The Female Lead of the Abusive Novel Can Hear My Heart's Voice - Chapter 2

It was quite the cliché: Xia Mucai had suffered amnesia, and a being who called itself a god had told her what her mission was.

The mission she vaguely remembered that completing it would allow her to accumulate enough merit, become immortal, and ascend to godhood.

Being able to become an existence on par with a god was a stroke of luck for a little demon like Xia Mucai.

She asked the god, “So, what is the mission?”

The god told her, “Be the villainous female supporting character and follow the plot properly.”

That simple?

She swore that she wouldn’t just do the mission well she would complete it excellently!

Xia Mucai hugged her ceramic body while sleeping, muttering some incomprehensible words in her dreams.

Since she had returned so suddenly yesterday, Xia’s father and mother hadn’t prepared a room for their biological daughter, so Xia Mucai and Xia Chi had to make do and sleep together for one night.

At first, Xia Mucai was unwilling, but she had no choice when living under someone else’s roof.

It wouldn’t be right for a fake daughter who ate and used other people’s things to forbid the biological daughter from sleeping in her bed.

When her adoptive mother asked her to sleep with the female protagonist, she didn’t utter a word of complaint.

This frightened her adoptive father and mother, making them even more worried. How could a child they had raised for 20 years give up so easily?

Silence speaks louder than words; they seemed to hear their child crying.

However, according to her role, how could a villainous female supporting character sleep with the female protagonist?

Xia Chi was woken up by the muttering. She turned her head and quietly watched her naïve younger sister, observing her and murmuring softly, “I thought you wouldn’t welcome me. I didn’t expect to have such a lovely sister.”

She had lived in an orphanage for eighteen years and was used to the warmth and coldness of human relationships. She didn’t blame anyone; the dean was old, and even if she tried to divide her heart, she couldn’t fairly care for every child. Favoritism and neglect were inevitable, so the children would inevitably resort to small tricks to ‘seek attention.’

But she wasn’t very good at it.

She was sensible and well-behaved, even earning occasional praise from the old dean. The price of being well behaved, however, was neglect; everyone seemed to think she didn’t need that affection.

She attended university while working part-time, leaving no time for rest.

The five thousand yuan from yesterday were savings she had accumulated for a long time but was reluctant to spend on living expenses. Yet, she decisively bought that ceramic Maneki-neko.

A hand brought Xia Chi back to her senses. The person seemed to be searching for something, gently touching her face.

“You’re awake?”

She asked uncertainly, seeing that Xia Mucai was still closing her eyes.

Was a hazy voice talking to her? Xia Mucai was truly adorable.

“Where am I…” Xia Mucai’s voice emerged.

“Of course you’re at home. Are you still sleepy?”

Xia Chi didn’t speak, afraid of startling Xia Mucai.

She then heard Xia Mucai mumble softly, “Female protagonist, mission…”

Her sister must read too many novels.

She was quite innocent and lovely.

Xia Chi stared quietly at Xia Mucai’s blinking eyes. The other person was about to wake up, she knew. She just wanted to see if the cat-girl woke up the same way as ordinary people.

Would she open her eyes instantly or slowly?

Would Xia Mucai get stressed if she kept staring like this?

All these things made Xia Chi curious.

In this brief moment of contemplation, Xia Mucai woke up. She was just like an ordinary person, slowly opening her eyes. Her amber eyes surveyed the surroundings.

Upon seeing a pair of ink-black eyes, Xia Mucai’s pupils contracted. She took a closer look and immediately bristled.

The female protagonist?

What was the female protagonist doing?

Right, she and the female protagonist slept on the same bed last night.

Before she could scream, she tumbled off the bed and looked cautiously at the female protagonist who was acting bizarre early in the morning.

Xia Chi wanted to approach her but dared not.

This was because the current Xia Mucai was like a cat ready to scratch at any moment.

“You didn’t do anything to me, did you?” she asked nervously.

Xia Chi’s voice was very gentle, “No.”

Just one word made her lower her guard, and her nerves were no longer tense.

Noticing the Maneki-neko thrown on the bed, Xia Chi pointed, “Do you like this very much? I saw you sleeping while holding it.”

Xia Mucai’s Maneki-neko was indeed on the bed. She glanced at it and replied unpleasantly, “It’s none of your business.”

Cats are solitary animals, valuing their personal territory and space. Agreeing to sleep with Xia Chi last night was already an immense favor from the cat to a human.

