Chapter 2: Aren't We Friends Too?

Wen Zhizhi headed toward the bathroom, glancing sideways at the man thrashing around in her arms. "Why are you squirming like a pig before New Year's?" she grumbled.

No wonder the book said Gu Yan was... active.

Yeah, he really was pretty active.

The man nearly choked on his own breath from anger.

A New Year's pig?

Him?

Damn it! She actually compared him to a festive slaughterhouse pig...

The man puffed up like a rooster with its feathers standing on end. He stiffened his neck and tossed his silver-white head, his delicate features twisting as he screamed hoarsely, "You're the pig! Your whole family are pigs!"

Carrying both the man and the blanket was already hard enough for Wen Zhizhi, and the thing in her arms wouldn't settle down. She got pissed off instantly. Copying the greasy tone Gu Yan used on his girlfriends in the book, she said shamelessly, "Little brother, I know you're anxious right now, but don't be anxious yet. Big sis will help you out in a bit." As she spoke, she even threw him a totally out-of-place flirty wink.

She didn't know if Gu Yan was disgusted, but she definitely was.

But what else could she do?

What could she do?

What else was there to do?

She couldn't hit the man in her arms, and she couldn't curse him out...

She could only use magic to defeat magic.

Luckily, the magic worked pretty well.

The man in her arms finally quieted down.

Even the way he looked at her changed.

A second ago, his eyes looked like they wanted to strangle her to death. Now, they were looking at a pervert.

Wen Zhizhi had no time to care about being a pervert or not. Staring straight ahead, she carried the man into the bathroom, dumped him into the tub blanket and all, turned the faucet to cold, and started filling the tub.

Sitting in the tub, the man who still hadn't recovered from Wen Zhizhi's greasy words finally reacted. He glared at her with a complicated, guarded look. He opened his mouth to say something, then seemed to think of something else, clutched the blanket tighter, and shrank back into the tub.

"Take your time un—cough, soaking. I won't bother you! The blanket soaks up water, so if you don't mind, take it off." Wen Zhizhi forced a smile, gave some thoughtful instructions, waved at the man in the tub, and without waiting for a response, slipped away like her feet were greased.

If she didn't run now, she wouldn't be able to run later.

According to the plot in the book, in about twenty minutes, Gu Yan's newly acquired little chili pepper girlfriend would come charging over with a knife. After that chili girlfriend made a huge scene, the fact that the original owner drugged Gu Yan would be completely exposed.

The tiny bit of reputation the original owner had left in the Gu family's eyes would be utterly destroyed. Fine, let the reputation be ruined, but she also got her face scratched and her arm slashed by Gu Yan's chili girlfriend, ending up bedridden in the hospital for over half a month.

It was also during her hospital stay that the original owner ran into the female lead and the male lead—who wasn't yet the villainous big shot—showing up at the hospital together.

The original owner then started two new rounds of courting death.

Spreading rumors to ruin the female lead's reputation...

Bullying and humiliating the future big villain male lead while he was still a broke nobody...

Wen Zhizhi: "..."

Fuck, if she didn't die horribly, who would!

Wen Zhizhi's legs pumped even faster.

As long as she ran fast enough, the chain of events wouldn't happen, and her little life would be saved...

The man in the tub, stunned stupid by the cold water, only felt a blur before his eyes. The woman who had just been standing there was gone...

Soon after came the sound of a door opening, then closing.

Judging by the noise, she was in quite a hurry.

???

Wait, she left?

Just left like that?

Really just left like that?

So...

After all that fuss, she just wanted him to take a cold bath?

God damn it, which mental asylum did that ugly woman escape from?

Before he could finish thinking, his burning body and the freezing water gave him a taste of the exquisite agony of ice and fire...

......

Running all the way out of the Dihao Club in one breath, Wen Zhizhi's suspended heart finally settled down a little.

Just as she was about to pull out her phone to call a car back to the Gu family estate, the phone in her bag rang.

The call was from the female lead, Gu Ran.

At this point in the book, the original owner's relationship with the female lead wasn't too terrible yet.

Although Gu Ran didn't understand the original owner's series of baffling actions after returning to the city, considering how the original owner had protected her when they were kids and the grace of her adoptive parents raising her, she turned a blind eye to the original owner's daily antics. Even when the original owner failed to seduce Gu Chen (the female lead's eldest brother) and Gu Chen tore off the mask in front of the whole Gu family wanting to send her back to the countryside, it was Gu Ran who stood up and pleaded for her.

That was how the original owner managed to stay in the Gu family.

Unfortunately...

Not only did the original owner fail to appreciate the female lead's kindness, she ended up resenting her for it...

Wen Zhizhi tilted her head back forty-five degrees and sang a tragic song—

Why was her transmigration different from everyone else's?

Other people transmigrated into princesses or royal consorts, or at the very least, a pampered female lead.

And her turn...

Ha, a vicious supporting character!

Fine, she transmigrated into a vicious supporting character, but she had to be a goddamn brain-damaged vicious supporting character!

If she had sinned, please let her capitalist boss keep feeding her empty promises and gaslighting her, instead of sending her here to clean up the original owner's mess...

Right before the call hung up automatically, Wen Zhizhi pressed answer.

The moment she put the phone to her ear, a soft, nervous female voice came through. "Sister, when are you coming back?"

Wen Zhizhi's suspended heart inexplicably settled a bit more, and her voice softened along with it. "I'm waiting for a car. I'll be back soon."

Gu Ran on the other end froze for a second, a flash of confusion crossing her lowered eyes.

Something was wrong!

Very wrong!

Tonight, her sister... Wen Zhizhi was acting very strange.

Ever since Wen Zhizhi got caught trying to seduce Eldest Brother last time, she hadn't given her a good look.

When she called her, either she wouldn't pick up, or she'd be passive-aggressive over the phone, then act like she suffered some massive injustice, complaining about heaven, earth, and the air itself before hanging up in a huff.

This time, she was actually speaking nicely to her, and her voice was even soft...

Gu Ran tested the waters. "Sister, where are you right now? Do you want me to arrange for a driver to pick you up?"

She deliberately emphasized the words "arrange for a driver."

Wen Zhizhi usually couldn't stand those words the most.

Last time, just because she mentioned arranging the family driver to pick her up, Wen Zhizhi gave her the cold shoulder for days. She even sent messages scolding her for not treating her like a sister, saying that ever since she returned to the Gu family she looked down on her country-bumpkin sister who grew up with her, and claiming she was intentionally using her status as a young miss of the Gu family to humiliate her.

She really...

The expected sharp, biting voice didn't come. Instead, a gentle, polite voice replied, "Thanks, little sister. It's getting late, no need to trouble the driver uncle. I'll take a cab back myself."

It was almost one in the morning.

As the saying goes, disturbing someone's sleep is like stealing their money and taking their life. Wen Zhizhi couldn't do something that wicked.

Gu Ran frowned slightly, the confusion in her eyes deepening.

She was seriously doubting whether the person on the phone was actually Wen Zhizhi...

Before Gu Ran could speak, Wen Zhizhi's soft voice came through her ear again. "Little sister, my car is here, I'll talk to you later." She paused, then added, "It's late, go get some rest quickly. Don't worry about me!"

In the book, whenever the original owner stayed out all night, Gu Ran would call to check on her.

Too bad the original owner didn't appreciate it, and even blamed Gu Ran for restricting her freedom.

The original owner didn't act like a human, but she had to!

After telling Gu Ran to rest early, Wen Zhizhi hung up the phone.