“This… this isn’t such a good idea, is it?” Cha Susu lowered her head awkwardly. If Liang Sheng found out that she loved reading overbearing CEO novels, wouldn’t her pure little girl image completely shatter?
“What’s the big deal? I read them too!” Liang Sheng slapped her own chest with a heavy thud. Mm, so bouncy, with such a great feel—the meat had to be fresh and delicious. Eating it would definitely… Wait, what on earth was she thinking right now?
Liang Sheng nearly lost control of her brain once more, her mind swirling with a torrent of wild and depraved thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Cha Susu assumed Liang Sheng was also a fan of these brainless romance novels. She hesitated for a moment, her heart leaning even more toward recommending a couple to her.
Seeing Cha Susu’s hesitation, Liang Sheng—ever driven by her innate desire to study hard, enrich her knowledge, broaden her horizons, sharpen her mind, and be a model student who loved learning—took the initiative. “Then I’ll send you a couple first to check out. What’s there to be embarrassed about? I’ll lead by example!”
Sis here is super brave, you know! Liang Sheng grinned smugly to herself. Don’t let my innocent, pure, and cute looks fool you— all those cheesy lines you girls toss around are total noob stuff to me.
Just as Liang Sheng reached to unlock her phone and dig up those several gigabytes of files, she smacked her forehead. Damn it! All that stuff was on her USB drive! Who the hell brings a USB on a trip like this?
Liang Sheng scratched her head, a touch embarrassed. “Um… Susu, I forgot to bring my USB. How about you send me some first? I’ll send you mine when I get back home.”
Cha Susu couldn’t bring herself to refuse any longer. She nodded shyly, pulled out her phone—whose screensaver was a beautifully edited photo of herself—and opened the Apple Pie app. Then she forwarded a few overbearing CEO novels she’d read to Liang Sheng.
“Ding-dong~”
The notification chime made Liang Sheng a little excited. Sure, she’d seen her share of wild scenes, but she’d been so buried in studying lately that she hadn’t touched this kind of thing in ages. Her lips curved into a wide grin.
She tapped it open, only to see the book title—
Little Wife Don’t Run: Overbearing CEO is a Bad Guy!
Liang Sheng: “？？？” Confusion face.
She hadn’t seen a title this ridiculously non-mainstream in forever. What was this? Some kind of greasy camouflage to dodge censors, hiding straightforward, slippery-sleazy content inside…?
In her bewildered state, Liang Sheng hit “Start Reading.” The very first line that appeared was—
“Cold Moon Frost never dreamed that when she returned home early to surprise her boyfriend of eight years, she’d catch him in bed with her best friend.”
Liang Sheng: “…” I’m numb.
Classic overbearing CEO trope. And that female lead’s name—emm, couldn’t bear to look.
“This one drags way too slow!” Cha Susu lit up the moment overbearing CEO novels came up, chattering animatedly and gesturing wildly. She tapped Liang Sheng’s screen. “The next one I send you? That’s real page-turner material!”
“Mm…” Liang Sheng no longer held out any hope. So she’d totally misunderstood earlier.
Still, with the green tea girl next to her looking so thrilled, Liang Sheng couldn’t bring herself to refuse. She opened the next link—a cover that screamed absurdity, with an even more outrageous blurb.
Heaven-Sent Baby: My Boyfriend is a Devil
Perfect. The awkwardness had officially begun.
She opened the first chapter’s character profile and barely made it through half a minute before she nearly spat blood.
Here it was:
Protagonist Name: Ouyang Lu
Age: 17
Height: 161 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Family: The world’s number one Ouyang Family
Identity: The Ouyang Family’s youngest daughter and big sis of the top-ranked gang Night Charm
Hair: Gradient from deep purple to light purple, waist-length
Eyes: Wickedly alluring black-purple
Personality: Ice-cold—her mere presence drops the surrounding air temperature by thirty degrees.
Academics: Second in the whole school (first is the male lead)
Martial Arts: Second in the world (first is the male lead)
Liang Sheng felt truly numb, from head to toe, utterly and completely. Her toes were curling so hard they could’ve dug out a deluxe dream castle.
She’d seen overpowered characters before, but never like this. Damn it, dropping the air temp by thirty degrees just by showing up? Who did this girl think she was, the Ice Queen? This was the worst slander the Ice Queen had ever suffered.
Nothing more to say, or she’d have to swallow her old blood to keep it from spraying out. Liang Sheng clamped a hand over her mouth.
“Susu, I think…” Liang Sheng started, plotting a bathroom excuse.
But Cha Susu, riding high on her enthusiasm, grabbed Liang Sheng’s arm. “Shengsheng, the next one’s even better. This abuse story had me bawling my eyes out for nights on end.”
“…Fine.” Liang Sheng opened her phone again in helpless resignation.
This title was…
Whatever. Luxury Trap – Madam Mo, You Can’t Escape
This time, she only skimmed the blurb—
“That year, she went to prison for him, while he drove off into the distance with his first love in a luxury car.
When she got out, he came to pick her up—but only to make her donate a kidney to his first love.
Gu Feifei gave a tragic smile and said that as long as he kissed her once, she’d give her kidney to his first love.
What she got instead was the man’s icy glare. Gu Feifei burst into tears.
After the surgery, the man was stunned.
Gu Feifei lay forever on that operating table, never to open her eyes and look at him again, because…
The doctor told the man that the woman had only one kidney. The other… was in his body!
From then on, the man went mad, endlessly muttering the woman’s name.”
Liang Sheng: “…” Why couldn’t she cry or laugh at this so-called ‘tragedy’? All she felt was a helpless mix of amusement piercing straight to her soul. Was this really something a carbon-based lifeform could write?
Never mind the single-kidney nonsense—why would any doctor even proceed to surgery without an imaging scan first?!
Absurdity upon absurdity, arriving home in style.
Liang Sheng was speechless. She didn’t dare click into the full story, terrified it would shatter her already-cracked worldview into irreparable pieces. Utterly pulverized!
“Su-Susu!” Liang Sheng wiped the embarrassed sweat from her brow and stood up. “I’m heading to the bathroom real quick. I’ll check out the rest of your recs when I get back.”
“Okay~” Cha Susu was happily engrossed in her own novel by then, not paying attention.
Women are terrifying.
When Liang Sheng emerged from the bathroom, she noticed Ou Lu had already slumped over the desk, fast asleep. She looked utterly exhausted.
Should she tuck a blanket over her? Or…
