When The Scheming Female Supporting Character Is Forced To Seduce The Female Lead - Chapter 27

To be fair, the System was quite thorough when it came to providing support. The location it delivered was a real-time marker that followed Lu Anshi’s movements, complete with annotations of nearby landmarks.

Truly impressive, Zhao Qingdai thought. She decided to refrain from bickering with the System for the next few days.

Lu Anshi’s movements were simple and predictable. For three consecutive days, he stayed at his office all morning, then began moving steadily around noon, likely in a car. Once he reached his destination, he usually stayed put. He was visiting shopping malls, and Zhao Qingdai guessed that his birth mother’s memorial day was approaching, so he might be shopping for memorial items. He seemed to be taking it seriously, switching malls several times.

What a perfect opportunity!

Zhao Qingdai leaned against Du Jingmo’s door, pleading with her eyes. “Sister, let’s go shopping!”

“The holiday still has a few days left, and your injuries are mostly healed. It’s so boring staying cooped up at home all day. Let’s go out and have some fun.”

After their recent argument, Du Jingmo felt an unspoken guilt toward Zhao Qingdai. Without hesitation, she simply nodded in agreement.

Their destination was naturally the mall where Lu Anshi was currently shopping.

The scandal surrounding Du Jingmo’s leaked photos had already died down. Moreover, the paparazzo photos that surfaced were intentionally manipulated to distort her appearance, so they didn’t resemble her much and failed to attract much attention.

At most, people found the sight of beautiful women shopping together pleasing to the eye and snapped a few extra photos.

“You specifically asked me out just to go shopping at this mall?” Du Jingmo had long lost interest in such places. She pushed her sunglasses down and began scanning for something suitable for Zhao Qingdai.

“It’s been ages since I last went shopping with my sister,” Zhao Qingdai said with a bright smile, showing no regret about never having visited a mall despite her age. “Besides, I’ve never even been to one before.”

After all, life doesn’t always go as planned. Perhaps the hardships she endured in her first dozen years were all meant to lead her to Du Jingmo?

With this thought, even her painful past seemed to take on a rosy hue.

For over an hour, Zhao Qingdai acted like any ordinary teenager out shopping—eating, drinking, chatting, and laughing. Following an online guide, she took Du Jingmo to a dessert shop on the top floor.

The sweets were decent enough, though not particularly remarkable to Du Jingmo. Watching Zhao Qingdai take a bite of cake and her eyes light up in delight, Du Jingmo couldn’t help but smile along. Suddenly, the dessert in front of her seemed to taste sweeter.

Before finishing half her cake, Zhao Qingdai’s attention was drawn to her real-time location notification. She set down her fork, wiped her mouth, and excused herself to use the restroom.

The System was greatly pleased by this scene. It seemed Zhao Qingdai was still focused on her mission, rather than treating today’s outing as a simple date.

She entered the women’s restroom and washed her hands. While appearing to check her reflection in the mirror, she was actually observing the red dot hovering in mid-air, marking Lu Anshi’s location. As he drew closer, she shook the water from her hands, lowered her head, and walked out, deliberately bumping into him.

“I’m sorry,” she said hurriedly, looking up and freezing. “Mr. Gu, what are you doing here?”

Lu Anshi, who had long mastered the art of concealing his emotions, felt his expression darken immediately upon hearing those words. He despised the Gu family and desperately avoided any association with Gu Cheng. For this woman to mistake him for Gu Cheng was like stepping squarely on his deepest taboo.

“You’ve mistaken me for someone else,” he said coldly, turning to leave.

Zhao Qingdai’s lips curved into a faint smile as she remarked casually, “You’re right, my apologies. You do look remarkably like Mr. Gu. If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were brothers.”

Lu Anshi’s footsteps halted.

While their facial features were indeed similar, few people would mistake them for each other. This was because Lu Anshi’s aura and presence dominated first impressions, overwhelming any superficial similarities.

Compared to Gu Cheng’s calm demeanor, Zhao Qingdai was much more outgoing. Yet, due to her family background and life experiences, she carried an indelible shadow of melancholy. When she glared at someone, her intense aura could make anyone’s heart skip a beat.

But not Zhao Qingdai.

She tilted her chin slightly, her voice still soft and pitiful, yet her eyes held a sharp edge. “Sir, why are you staring at me like that? You’re frightening me.”

“Who are you?”

Zhao Qingdai wondered if she’d been influenced by that ridiculous System. At such a critical moment, she blurted out, “I’m probably… a successor to a harmonious society?”

Lu Anshi: “……”

He’d never been this speechless in his life.

Growing impatient, he was about to press further when a woman’s voice suddenly called out from behind, “Little sister, why haven’t you come back yet?”

Then Lu Anshi witnessed a masterful performance of a national treasure—Sichuan Opera face-changing.

The Zhao Qingdai who had just been provoking him with malice took a step forward, lowered her voice, and delivered a rapid-fire monologue without a single pause: “My name is Zhao Qingdai. I’m from the Art Department at Jiangcheng University. I know Gu Cheng. If you have any questions for me, come find me at school later.”

While Lu Anshi was still processing her words, she took a half-step back, made a running start, and then shoved him aside as she hurried forward and threw herself into Du Jingmo’s arms.

“I bumped into that man just now. He seemed angry, but I already apologized to him.” She pinched her palm hard, her eyes quickly reddening. “Sister is so scary! Let’s get out of here quickly.”

Lu Anshi: “……”

How did this woman manage to twist the truth so completely, despite every word being true?

Du Jingmo frowned, watching the tall man in the distance, his figure vaguely familiar. “My sister bumped into you. I apologize for that. But you frightened her, so please apologize to her as well.”

Having been provoked twice by two women in the span of a restroom break, Lu Anshi hadn’t endured such treatment since he’d risen to his position by shedding his illegitimate status. His anger flared, but he swallowed his words when he finally recognized the man’s face.

“You’re the youngest daughter of the Du family, Miss Du, correct?” It was more of a statement than a question. “For Miss Du’s sake, I’ll apologize.” His demeanor toward Zhao Qingdai was utterly insincere. “I’m sorry.”

Du Jingmo snorted coldly, sizing him up from head to toe before smiling. “You need to pull strings even to apologize? Well, that’s hardly surprising. I’ve seen far too many people like you.”

She patted Zhao Qingdai’s hand gently. “You’ll encounter plenty more like him in the future. Now, let’s go home.”

Zhao Qingdai nodded vigorously and followed her quickly. As they rounded the corner, she glanced back.

Lu Anshi was watching them depart, his gaze dangerously intense.

Zhao Qingdai tugged at her hair, gasping inwardly.

Oh no, the Female Lead and the villain have clashed. In the original story, they barely interacted. Lu Anshi was solely focused on matters concerning the Gu family.

The System berated her, frustrated: “This is all your fault! Why did you have to act so pitiful and tattle?”

Zhao Qingdai, feeling unusually guilty, replied, “It’s just a habit, okay?”

No wonder she was the Vicious Female Supporting Character. A single passive skill triggered casually had already achieved the perfect wedge-driving effect.

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