A Scummy A, But Bound To A Cutesy-Appeal System - Chapter 1

“Sister Ning, look at you. How did you get drunk enough to pass out after just a little bit?”

“Exactly. Our Sister Ning can usually drink a thousand cups without going down. What happened today?”

Amid the noisy music came the soft, teasing voices of women. Pei Xixia felt a stabbing pain at her temples. She forced her eyes open, only for the swaying disco-ball lights to make her squint.

What kind of place was this… a nightclub?

Pei Xixia looked around in a daze. And the sight she saw was no small matter. She was lying bonelessly on a soft sofa, surrounded by a group of pretty, gorgeous young women. Every one of them was dressed in cool, revealing clothes, their bright flashes of skin so pale they almost dazzled the eye. Some were massaging her shoulders, others were rubbing her legs. It was unbelievably comfortable and pleasant.

…Was this kind of spring dream something you could just have for free?

She remembered staying up late to revise a script. Then, all of a sudden, she had felt an unbearable palpitation in her chest, so she had lain down and closed her eyes for a bit. When she opened them again, she had ended up here, in this pleasure den of indulgence and sensuality.

Since she was in a dream anyway, why not enjoy it a little?

Pei Xixia closed her eyes happily. “Pretty lady, use a little more strength on my shoulders. I’ve been staying up every day lately writing scripts, and my cervical spondylosis is acting up.”

Hearing this, the girls began discussing all at once.

“A script? I never would’ve guessed, Sister Ning. You’ve really been hiding your talents. You even know how to write scripts!”

“What kind of script? The kind that can be turned into a TV drama?”

“That has to be it. No matter what, our Sister Ning is still the second-in-command at Jiaqi Entertainment. She must know all about that side of the business…”

At first, Pei Xixia was quite pleased by the girls’ praise. But the more she listened, the more wrong it felt. She was just an ordinary university student studying screenwriting. Since when had she become the second-in-command at Jiaqi Entertainment…

Besides, Jiaqi Entertainment—wasn’t that… Pei Xixia’s eyes abruptly flew open!

She jolted up from the sofa. “Wait. Who did you say I am?!”

The girls froze for a moment, then laughed.

“Sister Ning, did you black out from drinking? You don’t even remember who you are?”

“You’re the second young lady of the Pei family, Pei Xining!”

“Sister Ning, don’t tell me you’ve forgotten us sisters too?”

Pei Xixia sucked in a cold breath. Good lord. It seemed like she had transmigrated into a book—into Pei Xining, the universally hated villain from her own script, The White Moonlight Redemption Guide!

In the next second, memories that did not belong to her came crashing in like an overwhelming tide. Scene after scene flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern, each one pounding against Pei Xixia’s temples and forming wave after wave of unbearable swelling pain.

Enduring the pain, Pei Xixia sorted through it all. Sure enough, these should all be fragments of Pei Xining’s life… All she could say was that this person’s life was even more rotten and debauched than what she had written. It was unbearable to look at directly.

The White Moonlight Redemption Guide was a melodramatic yuri ABO script she had written according to the client’s demands. The whole drama revolved around the growth of the beautiful, powerful, tragic female lead, Lu Yimo. The plot was extremely dog-blooded and painfully satisfying.

And Pei Xining was Lu Yimo’s first spouse.

In the story, Pei Xining relied on her power and influence to force Lu Yimo into signing a contractual marriage agreement. The two of them agreed not to interfere in each other’s lives, and the marriage would be automatically dissolved after three years.

However, when her family was facing bankruptcy, she drugged Lu Yimo for a mere five hundred thousand yuan and sent her to the bed of the director Qi Wanbai, subjecting her to humiliation and disgrace.

Of course, she did not end well either. That very night, she was stabbed to death on the street by the strong-willed Lu Yimo—

It was over. It was over, over, over.

Pei Xixia covered her mouth in shock. According to the memories she had just finished receiving, half an hour ago, she had already taken Lu Yimo to the hotel!

Did that not mean… she was not far from being stabbed to death?!

Cold sweat seeped out on Pei Xixia’s forehead. Fine, she had transmigrated into a book, but could they not have left her even a little room to maneuver? What kind of death-game opening was this?!

