The Villainess and the Male Lead Got Together After Seeing the Barrage - Chapter 2

Chapter 2

People in the capital were always saying that Su Qingli, the eldest daughter of Marquis Dingyuan’s household, was arrogant, domineering, and looked down on everyone. She had none of the gentle virtue expected of a sheltered young lady, wasting that beautiful face of hers for nothing.

Compared to me, even though Su Fuqing was born of a concubine and even studied medicine to treat illnesses, her reputation was much better than mine despite also doing something considered improper.

I couldn’t have cared less.

My father only had two daughters: my younger sister and me.

My mother had died young of illness. The proper concubine he later took in, Su Fuqing’s mother, had also died in childbirth.

We were both pitiful little things without mothers. What was there to compare?

If the Crown Prince was sincere toward my sister, then he could, barely, be considered a good match.

Just then, the bullet comments happened to mention them.

[The Crown Prince invited the younger sister to a temple to pray for blessings. It’s the famous scene of the male and female leads’ first date! Too bad the mood gets ruined by assassins on the way back.]

[Good thing the younger sister is brave and clever. She finds a way to lure the assassins away and secretly sends word to the guards’ camp. Both of them are rescued safely. Haha, the male lead is going to love her even more now!]

Seeing that the two of them would be fine in the end, I finally relaxed. In that case, it wasn’t too much for me to go out for a stroll now, right?

In order to avoid the Crown Prince, I had been cooped up at home for ages.

Heaven only knew why a dignified Crown Prince had so much free time that he could wander around the capital all day.

If the Emperor hadn’t had him as his one and only heir, he would probably have been usurped by his brothers long ago.

The streets were lively. I walked and snacked all the way until the sun was about to set, then headed back home with a candied hawthorn skewer between my teeth.

The farther I walked, the quieter the street became. At some point, everyone had disappeared. Instinctively, I stopped.

Just then, a squad of guards came charging toward me, a dark mass of men, shouting, “This subordinate arrived too late to rescue Your Highness! Please punish us, Your Highness!”

I was speechless. I could run into this too?

I dodged aside and hid behind the crowd, looking around for my sister.

In the end, I didn’t see my sister. All I saw was the Crown Prince, whose hair and clothes were slightly disheveled, yet who somehow had the decadent beauty of a courtesan from the pleasure quarters.

As it happened, he lifted his eyes too, and his gaze locked onto me at once.

The bullet comments started losing their minds again.

[Here comes the older sister’s second death-seeking plot point. She tells the Crown Prince she just happened to run into the younger sister, and after learning that the Crown Prince had been attacked, she delivered the message on behalf of her frightened sister. She even says she was worried about the Crown Prince’s safety, so she waited here the whole time. I feel so bad for the younger sister. The older sister was raised to be talented in everything, while she could only study medicine, and now the older sister is stealing her credit too.]

[Hmph, this time the supporting female character definitely won’t be able to resist taking her place!]

[I must be crazy. Why do I suddenly feel like the older sister and the Crown Prince locking eyes has so much chemistry?]

The Crown Prince had already walked up to me. Once again, he looked at me as if I were his lifesaving benefactor, his expression full of words he wanted to say but couldn’t.

Bro, don’t you know who you went out with today?

I rolled my eyes in exasperation. “Don’t look at me. I was just passing by.”

“But how could Eldest Miss Su appear here by such coincidence?”

He spoke with complete seriousness, even looking a little bashful. “I know that last time, Eldest Miss Su was angry because I mistook my lifesaving benefactor and felt indignant on Second Miss Su’s behalf, which was why you raised the consultation fee. I will never make such a mistake again.”

“…I really was just passing by. I’m literally Background Character A. Do you know what Background Character A means? Me. Out shopping. Look, I still have the candied hawthorn I didn’t finish!”

The Crown Prince smiled. “The world truly is foolish. To think they do not know of Eldest Miss Su’s noble character, doing good deeds without seeking repayment.”

“No, no, no! I do seek repayment! Money. Money will do.”

I was so anxious I nearly stomped my foot, terrified he would misunderstand and think I was a good person.

He continued smiling. “I never imagined that, in order to spare me from being troubled by the debt of having my life saved, Eldest Miss Su would be so considerate as to settle the matter with a mere bit of money. You are nothing like those greedy, insatiable people.”

The bullet comments exploded.

[? Has the male lead lost his mind? The plot has collapsed!]

[Hahaha, now this is getting interesting. Exactly! The supporting female character doesn’t seem that evil to me. Who said this older sister was bad? This older sister is amazing!]

[I seriously suspect that if the older sister slapped him, the Crown Prince would go: Heh, she touched my cheek~]

I was stunned. The Crown Prince was this shameless?