No need to go to such lengths

The author who wrote this book was probably insane.

Whatever happened to "If they don't want me here, someone else will"? Why did I end up dead no matter what I did?!

As the saying went, people either erupted in silence or went nuts in silence.

"Mom, please stop trying to talk me out of it."

On the rooftop, a girl in a white dress looked pitiful and vulnerable. The wind stirred the dark hair over her forehead, making her seem even more frail and helpless. Her voice choked with tears.

"I really don't want you arguing over me anymore. When I came back to this family, I only wanted to join you, not tear you apart."

Tears slid down her cheeks, adding to her fragile beauty.

"But I suppose my sister really can't stand having me around, even though I've already tried so hard."

Across from her stood a wealthy woman bedecked in jewels. Hearing this, she shook her head in panic and grabbed the person beside her.

"How could that be? Ranran, come down. Xunzhi, say something! You love your little sister more than anyone, don't you?"

"Yes."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ye Xunzhi stepped forward, nodded without hesitation, and gave Lin Ranran a thumbs-up.

"I really admire your self-awareness. It's not just me who can't stand having you around. Soon, the whole world won't have room for you. Jump! If you don't, you're not a citizen of Country Z!"

Her voice was so sincere and her attitude so earnest, yet Lin Ranran couldn't detect even the slightest attempt to stop her.

Fortunately, Ye Xunzhi didn't know what she was thinking, or she would have confirmed it without hesitation.

Of course you can't hear any attempt to stop you. Every word came straight from my heart!

Her name was Ye Xunzhi. Originally a university student, she had accidentally transmigrated into a romance novel she had once read, "CEO, Stop Loving Her-Your Wife Is Exhausted."

And she was the fake heiress who became cannon fodder for love. It wasn't as though she hadn't tried changing her fate. She had been reborn several times, only to fail every time.

Ye Xunzhi had made her peace with it. If the King of Hell wants me dead at the third watch, all I can do is die at the second watch to defy fate.

She might as well let loose. She was going to die anyway, so shouldn't she leave herself fewer regrets before she did?

The pitiful little innocent from earlier was the female lead, Lin Ranran, and the wealthy woman who had spoken was Lin Ranran's biological mother.

Ever since the real heiress had returned, she had sworn to drive out Ye Xunzhi, the fake. Her methods included-

Eagerly waking her up for school in the morning, only to whimper when Ye Xunzhi refused because she wanted to sleep in; picking out an unbelievably ugly evening gown for Ye Xunzhi to wear to a banquet, then whimpering when she rejected it; getting her name taken down by Ye Xunzhi for being late, deciding she was being targeted, and starting to whimper again...

There were countless examples of this behavior.

Was this girl a sensitive plant in her past life? One touch and she has a stress response!

This time, just as all her memories returned, Ye Xunzhi had drunk only half the milk Lin Ranran brought her. Because she hadn't finished it, Lin Ranran had suddenly broken down and rushed onto the rooftop.

The problem was this damned world. Wasn't the female lead's halo a little too dazzling? Not one person around her thought anything was wrong!

Back when she was reading the novel, Ye Xunzhi had thought the family members gathered around the female lead must all be nutjobs, but she had resolutely kept reading.

There was no other reason. Ordinary nutjobs weren't worth reading about, but when they were this nuts, she had to see the ending. Yet she had only made it halfway before ending up inside it herself... At that moment, Ye Xunzhi had an epiphany: either this world or she herself would have to go mad.

"Ye Xunzhi, have you lost your mind?"

Before Lin Ranran could speak, the boy below lost his patience. His eyes were filled with anger as he looked at Ye Xunzhi.

"Even if you want my attention, you can't treat Ranran like this! This is a matter of life and death!"

Oh, this foul-mouthed, mediocre yet absurdly confident guy was standard issue for a vicious supporting character like her: Jiang Qi, her childhood friend and bargain-bin fiancé who would eventually be stolen away.

Ye Xunzhi had transmigrated at birth and had only recently recovered her memories and awakened. Before that awakening, she'd still had to act deeply in love with him.

"What matter of life and death?" Ye Xunzhi answered with an eye roll.

"I see even a matter of life and death can't dim the glow of your confidence, Mr. Confident. I'm begging you, even if you don't have a mirror at home, surely you've got some piss to look at your reflection in? The moment I tried finding anything attractive about you, I completely lost hope."

"You-you!" Jiang Qi's face turned green.

He had been fawned over everywhere he went since childhood. This was the first time anyone had mocked him like this!

"Ye Xunzhi! How could you say that about Brother Jiang?" Lin Ranran finally couldn't help speaking up.

What was going on? She was about to die! Why had everyone's attention shifted away?

"Oh, right. I almost forgot about you." Ye Xunzhi's attention successfully returned to her.

