I Really Didn't Want to Have a Happy Ending with the Black Moonlight Female Lead - Chapter 1

“Screech—”

A long, sharp electric current sound overpowered the human voices, piercing Lu Shizhen’s ears like an alarm blaring from a broken machine.

This current seemed to know where the most vulnerable part of this body was, striking at Lu Shizhen’s beating heart again and again.

The twisting pain felt as if it would swallow and annihilate her entirely. The human instinct for survival was activated, and Lu Shizhen struggled.

Then, a “thud” echoed in the quiet space.

The icy cold floor caught the person who had fallen from the bed. The electric current sound instantly dissipated, and the pain truly spread throughout Lu Shizhen’s entire body.

From her shoulders and arms, to her tailbone and thighs…

Wait.

Thighs?

…Her legs had feeling?

What’s going on?!

The confusion suppressed the pain, and Lu Shizhen’s tightly shut eyes suddenly opened in disbelief.

The overhead lights immediately rushed into her vision, the overly bright light consuming the world.

Lu Shizhen found that her hospital gown had inexplicably been replaced with high-grade silk pajamas. Her originally pale and lifeless calves now showed the rosy vitality of blood flowing through them.

She felt the vibrant presence of muscles and cautiously, yet full of anticipation, moved her legs.

And her legs actually stretched out as she wished, the flowing silk sliding down her skin, bringing a hint of coolness.

It was more real than a dream.

Lu Shizhen’s eyes were filled with astonishment. Before she could recover, a voice sounded next to her ear: “Congratulations, Host, for successfully activating the system! Welcome to the ‘Give Me Another Chance from Heaven’ System! I am your exclusive system, System No. 0253!”

The voice was interspersed with electric current, sounding like something conjured up by the electricity that had just been wrapped around Lu Shizhen’s brain.

Lu Shizhen didn’t even have time to panic before an object materialized in front of her.

It was a small white sphere surrounded by a strange electric current. A pair of small wings diligently flapped above its head, trying hard to support a body disproportionate to its size.

What is this thing!

Lu Shizhen was startled and scrambled backward several steps on the floor.

“Apologies, Host, for scaring you.” Seeing this, the small sphere quickly retreated, actively maintaining a friendly distance from Lu Shizhen. “I am your system. I just materialized and am not stable enough yet. I’ll be fine in a moment.”

The surrounding environment was overly quiet, making the sphere’s voice sound especially strange.

Hearing the words “Host” and “System,” Lu Shizhen’s just-awakened mind buzzed.

Because of her physical disability, Lu Shizhen had few hobbies to choose from, and novels and comics were what she kept by her side the most.

Having read many transmigration novels, she instantly realized that she seemed to have “transmigrated into a book” and bound a “system.”

What was even harder for Lu Shizhen to accept was that, combining the tropes of transmigration novels with the system’s initial phrase, “Give Me Another Chance from Heaven,” she seemed to realize which book she had transmigrated into.

Just a few days ago, bored with her books, Lu Shizhen clicked on the recently hugely popular White Moonlight, a yuri novel that her best friend had pushed her to read countless times.

At first, Lu Shizhen genuinely opened the first page with the thought of “just killing some time; after all, I’m a staunch straight woman.”

Who knew that later, she was the one who stayed up all night to finish the entire book, enduring a scolding with dark circles under her eyes? She was also the one who reread it two or three times, dragged her friend out of bed in the wee hours, and cried profusely out of pity for the female lead.

Lu Shizhen actually didn’t want to, but the female lead, Xu Shiyue, was simply too pitiable.

Though she was a favored daughter of fortune with an immensely beautiful and secure life, due to her father’s second brother’s scheming, her family was ruined, both parents died, and she became blind. Then, the perverse, crazy female supporting character took advantage of the situation, sweet-talked her into coming home, and occupied her, extinguishing her last glimmer of hope.

In the end, the White Moonlight turned into the Black Moonlight. She repaid kindness and took revenge, an eye for an eye. Even when her official love interest finally appeared to accompany and support her, they couldn’t make her return to her original self. Many people even felt she carried the shadow of that crazy female villain.

Lu Shizhen’s tears flowed down profusely when she read it; she ran out of tissue paper.

Perhaps due to shared suffering, she especially understood Xu Shiyue’s initial feelings while staying with the crazy female villain.

But this damn crazy female villain happened to share the same name as her.

Lu Shizhen often found herself cursing the vicious female villain with her friend, only to start reflecting while weeping.

What did Xu Shiyue do wrong?

And what did she do wrong, to share a name with such a lunatic!

“Host? Lu Shizhen?” The system sounded a bit nervous, seeing Lu Shizhen maintain the same posture without speaking for a long time.

Hearing the system call out her full name, Lu Shizhen’s scalp tingled.

