After Being Forced Into a Facial Paralysis, the Villain Said I’m Such a Drama Queen - Chapter 3

Sheng Xia didn’t know a ghost’s heart was breaking, nor did she know a ghost was shedding tears; she was busy preparing for work.

The original owner of her body didn’t have a phone, so she couldn’t go online. Considering she was a minor with limited options, Sheng Xia decided not to spend money at an internet cafe to search for jobs and instead went out to look in person. However, jobs that paid daily or weekly were almost nonexistent. Restaurants weren’t short-staffed either, making it truly difficult to find suitable work for a time.

“Xia, why are you here?” An old woman leaning on a cane walked over, looking at Sheng Xia with some surprise.

“Aren’t you supposed to be at work today?” The woman looked to be in her seventies or eighties, but her voice was full of energy, and she appeared quite spirited.

Sheng Xia recalled from the original owner’s memory that this old woman often looked after her. She responded, “I felt that previous job wasn’t right for me, so I’m out looking for a new one now.”

The weather was too hot. Sheng Xia had only walked a few laps outside and was already sweating profusely. Seeing the old woman walking over, she hurriedly stood up. “Grandma, you should go home early. It’s too sunny out here.”

Mainly, Sheng Xia didn’t know how to deal with the old woman’s warmth and kindness; she felt a bit at a loss and wanted to leave quickly.

“It’s fine, just taking a stroll. We old folks are different from you youngsters. This sun is just right for me now; otherwise, my very bones feel cold.” She stretched her body, and her bones seemed to creak. Sheng Xia didn’t dare leave then.

She reached out to help the old woman carry her things and discovered they were exceptionally heavy. If she weren’t so strong, she might not have been able to handle it. “Grandma, next time you buy so many things, you can have them delivered. It’s more convenient that way.”

Since she had nothing else to do anyway, Sheng Xia picked up all the items, intending to help the old woman bring them home.

“Good child, good child.” The old woman didn’t refuse. She smiled and patted Sheng Xia. “It’s because my dear grandson is coming to stay for a bit; I have to get everything ready.”

“Grandma, did you sneak a drink?” Sheng Xia sniffed and couldn’t help but say, “Didn’t Dr. Li tell you before that you need to drink less?”

The old woman was surprised. She hadn’t expected Sheng Xia to be able to smell it even after she had showered. She rubbed her nose guiltily. “That little grandson of mine loves to nag me too. I had to sneak a little before he arrives.”

“A small drink for a little joy, a small drink for a little joy.” Seeing that Sheng Xia’s concern was genuine, the old woman’s face beamed with happiness.

The two chatted along the way. Seeing that Sheng Xia didn’t seem tired at all, the old woman patted her shoulder.

“Xia, I see you have quite a bit of strength. I have a relative who runs a convenience store and is looking for staff recently. You could go take a look.”

“I was originally afraid it would be too tiring for you because they are short-handed there. Usually, you have to unload the goods yourself, so I didn’t mention it to you.”

Sheng Xia’s eyes lit up, and she shook her head vigorously. “No, no, I can do it.” Now that she just needed a job, she couldn’t afford to be picky.

After Sheng Xia arrived, she found that this job was much better than she had imagined. The part-time wages were paid weekly, and it included lunch.

Although the pay wasn’t much, the weekly pay and the provided lunch solved her immediate crisis. After all, Sheng Xia’s remaining balance wouldn’t last that long. She had to find a temporary job first and then look for something new.

After a conversation, the working hours were finalized. The convenience store was open 24 hours a day, and a boy would rotate shifts with her. Originally, the boss wanted Sheng Xia to only work the day shift, but Sheng Xia noticed the night shift paid more and declined.

The convenience store was only busy during mealtimes and when people were commuting; most of the time, it was quite quiet. During her spare time, Sheng Xia would read books, which made her stand out significantly among the crowd of “transmigrators.”

