2.1 - Jianghu is Full of Hypocrites.

"Can I receive the storyline and the memories of the person I will counterattack for first?" Wei Ying asked 728.

[Yes.]

Wei Ying breathed a sigh of relief. She has been worried she would meet a dire situation upon transmigrating and not know what to do or how to act. Luckily, she had the option of receiving everything first.

[Here.] 728 spoke and a very thick book appeared in front of Wei Ying.

Wei Ying took a deep breath and opened it.

This was yet another sadomasochistic pro-max romance novel. The catch was instead of one male lead, there were three male leads in this story!!

Li Dongmei was the daughter of a merchant. Since young she has lived in riches with loving parents and a younger brother.

However, tragedy struck and Li Dongmei's parents died.

Li Dongmei and Li Dongshu moved in with their uncle and lived under their roof.

Despite her parents' death, Li Dongmei didn't suffer much in her uncle's family and the couple treated the pair of brother and sister well, as if they were their own children.

Li Dongmei thought she would pass her days like this, but a man she saved before appeared and she agreed to leave with him.

That moment of impulse sealed Li Dongmei's tragic fate and her days of being assaulted by three men till the day she breathed her last.

The person filled with grievances and the one requesting a counterattack, surprisingly, didn't turn out to be Li Dongmei, but Si Yu, the right-hand woman of Si Qianfan, the leader of the devil sect and the man who Li Dongmei saved.

Si Yu was born in the devil sect and from a young age she was brainwashed to be loyal to Si Qianfan.

Si Yu learned medicine and poison from her father since she was young and she was the person Si Qianfan trusted with his body.

Si Yu lived like a puppet, following all of Si Qianfan's orders and striving to meet his requests to the best of her ability.

One day, Si Qianfan requested Si Yu to make a Gu that can control a person's mind and let them be at the mercy of the carrier of the mother Gu.

Si Yu found the request difficult, but she researched for years and finally succeeded in creating one.

At the order of Si Qianfan, Si Yu planted the Gu in Li Dongmei's body.

Si Yu was rather surprised since Li Dongmei was pampered to the sky since Si Qianfan brought her to the devil sect. It was said that Li Dongmei was Si Qianfan's only weakness.

Si Yu didn't question her master's orders despite her surprise and skepticism and followed Si Qianfan with utmost devotion. Although she was hesitant and felt a little pity for Li Dongmei, her devotion to her master won and she followed the orders as told.

From that day on and for some reason, Si Yu paid attention to any news from Li Dongmei but she didn't hear anything. Only after a year and a half passed since Li Dongmei left the sect was she brought again by Si Qianfan. However, Li Dongmei was different. Her once bright eyes were now dead silent and empty.

Her face was pale and her body so fragile that one felt a gust of wind would be able to blow her away.

Si Yu didn't have a chance to understand anything when she was hauled to the water prison and tortured.

It was only then did Si Yu know that after Li Dongmei ran away from the sect, she met the young master of Chongmei Villa who used her blood to cure his junior sister.

After that, Si Yu ended up being sold in a brother and was bought by the ninth prince who made her his maid and later wanted to turn her into his princess consort but his mother refused and created countless misunderstandings between the two which ended up in Li Dongmei being chased by assassins and rescued by Si Qianfan.

Now it seemed that all these three men fell for Li Dongmei and wanted to take revenge on anyone who slighted her or caused her pain.

As the one who created the mind-controlling Gu, one could only imagine what kind of torture Si Yu went through at the hands of these three evil men.

Si Qianfan self-righteously called Si Yu a despicable villain and used her own Gus and poisons on her.

Song Xiyang, the young master of Chongmei Villa, drained Si Yu's blood every other day, claiming he wanted her to experience the pain Li Dongmei went through when she had her blood drawn.

Fu Zhiyuan, the ninth prince of the Xia Kingdom, somehow got someone to re-create the mind-controlling Gu and put her on Si Yu's body, ordering her to crawl like a dog and eat from a dog bowl.

Si Yu was only granted amnesty when Li Dongmei begged these three men to let her go.

As Si Yu took her last breath, she didn't understand why she was treated so. She was only following her master's orders.

Wei Ying felt this was ridiculous. They wanted to take revenge on anyone who slighted Li Dongmei? Then why didn't they try with themselves? And that Si Qianfan, he was the biggest hypocrite of them all.

Yes, Si Yu did create the mind-controlling Gu, but Si Qianfan was the one who ordered her to do so, and he was the one who commanded her to put it on Li Dongmei. Where did Si Qianfan and the other two men get the balls to put all the blame on Si Yu's head? Why didn't they own up to their mistakes and punish themselves as well? Or was their pride and ego bigger than the whole Jianghu and everything was someone's fault?

Wei Ying didn't understand the logic these three male leads had.

She wondered how Li Dongmei was able to live till old age surrounding by these three psychos and having no freedom of her own.

"What's my mission?" Wei Ying asked as she put the book aside.

[1- Make Si Qianfan, Song Xiyan, and Fu Zhiyuan pay.

2- Pay Li Dongmei's amnesty-granting grace.]

"Let's go." Wei Ying stood up and went through the door that suddenly appeared on her system space.

[Brace yourself.]

Wei Ying felt her soul get shoved and remodeled in a body. It was a very uncomfortable and sickening feeling.

After a long time, Wei Ying felt better and opened her eyes.

The sight of ants crawling in bottles and bowls caused goosebumps to cover her body. Wei Ying scrunched up her nose at the sour smell of herbs.

After living in a clean environment for so long as Shi Yuxi, she really couldn't take these smells anymore.

Really, one really easily got spoiled after being treated well for a while.

Despite living in the apocalypse for close to a decade, two years of blessing crossed down all her endurance for bad smells and sights.

Wei Ying moved her current body a little. This body's shoulders and back were really sore. The ache was killing her.

Wei Ying sat down on a mat in the corner and decided to cultivate first. If she wanted to accomplish her missions, she needed power first.

Si Qianfan and Song Xiyan were so strong after all. They have practiced martial arts since young and their inner strength was deep enough to kill her with a finger.

Wei Ying was surprised at the abundance of spiritual energy in this world. It was more abundant than in her original world.

Greedy, Wei Ying started coaxing the balls of lights around her to enter her body.

After a long time, Wei Ying let out a sigh. Her current body felt so much better. The soreness diminished by a lot, and she felt like she could finally breathe normally.

Wei Ying took a look at the jade bottles around and books and went out with a medicine box in hand. She was heading to see the female lead of this world, Li Dongmei.

As of now, Li Dongmei already "fell from grace" and Si Yu started conditioning her body to put the mind-controlling Gu in her.

Wei Ying walked to Li Dongmei's quarter. When she reached the courtyard, the smell of magnolia trees curled around her nose and body. The ground was filled with pink petals and the sound of a stream could faintly be heard. It added a touch of tranquility and other-worldness to the place.

This tranquility was destroyed by a seemingly gentle pearl-like laughter. The malice and naked gloating hidden in the sound broke the harmony of the beautifully crafted courtyard.

Wei Ying knew who this voice belonged to from Si Yu's memory. It was none other than Li Dailu, Li Dongmei's cousin and the first female antagonist of this world.

Li Dailu was brought by Si Qianfan half a year after he brought Li Dongmei over.

When Li Dongmei was 13 years old, she rescued Si Qianfan who was severely injured at the time. Li Dongmei felt bad for this man and as the weather was cold, she was afraid he would die so Li Dongmei took Si Qianfan in and tended to his injuries.