I'm competing with the male lead for a woman (GL) - Chapter 3
Xiao Jin looked at the smile on Chu Shao’s lips, the tingling sensation on her scalp still refusing to dissipate.
She wasn’t the original owner, but a modern person who had read countless web novels, so she could reasonably guess at this point—the female lead’s persona had collapsed.
Not only had it collapsed, but it had shattered between gentle and deranged.
Xiao Jin really didn’t understand how a perfectly fine old-fashioned female lead could turn out like this.
Seeing that the servant had already been frightened to her knees by their bizarre behavior, Xiao Jin didn’t know whether the servant was afraid of her or Chu Shao.
Perhaps both.
Xiao Jin had to dismiss the shivering servant and try to deal with Chu Shao herself.
Chu Shao still looked at her with a smile, her expression of anticipation undiminished.
…What was she anticipating?
Xiao Jin didn’t quite understand, only knowing that the female lead had probably gone astray, heading in a strange direction, never to return.
The system subtly reminded her of the progress: “Host, it’s time to drink the wedding wine.”
Reminded by the system, Xiao Jin remembered that ancient people also drank wedding wine at their weddings.
After all, in “The Great Yao Empress,” this old-fashioned, dog-bl00d novel, there were no scenes depicting the female lead drinking wedding wine at her wedding.
Because the male lead politely refused the bestowed marriage, the female lead was given to the second male lead by an imperial decree from Emperor Qi.
Since this was an old-fashioned, dog-bl00d, abusive romance novel, the second male lead felt he had picked up something the male lead didn’t want, and was very unhappy.
Therefore, he humiliated the female lead in every possible way and even kicked her out on their wedding night, making her sleep in the firewood room.
Everything was in line with the development of an old-fashioned novel, and it was only natural that the male lead and second male lead would chase their wives to the cremation ground later.
It was a cliché plot that insulted intelligence.
If she wasn’t bored to death, Xiao Jin probably wouldn’t have clicked on this novel in her entire life.
At this moment, Xiao Jin met Chu Shao’s gaze, expressionlessly hypnotizing herself:
Xiao Jin, although the female lead is a yandere, you’re not a good person either. You’re the Third Prince of Qi who destroyed the Yao Country, how can you be afraid of a mere princess of a fallen country?
After the hypnosis, Xiao Jin, with the thought of “since I’m here, I’ll make the best of it,” looked at the smile on Chu Shao’s lips and reached out, stopping beside her face.
It had to be said that the original owner’s hand shape was very beautiful.
However, due to contracting a serious illness during the conquest, her hands were almost transparently white and a bit too bony.
Chu Shao looked at Xiao Jin’s hand stopping beside her face, her eyelashes fluttering slightly, but she didn’t move.
The smile on her lips deepened.
Chu Shao was curious whether the Third Prince would give her a slap or strangle her neck.
However, Xiao Jin was destined to disappoint Chu Shao.
Because she was just an ordinary modern person, with no such deranged behaviors stored in her brain.
So Xiao Jin reached out, moved her fingers, and removed the phoenix crown from Chu Shao’s head.
Without the gilded headpiece, Chu Shao, wearing only a red dress, was even more breathtakingly beautiful.
Seeing that Xiao Jin had only removed her phoenix crown, Chu Shao was slightly surprised.
However, Chu Shao thought it was just an accident, so the smile on her face didn’t fade: “If Your Highness finds me an eyesore, you can just kick me out, why take it out on it?”
“…”
Xiao Jin was silent.
The female lead was probably seriously ill. She just thought the headpiece was too heavy and kindly helped her remove it, how did it escalate to taking it out on the crown?
Xiao Jin explained concisely: “The phoenix crown is too heavy, it’s in the way.”
So she thought it was in the way.
Chu Shao smiled, she could understand Xiao Jin’s thoughts.
After all, many people thought these complicated ornaments would ruin their good time.
And before Xiao Jin came in, Chu Shao had actually hidden a dagger under her pillow.
Now she was happily thinking about what kind of way and what angle to send the dagger into Xiao Jin’s heart.
The thrill of the blade cutting into flesh made Chu Shao’s heart beat faster.
Chu Shao’s heart was filled with joy, but a gentle smile appeared on her lips: “I understand, it’s indeed in the way.”
Xiao Jin nodded.
She felt the female lead wasn’t too old-fashioned, still having some sense of reason.
But she didn’t know that Chu Shao could only try her best to suppress her trembling hands to make the smile on her face appear gentle and elegant.
However, Xiao Jin’s next move made Chu Shao’s smile disappear.
Because Xiao Jin didn’t do anything to her, but instead looked away and took two cylindrical gourds from the table.
The gourds were filled with wine.
The handles of the two gourds were tied together with red thread, seemingly from the same gourd, but split in half.
Chu Shao frowned and asked, “What are these?”
Xiao Jin was silent again.
The female lead had been in ancient times for so many years, but didn’t even know wedding wine, this fictional protagonist was too unsuccessful.
Faced with the clueless Chu Shao, Xiao Jin, drawing on her experience of reading countless web novels, took the initiative and introduced to the native: “These are bitter gourds, filled with nuptial wine.”
Chu Shao nodded thoughtfully and asked, “What are these wines for?”
If it were the original owner, she would have been impatient and killed Chu Shao with a sword after being asked repeatedly.
Admittedly, Xiao Jin wasn’t very patient either, but she was definitely much better than the original owner.
