Chapter 5
Chapter 5
I called out to the man who was about to head into the kitchen to chop vegetables.
“You don’t need to make my portion.”
“I won’t be eating breakfast at home anymore!”
The moment I finished saying that, all the strength seemed to drain out of my body.
Su Yu whipped around. “Why?”
“I just don’t like it anymore…”
I lowered my head.
He clenched his fists, the corners of his eyes turning faintly red.
“Are you tired of the dishes too…? Then next time, I’ll learn a few new recipes.”
The System urged me to go change in the walk-in closet, reminding me that I only had one year left to win over a new target. If I failed, I would be trapped in this world forever.
I changed into the red dress I usually wore.
But the System immediately rejected it.
“Huo Yuming is still a college student. You’re already five years older than him, and now you’re wearing a bright red backless dress? You look like you have ulterior motives.”
I rummaged around for a long time.
At last, I dug out a pure white dress from the bottom of the wardrobe and put it on.
The original host had a face identical to mine.
Standing in front of the mirror, I was so dazed I almost thought the person in it was me.
Before I left,
Su Yu wanted to drive me there.
I shook my head and refused, not noticing how pale his face had gone.
The door closed.
He looked toward the empty space in the shoe cabinet, where a pair of little white sneakers used to sit.
He had bought them at a shop last Qixi, when I’d dragged him to the seaside for photos.
Back then, I had twisted my ankle in a pair of stilettos.
Even while rubbing my ankle, I still refused to put on the sneakers.
“No way. If I wear those, I won’t look like some rich man’s glamorous wife at all. I’ll look like some childish college student instead. And then I won’t match you in photos!”
Su Yu leaned against the door.
He lifted a hand to cover his face, while something dark and murky churned in his eyes like black sludge.
“Why did you change your style…?”
“Is it because you think I’m old now, because I can’t make you interested anymore, and you want to throw me away in disgust…?”
On the way there,
through the System’s explanation, I learned what this book was about.
According to the original plot, the heroine, Jiang Xiao, the eldest daughter of the Jiang Family, had no feelings for Su Yu, the male lead and the husband she married for a family alliance. But because of a single painting, she fell in love at first sight with the younger villain Huo Yuming, who had a wild, wolfish charm.
She had always been vivid and flamboyant by nature, the kind of woman who suited a bright, energetic young man.
The two of them ran wild together, traveling all over the world like maniacs.
That was until Su Yu, twisted by obsession and jealousy, acquired Huo Group, and Old Master Huo died of a cerebral hemorrhage from the shock.
Huo Yuming believed she had worked with Su Yu to ruin him, and in a frenzy of revenge,
he took advantage of her guilt and manipulated her into stealing Su Group’s confidential documents, bringing Su Yu’s family to total ruin.
Unable to bear her family’s bankruptcy and the public condemnation, she jumped into the sea and killed herself.
The plotline had collapsed.
It needed to be repaired.
But because of an operational mistake by the Novel Repair Bureau, the heroine got into a car accident on the day of her arranged marriage and fell into a vegetative state, so a suitable tasker had to repair the plot.
“The male lead hates the current you, so he won’t acquire Huo Group the way he did in the original plot.”
“Don’t worry. Just focus on winning over the villain.”
The System was still talking nonstop.
By then, I had already walked up to the boy with blue streaks in his hair who was painting by the lake.
“Can you paint people?”