When Xiao Jin ascended the tall building on a cloud ladder, she felt like the world was too dreamlike, separated by layers of white silk and wooden frames like smoke.
The female lead, Chu Shao, smiled gently as she pushed Xiao Jin’s wheelchair, and the second female lead, Su Tan, pretended to be a maid and followed behind.
Xiao Jin sat calmly on the wheelchair, feeling like this moment was the pinnacle of her transmigration career.
And the person they were going to see now was surprisingly the third female lead, Bai Zheng.
The halo of the protagonist did not deceive her. As expected, anything could happen when following the female lead for a long time.
When they reached the ninth floor, the cloud ladder stopped.
Xiao Jin sat calmly on the wheelchair and let Chu Shao push her into the winding corridor.
A pool of lotus flowers in red dresses emerged from the water, with dozens of bowl-shaped flower lanterns floating on the water’s surface. The lights glimmered like stars with the rippling waves.
Looking at everything in front of her, Xiao Jin instantly thought of the silver-red sleeve in the original novel.
In the original work(novel), Bai Zheng, as one of the supporting female characters, was famous in Qi country for her wealth and beauty.
However, because she had the script of the third female lead, her role was limited to paving the way for the crown prince and giving way to the female lead in the later stage.
Fortunately, Bai Zheng’s ending was still good.
After the female lead unified the world, Bai Zheng no longer followed the male lead’s plot. She disbanded the Yanyu Building and bought a manor in the outskirts of the capital city, where girls could still sing and play instruments.
Xiao Jin was recalling the plot about Bai Zheng when the voice of a servant brought her back to reality, “Miss, Miss Bai is right here.”
The servant led Xiao Jin and her companions to the door and then respectfully retreated.
Chu Shao’s lips still had a smile, and she was in a pleasant mood.
After all, Miss Bai from Yanyu Building wanted to see them, which was worth a smile.
Moreover, with Xiao Jin and Su Tan here, she believed that things would become even more interesting.
With this in mind, Chu Shao held onto the bamboo handle of her wheelchair with one hand and politely knocked on the door with the other.
Noticing that the grand door was half-open, she smiled and slowly pushed it open.
As the door opened wide, the fragrance of “Spring Mountain Empty” filled the room.
Smoke rose from the porcelain incense burner, light and refreshing, like the new rain of early spring. Although the fragrance was still light, it was extremely unique.
Through the coral bead curtain, Xiao Jin could vaguely see a woman’s flowing red sleeves and the bronze sleeve furnace she held in her hand.
Initially, Xiao Jin could only see a corner through the white silk, but when Chu Shao raised her hand and lifted the bead curtain, she would probably be able to see the full picture.
At this moment, Xiao Jin’s mood was inexplicably nervous. Fortunately, she quickly adjusted and only felt nervous for a second.
It was understandable to feel nervous. After all, she didn’t know what Bai Zheng, who was hiding behind the curtain, meant by inviting them up.
Moreover, a beauty hidden behind a heavy curtain always left room for imagination.
However, just as Chu Shao smiled and raised her hand to lift the bead curtain, a mechanical voice sounded in Xiao Jin’s ear.
“Difficulty coefficient of the host’s current activity detected to be too high. Please choose carefully.”
Xiao Jin: ?
Hearing the system’s words, Xiao Jin was truly speechless.
Choose? Is there still a choice now?
We’re already at Bai Zheng’s doorstep, and only now does the difficulty warning come? Isn’t the delay a bit too long?
“To ensure the host’s subsequent enjoyable experience, the system will temporarily add some additional enhancements.”
“What enhancements?”
“For example, the host can use other voices for a short period of time to conceal their true identity.”
Xiao Jin: …
“If you want to add voice-changing buffs, just say it directly. There’s no need to make it so complicated.”
“Okay. Because the host’s remaining lifespan is only 72 hours, you can exchange 48 hours for a 12-hour voice-changing effect, with an additional 12 hours of non-triggering coughing.”
“It’s a buy-one-get-one-free deal, very cost-effective.”
Xiao Jin fell silent.
Cost-effective? It’s really cost-effective.
Just put the stingiest book’s system on the public screen.
With ten years of writing experience, she had never seen a system more stingy than this one.
Xiao Jin had intended to ignore the system’s domineering terms, but after Chu Shao lifted the pearl curtain completely, without the coral bead string’s cover, she instantly felt an unmistakable burning gaze.
Even though her eyes were covered by white silk, that gaze seemed to be staring straight at her.
The look was light, but full of aggression. As if it wanted to see through the thin veil and reveal her true face hidden beneath the white silk.
“…”
Xiao Jin instinctively felt that things had become tricky. After thinking for a moment, she decisively told the system in her mind, “Change.”
“Okay, currently exchanging for the host–“
It wasn’t until Xiao Jin chose to exchange that she realized a serious problem: the system had only said it could change her voice, but it hadn’t specified exactly what kind of voice it would become.
She suddenly had a very bad feeling.
“The random voice change gain has been added to the host. Have fun using it!”
Xiao Jin hadn’t even had a chance to ask the system what kind of voice change gain it had added when a vague figure rose from the couch and walked towards her with a smile.
The person’s walking posture was particularly lazy, with bright red water sleeves and a plain white shirt inside.
