When The Scheming Female Supporting Character Is Forced To Seduce The Female Lead - Chapter 20

Du Jingmo never imagined she’d be the target of a doxxing incident.

After hanging up, she opened Weibo and searched her name. The top trending result was her personal information, along with several candid photos taken by someone unknown.

Zhao Qingdai hadn’t heard the phone conversation, but when she saw the photos, her first reaction was to frown deeply. “What is this? Why are these photos so ugly?”

At least my candid shots look better.

Du Jingmo ignored Zhao Qingdai’s question, her slender eyebrows furrowing deeper as she read the Weibo post, almost forming a tight knot between them.

An emotional blogger had received an anonymous submission last night, claiming to expose a privileged student at their school. The student, they claimed, had mediocre academic skills and college entrance exam scores, only gaining admission through family connections.

Since her freshman year, this privileged student had acted superior, looking down on others. Over time, she became increasingly brazen, using her family’s influence to form cliques and bully classmates. Anyone who crossed her would be targeted—either with disciplinary action, blackmail, or physical threats.

The student’s family was both powerful and wealthy, typically smoothing over any trouble she caused.

Recently, a male student at the school had crossed her. Forced to publicly apologize, he also received a severe disciplinary warning. The anonymous submitter claimed they couldn’t stand by and watch any longer, daring only to report anonymously for fear of becoming the next target.

The detailed description, complete with photos, left little doubt about the target’s identity—it was practically a direct accusation against Du Jingmo.

Zhao Qingdai grew increasingly alarmed as she read, her eyes widening in disbelief. “How dare they spread such lies?” she exclaimed. “How can they twist the truth so completely?”

Everyone in the department knew Du Jingmo’s professional level. She was the Female Lead favored by The Creator.

As for that so-called “oppressed man too afraid to lift his head,” wasn’t he the guy who had previously forced a confession of love under the women’s dormitory, groped her, and ended up getting his face sprayed with a fire extinguisher?

For someone like that to not even get beaten up was already a testament to Du Jingmo’s kindness. Yet he had the nerve to cry injustice on Weibo, completely twisting the truth?

“Don’t get angry yet. Let’s analyze this first,” Du Jingmo said, remaining calmer than even Zhao Qingdai, despite being the one directly involved.

She reviewed the screenshots of the submitted report, the highly-upvoted comments on Weibo, and the replies within those comments. Finally, she concluded, “Someone is deliberately stirring up trouble. They came prepared.”

At first glance, the submitted report didn’t seem particularly outlandish. But upon closer inspection, the writing was remarkably skillful—concise, focused, and expertly crafted to stir emotions.

The Weibo comments followed the same pattern, overwhelmingly one-sided. Comment after comment brimmed with righteous indignation, while a few so-called “alumni” chimed in with vague, ambiguous statements that seemed to corroborate the narrative.

According to her roommates, the Weibo post had appeared the previous evening, sparking minimal discussion. But early that morning, it rapidly trended, and within hours, Du Jingmo’s personal information had been completely exposed.

She propped her forehead against her hand, the cold light of the phone screen illuminating her cheek, casting a faint blue shimmer in her eyes.

During moments like these, she forced herself to remain calm, even managing to reassure Zhao Qingdai, who was visibly panicked: “Thankfully you were quick-witted and requested two separate leaves of absence. Otherwise, someone might have tried to tail you at school, harass you, or pry information out of you.”

She gently touched Zhao Qingdai’s hair. “Stay indoors for now. Have anything you need delivered. I’m sorry I’ve dragged you into this.”

For once, Zhao Qingdai didn’t react emotionally to her closeness. She frowned slightly. “Sister, please don’t say that. It upsets me.”

What do you mean “dragged me into this”? Has it really become this serious?

The more she read the comments, the more alarmed and angry she felt. “I haven’t offended anyone at school! Why would they go to such lengths to target me in secret?”

Du Jingmo shook her head. “Silly girl, they’re not targeting me. They’re targeting the Du family and our businesses.”

Her personal information had already been exposed, and it was quickly spreading to involve the entire Du family. The scandal was being framed around the narrative of “family influence using money to cover things up,” targeting the collective rather than the individual.

Ah, no, it wasn’t just spreading to the Du family—it had already reached her family.

Du Jingmo scrolled through her phone. The WeChat messages from her brother and father still remained, asking about her foot injury and mentioning nothing about the online scandal. They subtly urged her to rest and avoid excessive phone use.

They were simply afraid she’d see the online content.

She opened the conversation, then closed it again, debating whether to ask her brother or father. Just then, Gu Cheng’s message popped up.

“Did you see what’s on Weibo?”

He knew Du Jingmo would find out eventually. It was just that her family, wanting to protect her, had been reluctant to tell her.

Du Jingmo tapped open his message and replied with a simple “Mm.” Then she asked, “Do you know where the leak originated?”

