After the Harem Novel’s Female Lead was Spoiled by the Comments - Chapter 1

Inside a private manor of exquisite beauty and luxurious decor, the elites from all walks of life in K City were gathered together.

Today was the golden wedding anniversary of Yan Liangchen, the head of the Yan family—the leader of the three major families in K City—and his wife, Tu Sihua.

As a self-made man who laid the solid foundation for the current Yan business empire, Yan Liangchen had always been one of the most prestigious figures in K City; those able to attend his and Tu Sihua’s anniversary were either wealthy or influential, and his invitations were worth more than gold.

Everyone on the guest list placed great importance on this banquet, preparing their formal attire a month in advance to ensure they appeared in their most dazzling form so as not to lose face for their families.

However, in such a grand and elegant setting, a man appeared who was completely out of place.

The man wore a cheap crew-neck T-shirt, a denim jacket stained with egg yolk, dirty black casual pants, and a pair of canvas shoes.

The moment he entered the manor’s venue, people within a ten-meter radius of him turned their gaze toward him; at first, there was curiosity, but once they saw his outfit clearly, nothing remained but pure disgust.

“Where did this beggar come from? How did he get in? Where are the Yan family guards?” Whispers broke out, gradually reaching a boiling point.

The man heard the criticism around him, and a flash of malice crossed his face: These ants… they dare to gossip about me? If it weren’t for the fact that I don’t want to reveal my identity as the First Young Master of the Divine Sect and attract enemies, these ants wouldn’t even be fit to lick my shoes!

The “thump-thump” of high heels clicking against the expensive floor echoed, and everyone’s gaze was instantly drawn to a beautiful and noble figure.

“It’s President Yan! President Yan is back!” Someone spoke up first, and the surrounding socialites quickly ignored the out-of-place man, flocking toward the center of attention—President Yan, Yan Liangchen’s granddaughter, Yan Qingwen, who had taken over the Yan business empire at just twenty-five years old.

Yan Qingwen had a tall figure, wearing a white silk shirt custom-made for her by the world-renowned designer Allen and a small grey suit jacket; it highlighted her fashionable and elegant taste while perfectly showcasing her mature and beautiful charm.

With a generous and appropriate smile, Yan Qingwen returned the greetings of the various elites who came forward.

When the man saw her, a spark of brightness flashed in his eyes, hiding a determination to possess her.

“Miss Yan!” The man didn’t care at all about the stares of others and walked straight toward Yan Qingwen.

Seeing him, Yan Qingwen knit her brows slightly.

Seeing this, her bodyguards stepped forward to block him.

“President Yan, this is just some beggar from who-knows-where. Give him something to eat and send him away!” a nearby guest sneered.

The fury in the man’s eyes was becoming hard to suppress; he lowered his gaze and feigned a pitiful look, seemingly waiting for Yan Qingwen’s decision—whether she would choose to help him slap the faces of these ants, or choose to humiliate him along with them.

Yan Qingwen said, “Didn’t I have someone take you to change your clothes? Why are you…”

As soon as she spoke, the astonishment on the guests’ faces could not be hidden, and those who had just insulted the man looked embarrassed: “Could this be President Yan’s guest?”

The man curled his lips; as expected, the woman he took an interest in was no sightless fool!

Just as he curled his lips to face the guests’ gazes as a victor, the Yan family butler hurried over and reported to Yan Qingwen: “Eldest Miss, the disturbance at the entrance has been handled.”

After speaking, he explained to the guests: “Miss Wen arrived just now and was being interviewed outside. Because the media and fans were too enthusiastic, the scene became very chaotic. Someone took advantage of the chaos to throw rotten eggs at her; the Eldest Miss happened to be passing by, and this…” He paused and turned to ask the man, “What is your surname, sir?”

The man’s face stiffened, and he looked affectionately at Yan Qingwen: “…My name is Zhuang Yi.”

“This Mr. Zhuang Yi blocked those eggs. The Eldest Miss then had me arrange for someone to lead him to clean up and change his clothes.”

With the butler’s explanation, the crowd no longer looked at Zhuang Yi as a beggar, but since he clearly looked like an ordinary person, he was not of their social class after all; their contempt never diminished, they simply stopped showing it to give face to Yan Qingwen.

Zhuang Yi clenched his fists and swore secretly that sooner or later, he would pay back the humiliation these people brought him tenfold!

Yan Qingwen didn’t quite understand why someone who should have been changing in the back courtyard would wander into the manor’s banquet hall—did he not understand the concept of “No Entry Without Invitation”?

At that moment, she heard a playful voice coming from the crowd: 【Classic hero-saves-beauty trope; the female lead is definitely going to fall for him! Sigh, these cannon fodder… they have no idea who they’re offending. If their families aren’t ruined by revenge later, then he wouldn’t be a Dragon King protagonist!】

Yan Qingwen’s brow furrowed deeply; she was about to ask who was speaking, but observing the reactions of the people around her, it seemed as if no one else had heard the sentence.