Most people would try to work hard to change things before the plot officially started. Someone like Sheng Xia, who settled down to study, was truly rare to see.

However, Sheng Xia’s foundation was truly poor. After a few days, everyone watching realized that the trope of the female lead winning first place and slapping the faces of snobbish relatives probably wouldn’t happen. They could only hope that Sheng Xia could stage a comeback later, achieving a historical leap from zero to a passing grade within a year.

#Did the streamer study today?#

She did.

#Did the streamer make progress today?#

She did. As long as she didn’t try to solve them herself, she could guess one or two multiple-choice questions correctly.

It was truly strange. No matter how Sheng Xia did the test papers, she always managed to pick the wrong answers. Sometimes she would write the correct one, but as she checked them, she would cycle through all four answers and eventually change the correct one to a wrong one.

She was simply an answer assassin.

Sheng Xia lived as if she had never even seen a textbook. To ensure the original owner’s wish didn’t fail, she put all her energy into studying every day.

When Su Tong walked in, Sheng Xia was holding a thermos and soaking goji berries. For a split second, he thought he was looking at an old scholar.

Looking at the girl before him, Su Tong hesitated slightly but still smiled and called out, “Sheng Xia.”

The boy had a bright smile and was carrying a basketball, but he wasn’t sweating; it looked like he was just about to head out.

After Sheng Xia looked up and recognized who was in front of her, she glanced at the calendar on the desk.

June 28th. It happened to be the day in the plot when the original owner was rescued. The person who had brought the police along back then was Su Tong.

To avoid revealing any flaws, Sheng Xia nodded as usual and greeted him, “Senior.”

On the surface, she was calm and collected, but in her heart, alarm bells were ringing. After all, this character was no saint in the plot—a blood-sucking vampire in sheep’s clothing who constantly played the victim to get the original owner to give him money.

It could be said the two grew up together as childhood friends. They attended the same elementary, middle, and high schools. Su Tong was three years older than Sheng Xia and was currently a sophomore at A University.

However, growing up together didn’t mean there were any real feelings. Su Tong had always treated Sheng Xia as an ATM. Later on, for money and to climb into a relationship with the Xu family, he even spread rumors that Sheng Xia had seduced him.

He was an existence with no real ability but a great talent for being disgusting.

His specialized skill: PUA.

Su Tong walked in, and after the customers in the store had left, it didn’t take long for him to ask, “Why are you working here?”

Su Tong had been the one to introduce Sheng Xia to her previous job as a waitress at the Jingjiang Hotel. Now, Su Tong’s tone carried a hint of blame.

“Sheng Xia, you have to realize it wasn’t easy for me to find you a job. You just changed it without saying a word—how am I supposed to explain this to the boss over there?”

Sheng Xia didn’t speak because she noticed the expression on her face felt a bit off.

Perhaps the silence made Su Tong realize his tone might have been too urgent. He tried to smooth it over: “I’m saying that since you were kicked out by your family, even if there was a problem with that job, you should have discussed it with me first. After all, without that job, your life will become very difficult.”

“If I don’t help you, who else can?”

After the original owner escaped from home, she lived here in the old city district. She had only told Su Tong about this.

The original owner trusted this childhood friend deeply and didn’t really know how to refuse people. Even though the Jingjiang Hotel was quite a distance from where she currently lived, she had ended up going.

It was hard to say whether her being targeted by a pervert halfway through was Su Tong’s doing. Hearing Su Tong’s tone now, he was a real veteran at PUA.

Sheng Xia realized this was the first plot point she had encountered. She put her book aside and twirled her pen.

As for how to deal with PUA, she was familiar with that move.

Reasoning is the weakest move; using PUA against PUA is the superior strategy.

“Senior, what did you just say?” Sheng Xia looked up, staring at Su Tong. “I didn’t quite hear you just now.”

