After Transmigrating as the Villain’s Cannon Fodder Fake Sister - Chapter 1

Cold.

The early winter seawater was thick with a heavy chill, piercing through the skin like needles, biting and bone-chilling.

Gu Ruanruan continued to sink into the ocean.

It was only a few short seconds, yet it felt like a movie playing frame by frame in slow motion; Gu Ruanruan could clearly feel the flow of every passing second.

She remembered the pair of hands that had pushed her down, the indifferent and cruel eyes of their owner, and the overwhelming flood of crimson that saturated her vision.

“Gu Ruanruan!” She heard someone in the distance anxiously calling her name over and over.

Or perhaps it wasn’t far—maybe they were right above her—but Gu Ruanruan no longer had the strength to respond.

Salty, pungent seawater surged into her throat. The searing pain of being torn apart scorched her; she couldn’t make a sound.

Let it be.

“Ruanruan, I’ve caught you. You’ll never run away again,” a woman’s tender, intimate voice murmured in her ear.

Who is it?

Immediately after, Gu Ruanruan felt her body grow light. The suffocating sense of despair and the feeling of witnessing her own life slip away bit by bit vanished.

The very second Gu Ruanruan completely lost consciousness, the azure seawater instantaneously turned into a blinding, vivid red.

The color was thick and brilliant.

A faint, serene woody fragrance permeated the air, soothing the mind and body.

Life felt like an inverted hourglass, slowly trickling back into her body.

The feeling of being able to breathe air again was truly wonderful. Gu Ruanruan couldn’t help but take a deep, forceful breath.

“Cough, cough, cough…” She inhaled too sharply and began to cough.

Wait… this wasn’t a place she recognized.

The room was vast. Three large bookcases were stuffed with books, and the desk was piled high with documents—it was a study.

The surrounding decor was exquisite and ornate; the solid wood furniture, including the desk and bookcases, were all carved with beautiful patterns. The room also featured a leather sofa large enough for an adult to lie on and a small lounge area equipped with a coffee machine. The glass cabinets were filled with various types of coffee beans.

This kind of study, which radiated luxury in every corner, only existed in Gu Ruanruan’s childhood memories.

Gu Ruanruan wondered: Had she returned to her childhood?

But this place was vastly different from her memory; the interior style and layout were completely different. It didn’t feel like the familiar environment she knew.

“Gu Ruanruan!” A mechanical, icy female voice reached Gu Ruanruan’s ears. Sensing her distraction, the woman’s voice rose slightly, “Did you hear me clearly?”

!

Her eyes instinctively shifted, and only then did Gu Ruanruan notice there was actually another person in the room!

The woman’s appearance perfectly matched Gu Ruanruan’s fantasy of a beauty: her skin was as fair as porcelain, her features were exquisite and glamorous, and a pair of sapphire earrings sparkled on her lustrous earlobes.

This woman was stunningly beautiful, yet she didn’t look gaudy. Her shirt was buttoned all the way to the top, perfectly veiling the delicate and elegant lines of her neck. Her ink-colored pupils were as deep as a cold pool, tempering the breathtaking impact of her face and adding a layer of indifference.

She was a beauty, certainly, but hidden between her brows was a sharp, violent aura that was well-concealed and not easily detected by others.

Gu Ruanruan was absolutely horrified! Where on earth was she? The woman was indeed calling her name, but she had absolutely no memory of this woman!

She was certain because, with a beauty this striking, it would be impossible to forget her after even a single glance!

Then, Gu Ruanruan felt herself walking toward the beautiful woman.

It was a highly uncomfortable sensation—her consciousness was semi-lucid, but her body was not under her control.

Then, “she” began to speak.

“I said, dear Sister~ We’re going to be family sooner or later, so why differentiate between ‘yours’ and ‘mine’? What’s yours is mine, and I’ll be yours in the future too~” Gu Ruanruan could hardly believe that such a sickly sweet, cloying voice was coming out of her mouth.

With just that one sentence, Gu Ruanruan’s consciousness was completely jolted awake!

That swaying lilt at the end of the sentence… you couldn’t produce that tone without ten years of brain damage.

What was even more terrifying was that while “she” spoke, “she” reached out and began restlessly sliding her hand over the woman’s body.

