Chapter 1
When Han Meng opened her eyes, she saw a plum blossom-shaped crystal chandelier hanging from the white ceiling.
"Awake?" A slightly lazy, deep male voice suddenly sounded from the side.
Why would a strange man appear in her room?
Han Meng was startled and quickly jumped out of bed.
She opened her eyes wide and looked around. The unfamiliar bed, the unfamiliar room, the unfamiliar man... everything was unfamiliar. Moreover, the furnishings in the room were very classical, especially the bed, which was a carved canopy bed. Such things are antiques. How many modern homes still have such a thing?
Her thoughts raced, and finally her gaze fell on the man.
The man was handsome, dressed in a white shirt and black trousers, holding a porcelain cup in his hand, and his bright eyes were looking at her.
The only imperfection was that her complexion and lips were somewhat pale.
"Who are you?" Han Meng asked.
“My name is Lu Jinxian.” The man handed her the cup in his hand. “Miss Han, there’s no need to be nervous. Although there was an unexpected situation last night that led us to be in the same room, nothing happened between us.”
Lu Jinxian?
Han Meng finally realized what was wrong. No wonder everything around her was so strange when she woke up. It turned out that she had transmigrated into a book!
Last night at the university library, her damn best friend, who had no willpower when studying for her postgraduate entrance exam, picked up a novel to read in the library.
Han Meng was studying hard at the time, but because her best friend read the contents of the book aloud, she also learned most of the general story of the novel.
The most vicious female supporting character in the book even shares the same name as her.
The young man in front of her, who called himself "Lu Jinxian," was just a minor character in the book. He wasn't mentioned much in the original book, but Han Meng remembered very clearly that the Han and Lu families were sworn enemies whose fathers had broken off relations, and the two families hated each other.
Lu Jinxian is the third son of the Lu family, and a sickly child who receives extra care from the whole family. He probably also dislikes the Han family.
However, Han Meng still drank the tea that the other party offered. After all, no matter how bad the relationship was, would someone poison her tea?
"What is this?" Han Meng took a sip and realized that she had never drunk this kind of tea before, and her heart skipped a beat.
Lu Jinxian frowned slightly, his tone seemingly a little disgusted: "You're sobering up. I was sleeping soundly yesterday when you suddenly barged in and lay down on my bed, reeking of alcohol."
"How did I end up in your room?" Han Meng hadn't fully realized that she had actually entered another world.
She recalled the original plot of the book, and it seemed that there was a part in the book where the original owner was so eager to pursue the male lead that after the Wang family patriarch's birthday banquet, she accidentally climbed into the wrong bed and slept with the third young master of the Lu family. Later, this matter was widely circulated, and after that, the original owner not only had no more chances to pursue the male lead, but also became depressed and unhappy every day, making her family very worried about her.
Lu Jinxian smiled and asked in return, "Miss Han, shouldn't I be asking you that?"
He added, "This is my room."
Based on the plot of the original book, Han Meng knew that Lu Jinxian was also a victim in this matter, so she didn't have much confidence to refute him, and even softened her tone: "Mr. Lu, there must be some misunderstanding, or... we've been set up. I'll leave right away."
After saying that, she put the cup on the table next to her and hurriedly got out of bed to leave.
“The door is locked, we can’t get out from inside. It’s still early, let’s wait for the breakfast delivery person to come.” Lu Jinxian shook his head.
If he could get out, would he have insisted on staying in this room, sharing a room with the Han family's daughter? Was he afraid of not being able to get involved?
If my father finds out about this, he'll probably be furious.
Han Meng went to the door and tried it; it was indeed locked. She pounded on the door and called out, but no one responded.
"It's only 5:30 a.m.," Lu Jinxian reminded him.
Han Meng retreated to the edge of the bunk bed and sat down, temporarily abandoning the idea of leaving the room immediately. She began to think about how to avoid gossip after she left.
You should know that although this matter was only mentioned briefly in the original book, it almost changed the life of the original owner and even her family. She didn't want to be completely ruined and her whole family bankrupted so quickly after finally transmigrating into a rich heiress.
"Don't worry, the breakfast delivery will be here soon." Lu Jinxian sat on the sofa, leisurely reading the newspaper, seemingly not in a hurry at all.
Han Meng glanced at him.
Actually, she was a little surprised. The original book didn't describe Lu Jinxian in much detail. It only focused on him being the sickly son of the Lu family. The only time he was mentioned in the later part of the book was when he died, but it didn't even explain how he died. At the time, she naturally assumed that he died of illness.
Therefore, she always identified with the persona of a sickly young master with a gloomy personality.
But after transmigrating into the book, based on what she saw with her own eyes, the other person seemed to have a rather gentle and polite personality.
After an unknown amount of time, footsteps finally sounded outside the door.
Han Meng immediately woke up from her drowsiness and rushed to the door, waiting for the hotel staff to "rescue" her.
"Crack..."
"Crack..."
Han Meng sensed something was wrong. Listening carefully, it didn't sound like the unlocking of a lock, but rather like the sound of someone picking it!
When the door opened, the person who came in didn't seem to be the staff member she and Lu Jinxian had expected.
