The male supporting character was actually myself.

Damn it, if some gods cause trouble while fighting, I don't want to get myself involved...

"Young Marshal, why did you come in person in this freezing weather? Couldn't you have just sent a servant to tell you what you wanted to say?" Despite his apprehension, he still walked out with a smile, leaning on his cane, to greet the distinguished guest.

Jiang Chen casually brushed the snow off his body and laughed loudly, "Servants, come here. The one above won't listen to you obediently."

He left a farewell letter and turned the house upside down. After what happened before, if he really does something rash, wouldn't that drag you all down with him? I'll go back and settle things at home, then come over and get him out of there as soon as possible, so that so many of you don't have to live in constant fear because of this troublesome guy.”

The boss was immediately relieved to hear this.

As expected, the young marshal is magnanimous, thoughtful, and considerate!

"Upstairs..." he said with a forced smile, "We don't dare go up there either. Listen, someone's almost died. We need to figure out what to do with those two sisters as soon as possible. It's really...sigh, I never expected it to cause so much trouble."

Jiang Chen smiled and patted his shoulder, advising him, "No need to rush to deal with it. Let the old man raise the price to one hundred silver dollars a night, and then we can resolve it discreetly in a few days. Rushing things too much at once will only make things worse."

"Thank you for your guidance, young marshal!" The boss bowed and scraped as he saw him to the stairwell.

"Alright, you guys should leave now, so that he doesn't see you and make a fool of himself and hold a grudge." Jiang Chen shook his head with a helpless smile and said, "My brother here is useless at everything but number one at holding grudges and seeking revenge. Just avoid doing business with him in the future."

Upon hearing this, the boss and manager immediately excused themselves and retreated to their rooms on the first floor. At the same time, they muttered to themselves that they would give orders to everyone at the Paramount Ballroom to keep a close watch on Li Dongchen first thing tomorrow morning, so that the same mistake would not be repeated.

Jiang Chen strode upstairs, and just as he opened the door, a vase was thrown at him, nearly causing him to be attacked.

He reacted quickly and nimbly, grabbing the vase in his hand and examining it carefully before placing it on the sideboard by the door. "Don't smash it. Look at the mess you've made of the house! This vase alone is worth a fortune. You pampered young masters smash things and beat people up whenever you're not happy. Do you expect to pay for it after you've done it?"

Don't be like those gangsters who fight and smash things up in someone else's shop, then chase each other away. It's shameful and disgraceful to do something as despicable as making someone else pay the bill.

The bedroom was a complete mess.

He smashed everything he could, even the paintings hanging on the wall were dragged down by Li Dongchen and slapped hard on Ruan Xiangyun's back several times until the wooden frames broke before he threw them aside. By this time, he was exhausted from beating her and was panting heavily with bloodshot eyes.

"Ha, it really is you!" After recognizing who it was, Li Dongchen picked up an ornament from the ground and threw it at the newcomer, sneering, "You schemed to make me lose face, and now you're here to laugh at me! Are you smug now? Happy? I, the eldest son, have been kicked out of the Marshal's Mansion, and the Li family has become yours!"

Jiang Chen didn't even bother to dodge. He frowned as he watched the ornament, which had been smashed off course, crash into the wall and shatter into pieces. He said, "Don't overestimate yourself. Take a good look at yourself. You think you're worth scheming against with your ghostly appearance?"

As the saying goes, flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If you are truly upright, you have nothing to fear, and no one can scheme against you.

Unless... you've already done something shameful, and your heart and hands are not clean, you're feeling guilty and afraid of being found out. You're terrified at the slightest sign of trouble, and you're delusional about others plotting against you.

Stop wasting your breath on me and get out of here so you don't drag innocent people into this mess.

Look at those two sisters who worked so hard to serve you late into the night, and then you beat them up like they were chickens. They were always full of sweet talk, but then they turned on you like a monster. Don't you feel even a little bit guilty?

"Come on, I've arranged a small courtyard for you to stay in for now. In a few days, once the old man has calmed down, you can go back, apologize, and accept a few scoldings; then this will be over. If you keep making a scene, people will spread the word and become a laughingstock, making it even harder for you to return to the Marshal's Mansion."

"You really have such good intentions?" Li Dongchen grinned with disdain, shaking his head and smiling bitterly, "Fine, Li Jiangchen, I really underestimated you. Look how good you are at acting! You put on a flawless act in front of others, but you're just trying to take this opportunity to take me to some godforsaken place to be executed, aren't you?"

The fluffy ball was so angry that its fur stood on end. "Meow! If it weren't for the main system's explicit rule against killing the protagonist, I, the assassin cat, would have shot him right now!"

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Are You Selling Fake Medicine?

Jiang Chen was not angry at all; on the contrary, she found it very funny.

This guy has neither wisdom nor ability; he just relies on the protagonist's halo to make people stupid and recklessly rush around. It's really boring to fight with this kind of clown!

Unfortunately, his dream of returning to the passionate era and working hand in hand with many like-minded people still fell through.

