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Zhang Mu quickly found the script for today’s events.
"Chapter 73: ‘The Wicked Young Master Bullies Men and Women, The Dragon King Rescues the Beauty, and the Innocent School Beauty Gets Entangled.’"
Zhang Mu roughly recalled the plot for the day. It was very simple and quite clichéd.
The story goes like this: Zhang Mu plans to go out today to buy a gift for his fiancée, Su Muwan. He visits a jewelry store and finds a necklace he likes. However, the necklace is a limited edition, with only one available in all of Kyoto, and it has already been reserved.
The person who reserved it is Liu Shixuan, one of the female leads and an innocent school beauty. But as the evil villain and an arrogant young master, Zhang Mu doesn’t care about that. He uses his status to forcibly seize the necklace, making the innocent school beauty cry.
At that moment, the protagonist Ye Feng, happens to be in the store, picking out jewelry as gifts for his aunt and cousin.
Seeing what’s happening, he steps in heroically to save the day. As expected, the school beauty develops feelings for Ye Feng.
Later, the school beauty, who loves literature, realizes that Ye Feng was once her pen pal, and naturally, they end up together.
“Such a predictable and clichéd plot.” Zhang Mu muttered to himself as he got dressed.
But he didn’t care if the plot was clichéd or not. It wasn’t his concern. He was just a tool to advance the plot. The sooner he completed his role, the sooner he could return to the real world and enjoy his peaceful life.
Every day in this dangerous novel world, he had to deal with the pressure from the Dragon King protagonist and the annoyance of someone like Gu Qingqing, who was a total maniac. It was exhausting.
“You, you, and you—come with me!” Zhang Mu called out to a few strong-looking guards as he went downstairs.
This was all to ensure that the protagonist Ye Feng could successfully show off and rescue the beauty. After all, the weak and spoiled Zhang Mu from the original novel was no match for anyone, giving the protagonist fewer opportunities to show off.
So, naturally, he needed to bring more people along to make it more exciting for Ye Feng when he showed off and saved the day.
With everything prepared, Zhang Mu got into his car and headed straight to the largest jewelry store in the capital.
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Soon, Zhang Mu arrived at the jewelry store mentioned in the original plot. The store was bustling with customers.
He walked in confidently, and the store manager, a woman, seemed to recognize him immediately. She quickly approached him with a respectful attitude and asked, “Young Master Zhang, are you here to buy some jewelry? Would you like me to recommend something?”
Zhang Mu ignored her at first and took a moment to survey the spacious store. He spotted the protagonist, Ye Feng, quietly squatting in a corner, seemingly picking out jewelry for his aunt or cousin.
Satisfied that everything was progressing according to the plot, Zhang Mu finally turned to the store manager and smiled, “Sure, show me something. I’m looking for a gift for my fiancée.”
The manager immediately presented several options to Zhang Mu, but none of them caught his interest.
Then, as he walked past a display, Zhang Mu pointed at a necklace inlaid with an aquamarine gemstone and said, “I like this one. Wrap it up for me.”
“Sure, I’ll—uh…” The store manager started to respond with a smile, but when she saw the necklace, her expression changed to one of awkwardness.
After hesitating for a moment, she spoke to Zhang Mu in a troubled tone, “I’m sorry, Young Master Zhang, but that necklace is reserved by Miss Liu from the Liu family. Perhaps you could choose another?”
Zhang Mu’s face turned arrogant as he responded, “Reserved? I don’t care who reserved it! If I, Zhang Mu, say I want this necklace, then I want this necklace!”
“Hurry up and wrap it for me! Are you worried I can’t afford it? Huh?”
Determined to get through today’s plot as quickly as possible, Zhang Mu fully embraced the role of the brainless and arrogant young master, playing the part to perfection.
Witnessing this scene, the people around couldn’t help but shake their heads quietly.
This damn young master from the Zhang family was too overbearing and unreasonable. Even after being told it was reserved, he still insisted on buying it.
Unbelievable.
But of course, they only dared to criticize him in their minds. No one would actually confront him.
After all, he was from the Zhang family, a power they couldn’t afford to cross.
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Translated & Edited by:
-Tinyvillain