Forced to Become the Female Villain's Doting Wife (GL) - Chapter 4

Jiang Cuo walked out from the shadow of the large tree.

Su Xianxian, afraid Jiang Cuo would change her mind, quickly trotted a few steps and grabbed Jiang Cuo’s wrist.

“Did you hear that? Jiang Cuo is the number one student in our school, a campus star, her academic performance is top-tier, and she is also my new desk-mate.”

Su Jianxiu clearly lost face.

Just as Su Jianxiu wanted to continue talking, the butler stepped in, and a neat line of security guards stood in front of Su Jianxiu.

Su Jianxiu didn’t want to completely burn bridges and could only glare viciously at the butler.

Su Lian: “Dad… what about my schooling…”

“Good daughter, your sister disregards familial ties, so we don’t care for her either.”

They could only open the car door and get in under Su Xianxian’s watchful eye.

Su Xianxian released her grip on Jiang Cuo’s wrist, crossed her arms, and looked triumphantly at Su Jianxiu getting into the car. She opened her mouth to taunt him, “People’s actions are watched by the heavens. Doing too many immoral things will bring retribution. Now you’re so down you don’t even have a driver. Father, drive carefully…”

Su Jianxiu was so furious that his face was livid. He stomped on the gas pedal and drove out of the villa courtyard.

Jiang Cuo looked down at the wrist Su Xianxian had held. The feeling of agitation surged up again in her heart.

[Trash System: Congratulations, Host! Your fusion degree with this world has increased by 1%. Please keep up the good work!]

The system notification brought Su Xianxian back to reality. Only now did she feel that the palm of her hand that had grabbed Jiang Cuo’s wrist was burning hot.

For a moment, she didn’t quite dare to look at Jiang Cuo’s expression.

Su Xianxian, “Um, Classmate Jiang, I’m sorry, that was troublesome for you just now.”

Jiang Cuo didn’t reply and turned to walk away.

Su Xianxian, emboldened, grabbed the same spot on Jiang Cuo’s wrist she had just held.

[Trash System: Host, you are so brave!]

“Classmate Jiang said she is my tutor. That still counts, right? What time tonight are you coming to tutor me?”

[Trash System: Friendly reminder, Host, touching the same location on Jiang Cuo’s body only increases the fusion degree once per day!]

Su Xianxian’s heart instantly chilled.

So, just as Jiang Cuo reached her limit and was about to shake off Su Xianxian’s hand, Su Xianxian proactively let go.

Su Xianxian then watched Jiang Cuo’s hand wrist wave in the air, missing its target.

It looked quite awkward.

Jiang Cuo had no choice but to turn around to face Su Xianxian, lowering her hand.

The setting sun’s light struck Su Xianxian’s face. This was the first time Jiang Cuo had examined Su Xianxian’s face carefully.

Su Xianxian was very fair, a warm white tone.

The strands of hair on her forehead were messy but intentionally stuck to her face, perfectly framing her face shape.

Su Xianxian had a beautiful pair of apricot eyes that always seemed to hold a half-smile. These eyes made it difficult for people to distinguish the truth when Su Xianxian spoke.

Normally, Su Xianxian spoke presumptuously, believing herself to be superior, but today’s Su Xianxian was modest. She looked at Jiang Cuo with an air of caution.

“What trick are you trying to play now?” Jiang Cuo asked coldly, her brows furrowed.

The butler beside Su Xianxian automatically retreated to prepare dinner for Su Xianxian. In his view, the interaction between Jiang Cuo and Su Xianxian was just children’s rough play.

Su Xianxian had always been alone in her original world. She had no support or reliance, so she clearly knew how to please others to make her own life more comfortable.

Jiang Cuo’s dislike for her was as high as ninety. If Su Xianxian wanted to enjoy everything in this world and integrate perfectly, she absolutely had to mend her relationship with Jiang Cuo. She had to quickly get close to Jiang Cuo and become her friend.

But she also knew that the reason Jiang Cuo became the big villain in the book was that Jiang Cuo was emotionless. In the world’s “romance-brained” setting, where everyone was obsessed with love, Jiang Cuo remained alone until the end.

Therefore, Su Xianxian needed to figure out how to manage the boundary: making Jiang Cuo accept her gestures of goodwill while also understanding that Su Xianxian had no romantic intentions toward her.

Furthermore, to gain the fusion degree through Jiang Cuo, she first had to eliminate Jiang Cuo’s Disgust Value. The fusion degree for today was already secured, so she couldn’t rush. This might be counterproductive.

