My Wife is the Vicious Supporting Character from an Era Novel - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

◎Lie Flat!◎

April in Wuyuan City was exceptionally humid. It had just rained in the morning, and now a light drizzle began to fall again.

The villagers had started turning the soil and sowing seeds in March, so there wasn’t much farm work left to do now. With the educated youth scheduled to arrive at Yunshui Village soon, many people dropped their hoes and spades and ran to the village entrance to watch the spectacle.

In the past few years, Yunshui Village had gotten lucky, and this year, they were finally assigned six educated youth to settle in their village.

Ji Baiqing was the village’s work point recorder. Her father, the village party secretary, went with the village head to pick up the youth. Today, she was working the fields in his place. She also followed the crowd, stopped her work, washed her hands in the river, and slowly made her way to the village entrance.

As a former office worker who had transmigrated after dying from the “996” lifestyle, she had now mastered the art of slacking off. She would do as little as possible.

Ji Baiqing, female, had been a diligent employee at a top 50 company in the country after graduation. She worked her way up to management, only to die at her post at the age of 28 after working overtime for two days without sleep. She didn’t even get to send her proposal to her boss.

Just before her eyes completely closed, she screamed in her heart, “You damn thief of a god!”

She thought she was dead for good, but she opened her eyes again and found that she was alive. Unfamiliar memories flooded her brain, and after sorting through them, she realized she had transmigrated into a book.

She had transmigrated into the era novel she loved most, Spoiled Educated Youth: The Apple of My Eye. The original body’s owner was just a background character who was mentioned in a single line.

Living a second life, Ji Baiqing had only one thought: she would never work overtime again!

After staying in Yunshui Village for over a year, she adapted quickly. Although life in the 1970s was a bit tough, she had a mother who refused to let her be disadvantaged and a father who was the village party secretary. She was also an only child, so her life was incredibly comfortable.

Her father had some authority in the village and had even supported her through high school, which earned her the easy job of a work point recorder.

Her life was so peaceful that Ji Baiqing almost forgot what day it was. Only after hearing her father mention that he and the village head were going to town to pick up the youth did she suddenly remember that today was the day the book’s plot officially began.

“Baiqing, come here quickly!”

When Ji Baiqing arrived, many people were already standing under the large camphor tree at the village entrance. Li Wenwen stood in the corner, waving at her excitedly.

Ji Baiqing smiled, walked over, and stood next to Li Wenwen.

Li Wenwen was the village head’s daughter and one of Ji Baiqing’s few friends in the village.

“I wonder when my dad and the others will get back. Baiqing, I heard a few of the educated youth are from Jing City. I heard people from Jing City are very fashionable. Do you think any of them are prettier than you?” Li Wenwen eagerly hooked her arm through Ji Baiqing’s, her voice full of excitement.

Ji Baiqing’s current appearance wasn’t much different from her previous life. She had a fair, delicate oval face, curled eyelashes, a high nose bridge, and bright apricot eyes. She wasn’t considered stunning, but her skin was very pale.

Thinking about the long string of descriptions of the female protagonist’s looks in the book, she replied, “There definitely are.”

Besides the female protagonist’s appearance, the thing she most wanted to know about was the appearance of the female villain, Wen Miao.

To be honest, the character Ji Baiqing liked most in the novel Spoiled Educated Youth: The Apple of My Eye was not the male or female protagonist, but the vicious female villain, Wen Miao.

In the book, Wen Miao was beautiful and stunning but also ruthless and vindictive. Just because the female protagonist, Shen Niannian, accidentally broke her pendant, Wen Miao targeted her everywhere and schemed against her in every way. Fortunately, the male protagonist was always there to rescue her.

Later, Wen Miao wanted to return to Jing City. After learning the male protagonist Lu Yan’s true identity, she coveted the power of the Lu family he was connected to and repeatedly tried to interfere with the male and female protagonists’ relationship.

However, Lu Yan remained devoted to Shen Niannian and ignored Wen Miao’s repeated attempts to seduce him. Because of her constant conflict with the female protagonist, he even bribed some local hooligans to spread rumors about her promiscuous private life. The villagers of Yunshui Village avoided Wen Miao and despised her.

