Chapter 1: Her Name Is Chi Mo, Guan Yizhou's Girlfriend
Qingda University, girls' dormitory.
Wen Tingxia had just finished a fragrant hot shower and was smoothing hair serum through her long locks.
[Host, stop wasting time. No matter how clean you scrub or how pretty you dress up, the male lead won't spare you a second glance.]
[Our male lead is a high-IQ, ice-cold campus heartthrob. His brain only holds academics and his career. He's not that shallow. He never judges people by their looks.]
[...]
System QQ said this while looking at the girl in the mirror—red lips, white teeth, bright eyes, jet-black hair spilling casually over her shoulders, her pale little face sweet and soft.
It swallowed the rest of its words.
[Host, I really didn't expect this. After all that primping, turns out the original owner is actually a total beauty. She's gorgeous.] System QQ praised sincerely.
Then it pivoted, its tone tinged with regret:
[But being pretty is useless. Don't try to bewitch the male lead with your looks. He's a decent guy. He won't think about bedding you just because you're pretty.]
"Getting myself cleaned up is for my own comfort. It has nothing to do with the male lead."
Wen Tingxia combed her long hair into a fluffy braid in front of the mirror, tied a bow scrunchie at the end, and checked herself over and over.
Her lips curved up in satisfaction.
The system was right. The original owner was genuinely beautiful.
A classic bunny-type beauty. Cold white skin, watery almond eyes that were both innocent and seductive, thick curled lashes. The corners of her eyes were slightly red from the dampness of her recent bath. Just looking at her made your heart melt, making you want to lock her away at home and spoil her rotten.
Too bad the original owner had zero fashion sense, completely wasting this good skin.
Wen Tingxia often heard fangirls say, "My idol is so pretty she'd look good even wearing a burlap sack."
Was that really true?
Imagine this: your idol doesn't wash her hair or bathe for ten days, sports jagged bangs that look like a rat chewed them, wears ill-fitting thick-rimmed glasses, skips makeup, skips washing her face, and throws on a dirty burlap sack with absolutely no taste. Would she still be beautiful?
That was the original owner.
Wen Tingxia had transmigrated into a book.
Into a cannon fodder supporting actress who shared her name, surname, and roughly the same face.
In the original novel, supporting actress Wen Tingxia fell for the male lead at first sight.
By sheer coincidence, the male lead lost a game he was playing with his friends during a dinner gathering.
His friend said sourly, "We're both twenty. I'm still a sophomore, but you skipped grades all the way to your second year of grad school, and even founded your own tech company with a skyrocketing market value.
Don't be such a grind. We should rest, relax. College is over in the blink of an eye and you've never even dated. A life like that isn't complete.
How about you find a girl of appropriate age born in February right here, try dating her for a month? Have a spontaneous romance, what do you say?"
As luck would have it, Wen Tingxia was working part-time at this restaurant.
Her birthday was in February.
Eighteen years old, single.
Not only the right age, but also a freshman at Qingda University, making her the male lead's schoolmate.
And just like that, the matter was settled carelessly.
Today was Wen Tingxia's first date after officially becoming the male lead's girlfriend.
[When you see the male lead later, you better stick to your character setting, got it? You're a love-brained, clingy ex-girlfriend who's vain and shallow. Twenty-four hours a day, you wish you could stick to him for twenty-three of them, acting like you'll die without him, like you can't live if he leaves.]
For the sake of the mission, the system lectured her earnestly once again.
"But I'm worried I'll mess it up."
Wen Tingxia's pretty, soft expression froze. Her slender, scallion-white fingers nervously clenched into tiny fists.
She was naturally timid.
To put it bluntly, a total coward.
Facing unfamiliar men normally, she was so nervous she wouldn't dare say an extra word, wishing she could get as far away as possible. How could she possibly cling to someone like her life depended on it?
Wen Tingxia didn't even dare imagine that scene.
Looking at Wen Tingxia's watery almond eyes, her dark brows slightly furrowed, her pitiful and vivid appearance, System QQ felt like it was forcing her, bullying her.
Its heart softened, and its voice grew lighter.
[Gugu gaga, don't be too nervous. This is only your first date. Take it slow. Being too clingy the first time will ruin your favorability rating. If the male lead can't handle it and breaks up with you early, that'd be bad. Just keep it balanced.]
Wen Tingxia's mission after transmigrating was to follow the prescribed character setting through the plot, date the male lead for three months, pester him endlessly when he proposed breaking up, and use underhanded, despicable methods to force him into bed.
Three months later, the female lead would appear.
The male lead and female lead would get together, and once Wen Tingxia unlocked the "ex-girlfriend" achievement, her job would be done and she could run off.
