Chapter 18 Where there is a vicious female supporting character, there must be a plot

The high school next to Jing University is called Mingde Middle School. To get into this school, you either have to have good grades or your family has to donate a building.

It's also the top high school with the highest number of students accepted into Jing University.

Jing University is only two streets away from Mingde Middle School.

On the way back, Jiang Nanshu bought a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts, planning to wrap them up like flowers and give them to Lu Qingyan.

He would absolutely love them.

She couldn't resist eating them as she walked, feeling too tempted.

Until she saw high school students in red and white uniforms coming out of the school.

Jiang Nanshu knew it was time for school to let out.

But the students didn't go far, instead, they clustered in groups by the school's fish pond, which was a filming location for a campus web drama.

Jiang Nanshu came here looking for Su Ran, as the female lead wouldn't suffer unless she stirred up trouble, making the male lead feel sorry for her.

The more she thought about it, the more something felt off.

Sitting on the curb, she ate chestnuts and asked the system,

"Da Shachun, are you sure nothing's wrong with the male lead? I just have a feeling that something's off."

Da Shachun: [...]

It was tired of explaining, but had grown used to Jiang Nanshu's nature, as soon as someone was a bit nice to her, she acted like they had ulterior motives.

So, it patiently said, [Host, the male lead's character is not just a brainless domineering CEO. At the beginning, he is a very restrained, clean, and serious person in relationships. He treats people politely, and except for you and the female lead, he's quite gentle with others. He has a good temper and a decent family background. He only becomes blackened because the female lead drives him crazy in the end.]

[Of course, you may not see him turn dark because your character will disappear in the story after two years.]

Jiang Nanshu: "…Huh, you really hit the nail on the head."

[Why, do you want to see him go dark?]

Interest sparkled in Jiang Nanshu's eyes: "Kind of, I want to see him kill someone for the female lead. Otherwise, in my eyes, his dark turn is a failure."

Da Shachun was at a loss, stammering,[Host, murder is illegal… we're model citizens; we don't do such things.]

Jiang Nanshu instantly lost interest: "Boring, I don't want to see it anymore."

She looked up and saw a familiar figure across the way.

Cheng An was on his motorbike, parked at the school gate. Jiang Nanshu quickly followed, as she needed proof to enter the school, and Cheng An just happened to have it.

Cheng An was likely here to see Su Ran. In his rush, he didn't notice Jiang Nanshu pretending to be a friend and following him sneakily.

The school was buzzing with activity.

Because Su Ran and her crew were filming here, there were many fans gathered outside the school, waiting to snap pictures of her.

The reason Su Ran rose to fame was simple: her looks. She competed in a girl group audition abroad, debuted as the center, then returned to China to further her career after leaving her previous agency.

With her foundation laid, she got roles immediately upon returning, and all her fans were drawn to her looks.

Unlike Jiang Nanshu's striking and flamboyant features, Su Ran was pure and elegant, like a dewy white rose.

Later, Su Ran would quickly rise to fame with this campus web drama, becoming a screen favorite.

This would lead her to interact with more men, making Lu Qingyan feel a sense of crisis, keeping their relationship in limbo, warm one minute, interrupted by a strange man the next, falling back into an ice valley.

Reading this book, Jiang Nanshu was puzzled.

What good person only sleeps with one partner? Why couldn't she have them all?

Switching partners daily, a new husband every day.

Jiang Nanshu couldn't even imagine how extravagant her life would be if she were the female lead.

Maybe it was Jiang Nanshu's intense gaze that caught Su Ran's attention.

When she saw it was Jiang Nanshu, her body instinctively stiffened. Cheng An followed her gaze and saw Jiang Nanshu, looking like a stalker.

"Damn, why does this witch keep haunting us? It's bad enough seeing her at Jing University, now she's followed us to Mingde Middle School."

Cheng An immediately remembered the harsh words Jiang Nanshu had said, so he stood in front of Su Ran: "Ranran, don't worry, as long as I'm here, she won't hurt you."

Su Ran took a deep breath, gently patted Cheng An's shoulder, and smiled: "Anzi, don't think so badly of others. Maybe Miss Jiang has something important to discuss with me."

"What could she possibly want from you? Just to flaunt her engagement to Brother Yan. If it weren't for you…" Cheng An trailed off, turning his head in frustration: "Forget it, Brother Yan said it has nothing to do with you. Ranran, you deserve better."

Even though she knew the outcome, her eyes still watered. After a moment, she asked hoarsely, "Anzi, all of this is my fault. If I hadn't left back then, would he not hate me so much now?"

There was a pained look in Cheng An's eyes.

Lu Qingyan and Su Ran had been together for three years. As Lu Qingyan's good friends, they naturally had contact with Su Ran and teased them by calling her sister-in-law. Every time, Lu Qingyan would sternly tell them to stop joking, because Su Ran would already be blushing.

Back then, Lu Qingyan's gaze towards Su Ran was completely different from the cold indifference he showed now.

Su Ran was a lovely girl; Cheng An felt he didn't measure up to her.

"Forget it, just take your time. Brother Yan is just angry. Once I get rid of that clingy Jiang Nanshu, you and Brother Yan can be together peacefully."

He then turned to look for Jiang Nanshu.

Who knew that Jiang Nanshu, who had been walking in their direction, would suddenly change direction, pretending to be an extra, and get a popsicle under a big tree?

She licked her popsicle, noticing they were looking at her. Her face immediately displayed three parts mockery, three parts disdain, and four parts nonchalance.

It was deliberately like a pie chart.

"Sister Ran, filming is about to start. Hurry up," a small assistant called out.

Su Ran said goodbye to Cheng An and went to shoot her scene.

When Cheng An came back to his senses, Jiang Nanshu was nowhere to be seen.

He searched around, swearing to give her a stern warning to stay away from Su Ran.

But he couldn't find her, standing in frustration, smoking.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Jiang Nanshu originally intended to provoke Su Ran.

Wherever she, the vicious supporting actress, went, there had to be drama.

But, she saw someone she wanted to see even more.

Jiang Leyi sat under the shade tree with a thin boy of about fifteen or sixteen, eating popsicles.

Jiang Nanshu knew the popsicle well, she had just gotten it from the crew and it was still in her mouth.

The two looked quite harmonious from a surface level, and if she hadn't appeared, it would have been a peaceful sibling scene.

But her presence shattered the tranquility.

Jiang Nanshu bit down hard, and with a crunch, a corner of the popsicle stick was bitten off. She threw it at a nearby trash can, making it in perfectly.

Jiang Leyi immediately placed the boy behind her, eyes wary and tone full of disgust: "Jiang Nanshu, what are you doing here?"