"I've given you so much respect that you actually think you're somebody. If you're going to jump, hurry up. I'm still waiting to inherit your family's estate."

What kind of outrageous things was this person saying?!

"You're joking, right?" Lin Ranran's smile was strained.

"Do I look like I'm joking?" There was a calm kind of madness in Ye Xunzhi's voice.

"First, I'll get rid of you, then I'll turn your whole family into bean paste, and finally, I'll inherit your estate."

"Ye Xunzhi, what are you saying?!" Madam Lin couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Please calm down, Madam Lin. If anything I've said hurt you, tell me, and I'll say it again."

Ye Xunzhi was here to indiscriminately wreck everyone this time. Did they think she'd had a good life in the Lin family all these years? Only the person who had lived through it knew how bitter it was.

Madam Lin was furious. "You..."

Before she could finish, Ye Xunzhi's words followed, drilling into her ears like a demonic chant.

"I know you're upset, but hold that thought. Did you know your husband is currently getting busy with his mistress? And that their child is already ten?"

The words Madam Lin had been about to blurt out lodged firmly in her throat, as though Sun Wukong had cast an immobilization spell on her.

Having dropped that bombshell, Ye Xunzhi took off running. Moments later, Madam Lin's distraught shouting rang out from the villa behind her.

"Ye Xunzhi, get back here!"

"Nope! Take your time investigating. Bye-bye now~"

Before leaving, she even remembered to shout up at the top of the villa, "Lin Ranran, falling from this height won't kill you! Next time you want to jump off a building, I suggest finding somewhere higher. This is very unprofessional."

Lin Ranran shouted, "Ye Xunzhi!!!"

After shattering everyone's composure, Ye Xunzhi finally felt satisfied, refreshed in both body and mind.

Sure enough, rather than mentally exhausting herself, she was better off going crazy and exhausting everyone else. There was no need to be too normal.

She dragged out her luggage. The moment her memories returned, Ye Xunzhi had already begun preparing to leave.

After all, insanity never disappeared; it only transferred. If it transferred to her, she would really suffer.

After leaving the grounds of the Lin family villa, she took the taxi she had already booked to her destination. When she reached the entrance to the villa complex where the Ye family lived, the security guards stopped her, just as expected.

Ye Xunzhi neither argued nor made a fuss. She glanced at the message she had sent earlier and waited quietly by the road.

When Ye Yunhuai arrived, he found his little sister crouched by the roadside like an abandoned baby owl, her head turning this way and that.

"Ye Xunzhi."

Hearing that familiar, forbiddingly distant voice, Ye Xunzhi turned and saw the sharply defined, incomparably handsome face of the Ye family's eldest son.

He said only, "Are you back for good?"

With several lifetimes of memories, Ye Xunzhi knew very well that her eldest brother was a ruthless man of few words.

She behaved especially well in front of him, her face a picture of earnest seriousness.

"Of course. My sincerity could level mountains and fill seas, big brother. Even if it turned into a pearl, it would be genuine enough to make a gem expert say, 'Now that's the real deal.'"

Ye Yunhuai gave her several more looks after hearing this and sank into thought.

Before, this girl had been so desperately lovesick that she'd practically been clinging to the Lin family and shouting-

Alive, I belong to the Lin family; dead, I'll haunt the Lin family. What was going on now?

Had zombies eaten her lovesick brain, and then...

Forget it. Ye Yunhuai wearily rubbed between his brows. His four younger brothers had long since taught him about the diversity of species.

He couldn't be bothered to investigate why she had suddenly come home. As long as she didn't court disaster, it wasn't as though he couldn't afford to support her.

He could consider it a way of balancing out the household's IQ.

But there were still things he needed to test, such as her attitude toward her elders-

"You know that after Mom and Dad passed away, Grandpa is the only elder left at home. How do you see him?"

How do I see him? Horizontally, vertically, upside down. Was that a pointed question?

Ye Xunzhi immediately realized that this was her moment to declare her loyalty! Whether she could join this family hinged on this one move. Her wording had to be precise, her tone rousing!

"Don't worry, big brother! I understand! I understand everything! From now on, the world has straight rulers, tape measures, set squares, and a love for Grandpa beyond measure!"

Ye Yunhuai: "..."

There was no need to go to such lengths.

-A word from the author-

This is a lighthearted story about a girl doted on by everyone, with plenty of drama to watch. Beautiful princesses and handsome young masters, please add it to your library and turn a few pages. You've got nothing to lose, and you won't get scammed! (っ˘зʕ•̫͡•ʔ

Without further ado, the motto remains the same: set aside your personal decency and enjoy a shameless life. There's no need to be too normal. All aboard the drama-watching express! ＼＼\٩( 'ω' )و //／／