Transmigrated as the Cannon Fodder Spouse of the Disabled Beauty - Chapter 1

Xu Luo opened her eyes, gazing around in a daze, unsure of where or when she was.

A citrus-toned fragrance swirled around the tip of her nose fresh, natural, with a hint of sweetness… and very unfamiliar.

She felt as if she were stepping on something beneath her feet. It was soft and spongy, a sensation far removed from the texture of a carpet, prompting her to look down.

A filthy rabbit plushie burst into her field of vision. The doll was old; its two ears, which should have stood upright, could no longer maintain their posture after years of wear and tear, drooping listlessly. A row of stitches ran from the rabbit’s left eye, across its nose, to its right cheek, stopping at its chubby jowl, where a small flower had been clumsily embroidered with matching thread.

What an ugly rabbit.

Xu Luo felt as if her eyes were being assaulted. She leaned over to pick up the rabbit, and as the distance closed, she felt it looked even uglier.

The texture was decent, though; she subconsciously gave it a squeeze.

“…Please return it to me.” A woman’s voice came from her front right. The tone was gentle and exquisite, like a precious musical instrument.

Hearing the voice, Xu Luo looked up and froze the next second.

Xu Luo’s hometown was filled with beauties; regardless of gender, every single one was a masterpiece. They were the spirits of the sea, the most beautiful creations of nature, with no “failures” among her kin.

They were Merfolk the literal embodiment of the word “beauty.”

But the person before her redefined her understanding of the term.

She was too beautiful. Her features were, of course, impeccable, but what commanded more attention was the aura surrounding her. She was like a flower blooming to its absolute limit, possessing a fragile beauty that seemed to precede wilting.

Wait!

The rabbit?!

The beauty?!

Xu Luo’s brain went ding! She remembered a novel she had read just last night—a novel that had infuriated her to no end!

It was a strange story. Until the final chapter, it was quite ordinary: the female lead was ditzy and cute, the male lead was a man of iron blood and tender feelings, they met in the workplace, strove together, and the story was filled with heartwarming moments that made readers happy.

The problem lay in the finale.

A massive fire. The antagonist of the book presented the readers with a magnificent “BE” (Bad Ending) aesthetic. The female lead, the male lead, the antagonist… all perished in the sea of flames.

Xu Luo admitted she had been “ignited” by that fire too. The blood she coughed up in frustration while reading the ending had been scalding hot.

Speaking of which, she had to mention the antagonist. The book described her as incomparably beautiful, the top-ranked beauty in the entire story.

Such a beauty had a rather miserable fate. At her debut, she was the heir to the prestigious Song family, yet her origins were not so illustrious. She was actually the child of the head of the Song family from a one-night stand with a certain nightlife woman the night before his wedding.

The head of the Song family naturally wouldn’t marry a nightlife woman for the sake of a child. He took a sum of money and “dealt” with the mother and daughter. Thus, the antagonist was effectively fatherless from birth. She never saw her father and lived with her mother, who was a gambling addict with more debts than hairs on her head. The antagonist had to follow her mother in hiding everywhere.

The only reason the antagonist became the Song heir was because the original heir had died in an accident, and the head of the Song family was diagnosed with infertility. Only then was she found and forced into the position.

It looked like a chance for a “salted fish” to turn its life around, but the antagonist didn’t want to return to the Song family. She had zero interest in this “pie from the sky.” Furthermore, she had deep feelings for her mother at the time. Although her mother was quite disgraceful, she had never abandoned her. Once, when debt collectors caught them and tried to take the antagonist away to sell her, it was the mother who risked her life to protect her, ending up beaten half to death.

This incident gave the antagonist hope for her terrible mother.

Ultimately, however, the antagonist still followed the head of the Song family home because he promised her that as long as she played the role of the Song heir obediently, he would help pay off her mother’s debts.

The antagonist arrived at the Song family with a sense of mission to save her mother. She leaped to the status of heir, yet her position was anything but noble. Her very existence infuriated Mrs. Song. How could Mrs. Song be content now that this girl had appeared to snatch the heir status of her deceased son?

Consequently, for a long time, the antagonist lived under Mrs. Song’s humiliation, while the head of the Song family, feeling guilty toward his wife, turned a blind eye to everything.

But what truly broke the antagonist wasn’t Mrs. Song’s humiliation or her father’s indifference it was her own biological mother.

In fact, the antagonist always felt that the suffering she endured was worth it; she took pride in it. However, that mother who once risked her life to protect her had changed at some unknown point. Her love for the antagonist had long disappeared under her growing gambling addiction; she saw the antagonist only as a convenient ATM.

At the age of fifteen, the antagonist was sabotaged by Mrs. Song and became disabled in both legs. She went completely mad.

The antagonist’s madness was quiet. She was gentle, possessing the intellect of a lady from a great family, appearing as harmless as a tamed bird.

It was this very beauty who, after the female lead appeared, handed over the Song family inheritance with both hands, only to light a fire on the night of the Song family’s celebratory banquet.

Xu Luo briefly reviewed the plot and still felt terrible. That ending was simply anti-human!

Returning to reality, the rabbit in her hand at this moment was uniquely ugly. It looked exactly like the special prop from the novel the only thing the antagonist cherished, the parting gift her mother gave her when she entered the Song family.

Xu Luo’s little heart trembled uneasily. She looked at the rabbit, then at the beauty before her, and called out as if to confirm: “…Song Yunran?”

The beauty smiled at her and asked gently, “What is it?”

Xu Luo: “!!!”

The other party acknowledged the name!

