I, a Villainous Cannon Fodder, Pick Up the Female Lead at the Start? - Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Picking Up a Fairy at the Start
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“Ugh, I was a teacher in my past life, and now I have to be a teacher again in this life. How annoying.”
Warm sunlight filtered through a worn window, gently falling on the snow-white face of a young girl who was currently wailing in despair.
Lin Muyu’s cute little face was filled with an expression of pain, because she had to wake up early.
Waking up early was simply the most painful of all pains for a modern young person.
Using all her strength, Lin Muyu still struggled to get up. She had finally found this job, and if she lost it, she would either starve to death or…
Turning to look at the blurry bronze mirror, it immediately reflected a charming and adorable figure. Though it was blurry, she could still vaguely make out that she was a genuine beauty.
“I’m really pretty. If I went to Yihong Brothel, I’d definitely be the Top Courtesan among Top Courtesans, and I’d definitely make lots of money… No wait, how can I think like this?”
Lin Muyu quickly slapped herself across the face. This kind of thinking was wrong. Even if she was poor, her spirit shouldn’t be poor too. Money earned through her own blood and sweat was what she could use with peace of mind.
Although Yihong Brothel catered to women, she wouldn’t degrade her mind for that.
Looking back at her previous life, she had been a male youth with great ambitions. Unfortunately, while reading a trashy novel written by a fellow group member at 6 AM, she got too excited and died from a sudden brain hemorrhage.
This incident taught her: never stay up late!
As for trashy novels… bring on more!
Misfortune and fortune are interdependent.
Fortunately, she didn’t die and even transmigrated into a book, so she didn’t have to work miserably anymore.
Unfortunately, not only did she become a cute girl, but she also transmigrated into a terrible book!
And she was even villainous cannon fodder who, after provoking the female lead, gets sent to Hehuan Sect by the male lead to become a cultivation material.
Why is it that when other people transmigrate into books, they become various Long Aotian and Feng Aotian, or at worst important characters who can influence the plot, but when she transmigrated, it was so miserable?
Her ending was something she could figure out even with her knees, how could a pitiful cannon fodder like her possibly compete against the heaven-blessed male lead and female lead?
Fortunately, she transmigrated quite early, arriving on the day before she was supposed to enter the sect. Logically speaking, she should be able to change her fate against the heavens by relying on her thorough knowledge of the book’s plot, just like other transmigrators in novels from her previous life.
Unfortunately, she had only skimmed through it, only reading the key plot points… which was what happened after the original body was sent to Hehuan Sect.
As for why she skimmed… she already said it was a terrible book, only the steamy plot was written quite well…
It was all tears to talk about, so Lin Muyu decided to dress as a man and hide in a remote small village to avoid repeating the same mistakes. As long as she didn’t encounter the male and female leads, she’d be safe!
Fortunately, with over 20 years of experience dressing as a man, cross-dressing as a male was quite convincing.
Although others would think he was rather feminine, no one would suspect she was actually a girl.
She definitely didn’t want to be kidnapped to Hehuan Sect, where she really would face countless people in a single day…
Now, she had been hiding for a year, and nothing strange had happened around her, which proved her decision was absolutely correct!
However, since she had run away from home, she still had to consider making a living.
Fortunately, the old Village Chief of this village, seeing that the male-disguised her looked refined and scholarly, hired her as the village’s Teacher.
After washing her face with cold water, Lin Muyu began to dress up. First, she used ink to dot two moles on her face, then put on the fake beard she had carefully crafted. After taking a long strip of cloth to tightly bind the two white mounds on her chest, she put on loose male clothing.
As for her hair, she didn’t have much grooming experience and no one had taught her, so she could only let her hair hang messily behind her.
Although it looked a bit unkempt, it fit her image as an intellectual.
Speaking a few sentences while slightly lowering her voice to sound masculine, Lin Muyu set off.
Along the way, she encountered many villagers carrying hoes and baskets.
“Good morning, Teacher Lin. If my child doesn’t behave, just give him a good beating.”
“Good morning, Aunt Zhang. Your child is very well-behaved.”
“Good morning, Teacher Lin. We entrust our village’s children to you.”
“I will definitely teach them well, don’t worry, Village Chief!”
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Along the way, Lin Muyu encountered many villagers who were taking advantage of the cool morning to go out and work.
These simple villagers would all greet Lin Muyu when they saw her. After all, people who could read and write basically didn’t want to come teach in poor villages, but Lin Muyu was an exception, not only did she come, but she also charged very little.
The greetings along the way gave Lin Muyu’s vanity a huge boost. Which teacher wouldn’t want to be respected by others?
“Good morning, Teacher Lin~”
“Good morning, students~”
In the classroom, Lin Muyu’s task was simply to teach character recognition. These children’s foundation was too poor; she had only been here for a year and could barely teach them some commonly used characters.
