The Female Lead is Looking at Me Differently (GL) - Chapter 1

A Zhao, are you sure you want to come with me and Miss Fu? This isn’t a leisurely trip. You need to think this through carefully. We haven’t gone far yet, and you still have time to change your mind.”

At a wooden table on the second floor of the inn, You Zixia earnestly advised his junior sister.

Dressed in a white gown with gauze trim on the skirt and sleeves, the junior sister appeared ethereal. Her delicate features, complemented by a small mole under her eye, made her look like a fairy transformed from a lotus flower.

Wen Zhao clutched the small brocade bag hanging from her waist, her voice soft and weak. “Senior Brother, A Zhao understands everything you’ve said, but please don’t persuade me anymore. A Zhao just wants to be with you… It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand my feelings, but please, A Zhao just begs you not to drive me away, just let me stay by your side.”

You Zixia rubbed his temples in frustration. “You… Oh, forget it. If you insist, then fine. I can’t persuade you, but you have to listen to me along the way, understand? You sit here first, I’ll go call Miss Fu Yu out to eat.”

After watching the male lead leave, the originally soft and weak white lotus flower suddenly slumped.

Wen Zhao slumped on the table with no image and sighed, talking to the system in her mind.

[It’s so hard, it’s so hard for me. How can this white lotus female supporting character speak so sourly?]

The system was an emotionless system, so it didn’t care about Wen Zhao’s complaints, but simply said coldly in an electronic voice: [Please pay attention to your behavior, host.]

Wen Zhao: [Okay, okay, I know. But now that I’ve deviated from the role-playing, can’t I relax a little?]

The matter was simple. To summarize, Wen Zhao had an accident and found out that she hadn’t died but had transmigrated after the accident, so she became the “junior sister” that You Zixia just mentioned.

The book Wen Zhao transmigrated into was an ordinary low-magic Xianxia romance novel. The male lead in the book was You Zixia, the female lead was Miss Fu that he just mentioned, and as for Wen Zhao…

Well, she was the cannon fodder second female lead who bullied the female lead, seduced the male lead, and was generally a green tea b*tch, lotus-flower-like antagonist.

The story and main plot of the book were quite simple. In short, it was a story of chasing the real culprit and seeking revenge.

Fu Yu, the female lead, was the eldest daughter of the Fu family, one of the four great families in the book. She should have had a brilliant and dazzling life as the protagonist, but everything changed on her sixteenth birthday.

In just one night, the Fu family was massacred. Except for Fu Yu, who had gone out at the time, and a few other young people and children, everyone else was slaughtered without leaving a trace.

After that, the Fu family completely declined and withdrew from the ranks of the four great families. Fu Yu and the rest were taken in and raised by their cousin’s family. A year passed in a blink of an eye.

A year later, Fu Yu, who had finished handling all the aftermath, was finally allowed to go out on her own to investigate the truth, and this was also the beginning of the story.

When Wen Zhao transmigrated, she happened to meet Fu Yu who came to invite You Zixia to join her.

The reason she came was very simple. First, it was at the request of her cousin’s family; because Fu Yu and You Zixia had been betrothed, the cousin’s family was concerned about Fu Yu and hoped that she could settle her lifelong affairs while working with You Zixia.

Second, it was Fu Yu’s own idea. Because as the eldest disciple of the Lihuo Sect, and also the next head of the sect without any surprises, You Zixia was proficient in drawing talismans. In order to investigate things, talismans for tracking and exploration were indispensable. Therefore, Fu Yu came to him.

You Zixia naturally agreed without hesitation. Originally, this should have been a perfect story of the male and female leads traveling together with swords in hand and returning home as a couple (not really), but unfortunately –

The youngest daughter of the Lihuo Sect’s Sect Master, the junior sister of the Lihuo Sect, that is, the white lotus female supporting character, liked the male lead. Naturally, she was unwilling to watch the male lead and the female lead act together, so she took the initiative to follow along.

Two people turned into three, the male lead, the female lead, and the female supporting character. It’s beautiful, and if you add a male supporting character, you can all play mahjong together 🙂

No matter what Wen Zhao was thinking in her heart, no matter how much she wanted to stay comfortably in the Lihuo Sect and be a carefree little junior sister, the reality was that she could only play the role of the female supporting character and follow the male and female leads on their journey.

This wasn’t the worst part. The worst part was later on in the plot, when the female supporting character finally paid the price for her actions and happily collected her lunchbox (died).

Wen Zhao, who just wanted to live a dog’s life: “…”

If it weren’t for the system’s constraints, she could immediately quit the plot and wish the male and female leads a happy life together.

Thinking about this, Wen Zhao sighed worriedly, then took out the small brocade bag tied around her waist, pulled it open, and took out a handful of melon seeds to eat.

If there was anything to worry about, then she would eat some melon seeds, one bite to solve a thousand worries.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, in a short while, the melon seed shells piled up on the table.

Even the cold system couldn’t help but be shocked. It was silent for a long time before saying: [“…Where did you get the melon seeds.”]

Wen Zhao said: [I packed them before I came out with the male lead.]

System: [Put them away.]

Wen Zhao was puzzled, [Why?]

[Because you’re too OOC.]

