Gulp!
After paying, the drink rolled down to the bottom of the vending machine. Jiang Sui retrieved it, opened the cap, and took a sip.
The wind howled in the deep night, carrying with it a few tiny raindrops. Even though winter had passed, the biting chill of early spring was not to be underestimated.
“This weather is just ridiculous.”
Jiang Sui muttered as she rubbed her slightly reddened hands.
The cold wind slipped through the gaps in her clothes, making her instinctively hunch her shoulders.
In the past, Jiang Sui would have never imagined herself running out in the middle of the night to buy a late-night snack for someone else, and not even asking for anything in return.
It had taken her a whole day and night to accept the fact that she had transmigrated, but when she pulled out her phone to check the time, the face reflected on the screen still made her mumble,
“Is this really me?”
Her long, ashen-brown hair was a bit messy, and beneath her bangs, her light purple eyes gleamed like a cat’s. The droop of her brows and eyes gave her a perpetually calm, undisturbed look.
Her skin was fair and her limbs slender. What had once been a flat plain had now risen into two very obvious peaks.
All in all, she was a girl with a gloomy air about her.
Jiang Sui clearly remembered, just two days ago, she had been a nobody slogging through a 996 work schedule, barely scraping by on a meager salary.
She had no grand ambitions; just surviving in this mentally exhausting society was her greatest wish. Doing an ordinary job, living an ordinary life, until her body wore out and she died of illness.
But even that little wish, the heavens refused to grant her. When she woke up, she had transmigrated, and into a novel, no less.
The title, if she remembered correctly, was—”Moonlight Smile, Heart Entranced.” Just from the name, you could tell it was a trashy, cliché romance novel.
The original plot was simple: the male lead, Lu Yunze, was adopted by the Luo Family. Step by step, he grew from a useless nobody into someone who investigated his parents’ deaths, eventually uncovered the truth, and wiped out his enemies.
And those enemies were none other than the Luo Family who had adopted him.
There were two pieces of news about transmigrating into this book—one good, one bad.
The good news: She had become a beautiful girl.
The bad news: She was a villain, and not just any villain, but a cannon fodder-level one.
Jiang Sui’s character, because of her father’s mistakes, owed 1.8 million yuan, forcing her to work as a maid in her Debtor’s home to pay off the debt.
In the original novel, this character barely appeared at first, and when she did, she fawned all over the female lead, a typical self-serving petty villain.
Such a character would obviously betray the female lead for her own gain later, becoming a sacrificial pawn in the main couple’s romance.
By comparison, the original female lead—The Eldest Daughter of the Luo Family, Luo Yao—was both Lu Yunze’s childhood friend and his beloved White Moonlight, always caring for him in every way.
Even in the end, after learning of her family’s countless misdeeds, she still stood by the male lead, severed ties with her kin for justice, and finally married him.
How wonderful, how wonderful… My ass!
If I had to transmigrate, fine, but why make me the villain?
Even if I did nothing and kept my head down till the end, I’d still be wiped out by the male lead’s hatred in the end. What the hell is that supposed to mean?
Just thinking about this future made Jiang Sui lose a whole night’s sleep—the worst inner turmoil she’d ever experienced.
She even considered climbing to the top of the Luo Family’s villa and jumping off to end her misery.
But Jiang Sui wasn’t a defeatist. Rather than end it all, she wanted to find another way to avoid a bad ending and live a good life.
But what could she do?
Report the male lead to the Luo Family in advance? Impossible. Right now, the male lead hadn’t done anything to betray the Luo Family, and besides, he was protected by Luo Yao and others.
On one side was the Young Master, favored by The Eldest Daughter and the family head. On the other, a maid weighed down by debt. The gap was just too great.
With such heavy debts and the Luo Family’s power, even if she tried to run, she’d just be caught and dragged back.
It really seemed hopeless.
But no, there was still one way to change her fate.
The girl walked down the quiet street.
It was almost midnight, and Lan City had fallen into slumber. There were hardly any pedestrians on the street, only the occasional car roaring past on the nearby road.
Jiang Sui looked up at the pitch-black sky. The scattered raindrops didn’t stir the slightest ripple in her pale purple eyes.