There were three people standing outside the door: a locksmith and two middle-aged men in suits, one slightly overweight and the other lean; they all seemed to be of high status.
Of course, according to the original setting, this was originally a luxury hotel, and only the wealthy would stay here.
After the two middle-aged men walked in.
"Dad?" Lu Jinxian looked at them in surprise and called out to the lean uncle.
“Uncle Lu…” Han Meng couldn’t help but look at the other person.
This is Lu Jinxian's father, and... the slightly overweight man next to him is...?
“Mengmeng, I already know what happened between you two. Since things have come to this, I've discussed it with Mr. Lu.”
The slightly chubby uncle's sincere eyes, coupled with his round face, made him appear even more honest and simple.
Han Meng immediately realized that this was the original owner's father, Han Xianfei.
Um? ? ?
The two patriarchs of the Han and Lu families actually appeared at the same time? Was this part written in the original novel?
Han Meng had a strange, bad feeling.
"Because of the well-known feud between our two families, you two lovers have been forced to meet secretly, unable to make your true relationship public. But now it's all right. I've already reached an agreement with Mr. Lu. Let the grudges of the previous generation stay with the previous generation; they shouldn't affect you. My dear daughter, Dad hopes you'll be happy." Han Xianfei said reluctantly, holding Han Meng's hand and then secretly grasping Lu Jinxian's hand, trying to place their hands together.
Han Meng was stunned and quickly pulled her hand away, asking, "What does this mean?"
At this moment, Lu Jinxian's father spoke up. Han Meng thought he would say something sarcastic about Han Xianfei, but to her surprise, he spoke to her and Lu Jinxian with unusual gentleness and affection: "We... agree to your engagement."
Lu Jinxian also found it unbelievable: "Dad, Uncle Han, are you still not sober?"
“Jinxian, Dad isn’t drunk.” Father Lu patted his son’s shoulder, then glanced at Han Meng and said meaningfully, “We were wrong as parents in the past. Because of my grudge with Mr. Han, you two lovers could only meet in secret in this way. It was really our dereliction of duty as parents.”
"Dad, you've misunderstood. How could anyone possibly want me looking like this?" Lu Jinxian's voice was low and his eyes were filled with melancholy. After speaking, he coughed a few times, his body seemingly powerless. One second he was leaning against the sofa, and the next he was sitting down next to it, his chest heaving violently. Combined with his pale lips, he gave the impression that he didn't have much time left.
Han Meng stared blankly: This person's face was indeed pale, and his illness was probably genuine, but this sudden weakness seemed a bit... fake? Oh well, since he didn't agree to the marriage anyway, we're allies.
"Alright, enough of that. If you two didn't like each other, why would you have spent the night together? Right, Brother Lu?" Han Xianfei winked at Lu's father.
Mr. Lu quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes... We've all been through this, we know what we're doing!"
Han Xianfei faced Lu's father, politely extended his hand, and said sincerely, "Alright, Brother Lu, then it's settled. Your Lu family can just go through the motions with the marriage proposal. I'll wait for the betrothal letter from the Lu family. From now on, I'll entrust Mengmeng to the Lu family."
"I will keep my promise to you, and you must remember the promise you made to me! My good junior brother." As he shook hands with him, Father Lu leaned closer and whispered these words.
Han Meng didn't hear what he said, but she caught a glimpse of smugness flash across Lu's father's face, which disappeared in an instant, and he returned to his previous amiable demeanor.
Now she was even more certain that there was some ulterior motive involved.
The two gentlemen left the hotel one after the other. Han Meng originally wanted to hitch a ride with Han Xianfei to go back to the Han family first, but Han Xianfei stopped her: "Don't go back yet. Master Wang Chunshan is holding a three-day birthday banquet. He is still a big client of our family. Today is the second day. What would it look like if no one from our Han family was there?"
Only after being reminded by the other party did Han Meng realize that at this point in time when she transmigrated into the book, the only people in the Han family were probably herself and Han Xianfei. The original owner's mother was attending her sister's funeral in another city, and the original owner's brother was studying abroad and had not yet returned.
She couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "This Mr. Han is truly a miser. To please his big business clients, he even skipped his wife's sister's funeral. He probably doesn't care much about his children either. No wonder the original owner of this body grew up to be a 'vicious female supporting character'."
Han Xianfei's car sped past, kicking up a cloud of dust. Han Meng stood blankly at the hotel entrance, watching the car disappear into the distance, a chill creeping into her heart.
Could it be that he's also after profit to force his daughter to marry into the Lu family? No way, this is so tragic. She finally transmigrated into a book and became a rich man, only to become a sacrifice soon?
Before Han Meng could come up with a way to annul the engagement, the voice of a "plot NPC" came from behind her: "Excuse me, are you Miss Han? My young master Wang invites you to meet him in the garden."
"Young Master Wang? Wang Ao?"
The original owner had a bunch of bad friends, and Wang Ao was one of them. He was also one of the culprits who led the original owner astray and framed the female lead. He was a spoiled grandson who had been pampered by Grandpa Wang Chunshan since childhood.
However, we still have to meet.
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