The Male Lead's Sister Reborn (GL) - Chapter 2

Jiang Qian secretly pinched her thigh with her fingers, to keep herself rational and from screaming on the spot.

“Calm down, all I did was transmigrate into a cliche novel and accidentally sleep with the male lead’s sister, whom I hate the most… how… how big of a deal can it be?”

“Even if the male lead’s sister is the most powerful boss-level character in the book, then, then… boo-hoo-hoo, I was wrong!”

“I’ll never mess around again, boo-hoo-hoo!”

The male lead himself likes to take what he wants by force, so it’s likely his sister is the same. It’s possible she’ll just grab me and lock me in her villa; this is a cliche novel world, so calling the police is useless, ahhh.

Jiang Qian’s thoughts raced, and she suddenly remembered that according to the original book’s setting, the female lead shouldn’t know the male lead’s sister yet, and therefore wouldn’t know who she is.

So she put on a big smile and turned around: “Your business card holder fell out, I helped put it back for you.”

Although she tried to stay calm, her eyes still lit up. The reason was simple: Shen Xiruo was now wearing a hotel bathrobe, her long hair was wet and draped over her shoulders, and she was so beautiful that it was breathtaking. She was a little too good-looking.

Jiang Qian couldn’t help but swallow, look away, and say in a very cold-hearted manner, “Well, if there’s nothing else, can I go now?”

Shen Xiruo looked at the person in front of her. This was the girl she had always cared about in her previous life, now full of youthful vigor and a shapely figure, before she had been battered by fate.

But even she hadn’t anticipated that after being reborn and saving Jiang Qian instead of her brother, things would progress to this point, that she would actually sleep with her brother’s future wife from her previous life…

At first, Shen Xiruo just wanted to make sure Jiang Qian didn’t meet her brother, so her future path would be easier, and she wouldn’t suffer both physically and mentally like she did in the previous life.

So now, she wouldn’t try to take Jiang Qian by force like her brother did in the previous life.

She would respect Jiang Qian’s wishes, and only hoped that the other person would be happy.

Shen Xiruo’s faint voice came: “Okay.”

As she spoke, Shen Xiruo picked up her bag, quickly gathered her clothes scattered on the bed and floor, and walked out.

“Ah, what a good person, she even left the whole bedroom and bathroom for me to use.”

Jiang Qian quickly tidied herself up. While she was still in the bathroom, she heard Shen Xiruo’s voice: “I’ve put a new set of underwear outside for you.”

Jiang Qian came out after her shower and put on the new, unopened underwear that Shen Xiruo had given her. She found that the price tag alone was four digits. She put it on, finding it fit her size perfectly.

“Emmm, maybe last night, Shen Xiruo visually estimated my size?”

Jiang Qian shook her head, her face turning bright red as she put on the underwear, then her outer clothes. After tidying up, she walked out.

Shen Xiruo was sitting outside, flipping through a magazine. On the table, two elegant hotel breakfasts had already been laid out.

Seeing her come out, Shen Xiruo tilted her head slightly toward the dining table, her eyes indifferent. “Want to eat something before you go?”

Jiang Qian glanced at the breakfast and figured it was another one of those sparkling four-digit items.

She shook her head fiercely. “No no no, it’s already late, I have to rush back to school, hahaha, thank you for the underwear, I’ll, I’ll, I’ll add you on WeChat, I’ll transfer you the money and the room fee when I get back.

Shen Xiruo’s lips curved slightly. She took out her phone and exchanged WeChat details with her.

Jiang Qian put her phone back in her pocket and gave Shen Xiruo a big smile. “Well, I’ll be going now, it was nice to meet you, see you again sometime.”

As she said it, she added in her mind: “No, it’s better not to have this kind of opportunity again. Isn’t it awkward?”

Shen Xiruo’s lips were still curved in a subtle smile. She raised her long neck slightly and nodded to Jiang Qian. “Okay, see you again sometime.”

Jiang Qian took one last long look at Shen Xiruo’s beauty, took a deep breath, turned and walked out the door, and ran as if she were flying.

Following the address in the original female lead’s memory, Jiang Qian returned to school. She walked into the empty dorm, buried herself in the covers, and sighed.

The transmigration happened so fast that she only now had time to think about what to do next.

The original female lead was only a fourth-year student in the film academy’s performance department.

Coincidentally, in her original world, Jiang Qian was also a small actress who had just debuted. Her acting skills were quite good, but she hadn’t had many good opportunities.

Now that she had transmigrated into this book, at the very least, as the female lead, she wouldn’t be lacking in good opportunities. She also knew the plot and could judge in advance whether a certain drama would be a hit.

Which meant, here, she might be able to achieve her dream of becoming a movie queen!

Thinking this way, Jiang Qian wasn’t so depressed anymore. Although she didn’t have her old parents or friends in this world, at least she had something to do, goals, and dreams.

According to the plot of the book Obsessive Doting: The Girl Can’t Escape, the original female lead was about to audition for a TV series’ female lead role and would successfully land it.

However, the original female lead found out she was pregnant during filming, was forcibly taken home by the male lead to rest, and stopped acting. The male lead even threw ten million to the crew to make up for the loss, calling it “doting.”

When she first read this part, Jiang Qian was so mad.

A male lead like this… whoever wants him can have him, just don’t give him to me.

According to the few lines written in the book, the female lead of this drama was later replaced by the male lead’s white moonlight’s best friend, who became popular for a while thanks to this drama.

