“I heard you’re going to be on a dating reality show soon? You need to take good care of Youyou on the program. Don’t compete with her. Youyou has only just returned home, and she has such a soft personality…”
“Xiaxia, you’ve occupied the status of the Xia family’s daughter for over twenty years while Youyou suffered outside. We owe that child so much…”
Inside the magnificent villa hall, a diamond-grade vintage chandelier reflected brilliant rays of light.
A noble lady dressed in silk pajamas chattered incessantly, completely failing to notice the dazed expression of the girl sitting opposite her.
Long, black, wavy hair fell as smoothly as seaweed over the girl’s shoulders. Her “peach blossom” eyes were glistening like shimmering ripples, her nose bridge was high and elegant, and her crimson, slightly pouting lips were parted slightly, appearing both confused and surprised.
After a long silence, Xia Yu’s eyelashes fluttered twice, and she let out a soft sigh.
She had just been named an actress of the era and had won a triple-threat Best Actress award, yet she had actually transmigrated into a book!
The original host was the fake daughter and supporting female character in a “True and False Daughter” trope novel. Although she had a well-behaved but dull and unlikable personality, she had managed to stay lukewarm as a third-tier celebrity thanks to her debut masterpiece and her beautiful face.
However, on her twenty-second birthday, the family suddenly brought back a girl. It was then that the original host learned she had been switched at birth.
Even though the original host was just an infant when the switch happened, she was brainwashed by her foster parents into believing she was the one who owed the other girl the most. As it happened, the true daughter had also just debuted through an idol survival show. Consequently, the original host was constantly pressured to give up her resources and promote the true daughter at every opportunity.
The true daughter became more and more popular, gaining more fans, but in turn, she started to trample on the original host. She even orchestrated a scandal between the original host and an idol boy band, causing the original host to be attacked by fans.
She also exposed her and the original host’s true identities, framing the original host’s past care as a calculated scheme to leach off her popularity.
The foster parents believed she was intentionally bullying the true daughter; the boy next door she had a crush on called her greedy and insatiable; and netizens condemned her for having a malicious nature.
The more the original host tried to prove herself, the deeper she sank into the darkness. While attending a dinner to discuss work, she was nearly drugged and raped; a male co-star in a film she was shooting became embroiled in a drug scandal, and she was slandered as being of the same ilk…
Finally, while the true daughter wore a birthday hat inside the villa, celebrated by a crowd like a star among the moons, the original host completely broke down. On a misty, rainy day, she disappeared into the middle of the ocean.
This was a romance novel, but it didn’t just talk about love; the evil of human nature depicted in its tone was thought-provoking.
It was incredibly ironic.
Now, she had transmigrated into this person who had been toyed with by fate.
She picked up a grape and popped it into her mouth. The sweet juice burst in her mouth, giving Xia Yu a greater sense of reality regarding this world.
The true daughter had been back for over a month now. This was the exact moment when the two were about to go on a dating show, and Mother Xia was demanding that the original host step aside for the true daughter.
Xia Yu was used to taking the initiative. Her past life experiences allowed her to calm down quickly, and she looked up at Mother Xia.
“Xiaxia, did you hear what Mama said? You are both Mama’s children. Mama hopes that both of you will do well.”
…
To get Xia Yu to give more of her work resources to the true daughter, Mother Xia continued to speak without stopping, using all sorts of brainwashing tactics to tell Xia Yu that she owed the true daughter and needed to make it up to her.
In the original plot, it was clearly Father and Mother Xia who said they couldn’t bear to let Xia Yu go and told the original host that her biological parents had already passed away, which was why she stayed in the Xia family.
Later on, however, everyone claimed she was clinging to the Xia family for money.
No one considered that after twenty years of living together, the original host’s feelings for her parents were real.
A fleeting coldness flashed in the depths of Xia Yu’s eyes. When she looked up again, she wore an obedient and submissive expression. Ever since she found out she wasn’t biological, the original host had become cautious and timid.
As expected, Mother Xia didn’t notice at all that her daughter had been replaced by a different soul.
“Mama is right.”
Xia Yu nodded with feigned obedience. She stood up, but then grabbed Mother Xia’s arms with both hands and pushed her out the door.
“I will definitely take ‘good’ care of my sister. Please don’t worry!”
After saying that, Xia Yu flashed that obedient smile and then slammed the door shut with a loud bang.
The sound made Mother Xia’s heart tremble.
That sense of something being “off” returned, but thinking that her daughter had agreed to her words and even promised to pave the way for Youyou, she felt it was nothing.
The door was just closed a bit loudly; maybe it was just an accidental burst of strength. Mother Xia looked at the closed door, muttered a few words, and left.
Xia Yu didn’t care what Mother Xia was doing outside. She flopped onto the bed in a spread-eagle position, the soft mattress making her let out a comfortable sigh.
At that moment, the phone in her pocket chimed with a notification.
[I’m giving you one last chance. Participate in “Meet Right Here” and perform well. Xiaxia, listen to me, don’t be foolish again!]
This was a message from the original host’s manager, Sister Piao. Memories of their interactions flooded her mind.
Sister Piao was a very capable manager; her professionalism was reassuring, and she had been dedicated to the original host.
Given the original host’s situation of being mocked by the entire internet, Sister Piao must have put in a lot of effort to secure this variety show.
In the original plot, because she was in the same “camp” as the fake daughter, Sister Piao was later targeted by true daughter Yu You’s suitors. This led to her losing her job, and with her career failing, she left the entertainment industry and lived an unhappy life.
Xia Yu’s eyes darkened as she replied: [Okay. I won’t let you down.]