The Female Lead of the Abusive Novel Can Hear My Heart's Voice - Chapter 1

The weather in Jiangcheng was changeable one moment it was sunny, the next a strong wind blew up, knocking over the parasol of a street vendor’s stall.

Heavy rain began to fall, pattering wildly against the glass windows of the quiet villa district.

Xia Mucai, or ‘Cai Cai’ sat on the windowsill of a detached villa facing the road, her head lowered and turned to look at the world outside in the rain. A black sedan drove by, splashing water from the ground.

The car stopped right in front of her villa’s gate. The driver briefly honked the horn. She knew this meant her nominal older sister had been brought back from the orphanage.

The room was gloomy and empty; even a soft sigh could be heard clearly. Swish, she pulled the balcony curtain shut, making the room even darker and more somber.

A clear voice of a woman came from outside, “Cai Cai, your sister is back. Want to go downstairs and see her?”

That was Xia Mucai’s adoptive mother in this world.

She recalled the plot of this world: she was the vicious female antagonist in an abusive CEO novel, a ‘hurt body, hurt heart’ story. The original owner was just a primary school student who loved to compete with the female lead, the real rich daughter, for the male lead using low-level means, and yet she succeeded in her villainy.

Under her manipulation, the male lead constantly misunderstood the female lead and abused her until she died. Only then did he finally awaken, putting all the blame on the vicious female antagonist, the original owner.

The original owner was ruined, lost her family, and died in a small alley.

And the male lead? He only felt overwhelming grief, reminiscing about the female lead in the dead of night, drinking champagne and holding a beauty while suffering in thought.

Thinking of this, Xia Mucai couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth. Stupid author writing a stupid story. The female lead only loses her life, and the male lead loses his love!

Yuck…

The woman outside gently persuaded her again, “Cai Cai, let’s go downstairs and meet your sister. Mommy will buy you the latest handbag later.”

“Cai Cai is the most obedient. Even if you’re not our biological daughter, we won’t abandon you. Mommy will always only recognize you as our daughter.” The woman leaned her cheek and hand against the door of Xia Mucai’s room, as if embracing her daughter inside.

Her love for Xia Mucai surpassed her love for her own recently found biological daughter.

The rich lady’s biological daughter was the pathetic female lead in this abusive novel.

Xia Mucai sighed again, pursing her lips. Before even meeting the main character, she felt sorrow for her.

Speaking of which, she had just transmigrated. If her mission were to change the plot, she wouldn’t be so worried, sighing in this dark room.

Quite the opposite, her mission was to thoroughly embody the vicious female antagonist.

She comforted herself, saying, “It’s her good fortune that a mere mortal sacrifices herself for me, a demigod.”

The more confidently she spoke, the more guilty she felt inside.

She had never done anything bad; she was a Lucky Cat, she should be helping the poor female lead, but the task to achieve godhood was precisely this.

“Ah.” Another sigh.

The person outside continued to kindly persuade, “Cai Cai, just see your sister once, that’s all. Don’t worry, she can’t compare to your importance in Daddy and Mommy’s hearts.”

Finally, the person in the room stirred. The person on the windowsill put on her slippers, stood up, walked straight to the door, and opened it. What greeted her eyes was a rich lady with slight wrinkles but very well maintained skin.

That was the original owner’s adoptive mother, and also Xia Mucai’s adoptive mother in this world.

Seeing her finally come out of the room, and knowing she had kept herself alone in the dark room without turning on the light, the woman immediately felt heartache. She pulled Xia Mucai into a tight embrace, crying.

“It’s Mommy’s fault. Why aren’t you our biological daughter?”

Xia Mucai nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. The rich lady was hugging her too tightly, too forcefully.

Unable to push the rich lady away, she had to gently comfort her, “Mom, please let go, and don’t say such things. I can be your daughter, but you can’t abandon your true biological daughter. She has been wandering outside for over ten years, how pitiful.”

The rich lady sniffled, slowly released Xia Mucai, and wiped her tears, stubbornly saying, “Mommy only recognizes you as her daughter.”

Xia Mucai felt helpless, afraid the rich lady might get emotional and hug her again. “Alright, alright, let’s go downstairs and meet our sister.”

“Mhm,” the adoptive mother said.

The people downstairs didn’t know what was happening on the second floor. If the real daughter heard that her biological mother didn’t recognize her and that this family didn’t welcome her, she would immediately lose heart and leave.

After all, she wasn’t the three year old child who got lost back then. She was already twenty three, a graduate of a prestigious university in Jiangcheng, and had a job at a Fortune Global 500 company. Her future was bright and promising.

There was nothing to be afraid of.

The father was sitting on the sofa, boiling water and pouring tea for her. His low, deep voice spoke, “Xia Chi, you must have suffered outside. Drink some fine Longjing tea you’ve probably never had it before.”

The man’s words were filled with contempt, looking down on this biological daughter who had lived in the countryside for 20 years. He was of the same mind as the rich lady upstairs, only recognizing Xia Mucai as their daughter.

Although Xia Chi felt a hint of something wrong in his words, she thought, ‘What if I misread the situation?’

She took the teacup handed to her by her biological father and bowed politely, saying, “Thank you.” The man inexplicably rolled his eyes. Perhaps her angle was wrong, so Xia Chi didn’t dwell on it.

