Transmigrated as the Villain's Fiancée Who Seeks Death (GL) - Chapter 7

Xia Rushui had to ask several people before she finally found the bathroom.

The wave-like stinging sensation gradually faded under the rinse of cool water, and the scorching feeling slowly disappeared.

After washing her hands, Xia Rushui felt the urge to use the facilities.

Sitting on the toilet, Xia Rushui enjoyed the relief of the flowing water, and her “clever” brain started to take the high ground again.

She was almost certain that the girl from earlier had put something on her hand, using the hand-holding opportunity to provoke her into intentionally shaking her hand away.

Xia Rushui recalled the sensation. At first, it was just a needle-like sting, but it grew more painful the longer it went on, becoming increasingly unbearable.

Fingers are connected to the heart, and pain in the hands is always magnified countless times, making it harder to endure than pain in other parts of the body.

Xia Rushui opened her fingers and looked. Although the pain was gone, her hands were still red, showing signs of swelling.

Putting something on one’s own hand to frame another person—the intent was quite malicious.

So, the question was, who had such a deep hatred for the original owner?

Sister…

Xia Rushui remembered. That little girl was nine times out of ten Xia Ranran, the daughter of the original owner’s stepmother!

The disgusting mother and daughter in the original novel who coveted the original owner’s inheritance!

Xia Ranran had a minor role in the novel; she was a supporting female character, but her malice toward the original owner wasn’t related to the inheritance. It seemed to be because of Shen Yishu.

Wait… she remembered that in the original book, Xia Ranran was the image of a pure goddess. Although she disliked her half-sister, she seemed to try to maintain a family relationship, right?

In the original book, Xia Ranran was a gentle and kind confidante who got along very well with the female protagonist Qin Zhenzhen. She was very approachable, everyone at school liked her, and she was known as the campus beauty of St. Lan Academy.

Xia Rushui realized the original novel was garbage. In all the days she had been in this book, not a single person was following the original plot; everyone had another side to them.

Oh, except for Jiang Xingzhi’s nastiness and excessive fastidiousness, which were completely consistent with the book.

So, what was the purpose of this hypocritical Xia Ranran’s little play today?

The original owner seemed to hate Xia Ranran deeply, and the information Xia Rushui had pried from Su He this afternoon also indicated that the original owner and Xia Ranran didn’t get along.

It seemed she didn’t get along with the other family members either. In all the time she had been living at the Jiang house, Xia Rushui hadn’t received a single phone call from her family.

Moreover, the original owner’s mother, Shen Wanru, had even designated Jiang Xingzhi as the legal guardian.

It wasn’t just that the father favored the sister; he clearly didn’t even see Xia Rushui as his daughter.

Xia Rushui felt an inexplicable melancholy, not sure if it was disappointment or sorrow for the original owner.

While she was still in her melancholy, she heard people outside discussing her.

“Someone who openly gives their own sister the cold shoulder—what kind of person could they be? These days, anyone can come out and sell themselves.”

What? Sell herself??? Who? What explosive news!

Xia Rushui immediately pricked up her gossip ears.

The other person chimed in, “Someone like Xia Rushui, you shouldn’t want her even if she throws herself at you. Whoever touches her gets bad luck.”

“……”

Eating gossip and finding out you’re the main course. Xia Rushui felt… speechless.

The bathroom really is an accident-prone area.

Oh? So she was the subject of the discussion???

The two girls laughed knowingly, making the most malicious guesses about Xia Rushui.

Xia Rushui sighed faintly.

Ugh, why do people always choose a bathroom for whispering gossip? Don’t you know the probability of the original owner finding out is high?!

Hello? Haven’t you read any novels? Watched any TV shows? Do you extras who exist to get slapped by the protagonist have no entertainment life at all?!

Seriously, who is selling themselves?!

She’s a rich woman with a nine-figure bank account, okay! She can have as many little white lotuses as she wants!

She’s been quite full of herself lately!

Xia Rushui adjusted her clothes, flushed the toilet, and pushed open the bathroom door.

The two girls had their backs to her and were still giggling and discussing.

“Maybe Jiang Xingzhi is interested in Xia Ranran, and Xia Rushui is just shamelessly throwing herself at her—a ‘buy one, get one free’ deal.”

Xia Rushui couldn’t help but interject, “Actually, it didn’t cost a dime. Why don’t the two of you go give it a try?”

The two girls gasped.

The girl in the blue dress turned around and, seeing Xia Rushui, her expression instantly became awkward.

The other girl, wearing a yellow dress, quickly composed herself and snapped, “Do you think everyone is as shameless as you?”

Xia Rushui lifted one corner of her lip. “What kind of person you are, is what you’ll naturally project onto others. In other words, if you’re a piece of crap, you always think others are the same.”

“What do you mean?”

Xia Rushui shrugged. “The literal meaning. Are you planning to do a reading comprehension exercise based on my sentence or something?”

The girl in the yellow dress was so enraged by Xia Rushui’s few words that she spoke carelessly, “Jiang Xingzhi must be blind! But you won’t be smug for long. Someone like you will be abandoned sooner or later.”

