She accidentally flirted with the villain and was fiercely criticized as the regent for forcibly mar

One second!

Two seconds!

...Ten seconds!

They didn't get to experience the terror and suffocation of being strangled.

Jiang Ruining thought the ruthless person had seen through her innocence and decided to let her go. She secretly opened one eye, preparing to observe the ruthless person's expression and then exert her cowardly survival instinct. However, she was caught off guard and met the ruthless person's eyes with an intense and unyielding killing intent!

The quail shrank its neck sharply again.

Xiao Che could clearly feel his strength rapidly draining away. His muscular body staggered as he grabbed the edge of a nearby table and sat down, yelling, "You damned woman, you drugged me again!"

Jiang Ruining silently thought, "Oh."

The muscle-relaxing powder is working!

This further solidified my belief that I was destined to be cannon fodder and wouldn't survive more than three episodes!

This ruthless man, who was the undisputed leader in the imperial court, fell for her tricks twice in less than half a day. If word got out, people would laugh their heads off. It would be strange if she let him go!

But she decided to try and defend herself, stammering and trembling, "Um... would Your Highness believe me if I said this has nothing to do with me?"

Xiao Che stared gloomily at the woman pretending to be cowardly in front of him, wishing he could strangle her right then and there!

Jiang Ruining covered her delicate neck. Although she hadn't been choked, she was still having trouble breathing. She shivered with fear and felt so innocent. Was she just forced into this storyline?

He stubbornly tried to retort, but realizing the vast difference in strength, he finally muttered in a quail-like voice, "You tried to kill me first, you were in the wrong first. I drugged you to protect myself!"

"Besides, you're so strong. If you don't want me to get my way, just leave! You clearly voluntarily rolled around in bed with me, so why are you blaming me for everything?"

She dared not look at the man's expression again.

They hurriedly got dressed and scrambled out the door.

Rebirth is a rare and precious thing, but waiting to die is out of the question!

She ran in such a hurry that she tripped over the threshold and her embroidered shoe fell inside the house.

He gritted his teeth and retreated under the murderous gaze of a ruthless man. He picked up his shoes, but before he could even put them on, he ran away as fast as if he were being chased by a ghost.

Xiao Che watched her disappear into the distance, his brows furrowing deeply, his eyes growing increasingly gloomy.

She didn't take the opportunity to kill him?

They just... ran away like that!?

After waiting a while longer.

The expected killer did not appear.

He squeezed his eyes shut.

It seems this dead woman wasn't sent by those in the court who wanted to kill him!

The attendant, being very sensible, promptly emerged from the shadows.

Seeing the crisscrossing scratches on his body and the bite marks on his shoulder, he was startled and quickly bent down to take out the muscle relaxant from his sleeve and fed it to him.

"Your Highness, should we bring him back?"

Xiao Che closed his eyes and regulated his breathing.

Images kept flashing through my mind, bold yet awkward, soft yet burning... and those eyes that were both alluring and timid...

When he opened his eyes again, the calm indifference had not returned; the dark blue flame was still burning fiercely.

"Investigate thoroughly, I'll personally go and arrest them!"

The attendant hadn't seen his master lose his temper in many years. Seeing the fire in his eyes, he slowly took two steps back: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will investigate immediately!"

Xiao Che put on his clothes, the hem brushing against his shoulder, causing a slight sting. Turning his head, he saw two rows of deep gums, and his brow twitched twice: "I'm going to pull your teeth out!"

Jiang Ruining ran for quite a long time with her head down.

After stopping, I was stunned and speechless by the sight of gorgeously dressed beauties and piles of gold and jade under the magnificent sunset.

When she was reading, all she needed to know was the words. But now that she's transmigrated, how is she supposed to know who's who? Where is where? How do she get home? And where has her personal maid, Ruiyunmi, gone?

Hearing voices approaching, she instinctively hid and slipped into a cave in the artificial hill behind the dense bushes.

The thought of a ruthless demon chasing after him with a knife made him want to just smash his head against the wall and die!