Su Tong had said so much, yet Sheng Xia hadn’t listened to a single word. This made him somewhat displeased, and it showed directly on his face. “Sheng Xia, you need to know that I am doing this out of concern for you. Do you know that this attitude of yours is very impolite?”

The beginning sounded somewhat normal, but it was immediately followed by: “Sheng Xia, you know I like girls who are obedient.”

Su Tong waited for Sheng Xia to apologize, but he never expected her performance this time to be completely out of character.

She first fell silent, then spoke in a deeply disappointed tone, “Senior, you know I have always trusted you deeply and admired you greatly. But after all this time, you still haven’t discovered what I truly want.”

Having said that, her tone paused. “You have no idea how much I have sacrificed for you. Going to the hotel was never my dream! I compromised for your sake, yet in your eyes, all of this seems to be taken for granted.”

“Daily concern that never gets a response, and gifts sent out that only receive a dismissive attitude—do you think this is what a good man should do?”

The pen in Sheng Xia’s hand swayed rhythmically in front of her. Su Tong looked at her hand, and following Sheng Xia’s words, he remembered the things she had done for him before, feeling somewhat dazed.

“Now I’ve figured it out. I want to pursue my true self. Perhaps this will make both you and me a little happier.”

Sheng Xia’s words came in one continuous flow. Su Tong had just regained his senses and was about to speak when he heard her say, “Senior, you know the version of you I love is the one who is understanding and attentive. You’ll know what to do, won’t you?”

After speaking, Sheng Xia put away her pen. Her tone carried a hint of playfulness as she waited for Su Tong’s reply.

At that moment, Su Tong’s phone buzzed. He glanced at it and cleared his head significantly, which in turn made him angry at his own thoughts just now. How could he possibly be wrong?!

“Sheng Xia! What kind of talk is this?! As a girl, I let you come out to work, which is already showing you great respect. How could I not know what you want?!” Even though the two of them essentially had no relationship, Su Tong spoke as if he were the head of the household.

In that instant, Sheng Xia knew he was beyond saving. He was rotten to the core. She didn’t intend to say much more to him and just went back to her own business.

Being ignored like this was something he had never experienced. Su Tong stood there for a few minutes until he couldn’t stand it anymore and left directly. Before leaving, he threw out a harsh word: if Sheng Xia didn’t apologize, he would never forgive her again.

Sheng Xia looked up at Su Tong. In the moment their gazes met, it seemed like a peaceful time. A gust of wind happened to blow a stray hair by her ear; she was as beautiful as a painting. Then, she calmly said:

“Dumbass.”

Huh??? Dumbass?!

Sheng Xia’s voice was quite soft. Su Tong, who had thought she was about to apologize, widened his eyes. Seeing the slight smile on her lips, he became uncertain, thinking he must have misheard.

Su Tong left. In the bullet chat, people were asking what she would do if Su Tong came to find her every day.

“A person with this kind of personality won’t take the initiative to come back because it would make him feel like he’s lost control. He’ll find a way to make me go to him.”

And based on Su Tong’s personality, it would undoubtedly involve creating trouble for her to make her come to him voluntarily.

These were all petty tricks, not worth mentioning.

After soothing the ghosts in the livestream room, Sheng Xia picked up a small mirror. Her reflection showed a expressionless face. The corners of her mouth curved up, very stiffly, like the fake smile on a porcelain doll. This condition had only started after she saw Su Tong.

Initially, when she saw him, she just didn’t want to talk to him and didn’t pay it any mind. It was only later that she noticed this problem.

No wonder I thought the streamer’s expression was a bit weird just now.

Speaking of which, I’ve been meaning to ask: wasn’t the female lead’s character setting supposed to be “poker-faced”? The streamer isn’t poker-faced at all, yet the people nearby don’t seem to find anything wrong with it?

So is it… because of the plot?

The female lead’s initial setting was a “poker-faced heartthrob.” Sheng Xia had thought it was a personality trait, as in the plot, she never met anyone good, so it would be strange if she gave them a good face.