Wen Miao was isolated by everyone and became even more resentful toward the female protagonist. She arranged to meet Shen Niannian by the river, intending to push her in, but in a moment of carelessness, she fell in herself. She was then rescued by Zhang Laizi, a man who had recently lost his wife, who saw her voluptuous figure.

Forced by the rumors, she had no choice but to marry Zhang Laizi. After the marriage, she was beaten and verbally abused by him. Finally, when the college entrance exam was reinstated and the male and female protagonists received their acceptance letters, she slit her wrists and committed suicide.

The comment section for the chapter where Wen Miao died was filled with people saying the vicious villain got what she deserved. Only Ji Baiqing felt a sense of loss after Wen Miao’s death. She gave the book a one-star rating and never read on.

Everyone inside and outside the book hated Wen Miao, but Ji Baiqing only liked her. She couldn’t say why.

Her usually unremarkable life had gained waves because of the existence of the vicious female villain, Wen Miao. Every day during the novel’s serialization, her biggest hope was to see Wen Miao’s character in the latest chapter.

She even considered giving the author a few hundred thousand yuan to change Wen Miao’s ending, but the author didn’t budge.

Ji Baiqing thought that Wen Miao wasn’t really that bad or vicious. She just… wanted to go home.

This simple wish was something no one could help her achieve.

She was in a bad mood during the time the vicious female villain was written off. Her employees were also on edge because of her low mood, and it took her six months to recover.

It wasn’t just her and Li Wenwen talking about the incoming educated youth. The other villagers were also chattering.

“I heard the government will give us more grain now that the educated youth are here.”

“That’s all for those youth! Aren’t city people all delicate and pampered? How are they going to work?”

“Shhh! It’ll be a blessing if we don’t have to share our grain with them!”

…

Everyone was talking, one person after another, when they suddenly heard the sound of wheels in the distance. It sounded like the village head and the others were returning on the ox cart. The villagers immediately stopped talking and stood on their tiptoes to look.

The sound of the wheels grew louder and louder. Then, Uncle Niu, who was sitting in the front, pulled on the reins, and the cart came to a steady stop at the village entrance.

Village Head Li Xiangdong and Village Party Secretary Ji Wei jumped off the cart and shouted loudly, “Educated youth, we’ve arrived! Get off the cart!”

Ji Wei looked at the cart, which was full of luggage and the tired, pale faces of the youth, and felt a headache coming on.

He didn’t know what these youth had brought with them. It was already a tight squeeze for eight or nine people to sit in the cart, and with so much luggage, the ox almost couldn’t move.

The three female and three male educated youth got off the cart one after another. Li Xiangdong and the others helped them move their luggage.

Ji Baiqing stood to the side and saw the educated youth closest to her, a slender girl, sway unsteadily. She wasn’t the type to get involved, but at that moment, she instinctively stepped forward and reached out to support the other person’s shoulder.

The girl in front of her was wearing long sleeves and long pants, and her face was covered by a scarf, revealing only a pair of beautiful, glass-like eyes.

Ji Baiqing frowned in concern. “Are you alright? Can…”

Before she could finish her sentence, the girl’s body suddenly went limp and fell into Ji Baiqing’s arms.

“Dad, this youth fainted! I’m taking her to the health clinic!” Ji Baiqing quickly picked her up and, after telling Ji Wei, hurried toward the clinic.

Rushing down the road, Ji Baiqing felt the weight in her arms and thought, This girl looks slender, but I didn’t expect her to be so light.

When she arrived at the health clinic, she pushed the door open. “Auntie, an educated youth fainted. Please take a look!”

Auntie Zhang opened the door to the room and gestured for Ji Baiqing to put the person on the bed.

She took the scarf off the youth’s face. Without the silk scarf to hide it, an incredibly beautiful face was revealed. A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of both women in the room.

“My goodness, this girl is too beautiful,” Auntie Zhang said, clicking her tongue.

After a simple check, she let out a sigh of relief.

“She’s probably just tired from the journey and has a little low bl00d sugar. Baiqing, just give this girl some sugar water, and let her rest. She’ll be fine.”

After giving her instructions, Auntie Zhang went back to her room to work.

Ji Baiqing was quick. She went home, got some things, mixed the sugar water, and quickly returned to the health clinic. She fed the sugar water to the unconscious woman, one spoonful at a time.

After a bowl of warm sugar water, the woman’s pale face looked much better, and her brow relaxed. Her red lips were moist, and her fair face looked more enchanting, like a fresh crabapple blossom.

