After fighting with her boss and vowing never to return, Aysel kept her word. Well, she died while trying to save a girl and was transmigrated into a novel world. In her new life, she is a wealthy heiress and a popular celebrity. This made her excited at the thought that her dream of living like a salted fish was about to come true! However, reality slapped her in the face and pinched her awake. Wealthy heiress? Her bank account is in the negative! She owes money to the bank! Popular celebrity? The entire country hates her! Aysel finally understands the phrase: "Out of the frying pan into the fire." Now, she can’t even live in peace. Well, maybe Heaven isn’t so cruel after all—at least she has a life-saving system! System: Host, you need to harvest points. A lack of points means death! Aysel: What should I do?! System: Marry Young Master Grant. Young Master Grant? The tetraplegic boss who’s also a sadist? System: ...Exactly. Aysel finally realizes what it means to be unloved... But marrying Young Master Grant seems appealing. After all, he can’t do anything, right? Perfect! She just has to wait for him to die, inherit his wealth, and finally become rich! But she’s proven terribly wrong when the man pins her down, his hands roaming over her body, igniting a fire as he meets her gaze and whispers huskily... "I don’t know how to inflict pain, but I know how to make you cry for release." Wait, is he still tetraplegic? Had she... misread?
Aysel wanted to scold the system for not informing her earlier; otherwise, she would have prepared a gift to increase her amiability. But in the end, she realized she didn't need anything to please Grandpa as the system chimed again.
[Congratulations! 5% complete.]
Wait, nobody told her it was that easy to win Grandpa's affection.
5% already?
Aysel became more confident and continued sweetly, "I am Aysel, Young Master Grant's... hm, wife."
[Congratulations! 15% complete.]
Uh? She just had to speak, and Grandpa's impression of her would increase threefold?
Damn, this couldn't be any easier.
"How are you doing, Grandpa? I'm very sorry I didn't bring you a gift as I wasn't prepared. Please pardon me, Grandpa."
[Congratulations! 16% complete.]
Wait, why was it getting slower? She expected it to be 20% at least.
"It's alright," Grandpa said, his face lacking any of the warmth she had expected from older people.
Instead, Grandpa looked cold-faced as if someone owed him money.
Lawrence Grant was quite satisfied with this girl. She was good-looking and seemed cultured as well. He nodded slowly at her. After a while, he thought of something and adjusted his glass. "I heard you're in the entertainment industry?"
Aysel's eyes widened, and she grew slightly panicked, imagining in her head what rich people often say in situations like this.
[Leave the entertainment industry.]
"Uh?" She raised her head abruptly, thinking she had imagined the words in her mind. But Grandpa calmly repeated himself.
"Leave the entertainment industry."
What the heck is wrong with people from wealthy families? It's exactly like the movies portray.
At this point, Aysel couldn't understand what the industry had done to make them hate it so much.
Feeling Grandpa's gaze on her, as if he was expecting an answer, Aysel quickly chatted with the system.
"System? What should I do? Becoming the queen of the industry is a compulsory mission! But my grandfather-in-law is objecting! Damn, what should I say?!"
[Disagree, Host! Failing a compulsory mission spells death!]
"Wahhh, won't he dislike me if I disagree with him?"
[Who knows, but Host, you can do it, you are the MOST AMAZING HOST!]
"No, not amazing. I don't know the best reply, wait, how do I even disagree?"
[....]
"System?"
[....]
"Damn you!!!"
[One point deducted for cursing at the system.]
[Ding! 109 points remaining.]
"Da—Yo—You!"
Aysel didn't think the system would be so cruel to her and actually deducted a point from her 110.
How. Dare. It.
In the end, she could only swallow her anger since she had no way of avenging herself.
On the surface, she seemed to have gone silent for ten seconds, as if in deep thought.
Aysel finally opened her mouth, speaking resolutely while firmly holding Grandpa's gaze. "I'm sorry, Grandpa... Acting is a profession I love, and I won't quit anytime soon."
[Congratulations! 20% complete.]
Uh?
Now, Aysel was thoroughly confused, but she realized that the old man was probably satisfied with her refusal.
But wait, why would he be? Shouldn't he be angry that someone like him was being disobeyed?
Finally, she figured out that the world of the rich was indeed different from that of the poor. She couldn't even understand their thought processes.
But she at least knew Grandpa wasn't taking offense.
"Hm, why do you not want to leave? Your reputation is bad anyway. Do you think I would allow you to tarnish my beloved grandson's name if it were revealed that you're his bride?"
"I definitely wouldn't embarrass the Young Master in public," Aysel suddenly replied, her voice firm, causing Grandpa's expression to soften a little.
[Ding! Congratulations! 27% complete.]
It increased by 7%!
Suddenly, Aysel realized something, her eyes narrowing. Following the previous pattern, she noticed that whenever she mentioned Nathaniel's name or said something related to him, the percentage increased by a large margin compared to when she only spoke about Grandpa.