“You’re Jiang Anran, right?” Fei Yangyao asked, unsure, as he withdrew his hand and took a few steps back.
“Yes, why are you asking that, Young Master Fei?”
Seeing their conversation return to the master-and-maid tone, Jiang Anran wasn’t sure whether to feel relieved or disappointed. Her emotions felt a bit tangled.
“As long as it’s you, that’s enough. You don’t need to come tomorrow.”
Although this development was somewhat unexpected, Fei Yangyao thought: as long as Jiang Anran stayed far away and followed Ye Chen’s plotline, everything would return to normal… right?
Jiang Anran lightly patted her cheeks with both hands as her brain quickly regained clarity. Alright, she was now sure—Young Master Fei had three distinct character settings. Quite a fruitful day.
Time to test them out immediately.
“Young Master Fei, are you saying you want to fire me? But Miss Gu just said she wanted to ‘personally witness’ me being dismissed. Before that, she also said she wanted me to ‘be smug for a moment.’ Young Master Fei, you wouldn’t want her to find out you dismissed me behind her back, right?”
A maid who had her master’s weak spot in her grasp wouldn’t usually resort to threats—but if the Young Master was trying to get rid of her, how could she repay him later? That must not happen!
She could only temporarily aggrieve him a little.
“You!” Was this female lead really this smart? She’d instantly pinpointed a logical flaw in his script.
Fei Yangyao was momentarily speechless, unable to think of a good rebuttal.
He realized he wouldn’t be able to shake off this troublesome girl for now.
Unless he broke character and fired her by force.
But didn’t he want to maintain his persona in the first place by firing her?
Forget it, he’d think about it later. Anyway, the plot between her and Ye Chen was likely too far gone to salvage.
Until a new opportunity came up, keeping her nearby didn’t seem like a big issue.
Fei Yangyao decided to comfort himself with that thought.
“Let’s go. Back to the hospital.”
He’d figure something out once they returned…
…
Inside the Lamborghini.
Fei Yangyao still wanted to stick to his role, so he forced a menacing tone and said, “Jiang Anran! Don’t think you won because of some clever trick. I’m just letting you off for now, that’s all! If…”
“Young Master Fei, you can take a break now. No need to keep pretending to be fierce. It must be tiring, right?”
“…”
Defense shattered. Completely shattered.
Was his acting really that bad? This story is hosted at g.com.
She could see right through him just like that?
For the first time in his life, Fei Yangyao began to doubt his own acting skills.
Mentally drained, he didn’t want to speak anymore.
Silence.
…
When they returned to the villa, A’Jiu was already gone.
She must have returned home. Hopefully, she’d find her way and not get herself lost again.
Though honestly, even if she did, it wouldn’t be a big problem. Ye Chen could find her.
Now that she was gone, Fei Yangyao stopped worrying about it.
He returned to the hospital and lay down on the bed.
He decided to go over the plot again—from his perspective.
Day one of transmigration.
Due to not being accustomed to the new world, he zoned out for a moment while driving and didn’t notice the road conditions. He hit A’Jiu, then argued with her for a while, which caused him to miss his first key scene with Gu Xiyue from the novel.
While not entirely his fault—maybe 99% not—he did get a chance to recover the scene thanks to the system. Except for one change: he met A’Jiu. But it didn’t seem to make much of a difference.
Unless it conflicted with Ye Chen’s intentions, A’Jiu was quite serious about promises. They’d made a pinky swear, and she probably didn’t think it conflicted with Ye Chen, especially since Ye Chen hadn’t yet told her he planned to take her virginity.
So meeting A’Jiu didn’t seem to be a problem.
After mentally going over the events of the first day, Fei Yangyao concluded there was no issue.
Day two.
He safely escorted the directionally-challenged A’Jiu home, relying on his memory of the novel’s locations. Judging by Ye Chen’s reaction afterward, he hadn’t realized A’Jiu had interacted with him.
All good there.
Next, because he had to buy a Supreme Rose and had used up too much time taking A’Jiu home, he accompanied Uncle Fu to the flower shop.
After all, Supreme Roses were very rare. The little flower shop might not have had any in stock. If only Uncle Fu went, he might not know how to handle it.
Once they arrived, everything seemed fine. Xiao Xiao didn’t recognize him, and Jiang Anran saw only his arrogant side.
Though he ended up meeting another female lead, Jiang Anran didn’t interact with him again until she became his maid. No issues there—no deeper entanglements with her or Xiao Xiao.
Then, carrying a bunch of red roses, he finally made it to Gu Xiyue’s company. Ye Chen was fine—but for some reason, Gu Xiyue didn’t follow the script and actually accepted his confession.
Fei Yangyao reviewed everything again. Strange. Why did Gu Xiyue act like that?
He couldn’t figure it out.
But what came next…
It wasn’t just a sudden turn. It was a complete collapse.
And he… seemed to have no room to act at all!
Right—time to ask the system.
Fei Yangyao summoned it.
“System, what’s up with Gu Xiyue acting so weird today?”
[Please investigate events occurring to other characters on your own.]
“Great. So you won’t tell me what’s up with Uncle Fu or Jiang Anran either?”
[Host is very clever.]
“I’m clever? I think the female leads are smarter than me—especially Jiang Anran. I don’t even get her. She deliberately sticks around to mess with me. With her by my side, the plot’s bound to collapse. System, can’t you transfer her somewhere else? Just back to that convenience store!”
[This system cannot interfere directly with the plot.]
“Then what about the plot? It feels like it’s going off the rails.”
[Please rest assured. The plot has some self-correcting mechanisms. While there’s a slight deviation at the current stage, it’s still within controllable limits.]
“So I don’t need to do anything?”
[Correct. No action is required. Host just needs to continue playing the original character role in front of others and complete the storyline. Even if something unexpected happens, we can’t do anything.]
“I feel like I can’t keep up the act around Jiang Anran. She seems to see right through me.”
[Host should work on improving acting skills.]
Improve acting skills? Why does the system sound so smug?
But… it made sense.
Maybe his acting really wasn’t up to par?
Even though Fei Yangyao was confident in his natural talent, he’d never actually received any training.
Maybe it was time to sign up for an acting class and boost his performance stats?
Coincidentally, he had a few days to lie around in the hospital—no major plot events coming up.
He picked up his phone and instructed Uncle Fu.
“Uncle Fu, help me find an acting coach. One-on-one lessons. And keep it secret—no need to make it public.”
“Understood, Young Master.”
Fei Yangyao didn’t know much about the field, but he trusted Uncle Fu completely.
Uncle Fu’s housekeeper skills were max-level.