She quietly searched with her eyes, and the voice continued to speak to itself: 【The female lead definitely doesn’t know that the Dragon King’s so-called ‘heroic rescue’ was actually a trap he designed just to create an opportunity to get close to her, gain her favor, make her fall in love, and then use her to help him get a foothold in K City…】

Yan Qingwen raised an eyebrow.

These words revealed far too much information.

However, she didn’t care at all whether Zhuang Yi had intended to “save the beauty.”

In her view, her bodyguards were perfectly capable of blocking those eggs for her. Moreover, ensuring her personal safety was the bodyguards’ job; Zhuang Yi’s appearance had merely shifted the workload from the guards to himself. The one who should thank him was her bodyguard, not her, and she wouldn’t develop any feelings for Zhuang Yi because of this.

Furthermore, why did she find this voice increasingly familiar?

Soon, she locked onto a single person among the crowd watching the situation.

A man she found repulsive.

This person was Jiang Yunhan, the young master of the second branch of the Jiang family—one of the three major families; he was the third son, known as “Third Young Master Jiang.”

For the past seven years, Jiang Yunhan had made it his goal to marry her and had pursued her relentlessly. To put it bluntly, he had harassed her for seven years. Like a piece of dog-skin plaster, he couldn’t take a hint, yet he thought himself deeply affectionate—spending his nights at high-end clubs embracing young models introduced by pimps while telling everyone how much he loved her.

It was absolutely disgusting.

Yet, in the eyes of the Jiang family and her own “romance-brained” parents, he was a devoted, pining man; if she didn’t accept him, it was because she was blind. Therefore, they were very happy to see him pursue her and even actively tried to play matchmaker.

Knowing he would be here, she wouldn’t have even come back today if it weren’t for her grandparents’ important anniversary.

【Why is she looking at me? I have no intention of inheriting the original host’s legacy of being a lapdog. The original host was a lapdog for seven years and she didn’t even give him a second glance; you can see how arrogant and cold this woman is. But then, how could the original host have known she’s the female lead? Aside from the Dragon King protagonist, no one can move her heart!】 Jiang Yunhan “said” again.

From her observation, Yan Qingwen discovered that Jiang Yunhan hadn’t opened his mouth at all, and she was quite far away from him; logically, those sounds shouldn’t have reached her ears so clearly.

Could it be…

She walked over.

She was already the center of attention, and this movement caused the eyes of the entire room to follow her.

“President Yan is actually going to find Jiang Yunhan? Doesn’t she look down on him the most?” Someone in the crowd whispered.

【What is she coming over for? Can’t she see the Dragon King protagonist looking at me like he wants to skin me alive?!】 Jiang Yunhan’s inner voice, full of a desire to avoid her, rang out.

Yan Qingwen instinctively looked back at Zhuang Yi—after listening to Jiang Yunhan for so long, she had figured it out: Zhuang Yi was the “Dragon King protagonist” Jiang Yunhan spoke of.

She didn’t understand what “Dragon King protagonist” meant, but that wasn’t the point for now.

Because she had confirmed one thing: she could hear Jiang Yunhan’s inner thoughts.

What was this, a superpower? Yan Qingwen stopped in her tracks, lowering her eyes in thought.

Of course, she didn’t miss Zhuang Yi’s savage expression, as if a precious treasure belonging only to him was being coveted by someone else; his eyes were filled with a sense of possession over her.

Just then, a transparent panel appeared before her eyes with sentences scrolling from bottom to top.

Because it was moving fast, she only had time to see one or two clearly—

[Another harem novel.]

[Waiting for it. The more the female lead hates the male lead now, the harder she’ll simp for him later!]

Perhaps as a price for seeing these words, Yan Qingwen’s eyes began to sting, and she couldn’t help but raise her hand to rub her eyelids.

Jiang Yunhan’s noisy inner voice reached her ears again: 【Crap, what does it mean for the female lead to cry in front of me? Is she playing me? The Dragon King protagonist will definitely think I bullied her and then take crazy revenge on me. I’m doomed!】

Yan Qingwen had no time now to figure out how this superpower worked or why she could only hear Jiang Yunhan’s thoughts and no one else’s. She opened her eyes once the stinging subsided, turned to the butler, and said, “I’ve been looking at documents for too long and my eyes are a bit sore. Go get me some eye drops.”

The butler said, “Yes, Eldest Miss.”

Turning back, Yan Qingwen didn’t even look at Jiang Yunhan; she walked directly past him to the lounge area and sat on a sofa.

Behind her was the sound of Jiang Yunhan letting out a sigh of relief.

Unsurprisingly, that transparent panel titled [Comments Section] appeared before Yan Qingwen’s eyes again. This panel seemed invisible to everyone but her; otherwise, their expressions wouldn’t be as calm as they were now.

[Female Lead 1’s opinion of the male lead has changed; she probably didn’t want the Dragon King to misunderstand the male lead, which is why she took the initiative to explain why she was crying!]

Yan Qingwen’s expression darkened slightly. Wasn’t the person typing these words behind the scenes a bit too self-important?

She rested her forehead on her hand and watched the [Comments Section] for a good while, finally understanding exactly what was going on with everything that happened today.