No. She could not just sit here and wait for death! Only half an hour had passed. If she went to save Lu Yimo now, she should still make it in time! Since things had already reached this point, all she could do was reduce the harm done to Lu Yimo as much as possible and hope to slightly calm her anger.

With that thought, Pei Xixia hurriedly squeezed out from among the girls and hastily said goodbye to them. “Sisters, I’ve got something urgent to deal with, so I’ll be leaving first!”

“Huh? You only just got here, and you’re already leaving?” The girls stood up in surprise.

“You can’t refund the Louis XIII package you just ordered, you know?” one girl reminded her.

Pei Xixia helplessly held her forehead. No wonder people said Pei Xining had negative emotional and intellectual intelligence. She had only just received the transfer from Qi Wanbai, yet she could not wait to come to a nightclub and indulge herself. In one breath, she had spent sixty thousand yuan on a liquor package. Now, Pei Xixia did not even have enough money left to redeem Lu Yimo!

…If she did not have enough, then she did not have enough. This was not a legal transaction in the first place, so there was no need to consider honest business practices.

After all, Pei Xining had always been shameless as a person.

Pei Xixia rushed out of the nightclub and sprinted all the way, panting heavily as she crashed into the lobby of the Soya Hotel. Anxious, she pressed the elevator button over and over.

Toward Lu Yimo, she felt guilt in her heart. After all, what author would not cherish the angelic cub they had written with their own pen?

If not for satisfying the client’s perverted tastes, there was no way she would have written Lu Yimo so tragically. Now that she had transmigrated into the script, how could she let Lu Yimo suffer even the slightest grievance?

The elevator finally stopped on the first floor. Pei Xixia hurriedly slipped inside and pressed the button for the twelfth floor.

In her heart, she kept chanting: I have to make it in time! Cub, Mommy is coming to save you!

She rushed all the way to the door of Room 1208. Even from the corridor, she could smell the rich scent of medicinal jasmine—this was the smell of Lu Yimo’s pheromones.

Pei Xixia was very satisfied with the pheromone scent she had designed for Lu Yimo. It had both the fresh, sweet fragrance of jasmine, like a demure young lady from a respectable family, and a deep, bitter, spicy medicinal quality—just like the impression Lu Yimo gave people. But right now, this scent only made Pei Xixia feel anxious. It meant that Lu Yimo had entered heat, and the drug had taken effect.

Pei Xixia did not dare delay any longer. She raised her fist and began pounding on the door.

Soon, Qi Wanbai’s impatient response came from inside the room. “Who is it?”

Pei Xixia hurriedly said, “It’s me, Pei Xining!”

Qi Wanbai pulled open the door. She was wearing a snow-white bathrobe, its front hanging loosely half-open. Her brows were furrowed. “Why are you back again?”

For a moment, Pei Xixia did not know how to deal with this chaotic, ambiguous scene. She was also too embarrassed to look directly at Qi Wanbai’s exposed chest, so she scratched her head. “Uh, you haven’t started yet, right?”

Qi Wanbai said irritably, “That little wife of yours still has quite the temper. It took me a lot of effort to subdue her… What, do you want to join in too?”

No… it doesn’t look like you’ve subdued her at all… Pei Xixia’s eyes widened in shock as she watched, helplessly, as the pale-faced Lu Yimo lifted a vase and approached step by step from behind Qi Wanbai—

Qi Wanbai also sensed something strange. The moment she turned her head, the vase smashed straight into her forehead!

Bang!

Blood immediately burst out, and shards of the vase scattered all over the floor.

Qi Wanbai actually did not pass out from the blow. She staggered and fell to the floor, touched the wet blood on her forehead, and pointed at Lu Yimo in disbelief. “You dare hit me?!”

Lu Yimo tilted her head and revealed a soul-stirring cold smile. “Not only do I dare hit you, I also dare kill you.”

Qi Wanbai flew into a rage and turned to point at Pei Xixia instead. “Pei Xining! Didn’t you say she was very obedient and cooperative in bed? This counts as deceiving a consumer! How are you planning to compensate me for my emotional damages?!”

