The Real Daughter Needs Saving by This Vicious Female Cannon Fodder? - Chapter 40

Reason told Gu Xia to push Ning Anran away, but her body was so limp she couldn’t muster any strength.

Forget about pushing the female lead off of her.

“Ning Anran… don’t be like this…”

She was genuinely terrified!!!

She was afraid that tonight, while burning with fever, Ning Anran would take the initiative to “serve” her—ending up frying herself in the process!

“Gu Xia… do you like it?”

“Am I doing well?”

“If I’m not doing well, you can just say it.”

For Ning Anran, catching a cold was nothing out of the ordinary. She often fell ill and only bought medicine when it became unbearable.

“You… you’re doing great.”

“But now isn’t the right time, Ning Anran…”

The words of refusal wouldn’t come out.

Her voice was soft, laced with a coquettish tone, making it sound like she was playing hard to get.

To be honest, Gu Xia wasn’t actually that uncomfortable. The real issue was Ning Anran’s worrying health condition—Gu Xia was terrified she might pass out on her bed.

Then she’d have to endure her sister’s mortifying gaze while calling a doctor to prescribe fever-reducing medicine for Ning Anran.

She was just thinking about it in her head! She wasn’t actually that depraved!!!

“Why isn’t it the right time?”

“Are you afraid I’ll infect you?”

“Tell me to sleep in the guest room, then I won’t pass my cold to you, Gu Xia.”

Ning Anran’s mind felt like it was boiling, too feverish to grasp what Gu Xia was really thinking.

“No way… the guest room hasn’t been lived in for ages.”

“It’s full of dust.”

Looking at Ning Anran’s glistening lips, Gu Xia felt like she was undergoing some inhuman test of willpower.

Seriously, anyone could play the righteous saint.

But things had nearly gotten out of control between them earlier!

The real problem was that Gu Xia felt herself slipping.

Her body was sticky… reacting to Ning Anran’s advances. That kind of physical response didn’t lie.

“Ning Anran, just sleep first. I’ll call a doctor for you in the morning.”

“Don’t worry, it’s my private doctor.”

“You won’t have to go to the hospital.”

Having been pampered by Ning Anran to the point of being utterly helpless in daily life, Gu Xia now felt a surge of maternal instinct, convinced she needed to shake off all those inappropriate thoughts!

And become the female lead’s steadfast, dependable “mommy.”

“Gu Xia, are you abandoning me?”

“You found Cheng Chen, so you don’t want me anymore? Is that it?”

Ning Anran’s words were jumbled. She had seen Gu Xia growing tired of Cheng Chen today and had secretly felt a flicker of joy.

But this question had haunted her for too long. Ning Anran couldn’t help but think, with some bitterness, that given Gu Xia’s fickle nature—enthusiastic one day, indifferent the next—she might just be giving Cheng Chen the cold shoulder temporarily.

What if she eventually discarded Ning Anran and ran back to him?

“Anything he can do, I can do just as well.”

Feeling Ning Anran’s touch, Gu Xia nearly shot upright in bed.

So that’s what the female lead was worried about!

“I really don’t like him anymore!”

“I… I’ve changed my taste now. I prefer people with good figures.”

“Like yours—the kind with a great body like yours!”

In all honesty, Gu Xia believed Ning Anran had the best physique she’d ever seen among women—curvaceous yet toned, with defined abs and that perfect v-line.

Anyone who saw it would drool with envy.

Wait, seems like only I’ve seen it.

No one else has.

“Ding ding ding! Congratulations, host! The female lead’s favorability has increased by 1!!! Host, you have now completely eliminated all negative favorability from the female lead!”

“We have officially entered the positive favorability phase! The future is bright, host! You must seize this opportunity—don’t let her dislike you again~”

“Someone like me… with a good figure?”

Ning Anran glanced down, belatedly assessing her own body. She shook her head, then stared at Gu Xia’s chest.

Praising, “Yours is prettier than mine.”

Damn! What kind of outrageous comment is that?

Even someone with skin as thick as a city wall couldn’t withstand Ning Anran’s blunt praise!

“That’s not what I meant… I was talking about… the abs…”

Gu Xia felt her voice sounded a little too soft, but she reluctantly averted her gaze from Ning Anran’s toned stomach, which she had been shamelessly admiring.

What a shame she couldn’t keep looking.

“If you wake up early and exercise, you’ll get them too.”

Ning Anran had never deliberately trained for aesthetics—her slim figure was likely just due to being too busy.

She had heard similar envious remarks from Gu Xia before, as well as from her classmates and friends.

But none of their praises seemed to hit as hard as Gu Xia’s.

Ning Anran realized she was actually… a little affected by it.

Guess she’d have to work out more in the future—at least enough to avoid catching colds from wind and rain, so Gu Xia wouldn’t worry.

“I can’t do it.”

“Ning Anran, as long as you have them, that’s enough.”

Gu Xia wanted to hug Ning Anran while sleeping but was also afraid Ning Anran might take advantage of her to curry favor. Instead, she just tugged lightly at the blanket covering Ning Anran.

“Don’t think about anything else today. Just sleep well.”

“As for the company, my sister will handle it.”

“They wouldn’t dare say anything about you.”

Hearing Gu Xia casually mention Gu Lindong, Ning Anran suddenly felt a sense of being favored.

Earlier, Gu Lindong had instructed her to take good care of Gu Xia—how could Ning Anran not read between the lines?

Gu Lindong was jealous of her.

“Your sister… is she usually very busy with work?”

The sisters had a good relationship, but Ning Anran, a seasoned veteran in the workplace, could still detect the faint cracks between them.

It was simply a matter of Gu Lindong being too swamped with work to tend to Gu Xia’s daily life.

“Extremely busy.”

“When she’s buried in work, I might not see her for three or four months…”

Gu Xia, with her eyes closed, grew drowsy as she spoke, answering Ning Anran’s questions almost subconsciously.

“Ha ha ha ha! Congratulations, host! The female lead’s favorability has increased by 1!”

“Host has successfully unlocked the points system store!”

“Every 1% favorability earns 10 points, which can be exchanged for any convenient item or system cheat. Host, go forth and conquer this world!”

How could the system spout such cringey lines? Guess not being human means no need for shame, huh?

What’s the difference between this and ordering a ridiculously named milk tea out loud?

“Host, you mustn’t think like that! Even though we’re just a Villainess Survival System, we still hold power over this world!”

“It was precisely the resentment from your unwillingness to die before awakening that summoned this system to your side. So how could you possibly wallow in self-pity now!”

“Don’t talk nonsense, I’m not doing that at all.”

“I’m living perfectly fine now and feel my life is completely happy!”

After Gu Xia retorted to the system, she heard Ning Anran’s slightly hoarse voice whispering by her ear.

“If you’re sleepy, just rest.”

“I’ll take tomorrow off to stay home.”

Ning Anran closed her eyes, her tongue still carrying a trace of sweetness. When she kissed Gu Xia earlier, she had momentarily lost herself in the passion.

Had she fallen into her trap once again?

Ning Anran, you’ve truly sunk to the lowest point.