211. Humiliation

[Task triggered]

She pretended to faint again.

You've really had enough of her disgusting behavior.

[She always feigns weakness, and faints at the slightest sign of trouble.]

You can't take it anymore.

【You always have to pretend you're bullying her, right?】

You decide to give in to her and thoroughly humiliate her.

[Mission: Humiliate her]

[Reward: Beginner-level Literature Mastery]

The little dumpling's chubby little hands rested on the little white head, its round eyes staring curiously at Tao Wanbi lying flat on the ground.

The little dumpling tilted its head and blinked.

So... Sister Tao was actually faking fainting?

The system told her to humiliate Sister Tao, but what does "humiliate" mean?

Does it mean bullying?

As she was pondering this, the little white dog at her feet suddenly let out a "woof" and started spinning around in circles, sniffing around on the ground.

The little dumpling instantly understood that Little White needed to pee!

"Little White! Don't pee here!" The little dumpling cried out in a high-pitched voice, his voice filled with anxiety.

Humans have to relieve themselves, and so do dogs.

Little White couldn't understand anything. After circling around a few times, it accurately ran to Tao Wanbi's side and raised its hind legs...

"ah--!"

Tao Wanbi, who had been tightly closing her eyes, looking weak and fainting, could no longer hold on.

She launched herself into the air and jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Forgetting all about acting, she ran to the side on all fours.

This sudden awakening stunned even the worried Marquis of Beiding.

The second brother, who rushed over upon hearing the news, exclaimed as if he had discovered a new continent: "Father, Mother, look! She was faking fainting, but Xiaobai saw through her! She didn't faint at all!"

When Marquis Beiding and Jiang Xiyue saw Tao Wanbi's disheveled appearance and recalled her deliberate act of feigning weakness, their expressions immediately turned rather unpleasant.

Marquis Beiding said in an unhappy tone, "Wanbi, what are you doing...?"

Tao Wanbi was exposed at this moment, her face flushed red and then turned pale, she was so embarrassed that she didn't know whether to stand or sit.

[Warning! Warning! Host's behavior deviates from the script, favorability gained has failed, and the plot has seriously deviated!]

Upon hearing this, Tao Wanbi couldn't hold back any longer: "What a terrible script! They just randomly gave me a 'green tea' script, do I look like one?!"

"I told you it was a makeshift crew, a makeshift crew, and you still didn't believe me. My acting skills are no different from a clown's in front of them! I quit!"

She was grumbling to herself, but to Marquis Beiding and Jiang Xiyue, all she saw was dissatisfaction.

Jiang Xiyue was already quite displeased with her feigning fainting to gain sympathy, and seeing her changing expression and shifty eyes now only fueled her anger: "I thought she was a well-educated and reasonable girl, but I never expected her to be so hypocritical and pretentious! Yue'er is only three years old, and she dared to frame her. How could she do such a deceptive thing to gain attention now?"

Marquis Beiding also frowned and said sternly, "Miss Tao, although my Marquis Beiding mansion is hospitable, it cannot tolerate such deceitful behavior."

With your temperament, you're probably not suited to stay here any longer.

"Someone, prepare the carriage and take Miss Tao to the estate in the suburbs!"

"Daddy, Mommy!" The little dumpling blinked its big eyes and asked, seemingly understanding but not quite, "Is Sister Tao leaving?"

Jiang Xiyue patted her daughter's head and said softly, "She did something wrong and needs to reflect on it."

[Host! Host! Please correct the plot immediately! Going to the manor will make the mission even more difficult to complete!]

But Tao Wanbi was in a fit of pique and had completely given up.

Looking at the cold face of Marquis Jiang Xiyue of Beiding, and glancing at the little dumpling next to her with the puppy, she decided to just give up and be miserable.

She completely suppressed her feigned grievances and put on a nonchalant expression: "Fine, I'll go. Who wants to stay in your house?"

Upon hearing this, Marquis Jiang Xiyue of Beiding's expression darkened even further.

The servants didn't dare to delay and quickly prepared the carriage.

