2 Transmigration into a Book
◎Five years after the novel's ending◎
Xu Huaihuai slept soundly, and when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a completely unfamiliar room.
I sat up, and something seemed off.
The clothes don't feel like they belong to me.
My brain is working at full speed.
A line of text appeared abruptly, like a bullet screen.
[You're awake! You look even sillier today than yesterday!]
What the heck? Is this polite?
[Don't think this is a dream again, will you? No, no, it's not!]
[Congratulations on activating your romance novel heroine trial voucher! Trial period is one year! Welcome to the world of novels!]
[For the next year, you will live as the female lead, Xu Huaihuai! Nothing you do or decide will affect your original world! Enjoy the experience!]
Xu Huaihuai pinched herself, feeling excruciating pain. Wait, what's with this barrage of comments? She didn't eat any mushrooms, so how could she be hallucinating?
What kind of romance novel heroine experience card? It can't be that mystical luck-changing sticker she puts on the door, can it?
As if knowing what Xu Huaihuai was thinking, another line of text popped up in the comments.
[I'm the newbie guide with live comments that came with activation! It's the "lucky charm" sticker you stuck on your door!]
"Then my current body..." Xu Huaihuai raised her head.
"Wait, wait, when did I arrive in the novel's world?" Some very adult memories gradually resurfaced, and Xu Huaihuai gasped, her expression resembling that of that famous old lady meme, "Last night I..."
[They're so enthusiastic! I can't bear to watch! The newbie guide was supposed to be yesterday, but you guys were too engrossed in it, and I didn't want to disturb you!]
Xu Huaihuai: "..."
Xu Huaihuai couldn't quite remember what she had done yesterday, but she still remembered some of her hooligan behavior.
How can I console myself? At least I'm not marrying a man I've only known for a day.
Ugh! So, is this how I become a female hooligan...?
It's okay! The other person seems to be thoroughly enjoying themselves, and they're even cooking for you in the kitchen right now!
"Huh? The one from yesterday? He didn't leave? So this is his house?! How can I sneak away quietly...?"
[It's the female lead's house! That's your house!]
Xu Huaihuai stared blankly for a moment, "Can I go back? Back to my original world?"
Oh, the trial card won't expire until after a year.
"Can I only go back in a year?"
[Isn't it great! I can enjoy the life of a female protagonist to the fullest this year! Young, beautiful, rich, and no need to work a regular job—how comfortable is that!]
Xu Huaihuai rubbed her face, thinking of some terrible transmigration plots, "Since it's a novel, are there any plot points I have to follow? For example, are there any famous scenes that are bound to happen, or any penalties for being out of character?"
No, not at all! It's five years after the novel's finale, so the story's direction isn't limited by the original text!
"Huh? It's five years after the novel's ending? Um, the author can't be Yu Hua, can he...?"
[Relax, the author is just a small-time online novelist. But you do have a small task! Please investigate the reasons that led to the breakdown of the male and female protagonists' marriage and their eventual divorce!]
"Huh? What? Divorce? The male and female leads? No wonder novels like to end with the prince and princess living happily ever after, instead of describing the mundane details of married life."
[That's not entirely true... but then again, yesterday was the first day the female lead and male lead got their divorce certificate, which is why the female lead celebrated her return to single life with her best friend Zhong Xuelu at a bar.]
"So, I took over the female lead's identity while she was drunk?" Xu Huaihuai suddenly realized something, feeling a subtle sense of relief. "Luckily we got divorced, otherwise wouldn't this count as adultery?"
[Without actual sexual intercourse, it's at most emotional infidelity! What's wrong with adults having a little flirtation? Besides, this is just a fictional world! Even if you married ten men at the same time...]
"Stop, stop! One is already tough enough, let alone ten. Um, why don't you give me some more information about the novel's background and story content?"
【middle! 】
The newbie guide's comments included voices from Henan province.
...Quite unique, huh?
The original novel is titled *Light Falling from the Sky*. It's a healing and redemptive romance novel. Although its melodramatic and clichéd plot is very similar to many other novels, the author wrote it during a favorable era. At that time, online literature production was in a slump, lacking innovation, and even contracted authors were simply using templates, which also caused problems for many diligent editors.
[We've gone off-topic. In short, during that period, due to a lack of quality reading material, readers who cherished good books were mostly bombarded with this kind of uninformative content. At its peak, this book achieved a million favorites and tens of thousands of followers.]
"A light falling from the sky? Sounds like a story about redeeming the female lead. But does she have a broken family background? A gambling father, awful relatives, and a broken woman?"
[Clever! Really clever! Pretty close, right?]
