I Became the Fiancée of the Wealthy Family's Paranoid Villain - Chapter 1

“Want to marry the Second Young Master? Who does she think she is?”

“Because she is the Miss Gu! She has a good family background and is very pretty too.”

“Didn’t the Gu family send her over to climb the social ladder just because they were going bankrupt?”

“They even dare to send their precious daughter in without even asking around to find out what the Shi Family South Manor is like.”

“You guys too, locking her up in a dark room on the very first day. But hehe, it’s so interesting though.”

…

On the system screen, a 22-person group chat window was displayed, and message after harsh message slowly scrolled past in front of Gu Qingjiao.

System: Host, they are badmouthing you.

Gu Qingjiao stretched her left hand to the back of her neck and scratched the spot where she had just been bitten by a mosquito. Her gaze was unfocused as she turned to look at the ceiling, saying, “I can read.”

System: This is the plight of a cannon fodder female supporting character. But Host, don’t be afraid. Just bear with it for a while. Once your character’s life ends, I will immediately have you transmigrate back as the female protagonist, okay?

Hearing these words made Gu Qingjiao’s chest suddenly tighten. She was just about to say something, but when she finally heard the system utter that pleading “okay?”, the breath that had risen to her throat sank back down again.

Recalling that she had just suffered a car accident and clearly lost her life once, now that she was lucky enough to live again, even if she was just a cannon fodder minor character, it was still far better than meeting the King of Hell directly.

Gu Qingjiao was now an unlucky female supporting character in a wealthy dog-blood novel. Upon waking up, the system informed her that she had been sent into the main villain’s Shi Family South Manor.

In the original text, the head of the Shi family, who held the power of the financial conglomerate, had passed away, leaving a will before his death stating that the family business must be inherited by his direct blood relatives.

The man had two sons: the eldest son, Shi Feng, had paralyzed legs, was mentally unable to manage affairs, and was unwilling to have children; the second son, Shi Lijin, was an unpresentable illegitimate son.

However, since the man had deliberately requested blood relatives in his will, the heir clearly pointed to the illegitimate son. Yet, Madam Shi, who had once been cheated on, became dissatisfied, so she rushed over to her older sister’s place overnight, dragged the minor cannon fodder Gu Qingjiao out, and forced her to marry Shi Lijin and bear his children.

To put it bluntly, she was just a tool used to amass wealth.

Even more absurdly, the system actually said that she was originally supposed to be the female protagonist, but due to a malfunction on its own end, a character matching error occurred, causing her to accidentally transmigrate as a supporting character instead.

Moreover, in the original plot, after the female supporting character arrived at the Shi Family South Manor, she lived in dire straits every day, being gossiped about, threatened, bullied, and thrown out of the room by the main villain Shi Lijin, until she finally rolled her eyes on the cold ground and died a miserable death.

Just as Gu Qingjiao thought of this, she leaned against the wall. A piercing chill abruptly crept into her body, creating a coincidental sensory connection with the female supporting character who lay on the ground and died a miserable death. She gave a start, straightened her posture, and abruptly broke off that damned sense of immersion.

Sigh, whatever. I will take it one step at a time.

However, while she could lie flat on some matters, she would never endure unfair grievances.

Gu Qingjiao clicked on the information for the Shi Family South Manor Gossip General Group, memorized the group number, applied to join using a newly registered account, paused for two seconds in the personal introduction column, and typed in Shi Lijin.

The master of the manor suddenly applying to join shocked the administrators immensely. How did he find out about this group?!

The impact was a bit too big, and before the administrators could overthink it, they hurriedly clicked approve while their heads were still hot.

Warmly welcome the Second Young Master to the group!

Wow, so the Second Young Master has an account too. Are you here to inspect us? Hehe!

Welcome, welcome, scattering flowers. How did you find our group? What a pleasant surprise!

Second Young Master, we built this group just to chat about work when we have free time. We don’t usually chat much.

This boast was blown sky-high, directly cracking Gu Qingjiao up.

With such an obvious word like gossip right at the top, were their jobs perhaps responsible for growing gossip melons?

Gu Qingjiao had no time to chat with these people. Moving her fingers, she found an image online that violated the core socialist values and sent it to the group.

