When the Female Lead Becomes Obsessive – Chapter 225

Volume Ten: Those Few Years After She and I Broke Up

Red Glow

“Of course, who doesn’t love things like money?”

Yi Jing thought of the expression on Wen Nuan’s face when she said this sentence; amidst the desolation, it carried a trace of disdain and dimness.

Wen Nuan left immediately after eating. Yi Jing originally wanted to personally send her off, but Wen Nuan said to let her handle work first and that she would take a taxi back to the dorm herself.

Yi Jing wanted to transfer money to her to let her take a taxi, but Wen Nuan said there was no need, saying that if she took a taxi to the dorm, someone would bear the taxi fare for her.

After all, friends are also used to be pitted¹.

Zhai Yi looked at Wen Nuan’s stinky, shameless appearance, and helplessly pulled out a Mao Grandpa² to hand to the driver. “No need for change.”

The driver cheerfully accepted it, stepped on the gas, and left.

The two rolled their eyes at each other in the car exhaust.

“No money yet still taking a taxi?” Zhai Yi crossed her arms over her chest, her face full of displeasure.

She had already finished showering and gone to sleep, yet she was woken up by Wen Nuan’s serial life-claiming call.

Wen Nuan said with a hippie smile³, “Isn’t there you?”

Zhai Yi rolled her eyes. “When you left, you also took a taxi. Who paid the money for you?”

Wen Nuan was just about to blindly fabricate a story.

“Your ex-girlfriend?” Seeing Wen Nuan’s expression stiffen, Zhai Yi’s tone became much more certain. “Sure enough, you ran out to see the ex-girlfriend.”

Wen Nuan suddenly said, “You be careful.”

Zhai Yi was confused by Wen Nuan’s threat. “What?”

Wen Nuan leaned close to Zhai Yi and said mysteriously, “Have you heard some strange voices recently?”

“??” Zhai Yi’s back went cold. “Wen Nuan, I’m not afraid of ghost stories.”

“It’s not a ghost story, just something similar to machine sounds or the like, wanting to sign a contract with you or something?”

Zhai Yi pushed Wen Nuan’s forehead away. “…Wen Nuan, if you have a sickness, go see a doctor early. I won’t look down on you.”

Seeing that Zhai Yi didn’t care, Wen Nuan helplessly patted her shoulder. “Seek your own fortune then.”

Zhai Yi watched the view of Wen Nuan’s departing back. She looked all around, and suddenly a burst of cold wind came, making her shiver.

【Although I said Zhai Yi is easily chosen by the Main System, I didn’t say it was certain. Why did you suddenly probe Zhai Yi?】 The System said speechlessly.

Wen Nuan bit down on her cigarette holder. “Who knows, maybe in the future we’ll be colleagues.”

【You have time to care about others, why don’t you hurry up and lower the female lead’s blackening value?】 The System said with bitter mouth and grandmotherly heart⁴.

Wen Nuan sighed. “I want to as well, but considering how absolutely absolute we acted in this world, I now have just as much regret.”

She raised a middle finger toward the sky. “Main System, I fuck your grandfather!”

The System said awkwardly, 【Be careful, don’t get heard by the Main System!】

She even dared to scold Yan Hui; would she lack the nerve for a Main System?

Wen Nuan glanced at it and sighed, “In the beginning, it was just to complete the mission earlier and retire earlier. Who knew it would evolve into this?”

This mission world was the last world of the “Hundred Victories Mission.” In order to complete the mission as quickly as possible, Wen Nuan inquired after cold and asked after warmth⁵ by the female lead’s side every day, caring with utmost devotion, attempting to finish the plot early.

Who knew that her “goodness” toward the female lead would actually bend the female lead? The female lead confessed to her upon graduating from university.

Wen Nuan was shocked, thinking this mission world was finished and had been crashed by her. Who knew the Main System would suddenly issue a “scum male” mission, allowing her to repair the world’s plotline.

Seeing the generous mission rewards and the chance to repair the world plotline, Wen Nuan agreed very readily.

【….】 The System covered its head and followed with a sigh. 【Truly creating sin.】

Wen Nuan took a drag of the cigarette and lightly exhaled smoke. The thin smoke curled before her eyes, as if obscuring everything from sight.

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The selection grew more and more intense, and in the blink of an eye, it had arrived at the day of the final selection.

