Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 97: The Original Female Lead?_1

Chapter 97: Chapter 97: The Original Female Lead?_1

The two chatted for a while longer before Shen Miaomiao stood up to go home.

Watching the girl’s bouncing figure as she left, Nanzhi couldn’t help but feel a touch of envy.

It was a pity that she had grown up without ever having been in love, only to become someone’s mother directly.

In the following days, Nanzhi went to the mountain to enjoy the cool air with Old Lady Liu and others, but she didn’t see Shen Miaomiao and her mother.

It wasn’t until she saw them again that she noticed the beautiful girl had also joined them on their outing to the mountain.

"Sister Nanzhi! Let me tell you, Su Tao is so amazing!"

Shen Miaomiao hurried over and gripped her hand as soon as she saw Nanzhi, talking about the interesting things Su Tao had shared with her during these days.

Because Su Tao’s ankle was injured, Shen Miaomiao felt bad about leaving her alone at home, so she kept her company and chatted with her at home. To her surprise, Su Tao spoke of many new and fresh things that she hadn’t known about!

"Really?" Nanzhi’s interest was piqued as she listened, and when she turned her head, she saw the girl named Su Tao smiling warmly at her.

Making eye contact with her, Nanzhi also responded with a smile and a nod as a greeting.

"Yes, yes! Su Tao said there’s a place where cars don’t need mules to pull them, they can run on their own! And there are iron birds that can carry people and fly!"

The young girl spoke with longing in her eyes.

But Nanzhi’s face stiffened. Cars that can run on their own? Iron birds that can fly with people?

Was she talking about cars and airplanes?

And who was Su Tao? Another transmigrator like herself?

Looking back at Su Tao, Nanzhi felt even more uneasy.

She had asked Shen Miaomiao about the girl earlier, but Shen had never mentioned her name.

She had assumed it was just some girl who had run away from home in a huff.

Su Tao, Su Tao...

Who was Su Tao?

Wasn’t she the female lead in the original book, the one whom Shen Wenchen loved but couldn’t have in his previous life?

The female lead’s situation was different from hers. While Nanzhi had brought along a son with an Emperor Ou attribute, the female lead had a powerful system and a space bracelet. They were incomparable!

Especially since her character in the book was originally supposed to die, which would have turned Shen Wenchen into the antagonist. But now that she was here, alive and well, she had even recognized Zhiyu and reunited him with his biological father.

Could the female lead be here to get rid of her?

The more she thought about it, the more her heart raced with fear.

Nanzhi felt a chill settle in her heart.

Seeing Nanzhi’s face growing paler by the moment, Shen Miaomiao became anxious and started to gently shake her arm to lighten the mood.

"Sister Nanzhi, Sister Nanzhi, what’s wrong with you?"

Shen Miaomiao’s movements were gentle, but the other women who were with them still turned their heads to look over.

"Mother, Mother, what’s wrong?"

Shen Zhiyu, who had just been running around playing with Doudou and the other kids, rushed over in fear when he saw his mother’s face turn deathly pale.

"No, no, it’s nothing." Nanzhi struggled to steady her mind and forced out a smile more pained-looking than crying.

"Girl, what’s wrong with you?" Old Lady Liu, seeing Nanzhi’s pale complexion, couldn’t help but worry. "Lin girl is frail; you haven’t gotten heatstroke, have you?

Heatstroke can be fatal if it’s severe!"

"I, I’m fine." Nanzhi tried to say more, but she felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, as if there were a sharp knife stirring in her flesh, and her heart skipped a beat.

It had been two months since I’d transmigrated here, and indeed, I hadn’t had my period from the beginning. About half a month ago, I started to experience intermittent backaches; could it be that my period was coming?

Before I could say anything further, a sudden sharp pain clenched my lower abdomen, and everything went black before my eyes. Before I had the chance to speak, I had already entirely fainted away.

When I regained consciousness, I found myself lying in my bed at home, staring at the familiar ceiling. I was still a bit dazed; wasn’t I on East Mountain?

How could I be lying at home?

Could this have all been a dream?

As soon as I tried to shift my stiff body, I felt waves of pain from my lower abdomen. Despite breaking out in cold sweat, I also breathed a sigh of relief.

The pain proved that I wasn’t dreaming.

And yet here I was, lying in my bed at home.

Before I could say a word, Shen Miaomiao, who was lying beside me, suddenly woke up. She blinked at me and asked in a soft voice, "Sister Nanzhi, are you awake?"

I wanted to speak, but my throat was parched and uncomfortable, so I just managed to nod my head with effort.

"Wait here, I’ll go and get you a cup of water," she said, noticing my discomfort, and then she went to the kitchen to heat up some water.

This morning’s episode had scared the daylights out of me. I was worried that Sister Nanzhi had fallen ill, but when Mother said she had started her period, I thought maybe it was because she hadn’t been able to eat properly for a long time, which made her body weak and caused her to faint from the pain.

Watching the young girl head to the kitchen, I gathered my strength to try sitting up a bit, only to see another person sitting up beside the bed. If it wasn’t the female protagonist I was trying to avoid, then who was it?

"Sister Nanzhi, are you awake?"

Su Tao’s voice was very sweet. Hearing her speak somehow made me feel like the pain in my stomach was easing up a bit.

Suddenly, I began to wonder, could the female protagonist’s halo really work like this?

Listening to her talk eases the pain?

Engulfed in doubt, a spasm of pain, like being stabbed with a knife, seized my lower abdomen again. I couldn’t help but smile wryly to myself, realizing that I had been too hopeful.

"Sister Nanzhi?" Seeing the person on the bed clutch at her stomach without responding, Su Tao called out again.

Although it felt awkward being called ’sister’ by Su Tao, I could only manage to reply with a trembling voice, "What, what is it?"

I had gotten used to Shen Miaomiao calling me Sister Nanzhi all the time, so why did it feel so awkward when the female protagonist called me that?

"Sister Nanzhi, I want to ask you about something," Su Tao said, looking at my pale face with a bit of hesitation but nonetheless started to speak.

In the past few days, she had also asked Shen Miaomiao if there was anything strange happening in the village. The girl had said everything was normal except that I, Lin Nanzhi, had warned the villagers about Diniu turning over, which ended up saving half the village’s lives.

I asked the system, and it confirmed that indeed some transmigrators possessed the ability to foresee events.

Looking at the person on the bed suffering greatly from her menstrual pain, Su Tao felt puzzled. Logically speaking, a transmigrator shouldn’t let themselves end up in such a wretched state.

"You, you ask."

Perhaps it was psychological, but inexplicably, I felt that as long as Su Tao spoke, the pain in my lower abdomen would lessen, so I continued to talk with her.

"Um, have you heard of ’strange changes, usual does not change’?"

Meeting Su Tao’s hopeful gaze, I feigned confusion, thought for a moment, then said, "What chicken change what? What’s ’usual’?"

Failing to hear the answer she wanted, Su Tao could not hide her disappointment and said with a wave of her hand, "No, it’s nothing."

She had thought she might find that transmigrator.

"Host, perhaps it’s because the transmigrator’s mission and system category differ, so I would advise you not to reveal your identity," the system advised.

"I got it."

Su Tao lost interest and did not continue the conversation.

The atmosphere between the two gradually became awkward. Just then, Shen Miaomiao came in with hot water, and seeing the awkwardness between them, she smiled and said, "Sister Nanzhi, drink, have some water."