When The Harem Novel’s Heroine Meets The Tragic Heroine - Chapter 1

July had only just begun, and the weather had already started to grow swelteringly hot.

There wasn’t a single wisp of cloud in the sky, and the scorching sun released its heat wantonly.

Yu Qingling was dressed in long sleeves and long pants, looking completely out of place among the surrounding pedestrians who were bare-armed and bare-legged. Yet, she seemed unable to feel the ubiquitous heatwaves; not a single drop of sweat could be seen on her exquisite, porcelain-white face as she walked into the downtown shopping mall with composed, leisurely steps.

The voice of System 99 was still chattering away in her mind. “Host, the male lead Xiao Qingtian is on the top floor. He’s here today specifically to conquer you. Are you ready?”

“Hey, Host, why are you walking so slowly? Walk a little faster, ducky.”

A hint of gloom appeared on Yu Qingling’s cold and profound face, and an irrepressible irritation rose in her heart.

Detecting her emotional fluctuations, System 99 began its incessant nagging once more: “Host, please don’t try to change the plot again. Have you forgotten the feeling of being struck by lightning? Have you forgotten that sensation of being better off dead yet unable to die?”

Yu Qingling lowered her eyes and ground her teeth. With a voice full of murderous intent, she questioned the monster hiding in her brain called 99, “What is today’s mission?”

System 99 was so interfered with by the almost physical aura of slaughter emanating from her that it emitted a series of intermittent static noises.

The conversation was interrupted. Yu Qingling took a deep breath, slightly narrowed her eyes, and scanned her surroundings.

It was currently the lunch break hour, and there were many people in the mall.

Her gaze passed through the coming and going flow of people and landed on a girl reflected in a giant floor-to-ceiling mirror in front of a women’s clothing store with a flashing, dazzling logo.

The girl’s eyes were very bright. As she nonchalantly blinked and raised her gaze, light flowed through them like the brightest stars in the sky, making it impossible to look away.

Since she arrived in this world two days ago and learned that the entire world was derived from a storybook, she had noticed that almost all the pedestrians passing by had lusterless eyes.

It was rare to see such a vivid and lifelike young girl, so she couldn’t help but look twice.

The murderous aura on her body dissipated somewhat without her realizing it, and System 99 regained its speech function.

“My dear Host, why have you stopped again! Quickly find the elevator and go to the top floor.”

“If the mission fails because of a delay, it will be…”

Yu Qingling retracted her gaze, and her murderous aura surfaced once more. “Shut up.”

It would result in being struck by lightning; she knew.

Unable to stop it, unable to resist it, and utterly powerless, she could only be led by the nose by these so-called missions. This feeling was terrible.

Even when she was once betrayed by her subordinates and narrowly escaped death on the battlefield, her mood had never been this foul.

System 99 let out a sizzling sound once again, interfered with by the thick aura of slaughter. Yu Qingling wandered around the massive mall for a long circle before finally finding the large square box referred to as an elevator.

The elevator stopped at the top floor. Yu Qingling took a deep breath to calm her volatile emotions.

She did not yet know the specific mission for this time, so she did not immediately go looking for Xiao Qingtian. Instead, she stood by the glass railing, looking down at the shrunken pedestrians and vehicles below.

System 99 was dying from the interference of her murderous aura and had once again lost its speech function, currently undergoing repairs.

Yu Qingling felt a sense of strangeness toward this world, yet she was also intrigued. There were strange things everywhere here, such as the elevator that had carried people dozens of meters off the ground in just a few breaths.

This world did not have wars breaking out everywhere, nor did it have cities full of cold and hungry commoners.

Peace, happiness, joy, and laughter were visible everywhere, like a perfect dream world.

This was a world where one could sleep peacefully. Having been here for only three days, Yu Qingling was already starting to feel reluctant to leave.

The only thing that bothered her was the mission assigned to her by the monster in her head that she couldn’t drive away or destroy.

Thinking of the “Official Match” Xiao Qingtian that the monster calling itself System 99 had given her, Yu Qingling’s face turned dark and heavy.

She truly could not understand how a lecherous “carrot” who thought with his lower body and relied entirely on luck without any real ability could become a male lead.

Thinking further about how she was forced to throw herself at such a carrot, she felt an impulse to draw a blade and chop the carrot to pieces.

