A Despicable and Disgusting Scheme

The summer cicadas buzzed in the stifling heat, making the person on the bed furrow their brows in irritation.

Inadvertently brushing against the person lying beside her, the scorching warmth made her dizzy for a moment.

She slowly opened her eyes, gazing hazily at the unfamiliar white ceiling. Where went the starry sky ceiling that she paid a fortune to buy?

Su Yijia sat up in a daze, her peripheral vision catching a man lying next to her.

His slightly long hair partially covered his sword-like eyebrows but still failed to conceal the coldness and charisma hidden in his eyes.

His thinly pursed lips seemed to express his displeasure at the moment, exuding an aura that was too intimidating to meet head-on.

A man? Sleeping together with her?

Surely, it was just a dream caused by reading novels too excitedly at night.

Su Yijia blinked and quickly closed her eyes again.

But when she reopened them a few seconds later, the man was still lying there. The sweat on his skin appeared incredibly lifelike.

Had she been single for so long that her dreams had become this realistic?

Su Yijia swallowed nervously. It was a bit disheartening. She was so busy with her experiments every day that she didn't even have time for romance. Even the time to read some novels was spared from her already limited sleep.

Su Yijia reached out and poked the man's face, but when she saw his eyes, icy and sharp, her fear caused her to retract her hand immediately. The sensation of her fingertips against his skin felt too real, leaving her bewildered as she glanced at her own hand and then back at the man.

"I couldn't possibly ..."

... have transmigrated?

She didn't dare to say the second half of the sentence, afraid that she might expose her true identity to this man if the situation was really like what she had thought.

She sat up in confusion, looking at the man who lay there like a dead fish. She checked herself and found that her clothes were on, letting out a relieved breath.

But why was her mind devoid of any information? Whether it was transmigration or getting transmigrated to a book character, shouldn't there be some coherent plot for her?

So where was the plotline provider now? Did he drop offline?

Curiously, she reached out and poked the man again. His prominent nose resembled a hook, stirring a strange sensation within her. He was quite handsome!

Su Yijia couldn't help but chuckle softly. Suddenly, the man's initially shadowed gaze widened, radiating a sense of murderous intent.

"Why are you staring at me like that? If you have something to say, just say it," Su Yijia urged.

Since there was no given plot, she would have to gather crucial information from this man.

However, before she could finish speaking, the door was forcefully kicked open. Su Yijia frowned, casting a cold eye toward the four people who stood at the entrance, their mouths hanging open in shock.

What the hell? Are they here to find out about the man's affairs?

"Well, you shameless little tramp! I spent money to bring you into this house to have you live with my younger son, but you seduced my eldest son! How shameless you are? Instead of staying with a perfectly healthy man, you dare to touch a cripple!" The woman cursed with a malevolent expression.

The three people behind her also displayed disdainful looks, particularly the young man standing beside her, his face reddening with anger. His trembling body revealed his fury.

"Sis, how can you treat Mingcheng like this?" the young girl who stood closely beside the man whispered in reproach.

Mingcheng? Why did it sound so familiar?

Suddenly, Su Yijia remembered the historical novel she had read a couple of days ago, a story with shattered morals. The male lead in the early part of the novel was named Qin Mingcheng.

The reason she remembered this particular novel was that the cannon fodder supporting female character shared the same name as her, Su Yijia. She couldn't help but feel an aversion to it.

So, she wasn't dreaming; she had actually transmigrated into the novel?

Su Yijia's gaze roved over the four individuals as she tried to recall the limited early plot, which amounted to just a few thousand words.

This man named Qin Mingcheng was the first lover of the original host's younger sister, Su Xinyue. He and his mother conspired with Su Xinyue to deceive the original host into going on a blind date with him, all in a bid to secure the inheritance of his half-brother from the same father but different mother.

On the day of their wedding, he arranged for Su Yijia to sleep in Qin Kaize's room and then to be caught up on the spot by Qin's family members. With no way out, Su Yijia was forced to marry Qin Kaize, who had suffered paralysis due to a work-related injury.

Because of this shameful start, Su Yijia had been subjected to constant insults in the Qin family.

She was verbally abused for adultery and still had to take care of all the household chores for the four Qin family members.

They even forbade her from leaving the house with an excuse of fearing that she would cuckold Qin Kaize.

Out of the disgust for the other three members of the Qins, Qin Kaize had already informed his superior, as per his grandfather's instructions, that the three would have no right to access, let alone inherit, his possessions, including the things his grandparents prepared for him, his monthly allowance, and his pension.

However, Qin Kaize, who had never considered marriage before, was now saddled with a legitimate wife due to the scheming of the Qin family.

His superiors and grandparents had fallen right into the Qin family's scheme.

In order to make his wife stay, they gradually transferred both the money and precious assets to Su Yijia, granting her the free access.

However, Su Yijia's intellect was far from sharp. Despite being manipulated to this extent, she foolishly believed she had wronged Qin Mingcheng.

Each time she was scolded, she would give some of Qin Kaize's money to this scoundrel as a console.

After Qin Kaize's grandparents passed away, the immense fortune fell entirely into her hands. She promptly gave all the money and assets to Qin Mingcheng.

Then, when Su Yijia, who had become entirely devoid of utility, fell ill with a minor cold, the Qin family withheld medical treatment and medication. Within two short months, she passed away beside Qin Kaize.

Three months after her death, Qin Kaize, neglected and uncared for, joined her in the afterlife.

The subsequent chapters talked all about how Qin Mingcheng showered money and treasures upon Su Xinyue to make her happy, and how Su Xinyue was pursued and fought over by various high-quality men, who willingly became her steppingstone on her path to immense wealth.

Meanwhile, the Qin family, which had already been brought to ruin in the early chapters by her second husband.

So she and Qin Zekai were now both now just cannon fodder?!

"Now, the two of us are connected to the same fate. Would you like me to help you escape from the calculations of these scums?" Su Yijia leaned in close to Qin Kaize's ear, speaking in a voice only they could hear.

Her warm breath carried a faint scent, enveloping what remained of Qin Kaize's senses.

Though his entire body was paralyzed and immobile, his ears and face flushed quickly. She hadn't expected that even a grown man like him could be this shy.

Su Yijia's long eyelashes quivered like the wings of a butterfly, obscuring the mischievous gleam in her eyes.

Qin Kaize, lying there, saw it all clearly. This made his feeble breath grow a bit stronger.

"You shameless wretch, do you think we're dead already?"

Qin's mother never expected that someone who seemed so gentle and fragile, like Su Yijia, would dare to be so audacious in their presence.

Didn't Su Xinyue said her sister was known for her meek and submissive nature? Did she really think that marrying this thorny character into the Qin family would help her marry Qin Mingcheng?