I bet the script team will just come up with something like "Transmigrated into the young warlord's beloved wife," "Domineering young marshal, don't run away," or "Young marshal's pursuit of his wife goes through a fiery ordeal," which are just scripts with a warlord theme on the surface but nothing more than sweet romance at their core.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Aside from the kind of mindless, satisfying CEO stories that require a tragic supporting male character to sacrifice himself, most serious plots don't have such mindless and miserable supporting characters, right?

"Young Marshal, Young Marshal, please save us!" Ruan Xiangyun, her face bruised and battered, knelt on the ground, wailing repeatedly, "Such a terrible thing happened tonight, the steward will have us sisters beaten to death!"

Seeing her crawl over and try to grab his trouser leg, Jiang Chen slightly turned aside to avoid her and said coldly, "What does this have to do with me? Back then, you sisters were determined to enter the Paramount Ballroom, and you cried and begged when they didn't want you. I met you and kindly asked Manager Lin to take you in and even allowed you to perform but not sell your bodies. And what did you sisters do in return?"

Ruan Xiangyun was speechless after being rebuked and could only cover her face and cry.

"I was just trying to help, but what were you saying when you were using the young marshal's name to bully Red Rose and the others?" he pressed on relentlessly. "Which mouth was shouting everywhere that I would bring Ruan Xiangqin into the mansion as the second young mistress sooner or later?"

Ruan Xiangqin, who was trembling from being beaten, suddenly realized what had happened. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried pitifully, "Young Marshal, it's understandable that you're angry. It's all my fault for not disciplining my sister properly!"

She's naive and inexperienced, and she thinks that if you put in a good word for her, it means you're treating her differently and showing her favor. She's also helpless and afraid of being bullied, so she wants to use this opportunity to climb the social ladder, which is why she speaks recklessly and carelessly.

Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against us!

"Xiangyun's ignorance has tarnished your reputation. I apologize on her behalf. Please, Young Marshal, save us! The owner of the Paramount Ballroom is notorious for using torture; we'll be beaten to death! Please, please!"

She knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, making a loud thud on the floor. Her forehead was covered in blood and was bright red.

To be carried into the mansion as the second young mistress?!

The conversation between the three of them struck Li Dongchen like a thunderbolt. He never imagined that the woman who had been whispering sweet nothings to him every night and claimed to love him the most had actually dreamed of climbing up to his younger brother and becoming the second young mistress!

The scene of being paraded through the streets on my wedding day flashed through my mind again.

Li Dongchen couldn't help but sneer. Ha, so he failed to climb the social ladder and turned to cling to me instead?

What does she really think of me?

A sucker? Or a less desirable option?

"Host, those siblings are selfish and only pretend to be close. Look at them now, they're immediately trying to distance themselves and clear their names. It's disgusting!" The fluffy little dumpling whispered in his ear.

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and watched coldly without saying a word.

Upon hearing her sister's shrewish words, Ruan Xiangyun panicked. Was she trying to shift all the blame onto herself to clear her name? What a clever scheme!

"I can't agree with what you're saying, sister." She wiped away her tears and stopped crying, gritting her teeth as she said, "You're clearly the eldest sister, and everything was your plan and arrangement. How come you're pushing it all onto your younger sister now?"

We agreed that one of us would play the good cop and the other the bad cop, but now all the blame is on me?

If you say something like that and it succeeds, you'll be the one who benefits, but what have you given me? In the end, your scheme failed, and I got dragged into it and was beaten and paraded through the streets. In the end, I'm the one who suffers while you reap the benefits, right?

After the parade, there was no chance to perform on stage. Out of respect for the young marshal, it was allowed to perform but not sell one's body. Who was it that took it upon themselves to steal clothes and go to seduce Manager Lin without consulting me, offering to sell their body instead of their performance?

It's all your fault!

Ruan Xiangqin, you're the eldest sister!

From childhood to adulthood, I've listened to everything you said, even when it came to things like selling myself.

You said that selling yourself was easy and quick money, and that I could earn enough money sooner to find a place where no one knew me and live a peaceful life. I believed you and listened to you, letting other men sleep with me.

You said that if I served Mr. Li wholeheartedly, I could get in touch with Li Dongchen and rebuild Qinya Manor. You told me to work hard to please him. I listened to you all night and did whatever you asked me to do without any complaints.

You said Li Dongchen was going to redeem us, and told me to save money so I could find a way to get into the Marshal's mansion as the eldest young master's concubine. I believed you!

Every time Li Dongchen comes over, I'm in charge of creating the atmosphere so you can enjoy yourself.

Even when we were eating dumplings just now, I was following your instructions to sing and act in concert so that Li Dongchen would show you all kinds of pity and make all sorts of promises after you were punished. In the end, is this how you, the eldest sister, treat your younger sister?

"They're trying to absolve themselves of all responsibility and make me take all the blame?"

The fluffy ball covered its mouth with its paws and laughed so hard it almost fell over. "Hahaha, now that I know what it means to fight like dogs and get a mouthful of fur, it's so funny, hahaha..."

