I Just Want to Spoil and Run Away with the Abused Female Lead [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 3

Shi Xingrao couldn’t discern Lin Shuangran’s emotions. Lin Shuangran had always been gentle toward others, to the point where even her anger was barely noticeable.

Because of this, Lu Ze, that bastard, relentlessly tormented Lin Shuangran, hoping to provoke some different reaction from her. While claiming to love her, he orchestrated a car accident that broke her legs, ensuring she could never set foot on the stage she adored again.

Lu Ze’s love was so despicable it drove one to despair. He clipped Lin Shuangran’s wings, harmed her sister, dragged her down, and imprisoned her, all while hypocritically claiming he did it out of fear that she might abandon him again that he simply loved her too much.

Yet, even after having Lin Shuangran, he still cheated on her, comparing her to other women, insulting her, and trampling her self-esteem into the mud time and time again.

In the end, Lin Shuangran fell in love with Lu Ze due to Stockholm syndrome. Her tragedy lay in the fact that her kindness toward others became the blade that wounded her.

Lin Shuangran looked at her just like that like a cold, proud swan. Even offstage, she was the most captivating presence in any crowd.

Shi Xingrao didn’t know how Lin Shuangran would perceive her.

However, she hoped Lin Shuangran wouldn’t be so saintly, so excessively kind to her. Shi Xingrao acknowledged that kindness was a virtue, but she also believed that those who were too kind would end up utterly wounded.

Lu Ze stood by, mocking Shi Xingrao. “I bet Lin Shuangran has no idea what you’re really like, does she?”

Shi Xingrao shot him a sharp glare, but before she could speak, Lin Shuangran spoke first. “Xingrao must have her reasons for acting this way. No one wants to lie and deceive others. If given the choice, most people would prefer to be their true selves.”

Lin Shuangran’s words were soft, very soft, like a feather landing on the surface of a lake, rippling the calm waters.

It was a sentence imbued with the utmost tenderness.

Shi Xingrao watched Lin Shuangran with keen interest. To be honest, she had encountered many who claimed to be kind, but Lin Shuangran was the only one who struck her as genuinely sincere.

Lin Shuangran turned and glanced at Lu Ze, her tone gentle yet firm. “Lu Ze, if possible, I hope you won’t trouble Xingrao anymore.”

Lu Ze was seething with frustration. After Lin Shuangran finished speaking, she left. For some inexplicable reason, Shi Xingrao found herself following her.

Shi Xingrao: “Duoduo, is there no way to exchange for assets?”

She had just checked her finances and realized she was practically penniless her WeChat and Alipay combined couldn’t even scrape together fifty yuan. Now that she had broken things off with Lu Ze, there was no way she could go back to his place to stay. Even if they hadn’t fallen out, she wouldn’t set foot in that scumbag’s home.

If she couldn’t exchange for money, she’d probably end up sleeping on the streets tonight.

Cat Ears: “Sorry, host. The permission to exchange for assets hasn’t been unlocked yet. You’ll need to complete at least the first world and gain the main system’s certification to unlock this feature.”

Shi Xingrao: “…”

Pursing her lips, Shi Xingrao looked up at the figure not far away. Maybe, she could borrow some money from Lin Shuangran?

No sooner had the thought crossed her mind than she acted on it, leaving Cat Ears no time to react.

“Sister.”

Her mouth moved faster than the thoughts in her head. Lin Shuangran paused in her steps, turned around, and smiled at her. “What’s up, Rao rao? Why did you call me ‘sister’?”

Shi Xingrao: “…”

Her tone was a bit awkward. “I offended Lu Ze today and have nowhere to stay.”

Lin Shuangran’s eyes curved into crescents as she reached out and gently ruffled Shi Xingrao’s hair. “Then, would you like to stay at my place?”

No one had ever ruffled her hair like this before. Shi Xingrao’s earlobes flushed with a hint of pink, and her gaze toward Lin Shuangran was clearly startled. When she finally processed what had happened, she pursed her lips and said in an unnatural tone, “Stop. touching me.”

Lin Shuangran seemed to realize only then that her actions had overstepped. She withdrew her hand but couldn’t resist rubbing her fingertips, as if trying to hold onto the warmth from Shi Xingrao.

“Sorry, I couldn’t help myself just now. Rao rao, you really remind me of a kitten.”

A pretty little kitten that would push you away with its paws when petted.

Lin Shuangran felt a sense of novelty. Aside from dancing, this was the first time she had felt such a strong interest in someone else. Shi Xingrao, much like the dance she loved, held an inexplicable allure for her.

