When The Scheming Female Supporting Character Is Forced To Seduce The Female Lead - Chapter 3

Du Jingmo’s words instantly shattered the previously amicable atmosphere in the hospital room, filling it with tension.

Zhao Qingdai, unaccustomed to being so close to her, instinctively softened her breathing as Du Jingmo’s scent enveloped her.

“Sister.”

Whenever her mind went blank, she reflexively called Du Jingmo “Sister.”

Du Jingmo ignored her, her furrowed brow betraying her impatience.

Zhao Qingdai’s ability to instantly sense Du Jingmo’s mood had become a special skill. She quickly regained her composure. “I’m sorry, Sister. Please don’t be angry. I shouldn’t have secretly followed you.”

The crease between Du Jingmo’s eyebrows deepened. “You really were stalking me.”

She couldn’t tell if she felt disappointment or something else.

Zhao Qingdai always managed to do something unbearable just as Du Jingmo was barely beginning to change her opinion of her.

She straightened up, pulling away from him. “Get some rest. I’ll arrange for a good caregiver.”

At that moment, someone gripped her wrist.

Zhao Qingdai’s leg was still immobilized in a cast. The force of her tug sent a sharp pain through her fractured ribs.

This time, she didn’t need to pretend to look pitiful. Sweat instantly beaded on her forehead, and her voice trembled. “I’m sorry, I know I was wrong. Don’t be angry with me, okay?”

“I’m just… a little scared.”

She had nearly sacrificed her life to save Du Jingmo’s. Even if Du Jingmo was still displeased, her patience for Zhao Qingdai grew. “What are you afraid of?”

Zhao Qingdai answered timidly, “I’m afraid you’ll ignore me.”

She gripped Du Jingmo’s hand with the strength she had just regained, just as Du Jingmo had pulled her up from the alleyway when she was thirteen, guiding her through the streets and bringing her back to the Du family.

“I started regretting it the moment you saved me again. You were the one who found me at the alley entrance, the one who told me ‘Pandi’ wasn’t a good name, and the one who rescued me from the water.”

“There will never be anyone else in this world who would reach out to me again and again like you have.”

Large tears rolled down her pale face, glistening like crystals. “I know I’ve done so many wrong things over the years. You must not want to see me anymore, so I…”

Her sobs grew more violent, tears falling silently as her voice choked with emotion. “I’m stupid and bad. I couldn’t think of a better way. I only dared to secretly follow you.”

The System finally couldn’t stand it anymore, clicking its tongue. “You’re quite self-aware, aren’t you?”

Zhao Qingdai’s carefully crafted emotions nearly unraveled. She mentally cursed her unreliable teammate, using her choked-back sobs to cover the sudden pause. She tugged at Du Jingmo’s hand and pleaded, “You can be angry with me, you can scold me or yell at me, but please, don’t say you’ll never care about me again and tell me to handle things on my own.”

Du Jingmo remained silent.

It had been a long time since she’d really looked at Zhao Qingdai. A few years ago, the younger woman had unilaterally distanced herself, and Du Jingmo, never one to chase after anyone, had naturally drifted apart from her.

By the time she heard Zhao Qingdai’s name again, the girl had become a somewhat notorious “green tea” — a manipulative woman who used her charm to manipulate others.

At first, Du Jingmo refused to believe it, until Zhao Qingdai “green-tea’d” her personally, stealing one of her suitors.

To be honest, she didn’t particularly care about the suitor, but Zhao Qingdai’s actions made her feel betrayed, stirring her loathing.

Now, Zhao Qingdai’s face was drenched in tears, her glistening lashes and stray strands of hair dampened. Even with one leg elevated and her body wracked with sobs, she remained beautiful.

Like a flower stained with mud and torn petals—fragile and lovely, yet tainted with filth.

Du Jingmo withdrew her hand and handed her a few tissues. “Rest well. The nurse will be here soon. I’ll handle things at school.”

Zhao Qingdai obediently nodded. After wiping away her tears, she asked in a small voice, “Sister, when will you visit me again?”

“Later,” Du Jingmo said, turning to leave.

Zhao Qingdai watched until Du Jingmo’s figure had completely disappeared before withdrawing her gaze and closing her eyes to rest.

This fucking hurts so much.

After contorting her body to speak with Du Jingmo for so long, every inch of her ached as if her ribs were about to snap under the pressure.

Despite the excruciating pain, she had managed to maintain her composure, crying with such heart-wrenching beauty that even Du Jingmo’s heart had ached.

Truly the Queen of Tea.

“Does her heart ache?” the System asked skeptically. “I don’t see it. She didn’t even say if she’d come back when she left.”

“What do you know, System? You’re not even human,” Zhao Qingdai scoffed. “She’ll come back.”

Even without her Academy Award-worthy performance, Du Jingmo would never have abandoned her.

“She just looks tough on the outside.”

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have brought Zhao Qingdai back to the Du family in the first place.

“According to the plot,” the System continued, “Du Jingmo treated you like a younger sister after bringing you home. The Du family paid for your living expenses and tuition, which is why you were able to attend the same university as Du Jingmo. Does this storyline match reality?”

Zhao Qingdai nodded. “It does.”