Su Xianxian was also internally aware that to eliminate Jiang Cuo’s dislike, she needed to provide many reasonable explanations for why the original host acted the way she did, allowing Jiang Cuo to understand. She couldn’t just have Jiang Cuo feel that the “Su Xianxian” she was now was somehow different from before.

Jiang Cuo was not one of the book’s “romance-brains”; her intelligence couldn’t be compared to an ordinary female villain. Only when Jiang Cuo accepted her from the bottom of her heart could the rest of the plan proceed gradually.

Su Xianxian almost contemplated why the Earth was round.

But she had overlooked the fact that Jiang Cuo had agreed to be her private tutor in front of Su Jianxiu and Su Lian. It was clearly an unexpected event and a gamble she had won.

Just as the two were at a deadlock, a figure suddenly appeared behind Jiang Cuo.

Jiang Cuo’s grandfather, holding trimmed branches and leaves, looked confusedly at Jiang Cuo and Su Xianxian, who were facing each other as if in a confrontation.

Jiang Cuo’s grandfather had a kind face.

Su Xianxian looked up. Although Jiang Cuo’s grandfather looked slightly older, he was sturdy. But Su Xianxian subconsciously frowned. She felt Jiang Cuo’s grandfather’s complexion didn’t look healthy.

The pale, bluish color on his face was a sign of blood deficiency.

Before coming to this bizarre world, Su Xianxian lived alone and paid close attention to her health. After all, besides herself, no one cared about her. Her life or death in that world was as light as a feather, utterly inconsequential.

However, for Jiang Cuo’s grandparents, Su Xianxian was like a savior. Although they didn’t know the original Su Xianxian’s true intentions for having the elderly couple and Jiang Cuo move into the villa and giving them work and a certain income, the jobs—whether as the villa gardener or the road cleaner—made it easier and lighter for the lonely old couple to raise a high school student. Plus, they now had a fixed place to live.

Therefore, Jiang Cuo’s grandfather believed that Su Xianxian and Jiang Cuo had an excellent relationship and that Su Xianxian was giving Jiang Cuo special care, treating her like a good friend.

“Jiang Jiang, didn’t Grandpa tell you to apologize to your classmate? Did you apologize? Your classmate was about to fall down, why didn’t you reach out to help her?”

Hearing Jiang Cuo’s grandfather use Jiang Cuo’s childhood nickname, Su Xianxian put her hands behind her back and vigorously pinched the soft flesh of her index finger with her thumb, desperately suppressing her urge to laugh out loud. She forced her face into a serious expression.

One must know that the most common descriptions of the Female Villain throughout the entire book, aside from the Female Lead, were her ruthlessness, decisiveness, and cruel methods. In the future, Jiang Cuo took the fastest route to making money: entering the entertainment industry. But Jiang Cuo was not an actress; she became the boss and director who selected actors, and all the actors she debuted became instant hits. In the book, the most common titles people used for Jiang Cuo were “CEO Jiang” or “Sister Jiang.” Su Xianxian felt people might as well call her “Grandmother Jiang.”

But even this Jiang Cuo had a weakness in her youth: her grandparents.

Su Xianxian wasn’t an idiot. Even though the system told her she didn’t have the original host’s memories, Su Xianxian knew the original host did not have good intentions in allowing Jiang Cuo’s grandparents to live in the villa. It was likely an attempt to use money to humiliate Jiang Cuo and crush her arrogance.

There were many bright paths forward; she definitely didn’t want to choose the one that led to death.

So Su Xianxian immediately put on a standard, well-behaved girl’s smiling face and quickly walked two steps, approaching Jiang Cuo’s grandfather.

“Hello, Grandpa! I didn’t expect that even though you are older, you are still so healthy, and your eyes are as sharp as a young person’s. I merely tripped accidentally while getting out of the car, and Grandpa saw it all. Thank you for your concern, Grandpa. However, Grandpa misunderstood. Jiang Cuo was holding her helmet at the time, which is why she couldn’t help me. Also, I didn’t actually fall down. Grandpa, please don’t scold Jiang Cuo.

And Jiang Jiang just agreed to tutor me in her spare time. I’m a little embarrassed to say it, but my grades are really poor. However, after sitting next to Jiang Jiang, I realized how important studying is. So I’ve decided to strive for improvement, and I hope Grandpa agrees to let Jiang Jiang tutor me.”