The contestants who had cooperated in the beginning all began to fight their own battles. Everyone strove very hard, except for Wen Nuan.

The final selection was a stage performance. The program team gathered 5,000 volunteers to serve as the audience. The invited age groups were mostly post-80s, post-90s, and post-00s, because the orchestra direction that Linguan Entertainment focused on was youthful vitality and vigorous spirit.

Everything about the stage performance was left to the contestants’ free play. Whether it was the stage design or the choice of costumes and makeup, it was all decided by the contestants personally.

Other contestants were selecting all kinds of performance outfits; only Wen Nuan sat backstage with a cigarette dangling from her mouth, playing on her phone.

“For you.”

Wen Nuan looked up. “What is this?”

Zhai Yi said, “Performance clothes.”

“I have one.” Wen Nuan pointed to the short-sleeved shirt on her body that had “Self-heating Small Hotpot” written on it. “Sponsored by the title sponsor.”

“…” Zhai Yi was speechless. “Wear something decent, can you?”

Wen Nuan was solemn. “You actually say our Gold Master father⁶ is not decent?”

“…” Zhai Yi rolled her eyes. “I know a pretty good hospital. I’ll pay, you go take a look?”

Wen Nuan smiled. “Alright, I won’t wear it. Take it back. I’m just going up to sing a song, going through the motions will do.”

Seeing her so persistent, Zhai Yi did not force it. “What do you plan to sing?”

“A song provided by the program team.”

If one wanted to sing other singers’ songs, one had to pay copyright fees. Wen Nuan had no money and could only sing the three songs provided by the program team.

“You can sing a song written by Cong Hui. She won’t ask you for copyright fees.”

Wen Nuan shook her head. “No need, the program team’s three songs are enough.”

“Which one did you pick?” Zhai Yi’s brows furrowed slightly. “Don’t tell me for the final selection you want to sing a nursery rhyme?”

Wen Nuan gave a faint smile.

Zhai Yi rolled her eyes to the sky. “Do you really not want to debut?”

“No, I just want to make a perfect conclusion for this magical experience.”

Starting with a “nursery rhyme,” then the end should also be innocent and worry-free, without regrets.

Zhai Yi was lost in thought. She took out her phone and opened the livestream. The camera happened to sweep over the audience seats.

“She came?”

“What?” Wen Nuan was asked ambiguously.

“Your ex-girlfriend?” Zhai Yi looked carefully at the phone screen. “Which seat is she in?”

Wen Nuan thought that at this hour she should still be working, so she shook her head and said, “She didn’t come.”

Zhai Yi turned off the phone. “Do you have a move?”

Wen Nuan frowned. “What move?”

“Planning to restore good relations, a broken mirror reunited⁷?”

Wen Nuan did not reply to her immediately, but was silent for an instant, smiling bitterly. “I want to, but I am not worthy.”

“Why?”

Zhai Yi didn’t understand why the originally arrogant and uninhibited Wen Nuan suddenly became so ashamed of her unworthiness.

“In feelings, is there such a thing as worthy or unworthy?” Zhai Yi looked at her slack and dispirited appearance. “You like her, she likes you; this relationship still has a necessity to exist.”

Zhai Yi glanced at the time. “I’ll go practice first. The clothes are here for you, handle it yourself.”

“Thanks.”

Wen Nuan was truly grateful for Zhai Yi’s dedication to her.

Zhai Yi smiled. “Although you as a person are not very reliable, having you as a friend is still quite interesting.”

Her life had always been step-by-step, strictly according to plan, without any waves. Until she met the wildly uninhibited Wen Nuan, she felt this boring world suddenly became much more interesting.

Wen Nuan was the last to appear. The start of the stage was a return performance carried out by those eliminated contestants.

Wen Nuan lay on the sofa in the break room, listening to the restless music outside, yet her heart was incomparably calm.

The door of the break room was knocked on. Wen Nuan got up to open the door.

“Secretary Li?”

Secretary Li smiled faintly and handed the bag in her hand to Wen Nuan. “Miss Wen, this is the performance costume Boss prepared for you.”

Wen Nuan took it and opened it for a look. She had seen this set of clothes; it was a Feili summer limited edition gown. There were only two sets globally.

One set was bought by a noble princess from the US, and the other seemed not to have been sold; everyone thought the Feili Group collected it themselves.

“I like it.” Wen Nuan sighed. “But it’s too valuable.”

