Leap Forward Comics: Watch How I Become a Villainess

Chapter 10 A Clever Little Calculator

Xia Lan stood by the roadside, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

When I came to my senses, I realized that my phone had been ringing for ages.

"Hey..." she said, her voice trembling with tears.

"...What's wrong, Xiao Lan?" Wen Shiyu's gentle voice came.

Xia Lan could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

When Lu He arrived at Xia Lan's side, she was like an injured stray kitten, licking her wounds.

Xiao Yang was waiting at the entrance of the Duanmu Group building. As soon as he saw Duanmu Cong get into the car, he immediately reported to Lu He, which allowed Lu He to contact Xia Lan immediately.

Firstly, she wanted to find out about Duanmu Cong's actions, and secondly, she wanted to add fuel to the fire in the rift between the two.

However, when she actually heard the kitten sobbing on the phone, she wasn't as happy as she had imagined. Instead, she felt a little flustered. Without bothering to inquire about Duanmu's situation, she went straight to Xia Lan's side.

Seeing Xia Lan squatting by the roadside, heartbroken, Lu He felt a pang of sadness. She walked over, knelt down, brushed Xia Lan's bangs aside, and silently took out a tissue to wipe away her tears: "Xiao Lan..."

“Xiaoyu…” Xia Lan sniffed, “I feel like Acong doesn’t love me that much…”

"What? Did he get angry with you?" When Lu He heard Xia Lan say this, a feeling of joy welled up in her heart, but then she felt sorry for her.

Xia Lan didn't speak, but nodded slightly. They had just had an argument, and he had run away without even trying to comfort her. Thinking of his back as he walked away without looking back, she felt even more aggrieved. The tears that had almost stopped welled up in her eyes again.

It's not good for her to keep squatting here crying, so Lu He helped her up: "Come on, get in the car, I'll take you to clear your head."

"Is there anywhere you'd like to go?" Lu He asked softly as she fastened her seatbelt.

Xia Lan was silent for a moment. "I want to go to the cat cafe to see Xiao Hua." As she spoke, she opened her phone's navigation and handed it to Lu He: "Here's the address."

"Little Flower?" The system didn't mention this part of the story. Shouldn't this be an important part of the female lead's storyline? Lu He was puzzled. Why didn't the system's plot explanation include anything about the female lead and the cat?

Despite her doubts, she still drove to the cat café.

As they drove, a line of text appeared on the car window, a line that only Lu He could see: "All I can tell you is the major main storyline and relationships of the main characters before you appear. You will need to unlock the minor side quests yourself. Furthermore, the main storyline will undergo significant changes after you become Wen Shiyu, which I have no way of knowing and cannot inform you in advance. Take care of yourself!"

"How can they be so irresponsible?" Lu He couldn't help but blurt out.

"Huh? What's wrong, Xiaoyu?" Xia Lan was startled.

"Ah, no, I just get angry when I think about Duanmu Cong leaving you all alone. Ugh, that's so irresponsible," Lu He quickly tried to cover it up.

Xia Lan didn't respond, turning her head to look out the window. She didn't want to mention Duanmu Cong at all right now.

Soon, they arrived at the cat café.

Xia Lan walked in, and her eyes quickly locked onto a calico kitten. The kitten seemed to recognize Xia Lan and happily ran towards her.

"Little Flower~" Xia Lan hugged the kitten tightly and rubbed her nose against it, completely dispelling her previous unhappiness. At this moment, she smiled from the bottom of her heart.

Looking at the room full of cats, Lu He couldn't help but take two steps back. Good heavens, she was allergic to cat fur! She was genuinely terrified.

"Xiaoyu, look how cute the little flower is~" Xia Lan held the kitten up to Lu He's face, and the kitten's head rubbed against her face. Lu He was startled and was about to scream, but she found that she didn't seem to sneeze or feel itchy. Amazingly, she felt no discomfort at all.

