Chapter 1. You have triggered the [Charismatic] System. ...
It would be better to let her die. In the original drama, the female supporting character [Xie Yushu] was tortured to death!
She loathed this short drama, which combined elements such as a white moonlight, a body double, a real and fake heiress, ancient domestic intrigue, and a popular, satisfying story.
The plot is simple: Xie Jianing, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an, who had been missing for several years, was found after being brought back. She discovered that her illegitimate younger sister, Xie Yushu, who looked somewhat similar to her, imitated her face and her clothes, and took her place as the "apple of everyone's eye" in the Marquis's mansion. Not only did she marry her childhood sweetheart, Pei Shilin, but she was also treated as a substitute by the male lead and the villain.
The white moonlight returns to reclaim lost territory, first tormenting the substitute female supporting character, kicking out the scumbag Pei Shilin, and then taking the male lead and villain back into her possession.
It's satisfying to see someone slap their face all the way through, but from the perspective of the stand-in female supporting character [Xie Yushu], it's like being tortured from beginning to end!
She wasn't trying to whitewash the character she played as a stand-in; the supporting character [Xie Yushu] was just a tool.
The stand-in [Xie Yushu] devoted himself to taking care of the terminally ill old lady for more than two years before he finally moved the old lady and her scumbag father to truly acknowledge her as their daughter born to his mistress.
After the old lady passed away, her scumbag father, Marquis Yong'an, in order to get rid of Pei Shilin, who had been betrothed to Xie Jianing since childhood, casually married her, his illegitimate daughter, to Pei Shilin.
Secondly, it was definitely not her initiative for the male lead and the villain to use [Xie Yushu] as a substitute for the female lead.
It was Xie Yushu's good husband, Pei Shilin, who sent Xie Yushu to the villainous Prime Minister Song's mansion as a substitute in order to save his younger brother...
[Xie Yushu] was abused by several men and never had a good day. He was used as a substitute and humiliated: You are not even as good as a single hair of Jia Ning!
Isn't that crazy?
When the female lead, Xie Jianing, comes back, she doesn't go to punish those despicable men, but instead she goes to punish the female supporting character who was her stand-in!
Is this reasonable?
Xie Yushu lay on the antique carved bed, feeling dizzy with anger. She really didn't want to open her eyes and face the reality that she had transmigrated into a substitute supporting female character...
"Young master, should we summon a doctor? Madam has been unconscious for over an hour; could she have really suffered a heatstroke?"
This is Maid A of the Pei family. The next person to speak is Pei Shilin, the cheap husband of the substitute female supporting character [Xie Yushu], the despicable man who willingly wore a green hat and sent his wife to the Prime Minister's mansion as a substitute.
"No need." Another deep male voice came in, uttering a more familiar line: "Xie Yushu, are you going to keep pretending? You're faking a heatstroke in this rainy weather? Do you think I'm a fool?"
Next, he came over and picked her up in one swift motion, all the while making sarcastic remarks.
"Since you're suffering from heatstroke, I'll help you cool down," the man's voice suddenly approached.
A person shouldn't die twice in the same lotus pond, right?
With that thought in mind, Xie Yushu mustered all his strength, swung his arm in a wide arc, and slapped out!
The person holding her must have been stunned by the slap and stood there dumbfounded.
Raindrops pattered on Xie Yushu's face, and her vision gradually cleared. She could see the stunned face of the person in front of her. You have to admit, with his sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, and handsome features, Pei Shilin had the face of someone who could live off a woman.
But there was a handprint on his face, and he stared at her in shock, "You dare to lay a hand on me?"
I'm going to hit you!
Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, Xie Yushu slapped him across the face again, struggled free from his arms with both hands and feet, and jumped to the ground.
She was still a little dizzy and had to hold onto the red pillar in front of the door to steady herself. She stared at Pei Shilin and said, "You bastard."
The maids standing at the door were shocked. "Madam, how dare you hit the young master!"
"What did you say?" Pei Shilin covered his face, staring at her incredulously, thinking he had misheard.