With reddened ears, Shi Xingrao complained to Cat Ears, “Clearly, Lin Shuangran is the one who’s like a kitten a beautiful, naive kitten who’s easy to fool. I said I had nowhere to stay, and she immediately offered to take me home. She’s not even afraid I might be a bad person.”

“She’s so gullible. I might as well go home with her, or else who knows when that scumbag Lu Ze might trick her into selling her kidneys.”

Cat Ears: “…”

Following Lin Shuangran home, Shi Xingrao was settled in the room next to hers. Before going to sleep, Shi Xingrao looked down from the balcony of her room and saw a vast field of sunflowers in the yard below.

This house was left to Lin Shuangran by her mother. Lin’s mother had passed away when Shi Xingrao was five, and this sunflower field was the only keepsake Lin Shuangran had from her.

It was clear that Lin Shuangran cherished these flowers deeply. Even when she went abroad, she made sure the sunflowers were well taken care of.

However, in the original storyline, Lin Shuangran died of depression just two years after marrying Lu Ze, and this sunflower field, along with the house, was burned to the ground by him.

After Lin Shuangran’s death, Lu Ze once again played the role of the grieving lover, trying to use her only keepsake to lure her back. But this time, Lin Shuangran could never return.

Shi Xingrao didn’t know how Lin Shuangran would have reacted upon seeing her mother’s keepsake destroyed by Lu Ze. Perhaps she would have been heartbroken, or perhaps she would have grown numb to the pain, becoming a walking corpse that nothing could awaken.

It was a clichéd, tragic love story, as if only the female lead’s death could make the male lead realize his mistakes in anguish, as if only her death could make him truly repent and suffer.

Shi Xingrao didn’t like such a plot.

She didn’t like the trope where the male lead regrets everything only after the female lead dies. What she preferred was a story where the wrongdoers face the consequences of their actions. She wanted the male lead to experience every bit of pain the female lead endured.

Lying on the bed, wrapped in the soft blanket, Shi Xingrao relaxed slightly. “Duoduo, did previous hosts always choose to bring the male and female leads together and boost the male lead’s happiness points?”

Cat Ears: “Yes, but the method you’ve chosen now seems pretty good too.”

At least collecting emotional energy is really fast; this is the host with the highest commission it has ever brought.

The emotional points the host accumulated by completing gacha achievements their system takes a cut from those emotional points.

After listening to the cat ears speak a few sentences, Shi Xingrao said with a calm expression, “Then I’ll continue taking you to farm emotional points tomorrow?”

Cat Ears: “Great! Are we going to farm the female lead’s emotional points tomorrow? The female lead seems to have a good impression of you. We could farm her happiness points and use them for gacha.”

Shi Xingrao: “No, we won’t use Lin Shuangran’s happiness points for gacha.”

Cat Ears: “?”

Shi Xingrao: “We’ll farm Lu Ze’s anger points and use his anger points for gacha.”

Cat Ears perched on Shi Xingrao’s shoulder, its white light ears gently swaying. Shi Xingrao said not to use Lin Shuangran’s happiness points, was it because she wanted Lin Shuangran to be happy and joyful a little longer?

Actually, its host just appeared cold and detached on the surface, but deep down, she was still quite kind.

Shi Xingrao suddenly spoke up, “By the way, when I first entered this world, what did my acting rating of F mean?”

Cat Ears froze, “Ah, an F in acting means your acting is really good! You’re an award-winning actress, have some confidence.”

Shi Xingrao: “…”

Yeah, right. I don’t believe a word of that.

Shi Xingrao: “Look up Yu Chen’s acting skills for me.”

Cat Ears: “Host, the system only retains information about hosts who have signed fast-transmigration contracts. For those not bound, we don’t have their information recorded.”

Shi Xingrao lifted her eyelids slightly, “Look it up.”

Cat Ears was very reluctant but still looked it up for Shi Xingrao. To its surprise, it actually managed to find Yu Chen’s file.

Cat Ears was very confused. Yu Chen’s file was outstanding. If there was such an impressive person, it shouldn’t have been unaware. Whenever any system had an outstanding host, they would boast about it in the system for three days straight. If someone like that existed, it would have heard the name so often its ears would ache.

Moreover, it couldn’t see the details of Yu Chen’s fast-transmigration worlds. The information about those worlds existed, but it didn’t have the access to view it.

It could only mean that the permissions required to view Yu Chen’s complete information were very high. And it was already one of the higher-level systems in the system.

Any higher permissions would likely only be accessible to the Main God and the Main System.