The Real Daughter Needs Saving by This Vicious Female Cannon Fodder? - Chapter 1

Gu Xia had awakened.

Don’t get the wrong idea—it wasn’t some Super Saiyan-style awakening.

Rather, she’d tragically realized she was the vicious cannon-fodder antagonist in some trashy Mary Sue novel.

Her misdeeds included, but weren’t limited to: slapping the female lead, drugging both the female lead and male lead, and ruining the female lead’s reputation…

A chill ran down her spine as Gu Xia wanted to cry but had no tears left!

Just one day before her awakening, she’d smugly poured an entire bottle of red wine over the female lead’s head.

Then she’d ordered the female lead to lick her wine-stained fingers clean—every last drop—like some kind of pervert!

In this utterly malicious novel, she’d somehow fallen for that illegitimate Cheng family heir she’d always looked down on.

She’d gone crazy for him, obsessed over him, even smashed her head against walls for him.

She’d been so brain-dead that she’d sold off her father and sister’s company to the male lead, helping him build his empire while willingly becoming a stepping stone on his path to becoming the “Crooked-Mouth Dragon King”!

Not only that, but when she tried to drug the male lead, he caught her. The enraged Crooked-Mouth Dragon King used his connections to have her sliced into mincemeat and scattered into the azure sea as shark food.

In this novel, she was the standard vicious cannon-fodder villain who met her end early in the story.

“Dear heavens, is this really a novel world? Is anyone going to save me?”

“How am I supposed to face Ning Anran tomorrow!”

Ning Anran—the novel’s female lead, blessed with all the haloed virtues typical of protagonists, and of course, cursed with all their tragic misfortunes too.

Before encountering Gu Xia, Ning Anran had been a gentle, kind-hearted college student working part-time to pay her tuition.

She was the daughter of Gu Xia’s neighbor’s live-in maid, squeezed into a tiny servant’s quarters with her mother.

Smart and beautiful, but unfortunately, she’d crossed paths with Gu Xia—this utterly malicious cannon-fodder antagonist—and been tortured beyond recognition.

Now aware of her minced-and-fed-to-sharks fate, Gu Xia also knew the female lead’s true identity wasn’t some simple maid’s daughter.

She was actually the sole heiress of Yuanye Group.

Even more noble than Gu Xia’s own background.

Her seemingly kind-hearted mother was actually another villainess who, years ago, had switched her own sparrow of a daughter with the real heiress to give her child a better life.

Making her sparrow daughter a phoenix while the true heiress became a penniless wanderer.

Ding!

Host, you’re not alone! This Vicious Cannon-Fodder Self-Salvation System is at your service!

Holy sh1t!!! Something was talking inside her head!

Gu Xia froze for half a second before the voice continued speaking in her mind.

Host, your immediate priority is to save the soon-to-be-corrupted female lead. According to upcoming events, the moment you leave this hospital, she’ll kidnap you—then beat you within an inch of your life

Leaving scars that’ll haunt you forever

Given the female lead’s current unstable mindset and her -100 favorability toward you, this system has selected the optimal solution

Romance the female lead!

Wait, seriously?

Right now, the female lead probably hated her so much she’d love to hang Gu Xia from the rafters and whip her senseless!

“She hates me so much, how could she possibly accept my advances—aren’t you asking the impossible?”

“Host, the female lead hasn’t met the male lead yet. If you want to avoid your death sentence, this is the only way out!”

As the system’s voice faded, a middle-aged woman hurried in carrying a thermal lunchbox.

“Oh dear, Second Miss Gu! How dare that b1tch Ning Anran hurt you like this?!”

“I’ll definitely have a word with Old Master Fu next door soon and get him to fire that mother-daughter pair!”

The concern in the middle-aged woman’s eyes prompted Gu Xia to prop herself up in the hospital bed.

“Shh, Auntie Li, this is a hospital. Keep your voice down.”

“Don’t disturb the other patients.”

Gu Xia had mostly recovered, though a white bandage still adorned her forehead, giving her a delicate, pitiable appearance.

Hearing the young mistress’s words, Auntie Li immediately quieted down, quickly opening the thermal container and handing it over.

“Miss, I know you’ve always been kind-hearted, reluctant to be harsh with those two.”

“But they’re becoming more lawless by the day! They’re practically stepping all over you now!”

Are you serious, Auntie Li?

Wasn’t it you who usually summoned the female lead to the attic storage room for humiliating treatment?

This is what they call “the wicked will have their retribution.”

Heaven’s justice may be slow, but it never fails!

Oh, and let me add:

O Heaven above, why must you be so unkind to me?

“Auntie Li, falling off the horse at the riding ground was my own carelessness. It wasn’t Ning Anran’s fault.”

“And don’t go telling Uncle Fu any nonsense—Ning Anran works so hard to support her studies.”

Congratulations, host. Female lead’s favorability +10

The ghostly system notification echoed in her mind again.

Gu Xia looked up to see the female lead standing outside the ward, wearing faded jeans and a wrinkled white T-shirt.

She carried an exquisite fruit basket in her hands.

Ning Anran’s long hair cascaded down, her face unnaturally pale. Gu Xia could see the female lead’s discomfort in her presence.

Her canvas shoes showed faint signs of coming apart at the seams.

Clearly, the female lead had never known a single good day in her life.

In the original story’s setting, while the female lead’s mother worked as a maid for neighbor Uncle Fu, her father was a complete drunkard and gambler.

Every penny the mother-daughter pair earned would be taken by him, even the female lead’s tuition money—all squandered on drinking and gambling.

When dead drunk, he would beat both the female lead and her nominal mother.

A classic tragic heroine setup: a gambling father, an ill mother, and a broken-hearted her.

Host, the way to win someone over is to treat them exceptionally well. Your considerate words just now moved the female lead’s heart!

Now the female lead’s favorability toward you is at -90%! Congratulations!

Is -90% something to celebrate?!

Well, it’s better than -100%.

Auntie Li was shocked speechless by her young mistress’s words.

She initially thought the fall must have given the young mistress brain damage, making her spout such nonsense!

But when she turned and saw the awkward Ning Anran, she immediately understood.

The young mistress simply didn’t want to lose face by making a scene in public.

Given the Second Young Miss’s usual temperament, making things difficult for Ning Anran was something she had to handle personally.

Auntie Li smiled knowingly to herself, then slammed the lunchbox heavily onto the table, her eyes blazing with anger.

“Ning Anran, what’s this—a weasel paying respects to a chicken?”

“And you dare visit our Second Young Miss with this shabby fruit basket? Who do you think you’re fooling with your pathetic appearance!”

Hearing Auntie Li’s words, Gu Xia couldn’t care less about the IV drip in her hand and immediately sat up in alarm.

“Auntie Li, stop it!”

This was like the flood dragon attacking the Dragon King’s temple—weren’t we supposed to protect our own?

Gu Xia rose too abruptly, sending a sharp pain through her waist. She winced, nearly crying from the discomfort.

“The fruits are lovely. I enjoy eating fruits.”

“Anran meant well.”