"It's not that I'm smart, it's that I absorbed a lot of this kind of thing when I was addicted to novels back then." Xu Huaihuai sighed. "And then, at the darkest moment in the female lead's life, the male lead appears? And then, because of their troublesome family backgrounds and the fact that neither of them talks, all sorts of misunderstandings arise, leading to breakups and reconciliations, until the very end, when the male and female leads finally resolve their misunderstandings and live happily ever after, right?"
Wow! Such a precise summary! Have you seen it before?
"No, it's just that these kinds of novels all follow similar plots, and adapting them into TV series would only make them more melodramatic and just feed the audience shit."
That's right!
The comments section erupted in righteous indignation, just like Xu Huaihuai's.
"Wait a minute, now that I'm the female lead, isn't that terrible family background that would get slammed by viewers if it were made into a drama also part of enjoying the female lead's life?"
[Of course not! The author went to great lengths to redeem the characters' family backgrounds before the finale! Everyone had their own difficulties! The female lead reconciled with her family! But that was her choice. Besides, five years have passed. You are now divorced, single, wealthy, and have plenty of free time! During this one-year trial period, just make your own choices!]
"Speaking of money, wow, she's really rich." A message popped up on her phone by the bedside. Xu Huaihuai ignored the message and first checked her wallet balance. The long balance made her feel reassured. "I once read a novel with a strong female lead. The female lead was rich and her husband had died. Hey, what about my 'ex-husband brother'?"
As of today, they should still be alive.
"I remember you said I had a task to investigate the reason for the male and female leads' divorce. Can I just ask 'ex-husband' directly?"
[Theoretically, it's possible, but the divorce was initiated by the woman, and she has already blocked all of the man's contact information.]
"Huh? So that means she doesn't love me anymore? What was my ex-husband's name again?"
【Lingzhou. Ling as in dawn, Zhou as in daylight.】
"The light that fell from the sky... it really refers to the male lead. Oh well, I have a year to investigate slowly! Now I'm going to enjoy the happy life of a rich single man!"
Xu Huaihuai hummed a song as she pushed open the door, only to meet Lin Xu, who was about to knock.
"Good morning……"
Before Lin Xu could finish speaking, Xu Huaihuai slammed the door shut. Leaning against the door, she awkwardly shook her leg. "Oh no, I forgot about that. Um, aren't male models supposed to leave the same day after their service? What's the meaning of them still here? Haven't I paid them yet? Or do they want to charge me for today too?"
【？】
A question mark slowly appeared in the comments.
"Tell me in the comments, how much does it cost per session?"
The market price for a top-tier male model is 2,000 yuan a night, but...
"OK, OK, I understand," Xu Huaihuai said. Although it was a bit expensive, it wasn't unacceptable. She kept telling herself that it wasn't her own money! Xu Huaihuai swiped open half of the door and poked her head out. Lin Xu was still at the door, seemingly hesitating whether to knock or not. "Give me your payment QR code."
"Um?"
"Hurry up, hurry up."
Lin Xu was puzzled, but obediently opened the payment code.
With a "ding" sound, Xu Huaihuai heard the payment notification and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What is this?" Lin Xu raised an eyebrow, looking at this income with no clear meaning.
"You deserve it. Why don't you go home first today? Well, I have something to do..."
"Okay. I've made the food, Sister Huai, remember to eat."
After receiving the money, Lin Xu did not linger, but the look in his eyes when he left seemed particularly meaningful.
It seems they want to cultivate repeat customers.
That won't do! We must say no to bad temptations!
"But to be fair, his cooking is actually quite good." Xu Huaihuai finished washing up and ate while checking her phone. "Whose contact is this one with the nickname 'Little Deer'?"
[She's the female lead's best friend, Zhong Xuelu; she would never betray someone.]
[Huaihuai, are you home yet?]
Are you asleep?
My brother isn't replying to my messages.
My brother said you're asleep, so I'm relieved.
[Reply to my message when you wake up, Huaihuai]
[I have some juicy gossip! It's about your husband!]
[No! Your ex-husband's!]
[It's okay if you don't want to hear it! But you must talk to me when you wake up!]
"Oh, gossip about my ex-husband," Xu Huaihuai was about to reply when she suddenly thought, "Zhong Xuelu is the female lead's best friend, so she should know the female lead very well. Wouldn't it be easy for her to notice that my way of speaking and my behavior are different from the female lead's?"
No, people are inherently fluid and constantly changing. Don't be influenced by plots that use personality or habits to determine if someone has had their soul swapped. If someone didn't eat cilantro before but started eating it later, as a friend, you'll only remember the change in your habits, not why you started eating cilantro again. Besides, the female lead might even have the same habits as you. Just be yourself; Zhong Xuelu is your best friend now!
