17. So the female lead has feelings for the female supporting character?

◎Hehe, guess?◎

[Host, it's already quite remarkable that you're still alive.]

The system's response was irrelevant, which made Yan Sui even more panicked. She mentally asked herself, "What exactly happened last night? This is the first time I've ever drunk so much; I completely blacked out..."

[Host, let's talk again when you're fully awake. A lot really happened last night.]

Yan Sui's heart was pounding, and Jian Liyun, seeing her expression, assumed she was nervous.

"You drank so much yesterday, your head must still hurt. Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Yan Sui asked, "And what about you?"

Jian Liyun buttoned up one of the loose buttons on Yan Sui's pajamas. "I'm going for a medical check-up, I might be back late. What do you want to eat tonight?"

Yan Sui grabbed the other person's arm, "I'll go with you."

Jian Liyun said helplessly, "You drank so much last night, it's not appropriate to have your blood drawn on an empty stomach this morning, it will affect the results."

Yan Sui still didn't let go. "I know, I'll stay with you."

Jian Liyun sighed, "I'm not a child. I can do a physical exam by myself. Besides, you booked me at a private medical center, so the service there will be excellent."

Yan Sui still refused, but Jian Liyun couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she let Yan Sui have breakfast before the two of them went out together.

The driver appeared in the parking lot on time. As soon as Yan Sui got into the car, she saw several workers get out of a van, all carrying renovation tools.

She exclaimed, "Li Yun, it seems like this neighborhood you live in is quite popular. I wonder who bought a new house here this time."

Jian Liyun hummed in agreement. "It will take about half an hour to get to the medical examination center. Why don't you get some sleep first?"

Yan Sui did not refuse, and she also took this opportunity to talk to the system about what happened yesterday.

"system."

As soon as Yan Sui called out in her mind, the system responded.

[The host is present.]

Yan Sui said in a heavy mood, "Tell me, what happened last night? Did Lu Shutian manage to get any information out of me?"

【No. Host, you're generally very discreet with the female lead, and you only almost let it slip once, but I reminded you and you kept quiet. However… you angered her.】

Yan Sui's lips twitched. "I wasn't someone who would easily make others angry before, really."

Then, the system recounted in detail what had happened last night to Yan Sui.

Yan Sui had been dozing off with her eyes closed, but she couldn't sit still any longer after hearing the last part.

"So it was Lu Shutian who brought me back. I have absolutely no recollection of it," she sighed inwardly. "I'm so stupid. I should have given my own home address back then. Now I've exposed Li Yun's address to the woman... no, wait!"

Yan Sui opened her eyes, pretending to look at the scenery outside the window, but in reality, her mind was in turmoil.

“System, I gave Li Yun’s address, but Lu Shutian immediately realized that this was not my address, so there are only two possibilities.”

"First, she knew my home address but not Jian Liyun's, so she deduced that I wasn't giving her my address; second, although she didn't know my home address, she knew Jian Liyun's, so she noticed after I gave her Jian Liyun's address."

The more Yan Sui thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

“But system, look, I didn’t tell her the specific house number before, I only told her the name of the community, but when we got to the community, she took me directly to Jian Liyun’s house, which means she knows Jian Liyun’s exact address.”

"So it's the second scenario."

Yan Sui recalled the last time she went to a deserted village with Jian Liyun, Lu Shutian also came looking for her.

In addition, Lu Shutian kept inviting Jian Liyun to participate in variety shows...

Yan Sui said with a heavy heart, "This world may no longer be the world of romance novels."

The system chimed in, "[Yes, host, both the female lead and the supporting female character are acting very strangely.]"

Last night, when the female lead brought her host back, the confrontation between the female lead and the female supporting character made it seem like they were about to fight.

A cool but love-obsessed female supporting character, a sweet but seemingly innocent but actually cunning female lead, a missing male lead, and its host whose fate was sealed by a catastrophic start.

The system felt the future was bleak, but it didn't want to burden Yan Sui psychologically, so it decided to comfort her, saying, "[But it's okay, host, you just need to protect the female supporting character...]"

“So,” Yan Sui concluded, “something’s wrong with the female lead, Lu Shutian. Although you haven’t detected it, there’s a very high probability that she has awakened, been reborn, or that something else has happened to her. And now, she wants to break free from the original plot because—”

Yan Sui felt that she was a genius at deduction.