Ah, right, this isn't Lu He's body, it's Wen Shiyu's! As long as this character isn't allergic to cat fur, she can hug kittens whenever she wants. That's so wonderful!

Lu He happily took the kitten, took a deep breath of its puff, and sure enough, it was alright. She hugged the kitten and rubbed against it vigorously. The kitten tilted its head and gave Xia Lan a look of utter despair.

"Haha, Xiaoyu, you scared Xiaohua!" Xia Lan laughed and teased her, "Why do you act like you're seeing a kitten for the first time?"

"Ah, no, I really like kittens, it's just that I couldn't touch them before..." In her excitement, Lu He accidentally let slip, and immediately realized: "Ah, I mean my family is very strict, and we're not allowed to keep kittens or puppies."

“Yeah, I understand. When I lived with my dad before, he wouldn’t let me keep pets. Now that I live alone, he still won’t let me keep pets…” Xia Lan said, then became dejected again.

"Huh? Why?" This is a perfect opportunity to sow discord; how could I miss it?

"I don't know, he doesn't seem to like cats." Xia Lan shook her head. In fact, Duanmu Cong hadn't really explained why to her, he just told her not to keep a cat.

"I found Xiaohua on the street a few days ago. I wanted to help her, but I was too scared to take her home. Luckily, Brother Yiming helped me find a cat cafe that was willing to take her in," Xia Lan explained the origin of the kitten.

"Wen Yiming?" Lu He muttered to herself, "I was just looking for someone to stir up trouble, and this is delivered right to my doorstep."

"Xiaoyu, what are you muttering about?" Xia Lan tilted her head like a kitten, blinking her big, watery eyes at Lu He.

“I said,” Lu He stroked Xiao Hua’s head, “I want to take it home…”

"Really?" Xia Lan's eyes widened and brightened. "Can you really take it home and raise it?"

"Yes, really, I want to give it a home and take good care of it," Lu He looked earnestly into Xia Lan's eyes. She really loved kittens, and she wanted to take advantage of her current allergy to indulge her feline cravings: "If you miss it, you can come to my house to see it anytime, and you can also come and stay with it often..."

This is another reason why Lu He decided to adopt Xiao Hua, turning the original bond between the female lead and the second male lead into a bond between her and the female lead.

"Really? That's great! Xiaoyu, you're so good!" Xia Lan was so excited that she instinctively hugged Lu He and gave her a big kiss on the cheek.

It wasn't until she saw Lu He's intrigued look that Xia Lan realized what she had just done, and her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment. She was just too cute.

That evening,

Wen Yiming came to the cat café.

"Boss, where's Xiaohua?" He looked around but couldn't find any trace of the kitten.

The boss didn't even look up: "It was bought this morning."

"What?" Wen Yiming was immediately enraged, rushed over and grabbed the boss by the collar: "That's my cat! You just want to sell it like that?"

The shop owner got angry when he heard that: "What do you mean, 'your cat'? Isn't it a stray cat that you forced on me?"

Wen Yiming suppressed his anger: "I paid you! You should take good care of it here!" This cat was the reason he always asked Xia Lan out alone; it was their little secret! How could he... sell it! His eyes reddened with rage.

"I'll refund your money! It's just a few thousand yuan! Here you go!" The boss, who also had a short temper, flung out a wad of banknotes: "Here's five thousand, count it yourself!"

"..." This was the first time Wen Yiming had been dumped on someone, and he felt deeply humiliated: "Who? Who bought it? How much did they pay?" The fact that the boss could so readily throw away his five thousand yuan meant that the price was not low.

"They bought it for 50,000 yuan! The girl who came with you last time." The shopkeeper scoffed, looking at Wen Yiming with disdain: "Look at you, all poor and pathetic... acting like you're going to die over 5,000 yuan..."

Xia Lan bought it? Fifty thousand? Could it be Duanmu Cong? Wen Yiming was stunned. He didn't have time to pay attention to the boss's sarcastic words and walked out of the cat cafe in disappointment.