The Female Lead is Looking at Me Differently (GL) - Chapter 2

Hearing Wen Zhao’s proactive question, You Zixia also looked over, “Fu Yu, what would you like to eat?”

Fu Yu didn’t seem to care much about such matters, or rather, she didn’t care at all. She simply lifted her eyelids slightly, her gaze cold as she swept over Wen Zhao, tapping her fingers on the table, and then casually said, “Anything, I don’t mind.”

Although she said so, Wen Zhao, who had read the novel before, remembered that Fu Yu seemed to like eating fish the most. No matter what variety or how it was cooked, as long as it was fish, she liked it very much.

However, since the Fu family was destroyed, Fu Yu had never actively mentioned or requested anything like this. Therefore, if it weren’t for the occasional flashbacks in the book, even Wen Zhao would have almost forgotten this little hobby of Fu Yu’s.

After the massacre, Fu Yu seemed to have completely forgotten all her previous preferences, as if she had also killed her past self in that bloody night; what was sitting here now was merely a vessel named revenge.

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao suddenly felt a lot of love for Fu Yu, like endless maternal love (?). So she immediately took the initiative to say to You Zixia, “Then, Senior Brother, why don’t we order another dish of fish.”

Since Fu Yu didn’t want it, she would order it for Fu Yu.

Of course, in order to ensure that she wouldn’t be too out of character, Wen Zhao specially added, “I want to eat it.”

Hearing her say this, Fu Yu, who had originally lowered her eyes, raised them, her black pupils swept over Wen Zhao, and she glanced at her lightly, like a gust of wind passing by, without attracting anyone’s attention.

But this wind was cold, and Wen Zhao was keenly aware of it. Although she appeared calm on the surface, her back was already stiff.

Steady, don’t panic. Fu Yu definitely couldn’t have guessed that Wen Zhao would know about her hobby, so don’t panic.

And You Zixia laughed a little and agreed indulgently, “Okay, of course.” Then he called the waiter to add another dish.

Feeling that Fu Yu’s gaze had quickly retracted, Wen Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was scared that she would be exposed the next moment.

At this time, the originally silent system suddenly popped up.

[Female lead favorability +1.]

Wen Zhao: ???

?!

She gained favorability so quickly? Is happiness coming too fast like a tornado (although it’s a mini tornado)?

This point of favorability was the first time Fu Yu had given it to her since they met. Although it was only one point, because it came from Fu Yu, it immediately became worth commemorating.

Wen Zhao suddenly felt: Ah, touched.

If only this point of favorability from the female lead was due to her personally and not the fish= =

While eating, Wen Zhao called the system in her heart, and then checked her “female supporting character value”.

The so-called female supporting character value is actually a tool used by the system to detect whether Wen Zhao’s acting is OOC.

The female supporting character value uses a full score system. The higher the score, the better Wen Zhao’s acting is, and the lower the score, the more OOC Wen Zhao is. When Wen Zhao’s female supporting character value drops below the passing score of 60, the system will automatically take over her body until the score is raised back to 60 or above.

As for what “Wen Zhao” will do during the period of system control… it’s not within the system’s guarantee.

Because the system will automatically take the fastest and most effective way to obtain points, even if it makes “Wen Zhao” kiss the male lead, it’s not impossible.

Thinking of this consequence, Wen Zhao felt her face turn black.

Kiss the male lead? Don’t even think about it. She might be willing to kiss the female lead = =

At this time, Wen Zhao’s female supporting character value was 67, which was already a passing score.

Although it’s not at the critical point, it’s actually in a very dangerous place. Wen Zhao really couldn’t figure out the system’s evaluation criteria. Sometimes the score would stay the same, and other times it would go up and down like a rollercoaster, making Wen Zhao feel quite panicky.

But regardless of how the system evaluated it, as long as Wen Zhao didn’t go too overboard.

However, the big problem she was facing now was indeed how to raise her female supporting character value again.

After all, it was too low, and she felt uneasy. Without a hundred points (?), how could she let go and fight.

Of course, a hundred points was too much to hope for, but even if she didn’t have a hundred, she had to have eighty. That way, she would have enough confidence to mess around and cling to the female lead!

While drinking her chicken soup, Wen Zhao pondered how to raise the score, while on the other side, Fu Yu and You Zixia were discussing their mission.

Wen Zhao overheard a little bit, and as expected, Fu Yu and You Zixia were indeed discussing how to conduct the investigation.

As in the original plot, they both preferred to return to the Fu family first and start the investigation from there, which was similar to a crime scene examination.

—Although the scene had been left untouched for a year.

But now they really had no clues, and the only thing related to the massacre was the old Fu family residence, so it wasn’t wrong for Fu Yu to suggest starting there.

Moreover, in the original plot, she and You Zixia did find clues.

Thinking about this, Wen Zhao’s thoughts couldn’t help but continue.

Actually, she hadn’t seen the real ending of this book. Wen Zhao only knew who the murderer of the Fu family was before she came to this world.

In other words, Wen Zhao didn’t know if there was a mastermind behind the murderer.