Hearing this word, Wen Zhao had a headache. But the melon seeds were so delicious, and it was too hard for Wen Zhao to give up when she was halfway through, so she explained to the system: [This is normal, even a white lotus female supporting character should have snacks she likes, right?]

It was too reasonable to refute. So the system stopped talking.

However, Wen Zhao thought about it herself and felt that, thinking about it carefully, the matter of collecting her lunchbox was not unsolvable. She felt that there was still a way to deal with it, and that was – to cling to the female lead and improve her favorability with the female lead.

Although Wen Zhao needed to do some things to provoke the female lead later on, based on her extensive experience in reading novels, Wen Zhao deduced a truth: as long as the favorability is high enough, the lunchbox will immediately fly away.

After all, people are emotional creatures. Although the female lead was focused on revenge, her heart was also made of flesh. If later on, the relationship between Wen Zhao and the female lead was in place, then even if she did some harmless things, she probably wouldn’t be sent a lunchbox by the female lead, right?

The more Wen Zhao thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, and she immediately felt refreshed.

So, her original survival problem naturally turned into “how to improve the female lead’s favorability without being OOC”.

Overall, the latter should be simpler than the former.

At this time, You Zixia and the female lead also came out.

Wen Zhao stopped eating the melon seeds and couldn’t help but focus her gaze on the female lead.

I have to say, even though this wasn’t the first time she had seen the female lead, she was still amazed by her.

She was wearing a black robe with gold thread, her sleeves tied tightly, looking very neat. She had a ponytail, a pointed chin, and very dark pupils, with a strong sense of coldness.

Fu Yu’s appearance was the kind that was particularly beautiful… the kind that could make people feel amazed at first sight. Her skin was very white, her lips were very thin, and there was a sense of ice and snow around the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

It was a feeling that made people involuntarily hold their breath. It was as if after seeing her this once, her image would be engraved in your heart forever and never forgotten.

“A Zhao?” You Zixia couldn’t help but be startled when he saw Wen Zhao sitting there, still holding a handful of melon seeds.

Following his gaze, Wen Zhao looked down at the melon seeds and then naturally put them away, without the slightest bit of panic, as if it were nothing worth mentioning. Then she glanced at the female lead and began to act.

“Senior Brother, it took you so long to come. I was almost worried that something had happened to you,” she said softly. “But I know that Senior Brother is always very quick. Well, I can understand that Miss Fu Yu is in a bad mood, so let’s eat.”

You Zixia didn’t think there was anything wrong with what Wen Zhao said. He just smiled warmly and apologized to Wen Zhao, “Sorry, A Zhao, it’s my fault. Let’s order some food.”

Wen Zhao propped her chin with one hand, her watery eyes scanned around, and her gaze involuntarily fell on the female lead.

It wasn’t her fault. Really. Although the male lead, You Zixia, was also a gentle and elegant type, looking like a jade tree in the breeze, but… the female lead was simply more beautiful!

Fu Yu’s beauty was the kind that transcended gender, the kind that could instantly capture people’s hearts and attention.

Besides her appearance, Wen Zhao knew it was also because of her temperament and her cool and aloof personality with a hint of a story. That was the most attractive thing.

Although she was supposed to play the female supporting character, Wen Zhao hadn’t interacted much with Fu Yu yet, so she believed that her impression on the female lead should still be good.

So while they were ordering food, Wen Zhao quietly asked the system, [Can you check the female lead’s favorability towards me?]

The system executed the command, and then told her, [Favorability is 0, please keep trying.]

Wen Zhao: ???

No way, is that true?

Wen Zhao was a little doubtful of life.

No matter what, for the sake of the female supporting character’s pretty face, she should add a little bit of favorability, right? Even the random passersby she met before had a stranger’s 10 points of favorability. The female lead… didn’t give her any favorability at all?

—Maybe it was because she had done too many bad things recently.

Forget it, considering that there might be negative favorability in the future, Wen Zhao decided not to pay too much attention to this. No one knew what the outcome would be before the grand finale. After all, she hadn’t officially started to cling to the female lead yet, there was still hope.

“What does A Zhao want to eat?” You Zixia turned to ask her.

Wen Zhao regained her spirits and, in a very white lotus voice, said, “I’ll just have a bowl of black chicken soup. I remember you like this dish the most, Senior Brother.”

Sure enough, You Zixia was very moved, “Junior Sister…”

The real Wen Zhao: “…”

Then, to relieve the feeling of blockage in her heart, Wen Zhao simply stopped looking at You Zixia and turned to look at Fu Yu, propping her chin with one hand, and took the initiative to ask, “What would Miss Fu Yu like to eat?”

Fu Yu had already taken a seat. She casually placed her sword beside her, her eyelids drooping slightly, as if she didn’t care about Wen Zhao’s interaction with You Zixia just now.

This indifferent and calm demeanor made Wen Zhao feel a pang of anxiety for her. It was as if she had returned to the time when she was reading the novel.

Female lead, please wake up! That white lotus female supporting character is flirting with your male lead right in front of you! – this was the true reflection of Wen Zhao’s thoughts at that time.

And now, that white lotus female supporting character was her. What else could she do besides smile?

Ah, she could also cling to the female lead and try to improve her favorability.

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