Chapter 1

Lightning flashed and thunder roared as wind and rain lashed outside.

Just like the turmoil deep inside Zhai You’s heart at this very moment.

She was sitting in a private room at Dijue Club, surrounded by a group of “her” disreputable friends. The entire space was saturated with an overly chaotic mixture of pheromones.

Some tactless person beside her shoved a glass of alcohol in front of her and slurred brokenly, “Come on, drink… drink this glass!”

Zhai You was good-tempered. She rarely got angry, but that didn’t mean she was incapable of it.

But what was the point of losing her temper with a drunk?

Zhai You took a deep breath and stood up. “I’m going to the restroom.”

Stepping around several pairs of fair, bare legs, she left the noisy private room. A graceful figure appeared in the silent hallway. Zhai You walked into the restroom and splashed her face with cold water.

She raised her head and looked at the person in the mirror.

Well, would you look at that. She looked exactly the same as before.

She had transmigrated into a book. If nothing unexpected had happened, it should be a yuri novel called After Rebirth, I Married My White Moonlight, because just now, she had clearly heard the name Jiang Bailu.

Jiang Bailu was the female lead of this novel, that very white moonlight—and she was also an Omega.

Judging from the group’s conversation, the role Zhai You had taken over should be the cannon-fodder scumbag Alpha who shared her exact name.

Cannon fodder, and an Alpha at that.

Zhai You washed her face again. She even wanted to plunge her entire head into the sink rather than face reality.

She was already a cannon-fodder scumbag Alpha. How could someone like ​Read on BaiLianTales​that possibly have a good ending?

She knew about this novel because a friend had told her about it, wearing a thoroughly mischievous expression at the time.

“Zhai You, according to the law of transmigrating into a book when you share the same name as a character, you’d better be careful.”

Her name wasn’t common. If a character actually shared her name, she really did have reason to be careful.

But who could have imagined it would actually happen?

After washing her face, Zhai You’s mind calmed down considerably, and she began to recall the plot.

According to the story, the original owner fell in love with Jiang Bailu at first sight. The cannon-fodder scumbag Alpha’s thought process was clearly different from ordinary people’s. Instead of pursuing her normally, when Jiang Bailu fell on hard times, the original owner offered to keep her as a mistress.

Jiang Bailu actually agreed, and if things had stopped there, they might have managed to live a reasonably happy life.

But if a scumbag Alpha didn’t court disaster, could she still be called a scumbag?

So she brought the canary home and allowed her to suffer all kinds of humiliation.

She also liked tormenting her in bed, caring nothing about whether Jiang Bailu enjoyed it as long as she herself did.

All of this already left Jiang Bailu suffering both physically and emotionally, yet the original owner still thought it wasn’t enough. She even brought home another young celebrity, hoping to keep one woman on each arm and enjoy the pleasures of having both.

Jiang Bailu refused to accept such an arrangement, so the original owner broke her legs and threw her out.

Even then, the original owner foolishly waited for Jiang Bailu to come back and apologize. Instead, the righteous love interest returned.

After the righteous love interest learned what had happened, how could she possibly tolerate it?

She took Jiang Bailu back, cared for her meticulously, and at the same time retaliated against the original owner.

The original owner’s family had been nouveau riche to begin with, their fortune mostly owed to luck. If they truly had to go up against someone, of course they couldn’t win. They simply didn’t have the brains for it.

And so, the original owner’s family went bankrupt.

The original owner kicked the bucket.

That was everything that happened in the book.

Zhai You figured that, at this point in time, she should have only just begun keeping Jiang Bailu and hadn’t yet brought her home.

What she needed to do next was obvious.

Zhai You immediately pulled out her phone, intending to call Jiang Bailu and tell her she didn’t need to come anymore. But after searching for ages, she discovered Jiang Bailu’s number wasn’t saved in the phone.

Eventually, she found her assistant’s number and sent a text message.

“Tell her she doesn’t need to come.”

Only after doing that did Zhai You finally feel a little more at ease.

She had just checked her mobile banking app and seen more zeroes than she could count. After being poor for several lifetimes, this was the first time Zhai You had ever seen so much money. If she didn’t enjoy life properly, why would she go looking for death instead?!

With such a miserable ending waiting for her, who would willingly be a cannon-fodder scumbag Alpha?!

Zhai You only wanted to stay as far away as possible from the white moonlight and the righteous love interest.

She admired herself in the mirror for a moment and thought that no matter what else happened, she was still just as beautiful as ever.

Big breasts, long legs, a tiny waist, fair skin, red hair, and gorgeous features—she had that overwhelming, show-stopping aura completely under control. No matter who stood in front of her, they would instantly seem three shades duller.

With looks like these, on a scale of ten, she had no choice but to give herself a perfect ten!

After lingering in the restroom for a while, Zhai You returned to the private room.

She was about to pick up her bag and leave when, the instant she stood, a beautiful older woman pressed herself against her. The woman’s eyes were alluring as she asked, “Why were you gone for so long?”

Zhai You froze.

Thank you. My nose is bleeding.

Another short, adorable girl beside them refused to admit defeat and squeezed in, pushing the beautiful woman aside.

“Sister Zhai You, are you leaving? Take me with you, okay?”

After saying that, she even blinked her eyes at her.

I am not blessed enough to enjoy this. Definitely not blessed enough…

Just as Zhai You was about to push them away, the disreputable friend who had urged her to stolen content drink earlier let out a drunken burp, drawing Zhai You’s attention.

A trace of disgust appeared simultaneously on the pretty faces of the beautiful woman and the short, adorable girl.

Yet neither of them said anything.