Secretary Li laughed. “Boss said you would like it.”

Wen Nuan: “??”

Secretary Li benevolently explained, “Boss said, Miss Wen just likes expensive things.”

Wen Nuan: “…”

That also makes sense.

“But I’m just doing a selection performance. Wearing something this expensive is a bit inappropriate, right?”

This gown was fundamentally not something she could afford. When the time came and the audience saw it, wouldn’t they think she had been kept by the Feili Group President?!

Her reputation didn’t matter; if they scolded, let them scold.

She didn’t want Yi Jing to be scolded.

Secretary Li seemed to be clear on what Wen Nuan was thinking. Smiling politely and confidently, she said, “It’s fine. Our Boss said, if you dare to wear it, our Boss will shoulder any problems that arise subsequently.”

“Did you come alone?” Wen Nuan looked outside. “Did she not come?”

“As the program team’s special guest, our Boss has already taken her seat first.”

“Alright.” Wen Nuan felt somewhat pitying.

Secretary Li took out a tablet and handed it to Wen Nuan. “Our Boss said, Miss Wen can choose whatever song she wants from here. Don’t worry about copyright fees; as long as Miss Wen sings happily, it’s fine.”

Wen Nuan paused, took the tablet, and looked at the songs inside. Many songs were currently popular hits, some were songs where the original singer did not allow covers, and some songs had copyright fees that reached nearly sky-high prices.

“But my song has already been reported up.”

Secretary Li said, “No problem. The program team’s authority regarding the lead singer contestant’s song selection is very lenient.”

Wen Nuan declined politely. “No need. I’ll just sing that song I picked.”

Secretary Li started. “That nursery rhyme? Will Miss Wen not consider it again? This is the final selection.”

Although she sang nursery rhymes well, for the final selection, all contestants were exerting enough strength to rush upward, and the props used were all the most refined.

Wen Nuan returned the tablet to her. “En en, chosen already.”

Secretary Li did not say anything more, spoke a sentence of blessing, and left.

Yi Jing watched the passionately radiating contestant performances on stage. Seeing Secretary Li walk over, she asked, “What was her reaction?”

Secretary Li said, “The gown was accepted, it’s just that she didn’t choose a song.”

“There weren’t any she liked?” Yi Jing’s brow furrowed.

“No, it’s that Miss Wen still wants to sing the nursery rhyme.”

Yi Jing’s expression had a momentary helplessness. “Still as… as always…”

She held her forehead and smiled slightly. “…Willful.”

Six contestants performed in sequence. Five audience members/volunteers⁸ and five examiners scored them together.

Not until late at night did Wen Nuan slowly appear on stage.

As the finale appearance, almost no one raised a query. Even if there were, in this moment, people felt she should be the finale.

Because she was tonight’s Queen.

Wen Nuan was dressed in a pearlescent, crushed-diamond gown, a red strapless floor-length skirt, paired with a pair of pale pink pearl stud earrings.

Her long hair was slightly curled, the skirt hem swaying with her movements. Her superior shoulder and neck lines shone with radiance under the lights, the whole person beautiful enough to make one click their tongue.

And that bud-waiting-to-bloom rose on her chest was even more dazzling and eye-catching.

People’s ability to accept tattoos lay with the person who had the tattoo. With this rose appearing on Wen Nuan’s body, everyone felt it was only right and proper.

And this dress was like it was born for Wen Nuan. When they saw that princess wear it back then, people didn’t feel it was so breathtakingly peerless. Now worn on Wen Nuan, people finally knew why this skirt was called “Bewitch.”

Sure enough, hook the soul and seize the spirit⁹, making one dazzled and confused.

But—

Everyone was irritable: Wearing such a beautiful and sexy dress, why do you want to sing a nursery rhyme?!

Is singing a lyrical song or a sexy one not good?

Why must you sing a nursery rhyme ah ah ah ah!?

Everyone believed this was Wen Nuan’s crazy revenge for their scolding of her, making their hearts feel bad, scratching their hearts and liver yet having no way to deal with her, helpless.

Yi Jing looked at Wen Nuan wearing the most exquisite and expensive gown, singing the nursery rhyme that made people feel the most laughable and lamentable.

She smiled silently.

Secretary Li looked toward Yi Jing at the side, seeing her brows and eyes containing spring and emitting light.

That light, was red.

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