Yu Qingling closed her eyes, and her murderous aura surged uncontrollably again.

The system emitted an even sharper sizzling sound, sounding like a scream of agony.

Voices spoke up about ten meters behind her, diverting Yu Qingling’s attention.

“Qiuqiu, I have an urgent and important matter and need to leave early. Watch the movie by yourself.” The male voice was laced with impatience.

“But you finally promised me that you would accompany me to a movie today.” The female voice was delicate and soft, yet held a hint of stubbornness.

“Qiuqiu, be sensible.”

“I saw it. It was Bei Miaomiao who called you. What important business could she possibly have with you?”

“Miaomiao is sick. I need to take her to the hospital.”

“Miaomiao, Miaomiao… If she’s sick, she naturally has servants to take her to the hospital. Why do you have to be the one to go? She’s doing it on purpose; she wants to come between us.”

“Enough, Qiuqiu. Don’t be so cold-blooded and don’t speculate about others with such malice. No matter what, Miaomiao is still your elder sister.”

“My mother only gave birth to one daughter—me! That Bei Miaomiao is a shameful illegitimate daughter who crawled out of a mistress’s belly. I have absolutely no relation to her!”

The girl’s emotions became agitated, and the man’s anger reached its peak. “Bei Qiuqiu, where is your upbringing? When did you become like this?”

Following that was a sharp “slap.”

Bei Qiuqiu fell and sat on the ground, one hand covering half of her face. Her beautiful hazel eyes were lowered, and her curled long lashes hid her true emotions.

There was no grievance, and there was no anger.

This was merely a play, and she was simply acting.

Over the years, she had played countless roles. Acting was as commonplace as a daily meal for her; she could enter a role instantly and exit it just as fast.

This scene had reached its end, and her part was considered finished. According to the script given by the system, next, her scumbag fiancé Qin Anjue would heartlessly abandon her to go find Bei Miaomiao.

She was finally about to finish work. Bei Qiuqiu let out a soft breath, thought for a moment, and then blinked her eyes to let two lines of tears flow down.

As a professional actress, she was used to performing every scene to the extreme.

Next, she only needed to maintain the appearance of being stunned by the slap and quietly wait for the scumbag Qin Anjue to turn around and leave.

However, the man standing in front of her looked at his own palm and then clenched it. His expression was struggling, and it was unclear what he was thinking, but he had no intention of leaving.

Time passed second by second, and Bei Qiuqiu was growing a bit impatient. She thought to herself: Is scumbag Qin Anjue trying to add lines for himself because he isn’t following the script?

Since transmigrating into the book, System 66 had emphasized to her over and over again that the plot could not be changed. Arbitrarily changing the plot would result in electric shocks.

So, if Qin Anjue didn’t follow the script and added scenes for himself, would he also be shocked?

Thinking this, Bei Qiuqiu hurriedly called out to System 66 in her mind. Strangely, she did not receive a timely response from the system this time; only a strange sizzling sound of static echoed in her head.

Bei Qiuqiu could only temporarily give up on questioning the system. From the corner of her eye, she glimpsed a pair of straight, slender, long legs approaching with an imposing stride not far away.

In the blink of an eye, an extra person was already beside her.

Those long legs stopped next to her, and then, seemingly without using any force, the person raised a leg and kicked forward.

In the next moment, Qin Anjue flew out like a paper kite, smashed into the wall, was embedded into the glazed tiles for a second, and then slid down.

The sudden change happened too quickly. Bei Qiuqiu looked up at the owner of the long legs.

Long hair draped over her shoulders, wearing a white shirt and suit pants. Even though the person was covered up quite strictly, Bei Qiuqiu could tell from her posture and movements what kind of enviable figure she possessed.

From this “angle of death” looking up, even the other person’s nostrils were beautiful.

As if her gaze was too intense, the woman tilted her head and looked down. A face of stunning beauty, a high-definition, three-dimensional face with a touch of ethereal grace, was completely revealed to Bei Qiuqiu.

Bei Qiuqiu felt her heart skip several beats.

Having been in the entertainment industry in her past life, she had seen all kinds of beauties and thought she had long since become immune to them. Because of this, she had never been moved by anyone for many years.

Now she realized it wasn’t because she had already seen all the world’s peerless beauties, but because the person who could move her heart had simply never appeared until now.