She really was the antagonist of the book, the Song family heir, Song Yunran!

So, had she transmigrated? Into a book?

Xu Luo’s mind raced.

Uh, then what was her identity in this book?

Xu Luo looked at the rabbit in her hand, thought of something, and her heart skipped a beat.

This scene seemed a bit familiar.

Xu Luo had taken a bellyful of frustration from Mrs. Song and returned to the room in a huff. Inside, Song Yunran had a bedside lamp turned on and was leaning against the headboard reading a book. A thin quilt covered her legs, which had been slightly deformed from years of disability, making her look like an angel fallen into the mortal world. The light lovingly clung to her long, curled eyelashes, casting an ambiguous shadow on her porcelain-white cheeks. She looked stunningly beautiful.

But Xu Luo only saw her propped-up legs and felt sick to her stomach.

And then there was that rabbit plushie it was so filthy. She had ordered over and over again that it wasn’t allowed on the bed, so how did Song Yunran dare to defy her behind her back while she was away!

Anger flared in Xu Luo. She rushed forward, grabbed that damned rabbit, threw it spitefully to the ground, and stepped on it, grinding it down.

“Song Yunran, why are you so lowly?!”

Xu Luo: “…”

Could it be…

Could it be…

“Song… Song Yunran?” The unease in Xu Luo’s heart made her very soul lament. “What… what is my name?”

On the bed, Song Yunran tilted her head upon hearing this, looking at her with eyes that seemed never to have flickered with anger. After a long while, she seemed helpless: “Is Luoluo playing some kind of game?”

Luoluo…

Given the situation, Xu Luo was basically certain. She had likely transmigrated as Song Yunran’s partner the cannon fodder with the same name as her in the book!

Yes, there was a cannon fodder in this book with the exact same name as Xu Luo. She was Song Yunran’s partner in an arranged marriage an idiot who looked down on Song Yunran, frequently mocked her, and loved most of all to make fun of Song Yunran’s disabled legs.

This character didn’t appear many times. One month after marrying Song Yunran, because she touched Song Yunran’s rabbit plushie, she was quietly given her “lunch box” (killed off) by Song Yunran, dying in an accident that was ruled as sudden death.

Xu Luo felt the rabbit in her hand weighed a thousand pounds, especially when she saw the dust on the plushie…

Xu Luo: “…”

The Death God’s scythe was hanging over her head. Xu Luo was about to cry. “Song… Song Yunran, why is this rabbit under my foot?” She laughed sheepishly, unwilling to believe reality.

“Didn’t Luoluo snatch it from my hand?” The beauty on the bed looked at her, her tone indulgent.

It was so indulgent that Xu Luo’s nerves went numb. As someone who had read the whole novel, she knew this beauty was scariest when she was at her gentlest.

“…Allow me to defend myself!” Holding the rabbit, she felt the need to struggle a bit.

“Hmm?”

Song Yunran’s eyes flickered, looking at this partner of hers seriously for the first time.

She and Xu Luo had been married for a month. In this month, Xu Luo had locked her out of the room eight times, chased away the maid taking care of her to maliciously leave her in her wheelchair and forbid her from using the restroom twice, splashed her with cold water under the guise of helping her bathe once, insulted her countless times, and looked down on her with disdain countless times…

This nominal partner of hers had a pretty face, but she was like an untamed creature, jumping around all day like a monkey laughably stupid.

But tonight, this idiot seemed… a bit different. There was a subtle sense of incongruity.

Song Yunran narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing the person imperceptibly.

Was she playing some boring trick again?

Song Yunran’s mind was swirling with thoughts, but her smile didn’t change in the slightest. She remained as tempered as ever: “Luoluo doesn’t need to defend herself. I don’t mind. Luoluo just needs to give the plushie back to me.”

Xu Luo instinctively clutched the rabbit as if holding onto a lifesaver. “I think it’s better if I explain.”

Because not explaining could cost her her life!

Though she had transmigrated inexplicably, she still wanted to “dog it out” (survive); she didn’t want to die for no reason!

Cherishing life is everyone’s responsibility!

“Alright then, Luoluo, you speak,” Song Yunran indulged her.

Xu Luo opened her mouth and the words just came: “I actually… actually…”

Actually what?! She couldn’t come up with a lie!

The act of grabbing the plushie and stepping on it was an act of obvious malice; there was no way to plead “not guilty!”

Xu Luo opened her mouth wide, frozen like a statue.

Song Yunran looked at her with a smile.

Xu Luo stole a glance at the person on the bed, desperately trying to save face: “Song Yunran, if I said I like you and was jealous of this rabbit, so I took my frustration out on it… would you believe me?”

Song Yunran: “…”

“Luoluo likes me?” Joy blossomed layer by layer in the beauty’s eyes.

Xu Luo: “…Mm.”

The beauty was pleasantly surprised: “I’m so happy!”

Xu Luo: “…”

Do I look like I believe you?

Xu Luo naturally didn’t believe her, but she didn’t go so far as to expose the other’s lie. The woman before her was beautiful and dangerous. The original Xu Luo had done everything she should have and everything she shouldn’t have; it seemed there was no chance for an exemption.

The possibility of a successful remedy was slim. Wary avoidance of this “dangerous good” was the best strategy.

Thinking of this, Xu Luo changed her tactics. She simply stopped pretending, put the plushie down, and turned to leave.

“Where is Luoluo going?” the beauty behind her asked.

Xu Luo wiped her face and didn’t look back. “To see the stars!”

Life is short; she might as well go appreciate the beauty of the world first.

Song Yunran: “…”

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