Wish to Get Rich But Wear a Scumbag A - Chapter 11

Shut up already! If you keep talking, the female lead will throw me in a pot and stew me!

Yan He replied dismissively, “I know about this. From now on, you’re not allowed to enter Qi Xingwan’s room and rummage through her things without her permission.”

Oh, wise and mighty female lead, please notice me! I’m nothing like that scoundrel, the Original Host!

The female lead gave her a surprised glance but showed no intention of playing along. Aunt Wu, however, wore a grave expression, her gaze fixed on Yan He as if she were looking at a foolish ruler blinded by lust.

“Miss, have you forgotten?” Aunt Wu leaned in closer. “Madam dislikes her appearing on television, flaunting her flirtatious behavior. Before the wedding, you even promised Madam you’d arrange for her to retire from the industry.”

Qi Xingwan bit her lip, her eyes fixed nervously on Yan He.

She knew the Madam disapproved of her, but she hadn’t expected Yan He to share such views.

If I retire, what difference would there be between me and those kept women, caged like canaries?

“Yan He, you promised me before,” Qi Xingwan interrupted Aunt Wu. “As long as I agreed to your conditions, you wouldn’t interfere with my work.”

Hearing the scoring system’s announcement, Yan He nearly nodded in agreement, eager to flatter her.

The machine-like voice, utterly lacking in tact, chimed in:

Heartfelt Breakfast Mission Failed. 500,000 Wish Points deducted. Penalty will be enforced after the Yan Corporation Crisis storyline begins.

Complete the scene performance within five minutes. (Mandatory Mission. If the time limit is exceeded, the System will take over the Host’s body to complete the task.)

Lines: 0/3

1. Is that so? I don’t remember.
2. Qi Xingwan, are you in such a hurry to sell your smiles to online viewers? How truly despicable!
3. You love acting so much, huh? Then beg me. Maybe if I’m in a good mood, I’ll agree. Hahahaha! (Laughs triumphantly)

Yan He was terrified.  Lord 007, I’ve never begged the System before in my life, but I’m begging you now! Please control your colleague! It’s trying to kill me!

Countdown initiated: 5:00:00

You win this round!

Yan He grabbed Qi Xingwan and dragged her straight to the second-floor bedroom, slamming the door shut on Aunt Wu.

Qi Xingwan looked puzzled. “You—”

Without another word, Yan He slid to her knees before Qi Xingwan, her back ramrod straight, head held high, and declared haughtily, “Is that so? I don’t remember.”

Performance Progress +1

Did she really hit her head in the middle of the night and lose her mind?! Qi Xingwan was bewildered. “You—”

“Qi Xingwan! Are you in such a hurry to sell your smiles to online viewers?” Yan He recited the line with a heart as cold as ashes. “How truly despicable!”

Qi Xingwan’s Favorability -20, Performance Progress +1

Qi Xingwan’s gaze turned several degrees colder. “You—”

“Shut up!” Yan He crawled forward, pinching Qi Xingwan’s mouth shut as she continued reciting her lines. “You love acting so much, huh? Then beg me. Maybe if I’m in a good mood, I’ll agree.”

“Yan He!” Qi Xingwan slapped her hand away. “You’re being—”

Yan He, now fully immersed in her role, let out Little Moon the Black Magic Fairy’s signature cackle: “Ha, ha, ha, ha!”

Qi Xingwan stared, utterly bewildered.

Performance Task Completed.

“Ha, ha, ha, ha… cough, cough, cough.” Yan He laughed so hard she nearly choked.

As she coughed, she muttered to herself, Why didn’t the Favorability meter drop this time…?

Could it be… was she truly stunned by my unprecedented acting skills?

“What… exactly do you mean by this?” Qi Xingwan asked, somewhat perplexed by the Alpha kneeling and delivering such fierce lines.

Yan He’s voice deepened. “Actually, I’m sick.”

Qi Xingwan hummed. “I know. You’re useless.”

Huh? Are you just climbing up the pole to insult me?

“You’re the useless one!” Yan He retorted.

Fine, deduct Favorability if you want, but why the personal insults?

Qi Xingwan didn’t want to continue discussing who was useless, fearing she might prick some Alpha’s fragile ego.

“Alright, I’m useless,” she conceded.

“Then can I get up now?” Yan He asked. “Kneeling is tiring.”

“No,” Qi Xingwan replied.

“???”

“I see you enjoy kneeling and reciting lines. When did you become interested in acting?” Qi Xingwan pressed her shoulder, leaning close to whisper in her ear, “Voice, delivery, posture, expression—should I teach you?”

Yan He’s eyes widened, her inner hamster squeaking and scrambling frantically.

It’s over, it’s over, it’s over, it’s over, it’s over! The female lead is coming after me!

I treated my restorative medicine like candy! QwQ

This is true despair!

Making reckless wishes is second only to bringing a random man home from the street. Take note!

Yan He: Dear Xiao Qi, by the time you read this message, I’ll already be the female lead’s dog. A casual joke I made when I first arrived in this world has pierced the veil of time and struck me right between the eyes, completing the circle of fate. Please forgive me for choosing this path to wealth. I know dignity is important, but money and survival are the true poetry and distant horizons. And you, my friend, I will report you. I will definitely report you. I will never forgive you, you cold-hearted, disappearing scum of a system!

“You’re trembling,” Qi Xingwan said, standing behind her and pinching her chin with one hand. “Why aren’t you talking?”

Yan He: “Silence is golden.”

It was precisely because she talked too much that she went to Yonghe Temple to make a wish, which ultimately landed her here as the female lead’s dog.

What a disaster!

Qi Xingwan paused. “Does that mean what we agreed on earlier still stands?”

Yan He closed her eyes in agony. “I don’t remember. Could you repeat it?”

“Oh~” Qi Xingwan purred, her voice tickling Yan He’s ear. “I forgot. You hit your head and lost your memory.”