Xia Rushui put her hands under the faucet. The running water washed over them, providing a cool, comfortable feeling.

Her eyes became playful, and her tone was cheerful. “Judging by your tone, you sound quite envious, don’t you? Usually, people who talk like you are the ones who can’t sell themselves and are jealous of others. Since we met here in the bathroom, and I feel we have a special connection, how about I introduce you to Jiang Xingzhi? Maybe she’ll take you in for my sake?”

The girl in the yellow dress had a short temper. Hearing this, she lunged forward but was tightly held back by the girl in the blue dress, who hadn’t said a word since seeing Xia Rushui.

Since the pretense was dropped, the girl in the blue dress finally spoke, “Chenchen, it’s not worth arguing with someone like her.”

“Oh? What kind of person am I? You seem to know me quite well?”

“Shameless… shameless, despicable, no bottom line… scum.” The girl in the blue dress stammered.

Based on her mouth shape, the last word was bitch, but she changed it to scum at the last moment.

Xia Rushui turned off the faucet and scoffed.

The two girls’ fighting power was too weak. She couldn’t be bothered to argue with them anymore.

The world is full of self-centered people.

Little did she know, while she wanted to let the matter rest, some people weren’t happy with that.

“I advise you to stay far away from Jiang Xingzhi. She’s not someone like you can be worthy of. Don’t you feel deeply embarrassed standing next to her?” the girl in the yellow dress sneered.

Are we in elementary school?! Are you warning me?

You think I’ll do whatever you tell me?

Xia Rushui’s inner magical energy was instantly ignited. She slightly narrowed her eyes, suddenly extending her right hand, utilizing her height advantage.

I didn’t wear these high heels for nothing!

The girl in the yellow dress was just putting on a tough front. She was loud and aggressive but chickened out when it came down to it.

When Xia Rushui made her sudden move, the girl instinctively retreated two steps, her back hitting the cold wall.

Xia Rushui pulled out a tissue from behind the girl, slowly and deliberately wiped her fingers clean, then crumpled the wet tissue into a ball and tossed it into the nearby trash can.

The tissue made it in, so the grandstanding wasn’t wasted.

“I’m sorry, no. I actually feel incredibly honored. Jiang Xingzhi is quite a good accessory to hang on to.”

The girl in the yellow dress’s face was turning red from holding back her anger.

“Shameless! Get out of the Jiang family!”

Xia Rushui had mostly done extras in historical dramas in her past life. She recalled a line from a comedy skit and mimicked the arrogant manner of a favored concubine in the imperial harem, her tail practically pointing to the sky.

She made a graceful gesture with her hand, speaking in a shrill voice, gloating, “Oh, little miss, you can’t say that to me. Ever since I caught the eye of CEO Jiang, I’ve had her exclusive favor. She even made me live in her house. I told her many times it was inappropriate, but CEO Jiang, blinded by passion, just wouldn’t hear of it. She favors me~ She favors me~”

“You… you’re so shameless! Disgusting!” The yellow-dressed girl’s vocabulary for arguing was clearly too limited; she just repeated these two phrases.

Xia Rushui chimed in, “Your vocabulary is truly limited. Your grades at school aren’t very good, are they? I suggest you hire a tutor and study Chinese more. If you can’t afford an expensive one, you can hire me. I’ll give you a discount. No tricks, discounts for more lessons, one-on-one tutoring. Teacher Xia is here to serve you.”

The yellow-dressed girl also fell silent. Xia Rushui saw no need to continue the fight. Mission accomplished.

Unexpectedly, just as Xia Rushui stepped out of the bathroom door, she ran right into Jiang Xingzhi…

Xia Rushui ultimately couldn’t handle the high heels, which were like runaway wild boars, and she tumbled straight forward.

Jiang Xingzhi froze in place. Her instinct told her to save herself, but since a similar incident had already happened today, Jiang Xingzhi was bothered by her previous reaction. She didn’t know what to do. Jiang Xingzhi watched helplessly as Xia Rushui lunged at her, unsure how to react.

Xia Rushui learned her lesson from the last time and was determined to firmly grab Jiang Xingzhi so she wouldn’t run. She truly hadn’t expected Jiang Xingzhi not to run, but this idiot didn’t even think to catch her!

They fumbled in a flurry of movement. Xia Rushui lunged forward, and Jiang Xingzhi stood there like an idiot watching her. In the end, the poor CEO Jiang served as a human cushion, and Xia Rushui heard a distinct “crack.”

Oh… According to the development of TV dramas, this should be followed by a romantic and loving kiss!

However! It! Did! Not! Happen!

Their teeth collided, and both ended up with bloody mouths.

Xia Rushui was alright. With Jiang Xingzhi as her cushion, aside from a toothache, she was fine.

Jiang Xingzhi was much more miserable. She had fallen hard onto the solid marble floor with Xia Rushui on top of her.

“Xia…” Jiang Xingzhi found it difficult to speak.

“CEO Jiang?” The two girls in yellow and blue who had just been fighting with Xia Rushui in the bathroom walked out and, seeing this scene, couldn’t help but gasp.

Xia Rushui saw her chance for mischief. She was determined to solidify her “favored concubine” reputation in front of these two.