So, Jiang Qian’s first goal now was to land this role, replace the best friend, and become an instant sensation!

Jiang Qian rested for two days, adjusted her condition to its best, and went to the audition with her roommate.

Unsurprisingly, she was chosen. The director’s team asked her to come to the studio in two days to sign the contract, and she would also receive a portion of the advance payment.

Jiang Qian’s spirits soared. As soon as she got the advance payment, she immediately messaged Shen Xiruo and transferred the money for the underwear.

However, Shen Xiruo never responded and didn’t accept the transfer.

A day later, the transfer was automatically returned to Jiang Qian’s account.

Jiang Qian: “What the heck, did she come to her senses and decide she’s disgusted by me and doesn’t want to talk to me anymore?”

“You can ignore me, but you can’t ignore money, right?”

“Maybe this is just how dominant CEOs are, manual smile.”

She didn’t dwell on it. When the day came, she took a taxi to the studio, signed the contract, talked with the director for almost three hours, and got the script, ready to go back and study it.

When she came out into the hallway, the elevator arrived.

As she was about to walk forward, a girl suddenly squeezed past. Whether intentionally or not, she elbowed Jiang Qian, pushing her back and making her stumble twice.

Today she was wearing her newly bought stilettos, and the heel got stuck in the gap of the elevator.

The elevator let out a piercing alarm.

Jiang Qian’s face flushed rapidly. She squatted down to take off her high heel, but her foot was a bit swollen, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t get it off.

Everyone in the elevator was watching her.

The murmurs of discussion reached her ears: “Has she never worn stilettos before? She doesn’t even know how to take them off!”

“What’s going on, what’s going on? I have to go to work, why are you wasting so many people’s time?”

“These young people nowadays have no respect for their elders’ time. Don’t you know that wasting time is like murder?”

“Hmph, with that face and her clumsiness like a pig, I don’t know what Director Yang saw in her to make her the female lead…”

Jiang Qian’s heart flared with anger. She pulled at her shoelace with all her might, but the shoes were of good quality, and after a while, they still wouldn’t come undone.

She was angry, embarrassed, and annoyed. The piercing elevator alarm made her head ache, and her hands became even more frantic.

The discussions grew louder.

But the next second, they all abruptly stopped, with only the elevator alarm still ringing.

A pair of hands reached over next to Jiang Qian’s foot.

Her eyes were instantly drawn to those hands.

Slender, delicate hands, soft and fair, with long and elegant fingers. It was clear they belonged to someone who lived a life of luxury and beauty.

But at this moment, these hands, which looked so distinguished, were next to her feet, helping her… untie her shoelace?

The hands were very light and quickly untied the shoelace. Then they gently held her ankle and helped her take off the shoe.

The elevator alarm stopped. Jiang Qian was momentarily stunned, and then realized she was standing on one bare foot and couldn’t keep her balance.

Someone behind her raised a hand to steady Jiang Qian.

A slightly familiar scent wafted toward her. Jiang Qian grabbed onto the arm, balanced on one foot, and had a bad feeling.

The hands handed the high heel to Jiang Qian, and the owner of the hands said in a light, clear voice, “Put it on.”

Jiang Qian subconsciously looked down and quickly put on the high heel, using both her hands and feet. Only when both her feet were firmly on the ground did she sigh in relief and turn to look at the person next to her.

Sure enough… it was Shen Xiruo.

“This, is this the power of the great plot god? That one-night-stand partners are destined to meet again or something?”

Facing the cool and elegant Shen Xiruo in a business suit, Jiang Qian forced out a smile that was uglier than a cry and said in a small voice, “Ah… you’re here too.”

In the elevator behind her, a group of staff members huddled together like a pile of quails, trembling as they stared at Shen Xiruo.

Shen Xiruo gave them a slight nod. “All of you who were just talking, come out.”

The staff members who had just mocked Jiang Qian looked at each other in despair, but no one dared to defy Shen Xiruo. They all came out of the elevator.

Among them was a girl who looked very pure and wasn’t wearing an ID badge. With a confused expression, she also stepped out.

Shen Xiruo nodded to the rest of the people. “You can go now.”

The elevator went down.

The pure-looking girl pretended to be innocent and asked, “Is something wrong?”

A few staff members poked the girl with a look of despair. All of them became as silent as cicadas in winter, standing in a line without daring to speak.

Shen Xiruo looked at them and smiled, a smile as gentle as a spring breeze.

But all the staff members instantly became even more desperate. Some were so scared that their legs felt like jelly, and they couldn’t stand still.

Shen Xiruo said softly, “It seems our company’s employee etiquette education is not good enough.”

Jiang Qian: “What? This is actually Shen Xiruo’s company? I’m dead!”

The employees bowed their heads in sorrow and said, “We’re sorry, President Shen… it was our mistake!”

Shen Xiruo smiled faintly. “It’s good that you can correct your mistakes. You may go.”

The employees scattered like birds and beasts, wearing expressions of having escaped death.

Shen Xiruo turned her face and looked at Jiang Qian.

For some reason, Jiang Qian felt she was in a similar state to those employees. She was standing perfectly straight, but her eyes were darting everywhere, afraid to look at the person in front of her.

Suddenly, the innocent-looking girl from before said in a surprised voice, “Oh my, Shen Xizhou! Why are you here?”

Jiang Qian’s heart sank.

Shen Xizhou, the male lead of the original book, and Shen Xiruo’s half-brother.