She looked at the system in front of her and moved her lips with difficulty: “So, I am now Lu Shizhen from White Moonlight?”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Shizhen saw the small sphere flash: “As expected of a Host with extensive knowledge of transmigration novels! That’s right, you are the crazy female villain from the White Moonlight world!”

The system was completely stable now, and its voice, free of static interference, was full of excitement.

If Lu Shizhen didn’t know that the original text’s crazy female villain ended up having her hands and feet severed by the blackened female lead and dying in a fire, she would have thought she had gained some highly celebrated, top-tier identity.

“Host, don’t look like that. Although the original owner wasn’t a good person, she has a pair of extraordinarily beautiful legs! Isn’t that what you wanted most?” Seeing the speechlessness and distrust overflowing on Lu Shizhen’s face, the system quickly tempted her, “As long as you successfully complete the mission of the ‘Give Me Another Chance from Heaven’ system, you can keep this pair of legs forever.”

Lu Shizhen looked at the small sphere, which was blinking with hopeful light, her eyes filled with both horror and excitement.

She was horrified that the system knew what she wanted most, yet excited by the fact that she currently possessed the thing she had desired her whole life.

In truth, aside from her own issues, the original owner’s background was top-tier.

A loving, happy family with doting parents, a silver spoon in her mouth from birth, and an environment where everyone held her in high regard.

Moreover, the original owner’s legs were well-proportioned and long, without the slightest sign of atrophy.

When the light hit them, they faintly showed a uniform and strong definition.

The scale tipped slightly toward excitement. Lu Shizhen thought for a moment, then carefully asked, “Can you tell me what stage the plot has reached now?”

The system was silent for a moment. Then, under Lu Shizhen’s gaze, it spoke awkwardly and with difficulty: “Uh… Sorry, Host. The system data hasn’t been fully updated yet.”

“…”

Lu Shizhen was a little speechless.

She looked at the small sphere in front of her and suddenly felt that her system was quite unreliable.

“Tap, tap, tap.”

Just then, there was a knock on Lu Shizhen’s door.

A neatly dressed maid pushed the door open and stood in the doorway, respectfully asking, “Miss, the beef stew you requested is ready. Would you like to come down to eat?”

Lu Shizhen hadn’t yet accepted her new identity and was momentarily stunned by the question.

The small sphere beside her became agitated and quickly prompted: “Host, you must maintain the original character to prevent character collapse and world breakdown!”

As an enthusiast of transmigration novels, Lu Shizhen certainly knew the seriousness of a world breakdown.

She had just gained a pair of fully functional legs and didn’t want to lose them so soon. She quickly recalled the original owner’s behavior and lazily “hmm-ed” to the maid, saying, “I’ll be down in a moment.”

The maid showed no sign of anything being amiss, still completely unaware that the person in her Miss’s body had changed. She nodded slightly and turned to leave.

“Cough.”

A light cough came from the quiet room.

The maid recognized Lu Shizhen’s voice and instantly stopped: “Miss.”

Lu Shizhen knew that everyone around them was aware of the original owner’s designs on Xu Shiyue. Since the system couldn’t give her a reliable answer, she might as well ask the people here: “By the way, where is Xu Shiyue?”

“She hasn’t come back yet, Miss,” the maid replied.

“Oh.” Lu Shizhen couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief at the news, her brows lifting slightly.

She hadn’t expected the little sphere, though seeming unreliable, to have quite good control over the time of transmigration.

Since the female lead hadn’t arrived yet, didn’t that mean her mission would be easy?

Just avoid doing what shouldn’t be done, respectfully settle the female lead at home according to the storyline and her initial promise, casually earn some favor points, and once the relevant plot point arrived, send her back! Then she could permanently keep this pair of legs!

Lu Shizhen was rejoicing internally and calculating her wonderful future when the maid’s voice rang out again, shattering all her illusions: “How can the flowers in the garden be so easy to pick, Miss? Miss Xu can’t see, so it takes some effort.”

“…!”

Lu Shizhen felt like a bomb had been thrown at her. Not only were all her plans destroyed, but she couldn’t evade it either and was instantly blown into a daze.

“What did you say?!”

Lu Shizhen was somewhat incredulous, her pitch rising slightly.

Perhaps due to the original owner’s long-standing authority in the house, the maid immediately stammered: “I… I said, Miss Xu is following your instructions, looking for, looking for the most, the most beautiful rose in the garden…”

The wind blew in from outside the window, making a somewhat sharp sound as it passed through the treetops.

Intermittent rain had fallen for three days in the past few days, washing away and burying all the lingering heat of summer in the early autumn mud. The sun had just settled on the mountainside, and the world had cooled down.

Lu Shizhen’s heart cooled down along with it.

How could she possibly forget.

In the original text, the rose marked the beginning of another painful chapter in Xu Shiyue’s life.

