AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Xu Wenqi wanted to cry without tears.
'Out of all the novels to transmigrate into, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS ONE??' she wailed silently. 'Especially at this juncture of the plot!!'
The novel she transmigrated to was named "Becoming the Billionaire President's Tender Lover" and it was the worst one Xu Wenqi ever read. Not only was this story a cliche dog-blooded drama with the trope of rich boy meets poor girl, but the plot was extremely heavy on sadomasochism. The main couple would fight, hate each other, and then perform intimate actions in the next moment. In short, it was such a messy book that the author must've either written drunk or high. Xu Wenqi didn't believe the author could actually write this terrible plot while being sane. But the fact she couldn't believe the most was the fact that she was. actually. in. this. goddamn. book.
In any cliche love story, there exists a love rival opposing the heroine. This love rival is known as the "childhood sweetheart" who has an equal background to the rich male lead and illusorily believes that they should be the ones standing next to the male lead instead of the heroine. The defining characteristic of the villainess childhood sweetheart is that they always cook up plots to separate the main couple, but end up furthering the romance of the main couple instead. Unfortunately, the snake-like childhood sweetheart with the same name as her was the role Xu Wenqi entered.
Before Xu Wenqi transmigrated into this body, the original owner of the body devised a devilish scheme to drug the male lead Huo Lizheng so she could sleep with him and force him to take responsibility by marrying her. The original owner was a typical two-faced white lotus third-generation rich heiress who grew up with the male lead, a.k.a. his "childhood sweetheart." The original owner loved pretending to be pitiful to arouse the protectiveness of the men around her, allowing her to secretly instigate them to do her bidding. The original owner convinced one of them to bribe a waiter to slip an aphrodisiac into Huo Lizheng's champagne during a charity banquet at a high-class hotel. In this way, the original owner's hands wouldn't be dirtied and no one could ever pin the blame onto her.
Xu Wenqi wanted to vomit blood thinking about the original owner's acting skills.
'Really worthy of an Oscar,' she thought bitterly.
Unfortunately for the original owner, the male lead had a deep mind and was quite wary of such plans being a successful businessman who has seen large winds and waves. The tide turned quickly as Huo Lizheng swapped his drink with his largest business competitor and half-brother Shen Yue, the villain of the book. The original owner who didn't notice the swap quickly pretended to care about the male lead after seeing him drink the champagne. The male lead didn't reject her concern, asking her to help him book the presidential suite and wait there. He later sent the villain into the same room so the two would have a steamy spring night together. In this way, two birds would be killed with one stone; Shen Yue would have his hands tied facing the anger of the original owner's family, and the original owner who never stopped pestering the male lead would be dealt with.
Such a vicious demise made Xu Wenqi internally curse, 'This damn sadistic author!! I swear on my life that if I ever return back to the real world, I'm definitely going to murder this author!!'
At the time of Xu Wenqi's transmigration, the original owner already entered the presidential suite with the villain drugged on the bed. Xu Wenqi felt a sense of deep fear that her presence would stimulate Shen Yue and cause him to assault her. While her first instinct was to flee this mess, she knew that if she left, she would definitely meet her end. Shen Yue would certainly investigate this matter after he became sober and he would suspect her after seeing her run out of the room through the footage from the security cameras in the hotel hallway. Based on his cruel character famed for using unscrupulous means, it would be a blessing if he would just press charges and send her jail. However, instead of simply doing that, he would most likely take great joy in watching her suffer through his torture. There was a high possibility that he would give her the taste of her own medicine by feeding her aphrodisiacs and letting her "pleasure" some old greasy men. To avoid such an end, Xu Wenqi had to stay in the room and force him to regain clarity in order to prove her innocence in this matter. But the question of how to wake up the villain remained. How was the weak Xu Wenqi going to carry a 1.88m man into the bathroom to splash cold water on him?
'There must be another way,' thought Xu Wenqi.
Xu Wenqi's eyes scanned the vast room and fell on the ice bucket next to the wine rack. Her eyes slowly lit up before dimming down at the same speed. Just imagining dumping the water onto Shen Yue made her scalp numb. After doing some psychological construction, Xu Wenqi grabbed the bucket with a firm conviction and went to the bathroom to fill it. Standing on the side of the bed, Xu Wenqi drew in a deep breath and harshly dumped the freezing water onto Shen Yue.
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A crystal drop of water slid tantalizingly from Shen Yue's chin past his Adam's apple and dived into his slightly unbuttoned crumpled white collared shirt. The wetted shirt clung to his body, highlighting his bulging muscles. His dark raven hair stuck to his pale skin, forming a disconcerting seductive contrast, and his long ink-stained eyelashes that appeared to be delicately painted stroke by stroke were dampened. The pursuing of his ruddy lips, coupled with its shimmering watery glean, was simply a temptation of evil for the viewer. The furrowing of his sword-like eyebrows only added to the ambiguity of the atmosphere before his eyelashes quivered and his eyes opened slowly. Time seemed to slow as the sliver moonlight passed the large glass-paned window and illuminated the two figures in the room.