Gu Ruanruan: Stop it!!! What are you doing!!!

Too! Stimulating!

Gu Ruanruan, who had lived for twenty years without ever even holding someone’s hand, suffered a massive internal blow!

She was no longer “pure”! Help! SOS!!!

Her wrist was firmly seized by a grip like a vise. A body temperature as cold as seawater transferred through her wrist to her body.

“She” followed the flow, gave up her unruly actions, and immediately shifted tactics. Her mouth began to chatter uncontrollably: “Jiang Cen, why are you putting on an act? Who are you trying to impress with that cold face all day? Do you think I haven’t seen what you’re really like in private?”

Gu Ruanruan felt a small spark of curiosity: What… what is she like? Asking for a friend who wants to see…

“Don’t you want me to keep your secret for you?”

Jiang Cen seemed amused by “her” naivety. The corners of her lips curled slightly into a smirk that wasn’t quite a smile. Like melting ice and snow, that eternally frigid, ascetic face instantly became vivid.

Gu Ruanruan was dazed.

So a beauty’s lethality was this immense when she actually showed an expression!

“Jiang Cen, whether you’re willing or not, we’re going to be family anyway. Acting like this is meaningless. Heh, I know exactly what kind of person you are.”

Gu Ruanruan went numb: Isn’t this kind of classic villain speech just asking for a quick death?

“Grandpa will be coming over in a moment. Tell me, when the old man sees this scene, will he arrange an engagement for us, or… arrange an engagement for us?”

Big sister, is there even another choice?!

As she spoke, “she” ignored her seized wrist and directly used her other hand to hook around Jiang Cen’s waist. She tipped up her toes, puckered her lips, and moved in to close the distance.

Gu Ruanruan felt like the blood in her entire body was flowing backward. Everything prior had already challenged her psychological endurance, but how could the original soul play something this perverted right off the bat!!! What was someone like her—who would pretend to go get a drink of water whenever a kissing scene appeared on TV—supposed to do!!!

She couldn’t do this! Black screen! Give me a black screen, fast!!!

Perhaps the heavens heard Gu Ruanruan’s internal scream; the world went dark, and she truly stopped that horrifying action.

Immediately after, a flood of memories that didn’t belong to her surged into her mind like an overwhelming tide.

She hadn’t lost her name—she was still Gu Ruanruan—but the world had changed.

She had transmigrated into a “dog-blood” (melodramatic) wealthy family romance novel she had read before!

And right now, the woman in front of her—the one listening to her arrogant speech and enduring the humiliation of being “forced” upon—was none other than the most sinister and heartless Great Villainess of the entire book: Jiang Cen!

Aaaaaahhh!!!

What kind of person was Jiang Cen? To describe her as “ruthless” would be a compliment.

She was a cold-blooded machine devoid of human emotion, a two-faced maniac. She used the Jiang family to secure her position as the head of the household, and once her goal was met, she immediately turned around and sent her second and third uncles to prison. Even her own mother was stripped of power and confined to a nursing home.

Not to mention that in the later stages of the book, she used every unscrupulous means—imprisonment, drugging, coercion—to get the female lead. She was basically a permanent guest star on a legal warning program!

Of course, the original “vicious cannon fodder” character was no better; she was even worse than Jiang Cen.

The original owner was the granddaughter of Jiang Cen’s grandfather’s (Jiang Jianguo) war comrade. Because her entire family died in a car accident, leaving her as the only little girl left in the vast Gu family with no one to rely on, Grandpa Jiang brought Gu Ruanruan back to the Jiang family.

Just like that, “Gu Ruanruan” transformed into the adopted daughter of the wealthiest family in Ning City, the default “Third Miss” of the Jiangs.

However, the original owner was still unsatisfied. She fell in love with Jiang Cen, but at the same time, she couldn’t let go of the wealth and glory before her.

Jiang Cen had no interest in her and had rejected and warned her mercilessly time and again. Unable to get the love she wanted, the original owner’s malice grew, and she plotted to swallow the Jiang family fortune for herself.

She contacted outsiders to leak Jiang family secrets, created crisis after crisis for Jiang Cen, frequently persecuted the “White Moonlight” female lead, and even kidnapped her.