Squatting against the wall, head in hands, she silently screamed in protest: Terrible! This is such a forced delivery! Why is everyone else the protagonist when they transmigrate into a book, while I'm stuck as cannon fodder?! I refuse to accept this!

Just as she was filled with hatred, that weak voice appeared again.

[You chose it yourself.]

Jiang Ruining was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: Go to hell, choose for yourself! Who gave me the chance to choose!

He cursed in his heart.

He paused for a moment, then froze.

"Who is speaking!"

The misty white light gathered from all around and solidified before her eyes—it was a person, the little girl she had seen when she passed through!

Her beauty is striking and flamboyant.

The moment you stand there, the dark cave instantly becomes radiant.

Based on her appearance and recalling the description in the book, it seems I know who she is!

The villainous second female lead in the book is an invincible cockroach. Because she was jealous that the female lead stole all her maternal love, she targeted and schemed against her from a young age, trying to steal the male lead from her. As a result, she was repeatedly retaliated against by the female lead and her admirers. She experienced all kinds of tragic experiences, including being violated, beaten, kicked out of her home, and forced to live in a brothel. She died with her body covered in sores on the day the female lead became a first-rank noblewoman.

And she... ended up wearing the body of this vicious female supporting character who shared the same name and surname as her!

Jiang Ruining smiled in despair.

There's no point in struggling anymore, just wait to die!

The original owner squatted down beside her: "The plot can be changed, look! There was no scene in the original book where she slept with Xiao Che, but now there is, isn't there?"

"Xiao Che and I are just like tools in the author's writing. We are maliciously portrayed as villains without any bottom line. No one loves us, but as long as someone is genuinely good to him, he will cherish it and treat you well and protect you."

"Besides, he's the regent, with immense power. With his protection, you'll live a very comfortable life!"

Jiang Ruining was shocked and speechless.

I'm shocked by the awakening of the paper-thin characters, and speechless that their IQ is truly only 250, just as some readers have commented!

"Do you really think the most ruthless character in the whole book would give the person who slept with him and drugged him a chance to be kind to him? He's a villain. If I let him protect me, what will happen when his rebellion fails and he's purged? Will I be able to escape?"

The original owner seemed not to have thought about this question. She opened her mouth for a long time, then blinked her beautiful big eyes guiltily: "You said it yourself. If you were given a chance to live, you would be willing to transmigrate into me, and you would make my life exciting and fulfilling."

Jiang Ruining's face stiffened, then she laughed in exasperation.

She was a patient, and when she saw the character in the book, who was of noble status and healthy, and even shared the same name as her, not enjoying life properly, but instead recklessly courting death, she felt sorry for her!

Could it be that what I said in the end could become the reason I was transported into the book?

Is it reasonable?

And isn't this person a vicious villain?

Why does she look like such a pitiful, bullied little baby?

The original owner saw through her thoughts and coldly snorted: "The Jiang family has been loyal and virtuous for generations. I am of loyal and virtuous blood. Even if I am useless, I will never be a vicious person! I am not the vicious one. It is the plot created by the author."

"I was written to die and then reborn. Even though I know the plot and can avoid many things, I... really don't want to face those so-called relatives who drove me crazy, who don't love me, but who unconditionally tolerate and dote on the female lead, Chu Jin!"

She tilted her head back, took a deep breath, and forcefully forced back the tears welling in her eyes.

The conversation turned.

His tone carried a hint of childish smugness.

"Since the sacrifice is complete, this healthy body is yours! You can only live if you fulfill my three wishes. If you fail to fulfill even one of them within three months, we will both perish together."

"The kind that will never have the chance to be reborn as a human."

No chance to be a human being again?

That won't do!

Jiang Ruining's decision to concede defeat didn't last three seconds before he tensed up again.

He wiped his face hard, gritted his teeth, and asked her, "Which three wishes?"

The original owner counted on his fingers and said, "First, I want my mother to regret favoring Chu Jin and to regret ignoring and suppressing me."

"Second, using your knowledge of the novel's plot, steal Chu Jin's opportunity, become the new protagonist of this world, make Jiang Ruining famous throughout the land, and finally, give this author a resounding slap in the face!"

Jiang Ruining: "..."