Title: The OOC Villainess and the White Moonlight Heroine are BFFs
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 11 - While the system was screaming in despair, it was hit by the final blow (1)
Zhuang Xiaohan ran away. Her little followers were still there and staring at Yue Xia with shocked eyes.
They couldn't be blamed for not noticing her. She usually wore flashy clothing. It would be shocking enough if she wore less than five colors in her outfit. She wasn't even wearing sky-high heels today. Instead, she was wearing an ordinary thin black coat and looking slightly awkward.
… Only the devil could have known a person like her could feel awkwardness.
Without her showy, heavy makeup, Yue Xia had clean and refreshing eyelids. Her almond-shaped eyes were clear, and her long eyelashes were slightly raised. Other than looking a bit under the weather because the bare color of her lips was too light, she showed the vitality that belonged to her age-group. After all, she was someone that recently graduated college. How much more mature could she be?
Yue Xia saw Zhuang Xiaohan dashing away like a rabbit. The illusion of having won an unfair, one-sided battle welled up. [System, do I have to catch up with her?]
She had thought the other party was at least the same age as her, but that girl looked like she was in high school. She knew that she was a much bigger brat than this girl when she was in high school, so she couldn't even get angry at her right now.
The system was about to die. [It would be even weirder if you chased after her!]
In the original plot, Yue Xia would fly into a rage out of humiliation because of other people's mocking words. At the peak of her emotions, she would unluckily encounter Lin Shu, who had come here to look for someone. His unabashed adoration for Jiang Shuyao made her even more furious, and she suddenly had a bizarre idea.
You stole my man, so I'll steal your man!
Of course, it was impossible for a villainess to succeed. Not only did Lin Shu not take her seriously, he refused her to her face.
["... She didn't expect that this man, who was always gentle and spoke softly to everyone, would look at her with a displeased and serious expression and firmly interrupt her, "Sorry."
Yue Xia was blinded with fury. Why? Why could Jiang Shuyao be liked by so many outstanding men without doing anything? While she had to bitterly seek attention?! That wasn't fair!" - an excerpt from chapter 18 of The White Moonlight and the Red Rose.]
After reading this masterpiece Yue Xia lamented. ["You stole my man, so I'll steal your man!".... I didn't know we were playing a turn-based game.]
The system: [.]
[Also, this logic is a bit strange.] Yue Xia pondered. [Logically speaking, my goal is to separate Jiang Shuyao and Shi Qingyin, so my first goal should be to encourage Lin Shu to compete with Shi Qingyin. It would be way more fun watching them fight.]
The system: [The goal of the scene is to use you to set off Lin Shu's pure character.]
[That's certainly true.] It was rare for Yue Xia to agree with the system. [Compared to the male protagonist, the second male lead abides by virtues traditionally expected for women. Alright, I'll muster up some praise for him.]
However, she didn't intend for the second male lead to appear in front of Jiang Shuyao. Perhaps, from the audience's point of view, he was much better than the male protagonist. However, Yue Xia didn't think a person that vacuum-packed used handkerchiefs and tissues and saved them for many years was any good…
There was something wrong with him, definitely.
Done with wrangling with the system, Yue Xia calmly coughed in front of everyone and said, "Excuse me, please let me through."
The teenage girls instinctively parted like the Red Sea did for Moses. They blankly watched as Yue Xia strutted to the other side of the hall. Those sharp, cruel lines they had practiced for several nights in a row went unexpectedly unused.
…. Because they inexplicably felt that the current Yue Xia wouldn't care about those things anymore.
Her neatly tied high ponytail swayed as she briskly turned the corner and disappeared.
***
After the fight with the high schoolers ended, Yue Xia finally returned to the world of adults.
The host for the party was the Zhuang's, who were considered social butterflies in their social circle. They had pretty good relationships with many people, and everyone was willing to give them face. Even if they weren't interested in the party, they would send their juniors to attend. The young people over on this side finally had the appearance of the so-called elite class.
Piano notes danced in the quiet space. Conversations were so quiet that they were almost inaudible.
Yue Xia could finally see an inkling of reasonability of the original plot.
If a person made an unnecessary racket over here, they would be persistently stared at by the people over here in a way that was appropriate to the occasion. They didn't even need to say a word to that person or look at that person in disgust for that person to feel like a monkey in a zoo, which would in turn cause mental harm.
She took a cup of hot milk from a tray. While sipping, she calmly observed her surroundings.
Everyone probably knew that she had taken Jiang Shuyao home, but based on what happened earlier, most people were skeptical about her motive. Although they didn't know why Jiang Shuyao agreed to go with her, they guessed that it was just a trick Yue Xia came up with to stop Shi Qingyin and Jiang Shuyao's engagement party.
Yue Xia carefully thought it over and realized that sort of logic was simply unparalleled in an old-fashioned CEO novel.
In those novels, except for the female protagonist, every female character would have special thoughts about the male protagonist. If they got close to him, it must mean they were greedy for his body. If they ignored him, it must mean they were playing hard to get. Disgust and dislike for the male protagonist must have been born out of love. Even if they appeared as lesbians, that was only because they hadn't gotten a taste of the male protagonist.
In addition, Yue Xia did have an unrequited love for Shi Qingyin. It would be difficult to change other people's impression of her.
The system was happy to see this result. [That's more suitable for promoting the plot.]
Yue Xia didn't say anything.
The system's weak CPU began to violently tremble due to her silence. [It can't be that you actually like girls, right?]
[Huh?] Yue Xia had been thinking of something else and was baffled by this question. [Nope.]
The system breathed a long sigh of relief. [Fortunately.]
[There's nothing fortunate about it.] Yue Xia suddenly philosophically said: [Just because someone is sexually attracted to men doesn't mean that person will definitely like guys. It just means that person will have a slightly higher tolerance towards himbos.]
The system: [...]
It silently retreated. Is this something that could be said?
T/N: Next update on April 4th 5th at 10:15 PM EST.