Gu Cheng immediately sent her a file containing a timeline of the events.

Zhao Qingdai watched, only half-comprehending the situation. She was certain that the collaboration between Gu Cheng and the Du family had stirred envy. The losing bidder at the tender had attended the charity gala and witnessed Du Jingmo restraining someone for a photo. They likely assumed she behaved similarly at school, found what they believed to be incriminating evidence, and used it to attack the Du family by targeting her.

After confirming the details with Gu Cheng, Du Jingmo called her brother. Du Zhong assured her not to worry; the so-called exposé was merely slanderous lies. Clearing her name would be simple.

She tried to say more, but her brother kept telling her not to worry. His assistant’s urgent voice came through the phone, forcing her to hang up.

When she looked up again, Zhao Qingdai had prepared a fruit salad and small biscuits, and was sitting beside her.

Though she wasn’t hungry, Du Jingmo gently patted her shoulder and thanked her.

“Sister, don’t be angry. Brother will definitely handle this! Those people who jumped to conclusions and attacked you will have to eat their words and apologize!”

Du Jingmo shook her head. “I know he can handle it, but this is a minor issue for me. Even if it’s not cleared up, netizens’ memories are fleeting. A new hotspot will come along and erase me from their minds. Life will go on as usual, so it doesn’t matter.”

Besides, anyone who knows her well understands that online rumors are baseless. Those who believe them so easily won’t affect her life at all.

She leaned back in her chair and sighed. “But the stock price has fallen, and the company’s reputation has been damaged. It’s because Dad built this business from scratch, running it cleanly for years, only to be smeared because of me.”

“How is this your fault? Weren’t there malicious actors behind this?” Zhao Qingdai retorted, her brows furrowed deeply. “If anyone needs to take responsibility, it should be me.”

Du Jingmo’s reputation for being uncompromising and decisive in dealing with people was well-known. But if it weren’t for her, Sister would never have gotten tangled up with that shady character in the first place, and she wouldn’t have been slandered.

It was all because of her.

“Don’t even think about comforting me. This has nothing to do with you.” Du Jingmo stroked Zhao Qingdai’s hair.

Zhao Qingdai forced a smile, her expression strained.

No, it really was because of her.

Because this Vicious Female Supporting Character had stopped following the script and ignored the System’s warnings. To advance the relationship between the male and female leads, she had begun automatically filling in the plot threads.

That’s why Gu Cheng was able to find Du Jingmo so quickly after she saw the online posts.

“I’m the one being roasted online right now, so why do you look even more upset than I am?” Du Jingmo pinched the flesh on Zhao Qingdai’s cheek, lifting it. “Don’t make that face. Smile.”

Zhao Qingdai: Forced Smile.gif

She let her cheek be pinched and explained, “It’s better to roast Sister than me. I just feel so useless, like I can’t help at all.”

Unlike Gu Cheng, who was pushed forward by the plot even when he did nothing, the help he could offer Du Jingmo was something she could never provide. All she could do here was cut some fruit.

After so much effort, she had finally reconnected with her sister, yet that man seemed to be handed every opportunity on a silver platter.

“If by ‘help’ you mean something like Gu Cheng’s, then you don’t need to be useful at all,” Du Jingmo said with a smile, gently rubbing the spot on her cheek that had been pinched red. “Why compare yourself to someone who doesn’t matter? You and he are fundamentally different from the start.”

Zhao Qingdai’s dejected mood began to stir again.

She could clearly hear her heartbeat once more. The place where Du Jingmo had gently touched her burned with surprising intensity.

Having Du Jingmo’s special attention mattered far more than being the Female Lead.

“Sister was right. I shouldn’t dwell on it,” she thought, clenching her fists tightly. “But I still believe I can be useful!”

She had been so immersed in Du Jingmo’s warmth lately that she’d almost forgotten she was someone with a cheat—someone who possessed the plot.

[The System: Give up. The plot has undergone major revisions. Du Jingmo’s online scandal and the stagnant romantic tension between the leads were never in the original novel.]

All these changes were because of an unpredictable female villain.

The system had almost thought this mission would be easy, just keep Zhao Qingdai alive. But this woman… she was incredibly formidable!

“The specific plot has indeed changed, but the main storyline remains the same,” Zhao Qingdai said, returning to her room and pulling out the original text.

From the scene of her car accident onward, the altered plot had replaced the novel’s content, but the subsequent chapters remained largely unchanged.

As Zhao Qingdai read the original events that were supposed to unfold, her eyebrow twitched violently, her expression threatening to lose control.

If the story had followed the author’s original path, Du Jingmo and Gu Cheng would already be developing feelings for each other by now. Zhao Qingdai would have been forced to attend a social engagement she disliked, her mood sour and cheeks flushed from drinking, stumbling and nearly falling into Gu Cheng’s arms.

Zhao Qingdai: “Ugh!”

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