“Ah, the rain’s getting heavier.”
Jiang Sui hadn’t brought an umbrella when she went out, so she quickened her pace, wanting to hurry back to the Luo Family’s residence.
As expected, before she got home, the rain had soaked her like a drowned rat.
As one of the wealthiest families in the original novel, the Luo Family had built a massive villa—or rather, a manor—in Lan City, even though it wasn’t their main base.
The manor was three stories high, with an attic and a basement, and three courtyards—front, middle, and back. The Luo Family members and their hired servants all lived within this estate.
A luxury home I could never have afforded, even if I worked myself to death in my previous life.
Jiang Sui had sighed over this more than once.
The first face she saw upon entering was the white-haired Butler, a senior who had followed the main family to Lan City.
His expression was visibly gloomy, but upon seeing Jiang Sui, he couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
“Thank goodness Miss has already gone to bed, or she’d be heartbroken again.”
“Miss is worried about Young Master Lu, right? They’re very close, after all.” Unlike the subtle smile she wore when facing Lu Yunze, Jiang Sui now showed a more honest look.
“They are close, but Miss should really care more about herself.”
Because he was an outsider, from the relatives down to the servants, most people in the Luo Family looked down on Lu Yunze.
They adopted him for his special background, hoping to benefit from him, or to use him for the family’s interests.
But Lu Yunze had proved to be so useless that he was nearly abandoned.
“What if something happens to Young Master Lu?” Jiang Sui asked tentatively.
“If he doesn’t come back, then so be it. At least we won’t have some mysterious Secret Arts Practitioner targeting us.”
Muttering complaints, the Butler walked away.
This world was different from the one Jiang Sui came from. Here, there was something called “Secret Arts.”
The art of manipulating hidden energies—these were Secret Arts, akin to magic. From the very beginning of recorded history, the term had existed.
The Luo Family was a family of Secret Arts Practitioners.
Everyone treated him as a burden and a problem. Who among them could have imagined that this so-called useless waste would one day grow strong, slap everyone in the face, and wipe out the entire Luo Family?
“Truly worthy of being a famous Web Novel. What a classic plotline.”
Jiang Sui took a shower. On her way out of the bathroom, she passed Miss Luo’s room and glanced at it unconsciously.
The Luo Family’s heiress, Luo Yao, was Lu Yunze’s White Moonlight and childhood friend—the female lead of the original novel.
She was one of only two people in the entire manor who cared about Lu Yunze.
The other, of course, was Jiang Sui herself.
Although “Moonlight Smile, Heart Entranced” was a romance novel, its love story was the most criticized part online:
“This male lead must be blind.”
“The White Moonlight is right in front of him, what’s he hesitating for?”
“I really feel bad for the female lead.”
From what she’d read and what others said, Jiang Sui could imagine just how terrible the romance in this book was.
So, could she meddle in the romance plot, change the story’s direction, and escape the protagonist’s revenge in the end?
The original male lead was ruthless, but not cold-blooded. He always helped those who had helped him, even risking his life for them.
Especially for his White Moonlight, The Eldest Daughter.
If I can become that kind of person to him, maybe I can change my fate.
“Walk the female lead’s path, so the female lead has nowhere to go? Never thought something like that would happen to me.”
As long as she could get close to his heart, she didn’t care what method she used. Even seduction was fine.
Back in her bedroom, Jiang Sui stood in front of the full-length mirror, admiring the assets she’d use for her plan.
Fresh out of the shower, she wore a short-sleeved pajama top and shorts. Her plump, fair legs were fully exposed to the air. And with these killer white rabbits, even more impressive than Luo Yao’s, Jiang Sui didn’t believe Lu Yunze could resist.
Tonight was her first attempt at this plan. Lu Yunze was harder to approach than she’d expected, so she figured she needed to make full use of her advantages.
The girl lifted her own white rabbits, feeling their weight. Just as she turned her head, she saw a figure outside the window, and her face lit up with joy.
“Ha, who said he wouldn’t come back? Isn’t he right there?”
Watching the figure walk toward the manor, Jiang Sui licked her lips with her rosy tongue.
Oh she’s fully set on seducing him lmao
Homie basically said “Backshots or no FL gotta go.”