Su Xianxian spoke to Jiang Cuo’s grandfather with a smile while slightly tilting her head to secretly observe Jiang Cuo’s expression.

Fortunately, Jiang Cuo’s grandparents were kind-hearted. The elderly couple were simple-minded and trusted her completely. Therefore, using Jiang Cuo’s grandparents to influence Jiang Cuo was a necessary yet risky move.

When Su Xianxian saw Jiang Cuo’s face as she explained the tutoring arrangement to her grandfather, Jiang Cuo showed no sign of resistance. Although Jiang Cuo slightly furrowed her brow, based on the book’s description of her as the Female Villain, this hint of impatience was very minor.

So Su Xianxian, relying on her ability to read expressions, fully capitalized on the situation, demonstrating what it meant to “get an inch and take a mile.”

When she referred to Jiang Cuo again, she used the nickname Jiang Jiang, the same one her grandfather used.

When Jiang Cuo heard the nickname come from Su Xianxian’s mouth, her whole body stiffened. Her already intense gaze suddenly lost its focus.

Jiang Cuo’s grandfather and grandmother were naturally pleased to see a friendly relationship between Jiang Cuo and Su Xianxian. He readily agreed to let Jiang Cuo help Su Xianxian with her studies. He then turned and left without asking further questions, reminding Jiang Cuo to come home for dinner on time.

Only after Jiang Cuo’s grandfather left did Jiang Cuo’s eyes slowly regain focus.

Her stiff posture wavered slightly. Her tightly clenched hands, which must have felt the pain of her nails digging into her flesh, slowly loosened.

Then she turned her head, fixing her gaze on Su Xianxian’s delicate face.

Jiang Cuo had the height advantage. She slightly lowered her head, matching her cold, emotionless phoenix eyes with Su Xianxian’s apricot eyes, which seemed to hold a thousand tender affections.

Su Xianxian saw Jiang Cuo slowly approaching.

To be honest, she felt a moment of panic.

But she still maintained the standard fan-chart smile used to describe an overbearing CEO: three parts disdain, three parts indifference, and four parts provocation.

Because Su Xianxian hadn’t heard the Trash System warn her that Jiang Cuo’s Disgust Value was increasing, she felt relieved and became bold.

In this system world, she had a cheat code. No matter how powerful the Female Villain was, that was for the future; she was still quite weak now.

Su Xianxian stubbornly refused to look up. She didn’t want the height difference to make her appear less imposing than Jiang Cuo.

So, she kept her gaze level, focusing all her attention on Jiang Cuo’s exquisite, slightly pointed chin and long neck.

Jiang Cuo gritted her teeth, radiating coldness, with an aura that seemed to drag one to eternal damnation. She stopped a few inches from Su Xianxian’s ear.

Opening her mouth, her voice was low and alluring, carrying a dangerous warning, “Don’t let me hear those two words from your mouth again.”

After hearing Jiang Cuo’s words, Su Xianxian’s brain instantly crashed, and her eyes seemed to turn into dots.

She blinked her now “dot” eyes.

Nani?

This was the threat the Female Villain made with an aura that felt like she was about to eliminate her?

This was… too lacking in deterrent force, wasn’t it?

Jiang Cuo looked down slightly at Su Xianxian. Because she had tilted her head and brought it close to Su Xianxian’s ear, she couldn’t see Su Xianxian’s current expression. She only saw Su Xianxian’s shoulders tremble slightly and assumed Su Xianxian was scared.

But the reality was that Su Xianxian was desperately suppressing her urge to laugh, causing her shoulders to tremble uncontrollably from the strain.

Su Xianxian’s three parts indifference and seven parts disregard magnified considerably. She silently took a few steps back.

Jiang Cuo didn’t anticipate Su Xianxian’s sudden movement, and her lips almost brushed Su Xianxian’s earlobe.

Jiang Cuo suddenly felt a strange sensation in her heart.

Su Xianxian wasn’t thinking about that.

She raised her head and looked directly into Jiang Cuo’s face.

Her almond eyes were full of playfulness.

Su Xianxian put both hands behind her back, slightly tilted her backside out, bent her body, and brought her head close to Jiang Cuo’s face.

She imitated Jiang Cuo’s voice: low, seductive, and breathing out warm air that was disturbing.

“Classmate Jiang, are you perhaps talking about these two words? Jiaaang~ Jiaaang~?”