Fortunately, there was no one else in the room now, and the female lead had just met the original owner, so Xiao Jin didn’t have to worry about breaking her persona.
Considering their first meeting, Xiao Jin maintained her patience and picked up a gourd of wine, handing it to Chu Shao: “They’re not for anything, just drink them.”
Chu Shao took the other half of the bitter gourd, the smile in her eyes gradually disappearing, replaced by doubt.
She had been observing Xiao Jin, so Xiao Jin couldn’t have poisoned her while handing her the wine.
Chu Shao looked at the wine in her hand with difficulty.
Then, what was the reason for the Third Prince of Qi inviting her to drink a cup of non-poisonous wine?
After a moment, Chu Shao held the gourd of wedding wine and felt happy again.
Someone claimed to be in love with her, and that person was the mastermind behind the destruction of the Yao Country.
Things seemed to be getting interesting.
But unfortunately, this person looked terminally ill, as if she wouldn’t survive tomorrow.
Chu Shao happily thought about this while bringing the gourd to her lips, intending to drink the wedding wine, but before she could put the wine into her throat, Xiao Jin grabbed her wrist.
Xiao Jin noticed that Chu Shao’s wrist trembled violently for a moment.
The wine in the gourd rippled with this movement.
Xiao Jin was puzzled, feeling that Chu Shao’s previous move was very much like a conditioned reflex.
So…where was the promised gentle persona, this defensiveness was too strong, wasn’t it?
Xiao Jin wasn’t puzzled for too long, Chu Shao’s body soon relaxed, no longer as tense as before, and asked softly, “Your Highness, why did you grab my wrist?”
Although Xiao Jin wasn’t a native, she knew that wedding wine wasn’t drunk like this, and explained, “When drinking wedding wine, the couple must drink from intertwined arms.”
Chu Shao looked at the wine in the gourd, and a smile appeared on her face again: “Intertwined arms? How do we do that?”
“Like this.”
Xiao Jin sat in the wheelchair, leaning forward slightly, demonstrating the standard action to Chu Shao.
Her left hand passed over Chu Shao’s raised wrist, her sleeve accidentally brushing against her skin, and the wine in the gourd rippled again.
The gourd shook.
Xiao Jin could faintly feel that Chu Shao didn’t like physical contact with others.
Facts proved that Xiao Jin was right.
Chu Shao did hate being touched. When Xiao Jin touched her for the first time, she almost instinctively wanted to grab the other person’s hand.
But Xiao Jin’s fingers were cool, and the touch wasn’t as rough as that of an ordinary man.
Apart from the thin calluses on her fingertips from practicing martial arts, the whole hand was soft, a very gentle and casual touch.
That kind of touch was like an ice lotus flower blooming in winter.
Chu Shao didn’t love the Yao Country, but she liked the ice lotus flowers that grew in Yao, so her wrist only trembled for a moment, not breaking free from the cool restraint.
However, Xiao Jin was about to give up.
Since Chu Shao didn’t like drinking intertwined arms, she wouldn’t force her.
Xiao Jin was about to skip the process of drinking wedding wine when Chu Shao’s hand suddenly lightly rested on her wrist.
Before she could understand the other person’s intention, she heard the smiling voice: “Your Highness, why aren’t you drinking?”
The two ends of the gourd were tied together with red thread.
If one person didn’t drink, the other wouldn’t be able to either.
Xiao Jin could only raise her hand, lift the gourd filled with wine, and drink the wedding wine with Chu Shao.
The two were in the same room, very close to each other.
When they tilted their heads to drink, a section of their sleeves slipped down, their wrists pressed against each other, and the sound of swallowing wine was very clear.
Chu Shao felt a little excited, because she had never drunk wine this way before.
Although drinking wine was no different from drinking water for her, Xiao Jin’s skin was delicate and cool, with a faint mint scent.
She didn’t quite seem like a man she would dislike, but rather like a woman who had just taken a bath, with such a light fragrance.
Chu Shao’s eyelashes trembled.
The speed of swallowing wine also increased due to the joy in her heart.
If she could cut off Xiao Jin’s hand from the wrist and put it in a box, would she be able to smell the fragrance and keep that strange touch forever?
Xiao Jin didn’t know Chu Shao’s thoughts were so morbid, but seeing the other person drinking more and more urgently, with wine dripping from her lips.
She was a little surprised, did the Yao Country not produce wine?
Even if they didn’t produce wine, they could be wine carriers and import it from other countries.
Look how anxious the child was. A princess who had never drunk wine in her life, no wonder she was so ill.
The handles of the gourd were tied together with red thread.
Chu Shao drank quickly, and Xiao Jin didn’t want to be outdone.
In modern times, she would savor two taels of white wine, but at this moment, she drank a large gourd without showing any weakness, fully demonstrating the heroism of the Third Prince.
But after forcing herself to act tough, Xiao Jin put down the gourd and leaned back in the wheelchair, coughing violently.
Frowning, her heart and lungs were in pain.
By the time Xiao Jin finished coughing, not only was her clothes stained with bl00d, but the carpet was also splattered with alarming red.
At this moment, Xiao Jin finally understood the original owner’s intention of wearing black clothes.
The idea was good.
First, it could withstand dirt, and second, it saved money.
But when Xiao Jin finished coughing and looked at Chu Shao again, she was stunned to find that a few drops of dazzling red had splattered on her clean white shoes.
Oh, this.
It felt a little ominous.