The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly
Chapter 23 - 023 It’s another scammer (Part 2)

Chapter 23: Chapter 023 It’s another scammer (Part 2)

"Student Xiao D, get out here now!"

"What, what exactly is going on?"

"Did you stir up a ’scammer’s’ nest or something? You start as a scammer, then again, still damnably a scammer?!"

"Are you doing this on purpose? Come out here now, I swear I won’t kill you!"

He Tiantian sat in the clanking green-skinned train, the air filled with the stench of sweat, foot odor, and fart smell.

She realized she must have traveled back to the seventies, and the plot of this book also appeared in her mind.

Actually, she didn’t even need to read it in detail, just from the book title and the summary, He Tiantian was enraged!

"The Real Lady Dominates the Seventies"

No need to say, this is definitely a trope about true and false ladies.

If there are villains, then the swapping of children must definitely have been done on purpose by the villains.

If there are no villains, or it’s a female supporting character novel, then the swapping of children would just be an accident or there might be another hidden story.

Unfortunately, the book that He Tiantian had entered was a female lead story and it had a villain.

And although He Tiantian herself was not the mastermind behind the child swapping, her maliciousness was absolutely no less than her delusional, greedy, selfish top-grade real mother!

The book’s synopsis was even more direct—

"Zhou Zixuan time-traveled into a period-drama as the real rich lady;

She was starving and freezing in the countryside, while the fake lady drank milk and wore leather shoes;

The fake lady also stole her identity, taking away Zhou Zixuan’s university placement;

Zhou Zixuan: !!!

What belongs to me, will eventually be mine.

Parents, university placement, and also, that someone, are all mine!

Because I am the real boss!"

Hmm, a very standard web novel synopsis, touching on both exciting and venomous points, barely enough to keep readers going.

Objectively speaking, Zhou Zixuan’s book seemed a lot better than the previous one.

At least it captured the essence of online literature.

Just not sure if the content will also be more "exciting."

It’s not that He Tiantian was particularly curious, but the "excitement" level of the plot directly related to her life this time.

"...Tiantian, don’t be angry!"

Just as He Tiantian was secretly analyzing the plot, Student Xiao D finally rolled out, sobbing.

"It wasn’t intentional, this isn’t my fault!"

"Talk properly!" He Tiantian was already in a bad mood, and hearing this coy, whiny voice made her even angrier.

"Tiantian, this really has nothing to do with me!" Student Xiao D quickly reverted to its mechanical voice, methodically explaining, "Your level is too low, you can’t choose the world, you can only enter randomly!"

"Also, the focus this time isn’t on ’scammers.’ It’s actually about the rivalry between the true and false ladies, what does that have to do with scammers?"

Student Xiao D, talking to itself, suddenly felt somewhat aggrieved.

What the heck, it was just someone being overly sensitive, seeing nest usurpation and identity theft and thinking "scammer."

Alright, although these two actions indeed have a fraudulent element, that really isn’t the focus of this book.

"Student Xiao D, are you secretly criticizing me?"

He Tiantian couldn’t hear Student Xiao D’s inner voice, but she could infer its thoughts from its words.

Clearly, Student Xiao D was implying she was too sensitive, making things about her.

"I’m not a scammer, I’m not a scammer, I’m not a scammer!"

He Tiantian protested angrily at Student Xiao D.

However, deep down, He Tiantian knew that this time, she really seemed to be a fraud.

If the health product salespeople from the previous world could still be linked to emotional companionship, they couldn’t be considered real swindlers.

But this time, He Tiantian racked her brains and couldn’t think of any excuse to clear her name.

He Tiantian was indeed the Fake Lady, occupying everything that belonged to the real daughter.

Maybe for the baby events, He Tiantian could still blame her mother.

But as she grew up, He Tiantian occasionally learned about her "origin" and chose not to disclose it; instead, she fiercely covered it up and continued to snatch everything from the real daughter—there was no way to whitewash this.

"Looks like I really am a vicious villain this time!"

Having finally accepted that she was cast as a bad person, He Tiantian felt somewhat disheartened.

"Tiantian, Zhou Zixuan wrote you into the book to vent her hatred towards you; she definitely intended to portray ’He Tiantian’ as sneaky and vicious."

Student Xiao D felt He Tiantian’s dejection and quickly spoke up to comfort her.

"...But I’ve never done anything to hurt anyone. I never provoked Zhou Zixuan; why would she treat me this way?"

Tears were evident in He Tiantian’s voice.

Student Xiao D grew even more sympathetic; after all, she was his partner. Although they hadn’t been together long, Student Xiao D quite liked He Tiantian.

"Tiantian, don’t be afraid, I—I’ll help you!" Student Xiao D began to ponder how he could assist Tiantian within the boundaries allowed by Dian Niang Book Library.

"You said it, quickly, light up a skill for me!"

Upon hearing this, He Tiantian suddenly raised her head.

Not just her real body, but even her virtual shadow deep in the sea of consciousness showed no signs of crying.

Student Xiao D: !!!

"He Tiantian!"

Student Xiao D almost forgot; his partner wasn’t just a newbie doing tasks; she was a "fraudster" who had already lived through a full life!

Hmph, even deceiving your own AI assistant, He Tiantian, I may not be human, Student Xiao D, but you’re really a dog.

"Ah, I was just joking with you. You’ve brought me to such a space where I became a vicious, sneaky villain, I’m really sad and helpless!"

He Tiantian mimicked Student Xiao D’s tone, attempting to act cute towards the AI assistant.

Student Xiao D had a numb expression.

He Tiantian, are you sure you are trying to act cute and not mocking me?

"Alright, no more jokes, let’s talk serious now. This task is quite tough!"

Seeing the signs of an outburst from Student Xiao D, He Tiantian quickly dropped her smile and said seriously, "In this book, Zhou Zixuan has a Golden Finger."

Zhou Zixuan also time-traveled; she knew the plot and despised He Tiantian, the villain female character who stole her parents.

And looking at the plot, Zhou Zixuan entered this world a few days ahead of He Tiantian and had already started making moves.

"Being hated by a player who started with cheats, it’s really tough to accomplish tasks without some skills!"

He Tiantian exaggerated the difficulty, trying to extract some benefits from Student Xiao D.

Last time, she managed to scam a "Urban Immortal Doctor" consumable skill from Student Xiao D, which allowed her to easily continue the plot in the previous world and earned her reward points.

This time, hehe, if—

"Sorry, Tiantian, this time I really can’t help you! It’s not that I don’t want to, but I also don’t have special privileges!" Student Xiao D firmly shook his furry body, helplessly speaking.

He Tiantian: "Okay, I understand! By the way, I still have reward points from last time, can I open the store?"

That’s how the system texts usually go; the Dian Niang Book Library probably wouldn’t be an exception.

"I’m sorry, the reward points you have are too low to open the store!"