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1st Melon Part 1
Chapter 1: Hell Mode
“Let’s go, it’s been seven days!”
“What movie star cheating on his wife? Who spread this news? It is all fake!”
“After squatting for so long, I ended up with nothing! So infuriating.”
…
The paparazzi were dejected and left one by one disappointed.
Only Xia Chengcheng, holding her Canon R3, was still couching around.
Since a week ago, Xia Chengcheng and a few other paparazzi have been waiting in front of an actor’s villa.
Either it should be that the gossip was false or the actor must be too careful. For seven days, they didn’t capture any useful gossip. All the paparazzi left one after another.
Only Xia Chengcheng still didn’t give up.
Her intuition told her that this melon (.aka gossip) must be real!
Early morning of the eighth day, the bright sunshine shone around the villa, and the door of the villa finally opened.
The man hugged the woman, behaved intimately, and left the villa talking and laughing.
A “click” sound came from the bush not far away.
Satisfied, Xia Chengcheng put away the camera in her hand and admired the photos that she took.
Judging from the photos alone, they seemed to be a loving couple.
However, the actor had a wife. His wife was an ordinary-looking middle-aged housewife. Not the glamorous young woman in the photo.
Actor Gu was known to be a wife loving husband and he won the best actor award thrice.
It seemed so ironic no matter how one looked at it!
Xia Chengcheng was filled with joy, packed her things and prepared to leave.
But the moment she stood up, her feet slipped——
“Gan[1]!” Xia Chengcheng subconsciously cursed.
The next second, her head hit the stone and she lost consciousness completely.
*
When she opened her eyes, Xia Chengcheng found herself in a clean room with a mirror and various cosmetics in front of her. It looked like it was a dressing room.
What was with this situation? Wasn’t her head knocked open?
Xia Chengcheng was confused and immediately approached the makeup mirror.
She examined her head, which was intact.
However, looking at the girl’s face in the mirror, Xia Chengcheng was stunned. Although they had exactly the same face, there was a hint of sadness hanging between her eyes.
Xia Chengcheng felt that the woman in the mirror was her, but not her at the same time.
Suddenly, Xia Chengcheng thought of something and immediately went to check her bag.
Goodness gracious, her camera was gone, and she only has a H-family brand satchel on her body.
“Gan!”
Xia Chengcheng couldn’t help but curse again.
Soon, the dressing room door was kicked open. A middle-aged man rushed towards Xia Chengcheng, pointed at her and cursed.
“Xia Chengcheng! Can you please stop causing trouble for me! Ji Jinghan is a popular little flower! You are just a third-tier artist, and you still dared to hit her?! Do you still want to be in the industry!”
Xia Chengcheng couldn’t help but frown, popular little flower Ji Jinghan? No, there was absolutely no such famous figure in the entertainment industry that she was familiar with!
And she herself was a third-tier artist? What a joke! She was clearly a paparazzi.
Xia Chengcheng didn’t answer and looked at the man in front of her calmly.
After scolding Xia Chengcheng, the almost-bald man took out his cell phone angrily and faced Xia Chengcheng, “Look at what good things you have done! Now the whole Internet is scolding you! You are dead!”
Xia Chengcheng took the phone. There were two women in the video playing on the phone, one was ‘Xia Chengcheng’, and the she didn’t recognize the other woman.
“Xia Chengcheng” in the video pushed the woman violently, and the woman fell to the ground with tears in her eyes.
On the right side of the woman’s face, there was clear red palm print.
The overwhelming amount of barrage[2] comments floated across the video interface——
【Xia Chengcheng went too far! What did Ji Jinghan do to her? Why is she bullying her like this! 】
【Aren’t you just relying on the fact that you are a rich family’s young miss to be so lawless? Such a disgusting woman like you should get out of the entertainment industry! 】
【And the incident where she interfered in the relationship between Ye Shiwen and Han Jialin! Really, when I see this woman now, I feel nauseous! Get out of the entertainment industry! 】
【A mistress like you should get out of the entertainment industry! go to hell! 】
…
Xia Chengcheng automatically filtered out the even more unpleasant insults on the barrage.
