CHAPTER 2

"......"

She slept heavily, a dreamless night through.

Cang Xuehe sat up in bed, rubbed her eyes, fumbled for her phone on the pillow, and habitually swiped to turn off the alarm.

But she heard a strange woman's voice.

"Why haven't you called me~" Having a sudden unfamiliar voice in the morning jolted Cang Xuehe into alertness. She turned to look at the phone on the pillow, it showed an ongoing call.

The contact name was "Renovation Worker."

"You've got the wrong number!" She instinctively replied and hung up.

Wait...

Something was off.

Cang Xuehe looked around. The pink ambient light overhead tinted the pure white walls, and the bed was absurdly pink too, large enough to fit three or four people lying down.

On the opposite wall hung a massive, expl!cit oil painting. Beside it was the frosted glass of the bathroom, where she could vaguely see someone showering.

This didn't look like her home at all!

Cang Xuehe was fully awake now, her scalp tingling. Wasn't she sleeping at home?! How did everything change when she woke up? Could a thief have broken in and kidnapped her while she slept?!

She looked down, her pajamas were gone, replaced by a silk robe. She instinctively touched her chest, empty!

"!!!"

System: [ Host, you're awake. ]

The sudden voice startled Cang Xuehe, and she immediately shouted, "Who are you?!"

But there was no one around. The person in the bathroom was still showering obliviously.

System: [ I am your system. ]

The voice in her head said so.

Cang Xuehe had read plenty of novels about systems and understood immediately. She quickly said, [ Do you think this is some transmigration novel with a system? Are you trying to scam me? I'm telling you, I have no money. Go find someone else! ]

But the system ignored her and continued on its own.

System: [ Host, the world you are currently in is "First Love Like Fire." If you wish to return to reality, please follow the original story's development. Your current identity is the female lead, Cang Xuehe. ]

Cang Xuehe chuckled. [ Pretty convincing act. I swear, people have zero privacy these days, I just finished reading a novel and the scammers already know. How much do you make a day doing this? Let's split the profits. ]

System: [ Host, please watch your language. I am not a scammer. ]

Cang Xuehe: [ Scram! I'm telling you, if you know what's good for you, let me out, or I'll call the police and have you and your accomplice in the shower arrested together %#@&%#! ]

System: [ Cang Xuehe, female, 24 years old, employed at XXX company, social relationships... ]

The more Cang Xuehe listened, the more unnerved she felt. She couldn't believe a scammer could investigate her life in such meticulous detail.

So... she really had transmigrated into a book?! And into that romance novel she'd been reading before bed last night, the one where she'd wanted to beat the $cumbag male lead's head in!

System: [ Host, please remember your current identity, the eldest daughter of the Cang Group, Ding Hongyuan's fiancée. Please follow the upcoming plot, or you will never be able to return to the real world. ]

Cang Xuehe took three minutes to digest the massive amount of information. She steadied herself and began negotiating with the system.

Cang Xuehe: [ What's the upcoming plot? ]

System: [ Host, for the upcoming plot, all you need to do is not resist. ]

Cang Xuehe looked down at her robe again. There was someone showering in the bathroom. Anyone with half a brain knew what was about to happen. Were they really starting this big right off the bat?

Based on the background information the system had transmitted, Cang Xuehe latched onto a very useful clue.

Although the original female lead was love-struck, she was also extremely conservative. Two years of dating and she'd never crossed that line, it was only after the engagement that the male lead wore her down and took her virginity.

She remembered that after they slept together, the $cumbag, knowing the conservative female lead would be devoted to him for life, became even more brazen about flirting around, eventually keeping a mistress on the side.

And the current plot point was the source of that tragedy, the first time they slept together.

Cang Xuehe: [ You said earlier that if I want to go back, I have to follow the plot? Follow some idiotic storyline and play a brainless sweet female lead until I lose my life and my family? What if I refuse? ]

System: [ Then you will never be able to return to the real world. ]

It paused, then added.

System: [ You will remain in this world forever. ]

Cang Xuehe: [ No room for negotiation? ]

The cold mechanical voice seemed to grow even colder.

System: [ Other than following the plot, you have no choice. ]

Cang Xuehe threw off the covers and got out of bed, her bare feet sinking into the soft carpet as she openly surveyed the room.

She didn't need to guess, this love suite was expensive, the kind of price that would make her wince in the real world. But here, everything was within easy reach of the Cang family's eldest daughter.

Cang Xuehe: [ Hey, System. This is our first time working together, so you probably don't know my personality yet. No worries, we'll have plenty of time to get used to each other. ]

System: [ What do you mean? ]

Cang Xuehe：[ Don't ask. Daddy doesn't like you being nosy. ]

System：[ ... ]

The person showering in the bathroom still hadn't come out, and since there was no room for Cang Xuehe to perform yet, she simply started chatting with the System.

Cang Xuehe：[ Hey, System, what's your name? ]

System：[ I don't need a name. ]

Cang Xuehe：[ Calling you "System" makes us feel so distant. How about I give you a warm and pleasant name? ]

System：[ Not needed. ]

Cang Xuehe said in a tone that brooked no argument, [ Then from now on, I'll call you Suohai. ]

[Suohai translates to "dumbass," "idiot," "moron," or more vulgarly, "fvcking idiot.]

Being able to stay loyal to such brain-dead plotlines, she felt that in a sense, the System was a pure Suohai.

System：[ ......What does that mean?]