Holding the teacup near her mouth, she gently blew away the tea leaves floating on the surface and took a small sip of the freshly brewed fine tea. The taste was indeed good.

She used the same method to blow away the leaves on the water surface and took another small sip.

The cup of tea was almost empty when the two people upstairs finally came down.

“You’re the biological daughter that Mom and Dad lost years ago?”

Her voice was heard before she was seen. Xia Chi put down the teacup, stood up, and looked at the two people on the second floor, alongside her father.

The father next to her had a joyful, beaming smile and said, “It’s Cai Cai.”

Xia Chi had thought her father naturally didn’t like to smile, but it turned out he just hadn’t seen the person who could make him smile from the heart.

A sense of loss and pain arose in her heart.

She originally intended to meet the mother she had lost for 20 years but was unexpectedly captivated by the girl beside her.

The girl with a bewitching look, strong facial features, and upturned peach blossom eyes must be her sister.

Calling her a seductive fox spirit wouldn’t be an exaggeration, yet her demeanor revealed a hint of laziness. Xia Chi thought for a long time, and one word surfaced in her mind.

That word was cat.

Yes, she thought inwardly, ‘That sister is very much like a cat.’

Xia Mucai was also immediately captivated by Xia Chi downstairs. She had a pure, sweet face, nothing overwhelmingly outstanding, but very pleasant to look at.

‘White’ would be a good descriptor for her, but Xia Mucai felt the female lead was more suited to ‘black.’ Becoming a Queen on a throne would fit her well.

Realizing she was drifting off, she quickly shook her head and tossed the distracting thoughts away.

【What are you thinking, Xia Mucai? You haven’t seen a beautiful woman in a long time, have you?】 she scorned herself inwardly.

【Focus on the mission. That’s more important than anything.】

A voice that sounded distant yet echoed reached Xia Chi’s ears. The voice sounded similar to the girl’s voice just now. Xia Chi couldn’t help but wonder where the sound was coming from.

She clearly hadn’t seen the sister walking down the stairs speak. How strange.

The father beside her joyfully said, “Cai Cai, come quickly and meet your sister. You two sisters should get along well in the future.”

Xia Mucai, unable to refuse the warmth, wanted to adopt the air of a vicious female antagonist, but unexpectedly, she feebly and fawningly took the female lead’s hand like a little lamb.

She was instantly surprised by the feel of Xia Chi’s hand, widening her eyes. 【Damn, the female lead’s hand is so soft. The male lead is such a tasteless person; he should be protecting the soft female lead, not bullying her. What’s he doing?】

“I’m Xia Mucai, and you?” Xia Mucai asked in a friendly manner.

“Xia Mucai, huh…” Xia Chi quietly mumbled the name because the voice she heard earlier also mentioned this name.

She found it hard not to suspect that the voice came from her sister right here, but she had just seen that even from this close distance, she hadn’t seen Xia Mucai’s mouth move.

“I’m Xia Chi.”

The two parents, seeing this harmonious scene, were almost moved to tears. The couple clapped their hands excitedly nearby.

It should be noted that Xia Mucai was the vicious female antagonist. Putting on such an act proved she wasn’t vicious enough.

She maintained the fawning smile on the surface, but her internal monologue started to protest, 【I can’t be like this. Shaking hands and introducing myself to the female lead is not being a vicious female antagonist. I should be crying piteously and saying: ‘Sister is back, this home should belong to you. I’m sorry I stole your life.’ Then run away. The adoptive parents behind me would then, without asking any questions, dislike the female lead and all run to chase me back. And I shouldn’t run too far, so I’m easily caught.】

【That’s right, that’s what a vicious female antagonist should do. Why did I end up shaking hands and introducing names with the female lead!!!】

Unconsciously, she clenched Xia Chi’s hand, completely unaware of it because Xia Chi showed no expression of pain.

Instead, Xia Chi showed a strange smile.

That was because Xia Chi could finally confirm who was emitting that ethereal voice, like an empty valley. It was the sister standing before her.

She could hear Xia Mucai’s inner thoughts.

“By the way, sister, I have a welcoming gift I want to give you.”

Xia Chi let go of Xia Mucai’s hand and pulled out from her shoulder bag a Lucky Cat, predominantly white, with an orange left ear, a brown right ear, and a gold bell strung on a red string around its neck.

“Take this. I bought it yesterday at the antique market. Seeing you today, I found you look very much like it.”

Suddenly, upon seeing the Lucky Cat, Xia Mucai almost burst into tears. 【The female lead is indeed the female lead. She recognized my true form at a glance. I was planning to go find it after completing the plot, but I didn’t expect her to deliver it to me.】

The Lucky Cat was very important to Xia Mucai. If the Lucky Cat was damaged, she would also be injured. If the Lucky Cat turned to dust, she would be close to death.

【Female lead, kind female lead!】

Xia Chi scratched her face, smiled sheepishly, and thought inwardly, ‘The Lucky Cat, which I casually spent 5,000 yuan to buy, is actually very important to Xia Mucai. This way, she won’t hate me, right? I really want to get along peacefully with my sister.’

The core of this sister has changed, hasn’t it.