Obviously, the pretty and flamboyant woman on the screen was her, and the pitiful little white flower opposite her is probably the “Ji Jinghan” that this almost-bald man was talking about.
The almost-bald man snatched the phone away.
“At the press conference in half an hour, apologize to Ji Jinghan! Otherwise, you have to wait to pay the company’s liquidated damages!”
After saying that, the man walked away.
Looking at the almost-bald man’s retreating back with disdain in her eyes, Xia Chengcheng folded her arms and sneered slightly.
“What are you laughing at?”
A suspicious mechanical voice suddenly sounded inside her head.
“Of course I’m laughing! Don’t people in this world have any brains?” Xia Chengcheng replied, “This is obviously a trap set up by Ji Jinghan, but everyone believes it.”
“Why is this a trap set up by Ji Jinghan?” The mechanical voice became even more confused, “Isn’t it the arrogant and domineering Xia Chengcheng who bullied Ji Jinghan?”
As it spoke, Xia Chengcheng heard the sound of paper turning in her head. The voice seemed to be checking information and a moment later the mechanical voice muttered, “That’s right, it’s clearly written like this in the book…”
“Who are you?” Xia Chengcheng leaned on the dressing table and asked.
“Ahhhh! Sorry! I forgot to introduce myself!” The other party’s voice was shy, “Hello host! You have transmigrated into a book! I am your system! I’m here to guide you to complete the task in the novel world!”
As soon as it finished speaking, a book suddenly appeared in Xia Chengcheng’s hand, titled 《After my rebirth, I became famous in the entertainment industry 》.
System: “This is a rebirth novel. The heroine Ye Shiwen became famous in the entertainment industry after her rebirth and became a top female star! The original owner of your body is her stepsister. She has been in love with the male protagonist Han Jialin for many years. Because Han Jialin and Ye Shiwen fell in love, she repearedly framed Ye Shiwen. But in the end, she was defeated!
“The current plot is about the conflict between the original owner and Ye Shiwen’s friend Ji Jinghan competing for a role in “The Immortal Secret”. The original owner even slapped Ji Jinghan, which led to her being blacklisted by the entire Internet! Han Jialin also hated the original owner even more because of this. The original owner was isolated and helpless, desperate and frustrated, and chose committed suicide.”
“Such a cliché.”
Xia Chengcheng complained, “Even dogs won’t take a look at this plot.”
The System: “……”
The system ignored Xia Chengcheng’s complaints and returned to the original topic: “You just said… this is a trap set by Ji Jinghan, why?”
The system didn’t understand, but the system was very curious. It wanted to know the truth!
Xia Chengcheng flipped through the novel and saw the part mentioned by the system. A contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
“The video’s viewing angle is parallel to the human line of sight, so it is not the surveillance video. The video lens is very stable, there is no shaking, and no breathing sounds are recorded, so it is unlikely that someone took the video temporarily with a mobile phone.”
Xia Chengcheng looked around the dressing room and found a row of bookshelves filled with various beauty magazines.
“That video was probably shot like this.” She clamped her phone among a pile of magazines, leaving only the camera lens of her phone visible. “This was taken by someone who knew what was going to happen in the room and set up a camera in advance.”
As a senior paparazzi, no one understood this better than Xia Chengcheng.
“So…” The system suddenly understood, “Ji Jinghan deliberately provoked the original owner and made her(XCC) to push her(JJH), and then it was caught on camera! What the heck! Why is this Ji Jinghan like this! The original owner has a bad temper! If Ji Jinghan deliberately dug a pit for her to fall in and the original owner jumps in the pit!” (T/N: the system means that JJH deliberately made a trap and oriXCC fell into the trap without realising it.)
“Okay, I already understand the general framework of the story.” Xia Chengcheng closed the novel and put it away. Then she rubbed her hands with excitement, “According to the time-travel routine, should I counterattack and slap the heroine in the face? Change the damn fate of the original owner and reach the pinnacle of life?”
The system was silent for a moment.
