, her introverted nature led to rejection by her peers, while boys competed to discuss her. She had no friends.
The female lead of this world is Lin Xiaoxiao.
When the original host was a freshman in college, Lin Shangyu arranged a marriage for her. The groom was the youngest son of the prestigious Leng family in the capital, only twenty-five years old. He was captivated by the original host’s beauty and exchanged a billion-yuan project with Lin Shangyu for this marriage, which Lin Shangyu readily agreed to.
Resistance was futile for the original host. In her heart, she actually liked Leng Huiyan, the elder brother of Leng Junyan—the man who had once helped her up when she fell.
The only man who had ever given her warmth.
But Leng Huiyan was the male lead, and of course, he liked the female lead, Lin Xiaoxiao.
Knowing there was no future, the original host wrote her feelings in a diary and sealed it away.
However, a maid cleaning the room discovered it and handed it to Liang Yingyue. Soon, everyone knew she liked her sister’s boyfriend, earning her a reputation as promiscuous and unfaithful.
Leng Junyan was already a playboy and had never gotten along with his elder brother. When he learned that the woman he was about to marry actually liked his brother, he lost all interest in her. He had intended to settle down, but now he had no desire for the original host. Later, he even frequently beat and abused her, with physical violence becoming commonplace.
The original host died at twenty-three after Leng Junyan beat her so severely that she miscarried and bled to death. By then, she was emaciated, with sallow skin and bruises covering her body.
Because Leng Junyan’s family was wealthy, he was only charged with involuntary manslaughter. After a few years of delayed proceedings, the case was eventually dropped.
If Jiang Yuyan hadn’t given up her life because of a man, perhaps the original host wouldn’t have lived such a life…Lin Xiaoxiao is the female lead, so how could Leng Junyan, the second male lead, not like her? Later, he naturally became her loyal dog, clearing all obstacles for her.