Without the Du family, she might be curled up in that small, alcohol-scented room, surviving by scavenging trash. Or worse.

The System seemed incredulous. “And yet you still treat her like this?”

Zhao Qingdai was annoyed by its pestering. “Because I’m a tea-addled, despicable, ungrateful wretch. Is that answer satisfactory?”

The System was indeed satisfied. “I knew you had a healthy sense of self-awareness.”

Zhao Qingdai: “……”

One day, she’d make that smug face turn into a crying one.

The System’s annoyingly cheerful voice suddenly turned into a cold notification: “Male Lead detected. Host, please behave properly and contribute to a harmonious society.”

Zhao Qingdai glanced at the door, her eyes losing the vulnerable look she’d had when facing Du Jingmo. Her dark lashes lowered, and a wave of coldness and repulsion washed over her face.

Gu Cheng (the Male Lead) met her gaze and instinctively furrowed his brow. 

“Miss Zhao, I’m the driver who accidentally hit you today. I’m here to apologize.”

He approached everything with meticulous precision, including apologies. He bowed deeply and said, “I’m sorry.”

Zhao Qingdai sized him up.

When Zhao Qingdai was reading the novel, she had already formed a general impression of Gu Cheng. The author clearly adored this character, heaping every possible positive adjective upon him. In the novel, Gu Cheng was practically a flawless existence.

Zhao Qingdai had originally been dismissive. How could anyone be this perfect? she thought. It’s just an unrealistic fantasy.

But now that she was seeing him in person, she had to admit that someone favored by the Creator was completely different from someone like her—a coarse weed rooted in the dirt.

Putting his appearance and bearing aside, even while apologizing, he carried himself with the composure and integrity of a superior. It was as if having someone like him offer an apology was a humiliation, a lowering of his dignified status.

And Zhao Qingdai was now the one forcing him to lower his dignified status.

If their every action were synchronizing with the novel right now, this Vicious Female Supporting Character would undoubtedly be being cursed at for being ungrateful.

Beep. Blackening Value detected to be rising.The System chimed in. Host, please remain calm. Beware of electric shock.

Zhao Qingdai forced down her emotions, averting her gaze from the man who was too handsome to look at directly. “I accept your apology. Can you please leave now?”

She wasn’t playing by the rules, and Gu Cheng was momentarily taken aback. “If I accept, will Miss Zhao withdraw the charges and release my driver?”

“Of course, I’ll cover the medical expenses. As for compensation, I’ll do my utmost to meet Miss Zhao’s demands.”

Zhao Qingdai lowered her lashes, suppressing her disgust.

Even his approach was condescending.

Seeing she hadn’t replied after a long pause, Gu Cheng continued, “If Miss Zhao can’t make a decision, could you give me Miss Du’s contact information? I hope…”

He trailed off, instinctively stopping himself.

The young woman, who had been keeping her eyes downcast, swiftly turned at the mention of Du Jingmo, her gaze filled with warning and wariness.

She asked, “Are you here today to apologize, or because of Du Jingmo?”

“Both,” he admitted openly.

During the accident, his focus should have been on the injured, but his thoughts had unconsciously drifted toward Du Jingmo. Even the image of her holding the blood-soaked Zhao Qingdai and warning him had left a deep impression, replaying involuntarily in his mind.

He could have sent his secretary to handle this hospital visit, but the possibility of encountering Du Jingmo had inexplicably drawn him here.

Zhao Qingdai scoffed.

“I won’t hold your driver accountable, and I don’t need your compensation. If you want to make amends, I have only one request.” Her pitch-black eyes locked onto him, unwavering. “Leave now, and never come back.”

“Don’t come looking for me, and especially don’t disturb Du Jingmo!”

Gu Cheng hadn’t expected her to be so hostile, and he could even sense a hint of… hatred.

But why?

“I’m sorry, but I won’t agree to your request.” He pulled out his business card. “This is how to contact me. Feel free to reach out anytime you need anything.”

Since she couldn’t see Du Jingmo, Zhao Qingdai had no desire to continue talking to him. This conversation was over.

He placed the card on the bedside table. Zhao Qingdai strained to reach it. Ignoring the waves of pain from her ribs, she tore the card to shreds.

Her injuries were severe. After tearing the card, she was drenched in sweat, her lips trembling from the pain.

Even the System couldn’t stand it anymore. “Why are you doing this? Even if his apology wasn’t sincere, his attitude isn’t bad.”

“What’s not bad? You mean his longing for Du Jingmo is what you find acceptable?” she gasped, lying on the hospital bed.

The System: “It’s love at first sight! Even though you disrupted the plot, they still sparked romance. How romantic!”

Zhao Qingdai scoffed coldly. “Just plot convenience. Can you really call it love when they’re just being pushed along by the story?”

System: “But according to your own standards, they’re perfectly compatible.”

The more it spoke, the stranger it sounded. A suspicious expression appeared on its comical face. “Why do I get the feeling you hate the Male Lead?”

This didn’t match the plot at all!

“I do hate him,” Zhao Qingdai admitted without reservation.

“The more compatible they are, the more I despise him.”

Gu Cheng didn’t need to do anything; his mere existence was enough to fill her with loathing.

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