Forced to Become the Female Villain's Doting Wife (GL) - Chapter 6

The girl’s voice was too sharp, and the name of the homework’s owner was too well-known.

Su Xianxian frowned and looked at the screaming girl. Her gut told her this wouldn’t be simple.

Jiang Cuo, whose hand was searching for her homework, paused and silently stood up.

Suddenly, the entire classroom fell silent, with all attention focused on Jiang Cuo. Even the slight scrape of her chair leg on the floor as Jiang Cuo stood up sounded exceptionally harsh.

The girl, as if her scene wasn’t finished, stood there looking at the debris on the floor, then squatted down, picked up a piece, and examined it closely.

She continued speaking, loudly enough for the entire class to hear, “Classmate Jiang Cuo, come and see! It really seems to be your homework, the math assignment the teacher gave yesterday! Why is it torn up so much? If it weren’t for the formula the teacher explained yesterday being on this piece, I wouldn’t have recognized it.”

After the girl reiterated this part of the event, the quiet classroom began to fill with whispers.

The girl, as if afraid people wouldn’t reach the wrong conclusion, continued her detailed analysis: “Classmate Jiang Cuo studies so well and doesn’t talk much. Logically, everyone in class should like her, but since Classmate Jiang is both Class Monitor and Study Committee Member, could it be that she offended someone while collecting homework?”

The words “homework” and “offended” in the girl’s speech instantly sharpened Su Xianxian’s focus.

Su Xianxian immediately sat up straight, carefully scrutinizing the girl who was offering such a detailed analysis. She didn’t miss a single expression on the girl’s face. Sure enough, she saw the girl’s eyes darting around as she spoke.

As expected of a romance-brained high school student, her lying skills were a bit lacking. She kept stealing glances at Su Xianxian as she spoke.

She mysteriously showed up by the trash can early this morning, claimed Jiang Cuo’s homework was torn up, and tried to set up a suspenseful case. Then, she intended to pin the blame on Su Xianxian, who had a conflict with Jiang Cuo yesterday.

Seriously? Seriously?

Didn’t they say this was a “romance world”? Why did they have to involve such melodramatic nonsense?

[Trash System: Friendly reminder, Host, congratulations on triggering a critical plot point. This plot point is highly significant to the protagonist Female Villain, Jiang Cuo. Please handle this matter carefully. If the Host handles it improperly, it will increase Jiang Cuo’s Disgust Value toward the Host, lower Jiang Cuo’s opinion of the Host, and also decrease the Host’s fusion degree with this world. If the Host’s fusion degree drops to zero, the Host’s consciousness will be erased from the system world.]

Su Xianxian: ?!

Yesterday, they flattered her upon arrival, calling her a rich second-generation, saying she had money and just needed to complete missions, enjoying the burning sensation of having too much money to spend. But on the second day, she was being threatened?

The key point was that the cannon fodder side character named Su Xianxian only lived for three chapters in the book, and those three chapters only covered Jiang Cuo’s high school life. This incident was never described in the book.

So, the question was, would this trash system take advantage of loopholes and inexplicably arrange many similar plots?

[Trash System: How could the Host think that of trash? This is truly, truly the real dimension of the book that the Host failed to notice while reading in the original world. This event really did happen in the book’s dimension; the system is not deliberately giving the Host a hard time.]

The girl’s strenuous effort to remind everyone of the conflict between Jiang Cuo and Su Xianxian yesterday was not in vain. Everyone in the classroom was now focused on Su Xianxian.

However, they didn’t dare to look at Su Xianxian directly, afraid that this arrogant, spoiled young lady would hold a grudge and make things difficult for them. After all, Su Xianxian’s family influence was something none of them could afford to offend.

But precisely because of this, they enjoyed seeing Su Xianxian embarrassed. They hoped Su Xianxian was the one who did this. Only then could they stand on the moral high ground—the only advantage they had—to condemn Su Xianxian. Even if they were timid in reality and didn’t dare to speak up, they could secretly talk behind her back or in their hearts.

“It couldn’t really be Su Xianxian, could it? A rich young lady wouldn’t stoop to such a thing just to humiliate Jiang Cuo, right?”

The timid ones muttered to themselves, while the bolder ones were already whispering to each other.

Su Xianxian was not deaf, and with the system’s assistance, she could easily hear all their voices in her mind.

“How could this rich young lady suddenly change her nature? Jiang Cuo didn’t let her copy the homework yesterday, so she must be holding a grudge!”

“But Su Xianxian only arrived in the classroom this morning and discovered the homework was torn up and thrown in the trash. So when did Su Xianxian do it?”

Listening to the clamoring whispers around her, like a chant, Su Xianxian curled her lips into a scornful smile.

She wasn’t worried about such petty tricks. After all, the intense scheming at her company in her previous life was enough to give these people hundreds of headaches.

Su Xianxian pulled out her phone from her pocket, opened the camera, clicked record, and adjusted the angle. She pointed the camera at the girl who found the homework scraps, ensuring the phone would record everything that happened next.

When anything happens, the biggest mistake is lacking evidence. Su Xianxian wanted to see what tricks this girl would pull by falsely accusing her without cause.

Su Xianxian slowly stood up from her seat and walked to Jiang Cuo’s side, looking at the math homework scattered as paper scraps on the floor.

