“Mom and Dad, I’m leaving.”
After saying her goodbyes, Yuan Ru grabbed her bag and walked out without bothering to look back. But the three people inside the house didn’t seem to pay her any attention.
She was Tai Jinru, who had just transmigrated into the eponymous character Li Yuanru in the novel "Deep Affection" that she had just finished reading.
She had been sleeping soundly in her warm bed on a stormy, rainy night when she transmigrated into this bizarre world.
What was even worse was that she had transmigrated into the hateful supporting female character, Li Yuanru, which infuriated her.
When she read the novel, she absolutely loathed this character, a detestable fake who constantly interfered with the main couple.
But after transmigrating and becoming Li Yuanru for a day, she began to feel a little pity for the character.
Once she understood the plot, she returned to the character's house to retrieve documents and some important belongings, but this family had always treated Li Yuanru like an outsider.
The mother's lack of affection was understandable, as Yuan Ru wasn't her biological daughter. But the father, who had an affair and conceived Yuan Ru, also viewed her as a burden.
She couldn't grasp why the adults were the ones who made mistakes, yet the whole family vented their anger on a child.
Her older sister, Li Yuanni, also detested her for the same reason.
Despite having been in this body for less than a day, Tai Jinru could already sense the immense pressure Yuan Ru felt living in this family.
She also began to feel a little empathy for this character.
But no matter what, from now on, Tai Jinru was Li Yuanru.
She had to live this life well, to forge a path for Tai Jinru herself, and to give Yuan Ru a brighter ending.
Yuan Ru placed her belongings on her old Vision scooter and rode it back to her rented room.
Yuan Ru was a second-year student at Sun Desheng University, majoring in Tourism and Travel.
Her "best friend," Chen Meijin, was also studying Business Administration at the same university.
When she read the novel, she knew that the character Yuan Ru had taken advantage of the female lead's wealthy family and her devoted personality to swindle a considerable amount of money from her.
However, she now also knew that Li Yuanru's family didn't provide her with living expenses. Her biological father, merely in name, only paid for her tuition while she attended university.
She guessed that was why Li Yuanru had swindled money from Chen Meijin.
But by the time she transmigrated, the swindling had already happened; it was too late to salvage the situation.
Li Yuanru's family lived in the Long'an area, very close to the city. However, since there were many foreign investment companies there, her sister Li Yuanni worked in the area.
The three of them lived happily as a family, with only Yuan Ru separated from them.
After driving for over an hour, she arrived. It was fortunate that in her original reality, she was also from Saigon, and the story's setting was also Saigon.
Aside from the unfamiliar people, the streets were just like in her reality.
She opened the door to the rented room and let out a sigh.
In her original reality, she was an orphan who struggled to make a living, yet she wouldn't dare rent a room this large.
On the other hand, Li Yuanru received no financial support from her family, didn't work to earn extra money, and dared to rent such a big place solely on the female lead's money.
She truly couldn't understand this character. The Li Yuanru in the novel had created a glamorous appearance and a clean background for herself to attract the male lead.
If her original reality was a hardship of one, transmigrating into this character meant she would suffer ten times as much.
Yuanru took out her phone to look for more reasonably priced accommodations when she received a message from Mei Jin.
"Hey, let's go a bit early tomorrow!"
"Yeah, around what time?" Yuanru asked back.
"Let's go at 7. My uncle is coming to school tomorrow as a guest speaker, so we should go a bit early."
Yuanru sat up abruptly.
Mei Jin’s uncle was Chen Jiancheng – an incredibly perfect character in the story. Despite his infrequent appearances, he garnered no fewer fangirls than the male lead, and Mei Jin herself was among them.
Every time Chen Jiancheng appeared, he exuded the domineering CEO aura typical of Chinese romance novels, even though “Profound Love” was a high school romance story.
"Then Jin, you go with your uncle. I can just go to school by myself tomorrow."
Yuanru replied.
"No way, I’ve already told my uncle. It can’t be changed now."
Mei Jin replied immediately.
Her head ached as she looked at the message. With such a good friend, the character Li Yuanru truly didn’t know how to appreciate it.
In the story, it was written that one time Yuanru’s car broke down, leaving her without a ride to school, so Mei Jin offered to take her along.
Because riding together was fun, Mei Jin suggested that she would pick her up for school every day from then on.
Obsessed with the glamour of it all, Li Yuanru immediately agreed.
Li Yuanru sighed. The author had truly written this character terribly; she never committed any heinous acts, but she had a hand in every single bad deed.
If the female lead ever discovered what the character had done, wouldn’t she be the one to suffer?
Yet, Li Yuanru’s actions always led to a Cai Jinru coming forward to take the blame.
It wasn’t fair at all.