On that day, Xu Shiyue was coaxed by the original owner to go to the rose garden in the backyard to pick the most beautiful bouquet of roses for the original owner, to repay her for the care she had provided these days.

But Xu Shiyue never expected it to be a trap specifically set up by the original owner. No matter which one she picked, the original owner would not be satisfied.

The one she wanted to pluck was Xu Shiyue, the rose.

This was simply an impossible task.

Lu Shizhen had clenched her fists when she read that part.

Perhaps the pursuit of art is a common trait among all perverts; the original owner had hired many master gardeners for her rose garden, ultimately shaping the flowerbed into a three-dimensional rose shape.

For a normal person, this was a great place to stop and admire. But for Xu Shiyue, who couldn’t see, it was a deadly trap fraught with danger.

Normal people might not understand the danger and difficulty faced by a person with a disability, but Lu Shizhen could.

The sound of the wind coming through the window and the uneasy swaying shadows of the trees made her extremely worried about Xu Shiyue’s current predicament.

Lu Shizhen forced herself to calm down and ordered in the original owner’s tone: “What’s the point of looking for roses when the sun has set? Go and bring her back!”

The maid was clearly surprised by Lu Shizhen’s command and paused: “Miss…”

Lu Shizhen didn’t give her time to think and directly interrupted: “What, do you have an objection to my words?”

“No, no…” The maid immediately shook her head repeatedly and scurried away.

Their Miss was always unpredictable and moody; it was better not to speak too much and incur her displeasure.

The room door was hastily closed, and the small sphere floating next to Lu Shizhen fluttered excitedly: “As expected of the Host, you picked it up quickly and are playing the role super successfully!”

Lu Shizhen did not want to pay attention to the system’s flattery. She braced herself against the bed and stood up clumsily: “Can you find where Xu Shiyue is?”

She couldn’t be sure if the original owner’s servants were reliable, so she could only try this seemingly unreliable system.

“Yes, I can.” As if to prove its reliability, the system quickly began to function, giving an exact location in just a moment: “Host, Xu Shiyue is currently on the southwest slope of the rose garden.”

The sun had sunk to the foot of the mountain, and the fiercely burning sunset was slowly fading its red hue.

The faint orange was tinged with dimness. The autumn wind mercilessly messed up the flowers in the garden, and Lu Shizhen stumbled as she walked.

She had just acquired a pair of perfect legs and was like a child just learning to run, her steps unfamiliar yet urgent.

The cool wind rushed into her breathing mouth, as if the thorns of a rose had hooked her throat, the smell of blood growing thicker.

Just as Lu Shizhen was utterly exhausted, the system’s alert sounded: “Host, Xu Shiyue!”

Lu Shizhen looked toward the continuous sea of roses in her line of sight.

The pale orange sky dimmed the world, and the roses clustered tightly, dyeing the land red.

And in this expanse of crimson stood a girl in a white dress.

She was holding a large bouquet of red roses, but her skin was as white as snow.

These two contrasting colors overlapped, clean without a trace of impurity, and perfectly appropriate.

The sunset sank down another notch, and the setting sun, directly hitting her, plated her curly long hair with a faint layer of gold.

The rising wind rustled her skirt and long hair, and the roses clustered around her, making her beautiful like a Western oil painting.

However, the eyes, which should have been the finishing touch of the painting, were more hollow than any lifeless object in the world.

The pure black was covered with a gray film, like a gem destroyed by sandpaper.

The surroundings were silent, yet Lu Shizhen heard the sound of the gem cracking and about to shatter.

Her breath felt scraped by a cold blade, chilling and painful.

Lu Shizhen had forgotten: Xu Shiyue couldn’t see.

[Detection: Xu Shiyue has a 49.99% risk of falling down the slope.]

The system’s alarm and the sound of a breaking flower branch occurred simultaneously. Xu Shiyue took a step forward, and the crimson petals, like an autumn rain carrying its farewell scent, drifted down to the ground.

The changes in the dark world were always sudden. The sense of weightlessness from the rapid descent squeezed Xu Shiyue’s heart.

The wind whistled past her ears, rose thorns scraped her arm, crushing the rose petals in her arms.

The fragrance scattered sparsely in the damp, cold air.

But the next second, Xu Shiyue did not encounter the pain she expected.

It felt like something soft had cushioned her, stopping her downward momentum.

The wind was filled with the smell of freshly turned soil, and she heard the heartbeat of another person.

It was familiar, yet completely foreign.

Accustomed to using her senses to distinguish those around her, Xu Shiyue felt a strange sensation for the first time. Without sight, she could only rely on other methods to confirm her current situation.

Her flushed fingertips slowly fumbled downwards. The wind was moist and warm, landing on her icy fingers.

Then, she touched something soft. The moist wind turned into a breath between lips, kissing her pinky finger. A familiar feeling took the shape of a person in her palm.

She had fallen onto Lu Shizhen’s body.