If she got dumped early, it counted as mission failure.
But here was the problem.
The male lead's dating bet with his friend was only for one month. For the remaining time, Wen Tingxia had to rely on personal charm—either clinging stubbornly or using clumsy tricks—to entangle him for two more months.
Before the breakup, she also had to cook for the male lead.
"The supporting actress and the male lead are destined to break up anyway. Why add this unnecessary step? Wouldn't Dual Virginity for the leads be better?"
This mission was way too hard for the timid and shy Wen Tingxia.
[The original author's explanation is: let the male lead, who's been chased by girls since childhood, taste the bitterness of love and learn a lesson. Let him realize how treacherous women's hearts are out there. That way, when the kind and pure female lead appears, he'll cherish and dote on her even more.]
[Host, this is essential main plot. You must do it as required.]
[Besides, there isn't a single male lead in female-oriented novels who isn't handsome, and his skills in bed are top-notch too. Don't you want to experience what seven times a night feels like? Relax, we're not losing out here.]
Wen Tingxia: "..."
She wasn't losing out, but she was a coward.
Even if she had the wicked thoughts, she didn't have the guts.
Hugging herself timidly—what kind of hell-difficulty opening was this? Clearly an impossible mission.
But she couldn't not do it.
In her original world, Wen Tingxia died saving a drowning little girl. System QQ brought her into the book's world, invisibly giving her a chance at rebirth.
She should cherish it.
"I'll try my best to do the mission properly," Wen Tingxia said obediently.
Since she was already here, she'd take it one step at a time.
To survive, if she really couldn't handle it when the time came, she'd just borrow from the original plot—use some drugs to force the male lead to submit, then pat her butt and run, finding somewhere to hide.
Who told her she was the vicious supporting actress? Jie jie jie~
[Ahhh, not only are you pretty, but your voice sounds so nice, and your personality is great too. You're the most beautiful host I've ever guided. I wonder who'll get lucky with you later.] QQ had stars in its eyes.
Definitely not the male lead.
Except for the first time, his future belonged solely to the female lead.
The date time was almost up. Wen Tingxia left fifteen minutes early, walking toward the Violet Corridor not far from the girls' dorm building.
From a short distance away, she saw a tall, upright, elegant man standing in the corridor.
Handsome!
Too handsome!
An almost perfect model-like face, deep features, thin lips, smooth jawline. Gold-rimmed glasses rested on his high nose bridge, making him look ascetic yet refined.
He wore a simple grayish-white shirt paired with black suit pants, highlighting those exceptionally eye-catching long legs.
[Host, Host, that's the male lead! With looks like that, bedding him won't feel like a burden, right? And he's still a virgin, you know.]
He Xulin raised his lean arm, glancing down at his watch. His strikingly handsome face remained calm, betraying no emotion.
Wen Tingxia, who was about to walk over, unconsciously slowed her steps.
Her pale fingers nervously clutched the hem of her skirt. "Little Penguin, I... I'm not late, am I?"
The moment she learned the system's code name, Wen Tingxia automatically associated it with a certain big tech company's penguin mascot.
[No, there are still six minutes until the agreed time.]
"Then why is the male lead already here? He's the ice-cold campus heartthrob. Shouldn't he have some OCD or something, showing up exactly on the dot without a second's error?"
Seeing the male lead in person made Wen Tingxia shrink back. She moved forward in tiny steps, slow as a snail.
[How could he? The male lead was born into a top-tier wealthy family after all. He's a rich young master with good upbringing. Arriving a few minutes early for a first date with a lady out of respect is perfectly normal.]
[Why are you walking so slowly? Do your legs hurt? Don't be late for your first date. Don't leave a bad impression on the male lead.]
"Oh, I'll try to walk faster."
When He Xulin turned his head, he saw a pretty girl walking toward him. She wore a braid, her small face exquisite and soft, the pale skin of her neck seemingly glowing under the sunset.
Her figure looked frail and slender, her comic-book legs long and straight. Especially that tiny waist—the hand resting by He Xulin's side unconsciously curled into a light fist.
That slender waist, small enough to wrap in one hand.
"S-Senior Brother."
Despite her slow pace, Wen Tingxia still made it in front of He Xulin.
He Xulin glanced at the nervous girl who deliberately kept at least three meters away from him. His voice was clear and pleasant: "Looking for me?"
"Mhm." Wen Tingxia nodded mechanically.
"Little Penguin, what's wrong with the male lead? What happened to our date? Why does he act like we don't know each other?"
QQ: [I told you, the male lead doesn't judge people by their looks. No matter how pretty you are, it's useless. He might even be face-blind. Why don't you take the initiative and introduce yourself?]