Quick Transmigration: The Gossip Master Took the Black Lotus Script - Chapter 41

Fu Sinian hunched over, clutching his crotch; his expression twisted, a far cry from the refined elite look from moments before.

“Luo An, you’re asking for death!”

“You’re the one asking for death!”

Luo An found him blocking her path annoying and kicked him into the wall, then took a few measured steps toward Qin Xin.

In the past, Qin Xin had never taken Luo An seriously — after all, Qin Xin had a system, and people like that were different from ordinary mortals. But now, facing Luo An’s expressionless face, she suddenly panicked.

“System! System, help me!”

Qin Xin franticly called for her system, but was disappointed by the reply. “Host, your points were exchanged for ‘Irresistibly Charming’ an hour ago. You don’t have enough points to redeem anything now.”

“Can’t you just let me borrow some on credit? I’ll pay you back afterward — this is a life-or-death situation!”

“Sorry, host. The Maker didn’t give me a credit function, so we can’t do that kind of transaction. If the host needs to redeem rewards, please work to accumulate favor points.”

Perhaps afraid Qin Xin would be upset, the system added kindly, “Host, don’t be afraid. Even if Luo An hits you, you don’t have to dodge. The more it hurts you, the more Fu Sinian will pity you. As long as he pities you, we don’t need to worry about the mission and favor points.”

Qin Xin: …That logic makes sense in theory, but she’s trying to play the “group-pampered” route, not the abused heroine route. Pain is pain — talk is cheap when you’re not the one getting hit.

But there’s no time for thinking now. Luo An’s fingers lightly tipped up Qin Xin’s chin. “Tsk tsk. Not much, really. There are actually men who go crazy over this kind of face.”

Luo An’s remark came from the heart — with the system buff, Qin Xin was undeniably beautiful. Beautiful, yes, but she looked like a template from a plastic surgery clinic — soulless.

In their cultivation world, such looks were low-tier, boring.

Hearing this, Qin Xin didn’t take it in stride.

Luo An calling her ugly? She was made by a system — how could she be ugly?!

She must be jealous of my beauty! Jealous that I have Sinian’s love!

Qin Xin kept finding reasons to soothe herself; her ugly expression slowly eased a little.

Why did she care so much about looks? Because she had been an ugly woman before and had no money to get cosmetic surgery like rich girls. She could only pray every day that heaven would grant her a good face — if not in this life, then the next.

Then the system bound to her appeared, claiming it sensed her intense desire to become beautiful.

Ridiculous.

But Qin Xin was happy — even if the system required her to seduce men to gain favor points, she would do it gladly.

No — not just gladly; she welcomed it. The old her always liked to pester handsome guys, but none had ever fallen for her. Now she had a chance and would seize it.

So Qin Xin conscientiously completed two tasks — and then met Luo An in the third world.

Qin Xin cast a sidelong, hook-eyed glance at Fu Sinian, then swallowed her pride and said, “Miss Luo, if belittling me makes you feel better, I don’t mind — just please spare Sinian. If humiliating me soothes you, take it out on me.”

This display of self-sacrifice instantly moved Fu Sinian to the core.

“Xin Xin, don’t wrong yourself for me.”

“Luo An, if you’re a woman, don’t make things hard for Xin Xin. It’s all my fault — take it out on me.”

He’d seen people beg for money before, but begging for a beating was a new one. Since she wanted to be hit so badly, Luo An was only too happy to oblige.

She patted Qin Xin’s shoulder and said with faux envy, “Although you aren’t much to look at, you’re lucky — you have a man like Fu Sinian who’d die for you. I really envy you.”

She said she envied her, but Qin Xin felt no trace of actual envy in Luo An’s eyes.

None of that mattered though — as long as this madwoman didn’t beat her up, Qin Xin was fine. Right now she lived off her face; if it were wrecked she’d have to spend a ton of points to fix things. That couldn’t happen. It’s much easier to grind small amounts of favor than to have to dump a fortune at once.

That’s why she valued Fu Sinian so highly — rich and gullible, the perfect target for her mission.

Would she be pitied if her target got hurt? Of course — emotional pity beats physical pain.

After a moment of thought, Qin Xin began to perform. “Miss Luo, please don’t do this! Sinian has never suffered like this before. Please spare him — or, if not, take it out on me instead.”

Seeing his beloved protect her so, Fu Sinian immediately wrapped Qin Xin in his arms. “Xin Xin, don’t worry. I’m fine. If a beating will make her stop, I’ll take it. As long as you’re all right.”

“Ugh!”

001, watching from the sidelines, couldn’t help but gag — though as a spirit it could only be metaphorically disgusted.

“Host, finish them off! How disgusting!” 001 urged.

Luo An, an obedient host when motivation aligned, obliged. Many people wanted her to act, so she did: every punch and kick landed squarely on Fu Sinian, with no mercy.

When she finished, Fu Sinian’s body was a mass of bruises — blue and purple everywhere. His high-end suit hung loose and ragged, the aristocratic veneer completely gone.

“Enough. Go home and tell your father the contract is canceled. All of Luo family’s investments pulled back. I’ve already been kind to you by letting you get so arrogant. Let me introduce myself again: I’m Luo An, the eldest miss of the Luo Group. I am not some random nobody around you to summon and dismiss at will. Since you’ve spoken to this degree today, prepare for the Luo family’s retribution.

I’ll show you what it means to flirt first and be despised later, and what real suppression looks like!”

In the original story the heroine was a Luo family heiress. She had a brother, but he didn’t care for business and arranged his own path early. Their parents weren’t patriarchal; in fact, they tended to favor their daughter. Since their son lacked interest in the company, they happily invested in training their daughter.

The original heroine had a head for business, but was blind in love and fell for a scumbag — a typical romance trope. Without a wealthy, capable heiress as foil, the heroine’s might not have shown as strikingly.

In the original plot, Fu Sinian fell for the heroine at a party and pursued her madly. Just as the heroine thought she’d found lifelong security, Fu Sinian met pitiful Qin Xin elsewhere.

Even if one changes affections, if he were honest, the heroine wouldn’t have been driven to ruin. But Fu Sinian was a dog: he wanted Qin Xin and the Luo family’s power and status.

So he fooled around with Qin Xin while he emotionally abused the heroine with PUA tactics, setting traps that eventually cost the Luo family billions.

Qin Xin, that delicate little white-flower, even used the system to hire people to kidnap the original heroine, leading to the heroine being assaulted by violent men — a crushing blow to a refined young lady.

Daughter in trouble, company in crisis; Luo father grew exhausted. Despite all efforts, the Fu family stepped on them again and again; years passed and the Luo enterprise was left far behind.

The original heroine could never forget that day. Her mind collapsed, and when she learned Fu Sinian and Qin Xin held a grand wedding, she lost hope and jumped from an eighteenth-floor building, ending her life.

People say those who die by jumping can’t reincarnate. The original heroine was like them.