Ji Baiqing’s eyes fell on the bright red mole under the corner of the woman’s left eye. If she remembered correctly, this teardrop mole was the mark of the female villain in the original book. Every time the author wrote about the villain doing something bad, they would mention the mole under her eye.

Wen Miao.

She said the name in her mouth and couldn’t help but lightly touch the little mole with her finger.

Perhaps her finger was cold. Wen Miao whimpered like a cat.

Ji Baiqing’s heart skipped a beat, and she pulled her hand back. She looked at the person on the bed, who still had her eyes closed and was sleeping peacefully.

Gently wiggling her fingers, she curved her lips and held her rapidly beating heart, silently saying to herself, Wen Miao, it’s so nice to meet you.

Staring at the person on the bed, she soon yawned. The fine rain hitting the roof tiles had a hypnotic sound. Ji Baiqing, having fully embraced the art of slacking off, leaned against the wall and closed her eyes.

She didn’t know how much time had passed, but her ears twitched as she heard a little noise. She immediately opened her eyes and met a pair of light-colored pupils.

Wen Miao was awake.

She was looking at her, her eyelashes thick and long. Her long hair, which was draped over her shoulders, was curled. Her upturned peach blossom eyes held a hint of wariness. She was even more beautiful when she was awake than when she was asleep.

Ji Baiqing was a little nervous. She licked her lips and said gently, “You’re awake? Is there anything you need?”

Wen Miao slowly shook her head, secretly sizing Ji Baiqing up.

She was a woman in old clothes, but with a look of concern on her face. Wen Miao found it a bit strange… Was this person trying to curry favor with her?

“Where is this?” Her voice was delicate and shy, sounding completely different from the identity of a vicious female villain.

Ji Baiqing’s expression softened. She rubbed her ear and explained, “My name is Ji Baiqing. I’m the daughter of the Yunshui Village party secretary. You fainted, so I brought you to the health clinic.”

Wen Miao bit her lip, suppressing the unease in her heart. She looked at the Ji Baiqing in front of her and thanked her softly, “Thank you.”

Ji Baiqing nodded indifferently on the surface, but her heart was rippling.

Who was it that spread the rumor that Wen Miao was a bad woman? She’s so polite and even thanked me.

Now that Wen Miao was awake, she knew she couldn’t occupy the bed at the health clinic.

She sat up, and under Ji Baiqing’s gaze, put on her shoes and tried to stand up. Unexpectedly, her legs were still weak. She fell forward from inertia and ended up in Ji Baiqing’s arms.

Ji Baiqing’s arms were wrapped around her waist to prevent her from slipping. Her chin rested on the other’s shoulder, and a faint scent of soapberry lingered in her nose.

Ji Baiqing also smelled the rich fragrance coming from the woman. The person in her arms was soft and slender. Her full chest was pressed against hers. They were incredibly close… For a moment, both of their faces were slightly red.

Ji Baiqing stammered, “Uh… can you stand steady now?”

Wen Miao gently hummed in response and stood up straight.

“My name is Wen Miao.”

Ji Baiqing looked at her still-pale lips and suddenly remembered something. She took a candy from her pocket and placed it in her palm.

“Wen Miao, Auntie Zhang said you have low bl00d sugar. Have a candy.”

The woman looked down at the White Rabbit candy wrapped in paper. Her heart was filled with even more doubt, but she still took the candy.

“Thank you, Ji Baiqing.” She could sense that the person in front of her didn’t have any ill intentions.

Staring blankly at Wen Miao as she put the candy in her mouth, Ji Baiqing finally recovered from the beauty attack.

The tips of her ears, hidden under her black hair, were slightly red. She decided she should make Wen Miao smile more often. She was so beautiful. When she smiled, her peach blossom eyes would curve up, and her entire face would suddenly come alive, looking bright and charming.

She knew it. How could such a Wen Miao be a vicious female villain?

That trash author slandered a great beauty.

After a silent rant, Ji Baiqing led Wen Miao toward the educated youth quarters. On the way, she secretly looked at Wen Miao’s delicate profile and set two goals for herself.

First, to become friends with Wen Miao so that she wouldn’t be lonely in Yunshui Village.

Second, to help Wen Miao get home to avoid the ending in the original book.