Tao Wanbi didn't linger and walked straight towards the door. Before getting into the car, she deliberately raised her voice and said, "I'm not staying in your luxurious home anymore!"

Everyone watched as she got into the car and drove away without any hesitation.

Marquis Beiding was also puzzled: "Does she have mental problems? She changes her attitude every now and then."

"Who cares if she has a problem or not? Just send her away and that's it." Jiang Xiyue left with the little dumpling in her arms.

[Task Completed]

Things progressed unexpectedly smoothly.

For some reason, you feel that this mortal enemy who once drove you to the brink of destruction has become foolish and reckless.

You not only humiliated her, you even drove her away.

[It must be... that you've gotten stronger, right?]

However, we cannot let our guard down yet; the victory is only temporary.

[Reward: Beginner Literature Mastery]

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The carriage rattled and clattered over the cobblestone road. Tao Wanbi irritably pulled at her hair, nearly throwing her hairpin away.

"Did the ancients have something wrong with themselves, insisting on all that hairpins, pearls, and other nonsense?" She was extremely angry and found fault with everything.

The system is even more anxious than she is now—

[Host! Are you insane?! Do you even know what going to the manor means?!]

Tao Wanbi lifted the carriage curtain and glanced at the increasingly distant Marquis of Beiding's residence, sneering inwardly, "So what? It's better than putting on airs here every day! This damn system, this damn script, let whoever wants it take it! I'm not acting anymore!"

[Host! Don't act rashly!]

"Impulsive? I call this being clear-headed!"

[But if you complete the mission, you can return to the modern world with 100 million!]

The system was trying to awaken her dream of returning home in glory.

"I can't finish it! I really can't do even a little bit."

"Other people who transmigrate get cheat codes and become big shots! But what do I get? I have to put on airs in front of a three-year-old?"

"It's so annoying! Wasn't I supposed to be the female lead? But instead, I'm forced to do all sorts of manipulative things like sowing discord and playing the victim. Isn't that just irritating?"

"Didn't the script say that all the men love me? I even thought I could get a Mary Sue script and experience a dream life."

"Damn it, I'm only three years old! Three years old! What am I supposed to play at three years old?!"

"I want to go back! Go back!"

[...]

"Stop playing dead! Let me go back! I'm not staying in this godforsaken place!"

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you can't go back.

Tao Wanbi was stunned for a moment: "...What do you mean? What do you mean I'm afraid I can't go back?"

Once I chose you, there was no turning back for either of us.

The only way to leave is for the story to end.

There is no other way.

Tao Wanbi said in disbelief, "You mean I have to go down this path to the bitter end? I have to complete your so-called script? Otherwise, I'll be trapped here forever?!"

I'm sorry, but that's the truth.

"Fuck you, you dam! I knew you were a human trafficker! Damn it, damn it!"

"No wonder! The moment they dragged me into the system space, they started spouting all sorts of mystical nonsense. They wouldn't let me leave no matter what I said. So it's a one-way street?!"

"Then they inexplicably threw a 'green tea' script at me and made me act in it! Didn't they even check if it was suitable?!"

She became increasingly angry as she spoke, unleashing a torrent of words: "And then there's the Marquis of Beiding and his wife, they're so loving and protective of their child, and their child is so adorable, yet they insist on making me do bad things, don't I feel any remorse?"

"If it weren't for that 100 million, I would never have agreed to do all this with you!"

"Although I, Tao Wanbi, skipped classes, went online, got into fights, and ran away from home, I still have basic conscience!"

"You idiot! I'm so angry!"

"I quit! I'm resigning! I'm just going to quit! The worst that can happen is I die, but in eighteen years I'll be a hot-blooded hero again!"

The system remained silent for a long time before finally saying—

[If the host doesn't like the original female lead's character design... you're allowed to maintain your own character design, is that alright?]

"……What's the meaning?"

Our goal is simply to make the plot unfold according to our script; the female lead's character can actually be changed.

Tao Wanbi laughed in exasperation: "Are you really unable to understand human language, or are you just pretending?"

[...]

The system is playing dead in a classic way.