Chapter 704 - 2: The Cannon Fodder Best Friend of the Tragic Romance Heroine (2)

To everyone’s surprise, in less than a week, Zhao Zhaozhao took the initiative to find the male lead.

The original character was incredulous upon finding out and asked her why she did it.

The female lead replied with just one sentence.

"I don’t want to drag you down anymore."

After saying that, she continued her entanglement with the male lead.

The original character also realized that these two were inseparable, so he deliberately distanced himself from Zhao Zhaozhao for self-preservation.

In less than a month, he received a call from the female lead, from the other end of the line she cried her heart out, saying she wanted to commit suicide, that her love was too painful.

The original character’s heart softened, and he accepted the female lead again.

This time she only said, "If it’s truly painful, just break up, it’s better for everyone, after all, his fiancée isn’t someone people like us should provoke."

A perfectly normal sentence, when Zhao Zhaozhao was once again won back by the male lead, she cried and said.

"Lai Lai is right, there’s a huge gap between us, you’re just playing with me, if you truly love me, stop tormenting me and let me go."

Thus, the original character had bad luck again, losing the job he just found.

A distinguished graduate from a top university, yet even small companies wouldn’t hire her.

However, the day after the original character lost her job, she saw her best friend post on social media, with the Northern Lights as the backdrop, unbelievably stunning beyond the human world.

The caption read: [The one who loves you will give you the most beautiful colors in this world]

This time the original character really didn’t want to be a patsy anymore, deleted the female lead from WeChat and cut off all contact, deciding to start afresh and pursue graduate school.

But a pawn is just a pawn after all.

The female lead ran away again.

In his rage, the male lead directly grabbed the female lead’s best friend, who was Jiang Lai, and demanded to know where the female lead was.

The original character was completely unaware and only said "I don’t know."

But the male lead didn’t believe her, and directly grabbed the original character’s mother to threaten her, saying if she didn’t reveal the female lead’s whereabouts, he’d send her and her mother to hell together.

The clueless original character was tortured for three days and nights.

On the fourth day, the female lead came back on her own, saying "Please let my best friend go, I’m willing to do anything."

Under the male lead’s intense anger, she sobbed and coquettishly begged for reconciliation, spending a night in passion, easily extinguishing the male lead’s rage.

Poor original character’s mom, who already had heart disease, was directly admitted to the ICU after such torment, and eventually passed away.

As for the original character, because of this captivity, she missed the graduate exam, lost her mother, and under the double blow, she became a madwoman in this city.

In the grand finale, the male and female leads who tortured each other finally married and lived happily ever after.

"This is the full plot, and this time, you still ended up as a very pure sacrifice."

"A stepping stone on the path of their love."

"And this isn’t the only storyline. There’s another hidden sacrificer storyline for you to explore and unlock.

Our mission is to change the fate of the sacrificer, and live a good life ourselves.

The other mission is to unlock the hidden sacrificer storyline and avoid becoming a sacrificer in this storyline."

Afraid Jiang Lai wouldn’t understand, Little Buding explained kindly.

"This means in this little world, you are not only a sacrificer in the main love story but also a sacrificer in other aspects.

But after all, you’re just a sacrificer, so the content is limited and they won’t waste words on you, so the plot doesn’t show it. You have to explore, discover, and change your fate."

"Got it, got it. What a headache."

All these messy love lines, so bothersome.

A violent man, a cunning woman, tormenting each other while indiscriminately attacking people around.

Alas, the original character was just a part of their love play.

"Do those two really have to be in love?"

Jiang Lai asked soulfully.

Little Buding said seriously.

"Both the male and female lead have something of a love-brained mindset, please don’t use your own view of love to judge others, just focus on your own tasks."

After the plot introduction, Jiang Lai remembered something.

"Why was it a seamless transition this time, without a break for me?"

She felt her soul had just drifted out of her body from the last world, and upon opening her eyes, she entered the next.

That’s why she felt dazed, and only now slightly awake.

"I don’t know, according to previous protocol, the host would be automatically sent to a rest pod after completing a mission.

This time, I don’t know what happened. I didn’t rest either, I was directly assigned to give you the next mission."

Little Buding muttered to himself.

"Strange indeed..."

"Never mind, here’s a reward for you. I’ll give you a... um, intimidation skill!"

"What do you mean?"

"You’ll know when you use it, it’s very effective."

No matter what it means, it doesn’t matter if she has it or not, she’s used to it.

Jiang Lai rested for a while, then got up with her card.

"Forget it, let’s go home."

Jiang Lai’s mom, Cai Xian, was a local of Sea City, small in stature and good-natured, single-handedly taking care of a large family, including a paralyzed father-in-law, an aging mother-in-law, an unemployed husband, and a son who got married just after graduation.

And of course, there was Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai also just lost her job because of Zhao Zhaozhao and was now at home relying on her previous savings preparing for graduate studies.

As soon as she got home, the smell of food wafted out, Cai Xian was busy alone in the kitchen, while Jiang Lai’s grandfather, grandmother, and father sat on the sofa.

The living room was small, and the whole family squeezed inside, making it seem even more cramped and crowded.

At first, the house wasn’t this small, but because her brother Jiang Zhigang got married to Jiang Lai’s friend Liu Min, the big house became the newlywed home, where the couple now lived.

The rest of the family lived in another of Cai Xian’s properties, which was small, forcing Jiang Lai to live on the balcony.

"Jiang Lai, help me serve the rice."

Cai Xian swiftly tidied up the table, and Jiang Lai slowly went over to serve rice.

The rice cooker was full of rice, but it was of poor quality, so each time the top layer wasn’t fully cooked.

So, the first bowl always went to Cai Xian, who always claimed to love hard rice.

Whether she truly loved it, aside from Jiang Lai, no one else cared.

As long as it wasn’t they who had to eat it, it was fine.

Jiang Lai silently scraped off the top layer of rice into a bowl.

Then she pushed this bowl of rice in front of Mr. Jiang.

Before Cai Xian, who was still busy in the kitchen, they were already eating with their chopsticks.

The paralyzed grandfather could move his upper body well, not hindered by playing mahjong or Pai Gow or eating, but when it came to housework, he’d be uncomfortable everywhere.

"Yuck! This rice isn’t cooked!"

Jiang Dao Hai spat out the rice with resentment all over his face.

Cai Xian dried her hands on her apron and came out, saw the rice in his bowl, and instinctively glanced at Jiang Lai.

"If it’s not cooked, get another bowl."

Jiang Dao Hai looked at Jiang Lai with urging eyes.

Jiang Lai sat there, unmoving.

"There’s no more, just one bowl each."