Transmigrated into a Villainess? I’m Going to conquer the Heroine!

This was a situation even the host couldn’t save.

Jiang Zi and Tang Yuan had already left.

Chu Yu didn’t stay any longer either.

At the director’s signal, the host had no choice but to press on, letting the next contestants continue the competition.

When Tang Gu left with the two of them, he had them get into his car and leave.

The driver took the wheel, Tang Gu sat in the front passenger seat, and the two girls sat in the back.

They first returned to the estate to pack up their belongings, dropped Jiang Zi off at her place, and then headed back to the Tang family residence.

Through the rearview mirror, Tang Gu noticed Tang Yuan’s gloomy expression. “Had enough fun?”

“Hmm?” Tang Yuan looked at him, “Well… it was alright, just as expected.”

[Sudden event report: System analysis concluded that the male lead protagonist Holo had dropped by 3. Remaining: 83.]

The “sudden event” referred to the recent live broadcast incident. Because Tang Yuan and Jiang Zi had gained a few fans, those fans took their side and couldn’t stand the male lead’s domineering behaviour, shattering the image some had of him. The system determined that this justified a deduction in his Holo.

This result, too, was expected.

Chu Yu was the organizer of this show. Considering the grudge between him and Tang Yuan, there was no way he’d let her stay in the program for long. If not this way, he’d find another way to humiliate her.

When Tang Yuan decided to continue participating in the show, she’d already considered this problem. She was prepared to leave after just one episode, exposing the show’s shady practices and damaging Qiaochu Entertainment’s reputation.

She just hadn’t expected that, even though Chu Yu had far better ways to eliminate them or sabotage them, he’d pick the dumbest option.

What could she say? Maybe that’s just the confidence of a domineering CEO.

“That friend of yours… what’s her relationship with Chu Yu, really?”

Others might not see it, but Tang Gu certainly did.

Last time, Chu Yu, for some unknown reason, had told him to keep Tang Yuan in line and even claimed that Jiang Zi belonged to him.

Just now, in the arena, his words had clearly been intended to embarrass them, a very obvious verbal attack.

That intense malice was clearly directed at Jiang Zi.

“Relationship?” Tang Yuan sneered. “Chu Yu’s just a persistent jerk, a toad trying to get with a swan, pulling that ‘forcibly taking a woman’ nonsense.”

“Is that so?”

“…Fine.” Tang Yuan reluctantly pouted. “In the past, there was… some entanglement between them, but it was definitely one-sided from Chu Yu!”

Tang Gu raised an eyebrow, finally understanding. He recalled when Tang Yuan was still happily chasing after Chu Yu. She had complained that someone was trying to seduce him and had a close relationship with him. That “someone” was likely Jiang Zi.

As for the seduction…

Back then, Tang Yuan was wearing coloured glasses, but after the misunderstanding was cleared up, she and Jiang Zi became good friends.

Hmm… maybe even more than friends?

Well, she could like whoever she wanted. Tang Gu wasn’t interested in her love life. But as for Jiang Zi, isn’t her background a bit of a mystery?

“How much do you know about Jiang Zi?”

Tang Yuan’s ears perked up, and she shot Tang Gu a wary look. “Why are you asking?”

Tang Gu was the main antagonist in the story. Although it hadn’t been mentioned that he liked the female lead, it wasn’t impossible either.

Tang Yuan quickly emphasized, “Let me tell you, Jiang Zi is into girls. She likes me. You don’t stand a chance.”

Never mind anything else; she needed to spread this rumour first. There was no way she’d let Tang Gu develop feelings for Jiang Zi.

Hearing this, Tang Gu’s forehead lined with three black streaks, and his temple throbbed twice. Suddenly, he felt an intense headache.

“Hah, Tang Yuan, I think I need to take you to see a doctor. How does your brain even work?” His tone was frustrated as if he were gritting his teeth.

This level of stupidity made Tang Gu seriously consider scheduling her a neurology appointment.

Though Tang Yuan understood that Tang Gu didn’t mean it that way, she couldn’t help but retort, “Why are you scolding me?”

Tang Gu decided to end the conversation. He could investigate Jiang Zi’s background himself.

If her background was clean, he wouldn’t oppose a free love.

Bored, Tang Yuan returned to leaning against the window, watching the scenery outside pass by in reverse.

It seemed… she really didn’t know much about Jiang Zi.

From the system, she’d learned that Jiang Zi had grown up in an orphanage, alone and without support. She made her way through school with scholarships, earned her living expenses through part-time jobs, and even after meeting the male lead, she remained independent and never accepted any favours from him.

In summary, she was a resilient and unyielding “little weed.”

But—

She lived in DingXingHai.

That shattered the image Tang Yuan had of her entirely.

And then there were the countless custom-made clothes filling her wardrobe; from head to toe, she really couldn’t be labelled as poor.

But she never asked, and Jiang Zi never brought it up.

Returning to the empty “home,” Jiang Zi felt an unusual silence enveloping her.

Without Tang Yuan living with her, she couldn’t get used to the solitude.

The house, which had always been quiet and lonely, felt even more unbearable now.

With Tang Yuan gone, she couldn’t hold her while sleeping tonight.

Not just tonight, not just tomorrow night…

What to do?

Jiang Zi walked barefoot back to her room, sat in her gaming chair, and opened the curtains with the remote. The afternoon sunlight poured into the room but did nothing to dispel the gloom in her heart.

She sat there stiffly for a whole hour, picking up her phone to check. Aside from a bunch of useless group messages and notifications, she saw no private messages from Tang Yuan.

She tried to convince herself that Tang Yuan had just gotten home and was probably busy.

But when she opened the group chat with Hou YuanZhan and saw Tang Yuan chatting enthusiastically, the conversation revolved around what had happened today. The girls in the group seemed to either be gossiping or genuinely supportive, favouring Tang Yuan with their words. Tang Yuan was chatting back and forth.

Why wasn’t she sending her a private message?

Was it because she wasn’t important to her?

Jiang Zi tightened her grip on her phone, her knuckles turning white, the unhealed wound in her heart throbbing painfully, but she didn’t care.

If she got hurt again, would Tang Yuan still care for her like before?

As her thoughts turned darker and clearer, the screen suddenly lit up with an incoming video call from Tang Yuan.

A glimmer of surprise flashed in Jiang Zi’s eyes. After sorting out her emotions, she answered the call.

The video showed only the ceiling, and Tang Yuan’s voice came through the phone.

“Sister, I’m washing some fruit. What are you doing?”

Jiang Zi strained her eyes, not seeing Tang Yuan, and felt disappointed. She pressed her fingertips into her palm, contemplating whether to feign sadness. “I… I’m bored.”

“Bored? Wait for Auntie to tidy up my room, and then I’ll play some games with you.” Tang Yuan, holding a bowl of washed fruit, finally appeared on the screen.

“You’ll carry me?”

“Of course.” Tang Yuan sat on the sofa, stuffing a grape into her mouth, her cheeks puffing out slightly. The grapes were sweet, brightening her eyes even more.

Jiang Zi felt her heart soften, wanting to steal a bite from her mouth.

If Tang Yuan knew she had such a bizarre thought in her heart, she probably wouldn’t point the camera at herself.

Tang Yuan glanced toward the kitchen, where Auntie was busy preparing dinner. She suddenly remembered the time, “Dinner time is approaching. Let’s eat first and then play games. What are you having for dinner tonight?”

“Takeout.”