Chapter 1
“Ning Xi, call him.”
“What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and wake Zhi Ge?”
“Hahaha, are you scared Zhi Ge will have a bad temper when he wakes up and scold you to death?”
The mocking laughter rang in her ears.
Ning Xi snapped back to reality and looked at the man who had just mocked her.
At the same time, a flood of plot details rushed into her mind.
So, she was living inside a Mary Sue novel called “The Sickly Real Heiress Is Everyone’s Favorite,” and she was the universally disliked fake heiress supporting character.
Because the Real Heiress, Ning Mingyue, had been frail since childhood and was sent abroad for treatment, everyone had mistaken her-the adopted daughter-for the Ning Family’s eldest daughter.
It wasn’t until Ning Mingyue returned to China that the truth was revealed.
Her vanity and her act of occupying the Real Heiress’s identity were completely exposed, her reputation ruined, and she was despised by everyone.
Ning Xi, now aware of all the plotlines: …Heh.
Why was she adopted by the Ning Family?
Because fifteen years ago, her mother became a vegetative patient to save Ning Mingyue.
Why didn’t the Ning Family publicly announce her status as an adopted daughter?
Because Father Ning thought Ning Mingyue was too frail to marry for alliance, so he deliberately misled everyone into thinking Ning Xi was the Ning Family’s eldest daughter, intending to use her as a tool for marriage!
But no one expected that the sickly Ning Mingyue would suddenly recover half a year ago and even reveal astonishing investment talent.
Naturally, an adopted daughter couldn’t compare to a biological one. After a little thought, Father Ning abandoned Ning Xi and shifted all the blame onto her, making everyone believe Ning Xi had usurped the nest.
“Ning Xi, are you going to do this task or not? The viewers in the livestream are all waiting for you!”
That mocking voice pulled Ning Xi’s thoughts back to reality.
The one who kept nagging was none other than her irritable, sharp-tongued childhood friend Fu Zhi’s crony: Lu Ming.
At this moment, she was recording the first episode of the friendship dating livestream show “You Are My Blessing.”
This show had a special format: female celebrities invite an opposite-sex friend to join the show, and through various tasks and dates, they deepen their relationship. On the last day of the livestream, viewers decide whether the two are just pure friends or if there’s ambiguous, budding romance.
Ning Xi’s invite was none other than Fu Zhi, the King of Mischief.
The program team had arranged for her to come to Fu Zhi’s house, wake him up, and complete a small challenge:
Make your friend Fu Zhi’s heart race.
What the original Ning Xi didn’t know was that her childhood friend Fu Zhi had long since fallen for the real heiress Ning Mingyue.
He’d even deliberately arranged for his crony Lu Ming to humiliate her at the door, making her lose face in front of all the fans and viewers in the livestream.
Thinking of this, Ning Xi couldn’t help but look up at the sky and sigh softly:
“Indeed, the world is just a giant Cainiao pick-up station, full of large and small packages.”
Lu Ming didn’t get it and frowned, “Ning Xi, what nonsense are you spouting again? Are you stalling on purpose?”
Inside the room, Fu Zhi, pretending to sleep, couldn’t help but curse Lu Ming as a dumbass for not catching Ning Xi’s sarcasm.
But it didn’t matter.
No matter what Ning Xi said to provoke him today, he wouldn’t open the door easily.
He was determined to make Ning Xi lose face!
Outside the door.
Ning Xi smiled faintly, “You’re overthinking. I wasn’t saying Fu Zhi is the large package and you’re the small one.”
Lu Ming: ?
He stomped his feet in anger, but thinking that Ning Xi definitely couldn’t complete the program team’s task, he felt a bit smug:
“Ning Xi, if you can’t finish the task, don’t go crazy! You just came at the wrong time today, Zhi Ge isn’t up yet. If you have the guts, go ahead and wake him up!”
Everyone in their circle knew Fu Zhi had a serious case of morning temper.
If Ning Xi really dared to knock and wake Zhi Ge today, then for the rest of the recording, Zhi Ge could openly give her the cold shoulder.
By then, the other two pairs of guests would be sweet and loving, while only Ning Xi and Fu Zhi’s group would have a strange atmosphere. Netizens would definitely have an even worse impression of Ning Xi.
Sure enough, at this moment, many people in the bullet comments were expressing doubts.
[What’s up with Ning Xi and her friend? She looks so humble being blocked at the door.]
[Doesn’t this prove that Ning Xi doesn’t have many friends? Maybe all those rumors about her being a diva, having a bad temper, and ostracizing teammates are true. No one wants to be friends with Ning Xi. 😏 This Fu Zhi is probably just a fake friend.]
[Sisters, hurry and check out the new actress Ning Mingyue’s livestream! She and her friend Shen Yibai are so sweet! Their CP vibe is off the charts!]
[Exactly, handsome guy and beautiful girl, ahhh I’m dying from shipping them! They look so much better than Ning Xi and Fu Zhi!]
Ning Xi didn’t even need to guess to know what the netizens were saying.
Recently, Father Ning had bought a lot of marketing posts to boost Ning Mingyue by dragging down other female celebrities of the same period.
As a top-tier actress who often attended the same events as Ning Mingyue, she was naturally the one most targeted.