…You’ve already come out to commit a crime, so could you not have such a strong sense of consumer rights protection? Pei Xixia was speechless. She could only say, “Sorry about this, Director Qi. I’ll refund the full amount later. We won’t disturb your rest anymore. Yimo, let’s go!”

She had only just grabbed Lu Yimo’s hand when Lu Yimo forcefully shoved her back against the wall. Before she could react, Lu Yimo stepped forward and seized her by the throat. “You sold me to her?”

“Cough, cough, cough…” Pei Xixia’s face turned bright red from being choked. She struggled to pry Lu Yimo’s hands away. “I… I can explain…”

Lu Yimo panted and sneered. “Could it be that you had some unavoidable reason?”

…It seemed like she did not.

Pei Xixia could only smile awkwardly. “I promise there won’t be a next time…”

“You really won’t have a next time.” A ball of fury rose in Lu Yimo’s eyes, and both her hands clamped down on Pei Xixia’s throat again, even harder than the first time.

Pei Xixia: “!!!”

No, wait. How was her angelic cub this good at fighting?!

As her consciousness grew hazy, Pei Xixia saw Qi Wanbai stagger unsteadily to her feet. In her hand, she was still holding a shard of the broken vase.

No. She could not just let Lu Yimo choke her to death like this. My cub must be protected by me personally! Pei Xixia gritted her teeth and drove her knee upward with all her strength, kicking Lu Yimo in the stomach.

Lu Yimo let out a low groan of pain. She had just been about to counterattack when Pei Xixia shielded her behind her.

With a sharp ripping sound, the vase shard sliced a long gash open on Pei Xixia’s arm. Fresh blood dripped down her arm in thick streams!

While Qi Wanbai was still stunned, Pei Xixia lowered her head and rammed into her fiercely. Qi Wanbai lost her footing and fell to the floor once again, this time even harder than before.

Qi Wanbai was in so much pain that her eyes nearly split with rage. “Pei Xining, are you sick in the head? This crazy woman was about to choke you to death, and you’re still protecting her?”

Pei Xixia had no time to keep entangling herself with her. She grabbed Lu Yimo’s hand. “Ignore her. Let’s go!”

Lu Yimo paused. She did not continue fighting. Instead, she pulled her white fringed cardigan down from the clothes rack and hurriedly followed Pei Xixia.

Pei Xixia protected Lu Yimo and let her enter the elevator first. Only after confirming that Qi Wanbai had not chased after them did she finally let out a breath of relief. Looking at Lu Yimo again, she saw that Lu Yimo was weakly leaning against the corner of the elevator, trembling lightly. One hand clutched the fringed cardigan tightly against her chest, as if doing so could hide the rich scent of her pheromones.

Seeing her like this truly made Pei Xixia’s heart ache. She wanted to help her up. “Yimo, hang in there a little longer. We’re going to the hospital right now!”

Lu Yimo avoided her touch and smiled coldly. “Stop pretending to be so kind. You were the one who drugged me, weren’t you?”

Pei Xixia had no way to deny it. She could only say, “Before, I lost my head. I swear, I won’t hurt you again.”

Lu Yimo glanced at Pei Xixia’s injured arm. Perhaps she felt that Pei Xixia was not much of a threat after all. After a pause, she said, “I’m not going to the hospital.”

Pei Xixia froze. “Why?”

Lu Yimo’s face was flushed with an unnatural redness, but her attitude was extremely firm. “If the two of us barge into a hospital looking like this, are we afraid other people won’t know what happened?”

Pei Xixia was momentarily speechless. Indeed, no matter what, Lu Yimo was still a somewhat famous actress. If someone photographed her in this state and posted it online, who knew what people would twist it into?

But… if they did not go to the hospital, Lu Yimo’s heat would only become more and more severe. This drug was something Pei Xining had obtained from the black market through illegal means. There was no antidote at all. Ordinary suppressants would not work either, and it was very likely to damage the body’s health.

Unless someone could mark her.

Lu Yimo seemed to see through Pei Xixia’s thoughts, and her emotions became agitated again. “If you dare forcibly mark me, I’ll kill you!”