Cang Xuehe：[ In our world, someone who constantly radiates happy vibes, spreads joy to others while also being sought after by everyone, a sunny handsome guy like that is abbreviated as Suohai. I gave you this name hoping you can soon surpass Suohai and become even more Suohai. ]

System：[ ......(It seemed to understand, yet didn't quite get it.) ]

Cang Xuehe：[ Since I'm calling you by name, you should stop calling me "Host" too. Let's switch to a more int!mate form of address. ]

System：[ ... ]

Cang Xuehe：[ My name overlaps with the original female lead's, so you should call me by my nickname instead. I don't usually tell this to just anyone, you know~ ]

Even though the System stopped responding, Cang Xuehe knew it was listening and kept chattering on.

Cang Xuehe：[ Don't judge by my looks, back in kindergarten, I was the school bu|ly. But "school bu|ly" sounds too fierce. In our world, reduplicated terms sound more affectionate, so everyone called me Baba. ]

[ In Chinese internet culture, calling yourself someone's "Baba" is a way of saying "I am your boss" or "I am superior to you." It also means "Dad" or "Father." ]*

System：[ Baba? ]

Cang Xuehe：[ Good son~ ]

System：[ ## ]

The sound of the bathroom door opening came from that direction. Cang Xuehe quickly lay back down on the bed, propping herself on her side to look toward the source of the sound.

Cang Xuehe：*[** Son, shut up. It's Daddy's turn to perform. ]

Although Cang Xuehe had no experience in seduction, she'd read plenty of novels and watched plenty of dramas, so she had some theoretical knowledge. She propped her head up with one hand, striking a seductive and alluring pose.

The System, which had been called "son" all along, seized the opportunity and sneered with a chuckle, [ You're quite practiced at this.]

"Wife, did you wait long?" A magnetic male voice accompanied the sound of the door opening, and the next second, a man wearing only a bath towel stepped out of the bathroom.

Above the towel, his abdominal muscles were clearly visible, and higher up was a handsome yet masculine face. His hair was casually swept back, with droplets of water from the ends sliding down onto his face.

If she hadn't known the man's true identity, Cang Xuehe would have thought this was a pleasing but unremarkable picture of a handsome man emerging from a bath.

But, this was Ding Hongyuan. A trashy mama's boy so despicable that even gods and men alike would be outraged! Just hearing the word "wife" made Cang Xuehe's scalp tingle, and she wished she could slap him twice across the face.

The original novel hadn't described much about the protagonists' first night together, but from how smoothly Ding Hongyuan released his masculine charm, Cang Xuehe could easily imagine how the original female lead had been completely bewitched by him.

She suppressed the urge rising in her heart, sat up halfway on the bed, and crooked her finger at him. Ding Hongyuan immediately strode over, climbed onto the bed, and half-pounced toward her, a delighted expression surfacing on his handsome face.

"Wife, I didn't expect you to be so proactive tonight..."

"Shh." Cang Xuehe pressed a finger to his lips, winking seductively, and said with suggestive undertones, "There's something even more proactive. Want to try it?"

"I've been waiting for this day for so long." Ding Hongyuan's hand wandered restlessly, trying to explore her charms, with a tendency to rise. Cang Xuehe suppressed her disgust and continued smiling, "Let's play a game~"

"I'll do whatever you say tonight. Whatever my wife says goes."

The moment he finished speaking, Cang Xuehe covered his eyes with a blindfold.

Ding Hongyuan, being who he was, simply assumed she wanted to play something exciting. He inwardly mused that Cang Xuehe usually acted so pure, but in bed, she actually knew how to have fun.

Seeing Ding Hongyuan look even more lecherous with his eyes covered, Cang Xuehe wished she could beat him to death. Her index finger traced down from his chin and paused at his Adam's apple, listening as he unconsciously let out a low moan.

Then lower, to his chest.

The faint, teasing strokes made Ding Hongyuan's heart itch. With a sudden surge of force, he pinned Cang Xuehe down on the bed, his member already at the ready.

What he didn't know was that the fiancée performing these int!mate gestures had a face as cold as the King of Hell.

Cang Xuehe's finger slid down to his abdominal muscles. Ding Hongyuan finally couldn't hold back, his large hand grabbing that restless, slender hand.

"Xuehe, I want you. Give it to me now."

The voice was dripping with desire. Cang Xuehe laughed inwardly, easily breaking free from that large hand and instead wrapping both arms around Ding Hongyuan's neck.

In the gentlest voice she'd ever used in her life, she said, "Don't rush~ Before that, I have to give you a big gift~"

"Wh-" Before Ding Hongyuan could finish his words, a violent pain made him break out in cold sweat instantly. He clutched his manhood and let out a bl0od-curdling scream.

"Ah... what are you doing!" Ding Hongyuan hastily tore off the blindfold from his head, only to see his fiancée, who had been as alluring as a fox moments before, now standing by the bed, arms crossed, staring coldly at him.

That blow had used all her strength, so much so that Cang Xuehe felt pain in her knees, let alone his fragile little brother, which was most likely fractured.

"You...!" Ding Hongyuan reached out to grab her, but under the searing pain, he couldn't muster a single ounce of strength. Worse, he could clearly feel that his prized member had snapped!

"You horny dog of a man, how dare you even think of me? Consider this a small lesson. Next time, it won't be so easy."

Cang Xuehe looked down at the man writhing on the bed in agony, unable to fight back, and felt a hint of satisfaction amidst the gloom of the original story. She turned to leave.

After a few steps, she turned back.

Before Ding Hongyuan could react, two sharp slaps landed as promised.

"I said I'd hit you, so I hit you."

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