Time flew by, and it was noon before she knew it. The afternoon sun was scorching, so they didn’t have classes.
“Goodbye, Teacher Lin!”
After the last child said goodbye and left, Lin Muyu stretched her neck slightly, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly.
“Woo hoo, work is over! I can go to town to buy some books to read!”
Lin Muyu really liked this kind of life, peaceful and leisurely, only needing to work half a day, leaving plenty of time to read books.
It was so much better than the 8-to-6 schedule of her previous life!
After tidying up her books a bit, Lin Muyu set off with a parasol. Her desire to read books exceeded her desire to eat lunch.
However, an accident suddenly occurred.
“Boom!”
“Was that thunder?”
Hearing this huge commotion, Lin Muyu looked up at the sky in confusion.
The sky was still clear and cloudless, showing no signs of thunder or rain.
“What is that!”
In the distance, there was a white dot rapidly approaching her. When it was not far from her, that white figure suddenly fell down, crashing not far away.
“What is that? Is it some kind of bird?”
Curiosity drove Lin Muyu to take a look.
But the more she looked, the more shocked she became. That white figure seemed to be a person? Lying on the ground with unknown life or death status.
Lin Muyu hesitated a bit. Someone who could fall from the sky must be a Cultivator, and ordinary people like her absolutely couldn’t afford to provoke them.
But that figure seemed to be a beautiful woman. If she were discovered by some rough man and taken away…
“Forget it, saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.”
Lin Muyu was still somewhat soft-hearted. She couldn’t bring herself to ignore someone in mortal danger.
Moving closer to take a look, Lin Muyu was immediately stunned by the celestial beauty.
That figure was clearly an extremely beautiful fairy, with jade bones and icy skin like condensed frost and snow, hair like flowing clouds, crimson lips containing cinnabar, making heaven and earth lose their color.
However, her eyes were tightly closed at the moment, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, appearing very fragile.
Lin Muyu was immediately mesmerized: “Such a beautiful fairy…”
She really wanted to take her home as a wife…
Looking downward, before she could see the crucial parts, she was attracted by a huge wound on the shoulder that was still bleeding profusely. She immediately snapped back to reality, she needed to save the person first!
Learning from what she’d seen on TV, she prepared to tear off a corner of her clothes to stop the bleeding, but Lin Muyu struggled for a long time and couldn’t tear it…
“Good grief, this fabric quality is way too good.”
Lin Muyu couldn’t help but complain. She didn’t know what material the fabric in this village was made of, but it was much more durable than the synthetic fiber clothes from her previous life.
Looking at the wound that was still bleeding, if left untreated, the person would definitely die from blood loss.
But what puzzled Lin Muyu was that despite being in a state of blood loss, why was this fairy’s face still abnormally rosy?
Having no choice, Lin Muyu could only blushingly loosen the cloth strip that bound the two white mounds on her chest and tie it around the fairy’s arm to stop the bleeding, muttering as she did so.
“I hope this fairy won’t mind. I’m doing this to save you.”
After stopping the bleeding, seeing the increasingly scorching sunlight, Lin Muyu had no choice but to carry this fairy back home first.
She noticed the soft sensation on her back, with a smile in the corner of her eyes: “I didn’t expect this fairy to be quite well-endowed.”
“Huff huff, so tired.”
As soon as Lin Muyu got home and placed the fairy on the bed, she collapsed beside her, panting heavily.
Although the fairy wasn’t heavy at all and was actually quite light, her own body was still too weak. This was also why she didn’t work in the fields, the grain she could grow wouldn’t even be enough to make up for the energy spent, which would be ridiculous.
Before Lin Muyu could rest for long, the fairy woke up. Her beautiful phoenix eyes showed confusion, and she called out in a hoarse voice: “Water…”
Lin Muyu quickly fetched a bowl of water and handed it over.
“Here’s the water!”
Just as Lin Muyu was about to feed water to the fairy, a pair of ice-cold hands firmly grabbed her hands, knocking the bowl to the ground and spilling water all over both of them.
“Fairy, you…”
Seeing this fairy’s increasingly flushed face and increasingly hazy eyes, Lin Muyu finally realized something was wrong. Could she have been drugged with an aphrodisiac? Did she want to do…
Just as she tried to escape, she was suddenly pulled back, and her hands were restrained with just one hand.
“Mmm…”
Under Lin Muyu’s incredulous gaze, a seductive face rapidly approached her, and then something soft blocked her mouth.
She wanted to struggle, but the huge difference in strength made it impossible for her to move, causing tears to stream down her face in desperation.
Her hands struggled with great effort, but it was all in vain.
How could an ordinary person possibly shake off a Cultivator…
Could she only be violated like this?