Achieving A Happy Ending With The Tragic Female Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 039

Inside the rectangular workspace, the yellow indicator light skipped to green. Subsequently, the tightly sealed hatch slowly opened, revealing the face of the person inside.

Su Mi opened her eyes, watching the eye protection lights overhead emit circles of soft, non-stinging halos. She gripped the nearby handrail to sit up, raising her hand to rub her temples as if exhausted.

She felt as though she had been slumbering for a long time, even her limbs felt heavy and stiff.

A faint scent of aromatherapy floated in the air. A robot guarding the corner, seeing her awake, glided forward on its rollers and spoke in a cheerful voice: “Hello, employee Su Mi. Congratulations on excellently completing this mission. Below is your mission completion information; please review it.”

After speaking, it popped up a translucent holographic panel displaying various numerical values.

Mission Mode: Simple Point Reward: 100 Special Reward: Early permanency, extra bonus of 188 points.

“If there are no errors, please click the confirm button.”

Su Mi looked down for a moment before tapping the confirm button.

“Confirmation successful. Welcome to the Special Mission Administration Bureau.” The little robot even displayed fireworks effects and sounds on the screen.

Watching the cluster of festive special effects, Su Mi asked, “Can I still view everything from the mission world?”

“My apologies. After the mission is completed, you can no longer view matters related to the previous mission.”

Su Mi gave a low response and said nothing else. She fixed her gaze on a void, her fingers on the handle gently stroking the anti-slip pattern, seemingly deep in thought.

After a long while, she got off the bed, stood up, and walked slowly toward the door. The little robot followed closely behind her.

“Detected that your mood is somewhat low. Do you require an application for psychological intervention?”

Employees working at the Special Mission Administration Bureau inevitably invest various emotions during missions. Upon leaving a world, emotional issues often arise. Therefore, the Bureau has a dedicated department for post-mission emotional detachment, aimed at weakening memories and emotions from the mission world to avoid affecting the employee’s normal life.

Su Mi pressed the doorknob and refused without a second thought. “No need.”

When she came out, she happened to pass two staff members. Seeing Su Mi, they came up to exchange pleasantries, but Su Mi maintained an aura that kept people at a distance. The conversation ended after only a few sentences.

After Su Mi left, the two employees couldn’t help but discuss this new colleague.

When an employee gains permanent status, a collective email notification is sent out. However, it was rare for a newcomer to turn permanent so quickly. They secretly suspected she either had a background “upstairs” or had encountered a major mission accident.

It was inevitable that everyone wanted to pry, but unfortunately, Su Mi’s lips were sealed; she revealed nothing.

Meanwhile, on a distant plane of existence, two figures stood beneath a tree.

“How is it, how is it?” The woman in yellow nervously grabbed the woman in green, her desire for survival practically leaping off her face.

“Alright, alright, the instructions have already been given. Stop worrying.” The woman in blue waved her hand nonchalantly.

The woman in yellow shook her shoulders frantically, sobbing, “How can I not worry? I asked you to help look after A-Yue, but how did you trick that ‘Great Deity’ down to ‘look after’ her? They’ve been in a cold war for so many years! When A-Yue comes back, I’ll definitely be roasted into dry firewood!”

“You can have the other one freeze you into an ice sculpture first. That way, being roasted won’t hurt…” The woman in blue was shaken dizzy. She took a moment to glance into the mirror world, and her expression changed slightly. “Oh no, how did they form a bond?”

Upon hearing this news, the woman in yellow looked as if she had been struck by lightning. Frozen in place, she said tearfully, “Now things are truly disastrous.”

After completing a mission, every employee receives a one month recovery period. During this time, most perform clerical work. Su Mi finally had time to finish the employee training she was halfway through.

During the recovery period, she went to work and returned home normally every day. Her lifestyle was regular and disciplined, and her post-mission psychological assessment showed no issues.

The only difference was a plain ring that suddenly appeared on the ring finger of her left hand. Colleagues asked a few questions out of curiosity, but they received no substantive answers.

A month later, Su Mi received a new mission dispatched by the system.

She returned to the workspace once more. In the moment before closing her eyes, she gently touched the smooth, plain ring on her finger, allowing her consciousness to plunge into darkness.

[Carrier is normal. Loading world data… World model loading complete.]

In a silent bathroom, a jade-white, slender hand rested casually on the edge of the bathtub.

The next second, the relaxed fingers suddenly gripped the edge. A dripping wet person emerged from the water, kicking up quite a splash.

The discomfort of choking on water caused Su Mi to cough repeatedly, a thin layer of pink gradually surfacing on her pale face.

[Welcome to the Quick Transmigration System. Detecting world status, please wait…]

The familiar opening lines echoed in Su Mi’s mind.

Su Mi gradually calmed her breathing and raised her hand to brush back her wet hair. Water dripped continuously from her brows.

She looked around. This was a relatively spacious bathroom. It seemed that before she arrived, the original host was taking a bath and had slipped into the tub the moment consciousness vanished.