Xie Yushu was furious. In the original drama, Xie Yushu was always humble and subservient, working as a nanny in the Marquis's mansion to please everyone. After getting married, she was used as a tool to please her husband and mother-in-law's family. It was enough for her to play the role of being abused in order to earn money. Now that she has transmigrated, they still want to abuse her?
Keep dreaming!
"I said, you scumbag," Xie Yushu enunciated clearly, "Can't you hear me if you're hard of hearing?"
Pei Shilin's face turned pale. He never dreamed that the cautious Xie Yushu would dare to hit him and even call him a slut. More than anger, he was surprised and confused. "Xie Yushu, are you possessed? Or have you lost your mind?"
She stood in the drizzle with disheveled hair, her face pale and her eyes glazed over – she looked exactly like someone who had lost their mind.
"I'm perfectly fine. I've never been so sharp-eyed before. I can see that you're nothing but a spineless man who covets the power of the Marquis's mansion and sells his wife for personal gain..." Xie Yushu was about to vent his anger at being inexplicably tortured after transmigrating when he suddenly heard a "ding" in his ear.
What system?
A system interface, resembling a light screen, unfolded before her eyes, displaying the words: [Popularity System].
Current green hat value: 0.
Current popularity rating: 0.
Current health: 1.
Current wealth: 0.
Why is her health so low?
Xie Yushu was surprised.
The voice in my head politely explained, "You died suddenly in your original world. The system has selected you to be transported to the world of 'The White Moonlight Noble Lady Reborn and Goes Mad.' You can accumulate life points and wealth through the [Charming System]."
"One point of 'green hat' value can be exchanged for one point of health or one point of 'charm' value." The system simply summarizes: "The more 'charm' value you have, the greater your charm! Once you accumulate 100 'charm' points, everyone in this world, young and old, will fall in love with you!"
Wait a minute.
What good is it if everyone, young and old, loves her? Can she even become empress?
The system paused for a moment and then said tactfully, "This can't be done for now. The male lead, Xiao Zhen, will become the emperor of this world, and as a supporting female character, you cannot change the ending of the male and female leads."
As if afraid Xie Yushu would refuse, the system immediately added: "Popularity points can be exchanged for gold. 1 point of Popularity Points can be exchanged for 10,000 taels of gold, and 10,000 taels of gold is equivalent to 50 million RMB."
50 million?!
Xie Yushu's eyes widened in shock. 50 million RMB, not ghost money? But that's RMB she spent in her original world? Could she even return to her original world?
"Of course you can." The system immediately replied, "As long as you accumulate 100 life points and complete the mission in this world, you can be teleported back to the original world at any time. At that time, you can exchange all the green hat points and charm points you have accumulated for RMB."
This isn't a "charming system," it's clearly a "get-rich-quick system"!
Xie Yushu didn't even ask what the mission was before immediately choosing to bind to the system. Hesitating for even a second longer would be disrespectful to the 50 million.
"Okay, binding you to the [Green Hat]... no, [Charismatic] System." The system bound itself to her three seconds later.
Is he a cuckold or a heartthrob?
[Xie Yushu] Happiness...that's a bit difficult.
Just as she was about to ask the system how to obtain [Green Hat Value] and [Charismatic Value], Pei Shilin suddenly walked towards her.
"I think you've really gone mad!" Pei Shilin looked at her as if she were a lunatic. She stood there stunned, halfway through her sentence. He couldn't understand what kind of madness she was acting out. He had lost patience with her and said, "I didn't marry you for the sake of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion. Did I marry you for you as a person? Or for your status as a concubine's daughter?"
His tone was utterly disrespectful: "Xie Yushu, I can marry you, and I can divorce you immediately. If you're divorced after only three days of marriage, do you think you'll have a place in Bianjing? I doubt the Yong'an Marquis's mansion will take in a divorced woman like you. You'll only be sent back to your mistress's house!"
This is no longer an act; they're just laying their cards on the table.
Xie Yushu stared at his face and suddenly wondered if the "green hat value" was generated from her husband's head.