Even though there was a layer of white silk between them, Xiao Jin could still see that this person’s smile was like peach blossoms and their face was full of spring breeze. They were surely a stunningly beautiful woman.
It was just a pity that such a top-notch configuration was given to a supporting character like Bai Zheng.
Unfortunately, with such a top-notch setup, Bai Zheng ended up with a supporting role script.
Xiao Jin could vaguely see through the blurry filter that the other person was very beautiful. But every time she thought of the word “beauty,” she remembered the blood that fell from Chu Shao’s fingertips after she sheathed her sword.
The elegant curve of the other person’s lips and the teardrop-like mole floated into her mind.
Although Chu Shao was very abnormal, she had to admit that, whether from the perspective of madness or beauty, the female lead was indeed better than Bai Zheng. After all, she had never seen anyone crazier than this person.
Other yandere characters could still distinguish between enemies and friends even when they went crazy.
Chu Shao, on the other hand, would fall into an excited state and would probably kill anyone who was with her at the time.
Thinking of the crazy female lead, Xiao Jin couldn’t help but lose her focus for a moment.
When she came back to her senses, Bai Zheng was already standing in front of her. After scrutinizing her for a while, Bai Zheng smiled and praised her, “Miss, you are truly a rare beauty in the world.”
“… “
Xiao Jin remained expressionless and felt that Bai Zheng might have some issues.
The peak of beauty was standing right next to her, so why not compliment Chu Shao instead of awkwardly praising the original owner?.
Hearing Bai Zheng’s words, Chu Shao still smiled gently but furrowed her brows slightly.
She felt that Bai Zheng’s praise was somewhat unnecessary. After all, this was a fact that was already evident to everyone, even without Bai Zheng’s words.
Moreover, Bai Zheng was standing too close. This proximity slightly diminished Chu Shao’s pleasure.
She didn’t like being approached, especially by strangers.
Moreover, Bai Zheng was now approaching the white peony on her waist, which she had carefully decorated.
Whether it was the jade belt around Xiao Jin’s waist or the crimson already wiped clean from her lips, they were all carefully chosen and considered choices made by her.
Bai Zheng could certainly approach Prince Yan, Xiao Jin.
But at this moment, this peony, whether it’s the petals or the buds, essentially belongs to her and not Bai Zheng.
After realizing this, Chu Shao wore a gentle smile on her face and felt a bit hopeful for Xiao Jin’s response.
She hoped Xiao Jin could also understand this simple truth, because it was too straightforward and easy to understand.
However, Xiao Jin did not think about any of this.
At this moment, all her doubts were focused on the system’s stacked voice modulation gain.
Even the suspicions of assassination and Bai Zheng’s strange praises were not as heart-stopping as this system operation.
Xiao Jin had a feeling the system would mess with her, but she didn’t know how exactly.
Currently, no one in the room was speaking, which meant she had to be the one to answer Bai Zheng’s words. Since she had already communicated with the servant before, she couldn’t pretend to be deaf and mute now.
She thought to herself, since she wouldn’t have many chances to see the third female lead in the future, not to mention that Bai Zheng didn’t even know who she was.
Carrying the attitude of being nonchalant, Xiao Jin was steady.
Since she had already reached this point, she might as well break the jar and choose the response that was least likely to be wrong, calmly saying, “Miss Bai is too kind.”
Certainly, Xiao Jin’s tone was calm, and there was no expression on her face.
But after hearing her own voice, she could no longer keep calm in her heart.
Similarly unable to keep calm were the other four people in the room.
Bai Zheng, who was standing in front of Xiao Jin, was stunned, and Su Tan, disguised as a maid, was also shocked.
Even Bai Qin, who was checking the accounts behind the screen, almost dropped the book when she heard Xiao Jin’s voice.
The only one who didn’t show any emotion on her face was Chu Shao.
She listened to the sound that flowed out from Xiao Jin’s lips, suddenly feeling that her heartbeat had quickened a bit, and the curve of her lips also began to rise joyfully.
It was hard to describe how strange that voice was.
After all, Chu Shao had never heard Xiao Jin use that kind of tone, which was completely inconsistent with her own temperament.
It was unimaginable what kind of pill Xiao Jin had secretly taken to transform her originally cold voice into the kind of voice that made Chu Shao’s heart beat faster.
Chu Shao’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she even felt a bit eager to hear Xiao Jin use that kind of tone again and say something that was heart-stirring.
If such a pill really existed in the world, then she would definitely go to any lengths to find it. Then, she would grind the pill into powder, gently hold Xiao Jin’s chin, and coax her to roll the powder onto her tongue.
At this moment, Xiao Jin’s brain was blank, because her emotions had already exploded.
Even her useless legs seemed to have sensation, trembling on the wheelchair, embarrassing her numb nerves.
Xiao Jin had always adhered to the belief of “as long as I’m not embarrassed, it’s others who are embarrassed.” Now, this belief is completely shattered, broken into countless pieces.
Since she covered her eyes with white silk, spoke in a cold and coy tone with a lisp, Xiao Jin understood…
That only she had achieved a world of embarrassment all by herself.
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Author’s note: It’s almost the end of the year tomorrow?
Let’s try to write like crazy (not really).
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated me with nutrient solution between 2022-02-0604:05:03~2022-02-0623:45:23.
Translator’s note: Hahaha~~~
TO BE CONTINUE…
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