Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 8 How about we do something productive?

Lu He noticed Xia Lan's obvious hesitation. She recalled the system's description of Duanmu Cong: "Obsessive, controlling, possessive, and jealous." These traits could be put to good use later. Poaching talent like this couldn't be rushed. Since Xia Lan was hesitant, it meant there was a chance for things to turn around.

"It's okay, think it over carefully, and you can contact me anytime when you've made up your mind." Lu He gently pulled the blanket up for Xia Lan.

Lu He knew that once the opening to grow freely in the sunlight was made, it would take root and sprout, and Xia Lan would eventually step out of the canary's cage; it was only a matter of time.

Lu He is confident.

"Xiaoyu..." Xia Lan murmured, calling Wen Shiyu's name.

Lu He's thoughts were pulled back: "Hmm? What's wrong?" There was no response. She leaned closer to take a closer look. Oh, the little girl just fell asleep like that. Was she talking in her sleep? Lu He couldn't help but smile again. Why was she calling my name in her sleep?

Xia Lan must have been really tired today to be sleeping so soundly. Lu He got up, feeling a bit sleepy, so she left her room, went to the French windows on the balcony, and lit a cigarette.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated at an inopportune moment. She looked down and saw that the screen displayed Wen Yiming's name.

"Hello? What's up?" She answered the phone without any politeness, a cigarette dangling from her lips.

"Wen Shiyu! What are you doing?" Wen Yiming immediately launched into a tirade of questions.

In comics, this kind of eccentric character is a devoted second male lead, but in reality, he's just an annoying eccentric.

"What's wrong with you now? Just say what you have to say!" Lu He clearly disliked the second male lead.

"What do you want to do by bringing Xia Lan to your house?" Wen Yiming warned her, suppressing his anger. "Wen Shiyu! You'd better behave yourself and stay away from Xia Lan!"

"Ha," Wen Shiyu almost burst out laughing: "Why don't you go and warn Duanmu Cong to stay away from Xia Lan?"

"What did you say?" Wen Yiming was clearly taken aback.

"Hey, you like Xia Lan, right? Does your good brother know you're eyeing his girlfriend?" Lu He went straight for the kill.

"You! What nonsense are you spouting? I don't understand! Duanmu is my brother..." Wen Yiming was somewhat embarrassed and angry. He did indeed have a crush on Xia Lan, but no one should know that. He had kept it buried in his heart, torn between his good brother and the girl he liked...

"You even know that? Aren't you overstepping your bounds? Her boyfriend already agreed to let her stay here, what right do you have to question me?" Lu He continued her attack: "I bet Duanmu Cong told you that Xia Lan is staying here tonight, right? He trusts you so much, yet you're so despicable?" Every word hit Wen Yiming's guts.

"You! Wen Shiyu, don't go too far!"

"Oh, you're getting impatient?"

"Stop being sarcastic! I advise you..."

Before Wen Yiming could finish rambling, Lu He hung up on him. According to the comic's setting, Wen Yiming was a hopeless romantic, used only to highlight the male lead. He had no business acumen, was cowardly, and had no redeeming qualities other than being a warm-hearted man towards the female lead.

Lu He wasn't afraid of offending him at all.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up and a brilliant idea flashed in her mind. She was now the second female lead, a woman of cunning and ruthlessness, so she should go ahead and carry out those harmful schemes with great fanfare.

So she opened her phone's contacts and found a contact named Xiao Yang. This all-powerful Xiao Yang, according to the system settings, could carry out her plans to harm others perfectly as long as she told him, never showing his face and always working as a top-notch employee.

"Hey, Xiao Yang, can you do me a favor?" Lu He couldn't contain her joy and excitement at about to do something mischievous: I'm going to have some fun with this cheat! The second female lead's special skill—as long as it's about harming someone, just give it to Xiao Yang and it'll definitely work! This is so awesome!

The next day, Lu He made egg pancakes for Xia Lan for breakfast early in the morning. Xia Lan stretched and came downstairs. She saw the toasted bread on the table and Lu He still busy making egg pancakes in the kitchen. Her heart was filled with happiness in an instant.

Xia Lan sat at the dining table, and time seemed to rewind to when her mother made breakfast for her when she was a child, her silhouette blurred in the sunlight...

"What are you thinking about? You seem so lost in thought." Lu He handed her a glass of hot milk.

Xia Lan then came to her senses, and her gaze toward Lu He grew increasingly tender.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Lu He asked knowingly.

"N-nothing!" The little girl blushed again and quickly avoided eye contact, then ate her breakfast heartily.

"Eat slowly, don't rush," Lu He said, taking out her car keys and waving them. "I'll take you to work in a bit."

After parking the car, Xia Lan grabbed Lu He and asked, "Xiao Yu, do you want to take me upstairs?" Xia Lan knew that Wen Shiyu had always wanted to enter the Duanmu Group building, and now was the time for her to help her by taking her inside.

I was stopped by security guards as soon as I reached the door.

"I have my employee ID, I can use a card!" Xia Lan held up her small ID and showed it to the security guard, explaining, "She went in with me..."

"Excuse me, Assistant Xia, we know this lady... the eldest daughter of the Wen Group. The president specifically instructed her that she cannot enter!" The security guard looked at Wen Shiyu coldly, his tone full of disdain.

"You, you're so disrespectful!" Before Lu He could even speak, Xia Lan cried out anxiously.

Lu He pulled her back and gently cupped her face: "It's okay, I don't care. Lanlan, go inside and go to work. I won't see you in." She knew that as long as she appeared gentle and generous, Duanmu Cong would seem even more petty.

"Okay, I'll go upstairs later and ask Acong why he did that!" Xia Lan pouted, feeling wronged for Lu He.

As she expected, Xia Lan was angry with Duanmu Cong. Lu He was secretly pleased, watching Xia Lan storm into the building, extremely satisfied.

Suddenly, the system's voice rang in his mind again: "Lu He, you will leave after completing the task in each story. Out of goodwill, I remind you not to develop feelings for the characters in the comics."

"Why get emotional? They're not real people," Lu He said casually and lazily. "I'm just using some tricks to complete the mission. You didn't say I couldn't make the female lead fall in love with someone else, did you?"

"..." The system paused for a moment: "It's not a problem if the female lead falls in love with you, but if you really fall in love with her, you'll have a lot of trouble. I'm advising you to be careful not to get involved for your own good."

“Don’t worry about it,” Lu He waved his hand dismissively, took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and looked indifferently at the swirling smoke: “I’m not so infatuated as to fall for a two-dimensional character.”