What to Do, I've Been Targeted by the Villain Again [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 24
In September, Feng Xingwei got engaged to her boyfriend. That same month, Xu Qiexing finally succeeded in a blind date and became engaged to the eldest daughter of the Chen family.
Xu Sangning attended both engagement parties and couldn’t help but feel a little emotional. She had practically witnessed history—the male and female leads actually got engaged to other people in the same month.
Feng Xingwei’s senior was indeed a very gentle person. The two of them couldn’t help but smile whenever their eyes met.
As for Miss Chen, she had a fiery temper and a strong sense of independence—clearly not the type to become the second female lead in some melodramatic story.
Xu Sangning watched the two couples on stage, then turned her head to find Ji Ying staring at her. She blinked.
Ji Ying really loved staring at her in all sorts of settings, never bothering to hide it.
Because of this blatant behavior, high society had already spread rumors about the two of them.
“Stop staring at me all the time,” Xu Sangning whispered.
“Ah, was I staring at you again? Sorry, I just can’t help it,” Ji Ying sighed with exaggerated remorse, shifting her gaze away—though her eyes still kept drifting back to Xu Sangning.
Ji Ying didn’t know how other people behaved when they liked someone.
But as for her, she wished she could stare at Xu Sangning all day. If Xu Sangning allowed it, she’d probably cling to her like a koala.
Xu Sangning reached over and took Ji Ying’s wine glass, replacing it with a cup of juice.
“Thanks, Sangning,” Ji Ying said softly. “You actually remembered my stomach’s been acting up lately, so I can’t drink.”
“I just don’t want you causing a drunken scene in front of all these people,” Xu Sangning replied, pushing Ji Ying’s face away as she leaned in.
When she looked up, she noticed a group of people across from them huddled together, watching her and Ji Ying with knowing smiles—their teasing expressions unmistakable.
Xu Sangning: “…”
She felt like she could jump into the Yellow River and still not wash herself clean of the rumors.
After the engagement party ended, Ji Ying slumped against Xu Sangning again.
“What’s wrong?” Xu Sangning asked quietly. “You didn’t even drink.”
“Well, I guess I’m drunk on juice then,” Ji Ying mumbled, clinging tightly to Xu Sangning’s arm. Xu Sangning struggled to maneuver her into the passenger seat before finally prying her arm free.
If Ji Ying hadn’t let go, Xu Sangning was pretty sure her arm would’ve been dislocated.
Realizing she’d used too much strength, Ji Ying straightened up, placing her hands on her knees like a well-behaved kindergarten child, blinking innocently at Xu Sangning.
Xu Sangning shut the car door and sighed softly.
Once she settled into the driver’s seat, she hesitated for a few seconds before casually remarking, “After my brother gets married, I don’t think I want to work anymore.”
System: Huh… she could leave the world early.
Ji Ying froze for a second, then blinked. “That’s nice… I’ll probably have to keep working until the day I die.”
She sighed inwardly. She and Xu Sangning weren’t in the same department. Xu Sangning’s role was to fill in for problematic cannon fodder characters, while Ji Ying was responsible for replacing runaway supporting female leads—whose storylines were more involved than cannon fodder. Since AI couldn’t handle those roles, Ji Ying had to stick around until the end.
Honestly, the system wanted to say that if they switched to AI, the plot might not have derailed this badly—though there was always the risk of the male and female leads noticing something was off.
“That’s rough,” Xu Sangning mused.
“Won’t you stay and work with me?”
“I prefer jobs with higher daily wages,” Xu Sangning said earnestly.
Ji Ying: …
She actually couldn’t refute that!
When Xu Sangning was about to leave this world, she had originally intended to go straight away. But perhaps because Ji Ying’s eyes looked too pitiful, she ended up staying to share a meal with her.
After the meal, Ji Ying sighed as she looked at the person beside her, whose demeanor had shifted slightly.
Ji Ying: She just left like that.
System: That’s normal. Who likes working overtime after their shift ends?
System: Hehe, but it also proves your charm isn’t that great after all.
Ji Ying: Just shut up.
…
Xu Sangning usually dived straight into mission worlds unless it was her scheduled rest day.
But this time, she didn’t.
Seeing her emerge from the office, her colleagues were surprised.
“You’re actually taking a break?”
“Got some things to deal with,” Xu Sangning replied before heading to the inspection center.
The staff at the inspection center felt a headache coming on the moment they saw Xu Sangning.
“Over clearance level,” the other person said before Xu Sangning could even open her mouth, cutting off all her questions with those four words.
“Fine then.” Xu Sangning didn’t press further. She had no interest in making things difficult for others.
They were all just working stiffs, after all.
Xu Sangning exhaled sharply and walked over to the company’s department introduction board. She scanned it but found no information related to “Taskers.”
Irritation prickled at her.
After wandering through the entire Fast Transmigration Bureau building and finding no leads, she lingered for a while in the cannon fodder department.
When no one came looking for her, she turned and returned to her office.
She had waited long enough. Given the time flow of that small world, Ji Tangmian should have returned by now.
Maybe the young miss was just playing around?
Xu Sangning shook her head, suddenly feeling foolish for wasting half a day waiting for Ji Tangmian.
With a cold expression, she started her next mission.
Xu Sangning was jolted awake by a scream. The moment she opened her eyes, she was met with a foul, gaping mouth inches from her face. Instinctively, she grabbed whatever was in her hand and smashed it into the thing before swiftly putting distance between them.
In those few seconds, she absorbed her character’s backstory and the main plotline.
This time, she was playing a ruthless cannon fodder—someone who had repeatedly sacrificed others to save herself, only to be publicly executed by the female lead once her deeds came to light.
This character had two months left to live. Xu Sangning liked that.
Of all the mission worlds, she hated post-apocalyptic settings the most.
Xu Sangning raised an eyebrow as she watched a man deliberately lure a zombie toward her. Staying true to her character, she hurled the stool in her hand, blocking both the man’s path and the zombie’s.
By the time their scattered group reconvened, half their numbers were gone.
“Ji Tangmian! I told you not to scream! Are you deaf or something?”
Hearing that name, Xu Sangning glanced over and, sure enough, saw a familiar face.
Ji Tangmian blinked at her.
Ji Tangmian: See? I told you she’d react to my real name!
System: So this is why you spent 10,000 points to change it?
Ji Tangmian: What’s the point of earning points if you don’t spend them? No motivation otherwise.
“Ji Tangmian!” The scolding grew louder as the speaker noticed her distracted smirk.
Ji Tangmian averted her gaze and said, “What else could I do? The zombies were terrifying—they were about to touch me. I just couldn’t help it.”
As she spoke, she kept dodging behind others: “I’ll be more careful next time.”
Before long, Xu Sangning noticed that Ji Tangmian had already scurried right up beside her.
Xu Sangning: “…”