Thinking that Fu Zhi inside the room was still pretending to sleep, and even happy to see her make a fool of herself…
Ning Xi curled her lips into a wicked smile, glanced at the camera beside her, and sighed theatrically:
“I’ve already tried everything, but-”
Inside the room, Fu Zhi remained calm and unmoving, enjoying Ning Xi’s current embarrassment and awkwardness.
Then, he heard Ning Xi shout at the top of her lungs: “-but what am I supposed to do if Fu Zhi just can’t get it up?”
Fu Zhi-can’t get it up-what to do-
Fu Zhi’s face froze for a moment, then turned green, then black.
The Netizens watching the livestream were already laughing themselves silly.
[Hahahahahaha I’m dying, I laughed so hard I almost broke my wall, my neighbor and I just stared at each other, everyone within a ten-mile radius will need hearing aids in their next life, I laughed so hard my stomach acid refluxed and my brain scattered hahahahahahahahahaha]
[Ning Xi, can you, like, think before you speak]
[Fu Zhi’s reputation is ruined [pondering]]
With a loud “whoosh,” the door was yanked open, revealing Fu Zhi with a dark face.
The young man’s features were sharp and handsome, his expression gloomy and irritable, his eyes stormy, hiding a brewing tempest.
He was the very picture of a paranoid, irritable little puppy.
Ning Xi grinned, “Finally willing to get out of bed?”
Fu Zhi ignored Ning Xi’s question. He gritted his teeth and spat out each word: “Ning. Xi. You. Are. Playing. With. Fire.”
Ning Xi gasped in mock shock, covering her mouth: “What? You want to play with fire? No way, you’ll wet the bed if you play with fire!”
Fu Zhi: …
At that moment, a staff member stepped out to break the “thunder meets fire, about to explode” tension between the two:
“Congratulations to our guest Ning Xi for successfully meeting up with her friend Fu Zhi! Isn’t their bickering dynamic just like you and your own troublemaker friends? Even if you argue all the time, you’ll never drift apart.
Alright, now for your task: Make your friend’s heart race and get their heart rate up to 111! If you succeed, both of you will receive a mysterious reward!”
Lu Ming, standing to the side, immediately put on a look of anticipation.
Ning Xi is being played in circles by Zhi Ge, and she actually thinks Zhi Ge considers her a friend.
Little does she know, the one on Zhi Ge’s mind right now is the real eldest daughter of the Ning Family-Ning Mingyue.
So if Ning Xi wants to make Fu Zhi’s heart race, she’s just setting herself up for humiliation!
Fu Zhi’s expression eased a little.
The annoyance caused by Ning Xi’s nonsense vanished in an instant.
Heh, so what if she got him out of the room?
As long as he doesn’t cooperate with Ning Xi to complete the task, the audience will still blame Ning Xi in the end!
Ning Xi pondered for a moment, looking at the monitor showing Fu Zhi’s steady heart rate at eighty, and slowly approached him.
The girl’s skin was porcelain white, her features delicate.
When she wasn’t smiling, her brows and eyes were cold and sharp, giving off a “keep your distance” vibe, but her eyes seemed to hold a hazy, shimmering mist, inexplicably alluring.
Fu Zhi watched as her face drew closer and closer, his heart skipping a beat.
This damn girl, Ning Xi, why does she look especially pretty today?
[Ahhh Fu Zhi’s heart rate is rising! Eighty-five! Ninety! Looks like there’s hope for breaking 111!]
[I suddenly ship this pair, the popular girl idol x the irritable, sassy, next-door Childhood Friend, what a godly CP?!]
Lu Ming, standing to the side, was stunned:
Zhi Ge keeps saying he hates Ning Xi and wants to destroy her, so why does his heart start racing as soon as she gets close?
He even insisted on making things difficult for Ning Xi-could he be part of this little couple’s play?
Luckily, Fu Zhi’s heart rate calmed down in the nineties.
Just then, Ning Xi suddenly flashed a smile.
The next second-
Ning Xi kicked Fu Zhi right in the butt, sending him flying toward Lu Ming, who was laughing his head off!
Fu Zhi was caught off guard, his body pitching forward unexpectedly.
And, as fate would have it, he ended up mouth-to-mouth with Lu Ming!
At the same time, Fu Zhi’s heart rate shot through the roof, soaring to 140!
Fu Zhi was stunned.
Lu Ming was stunned.
Everyone present was stunned.
Only the mastermind, Ning Xi, was in an exceptionally good mood. She clapped her hands and laughed: “Heartbeat Acceleration Task, complete!”
Then she looked Fu Zhi up and down, her gaze finally settling on his butt, and said gravely:
“When you get old, your butt gets loose, and your farts go boom-boom. Zhizi, your perky butt isn’t feeling so great-you really need to work out more!”
Fu Zhi snapped out of it and shoved the dumbfounded Lu Ming away.
He glared at Ning Xi, completely losing it:
“Ning Xi!!! You’re dead!!!”
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A lighthearted, meme-filled romcom, written for fun, not much brainpower required-hope you enjoy reading 🙂
No angst or heartbreak in the romance line, the male lead Xie Lanchen appears in chapter 26.
If you happen to fall for the early-appearing male characters Fu Zhi or Shen Yibai, don’t worry-once Xie Lanchen shows up, you’ll definitely like him even more.