Su Xianxian regally folded her arms across her chest, looked at the scraps, tsk-tsked twice, and then said with a sense of wonder, “This classmate truly has good eyesight. This paper was clearly shredded by a shredder, yet this classmate sees it as being torn by hand? And there are only a few scattered letters on these scraps, yet she can tell it’s Jiang Cuo’s handwriting… This classmate must really admire Jiang Cuo, right? She must have spent a lot of time looking at Jiang Cuo’s math homework, or else how could she recognize it as Jiang Cuo’s assignment just from a few English letters?”

Su Xianxian looked at the girl in front of her. The original host had no memory or name for this person. She seemed to be a nobody, not even counting as cannon fodder.

The girl, seeing Su Xianxian react so calmly and without anger, started to panic. Moreover, hearing Su Xianxian speak such blatant lies, she became anxious. “The paper scraps on the ground were clearly torn by someone! Where were they shredded by a machine?”

Su Xianxian said, “Oh,” with a rising intonation, then glanced at Jiang Cuo’s expression.

To be precise, Jiang Cuo’s face was devoid of expression: normal blinking frequency, normal curve of the lips. Can you call her expressionless? No, she was very much alive, but if you wanted to discern any emotion from her face, you couldn’t.

Didn’t they say everyone was romance-brained? Then Jiang Cuo…

That was right. The system had already warned her that the reason Jiang Cuo became the Female Villain was that she never fell in love. Therefore, she was a rational person; she had a brain.

Jiang Cuo had not immediately confirmed the homework was hers. In fact, since the incident started, she hadn’t said a single word. She was quietly waiting for the event to unfold. Even though she was a main character, Jiang Cuo seemed detached. Everyone’s attention had shifted to Su Xianxian.

As a cold ice block, Jiang Cuo should have been glaringly obvious, but precisely because of that, she was silent in the classroom, almost blending into the background, so low-key that people nearly forgot her presence.

[Trash System: Ding-dong, detecting that the Host is slacking off and proceeding with the mission negatively. The system issues a warning and increases the difficulty of the critical plot point. The Host must launch an attack within two minutes, display the original Host’s aggressive arrogance, and then resolve the matter.]

Su Xianxian: “…”

Her subtle slacking off was actually discovered by the system?

But she was right. This girl didn’t even dare to look her in the eye, clearly instigated by someone else. She couldn’t afford to offend Su Xianxian, but she had received a favor and couldn’t easily give up. Stuck awkwardly in the middle, she didn’t even dare to explicitly state the accusation.

Su Xianxian took two steps forward and casually kicked the paper scraps scattered near the trash can with her toe. “It’s clearly someone trying to make sure everyone finds Classmate Jiang’s homework. Otherwise, if it was torn into shreds, why wouldn’t they throw it into the trash can to destroy the evidence? Why throw it intentionally around the trash can, like scattering petals, waiting for this female classmate to discover it?”

As Su Xianxian spoke, her eyes were fixed on the girl.

The girl, seeing Su Xianxian’s powerful aura, instinctively swallowed. Her body wanted to retreat, but she forcibly resisted the urge to back away. Her voice began to stutter as she opened her mouth. “Yes, I… I don’t know who it was, but they’re so arrogant and overbearing.”

“Arrogant and overbearing” was the exclusive term used to describe the original Su Xianxian.

Su Xianxian ignored her, scanning the girl from head to toe, then kicked the paper scraps away from her feet as if they were dirty.

“This classmate has been stalling for so long. What is it you want to say? So many people came and went in the classroom this morning, yet you were the only one who found these scraps and is making such a big deal, trying to draw Jiang Cuo’s attention. Could it be… that you have a secret crush on Jiang Cuo and, out of desperation, tore up her homework in a fit of rage? Otherwise, how could you be so certain it was torn by hand and not shredded by a machine?”

Su Xianxian’s words truly shocked many people, even causing Jiang Cuo to lose control of her flawlessly neutral expression, her lips twitching twice.

The girl didn’t expect Su Xianxian to be so unreasonable, directly accusing her. She immediately started jumping. “Of… of course not! It was definitely Classmate Su who did it! Classmate Su argued with Jiang Cuo yesterday. Jiang Cuo didn’t lend you the math homework to copy, so you held a grudge and tore up Jiang Cuo’s homework early this morning!”

The girl seemed to be shouting with all her might, her voice turning into a yell. Her entire face was red down to her neck, tears welled up in her eyes, and her legs were visibly trembling. She looked like a martyr bravely exposing evil for the sake of justice.

The surrounding whispers instantly erupted again.

Su Xianxian refused to play these brainless games with them. “Since this classmate is so convinced that I tore up Jiang Cuo’s homework, isn’t the best way to prove innocence to investigate? That’s simple. We’ll go to the Academic Affairs Office and check the surveillance footage.”

The girl was visibly panicked, clearly limited by her “romance-brained” mentality, as she hadn’t considered this angle.

“Classmate Su, how can you do this? Why tell the teacher about such a small matter? Classmate Su isn’t a child. Aren’t you afraid of causing resentment among your classmates?”

Su Xianxian simply spread her hands. “Ah, yes, yes, yes. Everything you said is correct. I’m checking the surveillance footage today. Even Jesus couldn’t stop me. I said so.”