Waking up this morning to see Xia Chi staring at her, and for who knows how long, made it difficult for her sensitive nerves not to tense up and bristle.

Xia Chi consciously retreated a meter, holding her hands up like a culprit.

She could see Xia Mucai’s tension, just like the first time she saw her. She was like a kitten.

She tried to soften her tone and lower her voice, “I won’t do anything to you. I’m leaving right away.”

Xia Cat stared intently, not saying a word.

“See, I’m about to open the door and go out. Don’t worry, we are both girls. I won’t do anything to you.”

The unexpected happened.

Before Xia Chi could open the door, it was opened from the outside.

Xia Mother, with good skin tone and a figure that hadn’t lost shape even at 40, walked in.

She didn’t think there was anything wrong with suddenly opening Xia Mucai’s door.

But this was something Xia Mucai had explicitly forbidden: no one was allowed to enter her room without permission. Xia Mother simply didn’t listen.

“Cai Cai, today is the day your sister is back. We want to host a welcoming banquet for her.”

“Mom, didn’t I tell you not to open my door casually and not to enter my room without permission?”

“Okay, Mom won’t do it again,” Xia Mother saw the change in Xia Mucai’s expression and quickly changed the subject.

She didn’t forget to add an explanation for the fake daughter, “The outside world already knows your sister is back…”

She wanted to tell the fake daughter that they had no choice.

According to the original novel, the original character would be so angry that she’d jump up and down, venting her displeasure by smashing things. Her adoptive parents would naturally feel heartache and would decide not to hold the banquet for her sake. The female protagonist would thus be slighted, and the kind female protagonist would feel it was her own fault, starting a lifetime of misguided filial piety.

“Cai Cai, are you agreeing by not speaking?” the adoptive mother asked nervously, afraid of offending this difficult young mistress.

After a long time, Xia Mucai didn’t answer. Her expression was natural, and she didn’t look angry.

She was actually thinking, [Is the female protagonist really a doormat who won’t fight back or talk back?]

Because Xia Mucai, the fake daughter, often acted high and mighty in front of the female protagonist, the true daughter, the female protagonist only felt that her younger sister liked her and was just playing around.

Yet, even when the fake daughter personally pushed the female protagonist down the stairs, the female protagonist would still rub the fake daughter’s head without losing her temper, attempting to reform her.

If the female protagonist really had a doormat personality, wouldn’t it be easy for her to complete the mission? Anyway, if she apologized later and the protagonist forgave her, her own conscience would be clear.

This was exactly what she wanted.

Xia Mucai was about to smash things and vent her emotions to follow the plot, just like in the original novel, but unexpectedly, the next second, Xia Mother hugged her, deeply moved and bursting into tears.

“Cai… Cai Cai, you’ve grown up.”

Xia Mucai was stunned. Her hands were awkwardly placed, and the key was that the woman was holding her tightly.

This feeling was suffocating. She felt like a kitten being completely overpowered.

She struggled to push the woman away, looking utterly disgusted, raising her chin, and knitting her eyebrows into a deep frown. Seeing the woman’s snot about to run down her face, her expression was no longer just a frown but a complex mix of colorful emotions, like a messy palette.

[Save… Save me, she’s killing the cat!!!]

Xia Mucai noticed the female protagonist next to them, smiling demurely, looking peaceful and timeless.

Based on her understanding of the novel’s female protagonist, Xia Chi, [She won’t think this older woman and I are performing a mother-daughter affection scene, will she?]

At least before Xia Mucai’s inner monologue, Xia Chi had genuinely believed that Xia Mucai and her mother were hugging in a display of good affection.

Because of this, she smiled happily, thinking she had such a lovely family.

It turns out it wasn’t a profound mother-daughter hug…

Of course not!

Xia Mucai quickly saw Xia Chi rein in her smile, standing solemnly in place.

“Enough!” She forcefully pushed away the sobbing Xia Mother who was clinging to her. “Mom, I get it. I’ll attend my sister’s banquet.”

After saying this, she herself was momentarily stunned. [Wait, I’m supposed to follow the plot. Why did I agree?]

This inner monologue successfully changed Xia Chi’s perception of Xia Mucai entirely. Xia Chi’s mind was filled with “She is so kind, she is so lovely.”

If Xia Mucai, the villainess, heard this, it would definitely be a great insult. A villainous character being praised as kind by the virtuous female protagonist.

“Seriously, being annoyed by you first thing in the morning. I’m leaving, don’t look for me.”

Xia Mucai shouted at Xia Mother and ran off in a fit of pique.