System: “No. Since you are here to replace the original owner and cannot do OOC (out of character design), your task is to follow the original owner’s character design of being arrogant and low-IQ. You should compete with the female lead Ye Shiwen for the male lead Han Jialin’s love and end up losing everything!”
Xia Chengcheng: ? ? ?
Now it was Xia Chengcheng’s turn to be silent.
System: “Furthermore, because you are dead, you need reputation value of this world to continue your life. Reputation value is your positive popularity value, and since you are now blacklisted by the entire network, you have no reputation. Therefore, your life will expire at 12 o’clock tonight.”
Xia Chengcheng: “…”
Xia Chengcheng asked, “Do you think you are saying something humane?”
“Oh, no,” Xia Chengcheng changed the topic, “You are not a human being, and of course, what you said is not human.”
The system went crazy: “How can you curse people like this! … No, how can you curse the system like this!”
“The original owner is arrogant and has low IQ, which means that I can’t apologize to Ji Jinghan, nor can I expose her setup. So what can I do? No matter what I do, it’s impossible to restore my reputation and earn reputation points, right?” Xia Chengcheng’s tone was casual, but her eyes were full of sarcasm, “You’re not here to help me carry out my mission. Do you want me to die?”
The system immediately argued: “Host! How could it be! Although the beginning is in hell mode…ah, no… although there are difficulties in the beginning, but I’m here right? I can accompany you to overcome it!”
Xia Chengcheng was noncommittal.
At this moment, the dressing room door opened again. Xia Chengcheng followed the sound and saw Brother Zhang, the almost-bald manager, standing at the door with an expressionless face.
“The press conference has begun, why don’t you come out quickly and apologize to Ji Jinghan!”
“Host! What should we do! The conference has begun!” The system was at a loss and panicked for several seconds.
Suddenly, it came up with a brilliant idea and said loudly, “You can just shut up and kneel down to her! This doesn’t count as an apology, and it’s more sincere! Isn’t that perfect?”
Xia Chengcheng: “….”
Xia Chengcheng brushed the hair scattered on her shoulders, “Isn’t it just a press conference? Don’t worry, I will definitely complete the task, and I will complete it better than you think!”
The system was still worried, but Xia Chengcheng had already walked out of the dressing room.
***
The press conference room and dressing room were on the same floor. The moment Xia Chengcheng appeared, flashes of lights lit up one after another.
She blocked the light subconsciously.
In the past, Xia Chengcheng was the one taking pictures, but now that she was the focus of the flashes, it made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Ji Jinghan then came to the press conference, with clear palm prints still visible on the right side of her face.
The moment she saw Xia Chengcheng, Ji Jinghan’s eyes flashed with disgust.
She passed by Xia Chengcheng and said in a voice that only Xia Chengcheng could hear: “Xia Chengcheng, don’t think that I will forgive you just because you apologize to me. I will definitely kill you this time!”
After saying that, Ji Jinghan instantly put on the look of a little white flower, and walked towards her seat aggrievedly.
However, before she took two steps, a strong hand from behind suddenly grabbed her arm!
Ji Jinghan turned around and saw Xia Chengcheng’s bright and majestic face.
“Want to kill me?” Xia Chengcheng raised her eyebrows and looked at Ji Jinghan with a bit of amusement in her eyes.
Ji Jinghan panicked inexplicably and wanted to pull out her arm, but for some reason, Xia Chengcheng’s grip was so strong that she couldn’t get away.
Xia Chengcheng smiled sweetly.
“I’m afraid it’s not that easy!”
The next second, she raised her other hand and slapped Ji Jinghan’s intact left face hard!
Notes:
[1] 淦 (gàn) Originally this word refers to water entering the boat. But this became a recently popular Internet cursing slang which means “dry”. In order to be relatively civilized, the character “淦” is used to represent “干”, which makes it appear more interesting and civilized. [go back]
[2] 弹幕 (dàn mù) barrage means “bullet screen”, function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre). It looks something like this: [go back]
Xiao Rong 
thanks! i was interested in the summary when i read it, and i wanted to see how the author would write it out. looking forward to it! strong-willed female character, let’s go!
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