But regardless of whether there were hidden circumstances, the person who killed the Fu family was undoubtedly the real culprit. This was indisputable.

With the list of the real culprit in hand, Wen Zhao had once wanted to tell the female lead the truth, which would also help her speed up the plot and gain freedom. But as soon as this idea appeared, it was coldly warned by the system.

At the same time, the system sealed Wen Zhao’s “right to speak” on this part, meaning that if Wen Zhao ever tried to reveal anything related to the real culprit, she would be silenced.

It was so cruel. As a system that had cultivated countless hosts and seen countless worlds, it was even more ruthless than Wen Zhao.

So Wen Zhao stopped thinking about it and simply acted as the female supporting character, and she would just retire after the grand finale. Of course, she also had to work hard to improve the female lead’s favorability at the same time.

After finishing the meal, Wen Zhao felt that there was no better time than the present to raise her female supporting character value.

After all, she felt that only by raising her female supporting character value early could she have enough confidence to improve her favorability. Otherwise, she couldn’t keep improving the female lead’s favorability while worrying that she would be controlled by the system because her score was below 60.

If that happened, and it happened to be in front of Fu Yu… well, she would have just improved the female lead’s favorability, but then (controlled by the system) she would steal the female lead right in front of her. This scene was too bloody and embarrassing, and Wen Zhao didn’t dare to imagine it.

Therefore, in order to avoid future tragedies of failure, Wen Zhao decided to start raising her female supporting character value right now.

Before Fu Yu finished eating and left, Wen Zhao called out to her.

She propped her cheek with one hand, her eyes slightly curved, and with a seemingly intimate and sweet smile on her face, she looked at Fu Yu, her eyes watery, and her voice full of affection, “Miss Fu Yu, I want to go out for a walk and buy some beautiful clothes, but I’m really scared to go alone…”

Pausing for a moment, she tapped her cheek with her fingertips, pretending to be innocent and weak, “I wonder if Miss Fu Yu could go with me? Help me carry things and protect me?”

Wen Zhao was taking a very selfish approach, something like… even if you were once a noble lady, but now in my eyes, you’re just a bodyguard.

After all, no matter what, Fu Yu was still the female lead, and she was once the eldest daughter of one of the four great families, talented and outstanding, a person admired by countless people.

But at this moment, Wen Zhao was acting like she was deliberately interrupting Fu Yu’s path to revenge, and dragging her and the male lead down in their pursuit of the truth. Moreover, she was blatantly flaunting her wealth by shopping, and with this operation, Wen Zhao believed she could probably gain a lot of female supporting character value.

This operation wouldn’t deduct too much favorability, and at the same time, Fu Yu would refuse, so Wen Zhao thought it was very feasible.

And Fu Yu’s reaction was as Wen Zhao had expected. Upon hearing this, her expression remained unchanged, and she didn’t even raise her eyes to look at Wen Zhao. She simply said, “Let You Zixia go with you.”

Her long, thick eyelashes covered the cold emotion in her eyes, her lips were always pursed, without a hint of a curve, and her chin was pointed, her snow-white skin like winter frost.

You Zixia also said, “A Zhao, I’ll go with you. Miss Fu Yu still needs to think about the direction of the investigation, don’t disturb her.” He said this with the appearance of a patriarch, both protecting Fu Yu and gently brushing aside Wen Zhao’s request.

Wen Zhao was not surprised by this outcome. To be honest, it was even within her expectations.

Next was the moment to test her acting skills.

Wen Zhao frowned, looking a little dissatisfied but also a little heartbroken for her senior brother, like a slightly coquettish and cute neighbor.

“But Senior Brother, you haven’t had a good night’s sleep since you left the mountain. I feel sorry for you. You’ve done so much to help Miss Fu Yu, can’t she help you?”

Then she turned her eyes slightly, “And I’m not asking for anything too much, just help me carry some things. Is that not okay? Besides, Senior Brother, you can’t give me any advice anyway, unlike Miss Fu Yu, who is a woman like me, so she can give me more advice.”

Then Wen Zhao walked to Fu Yu’s side, boldly grabbed her sleeve, looking pitiful and yet imposing, “Miss Fu Yu, don’t be like this. Senior Brother has helped you so much, why can’t you help him?”

On the surface, she had one face, but in her heart, she had another. The “two-faced” Wen Zhao was becoming more and more adept at acting.

And being so close to Fu Yu, Wen Zhao could see her face more clearly, as well as some of the details on her face, such as her snow-white, almost pale skin, and… it turned out that Fu Yu’s eyelashes were long and straight, almost without any curl, which made her slightly lowered eyes able to completely cover the expression in her eyes.

The hand that Fu Yu was holding her sleeve with was holding her sword. Then, she raised her eyes and looked at Wen Zhao, her expression cold, and she slightly moved her elbow, raising the hand holding the sword, shaking Wen Zhao away.

The sword qi was sharp, carrying an icy coldness, and it ruthlessly brushed past her cheek.

Wen Zhao widened her eyes, her face turned pale, and for a moment she was stunned.

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