Despite the shouting, the wealthy woman wasn’t angry with Xia Mucai. Watching the retreating back, she was even a little worried.

However, her gaze shifted to Xia Chi, and the mother finally remembered she had something to say to her biological daughter.

Xia Chi’s hand was held. She looked confusedly at the unfamiliar relative. As an orphan from an orphanage, no one would hold their hand and talk to them like the woman in front of her. She pitiably sensed maternal love from this slightest detail.

Sitting on the soft bed, they looked at each other. Xia Chi heard her mother speak, “Xiao Chi, will you blame your father and mother for only finding you after all this time?”

Xia Chi wanted to say no, and she was already ready to shake her head vigorously, but she unexpectedly heard a familiar voice.

[This old woman is emotionally blackmailing you, you silly female protagonist.]

It turned out that Xia Mucai, who had run out, turned back, remembering a crucial plot point from the original book. Her villainess character was too minor to affect the female protagonist’s lifetime of misguided filial piety; the key characters were the biological parents.

She was eavesdropping behind the wall, listening and complaining.

[She will talk about her difficulties, and the kind-hearted female protagonist will sympathize with her, feeling sorry for her parents who had a good life, while not feeling sorry for herself. If they had been willing to search back then, you would have been found long ago.]

[“That can’t be true…” Xia Chi thought to herself.

If Xia Mucai could hear Xia Chi’s inner voice, she would definitely yell, “Why can’t it be true? Are you questioning my ability as a transmigrator?”

[Here it comes, here comes the scene that thousands of readers complained about!] Xia Mucai started to watch the drama seriously, fully focused, wishing she could pass through the wall to stand before the two women, bringing a small stool to listen carefully.

Just by hearing the voice, she could already imagine the adoptive mother inside, holding the female protagonist’s hand and recounting the past like a loving mother.

“Xiao Chi, we tried hard to find you when you went missing at the age of three. Your mother was heartbroken when you were lost. We happened to see a baby on the side of the road and thought that if we were good to her, someone else might be good to you.”

The wealthy woman looked remorseful, “It wasn’t easy for us. Knowing you were lost felt like a piece of us was cut away. Cai Cai’s arrival filled that void.”

[This is when the female protagonist should be soft-hearted. She doesn’t even feel sorry for herself but first feels sorry for her parents who lived comfortably.] Xia Mucai complained intensely in her heart, which she had wanted to say while reading the original book.

Things really happened as Xia Mucai had predicted. Xia Chi was mixed with emotions.

Xia Chi: “Mom, so you stopped looking for me after you had my sister, right?”

Xia Mucai didn’t know what happened inside, but something shocking, causing her pupils to dilate, unexpectedly occurred.

What did she just hear!

[Did… Did the female protagonist say that?]

She wondered what she had done. Why did a crucial part of the plot deviate?

Xia Mother also seemed to think she had an auditory hallucination. Was that what her honest, biological daughter had just said? Was she questioning why they didn’t continue searching for her?

“This… Xia Chi, it wasn’t easy for us…” The wealthy woman became hesitant and stammering, her demeanor instantly shrinking, losing the authoritative air of a loving mother she had moments ago.

Xia Chi understood that they had stopped searching after finding Xia Mucai. She had been abandoned in the orphanage, becoming a parentless orphan.

She felt a slight disappointment, but thinking that she had family now, this small emotional flaw didn’t matter much.

She softened her expression, empathizing with her parents’ difficulties.

“I understand. Taking care of Cai Cai must not have been easy.”

Xia Chi gave the wealthy woman a chance to save face, and the wealthy woman seized the opportunity.

“Yes, yes, your sister is too naughty.” Faced with the biological daughter she owed so much to, Xia Mother was uneasy, unable to continue the conversation. She made an excuse to leave. “I won’t disturb your rest. If you need anything, you can look for Cai Cai. She’s a little spoiled, but she’s fundamentally kind.”

Xia Chi smiled and nodded, watching her biological mother flee in embarrassment.

Xia Mucai, who was eavesdropping behind the wall, let out a sigh of relief, patting her heart.

[Thank goodness, I thought the plot had gone astray. If the female protagonist awakened or something, what would she do for her mission?]

If the female protagonist awakened, the mission would instantly change from easy mode to hell mode.

She was glanced at by her adoptive mother, who fled in panic. The woman knew she was in the wrong, too ashamed to face anyone, and didn’t even pay much attention to the typically spoiled Xia Mucai before hurrying away.