"It's very possible that the female lead no longer likes the male lead, and the person she truly cares about is the female supporting character."

【？】

The system emitted a buzzing sound from the electrical circuit.

It short-circuited.

Yan Sui thought about it and it made more and more sense. She said with great conviction: "That's why the female lead keeps trying to win over the female supporting character and inviting her to participate in variety shows, where the male lead is not involved."

[Host, do you think there's a possibility...?]

Yan Sui was completely absorbed in her own thoughts: "What?"

Actually, the person the female supporting character and the female lead care about is you, not the other person.

Yan Sui chuckled inwardly: "System, I didn't expect you to joke around. Lu Shutian has been in contact with me a lot only to give Jian Liyun better career development opportunities, not because she wants to get to know me personally."

Otherwise, Lu Shutian wouldn't have needed to repeatedly use the pretext of inviting Jian Liyun to participate in variety shows to meet with Yan Sui.

The system fell completely silent.

Yan Sui sighed, "It's just that Jian Liyun is so in love with the male lead that if it were someone else, probably no one would be able to catch her eye."

[Host, last night the female supporting character told you that she doesn't like the male lead, but you were drunk and didn't hear her clearly.]

Yan Sui didn't believe it at all.

Anyway, Jian Liyun has always been good at lying to her about the male lead.

"Sui Sui," Jian Liyun reminded her as the car arrived at its destination, "we've arrived."

Yan Sui hummed in agreement, her mind still filled with a multitude of thoughts.

If the female lead has no feelings for the male lead but has feelings for the female supporting character, then she wouldn't need to make Jian Liyun avoid Lu Shutian so much.

To change the outcome of Jian Liyun's eventual suicide, besides altering certain plot points, it is also necessary to act in accordance with the prevailing circumstances at other times.

The two entered the medical examination center, and Yan Sui tentatively said, "Actually, last night, Miss Lu wanted to invite you to participate in a variety show."

Jian Liyun paused, then turned her head slightly to look at Yan Sui, "Do you want me to go?"

To be fair, given the female lead's career and overall luck, she wouldn't be wrong to participate in anything. And since the male lead won't be appearing in this variety show, it's a good opportunity for Jian Liyun.

Variety shows can be recorded easily in the studio, and the general popularity among casual viewers can also be boosted.

Yan Sui hesitated before nodding: "I think... we can give it a try?"

Yan Sui gave a general introduction to the content and process of the all-female romance variety show.

Jian Liyun's expression remained unchanged. She lowered her head slightly and listened attentively to Yan Sui's words.

"...That's about it, but if you mind participating in this kind of gay variety show, I can refuse."

Jian Liyun hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.

Yan Sui comforted her, "Actually, you can give it a try. Just think of it as making some friends in the industry. I think Miss Lu is quite nice; she's cute and has a good personality."

"Is Lu Shutian a good person?"

Jian Liyun scoffed, "Is that what you think?"

Yan Sui sensed the other party's resistance, so she touched her nose and said, "Well, Miss Lu is a very nice person. She was the one who kept inviting me to this variety show."

Jian Liyun suddenly said, "Even if she gets you drunk, you still think she's a good person?"

Yan Sui lowered her head, feeling a little regretful: "Alright, Li Yun, if you don't want to go, I'll talk to Director Kong."

Jian Liyun quickly grasped the key point, "Director Kong?"

Yan Sui nodded, "Yes, when Miss Lu wanted to invite you, Director Kong agreed without hesitation before I could even say anything."

Not far away, staff members in white uniforms were walking towards the two of them.

Jian Liyun tried to remove the hair tie from her wrist. "Objectively speaking, this variety show shouldn't be too bad, and I could participate. But... um? Where's my hair tie?"

Yan Sui took the black hair tie off her hair. "Want to use mine for now?"

“Not at all compromised,” Jian Liyun said with a smile as she accepted the gift, then quickly composed herself after realizing she was smiling too happily. “Go to the lounge first. I’ll come find you after I finish my medical check-up this morning.”

As Yan Sui walked towards the lounge, she asked the system, "Was the hair tie I gave her from some luxury brand in this world? Why was she so happy?"

[Hehe, guess?]

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