Jiang Cen watched her dig her own grave, not only turning the schemes against her but also “coincidentally” appearing to save the female lead every time, earning herself plenty of favorability points.

Finally, after squeezing every bit of utility out of “Gu Ruanruan,” Jiang Cen locked her in a mental asylum and tortured her bit by bit until her mind collapsed. Her end was miserable…

After receiving the plot, Gu Ruanruan was practically in tears.

The original owner was truly a “talent”! She woke up earlier than a rooster, went to bed later than a dog, and did more work than a donkey on a production team.

As for Jiang Cen, she was a total savage.

Fortunately, things weren’t too bad yet.

The current situation was that the original owner had just realized she was in love with Jiang Cen, but Jiang Cen had no feelings for her. The original owner had timed everything perfectly to seduce Jiang Cen, and after being rejected, she turned her embarrassment into rage and tried to take her by force…

When Jiang Jianguo pushes the door open in a moment, there are only two possibilities: one, they get engaged; two, Jiang Cen is branded as “worse than a beast.” Either way, the original owner wouldn’t lose.

The original owner had underestimated Jiang Cen. Jiang Cen wouldn’t make such a low-level mistake. If she allowed this to happen, she must have a hidden move.

But the original owner didn’t know that—and now the unlucky soul was Gu Ruanruan!

Small matter! Stay calm!! Don’t panic!!! There’s still a chance!!!!

Seeing Gu Ruanruan lean in, Jiang Cen furrowed her brows in disgust. Her patience exhausted, she applied a bit of force with the hand pinning the original owner’s wrist, and Gu Ruanruan was thrown aside by the momentum.

With this movement, Gu Ruanruan felt some sensation return to her limbs, though she didn’t have full control yet.

Her steps instinctively stumbled, and combined with the momentum of Jiang Cen’s shove, Gu Ruanruan couldn’t stand steadily.

Oh no, I’m falling backward!

Gu Ruanruan hurriedly flailed her arms like a bee vibrating its wings, barely managing to maintain her balance.

Eh? During the flailing, her arm seemed to hit something. Soft, smooth… it felt quite nice…

Just as she was about to look for what it was, she heard a soft “thud.”

Jiang Cen had actually been pushed down onto the sofa behind her!

Only then did Gu Ruanruan realize: the “soft” thing was her accidentally brushing against Jiang Cen’s “headlights,” and the “smooth” texture was Jiang Cen’s shirt!

Immediately after, an invisible force compelled Gu Ruanruan to take a few steps forward, climb onto the sofa, and firmly pin Jiang Cen down…

Gu Ruanruan: Do I still have a chance???

Just how heavy was the original owner’s obsession!!!

Even after being pushed onto the sofa unexpectedly, Jiang Cen remained composed and cold, though her gaze toward Gu Ruanruan grew even more icy.

“Gu Ruanruan, you know the consequences,” she warned.

I know, I know, I know!!!! Stop talking, uuuuhuhuhu, I don’t want this either!

Gu Ruanruan had been strong since childhood. Scared by Jiang Cen’s bone-chilling voice, her hands began to shake involuntarily.

“Ripppp…” In the silence, even a tiny sound seemed exceptionally crisp.

Gu Ruanruan looked down and discovered that her hand had ripped open Jiang Cen’s shirt!

Then, Jiang Cen’s shirt buttons began to hop… skip… and jump… on the floor like popcorn…

If buttons had eyes, Gu Ruanruan felt that before they died, their eyes must have flickered with a strange, dead-fish-like light…

She was like a jammed old radio, turning her head back to look at Jiang Cen frame by frame.

Because she was so shocked and terrified, Gu Ruanruan hadn’t even realized that she now had full control over this body.

As expected.

Jiang Cen was looking at her with the gaze one would use for a dead person.

Gu Ruanruan: The wind is strong, the fire is bright, I shall depart this world peacefully. 🙂

Suddenly, a voice so shocked it was beyond belief shattered the silence of the room: “Heavens… you two… what are you doing?”

Gu Ruanruan was in total despair: On this day next year, remember to burn some spirit money for me, thanks. 🙂