Group members: …

Shortly after the image was sent, the once-active group seemed to have been hit by a pause button. Both the perverted and the non-perverted fell silent.

Pair after pair of eyes stared at the chat interface, not knowing how to respond. Their heads had been burning hot just a second ago, but the next second they were tied into knots.

What is going on?!

Did the Second Young Master get his account hacked?

Meanwhile, Gu Qingjiao continued her operations. She opened the group information, scrolled down, and clicked report this group.

Two minutes later, the gossip group was disbanded on the spot for spreading inappropriate information.

System: Host, a double kill in one move. Awesome!

The corners of Gu Qingjiao’s lips curved upward, her long eyelashes brushing lightly amidst the light and shadow. That face in front of the screen was as clear and white as jade luster, making her appear half gentle and half dark.

She put away her phone, lazily slumping over the desk. In the darkness, the human and the system began to chat idly.

Gu Qingjiao: “How many days do I have left?”

System: Three days.

System: Shi Lijin will not let you live past three days.

“Fine, I will endure,” Gu Qingjiao yawned, “Lying flat is my specialty.”

The system fell silent because it suddenly recalled the image the host had just sent in the group, as well as her subsequent actions.

Can she really endure?

Gu Qingjiao was finally released by the housekeeper.

This housekeeper was not the housekeeper of the South Manor, but came from another estate of the Shi family’s private residence, the North Manor. As he walked, he introduced himself to Gu Qingjiao, saying that Madam Shi had specifically sent him over to serve her in order to guarantee Miss Gu’s safety.

Hearing this, Gu Qingjiao smiled reservedly.

Low emotional intelligence: I am here to monitor you!

High emotional intelligence: To ensure your safety.

Turns out even Madam Shi, far away in the North Manor, knew that her stepson was a dangerous figure. Yet despite this, in order to control the Shi family’s property, she still made her own niece risk approaching Shi Lijin.

Gu Qingjiao recalled that the pitiful female supporting character had met an early, desolate death precisely because she approached that person.

No wonder the system told her that everyone in this book was ruthless, and no one was trustworthy.

Five minutes later, the housekeeper led her to the front garden. The scenery here was pleasant with an open view, and the lush podocarpus pines along the road were trimmed to be full and shapely. Gu Qingjiao’s mood improved considerably as a result, but good times barely lasted before she saw several tall men in black standing stiffly outside the pavilion ahead.

Because the distance was too far, she could only simply distinguish that a man was sitting inside the pavilion. Half of his body was tall and slender, his side profile fair with lowered eyes, and his hands were toying with something, looking inexplicably oppressive.

The North Housekeeper’s pace gradually slowed down. Gu Qingjiao faintly sensed a trace of a problem, until he stopped completely, took the marriage agreement out of his bag, and motioned for her to wait here. Only then did Gu Qingjiao know that things were indeed not simple.

After the North Housekeeper left, she pointed at the figure inside the pavilion and asked the system, “Who is that person?”

The system reacted a beat slower and replied: He is the master of the Shi Family South Manor, the future criminal record holder, the twisted-minded pervert, the God-killing villain, Shi Lijin.

Gu Qingjiao: Isn’t he just a villain character? Do you need to stack this many buffs on him? I actually think he’s quite normal, and even looks a little handsome.

System: A pretty skin is only meant to hide a dark interior. Whatever, there’s no use telling you. In any case, be careful yourself. The system will make judgments based on the current situation. Once it detects that the Host is in mortal danger, it will appropriately give a prompt, and by then you just need to close your eyes and wait for death.

Gu Qingjiao frowned: What? You’ll still give me a prompt before I die? Is the service this considerate?

System: Of course, only a high-quality Host is worthy of a high-quality system like me.

Gu Qingjiao: I thank you so much.

At this moment, figures in the distance swayed. She saw a hand throw the marriage agreement onto the ground, and then that group of black-suited bodyguards swarmed around the North Housekeeper. The leading foreigner pointed at his nose and roared, “In your dreams! Our Second Young Master will never marry her, you guys can give up on that idea!”