The disreputable friend remained completely oblivious and even grinned at Zhai You before saying to the two women fawning over her, “Your Sister Zhai You isn’t in the mood for that right now.”

The petite girl widened her eyes, which were fitted with colored contacts. “Did something happen? Sister, are you in a bad mood?”

“Your Sister has been getting absolutely torn apart online.”

A sudden sense of unease surged through Zhai You’s heart.

She had almost forgotten.

There was also this part of the plot. The original owner likewise thought she was beautiful, and her family was rich, bailiantales.comso she simply threw money at the problem and forced her way into the entertainment industry.

But after debuting, she was incredibly restless and constantly stirred up trouble. She was a spoiled young heiress who did whatever she pleased just because her family had money and looked down on everyone around her. A genuinely brain-dead cannon-fodder character.

Saying her bad reputation had spread far and wide wouldn’t even be an exaggeration.

Netizens certainly didn’t care about her family background. It wasn’t as though any of that money belonged to them.

The moment they picked up their keyboards, they became judges of justice and launched fierce denunciations against her.

And lately, the backlash had been especially severe.

The reason was that Zhai You was about to appear in a major IP adaptation—and a yuri drama at that.

It was called Deliberate Love.

Unfortunately, the original novel of Deliberate Love had countless devoted readers, and they were extremely dissatisfied with Zhai You being cast in it. No matter which character Zhai You played, as far as they were concerned, she would ruin the original work.

And so the criticism came crashing down from every direction.

The disreputable friend clicked her tongue. “Why are you even wading into this mess? Isn’t your family’s money enough for you to squander? I seriously don’t understand you. You insist on going out there just to get cursed at.”

She really must have a masochistic streak buried in her bones.

Zhai You was thinking exactly the same thing.

The moment that disreputable friend finished speaking, someone else cut in.

Not that Zhai You recognized any of these people anyway.

“What do you know? Our Young Miss Zhai You is doing this so she can win the beauty’s heart. Don’t you know the screenwriter of Deliberate Love really likes Jiang Bailu?”

As soon as this person finished speaking, ​unauthorized copy​everyone in the private room burst into laughter almost simultaneously.

The beautiful woman and the petite girl’s expressions darkened at exactly the same time.

Jiang Bailu, oh Jiang Bailu.

Just look at how irresistible you are.

Because the author of Deliberate Love particularly liked someone of Jiang Bailu’s type, after becoming the screenwriter, she had intentionally or unintentionally suggested casting Jiang Bailu in the drama.

When the original owner heard about this, she invested money into the production and demanded a role for herself.

Her purpose in doing so wasn’t actually to get closer to Jiang Bailu.

It was… to ruin her.

After becoming an investor, whenever the screenwriter said she wanted Jiang Bailu in the cast, the original owner deliberately refused.

Every resource Jiang Bailu received had to be something she bestowed upon her.

And she didn’t just block this drama. Later, she interfered several more times, including with endorsement deals and variety shows.

She did everything possible to stop Jiang Bailu from appearing in front of the cameras. Only after Jiang Bailu pleased her would she condescendingly allow her to play a few insignificant roles, as though granting her charity.

None of that mattered for now. In any case, the future Jiang Bailu would have the righteous love interest supporting her.

She would eventually become immensely popular.

As for the original owner, once the drama aired, netizens and fans of the novel nearly cursed her to death. Even the editor subtly condemned her.

After thinking through all of this, Zhai You frowned and looked coldly at the group of people she didn’t recognize.

None of them had been named in the book. It only mentioned that the original owner ​Read on BaiLianTales​occasionally went out fooling around with them, but Zhai You actually hated this kind of atmosphere.

She might as well cut ties with them completely right now.

“Enough nonsense. Since when do I need you people telling me what I should or shouldn’t do?”

Zhai You tossed her beautiful long red hair back, curled her sexy red lips into a smile, grabbed her bag, and strode out in her high heels with a sharp click-click-click.

Leaving everyone in the private room staring after her in complete bewilderment.

Zhai You arrived on the eighteenth floor of the hotel.

Holding the key card in her hand, she tapped it against the lock. After a beep, the door successfully opened.

She might have stormed out looking incredibly imposing, but the truth was that only after leaving the private room did she suddenly remember something.

Damn it, she had no idea where the original owner lived!

The novel only described all sorts of luxurious mansions. It wasn’t like it would write down an exact address. And even if it had… there was no way she would have remembered it.

Fortunately, there was a hotel key card in her bag, so at least she wasn’t completely without a place to stay.

One hardly needed much imagination to figure out what this key card was meant for.

The eighteenth floor. A hotel room.

She had already texted her assistant and told her that Jiang Bailu didn’t need to come. Surely there wouldn’t be any problem with her sleeping here for one night, right?

She really was being too cowardly. Zhai You gave a bitter smile.

But she had no choice. If she wanted to live a good life, she had to stay far away from the protagonists of the original novel—the farther, the better.

After entering the room, Zhai You caught the scent of something sweet and fragrant.

It was a little like honey, thick and cloyingly sweet, yet it smelled incredibly good, almost addictive. After taking several deep breaths, even her throat began to feel inexplicably restless, making her want to do something.

The hotel’s aromatherapy was seriously bizarre.

Zhai You shook her head and walked into the bathroom, intending to take a shower first.

Back in the private room, she had been surrounded by all kinds of pheromones. Now that the scents had clung to her, she felt vaguely uncomfortable.

Wait… pheromones?

Zhai You’s eyes widened. Suddenly remembering something, she rushed out of the bathroom as fast as she could and switched on the bedroom’s ceiling light. Sure enough, lying on the bed was a delicate, pitiful-looking figure.

This was… “Jiang Bailu?!”