“Oh! My dear! Are you alright? It’s all my fault for walking too fast! You didn’t have to sacrifice yourself like this just because you were worried about me! My heart is breaking, sniffle, sniffle.” She was seized by the spirit of an actress, utterly immersed in her dramatic performance with exaggerated tears and sobs.

“……”

Jiang Xingzhi rolled her eyes for the first time in her life and began to squeeze words out from between her teeth, one by one: “Xia Rushui, get off me first.”

“Oh, oh, oh, okay, my dear!” Xia Rushui immediately got up, reaching out to help Jiang Xingzhi off the floor. But she lost her footing again and tumbled back onto Jiang Xingzhi.

This time, their foreheads collided, making Xia Rushui see stars.

Jiang Xingzhi was close to vomiting blood.

She suspected Xia Rushui was sent by the heavens to torment her.

Being crushed twice in a row, Jiang Xingzhi felt the unbearable weight of existence.

In the end, it was the two girls, yellow and blue, who had been arguing with Xia Rushui, who “peeled” Xia Rushui off Jiang Xingzhi, allowing CEO Jiang to be rescued.

And Xia Rushui found the culprit for her second fall.

The high heel… broke.

So that “crack” sound was the heel snapping off.

I knew this wretched thing with the thin heel wouldn’t work! It’s all Jiang Xingzhi’s fault for insisting on choosing a pair of sky-high heels for me! And such thin ones!

Jiang Xingzhi saw the broken heel, was silent for a moment, then pulled out her phone to call her assistant, asking for a pair of flats to be delivered.

Xia Rushui pondered whether she should stand on one leg or take off the shoes.

There was nothing to hold onto for support, so she’d better take both shoes off.

Just as she was about to move, Jiang Xingzhi walked over, actively supporting Xia Rushui and kindly letting her lean most of her weight onto her.

The two girls were stunned.

It was the first time they had seen Jiang Xingzhi be so attentive to anyone.

For her to spare anyone a glance was already a show of immense patience.

Xia Rushui let out a smug “humph” from her nostrils and declared self-righteously, “Are you two still hanging around to watch my dear and I give you a lovely kiss performance?”

Jiang Xingzhi: “……”

Xia Rushui shot Jiang Xingzhi a look. I’m trying to chase them away! Our fake relationship can’t be exposed! I must maintain my persona as a shameless, brazen little tease! If Jiang Xingzhi dares to expose me, I’ll steam her! Or braise her!

Fortunately, Jiang Xingzhi remained expressionless, not even sparing the two girls a glance. She only frowned, checking Xia Rushui’s foot for a sprain.

The yellow and blue girls were unwilling to leave but had no choice. They tucked their tails between their legs and scurried away.

While Jiang Xingzhi waited with Xia Rushui for the flats to arrive, she suddenly said, “It seems your Chinese grades are quite good?”

What???

Xia Rushui remembered the reckless nonsense she’d spouted in the bathroom and looked guilty. “No, no, just average, average.”

“Today was your diagnostic test, right? How did it go?”

“……” CEO, I can’t answer that question.

Xia Rushui replied modestly, “It was alright, alright, just average, average.”

“Oh.” Jiang Xingzhi asked no more questions.

Jiang Xingzhi’s special assistant was very efficient and soon delivered soft, comfortable flats, breaking the strained silence between the two.

Xia Rushui put on the shoes, and her heart, which had been fluttering all day, finally settled down.

After all this commotion, the banquet was nearing its end. Jiang Xingzhi greeted Elder Master Ye and took Xia Rushui home.

In the car, Xia Rushui immediately took off the terribly heavy ruby necklace and handed it back to Jiang Xingzhi.

Jiang Xingzhi was silent for a moment, then didn’t take it back. Instead, she handed the blue velvet box to Xia Rushui. “Keep it for now. You’ll need it later.”

The thought of having to wear this thing around her neck again made Xia Rushui sigh heavily.

After returning to the villa and washing up, Xia Rushui finally remembered that she hadn’t eaten anything all afternoon. Just when she was about to eat, Xia Ranran had ruined it.

She hadn’t even had a single bite of the Ye family’s strawberry shortcake!!!

I hate this!

In the middle of the night, Xia Rushui, hungry enough to be a paper cutout, crept into the kitchen and dug a bag of Luosifen out from under the floorboards!

This was her secret stash! She couldn’t believe this world also had Luosifen (snail noodles)!

Xia Rushui had specially dug a hole in the kitchen floor to hide her Luosifen!

She quickly cooked the noodles, poured the hot soup over them, sprinkled on all the fixings, fried an egg, and finally added the crispy greens and preserved sausage. The delicious Luosifen was ready!

Jiang Xingzhi came downstairs, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She caught a whiff of the indescribable aroma filling the house, and the veins on her forehead began to throb.

There was only one person who would do this besides Xia Rushui!

She strode quickly to the kitchen entrance and, upon seeing the sneaky Xia Rushui, unleashed her life’s first expletive, yet again: “Xia Rushui! Are you cooking shit?!”

Author’s Note:

Hahaha, this line is my dad’s comment to me when I cook Luosifen~