”Then you come…deliver the bird’s nest to the lady’s room.”

　　At the Lu family villa, the chef prepared bird’s nest for the lady as afternoon tea. But when he turned around, he found that all the servants had retreated away.

　　He had to call the roll himself.

　　”Why should I go? Where’s Lin An? This has always been her job…”

　　The maid who was called refused in fear.

　　But I heard the housekeeper speak faintly…

　　”Lin An has something going on at home, so I’m asking for leave.”

　　”……oh.”

　　The servant accepted his fate but accidentally glanced at a corner.

　　Her eyes lit up instantly——

　　”Then let the newcomer go? She can also see the beauty and… kindness of the Madam.”

　　”Ahem, I’m busy after all.”

　　As she spoke, she wiped the stair railing with a rag in a pretentious manner.

　　The maid’s evasive behavior did not draw contempt from the other servants. After all, in the past… who hadn’t declined to meet the lady alone?

　　No.

　　They are not trying to shirk responsibility, but to save their lives!

　　Except for the newcomers, who among the Lu family’s servants doesn’t know: Madam Qin Qingqing is beautiful, but she is absurd, violent, perverse and weird, and she must not be provoked?

　　I heard that…

　　Madam was not like this before.

　　But since her business marriage with my husband, she has gradually become like this, to the point where she even refuses to acknowledge his debts. To the point where my husband has been forced by her to stay away from home for many years.

　　Besides, she herself is absurd, irritable, capricious and weird.

　　She would often interfere in the young master’s affairs on a whim, under the beautiful name of “educating the child”, but in fact…she was using the name of “education” to do things that were “harsh”.

　　For example, this time, because of fighting during absence from the exam, she punished Young Master Lu Liye by not allowing him to eat for three days.

　　Today is the third day…

　　”Ah… I don’t know, Madam, is this bird’s nest safe to eat?”

　　A maid murmured.

　　Being scolded by the housekeeper in a deep voice——

　　”presumptuous.”

　　*

　　Regardless of what the servants downstairs said, the maid had already nervously brought the bird’s nest to his wife.

　　She knocked on the lady’s door, curiously –

　　I heard that the lady is beautiful and kind?

　　”squeak–“

　　The door was opened from the inside.

　　Then……

　　She was completely stunned, her eyes full of amazement!

　　No other——

　　The lady was wearing a silk nightgown, her black hair was slightly curled and casually tied into a bun. Occasionally, some of the hair fell across her delicate collarbone… Her skin was whiter than snow.

　　The lady looked at the maid outside the door with her beautiful almond-shaped eyes; her gaze was fixed on the tray in her hand.

　　Raise an eyebrow——

　　”What’s this?”

　　The maid came back to her senses, turned her eyes away from the delicate features, and answered respectfully—

　　“This is your bird’s nest.”

　　”Give it to me.”

　　Qin took it gently.

　　After a pause…

　　She gave the maid another faint smile.

　　”Thank you, you can go back first.”

　　The maid stared blankly at the door closing again, her cheeks flushed slightly – she thought, it’s true, the lady is super beautiful and super kind…

　　But–

　　God knows!

　　It’s not that the lady is really beautiful and kind, but that the lady has changed her heart.

　　Qin closed the door gently and put the bird’s nest down.

　　I fell limply onto the bed…

　　She asked the question in a trembling voice to the air.

　　”What did you just say?”

　　“I said…”

　　”Host, you are not dreaming, you are traveling through a book.”

　　A mechanical voice sounded in her mind.

　　“I am bound to your ‘supporting role system’, and you need to complete the tasks I have issued to advance the plot…”

　　”Now I will transmit the general plot of this novel to you.”

　　”Please check.”

　　“…”

　　Qin Qingqing wanted to say something else, but she felt a dull pain in her head, as if several gigabytes of data packages were stuffed into it.

　　She tried to look through the “information” in her mind.

　　Finally I was sure——

　　She did travel through the book.

　　From an 18th-tier unknown actress, she was transformed into the ridiculous biological mother in a novel about a wealthy family’s stepmother.

　　This mother was very unreasonable, often mis-educating her son and bullying her husband. She also starved her son to death after he missed an exam and got into a fight, and then was kicked out by his father.

　　The biological mother was kicked out of the house.

　　The workaholic father Lu Bai married a stepmother for his son Lu Liye shortly thereafter.

　　The stepmother controlled the rebellious stepson, healed Lu Bai, and persuaded them to record a variety show. When the variety show was broadcast, the family of three was warm and beautiful, and was recognized as a fairy family by the whole network.

　　Qin Qingqing, the abandoned wife of a wealthy family, was left with nothing, had no son, no job… and was picking up trash on the roadside at a young age.

　　”?”

　　Qin Qingqing’s face gradually turned pale.

　　”That……”

　　”Then can’t I be nice to them now?”

　　“No.”

　　”Host, you must complete the mission I have assigned you and follow the plot…”

　　”Otherwise, you will be punished with electric shock.”

　　The mechanical sound of the supporting system is particularly cold.

　　”!”

　　”Just go…”

　　When Qin Qingqing heard about the “electric shock punishment”, she immediately backed down.

　　Even turned the tables –

　　”But why haven’t you issued the plot mission yet?”

　　“…”

　　The system, which has been with many hosts, has never seen such a host who is “eager to complete the task”.

　　It was silent for a moment before releasing a semi-transparent pop-up window——

　　[bite–]

　　[Main storyline mission 1, please check.]

　　Qin Qingqing unconsciously sat up straight and checked the content of Task 1.

　　[Previous story: The ridiculous mother has misled her son Lu Liye again! This time, it was because he “absent an exam and fought”, and his mother has ordered him to go on a hunger strike for three days.]

　　[The host needs to complete the prescribed plot lines as follows…]

　　Below, the system provides few prescribed lines, but each one is more cruel than the last.

　　Qin Qingqing only took a glance, and her eyes were blurred –

　　”system?!”

　　”My son has been hungry for three days. How can you be so cruel that you asked me to overturn his food and order him to go on a hunger strike for another five days?”

　　”Host, if you don’t complete the mission, you will be punished by electric shock…”

　　The system made a chilling sound.

　　”!”

　　”Don’t, don’t… I’ll do it.”

　　Qin Qingqing admitted defeat but still tried to struggle.

　　”Let’s be honest: if we starve him this way, something bad might happen to him…”

　　”Can a novel about a wealthy stepmother still be successful without one of the protagonists?”

　　”able.”

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