Seventh Security Bureau: Ningzhi - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

The System was very distressed.
It said this was how the plot was supposed to go, but it didn’t know where things went wrong.
I didn’t have the heart to tell it that maybe the male lead wasn’t quite right.
The plot simply couldn’t contain my brother, that wild dog off its leash.
But even so, the System didn’t give up easily.
[The moon is destined to sink in the west, and the male and female leads are destined to meet.]
Me: “When you’re not talking, are you just watching Empresses in the Palace?”
The System was silent for a moment, then said coyly, [Occasionally I watch Li Yunlong too~]

At my birthday banquet, the System said my brother would meet the female lead again.
Why?
Do I have to be a prop in their act?
Amid the fragrance of perfume and the rustle of elegant attire, guests mingled in the hotel lobby.
My brother stood beside me, adjusting my high heels.
“Why do you wear these things?”
“They look good!”
“Good my ass!”
He crouched down, held my ankle, and applied a band-aid.
“Brother, you’re so good.”
“If you disgust me again, I’ll slap you.”
Me: “?”
Feeling even a shred of delicate emotion toward someone like my brother felt like committing a sin.
……
The female lead did show up at my birthday banquet.
As a hotel waitress.
Her hair reached her waist, and even the uniform had a special flair on her.
I was in the lounge touching up my makeup when the female lead pushed open the door.
She looked at me with a mix of contempt and smugness:
“You must be Lin Yuwei?”
I was beginning to think she might be the one with the worst mental state.
“Can I help you?”
She raised her head high: “I’m Xu Pianpian.
Remember this name, because I’m here to replace you.”
I looked at her like she was crazy, then called security.
The manager rushed over and dragged the raving Xu Pianpian away.
“Sorry, Miss Lin, a temporary worker who doesn’t know the rules.”
Xu Pianpian stood at the door, tears streaming down:
“Why are you treating me like this? This isn’t fair!”
She looked at me, stubborn and unwilling: “We share the same birthday, yet I have to serve you. How unfair is that?”
I laughed: “As if I forced you to come. You got paid, didn’t you, big sister?”
“What’s going on? Lin Yuwei, get down here! The banquet’s about to start.”

My brother’s voice came from outside the door.
Before I could speak, Xu Pianpian suddenly broke free from security and charged forward, crashing straight into my brother.
Damn! That girl has endless strength like an ox!
After the collision, Xu Pianpian took a tumble herself, landing right in front of my brother.
Eyes rimmed red, cheeks pale, like a little white flower swaying in the wind.
Meanwhile, in the mirror, I had big curls with red lips, eyeliner reaching for the sky.
No wonder she’s the female lead and I’m the supporting female character.
The System began screeching: [A fated meeting!]
But honestly, I thought it might be celebrating too early.
My brother stepped back two steps, raising his hands to prove his innocence:
“I didn’t touch her! Scam! She’s faking!”
Xu Pianpian’s tears halted midway, speechless at my brother. The manager, recovering quickly, hurried her away.
As they went, he apologized profusely.
Inside me, the System wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.
It cheered itself on: [No worries! The male and female leads are a bickering couple; good things take time.]
Such a good mindset.
I touched up my lipstick, smiled, took my brother’s hand, and we went downstairs together.
On stage, my brother and I cut the cake together, while our parents watched us with beaming smiles.
My brother might be a jerk, but I didn’t believe he’d kill me for someone else and anger our parents to death.
Unless he went crazy.
“What are you looking at?”
My brother waved a hand in front of my face: “Aren’t you going to eat the cake?
Don’t tell me you’re on a diet, you’re skinny as a mantis.”
“You’re the mantis!”
My brother immediately started flexing his biceps.
Psycho!