Ruan Xiangqin was speechless for a moment and could only kneel on the ground and pretend to be weak and cry.

"It's all a scheme!" Li Dongchen's heart sank into an ice cave, and he collapsed to the ground, crying and laughing at the same time, shouting, "It's all a scheme! You all schemed against me!"

Jiang Chen shook his head and sighed, "What a pity, such a good show, and I was the only one watching it. Well, at least my broken arm was in my sleeve, so I didn't lose face in the street."

Hurry up and come, I've really prepared a small courtyard for you.

Don't you realize how down and out you are? Would it be worth it for me to kill you and take another life? I'm not going to ruin a winning hand like this. If you don't come, I'm really leaving; the smell in here is too strong, I really can't stand it."

Ruan Xiangyun hurriedly crawled over and pleaded, "Young Marshal, please take me away! I'll be your maid, I'll be your slave, I was really deceived by that bitch! Waaah... I know I was wrong, please take me away, otherwise I'll really die here!"

"It's all my fault." Ruan Xiangqin covered her mouth and sobbed, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed as she looked at Jiang Chen with a resentful expression and said miserably, "It's my fault as the eldest sister for not teaching her well and doing a good job. It's only right that my younger sister complains about me."

Having lost my mother at a young age, and with my father preoccupied with his deceased wife, he naturally had no time or energy to guide and discipline me. As a result, I, the eldest sister, lacked proper upbringing and upbringing. After losing my parents and home, I had to take care of my younger siblings, so it was inevitable that I would make mistakes.

Young Marshal, you are so magnanimous, please take Xiangyun away.

As long as she can escape this misery, I'd be willing to face torture alone, even be beaten to death. I only hope my sister won't blame me in the future. Sometimes... I'm forced into this situation when I have no other choice!

Her tearful, pitiful words seemed to radiate a protagonist's aura as they enveloped Jiang Chen. The fluffy little creature jumped up, pressing one paw against its host's face and blocking with the other, shouting, "Don't try to act wildly! All of you, get back!"

Jiang Chen: (?person?)

The little ball of fluff has gotten fatter again. It's not big, but it's definitely got a lot of substance...

Li Dongchen coldly watched the two sisters still scheming against each other, sneered, got up, and followed Jiang Chen to close the door and go downstairs.

Seeing no hope of help, Ruan Xiangyun, in a fit of rage, got up from the ground, grabbed a shard of glass, and slashed it at Ruan Xiangqin's face. "You bitch! It's all because of you! I've lost my chastity! Go to hell! Go to hell!"

The two sisters wrestled together, with occasional piercing screams escaping their lips.

"Host, that was really strange just now." The fluffy little dumpling scratched its ear and asked curiously as it watched the protagonist turn around and be placed under house arrest under the pretext of settling him down. "I shielded you from the brain-damaging halo and wasn't affected, but isn't the male lead, Li Dongchen, the one who's most susceptible to this? Why didn't he show any chivalry?"

Jiang Chen toyed with his riding crop as he walked out of the alley, chuckling lightly, "What's so strange about that? Do you think most men can't tell a green tea bitch apart? They're not stupid at their age, how could they not see through it? The reason they're willing to take the bait is simply because they enjoy the ambiguous relationship that's offered to them..."

"Thump!" Before he could finish speaking, he had just stepped out of the alley when someone suddenly swung a stick at him, and he fell straight into the snow without any warning.

Attacked on a snowy night?!

Ignoring the sharp pain on the back of his head from being hit, Jiang Chen's first reaction was to summon his Soul Artifact to protect himself.

However, the Horcrux that he always carried with him did not react at all!

"I'll beat you up, you overconfident fool!" The other person was holding a large snow-sweeping broom. After knocking Jiang Chen down, he started beating him mercilessly, yelling as he hit him, "Who do you think you are?"

He overestimates himself and spends all his time hanging around a few bastards, unaware that he's been invaded and corrupted!

You're indecisive and procrastinating. If I don't punish you, you'll be stuck in a melodramatic soap opera, feeling smug about yourself!

What about your ideals? What about your ambitions?

"You should have severed the Heavenly Dao from the start and sent Li Dongchen to his doom! Our vast land awaits reclaiming and restoration; why are you wasting time arguing with a few incompetent fools? I can see you're severely corrupted by evil energy; you need a good beating to truly repent and clear your head!"

Velvet dumpling:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

scare!

A bug came knocking and even beat up the host?

What the heck? What should I do now? Should I help my host fight back?

but……

It brandished its meow punch, then bristled and backed away, watching as the bug took a broom and began to beat its host mercilessly. Sure enough, wisps of faint black smoke rose from its body as it was being pounded.

"Meow~ Host, you have something amazing on you!" It was so frightened that its whole body blurred, and it screamed, "I've created a bug for you, don't move, let it do it!"

I'd like to move, you idiot!

Jiang Chen was beaten so badly that his whole body was burning with pain, but he was powerless to fight back!