The North Housekeeper, who used to be surrounded by pampering, had never suffered such a blow. He widened his eyes to glare back at the other party, raging, “The head of the family just passed away, and this is precisely the time when both families need to cooperate. What’s wrong with a marriage between the Gu and Shi families bringing us closer? Besides, this marriage was originally Madam’s intention. The Second Young Master was raised by Madam since childhood, and he hasn’t even said anything himself. What are you guys buzzing about blindly?”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Lijin, who had been intently carving just a moment ago, abruptly paused his right hand. The sharp carving knife faintly pointed at the other party. He raised his head slightly, his gaze chillingly fixed on the North Housekeeper. “Raised?”

The North Housekeeper also realized that he had been too impulsive just now, resulting in a reckless slip of the tongue. He hurriedly lowered his head and whispered in explanation, “No, Second Young Master, I was a bit anxious just now and said the wrong thing, please don’t take offense. My meaning is that after the head of the family passed away, Madam has always been worried about your and the Eldest Young Master’s future. Seeing that the Eldest Young Master already has a girlfriend, while you…”

Shi Lijin: “What she’s worried about is the Shi family’s succession rights. What, the old man didn’t give birth when he was alive, and now that he’s dead she knows how to panic? Go back and tell your Madam: either take that Miss Gu away now, or carry her out tomorrow.”

The North Housekeeper: …

Gu Qingjiao in the distance felt a chill run down her back: I feel like I won’t live to see three days.

System: Scared now? I told you long ago that Shi Lijin was vicious, but you didn’t believe me and blamed me for stacking buffs.

Gu Qingjiao: I’m not scared either. Besides, I think what he said makes total sense. If the mother didn’t give birth herself, why make the children suffer? It’s really strange.

System: ???

Whose side is she on anyway?

The system fell silent for two seconds: Host, have you ever thought that the child you mentioned might not let you live to see tomorrow’s sun? Why don’t you ponder his last sentence a little more?

Gu Qingjiao looked up to survey the weather and said to the system: It’s not just me who won’t see tomorrow’s sun; maybe even the entire manor won’t see it. Tomorrow is cloudy turning overcast, and there will probably be occasional showers at night with mediocre air quality.

System: I’m talking to you about life, and you’re talking to me about the air??

At that moment, someone opposite suddenly roared. It was still that tall, burly foreign bodyguard, who pointed at the North Housekeeper’s nose and said with a distorted accent, “Even if our Second Young Master were to marry a chicken, it’s impossible for him to marry that Gu Qingjiao!”

This was fresh.

He said his Second Young Master was going to marry a chicken.

Gu Qingjiao thought for a few seconds, then searched for the kitchen and helped bring over a chicken.

She threw the chicken at the bodyguard’s feet, scaring everyone into retreating repeatedly. As for herself, she calmly dusted the dust off her body and said, “Here, just caught. I heard your Second Young Master likes chickens, so I specially picked a hen to bring over. Nice to meet you all, my name is Gu Qingjiao.”

Everyone present: …

There are thousands of ways to socially die, but reverse social death is a first.

The North Housekeeper had originally thought he would be Miss Gu’s strong backing, but he never expected that in the end, he would still have to rely on her to bail him out. His old face flushed red, and thinking that it was still better not to anger the Second Young Master, he had no choice but to silently shrink behind Miss Gu.

Gu Qingjiao glanced at the marriage agreement on the ground, then looked at Shi Lijin. She saw that the man was leisurely wrapping gauze around his wrist, with some bloodstains faintly visible on the gauze.

Gu Qingjiao: “I heard you want to carry me away?”

Shi Lijin didn’t even look at her, saying in an icy tone, “Miss Gu has a delicate body and shouldn’t pin her future on others. Being so young, you should go out more and experience life.”

Gu Qingjiao was not intimidated by the other party’s aura in the least. Instead, she let out a soft laugh, swaying her waist as she walked straight over, and sat directly on his lap under his gloomy gaze.

Everyone was caught off guard.

The woman acted as if she didn’t know how dangerous this move was. She reached out to hook her arms around the man’s neck and said coquettishly, “What if I refuse?”

The man’s gaze was chilling, like an icy blade.

Gu Qingjiao leaned down to his ear, and her seductive voice sounded once more: “Are you going to take my life?”