The Real Daughter Needs Saving by This Vicious Female Cannon Fodder? - Chapter 46

After finally dealing with the guests, Gu Xia dragged Ning Anran toward her bedroom. The smooth curve of Gu Xia’s back caught Ning Anran’s gaze—completely unobstructed by any fabric, her beautiful figure was on full display.

“Anran… Did you really prepare a birthday gift for me?”

The bedroom door clicked shut behind them. Gu Xia turned to look at Ning Anran, an inexplicable sense of anticipation bubbling in her chest. She was genuinely curious—what had Ning Anran gotten her?

“I did.”

Ning Anran’s fingers tangled in Gu Xia’s soft, curly hair as she pressed closer. Warmth spread across Gu Xia’s skin, startling her. She swallowed hard, lifting her gaze to meet Ning Anran’s face.

“The gift… is me.”

The words were laced with temptation. Heat rushed to Gu Xia’s neck as Ning Anran’s uneven breath ghosted over it. These past few days, Ning Anran had studied—she knew exactly how to make Gu Xia melt.

How to make her happy.

“Xiaxia… Can I call you that?”

“I promise, I’ll make you feel good.”

Since when had this cold, aloof academic genius been reduced to this by her?! Gu Xia felt like a sinner, deserving of punishment.

“Ning Anran… I told you, I’m not ready for this yet…”

Her words were firm as steel.

Yet her body betrayed her, reveling in Ning Anran’s touch. She didn’t dare meet those dark eyes, afraid she’d lose control—ahem—and things would escalate.

Wasn’t this just how the adult world worked?

“But this is all I have.”

“Xiaxia, this is all I can give you.”

“I have nothing else.”

Gu Xia was honestly impressed. Ning Anran could look at her with the expression of someone freshly dumped and still manage to say pitifully—

“This is all I have…”

God! How was anyone supposed to resist that?!

Ning Anran was—was practically a succubus incarnate, luring her into abandoning all reason!

Cool fingers wrapped around her wrist, and before she could protest, lips claimed hers.

Ning Anran was trying to please her.

Gu Xia’s breath was stolen, her eyes widening as she stumbled back. Her heels lost traction, sending her tumbling onto the bed, sinking into the softness.

But Ning Anran showed no signs of stopping.

Gu Xia knew—Ning Anran didn’t love her. Not really. That measly 2% affection was mostly gratitude—for lending money, for shielding her from the storm.

If she let this continue, their entire relationship would change.

Being kissed by someone this beautiful wasn’t a bad deal.

But it hurt, watching Ning Anran strip herself bare like this, offering everything she had left.

Nothing else remained.

A father drowning in alcohol and gambling. A mother who’d orchestrated her suffering.

“Ning Anran… Ning Anran, stop!”

Her heels slipped off, bare feet meeting the carpet. With a sharp push against Ning Anran’s knee, she finally broke free.

Ning Anran was pushed back, staggering unsteadily and nearly falling to the ground.

“Ning Anran!”

Though she was the one who pushed her, Gu Xia’s heart ached unbearably when she saw Ning Anran actually about to fall.

“You… don’t like this birthday gift?”

The words came out weakly, and a single tear slid down Ning Anran’s cheek, illuminated by the light from the window against her profile.

The woman standing before her was the female lead of this story! Gu Xia remembered that in the original plot, even when the male lead cheated, Ning Anran hadn’t shed a single tear.

Not even when she learned her identity had been swapped, that over twenty years of her life had been stolen.

Watching Ning Anran cry, Gu Xia’s fingers unconsciously clenched the bedsheets.

The words in her heart spilled out.

“I like it.”

“Ning Anran, I don’t hate it when you kiss me.”

“But… could you not do it like this?”

Her lips were swollen from the kisses, yet Gu Xia’s gaze never left Ning Anran. Her lips tingled, but she couldn’t bring herself to be angry with her.

“Host, this is what they call falling in love~ This system understands!”

“As a Villainess Survival System, your awakening speed is truly unmatched by ordinary people!”

Falling in love?

Gu Xia felt a bit indignant. She had no idea how Ning Anran had learned to kiss so skillfully without any guidance—so well that it felt this good!

But that wasn’t the point here!

“Then how should I do it?”

“How can I make you… happy?”

The faint scent of alcohol lingered between them as Ning Anran’s fingers pressed against the bed again. She leaned forward, unfazed by Gu Xia’s earlier “gentle” push.

“Xiaxia.”

Many people had called her by this nickname before—some teasingly, some affectionately—but Gu Xia had never felt anything special.

Yet when Ning Anran whispered it by her ear, Gu Xia felt her legs weaken.

Ning Anran… Ning Anran… How could she be so smooth, so irresistible?

After studying several gigabytes’ worth of “learning materials,” Ning Anran had a rough understanding of these matters, but she wasn’t sure what Gu Xia liked.

If things continued like this… Ning Anran thought of the rumors at university, the ones that painted her as a “mysterious” sugar daddy’s caged canary.

She smiled faintly. Maybe this wasn’t so bad.

She was happy by Gu Xia’s side—happier than with her parents, happier than at school, happier than at work.

“Stay… and eat cake with me today.”

“Ning Anran, that’s enough.”

Thinking of the cake she had secretly stashed in the fridge, Gu Xia’s heart itched. She didn’t know if Ning Anran even liked cake.

But she had scoured countless streets to find that little shop, one with stellar online reviews claiming its cakes were addictive, like tasting love itself.

Love…

If only Ning Anran truly liked her, Gu Xia thought, then she could let herself indulge in Ning Anran’s “initiative.”

“Congratulations, Host! Female Lead’s Favorability +1, with an additional 10 points as a bonus~”

“Host, your points have accumulated to 80! Feel free to visit the system shop when you have time!”

“Just cake?”

Ning Anran pressed close again, her question barely masking her genuine desire to share the cake with her.

Otherwise, her favorability wouldn’t have increased.

“Of course, just having some cake.”

“Unless… Ning Anran, is there anything else you’d like to eat?”

Shoving all those messy thoughts out of her mind, Gu Xia made herself appear as innocent and harmless as possible.

Seriously, what kind of ridiculous ideas was this blockhead coming up with?

She really wasn’t that kind of shameless person, okay!

“Mhm.”

“I’ll go with whatever you say.”