But she had just been forced into a partial “poker face.” Could she guess that the degree of her facial paralysis would be determined by the other person’s importance in the plot?

Although Su Tong wasn’t a protagonist, he struggled for quite a while before exiting the plot. Therefore, while she became somewhat expressionless, she could still manage some movement. If she encountered other main characters, the degree of facial paralysis would likely be more severe.

However, all of this was just speculation and would eventually need to be verified by others. What she worried about was whether she would be affected by other aspects of the plot. If the poker face was forced upon her, would some plot points be forced as well?

If that were the case, Sheng Xia’s situation would become even more passive. After all, her overall strength was much lower than those criminals; if she were also restricted by the plot, her difficulty of survival would increase significantly.

Thinking about having a “tormented love” with those men, Sheng Xia frowned deeply.

She had no love for the scumbags that only a dung beetle could love.

Sheng Xia has transmigrated into a novel as the “poker-faced” heroine beloved by all. Before her lies an endless line of scumbags vying for 100% of her favor, only to later harvest her kidneys, swindle her fortune, destroy her family, and shatter her public persona.

Behind her stands the Great Villain seemingly frail, sickly, and pitiable on the surface, but in reality, a ruthless mastermind plotting to wipe out both her and the scumbags in one fell swoop.

Sheng Xia clutched her waist, protecting her kidneys, and figured that dealing with one person was better than dealing with a crowd. Right as the story was beginning, she immediately jumped ship to the Great Villain’s household to apply for a job as a bodyguard!

“Miss, if there is danger, I’ll go down first.” “Miss, your stomach is weak; it’s better to drink less alcohol.” “Miss, I don’t want to disturb your rest either, but the Old Matron said I must not leave your side, even at night.”

After farming a massive amount of “favorability points,” Sheng Xia was pleasantly surprised to find that those annoying men finally stopped their antics out of fear of the Great Villain. Now backed by a powerhouse, she felt emboldened!

Scumbag A: “Do you know what I’ve done for you? Do you know how much I’ve sacrificed? I’d even give up my life for you!” Sheng Xia: “Give up your life? Let me see you try!”

Sheng Xia, now with a powerful backer, felt smug and fearless until she turned around and saw the Great Villain watching them with a dark, sinister expression. Her heart skipped a beat, and she performed a “kneeling slide” over to her boss to smooth things over: “Boss, you look especially beautiful today~”

To save her kidneys, she exerted her utmost strength to keep the Great Villain alive and healthy. She then played out a drama with the scumbags: She flees, they chase, but with the Villain present, the scumbags have no escape.

Then, suddenly one day, the cold and aloof Great Villain grabbed her sleeve, her eyes darting away as she said awkwardly, “Didn’t you want to kiss me? I… I allow it.”

Lu Wanxing hired a bodyguard. She was a “poker-face” with a suspicious identity and a mysterious background.

Lu Wanxing usually disliked having unknown variables around her, but she discovered something miraculous: her mind-reading ability, which worked on everyone else, was completely ineffective against this woman. So, she kept her.

The bodyguard was very responsible, meticulous in daily life, and incredibly strong with her around, danger never came close.

Later, Lu Wanxing finally regained the ability to see through the bodyguard’s heart, except…

“Oooooh, today’s Miss is so ‘dom’! My Queen, step on me, step on me!” “Sigh, Miss smells so good. Sleeping next to her makes it impossible to fall asleep.”

Lu Wanxing looked up at the bodyguard, who was staring back with a blank, expressionless face. Then she heard:

“That lipstick shade is stunning! I want to kiss her so bad!” “Help, why is she looking at me like that? So cute… I want to ravish her…”

Lu Wanxing’s face flushed red instantly. After a moment of hesitation, she forced herself up from her wheelchair and let the bodyguard hold her: “Fine. Since you’ve been protecting me this whole time… I’ll reluctantly agree to your wishes…”

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