"Master, this is enlightening! I understand now! Wait, she mentioned her brother, who is her brother?"
[You think he's a male model? Lin Xu, whom you just bribed to get rid of him?]
Xu Huaihuai nearly choked on her soup. "No, no, what was that just now? What do you mean 'I thought'? He said it himself..."
[Hahahaha, one dares to speak, and the other dares to believe.]
The chat erupted in laughter, and Xu Huaihuai's face burned with shame. "What a disastrous start! I almost had an affair with my best friend's brother. Good heavens, we won't be seeing each other often anymore, will we? That would be so embarrassing."
[It's okay, if you didn't say anything, no one would know you almost slept together. But he might really have fallen for you, cooking for you to try and win you over, but you're unmoved: he just wants to make money. Sigh~ He's probably crying right now, staring at his cold, hard bank account balance on his phone. Please, go sit at the same table with that cat you just bought that keeps ringing!]
"Ahhh! What the hell! Stop talking... Waaaaah..." Xu Huaihuai felt like she had been walking for a while. "If they are siblings, why do they have different surnames?"
[Because it's a very interesting blended family! Although they have different surnames, they share the same father! Zhong Xuelu's mother married him because she thought he was handsome, but after marrying him, she found his personality too mild, lacking in assertiveness, and unable to earn money. Realizing that good looks can't put food on the table, Zhong Xuelu's mother chose to divorce him when Zhong Xuelu was 3 years old.]
Zhong Xuelu lived a peaceful life with her father. When she was six, she scratched someone's luxury car while riding her bicycle. The father and daughter waited anxiously for the owner to return. Then, their fate took a turn. The owner was Zhong Xuelu's father's high school classmate, from a wealthy family. She had gone abroad to study after high school and was only visiting her hometown when she encountered the car owner.
The female classmate found the little girl incredibly cute, and her old classmate still quite charming, so the single classmate happily accepted the father and daughter. The three of them lived happily together. Five years later, they had Lin Xu, who took his mother's surname. The separate surnames weren't due to a bad relationship, but because Zhong Xuelu's father felt that since his daughter already had his surname, his son should take his wife's.
"My God, is this the love story of the older generation?!" Xu Huaihuai was greatly shocked. "Is this the first release on Jinjiang? Ah no, that's not the point. The point is, how old is Lin Xu this year? How old is Zhong Xuelu? How old am 'me'?"
[Don't worry, they're definitely adults. Lin Xu is 23, Zhong Xuelu is 28, and "you" are 29.]
"I see. So the ending is that the female lead marries the male lead when she's 24, and then divorces him five years later when she's 29. How old is the male lead, Ling Zhou?"
[I'll be 30 in a month.]
"Thirty? Although it's the age of maturity, the prime of life, I've heard that's the age when men are most prone to gaining weight? Is it possible that it's because he's starting to gain weight, like going bald or getting a beer belly, and then he's being looked down upon?"
No, there's an inescapable rule in the world of novels: the male and female protagonists are always at their best, regardless of age. At only 30, they won't even have fine lines, let alone go bald. After all, readers don't like ugly characters.
"Wow, this buff is awesome! It's like semi-permanent cosmetic surgery. Never mind, I'll reply to a message first."
[Xu Huaihuai: I'm awake! What gossip?]
The other party replied instantly.
[Zhong Xuelu: Hahaha! This is just for fishing! No gossip! Still interested in him? We're already divorced, okay, let's forget about him!]
Hehe, actually I know nothing about my ex-husband!
[Xu Huaihuai: Don't worry! I've completely forgotten about it!]
[Zhong Xuelu: Really? Haha, let's not talk about him then. Remember the sponsorship program I mentioned to you a while ago? I promised to go to the village to check it out in the next couple of days, but I still have some work to finish. Could you please ask my good friend to go and check it out for me first? I'm sure my good friend wouldn't refuse, right?]
Xu Huaihuai hesitated. Should she go to the village to investigate? The transportation and signal might not be good.
As if sensing her hesitation, Zhong Xuelu readily transferred 20,000 yuan.
[Zhong Xuelu: Don't worry! I'll cover the expenses! My good girl, just say yes~]
That's a whopping 20,000! Who could refuse that? It's not just Xu Huaihuai helping out, it's practically a God of Wealth delivering money! Let alone just going to the village to do some research, she could even just plow the land herself—that's how simple and honest oxen and horses are. As long as the money is there, they can plow several acres of land with a moo.
Xu Huaihuai accepted the money and sent an emoji promising to complete the task.
[Zhong Xuelu: My dearest, I love you! Don't worry, I'll come find you as soon as I'm done with this!]
[Author's Note]
This cat head is cute too [calico cat head]
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