"Here's the thing, host. You can get Cuckold Points not only from your husband Pei Shilin, but also from other people who admire you. You just need to make all your admirers feel green with envy." The system introduction said, "You can exchange 1 Cuckold Point for 1 Popularity Point, or you can get [Popularity Points] by conquering important characters. The more admirers you have, the higher your Popularity Points will be, and the more Cuckold Points you can accumulate."
Got it, it's about seducing men and then cheating on them relentlessly, maximizing your cuckoldry value.
Xie Yushu liked this system; not only could he cuckold bastards, but he could also make money...
"Are you even listening to me?" Pei Shilin had been hurling insults at her for a while, but when he saw that her eyes were vacant as if she wasn't listening at all, he angrily stepped forward and grabbed her arm.
She winced in pain before her gaze focused on him, and she frowned as she asked, "What did you say?"
Pei Shilin gritted his teeth in anger; she had been giving him the runaround!
Today is the day he returns to his parents' home. On their wedding night, he had said so many sweet and harsh words to her. Although the Pei family still holds the title of Earl, it was his uncle Pei Heng who inherited it. Pei Heng disappeared on the battlefield half a year ago, and his fate is still unknown. It is unknown whether he died for his country or... deserted. This is already an awkward situation, but to make matters worse, his good-for-nothing brother has driven someone to their death by lending money at this critical juncture when he was being appointed to his post.
He wanted to beat his younger brother to death, but it was no use now. He could only try to suppress the trouble and make it disappear. Otherwise, he might be implicated and lose his place in the Hanlin Academy.
That's why he was in such a hurry to marry Xie Yushu, his mistress. It was only because she was the only daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an's family, and the Marquis and his wife treated her fairly well. He wanted her to go back to the Marquis's family to plead for leniency and ask the Marquis to suppress the lawsuit and settle it privately.
Who would have thought that she would be "sent off" less than an hour after returning home.
Lady Hou said she wasn't feeling well and didn't even offer her lunch, sending Xie Yushu and his new son-in-law back home directly.
In all of Bianjing, who ever gets turned away on their wedding day? It's utterly disgraceful!
He finally understood that the Yong'an Marquis's mansion did not value Xie Yushu, the daughter of a concubine, at all. Even though she was nominally registered under the name of the Marquis's wife, she was not the Marquis's biological daughter after all, and the mansion did not want to care about her anymore after she was married off.
Unfortunately, Xie Yushu was an extremely stupid person. After being kicked out of the Marquis's mansion, he actually came up with the idea of pretending to be injured and fainting in an attempt to deceive him. Now that the deception failed, he has started to go crazy!
"You haven't listened to a word I said," Pei Shilin said through gritted teeth. "You're now a member of the Pei family; if anything happens to the Pei family, you won't have a good end either!"
She replied, "I would have no good end if the Pei family hadn't met with misfortune."
He was so angry he almost fell over. He grabbed Xie Yushu's cold arm and stared at her face, which resembled Jia Ning's by six points. He felt a deep sorrow. If only Jia Ning were still alive, she would be the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an and so intelligent. He would never have given this imposter a second glance.
Her hair was damp from the drizzle, and her eyes were moist and bright. The way she frowned slightly in a hint of anger was so much like Jia Ning, more so than her usual meek and submissive demeanor. Pei Shilin stared at her, somewhat lost in thought, and murmured, "No wonder Prime Minister Song mistook her for someone else..."
Xie Yushu's eyes lit up. Wasn't the next plot just that Pei Shilin would send her to Prime Minister Song's residence to be his substitute for one night? She would be cuckolding herself!
A note from the author:
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As promised, a new story is out! It's a male mistress/other man romance novel~ As usual, there will be red envelopes (cash gifts) during the first week of the story's release, and updates will be at 8 PM every night. Welcome everyone to check it out!
A heads-up: The female lead is not a male virgin, she is a bad woman, and the male lead is Pei Heng, the younger uncle (he is 27 years old, only four years older than Pei Shilin, not an old man). The other male supporting characters are all physically virgins, but Pei Shilin and Song Jie had feelings for the original female lead and are not pure in heart.
And the currency settings in this fictional world are very unrealistic.
I'll arrange the rest when I think of them.
Happy reading! [heart emojis]
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