It was a true blessing she didn’t drown.

[Hello, Employee Su Mi. I am your interface system 2677 for this mission. Transferring world data, please wait….]

While waiting for the transfer, Su Mi propped herself up with both hands on the sides of the tub. Applying slight force, she stood up and stepped out, sheets of water dripping from her body onto the floor.

She casually wrapped herself in a bathrobe and walked to the bathroom mirror. Leaning half-pressed against the sink, she looked at the face in the mirror, it was identical to her own, though her vision was slightly blurred, making it hard to see details.

Su Mi saw a pair of silver-rimmed glasses sitting on the counter. She reached out to put them on, and the world finally became clear.

The bone structure of the person in the mirror was beautiful, but the distinct lines carried a hint of coldness. Her clear, cool eyes and high bridge of the nose easily created a sense of distance, looking at people with half-lidded eyes would instantly make one feel she was difficult to approach. Fortunately, the glasses on her nose diluted the coldness, adding a touch of scholarly elegance.

On the other side, the system first transmitted the mission data for this world. As for the original host’s memories, it would still take a little time.

Su Mi leaned casually against the counter and opened the mission panel to browse carefully. When she saw a specific character in the female lead’s name, she froze slightly, though she quickly masked it.

The female lead of this world was named Lin Nanyue, a senior student at C University in Lincheng. While looking for an internship, she met the school’s legendary figure, the male lead Fang Qian, and was subsequently hired by his studio with a high salary. Although Lin Nanyue had doubts, she needed the money and accepted the job.

During her employment, the male lead, as the studio owner, appeared particularly caring toward her, even biased. This favor brought her endless rumors and gossip, making her campus life increasingly difficult.

Lin Nanyue tried to distance herself, but she was approached again and again. Over time, she inevitably began to fall for this kindness.

It wasn’t until later that she discovered she was favored because her profile closely resembled the male lead’s “White Moonlight” (first love) who had gone abroad. He had hired her at a high salary just to keep her in the studio as a comforting substitute.

This revelation made Lin Nanyue a total laughingstock at both the school and the studio. She sought an explanation, but the male lead looked down on her from a high position, mockingly criticizing her background and warning her to be grateful and “know her place.”

After the conversation ended on a sour note, Lin Nanyue received an urgent call about family debts on her way back. Facing the pressing, massive debt, she had to find the male lead again, only to receive doubled ridicule. Leaving in despair, Lin Nanyue was unfortunately involved in a car accident that left her permanently disabled, eventually leading to a life of gloom.

Su Mi, this time, was that very White Moonlight. The Su family and the male lead’s family were old acquaintances. Both families had considered a marriage alliance, but the original “Su Mi” only ever saw him as a younger brother six years her junior and had no other feelings. The Su parents always respected their daughter’s wishes, so the matter was never raised again.

As the object of the male lead’s “covetousness,” Su Mi felt uncomfortable.

Her mission this time was still to help the female lead escape her original ending and improve her sense of happiness in life.

The system had only transmitted the world data so far; the detailed character profiles and Su Mi’s own memories had not arrived. She would have to wait a moment.

Thus, Su Mi put away the panel. As she prepared to walk out, she caught a glimpse of some clothes tossed on the bath stool, likely hers.

She walked over and picked them up, only to be met with a pungent, unpleasant smell. They were reeking of heavy alcohol, and there was a wet stain on the chest of the white shirt.

Since Su Mi didn’t have the original host’s memories yet, she couldn’t recall what had happened before this. She tossed the clothes back in disgust, turned back to wash her hands thoroughly, and then turned to leave.

When she tried the door, she realized she had locked the bathroom from the inside.

Click…

The bathroom lock was opened. She swung the door wide, but her vision was suddenly blocked as a black figure abruptly collapsed toward her.

Startled, Su Mi reached out and caught the person.

Why is there a strange woman here?

In that split second, countless possibilities flashed through Su Mi’s mind, and she even began to doubt the original host’s lifestyle.

She looked down at the girl in her arms. About twenty years old, her face was fair and soft, with an inconspicuous small mole on the tip of her nose. Her cherry colored lips looked soft and full.

The scent of alcohol suddenly filled Su Mi’s breath. Clearly, she was drunk.

Su Mi tried to push the other person away to make her stand straight, but the girl was like a boneless creature, limply leaning against her. Then, she lifted her face and looked at Su Mi with half-open, hazy eyes.

“…Sister?”

Su Mi felt a vein throb in her temple. She frowned. “Who is your sister?”

The drunken girl, thinking she was being gentle but actually pulling quite hard, tugged at the bathrobe Su Mi was wearing. “Sister… I, I didn’t mean it just now. I wanted, I wanted to apologize to you… but I couldn’t open the door.”

Su Mi gripped her bathrobe, her final shred of dignity, tightly, her tone unfriendly: “Let go!”

But one cannot reason with a drunk person. Seeing that the bathrobe was about to be pulled down, Su Mi finally lost her patience and forcefully wrenched the person away.

“Please behave yourself. I am already married.”